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Country Fest gears up for big weekend
By MICHELLE STEIN
Staff Writer
MARIA STEIN — An annuli community festival is gearing
ip again in preparation for an
xpected 80,000 visitors.
The Maria Stein Country Fest
AriII be held June 22-24, offering
rood, entertainment and family
"un to area residents, said Rick
icott, one of the festival's committee members.
"This year is our 25th year," plained.
he said. "So on Saturday, we're
"Years ago, the Knights of St.
doing a big Hawaii Luau, trop- John had a festival, the American
ical-type party all day long and Legion had a festival and then
in the evening we've got a band the Retreat Center, the Retreat
coming in that's going to play Shrine, they had their festival.
some Jimmy Buffet-type mu- So instead of having three small
festivals, we put everything tosic:'
Country Fest, which is cen- gether ... and that's where protralized at the Shrine of the Holy ceeds go, to those three."
Relics in Maria Stein, is actually
Scott noted a couple of new
the result of a combination of events this year at Country Fest,
three former festivals, Scott ex- including entertainment by
The traditional SK race, dia
Cavallo Equestrian Arts, which
premieres at 8:30 p.m. Friday.
per derby, 3-on-3 basketbal
"Our main event this year is tournament and mini Indy race
Cavallo, which is an equestrian will once again accompany thi
artist — they do horseback year's Country Fest, as well w
tricks and different things like antique tractor pulls, a punt
that," he said. "I believe they're pass-kick competition, vol
going to do some jousting:'
leyball tournament, bean ba
This year's festival will also tournament, chain saw wooc
feature a lawn mower derby, carving and a petting zoo.
Scott noted, which is another
new addition to the line-up of
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activities.
Relay Sunshine Playground officially open
event a
success
By BETH LIPTON
Staff Writer
ST. MARYS — Approxmately 300 people joined
:he fight against cancer
)ver the weekend, raising
more than $30,000 for the
R.elay for Life of SouthArestern Auglaize County
"The event was great,"
lelay for Life of SouthArestem Auglaize County
Zommittee Member Jacke Speckman said. "We hit
)ur ($35,000) goal:'
The event kicked off at
5 p.m. Friday night and
Arrapped up early Saturlay morning because of
Ararm weather. This year
:he relay was held at Skip
3aughman Stadium — a
:hange that Speckman said
Arorked well.
"A special thanks to Memorial High School for alowing us to use their site,"
the said. "It worked well:'
Relay for Life of SouthArestern Auglaize County
Zommittee Chair Holly
?latt said participants were
ictive through the entire
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Staff photo/Michelle Steil
James Albers (wearing yellow) holds on to his little brother, Alex Albers (wearing red and blue,) as they enjoy a ride on the handicapped.
accessible merry-go-round at the Sunshine Playground in New Bremen. The New Knoxville brothers played together at a playground for thE
first time on June 16, as Alex is wheelchair-bound because of a genetic disorder.
By MICHELLE STEIN
Staff Writer
NEW BREMEN — The sun smiled down
fittingly Saturday morning as the New BremenNew Knoxville Rotary Club celebrated the official opening of the Sunshine Playground.
Families, state and local officials and members of the many organizations that made the
handicapped-accessible playground a reality gathered for a ribbon cutting ceremony at
Bremenfest Park in New Bremen. Three short
years ago, the $250,000 Sunshine Playground
was merely the dream of one determined aunt
whose niece experienced her first giggle at z
similar playground.
"I thank you all very much for joining in oui
celebration this morning," said Rotarian Scot
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Wagner's IGA to sell Indian artifacts exhibit set
local, organic produce
By MALLORY KEMPER
Staff Writer
By MICHELLE STEIN
CELINA — The Mercer County Indian Relic Collectors will be hosting the
32nd Annual Prehistoric Artifacts Exhibit on
Sunday, June 24 from
1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the f _
Mercer County Historical Museum. The theme
of this year's exhibit
is "Protect our Native
Leasor
Staff Writer
NEW KNOXVILLE
— Area residents have the
)pportunity to enjoy or;anic produce grown right
n here Auglaize County.
From Thursday to Sunlay each week, Wagner's
[GA will be teaming up
Arith Harvest Sun Farm,
ocated near Lock 2 beween New Bremen and
.Jew Knoxville, to offer
'resh, organic produce.
Harvest Sun Farm —
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"‘
American Heritage in
Photo provided
Jeff and Deb Eschmeyer are the owners of Harvest
Sun Farm near Lock 2 between New Bremen and New
Knoxville.The Eschmeyers are teaming with Wagner's
IGA to offer fresh, organic produce to surrounding
communities from Thursday to Sunday each week.
Western Ohio."
"There will be prehistoric Indian artifacts at the exhibit from 13,000 years ago
up until the 1700s," said Secretary of the
Mercer County Indian Relic Collectors
Society Paul Leasor.
The exhibit is free and the public is
welcome to enjoy artifacts from the prehistoric ages as well as bring in any arti-
facts that they can share with the collec
tors.
"People are encouraged to bring whai
they found so we can tell them what the)
are and how hold old they are," Lease)]
said. "Some guys will offer to buy the
artifacts or give them an estimate aboui
what they think they are worth."
Leasor explained that experts frorr
the Relic Collectors Society will iden
tify the age and the use of the tools anc
works of art during the day.
Some of the members of the Mercei
County Indian Relic Collectors Societ)
are: Frank Meyer, Ken Sowards, Ror
Thiebeau, Jim and Mary faller, Larr)
and Casey Young, Robert Evans, Mart
Schulze, Kenny Rupert, Billie Ford, Jerr)
Steinlage and Werner Schmiesing. The
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The Community Post
Page 2A
Country
Shows will return with Country
Fest.
“We’ve got a very, very repuFrom Page 1A
table ride company that’s been
“We’re looking at somewhere with us for several years now,”
between 70,000 and 80,000,” he said. “They do a great job and
Scott said.
it’s top-notch.”
“We’ve just got a huge area to
Plenty of games and food for
hold the festival on.”
all tastes will be offered as well,
Festival-goers can expect an- he noted.
other great riding weekend this
“And then our famous tractor
year, Scott said, as Otterbacher square dancers — we can’t for-
Sunshine
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Frey.
“It is truly an honor
and a privilege to be able
to stand up here in front
of you all today and tell
you that our fully handicapped-accesibleSunshine
Playground is complete,
and we’re going to cut the
ribbon this morning.”
Frey introduced New
Bremen-New Knoxville
Rotary Club President
Kristin Hough, who
shared her story of the inspiration behind the Sunshine Playground, which
began on Dec. 22, 2003,
when her niece, Camryn
Murgatroyd, was born in
Columbus.
“Camryn was faced
with some difficulties at
birth that the good Lord
gave her so that she could
give so much more to us,”
she said.
“Camryn lived her life
with giggles and love and
just happiness all around.
There are days that she was
in pain and there are days
she spent days and nights
in the hospital in pain. But
she was born to a set of
parents who never turned
their back on her and gave
her all of the support and
any tools she needed to
succeed in life. And that
she did.”
Hough spoke of Camryn’s fighting spirit despite
her struggles with microcephaly, which caused cerebral palsy and epilepsy.
“She inspired everyone
she came in contact with,”
Hough said.
“She couldn’t walk, she
could talk, she couldn’t
feed herself, but she could
smile and she could giggle.
And the most important
thing I learned the first
day I ever met Camryn
was that if you look into
a child’s eyes, no voice is
needed. You can follow
their voice and you can
follow their dream just by
looking in their eyes and
believing.”
Although Camryn lost
her battle with special
needs on May 8, 2009, she
continues to inspire people who have never even
met her, Hough said.
“I had the opportunity
to share Camryn for five
and a half years before she
left us on May 8 of 2009,”
she said.
“She went peacefully —
it was just as much peace
as she gave all of us. Not
just the people who knew
her, but the people who
have come to know her
along the way — such as
my friend, Scott Frey, who
event.
“It was
constant,”
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Platt said.
“People
were on the track the entire time.”
Speckman also extended gratitude to a
St. Marys School City Schools official.
“Thank you to Mr. Doug Spencer,” she
said. “He spent the whole time here with
us.”
Relay
get those guys,” he said.
“They do a new theme every
year and nobody knows what
it is until Friday evening when
they come out for their first set
of square dances. So that’s always pretty exciting; we get a
lot of people that come just for
that.”
Scott invited all area residents
to stop out at Country Fest this
weekend, noting there is some-
never got to meet her, but
got to know her through
her stories and inspiration. The important lesson
to learn is that our kids,
our special needs kids, can
give us so much from the
day that they are born.”
Hough explained how
the Sunshine Playground
will benefit not only kids
and families with special
needs, but also the ablebodied children who will
play alongside them.
“I think one of the most
amazing therapies that’s
going to come out of this
entire playground is the
education — the education that our children
who do not have special
needs are going to learn
from the children they
play with that do,” Hough
said.
“Today is the day of
change. The children who
play on this playground
from today will never be
the same; their lives will
be changed one way or
another. Whether it’s the
first time they’re able to
swing in their lives or ride
in a handicapped-accessible merry-go-round or go
down an accessible slide
that has the transfer platforms. Or maybe it’s just
the children who simply
live their lives blessed and
not have to face special
Scott Schrolucke also spent the entire
night at the relay.
“I also want to thank Scott Schrolucke,”
Speckman said. “He did the whole 18
hours. He was the DJ and announcer. He’s
awesome.”
Speckman said she appreciated the
support the Relay for Life of Southwestern Auglaize County received from the
community.
“Thanks
to
everybody
that
Harvest
owned by Jeff and Deb
Eschmeyer — grows apFrom Page 1A proximately 35 different
vegetables, which includes
about 20 varieties of tomatoes and six kinds of potatoes.
“If you name a vegetable, the chances are we grow it,”
Jeff Eschmeyer said. “We’re still working on getting in
more asparagus and rhubarb and stuff like that — that
takes a little more time to get established. The goal is a
real diverse rotation with a wide availability of vegetables. We sold at farmers markets last year and we sold
down at Bexley (Farmers) Market in Columbus and
then we sold at the Sidney Farmers Market.”
This year, the Eschmeyers’ main marketing mechanism is called CSA — Community Supported Agriculture.
“It’s kind of like a subscription program where people join the farm for a year and they purchase a share,”
he said. “And then for about 20 weeks out of the year
throughout the season, they get a share of whatever is in
the harvest that week, whatever is ripe that week.”
Through the CSA program, Harvest Sun Farm sold
about 35 shares this year, which is about 50 different
families, Eschmeyer said, explaining that some families
share with others.
“So you try to have a very wide variety of vegetables,”
he said. “You want to have really good staple items, but
then also, the whole idea is to try new things and get
thing for everyone.
“Our festival — there’s no
other festival around like what
we do,” he said. “The parking is
free, the admission is free, all of
the entertainment is free. There’s
so many different kinds of foods,
I don’t even know what all is
there. Most people don’t realize
what we’ve really got here.”
Country Fest kicks off at 5
p.m. Friday with food stands
needs, but now they get
to see how other kids have
the challenges of playing,
they take that back and our
children will then educate
us on what we don’t understand or what we don’t
see as adults.”
The Sunshine Playground may be complete,
but the Rotary Sunshine
Project continues to offer its services to families
with special needs, Hough
reminded. Links to specialists for many different
kinds of special needs diagnoses, along with links
to hospitals, therapists
and support groups can all
be found on the project’s
website at Rotarysunshineproject.org.
“We also have several
pieces of medical equipment,” she said.
“We have amazing
wheelchairs, walkers and
standing boards for children that’s ready to go. If
your child needs it and
they’re waiting for insurance to come through,
don’t wait on the insurance company to tell you
another week, another
month. Come see us; we’ll
let you use it for free until
you get yours.”
Chris Killian, on behalf of the Sunshine Playground Committee, also
shared his words of thanks
to the many organizations
that made the Sunshine
Playground a reality.
Special proclamations
were then presented to
Hough for the Sunshine
Playground by New Bremen Village Council President Don Kuck, Ohio
House District 76 Representative Robert Sprague
and Ohio District 12 State
Senator Keith Faber.
“This is only the beginning for things to change
— this is only the beginning,” Hough said.
“The playground is finished, but that’s not the
end. I was blessed to have
Camryn in our family’s
lives and we were very
blessed. She inspired this
playground because she
had her first giggle on a
handicapped-accessible
swing at a Rotary handicapped playground in
Newark, Ohio. That giggle
is what inspired all of this.
We had to sacrifice the loss
of our loved one, but when
we see this, it wouldn’t be
here if she didn’t face the
challenges she had.
“So it’s the ultimate sacrifice sometimes we pay in
life, but we don’t know why
we’re paying it at the time
or why somebody else had
to pay it. But if you see the
need or somebody has impacted you, then go for it.
came and participated,” Speckman
said.
“We had awesome weather. It was a
great event. Thanks to the community for
their support.”
At the closing ceremony, the Best
Campsite award went to the Bronze Stars
Girl Scout team and the Golden Pillow was awarded to the Memorial High
School FFA. Austin Zumbroegel took
home the Spirit Award.
exposed to lots of different, really fresh vegetables.”
In 2006, the Eschmeyers began transitioning their
land to have it officially certified organic — a process
that takes about three years.
“Back in July, 2010, I decided to leave my full-time
off-farm job, and so I started working full time on the
farm,” he said. “And my wife, Deb, she continues to have
off-farm employment as well.”
Harvest Sun Farm’s organic certification was approved in May, 2011. Eschmeyer spoke of the positives
of growing organically, noting it benefits both the soil
and the consumers.
“We really believe in trying to do to our best to take
care of our soil and build that up,” he said. “And I think
there’s a real consumer interest in some of those benefits. I think there’s lots of research coming out saying
that organic agriculture can be good for the consumer
and the soil. In agriculture, you’re trying to take the
longer view. You’re trying to work with nature, accept
some of the crop loss, but understand that hopefully
you’re going to get enough to support your business.
So you’re taking that longer view, and trying to work
within some of those biological processes for the benefit of everybody.”
Selling his produce at Wagner’s IGA is simply one
more avenue in offering fresh, organic vegetables to the
local community, Eschmeyer said.
“We’re really excited to work with Wally,” he said.
“He’s been super to work with and we’re really excited.
opening and a craft show, followed by rides opening at 6
p.m., opening ceremonies at 7
p.m. At 9 p.m., the first-ever lawn
mower demolition derby will
be featured, followed by tractor
square dancing at 10 p.m.
For more information about
the Maria Stein Country Fest,
along with a complete calendar
of events, visit www.mscountryfest.com.
Don’t just let them go; let
them live. Let them keep
living. Keep going, don’t
let the dream stop.”
While playing a song by
Camryn’s favorite musical
artist — Bon Jovi — children then lined up to hold
the rainbow-hued ribbon
as Hough cut it, releasing
a flood of children into the
new playground.
Melissa, Ben, Alex
and James Albers of New
Knoxville were among the
dozens of families who
came out to join in the
celebration. For Alex, 4 —
who is wheelchair-bound
due to a genetic disorder
— this was the first time
playing together with his
older brother and parents
at a playground.
“I think it’s great,” Melissa said of the Sunshine
Playground.
“I mean, he loves to
be with other kids and
the social interaction, he
loves that. He loves to
watch other kids play, and
to have something where
he can play and my other
son, James, can play —
you know they can kind
of play together — versus
on that one, Alex just has
to sit off to the side. Now
we can actually bring
him up through here and
he can be with the other
kids.”
“He was here all night long walking,”
Platt said of Austin.
Speckman noted winners of the basket
raffles were drawn and have been contacted.
Scheduling for a wrap up party for this
year’s relay is in the works. Speckman said
the committee expects to host the party in
July. For more information on the Relay
for Life of Southwestern Auglaize County, visit RelayForLife.org/SWAuglaize.
It’s another way to get local produce into consumer’s
hands, and I think that hopefully, it will spark some
demand for him. It’s just a nice relationship — two local businesses trying to work together to do something
completely inovative, which I think is really neat.”
About three years ago, Wagner’s IGA sold garlic and
heirloom tomatoes from Harvest Sun Farm; this summer, there will be a wide array of fresh produce available, said owner Wally Wagner.
“It’s going to be kind of like a farmer’s market-type
situation — we’re never really going to know what
they’re going to have available for the week, but whatever it is, we’re going to display it,” Wagner said. “They’ll
call us on Monday and tell us what’s going to be available. We’ll try to go onto our Facebook and get the message out, put some signage up so people know what it’s
going to be, and then go from there.”
Although the recent weather has limited the readiness of Eschmeyer’s produce, Wagner said more produce from Harvest Sun Farm will eventually be available at Wagner’s.
“The problem right now is, with this dry weather, it’s
kind of slowing things up a little bit,” he said.
“So we’re not getting that quick of a start as we would
have liked ... it’s one thing we can’t control is the weather, so we just have to kind of play it by ear from week to
week.”
For more information about Harvest Sun Farm, visit
www.harvestsunfarm.com.
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Obituaries
Patricia A. Young
Adelheit ‘Addy’ Hess
Patricia A. Young, 76, of 225 S. Wayne St., St. Marys,
died at 9:50 p.m. Thursday, June 7, 2012.
She was born on April 25, 1936, in Minster, the
daughter of Urban Joseph and Neoma E. (Depweg)
Wetzel.
She married Philip R. Young
on June 27, 1959, and he preceded her in death in 1986.
She is survived by four sons,
David (Melissa) Young of Concord, N.C., Dean (Angela) Young
of Chicago, Ill., Paul (Cynthia)
Young of Atlanta, Ga., William
(Cara) Young of St. Marys; two
daughters, Mary Beth (Steve) Mielke of St. Marys, Amy
(Andrew) Menker of St. Marys; five brothers, Tom
(Chris) Wetzel of Cleveland, Leonard (Lois) Wetzel of
Jupiter, Fla., Gene (Cathy) Wetzel of Cleveland, Phil
(Darlene) Wetzel of Dayton, David (Barbara) Wetzel of Mexico; four sisters, Bonnie (Fred) Schmeider
of Columbus, Margaret Slonkosky of Minster, Mary
(George) Brown of Minster, Evonne Stechschulte of
Minster; 19 grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by two brothers,
Sam Wetzel, John Wetzel; two sisters, Teresa Murnane,
Marlene Wetzel.
She was a 1954 graduate of Minster High School. She
was an avid member of the Holy Rosary Catholic
Church in St. Marys. She was also a member of the
Altar Society, Catholic Ladies of Columbia, Regnum
Christi and Legion of Mary. She was very active in the
church choir and the Eucharistic Ministries at Otterbein in St. Marys.
She was a devoted wife and mother, a fun-loving
grandma, and had many great friends. As our hearts
ache for the physical loss of her, we find solace knowing that she is now with God. She is at peace. And for
that, we are grateful.
In addition, she enjoyed and cherished every moment she spent with her family. Her hobbies included
gardening and ski outings with her ski group and her
bridge club. She especially loved preparing and serving
holiday meals to her family and grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian burial was held at Holy Rosary
Church, St. Marys, with the Rev. Barry Stechschulte
officiating and the Rev. Ned Brown and the Rev. Tony
Cutcher co-officiating. Burial followed at Elm Grove
Cemetery in St. Marys. Memorial contributions may be
directed to Holy Rosary Catholic School in St. Marys.
Adelheit “Addy” Hess, 79, of St. Henry, died at 5 p.m.
Friday, June 15, 2012, at Celina Manor in Celina.
She was born on Dec. 3, 1932, in St. Peter, the daughter of the late August and Mary (Moeder) Jutte.
She is survived by eight children, Charlie and Joan Hess of
St. Henry, Karen and Mike Timmerman of Ridgeville, Ind., Mark
Hess of Portland, Ind., Jim and
Barb Hess of Fort Recovery, Sue
Hess of Chickasaw, Dave and
Teresa Hess of St. Henry, Joyce
and Brian Dicke of Rockford,
Kathy and Charles Voskuhl of
Maria Stein; 22 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren;
brothers and sisters, Paul Jutte of Coldwater, Luke and
Betty Jutte of Versailles, Julius and Betty Jutte of Fort
Recovery, Mark and Thelma Jutte of Fort Recovery,
Bud and Betty Jutte of Osgood, Auggie and Betty Jutte
of St. Henry, Zeno Jutte of St. Henry, Lenoard and
Betty Jutte of Rockford, Joann and Joe Schoenherr of
Fort Recovery; sisters-in-law, Rita and Ben Hoying of
Montezuma, Mary Hess of Coldwater; brother-in-law,
Lavern Vagedes of Coldwater.
She was also preceded in death by a grandchild,
Elizabeth Dicke; siblings and spouses, Esther and Bill
Keller, Mary and Ed Neiberding, Luella and Delbert
Barga, Helen Vagedes, Carl Jutte; brothers-in-law and
sisters-in-law, Bertha and Ernest Beckstedt, Jerry and
Eleanor Hess, Urban and Adella Hess, Monica and
Gregor Grevenkamp, Vic Hess; sister-in-law, Rita Jutte.
She was a member of St. Henry Catholic Church and
she was a homemaker.
A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday, June 20, at St. Henry Catholic Church in
St. Henry. Burial will follow at St. Henry Cemetery in
St. Henry.
Condolences may be left at hogenkampfh.com.
Exhibit
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members are not only
from Mercer County,
but also Auglaize, Van
Wert, Allen, Paulding and
Darke Counties.
“The local collectors
will bring in the artifacts
and some of the guys are
old farmers who bring
their lifetime collections
of everything they found
on the farm,” Leasor
said.
“Some guys are surface
hunters and they go out
and they go to as many
sites as they can find and
there are guys like me
who go to auctions, others guys go buy them
from the farmers or whoever will sell them. There
is a full range of people
showing their artifacts
from the beginning collectors to the advanced
collectors.”
Leasor explained the
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different prices the arrowheads may go for in
today’s market for prehistoric artifacts.
“There are displays
that buy arrowheads and
sometimes they are $1
and sometimes they are
a few dollars,” Leasor
said.
“As you go into the
nicer material, there are
arrowheads that run a
few thousand dollars.
There is a full range depending on workmanship, color, size and the
rarity.”
Leasor explained that
he collects broken flint
material now and goes
to different exhibits in
Indiana, Kentucky and
Michigan.
“I buy a lot of broken
material now,” Leasor
said.
“I have taken to collecting material types like
flint ridge from quarries.
I get samples from several types of quarries. There
Taste of Celina
Block Party
returns July 13
Each vendor will be set
Celina Downtown Merchants have announced the up on the street with in2nd Annual Taste of Celina dividual tents. Tables and
Block Party and Car Show seats for customers to relax
and enjoy the food, drinks
on July 13.
After several months and free entertainment
of basking in the success will be provided from
of last year’s event and re- Market to Warren streets.
covering from the over- All Main Street restaurants
whelmingly positive public and many retail shops will
response, the group has set be open during the event.
The Taste of Celina
out to recreate last year’s
celebration with several Block Party has become an
annual event sponsored by
improvements.
Local restaurants will Celina Merchant Associaoffer small servings of tion and Celina Mercer Co.
their delicious signature Chamber of Commerce
and specialty dishes. Live and supported by generous
music will begin at 5 p.m. donations from Ultimate
and continue until 10 p.m. Prime Chef Sponsors: FryLive music will continue at wise, Mercer Savings Bank
and Walmart. C-Town
the 211 Club until 2 a.m.
The event will include a Wings donated as a Master
car show between Warren Chef Choice Sponsor and
the following businesses
Street and Fayette.
The block party will contributed as Top Chef
encompass two blocks of Select Sponsors: Citizens
Main Street from the in- National Bank, CAPT,
tersection of Market Street Reynolds & Reynolds,
south to the intersection of Celina VFW, Ottawa Oil/
Main and Warren streets. Shell Party Mart, Peoples
Presale tickets will be avail- Bank, Stammen Insurance,
able at the chamber office Four-U Office Supplies,
Visions, Lake Contract226 N. Main in Celina.
Taste of Celina par- ing and Dynamic Federal
ticipants will include 211 Credit Union.
Food tickets are being
Club, Java Nation, C-Town
Wings, Candlelight Inn, sold now at the Celina
Bella’s Italian Grille, Casa Mercer County Chamber
Rodriguez, CJ Highmarks, of Commerce.
For those who purchase
The Music Cafe & Korean
Kitchen, Pullman Bay, food tickets by July 4, buy
Dockside Grill, Charlie’s 10 tickets and get one
Bakery and others. Near- free.
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ly 20 restaurants around
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to four tickets.
Godfory Reserve,” Leasor said.
“There were Indian
artifacts so as a farmer I
I always have had much appreciation for the great
would pick up arrowheads
town of Minster, but after a 10-week stay in the hosand my dad had lived on
pital, you really find out just how wonderful our
farms next to the river so
community is.
he picked up arrowheads.
Some of the thoughtfulness is all of the prayers,
I had always lived on Inwell
wishes, cards (over 200 of them) and other
dian fertile ground and
wonderful things that were done during our stay in
then I met some guys at
Pittsburgh … thank you.
work who were collecPeople who took care of the lawn, mail and other
tors and they took me to
duties
that had to be done … thank you.
shows and I really enjoyed
Fr. Rick and Fr. Louie for the masses and prayers
it.”
… thank you.
For further questions,
There is no way Jerry and I can thank you indicontact Joyce Alig at 419vidually,
but your kindness will never be forgotten.
678-2614 or Paul Leasor
It will be some time before my recovery is comat 419-394-4589.
plete, but with the prayers of all of you my progress
has been good.
Warmest regards — Arlene and Jerry Wissman
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are books that say what is
available in Ohio. I got
over half of the quarries
in a little display and then
there is a lot in Indiana,
Kentucky and Michigan.
I will often go to different exhibits in those areas and see what I can
find.”
Leasor has been studying artifacts his whole life
before becoming apart of
the Mercer County Indian Relic Collectors Society back in 1973.
“There were always Indian relics on our farms
and when I was younger
and we purchased a farm
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Minster Jr./Sr. High names
fourth quarter honor rolls
The Minster Junior High
/ High School Honor Roll
for the fourth quarter is as
follows
Grade 7
Highest Honors: Alison Borgerding, Colleen
Jutte, Jennifer Trzaska,
Amanda Winner
High Honors: Carly
Barhorst, Hayley Baumer, Lisa Borges, Leah
Brandewie,
Nicklaus
Chalk, Isaac Dorsten, Caleb Francis, Ava Goebel,
Jordyn Heitbrink, Sarah
Huwer, Aaron Kitzmiller,
Savanah Luthman, Noah
Poeppelman,
Morgan
Pohl, Kyle Prenger, Sarah
Ripploh, Lindsay Roetgerman, Nathan Schwieterman, Maddison Stewart,
Benjamin Stubbs
Honors:
Alejandro
Blanco, Jordan Brackman, Dylan Byers, Samuel
Dircksen, Macey Elder,
Zoe Heid, Carter Hogenkamp, Sable Hudson, Morgan Koverman, Dezerae
Miller, Jonathan Niemeyer,
Natalie Oakley, Alex Oldiges, Hailey Oldiges, Paige
Purdy, Cody Schlater,
Bryce Schmiesing, Hallie
Sherman, Austen Vanderhorst
Grade 8
Highest Honors: Kaci
Bornhorst, Benjamin Butler, Erin Cavanaugh, Peter
Falk, Kyle Heitkamp, Evan
Huelsman, LeAnn Huelsman, Amanda Lehmkuhl,
Joshua Nixon, Jack Poeppelman, Madison Schmidt,
Hannah
Schmitmeyer,
Chad Stoner, Jared Thobe,
Conner Tumbusch, Katie
Wuebker
High Honors: Jessica
Berelsman, Adam Bornhorst, Katherine Burke,
Jesse Burkhead, Jacob
Dues, Austin Dwenger,
Alexander Eiting, Zachary Eiting, Mya Francis,
Reid Frick, Wesley Kogge,
Pierce McGowan, Margaret Meiring, Laura Meyer,
Ethan Monnin, Joshua Otting, Peter Ranly, Kelsey
Richard, Julia Slonkosky,
Jacob Stechschulte, Cortney Thien
Honors: Lisa Barlage,
Adam Boehnlein, Jenna
Collins, Samantha Cunningham, Dane Dahlinghaus, Logan DeLoye, Megan Gabel, Isaac Gibson,
Derek Grieshop, Brett
Hoelscher,
Jacqueline
Hoying, Hannah Kuether,
Madison Meyer, Brooke
Monnin, Maxwell Pelletier,
Lindsey Schmidt, Jason
Schultz, Allison St. Clair
Grade 9
Highest Honors: Elizabeth Baker, Maria Heckman, Cassandra Jutte,
James Nixon, Lauren Roetgerman, Jenna Sekas, Kayla
Thien, Joseph Trzaska, Nicole Will
High Honors: Alicia
Arling, Gabrielle Barga,
Maurice Bornhorst, Austin
Brackman, Caleb Broering,
Mara Cull, Samuel Dues,
Carlin Elder, Andrew
Fausey, Xavier Francis,
Michaela Goettemoeller,
Abbey Goubeaux, Regan
Hahn, Megan Hilgefort,
Seth Koenig, Blake Mallory, Bridget McGowan,
Mariah McKenzie, Taylor
Meiring, Danielle Monnin, Rebekah Monnin,
Erica Oldiges, Logan Pack,
Clifton Perryman, Alana
Poeppelman, Nathan Riethman, Loren Schmidt,
Matthew Trushaw, Rachel
Wehrman
Honors: Blake Ahrns,
Logan Arnold, Lukas Barhorst, Nicole Borgerding,
Tyler Cummans, Jonathan
Fausey, Gabe Goodwin,
Abigayle Hausfeld, RaeAnne Heitkamp, James
Nevels, Drew Ripploh,
Samuel Schutte, Jonathon
Tipton, Taylor Trego, Elijah Wolf, Alexis Wuebker
Grade 10
Highest Honors: Nicole Brandewie, Claire
Fischer, Joshua Grieshop,
Anthony Huelsman, Dana
Jutte, Megan Kaiser, Kara
Kitzmiller, Aubrey Klosterman, Alexis Kyburz, Leah
Niekamp, Frederick Purdy
High Honors: Andrew
Albers, Hannah Barga,
John Baumer, Christian
Boehnlein, John Burke,
Trey Conkle, Olivia Enneking, Jonathon Heuker,
Garrett Hogenkamp, Sara
Hosey, Brandon Hoying,
Mitchell Meyer, Whitney
Oakley, Jessica Otting,
Kathryn Prenger, Kayla
Richard, Casey Schmidt,
Sydney Schmidt, Alyssa
Skikus, Chelsea Stewart,
Katelyn Thieman, Bradley
Walterbusch, Alex Winner,
Olivia Winner
Honors:
Stephanie
Albers, Alexander Barhorst, Clay Brown, Lorin
Carlon, Marissa Conrad,
Paul Dues, Macy Eshleman, Mark Hackemoeller,
Wesley Hegemann, Kristin
Hilgefort, Courtney Kuether, Samantha Osterfeld,
Alissa Puthoff, Brittany
Reeves, Theodore Schlater,
Jarod Schmitmeyer, Adam
Schulze, Ryan Schulze,
Scott Sekas, Hannah Sherman, Joel Tebbe, Cierra
Webb, Shelby Wente, Ethan
Wolf, Jacob Wuebker
Grade 11
Highest Honors: Major
Bernhold, Andrew Borges,
Hannah Butler, Allison
Jutte, Andrew Knapke,
Amanda Sherman, Adam
Wehrman
High Honors: Taylor Arnold, James Borges,
Rachel Cull, Breanna
Dahlinghaus, Sara Dahlinghaus, Jay Eilerman,
Natalie Fausey, Samantha
Forsthoefel, Jack Fullenkamp, Mason Haney, Vlad
Kabanov, Troy Kauffman,
Nicholas Kemper, Anne
Klosterman, Alisha Monnin, Adam Niemeyer, Devon Poeppelman, Morgan
Richard, Korey Schultz,
Theodore Trzaska, Joshua
Tumbusch
Honors: Eric Dahlinghaus, Adam Dircksen,
Madeleine Eiting, Craig
Flaute, Bridget Geiger,
Derek Hilgefort, Megan
Liening, Claire McGowan, Jennifer Phlipot, Alan
Tebbe, Kurtis Thobe, Ryan
Whittle
Grade 12
Highest Honors: Aaron Brandewie, Drew Elson, Austin Fischer, Lauren
Jutte, Alexandra Monnin,
Heather Schmiesing, Brittany Sherman, Nicole St.
Clair, Dana Stucke, Megan
Timmerman, Janie Wagner, Johanna Winner
High Honors: Kayla
Albers, Nicole Barhorst,
Desiree Blair, Hanna
Floyd, Jayden Hahn, Brittany Heitkamp, Samantha
Hoelscher, Ryan Hoying,
Austin Knapke, Kaitlyn Lehmkuhl, Jacquelyn Raible,
Margo Slonkosky, Wesley
Stueve, Matthew Wuebker
Honors:
Courtney
Beck, Edward Bruns,
Halie Byers, Tara Clune,
Tyler Dues, John Freytag,
Douglas Huber, Kelly Mueller, Kody Seger, Francis Slonkosky, Ryan Will,
Kylee Winner.
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According to the insurance institute,
dog bites account for over $479 million
and one-third of all homeowners liability claims paid in 2011. The institute realizes that all bites are not reporter but can
show that the average loss for a reported
bite is about $29,000. That means more
than 16,000 bites. State Farm Insurance
records show that their reported losses
in Ohio made it one of the top 10 states
for bites in the United States.
Ås a homeowner, your dog must be
confined to your property of if off the
property, on a a leash. You are liable for
almost any situation when you dog would
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there are restrictions. Certain breeds of
dogs may be excluded
by your insurance carrier as well as any animal that has a history
of bites in the past.
Ohio’s new law
under House Bill 14,
sets new limits and
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definitions of vicious,
dangerous and nuisance dogs without
regard to breed. The law also sets limits
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dogs labeled vicious or dangerous.
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Dry again?
This weather is hard to deal with!
Our May and June have been like a typical July and August.
It is important to water newly
planted trees, shrubs and turf, weekly.
This extended period of time with no
significant rain fall has already gotten most lawns well into summer
dormancy.
Turf needs at least 1 inch of precipitation per week.
With temperatures into the middle
90s, the lawns may now need up to 1.5
inches of water per week.
The size of your produce in you garden is tremendously effected by the
weather.
The variable rainfall has left some
gardens with lush
growth.
While
others
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Storming castles in Scotland
When you crest a rolling hill in Scotland and first glimpse a castle shrouded in
a swirling mist, your eyes quiver and your
heart pounds like a war drum. From a distance the structure appears almost feeble,
like an old king asleep in his throne. But
once you approach the stone beast and
stand next to the immense walls, then the
castle become grandiose and barbaric,
a glorious testament the Scotland’s turbulent history and the reign of power it
fortified throughout the sprawling countryside.
Castles have long been associated with
romance and excitement, and the giant
green fields of Scotland are full of them.
From the Highlands to Dumfries and
Galloway, they range from quixotic ruins from the 12th-century, to fine stately
homes designed by great 18th-century
architects, complete with opulent gardens and turrets reaching out of fairytales
and into the skies.
These magnificent castles are icons
of dynasties past, clan castles where
mighty lords of the Middle Ages resided
in fortresses of stone. To explore them
throughout the Scottish landscape is to
be mesmerized with the legacy and the
legends, the beauty and the charm, and
possibly encounter a ghost of a lithe Scottish maiden, pacing the halls for centu-
ries in search of a lost
prince.
Cawdor Castle is
often stormed by fans
of Shakespeare, for
the mythic fortress is
forever linked to the
name Macbeth, even
Barbara
though the real MacFrilling
beth lived about 350
years before the first
stone was arranged on these grounds.
That does not mean, however, that the
castle is any less impressive.
Located 12 miles east of Inverness in
the eastern heart of the Highlands, Cawdor dates from the late 14th century and
originally was built as a private fortress.
Once you cross the drawbridge, you’ll
find a very intimate atmosphere full of
antique furniture, fine portraits and tapestries, all arranged to please the Cawdor
family still residing there today. The castle
is fortunate to have three gardens, including the Walled Garden and its intricate
holly maze.
Edinburgh Castle is the most visited
monument in Scotland, and with good
reason. Standing tall and parental high
above the city of Edinburgh on a wide
expanse of volcanic rock, the castle dominates the sprawling capital city beneath
it.
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these common — but generally avoidable price levels. It is also
important to continue to make contribu— mistakes.
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The Community Post
Our Old Book Case From Out of Our Past
By GARY OLDIGES
Minster Historical Society
Prehistoric tools will be on exhibit Sunday, June 24, at the museum.
By JOYCE ALIG
President, Mercer County
Historical Society
On June 24, from 1 p.m.
to 4 p.m., there is a double
feature, whereby two important events will take
place at the Mercer County Historical Museum,
The Riley Home, 130 E.
Market, a block east of the
courthouse at Celina.
First, the 32nd Annual
Prehistoric Artifacts Exhibit, hosted by Mercer
County Indian Relic Collectors. will be held on the
museum lawn. Second, the
book, “Marion Township
Historical and Genealogical Resources. Passport to
History Series, Book XXI,”
will be available at the museum.
The theme of this year’s
prehistoric artifact exhibit is “Protect our Native American Heritage in
Western Ohio.” These flint,
stone, and slate artifacts
are tangible evidence of
people living here in Ohio,
thousands of years ago. The
oldest tangible evidence of
man living in Mercer County, is the elk’s antlers and
bones which were found
when Cy Schwieterman’s
employees were ditching
on the Ron Stucke farm
west of Cranberry. The elk’s
scapula (shoulder bone)
had the evidence of a spear
penetrating the bone. The
elk bones were carbon 14
dated at over 9,000 years
ago.. Thus, ,9000 years ago,
man was making his own
flint tools and hunting elk,
right here in Mercer County. This evolution of man’s
ability to live off of the
land, and to create tools for
survival is a lesson for all
of us. The people who preceded us, made our lives
better, by centuries upon
centuries of improvements
in our standard of living.
Hundreds of artifacts
belonging to the Collectors
will be on exhibit. Modern
flint knappers can see Paul
Leasor’s exhibit of archaeological chert samples, compared with freshly quarried
chert samples. This Sunday
will be a good time to bring
your own Indian artifacts
to show the collectors for
information.
Second, the book,
“Marion Township Historical and Genealogical
Resources. Passport to History Series, Book XXI,” will
be available at the museum
for five dollars. This book
contains information for
doing historical and genealogical research in Marion
Township. It is the size of
a passport and 52 pages in
length. Carthagena, Cassella, Chickasaw, Millport,
St. Sebastian, Maria Stein,
St. John’s Station, St. Rosa,
Steineman Station, Emlen
Institute, Randolph Freedmen, St. Charles Seminary,
two C.PP.S. Convents,
and the C.H. & D. Railroad are included in this
book.
Sister Anna Kesssen,
Photo provided
formerly of Carthagena,
and now in Clarence, N.Y.,
helped with the research
for this book. I mailed her
a copy of this book. This is
part of the letter she wrote
to me: “My Dad, Martin
Kessen, re-buried those
graves at the corner of St.
Rts. 127 and 274, in 1950.
I was told recently that it
is not a separation of black
and white, but Catholic
and Protestant. Bertha Jennings (black) became a
convert and is buried with
the Catholics.She and her
husband Lou had 12 children. It was exciting to read
about Doris Bowles. She
was in the 8th grade when
I was in the 1st. We walked
home from school together. She was a very smart
girl. My Dad and brothers set traps for musk rats
along a creek that ran thru
our property. Joe Link
purchased them. Joe Link
had the General Store for
groceries and some clothing at Carthagena. Also, his
store served as a Post Office, Barber Shop and one
pump gas station.”
This double feature of
prehistoric Indian artifacts
and books about Marion
Township historical resources is open to the public. There is no charge.
The Mercer County Historical Society President Joyce
Alig, may be contacted at
3054 Burk-St. Henry Road,
Saint Henry, OH 45883, or
[email protected] or 419678-2614.
St. Michael’s Bible school set
Vacation Bible School is starting soon
at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Fort
Loramie, and Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Newport are inviting all
the children in the Fort Loramie area to
join at SonRise National Vacation Bible
School.
Children will have a great time singing,
watching skits, creating crafts, learning bible stories, playing games and eating fun
treats. But most important, they’ll discover more about who Jesus is and about
some important choices everyone has to
make.
The church looking forward to sharing
this exciting event with the children and
parents in our communities.
Vacation Bible School begins Monday,
July 9 and continues through Friday, July
13, from 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. daily at St.
Michael’s Hall, 33 Elm St. in Fort Loramie.
To reserve a spot for a child, contact
Rose Meyer at 937-295-2891, ext. 106.
Note: This column is
created from the archives
of the Minster Community
Post by Minster Historical
Society volunteers for your
enjoyment. Larry Prenger
edits and translates the 100
Years Ago.
100 years ago
The storm which blew
through this area on Sunday probably did no severe
damage in Minster. However, Mr. Frank Lehmkuhl
lost a valuable young ox. A
second ox received minor,
not life threatening injuries. The cattle were in the
field standing under a tree
when they were struck
by lightning. In the vicinity of Osgood the farmers
were not entirely spared.
The recently built barn on
the farm of John Bergman
was blown about 12 feet
off the foundation causing
heavy damage. The roof
on Henry Brandewie’s
grainary was carried away
with the wind. n spite of
this damage, we are thankful that it was not worse.
Arthur Brandewie went
to Cleveland on Monday
where he has taken a job
in an insurance office. On
Tuesday he was on the
job.
A. L. Herkenhoff traveled to Milwaukee on
Sunday to attend the convention of the Gas Engine Manufacturers. He
is there representing the
Minster Machine Co., and
has several models of Gas
Engine Clutches, which
the produce, on display.
Mr. Herkenhoff is certainly well known among
those who attend this kind
of convention and will
likely have several orders
for clutches in his pocket
when he arrives back in
Minster.
Last weekend Charles
Kelley and crew from
St. Marys went to Pleasant Hill to drill a second
well for oil. The recently
completed well between
Covington and Piqua is
beset with strong gas, and
it is hoped that oil will
be found at this well near
Pleasant Hill.
75 years ago
The annual reunion of
the Brandewie and Bornhorst families will be held
on next Sunday at the
Lindhaus grove between
Newport and Fr. Loramie.
Henry Niemeyer, local
distributors of Hi-Speed
products was in Detroit
on Monday of this week
to attend a convention
that was held by the dealers. He was accompanied
by Richard Boeckman, of
this city, Leroy Lauber, of
St. Henry, and Verlin Nelson, of St. Marys.
The 5th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs.
Ted Sanders of Ft. Loramie was celebrated.
On last Saturday evening a shower was given
at the L.G. Fischer home
on east Fourth street to
compliment
Bernard
Budde who will be the
bridegroom at a wedding
that will be held on June
26. The bride will be Miss
Ann Elizabeth Wissman,
of Ft. Loramie.
The Ohio Supreme
Court Wednesday refused
to admit for review the appeal of the Metropolitan
Bank of Lima in its suit to
recover on a promissory
note issued by the con-
gregation of St. Augustine
Roman Catholic church
of Minster, to erect an organ in the church.
50 years ago
The Marion Local
School District Board of
Education will ask voter
to approve a bond issue
for a new $316,000, 10
room elementary school
at the November election.
Donald Homan of Minster, Richard Timmerman
and Janet Hagelberger of
Botkins, Linda Stachler of
Maria Stein and Barbara
Kuck of New Bremen are
area graduates who will
receive diplomas at the
102nd commencement of
Miami-Jacobs junior college of business in Dayton
this Friday at the NCR auditorium in Dayton.
Mr. and Mrs. Cletus
Grieshop (Mary Ann
Drees), of Osgood, are
parents of an eight pound
five ounce daughter, Linda
Jo, born Monday in Our
Lady of Mercy Hospital
at Coldwater, The grandparents are Elmer Drees
of Minster and Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Grieshop of
Osgood.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wetzel and family of Cleveland, and David Wetzel
of Ohio State University,
spent the week end with
Mrs. Neoma Wetzel and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Julius
Woehrmyer
returned
home recently by jet following a visit with Mr. and
Mrs. Homer Woehrmyer
at Denver, Colo.
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Why Are Christians Disappearing from the Middle East?
The Christian population in the Muslim Middle East has plunged from
20% a century ago to less than 5% today—and it’s falling fast.
Arab Christianity, for centuries a dominant force in Middle East culture, religion and politics, now faces extinction in nearly every
country in the region. Discrimination and persecution by Muslim governments, as well as murderous attacks by Islamic
extremists, are driving Christians from their homelands by the millions. In fact, the only country in the Middle East in which
Christians are safe—and where their numbers are growing—is Israel.
What are the facts?
by Muslims, Iraqi Christians live in deathly fear and must pray in
The Middle East now has the fewest number of Christians private. They now account for 40% of Iraq’s refugees.
Syria. While Syria’s one million Christians enjoyed some
and the smallest share of the population that is Christian of
any major geographic region. A review of the deadly treatment stability under the Assad regimes, civil unrest has now caused
faced by Christians in nearly every Middle East nation reveals the country’s Christians to fear for their lives. Indeed, some
100 Christians have been killed and many kidnapped since the
the reasons why:
Egypt. Coptic Christians have lived in Egypt since 451 C.E. unrest began. Islamic militants have begun the ethnic
cleansing of Christians in the
and now number 5-8 million. But
Syrian city of Homs, and at least
for decades they have suffered
Murderous attacks by Islamic
90% of Christians living there—as
church burnings and murder at the
hands of radical Muslims who want extremists are driving Christians from many as 50,000 people—have been
driven from their homes, according
Egypt free of religious minorities.
their homelands by the millions. to the Dutch aid group, Church in
Under President Mubarak the
Need.
military protected Christians and
West Bank and Gaza. Since the Islamic terrorist group
jailed extremists, but since Mubarak’s overthrow attacks by
Muslim radicals have increased, and the military has refused to Hamas violently seized Gaza in 2007, half its tiny Christian
make arrests. On New Year’s Day 2011, 21 Christians were community has fled. Crucifixes and Christmas decorations are
slaughtered and 79 were injured; during a protest in Cairo, 27 forbidden. Following a December 2010 exhortation by Hamas
were killed and 300 injured by Egyptian police. An estimated officials to murder Christians, Rami Ayyad, the owner of Gaza’s
only Christian bookstore was killed and his store torched. In
100,000 Copts have recently fled the country.
Iran. Under Iran’s ultra-conservative theocracy, it’s the West Bank, the Christian population has plummeted as
practically against the law to be Christian. In recent years, well, decreasing from 15% of the population in 1950 to less
hundreds of evangelical Christians have been arrested for than 2% now—only about 60,000 souls. Before Israel’s War of
“crimes against the order,” including Pastor Youcef Independence in 1948, Ramallah’s population was 90%
Nadarkhani, who was condemned to death because he refused Christian and Bethlehem’s was 80%. Today, Ramallah and
to renounce his faith. Likewise, a Christian convert who Bethlehem are largely Islamic cities. After the Palestinian
started a “house church” was recently sentenced to two years Authority took over Bethlehem in 1995, Palestinian gunmen
attacked Christian homes and in 2002 seized and defiled the
in prison for “anti-Islamic propaganda.”
Saudi Arabia. In Wahabist Saudi Arabia, Christian prayer, Church of the Nativity. Today, Christians make up only a fifth
even in private, is against the law—as is importing a Bible. of the city’s population.
Israel. During Jordan’s occupation of Jerusalem, from 1948
Recently officials strip-searched 29 Christian women and
assaulted six Christian men after arresting them for holding a to 1967, the city’s Christian population shrank by 50% to only
private prayer meeting. They’ve had no trial and remain 12,646. Today, under Israeli rule, that Christian community is
imprisoned with no word on their fate. Saudi Arabia’s Grand growing, as is Israel’s entire Christian population—up
Mufti, Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah, recently decreed that it dramatically since 1948 to 154,000, about 2% of Israel’s total
is “necessary to destroy all the churches of the region,” population. Christians serve in Israel’s legislative Knesset, its
foreign ministry and on its Supreme Court. Israeli Arab
referring to the entire Arabian Peninsula.
Iraq. Iraq’s Christian population, which once numbered 1.5 Christians are on average extremely well educated and
million, has shrunk to less than 250,000. No wonder: In the wake relatively affluent. In short, Israel is the only place in the
of church burnings, kidnappings and the slaughter of Christians Middle East where Christians feel safe and can flourish.
The U.N. Declaration of Human Rights, adopted in 1948, holds that “Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience
and religion.” Yet discrimination directed at Christians—as well as murder and ethnic cleansing—have always been a threat in
the Arab Muslim world. It’s time our media stop whitewashing “clashes between Muslims and Christians” and start honestly
reporting the outright ethnic cleansing of Christian minorities by Muslim radicals. It’s also time U.S. legislators start denying
financial aid to Middle East nations that refuse to halt state-sponsored bias and Muslim violence against Christians.
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Couple to wed
Bruns celebrate 50 years
Fred and Edna Bruns of Troy will celebrate their 50th anniversary on July 22
with a Mass of Thanksgiving at 9:30 a.m.
at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Troy.
A dinner reception will be held at Osgood Legion Hall in Osgood for family
and invited guests, with an open house
from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Fred and Edna (Langenkamp) Bruns
were married on July 21, 1962, at St.
Nicholas Catholic church in Osgood. The
Rev. Jacob Volk officiated.
The witnesses were Ruth (Langenkamp) Oldiges, Carol (Bruns) Gigandet,
Helen (Baltes) Lovell, Jeanie (Langenkamp) Hoffman, Gerald Bruns, John
Schmitmeyer, Bob Poeppelman, John
Langenkamp, and the late John Pleiman.
Fred and Edna have three daughters,
Deborah (Sam) Moniaci of West Milton,
Sheryl (Harry) Griffieth of Troy, Tina
(Dan) Reichley of Richmond, Ind.
The couple has eight grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren.
Ribbon cutting held at playground
Maria Ann Beckman and Jacob
Larger have announced their engagement and plans to marry on July 21,
2012 in St. Augustine Catholic Church
in Minster.
Maria is the daughter of Richard
and Rebecca Beckman of Minster. She
graduated from Minster High School
in 2007 and The Ohio State University
in 2011. She is employed at the Hyatt
Regency Columbus.
Her fiance is the son of Bernard
and Katherine Larger of New Bremen. He graduated from New Bremen High School in 2004, The Ohio
State University in 2008 and Capital
University Law School in 2011. Jacob
currently works at the National Federation of Independent Business in
Columbus.
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Staff photo/Michelle Stein
The Sunshine Playground, a handicapped-accessible playground in New Bremen,
officially opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony June 16. Shown above, kids line
up to help cut the ribbon before playing on the playground for the first time.
The Community Post
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Agriculture Section
Homan Farms succeeds in dairy business for 45 years
By MALLORY KEMPER
Staff Writer
NEW BREMEN —
More than 45 years of
operation has taken
place at the Marvin Homan Farms in New Bremen. Homan started the
dairy farm in 1967 when
he moved from Chickasaw to New Bremen and
has taught his sons to
help take over the family
business.
The Homans milk
around 350 cows a day
and all the milk heads to
Dannon Yogurt in Minster.
While Homan is the
owner of Marvin Homan Farms, Homan’s
three sons have all taken
part in the business as
well. Fred and Frank
Homan have been helping out their father with
the dairy farm as Alan
Homan has took part in
opening his own dairy
farm operation in New
Knoxville.
Homan explained that
they have farms — six
miles east and six miles
north that they farm.
“Alan has his own dairy
farm but we do all of our
harvesting and planting
together here,” Homan
said.
Homan spoke of what
it takes to keep a dairy
farm in operation for 45
years.
“To keep the farm
going this long you got
you’re good years and
you’re bad years but you
got to take it all into
stride, you got to have a
lot of confidence,” Homan said. “I always say in
a 12-month period there
are always two months
that is always down and
aren’t quite as good.
That happens and you
just have to look through
that.”
Homan
explained
that the business is a
family operation and everyone helps out at the
farm.
“Basically, we have a
family operation here,
my wife (Carolyn) does
a lot of help with it,” Homan said. “We do a lot
of our own maintenance
ourself. That’s the key to
it, if you do a lot of you’re
own work. I love to do a
lot of the maintenance
work, it’s always a challenge.”
With roughly 350
dairy cows, Homan said
that there are also two
part-time workers that
help out with the milking.
“We have two parttime workers helping us
out milking,” Homan
said. “We start milking
at 4:30 in the morning
and start milking at 3:30
in the evening. We are
usually done by seven in
the evening. Otherwise
if we are really busy then
it’s later. We try to spend
time with the family after
seven.”
In addition to milk
production, the Homans also raise all of
their own feed including
— corn, hay, beans and
wheat.
Homan explained that
the farm keeps on getting
bigger and they need to
purchase larger equipment.
“We just started out
here with a double four,
then went to a double six
to a 400-gallon tank to an
800, went to a 1,200-gallon tank to a 3000 and
now we have a 5000-gallon tank,” Homan said.
“We started out with
a two-row planter to a
four row planter to a six
row planter and now we
have a 12-row planter.
We grew as we went
along.”
In 1996, Homan Farms
went through a tragic disaster Homan explained.
“On July 18, 1996
at about 12:05 at night
our old house got hit by
lightning and after that
we built a new house,”
Homan said. “We built
the new dairy barns in
1997. We only have one
original building when I
started and all the rest are
new.”
Homan spoke of the
drought occurring and
said that it hasn’t affected his crops quite
yet.
“We got our crops in a
little bit earlier and they
look good considering
the amount of rain we
have had the crops are
still looking pretty decent
yet,” Homan said. “Last
year, we didn’t get anything planted until last
time this year and it was
the best crops we have
ever had. Today, with
our corn it can take a lot
more stress than that and
if we get some rain coming up we will still have
a good crop. The main
thing is you have to have
a good stand, there are a
few places where stands
aren’t quite as good but
as a whole it is still pretty
decent.”
Homan
explained
some advice for someone wanting to start their
own dairy operation and
the hard work it takes.
“If you want to work a
lot of long hours you can
make it but today it’s a lot
of investment,” Homan
said.
“We are about the only
two dairy farms left in
this area — Steve Frankenberg and us. A lot of
them are all dropping
out. Even in the county,
I know I talked to somebody, the amount of dairy
men are very few. What
happens is — if you don’t
have a certain amount of
overhead the expenses to
keep the operation your
farm dies. To keep your
total costs down, it takes
so much time with the
costs to wash the equipment and so on. We have
a double truck and a parallel parlor and we can
milk close to 100 cows in
an hour.”
Homan
explained
that on the farm there is
always something new
happening each and everyday but still loves the
work that he does.
“There is always something new everyday,”
Homan said. “You never
know. We do the majority of our own work and
there is always something
you never know what is
going to come up next. I
really like the dairy business. I am old enough to
retire but I love it, I still
work 12 to 15 hours a
day.”
Staff photo/Mallory Kemper
Shown above is a dairy calf resting in the stall at Marvin Homan Farms near New
Bremen.
Shown above are some of the dairy cows at the Marvin
Homan Farms near New Bremen.
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Agriculture Section
Egbert places first at BEST Bolheimer receives award
Photo provided
Pictured above is Brooke Egbert of Botkins who recently placed first at the 20112012 Ohio Cattelmen’s Association (OCA) BEST (Beef Exhibitor Show Total) at the
Ohio Expo Center.
The 2011-2012 Ohio
Cattlemen’s
Association (OCA) BEST (Beef
Exhibitor Show Total)
Program wrapped up on
June 2 with its annual
awards banquet held at
the Ohio Expo Center in
Columbus.
“The banquet is a time
to celebrate with family,
friends and BEST supporters the many achievements of our BEST participants,” said Stephanie
Sindel, BEST coordinator. “Each participant is
recognized for their hard
work that goes above
and beyond the show
ring.”
Several representatives
from program sponsors
Bob Evans Farms, Farm
Credit Services of MidAmerica, Green Oak
Farms, M.H. Eby, Ohio
Farm Bureau Federation
and Burroughs Frazier
Farms were on hand to
help present awards to-
taling more than $32,000
in belt buckles, furniture,
jackets, show materials
and other awards.
This year’s BEST
program featured 16
sanctioned shows that
weaved its way across the
state.
More than 415 head
of market animals and
heifers were shown and
315 youth participated.
The following Auglaize
County youth was recognized:
Brooke Egbert, Botkins, placed first and
third in the photography contest junior division and also won editor’s choice. Egbert was
recognized for showing
the Grand Champion
Crossbred Steer and
placing Seventh Overall
in Junior Showmanship.
Egbert is the daughter
of Bruce and Justine
Egbert.
BEST is a youth pro-
gram of the OCA that
recognizes Ohio’s junior beef exhibitors
through a series of
shows.
Juniors who participate in these sanctioned
shows earn points for
their placing at each
show.
The OCA BEST program promotes educating
Ohio’s juniors about the
beef industry’s issues and
rewards the successful accomplishments and hard
work of those junior beef
producers.
Auglaize
County
youth had a successful
2011-2012 BEST season and were recognized
during the annual BEST
banquet by BEST Sponsoring Partners Bob Evans Farms, Farm Credit
Services of Mid-America,
Green Oak Farms, M.H.
Eby, Ohio Farm Bureau
Federation and Burroughs Frazier Farms.
Photo provided
Shown above is Barb and Don Bolheimer the recipients of the award with Connie
Schafer, president of the Minster Garden Club.
Route 119 E., Minster.
They have many different perennials and annuals groupings around
their home.
Don and Barb Bollheimer are the recipients for the award for the
month of June.
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The Community Post
Agriculture Section
Ag Solutions June meeting held Winner’s Meats
receive award
The Ag Solutions meeting was held on Monday,
June 4 to discuss updates
happening around the
community.
Jared Ebbing spoke
of Governor Kasich recently joined the LRC
and state directors for a
meeting via teleconference. He clearly advised
the local groups that he
has complete confidence
in his directors’ ability to
address the lake issues.
Some funding is in place
and assured but other key
funding for the Amiran
project has been delayed.
Amiran representatives
are traveling to Mercer
County soon to discuss
approaches that would allow the company to start
their facility in a reduced
fashion. Ebbing acknowledged that some individuals are again pursuing
a law suit against the Ag
community.
He advised that we
need to pursue workable,
effective solutions to the
nutrient issues. This is
the best way to deal with
litigation.
Gene Homan advised
the group that the EPA
has formed a Phase II task
force in Columbus to deal
with ongoing nutrient issues across the state with
the focus being on Lake
Erie.
Homan plans to attend
some of the meetings in
Columbus to see what he
can learn.
John Kaiser explained
that Terry Mescher was
not able to attend the
meeting but Kaiser advised the group that the
settling tank project is
on hold while the Soil
and Water staff continues to work on CNMP’s
and other water related
issues. Brief discussion
ensued about staffing at
Soil and Water which
may be inadequate given the amount of work
required for preparing
CNMP’s and upcoming
farm inspections. Kaiser
is moving from Soil and
Water to the division of
wildlife and all wished
him well in his new
assignment.
Jim Hoorman, Brother Nick Renner spoke
of the
brief update
on all their watershed
projects.
His brother Nick advised the group that
little had changed since
last meeting regarding
projects that he and Jim
are engaged in. He mentioned that Kevin King
is installing monitoring
systems on three local
farms.
These systems will
monitor nutrients “leaving the farm” in tile
and surface water. Nick
also reminded us of
the upcoming GLSM
tour to be held on Sept.
9.
Mitch Bambauer with
Bambauer Fertilizer &
Seed informed the group
of the benefits of using
MTM.
This product can be
added to a pit or lagoon.
In a pit it will significantly lower ammonia
and odor levels, remove
the crust, and reduce fly
populations.
The phosphorus in
the manure is much
more available to the
plant which can benefit both the crop and
the soil. Mitch’s Power Point presentation
contained information
about how the product
works as well as graphs
reflecting the improvement in yields and other
benefits.
You can contact Mitch
for more at: office 937596-5432, cell 937- 5386244 email [email protected].
There were also updates, ideas and suggestions
from
the
floor.
Milt
Miller
informed
the
group
that the Prairie Creek
wetlands are nearing
completion.
The LRC and LIA are
actively studying other
areas that might be converted to wetlands. Milt
and Ebbing discussed
how portions of the lake
near the mouths of tributaries could be converted
into “in-lake” wetlands.
Miller also briefly discussed toxin levels and
how various entities look
at them before posting
warnings.
The levels have only
been measured extensively the last few years
so it is unknown what the
levels have historically
been.
Miller talked about
getting positive messages out about the
work that the lake folks
and the farmers are
doing.
This can be done by
preparing write-ups and
paying to have them printed without edits in the
local news media. Submittals like this cost $250
and Ag and other businesses could sponsor the
cost.
Lou Brown updated
the group concerning
some experiments he
is conducting on his
farm.
Normally soil samples
are taken in the fall but
Brown has taken approximately two samples for
every 20 acres in an effort
to compare fall, soil nutrient levels with spring/
early summer levels on his
farm.
He also turned off the
28 percent nitrogen applicator for some corn
rows to determine the
long term effect of the nitrogen.
He did spray the rows
with lagoon water which
due to the wet winter contained little in nutrient
value.
As of the meeting date, Brown could
not discern any difference between the corn;
both test samples appeared to be doing quite
well.
He will be digging up a
few plants to compare root
growth.
Brown is drying cow
manure on a 60’ X 60’
uncovered pad. He
spreads cow manure 2 - 3
inches deep and allows
it to dry in the sun and
wind for a few days. He
then pushes it into a pile
and spreads out another
batch. This approach
significantly lowers the
weight of the manure
allowing him to spread
with less soil compaction. The manure
also loses much of its
odor.
Brown asked about
muskrats eating the roots
of the plants on floating
wetlands.
Miller
responded
that this has happened
but they have taken preventive measures such
as screens to keep out
both muskrats and carp.
This has met with some
success.
Miller informed the
group that the Farm Bureau, farmers and lake
folks were featured in a
recent TV broadcast on
PBS. Brown felt that the
presentation, which was
sponsored by the Ohio
Farm Bureau, was fairly
done.
Brown’s farm will be
featured in the Dairy
Section of an upcoming issue of the Minster
Community
Post.
The article will emphasize the environmentally friendly practices
Lou and his family have
implemented on their
Auglaize County farm.
A graduate student
from OSU recently spent
three days on Lou’s farm
taking extensive soil samples and gathering other
info.
A key aspect of this
study is that the student
took multiple samples
at various depths (every ten centimeters)
to determine nutrient levels at various
depths.
He also pulled samples
from
Brown’s
woods which has never
been farmed or fertilized so it will provide a
glimpse as to what local
soils contain based on
Mother Nature’s farming
practices.
This is a USDA project and part of an 8 state
study.
Brown will share all
the feedback from these
various projects in future
meetings.
Andy Schwieterman
spoke of the Schwieterman farm has received
some EQIP money
to install a water control structure on their
farm.
This device allows for
additional water retention in the soil since a
farmer can control the
level/amount of drainage.
This retained water can
supply moisture that otherwise would have been
drained into the creek.
The next meeting will
be on July 2 at 8 p.m. at
the library in Chickasaw.
SALES & SERVICE
Winner’s Meats located
in Osgood and Greenville,
Ohio recently won Grand
Champion for their homemade summer sausage
entered in the 2012 Ohio
Association of Meat Processors Products competition.
There were 142 individual products anonymously
submitted by Meat Processors from all over the state
of Ohio. They were then
scored by a panel of seven
different judges including
an Ohio State University
meat scientist, industry
representatives, and other
specialists from the meat
industry.
Judges scrutinized the
products by appearance,
aroma, texture, and of
course, taste. On Saturday,
April 7, the annual MAC
Wingfest was held at the
New Bremen American
Legion. The famous Winner’s grilled chicken wings
took home the specialty
wing trophy this year. Winner’s Meats would like to
thank everyone that came
out to the event, it was a
great success.
Cattle industry low
PAT LAMPERT
National Farmers Organization
The cattle industry has
seen quite a roller coaster
ride in the last year. We
have had record high fed
cattle prices and a record
high cull cow market in
the last few months.
But, as the saying goes,
what goes up eventually comes down. We are
down approximately $10$12 per CWT live compared to where the market
was in March of 2012. So
called experts are saying
this market has the potential to come back to
those spring levels again
this fall. Reasoning behind their thinking is the
lack of overall numbers.
Shortage of fed cattle and
our export business has
been phenomenal this
past year and predicted to
continue. Cattle feeders
that have taken advantage
of contracting cattle in the
last few months have also
seen record high prices.
The kicker is they have
also paid record high prices for feed inputs and also
record high dollars for the
feeder cattle. Feedstuffs
have decreased a bit recently, but replacements
are still relatively high in
comparison. For these
reasons, that’s why it’s
very important to know
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to verify your profitability
at the end of the feeding
cycle.
We take pride in helping feeders know their
risk and enable them
to eliminate as much as
possible thru our risk
management programs
available.
The market volatility
we have witnessed the last
few years in the Ag. Sector, it just makes sense.
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The Community Post
Agriculture Section
How to protect horses hooves Wind as an energy option
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Photo provided
Domesticated horses often wear horseshoes to protect their hooves from the added weight of riders.
On the surface, it years. The farrier often form clenches.
There are many differseems almost foolish that goes to the horse to do
ent
types
his
work.
Shoeing
can
a horse
should
be
shod
TRUSTEES RE-ELECTED — From left, John Thiel of Marion, Paul
Trihaftofofhorseshoes
LaRue and
for
particular
tasks.
be
done
hot
or
cold,
but
with
a
hard,
metal
disk
on
Gene McCluer of Harrod were re-elected to the board of trustees of Mid-Ohio Energy
the cold process requires These include shoes for
each
of its hooves.
After
Cooperative,
Inc. during
the co-op’s annual meeting of members April 12 at the Marion
horseshoes be custom- trail riding, jumping, racall,
if
animals
were
meant
Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
to wear shoes wouldn't made at another location. ing, and even therapy for
we see cheetahs wearing Hot shoeing allows the horses that may otherrunning sneakers or dogs farrier to custom mold wise go lame.
Although shoeing has
donning boots? Although shoes on the premises.
Strineshoesaid. many advantages, the
MARION
Gene
McCluer of
Harrod,
While
the horse
it may
seem—odd,
horseJohn Metcalf
also
John provide
Thiel of Marion
and Paul
of mayPresident/CEO
that nails
ingTrihaft
process
look fact remains
shoes
protection
storm.
“Last year,
we
were re-elected to the board of talked about the
be driven
into the
toLaRue
animals
who are used painful for the horse, in must
trustees of Mid-Ohio Energy Coopera- spent hundreds of hours creating the
essence it's just like get- hoof, which can damage
as working horses.
tive, Inc. during the co-op’s seventh first strategic plan in the cooperative’s
ting a pedicure. An ex- some of the fibers of the
Working
horses
are
annual meeting of members April 12 at history,” he said. “Little did we know
horn. Shoes also confine
those
that are
asked Memorial
to perienced
what knows
was ahead of us.
the Marion
Veterans
Colise-farrier
hoof
to onesuffered
shape,
make
carry
Jan.a 5,the
2005,
Mid-Ohio
um. riders, pull farm what to do to “On
preventing
it
from
natuhorse
comfortable
and
equipment
and
do
difMcCluer, who represents the Cooper- the worst storm damage in its 68-year
rally
being
able
to
flex
prevent
any
pain.
Here's
ferent
tasks
that
a
wild
ative’s District 7, has served on the history. More than 6,500 of our memunder
weight.
Inexperia
general
synopsis
of
horse
board does
for 20not.
years.There
He and his family bers were without power at one point.
encedspent
farriersmore
may hurt
thana
live distinct
on theirdifferences
farm in Allen
County,
what's
done with“We’ve
a shoe-already
are
of a million
dollars
where McCluer
has served as
by causing
painon
or
ing.an Exten- three-quartershorse
between
domesticated
of dollars
be
sion agent
for 16
years.
damaging
tender will
tissues
1. The old repairs
shoe is and
re- millions
working
horses
and
their
needed to restore
thefoot.
system to its prerepresentswhich
Districtmoved
8 and by
has straightening
in the
wildThiel
counterparts,
storm
condition,”
Metcalf
said. working
“Fortuserved
five
terms
on
the
board.
Thiel
is
All in all,
is why domestic horses the clenches, or the nails
working
with
a farmer, Grand Prairie Township nately, we’ve been
benthat have been bent to horses generallyfederal
are fitted with shoes.
trustee, a board member of the Scioto emergency management officials and it
In the wild, horses secure the shoe. Once efit from wearing shoes.
Conservancy District and a member of looks like they will pick up at least
walk
long distances to straight, the shoe is re- Many people find that
the Marion County Regional Planning some of the tab.”
watching a farrier at work
find
acceptable grazing moved with pincers.
The Mid-Ohio staff is grateful for the
Commission.
a spectacle
worthy
of
2.
The
farrier
then
pastures.
Trekking
so
far
support
from co-op
memA 24-year trustee, Trihaft represents outpouring of is
witnessing.
trims,
levels
and
cleans
across
different
types
of
District 9 and is semi-retired from farm- bers during the storm, Metcalf said. He
In other
notes
explainthe hoof
with said
cutters
and
terrain
hardens
consumers
sent
notes,
letters
and
ing. Henaturally
is a member
of the Marion
Counlucky horseshoes.
the
horses'
hooves. Fur- a rasp.
food thankinging
workers.
“Some of the
ty Farm
Bureau.
Horseshoes
have
long
workers
who were
sent in from
out-ofThe Rev. eating
Jeff Grant
opened the
meet3. The
farrier
will then
thermore,
wild
saidofthey
werethought
amazed to
by bring
how
ing with theprovides
invocation.
Daniel,
been
onevice
of hisstate
variety
vegetation
cer-Bobtake
supportive
members
were,”
he
president
of finance
fortoBuckeye
Power, that
good
luck. Some
people
horseshoes
will be a our
tain
nutrients
essential
added.
the
electricity
generating
and
transmisstrengthening hooves and close fit for the hoof and believe that the horseMetcalf concluded
sion co-op
Ohio’s electric
shoe hasbyto asking
be hungmemwith
heatcooperait (in hot shoeing)
keeping
themforhealthy.
their
state
legislators
tives, talked about current trends in the bers to contactthe
ends pointing
up in
to
Domestic horses walk in a forge.
opposition to a 30 percent increase in
electric industry.
The hot shoe
is placed catch and store luck, while
far less than their wild
“About half of every dollar of your the kilowatt-hour tax in the proposed
cousins.
Also, commer- up against the horse's others think the ends
electric bill goes to Buckeye Power,” state biennium budget. “This tax represhould point down to
hoofincreasto determine
cial
feed
provided
to now,
sents an ifincrease of about $1.50 a
Daniel noted.
“And right
spill themember,”
luck on allMetcalf
in the
modifications
must
be
them
does
not
have
the
ing demand, rising environmental costs month to our average
home.
made.
same
level
of
nutrients
and higher prices for commodities like said. “But other utilities are not facing
Horseshoes
are iscon4. The
shoethe
is worked
necessary
to In
properly
same kind of
impact. This
an
coal and steel.
the last three
years,
sidered lucky because
untilof the
strengthen
Thehasand
fairness.”
the price ofhooves.
coal alone
risenreworked
more issue
Entertainment
providedoriginally
by The
than 100
percent.
may theywas were
added
weight
of riders shape is ideal. This
Elgin Energizers,
a group
of 45
students
“Thatcan
means
the rates
for go-arounds.
made
of iron,
which
was
take pay
several
or gear
put strain
on you
whose
singing
and
dancing
earned
them
electricity
are
going
up,
too.
But
the
5. The new shoe is then thought to be magical
horse hooves. To help
standing
the crowd.
good news
is, Buckeye
has nailed
put in place
due tofrom
its strength
and
to the hoof.
Mostovations
alleviate
that,
different
Music
was
provided
by
the
band
9 Volt.
a
10-year
plan
that
smooths
out
fire.
horseshoes are used de- of the time seven nails are ability to withstand
More than 450
members who
and guests
increases and should keep your rates as
made
driven Blacksmiths
pending
on the type of used, and they are
were on hand for the meeting. Many
competitive as they are today.”
toward the outside of the the horseshoes were
work the horse does.
Board Chairman Max Strine thanked took home door prizes of energy credits
hoof so part of the nails thought to heal the sick
The
person
who
does
members for their patience during the ranging from $10 to $50.
and also carry magical
poke through.
shoeing
on
a
horse
is
Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative, Inc.
January ice storm, which caused
extenpowers,
which
they may
The
excess
is
cut
off
called
a
farrier.
The
farri8,100
member-consive damage and extended outages. “It’s serves more than
have Hardin,
passedAllen,
ontoWyantheir
and the
top part
of in
theMarion,
er's
toolsbeen
and our
apron
sumers
always
goalhave
to provide
service
creations.
bentdot,
down
to horseshoe
remained
Crawford,
Union, Auglaize,
Logan,
to you 24unchanged
hours a day,for
365 nails
days aare
year,
Cooperative elects trustees
but sometimes that’s just not possible,”
Morrow and Hancock counties.
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How to maintain healthy soil Advice for healthy flowers
A lush lawn and garden is a part of many
homeowners'
dream
home. A lawn that emanates green and a garden
that's home to succulent
vegetables is desirable to
homeowners across the
country.
Of course, such lawns
and gardens take time
and effort, and a host of
factors will determine
if a lawn and garden is
something homeowners should be proud or
ashamed of. One such
factor is soil health.
Healthy soil helps deliver food and water to
plants, allowing them
to thrive and add aesthetic appeal to homes.
To maintain healthy soil,
homeowners
should
consider the following
tips.
• Get the soil tested.
When addressing soil
health, it's best to first
get the soil tested. A soil
test will show which type
of soil you have as well as
its makeup and structure,
and just how good or bad
it currently is. Such tests
can also reveal if the soil
is missing any essential
nutrients. Some soil tests
can be conducted by
novice green-thumbers,
while others are best left
to the local agricultural
bureau.
These tests are a good
investment, as they will remove the guesswork from
fertilizing.
Without a soil test,
many
homeowners
end up overdoing it
when fertilizing, which
can prove a costly
mistake.
Take a soil sample a
few months before you
plan to plant or landscape to give yourself
enough time to apply
the test's recommendations to your lawn and
garden.
• Avoid wet soil. When
soil is wet, don't walk or
drive over it and keep
the kids out of the yard.
When wet soil is walked
on or driven over, the soil
gets packed down, pushing out air and making it
more difficult and sometimes impossible for water to pass through the
soil.
That makes it hard for
roots to grow. Gardeners
who plan to plant this gardening season should wait
for the soil to dry before
planting.
• Use well-drained soil.
Well-drained soil will dry
fast and enable oxygen to
reach the root zone, helping build stronger roots
as a result. Plants with
strong roots are more
likely to survive severe
weather.
•
Use
compost.
Compost can prove
very beneficial to soil
health.
Organic compost is
typically loaded with
nutrients that, upon
maturity,
feed
the
soil and promote soil
health.
Biodegradable items
like grass clippings,
leaves and even excess
food like apple cores
can strengthen the
compost.
Even worms, which
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• Don't bash bacteria.
Bacteria is often seen
as a formidable foe, but
some bacteria can actually promote healthy
soil.
Bacteria decompose
plant matter, releasing
the nutritive value into
the soil, and can also
break down chemical
pesticides.
So while bacteria is bad
more often than it's beneficial, some bacteria are
quite useful, particularly
when it comes to healthy
soil.
• Don't be scared off
by slime. Like bacteria,
slime has a bad reputation. However, veteran
gardeners
understand
that reputation isn't warranted.
Slime mold is ugly,
and many new gardeners see it and instantly
assume it's bad for their
garden.
However,
slime
molds are good for
the soil, helping break
down dead wood and
leaves.
They might not add
aesthetic appeal, but slime
molds do serve a practical
and important purpose
in maintaining healthy
soil.
• Pests can be an ally
to healthy soil. Some garden pests like mites, millipedes and centipedes
are incorrectly assumed
to be enemies of healthy
soil.
In fact, such pests
can vastly improve soil
health.
Mites consume dead
leaves and additional
plant matter, enabling
bacteria to more effectively release nutrients
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Millipedes and centipedes are also beneficial
to soil, as their droppings
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Fresh flowers serve
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of flowers can be a gift on a
special holiday or birthday.
Some people apologize
with flowers, while others
use flowers to convey feelings of love or appreciation. Many people like to
display fresh-cut flowers
in their homes because
their beauty can brighten
the mood indoors. Others plant rows and rows of
flowers in a garden with the
express purpose of cutting
them and bringing them
into the home.
While outdoor flowers can remain beautiful
and bountiful outside,
once they are cut, there is
a limited amount of time
before they begin to wilt
and wither. But there are
ways to prolong the life of
cut flowers to enjoy their
beauty as long as possible.
• Cut correctly. Creating
a large enough surface area
on the stem for the uptake
of water is essential. That
is why florists recommend
cutting the stem on a slant
to expose more area to the
water.
• Place flowers in water
immediately. Some people
advocate cutting the stems
while they're actually submerged in water. However,
you will probably be fine if
you simply recut the stems
on flowers you brought inside and immediately put
them in a vase of water.
The key is not to let the tip
of the stem dry out or close
up with an air bubble, sap
or other substances, preventing the uptake of water.
Be sure to use lukewarm
water so as not to shock the
blooms.
• Remove leaves. Take
be an acidifier as well as
sugar. The acidifier makes
the water more acidic to
allow better absorption
of water up the stem. The
sugar is a food source for
the flowers. Homeowners
breed extra bacteria or attract small insects to the
water. However, do not to
remove the thorns from
roses, as this tends to shorten their shelf life.
• Choose young flowers.
Mature flowers may have
peaked and begun to make
room for a new round of
blooms, so try to choose
young buds or blooms that
just opened so that you'll
have an opportunity to enjoy them longer.
• Create a viable water
atmosphere. Once a fresh
flower is cut and a stem is
placed in water, bacteria
and fungi can start to grow
almost immediately. These
microscopic
organisms
can clog the small tubes
inside the stem that suck
up water for nourishment.
Many florists send home a
packet of water additive to
alleviate some problems in
the indoor environment.
The packet will contain
a biocide that kills bacteria and fungi. There will
who cut flowers from their
gardens can purchase these
additives or create their
own variations from items
around the house. It has
been said a penny in the
water will kill the microorganisms because copper is a
fungicide.
An aspirin can make the
water more acidic. You can
also try small amounts of
bleach, lemon-lime soda
or even antiseptic mouthwash.
• Don't place cut flowers
next to fruit, which gives
off gases as it ripens, causing flowers to age faster.
Also, keep the flowers away
from direct sunlight and
try to keep them in a cool
place.
• Change the water.
Keep on top of water
maintenance by changing
it at least every 2 to 3 days
to maintain good water
health.
Be sure to replace the
additives each time you
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The Community Post
New Bremen announces honor roll Marion Local
High Honor Roll-4.0
Grade 12: Kelsey Davidson, Neven Frazee,
Grade 11: Meagan
Brandt, Jacob Gusching,
Grade 10: Taylor
Haynes, Haleigh James,
Rachel Parker, Victoria
Wente
Grade 9: Marissa
Frazee, Rose Wilson
Honor Roll- 3.5 to
3.999
Grade 12: Jenna Ahlers, Audrey Bundy, Holly
Champagne,
Matthew
Flaute, Gina Griesdorn,
Steve Homan, Amy
Knapke, Doug Kremer,
Samantha Kremer, Rylie
McKinney, Shannon Roediger, Timri Sadler, Taylor
Schemmel, Elaynee Speckman, Troy Williams
Grade 11: Chrissi Adams, Caleb Ball, Darin
Bergman, Lauren Bertke,
Marissa Clint, Alissa Corwin, Mathew Dawson,
Alex Feltz, Amelia Fox,
Eric Francis, Tyler Hagan,
Emma Hall, Natalie Heitkamp, Emily Kaiser, Patrick
Keyes, Laura Koeing, Kim
Maurer, Jill McClurg, Paige
Miller, Haley Moeller,
Emily Niekamp, Kyla Otting, Amber Paul, Caitlin
Pence, Chelsea Russel, Jacob Rutschilling, Hanna
Schmit, Audrey Speelman,
Jacob Swiger, David Thieman, Marlene Travis, David Zirkle
Grade 10: Taylor Bergman, Travis Bertelsen, Nick
Blaine, Julie Brown, Kim
Brown, Danielle Bruggeman, Hannah Burkard,
Arica Buschur, Emma
Champagne,
Tarynn
Clune, Janelle Elking, Leah
Gilberg, Austin Hemmelgarn, Lauren Hemmelgarn,
Mackenzie Howell, Karli
Jones, Suna Kim, Madison
Myers, Ashley Niekamp,
Mitchell Pfenning, Katie
Schulze, Cody Shupp, Troy
Siegel, Bennett Staton,
Mary Steineman, Melissa
Thieman, Andrea Wente,
Garett Westerbeck, Abby
Zircher
Grade 9: Danielle Ahlers, Ashley Berning, Payton
Doherty, Nolan Fox, Nick
Gusching, Jared Hagan,
Kasey Haynes, Sydney
Holdren, Kira Irick, Becca
Kaiser, Sara Koenig, James
Kronenberger III, Sara
LaFleur, Alison Pulskamp,
Macey Schmit, Nathan
Schroer, Adrian Speelman,
Kaylie Squires, Troy Wendel
Merit Roll- 3.0 to
3.4999
Grade 12: Brent Bertke, Derek Bornhorst, Allison Bowers, Samantha
Bundy, Ben Chaney, Robb
Clark, Aaron Clune, Ethan
Elshoff, Liz Felck, Ashley
Fret, Alex Frideger, Kassie
Krauss, Jeff Kuenning,
Elinda Lawrence, Andrea McGregor, Brandon
Meyer, Tara Nosek, Tyler
Nosek, Lindsey Pape, Hannah Rammel, Jill Rhoades,
Lexi Richter, Jessica
Rindler, Marc Rochotte,
Kyle Shell, Matthew
Travis
Grade 11: Nick Ahlers, Liz Alt, Adam Balster,
Madison Barlage, Chasity
Bertke, Craig Broerman,
Alicia Collins, Nick Duncan, Aaron Hegemier,
Justin Heitkamp, Hannah
Holdren, Alec Huecker,
Kelsey Layman, Kayla Lear,
releases honors
Samantha Luedke, Parker
Manger, Emily Mueller,
Madeline Paul, Miranda
Paulus, Avery Rhinehart,
Jacob Sheer, Zachary
Schroer, Luke Schwieterman, Kristin Sprague
Grade 10: Connor
Bornhorst, Jacob Gilberg,
Brent Goettemoeller, Zach
Hegemier, Ben Homan,
Cody Koeper, Jared Kremer, Drew McClurg, Andrew
Micheal, Elijah Niekamp,
Kelsey Obringer, Brianna
Paul, Alycia Quellhorst,
Andersen Reed, Lucas Smith, Conner Stienecker, Baleigh Still, Ben
Strang
Grade 9: Chris Albers,
Brad Bertke, Jenna Bertke,
Braden Elshoff, Kassandra
Ferguson, Lydia Flynn,
Veronica Hirschfeld, Jeremy Kemmann, Kayla
Lawrence, Anna Paul,
Shelby Paul, Hayden
Richter, Mikayla Schott,
Madison Schroer, Monica
Shell, Eric Smart, Emily
Steineman,
Adeleine
Whitten, Sawyer Williams,
Samuel Wisvari, Brittany
Wright
Seventh Grade
Lindsey
Bergman,
Chloe Bertke, Nathan
Bertke, Nick Heckman,
Jon Heitkamp, Shane
Hemmelgarn, Jon Knapschaefer, Mikayla Spoltman
Matt Kahlig, Jessie
Kramer, Alaina Sanders, Megan Schoenlein,
Lydia Wendel, Ashley
Bruns, Luke Moorman,
Noah Pearcy, Joel Goodwin, Vivian Garmann,
Duane Leugers, Austin
Schlater, Jared Bergman,
Luke Berning, Chloe
Nagel, John Freeman,
Alan Wynk, Ryan Thobe,
Sarah Fesenmyer, Maddie Griesdorn, Mitchell
Kuether, Ryan Kemper,
Rachel Reichert, Morgan
Ranly, Dylan Keller, Cole
Unrast, Nathan Moeller,
Abby Moeder, Emily
Otte
Eighth Grade
Ashlynn
Berning,
Nikki Heckman, Lee
Hess, Kyle Homan, Emily Mescher, Hannah
Moeller, Derek Pierron, Alyssa Ruhenkamp, Michaela Tangeman, Jacob Zizelman,
Shannon Bertke, Justin Bohman, Chelsey
Klosterman,
Andrea
Wynk, Maria Kramer, Lisa Lange, Caleb
Schemmel, Nick Heitkamp, Derek Platfoot,
Nathan Saintignon, Allison Evers, Kendra
Frey, Jordan Heitkamp,
Kevin Tangeman, Ashley Homan, Tyla Bergman, Aaron Nietfeld,
Brian Schemmel, Makenzie Albers, Molly Kindle, Nicole Brunswick,
Haley Habodasz, Hailey
Mescher,
Zach
Hemmelgarn
Eldora
Eldora Speedway may be quiet, but not idle
Following a successful
Dream Week that found
Eldora Speedway busy for
five days of activity with
increased attendance and
higher car counts, the
.500 mile clay oval remains idle until Saturday,
June 30 and the Chevrolet Performance Clash.
However, that does not
limit all action at the historic facility.
On Thursday, June 21
the Eldora Ballroom will
be the scene of the annual
Eldora Speedway Blood
Drive. Entering its fourth
year, the drive has seen increased donor levels with
each successive drive. The
Community Blood Cen-
ter of Dayton, OH is again
organizing the event with
hopes of increased units
again this go around.
Each pint of donated
blood can help save up
to three lives, as blood is
needed for surgeries, accident victims, cancer patients, premature babies
and those needing organ
transplants.
Appointments for the
2:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m.
drive are encouraged at
www.DonorTime.com,
but not necessary. Each
registrant will receive a
complimentary iFocus tshirt and be entered into
a drawing that will see
Eldora Speedway race
legendary .500 mile oval,
including track owner
and three-time NASCAR
Sprint Cup champion
Tony Stewart.
With free General Admission, the Hoosier Racing Tire Hotshoe Classic
is an excellent opportunity to check out tomorrow’s superstars — today.
The June 30 Chevrolet Performance Clash
brings the FASTRAK Pro
Late Models back into Eldora. A heavy influence
of Southern states drivers
will battle against those
from the Northeast area
in a Civil War of sorts. At
$5,000 to win, the race
is one of the most presti-
tickets distributed every
half-hour.
And then on Saturday,
the racing theme returns
with the first-ever evening race on Little Eldora
Speedway. The 1/7 mile
clay oval, in its third season of operation, will host
the Hoosier Racing Tire
Hotshoe Classic. Over
$5,200 in posted prize
money awaits the competition.
Several classes of karting will make up the program, which takes the
first green flag at 7:30
p.m. Go-kart racing has
been the training ground
for many of the racers
that compete on Eldora’s
gious events on the FASTRAK calendar.
Joining the FASTRAK
Pro Late Models will be
the UMP DIRTcar Modifieds and Eldora Stock
Cars, as they continue
their battle towards the
cumulative point championship. Joey Kramer
(Modifieds) and Barney Craig (Stocks) currently lead their respective divisions in that
pursuit.
Complete race information, including the
purchase of event tickets,
can be found on www.EldoraSpeedway.com or by
calling the speedway office at 937- 338-3815.
Prelude to the Dream held at Eldora Speedway
Staff photo/Fred Kremer
Staff photo/Fred Kremer
Shown above is Danica Patrick before the Prelude to
the Dream race at Eldora Speedway on June 6.
Shown above is Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M’s celebrates after winning the
Feed the Children Prelude to the Dream at Eldora Speedway on June 6.
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The Community Post
Fort Loramie ACME Wapakoneta Redskins
falls to Yellow Jackets defeat Wildcats ACME
Staff photo/John S. Hullinger
Shown above is Minster starting pitcher, Brandon Hoying, delivers a pitch in the
first inning.
By JOHN S. HULINGER
sent a long ball across the
fence for a two-run home
run.
Good defense by
the Yellow Jackets left
the Redskins hanging in the dirt with a
loss.
“We started our season a little rough but
now they are playing
as a team,” said Sidney
coach Caven Risk. “This
team has the desire and
the heart to do better. Our defense played
pretty good tonight, they
backed each up other
up.”
The Sidney ACME
team has won two in a
row and the Fort Loramie
team has a record of 6-4
overall.
“We are doing well so
far this season and we
are getting good pitching,” said Fort Loramie
coach Nathan Bornhorst. “We got some
good young players
that hit the ball really
well.
We ran into a pitcher
that throws strikes and he
was hitting his pitches all
night. He had nice movement on his ball and we
struggled to hit the ball.”
WAPAKONETA —
For four innings, Wapakoneta’s bats were quiet.
In the fifth and sixth
innings, they started to
make some noise.
A lot of noise.
Brandon Miller and
Chandler Kaeck combined to drive in six
runs in two innings as
Wapak rallied from behind for an 8-4 win over
Minster in a ACME
baseball game Tuesday
at Wapakoneta High
School between schools
that both played in state
title games two weeks
ago.
Miller and Kaeck
were a combined 0-for-4
through four innings as
Minster jumped out to a
4-1 lead.
In the fifth, Miller
ripped a two-run single
up the middle to drive in
two runs and make it a 4-3
game.
He followed that up
with another line-drive
single to center in the
sixth, driving in the goahead run. Moments later, Kaeck smashed a bases-loaded double off the
wall in right field to make
it an 8-4 Wapak lead.
Minster took the early
Shown above is Fort Loramie ACME team celebrates Zach Brandewie’s home run in
the fifth inning against Sidney on June 13.
By MALLORY KEMPER
Staff Writer
FORT
LORAMIE
— A two-run home run
in the bottom of the fifth
by Fort Loramie Zach
Brandewie brought the
Redskins within one
run of Sidney but they
fell short as the Yellow
Jackets picked up the
5-4 win Wednesday, June
13.
Sidney got off to a
quick start scoring three
runs off of five hits in the
first inning. Lead off batter, Layne Sharp singled
up the middle to start
the Yellow Jackets offense. Bobby Benshoff
stepped to the plate and
nailed a double to right
field.
While Shane Herbert
was at the plate a wild
pitch by Fort Loramie
pitcher, Grant Olbeding
brought home Benshoff.
Herbert then hit a onerun double to left field
scoring Davis for a 2-0
Sidney lead.
Jace Stewart got his
chance at the plate hitting an RBI single up the
middle sending Herbert
home for a 3-0 first inning lead for the Yellow
Jackets.
The Redskins cracked
the bat in the bottom of
the first scoring one run
when Ty Frilling doubled
down the left field line
platting Luke Gephart.
Fort Loramie scored
another run in the second inning while Arron
Boerger was at the plate
and a wild pitch from
Sidney pitcher, Jalen
Block sent Olbeding
home.
Good defense by both
teams in the fourth inning
left the score, 3-2 with the
advantage of the Yellow
Jackets.
Sidney got some
breathing
room
in
the
fourth
inning
when they scored two
runs.
Two hits by batsman
sent Stewart and Nick
Climer on base. Block
grounded out to the pitcher but the throw from the
pitcher to first base was
off and Stewart came into
score.
Frilling came into
pitch for the Redskins
in the middle of the inning and gave up one
run when Herbert RBI
singled sending home
Sharpe for a 5-2 Sidney
lead.
The Redskins came
within one run in the fifth
inning when Brandewie
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lead behind a solid pitching effort by starter Brandon Hoying. Hoying
held Wapak to just one
run on two infield hits
through the first four innings.
“I thought Brandon
did a nice job all night,”
Minster coach Scott
Sherman said. “He kept
his fastball down at the
knees, which really helps.
And he worked ahead on
a lot of hitters. ... But he
eventually wore down.”
Back-to-back doubles
from Max Huber and Jay
Eilerman drove in three
runs in the second inning.
Devon Poeppelman
reached on an error and
later scored on an error
in the third inning to give
Minster the 4-1 lead.
“We got caught sleeping there in the second
and third innings,” Wapak coach Willie Sammetinger said. “But we
came back and got them
back. These guys never
say die.”
Sammetinger replaced
starting pitcher Marshall
Gerlach with Miller in
the fourth. Miller threw
three innings, holding
Minster scoreless on
a pair of singles and a
walk.
Keaton
Zwiebel
pitched the seventh
and slammed the door
on Minster, striking
out two in a 1-2-3 inning for his second
save.
“He’s done a heck
of a job,” Sammetinger
said.
Josh
Apple
and
Brandon Schreiber got
things started in the
fifth for Wapak, drawing
back-to-back
one-out
walks.
Miller’s single then
scored both runners when
it got past Eilerman in
center.
In the sixth, Andrew
Hines drew a leadoff
walk off of Poeppelman, who had just replaced Hoying on the
mound.
Dylan Knoch walked
with one out. Alex Koch
reached on an error to
load the bases with one
out.
Josh Apple lined out
to first baseman Clay
Brown for the second out.
Brown tried to double
up Knoch at second, but
his throw sailed into left
field allowing Hines to
score.
Miller singled to score
Knoch and load the bases, setting up Kaeck’s
double to right. Wapak is
now 4-0 on the season.
Marion Local announces honor roll
First Honors
Grade 12: Margaret
Wuebker, Trevor Homan,
Nicole Heitkamp, Lee
Pierron, Laura Schwieterman, Kellen Goettemoeller, Leah Puthoff
Grade 11: Malorie
Bergman
Grade 10: Abby Fleck,
Sophie Heitkamp, Marisa
Spoltman, Olivia Hemmelgarn, Katie Elking,
Clara Wuebker, Courtney
Albers, Dillon Hilgeford,
Megan Klosterman, Bethany Wilker, Jason Brunswick
Grade 9: Melinda
Meiring, Allie Thobe,
Holly Lochtefeld, Taylor
Homan, Cadence Jacobs
Second Honors
Grade 12: Jamie Wynk,
Kristen Subler, Logan
Albers, Mindy Hartings,
Jacob Tangeman, Taylor
Fortman, Craig Niekamp,
Kristen Bertke, Darian
Bergman, Katie Schemmel, Amanda Lochtefeld,
Marcus Prenger, Jack Homan, Kevin Miller, Molly
Thobe, Mark Wuebker,
Megan Seitz, Ashley Wilker, Shawn Beyke, Isaac
Wilker, Molly Hardesty,
Kelsey Ahrens
Brooke Smith, John
Schemmel, Scott Schoenlein, Greg Hartke, Zak
Kemper, Josie PrueterRobbie Fleck
Grade 11: Kristen
Hemmelgarn, Jacob L.
Tangeman, Kristen Kemper, Claire Heitkamp, Alyssa Homan, Keith Bohman, Brianna Hess, Kelsey
Smith, Clint Knapke, Dea
Stucke
Chelsea Kemper, Megan Kuether, Carmen
Meyer, Mark Thobe,
Casey Schmitmeyer, Jennifer Lange, Riley Homan,
Conner Unrast, Chelsea
Winner
Grade 10: Stacy Hartings, Beth Wolters, Austin
Albers, Kristi Moorman,
Monica Hemmelgarn
Emily Long, Matt
Bertke. Michelle Schwieterman, Abbi Bergman,
Philipp Gassert, Abby
Moles, Darrin Broering,
Megan Wendel, Brandon
Prenger, Gina Kramer,
Hannah Heitbrink
Allison Wendel, Amy
Will, Adam Bertke,
Brooke Winner, Patrick
Hess, Kate Goodwin,
Eric Schmitmeyer, Alex
Ungruhn, Madison Chrisman, Katie Heitkamp, Jill
Evers, Kendra Schemmel
Grade 9: Kevin Bruns,
Christopher Lochtefeld,
Jessie Wynk, Emily Bomholt, Jon Zumwald
Rachel Berning, Carla
Smith, Cory Heitkamp,
Nathan Heckman, Joe
Schwieterman,
Ryan
Bruns, Heather Mescher,
Dustin Rethman, Jennifer
Rethman, Sara Thwaits,
Rachel Otte, Karina Mizer, Lucas Prenger, Beth
Buening
Third Honors
Grade 12: Danielle
Bomholt, Claire Hemmelgarn, Beth Moeller, Jacob
Heitkamp, Abby Schlarman, Cody Brodbeck,
Dylan Thobe, Elizabeth
Rutschilling, Jeff Knapschaefer, Kristin Schwieterman, Christopher Heitkamp, Alex Rosenbeck,
Alex Barhorst, Taylor
Rengers, Collin Hickerson, Danny Liette, Andy
Bohman
Grade 11: David
Tangeman, Tyler Fleck,
Kyle Kramer, Shiann Jackson, Brandi Rethman,
Jordan Rethman, Jacob
Shafer, Brooke Mescher,
Alaric Keller, Hannah Arling, Sarah Otte
Laura Dirksen, Cory
Homan, Cheyla Heckman, Paige Pohlmann,
Kyle Mescher, Nate Hess
Grade 10: Allison
Rosenbeck, Erin Griesdorn, Brianna Bragg,
Randy
Knapschaefer,
Christopher Jones, Brook
Albers, Johanna Hartings, Troy Homan, Molly
Berning, Nathan Nagel,
Rose Homan, Eric Brunswick, Dustin Meyer,
Mario Tolkemit, Ross
Reichert, Sam Poeppelman, Mindy Puthoff,
Derek Heinrichs, Ashley
Bower
Grade 9: Alexis Wilker, Alex Grieshop, Kate
Smith, Rachel Rohr, Luke
Knapke, Claudia Mescher,
Amber Rutschilling, Jason Frey, Lacie Mueller,
Ian Janson, Dustin Seitz,
Chad Schlarman, Jenna
Pierron, Collin Mescher,
Meg
Schwieterman,
Henry Kunkler, Aaron
Schmitz, Ethan Nietfeld,
Litta Kodak, Oksana Mizer, Cody Brown

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