10 2015 Community Post Oct 15

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Thursday, October 15, 2015
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Taste & Toast prepares
a very special evening
By BOB BLINDAUER
Staff Writer
MINSTER — Taste and Toast, sponsored by the St. Augustine/St. Joseph
Mission Commission, prepares for its
sixth year, offering attendees exposure
to wine and foods they might encounter
only on such a special occasion as this.
While broadening horizons and tickling the taste buds of guests attending
this special evening is the initial goal,
raising money to support MC activities, particularly related to Christmas
gift-giving to any underprivileged families in the area is the end goal. “All of
the profits from this go to our children’s
Christmas fund. We help supply toys,
clothing, shoes, coats, bicycles to the
needy in the area,” noted Dorothy Lammers.
This year’s event, labeled as The Days
of Wine and Roses, is planned for Sunday, Oct. 25, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the K.
of C. Hall in Minster.
Once again the committee has been
diligently working to make the event
even better. The first announcement
the group wanted to make is that all the
wines have been upgraded and are now
featured. As far as the food is concerned,
“We taste-test all of our recipes.” They
are rated on a scale of one to ten. One
expectation is that the hall will be filled
and that any recipe chosen will be easy
and inexpensive to reproduce to feed as
many that come to the event.
Preparation begins months in advance. Members sign up in August for
their roles in the production.
Beer, coffee and soft drinks will be
available for those who want to enjoy
the food but don’t particularly care for
wine.
Wines are selected by the committee. Bob Lammers offered, “We have a
new blend this year. It’s called Menage e
Trois Silk. We think it’s better than the
former most popular Apothic Red.”
“The food served at this event always
gets rave reviews. Every year we try to
come up with new, tasty, hot and cold
items that will make your taste buds
very happy. The dessert table is always
a popular place too. Gosh, some people
go for the dessert first,” explained Eileen Riethman, a past president of the
Mission Commission.
Photo provided
The wine is ordered, food recipes decided, decorations being assembled, all for
the St. Augustine/St. Joseph Mission Commission’s Taste and Toast Wine Tasting
fundraising event, Sunday, Oct. 25, 4-7 pm at the K. of C. Hall, Minster. Here are
ticket sellers (right to left) Sherry Sommer, Ann Meyer and Connie Schafer, along
with Wally Wagner, Wagner’s IGA, Minster.
“We’ve got it down to a science, because women never want to run out of
food at a party,” says Betty Gaerke.
Ann Meyer, ticket chairperson for
the event, is very excited now that selling tickets is underway. “We always
want to give our customers a great value
for their ticket, said Meyer. We limit the
number of attendees so there is plenty
of room for everyone to be comfortable
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Miller’s business is helping business owners
By BOB BLINDAUER
Staff Writer
Staff photo/Bob Blindauer
Ed Miller brings years of business acumen to the table
along with his alternative board members to help area
small business owners.
MINSTER — There’s a new
business in the area dedicated to
helping other new and small businesses and their owners. Owner
Ed Miller is a certified facilitator/
coach, his enterprise is The Alternative Board, of which he is a franchisee for this area of Ohio. He has
both started and run his own business for over 27 years and worked
with companies such as Alcoa, Apple and Toshiba.
Actually, Miller wanted to be a
lawyer. He went to George Washington University in Washington
D.C. for a year. After watching what
lawyers did, he says, “I decided I
didn’t. I changed majors to French,
to a major that would allow me to
teach in another country. Teaching English as a second language.
I went to Brigham Young University. They have an excellent language program. Did grad work in
linguistics. Decided I wanted to go
to Asia. Didn’t know any Japanese
when I started knocking on doors.
That was really challenging because
they didn’t speak any English and I
didn’t speak any Japanese.”
He says, “I started getting involved in loss control. By then I
spoke Japanese. Alcoa Aluminum
had a factory nearby that they had
just bought. They wanted their systems put into Japanese. I was the
guy in the middle. I had to understand it in English before I could
explain it in Japanese. A lot of it was
big time manufacturing processes.
Miller wrote a program for small
businesses called Leadership in the
21st Century, which was given as a
seminar from 1984 to 2011.
“I researched executive coaching. I looked at The Alternative
Board, getting local business owners together to help each other. I
acquired the local franchise from
Dayton to Lima.”
“What you’re doing we really
need,” Minster native and retired
businessman Bob Lammers told
Miller. Lammers backed up his assertion with referrals to area businesses. Miller says, “A lot of small
businesses are in trouble and they
don’t have anyone to talk to.”
“They need a lot of help. Typically when you’re a small business
owner, you’re wearing five hats. You
don’t know what you don’t know,
till you get to a point where you say
it’s not going to change.
“My nature is to get out there
and get results,” he says.
What Miller offers these businesses is a homegrown board of local executives who will meet with
the owner monthly and discuss
problem areas, offer recommendations the owner can choose from to
act upon, implement, and then report results back to “the Board” the
following month.
This continues as long as the
business owner wants, for a monthly membership fee. The perspective
and expertise The Alternative Board
members bring can be invaluable to
the solidification and growth of a
small business. As they are usually
started by entrepreneurs with a specialized interest and expertise, they
may not have the complete knowledge or experience of all needed to
develop, keep, manage and grow every aspect of the business. And this
is where Miller’s Alternative Board
responds to that challenge by coming alongside with the needed wisdom and expertise.
Ed Miller and The Alternative
Board can be reached at (937) 7768712 and [email protected]
Parlett takes engineering challenge
By BOB BLINDAUER
Staff Writer
NEW
BREMEN
—
Wheeling a bike around on
a closed course doesn’t seem
like a threat to, say, quantum
mechanics, let alone figuring out what it has to do with
STEM (science, technology,
engineering, mathematics);
but then when you challenge a
group of young people to find
correlations of that activity to
the science underpinning it,
and take that course to Pur-
due University, renowned for
its engineering program, then
you have the makings of a national competition, the 65th
National Youth Engineering
Challenge, hosted by Purdue
University, September 27-29,
in Lafayette, Indiana.
It turns out that the team
from Ohio, the 4-H Engineering team, competed pretty
darn well at this national contest. As a matter of fact, the
11-member Ohio team excelled at the Challenge.
Of particular note is the
name of the team member
from Auglaize County – Noah
Parlett. Parlett, the son of John
and Paula Parlett, is a sophomore at New Bremen High
School. Parlett competed in
the aforementioned bicycle
course.
Speaking of his experience
he related how he responded
to “The Challenge.”
“We created a mousetrap
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Noah Parlett of New Bremen H.S. competes in bicycle as part of the
National Youth Engineering Challenge at Purdue, Sept. 27-29.
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Thursday, October 15, 2015
The Community Post
Civic Association presents checks
By BRIAN SMITH
Staff Writer
The Minster Civic Association recently presented checks to
three area organizations at its meeting. The Minster Life Squad, the
Minster-Jackson Township Fire
Department and the Auglaize Mercer Counties YMCA each received
checks for $4,000 from the organization.
The Minster-Jackson Twp.
Fire Department was represented
to Minster Fire Chief Dale Dues.
“The Civic Assocation has always
given us great support,” Dues said.
“We have great support from the
village and great support from the
township,” Dues said. “We can’t
complain.”
“We’re so blessed to have a volunteer fire department,” Civic Association’s Chris Niekamp said at
the meeting. “I was at the alumni
softball game and all their pagers
went off. What a sight. To see all
these guys go off, at an event raising money for their organization,
they’re also called on duty. What a
blessing to our community to have
people willing to do that.”
Dues said the department is at
32 members, “two or three people
short” of where the department
would like to be. Dues said the
Minster-Jackson Twp. Fire Department is upgrading the training
throughout its volunteer force. The
Minster-Jackson Twp. Fire Department is sponsoring a fire detector
replacement program in the village that gives anyone in town who
Chris Niekamp presents a check to the Minster Jackson Twp. Fire
Chief Dale Dues.
Chris Niekamp presents a check to the Minster Area Life Squad
President Kevin Meyer.
Challenge
Asked where he might take his interest
next after high school he said, “Ball State
has automotive engineering. I am also
looking at the TriStar program.”
The Engineering Bowl was won by the
Ohio-Delaware team (with seven from
Ohio and two from Delaware). This competition requires quick recall and in-depth
knowledge of the 4-H project manuals
and other references.
These 4-H projects emphasize engineering, science and technology, helping
youth explore careers in great demand
and with income levels well above average.
The team attended educational workshops at Purdue University and field trips
to Caterpillar and Rea Magnet Wire. The
eleven 4-H contestants were accompanied by 17 parents and other family members.
Here are the team members, by
county, and the contest areas they competed in: Grant Dupler, Fairfield County,
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car to see how far it went,” he said, “We
went through quite a few different stages.
Pick out 10 different things wrong with
the bike Straight course, zig zag, figure
eight. City course. Most used mountain
bikes. I was only one with a racing bike. It
helped me in the straight line course. Gave
presentation to five judges. Public speaking about topic you were interested from
the book. I had a story how to remove a
chain from multiple-geared bike.”
Parlett related that competing just further sparked his interest in mechanical
engineering or automotive engineering.
“I am the second oldest. I have an older
brother majoring in mechanical engineering, getting an associates degree and
then getting a job.” He thinks he’ll get his
degree, too, and probably follow in his
brother’s footsteps. He noted a definite
interest in automotive.
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Aerospace; Noah Parlett, Auglaize Co.,
Bicycle; Jacob Brinker, Wood Co., Small
Engines; Tanner Inkrott, Putnam Co.,
Tractor; Pete Siebert, Warren Co., Welding; Wes Reynolds, Noble Co., Welding;
Eric Glaze, Warren Co., Robotics; Kira
Miller, Wood Co., Robotics; Matthew
Barrett, Warren Co., Robotics; Tyler Nason, Sandusky Co., Robotics.
In team competition, Grant Dupler
and Evan Sotzing finished second in the
Aerospace contest. The teams had less
than 8 working hours to design, build and
successfully fire a rocket from supplies
provided them. The rocket had to go up at
least 200 feet to qualify. In two Robotics
contests, the Ohio team won the Remote
Control part of the contest and finished
second in the Autonomous contest. VEX
robot kits were used in the competition
and the teams had approximately 15
working hours to design and construct
their robots to do specific tasks.
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of charge. “If you know anyone in
need of a new fire detector, we’re
willing to furnish it,” Dues said.
The MCA presented Kevin
Meyer, president of the Minster
Area Life Squad with its check,
which helped go towards the new
ambulance the squad received a
couple weeks ago.
“Feel free at a football game to
come over and take a look at it,”
Meyer said. “We love to have people
get in and see what we’re up to.”
Meyer said things are looking
up for the squad, with six people
in classes preparing to join and
two others looking for classes. The
squad took on a person to sit instation during the days after finding volunteers during those hours
proved difficult.
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Connie Schafer, current vice president of the
group, is very impressed with the decorations that are
created each year by Marilyn Lammers and Dottie
Dickman. “Their goal is to make the hall as pleasing
to the senses as the wine and food, and do it spending
as little money as possible. These two come up with
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Allen Baskett, Chief Exectutive Officer of the Auglaize Mercer
Counties YMCA said the fundraising campaign is going well. After a
soft start to the campaign last November, the efforts picked up in full
in January.
“About $570,000 have been
raised for capital improvements,”
Baskett said.
The south branch has received
updated locker rooms, flooring and
air conditioning unit, Baskett said.
More improvements will be done
as funds come in.
Baskett said the Auglaize Mercer
Counties YMCA has done a good
job at retaining members. He’d like
to see even more new members
come on board this year to join the
already 5,000-strong membership
of the YMCA right now, he said.
Pete Siebert won the Welding contest.
Wes Reynolds was second. Tanner Inkrott won the Tractor contest. Jacob Brinker won the Small Engines contest. Noah
Parlett finished fourth in Bicycle.
Funds for the Ohio team were provided by Arden and Clarice Shisler of
Dalton, Ohio. Lincoln Electric, based in
Cleveland, sponsored the Welding contest and will give a welder to each of the
contestants.
Landis & Gyr and Stuart C. Irby Company are other major sponsors. The Ohio
team was also supported by the OhioMichigan Equipment Dealers Association and the OSU Food, Agricultural and
Biological Engineering Dept.
The event was conducted by Extension
Agricultural Engineers, 4-H professionals
and volunteers from participating states.
Randall Reeder, OSU Extension Agricultural Engineer (retired), is the Chair
of the Management Committee for the
event.
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Thursday, October 15, 2015
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Pregnancy and infancy loss remembrance
ceremony Thursday, Oct. 15, Maria Stein
MINSTER – The Center for Personal Wellness is pleased to sponsor, along
with the Honoring Angels Support
Group, the 2015 Remembrance Ceremony as part of Pregnancy and Infancy
Loss Remember Day. The Honoring Angels Pregnancy & Infancy Loss Support
Group is a free support group geared for
parents who have lost a baby to miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death within
the first year of life. This support group
is facilitated by a fellow loss mother and
licensed social worker, Lindsay Monnier, of Minster.
Please join other parents of angels in
creating a Wave of Light by lighting a
candle in memory of your angel.
The Remembrance Ceremony is
Thursday, October 15, and begins at
6:30 p.m. at The Spiritual Center of Maria Stein, 2365 St. Johns Road, Maria
Stein.
Candles will be available for lighting.
You are welcome to share your child’s
story or a poem dedicated to your child
during the ceremony.
For more information, please contact the Center for Personal Wellness at
(419) 628-0124, or visit their website at
www.centerforpersonalwellness.com.
Peregrine Prayer Service at Maria Stein
Shrine of the Holy Relics, October 25
Prayer is scheduled for all those with cancer.
Prayer to St. Peregrine, the “cancer saint” will be
held at the Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics.
The one-hour prayer will begin at 2 p.m. on Sunday, October 25, in the Shrine Chapel at 2291 St.
Johns Road, Maria Stein.
Those who have cancer, health care professionals, family and friends are invited. The relic
of St. Peregrine, the 13th century patron of those
who have cancer, will be visible and honored
during the prayer. Included in the prayer will be
Scripture, hymns and testimonials.
There will be refreshments and a social hour
following the service. Come join in the prayer.
Call (419) 925-4532 for more information.
AMP President Marc Gerken presents NK’s Rex Katterheinrich with 7 Hats award.
Katterheinrich gets municipal power award
News from Osgood
By JUDE GRIESHOP
St. Nicholas Parish is
looking for ushers for next
year. If you can help with
this service please sign up
in the church entrances.
Mark your calendar the
All Souls service for St.
Nicholas and St. Louis will
be November 1, at 1 p.m.
This year the service will
be at St. Nicholas.
The Osgood Legion will
have BBQ Chicken Dinners on October 18. Serving begins at 11 a.m. and
continues until sold out.
This is eat-in or carry- out.
The Osgood Legion and
Ladies Auxiliary will sponsor a Halloween Party on
Sunday October 25 at the
Osgood Legion.
Doors open at 12:15
p.m. and judging will begin at 12:30 p.m. There will
be prizes and candy for all
children that attend. This
party is for 3rd grade and
younger.
The Osgood Legion and
Ladies Auxiliary are having
a Veteran’s Day Soup Meal
on Sunday, November 8,
at the Osgood Legion. Soup will
be served from 10 a.m. to
1 p.m. There will be also
sandwiches, soft drinks
and homemade pies available. Raffle tickets will be
available. All are welcome.
It has been noted that
the St. Maria produce
stand was able to donate
$1,501 and approximately
500 pounds of food to St.
Vincent de Paul.
TIRE COLLECTION
Saturday
Event
October 24, 2015
8 AM to 12 PM
At Auglaize County Solid Waste
Management
15502 Saint Marys River Road,
St. Marys, Ohio 45885
Tires collected FREE of charge
from residents and agricultural operators
in Auglaize County ONLY.
COMMERCIAL BUSINESS ENTITIES
WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
Limit 10 tires per vehicle.
Tires must be off of rims.
This is a
ONE DAY COLLECTION
and will be conducted only on
October 24, 2015
during the above hours.
Please contact the
Solid Waste District Office
at 419-394-1270
with any questions
or for additional
information
Funding through the
Ohio EPA.
COLUMBUS — New Knoxville village administrator Rex Katterheinrich
recently recipient the prestigiousAmerican Municipal Power7 Hats Award, recognizing hisoutstanding accomplishments in utility management and service
to hiscommunity and public power.
“Rex is an active administrator and
hands-on supervisor, overseeing nearly all aspects of village management”,
AMP President & CEO Marc Gerken
said in presenting the award. “He is
also extremely active in the community.
Throughout his career, Rex has been a
strong supporter of public power and
active in the AMP organization.”
“Rex has been very beneficial to our
community,” New Knoxville Mayor
Keith Leffel said.“His knowledge of the
electric industry has saved us money
and his decisions in the day-to-day running of the village have been very important to us. Rex cares and approaches
everything with integrity. He is positive,
fun to be around and a leader for our
community.”
Auglaize tire collection Oct. 24
The Auglaize County Solid Waste District in cooperation with the Auglaize
County Commissioners has received a
Tire Amnesty Grant from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division
of Recycling and Litter Prevention. This
grant is to promote and assist in the cleanup of scrap tires in Auglaize County.
The tire collection event will be held
from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday, October
24, at 15502 Saint Marys River Road, St.
Marys. Tires will be collected free of any
charges from residents and agricultural
operators in Auglaize County. Tires from
commercial business entities will NOT
be accepted.
The funding for this grant is from the
EPA tax charges on all new tire prurchases and is funneled through the Ohio
Department of Natural Resources. The
tire collection is held to assist residents in
removing any unwanted tires from their
property in an environmental friendly
way. The grant is to prevent unwanted
tires from ending up in roadside or drainage ditches, or being stored on private
property and creating a health hazard by
being a breeding area for mosquitoes. All
tires will be sent to a tire recycler for
proper recycling.
This is a ONE DAY ONLY collection
and will be conducted only on October
24 during the above hours. Individuals
should also be aware that it is illegal in the
State of Ohio to transport more than ten
tires in one vehicle without being registered with the Ohio EPA and a registered
tire transporter. If anyone has any qustions or needs additional information,
please contact the Solid Waste District
Office at (419)394-1270.
Auglaize County Recycles!
for Saturday, October 17
RECYCLER’S NOTEPAD:
MINSTER: Village Barn, Garfield
Household Hazardous Drop-off
Street
is on October 14, from 8:30 a.m. to
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
12 noon, at 15502 Saint Marys River
ST MARYS: City Building, Chest- Road, Saint Marys. Tire Collection
Event is on October 24, from 8 a.m.
nut Street 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
to 12PM at 15502 Saint Marys River
Weekly curbside for city residents.
Road, Saint Marys, Ohio 45885. AugST MARYS TOWNSHIP: Town- laize County Residents ONLY, NO
ship Building, 10752 SR 364, 24 hour Commercial Businesses.
Auglaize County Solid Waste Mandrop-off. We only take items marked
on bins. If not listed, do not drop it at agement
(419) 394-1270
this location.
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Thursday, October 15, 2015
Ask the Professional
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Buck Bader, from Bader’s Corner, was known for his international hunting treks.
His story is part of the Military & Gun Exhibit, October 25.
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By JOYCE ALIG
president, Mercer County
Historical Society
Buck Bader not only
was known for his international hunting expeditions and his hunting
adventures in the western
States including Alaska,
but also was known for
the stories he told about
those adventures.
Buck Bader was the
man who inspired a young
medical student who had
“quit school,” and entered
the world of photography
and journalism. Gregory
Bean, executive editor
of Greater Media Newspapers in 2005, stated,
“If I hadn’t flunked out
of college [as a Medical
Student], I wouldn’t have
met Buckskin Bader. I
didn’t official drop out;
I just quit going to class,
until the notice arrived at
our home that I’d flunked
out.” For over a year, Greg
worked as a rodeo photographer and travel writer. Greg continued, “One
writing assignment was to
interview an old codger
named Buckskin Bader,
a former safari guide,
who’d come to Wyoming
on a visit and wound up
buying the whole town
of Ucross. He straightaway proclaimed himself
mayor, chief of police, fire
chief and anything else he
could think of; opened a
gas station that sold beef
jerky, frozen pizza, Coors
and Twinkies; set up a
still to fabricate moonshine, and put up a sign
on the way into town that
said, ‘Welcome to Ucross.
Population 1. No Church.
No Jail. Cold Beer.” After getting to know Buck,
Greg returned to college,
studying literature and
writing, and was graduated. In conclusion, Greg
supported the theory that
all students of any age,
should take a year off from
college, get a job and support themselves, have real
life experiences, and then
return to college. Those of
you who knew Buck, will
smile in remembrance of
stories about Buck!
Buck told his own stories to Jim Garry, who
printed the book, entitled, “Buck, Stories by
Lloyd ‘Buck’ Bader,” in
1984, later reprinted by
Post Printing Co., Minster, Ohio. This book and
photographs of Buck, his
hunting knife and leather
sheath, made by Dr. Gilespie, for Buck to take on
his African Safari on December 29, 1965, will be
on display, at the Military
and Gun Exhibit at the
Museum, October 25.
The Museum of the
Soldier, Portland, Indiana, will also be exhibiting military weapons
from their collections, at
the 15th Annual Military
and Antique Gun Exhibit
at the Mercer County
Historical Museum, on
October 25, 1 – 4 p.m.
On Sunday, November
8, 1 – 4 p.m., the 15th Annual Post Card Exhibit
will be held at this museum. This exhibit will
include post cards of Oil
Wells & Landings on the
Lake, including Mercer
County Post Cards. If you
have post cards or stories
about the lake, please
bring the post cards to
show us. My current
book in-progress is “The
History of the Oil Wells
in Mercer County,” which
includes oil wells on the
lake. Tell me your stories about the oil and gas
wells in Mercer County,
and bring any old photographs related to those
wells.
Over forty U.S. Post
Officers existed in Mercer County, prior to RFD
[Rural Free Delivery],
after the turn of the Century. If you have old post
cards or envelopes with
post marks of those old
U.S. post offices, and/or
photographs of the old
U.S. post offices, I will
love to see them on November 8, 1 – 4 p.m.
These last two special exhibits of this year
will be held October 25,
and November 8, at the
Mercer County Historical Museum. While you
visit these special exhibits, take a tour of the permanent exhibits at the
Museum in the old Victorian home built by Calvin
Riley in 1896. While you
are there, stop to look at
the 29 local history books
published by the Mercer
County Historical Society. The public is welcome. The mission of the
Mercer County Historical Society is to preserve
Mercer County’s history
and to educate the public
about that history. This is
our public service to you
and the Mercer County
commissioners, as the
commissioners own the
building, the Mercer
County Historical Museum.
The Mercer County Historical Society President
Joyce Alig may be contacted
at 3054 Burk-St. Henry
Road, Saint Henry, OH
45883, or histalig@bright.
net or (419) 678-2614.
NB senior card party Oct. 15
The New Bremen Senior Citizens
will hold their Annual Dessert Card
Party on Thursday, October 15. This is
their Annual Fall Fundraiser and is open
to the public.
Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., dessert
at 7 p.m., and game playing at 7:30 p.m.
Cost $3 per person includes your dessert, beverage and a chance to win prizes
collected from local businesses.
Get your table of four or more together and play any game, cards, board
game, dominoes, etc. Reserve your table
for your group by calling Mary Ann
Weiskittel at (419) 629-2176.
N.B.S.C. members are asked to bring
baked goods to serve as desserts and
to be given away following door prize
drawings.
Tickets for baked goods can be purchased for $1 each or 6 for $5. Members
who are unable to bake are asked to put
$5 in envelope ear marked Card Party
and give that to an officer.
This is a fun evening open to the public. Invite your friends and enjoy the
evening with good food, a good time,
and maybe something nice.
Calendar of Events
Thursday, Oct. 15
Minster Life Squad Meeting
Friday, Oct. 16
Lake Loramie Halloween Campout
Saturday, Oct. 17
Lake Loramie Halloween Campout
Sunday, Oct. 18
The Toledo Symphony at Lock One, 3 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 19
Minster School Board Meeting
Fort Loramie School Board Meeting
Minster American Legion Auxiliary Meeting
Tuesday, Oct. 20
Minster Village Council Meeting
Lake Loramie Improvement Assoc. Meeting
Spa Night at Stallo Library, 6 p.m.
Women In Wellness Event at Curves Minster
Wednesday, Oct. 21
Minster Service Club Meeting
Minster Journeymans Club Meeting
Happy Haunting, Spook Safely!
Beware of flames and candles – check
The air is cool, the moon is high; it’s to ensure your child’s costume is flame
that time of year when ghosts fly by. Grab resistant.
your pumpkin basket and fill it with treats
Walk on sidewalks and use cross walks
for all the tiny ghouls and goblins
where available; otherwise, reyou’ll meet!
member to walk (not run) on the
Keep your little ones safe as
side of the road. Always look both
you walk through the streets,
ways before crossing the street.
beware of the dangers and watch
Inspect your child’s candy. Toss
for the freaks.
anything suspicious – it must be
Here is a list to help you prewrapped tight with no evidence
pare for the Halloween show,
of tampering.
stay safe, be careful, things you
If your child receives a homeTed Bertke
should know:
made treat from a stranger – toss
Have a plan and talk to other
it.
parents in your neighborhood to identify
If you live in a questionable neighborsafe homes.
hood, find a local mall or shopping cenUse the buddy system – never Trick or ter that is sponsoring Trick or Treating.
Treat alone.
Many local zoos or attractions may also
When walking in the dark, be sure have fun events to attend.
your child has reflective clothing and a
Talk to your older children about beflashlight.
ing responsible and avoiding “Tricks.”
Only visit houses with their lights on – Things like egging a car or home can ruin
Beware of any house looking haunted!
paint and you may be held liable for damMake sure accessories are not sharp ages.
– swords/knives should be soft and flexReview any “haunted houses” and
ible.
make sure you attend only what is ageEvery mask should have good visibil- appropriate and well-reputed.
ity – check to be sure they can see where
Remember these tips, print them out
they are going.
and share. Halloween night should be
Kids Trick or Treating without an adult fun, stay aware. As you wander about on
should NEVER enter any homes.
a fun, fright-filled night, share your treats
Don’t let strangers take photos of your and your tricks with spook-filled delight!
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The Maya Ruins, Pt. II
netic force for the camera.
Chichen Itza’s most dramatic structure
Uxmal will make your camera happy,
is the 75-ft pyramid-shaped Temple of but Tulum will make it explode with picKukulkan, known as El Castillo.
torial bliss, for its location overThis precise astronomical and relooking the Caribbean shores
ligious tool has 91 steps on each of
makes picture taking a delight.
four sides, so that the total numEven though the site is small—
ber of steps, including the upperyou can cover it twice in two
most platform, equals 365—the
hours—the nearby beaches and
number of days in the solar year.
Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve, a
Once you bravely summit El
Barbara UNESCO World Heritage Site
Castillo, you’ll be handsomely
Frilling and prime hiking ground for
rewarded with great views of the
those who want to experience
city and the surrounding jungle.
jungle wildlife living amidst prisYou’ll spot the Temple of the Warriors, tine rain forest, will gladly accept your
protected by a forest of stone columns, a free time.
large Ball Court, the Sacred Well, where
Exquisitely poised on the 15-meter high
sacrifices were made, the Nunnery and cliffs above the Caribbean, Tulum sticks in
the Platform of the Jaguars and Eagles.
your memory like no other. Architectural
Further to east near the town of Merida highlights include El Castillo, the tallest strucrises from the jungle the ruins of Uxmal, ture with columns decorated with plumed
rated by many archaeologists as the fin- serpents and perfect views of the beach beest. Upon entering the grounds, you will low; the Temple of the Frescoes, where fragencounter the Pyramid of the Magician, ments of color can still be seen on the murals
a 117-foot high structure created from depicting Maya life; and the Temple of the
five superimposed temples. According Descending God, decorated with stucco
to local legend, it was built by a powerful relief figures of a bee-like god, showing the
dwarf magician who was ordered to erect importance of honey to the Mayas.
this temple within a night or else lose his
The Maya ruins are essential to underlife. Luckily he did, for this magnificent standing the heritage of the Americas and
structure is a feast for the eyes and a mag- utterly unforgettable.
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Tips for Teaching exchange at the check-out
Your Kids about Money counter.
Among the many reExplain the concept
sponsibilities of
of earning money.
adulthood, manIt’s important for
aging
personal
your children to
finances is one
understand how
of the most imyou earn money
portant skills you
when you go to
can learn. Unforwork, and also how
Kerri A.
tunately, many
that money pays
of us have had to Bergman for housing, food
learn this lesson
and the many fun
the hard way, without any activities your family enformal education on the joys. Explain to them the
subject. If you want to benefits of having a job,
help give your kids a head and help them appreciate
start on the road to finan- the reason you leave the
cial independence and house each morning.
success, there are many
Respect money. To set
simple tips you can use to a good example for your
get them started early.
children, don’t discard
This week, in the first pennies or small change.
of a two-part series, we’ll Show them how saving
discuss six easy ways to small amounts of change
help your younger chil- in a jar can add up to a
dren learn about the value significant sum. Count
of money and investing. it out together every few
In the second part, we’ll months, and help them
go over another six tips, pick out something useful
to make it an even dozen. they can spend it on.
Here are some ideas for
Give your children
you to consider:
an allowance. By providIntroduce kids to ing your children with a
dollars and cents. Teach weekly allowance, you can
your kids how to count teach them both how to
change, and help them save money, and also how
understand the value of to spend it wisely. You can
each coin. Explain how also tie their allowance
to pay for things. For ex- to weekly chores done
ample, if they find a toy around the house, to help
at the store that costs them learn the concept
$2.75, show how they of earning their money. It
would need two $1 bills may also be a good idea
plus three quarters to pay to pay their allowance in
for this purchase. You can small increments, such
even let them make the as five $1 bills instead of
one $5 bill. Dividing their
money in this way can
help them see how they
can use a portion of the
money to spend on things
they want, and also how
to save a portion of their
earnings as well.
Help set savings goals
to work toward. If your
child wants to purchase a
video game or a new item
of clothing, work with
them to figure out ways
to save for this goal. If the
item costs $20, help them
estimate how much of
their allowance they will
need to save and how long
it will take to save that
amount. You can also encourage your child to find
ways to make some extra
money by picking up additional chores around
the house.
Match their savings.
One way to encourage
good habits is by matching a portion of your
child’s savings. For example, you could contribute
an extra 50 cents for each
dollar they put away. Giving them extra incentive
can increase their savings
more rapidly and teach
them good habits at the
same time.
These are just a few
ideas to get your kids started on the road to savings.
Check back again next
week for more thoughts
on how to help them learn
about personal finance.
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The Community Post
Thursday, October, 15, 2015
From Out of Our Past
Plenty of fish in the lake
By GARY OLDIGES
Minster Historical Society
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
B.A. Schaffer, the
county secretary of the
Dry League, was in New
Bremen on Monday. He
arranged for a public
meeting in the Opera
House on Sunday afternoon at 2:30 when a debate on the drinking issue will be presented.
Last week Gustav
Hoewischer sold the old
200 arable acre farm east
of New Bremen to Carl
Fritz for $94.50 per acre.
He got the handsome
sum of $18,900 for the
land that he had inherited. A nominal fee was
payable to the other heir
of his father. The widow
Fried Hoewischer was
the other heir. She refused to accept the residence on S. Main Street
in New Bremen as part
of her inheritance. It will
be sold by order of the
court.
Master baker Karl
Kuehner went to Lima on
Friday looking for more
business in the stores
of friends. Mr. Kuehner
counts numerous large
clients in Lima and is always engaged in getting
more. This is the result of
the good pumpernickel
which he produces.
Frank Dine, who is employed in Detroit at the
Studebaker Corporation,
stayed here over Sunday
to visit his parents.
After the past few
freezing nights, the picking of hickory nuts has
begun on a large scale.
Mrs. Peter Boehmer
and children gathered
five bushels of nuts last
week.
75 years ago
Unmarried Minster
men between ages of 21
and 35 who are able to
meet physical and mental requirements will be
given an opportunity to
enlist in the Ohio National Guard Friday from
2 to 4 pm when a recruiting party from Company
K, 184th Infantry, of St.
Marys, will visit the Minster post office.
The General Supply
Co. here is nearing the
end of probably its most
successful sorghum season, Herb Hagemann,
the proprietor, said this
week.
The Minster Hogenkamp softball team won
the championship of the
Midwest Softball League
by taking two straight
games in a scheduled
three-game playoff with
New Bremen Rubber
team.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Kueufner are the parents
of a seven pound son,
born in their home on
South Main Street Sunday evening. Mrs. Kueufner was the former Elvira
Gudorf.
50 years ago
The Minster Jaycees in
an effort to further understand the local and State
issues that will appear on
the November ballot, are
extending an open invitation to any private citizen
or representative of an
interested organization
to participate in the last
in a series of Candidates
Nights.
This building, owned
by the Minster Farmer
Co-op Exchange, is getting an extensive face
lifting. A new front will
be put on the old building and it will be used
for storage. At one time,
many years ago, this
building was the home
of the Kaiser and Gerdes
Implement Company.
Baptised Sunday in St.
Augustine Church was
Bethann Paulette Bergman, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond & Elizabeth Buscher) Bergman.
The baby was born Oct.
4.
Gregory
Heitkamp
was baptized Sunday in
St. Augustine church.
His parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth (Veronica
Omler) Heitkamp. Gregory was born Oct. 4.
From Lake Loramie we
receive word that there
are plenty of fish left to
catch. A test net that was
set over a 72 hour period
from Oct. 5 to 7 netted
2,223 fish. Sixty percent
of the fish taken were
crappies with an average
length of 8 inches, and 27
percent were catfish.
Current news
Current Exhibit: The
Minster Machine Company continues. Museum
Hours: Sunday 1 – 3 and
Tuesday 10 – 2.
Thanks for your support at our Oktoberfest
food stands!
Page 5A
Public Power Bike Giveaway Winners
Photo provided
Colin Prenger, the son of David and Laura Prenger, won the boys bike giveaway during the recent Public Power Week in Minster.
Ava Schmiesing, the daughter of Adam and Lindsey Schmiesing won the
girls bike giveaway during Public Power Week in Minster.
New Bremen FFA holding fruit sales
The New Bremen FFA will be holding their annual fruit sales until November 11.
This year the chapter will be selling
mixtures of citrus, fruit, nuts, Beef jerky
from Curly’s in Jackson Center, BBQ
sauce, Pearl Valley Cheese and smoked
turkeys from Kuck’s Turkey Farm.
The fruit will include: Navels, Tangelos, Red Grapefruit, Ohio Yellow
Delicious Apples, Ohio Red Delicious
Apples, Granny Smith Apples, Fuji
apples, Pears, Mixed fruit (navels, pink
grapefruit, tangelos) and a fruit basket
(decorative basket of citrus, apples,
and honey krunch nuts).
Decorative meat and cheese baskets
will also be available.
The nut products will include: Brittle Bites, Roasted and Salted Almonds,
Honey Krunch, Chocolate Pecans,
Whole Cashews, a nut Gift Pack (hon-
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Thursday, October 15, 2015
Students learn fire safety tips
Minster students
practice fire safety
First and third graders learned stop, drop and roll.
Second graders watched a fire safety video featuring
Timon and Pumba from “The Lion King” and shot
Minster Elementary students learned about fire a fire hose at a target with the help of firefighters.
safety last Friday, as the Minster-Jackson Township Fourth and fifth graders went through a trailer that
Fire Department taught students in kindergarten simulated the smoke of a real fire. Sixth graders had
through sixth grade safety tips.
a game show instruction in the morning.
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Thursday, October 15, 2015
Minster Legion Auxiliary
holds banquet and meeting
The Minster American Legion Auxiliary held its annual banquet and meeting on
Monday, Sept. 21, at 6 pm. A motion by Diana Hausfeld deviated the meeting and then
the meal was served by the banquet committee.
The meeting was then opened by President Deb Meyer. The standard rituals were
followed with Martha Arling serving as
chaplain and Norma O’Reilly placing the
POW- MIA flag on the empty chair. There
was a moment of silence for our departed
member, Ginny Boerger. There were 20
people present, which included members
and guests.
We welcomed 2 new members: Lois
Wimmers and Rita Olberding. Guests included were Becky Beckman, from the
Minster library, and the Buckeye Girls State
delegates and their parents. The delegates
for 2015 were Jessica Berelsman, Kasi Bornhorst, Maddie Schmidt, Courtney Thien
and Megan Gabel.
The Girls State delegates gave their reports, told about the office positions they
held and their experiences that they had at
the conference this year.
After their presentations, roll call was taken, the secretary’s minutes were read and the
treasurers’ report was given. These were approved as read and the treasurers’ report will
be filed for audit.
The committee chairmen gave their reports. The members that attended the Department and National Conventions gave us
an update on what information was present-
Birth Announcement
Victoria Verene Lange
Ryan and Hillary Lange of
St. Henry announce the birth
of their daughter Victoria
Verene Lange, September 19,
2015, 5:29 a.m., at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital. Victoria weighed 7 lb. 15 oz.
and was 21 in. long.
Maternal grandparents are
Kevin and Sandy Hartings of
Maria Stein.
Paternal grandparents are
Nick and Sheryl Lange and
Beth and Charles Dickman of
St. Henry.
ed there. Awards that the unit received at the
conventions were presented to the awarded
chairmen. Martha Arling reported that Kiersten Oberdorf’s essay placed on the National
Level and Courtney Thien was awarded the
Past President Parley Scholarship.
The donation form which was completed
by the executive committee was approved
with a motion by Norma Webster. This will
be paid and sent to department. Other bills
were presented and will be paid.
Oktoberfest was discussed. All of the
items are ordered and the cakes will be
baked for our food stand. Set-up will be on
Wednesday and we will cook some doughnuts on Thursday evening to do a practice
run through. Sign-up to work a shift, if you
haven’t done so yet.
A donation was given to District president, Deb for her travel expenses.
Fall Conference will be held on Sunday,
October 11 in New Bremen.
Our Christmas dinner will be on Monday, December 21st. At the Monday, October 12 meeting we will be having a cookie
exchange. Bring cookies along with your
recipe to share with other members.
Snack committees were picked for the
year: November – Kathy Borges and Sally
Thieman; January – Judy Borges and Ann
Ernst; February – Deb Meyer and Wilma
Baumer; March – Kathy Thieman and Diane Timmerman; April – Mary Schmiesing
and Irene Doenges; May – Mary Knapke
and Norma O’Reilly; June – Barb Monnin
and Kendra Hausfeld
Nicholas and Marlene
Hoelscher celebrate 60 years
Nicholas and Marlene Hoelscher of
Minster will celebrate their 60th wedding
anniversary with a 5 p.m. Mass at St. Augustine Church on Saturday, October 24.
They were married October 29, 1955.
The Rev. William Meyer performed the
ceremony.
A family dinner hosted by their children
is being held at the Minster Bowling Alley
after the Mass.
The Hoelschers are parents of three
daughters and two sons: Kathy (Joe)
Neumeier, Judy Rauh, and Susan (Dave)
Frey, Rick (Connie) Hoelscher all of New
Bremen, and Tim (Becky) Hoelscher of
Botkins. They have nine living grandchildren, one deceased grandchild, and two
step-great grandchildren.
Nick retired from Baumer Construction,
and Marlene retired from Heritage Manor.
They both enjoy going on short trips,
gardening, playing cards and spending
time with their family. One of their favorite
trips during their 60 years of marriage was
the trip they took to Switzerland in May of
1994.
Volkswalk this Sat. in Minster, New Bremen
Saturday, October 17th, come join Ohio
Wander Freunde, a Volkswalk Club out of
Fairborn, OH, for a 5K, 10K or 15K Walk
beginning in Four Season Park, Shelter
#2, Minster. Start Time is between 9:00
a.m. and 12:00 p.m. Finish is by 3:00 p.m.
No better way then on foot to see the fall
decorations and colors, enjoy all the sites
of Minster, New Bremen and the Miami
and Erie Canal. As you meander along,
try to imagine canal boats being pulled by
draft horses. Back at the shelter, for a small
donation, we will cook you a hot dog and
s’more.
Start/Finish: Four Seasons Park is at the
west end of 7th St., Minster, OH. Shelter David Miltenberger measuring the trail in
New Bremen for the Oct. 17th, Volkswalk.
#2.
Directions from I-75: Exit #99, and take
SR 119 to Minster; Right on SR 66 in Min- on your right near the back of the parking
ster; Left on 7th St to Four Seasons Park; lot.
Enter at the first driveway and Shelter #2 is
The 5K, a.k.a. 3.1 mile, Trail includes
the Canal/Buckeye Trail and the Village of
Minster. The 10K, a.k.a., 6.2 mile, Trail is a
stroll along the Canal/Buckeye Trail north
to New Bremen, a visit to Lock #1N, the
Continental Divide of Ohio, and a portion
of the Village of New Bremen, with a return
to Four Seasons Park. The 15K includes
both. It is acceptable to select the distance
you feel you can do comfortably if it is only
a few blocks. Volkswalks can also be run.
Both trails are suitable for strollers and wagons but may be a challenge for wheelchairs.
There will be written directions.
All participants must register and sign
a Start Card. This has to be returned when
finished. Volkswalking is FREE. Those
who want the Stamp assigned to this Walk
from AVA, will pay $3 for the stamp in their
Walk and Event Books. For more information call Carol Yegerlehner, 937-878-8381,
[email protected].
37th Walk with Nature in St. Marys this weekend
The 46th Annual Walk
With Nature and seventh
annual Fall Festival along the
Miami & Erie Canal will be
held Sunday, Oct. 18 from
noon to 5 p.m. in Memorial
Park in St. Marys.
The St. Marys Kiwanis
Club and Heritage Trails
Park District invite you to
enjoy the Miami & Erie
Canal Towpath Trail on
the 46th Annual Walk with
Nature and 7th Fall Festival.
You can begin or end your
walk at any of the follow-ing
locations along the canal.
Ride the Shuttle bus-ses
to or from regular stops at
Memorial Park and 40 Acre
Pond Lock 14 Park. You
are welcome to bring your
dog, but please keep him on
a short leash and clean up
after him. As always, we encourage you to bring along
your cameras to snap some
beautiful nature photos.This
event is free and open to the
public.
Music & Entertainment
Muleskinner Bluegrass
Band will be in the Gazebo
this year in Memorial Park.
This home-grown bluegrass band is a favorite of
the locals, young and old.
and will be playing from 2
to 4:30 PM. Local favorite
Paula Schumm will also perform. Sit in the park, enjoy a
bowl of chili or a hot dog and
listen to the sounds of bluegrass. Bring your lawnchairs.
Craft Show
& Farmers Market
Enjoy the usual vendors
from the St. Marys Farmers’
Market in Memorial Park.
Baked goods, hand-carved
walking sticks, crafts, and
garden fresh produce are just
the beginning! Market will
run from noon to 5 p.m.
Historical
St. Marys Tours
and hear some tales from
years past.
Train Tours - Sunday, Oct
18 - 12pm to 5pm.
(Sign up in Memorial
Park)
Car Show
50 cars. Judging at 2 p.m..
Awards for Best in Show and
Top 10 will be given out at
3:45 to the winners. Cost
per entry is $10. (High St.
Park).
Girty’s Town
Returning again to the
Rendezvous
The St. Marys Lions Club Fall Festival this year. Bring
October 16, 17 & 18th.
will be conducting Train in your car, 12:00pm to
5th Annual RendezvouTours around Historical St. 3:00pm, whether it is com- sEvent along the St. Marys
Marys You can learn about pleted or not, and show it River and Miami-Erie Cathe rich history of St. Marys off. Dash Plaques to the first nal in St. Marys (North of
High St.) The event depicts
life along the river as it might
have been pre-1840. The
Rendezvous is named for
the Girty brothers, whom
had a trading post and small
settlement along the St.
Marys River in the mid 1700’s. Come and visit the
settlement and enjoy how
folks survived in the pioneer
times. A Lantern Tour of the
Camp is planned for Satur-
day evening
Civil War Re-Enactors
Re-enactors from the
Civil War period will be encamped in Memorial Park
along the banks of the St.
Marys River. Stop by and
experience living during
some of the worst times of
our growing nation, when
brother sometimes fought
against brother.
Thursday, October 15, 2015
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Thursday, October 15, 2015
Agriculture
Dry weather makes combine, field fires safety concern
By DEE JEPSON,
adapted by Jeff Stachler
This season, farmers are at high risk of
having a field fire during corn and soybean harvest.
The conditions present during harvest season include dry plant material
and grain dust that are highly combustible. Hot equipment or engine sparks
are great ignition sources. It is not uncommon for exhaust pipes or catalytic
converters to exceed 1,000°F. Add a little
wind and there is a perfect opportunity
for a field fire.
Being prepared to handle field fires
is important for all workers and transport drivers.
Combines, tractors,
grain trucks, and pickups should all
be equipped with a trustworthy fire
extinguisher as the first lines of defense. Combines should carry an ABC
10 lb. fire extinguisher in the cab and
a larger 20 lb. unit at the ground level.
Tractors and trucks are recommended
to have a 5 lb. minimum extinguisher
available. These extinguishers should
be in EACH vehicle in the field. Nothing is worse than watching the combine
go up in flames while you’re running to
the end of the field to retrieve the fire
extinguisher on the grain cart. Having
an extinguisher on each piece of equipment ensures you will be ready to react
on the first signs of smoke.
Don’t get caught with a false sense
of security.
If you follow the recommendations
and own enough fire extinguishers, then
you must also follow the maintenance
recommendations. Check the pressure gages periodically, making sure the
needle remains in the “charged” zone. If
a unit has been partially discharged, it
must be fully recharged before using it
again. Even a slight discharge can create a gap in the internal seal of the extinguisher valve, causing the pressure to
leak out. The pressure needle may linger
in the charged zone; however there may
not be adequate pressure to expel the
contents.
Extinguishers could use a little shake
a few times a year. By inverting the extinguisher and shaking it several times
each season makes sure the powder
doesn’t get lodged at the bottom of the
unit. Equipment vibrations are notorious for compacting the reactive ingredients of fire extinguishers; making them
worthless when they are needed.
Extinguishers should also be inspected periodically by a fire professional. Fire service companies can be found
in community directories. Your local fire
department or insurance company can
also point you in the right direction for
service companies. Some extinguishers
are not designed to be refilled, or are too
old to be refilled. These units should
be replaced when they expire. Having
these old extinguishers around does no
good when the time comes to pull the
pin.
Follow other fire prevention practices.
It is also important to keep machinery in good repair. Apply grease to bearings and oil chains regularly to reduce
friction. It is recommended to perform
maintenance checks at the end of the
day, rather than at the beginning, to detect any hot smoldering areas that may
break out into flames overnight.
Keep machinery clean and free from
plant materials, especially around the
wrap points. Wipe up any fuel or oil
leaks to eliminate additional fuel sources; and do not leave oily rags on equipment or in the cab.
Use an air compressor or leaf blower
to remove crop residue, and a pressure
washer to remove built up oil or cakedon grease.
Take time to cool down the equipment each night, and check for any hot
spots. These steps can make a difference
to save equipment, facilities, commodities, and lives.
Being prepared to handle field fires is
important for all workers. Having machinery equipped with a trustworthy
fire extinguisher is one of the first lines
of defense.
Be fire smart, and safe harvesting.
Stink bugs may be on the move
by JEFF STACHLER
OSU Extension - Auglaize County
Individuals
located
in southern Ohio have
reported that brown
marmorated stink bugs
(Halyomorpha
halys)
are beginning to show-up
on the outside walls and
window screens of home
and other structures. I
am not aware of any in
Auglaize County at this
time. All agreed that this
seems a bit early and may
be a portent of things to
come because the major
migration of the bugs
from forests, farms and
landscapes onto and into
homes and other structures typically occurs
after the first frost. The
current influx may just be
the tip of the iceberg. Of
course, all Ohioans may
not experience the same
stink buggy problem this
fall. Erik Draper and
Jaqueline Kowalski both
reported that their monitoring traps in the northeast part of the state have
caught very few stink
bugs thus far this season
which means that part of
the state may dodge the
bug bullet. However, Joe
Boggs noted that he is
commonly counting 5 or
more bugs per window
screen on his home in
southwest Ohio.
The detection and
monitoring of these nonnative Asian imports in
the U.S. and Canada has
been aided by two discoveries: the recognition
that the bugs are attracted to “black light” traps
and the discovery of a
male-produced aggregation pheromone. Insect
pheromones are chemicals that stimulate certain
insect behavior; aggregation pheromones cause
both males and females
to congregate.
Researchers have refined the practical use of
these monitoring tools
by learning that the effectiveness of both methods
varies throughout the season. Dave Shetlar (OSU
Entomology) reported
last season that black light
traps in central Ohio were
highly attractive from July
into August with around
a dozen bugs captured
in each trap per night;
however, trap catches
dropped to around 1 - 2
bugs per night around
mid-August. The relative
attractiveness of the aggregation pheromone appears to also have an “on
and off switch”; at certain times of the year, the
traps are highly attractive
while at other times of
the year they are much
less attractive. Research
is continuing on refining
the chemical mixtures
used in the traps.
Light and pheromone
traps are helpful with detecting and monitoring
for brown marmorated
stink bugs; however,
they are not effective in
reducing populations in
and around homes. Even
during the times of the
season when both types
of traps are attractive, the
relatively few bugs captured in the traps are a
drop in the bucket compared to the huge number of bugs that may be
crawling in landscaping
or lurking in attics! Other ineffective methods
that have been touted to
combat the bugs include
spraying the outside of
homes with soap solutions which just makes
homes sticky and collect
dirt until the next rainfall;
keeping porch lights off is
thwarted by bugs flying
during the day; and aerosol “bug bombs” may kill
bugs moving around inside homes, but will not
kill bugs in walls and attics or prevent new bugs
from entering homes.
Worse, large numbers of
dead stink bugs will eventually stink and the meat
source will attract other
home pests such as carpet beetles that feed on
the stinking bodies. Even
perimeter sprays have
proven to be problematic
providing only limited
relief from the bug onslaught.
The best defense
against these bugs buzzing or lumbering around
inside a home is to prevent them from entering the home in the first
place. The bugs are too
large to squeeze through
all but the largest of
openings into homes.
Although they may loiter on window screens,
they’re too large to fit
through the screens.
However, large openings created by the loss
of old caulking around
window frames or door
jams provide easy access
into homes. The same is
true of worn-out exterior
door sweeps including
doors leading into attached garages. The bugs
seem to have an affinity
for open garages, so don’t
leave garage doors open.
Bugs finding their way
into attics and then into
homes can be prevented
by attaching window
screening to the inside of
attic vents. Loose fitting
soffits also provide a bugdoorway into attics; they
should be repositioned,
covered with screening,
or replaced.
If the bugs do find
their way into a home,
they should be dealt with
carefully. Crushing them
will release a repugnant
cloud of stink bug stink!
Just disturbing the bugs
may cause them to release
their pungent aroma from
scent glands on their thorax and abdomen. Using
a vacuum cleaner to suckup the bugs is not recommended. Even a “fan-bypass” type (e.g. Shop-Vac)
with the refuse bypassing
the impeller will develop
a distinctive eau de bug
odor because the bugs
become a bit disturbed
as they swirl around inside the vacuum tank.
Of course, a “direct-fan”
type of vacuum cleaner
should never be considered; passing the refuse through an impeller
would create a horrible
bug-blender!
Fragrant misadventures can be avoided by
constructing a simple
but effective “bug collector” using a plastic pint
water bottle. Cut the top
1/4 of the bottle off and
invert and insert the cut
top to create a funnel
into the bottom part of
the bottle. The inverted
cut-top should extend
about 1/4” above the cut
lip of the bottom part of
the bottle so that a ring
of tape will join the two
parts together; the only
way in is through the funnel. Holding the collector beneath a stink bug
and gently nudging it
with an inside edge will
cause the bug to drop
through the funnel and
into the bottom chamber; the funnel prevents
the captured bugs from
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reducing the chances of
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Watch out for grubs
By CURTIS E. YOUNG,
adapted by Jeff Stachler
People across the state are reporting evidence of
white grub activity in lawns around the state. Some of
this grub activity is potentially being written off as the
result of the relatively dry stretch of weather at least
compared to early this year that much of the state is
currently experiencing. Seeing brown patches of lawn
is not unusual at this time, however, they may need
some closer inspection to be sure that it is not grub
damage. The other indication that grub problems exist is the activity of skunks and raccoons. These critters
are very good at finding grub populations and ripping
up sections of turfgrass to get to them.
Over the past several years, the most common grubproducing scarab beetle in Ohio has been the Masked
Chafer Beetle (Cyclocephala spp.), not Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica). The major player is the northern masked chafer, but we also have southern masked
chafer, European chafers, and oriental beetles contributing to the grub complex. While the Japanese beetle
experienced an unexplained population crash about
10 years ago, it appears to have had a rebound in its
population numbers.
Check browned turfgrass for evidence of grubs; tug
at the turfgrass near the soil line and pull. If grubs are
present to the point that they are damaging the roots,
the turfgrass and some thatch peels away from the soil
below, like a layer of carpet. The C-shaped white grubs
are found lying on the newly exposed soil surface. If
the turfgrass wilts easily, control may be necessary.
This late in the season, the control is limited to a
few “rescue” grubicides. Contact insecticides such as
trichlorfon (Dylox) kill the grubs if the soil is moist
and the product is irrigated through the thatch zone.
Homeowners can buy the granule option (e.g. Bayer
24-hour Grub Control). Arena (clothianidin) has
shown efficacy when applied from mid-May to midSeptember. A relatively new grub product, Ference
by Syngenta (active ingredient cyantraniliprole) that
is in the same chemical class as Acelepryn (group 28,
anthranilic diamides) may still be effective at this time
of year.
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Agriculture
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Twenty members of the New Bremen FFA chapter recently competed in the Auglaize County Soil and Water Conservation District’s soil judging contest.
New Bremen FFA wins
county soil judging contest New Bremen FFA represents
Photo submitted
Maria Homan, advisor; FFA members Mitchell Brown, Brennan Topp, Amanda Brown
and Debbie Paul; dairy judging team coach Rachel Topp at World Dairy Expo.
NEW BREMEN — The New Bremen FFA Chapter competed in the
county soil judging contest which is
sponsored by the Auglaize County Soil
and Water Conservation District. Twenty members from the chapter competed
in the rural contest on Sept. 17.
Students had to evaluate and determine proper rural use for the soil and
determine slope, drainage class, soil tex-
ture, soil fertility, along with redoximorphic features. Students also had to determine the best agricultural management
practices for each soil area.
The New Bremen FFA placed first in
the rural soil judging contest with member Mitchell Kramer placing first individually and Mitchell Brown placing
third individually. The team will move
forward to the district contest.
USDA sees trade
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Trans-Pacific Partnership
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products among nearly
500 million consumers
in 11 countries across the
Asia-Pacific region. By reducing tariffs and opening
new markets for American agricultural products, the TPP will help
increase farm income,
generate rural economic
activity, and support local jobs. The department
claims 33,400 Ohio jobs
are supported by agricultural exports. $4.4 billion
is the value of Ohio’s annual agricultural exports.
Based on USDA-ERS
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was held in Madison, Wisconsin. These
members earned the opportunity to
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The team placed 95th out of 140
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Last chance to scout for weeds
Tariffs are low in TPP
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markets, but corn pro- OSU
Extension - Auglaize County
ducers will benefit from
reduced meat tariffs that
Soybean harvest has
will create new feed de- begun in the county and
mand. Malaysia and Viet- more will be done this
nam will eliminate tariffs
week. Last week I drove
within five years.
an 80 mile loop of the
Wheat
Japan will create new county scouting soybean
tariff-rate quotas for fields for weeds. Fortywheat and wheat prod- one percent of the fields
ucts, eliminating exist- had at least one marestail
ing tariffs for processed (horseweed) plant in
products like cookies them. Twenty-one perand crackers. Malaysia cent of fields had at least
and Vietnam will elimi- one waterhemp plant in
nate tariffs on wheat and them. If you are not fawheat products.
miliar with waterhemp, it
Pork
is in the pigweed family.
Japan will eliminate The flowers are located
duties on nearly 80 per- in terminal spikes that are
cent of tariff lines, in- rather thin and usually
cluding processed pork. longer than redroot and
Remaining tariffs will be
cut. Nearly all Malaysian smooth pigweed. The
tariffs will be locked in at stems have no hair and
0 percent and Vietnam there are male and female
plants. Therefore only the
will eliminate tariffs.
female plants will have
seeds. I collected five waterhemp samples during
my trip to be tested for resistance to glyphosate.
Just before harvest is
the last opportunity to
scout fields for weeds.
Scout fields by identifying the species present,
the densities present, and
location of plants within
the field, especially dense
patches of weeds. Some
reasons for scouting
for weeds include what
caused the weeds to be
present, if glyphosate-resistant weeds are present,
beginning to plan for next
years weed control program and determine the
need for a fall herbicide
application.
If a few plants of waterhemp, giant and common ragweed, and mar-
estail (horseweed) are
present in a field take the
time to pull or cut these
plants and remove them
from the field. Removing
weeds by hand will greatly
reduce weeds for the next
several seasons.
In addition to scouting
for escaped weeds from
this season, scout fields
for newly emerged winter
annual weeds. Marestail
(horseweed) has a small
round cotyledon and
a round to egg-shaped
and hairy first leaf. Each
subsequent leaf will become more elongated
and eventually have some
serrated margins. Other
weeds that may be present as seedlings includes
purple deadnettle, henbit,
shepherd’s-purse, field
pennycress, and cressleaf
groundsel.
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Thursday, October 15, 2015
Minster Homecoming 2015
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Ben Butler leads the pack at Coldwater.
Minster’s Jared Thobe (11) and Jacob Dues (2) tackle Fort Recovery’s Adam LeFevre last Friday night.
5-2 Minster hosts St. Henry
By BRIAN SMITH
Staff Writer
FORT RECOVERY —
Minster head football coach
Geron Stokes isn’t too concerned about style points
with this year’s Wildcats. At
5-2 and now in second in
its playoff region, the Minster football team is grinding out wins against quality opponents — the latest
a comeback 14-12 win at
state-ranked Fort Recovery
that has Minster on a threegame winning streak heading into Friday’s match-up
at home against St. Henry.
The numbers haven’t
been gaudy. The wins are
rarely easy. But Minster has
won three straight.
“That’s who we are,”
Stokes said. “People anointed us state champions. People expected another state
championship team (right
out of the gate). Those are
rare. We’re just a team that
is developing an identity
and that works hard. We
don’t care about that talk.
We just need to find ways
to keep getting better.”
Trailing by two touchdowns and its back to its
own goal line midway
through the second quarter, the Wildcats got a stop
and then turned everything
around. Minster’s defense
stopped Fort Recovery on
fourth downs three times,
the offense scored 14 unanswered points.
“We just settled in,”
Stokes said. “We finally
settled in and got our composure and played like a
senior-led football team.”
With Fort Recovery
up 12-0 and down to the
Minster 10-yard line, the
Wildcat defense stuffed the
Indians on fourth and three
at the 11-yard line.
Minster then drove 90
yards, aided by a 46-yard
strikefromquarterbackJosh
Nixon to Jacob Dues. Running back Evan Huelsman
scored from three yards out
to cut the Fort Recovery
lead to 12-7 with 4:38 left
in the second quarter and
the momentum turned in
favor of the Wildcats.
Minster took the lead
with 9:37 left in the third
quarter when Nixon lofted
a throw to Dues from 23
yards out on a post pattern.
The extra point put the
Wildcats up 14-12.
Dues proved to be Minster’s best weapon on the
night, beating the Indians
deep for five catches and
102 yards. “He’s a good
player and he makes plays
for us and he has to when
they play press coverage
against him,” Stokes said.
“It’s just a player making
plays.”
Huelsman and the
Wildcat running game had
its second straight big week.
Huelsman ran for 114
yards on 19 carries and the
Wildcats put up 223 yards
as a team with the running
game.
Minster’sdefensepitched
a shutout over the last three
quarters and limited a Fort
Recovery offense that came
into the contest averaging
33 points per game and a
MAC-best 369 yards of
total offense per game. The
Indians had 296 yards of offense on Friday.
Jared Thobe picked off
a Caleb Martin Pass late in
the game to seal the win.
Minster has now intercepted 12 passes as a team and
is plus-12 in the turnover
margin.
“The defense we’re seeing is coming from good
practices,” Stokes said.
“We’re having really good
defensive practices and
that’s what a senior-owned
football team should do.”
St. Henry enters the
game at 5-2 and on a twogame winning streak. The
Redskins punished New
Bremen 46-0 last week.
New Bremen stacked the
box defensively and St.
Henry quarterback Mitchell Stammen made them
pay by going 8-of-11 for
242 yards, including touchdown passes of 75, 54 and
63 yards in the first half.
Running back Jesse Niekamp rushed for 76 yards and
a touchdown pass along
with catching an 18-yard
touchdown pass.
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Minster’s Morgan Pohl, right, and Kaci Bornhorst, left,
run in the Coldwater Lions Invitational last Thursday.
Minster ready
for MAC meet
The Minster cross
country girls cross country team had a fruitful
dress rehearsal for Thursday’s Midwest Athletic
Conference championship meet in Coldwater.
The Minster girls,
who have won the last
two MAC cross country
titles and enter this year’s
meet the favorites again,
last Thursday’s Lions Invitational tune-up with
22 points — 106 points
better than second-place
Versailles’ 128 points. .
Kaci Bornhorst finished
second with a 19:43 time.
Morgan Pohl was third
with a 20:00.37 pace.
Maggie Meiring took
fourth with a 20:11.93
time. Kaitlyn Albers was
sixth (20:15.65), Madeline Magoto was seventh
(20:22.96). Lisa Barlage
round out Minster’s scoring in 13th (20:40.81).
The Minster boys finished seventh with 173
points. Ben Butler took
third overall with a 16:47.7
time, about 12 seconds
off the pace of winner
Joe Spitzer of Versailles.
Carter Pohl took 19th
(17:52.11). Jonathan Al-
bers was 41st (18:22.05).
Ryan Cavanaugh was 51st
(18:34.98). Ethan Monnin (61st, 18:52.71) and
Alex Blanco (19:58.84)
rounded out Minster’s
scoring.
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Thursday, October 15, 2015
MARION LOCAL
Flyers try to
bounce back
from CW loss
The Marion Local Flyers
came back to tie their monumental showdown with fellow
top-ranked MAC foe Coldwater a week ago, only to watch
helplessly as the Cavaliers’
Kyle McKibben delivered
the boot heard across Mercer
County.
McKibben’s 43-yard field
goal with one second left on
the clock undid Marion Local’s frantic comeback that
included a late touchdown
drive capped by a Matt Kahlig
three-yard touchdown catch
and Cole Griesdorn two-point
conversion run with less than
a minute to go. It ended a winning streak that stretched back
to Oct. 12, 2012 — when the
Cavs last beat the Flyers.
The 50-50 drawing winner
took home more than $11,000
and Coldwater athletic director Eric Goodwin announced
on Twitter during the contest
that it was a new attendance
record at Cavalier Stadium.
Fans clad in orange and black
and blue and gold encircled
the field, making the ending
all the more dramatic.
As deflating as the loss might
be for Marion Local, they’re
still 6-1 and the easy favorite
to take home a state championship trophy by year’s end
in Division VI. That doesn’t
make it any easier to swallow,
at least for a little while.
Now Fort Recovery looms
and there’s no time to lick
wounds.
Matt Kahlig catches a
late touchdown pass
against Coldwater.
Marion Local’s Cole Griesdorn
reaches out for the pylon in
the Flyers’ 17-14 loss at Coldwater last Friday night in front
of nearly 7,000 fans.
(Photo by Fred Kremer)
Instant Classic
Marion Local, Coldwater play one of conference’s great games
“We can’t let Coldwater
beat us twice,” Marion Local head coach Tim Goodwin
told Marc Pendleton of the
Dayton Daily News after the
game. “Sometimes we get the
Coldwater hangover because
win or lose, this thing takes so
much out of us.”
Marion Local can’t feel too
badly about its performance. It
rushed for 183 yards against a
Coldwater defense that hadn’t
given up a touchdown in the
first three quarters all season.
Aaron Nietfeld rushed for 112
of those yards for the Flyers.
Marion Local will face another team that lost for the
first time last week, in large
part due to the kicking game.
Fort Recovery watched Minster scored 14 unanswered to
lose its first game 14-12. Fort
Recovery missed both of its
extra points while Minster’s
Jason Schultz went 2-for-2
on the point after touchdown
kicks. It proved to be the difference.
Fort Recovery put up almost 300 yards of offense, but
Minster stopped the Indians
three times on fourth downs
and forced the Indians’ bigplay offense to drive the field.
Marion Local hasn’t lost
at home since Oct. 22, 2010
against Delphos St. John’s.
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The Marion Local volleyball
team shook off a first-set loss at
Parkway and responded with three
straight wins to pick up a 25-27, 2515, 25-13, 25-21 vicotry over the
Panthers last Thursday night.
Mackenzie Albers posted 25 kills
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Tyla Bergman had 51 assists.
Emily Mescher had eight blocks.
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Marion Local received its postseason sectional seeding and got
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New Bremen
New Bremen’s Cort Speckman, right, is closely followed by Fort Loramie’s Tom Ballas, left.
Photo by Mary Grieshop
New Bremen’s Erica Niekamp runs at the Lions Invitational.
New Bremen 3rd, 6th
at Lions Invitational
The New Bremen boys cross country team
finished third at the Coldwater Lions Invitational
last Thursday in the final tune-up to Thursday’s
Midwest Athletic Conference championship
meet.
New Bremen’s Cort Speckman finished eighth
overall with a 17:29.96 time, helping the Cardinals to third-place with 138 points.
Jason Zircher finished 18th (17:49.59),
Kaelen Reed was 22nd (17:59.14), Ezra Ferguson was 39th (18:21.49), Hunter Suchland
took 52nd (18:35.3) and Ethan Myers was 78th
(19:17.93).
The New Bremen girls finished sixth as a
squad with 201 points, led by Makenna Brackman’s fifth place finish and 20:12.4 time.
Bailey Bronkema was 29th (21:12.46), Andrea Heitkamp was 40th (21:35.77) and Erica
Niekamp took 61st (22:09.95).
Staff Photo/Brian Smith
Right: New Bremen’s Jason Zircher finished 18th
overall at the Lions Invitatinoal last Thursday.
New Bremen falls to
St. Henry, hosts Anna
By RANDY WILKER
Sports Correspondent
ST. HENRY — The
New Bremen football
team chose to focus in
on St. Henry’s potent
running attack and force
Mitchell Stammen to
beat them.
It wasn’t a bad strategy
given St. Henry’s ability
to run the ball and relative struggles through
the air in recent weeks.
Stammen simply delivered last Friday night.
St. Henry threw for
242 yards and hit on
three massive scoring
plays through the air in
a 46-0 win over the Cardinals.
“It was one of those
things that we told our
kids all week that we
should bottle up the run
as much as possible,”
New Bremen head coach
Chris Schmidt said. “We
tried to contain Niekamp
as best as we could and to
a certain degree we did
that, but in the process,
Stammen threw some
pretty good passes.”
Stammen hit Blake
Hoying on a 75-yard
touchdown pass in the
first quarter. He then
found Jesse Niekamp for
an 18-yard touchdown,
Hoying for a 54-yard
score and Colin Mescher
for a 63-yard touchdown
pass in a 27-point second
quarter.
Niekamp, one of the
area’s best running backs,
had 76 yards rushing,
but it was Stammen who
shined with an 8-of11 night for 242 yards
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and four passing touchdowns.
“It was really nice to
come out and air the
ball out,” St. Henry head
coach Brad Luthman
said. “New Bremen liked
to stack the box a little
bit and in the last three
weeks we haven’t been
able to get anything going in the passing game.”
New Bremen ran
the ball 33 times for 62
yards. Freshman Darrin
Hays led New Bremen
with 29 yards rushing on
nine carries.
“Darrin has done a really nice job of carrying
the ball for us,” Schmidt
said. “Being a freshman,
he runs hard. There’s a
bright future ahead.”
New Bremen will
have a chance to pick
up its first MAC win of
the season the next two
weeks, with a home game
against 2-5 Anna on the
schedule next week and
a trip to winless Parkway
in Week 9.
Week 10 is a home finale against power Coldwater.
St. Henry put up 354
yards of total offense
in the game and forced
three turnovers (all fumbles) against New Bremen.
The Redskins go to
Minster next week in a
key MAC game in terms
of playoff positioning.
St. Henry sits in the seventh spot in Division
VI’s Region 22. With
games against Minster
and Fort Recovery in
Weeks 8 and 9, there
are plenty of computer
points up for grabs if
the Redskins, whose
only losses have come to
Coldwater and Marion
Local, can get wins. St.
Henry has some breathing room between it and
the eighth-place team,
Williamsburg. (St. Henry is at 8.4 and Williamsburg is at 7.772)
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The New Bremen volleyball team’s lone two
losses in Midwest Athletic Conference play
happen to come to the
two teams that have yet
to lose in the MAC —
Coldwater and St. Henry.
The Redskins won the
battle of top-tier MAC
squads last Thursday in
three sets, 25-18, 25-16
and 25-21.
The Redskins are a
good tune-up for the
tournament, which is just
around the corner.
New Bremen received
a bye in the first round
of the sectional tournament, it learned at Sunday’s seeding meeting.
The Cardinals will face
the winner of Wayne
Trace and Perry at home
on Thursday, Oct. 22 at
6:30 p.m.
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and where we need to be.
We are trying to get out
of focusing on the negative and trying to push
the positives.”
Paige Jones and Kaitlyn Ahrns led New Bremen with nine kills
apiece. Devon Heitkamp
had 13 digs and Alyse
Clune recorded 12 digs.
Kaitlyn Schwieterman
had 10 assists. Madison
Pape had nine assists.
New Bremen hosts
Parkway on Thursday
night.
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Fort Loramie
Knouff headed to state
Fort Loramie’s Emily
Knouff shot a 75 at the
Division II district golf
tournament at PipeStone
on Wednesday to advance
to the OHSAA state tournament.
Knouff, a junior, shot a
36 on the front nine and a
39 on the back nine for her
75, the third-best score at
the district. Sammi Blackburn of Monroe shot a
71 for medalist honors.
Alyssa Akiyama of Seven
Hills had a 73. Chamindade Julienne won the district title with a 362 team
score. Alter shot a 369 for
second. Versailles quali-
fied as a team with a 372,
led by the 87 of Maddie
Covault, the 91 of Lauren
Heitkamp, the 96 of Lauren Durham and the 98
of Jorja Pothast.
The Redskins finished
ninth as a team. Megan
Koppin shot a 105, Kayla
Rosengarten had a 114
and Amy Eilerman shot a
116 for a 410 team total.
Knouff will play on the
Gray Course in Columbus Friday, Oct. 16 and
Saturday, Oct. 17. Knouff
will tee off at 10:20
a.m.from the No. 10 tee,
where she’ll be joined
by St. Marys Memorial’s
Jill Schmitmeyer and
Youngstown Ursuline’s
Sydney Heinbaugh in the
grouping.
Players will tee off on
Saturday morning according to how they fin-
ished on Friday.
The Scarlet and Gray
Courses are located at
the Ohio State University Golf Club with a
3605 Tremont Road Columbus address. From
the North Broadway exit
on 315, head west on
North Broadway. It will
dead end and you will
turn right onto Kenny
Road. Take Kenny Road
to the first light and turn
left onto Tremont Road.
The entrance to the golf
course will be your first
right. Admission is $9 per
person.
Staff Photo/Brian Smith
Fort Loramie’s Jake Rethman took second overall and
led the Redskin boys to the Lions Invitational title last
Thursday evening in Coldwater.
Jake Ward runs away from Ridgemont tacklers last Friday night. (Photo by Ellen Wehrman)
Fort Loramie-Lehman has
D7 playoff implications
Make it three in a row for
the Fort Loramie football
team heading into a suddenly-important Lehman
Catholic game.
The Redskins scored
more than 50 points for the
second straight week and
rolled over Ridgemont 55-0
last Friday night to move to
within a game of .500. The
Redskins have won their
last three games by a collective 125-8 score.
Fort Loramie ran at will
in the victory., piling up 248
yards and five scores on the
ground.
Wes Puthoff,m who
now has 578 yards and
seven touchdowns on the
season,rushed for 83 yards
and three touchdowns on
13 carries last Friday. Drew
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for 70 yards on six carries.
Carter Mescher, a freshman,
had 65 yards and a touchdown on the groud on two
carries. Brad Pleiman ahd
29 yards on 29 carries while
catching three passes for 75
yards and a touchdown.
Dan Berning led Fort
Loramie with nine tackles.
Berning now has a teambest 63 stops on teh season.
Jacob Kitzmiller and Frank
Meyer each had eight tackles apiece.
Meyer and Pleiman each
had two sacks.
Cody Gasson picked off
a pass for the Redskins.
Josh Siegel went 5-for-5
on extra points.
Fort Loramie now hosts
Sidney Lehman Catholic
in a game that suddenly has
playoff intrigue to it.
Lehman Catholic sits in
the sixth spot in Division
VII”s Region 26 while Fort
Loramie now is within two
spots of a playoff position
in 10th after its winning
streak.
The Cavaliers (4-3) have
followed a similar path as
the Redskins this season.
Sidney Lehman has won
three straight games after
starting the campaign 1-3
Staff Photo/Brian Smith
Fort Loramie’s Tom Ballas was fourth overall.
Redskins capture
Lions Invite title,
ready for SCAL
As the league invite
and postseason near, the
Fort Loramie boys cross
country team picked up a
pretty impressive piece of
hardware to close out the
regular season.
Fort Loramie ran to
team title at the 23-team
Coldwater Lions Invitational last Thursday with
40 points — 70 points
clear of second-place Lincolnview.
Freshman Jake Rethman finished second
overall in the 257-runner field with a 16:37.42
time. Tom Ballas wasn’t
far behind, taking fourth
with a 16:56.8 time . Joe
Ballas was sixth overall
with a 17:21.14 for a poDrew Wehrman has three passing touchdowns and no tent 1-2-3 punch.
Noah Siegel was 11th
interception since taking over behind center for the
Redskins. (Photo by Ellen Wehrman)
(17:34.81). Alan Holdheide took 17th (17:49.2)
with losses to Fort Recov- erside (26-21 and a blow- to round out the scoring.
ery, Minster and Upper Sci- out over Hardin Northern
The Fort Loramie girls
oto Valley. But close wins (49-13) has the Cavs think- took 11th place.
over Perry (28-25) and Riv- ing playoffs.
Rachel Schmitmeyer
was the top Redskin girl
runner in 27th place with
a 21:04.99 time.
Claire Kazmaier was
35th (21:26.11). Erin
Chaney turned in a
22:19.04 time.
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MIdwest Athletic Conference
Week 8 MAC Football
By BRIAN SMITH
Staff Writer
The Coldwater Cavaliers and
Marion Local Flyers played one
of the great games in Midwest
Athletic Conference history, as
Kyle McKibben booted a 43yard field goal with one second
left to give the Cavaliers a 1714 win over Marion Local in a
battle of No. 1-ranked teams and
defending state champions.
A standing-room only, recordsetting crowd encircled the field
at Cavalier Stadium and bought
50-50 tickets by the armful (the
take-home pot was $11,400)
and watched two powerhouses
slug it out.
Meanwhile, Minster cleared
the way for Coldwater atop the
MAC standings by posting a its
biggest win of the season to date
and handing third-ranked Fort
Recovery its first loss of the season in comeback fashion, 14-12.
Week 8 offers up some good
ones of its own, as St. Henry
goes to Fort Recovery and Versailles goes to Marion Local in
games between playoff hopefuls. Elsewhere on the slate,
Minster goes to Anna, Delphos
St. John’s travels to Coldwater
and New Bremen and Parkway
will both try to win their first
MAC contest of the season.
Ft. Recovery
at Marion Local
A pair of 6-1 teams might
be a bit salty after losing their
first games of the season last
weekend. Fort Recovery had
a 12-point lead disappear and
couldn’t convert twice on
points after touchdown plays in
a 14-12 loss to Minster. Marion
Local stormed back in the final minute, only to watch Kyle
McKibben boot a 44-yard field
goal with one second left to win a
showdown of top-ranked teams.
These two teams met in the Division VII playoffs a season ago,
with the Flyers shutting out the
Indians 35-0.
Anna at New Bremen
Anna has won the last eight
games in this series, including
the last two by a collective 9712 score. Last week’s 28 points
against Delphos St. John’s was
a season-high output for the
Rockets. New Bremen has been
shut out the last three games to
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n Wapakoneta at Ottawa-Glandorf
n Defiance at St. Marys
n Shawnee at Bath
n Celina at Van Wert
n Kenton at Elida
GWOC North
n Piqua at Trotwood-Madison
n Greenville at Vandalia Butler
n Troy at Sidney
AP Polls
Standings
MAC
NWCC
WBL
Team
WBL
Wapakoneta
6-0
7-0
Ovr.
GWOC N.
Team
NWCC
Riverside
3-1
Ovr.
Team
GN
Ovr.
6-1
Butler
2-0
5-2
1-1
5-2
Team
MAC
Ovr.
Pts.
Opp.
O-G
5-1
6-1
Coldwater
5-0
7-0
242
34
USV
3-1
4-3
Trot.-Mad.
Celina
5-1
6-2
210
53
4-3
4-3
6-1
3-1
1-1
4-1
Lehman
Piqua
Ft. Recovery
St. Marys
4-2
5-2
251
78
3-4
3-4
6-1
3-1
1-1
4-1
Fort Loramie
Greenville
Marion Local
Bath
3-3
4-3
5-2
165
120
2-5
2-5
3-2
2-2
1-1
Minster
Perry
Troy
Elida
3-3
4-3
169
102
3-4
4-3
5-2
1-3
0-2
3-2
Hardin N.
Sidney
St. Henry
Van Wert
2-4
3-4
Versailles
3-2
4-3
182
123
Ridgemont
1-3
2-5
Kenton
2-4
2-5
Anna
2-3
2-5
101
146
Way.-Gosh.
0-4
0-7
Defiance
0-6
1-6
St. John’s
1-4
1-6
136
227
New Bremen
0-5
1-6
47
251
Parkway
0-5
0-7
50
227
Coldwater at Versailles
Coldwater leads the all-time
series 30-28-2 and has won 11
straight over the Darke County
Tigers. Versailles jumped out to
a 3-1 start, lost to Minster and
St. Henry, beat Parkway last
week and now faces a finish to
the season consisting of Coldwater, Marion Local and Fort
Recovery.
Parkway
at Delphos St. John’s
Both teams allow 32.4 points
per game — eighth and ninth in
the MAC.
St. Henry at Minster
The home team has won the
last three match-ups between
these teams. The Redskins lead
the all-time series 30-14-1.
Upcoming
Schedules
Volleyball
Thursday, Oct. 15
St. Henry at Coldwater
New Knoxville at Fort Recovery
Minster at Marion Local
Parkway at New Bremen
Versailles at Delphos St. John’s
Playoff Chase
Region 22
Region 26
JoeEitel.com’s computers projected that Minster
will leap up to the second
spot in Division VI’s Region 26 after its big win
over previously-unbeaten
Fort Recovery last Friday.
Covington remains atop
the region. Ada is third,
Riverside is fourth, Fort
Recovery drops to fifth,
Lehman Catholic is sixth,
Miami Valley Christian
Academy is seventh and
Upper Scioto Valley is
eighth. Fort Loramie is
in the 10th spot in the region.
Minster is now ranked sixth
in the latest Division VII Associated Press football poll released
on Monday night. THe Wildcats
(5-2) received two first-place
votes after their win against Fort
Recovery (6-1), which tumbled
from third to ninth in the poll.
Covington is 11th.
The MAC still has a pair of topranked teams in the latest polls,
even after Coldwater beat Marion
Local 17-14 on a last-second field
goal last week. Coldwater (7-0)
received all 27 first-place votes in
Division V after beating Marion
Local last week. Marion Local
(6-1), despite the loss, received
16 of the 27 first-place votes and
remains atop the Division VI
poll. Spencerville is fourth. St.
Henry is 15th. Delphos Jefferson
is 17th.
Wapakoneta (7-0) is ranked
No. 3 in Division III with one
first-place vote.
Week 7 Scores
Marion Local will drop
from first to second in Region
22, JoeEitel.com projected,
after the Flyers lost to Coldwater. Cincinnati Country
Day is now atop the region.
Spencerville is fourth. St.
Henry is seventh after moving to 5-2 with a win over
New Bremen.
Region 18
Coldwater is atop Region 18
after beating Marion Local
last Friday night. Versailles
is on the fringe of the playoff race in 12th with a 4-3
record.
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n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
Anna 28, Delphos St. John’s 6
Coldwater 17, Marion Local 14
Minster 14, Fort Recovery 12
St. Henry 46, New Bremen 0
Versailles 29, Parkway 18
Wapakoneta 50, Defiance 0
Celina 28, St. Marys 21
Bath 21, Van Wert 14
Elida 35, Shawnee 0
Ottawa-Glandorf 24, Kenton 14
Butler 29, Sidney 0
Troy 21, Trotwood-Madison 20
Piqua 48, Greenville 14
Lehman Catholic 49, Hardin N. 13
Perry 30, Waynesfield-Goshen 0
Fort Loramie 55, Ridgemont 0
Riverside 35, Upper Scioto Valley 8
Week 9 Schedule
MAC
Friday, Oct. 23
n Minster at Anna
n Delphos St. John at Coldwater
n St. Henry at Ft. Recovery
n Versailles at Marion Local
n New Bremen at Parkway
Week 7 Football Box Scores
Minster 14, Fort Recovery 12
MIN
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Coldwater 17, Marion Local 14
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Scoring Summary
First Quarter
FR — Kyle Schroer 2-yard run, PAT failed, FR6-0, 8:37.
FR — Will Homan 9-yard run, 2pt. conversion failed, FR12-0, 3:12.
Second Quarter
MIN — Evan Huelsman 3-yard run, Jason Schultz PAT, FR12-7, 4:38.
Third Quarter
MIN — Jacob Dues 22-yard pass from Josh Nixon, Jason Schultz PAT, M14-12,
9:47.
Team StatsMIN
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Passing
Total Offense
Penalties
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CW — Neal Muhlencamp 61-yard pass from Jack Hemmelgarn (Kyle McKibben
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Third Quarter
ML — Cole Griesdorn 8-yard run (PAT failed), CW 7-6, 3:00.
CW — Aaron Harlamert 32-yard pass from Hemmelgarn (McKibben PAT), CW
14-6, 2:36.
Fourth Quarter
ML — Matt Kahlig 3-yard pass from Griesdorn (Griesdorn 2pt. run), 14-14, 0:32.
CW — McKibben 43-yard field goal, CW 17-14, 0:01.
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Martin 8-40.
Passing — MIN: Josh Nixon 13-29-150, TD, INT. FR: Caleb Martin 17-24-113,
INT.
Receiving — MIN: Bryce Schmiesing 7-39; Jacob Dues 5-102, TD; Jacob
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n Minster at Minster
NWCC
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Racing
2015 in
Review
January 24 — An intense
points chase in 2014 at Eldora
Speedway that culminated with
first-time champions Matt Westfall (DIRTcar Modified) and
Frank Paladino (Eldora Stock
Car) along with Matt Miller’s
defense of his DIRTcar Late
Model title, were with the annual Awards Celebration.
beat Jerry Bowerstock in the
UMP DIRTcar Modifieds 20lap feature. Dustin Daggett led
all 25 laps, lapped all but eight of
20 cars and won by almost nine
seconds in the winged National
Racing Association (NRA)
Sprint Invaders. In an emotional
win, Barney Craig, from Cridersville, Ohio, won the 15-lap stock
car feature while his mother was
April 18 – Rusty Schlenk held in a nearby hospital.
off Devin Gilpin to the win the
June 6 – Scott Bloomquist
$5,000 Sunoco American Late
Model Series (ALMS) in the took the checkered flag, but
62nd season opener Saturday couldn’t get past the post-race
night at Eldora Speedway. Kyle weight scale and was disqualified
Strickler came home victorious during Saturday night’s Dirt Late
in the DIRTcar UMP Modified Model Dream XXI presented by
race defeating teammate Patrick Ferris Commercial Mowers. JonLyon in the 20-lap feature. Rob athan Davenport, who led from
Trent, 46, from Lima, Ohio, won lap 61 until a lap 91 restart, took
the victory after Bloomquist took
the $1,000 stock car feature.
his car to the scale and it was 25
May 9– Donny Schatz swept pounds light. Thus he was disthe ‘Mother of All Sprint Car qualified and posted 28th.
Weekends’ by winning both
June 20 – Greg Wilson beFriday and Saturday’s World of
Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Car rac- came a two-time UNOH All
es and Justin Grant made a last Star Circuit of Champion, leadlap pass to win the United States ing the final 16 laps while holdAuto Club (USAC) Sprint Car ing off Steve Kinser to collect
race at Eldora Speedway in $5,000. Taylor Cook, from
Rossburg, Ohio. It was Schatz’s Shelby, N.C., battled with Travis
eighth World of Outlaws victory Stemler early on, but captured
in 2015 as he led all 30 laps after the UMP DIRTcar Modified
race at Eldora. Frank Paladino
starting from the pole.
led all 15 laps of a spirited Eldora
May 24 – Matt Miller raced stock car race.
both high and low to fight
July 19 – Shane Stewart won
through traffic to best Matt
the
biggest race of his career,
Westfall and win the Sunoco
Donny
Schatz dominated but
American Late Model Series
ran
out
of fuel after leading 30
(ALMS) race. Devin Gilpin,
from Columbus, Indiana, came laps, Rico Abreu finished third,
from the fourth starting spot and Tim Shaffer, while leading, blew
It was a big year for Shane Stewart, left, who won the Kings Royal and
Johnathan Davenport, right, who won the Dirt Late Model Dream and
the World 100.
an engine, Paige Polyak became
just the second woman to make
the Kings Royal starting field
and two massive rain storms
delayed the start of Heat Races
until 1:30 a.m. Other than that,
the 32nd edition of the Kings
Royal at Eldora Speedway was
fairly normal. It was a night that
would make the late Earl Baltes,
founder of Eldora Speedway,
happy as the fans stuck around
until the wee hours to see Stewart be crowned king and collect
$50,000.
who won the Dirt Late Model
Dream and $100,000 in June
passed Jared Landers for good on
lap 66 and won the $48,000 payout for the World 100 in front of
a huge and enthusiastic crowd.
September 26 – Christopher
Bell may be only 20 years old, but
he looked like a long time veteran in winning the USAC Midget
and Silver Crown races as part
of the Four Crown Nationals at
Eldora Speedway in Rossburg,
Ohio. Bell dominated the Silver
September 6 – Six-time Crown race after starting on the
World 100 winner Billy Moyer pole and led every lap and he led
held off Jimmy Mars to win the most of the laps after starting
25-lap Late Model race in the fourth in the USAC Midget race
eighth annual Baltes Classic at earlier in the night.
Eldora Speedway in Rossburg,
Ohio. Chris Douglas pulled a
October 4 – Jacob Hawkins
last lap slide job on Paul Pardo drove his car beneath Kyle Stickin turn four and won the Eldora ler’s machine battling for the
stock car race. Jonathan Taylor lead and the $5,000 payday in
led all 25 laps and won the DIRT- Sunday’s rain-delayed DIRTcar
car UMP Modifieds race.
Fall Nationals by Allstar Performance at Eldora Speedway. In
September 12 – Jonathan the UMP Late Model A-Feature,
Davenport won the 45th World Bobby Pierce started fourth, but
100 and became just the fourth quickly took the lead from Eddriver to sweep the major dirt late die Carrier Jr., eight laps in and
model races at Eldora Speedway never looked back en route to
in Rossburg, Ohio. Davenport, victory. .
Kemenah captures win in finale
ROSSBURG, — Chad
Kemenah moved back past
Dale Blaney on lap 21 to
score a big victory in the
All Star Circuit of Champions season finale at Eldora
Speedway in Rossburg,
Ohio.
Kemenah started on
the pole and held the lead
for the first 14 laps before
Blaney, who started third,
went low in turn three and
moved past Kemenah to
take the point.
Kemenah, from Alveda,
Ohio, came back on lap 21
though, and took his car
high to repass Blaney and
take the victory.
“I needed to get back
on the fence and get after
it,” Kemenah said. “Either
win it or wear it. It’s nice to
win here and hopefully go
win some more as we have
more racing we are going
to do.”
Blaney, the All Star 2015
champion finished in the
runner up spot, while Steve
Kinser was third. Tim Shaffer and Rico Abreu rounded out the top five. Abreu
worked his way up from
22nd.
There was one big accident on lap 18 when
Sheldon
Haudenschild
caught the outside wall and
flipped in Turn 4. He was
not injured.
In the winged National
Racing Alliance Sprint
Invaders A-Feature, Kyle
Sauder took the lead on lap
two and had a big lead, before he attempted to pass a
lapped car on the outside
in turn one. His car made
hard contact with the wall
and violently flipped before coming to rest in between turns one and two.
He was not injured.
That put Ryan Ruhl,
from Coldwater, Michigan,
in front and he led the rest
of the way winning by 1.5
seconds over Jared Hortsman. Devon Dobie was
third, while Randy Hannagan and Tanner Thorson
rounded out the top-five.
“I can’t believe it,” Ruhl
said. “This is incredible. I
can’t explain it. I was impressed just to race here, let
alone win a race here. This
is awesome.”
In the non-winged
Buckeye Outlaw Sprint
Series Robert Ballou from
Rocklin, California mastered Eldora’s cushion.
He built a 7.1 second lead
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Sports
Minster girls golf ends run
The Minster girls golf
er shot an 88 to lead the
team bowed out of the
Wildcats. Fischer shot
tournament in the Divia 46 on the front nine
sion III district tournament
and then fired a 42 on
at Sycamore Spring Golf
the back nine.
Course on Monday, Oct. 5.
Junior
Hannah
The Wildcats finished
Koenig tied for 43rd
Fischer
eighth as a team with a 393
with a 100 — with a 50
score.
on both the front and
Minster sophomore Alli Fisch- back nines.
Junior Lisa Borges shot a 48 on
the front and 53 on the back for a
101.
Sarah Huwer, a junior, had a 53
on the front and 51 on the back for
a 104.
Taylor Homan, a freshman had
a 52 on the front and a 60 on the
back for her 112.
St. Henry finished sixth. Ha-
leigh Staughler finished tied for
16th with an 89. Kaitlyn Clune
had a 93. Lauren Grieshop shot
a 98. Carina Clune had a 99. Jessica Clune shot a 107.
Shelby’s Alexis Jones was
medalist with a 75. St. Marys
Memorial’s Jill Schmitmeyer
shot an 81 to qualify for the
state tournament.
Division III Girls Golf
At Sycamore Springs
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Wildcat VB wins
7th straight match
Staff Photo/John Zwez
Hayley Baumer puts up a set against Delphos St. John’s last Thursday night.
Photos by Mary Grieshop
Vivian Garmann, left, and Hannah Kramer, right, run for the Flyers at Coldwater.
Below: The Fort Loramie girls take off at the Lions Invite last Thursday.
The Minster volleyball
team halted a Delphos St.
John’s rally by winning a
deciding fifth set in a 2521, 25-23, 21-25, 22-25,
15-7 win for its seventh
straight triumph last Thursday night.
Minster improved to
12-8 on the season and 3-4
in the MAC.
Paige Thobe had 14
kills to lead the Wildcats.
Jordyn Heitbrink had 13
kills and four aces. Katie
Wuebker had 12 kills. Hannah Schmitmeyer had nine
kills and 21 digs, Rosie
Westerbeck had five kills,
Hayley Baumer had three
kills, three aces and 49 assists while Amanda Lehmkuhl had two kills. LeAnn
Huelsman had 27 digs.
Jessica Geise and Maddie Buettner each had 21
kills apiece for Delphos St.
John’s.
Minster has won seven
straight to go from 5-8 to
12-8. The Wildcats go to
Parkway on Thursday.
Staff Photo/John Zwez
Minster’s Paige Thobe and a St. John’s blocker leap at
the net during a MAC volleyball match last Thursday.
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Thursday, October 15, 2015
Snapshots
Staff Photo/Brian Smith
Minster’s Sable Hudson plays a trombone solo during the Minster
Marching Band’s rendition of Arrowsmith’s “Dream On” during its
1970s rock show halftime performance at Fort Recovery last Friday.
Photo by Ellen Wehrman
The Fort Loramie flute section marches during the halftime show of the Fort Loramie football
team’s game last Friday night.
Marion Local’s Chloe Bertke sends
down a spike against Parkway last
Thursday night. (Photo by Fred
Kremer)
Photo by Ellen Wehrman
Fort Loramie fans Nick Turner and Paul Barhorst watch as the Redskins won their
third straight football game last Friday night.
Photo by Mary Grieshop
Minster Middle School’s
Austin Felice, Luke Barga
and Grant Koenig run for
the Wildcats at the Lions
Club Invitational in Coldwater last Thursday evening.
Photo by Mary Grieshop
Minster’s Gwen Meiring runs for the Wildcats in the Lions Club Invitational at Coldwater last Thursday. She finished fourth overall.
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