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Softball: Four area teams earn top-10 D-IV seeds
Fort Loramie and Russia earned the highest seeds of any area softball quad, and Botkins and Houston also earned top 10 seeds in the 21-team Dayton Division IV sectional. Softball tournament draw meetings were held throughout the state on Sunday. Seed voting began online early last week and concluded on Saturday. Results were tallied in preparation for Sunday’s meetings, during which teams placed themselves on their sectionals’ brackets by seed order.
Wall of Honor nominations sought
FORT LORAMIE — The Fort Loramie Education Foundation’s Wall of Honor committee is accepting nominations for the Wall of Honor. Nomination applications may be found on the Fort Loramie School website, under the link https://www.loramie.k12.oh.us/Downloads/wall_of_honor_nomination_form_fillable.pdf, or applications may also be picked up at the High School office. The...
Photos: Shelby County Court Appointed Special Advocates awareness event held
Sidney Firefighter Lt. Chance Guisinger, left, has his face and head smeared with a cream pie by Angela Martin, of Sidney, during a Shelby County Court Appointed Special Advocates awareness event. The event was held on the Courthouse Square on Tuesday. A tent with volunteer sign-up information was on the lawn, and a food truck was parked on the Square.
New church wants to reach, serve ‘the least of these’
SIDNEY — Awakenings Christian Fellowship is opening a new campus in Sidney on Sunday, and its leadership said it strives to be different than traditional churches in order to reach people who may not feel comfortable in a traditional church setting. Pastor Rob Cooper says it is his hope...
Photo: Whittier takes field trip to Amos Memorial Public Library
Paislee Kelly, of Sidney, makes some train shaped scratch art at the Amos Memorial Public Library on Wednesday. Paislee was on a field trip to the library with her Whittier Elementary class. The students were read a book on trains. They were also given their own train book to keep.
Let yourself go: May 1
• The Wallace Family Learning and Innovation Center, 115 E. North St., Sidney, is open Monday-Friday from 1-5 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m.-noon. • Packer Historical Center, 112 W. Main St., Anna, is open Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. • Homeschool Nature Club for 5 – 11 year-old...
Out of the past
——- The Reed Band gave the first open air. concert of the season in the courthouse square last evening. The concert was enjoyed by a large number of people, the streets around the square being crowded during the entire time of the concert. While the band played Harry Knauer gave an exhibition of lighted baton swinging.
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