Archive for: November, 2010

South School students collect ‘Pennies for Peace’

Since September, South Elementary School has participated in a fundraiser in which the students brought in pennies or other coins to help fund schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Students and staff from the school filled up the lobby of The First Citizens National Bank on Monday to deliver bags and coffee canisters full of coins [...]

State senator decides not to fill Ohio House seat

COLUMBUS (AP) — A state senator who won an Ohio House seat on Election Day has decided against moving over. Republican Tim Grendell  of Chesterland in northeast Ohio told Senate colleagues in a memo on Monday that he plans to stay a senator. He has two years left on his current term. The Columbus Dispatch [...]

Fewer holiday deaths in Ohio

COLUMBUS (AP) — State officials say fewer people died on Ohio’s roadways this Thanksgiving holiday than during the same period in 2009. Initial numbers released Monday by the Ohio Department of Public Safety show that 10 people were killed in Ohio traffic crashes from Wednesday evening through Monday morning, compared to 18 last year. Of [...]

Local forum discusses recent changes in Medicare

A representative from the Ohio Senior Health Insurance Information Program was in Upper Sandusky Monday afternoon to discuss recent changes in Medicare, the federal health insurance program for senior citizens. “It was great,” Upper Sandusky resident Brenda Parsell said about the event. “It really clarified everything for me and gave me new inputs on all [...]

Leland Strahm

Age 88 Carey Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Stombaugh-Batton Funeral Home, Carey, the with Rev. Erma Metzger officiating. Interment will follow in the Spring Grove Cemetery, Carey, with military graveside rites.

James Thames

Age 55 Forest Arrangements are pending at Clark Shields Funeral Home, Forest.

Jim Jordan’s staff visits in Wy. County

Congressman Jim Jordan’s (R-Urbana) staff will be in Upper Sandusky on Wednesday. Cameron Warner, Jordan’s deputy district director, will be available to meet with constituents from noon to 1 p.m. in the Upper Sandusky Community Library community room, located at 301 N. Sandusky Avenue.

Research hospital gets $42M gift

CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland’s University Hospitals has received its biggest gift ever, $42 million for its new cancer center. The gift from a suburban Cleveland couple, Jane and Lee Seidman, was announced Monday night. The cancer center opening in the spring will be named in their honor. The $260 million project will triple the space [...]

Upper, Wynford open swim seasons at CC

NORTH ROBINSON — Upper Sandusky and Wynford kicked off their respective swim seasons in a tri-match at Colonel Crawford on Monday evening. Competing in their first meet as a varsity squad, the Royals took second to the Eagles in the boys meet with 77 points. Colonel Crawford won the boys meet with 158 points and [...]

Farmers should FSA of bank changes

If an individual has changed banks and failed to notify Farm Service Agency, the payment could be delayed. Payments are electronically transferred into a person’s bank account. If the FSA is not aware of changes to an account and routing numbers, there could be problems. In order to make timely payments, the FSA office needs [...]

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