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Thursday, April 10, 2008

Realtors reduce ranks
Add another casualty to the slumping housing market: real estate agents.
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 City's 'road closed' signs often ignored
A city worker was just doing his job on March 20, putting up a “road closed” sign at the intersection of Hancock County 236 and Ohio 568, when a man started pounding on the worker's truck window and wanting to know why a barrier was necessary.
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 Firm hired to help pick president
GreaterFindlayInc. hopes to interview three finalists by May 31 in its nationwide search to replace President Douglas Peters.
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 Remembrance service planned
For those who have lost a friend or family member in the past year, sometimes funerals and memorial services are not enough to help them cope.
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 Design firms for courthouse interviewed
TIFFIN — The Seneca County Commissioners expect to select a firm to design a new county courthouse within two weeks.
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 Lawyer who faked kidnapping sentenced
TOLEDO -- An attorney who made up a story about being kidnapped and driven to Georgia while she was pregnant was sentenced Wednesday to probation for two years and fined $300.
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 Ohioan indicted for threats
COLUMBUS -- An Ohio man has been indicted on charges that he threatened to blow up the U.S. Supreme Court building and attack an associate justice on the court, according to an indictment filed in federal court in Cleveland on Wednesday.
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tim wrote in article "Sobriety stops net no OVI arrests":
read it carefully
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7/2/2009 7:33:16 PM
tim wrote in article "Police release photos of credit union robber":
noah little
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7/2/2009 2:56:50 PM
charles chimpton wrote in article "Police release photos of credit union robber":
Cops
“ There were cops on the street at the time of the robbery, however, they cannot be everywhere at once. Crime happens everywhere,... ” Read More...
7/2/2009 2:09:12 PM
Noah Little wrote in article "Police release photos of credit union robber":
did tim not read the story
“ The story states that police searched nearby neighborhoods 'immediately' after the holdup. I would take that to mean there were... ” Read More...
7/2/2009 12:03:57 PM
The Layman wrote in article "Sobriety stops net no OVI arrests":
Just a question
“ Scenerio: Your child was just kidnapped.

Witness: They drove away in a blue car that way on Tiffin

Police:
Set up checkpo... ” Read More...
7/2/2009 11:44:46 AM
Tim W. wrote in article "Sobriety stops net no OVI arrests":
tim
“ I didn't realize I called the checkpoints illegal. I was commenting about stopping without reasonable suspicion. While I know... ” Read More...
7/2/2009 11:03:49 AM
tim wrote in article "Police release photos of credit union robber":
wildly exaggerated?
“ Bravo Ed and Gary! It's about time people take notice of that beside the criminals planning these crimes to take place when they... ” Read More...
7/2/2009 10:23:14 AM
tim wrote in article "Sobriety stops net no OVI arrests":
Tim W.
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7/2/2009 8:33:56 AM
Dale wrote in article "Power deal":
Supermajority
“ With all that has happened to us since January 20th, this revelation should scare the hell out of all Americans that THINK for t... ” Read More...
7/2/2009 8:20:28 AM
Jon Adams wrote in article "Power deal":
We learned that from Republican Rule
“ The editor observes: >> "Without the give and take of compromise, the
party in power will have near-absolute power and its corr... ” Read More...
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News Briefs Melrose Avenue traffic restricted
East Melrose Avenue between Crystal Avenue and North Blanchard Street will be open to westbound traffic only through this weekend.

Motorists are being encouraged to seek alternate routes.

Hydrant flushing
The city of Findlay will be flushing hydrants today in the area of the Blanchard River south to East Hobart Avenue and from South Main Street east to Hancock County 180.

New scholarship endowed at UF
A University of Findlay alumnus and his wife have established a new scholarship program in conjunction with the university's 125th anniversary.

The "Larry '63 and Ruth McDougle Scholarship Endowment Fund" will be awarded to any full-time physics or mathematics major with a grade point average of 3.0 or better.

Larry McDougle, who holds an honorary doctorate degree in educational leadership from UF, created the scholarship.