Local News
Saturday, March 08, 2008
Events canceled
• The Mid-East Performance Association percussion and color guard competitions, scheduled today and Sunday at Findlay High School.
• The CHOPIN Hall/Knights of Columbus food distribution, scheduled today at the old St. Michael School.
• The door-to-door collection in Fostoria for the annual Scouting For Food drive, scheduled for today. Scouts now will pick up bags of donated food beginning at 10 a.m. March 15.
• The McComb Public Library Friends Group photos with the Easter Bunny, scheduled for today, has been rescheduled for Saturday, March 15. Registration is requested at the library, or by phone at 419-293-2425, or by emailing mccomb@oplin.org.
• Findlay Singles St. Patrick's Day Dance at Findlay Humane Society, canceled.
• First Presbyterian Church Nursery School garage sale canceled, rescheduled for April 19.
• St. Michaels Mobile Pantry canceled.
• Findlay Drum Line and Color Guard competition on Sunday canceled.
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News Briefs Two area accident victims reported in serious condition
Two people injured in an accident Sunday night in which another person was killed were listed in serious condition Monday night at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo.
Marilyn Emans, 57, of Mount Cory, and Bret Grayson, 35, of Findlay were taken by a Lifeflight helicopter after their vehicles collided at the intersection of Liberty Township 89 and Hancock County 128.
Grayson failed to yield at the intersection, according to the Hancock County Sheriff's Office.
A passenger in Emans' truck, Charles Wells, 66, of Mount Cory, was pronounced dead at the scene.
A passenger in Grayson's car, Chalon Beatty, 35, of Findlay, was transported to Blanchard Valley Hospital. No information was available on his condition.
Street work slated
Harrison Street from Payne Avenue to Foraker Avenue will be closed to through traffic from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Wednesday due to waterline work.
Crash block traffic
WILLIAMSTOWN — A truck rollover accident Monday night blocked both lanes of U.S. 68, south of U.S. 30. The Hancock County Sheriff's Office was called to the scene of the accident, which was reported at about 9:25 p.m.
No other details were available late Monday.
University plans Welcome Week
The University of Findlay alumni and community members are invited to attend several events on campus during Welcome Week, being held from Aug. 25-29.
The Fort Pastor Christian rock band will perform at 8 p.m. Aug. 25 in the Cory Street Mall. The rain site is the union. The event is free.
The band host a U.S. military letter-writing campaign from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Monday in the Alumni Memorial Union.
Changing the earth's climate will be the topic of discussion at 7 p.m. Aug. 26, in the union. Todd H. Albert, an instructor of geography at Bowling Green State University, will speak.
Albert has done research in the Italian Alps, the Rockies, the Andes of Peru and the Greenland ice sheet. This event is free.
College Corner
Mary Linehan has been named to the dean's list for the spring semester at Morehead State University with a 4.0 grade point average. Linehan is a freshman majoring in theater. A 2007 graduate of Liberty-Benton High School, she is the daughter of Michael Linehan and Helen Jomantas of Findlay.
Sarah Ebright, a 2003 Graduate of St. Wendelin High School, was recently inducted into the National Society of Leadership and Success, Sigma Alpha Pi Chapter at Lourdes College. Ebright is pursuing her bachelor of science in nursing and associate of art in fine art.
Hospitals
WYANDOT MEMORIAL
Births
Amber Cooper and Alvin Newsome, Upper Sandusky, a boy.
FOSTORIA COMMUNITY
Admitted
Ronald Henry, Fostoria.
Two people injured in an accident Sunday night in which another person was killed were listed in serious condition Monday night at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo.
Marilyn Emans, 57, of Mount Cory, and Bret Grayson, 35, of Findlay were taken by a Lifeflight helicopter after their vehicles collided at the intersection of Liberty Township 89 and Hancock County 128.
Grayson failed to yield at the intersection, according to the Hancock County Sheriff's Office.
A passenger in Emans' truck, Charles Wells, 66, of Mount Cory, was pronounced dead at the scene.
A passenger in Grayson's car, Chalon Beatty, 35, of Findlay, was transported to Blanchard Valley Hospital. No information was available on his condition.
Street work slated
Harrison Street from Payne Avenue to Foraker Avenue will be closed to through traffic from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Wednesday due to waterline work.
Crash block traffic
WILLIAMSTOWN — A truck rollover accident Monday night blocked both lanes of U.S. 68, south of U.S. 30. The Hancock County Sheriff's Office was called to the scene of the accident, which was reported at about 9:25 p.m.
No other details were available late Monday.
University plans Welcome Week
The University of Findlay alumni and community members are invited to attend several events on campus during Welcome Week, being held from Aug. 25-29.
The Fort Pastor Christian rock band will perform at 8 p.m. Aug. 25 in the Cory Street Mall. The rain site is the union. The event is free.
The band host a U.S. military letter-writing campaign from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Monday in the Alumni Memorial Union.
Changing the earth's climate will be the topic of discussion at 7 p.m. Aug. 26, in the union. Todd H. Albert, an instructor of geography at Bowling Green State University, will speak.
Albert has done research in the Italian Alps, the Rockies, the Andes of Peru and the Greenland ice sheet. This event is free.
College Corner
Mary Linehan has been named to the dean's list for the spring semester at Morehead State University with a 4.0 grade point average. Linehan is a freshman majoring in theater. A 2007 graduate of Liberty-Benton High School, she is the daughter of Michael Linehan and Helen Jomantas of Findlay.
Sarah Ebright, a 2003 Graduate of St. Wendelin High School, was recently inducted into the National Society of Leadership and Success, Sigma Alpha Pi Chapter at Lourdes College. Ebright is pursuing her bachelor of science in nursing and associate of art in fine art.
Hospitals
WYANDOT MEMORIAL
Births
Amber Cooper and Alvin Newsome, Upper Sandusky, a boy.
FOSTORIA COMMUNITY
Admitted
Ronald Henry, Fostoria.