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Jail may be busting its budget
July 3, 2009
The Seneca County Sheriff Office has been able to keep its budget cool in recent years because of ICE. The department’s piece of ICE has been getting smaller this year, however, and the budget is heating up.
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Wicket awesome
July 3, 2009
FREMONT — It could be a vision of the past — figures dressed all in white, playing a game of croquet on the lawn at the Rutherford B. Hayes home in Fremon.
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From ‘guerrilla croquet’ to the USCA
July 3, 2009
At a media event Wednesday, professionals Bob Alman and Michael Orgill gave journalists a crash course on golf croquet at the Hayes Presidential Center in Fremont. Like most people who have played the sport, Alman learned it from his grandparents.
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A-T not publishing on July 4th holiday
July 3, 2009
The Advertiser-Tribune will not print an edition Saturday in order to give employees time off for the Independence Day holiday. The A-T will resume publication Sunday.
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Alleged Tiffin rapist to have jury trial
July 3, 2009
A jury trial has been set for a Tiffin man charged with rape and two counts of gross sexual imposition.
Luther F.
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Get iron for giving blood
July 3, 2009
One lucky blood donor also is to be rewarded this year with a Harley-Davidson Sportster Iron 883 from Napoleon Harley-Davidson.
Come to give blood at a participating Red Cross blood drive through Sept.
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Sat, June 27, 2009 @ 2:08AM
Earlier this week, I had two ideas I thought would make for good columns. I knew I could realistically only pick one of the topics for the paper. The one I ended up going with was the idea that Indians' manager Eric Wedge should be fired. My other idea was to write about the legacy of MLB Players' Union head Donald Fehr, who announced that he'd retire. Choosing to go with the Wedge idea was easy. Every Indians' fan I talk to (and there are quite a few in this area) has an opinion. This was a chance to write about something while it was still an issue -- for all I knew, the manager could be fired if the column didn't get done soon. The other reason I went with the Wedge column is that if I had focused on Fehr, I'd probably be repeating myself. I've already written twice on the topic of steroids in baseball, and trust me, a column on Fehr would have featured more ranting on the issue.
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Wedding bells
Tue, June 30, 2009 @ 4:01PM
Well, actually there weren't any bells, but the chirp of pond creatures and the songs of the birds around Olgierd Lake in Garlo Nature Preserve more than made up for that. My son Patrick and his bride, Deb, were married on one of the shelters extending over the lakes and ponds at Garlo, and it was a beautiful occasion. Of course, any wedding is wonderful and special, but this one not only brought me a new daughter-in-law whom I dearly love, but also showed off the nature preserve where I have volunteered for the Seneca County Parks since the beginning of the district. Many of those attending were seeing the preserve for the first time, and it is always good to show one of the six preserves to new people. It was so good to have my daughter and son-in-law here from Tennessee, and granddaughter Olivia from Florida, for the celebration, the first time that my whole immediate family has been together for several year.
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New Calvert football coach
Sat, June 27, 2009 @ 11:01AM
Calvert has named Jim Kubuske, an assistant at Perrysburg the past two seasons, as head football coach. Before Perrysburg, Kubuske was a head coach at five schools, mostly recently Lake (1998-2006) in the Suburban Lakes League. Kubuske still teaches in the district. Kubuske replaces Keenan Leichty, who resigned earlier this month after his teaching position at Calvert was cut to part-time and he took the head coaching job at Sheffield Brookside. Calvert compiled records of 3-7, 6-4 and 5-5 under Leichty's guidance. Kubuske, a 1976 Heidelberg graduate, had coached at Brookside for nine seasons before going to Lake. He also had head coaching stops at Indian Valley South, New Lexington and New Londo.
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Makes me sick
Tue, June 23, 2009 @ 0:35AM
As I sit here and write this blog entry, there are overworked, overcaffinated Associated Press staffers hard at work turning out the big news of the day. Jon and Kate are getting a divorce. Sorry. ... My dinner almost came back up. Does anyone really care about an attention-starved shrill shrew and her mealy-mouthed, hen-pecked husband? Please say no. But apparently enough people — and The AP — do care. Sorry. ... Got that sick feeling in my gut again. The AP sent the first version of the story at 9:57 p.m. Monday, not long after the announcement on the above mentioned duo’s TV show “Jon & Kate Plus 8.” In an hour the fourth version of the story was transmitted. In our system, AP stories get dropped into different folders. We have one for national news, and one really important one for entertainment news. The first version of the story came in the national folder with stories about Wall Street, former Illinois Gov.
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The Splendid Splinter
Thu, July 2, 2009 @ 10:43AM
My son gave me a baseball trivia book for Father's Day and I have been reading it with great interest. Perhaps the most fascinating item I have found thus far involves the late great Ted Williams. Teddy Ballgame was the last major leaguer to hit .400 in a season doing that in 1941. His .406 average included 33 doubles, 3 triples and 37 homers. The most remarkable feature of that splendid season has not been listed yet. Check out this statistic. Williams walked 145 times and struck out (are you ready for this) only 27 times. This is an all time record - walking 118 times more than he fanned - and when you read on here, you will see just how incredible that statistic is. You see, only two players have ever walked 100 more times than striking out. Eddie Stanky is the other as he had 148 walks and 42 strikeouts in 1945. Actually the feat has been accomplished six times in major league history.
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Will they take you to ... funky town?
Tue, May 12, 2009 @ 3:28PM
I received a note from the activity director at Ruffing Family Care Center explaining the staff is celebrating National Nursing Home Week with some '50s-related events this week. For example, a '50s-style menu was added to the dining room this week, Thursday is to include a musical Sock Hop and Friday's plans include a tribute to Elvis. The announcement made me realize that folks who remember sock hops and poodle skirts and Chuck Berry have reached retirement age. And, well, none of us are getting any younger. As time marches on, the care centers and nursing homes will begin to host baby boomers who came of age during very different times. It'll be interesting to see how the Summer of Love and Woodstock are remembered during Nursing Home Week a few decades from now. Note to future activity directors: Canvas your residents before incorporating a disco-era them.
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