Archive - Oct 28, 2011
Frederick Leo Cress, 85, of Lima, died on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, at Vancrest of Delphos.
He was born to Cecil and Catherine Cress of Bucyrus, and they preceded him in death.
He is survived by his wife, Georgia; a daughter, Kathleen (Robert) Wittorf of Sarasota Springs, Utah; two sons, Larry (Virginia) Cress of Lima and Eric (Mary) Cress of El Paso, Texas; five grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two sisters.
He retired from Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in St. Marys.
Herbert C. Topp, 72, of Mechanicsburg, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, after injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
He was born on Aug. 1, 1939, in New Bremen, to Walter Carl and Angela Catherine (Berning) Topp, and they preceded him in death.
ST. MARYS — A St. Marys native went back to school to speak about his experience as a soldier with a unique duty to eighth-grade students on Friday at St. Marys Middle School.
La Vern “Vern” Pax visited all the eighth-grade middle school students in their social studies class periods on Friday, explaining what his duties were as a member of the Honor Guard.
ST. MARYS — A group of local junior and senior high school students recently competed in a district competition as part of a class.
Memorial High School students in DECA — or Distributive Education Clubs of America — attended the District 3 Fall Leadership Conference held Oct. 5 at Ohio Northern University.
"It was a general competition to introduce the students to some of the competitive events they will work on throughout the year," DECA Adviser Heidi Lisi said.
WAPAKONETA — After almost 13 hours of deliberations spread across two days, a jury in the rape trial of a St. Marys optometrist issued a verdict.
The jury of six men and six women found Douglas Wine, 52, guilty of gross sexual imposition, a fourth-degree felony, and not guilty of sexual battery and rape, a first-degree felony.
While Wine was indicted on the rape charge, Auglaize County Common Pleas Court Judge Frederick Pepple instructed jurors they could consider the gross sexual imposition and sexual battery charges as lesser included offenses.
WAPAKONETA — After close to 13 hours of deliberations spread across two days, an Auglaize County jury found Douglas Wine guilty of gross sexual imposition, a fourth-degree felony, and not guilty of sexual battery and rape, a first-degree felony.
Wine faces a maximum of 18 months in prison when sentenced. He also will appear at a sex offender status hearing.
WAPAKONETA — After close to eight hours of deliberations, jurors in the rape trial of a St. Marys optometrist were sent home.
ST. MARYS — A local DARE officer visited a local health class to discuss the dangers of sexting and being too open on the Internet.
Auglaize County Sheriff’s Office DARE Deputy Sam Blank visited the freshmen and sophomore students in Monica VanderHorst’s health classes at Memorial High School on Thursday.
“He’s here to talk about the importance of the media,” VanderHorst told her students. “What great influence it has. It can be positive, but it’s also a negative influence how you use it.
NEW BREMEN — The cool, low 40-degree weather did not impair area children from dressing up and taking to the streets Tuesday night, as sidewalks flooded with trick-or-treaters.
Witches, ghosts and an assortment of animals joined together for an hour and a half journey to find the best candy in the neighborhood. Jonny Heitkamp, who dressed as a biker ninja, enjoyed his night.
“It’s been really good,” Jonny said.
Amidst the bag full of candy he had obtained, Jonny picked one item as the best of the night.
WAPAKONETA — After close to eight hours of deliberations, jurors in the rape trial of Douglas Wine were sent home Thursday night. They are scheduled to return to court at 9 a.m. Friday to resume their deliberations.
