Mendon News

By KAREN CAMPBELL Assistant Managing Editor Provisional numbers released Monday by the Ohio State Highway Patrol indicate that crashes and felony arrests increased this year across the state, while the number of arrests for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol decreased during Thanksgiving weekend.

Of the 11,000 or so pre-historic sites in Ohio, several of them are reported to be in Mercer County, according to one of the first histories of Mercer County, published by Rockford Press in the 1950s.

Residents from Rockford, Mendon and surrounding areas are invited to a public meeting Monday evening to discuss forming a locally-led St.

Kathy Williams sells a variety of horse-tail extensions in her booth at the All American Quarter Horse Congress at the state fairgrounds.

The village is next in line to compete for a $300,000 neighborhood revitalization Community Development Block Grant , said Mercer County Economic Development Director Jared Ebbing.

In-season produce: Cooking classes on tap The Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County, as part of its Healthy Monroe program, is offering cooking classes that focus on in-season produce, as well as fresh herbs.

A groundbreaking ceremony for the new Mendon library will be held at 1 p.m. today at the red barn behind Critic's Family Restaurant, 20 N. Main St.

Lori Huffman, Mendon, gives her dogs a drink this past weekend at the Celina Rotary Dog Park on West Bank Road in Celina.

Burial: Lewis Grove Cemetery, Lima. Visitation: 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN MERCER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO... * UNTIL 800 PM EDT.

With the economy in bad shape, families might be at a loss for vacation plans. The owners of River Trail Campground are offering help.

The classes of 1984 and 1959 will be honored. Call 419-795-3371 for information.

There are more than 2,000 types of wild mushrooms in Ohio. Some are poison. Some aren't, and those are the ones that get people of all ages out in early spring searching for morchella, otherwise known as morel or sponge mushrooms.