New Bremen News

Saturday July 11, 2009 A survivora s tale File photo: Emergency responders pick up debris from a collision June 26 at the intersection of Ohio 274 and East Shelby Road.

Sharon Arnett, owner of SharNett Bridal and Prom, models a dress on Saturday, Jan.

By KATIE YANTIS Staff Writer ST. MARYS - The sound of music will fill local parks on Sunday evenings for the rest of summer, with two different concert series.

Memorial services will begin at 10 a.m. today at Westside United Methodist Church.

Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation: 10 to 11 a.m. today at the church. BOLLENBACHER, Jerry L. - 4 p.m. Wednesday at Alspach-Gearhart Funeral Home & Crematory, Van Wert.

Dear Heloise: I live alone and decided to make my cell phone helpful to police if something happens to me or in the case of an emergency.

One man was killed and another injured in a one-vehicle crash early Monday. According to the Wapakoneta post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred around 5:45 a.m. on Tri-Township Road, just north of Southland Road, south of St.

By KATIE YANTIS Staff Writer NEW BREMEN - Residents in New Bremen may have spotted new faces in the old Pak-A-Sak after a local couple became the new operators of the location.

Mayor Jeff Pape wants citizen input regarding plans to enclose a section of the Miami and Erie Canal after village councilors rejected a resolution to seek bids for the project Tuesday night.

By ANGELA WEAVER Staff Writer NEW BREMEN - A majority of New Bremen Village Councilors Tuesday voted against the first reading of a resolution to allow the village administrator to seek bids for the construction of a new park.

By ANGELA WEAVER Staff Writer NEW BREMEN - An area resident will be competing for a state title on Sunday as she heads to Columbus to face off in the National American Miss pageant.

By ANGELA WEAVER Staff Writer NEW BREMEN - A local village held a pre-bid meeting Wednesday before opening bids on a new building in town next week.

Staff photo/Allison Roorda: A table is adorned with family photographs outside the memorial service for Brian K. Naseman Thursday night at at the Church of the Holy Redeemer in New Bremen.

By ANGELA WEAVER Staff Writer NEW BREMEN - The family of a fallen soldier held a visitation celebration on Sunday at the New Bremen American Legion to remember the husband, son, brother and uncle.

Submersed beneath all that water when Leipsic's municipal swimming pool opened over Memorial Day weekend sat several thousand dollars worth of new, safer drain equipment.

A memorial service and mass have been scheduled for a soldier killed in Iraq. Master Sgt.

Drew Turner, 5, of St. Marys, is measured by Auglaize County Nursing Supervisor Cindy Jones during a recent visit to the Auglaize County Health Department.

By MIKE BURKHOLDER Managing Editor ST. MARYS - The seven villages in Auglaize County are slated to receive varying amounts of money from a stimulus package that could help enhance streets in the entities.

There has always been a tradition of strong throwers at Columbus Grove. Dylan Vogt can now add his name to the list of state-placing throwers from Grove.

Monday June 1, 2009 Event Kicks Off Summer Staff photo/Angela Weaver: Sheridan Cotteman rides on a pony during the Kick Off to Summer event Saturday at Amsterdam Center in New Bremen.