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Easter Cantata in Pandora, March 24

The Pandora United Methodist Church Choir will present their Easter Cantata "Praise the God of Resurrection" written by Mark Hayes, Lloyd Larson, Joseph M. Martin and Ruth Elaine Schram on Sunday March 24 during the 9:30 a.m. worship service.

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Veterans' stories

Columnist Bill Herr taught high school mathematics and science for 32 years before serving as a volunteer and then as a staff chaplain at two nursing homes.  

By Bill Herr

There was one group of residents in the nursing home that had something in common–the veterans. Each had a story to tell. Here are three stories they told me.    

An Air Force veteran was in charge of the radio on a B-17. On a mission his plane was shot up badly and was flying back to the base. Two enemy planes approached from the opposite direction and passed on the sides. They turned around and came up behind the B-17. The resident said he made his peace with God. It turned out the planes were piloted by friendly Swedish pilots that escorted the B-17 safely back to the base.

An Army veteran was in a body of American soldiers that marched through what appeared to be a deserted German village. At the edge of the village they looked back and saw a German soldier waving a white flag where they had just been. The resident was the only soldier that could speak German so the commanding officer asked him to go back and speak to the German soldier.

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Help sought in investigation of woman found dead in American Township

March 11, 20224 announcement from the Allen County Sheriff's Office

On March 10, 2024 at approximately 2:10 p.m. our office received a complaint regarding a female subject requiring medical care at the residence of 2982 Makley Dr. Lima, Ohio (American Township, Allen County).

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Patrician Ann (Cupples) Kidder was a teacher

Patrician Ann (Cupples) Kidder died Monday, March 4 2024 at Mercy New Life Hospice in Lorain, Ohio following a ten-year battle with Multiple Myeloma Cancer. 

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March 5 field reports from the Ohio Division of Wildlife

Field reports from Ohio Division of Wildlife Officers

Northwest Ohio – Wildlife District Two
In June 2023, State Wildlife Officer Jason Warren, assigned to Lake Erie, and State Wildlife Officer Mark Williams, assigned to Franklin County, contacted three anglers aboard a boat in Vermilion Harbor along Lake Erie. All three subjects had Pennsylvania fishing licenses, but none had a valid Ohio fishing license.

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Beavers men are third in Outdoor Track & Field preseason poll

From the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference 

The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) announced the results of the Men’s Outdoor Track and Field preseason poll, with Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology picked to finish first in 2024 in a vote among league coaches.

Following their Indoor Track and Field Championship, the Fightin’ Engineers were the favorites, with a commanding 80 points. Manchester University finished in second with 74 points, picking up the remaining two first-place votes. Bluffton University (61) finished in third, Hanover College (55) placed fourth and Franklin College (51) rounded out the top half of the poll in fifth.

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