July 19 News Story
Community Foundation Awards Scholarships
ST. MARYS -- The St. Marys Community Foundation Board of Trustees gave checks to student grant and loan recipients at their annual meeting on July 9, 2008, held in the Eagles #767 meeting room. Seventy-four grants totaling $76,450 were awarded, with another $119,900 distributed as low-interest loans...
July 8 Notice
Reception Planned for Mary Maurer
ST. MARYS -- An informal reception has been arranged for friends and well-wishers of Mary Maurer, at Otterbein St. Marys, Sunday, July 20. Mary is a long-time resident of St. Marys, and she will soon be moving to the Cleveland area to live near her children Cathy and Todd. She and her family will greet visitors in the Otterbein main building from 2 to 4 pm.
June 26 Press Release
Golf For Kids Sake
CELINA -- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mercer, Auglaize, and Van Wert Counties is inviting teams to join us on Friday, July 11, 2008 at the Mercer County Elks Club for our annual Golf For Kids Sake. All proceeds from this event go directly to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Auglaize, Mercer, and Van Wert Counties...
June 10 Press Release
Bluegrass Concert at Covered Bridge Farmers’ Market
ST. MARYS -- Bluegrass musicians Kitty and Vernon McIntyre will be giving a free concert from 9:00 a.m. until noon on Saturday, June 14 at the Covered Bridge Farmers’ Market in St. Marys...
May 27 Press Release
MHS Alumni Hall of Fame Seeks Nominations
ST. MARYS -- The MHS Alumni Hall of Fame honors leaders, role models, mentors, and successful or inspirational people who graduated from or served the St. Marys City School system. Anyone may nominate such a person to be considered for induction into the MHS Hall of Fame at any time throughout the year. The deadline for nominations for MHS Alumni Hall of Fame 2008 induction is...
May 19 Press Release
Elvin Bishop Headlines 2008 Riverside Bluesfest
ST. MARYS -- Good-time blues rocker Elvin Bishop is gonna put on his travelin' shoes and come to St. Marys, Ohio to headline the 2008 Riverside Bluesfest on Saturday of Labor Day weekend. Bishop's party style of blues and good-humored stage presence hit music lovers in all the right spots, from his smash '70s hits to his rowdy blues-rockers of today...
April 27 Press Release
Bowling For Baseball
ST. MARYS -- The St. Marys National Little League will hold a Scotch Doubles fundraiser on May 17, 2008 at Varsity Lanes Bowling Alley. Prizes will be awarded for the top three scores. Sign up for $25 per couple by phoning Varsity Lanes or emailing Jeff Holtzapple below. Great fun, great cause, sign up today.
April 21 Press Release
Sonny Boy Terry to play Riverside Bluesfest
ST. MARYS -- Sonny Boy Terry, a Van Wert, Ohio native who has long been considered the top harmonica player in Houston, Texas, will bring his brand of Gulf Coast blues to the 2008 Riverside Bluesfest in St. Marys, Ohio on Labor Day weekend. His traditional up-tempo jump blues style...
March 27 Press Release
Rock the River Guitar Hero Tournament April 12
ST. MARYS -- The Grand Lake Theatrix Community Theatre Association will host "Rock the River," a public Guitar Hero III tournament, in the Grand Ballroom of the St. Marys Theatre from on Saturday, April 12...
March 20 Press Release
United Way Hosts Second Tax Clinic
ST. MARYS -- More than 130 million American households have begun receiving Internal Revenue Service letters reminding them to file a 2007 tax return in order to receive a 2008 economic stimulus payment. The informational notice, titled Economic Stimulus Payment Notice, alerts people that they may be eligible for a one-time stimulus payment of up to...
March 17 News Story
Blues Challenge Blows Out Audience
ST. MARYS -- A full house at C & C Loft and Lounge was treated to a fantastic blues show Sunday (March 16), in the third installment of the Riverside Bluesfest 2008 Blues Challenge. Delphos band "Big Worm and the Nightcrawlers" started it off with an hour of scorching blues, rock and country favorites...
March 8 Press Release
The Jimi Vincent Band to Perform at Riverside Bluesfest
ST. MARYS -- Blueswater Productions and the Riverside Bluesfest Committee are pleased to announce that the Jimi Vincent Band has been scheduled to perform at the 2008 Riverside Bluesfest music festival Saturday, Aug. 30, at K.C. Geiger Park in St. Marys, Ohio...
March 3 Sponsor News
Men's Mentoring Ministry To Start
ST. MARYS -- The Family Life Center of Auglaize County is looking for men from committed Christian marriages to be mentors to meet one-on-one with young men involved in unplanned pregnancies. A mentor would be a positive role model for these young men...
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August 1 Press Release
Grand Lake Car Show Aug. 9
ST. MARYS -- The Grand Lake Car Show "Summer Bash" will be held from 2 to 6 pm Saturday, August 9, 2008 on the East Bank of Lake St. Marys. Registration is only $10 and there will be prizes for Classic, Domestic, Truck, Import, Motorcycle, Best of Show and Seven West Choice. Brought to you by Seven West...
July 16 Press Release
Covered Bridge Farmers' Market Saturday
ST. MARYS -- This week the featured performing arts event at the Covered Bridge Farmers’ Market will be the Hypnotic Hips Bellydancing Troupe, drumming and dancing from 9:30-11:30 a.m. on the bridge. They are a lively and colorful local act, based at Arts Place St. Marys, that features bellydancing, drumming, and poi -- Hawaiian-style twirling...
July 8 News Story
Royals Go Wire-To-Wire
ST. MARYS -- The VFW Royals capped an undefeated season by defeating the Kiwanis Braves to win the St. Marys National Little League Tournament Championship Monday evening at KC Geiger Park. The Royals, managed by Bob Fitzgerald, finish the 2008 Little League year at 17-0...
June 11 Press Release
Football Fundamentals Camp Signups
ST. MARYS -- 2008 St. Marys Football Fundamentals Camp - July 7th, 8th & 9th, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Sign up for the camp is Sat. June 14th and Sat. June 21st at the KC Kieger Park shelter house (next to tennis courts) from 10:00am until 12:00pm. Cost is $10.00 per participant and all participants must be in the St. Marys School district. Ages are 7 years old through 8th grade.
May 31 Press Release
Covered Bridge Farmers’ Market Returns Today
ST. MARYS -- The Covered Bridge Farmers’ Market returns to Memorial Park in St. Marys on Saturday morning, May 31st for the 2008 season. Some new vendors will be there, as well as many from last year. There will be plants for the gardener, crafts, artwork, more. Home-grown produce such as sweet corn and tomatoes will be available as the season allows. The Covered Bridge Farmers’ Market will be held every Saturday morning from 8:00am to noon...
May 21 Press Release
Local Named Ohio Big Sister of the Year
ST. MARYS -- Big Brothers / Big Sisters of Mercer-Auglaize-Van Wert Counties is pleased to announce that local Big Sister, Lori McCauley, has been named the Big Sister of the Year in the state of Ohio...
May 19 News Story
Blues Challenge Finale brings Thrills, Surprises
ST. MARYS -- Hundreds of blues fans packed the St. Marys Eagles Lodge on Sunday afternoon (May 18, 2008) to see the Finals competition of the Riverside Bluesfest 2008 Blues Challenge. After four hours of great music, the results of a very close judges' decision were announced, and the winning band was...
May 5 Press Release
Ana Popovic to Perform at Riverside Bluesfest
ST. MARYS -- The sensational Ana Popovic will take the stage with her one-of-a-kind blues fireworks at the 2008 Riverside Bluesfest, Saturday, August 30, 2008 on Labor Day weekend in St. Marys, Ohio. Ana Popovic is unique; her ascent in the blues world is as unprecedented as it is well-deserved. A European in an American genre...
April 14 News Story
"No Right Turn" To Blues Challenge Finals
CELINA -- The 2008 Riverside Bluesfest Blues Challenge wrapped up the preliminary round in front of a big crowd of blues lovers at the Moose Lodge here Sunday, April 13. "Back Beat Blues," a new band from St. Marys, took on "No Right Turn" from Lima to determine the fourth blues band to advance to the Blues Challenge Finals next month...
March 27 Press Release
East Elementary Spring Fun Festival Saturday
ST. MARYS -- East Elementary is holding their 4th Annual Spring Fun Festival on Saturday, March 29th from 4-8 pm at East School. There will be something for everyone. Carnival Games for a quarter, 50/50 drawing, food, cotton candy, raffle drawings with a Grand Prize of $1,000.00 Cash, plus many other cash prizes, door prizes and much more. Come Join in the Fun for all ages. Email Julie Barrett for more info.
March 25 Press Release
Stacy Mitchhart to Perform at Riverside Bluesfest
ST. MARYS -- Nashville blues guitarist Stacy Mitchhart and his seven-piece band “Blues You Can Use,” are scheduled to be on stage at the 2008 Riverside Bluesfest, Aug. 30, at K.C. Geiger Park in St. Marys, Ohio...
March 17 Press Release
The Return of the Hoedag
ST. MARYS -- The St. Marys Blues Guild is resurrecting a local tongue-in-cheek legend, and putting it to work. Described in 1944 as “a big critter, elongated, something like an alligator and yet different; something like a dinosaur of prehistoric days, but different,” the beast breathed smoke from its nostrils and “struck terror into the old HT&T..."
March 14 Press Release
Noble Community Park Hog Roast
ST. MARYS -- The Noble Community Park Hog Roast will be held on Saturday, April 19, 2008 beginning at 4 pm. Meal tickets are on sale...
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