COLUMBUS — About 157 Soldiers from the Ohio Army National Guard’s 1191st Engineer Company, located in Portsmouth, are deploying in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The unit’s mission in Afghanistan will be to conduct retrograde engineer operations, which will include the tear down of many of the coalition forces’ smaller operating posts. The 1191st is […]
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Music in the Park returns for sixth year
What’s better than five years of wonderful music presented free of charge on warm summer evenings? How about six years? The Richardson Davis Chapel of Snyder Funeral Homes is presenting the Sixth annual Music in the Park during the summer of 2014. This summer features seven concerts on Tuesday nights in Galion’s Heise Park Bandshell. […]
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Mildred Marguerite Mann Boehler
Mildred Marguerite Mann Boehler, 97, of Ashland, passed away, Monday, May 26, 2014 at her residence – Lutheran Village. Mildred “Midge, Millie” was born November 4, 1916 in Wooster, Ohio to the late Guy and Rose Mann. In 1919 her family moved to Akron/Portage Lakes where she graduated from Coventry High School in 1934. Then […]
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Pauline Ann Warren Kochheiser
Pauline Ann Warren Kochheiser, 69, of Mansfield, passed away Thursday, May 29, 2014 at Ohio Health MedCentral Mansfield Hospital following a lengthy illness. Pauline was born July 23, 1944 in Willard and was the daughter of the late Paul Vincent and Burchie (Watkins) Warren. She was a retired maintenance supervisor for the Renaissance Theater. Pauline […]
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Shardae Micole Moore
Shardae Micole Moore, 25, of Mansfield, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Shardae was born October 7, 1988 in Columbus and was the daughter of Gregory Leon Moore and Tracy Anne Heifner Jenkins. She had worked at Edge Plastics and McDonald’s and had apprenticed at The Harmony House. Shardae leaves behind three children, Chyanne […]
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Galion’s sister theater being renovated
The 1940s were a period of change, driven by war and all of the innovations and technology that resulted from it. Across the country, experimentation took place with new building materials designed to meet dramatic construction demand while providing aesthetic appeal at the same time. One such new material was what is often referred to […]
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Jodie Perry returns to area to take chamber president post
MANSFIELD — The Richland Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that Jodie A. Perry, IOM has been selected as the Chamber’s new president. The Richland Area Chamber’s Board of Directors approved Perry for the position after they conducted an extensive local and nationwide search. Perry will begin work in her new position on July […]
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Anna E. Horton
Anna E. Horton, 98, of Galion, passed away early Sunday morning, May 25, 2014 at Mill Creek Nursing in Galion. She was born April 25, 1916 in Bucyrus and was the daughter of Clarence J. and Mary E. (Campbell) Gingery. On April 25, 1935 Anna married John Thoman and he preceded her in death November […]
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Snyder Funeral Home to sponser “Music in the Park” in Galion
Snyder Funeral Home Richardson Davis Chapel in Galion is pleased to announce another outstanding line-up for “Music in the Park 2014.” The free summer concerts will be held each Tuesday evening, June 3 through July 15, at 7 p.m. in the Heise Park band shell, adjacent to the Galion Community Center-Y at 500 Gill Avenue. […]
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Ellen S. Mullins Bennett
Ellen S. Mullins Bennett, 55, of Mansfield, passed away on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, at her residence. Ellen was born on August 3, 1958 in Portsmouth, OH to Apostle Paul and Barb Payton Mullins. She attended First Christian Church of Hannah Rd. for over 15 years, and also attended Zion’s Refuge. She married the love […]