Marie (Dials) Swyers, 86, of Mt. Sterling, died Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Madison County Hospital, London. She was born Feb. 14, 1927 in Raceland, Kentucky, the daughter of Farnish and Chlora (Pelphrey) Dials. Marie was retired from Ohio Willow Wood as a knitter for 30 years. A resident of Meadowview Village where she made many [...]
By Fran Odyniec For The Madison Press Asked if the spritzes of rain had any negative effect on Heritage Day in Plain City on Saturday, May 18, Maria, a math and history teacher from Toledo, motioned to the kids in line at Shadpoke’s balloon artistry booth and pronounced, “Obviously not.” Maria, who had come down [...]
LANCASTER — One big inning is all the Jonathan Alder baseball team needed to claim its fourth straight Division II District title. The fourth-seeded Pioneers (21-8) scored four times in the bottom of the second inning and made it stand up, topping No. 6 Watterson, 4-3, in a game played at Beavers Field in Lancaster. [...]
Mary A. Howard, 98, formerly of Plain City, Ohio, passed peacefully in her sleep on Thursday, May 16, 2013. She was born March 31, 1915 in Columbus, Ohio, to the late Lincoln Joseph and Anna Mary (Depp) Harris. Mary was a member of Big Darby Baptist Church in Plain City. Survived by sons, Richard D. Harris [...]
Dr. J. Richard Hurt M.D., 81, of West Jefferson, passed away Monday, May 20, 2013, in Florida. Arrangements are pending with the RADER-McDONALD FUNERAL HOME, 1355 W. Main St., West Jefferson. A full obituary will be in The Madison Press on Wednesday, May 29, 2013.
By JEFF GATES For The Madison Press These Irish eyes are smiling. St. Patrick School’s fourth/fifth grade baseball team wrapped up its regular season by posting a perfect 10-0 record. It has been a number of years since the London school has been able to field a team, but this season they came back [...]
By NOMAAN MERCHANT GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — As protesters made one last stand, the Boy Scouts of America’s leadership began a conference Wednesday that was expected to culminate in a long-anticipated vote on whether to allow openly gay Scouts — a decision that, either way, could deeply affect the organization’s membership and funding. Scouting leaders [...]
By Chris Miles Sports Editor It’s been said that if you like hot dogs, don’t ever watch how they’re made. The process that goes into making the ballpark staple has been known to turn would-be weiner lovers into vegetarians. The same don’t watch because it might make you sick concept could have applied to [...]
