Ohio Wesleyan University senior Sharif Kronemer (Silver Spring, Md./Springbrook) won the highest honor at the eighth annual Dale J. Bruce Scholar-Athlete Awards Dinner, held on Thursday in the Benes Rooms of the Hamilton-Williams Campus Center on the Ohio Wesleyan campus.
As quickly as possible people should move to their home’s storm cellar or place themselves in the bathtub with a mattress on top so as to shield themselves from the rapidly approaching economic storm. Or so the message would seem to be, according to many economists, after the Labor Department’s “disappointing” labor market reports last Friday. Fortunately, the stock market was closed for Good Friday observances so the ensuing panic was stalled for a few days.
Mervin “Muggs” Thomas, 68, of Marion passed away Thursday (March 29, 2012) at his residence.
While in Columbus last week President Obama suggested that those who oppose alternative energy sources might be considered members of the “flat earth society,” much like people who opposed exploration by the likes of Christopher Columbus. In this instance, according to the president, those who cling to fossil fuels and ignore alternative energy sources are much like ostriches, plunging their heads into the ground and failing to understand the need for change in any active, growing and healthy economy.
Michael W. “Mike” Lynn, 66, of Sunbury died unexpectedly Monday (March 26, 2012) at St. Ann’s Hospital.
Eugene L. Downing, 76, of Delaware, passed away Saturday (March 24, 2012) at his residence.
Winifred Lucille “Dub” Miller, 90, of Marion and formerly of Cardington died peacefully on Thursday (March 15, 2012) at the Kingston Residence in Marion. The Denzer-Farison-Hottinger & Snyder Funeral Home is honored to have been chosen to serve Dub’s family and will announce arrangements.
Earlier this month Site Selection magazine awarded its grand prize to Ohio for being the state with the most major business expansions in 2011 at 498 projects. The runner-up was Texas with 464 such projects. As might be expected, Ohio officials, including Mark Kvamme as head of Governor Kasich’s JobsOhio program, declared the victory a vindication of their efforts and suggested Ohio would remain a leader in attracting major expansions and new businesses, thereby producing good job growth for Ohioans.