Daily Record, The Wooster, OH

Ronald Dayton

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Ivan Mullet

BERLIN -- Ivan A. Mullet, 88, of Berlin, passed away peacefully at his home Monday morning, June 30, 2008, after an extended illness. Services will be Thursday, July 3, at 1 p.m. at Berlin Mennonite Church, with Pastor Ernie Hershberger officiating. Burial will be at Berlin Cemetery, with the Rev. Willard Hershberger officiating.

Cell Phones a Tool to Use with Caution

A couple weeks ago, our newspaper printed an article exploring the benefits and consequences of one of the newest and most popular forms of communication -- text messaging. It was a well-written article that included the statistics of students who use text messaging and some insight into how it affects their social life as students and young adults. But one part still needing explored is how farmers handle text messaging.

Question of the Week

Q: Is there anything the Ohio General Assembly has done over the past six months that you would change if you could? What would it be and why (briefly)? Senate President Bill Harris, R-Ashland -- "Overall, I am very satisfied with the progress we have made over the past six months to make Ohio more competitive for attracting new jobs, to provide more opportunities for workforce development from elementary school through college and beyond, as well with our work on many other policy initiative...

Douglass Works Long in Politics Before Becoming 'Thoroughly Disgusted'

Editor's note: This is the last of two parts. By PAUL LOCHER

Donald Mccord

What to Do with Damaged Crops From Recent Hail Storms

Storms that came through our area about 10 days ago brought hail along with them. Some corn fields we were in this week had heavily shredded leaves and tomato fields had plants showing pock marks on both the plants and the fruits. Some have asked what the effects will be and what can be done. In field corn, regrowth after hail can result in "twisted" or "tied" leaf whorls as injured plants recover and new leaves try to unroll. This type of damage can lead to a 7-10 day delay in silking, which...

Upcoming Services

Amy Werntz, 31, North Lawrence: Services will be this morning, July 1, at 11 at Marshallville United Methodist Church, where friends may call one hour prior to the services. Burial will be at Maple Grove Cemetery in Marshallville. Auble Funeral Home in Orrville, is handling arrangements. (Obituary ran 6/28/08) Henry Young, 87, Wooster: Memorial services will be this morning, July 1, at 11 at Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery, 10175 Rawiga Road, Rittman. Arrangements are being handled by ...

Foxfield Preserves Balance

By KATY GANZ Staff Writer

Briefs

Holmes County Farm Service Agency to elect representative MILLERSBURG -- The Holmes County Farm Service Agency is in search of agriculture producers to be candidates for Farm Service Agency representative.

Patrick and Penny Lee

WOOSTER -- Patrick and Penny (Smith) Lee, 4607 Clear Creek Valley Road, will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary today. They were married in 1968 at United Methodist Church of Wooster. They are the parents of Lisa Dignin of Massillon, Shawn (Colby) Orr of Michigan and Patrick (Anna) of Wooster. They have seven grandchildren.

Curtain Fell On Holmes Transportation

By KATY GANZ and CHRIS LEONARD

Pallbearers

ROHR SERVICES Services for Daniel P. Rohr, 18, of Navarre, were held Monday.

Business Briefs

CSB declares second-quarter dividend MILLERSBURG -- CSB Bancorp's (CSBB.OB) Board of Directors declared a second quarter cash dividend of 18 cents per share on its common stock, payable July 22 to shareholders of record as of July 8.

Bertha Elliott

WOOSTER -- Bertha (Ahlfeld) Elliott, 103, of Wooster, passed away Saturday, June 28, 2008, at Wayne County Care Center. Bertha was born April 21, 1905, in Indiana to Ernest and Catherine (Ahleit) Ahlfeld, and married L.K. (Derby)Hodgett in 1929. Together they moved to Ohio in 1931, to help start Apple Creek State Hospital, which later became Apple Creek Developmental Center. Derby died in 1959. In 1966, she married H. Bayne Elliott. He also preceded her in death in 1987.

Ray and Linda Corp

SEVILLE -- Ray and Linda (Fulton) Corp, 59 E. Main St., will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday. They were married in 1958 at Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church by Pastor M.G. Bishop. They are the parents of Dawn Dollar of Seville and Ryan of Copley. They have four grandchildren.

Trends: Farmers Play the Wait and See Game

By CHRIS KICK Staff Writer

Livestock Farmers Juggle Feed Costs

By CHRIS KICK Staff Writer

Roberta Lantz

GOSHEN, Ind. -- Roberta Lantz, 95, 1425 Greencroft Drive, Apt. 206, died Monday, June 30, at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born Oct. 25, 1912 in LaGrange County, Ind., to Rolin and Nellie (Bontrager) Bontrager, and married Paul Leroy Lantz on March 6, 1931 in South Bend, Ind. He died Oct. 31, 2003.