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OTTOVILLE — At this time last week, Lily Smith wasn’t the starting keeper for Delphos Jefferson.

For St. Marys (2-1, 1-1 Western Buckeye League), this week’s matchup against WBL rival Wapakoneta is all about bouncing back from an upset loss to Defiance.

Jim Breuer

It’s hard to believe we’re already this far in, but as of last weekend, 30% of the regular season schedule is complete.

On this day each year when my thoughts inevitably turn to 8:46 a.m. when the first plane struck the World Trade Center’s North Tower, I also think about my mom and dad, who left this earth many years before the attack that killed almost 3,000 of our citizens. Had you told my parents years before that such an attack was even possible, they simply would not have believed it.

It may be time to bring back the “cuss box” parents sometimes kept on kitchen tables or countertops. Kids had to deposit a coin every time they said a bad or ugly word. The present crop of candidates running for president and vice president could fine themselves and fund their own campaigns.

COLUMBUS GROVE — The “Pack of ‘Dogs” were hungry Friday.

LIMA — Fans of the movie “The Princess Bride” will have a chance to get their biggest questions answered by the star of the 1987 classic with an event Friday night.

MIDDLE POINT — Lincolnview and Allen East scored one time in each half and played to a 2-2 draw on Monday night.

BATH TOWNSHIP — The Bath Township Fire Department welcomed new firefighters Monday as the department seeks to restore staffing in the aftermath of last year’s budget cuts.