Crescent-News.com - For the Record 08-20-08

Hospitals

Defiance
Births
Tuesday "
Adam and Melissa Ketcham, Defiance, a son, 6 lbs. 15 oz., at 6:43 p.m.

Dismissed
Tuesday "
Michelle Hastedt and daughter, Continental.
Amy Crumrine and son, Holgate.

Paulding County
Dismissed
Tuesday "
Olga Rocha, Paulding.
Joyce Russell, Defiance.

Henry County
Births
Tuesday "
Jewett II and Angela Reed, Napoleon, a son, 8 lbs. 6 oz., at 3:52 a.m.
Ben and Amber Shurts, Deshler, a son, 8 lbs. 1 oz., at 8:07 a.m.

Police reports

State Patrol
Tuesday, 7:20 p.m., on Ohio 18 in Defiance County's Noble Township, a vehicle driven by Cole Limber, 16, 13800 Fullmer Road, Defiance, struck a ditch and overturned. Limber was taken by the Defiance Fire Department to the Defiance Regional Medical Center where a condition update was unavailable. He was cited for failure to control. Damage to the vehicle was heavy.

Defiance Police
Monday, Craig Bishop, 42, 1305 Terrace Drive, was charged with using weapons while intoxicated and disorderly conduct while intoxicated.

Tuesday, Scott Lewis Jr., 25, and Henry Ferguson, 35, both of Defiance, were charged with disorderly conduct following an alleged incident at 700 Kiser Road.

Tuesday, Darren Peacore, 23, 1000 Ralston Ave., was arrested on a warrant out of Defiance Municipal Court for failure to appear. He posted bond and was released with a court date.

Tuesday, Anthony Garcia Jr., 24, 10687 First St., was charged with assault following an alleged incident on Pontiac Drive. He was taken to the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio, rural Stryker.

Tuesday, Joshua Stocker, 27, 844 N. Clinton St., was charged with two counts of aggravated menacing following an alleged incident at the residence. He was taken to CCNO.

Tuesday, Verle Harner with Hilltop Printing, 1815 Baltimore St., reported someone stole all the copper from an air conditioner unit on the property. The incident remains under investigation.

Tuesday, April Fox-Hogle, 27, 807 Harrison Ave., was arrested on a bench warrant out of Defiance Municipal Court for failure to appear.

Today, Andrea Martinez, 20, San Antonio, Texas, was charged with underage consumption following an alleged incident at Perry and Second streets.

Henry Sheriff
Tuesday, 8:33 p.m., on County Road 1, north of County Road D, a car driven by Karyn Davis, 21, V-712 County Road 3, Liberty Center, struck a ditch. She was taken by Medic 1 to Henry County Hospital where her condition was unavailable. Davis was cited for driving on a closed road. Damage to the vehicle was heavy.

Tuesday, 3:01 p.m., at Ohio 66 and U.S. 6, a car driven by Jessica Wolfrum, 28, 337 Harding St., Defiance, struck a car driven by Cherise Bowman, 19, 151 W. Rosewood Ave., Defiance. Damage to both vehicles was moderate.

On the market

Daily Grain Prices
(as of 8 a.m.)
Wheat...........................................5.64
Corn..............................................5.32
Beans..........................................12.97

Lotteries

Ohio Lottery: Midday Pick 3: 705. Midday Pick 4: 3981. Midday Ten-Oh: 3-7-8-13-16-20-24-26-35-38-43-44-45-49-52-53-61-64-68-74. Pick 3: 023. Pick 4: 7912. Rolling Cash: 4, 19, 21, 30, 36. Ten-Oh: 2-10-17-22-23-25-29-38-40-51-52-55-61-62-63-65-71-73-75-80. Kicker: 1, 1, 2, 6, 0, 3.

Michigan Lottery: Midday Daily 3: 409. Midday Daily 4: 9420. Daily 3: 480. Daily 4: 8923. Fantasy 5: 3, 7, 8, 29, 36. Keno: 6, 7, 12, 14, 17, 18, 30, 32, 33, 36, 39, 43, 46, 49, 50, 54, 56, 68, 71, 73, 75, 77.

Indiana Lottery: Midday Daily 3: 243. Midday Daily 4: 6799. Daily 3: 924. Daily 4: 6691. Lucky 5 Midday: 7, 8, 12, 18, 20. Lucky 5: 17, 19, 21, 25, 27.

Mega Millions: 9, 18, 19, 26, 40 38.

On this date

Today's Highlight in History:
On Aug. 20, 1968, the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact nations began invading Czechoslovakia to crush the "Prague Spring" liberalization drive led by Alexander Dubcek.
On this date:
In 1833, Benjamin Harrison, 23rd president of the United States, was born in North Bend, Ohio.
In 1866, President Andrew Johnson formally declared the Civil War over, months after fighting had stopped.
In 1914, German forces occupied Brussels, Belgium, during World War I.
In 1920, pioneering American radio station 8MK in Detroit (later WWJ) began daily broadcasting.
In 1940, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill paid tribute to the Royal Air Force, saying, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
In 1948, the United States ordered the expulsion of the Soviet Consul General in New York, Jacob Lomakin, accusing him of attempting to return two consular employees to the Soviet Union against their will.
In 1955, hundreds of people were killed in anti-French rioting in Morocco and Algeria.
In 1964, President Johnson signed the Economic Opportunity Act, a nearly $1 billion anti-poverty measure.
In 1977, the U.S. launched Voyager 2, an unmanned spacecraft carrying a 12-inch copper phonograph record containing greetings in dozens of languages, samples of music and sounds of nature.
In 1986, postal employee Patrick Henry Sherrill went on a deadly rampage at a post office in Edmond, Okla., shooting 14 fellow workers to death before killing himself.
In 1988, eight British soldiers were killed by an Irish Republican Army land mine that destroyed a military bus near Omagh, County Tyrone in Northern Ireland.
Ten years ago: Retaliating 13 days after the deadly embassy bombings in East Africa, U.S. forces launched cruise missile strikes against alleged terrorist camps in Afghanistan and what was described as a chemical plant in Sudan. Monica Lewinsky went before a grand jury for a second round of explicit testimony about her White House encounters with President Clinton.
Five years ago: Hundreds of thousands marched in Venezuela, demanding the recall of President Hugo Chavez. The United States won the women's overall team gold medal at the World Gymnastics Championships in Anaheim, Calif.; Romania took the silver medal and Australia, the bronze.
One year ago: Tens of thousands of tourists fled the beaches of the Mayan Riviera as Hurricane Dean roared toward Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. A roadside bomb killed the governor of the predominantly Shiite Muthanna province in Iraq. A China Airlines Boeing 737-800 exploded in a fireball at an airport gate in Okinawa seconds after all 157 passengers and eight crew had safely evacuated. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama expressed irritation with the "Obama Girl" Web video, saying it had upset his daughters. Hotel magnate Leona Helmsley died in Greenwich, Conn., at age 87.
Today's Birthdays: Writer-producer-director Walter Bernstein is 89. Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, D-Maine, is 75. U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, is 73. Broadcast journalist Connie Chung is 62. Musician Jimmy Pankow (Chicago) is 61. Rock singer Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) is 60. Rock singer Doug Fieger (The Knack) is 56. Country singer Rudy Gatlin is 56. Singer-songwriter John Hiatt is 56. Actor-director Peter Horton is 55. TV weatherman Al Roker is 54. Actor Jay Acovone is 53. Actress Joan Allen is 52. TV personality Asha Blake is 47. Actor James Marsters is 46. Rapper KRS-One is 43. Rock singer Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit) is 38. Rock musician Brad Avery is 37. Actor Jonathan Ke Quan is 37. Rock singer Monique Powell (Save Ferris) is 33.
Thought for Today: "I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature; and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries 'Give, give!"' " Abigail Adams, American first lady (1744-1818).