Holgate News

Joe E. Brown was the clown prince of Warner Brothers during the 1930s. With his oversized mouth and squinty little eyes, The Big Mouth parlayed slapstick buffoonery into box office success in dozens of B pictures loved by the public and shunned by critics.

City-raised chickens are showing up on area banquet tables, thanks to a local program that works with troubled teens to teach them a variety of skills as they raise animals in an urban setting.

Pink ribbons cover the outside of the main office at Anthony Wayne High School, both as a reminder of tomorrow's Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure and the reason that so many students will participate: Principal Jeri Hoellrich, who was diagnosed with breast cancer this summer - within two days of her mother, Ellen Vantrease, 85, of Holgate, Ohio.

On a spring day in 1972, U.S. Navy Capt. Alene Duerk was driving to Holgate to see her mother, Emma Duerk Zachrich.

Family: Wife, Anne; and two grown children. Current residence: Bowling Green. Experience: 22 years in Ohio schools, including nine years in administration.

Education: Bachelor's degree in education from the University of Rhode Island; master's degree in educational administration from Bowling Green State University.

Ita s time once again to use one of Kevin Savicka s suggestions for a column. And the column topic hea s proposing is based on a visit to the city by Joe E. Brown back in January 1950.