Area Local Digests (The Oxford Press) MONROE CROSS COUNTRY MEETING TODAY: There will be a cross country meeting for all Monroe junior high and high school boys and girls at 7 p.m. today by the flagpole in front of the school. For more information, call David Farrish at (513) 539-9470 or (513) 435-9472....more...Hazel A. "Mickey" (Reeves) Roberts (The News-Herald) Services for Hazel A. "Mickey" (Reeves) Roberts, 80, of Concord Township, formerly of Willoughby, will be 11 a.m. Monday, July 16, at Brunner Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 8466 Mentor Ave., Mentor....more... Metro area ranks 17th in volunteering (Rocky Mountain News) Denver residents volunteer more than 71 million hours a year, making the city one of the nation's most civic-minded metro areas....more... Area Sports Briefs (Salisbury Post) New Wofford baseball coach Todd Interdonato has tabbed Catawba pitching coach Dusty Blake to fill the same position with the Terriers. Blake coached Catawba's pitchers for two seasons....more... Glimpses of November U.S. casulaties (USA Today) In November, 76 U.S. service members died in Iraq, bringing to 436 the number of U.S. military casualties since the beginning of operations in Iraq, according to the Department of Defense....more... Delta player focuses on golf's mental approach (The Star Press) MUNCIE -- Among the unintentionally humorous observations former New York Yankees great Yogi Berra once made was one about the complex psychological aspect of baseball. "Ninety percent of the game is mental, the other half is physical," he once said....more... Caple: A sports fan's checklist (ESPN) Save your vacation days because Jim Caple has the 101 Things All Sports Fans Must Experience Before They Die. Story...more... Cut crime by giving addicts hard drugs on prescription - police chief (The Scotsman) ONE of Scotland's top police officers called yesterday for hard drugs such as heroin to be prescribed to addicts who have turned to crime to feed their habit....more... Tschudin's tune: 9 more birdies (The Joplin Globe) MIAMI, Okla. ? There?s something about the Peoria Ridge Golf Course that makes Andrew Tschudin want to sing....more... |