Osgood and Sunman celebrate 150 years

LINDA CHANDLER PHOTO Hughes crowned Queen of Osgood Sesquicentennial Kaitlin Hughes was crowned Queen of the Osgood Sesquicentennial by the Osgood Centennial Queen, Janice Euilett McMahan. The classy pageant was held Friday evening at the Jac-Cen-Del High School and was sponsored by the Osgood Kiwanis and emceed by Lila Neal. Courtney Vollmer was named first runner up and Kayla Bradley was second runner up. Hughes is the daughter of Tom and Donna Hughes.

WANDA ENGLISH BURNETT PHOTO Prince and Princess crowned at Osgood Sesquicentennial Billy Lewis, son of Jaime and Willie Lewis and Hannah Mullikin, daughter of Tracy and David Mullikin, were crowned Prince and Princess of the 2006 Osgood Sesquicentennial. The two were crowned at a ceremony on the first night of the 150th celebration of the town of Osgood in front of a large crowd at the Jac-Cen-Del High School gymnasium. First runners-up were Ian Strunk and Kaylynn Baluyot and second runners-up were Damon Ward and Grace Volz.

WANDA ENGLISH BURNETT PHOTO Sunman Sesquicentennial Queen named Rachel Kinker was crowned Queen of the Sunman Sesquicentennial celebration on Friday night by Roberta Salatin Struewing, who was the Centennial Queen. The pageant was organized by Struewing and Shirley Campbell. The court included: Miranda Brunneman, Tina Hayes and Erica Joerger. The pageant was emceed by Mike Martini of WMKV Radio, Cincinnati.

LINDA CHANDLER PHOTO 150 years celebrated at parade Re-enactors of the Civil War represented that era in the Osgood Sesquicentennial Parade held Saturday morning in Osgood. This was one of several entries in the parade that represented periods in history over the past 150 years.

WANDA ENGLISH BURNETT PHOTO Bank robbers found guilty! In a mock trial due to a mock bank robbery, two 'scoundrels' were found guilty and hanged in Sunman Friday night. 'Sheriff Big 'N' aka Brian Noble (pictured front with gun) took the witness stand. Pictured to the left are alleged 'robbers' Wild Will aka Willard Knueven and 'Big Bad Bob' aka Bob Gindling with defense attorney, Louie T. Scheister aka Tom Lewis. 'Hangin' Judge John Watson presided over the trial with Gentleman Jack Kellerman as the prosecuting attorney. A jury of five found the pair guilty just as the prosecutor asked them to. A large crowd gathered for the hilarious comedy at the Sunman Town Park.