The Pirates maintained their season-long lead during the final week of play to win the Minor League regular season championship with a 13–1 record. The team narrowly escaped a strong Reds team during the post-season tournament last week before going on to defeat the second-place Indians for the post-season crown.

While the Pirates still dominate league standings, the Indians have reclaimed second place by overtaking the Yankees to start the final week of the season.

Charles Theodore Christophe(r) of Yellow Springs died on July 13. He was 90. He was born on July 28, 1917, in Montrose, La., the son of Willie George and Teresa (Mullon) Christophe(r), who were cotton farmers.

The Indians took a pair of games from the Yankees on Monday, July 14, to overtake the Yankees and move into second place behind the Pirates to start off the final two weeks of the 2008 season.

Charles Theodore Christophe(r) of Yellow Springs, Ohio, died on July 13. He was 90. Friends may call at the Jackson Lytle Williams Funeral Home, 322 Xenia Avenue, Yellow Springs, from 5 to 8 p.m., Thursday, July 17.

Austin L. Pitstick of Springfield passed away Thursday, July, 10. He was 11. He was born Oct. 4, 1996, to Matthew Pitstick and Janene Edinger in Xenia.

Edith M. Kelley, formerly of Saint Paris, passed away at 3:50 p.m., on Thursday, July 10, in the Friends Care Center, Yellow Springs. She was 94.

Seth Joseph Duell was born in a small farmhouse in the “tree claim” on a farm near the tiny town of Ruleton, Kan., on June 25, 1925, to Seth Edwin and Martha Gattshall Duell. He was the fifth of 11 children.

All Yellow Springs athletes in grades seven through twelve will need a new pre-participation physical exam before they can participate on any school-sponsored sports team.

The Miami Valley Warriors “semi-pro” football team will, once again, play its 2008 home games at Yellow Springs High School. Home dates for regular season games are Saturdays, July 19; Sept. 20 and 27; and Oct. 4, all at 7 p.m.