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Welcome sign along State Route 29 on the east side of Celina.

PHOTO GALLERY: Life in Celina, Ohio

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PHOTO GALLERY: Life in Celina, Ohio

JETTA FRASER

BLADE PHOTOGRAPHER

Sep 29, 2018

11:35 PM

The Blade’s Views from Small-Town Ohio series finishes with a profile of Celina, where Ohio’s staunchest pro-Trump county has embraced a wave of immigrant families. Use the left and arrows to scroll through the photo gallery above.

First Published September 29, 2018, 11:26 p.m.

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Welcome sign along State Route 29 on the east side of Celina. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

Art Rains, of St Marys, left, speaking with Jim Bader, of Celina, at the Mercer County Fairgrounds in Celina. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

Art Rains, of St. Marys, left, and Phil Belanger, of Celina remove the harness racing gear from a horse . (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

West Fayette Street in Celina houses several small businesses, including Celina Music Store, radio Station WKKI, and Hot Brass Personal Defense. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

Trainer Steve Boroff with Ronan, one of the horses he trains, at the Mercer County Fairgrounds in Celina. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

Trainer Steve Boroff with Ronan, one of the horses he trains. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

Trainer Steve Boroff with Ronan, one of the horses he trains, outside a horse barn at the Mercer County Fairgrounds. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

Brothers Carmichael, left, and Mitchell Capelle, in Speed of Light Full Gospel Church in Celina. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

Brothers Carmichael, left, and Mitchell Capelle, in Speed of Light Full Gospel Church in Celina. Carmichael is the vice president of the Marshall Community and Mitchell is the pastor in this church. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

Pastor Mitchell Capelle. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

Brothers Mitchell, left, and Carmichael Capelle outside of Speed of Light Full Gospel Church in Celina. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

Main Street in Celina. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

The Celina Cinema 5 on Main Street. It began with one screen, but has since been expanded to five. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

Mercer Landmark grain elevator on West Market Street in Celina. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

Inside Horse Barn #1 at the Mercer County Fairgrounds. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

The Confederate flag hangs on a house on Morton Street in Celina. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

Water tower on the east side of Celina. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

Outside the Fountain Restaurant in Celina. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

Larry J. Miller at the Fountain Restaurant in Celina. Miller says he comes most mornings: "I work on one side of town and I live on the other, so I come by about every day." (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

Jim Bader exercising a horse at the at the Mercer County Fairgrounds. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

Art Rains, of St. Marys, looking out from a horse barn toward the track at the Mercer County Fairgrounds. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

Jill Loosemore, who lives in Celina, cleaning out a stable at the Mercer County Fairgrounds. She moved to the area from Canada to be closer to the harness racing track in Dayton. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

Mercer County District Library. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

Bicyclists on Fulton Street as it crosses North Main Street in Celina. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

Mercer County Courthouse in Celina. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

Pedestrians wait to cross Market Street, also called State Route 29, at Main Street in Celina. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

A shoe store, brewery, and coffee shop are among the local businesses on Main Street in Celina. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

Businesses and unoccupied spaces along Main Steet in Celina. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

Mercer County Courthouse on North Main Street in Celina. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

The Celina Fire Department and Celina City Hall, along North Main Street at Livingston Street. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

The War Memorial in Lake Shore Park in Celina, dedicated May 26, 1997. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

A warning of the harmful algae found along Grand Lake St. Marys in Celina. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

Flags of organizations and corporations which have contributed to shoreline improvement fly along North Shore Park. CAPT is Celina Aluminum Precision Technology, which employs over 520 people at its Celina plant. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

"Big Bob," built in 1965 and restored in 2009, sits along Grand Lake St. Marys in Celina. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

The Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and the parish school, right. The church, built in 1903, is on the northwest corner of Walnut and Anthony Streets in Celina. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

A house on Walnut Street in Celina. The city is less than six square miles. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

Carter Bubp, 17, of Maria Stein, in the Tractor Supply store of Celina. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

Marcina Branis, left, with her youngest son Elbert, 11. Grace, 14, and her brother Phillip, 16, children of pastors Mitchell and Shella Capelle (not pictured). Marcina Branis is their aunt. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

The Celina Fire Department on North Main Street in Celina. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

Ohio Speed of Light Marshallese Full Gospel Church, on North Main Street in Celina. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

The State Park Boat Dock along North Shore Park in Celina. Grand Lake St. Marys was declared distressed and, due to algal toxins at unsafe levels, people are to avoid all contact with the water. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

War Memorial in Lake Shore Park in Celina. (The Blade/Jetta Fraser) Buy Image

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