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Vote certified, two fraud cases probed BY Wayne Gates The Brown County Press The Brown County Board of Elections has referred two cases of possible voter fraud to Brown County Prosecuting Attorney Jessica Little. Little has referred the information to the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation for further investigation. One of the two cases involves four people in the Village of Higginsport. Board of Elections Member Dallas Hurt said the board was alerted to the possible voter fraud in the village via a written complaint from Higginsport Mayor Joel Herrmann. Hurt said another possible incident in Franklin Township was discovered by the board during the certification process. There is no timetable on
when BCI will complete the investigation. The Brown County Press will not identify the voters alleged to have committed voter fraud until and unless charges are filed against the individuals. The Brown County Board of Elections certified the vote count for the 2012 General Election on Nov. 19. Approximately 500 provisional and absentee ballots were added to the uncertified total following approval by the Board of Election. Following the certification, Higginsport is the location of the closest vote in Brown County. In the official certified tally, the village expenses levy failed by five votes, with 55 against and 50 for the measure. In the uncertified results, 53 voted against the measure and 50 voted for it.
While that is a narrow margin, the count is not close enough to trigger an automatic recount. State law requires the difference between votes to be one half of one percent or less to trigger an automatic recount. Since 105 votes were cast in the Higginsport Village Expenses race, that would put the trigger number for a recount at half a vote. The other close race was for Sheriff. The final margin of victory for Brown County Sheriff Dwayne Wenninger over challenger Josh Black was narrowed to 227 votes in the certified totals. Black gained 295 votes and Wenninger gained 174 votes in the final tally. The following are the final certified totals for the 2012 General Election in Brown County. Totals for presidential candidates other than Barack Obama and Mitt
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Brown County Board of Elections members and staff gathered Nov. 21 to certify the 2012 General Election results. Seated (clockwise from left) are board members Bill Herdman, Mariah Votel, Ralph Quallen and Dallas Hurt. Also shown are Board of Elections Assistant Director Joellyn Waits and Director Kathy Jones.
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Tough decisions Three car accident near Sardinia made by WB board CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
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With the defeat of the six-year emergency operating levy for Western Brown Local School District on November 6, the five members of the board of education have been forced to make some very difficult decisions. During the board’s November 19 meeting, following a 30 minute executive session, the board approved several reductions in the district for the next two school years according to Superintendent Chris Burrows. “We need to approve reductions tonight for the 2012-2013 school year and the 2013-2014 school year,” Burrows began, “I do want to read these, so that everyone is clear on the re-
duction plan you’re voting for.” He continued, “For the 2012-2013 school year, we will reduce transportation for students to the state minimum, for all K to 8 students within two miles. That would reduce approximately eight to 12 bus drivers as well as take that many busses off the road for a total of around a $400,000 in savings.” Burrows added that at least one administrator at Western Brown High School (an assistant principal) would be let go for approximately a $58,000 savings. He went on to say that for the 2013-2014 school year a reduction of between six to 10 certified staff members would have to be cut. CONTINUED ON PAGE 11
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Three people were hurt Nov. 19 in this three car crash at S.R. 32 and Sardinia-Mowrystown Road. The Ohio Highway Patrol reports that Lesa Shafer, the driver of the Fort Escort laying on its side, was heading north on Sardinia-Mowrystown Road and pulled out into the path of a Dodge Caravan that was heading west on S.R. 32. The van was being driven by Kenneth Boorom. The impact drove Shafer’s car into the third vehicle, a Chevy Cobalt being driven by Katherine Miller.
Unemployment rate down slightly The unemployment rate in Brown County dipped slightly in October, falling to 7.5 percent from 7.7. percent in September. Brown County was tied with Richland County for the 22nd highest jobless
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rate in the state. Among neighboring counties, only Clermont County has a lower unemployment rate. That is the second straight month that the jobless rate has been similar to 2008 before the “great recession” sent unemployment numbers climbing. In October 2008, the jobless rate stood at 7.6 percent in Brown County. It spiked to 11.8 percent in October 2009, then started declining. It hit 9.9 percent in October of 2010 and 9.5 percent in October 2011. The results in surrounding counties were mixed compared to Brown County. Clermont County’s unemployment rate was unchanged from September to October, holding at 5.8
percent. The declines were steeper in Clinton, Highland and Adams counties. All three saw a drop of .5 percent to fall to 9.3 percent, 8.3 percent and 9.2 percent respectively. In a sign of progress, local counties continue to fall down the list of highest jobless rates in the state. Pike County is number one once again, coming in with a 11.5 percent jobless rate. But for the first time in months, a local county is not in the top five. Clinton County has the 8th highest jobless rate, Adams has the 9th highest and Highland county has the 14th highest jobless rates. For much of 2009 and 2010, Clinton and High-
land counties were in the top five in the state for the jobless rate. The lowest rate in the state remains in Mercer County. That county had a 3.8 percent unemployment rate in October. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reports that the jobless rate fell in 74 of Ohio’s 88 counties last month. Regionally and statewide, the story is similar. The Cincinnati Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Hamilton, Clermont, Warren, Butler and Brown counties, saw the unemployment rate in October fall .1 percent to 6.1 percent. Statewide, the number fell .2 percent to 6.3 percent.
David Warner (right) and Attorney David Mesaros listen as Common Pleas Judge Scott Gusweiler accepts Warner’s plea of No Contest to two misdemeanor charges.
Warner enters plea BY Wayne Gates The Brown County Press A former Ohio Division of Wildlife officer has pleaded “no contest” to two charges stemming from accusations he was hunting on state time. David Warner submitted the pleas to charges of Obstructing Official Business, a second degree misdemeanor and Unauthorized Use of Property, a fourth degree misdemeanor. He will be sentenced in January, following a pre-sentencing investigation ordered by Common Pleas Judge Scott Gusweiler.
The state is asking that Warner make restitution in the amount of $1366.76. Warner is also required to testify truthfully in matters involving David Graham and Todd Haines. Graham is the former Director of the Ohio Division of Wildlife and Haines is currently employed by the ODNR. The two, along with current ODNR employee Michelle Ward-Tackett and former employees Randy Miller and James Lehman, are currently facing charges in connection with the lack of discipline imposed on forCONTINUED ON PAGE 11
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The 2012 Mt. Orab Christmas Parade is held at night and floats and entries are all decorated in colorful Christmas lights. Children and adults alike are dazzled by all the lights and glitter.
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Mt. Orab Christmas Parade Saturday, November 24 BY Martha B. Jacob The Brown County Press Mt. Orab Mayor Bruce Lunsford and members of the Christmas Committee in the village would like everyone to know that the Christmas Parade will begin at 6 p.m. on Saturday, November 24 The rain date for the parade will be the following day, Sunday, November 25 at 6 p.m. Parade line-up will start at 3 p.m. at the Western Brown High School rear parking lot. The parade will turn east off of Campus Way, (next to the high school) and proceed to the center of the village. It will then turn south onto South High Street ending at Smith Avenue. Parking for visitors will be available this year at the Western Brown Middle School so spectators can park and watch the parade from West Main if they choose to. “I hope everyone remembers that the parade route through Mt. Orab will be closed from 5:30 p.m. until the parade is over,” Lunsford said. “This year’s parade is one you don’t want to miss. Our grand marshall is Mr. Buddy LaRosa, we have three local marching bands and more floats and equestrian entries than we’ve ever had. And they
will all be lit up with Christmas lights.” Lunsford said all the entries are encouraged to light up their displays. Also in this year’s parade spectators will see Elves on Segway’s and the stilt walkers are scheduled to return. “The Christmas Commit-
tee will again be handing out glow necklaces, 3D glasses and reindeer paw clappers to welcome Santa and his nine reindeer. Just a note from Mayor Lunsford, next Monday, November 26 will conclude the weekly leaf pick-up in Mt. Orab.
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Boosters taking orders for fresh wreaths The Western Brown Band Boosters have kicked off its most recent fundraiser. They will be taking orders for fresh, locally made wreaths. The wreaths are available in a 24 inch or a 28 inch size with a beautiful red or burgundy handmade bow. Chair person for the band boosters, Peggy Smith will head the campaign. “Throughout the year we hold several fundraisers including a ‘Quarter Auction’ on November 16,” Smith said. “We also have a car show in May, a bluegrass Festival and a dance.” Proceeds from the event help pay student’s $250 band fee, uniforms, shoes and camp. Shown above are band director Sean O’Neill, Tony Arnold, booster president and Peggy Smith. For more information on ordering a wreath please call (513) 876-1024.
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Ripley resident tells council that his building will be made safe BY Martha B. Jacob The Brown County Press Members of Ripley Village Council met November 13 to discuss a variety of issues including the continuing clean-up in the village of old, dilapidated and unsafe buildings. In the absence of council member Scott Eagan, solicitor Jay Cutrell, administrator Charles Ashmore and fiscal officer Lesley Myers, the meeting lasted less than an hour. Still council voted to donate money to the John Parker Historical Society with a purchase of a Christmas tree, all decked out, which will be displayed outside the Parker House Park area. Then on Saturday, December 1, the trees will all be recognized by members of the John P. Parker Historical Society members. Each of the trees purchased for $100 will be in memory of, in honor of, in appreciation of or in the name of a particular business, organization or individual. Ripley Mayor Tom Leonard also discussed the upcoming Ripley’s River Village Christmas which is scheduled to run December 7, 8 and 9. In other business at the meeting, Ripley resident Jim McCann, accompanied by his attorney, Mike Cassity, approached council in regard to efforts by council to force McCann to clean up his un-
safe properties. According to Cassity, McCann has been working hard to comply with all the requirements placed on him by the village. At an earlier meeting administrator Ashmore told council that efforts to clean up the village of unsafe buildings in Ripley has been ongoing for more than nine years, and all the delays on repairs had to end or the buildings would be torn down at the cost of the owner. Cassity told council that he was there on behalf of Mr. McCann regarding the buildings that he owned “He needs just a little additional time to get the one he’s working on now under roof,” Cassity said. “He believes, weather permitting, he’s about 30 days from having the new roof on.” Councilman Daniel Dragoo said that he was not sure if the roof was the only issue McCann was facing on the building. “According to our engineer, Jeff Stine, putting a new roof on that building is not going to make it stable,” Dragoo began. “It will still be in danger of collapsing. There’s no interior floor, the second floor is just two walls. “I believe Jeff said, if I remember correctly, he said that if a roof is put on it right now, it might collapse without first putting a couple cross beams in it.” McCann said that he had talked with Mr. Stine and he
recommended that he put a couple cross beams in it first. He also said that the building had been standing there since 1840 and it wasn’t going to fall now. He added that he would be installing the new beams inside as soon as it was under roof. He explained that his plan all along was to restore the structures. Dragoo told McCann that the village had already put out for bids to demolish the building but did not receive any bids, or else demolition would have already begun. Dragoo said that it had been too many years for the buildings to be let go and now their condition is a danger to the residents of the village. “It seems like every time we get to the point that we’re going to take action,” Dragoo said, “we hear, I need 30 more days or 60 more days. Mr. McCann, you had an opportunity to appeal our demolition decision but didn’t show up for the meeting.” Mr. McCann immediately apologized for missing the meeting and explained why he couldn’t make it. He said that he had already talked to Mr. Ashmore about his absence. Cassity said he would talk more to Jay Cutrell but was advised by Mayor Leonard that council would make the decision and that engineer Stine would decide if the building needed to come down, not Cutrell. Mayor Leonard reminded
Mr. McCann that it was council members who were upset because they hear continuous complaints from the community on the number of unsafe buildings in need of repair or removal. Cassity said that he had had numerous conversations with McCann and explained that he needs to do something soon. Council assured Mr. Cassity and Mr. McCann that no one was in favor of tearing down any of the buildings in downtown Ripley. But when they are deemed unsafe, something has to be done. According to Cassity Mr. McCann wanted desperately to save the home since it was his birth place and he was anxious to move his mother back into the house. He said he was committed to saving the structure. In the end, council gave McCann 30 days, until the next council meeting to December 11 to make the structure safe, provided Mr. Ashmore had not already accepted a bid for demolition. Cassity informed council that he didn’t want to get into litigation where he was forced to get an injunction over the demolition plan and he hoped that it could all be settled. In other business at the meeting Mayor Leonard informed council that a new prescription drop box was now located in the police department and was open to the public.
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Fay. council discusses budget issues BY Martha B. Jacob The Brown County Press Mike Barker from NCB Bank in Fayetteville, was introduced by Mayor Bernie Vilvens to each Fayetteville Village Council member during the November 14 meeting. Barker, who grew up in the Fayetteville area, told council that he was happy to be back home after being away for nearly 25 years. “Bernie invited me here tonight just to meet everybody,” Barker began, “My family grew up here in this village, and I remember playing sports with some of you. “I’ve spent about 25 years in the field of banking and I’m really glad to be here representing NCB. And I’d like you to know that we’re bringing stability to our office here in Fayetteville and we are here to serve you.” Barker told council that NCB was in the village to serve its residents and he encouraged council to share any problems or specific issues they wanted to discuss with him. “My goal is to speed up the service and the communications with people and get the bank to make a little bit more of an investment in this community,” he added. Vilvens thanked Barker for stopping by.
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Fayetteville Mayor Bernie Vilvens commended his staff and village employees at the November 14 council meeting and plans for council to offer them a small holiday bonus.
In other business at the council meeting village clerk Barbara Kiley read aloud each bill that needed to be paid by council and stated what each was for. Members had the opportunity to ask questions about each of the bills. Council members approved of the new process of paying the bills. During the October council meeting, the issue had been brought up on whether or not council could purchase gift baskets, gift cards or other things like Halloween candy to be distributed by the village.
The village solicitor, Celia Potts, had advised council not to use village funds for items like this because the funds belonged to the people of the village. “I called the state auditor’s office today,” Kiley said, “I was concerned that all these things that I’ve been doing all these years could be wrong. “She told me that every village, everywhere does spend money on gift baskets, Halloween candy and other things like that. The thing we have to do is to make sure the investment is approved by all council and is written up in the minutes.” Mayor Vilvens assured council that it was important to him to always follow proper policy and revised code. “I think putting up Christmas decorations and lights in our village, and handing out Halloween candy is using our residents money very well,” Vilvens said. “These are positive actions for our growing community. “So if council opposes these issues and we don’t get them approved, then we can’t do them. We don’t spend much on our employees, that’s for sure, but they work hard all year and deserve a little recognition.” Council immediately voted to reimburse Mayor Vilvens on an $82 purchase
of Halloween candy. In other business, Councilman Edward Coleman, chair of the park committee, reported that limbs at the park had been cut, new plug fixtures were needed on poles and that the park looked good. It was also reported that the monthly siren check had proven successful and were working well. Police Chief Randy Carson reported to council that the new Ohio Prescription Drug drop box was now in place at the police department in a secure setting and was open to the public. Carson also reported that the cell phones used by his department would all be put in the village’s name so that there was no more confusion over billing. At a previous meeting it had been brought up by Councilwoman Tina Hauk that the department’s phones should indeed be in the village’s name, and not the chief’s name. “I think it’s just a good way to keep track of phone bills and who does what on them,” Hauk said. “It gives a clear trail if we’re ever audited.” Previously, the chief paid the bill then submitted it to council for reimbursement. Council agreed and steps will be taken to get all the phones in the village’s name.
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Taking A Trip Through Time The Belteshazzar Dragoo family were the first permanent settlers in what later became Brown County in 1794. They settled along Eagle Creek in what later was named Union Township, just outside of present day Ripley. Five and six generations later that Dragoo family was portrayed by their direct descendants in the 1962 “Liberty Land Pageant”, which was part of the Ripley Sesquicentennial. This Dragoo family, is from left to right, are Lois, Bill, Clarence, Betty (Campbell), Judy (Young), and Pete. Today, there are two more generations of Dragoos living in the Ripley area and Brown County. ‘Taking a Trip Through Time’ is a feature of the Brown County Press that is supplied by our readers. If you have photos of places within Brown County that are at least 30 years old please feel free to submit them along with some information about the photo to The Brown County Press by email to bcpress@frontier.com or mail them to or drop them off at The Brown County Press 219 South High Street Mt. Orab, Ohio 45154. You will get your picture back. You can also reach us at (937) 444-3441.
Say a Thanksgiving prayer for those less fortunate around us The laughter and love of family members gathered around the dinner table at Thanksgiving provide food for the soul. If all you have is a loving family, then you have been blessed. We who also have warm homes and sturdy tables at which our family members can share stories as well as a few slices of turkey and pie have even more to celebrate. As you give thanks to God for your blessings this holiday, please remember in your prayers those less fortunate. Many families in Southern Ohio and elsewhere have been hit hard by the economic downturn. The number of people on food stamps has spiked in recent years, largely because of unemployment. The forces of nature also have proven costly. Many in the Clermont County village of Moscow were displaced this past March, when a tornado ripped through the community of about 296 people. Nearly 100 homes were hit hard, and several people were killed. Progress has been made in cleanup efforts related to several March tornadoes that destroyed or damaged hundreds
JEAN SCHMIDT of homes and other structures in Clermont County – as well as some property in Adams County, Brown County, and Scioto County. But work remains to be done. That puts into perspective the task that lies ahead for our fellow Americans along the East Coast, whose lives were disrupted last month by Hurricane Sandy. Homes, businesses, and hospitals were flooded as a result of the storm, with some structures knocked off their foundations and others crumbling or catching fire. Also damaged were bridges, tunnels, subways, and commuter rail lines. More than 100 lives were lost, and about 1 million people had to be evacuated. The cleanup will be a massive undertaking, costing tens of billions of dollars. The halt in business activity will result in lost revenue totaling tens of billions of dollars more. Numerous federal agen-
cies have deployed thousands of government workers to help, and Congress might consider increasing disaster funds to afflicted states. But it could take years for some areas to return to normal. Some officials have suggested donations of money to agencies such as the American Red Cross. Here in Ohio’s Second Congressional District, the Blue Ashbased charity Matthew 25: Ministries also can accept supplies to aid in the relief efforts. (For information about recovery efforts and how you can help, visit this federal government website: www.usa.gov/Topics/Weathe r/Hurricane/sandy.shtml) The good news in Southern Ohio is that many compassionate people are trying to help out those less fortunate, perhaps through donations to charities such as the Salvation Army or the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. If you can’t afford to donate money or goods, then consider giving some of your time. I’ll be among hundreds who will volunteer an hour or more next week to pack food for the needy at the Freestore Foodbank in Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine neighbor-
hood. Last year, the work included toting 10-pound sacks of potatoes, five-pound bags of apples, and onion sacks that weighed about two pounds. Some of the food ended up with families as far away as Scioto County – one of seven counties in Ohio’s Second Congressional District, which I represent. While based in Hamilton County, the Freestore Foodbank helps people in 20 counties through food pantries, including residents of Clermont County, Brown County, Adams County, and Pike County. Over a threeday period before Thanksgiving last year, about 700 volunteers packed 10,200 boxes of food for distribution – including a turkey or chicken in each one. That was enough to feed more than 25,000 individuals, including 13,000 children. At times like this, it is important to remember that we are the United States of America – with an emphasis on “United.” The strength of our Union, combined with the blessings of God, enables us to overcome tragedies. Despite the unexpected trials that arise, we will carry on – working together to rebuild.
Last year, I was pleased to vote in favor of a resolution called the Ohio Health Care Freedom Act, which proposed an amendment to the Ohio Constitution to preserve the freedom of Ohio citizens to choose their health care and health care coverage. The resolution never passed the House because not one Democrat was willing to support it. Ultimately, a similar citizen initiative made it on the November 2011 ballot that passed overwhelmingly. Being opposed to Obamacare, I was glad to see this. Part of the changes Obamacare makes include creating a health care exchange in every state for people to purchase subsidized health insurance. Ohio had the option of running this exchange itself, and I was very pleased that Governor Kasich made the decision to opt out of having the federal government run the exchange, yet retain Ohio’s right to regulate its own insurance industry. This decision would not have been an easy one, because the federal government has not provided the proper guidance and rules needed to make such an important and economically significant decision. But in the end, the governor’s decision is saving Ohio money and is ensuring that the state retains flexibility and control over the exchanges. Insurance is a huge industry within Ohio that creates many jobs, and many businesses are attracted here because of our competitive and well-regulated insurance market. The restrictions of Obamacare will reduce choices for
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OPINION DANNY BUBP consumers and increase costs. By regulating our state’s own industry we are fighting to maintain a certain degree of competitiveness so that companies must only deal with state government, rather than both the state and federal levels. Additionally, we aren’t letting the federal government decide who can and cannot receive benefits from Medicaid. We have worked hard to improve the quality of care of lowincome Ohioans who rely on Medicaid, and that must not stop. Medicaid is also the costliest program in the state budget, so it is important that it is managed well. A health insurance exchange that reduces choice and drives up costs is not what Ohio needs or wants. The right way to go about health care is to have a market-based system that provides a quality product at low cost. We must continue to strive for this smarter approach as a state. We are wrapping up important legislative matters in this General Assembly. As we do so, I will continue to keep the creation of a business-friendly environment in mind so that we can grow jobs and add to the 127,300 jobs we’ve already created since January 2011. I trust that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving, and I hope to see you around during this Christmas season.
What Do You Think? If you had to move to another state besides Ohio, where would you move?
I would probably move to Minnesota, it has a lot of secluded areas just like here in Brown County. Julia MacDowell, Lake Waynoka
Alaska! Definitely Alaska. I love snow and Ohio doesn't have that much snow. Denise Neal, Mt. Orab
North Carolina is where I would go, it's so pretty there and not too hot. Carol Zoz, Williamsburg
Kentucky. That's where I'm from, and I would go back home. Juanita Watson, Sardinia
Well, I would go somewhere like Georgia. Joann Wagers, Felicity
I'd go to Kentucky. Glen Frazee, Mt. Orab
Letters to the Editor Dear Editor, I have read the editorials in this week’s paper and with all the doom and gloom I have to say our poor, poor
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so two centuries ago. In another opinion one states if the US follows the same course as the last four years “…America will never have an opportunity to recover its losses.” Really, never is a long time. I was taught that the only ideas that could be used in conjunction with the word “never” were death and taxes. Death and taxes will never change regardless of who lives at the White House. I hope not all citizens who were less than thrilled with the election results in the US feel this way. Nothing will ever get done. We might as well just sit idly by and wait for the “foreign interests” to show up and take over. I have young children. Should I tell them that the future is so bleak and they should not even bother planning ahead, get an education, find a career, fall in love, raise a family and enjoy the bounty that the United States of America has to offer? What we need here is perspective. I have been sorely
disappointed after elections too, and I feel your apathy. But that is not how we roll; at least that is not what I am teaching my children about how the USA works. We swallow our discontent and frustration and move on more determined than ever to change what we do not like. My dad was a Navy gunner during WWII, and when some depth charges (submarine bombs) broke loose from their ship, they did not hesitate. He and four other men tied themselves together, dove into the Pacific and retrieved them. This is the positive dogged determination that I am trying to instill in my young sons. In 1858 when chosen by the Republican Party to run for US Senate, Abraham Lincoln said “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” This, in my humble opinion is where we are today. Let’s get past the onesidedness and fix our problems together. Dee Ann Loper Edge
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New Assistant Brown County Prosecuting Attorney Zac Corbin (center) is sworn in by his father, retired Common Pleas Court Judge Alan Corbin (right). Brown County Prosecuting Attorney Jessica Little is at left.
2011, Zac has served as a public defender in Brown County. As an attorney in the private practice of law, Zac has handled cases involving murder, rape, drug trafficking, theft, OVI, and domestic violence. He says the experience gained in his private practice will be an invaluable asset to his duties in the Prosecutor’s office. “When Prosecutor Jessica Little, approached me about a position in her office,” Zac says, “I felt it was a great opportunity. I
look forward to working with Jessica and her staff.” Zac will serve as a felony prosecutor and will present cases to the Grand Jury for Indictment. Jessica Little says of Zac, “When he was opposing counsel, I was greatly impressed with his ability and professionalism. Born and raised in Brown County, Zac shares the values of our community and is committed to serving the public. He will be an integral part of the operation of this office.”
State Representative Danny Bubp (R-Lake Waynoka), along with other members of the 129th Ohio General Assembly, today participated in a joint convention to present the Ohio Military Medal of Distinction to the families and friends of 28 service members who died while serving their country in 2011. Included in the ceremony was SPC William Seth Blevins, from Sardinia, who was part of the United States Army and died May 23, 2011. The Ohio Military Medal of Distinction was created in Senate Bill 248 of the 127th Ohio General Assembly to honor the sacrifice of Ohio’s fallen service members and their loved ones on behalf of the State of Ohio, and the General Assembly convenes annually for this purpose. Participating in the presentation were Ohio House Speaker William G. Batchelder, Ohio Senate President Tom Niehaus, Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor, Brigadier General Mark Stephens and Ohio Department of Veterans Services Director Thomas Moe. “It was an honor to be a part of the ceremony today honoring the brave men and
women that have given the ultimate sacrifice to protect our freedoms,” Representative Bubp said. “SPC
William Seth Blevins will always be remembered by our community as a great American hero.”
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sioner David Uible, Hamilton County Republican Party Chairman Alex Triantifilou, Highland County Commissioner Shane Wilkin, and Ross County Republican Chair Diane Carnes. The team will work with Mark Weaver who is advising Wenstrup on the transition. Weaver previously served as Deputy Attorney General of Ohio and has helped lead numerous transition efforts for elected officials from local to statewide offices. Wenstrup pointed to the large and diverse district as the reason for putting together the transition team. "I thank Ms. Carnes, Mr. Kelley, Mr. Uible, Mr. Wilkin and Mr. Triantifilou for agreeing to help with this important endeavor," Wenstrup said. "With such a large geographic area, it's important to have a group from across the district able to help." The transition leadership team will advise Wenstrup on choosing a district director, district staff, office locations and other logistics between now and when he takes office. "The transition period will be hectic with orientation and setting up our operations both in Washington and in the dis-
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Sardinia American Legion Christmas Dinner scheduled The George A. Lambert American Legion Post 755 of Sardinia will be having their annual Christmas Dinner on Sunday, December 2, 2011 at 5 p.m. at the Legion hall. We hope to see all our members and their families there. Everyone please bring a new or gently used, wrapped gift for our auction to help us raise money for the Sardinia Agape Council so we can help our neighbors. Big and little kids will want to come since Santa will surprise us with some goodies and a visit during the evening. The ham and turkey will be furnished so bring a side dish or a dessert and the whole family and join us for some fun and Christmas celebration. Any questions, call (937) 442-4704.
Chapman arrested The Winchester Police Department reports on Thursday, November 8, 2012 Chief David Benjamin and Ptl. Brent James initiated a traffic stop on state Route 32 where the driver Paul Chapman Jr., was found to be in possession of a loaded .410 sawed off shotgun concealed in his vehicle as well as being in possession of 3.8 grams of Methamphetamines and numerous items of drug paraphernalia. Mr. Chapman was also accompanied by a juvenile in his vehicle. Mr. Chapman was arrested and is being housed in the Adams County Jail while charges were forwarded to the Adams County Prosecutor for review. If anyone has any information regarding criminal activity in the Village of Winchester please call the police department at (937) 695-5502.
Christmas Dinner set for Sardinia senior citizens Sardinia Ready Mix, Inc. will be holding its annual Christmas Dinner, for the senior citizens of Sardinia, again this year on Sunday, December 9. It will be held at the new Eastern Elementary School on Tri-County Rd., just east of town. Doors open at 12 p.m. Food will be served around 1 p.m. Join us for another great day of food and fellowship to celebrate the season! Reserve your seat by calling Sardinia Ready Mix at (937) 446-2523.
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Approximately 30 years after becoming an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Judge R. Alan Corbin swears in his son, Zachary Alan Corbin, to the same position. Judge Corbin then went on to become the elected Prosecuting Attorney for Brown County and later the Common Pleas Court Judge. Zac says that he feels privileged to be following in his Father’s career path. “He’s always been the greatest of role models, and I truly wouldn’t be where I am today without him,” Zac said of his Father. Judge Corbin remarked, “I was honored when Zac asked me to swear him in. I felt truly blessed to have been able to serve as Brown County’s Prosecuting Attorney and I am so proud that Zac has decided to join Jessica Little’s staff.” Zac graduated from Chase Law School in May, 2009. After passing the Bar Exam and being sworn in by the Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, Zac has worked in private practice for the last three years, sharing office space with attorneys Mike Cassity and Robin Levine in Mount Orab. Since October of
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (will be updated as events are confirmed) FRIDAY NIGHT – NOVEMBER 30, 2012 5:00 ..............................Dinner starts and the concert will follow. The Bethel Baptist Church is hosting a spaghetti dinner and Christmas concert to benefit the Bethel ALB Cooperative. 7:30 til 9:30 PM. .........The Bethel Lions club is hosting a Pam Noah concert at the BethelTate Middle school. The concert is free to the public for their enjoyment and to kick off the Down Home Christmas Celebration. The concert will be Christmas music along with some other popular swing music.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2012 9 AM ............................Breakfast with Santa - Bethel-Tate High School , 3420 State Route 125 - By reservation only. Email Connie England at btmusicassociation@gmail.com. 9 AM - 3 PM ................Craft Show - Assembly Of God Church , 321 N Main Street . Find a gift for everyone at the craft show. 9 AM – 12 PM .............Community Savings Bank, 503 W Plane St - Lot's going on!! Open house from 9am -1pm Serving hot coffee, hot chocolate and other goodies! Enter to WIN an iPad! Beginning November 1st, bring a can of food to our bank and get an entry to win an iPad! Each can of food = 1 free entry for the drawing. All food goods to benefit the Bethel American Legion Post 406 food drive. Drawing for the iPad will be on Saturday, Dec 1st at 1:00. Winner need not be present. - Like us on Facebook and enter to win a $50 gas card drawing on Dec 1st at 1pm. During the parade at 6pm we will be serving hot potato soup, hot chocolate and coffee in front of the bank! 9:30 AM - 2 PM...........Make A Ginger Bread House and Open House Activities - The Bethel Branch Library, 528 W Plane Street. Open House with refreshments. Drop for cookies and punch. Children can create a Snowman bookmark, see magic tricks, by Marvelous Marvin and meet Browser, the Library Mascot between 10 AM and 12 PM. Bring the Family to decorate your own ginger-bread house in time for the holidays. One house per child. All supplies will be provided. Pre-registration is required to attend one of 4 Gingerbread House sessions, 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., and 12:30 noon. Call 513-734-2619 to reserve a spot for your family.
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OVM Home Health celebrates National Home Care Month The employees at OVM Home Health are joining home care providers across Ohio and the nation in marking November as National Home Care Month. Some of OVM Home Health Care Team: (L-R) Back Row- Rebecca Tolle, Physical Therapist Assistant, Brianne Kirker, LPN, Lisa Fussnecker, RN – Administrator, Danita Estep RN – Intake Specialist, Front Row – Lisa Flannery, RN and Fatima Even, Physical Therapist.
New chiropractor Holiday events at opens office in Mt. Orab Dr. Lydia Ogden is ex- ments by attending multithe Mt. Orab cited to announce the ple advanced adjusting, opening of Active Living soft tissue and rehabilitaLibrary Chiropractic. Active Liv- tion seminars. Dr. Ogden
Do you need help getting into the holiday spirit? Then mark your calendars with these upcoming events being held at the Mt. Orab Library. On Monday, November 26, from 1-3 p.m. Ms. Barbara and Ms. Lajuana will be presenting a “Homemade Holiday.” Learn tips for homemade Christmas cards and unique gift wrapping techniques. Then on Tuesday, December 11, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. there will be a Christmas Party! Sign up for a special holiday craft time at 5:30 p.m. or 7 p.m. and visit with Santa starting at 6 p.m. For more details contact the library at (937) 4441414.
ing Chiropractic will be opening in December 2012 located at 453 W. Main St. Mt. Orab, OH 45154. Prior to opening Active Living Chiropractic, Dr. Lydia Ogden practiced as an associate chiropractor at Norwood Chiropractic and Sports Injury Center. During her experience at Norwood, she was able to treat many local runners, cyclists and triathletes in the greater Cincinnati area. Dr. Ogden graduated cum laude from Logan College of Chiropractic in 2011. While at Logan, she exceeded the basic require-
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worship. On Sunday evening at 6:30 p.m. we offer a Bible Study – currently we are going through the Gospel of Matthew. This is a very relaxed time of study, discussion and fellowship which will usually last until 8 p.m. Rev. Sam Talley is the pastor and we are a non-denominational fellowship of men and women striving to serve Jesus and the surrounding areas of Brown, Adams, and Highland Counties. We would love to have you come visit us. Rev. Talley can be reached at (937) 695-9074. His office hours at the Chapel are on Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m and Friday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Appointments for counseling can be arranged during those hours. Home and hospital visits will be regularly scheduled on Tuesdays.
has a special interest in treating soft tissue and musculoskeletal injuries; she is a certified Active Release Technique (ART®) provider. To this date, Dr. Ogden strives to stay current with the cutting edge of manual therapy. Dr. Ogden believes in whole body wellness and tries to incorporate that into her practice as well as her own life. She is dedicated to helping her patients overcome their injuries and restoring them to a life free of pain. Dr. Ogden grew up in Peebles, Ohio. She graduated as Valedictorian of her class at Adams County Christian School. Thereafter, she majored in Biology with a concentration in Pre-medical studies at Shawnee State University. Currently, she and her husband Luke reside in Mt. Orab. Dr. Ogden is excited about her endeavor of opening her own practice and being involved in the community by providing exceptional chiropractic care as well as being an advocate for a healthy and active lifestyle. More information to follow on office opening date and hours.
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MARY HOWLETTE Happy birthday and Anniversary this week to Donna Rice, Denver Shelton Jr., Lillie and James A. Gilliland, Thomas Case, Barney Daulton, Nigel Royal, Matt Brookbank, Sydney Dotson, Zachary Dotson, Betty Hines, Thomas Klump, Sarah Boone Montgomery, Mark T. Klump, Mandy Taylor Mason, Minnie and Benjamin Black , Benjamin Smalley, Florence S. Sturn, Nellie Brown Best, Taryn Haitz Burton, Thomas K. Hanselman, Olin B. Shelton, David Williams, Bobby Frakes, Randy Goodman, Ashley Leonard, Gerri Stacey.
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is guidance counselor at the Georgetown Exempted Village Schools. You’re invited to see the extensive interior restoration work Mike has com-
pleted since his home was on the tour in 2010, the beautiful walled garden area, and his extensive collection of farm sets and other toys.
Gaslight Theater players hold Christmas Dinner theater The Gaslight Theater Players in association with St. Michael Church, Mt. Orab, invite you to join them for a night of food and festivities with their dinner theater production of Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And then Some!) by Michael Carleton, Jim FitzGerald, and John K. Alvarez. Starring in this show are Gaslight veterans Ted Lovett, Kyle Overstake, and Andy Hartle. Directed by Katie Lovett. Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!) features a delightful mix
of all your favorite holiday stories from the Grinch to It's A Wonderful Life. Tickets are $20.00 per person or $35.00 per couple and must be purchased in advance for catering purposes. Dinner is at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. The event will be held in St. Michael Catholic Church Hall, 220 S. High St. (Rt. 68) Mt. Orab. Call Lisa Beresford (513) 600-1360 or Margie McElroy (937) 378-9007 for more information and the pre-purchase of tickets.
American Legion Christmas Dinner set The George A. Lambert American Legion Post 755 of Sardinia will be having their annual Christmas Dinner on Sunday, December 2, 2011 at 5 p.m. at the Legion hall. We hope to see all our members and their families there. Everyone please bring a new or gently used, wrapped gift for our auction to help us raise money for the Sardinia Agape Council so we can help our neighbors. Big and little kids will want to come since Santa will surprise us with some goodies and a visit during
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Check out the holiday events taking place God's Closet will be open this Saturday at 10 a.m. God's Kitchen at the Russellville Church of Christ will be open at 11 a.m. Ben Germann and fellow BarberShop Quartet will be singing November 28 at the Ripley Nazarene Church. The Ripley Lyons Club will be holding a Christmas Bazaar at 19 Main the December 7, 8, 9. If you have anything you would like to donate please call Kristel at (937) 392-4922. Thank you. A very, very special time is coming up on Friday, December 7 at 7 p.m. a special singing event will be taking place for the residents of Meadowwood Nursing Home. Please come, you are invited. Call Larry Downing for more information.
The Christmas Home Tour, sponsored by the U.S. Grant Homestead Association, will be held on Sunday, December 2, 2012 from 12 to 5 pm. Your tour begins at the Georgetown United Methodist Church (State Street entrance) where you can buy your ticket and pick up your tour information and map. Tickets are $10 and if you buy before December 2 at Donohoo’s Drugstore on the east side of the courthouse square, or by calling (937) 378-3087 you will be entered in the drawing for a special John Ruthven-Thompson House Basket with a retail value of over $125. (You don’t have to be present to win.) Included on the tour are the historic homes of Chilton White (Barry and Bobbi Horstmeier), the John Thompson Home (Ken and Judy Klosterman), the newly restored U.S. Grant Homestead, and the homes of Mike and Joye Hanselman and Buddy and Vicky Coburn. Another home featured on the tour will be the Ammen home, a colonial designed by Hubbard Baker and built in 1826 by Col. David Ammen. This home, on the courthouse square, includes many Greek Revival features. The property was subsequently purchased at auction by Mike Fadely. Mike
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New business opens in G’town Josh Shelton is proud to announce the opening of his American Family Agency. The Shelton Insurance Agency will open Dec 1, 2012 at the location of 101 S Apple Street, Georgetown. Please feel free to contact us at (937) 378-2345. We offer all your insurance needs under one roof by providing Home, Auto, Business, Life & Health. Call for your free quote today.
ting into the holiday spirit? Then mark your calendars with these upcoming events being held at the Mt. Orab Library. On Monday, November 26, from 1-3 p.m. Ms. Barbara and Ms. Lajuana will be presenting a “Homemade Holiday.” Learn tips for homemade Christmas cards and unique gift wrapping techniques. Then on Tuesday, December 11, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. there will be a Christmas Party! Sign up for a special holiday craft time at 5:30 p.m. or 7 p.m. and visit with Santa starting at 6 p.m. For more details contact the library at (937) 4441414. HO HO HOpe to see you here! ***
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‘Growing in Grace’ to sing at Buford church With the Christmas Season upon us, please take an evening to enjoy "Growing in Grace" on Saturday, December 1 at 6 p.m. at the Buford Community Church on Greenbush Road in Buford. Rod, Laura, and Kyndall Hutchinson along with the congregation of the Buford Community Church invite you to come out and hear the Good News of Jesus Christ in song and testimonies. For more information, please call Pastor Ken Barr at 513-265-9663.
Senior Citizens Club to meet November 28 The Brown County Senior Citizens Club will meet on Wednesday, November 28 at the American Legion Hall in Georgetown. Potluck luncheon at 12 noon will be followed by Kennon Boling and his wife from Higginsport presenting a musical program. Kennon plays a variety of instruments and sings hymns and gospel. All are welcome to attend.
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Whittington honored with award On Saturday, November 10, 2912, New Harmony Lodge No. 435 Free & Accepted Masons held their annual Family & Awards Night with over 80 guests, entertainment was by Latter House Band. The recipient of the Community Builders Award this year was presented to William ‘Woody’ Whittington. Whittington is the organizer of Music in the Park for the village of Mt. Orab. Past Master William Wilson presented the award to Mr. Whittington. Pictured left to right, Whittington, Master of the Lodge Robert C. Downs, Jr., and Past Master Wilson.
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Carolyn Jean Bedel, 70 of Georgetown, Oh., died Sunday, November 18, 2012. She was a homemaker. Carolyn was born May 1, 1942 in Cincinnati, Oh., the daughter of the late Walter and Ollie Farrow. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John Bedel. Mrs. Bedel is survived by three children, Andrea (Scott) Eckner, Cincinnati, Lori Gouch, Cincinnati, and Ralph (Sandra) Harris, Georgetown, and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. An anatomical gift was made to the University Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio. There will be no services. The Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown, served the family.
Donald Ray Gelter, 73, Russellville, Oh., was the eldest son of Lola (Morris) Gelter and Elmer Gelter born June 20, 1939 and passed to be with our creator November 15, 2012. Don was a farmer for most of his life, producing some livestock but mostly grain crops and burley tobacco. Living almost all of his life in the Russellville area, Don was well known throughout the community. Besides his father, he was also preceded in death by 3 brothers; David (Perk), Roy and Paul Gelter. Don is survived by his wife of 53 years, Ellen Lee (McNown) Gelter; two sons, Dale Gelter of Hilliard, Oh., and Ray Gelter of Russellville, mother Lola Gelter of Russellville, three grandchildren, Ashley (Gelter) Myers of Midway, GA, Jacob "J.T." Gelter of Hilliard, Oh., and Morgan Gelter, of Batavia, two great-grandchildren, Nat han and Lucas Myers of Midway, GA; four nieces, Deborah (Gelter) Forsythe and Denedra Gelter of Russellville, Sharon (Klein) Shaffer of Muncie, IN, and Deborah (Klein) Pert of West Lafayette, IN; one aunt, Reba Ruth "Doodle" (Morris) Hanselman of Russellville; sister-in-law Veronica Gelter of Russellville, brother and sister-in-law David and Glenda (McNown) Barkalow of Milford, and brother and sister-in-law Joh n and Jeanette (McNown) Klein of Auburn, IN; and numerous cousins. Services were held Tuesday, November 20, 2012. Burial followed at the Ash Ridge Cemetery. Donations in memory of Don may be made to the Russellville Life Squad, PO Box 187, Russellville, OH 45168. The Meeker Funeral Home, Russellville, served the family.
Connie Sue Newland, 59 of Georgetown, Oh., died Friday, November 16, 2012. She was a housekeeper. Connie was born August 19, 1953 in Georgetown, Oh., the daughter of the late Ralph Roy and Marjorie Ellen (Musser) Newland. She was also preceded in death by two sisters – Scottie Bell Shelton and Cathy Mae Sizemore. Connie is survived by two brothers – Jerry Ray Newland of Ripley, and Kenneth Lee Pence of Manchester, and many nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles. Services were held Wednesday, November 21, 2012 where Clark Castle officiated. Interment was in the Confidence Cemetery in Georgetown, Oh. The Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown, served the family.
Henry Edward ‘Hank’ Smith, 60, passed away on Monday, November 12, 2012. ‘Hank’ was born on October 15, 1952 to the late Glenroie W. and Della J. Smith. He was also preceded in death by his grandson Andrew Ray Miller Jr. He was the beloved husband of Sharon Smith (nee Carson), loving father of Glenroie (Angie) Smith and Chastity (Andrew) Miller, cherished grandfather of Tayler and Tyler Smith, Michael and Braden Bolin, Jonathon and Kaylee Miller and Alexia Hamilton. Services were held Thursday, November 15, 2012 followed by burial in New Harmony Cemetery. The Maham Funeral Home, Williamsburg, served the family.
Bobby Eugene Taylor, 54, passed away November 15, 2012. He was the beloved husband of Julia Taylor (nee Neaves) for 31 years, loving father of Joey Guilyard, David (Crystal) Taylor, Joshua (Candace) Taylor, and Julia Ann (Jason) Boyer, cherished grandfather of 18 grandchildren and 1 greatgrandchild, devoted son of Mary Evelyn Siegler, dear brother of Andy Siegler, Deanna Baker, Faye Mullins and the late Gary Siegler and Michael Taylor. Bobby worked for Core Molding Technologies, was an avid hunter, fisherman and billiards shooter and was very devoted to his grandchildren. Services were Sunday November 18, 2012. The E.C. Nurre Funeral Home, Amelia, served the family.
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Foster “Bib” Simpson, 95, Ripley, Oh., went to be with his Lord and Savior Monday, November 19, 2012. He was a lifelong farmer and a member of the Southern Ohio Draft Horse Association. In his younger years, he frequented the Flemingsburg and Maysville Stockyards where he was loved by all and known for his many old time stories. He loved his animals, especially his many horses, cattle and beagle dogs. Mr. Simpson was born January 21, 1917 in Mason County, Ky., the son of the late Joseph and Emma (Davenport) Simpson. He was also preceded in death by his first wife and mother of his ten children, Bertha Olive (Mineer) Simpson; his second wife, Geneva (Webb) Simpson; one infant son, Ronald Wayne Simpson; three grandchildren; three brothers – Lane, Floyd and Elzie “Red” Simpson and ten half brothers and sisters. Mr. Simpson is survived by one son – James (Brenda) Simpson of Decatur, nine daughters – Nancy (Jim) Amyx of Decatur, Helen (Parkey) Thompson of Flemingsburg, Ky., Shirley (Jim) Luke of Ripley, Bonnie (John) Bradford of Sarasota, Flor., Geraldine Smith of Lawrenceville, Ga., Linda Vance of Russellville, Diana (Dale) Jodrey of Decatur, Rebecca (Roger) Watson of Russellville, and Teresa (Norman) Jones of El Paso, Tex., twenty eight grandchildren and numerous great and great great grandchildren. Services were held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, November 24, 2012 at Cahall Funeral Home in Ripley, Ohio. Visitation was from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, November 23 at the funeral home. Interment followed the funeral service in the Sunset Memorial Gardens near Flemingsburg, Ky. The Cahall Funeral Home, Ripley, served the family.
Claude R. Edwards, 75 Claude R. Edwards, 75 years of Mt Orab, Oh., died Sunday November 18, 2012. Mr. Edwards was born March 3, 1937 the son of the late Claude Leo and Jesse Mae (Petrey) Edwards in Corbin, Ky. Besides his parents, Mr. Edwards was preceded in death by a granddaughter Carol Weaver and a brother; Timothy Homan. Mr. Edwards was a member of the Bethel Pentecostal Church of God. Survivors include his wife Judy Edwards of Mt Orab, three daughters; Doris Whitaker of Mt Orab, Toni Stone of Kentucky; Michele Gregory of Batavia, one son; Kenneth Russell Weaver of Sacramento, Cal., eleven grandchildren and two great grandchildren; one sister; Jerri Gries of Cincinnati, two brothers; James Ray Edwards of Cincinnati, Darrell Homan of Cincinnati. Services were held Wednesday November 21, 2012 where Larry Baker officiated. Burial followed at the West Union Cemetery. The Thompson-Meeker Funeral Home, West Union, served the family.
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Gary A. Herrmann, 65, passed away at home Monday, November 19, 2012. Gary was a very big man who spoke his mind but he had a very big heart who was always helping others, he will be dearly missed by all. He retired from Complete General Construction, was a member of Knights of Columbus and Sons of American Legion. He was preceded in death by his parents, Paul and Bernice (Lanter) Herrmann; brother, Greg. His is survived by his wife of 46 years, Gloria, sister, Judy (Bill) Hughes, Mt. Orab, brother, Jimmy (Judy) Herrmann, Mt. Orab, mother-in-law, Ruth Pursley, many nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews, and cousins. A local visitation was held Friday, November 23, 2012 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Egbert Funeral Home, Mt. Orab. Mass of Christian Burial was held Saturday, November 24 at 11 a.m. at St. Michael Parish, 220 S. High St., Mt. Orab, where Rev. Hery Albietz, Pastor, was the celebrant. Interment was in Mt. Orab Cemetery. The O. R. Woodyard Funeral Home, Columbus, and Egbert Funeral Home, Mt. Orab served the family.
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Trudy Wright, 90, Mt. Orab, formerly of Morrow, Oh., died Thursday November 1, 2012. Born in Vanceburg, Ky., on July 17, 1922 to Joseph and Loudella (nee Parker) Smith. Trudy loved reading and playing Bingo. She was a devoted and loving wife, mother and grandmother. Preceded in death by her parents, husband of 38 years Leonard R. Wright, two grandchildren and many brothers and sisters. Trudy is survived by her two sons, Dennis Ray Wright (Jessica) of Mt. Orab, and Roger Dale Wright (Sue) of London, Ky., two daughters, Linda Sue Boyle (Skip) of Georgetown, and Theresa Gail Kellam (Marvin) of Powhatan, Va., eight grandchildren and two great- grandchildren . Services were held on Monday November 5, 2012 followed by burial in Morrow Cemetery. The Vale-Hoskins Funeral Home, Morrow, served the family.
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William H. ‘Bill’ Bell, 81 William H. “Bill” Bell, 81, Felicity, Oh., died on Saturday, November 17, 2012. He is survived by his wife, Joan Robinson Bell, 2 sons, Billy (Darlene) Bell and the late Steve Bell, 4 daughters, Becky (Darrell) Taulbee, Pam (Joey) Beckler and the late Lori Bell and Donna Bell, 8 grandchildren, Amber Hein, Heather McIntyre, Kristi Beckler, Michelle Bell, Travis Bell, Tiffany Peron, Megan Jones and Kayla Beckler, 4 sisters, Ellen Mueller, Lillian Williams and the late Gerry Burck and Bessie Wiley, numerous nieces and nephews. Services were on Wednesday, November 21, 2012. Burial was at the Mt Moriah Cemetery, Withamsville, Oh. The Charles H. McIntyre Funeral Home, Felicity, served the family.
TITHE The book of Malachi took place about 400 years before the birth of Christ. The Jews were back in the land after the 70 years of captivity in Babylon and God had established His house among them, but their worship was formal and insincere. Look with me in Chapter 3:8. The question is asked: “Will a man rob God?...” The answer is yes he will. God said: “...Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.” Would people still rob God in 2012? Yes, they still rob God! In fact, they curse Him and rob Him. But what about Christians? They might not curse Him, however, they still rob Him! You could be sitting in church every Sunday robbing God. Stealing is as bad as cursing! Why would anyone rob God? Well, perhaps it is because they do not have enough faith to believe that God will take care of them. Maybe they do not want to start something that they believe they would have to quit because of financial reasons. Lack of faith and fear of financial problems might be two reasons why Christians would rob God. Maybe they rob God because they feel that God does not need their money, He has enough. It is not that God needs your money; it is because He requires His money. The tithe belongs to Him, not you. It is not yours to keep back. The offerings are over and above your tithe. God uses that money to accomplish His work here on earth. Many churches are hindered because of the lack of finances. Another reason Christians might rob God is because their spouse does not agree with them about tithing. Finances, or lack of, can cause problems in a marriage. However, it is much better to please God and let Him take care of your finances! The Bible says to give and it shall be given. God says in verse 10 of Malachi 3: “Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not
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be room enough to receive it.” Husband and wife should both agree on tithing and offerings. They should both consider together that the real problem occurs when you rob God, not when you obey Him. In verse 9 God states: “But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” You do not try tithing; you just tithe because the tithe is the Lord’s. The old saying goes: “The tithe you owe; the seed you sow.” The seed is your offerings. II Corinthians 9:6-7 says concerning giving: “But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him a proper place to take your tithe and your offerings. Some Christians send their tithe and offerings to a religious radio or TV program. That ought not to be! God said: “Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house...” Where is His house? Look at Timothy 3:15: “But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.” Your local church is God’s house! Take your tithe and offerings to your local church! Now hear me, God takes this giving business seriously! Have you ever read the account of Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5? You can not fool God. You either give or you don’t give. Don’t try to lie about it. God does not require you to give everything, but when you give, give Him what you owe and then give your offering with a willing heart, for this is pleasing to God.
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VOTES PERCENT PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 32) . .......................................................................32 .100.00 REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL ...................28,625 BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL ...............................19,691 VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL .............................68.79 President and Vice President Barack Obama (DEM) ............................7,107 ...36.56 Mitt Romney (REP)................................11,916 ...61.30 Total........................................................19,392 U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (DEM)............................ 6,613 ...36.58 Josh Mandel (REP) ................................10,473 ...57.93 Scott A. Rupert ............................................994 .....5.50 Total........................................................18,080 Representative to Congress William R. Smith (DEM) .........................6,612 ...36.19 Brad Wenstrup (REP) .............................11,660 ...63.81 Total........................................................18,272 State Senator Joe Uecker (REP) ...................................13,415 .100.00 Total .......................................................13,415
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State Representative Doug Green (REP) .................................14,527 ...76.47 Ken P. McNeely, Jr. (DEM)......................4,471 ...23.53 Total........................................................18,998
AGAINST THE TAX LEVY ........................30 ...28.30 Total.............................................................106
County Engineer Todd A. Cluxton (DEM).........................13,051 .100.00 Total........................................................13,051
HIGGINSPORT VILLAGE EXPENSES FOR THE TAX LEVY..................................50 ...47.62 AGAINST THE TAX LEVY ........................55 ...52.38 Total.............................................................105
Coroner WRITE-IN...................................................176 .100.00 Total.............................................................176 Member of State Board of Education Todd Book (DEM) ...................................4,426 ...30.38 Jeff Hardin (REP)...................................10,142 ...69.62 Total........................................................14,568 Justice of the Supreme Court (1-1-13) Terrence O'Donnell (REP) .....................10,949 ...72.27 Mike Skindell (DEM) ..............................4,202 ...27.73 Total........................................................15,151 Justice of the Supreme Court (1-2-2013) Robert R. Cupp (REP)..............................8,484 ...55.44 William M. O'Neill (DEM) ......................6,820 ...44.56 Total .......................................................15,304 Justice of the Supreme Court (UTE 12-31-14) Yvette McGee Brown (DEM) ..................3,992 ...26.32 Sharon L. Kennedy (REP)......................11,175 ...73.68 Total........................................................15,167 Judge of the Court of Appeals (2-9-13) Stephen W. Powell (REP) ......................12,295 .100.00 Total........................................................12,295
County Commissioner (1-2-13) Ralph Jennings (DEM).............................8,187 ...44.09 Chuck Krainz (IND)....................................925 .....4.98 Barry L. Woodruff, Sr. (REP)...................9,458 ...50.93 Total........................................................18,570
Judge of the Court of Appeals (2-9-17) Raymond W. Lembke (DEM) ..................3,205 ...22.12 Mike Powell (REP) ................................11,284 ...77.88 Total .......................................................14,489
County Commissioner (1-3-13) William R. Geschwind (DEM).................7,853 ...42.60 Daryll R. Gray (REP) .............................10,582 ...57.40 Total........................................................18,435
State Issue 1 YES ..........................................................4,118 ...23.48 NO. .........................................................13,420 ...76.52 Total........................................................17,538
County Commissioner (UTE 12-31-14) Tony Applegate (REP) ...........................13,575 .100.00 Total........................................................13,575
State Issue 2 YES ..........................................................4,423 ...24.66 NO ..........................................................13,513 ...75.34 Total........................................................17,936
Prosecuting Attorney Thomas F. Grennan (DEM)......................6,178 ...33.14 Jessica A. Little (REP)............................11,351 ...60.88 Dennis John Varnau (IND) .......................1,115 .....5.98 Total........................................................18,644
SARDINIA PETITION YES .............................................................217 ...64.97 NO ...............................................................117 ...35.03 Total.............................................................334
Clerk of Court of Common Pleas Dale R. Anderson (DEM) ........................6,946 ...37.41 Clark Gray (REP) ..................................11,620 ...62.59 Total........................................................18,566
GEORGETOWN PETITION YES .............................................................332 ...52.37 NO ...............................................................302 ...47.63 Total.............................................................634
Sheriff Josh Black (DEM)....................................9,506 ...49.41 Dwayne Lee Wenninger (REP) ................9,733 ...50.59 Total........................................................19,239
RUSSELLVILLE TAX LEVY FIRE FOR THE TAX LEVY................................149 ...71.63 AGAINST THE TAX LEVY ........................59 ...28.37 Total.............................................................208
County Recorder Amy Jo DeClaire (REP) .........................11,046 ...59.17 Kelly Louise Moran (DEM).....................7,622 ...40.83 Total........................................................18,668
RUSSELLVILE TAX LEVY MEDICAL FOR THE TAX LEVY................................157 ...75.48 AGAINST THE TAX LEVY ........................51 ...24.52 Total.............................................................208
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HIGGINSPORT VILLAGE FIRE FOR THE TAX LEVY..................................76 ...71.70
Local Happenings Christmas ‘Holiday Homecoming’ set Holiday Homecoming has been set for Saturday, December 1, 2012 at the Cherry Fork Gym located on State Route 136 in Cherry Fork, Oh., from 9 a.m. -7 p.m. The day will include Santa, games for the kids, holiday photo sessions, crafts and vendors. There will be something for everyone on your shopping list. ***
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The Williamsburg Garden Club will meet on Tuesday evening December 4 at 6:30 p.m. at the home of Lucy Snell. The program, "A Christmas Fairy Garden", will be presented by Amelia Florist. Members are reminded to bring their items that evening for the Saul's Homeless Shelter and local families. The Club will be participating in the annual Williamsburg Christmas Walk on Friday December 7 from 5 - 9 p.m. at the Community Building at the corner of Main and Front Streets. A blind auction will be held featuring a variety of items including wreaths, centerpieces, holiday decorations and gift items. Individuals interested in gardening and/or flower arranging are encouraged to visit the Club's web site at www.williamsburg-gardenclub.org, visit on Facebook or call (513) 724-3657 for additional information. ***
will be a time of preparing our hearts for the advent of Jesus’ birth and putting our focus on the real meaning of Christmas. This service will last for approximately forty-five minutes and a time of refreshments and fellowship will follow. On Monday, December 31, the chapel will host a New Year’s Eve communion service at 7 p.m. to help usher in 2013. This will also be a time of prayer as we prepare ourselves to face the challenges ahead of us as a community and as a nation. The service will also be approximately forty-five minutes in length. Everybody is welcome. ***
Doors will open at 6 p.m., the auction will be from 7 - 9 p.m. Refreshments will be available. The legion is located at 208 East Main Street, Williamsburg. For more information call (513) 724-9915. ***
SATH to sponsor Breakfast with Santa Supplementary Assistance to the Handicapped (SATH) will be hosting its 17th annual Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, Decem-
ber 8 at the Hillsboro Elementary School Cafeteria. Breakfast is served from 9 - 11 a.m. Cost is $8.00 per chair and $5.00 per adult. Childrens activities include a photo with Santa, making a Christmas decoration with the help of Santa’s elves and decorating cookies with Mrs. Claus. RSVP at (397) 393-1904 ext. 131 daytime or (937) 393-8550 evenings. Registration is limited. ***
Chamber to host holiday celebration and concert The Brown County Chamber of Commerce will host its 1st annual Holiday Celebration for chamber members at the Fraternal Order of Eagles Hall. Georgetown. For ticket reservations call the chamber office at (937) 378-4784 or email at brchcom@gmail.com . *** ***
OVM offers free healthy, holiday cooking classes
Lake Waynoka Community Chapel welcomes everyone to holiday services
Ohio Valley Manor (OVM) is offering a healthy holiday cooking classes on December 1 and 16 at 2 p.m. Laurie Schrand, MS, RD, LD and Carol Steir, RD, LD will demonstrate how to prepare healthy holiday dishes. RSVP to (937) 3920475. OVM is located at 5280 US 62 and US 68. ***
The Lake Waynoka Community Chapel, located at Lake Waynoka would like to invite the general public to attend a Christmas Eve Candlelight service on Monday, December 24 at 7 p.m. This
The Williamsburg American Legion Quarter Auction featuring Christmas items will take place on Thursday, November 29, 2012.
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Mt. Orab kids raise over $1,000 for ACS Earlier this month the first graders at Mt. Orab Elementary School set out to raise $100 to be donated to the American Cancer Society, by operating a lemonade stand. Their efforts were part of the ‘Alex’ Lemonade Stand Foundation. Coordinator of the plan was first grade teacher Tina Kidd. “The kids worked very hard on bringing in money,” Kidd said. “They sold over 900 glasses of lemonade and ended up raising well over $1,000.” Shown is one of the students selling a cup of lemonade to Western Brown Superintendent, Chris Burrows.
HUNTINGTON TOWNSHIP FIRE FOR THE TAX LEVY................................602 ...61.87 AGAINST THE TAX LEVY ......................371 ...38.13 Total.............................................................973 FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP FOR THE TAX LEVY................................512 ...66.24 AGAINST THE TAX LEVY ......................261 ...35.53 Total.............................................................773 EAGLE TOWNSHIP FIRE & MEDICAL FOR THE TAX LEVY................................352 ...64.47 AGAINST THE TAX LEVY ......................194 ...35.53 Total.............................................................546 CLARK TOWNSHIP FIRE & MEDICAL FOR THE TAX LEVY................................716 ...59.62 AGAINST THE TAX LEVY ......................485 ...40.38 Total..........................................................1,201 WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FIRE & MEDICAL FOR THE TAX LEVY................................461 ...67.10 AGAINST THE TAX LEVY ......................226 ...32.90 Total.............................................................687 SCOTT TOWNSHIP FIRE & MEDICAL FOR THE TAX LEVY................................398 ...63.48 AGAINST THE TAX LEVY ......................229 ...36.52 Total.............................................................621 PIKE TOWNSHIP FIRE & MEDICAL FOR THE TAX LEVY................................599 ...54.36 AGAINST THE TAX LEVY ......................503 ...45.64 Total .........................................................1,102 PERRY TOWNSHIP MEDICAL FOR THE TAX LEVY.............................1,455 ...65.99 AGAINST THE TAX LEVY ......................750 ...34.01 Total..........................................................2,205 PERRY TOWNSHIP FIRE FOR THE TAX LEVY.............................1,525 ...69.48 AGAINST THE TAX LEVY ......................670 ...30.52 Total..........................................................2,195 LEWIS TOWNSHIP FIRE & MEDICAL FOR THE TAX LEVY................................588 ...59.33 AGAINST THE TAX LEVY ......................403 ...40.67 Total.............................................................991 WESTERN BROWN LSD EMERGENCY FOR THE TAX LEVY.............................2,980 ...43.22 AGAINST THE TAX LEVY ...................3,915 ...56.78 Total..........................................................6,895 BLANCHESTER LSD RENOVATIONS FOR THE TAX LEVY..................................12 ...80.00 AGAINST THE TAX LEVY ......................... 3 ...20.00 Total...............................................................15 BROWN COUNTY 9-1-1 YES ........................................................12,379 ...66.08 NO ............................................................6,354 ...33.92 Total........................................................18,733
How silk worms help with vaccines One of the biggest drawbacks of vaccines is that they have to be kept cold. This is an especially big problem in third world countries where refrigeration is not commonplace and electricity is not dependable. About half of all vaccines produced need to be destroyed because they were not properly stored according to the National Institutes of Health. Enter the lowly silk worm to the rescue. Researchers have discovered a way to take the silk from the silk worm and extract a protein called fibroin. They boil the cocoon in a solution of sodium carbonate to extract the protein, treat it with salt and then mix it with the vaccine solution. Then the combination of vaccine and silk protein is rolled out into very thin sheets. These sheets have submicroscopic pockets that contain the vaccine, and these pockets help protect the vaccine molecule by keeping it from changing its shape. This is important because large molecules like the proteins that make up the shell of a virus have a certain three dimensional shape. To be biologically active the protein has to have a certain shape. Heat causes proteins to lose their active shape. This is why when you heat up an egg the egg white goes from a clear liquid to a white colored solid. These silk coatings were so effective that vaccines could be stored for months at temperatures above 100 degrees (F). The measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is only stable for about a week at 100 degrees (F), but with the silk coating it was stable for six months at 114 degrees (F). Another use for the protective silk sheets is to protect antibiotics. The tablet or capsule formulation of most antibiotics is stable at
HEALTH MATTERS TOM CALLAHAN, RPH room temperature, but the injectable form needs to be kept refrigerated. The protective silk kept penicillin stable for 30 days at 140 degrees (F) with no discernable loss in potency. The silk was also found to help protect the antibiotics from moisture. Antibiotics break down rather quickly in the presence of water. That’s why most children’s antibiotics are dry powders that have to have water added before dispensing. Once they are mixed with water they are only stable for 10 to 14 days even when refrigerated (NOTE: only SOME liquid antibiotics should be refrigerated. NOT all of them). Some drugs are sensitive to light which can degrade them (just like beer). This is why they both come in brown bottles. Another surprising advantage of the silk sheets is that it protected the drugs from being broken down by light. Whether or not we end up seeing this technology in first world countries - where refrigeration is taken for granted - will probably come down to the economics of cold storage versus instituting new manufacturing practices. But in third world countries where even having dependable electricity is a luxury, this could be a break-through. Tom Callahan is a pharmacist, he lives in the Milford area. Any question or comments can be sent to TomHealthMatters@gmail. com. You can find archives of previous Health Matters at TomHealthMatters.blogspot .com.
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Good season and the season to come The Ohio two-day youth season was very successful this year and also had great weather for the young hunters. The total number for this season was 9,178 this is an increase of 5.7 percent from the 2011 season number of 8,681 with a difference of 497. This is the highest number that has been checked in since the 2009 season, and Ohio youth hunters have harvested at least 8,300 every season since the 2005 youth season.
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WORKING HUNTER JEFF KRESS The top county was Tuscarawas with 317, youth hunters in Brown County harvested a total of 133 for this season this number is just a little higher from last season with the 2011 number of 131. Ohio youth hunters
Celebration of Lights set for December 7 Preparations are underway in front of the Southwest Regional Medical Center for the Annual Brown County Health & Wellness Foundation’s Celebration of Lights which will be conducted at the hospital on Friday evening, December 7, at 7 p.m.. Each year, individuals and families sponsor trees in memory of loved ones who have passed away or in honor of loved ones still with us. Those who purchase trees make a gift to the Brown County Health & Wellness Foundation of onehundred dollars. Signs are placed in front of each tree to indicate in whose memory or honor the tree is named. Luminaries will also be available. Purchase a lumi-
nary for $10 in memory or in honor of someone special. The luminaries will be lit the evening of December 7th. There are also angel tree toppers available to purchase for a donation of $10.00 each. The emcee for this year’s program will be Dennis Lewis, and the program will include singing and the reading of the names of those who are remembered and honored. The lights on the trees will be on each evening throughout the holiday season. Trees, luminaries and tree toppers are available by calling Teri Baumann at the hospital at (937) 378-7712. You may also e-mail her at t_baumann@swrmed.org. Orders for trees will be accepted through December 3.
SWRMC recognized by Hoxworth Blood Center The Hoxworth Blood Center recently recognized Southwest Regional Medical Center and local blood donors for outstanding participation in the community blood drives that are held every other month at the hospital. The number of blood donors participating in the drives are steady and increasing. In Hoxworth’s 2012 fiscal year which ended in June, the community donated 237 units, which is equivalent to 100% of the employee base at SWRMC and “rare” among donating organizations. Carol Kattine, a hospital volunteer, was also recognized for her dedication and help organizing & recruiting volunteers for the blood drives. Thank you to all of our community volunteers and donors! Your time and dona-
tions save lives everyday. Southwest Regional Medical Center has partnered with Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati to host a Community Blood Drive on Thursday, December 6, 2012 from 1 to 6:30 p.m. The blood drive will take place in the Lower Level Community Education Room, located at 425 Home Street. To schedule an appointment for the December 6th Blood Drive, please call Teri Baumann at (937) 3787712. Hoxworth recognizes that blood donors' time is valuable, and priority will be given to donors who have scheduled an appointment. Walk-in donors are always welcome and will be seen as soon as possible on a “first come first served” basis.
can get a First Harvest certificate by going to wildohio.com and also send a photo in for the Photo Gallery on the ODNR website at ohiodnr.com . You can get the numbers for all of Ohio’s 88 counties by going to the ODNR website. Congratulation to all of Ohio youth hunters, for a great 2012 youth deer season. The season to come is the most popular of all of Ohio’s hunting season it is the Ohio whitetail deer gun season. It is a week-long gun season that opens on Monday, November 26 and will run through Sunday December 2, and will reopen for the extra weekend on December 15-16. The ODNR estimates 80,000 to 85,000 will be checked in during this years season by the 420,000 hunters that will take part across the state. Some things to keep in mind for hunters and nonhunters alike will be safety. For hunters wear your hunters orange so you can be seen in the woods and fields. DO NOT WEAR BROWN TAN OR ANY COLOR OF THE OHIO DEER. And if you plan on using a decoy make sure you have it in hunter orange colored bag to transport it to the woods or field. For the non-hunters that may be working out in the yard or decide to take a walk it would also be a good idea to wear hunter orange, just because you are not hunting you will be in the outdoors that is the hunting environment . And the nonhunter that could be in the most danger of all is the runners, when you go for a run on a road your movement could be mistaken for a deer, because we all know how deer cross the road and from a far distance a hunter could mistake the quick movement. ONE THING FOR HUNTERS AND NONHUNTERS TO REMEMBER IS NOT TO WEAR WHITE OR USE ANYTHING WHITE IN THE FIELD. This goes double for the runners you could be easily mistaken for the tail of a deer, and unfortunately some hunters see that white and they use it as a target and shoot. Hunters can go to ohiodnr.com to get all of the hunting laws and regulations, or they can call 1-800WILDLIFE. THE NUMBER ONE RULE FOR ALL HUNTERS IS BE SURE OF YOUR TARGET AND WHAT IS BEYOND!
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Tough decisions made Western Brown board CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “We’ve discussed before that this is a dollar amount we’re looking at,” Burrows continued. “So if retirements and resignations happen in other positions, then that might affect that number. Also there will be no ‘Senior Citizens Passes’ to athletic events. The idea behind that is to promote the idea of reciprocal relationships between the school and the community, as well as the athletic department is paying 100 percent of their own transportation, so that does free up some funds there.” Burrows added that they typically give out 120 Senior Citizen Passes annually for all athletic events. “The last item I have is, there will be no use of the school building from any outside organization which would include our youth sports programs and that way we will be able to become more aggressive with our heating and cooling,” he stated. “All these reductions together will save between $800,000 and $1 million.” Following a motion to approve the recommendations, one by one board members approved the actions to be taken. It was evident by the expressions on the faces of the board members that the vote was a difficult one for them to make. Board member JoAnn Hildebrandt said it was a hard thing to do and she wasn’t at all happy about having to make such cuts. Board member Richard Pride commented that tough times call for tough decisions, but that Western Brown is a great school district, and it will most defi-
nitely bounce back. According to board treasurer Denny Dunlap, the actions taken by the board are designed to help the district get ahead of the game. He said they are planning for the future and that the steps taken will help with the 2014-2015 school year where they would be showing a deficit of nearly one million dollars. These changes will change that deficit. In other business at the meeting Burrows read aloud a letter from district resident Mike Riley about the recent failure of the levy. Burrows added that Riley has always been a good supporter of the school. Excerpts from the letter included the following: ... “I’ve attended board meetings every month this year, but was unable to attend tonight's meeting... ...I feel compelled to offer a few thoughts to be shared with the board prior to them voting on any cuts. as a result of the levy failure... ...I hope these thoughts will be received as constructive rather than critical as I am not critical of the board.... Riley goes on to commend the Western Brown school board for all their efforts and good decisions they have been forced to make. His letter continued with the following recommendations... ...never think in terms of state minimums, it’s going down the wrong road... ...stop spending your time at making cuts, rather turn your decision to revenue generating... ...no school will ever
‘cut’ its way to greatness... ...this is the boards time to make the transition from managers of money to leaders... ...before you vote to cut anything else, get a list of the top 10 things that each school district has done in Ohio to generate revenue... ...transition some people into grant writers for the district, a district this size should have several grant writers to help free up money... ...approach the unions to see if they would consider not being paid for unused personal days. Would this be enough to save one job?... ...cutting bus service could turn the community against the board which could be detrimental to future levy attempts.” The board scheduled the next meeting for December 10 at 5:30 p.m. Other items approved by the board included: • approve hiring a list of substitute teachers and aids, effective 9-18-2012; • approve Jody Wilson as HEMS cheerleader sponsor; • approve Rebecca Hughes as MOES art extension; • hire Andrea Britton and Georgia Selden as MOES science fair co-sponsors; • approve Christina Kidd as MOES yearbook sponsor; • hire Joe Howser as assistant mechanic effective 12-3-2012; • approve Justin Dillinger as WBHS volunteer assistant wrestling coach; • approve several transfers of appropriations and field trips.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 mer ODNR Officer Alan Wright. The case is currently pending before the Ohio Supreme Court, which is not expected to rule until 2013. Should the court rule in favor of Brown County Prosecutor Jessica Little, the trials of Graham, Haines, Miller, Lehman and WardTackett will proceed. Warner was fired by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources in September after being indicted by a Brown County Grand Jury in July. He was originally charged with Theft in Office, a fifth degree felony, Tampering with Records, a third degree felony and Dereliction of Duty, a second degree mis-
demeanor. Matthew Roberts, a Wildlife Officer assigned to Clinton County, was also indicted by the same Grand Jury as Warner. He is charged with Theft in Office, a fifth degree felony and Tampering with Records, a third degree felony. His case is pending in Brown County Common Pleas Court. The indictments of the two men followed the public release of an investigation by the Ohio Inspector General. The investigation began as the result of a complaint on Feb. 1. The complaintant told the Inspector General’s office that he found a photograph of Wright and Warner posing
with harvested deer while wearing their uniform pants. The bottom line of the findings is that the two men were found to be hunting on state time and falsifying records by claiming work hours for when they were actually hunting. Roberts was found to have engaged in similar activity following the investigation. When the indictments were issued, Brown County Prosecuting Attorney Jessica Little said “After reviewing the Inspector Generals report, I felt that the facts should be presented to the Grand Jury. They felt, as I do, that these two men took public money and betrayed the public trust because they chose to hunt while being paid by taxpayers.”
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SPORTS WB’s Garrett signs to play Division I basketball BY Andrew Wyder The Brown County Press When she signed her name to the Letter of Intent papers on Tuesday afternoon at Western Brown High School, senior Kylie Garrett made official what she had worked so hard to achieve. She signed to continue her basketball career at the Division I level at Saint Peters University, a small New Jersey Jesuit school just minutes from New York City. Garrett is believed to be the first girls basketball player in school history to sign to play Division I basketball and one of just a handful of student-athletes in the school’s history to play collegiately on the Division I level. The moment was the culmination of her years of hard work. “Everything I worked for is coming all together,” Garrett said afterwards. The 5-foot-9 guard/forward is a talented and versatile player for the Lady Broncos. She showed many of those talents during her junior season where she helped lead the Lady Broncos to a 17-5 record, a fifth
straight Southern Buckeye Conference-American Division title and a trip to the sectional final by averaging a team best 17.7 points per game to go along with a team best 7.6 rebounds a game. Coming off of that strong season, Garrett had many schools that had interest in her coming to play collegiately for them. Schools like Division II Maryville University in St. Louis and Hollins University in Roanoke, VA were among the schools interested as were many smaller schools like Wilmington College. But after visiting some of those schools, the fit just felt the best at Saint Peters, which is located in Jersey City, NJ. It was a small school in a city, something she liked a lot about it. “We went and we visited some and it just didn't feel... when we went there I just made up my mind it was where I wanted to go,” Garrett said of Saint Peters University. Growing up in a smaller, rural area like Mt. Orab and Brown County might make the decision to go to a school just 15 minutes from the heart of the nation’s biggest city a tough one.
But not for Garrett. “It was not bad. It wasn't overwhelming or anything because we've been to, like, Chicago,” Garrett said of visiting the school. “It's weird, because I'm from down here, but I like the city a lot.” She does realize, though, it will take some getting used to. “It's gonna be way different, especially not getting to come home as much,” Garrett said before adding, with a chuckle. “But I guess they'll come see me if they want to.“ When she heads to Saint Peters next fall she’ll be joining a team that is experiencing some struggles. The Peacocks won five games last year, six the year before and 11 the year before that with most of those wins coming in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) games. After visiting and talking with the coaches, however, Garrett feels like they’re heading in the right direction. She looks forward to playing for longtime Saint Peters coach Stephanie De Wolfe, who has been the school’s head coach since 2004 and was an assistant CONTINUED ON PAGE 14
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McKinney dominates en route to Pro Extreme Motorcycle World Title BY Andrew Wyder The Brown County Press By the time the first pair of races of the American Drag Racing League (ADRL) Pro Extreme Motorcycle season were completed, Eric McKinney had to feel like things weren’t going to go his way. The Hamersville native and current resident, who has been racing motorcycles in some form since he was 16 and in the ADRL since 2009, battled engine troubles throughout those opening two races and certainly didn’t expect what happened over the course of the rest of the summer. McKinney would go on to win seven of the next eight races as he put together one of the most dominant seasons in the history of the ADRL en route to a Pro Extreme Motorcycle World Championship. The season, which also
saw McKinney named as the ADRL’s Driver of the Year, will be one the 27year-old will remember for a lifetime. “It flew by. I think back to March and it was six or eight months ago and now we're going into winter and I'm thinking where did time go?” McKinney said on Wednesday morning in Hamersville. “We had so much fun. Yeah, I was dominant this year but it could change with the flip of a hat. I just feel fortunate we was able to do this, just dominate like we did. “I never thought starting out this year, especially the first two races -- we (were runner-up) at the first one and got beat in the semi-finals in the second one -because we had engine problems, and I never thought the year would turn out like it did. It was just a memory I"I’ll have forever.” Racing, particularly mo-
torcycle drag racing, has always been in McKinney’s blood. His grandfather, Charlie, who’s 80, started drag racing from the time he could drive. His father, Scott, was a pro mod -- the same kind of motorcycle Eric ran in the Pro Extreme series -racer for 20 plus years. So it wasn’t much of a surprise that when McKinney turned 16 -- after spending years watching his dad race at Edgewater Raceway in Cleves, on the west side of Cincinnati -he began to race. Motocross racing was his first foray into competition but serious injuries to his wrist and collarbone helped him decide to give up on that. Still with a desire to race, McKinney went into the family business -- motorcycle drag racing. He started off racing street bikes when he was 20 before eventually moving over the
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Eric McKinney races his Pro Extreme Motorcycle during his strong 2012 season.
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Western Brown senior basketball player Kylie Garrett signed to play basketball for Saint Peters University on Tuesday afternoon. Pictured above in the first row, l-r: Bill Garrett, father; Kylie Garrett; and Lynette Garrett, mother. Pictured back row, l-r: Heather Cooper, Western Brown High School principal; Kyle Fender, Western Brown girls basketball coach; Nate Garrett, brother; Tim Cook, Western Brown athletic director; and Scott Barker, Kylie Garrett’s trainer.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 pro mod bike in 2008. “The motocross, my heart was set on that but, like I said, I couldn't do that. Drag racing, for some reason, it just funneled into me and I guess that's just how it went,” McKinney said. “I grew up at the track from the time I could walk to now.” Even after his dominant season this year, McKinney admitted he was hesitant to move to the pro mod bike initially. He said he enjoyed racing street bikes, which are essentially motorcycles you would see on the roads with turn signals and license plates. He liked that he could just put gas in the tank and ride, either in a race or around town. But he decided to make the jump up to the pro class in 2008 after going to a pro mod school in Gainesville, FL. Learning all the details and tricks to riding the pro mod bike at the school, McKinney got the confidence he felt he needed to ride the bike he now loves and wishes he would have started sooner. “I stepped up finally and I wouldn't trade it for the world now,” he said. “I just wish, I started racing the pro class at 22 or 23 or 24, and I wish I could have started at 16. We could have progressed that much more. Right now we're on top of it and it's been unbelievable.” He got on top thanks to his dominant season in the ADRL over the course of the past seven months. Considering how well it finished, the season didn’t get off to the best start. McKinney didn’t come out on top in either of the first two races before picking up back-to-back wins at the Northeast Drags II in Maple Grove, PA and the
Eric McKinney accepts his Driver of the Year award.
Gateway Drags IV in Madison, IL, just east of St. Louis. Feeling he had turned the tide after his inauspicious start where he battled engine problems, McKinney lost the next race and found himself in a battle with Casey Stemper for the points lead. Then it happened. McKinney earned five straight wins over the final three months of the season. Wins in Martin, MI, Charlotte, NC and Memphis, TN put him in a dominant position to clinch a World Championship. He secured that title the next race, which happened to be the closest to home in Norwalk, OH. For good measure, he topped off the season with a win at the ADRL World Finals VIII in Ennis, TX to complete a remarkable end to the season. “We just found a groove. It wasn't just trying to win them all. Gunning for the championship, there was a kid about my age from up (in) Marlboro, MD (Stemper), we were neck and
neck until about midpoint (and) until we started that five streak,” McKinney said. “The next thing you know it was just win after win after win. We never even thought that could happen. We won a race and then we won the next race and then we won the next race. We just kept doing the same routine and it worked.” Though he may have rode the motorcycle the eighth of a mile to victory, reaching speeds of 170 plus in just seconds, McKinney is quick to credit his team, which his includes his dad Steve, his mom Debbie, his uncle Steve and 2011 ADRL Pro Extreme Motorcycle champion Ashley Owens. “(My parents) take the bike and get it there. My uncle Steve comes in and helps do the clutch. Ashley flies in and does most of the tuning. Dad's pretty much the overseer of everything,” McKinney said of his team. “It's kind of one big group. If it wasn't for them, I couldn't do it. It's a family thing other than Ashley and
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Garrett: Signs to play for Saint Peters Univ. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 and player at the school before that. “She's super nice,” Garrett said. And Garrett expects to be able to play her preferred shooting guard position for the Peacocks. “I don't like to be in the post and I don't like to bring the ball up,” she explained as to why the ‘two’ is her perfect position.
Garrett plans to major in communication when she heads to Saint Peters next fall. “We’re all very proud of Kylie,” Western Brown coach Kyle Fender said. “She has worked extremely hard to develop her game. We’ll push her to continue to improve so that she can make a great impact at Saint Peters next winter.”
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Western Brown senior Kylie Garrett signed to play basketball at Saint Peters University.
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he might as well be family.” Owens, a friend of Scott McKinney who once rode for the family, played a big part in Eric McKinney’s success this year as the reigning champion essentially built a clone of his title winning bike from a year ago for McKinney. “The guy he was riding for last year kind of did him wrong in some ways and him and my dad go back,” McKinney said of how Owens got involved. “He's one of those down home boys. He wanted to take a year off and just tune to see where it would go and we won a championship.” With his second professional title in the bag -- he won the 2009 AMA Drag Bike pro mod title and was named Driver of the Year in what was essentially his first year riding the pro mod bike -- McKinney looks forward to coming back next year as the reigning ADRL Pro Extreme Motorcycle champion. While he has had a couple of offers to ride in the more well-known National Hot Rod Association (NHRA), McKinney is very happy where is now. “We're just gonna try to not change nothing and go back and try to whoop up on 'em again. Right now I get to carry the No. 1 plate all summer long. Yeah, just go back and defend it,” he said. “But I've had a couple chances to do that and actually tested one of (the NHRA) motorcycles and ran a couple laps on it. It'd be cool. Don't get me wrong, I would definitely like to have one of them wins under my belt but right now where we're at I just assume doing what we're doing and keep progressing with that. Hopefully win another championships sooner or later.”
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SEAMAN-- A week before the official start of the girls basketball season, the Southern Hills League girls basketball teams got together at North Adams High School last Friday
evening for their annual season preview. All 10 league teams played a game that consisted of just two quarters. The matchups consisted of one Division I school and one Division II school. The trio of Brown County SHL schools each
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Alyssa Cornelius shoots a jumper during Ripley’s matchup with Lynchburg-Clay at the SHL preview last Friday night at North Adams.
took the court and none of them lost. Ripley took the court in the first game of the night in a matchup with Lynchburg-Clay. Despite playing a much bigger Lady Mustangs squad and getting off to a slow start, the Lady Jays came back and put up a solid effort as their returners and youngster alike put
up some nice performances. When all was said and done after their two quarters of play, the teams had tied at 27. Up next was Fayetteville, who battled West Union. The Lady Rockets wasted little time exerting themselves against the Lady Dragons.
Their deep roster of eight players pushed out to a quick 31-7 first quarter lead and rolled to a 49-16 win. Finally, in the second to last matchup of the night, Eastern battled Whiteoak. With a roster littered with young players, the
game was the first real varsity game action for many of the Lady Warriors players. Buoyed by seniors Maria Johnson and Emily Turner, however, the Lady Warriors overcame some early jitters and picked up a 29-16 win.
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Fayetteville’s Claire Carson maneuvers in the post around a West Union defender last Friday night at the SHL preview at North Adams.
Eastern’s Madeline Bornstein looks to create some space against her Whiteoak defender last Friday night at North Adams during the SHL preview.
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Durbin takes down first deer Katie Durbin, a sixth grade student at Georgetown Elementary, killed her first deer during Ohio’s Youth Gun Season on Saturday, Nov. 17. She recently completed Ohio’s Hunter Safety Course and then got took down this great 10 point buck at 115 yards suing a muzzleloader while hunting with her dad, Paul Durbin.
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Lanham nabs massive first buck Rayen Lanham, 16, Mt. Orab, killed his first buck on Saturday, Nov. 17 in Adams County. The Western Brown student used a shotgun to nab the massive 10 point buck that came was scored at 160 7/8.
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The Hoopsters Basketball league in Fayetteville is currently hosting signups for a boys and girls kindergarten through third grade basketball league that will take place in January and February. It will take place on five straight Saturdays in early 2013, beginning Jan. 5 and running through Feb. 2. All games will be played at the Fayetteville Elementary gym. Game times are to be announced. Numbers for the league are limited and signups will end Nov. 23. If you are interested in seeing if there spots still available after the Nov. 23 deadline, call (513) 8754353.
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Southern Buckeye Conference National Division First Team All-League performers
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The First Team SBC-National Division boys cross country All-League performers. Andrew Wyder/THE BROWN COUNTY PRESS
The First Team SBC-National Division girls cross country All-League performers.
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The First Team SBC-National Division boys soccer All-League performers.
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The First Team SBC-National Division volleyball All-League performers.
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The First Team SBC-National Division girls soccer All-League performers.
These are the Southern Buckeye Conference-National Division First Team All-League performers that were honored at the SBC Fall Banquet on Nov. 7 at Hamersville School.
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The First Team SBC-National Division golf All-League performers.
Local basketball teams host Foundation Games for charity BY Andrew Wyder The Brown County Press
dation Game. The Broncos and Blue Jays played a freshman, junior varsity and varsity contest with all the proceeds from the gate going to Rachael’s Raising Foundation. The games, which saw the Blue Jays win the freshman contest 33-30, the junior varsity 32-28 and the Broncos win the varsity 8048, raised close to $2,000
for the foundation. The following night Georgetown hosted North Adams for its annual Foundation Game that benefits the Coaches Community Fund. Both the Lady G-Men and G-Men basketball teams were in action against their North Adams counterpart and each came out with a win. The Lady G-Men beat
the Lady Devils 49-42 while the G-Men fought back to beat the Green Devils 70-67 in overtime. But, more importantly,
the night raised approximately $2,500 that will go to the Coaches Community Fund to help local families battling serious illnesses.
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Several area basketball teams, boys and girls, spent last weekend playing games that served, essentially, as a dress rehearsal for the regular season. They played in their game uniforms in front a crowd for a full four quarters.
The games, however, were for far more than game practice. These Foundation Games that Western Brown, Ripley and Georgetown took part in over the weekend were set up to raise money for various local charities. On Friday night, Western Brown hosted Ripley for the Jimmy Young Foun-
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Daniel Broadwell defends a North Adams player during Georgetown’s Foundation Game against the visiting Green Devils last Friday night.
Georgetown’s Becca Whitaker looks to beat the North Adams press during last Saturday night’s Foundation Game.
Western Brown’s Eli Fulton shoots over Ripley’s Austin Brooks during the team’s Foundation Game last Friday night at Western Brown.
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rected by Ms. Lora Moore of Hilliard Bradley High School; and High School, directed by Dr. Greg Detweiler of Morehead State University. The three choirs together totaled over 300 hundred students; all of which rehearsed all day on the Western Brown H. S. campus. That evening all three choirs gave their own concert to a packed house. We would like to thank all of the teachers, parents,
and administrators who took the time to attend the concert and supported the students. We would also like to thank the Country Inn Restaurant for donating the lunch for the guest directors and teachers. We look forward to hosting the event again next year in order to encourage an appreciation and love of singing in our students.
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Western Brown High School honor choir 2012
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Western Brown Elementary honor choir 2012
Western Brown Jr. High honor choir 2012
Southern State Singers to present Dec. 9 concert
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On Saturday, November 3, 2012 Western Brown High School hosted the Ohio Music Educators Association District 16 Honor Choir. The event was organized by Sara Jordan, choral director at Western Brown. Twenty-four schools were represented making up three different choirs: Elementary, directed by Dr. Eva Floyd of the Cincinnati Children’s Choir; Junior High, di-
F’ville September students of the month Fayetteville High School students of the month for September 2012 include Joe Ante, Mitch Belcher, Mackenzie Brock, Megan Eyre, McKenna Hammons, Annika Johnson, Alex Julian, Andrew King, Madison Kuyper, Robby Luke, Tyler Parcell, Jessica Scaggs, Cole Schaefer, Jordan Siegler, Kendra Smith, Sam Valk, Sarah Young.
The Southern State Singers will present their 14th annual Christmas concert 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 234 N. High St., Hillsboro. The concert, which will last approximately an hour, features both sacred and secular Christmas selections. A variety of styles will be represented in the program from standard holiday favorites to lesser known and novelty pieces. The event is free and open to the public. The program will include a wide variety of music, including “Christmas Gloria,” “Gesu Bambino, “The Holly Bears A Berry,” “Angels We Have Heard on High,” “Some Children See Him,” “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day,” “The White Owl,” “Shepherds’ Gloria,” “The Shepherds’ Farewell,” “Go Tell It on the Mountain,” “Christmas Samba,” “A Christmas Suite,” “Christmas is a-Comin,” “A Musicologi-
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F’ville High School students attend college night On October 23, at 7 p.m., Fayetteville High School hosted a college readiness night. Blaine Kelly, an admissions officer from UC Clermont, talked to juniors, seniors and their parents about the college admission process, financial aid and other various topics related to college readiness. The program was attended by over 60 parents and students. Those who attended were given a PowerPoint presentation and had their questions answered.
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HEMS students have perfect attendance HEMS would also like to congratulate the following students for having perfect attendance for the first quarter: KindergartenDakota Bolender, Hunter Bragg, Ian Bragg, Jason Burdine Jr., Hadlie Clark, Hayden Clarkson, Carly Cooper, Josie Davis, Lily Dean, Haley Dumford, Ryder Gagen, Cammy Gaghan, Hayden Gulley, Sadie Hathorn, James Hicks, Kylee Knoblauch, Paris Lawson, Trent Macmillan, Madelyn Miller, Mavis Pack, Emily Poe, Jessalyn Powers, Jake Pride, Brooklyn Robinson, Lanie Schram, Kylie Scott-Moore, Bianca Tarter, Seth Vanwinkle, George Vineyard, Jude Woodruff, and Summer Woodruff. 1st Grade- Silas Brookover, Dylan Braun, Emma Braun, Cassandra Cadwell, Connor Casey, Camdyn Cunningham, Olivia Fischer, Logan Foster, Ashton Friend, Ava Hans, Kaylee Hebling, Hayley Kattine, Andrew Kieth, Randy King III, Emilee Lanning, Devon McIntosh, Laney Noffsinger, A.J Oelker, and Keegan Tarter. 2nd Grade- Gillian Bishop, Adriana Blair, Tyler Cohorn,
Jewels Davis, Malcom Doyle, Hannah Fite, Paige Friend, Morgan Goodman, Raygan Gulley, Kerri Johnson, Connor Keplinger, Raeann King, Alex Martin, Kyle Poehlmann, Aidan Price, Peyton Schadle, Bobby Schluttenhoffer III, Shane Silcox, Madison Townley, Cody Wagers, and Zane Workman. 3rd Grade- Mya Baker, Nicolas Bautista, Zhoe Crawford, Sophia Ernst, Matt Friend, Evan Grimes, Austin Hamilton, Jordan Jacobs, Kalisa Jennings, Brandon Lanning, Parker Lauders, Cooper Murray, Brianna Planck, Liam Powell, Payton Puckett, Trey Randolph, Kayli Sanchez, Dominic Seng, Luke Woodruff, Kori Yost, and Olivia Young. 4th Grade- Sadie Allender, Bradley Armstrong, Chey-Chey Baugus, Aubrey Botts, Rylie Bridges, Samantha Cadwell, Lanie Clark, Hannah Collett, Kristopher Darlington, Dalton Harman, Ellie Hirons, David Hurst, Logan Lindsey, Justice Maloney, Lily Powell, Gary Powell III, Abby Roberts, Kaylee Rogers, Evan Schauer, Lexy Schuler, Jake Segrist, Rolena Stowell, Ben Todd, Lexi
Vanwinkle, Regan Votel, and Makenna Workman. 5th Grade- Daniel Allen, Dustin Bishop, Kylee Bragg, Cameron Buchanan, Blade Carrington, Ryan Cooper, Alex Crawford, Gage Daugherty, Rosie Dean, Chasity Debord, Madison Derose, Trace Dyer, Grace Erhardt, Gracie Fischer, Austin Grammar, Emma Holder, Isabella Holland, Emily Huddleston, Zoe Hurst, Justin Ingram, William Lucas, Kasey Marcum, Xavier McIntosh, Faith Morrow, Jacob Ross Emma Sams, Grace Sarbach, Jacob Seaman, Zach Segrist, Debbie Smith, Alexis Stone, Colton Townley, Chance Turner, James Walls, Caithlyn Walters, and Rebecca Zahn. 6th Grade- Colton Brooks, Bradley Buchanan, Finley Collins III, Ryan Craig, Chase Dotson, Griffin Fite, Glen Friend, Kionna Garret, Reagan Henderson, Jessica Jones, Liam Keller, Kyla King, Brooklyn O`Hara, Wesley O`Hara, Jesse Osborne, Madison Patton, Jake Schuler, Taylor Stanley, Savannah Stephens, Joey Striffolino, Ashley Taylor, and Kortney Wright.
7th Grade- Anthony Baugus, Seth Becker, Mackenzie bridges, Kain Carter, Emily Cooper, Sierra Darlington, Alanis Daugherty, Brad Davisson, Wyatt Fischer, Caylee Graham, Austin Guinn, Hannah Hacker, Sierra Hammons, Kayla Hedge, Jordan Hunley, Hannah Johnson, Corrin Keplinger, Kylin Kidwell, Brandon Koons, Blake Luck, Danielle Morrow, T’sariea Perkins, Sarah Pike, Alyssa Pollard, Johnny Price, Michaela Schmidt, Tyler Seng, Zach Stacy, Elena Tapp, Joseph Tolliver, Kara Waits, Meranda Watson, and Rylie Young. 8th Grade- Destiny Anderson, Jessica Bechtol, Cameron Brayton, Kobe Bryant, Alex Cadwell, Kasey Canter ,Sammy Cliff, Drew Day, Gunner Donell, Cole Dotson, Jack Erhardt, Timothy Gentry, Tim Harvey, Jake Henderson, Morgan Hirons, Lexi Jamison, Matthew Mason, Dillan Murray, Tia Newberry, Gabe O’Hara, Hunter O’Hara, Jesse Roberts, Troy Rutherford, Joseph Sams, Jeffery Schlueter, David Schuler, Garett Sellers, Kenny Turner, and Allison Zahn.
cal Journey through the Twelve Days of Christmas,” “Dashing Through the Snow,” “Snowflakes” and “Oh! Christmas Tree.” The Southern State Singers is a choral group comprised of students of Southern State Community College as well as members
of the community. The group is directed by John M. Glaze; Melanie MacDowell performs as accompanist, with additional accompaniment by Jennie Harner. For more information, please contact Glaze at jglaze@hcf.com or visit www.sscc.edu/students/music.shtml.
SHCTC to host college and career fair On Wednesday, November 28, from 5:30-8 p.m., Southern Hills Career & Technical Center will host a College & Career Fair for all area juniors, seniors, and their parents. Representatives from over 30 colleges, technical schools, and the branches of the military will be present to answer questions about their respective institutions and the admission process. Choosing the right path after high school is a decision that requires a lot of information so that a student can make an informed decision. Students that want to continue their education today have career options that didn’t exist even five years ago. Choosing four year or two year degrees, or “stackable certificates” (certificates that certify that an individual has specific skills needed for the workplace
and for postsecondary education) provide students different points of entry into today’s workplace. Students who have chosen to attend a career technical center and/or PSEO can enter college with credit already earned while in high school. High school counselors assist students with the ACT registration, the application process, and local scholarships. The college admission counselors can alleviate many concerns by answering questions many first generation college students and their families may have. Some of the concerns are in the areas of admissions requirements, financial aid and scholarship opportunities, and programs unique to their respective institutions. Other concerns may be the availability of tutoring for students, honors programs, and security of the campus.
Classes offered at Southern Hills CTC Excel offered at Southern Hills CTC Are you looking for skills to meet the demands of today’s work force? Look no further! Come and take a class at Southern Hills Career Center. A three-week Microsoft Excel class starts Monday, December 3, 2012, and will meet Mondays and Wednesdays from 6--9 p.m. Become proficient with Microsoft Excel and obtain valuable job skills. After learning the fundamental
Huber performs in UF Marching Band Concert Victoria Huber, a freshman physical therapy major, recently performed in The University of Findlay’s Marching Oiler Brass indoor concert. Huber, a 2012 graduate of Fayetteville-Perry High School, is the daughter of Stephanie and Michael Huber, 331 South Main St., Lynchburg, Ohio, 45142. At UF, Huber participates in marching band.
tasks, instruction will be provided in making an invoice, using data to create graphs and charts, and using formulas to calculate totals automatically. ***
“Get Fit” at SHCTC Are you looking for a fun way to “Get Fit”? Get in shape for all those holiday parties or work off those extra pounds from too many goodies by taking a fitness class at Southern Hills Career & Technical Center. Beginning Monday, November 26, 2012, classes will be offered on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6 to 7:00 p.m. Classes are held in the Media Center at the Southern Hills Career Center, 9193 Hamer Road, Georgetown. For more information or registration for class, please call the Southern Hills Adult Education office at (937) 378-6131 Ext. 357.
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God’s Closet and God’s Kitchen Open on Saturday, November 24 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. A free lunch from God’s Kitchen will be available from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The church is located on S. Columbus Street (Rt. 62) in Russellville. For more information call (937) 377-5505.
ing Regina Davidson at (937) 4463714. TOPS Chapter in Ripley will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, November 26, at the Ripley Church of the Nazarene, 230 North Second Street. Further information is available by calling Kaye Nichols at (937) 377-2501. Mt. Orab Lions Club will meet in regular session at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, November 26 at the New Harmony Lodge, 110 S. High Street. For more information on this meeting or on how to become a Lions Club member, please contact Bob Richmond at (937) 444-4791.
2012 Mt. Orab Christmas Parade will be held on Saturday Evening on November 24. More details will be made available later but for questions how to participate in the parade call the Mt. Orab Village office at (937) 444-4141.
Brown County Board of Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. on Monday, November 26, at the commissioners office, 800 Mt. Orab Pike in Georgetown. This meeting is open to the public.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26 TOPS Chapter in Mt. Orab will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, November 26 at the Mt. Orab Public Library, 613 S. High St. Further information is available by calling Velvet Frye at (937) 444-7237.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27 Alcoholics Anonymous in Sardinia meets from 11 a.m. until noon each Tuesday morning at the Sardinia Town Hall. Please enter the back door. For more information call (937) 444-3877.
Homemade Holiday Event at the Mt. Orab Library will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. on Monday, November 26. Learn tips for homemade Christmas cards and unique gift wrapping techniques. For more information call the library at (937) 444-1414. Perry Township Trustees Meeting will be held on Monday, November 26 at 7 p.m. in Fayetteville. Everyone from the township is invited to attend this open meeting. RCAP (Russellville Community Action Planners) will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, November 26 in the Arts Council Room at the Rambler Center. Everyone is invited to attend. Mary Crawford Gift Shop at Southwest Regional Medical Center will be open for business Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Shoppers can shop for beautiful, unique Christmas gifts including items such at pecans and other bagged goodies. Many fall-themed items have also been marked down. Everyone is invited. Buy-A-Brick project for the 9/11 Police, fire and EMS Memorial in Aberdeen, at a cost of $35 for a 4x8 brick with 3 lines of engraving or $75 for an 8x8 brick with 6 lines of engraving. For more information call (937) 795-2212. Sterling Township Trustees Meeting will be held at p.m. on Monday, November 26 at the Sterling Township Hall located at the corner of Eastwood and Greenbush West Road. For more information visit www.sterlingtownship.us or call (513) 724-1354. TOPS Chapter in Sardinia will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, November 26, at Sardinia Church of the Nazarene on Sardinia-Mowrystown Road. Further information is available by call-
“Sophomore Parent Night” Chili Supper from 6 to 8 p.m. on November 27 at Southern Hills Career and Technical Center, 9193 Hamer Road in Georgetown. Please come and enjoy a free meal. Tour labs, meet teachers and administrators and explore career paths. For more information call (937) 378-6131, ext. 306. Zumba Classes will be offered by Snap Fitness, 127 North Point Drive in Mt. Orab at 6:30 on Tuesday, November 27. These classes are for members of Snap Fitness as well as non-members. Please call (937) 4445230 for more information. Yoga Classes will be offered by Snap Fitness, 127, North Point Drive, Mt. Orab at 7:30 p.m. at the center on Tuesday, November 27. Members of Snap Fitness as well as non-members are welcome. Please call (937) 444-5230 for details. Book Club for Adults will meet at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 27 at the Mt. Orab Library at 613 South High Street. New members are welcome. For more information call (937) 444-1414. Al-Anon Family Group Sessions will be held on every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Mt. Orab Methodist Church on Church Street, off N. High Street. This group can provide support and information to families and individuals who know someone who suffers from substance abuse. For more information call Jean at (937) 444-3877. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter in Winchester will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday, November 28 at Winchester Church of Christ in Christian Union, 1540 Tri-County Highway, Winchester. Further information is available by calling Bobbi Wilson at (937) 446-4662.
Ripley Nazarene Church Concert will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, November 28 featuring Ben Germann and the other members of the award winning Delta Kings. For more information call (937) 377-5505. Yoga Classes will be offered by The Hospice Center located on Hughes Blvd in Mt. Orab at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 28. For more information on this class please contact Jane Amiot at (937) 4443446. Belly Dancing Classes will be offered Wednesday, November 28, from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m at the Hospice Center located on Hughes Blvd in Mt. Orab. For more information on this class please contact Jane Amiot at (937) 444-3446. Brown County Senior Citizens Club Meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 28 at the American Legion Hall in Georgetown, beginning at 12 noon with a potluck luncheon followed by Kennon Boling and his wife presenting a musical program. Please come join us. Brown County Board of Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday, November 28, at the commissioners office, 800 Mt. Orab Pike, Georgetown. The public is invited to attend. Sit and Stitch will meet 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, November 28 at the Sardinia Public Library, 13309 Purdy Road, Sardinia. Anyone who is a crocheter or spinner or who wants to learn, is invited to attend and bring a current project. Children are welcome. Further information is available by calling (937) 403-8481 or (513) 314-1656. TOPS Chapter in Aberdeen will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 28, at the River Bend Apartments Community Room. Further information is available by calling Kaye Nichols at (937) 377-2501. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29 Kick-boxing Classes will be offered on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. on November 29 at the Snap Fitness Center in Mt. Orab, 127 North Point Drive. These classes are open to members as well as non-members. For details call 444-5230. Book Club for Adults at the Mt. Orab Library will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 29. The library is located at 613 South High Street in Mt. Orab. New members are always welcome. For more information call (937) 444-1414. Williamsburg American Legion Quarter Auction is set for Thursday, November 29. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the auction begins at 7 until 9 p.m. Vendors include Longaberger, Tupperware, Embroider Mee Too, Avon, Thirty-One, Pampered Chef, Donna Sharp, Man Cave and My Favorite things. The event will be held at 208 East Main Street in Williamsburg. For more information call (513) 724-9915.
Legion Hall Bingo held each Thursday (including November 29 at 5 p.m. with the kitchen opening at 5:30 p.m. Ripoffs/Instants start selling at 6 p.m., the early bird bingo is at 7:15 and regular bingo begins at 7:30 p.m. Call Ed Fryman for more information at (937) 442-4704. Yoga Classes will be offered at the Snap Fitness Center in Mt. Orab, 127 North Point Drive beginning at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, November 29. These classes are open to both members and non-members. Call (937) 4445230 for more information. Alcoholics Anonymous will meet 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday, November 29, at St. Michael's Catholic Church, 220 S. High St., Mt. Orab. Quarter Auction to Benefit Mason County Alumni Association Scholarship Fund will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 29 in the Mason County Schools Indoor Athletic Complex. $1 per paddle or 6 for $5. Food available. All proceeds to benefit the scholarship fund. County Adams/Brown Alzheimer's/Dementia Family Caregiver Support Group will meet Thursday, November 29, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Adams County Regional Medical Center, second floor. For more information (937) 3863590. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30 Gaslight Theater Players and St. Michael Church in Mt. Orab present Dinner Theater on Friday, November 30 and Saturday, December 1 for a night of food and festivities. For details call Lisa Beresford at (513) 600-1360 or Margie McElroy at (937) 378-9007. “Agape Food Pantry” at the Fayetteville United Methodist Church will be open the last Friday of each month from 1 to 3 p.m. including Friday, November 30. The church is located at 61 East Humber Street and is for Perry Township residents only. Free Knitting and Crocheting Classes at the Rambler Center (old Russellville-Jefferson High School) in Russellville will be held 10 a.m.-noon Friday, November 30. Anyone who would like information or a list of supplies or who wishes to register for the next group of classes may call Mary Kelch at (513) 734-2501 or (513) 543-3137. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 Healthy Holiday Cooking Class being offered by the Ohio Valley Manor, 5280 US Highway 62 and 68, on Saturday, December 1 and Sunday, December 16 at 2 p.m. This class is free to everyone. Please RSVP to (937) 392-0475 Mowrystown Craft Fair and Bazaar has been set for Saturday, December 1 beginning at Whiteoak High School from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lunch will include chicken and noodles, soups, sandwiches, chips, pies, cakes and drinks. Santa will make an appearance following the parade. For vendor space or more informa-
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Property Sales Lila Bromer to Mark and Ami Yelton, 5.10 acres of land in Clark Township, filed 11-9-2012, $20,000 Douglas L. Walters to Keith D. and Meghann M. Macmillan, In-Lot 17 and In-Lot 18 in Midway Acres and .59 acres of land in Clark Township, filed 11-8-2012, $90,000 Emma E. Talley to Joseph and Cheryl Gross, .52 ares and 1.15 acres of land in Clark Township, filed 11-9-2012, $67,500 Timothy and Casey Foster to Wells Fargo Bank, NA, In-Lot 3335 in Lake Waynoka Sub., Franklin Township, filed 11-9-2012, $43,334. David and Tracy Schuster to Make A Stop, LLC, In-Lot 2902 in Lake Waynoka Sub., Franklin Township, filed 11-8-2012 Danielle N. Ginn and Jason Meineke to Wendy Crawford, 1 acre of land in Treen Township, filed 11-82012, $25,500 Charles and Betty Pursley to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 1.50 acres of land in Green Township, filed 11-13-2012, $43,334 Sandra Pierce and Charles Lewis to William G. Streight, .60 acres of land in Green Township, Mt. Orab, filed 11-8-2012, $70,000 Christine A. McFarland to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1.45 acres, 1.32 acres and 1.42 acres of land in Huntington Township, filed 11-14-2012 Billy R. Rowland to William N. Rowland, 45.53 acres of land in Jackson Township, filed 11-9-2012 Elmer E. Tibbe to Wayne A. and Diane E. Weidle, 1.50 acres of land in Jackson Township, filed 11-92012, $23,500 Jolynne Hager to Danny R. Bubp, In-Lot 584 and In-Lot 585 in Lake Waynoka Sub., Jackson Township, filed 11-9-2012, $54,000 Seth and Tina M. Meranda to Seth Meranda, .98 acres and 33.13 acres of land in Jefferson Township and 12.47 acres of land in Union Township, filed 11-14-2012 Shirley Cooper to Don-Scott Cooper, trustee, .39 acres and InLot 108 in Russellville and In-Lot 107 in Russellville, Jefferson Township, filed 11-14-2012
Flora Prather to Federal National Mortgage Association, 1 acre of land in Lewis Township, filed 11-9-2012, $30,000 Ronald G. and Terri Wilson to Bank of America NA, 5 acres of land in Lewis Township, filed 11-9-2012, $36,667 John W. and Gloria D. Ulrich to Gloria D. Ulrich, In-Lot 151, In-Lot 152 and In-Lot 6 in Lakeview Acres in Georgetown, Pleasant Township, filed 11-9-2012 Thomas Ball to Thomas and Rosalie Ball, In-Lot 1552 and In-Lot 1553 in Lake Lorelei Sub., Perry Township, filed 11-8-2012 July and Leonard E. Wolfe, Jr., to Freeman Hoskins, In-Lot 954 in Lake Lorelei Sub., Perry Township, filed 11-8-2012, $73,000 Mary C. and Terry L. Purdin to Terry L. Purdin, Lot 20 in Clearview Acres Sub., Perry Township, filed 11-8-2012 Timothy L. Pfarr and Franklin American Mortgage Company to Glenn M. and Velora J. East, 7.24 acres of land in Perry Township, filed 11-9-2012, $205,000 21st Mortgage Corporation to Rufus Workman, Lot 2 in Indian Woods Estate Sub., Pike Township, filed 11-13-2012, $70,500 DGS Development LTD to Krishnan Padmanabhan and Yogabalalakshmi, 21.65 acres of land in Pike Township and 1.85 acres of land in Scott Township, filed 11-8-2012, $82,200 Deborah Combs to Deborah and Ronnie L. Combs, .61 acres of land in Pike Township, filed 11-13-2012 Tom Clifton Construction LLC to Evan J. and Megan A. Dreyer, Lot 14 in Beacon Hill Sub., Pike Township, filed 11-8-2012, $160,000 Constance R. Pollitt to Courtney Ann DeClaire, Lot 8 and Lot 9 in Southern View Sub., Pleasant Township, filed 11-9-2012, $80,000 John Ralston to Gerald and Rebecca Ralston, .10 acres of land in Pleasant Township, Georgetown, filed 11-8-2012, $18,000 John Ralston to Michael W. Ralston, In-Lot 23 in Georgetown, Pleasant Township, filed 11-8-2012, $7,000 Mary Jane Cole to US Bank NA, In lot 57, In-Lot 58 and In-Lot 59 in
New Hope Lots, filed 11-9-2012, $13,334 Ann E. Hollin to Bank of America, NA, Lot 5 in Gorman Sub., Sterling Township, filed 11-13-2012, $43,334 Elma Bainum to Elma E. Bainum, 94.54 acres of land in Sterling Township, filed 11-13-2012 Dustin M. and Shawn M. Partin to Eddie Partin, 2.25 acres of land in Sterling Township, filed 11-9-2012 Gina N. St. Clair to Gary E. St. Clair, In-Lot 6 in Ripley, Union Township, filed 11-13-2012, $25,502 Michael Pritchett to Michael G. and Jeanne Grant, Out-Lot 2 in Ripley, Union Township, filed 11-9-2012, $14,300 Audrey A. and Robert J. Minton to Angela Sexton, In-Lot 44 and InLot 11A in Kennedy Addition, Sardinia, Washington Township, filed 11-9-2012, $68,000 Jason L. Fisher and Kaci R. Good to John H. and Norma Stubblefield, Lot 24 in Heritage Sub., in Mt. Orab, Sterling Township, filed 118-2012, $99,900
Marriages Jessica Nicole Liming, 21, Mt. Orab, RN to marry Dustin Matthew Spires, 22, Chillicothe, US Army, filed 11-9-2012 Lynn Elaine Nitz, 56, Wadsworth, home health aide to marry Charles Daniel Cook, 67, Georgetown, retired, filed 11-9-2012
Probate Tina M. Meranda, Ripley, case #20121206, DOD 10-1-2012, filed 11-8-2012
Common Pleas CIVIL CASES Wells Fargo Bank, NA versus Michael E. Royal, case #20121137, filed 11-8-2012, Action: foreclosures Amegy Bank National Association versus Stryker Energy LLC, case #20121141, filed 11-9-2012, Action: foreign judgment
Household Realty Corporation versus Donald R. Boone, case #20121142, filed 11-9-2012, Action: foreclosures JPMorgan Chase Bank National versus Mark Rider, case #20121145, filed 11-13-2012, Action: foreclosures Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance versus Adam W. Burton, case #20121146, filed 11-13-2012, Action: other civil Stacey Wheeler versus Rick Wheeler, case #20121149, filed 1114-2012, Action: civil stalking Fifth Third Bank, An Ohio Corp versus Amy L. Rau, case #20121150, filed 11-14-2012, Action: Foreclosures Fifth Third Mortgage Company versus Mellisa Fulton, case #20121151, filed 11-14-2012, Action: foreclosures DOMESTIC CASES Jasmine R. Watson, Georgetown versus Anthony G. Watson, Georgetown, case #20121136, filed 11-8-2012, Action: termination of marriage Tina M. Updike, Georgetown versus Jimmy W. Updike, Aberdeen, case #20121138, filed 11-8-2012, Action: termination of marriage Shawntae McKenzie versus Jerry P. Spoonamore, Mt. Orab, case #20121139, filed 1-8-2012, Action: domestic violence Ashley Henderson versus Joseph Wheeler, Mt. Orab, case #20121140, filed 11-9-2012, Action: domestic violence Tera Brock, Decatur versus Michael Grumbling, Winchester, case #20121143, filed 11-13-2012, Action: domestic violence Destry D. Cummins, Sardinia versus Catherine E. Cummins, Cincinnati, case #20121144, filed 11-13-2012, Action: termination of marriage Shawna Wolfe, Georgetown versus Melissa Rinehart, Georgetown, case #20121147, filed 11-13-2012, Action: domestic violence Michele L. Mason, Russellville versus Charles H. Mason, Aberdeen, case #20121148, filed 1114-2012, Action: dissolution of marriage
tion call (937) 446-2070, (937) 4424704 or email thefrymans@frontier.com. Georgetown Christmas Association Craft Show will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, December 1 at the Presbyterian Church in Georgetown. For vendor information and registration contact Kim Scheffler at (937) 213-2135 after 4 p.m.
Ready Mix, Inc., will be held on Sunday, December 9 at the Eastern Elementary School on Tri County Road, east of the village. Doors will open at noon with the meal served at 1 p.m. To make reservation call (937) 4462523.
Special Evening of Music and Song with Paul Williams & The Victory Trio Saturday, December 1. To learn more about this event at the Red Barn Convention Center call (800) 823-9197, ext. 121. The Red Barn Center is located at 2223 Russellville Road, Winchester. Visit www.redbarnconventioncenter.com.
Singers Needed for Ripley’s River Village Christmas Choir to take place on Saturday, December 8 at 7 p.m. during the village celebration. Rehearsals will be held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 7 p.m. with a dress rehearsal at 4 p.m. on Saturday, December 8. The event will be held at the Ripley First Presbyterian Church, 114 Mulberry Street. For more information contact Linda Fulton, director of music, at (937) 5493050.
UPCOMING EVENTS Crafters and Vendors Wanted for the St. Patrick’s School Christmas Bazaar located in Maysville, Kentucky which will be held December 7 & 8. For more information please call (937) 392-0500.
Phileo Ministries Will Sponsor a clothing ministry for the people in the tri-County area on Tuesday, December 4 and Saturday, December 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m at the Tri County Baptist Church. For more information call (937) 446-1416.
Williamsburg Garden Club Meeting will be held on Tuesday evening, December 4 at 6:30 p.m. at the home of Lucy Snell. The program, “A Christmas Fairy Garden”, will be presented. The club will participate in the annual Williamsburg Christmas Walk on Friday, December 7 from 5 to 9 p.m. For more information call 7243657 or visit www.williamsburg-garden-club.org
Brown County Board of Developmental Disabilities (BCBDD) will hold an ethics Committee meeting and regular scheduled board meeting at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 28 at the BCBDD Center located at 9116 Hamer Road, Georgetown. The public is invited.
Christmas Concert at Chatfield College presented by Sr. Celilia Huber, OSU will be on Friday, December 7 at 7 p.m. in The Sacred Heart Chapel on the St. Martin campus. ‘What Star is This?” will feature the Children’s Choir from St. Louis School in Owensville, directed by martha Wetzel. This event is funded in part by the Lulu O. Craig Fine Arts Fund. Breakfast with Santa sponsored by SATH (Supplementary Assistance to the Handicapped) will be held on Saturday, December 8 at the Hillsboro Elementary School Cafeteria. Breakfast served fromm 9 to 11 a.m. at a cost of $8 per child and $5 per adult. For more information call (937) 393-1904 ext. 131 or evenings (937) 393-8550. Registration is limited. Meet the Artist Reception at Chatfield College will take place on Sunday, December 2 from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Chatfield college Library. Please come and meet Bob Flischel, whose photography is featured in ‘Messages of Glory: The Narrative Art of Roman Catholicism. For more information visit www.chatfield.edu, call (513) 875-3344 or email admissions@chatfield.edu. Annual “Brown County Health and Wellness Foundation’s Celebration of Lights” will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday, December 7 in front of the Southwest Regional Medical Center. Luminaries will be available for only $10 in memory or honor of someone special. For more information call (937) 378-7712 or email t_baumann@swrmed.org. Wilson Sroufe VFW Post 9772, Mt. Orab regular meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 12 at the Pike Township Building on SR 774. New members are welcome. For more information contact Bill Cornetet at (937) 618-0325. Mt. Orab Lions Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday December 10 and Monday December 24 at the New Harmony Lodge, 110 South High Street. For more information contact Bob Richmond at (937) 4444791. Brown County Educational Service Center will meet at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 18 at the office of the board, located at the Brown County Fairgrounds in Georgetown. Brown County Diabetes Coalition will meet at 6:30 on Monday, December 10 at the Georgetown Methodist Church to learn more about diabetes. Different topics and discussion are offered at each meeting. Please try to attend this meeting. Questions may be directed to the Brown County Health Department at (937) 378-6892. Christmas Party at the Mt. Orab Library will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Sign up for a special holiday craft time at 5:30 p.m. or 7 p.m. and visit with Santa starting at 6 p.m. For more information on this fun event please call the library at (937) 4441414. Winter Craft and Activity Fair sponsored by the New Richmond Lions Marching Band will be held on Saturday, December 8 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the New Richmond High School, 1131 Bethel New Richmond Road. No admission charge, food or cash donations gratefully accepted for the New Richmond Food Pantry. Over 100 vendors. Please call (513) 553-3191, ext. 10204 for details. Christmas Dinner at George A. Lambert American Legion Post 755 in Sardinia will be held at 5 p.m. on Sunday, December 2 at the hall. Please bring a new or gently used, wrapped gift for our auction to help raise funds for the Sardinia Agape Council. For more information call (937) 442-1414. Senior Citizens Christmas Dinner in Sardinia, sponsored by Sardinia
17th Annual ‘Breakfast With Santa’ sponsored by SATH (Supplemental Assistance to the Handicapped) will be held from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturday, December 8 at the Hillsboro Elementary School Cafeteria. The cost is $8 per child and $5 per adult. Activities include pictures with Santa, Christmas cookie baking and decorating with Mrs. Clause. For more information call (937) 3931904 ext. 131. ONGOING EVENTS Southern Hills Tea Party meets each 4th Thursday of the month at the Ripley Library. The public is invited to attend. Helping Hands Please come shop with us any Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday from 9 a.m. until noon at 668 Camp Run Road in Georgetown. Senior Bingo will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. each Monday at the Georgetown Nutrition Center. Please bring a $1 wrapped gift. A nutritional meal will be offered. HIV/Hepatitis C Testing is offered free by the Brown County Health Department by appointment only. The HIV test results are available within 15 minutes. To schedule an appointment call (937) 378-6892. Tuesday Community Bingo will be held every Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Community Building in Country Place Apartments, located across from the Country Inn in Georgetown. Please bring a $1 gift and join in the fun. This is a free event. For more information contact Joy Gelter at (937) 483-4614. Crafting Classes will be offered the second Saturday of the month at the Mt. Orab Public Library, sessions from 1 to 2 p.m., at the library, 613 South High Street in Mt. Orab. The classes are for adult patrons with the Care and Share program.
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Phileo Ministries Will Sponsor a clothing ministry for the people in the tri-County area on Saturday, November 24 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m at the Tri County Baptist Church. For more information call (937) 4461416.
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The weather continues to amaze me. The mornings are frosty and down right cold and the afternoons are sunny and warm. But as soon as the sun goes down the coat and gloves are a must! We have been trying to take advantage of the comfortable working conditions in the afternoon to finish up some outdoor projects and split wood for the woodstove. I obsess over how much wood is split and how much “kindling” I have stored away. Last week I started combing through the catalogs trying to come up with my “wish list” for our son. My list (so far) includes: Mushroom Kit (Grow a variety of mushrooms right on your kitchen counter), “What Tree is That?” application for smart phones (leads you through the basic characteristics of the tree to help you identify it), a BirdSong Identiflyer (helps you identify birds and their songs), and Tree Tubes for my newest additions to our woods. I really enjoy looking through all the catalogs and
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against edges of the side boards and attach with screws. (Bottoms of the boards should be flush.) With a yardstick, draw a line on side board from top of the back board to top of the side board. The line will be diagonal. Cut board along the line using a jigsaw. Sides will slope, allowing for a sloped lid to close properly. 4. To make the lid: Make a 2’ by 4’ frame using 2x2 boards. Take one 4’ 2x2 board and cut in half for the sides of the frame. Top and back are made using remaining 4’ boards. Attach ends together using an angle brace if necessary. Attach Plexiglas to frame using ¾” #6 screws. 5. Attach lid to top of frame with hinges. Add handle to front portion of lid. 6. Be sure to include a copy of Fact Sheet HYG1013-88 (available on Ohioline) to complete your gift! Enjoy the sunny afternoons while you can! Keep attacking those weeds that show up in your landscape. Have you started your Christmas List? Better get started! Be sure to leave it out where it will be noticed! *** November’s Garden Tasks Talk about crazy weather! Recently we had several mornings that the temperature dipped down
in the 20’s and last weekend we worked outside planting the last of our trees in short sleeves! The Boxelder bugs were everywhere enjoying the warmer weather. After checking on my pallet garden, I rewarded the blooming petunias with a good drink of water. I have tucked a few pansies in a few open spaces and have realized that next year we need to address how the water travels through the pallet. Some places simply get too wet and other places always seem a bit dry. Have you noticed Honeysuckle shrubs in your tree line or woods? Now is a great time to work on this invasive shrub. If you want to wait until spring, at least mark the shrubs with a flag or tape so that you will be sure to eliminate the correct shrub. Be sure to keep an eye out for Poison ivy – remember that even though those shiny “leaves of three” aren’t visible on the plant, you can contract poison ivy from the twining woody vine itself. I hope to get some bigger Honeysuckle shrubs cut down and treated with stump killer before the end of November. November’s list of garden tasks includes: The Whole Garden: • Clean, oil and sharpen your garden tools • Prepare the lawn mower for winter storage • Test your soil
• Before the ground freezes hard, install bluebird nesting boxes • Feed lawn before winter Trees and Shrubs: • Make sure all leaves are off your lawns before heavy snows begin • Remove broken or diseased branches • Spray antidessicants on broadleaved evergreens Flowers and Grasses: • Keep planting daffodil bulbs until the ground freezes • Finish cutting back perennials • Mulch perennial gardens Fruits and Vegetables: • Continue harvesting kale and collards until snow is on the ground • Harvest greens in your cold frame • Finish putting the garden to bed I have gone another year without getting greens planted in my cold frame to enjoy when the snow is blowing. It seems that this task always get put at the tail end of my “to do” list. I also need to get busy and tuck some daffodils in the ground! How about you? My son just called me wanting my “wish list” for Christmas! I’m headed to the basket of gardening catalogs with a pen and paper. Next week I will share some of the items on my “I want that” list.
Ohio Veterans Home receives $798,987 state cemetery grant The Ohio Veterans Home-Sandusky will be the recipient of a $798,987 grant check for cemetery improvements at a ceremony scheduled for 11 a.m. November 20 at the Home. The grant, announced by Secretary Eric K. Shinseki of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), provides for 100 percent of the allowable costs associated with the improvement and maintenance of the Ohio Veterans Home Cemetery. “We’re very thankful to receive this grant,” said Rick Hatcher, Superintendent of the Ohio Veterans Homes. “Many of our residents and families choose our cemetery as a final resting place, and this will help us make it one that’s worthy of the service given by the generations of veterans who are buried there.” “Our veterans’ cemeteries are places of honor and respect,” said Tom Moe, Director of the Ohio Department of Veterans Services. “This cemetery holds the mortal remains of our earliest residents, the veterans of the Civil War, right up to many of our residents that we’ve lost this year. This grant helps us preserve the cemetery as an appropriate memorial for the veterans of today and the future.” The project will improve the cemetery by replacing, realigning and cleaning the headstones; maintaining the turf; and filling in and replacing turf where needed in low spots throughout the cemetery due to poor drainage. Several nearly-illegible headstones will be replaced. Any headstones that crack or break during the project will also be replaced. The contract for the work was awarded to Hoty Enterprises of Sandusky. The actual work within the cemetery will be performed by Avatara Services LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned business in Asheville, North Carolina. Work is expected to start
on or around November 19, 2012 with tree removal; followed by an assessment on or around November 26 of the total scope of work to be done. Improvements to the headstones and turf are scheduled to begin the second week in March 2013, weather permitting. From that point, the project is expected to take approximately 90 days for the entire work to be completed. VA's Veterans Cemetery Grants Program is designed to complement the VA’s 131 national cemeteries across the country by funding improvements to state veterans’ cemeteries. Since 1980, the program has awarded grants totaling more than $483 million to establish, expand, improve, operate and maintain 87 veterans cemeteries in 41 states and territories including tribal trust lands, Guam, and Saipan. These state cemeteries provided nearly 29,000 burials in 2011. The Ohio Veterans Homes are state-operated nursing homes for eligible Ohio veterans and are located in Sandusky and Georgetown. To qualify for admission, veterans must have served during a declared war or military conflict, must have been honorably discharged from the U.S. military and must have been Ohio residents for at least one year during his or her lifetime. The veteran must be infirm or disabled and incapable of earning a living. Independent living in a domiciliary setting is available in Sandusky. For more information about the Homes, call (866) OHIO-VET (866644-6838) toll free, local (419) 625-2454, ext. 1231 or 1237, or visit http://dvs.ohio.gov/veterans_homes/admission_information.aspx . County veterans service offices in every county can also assist in the process of applying for admission to the Homes and other veterans’ benefits. For contact informa-
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Mowrystown Craft Fair & Bazaar set The annual Mowrystown Craft Fair & Bazaar sponsored by the Whiteoak Valley Grange will be held in the student center of Whiteoak High School from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Saturday, December 1. Lunch will be served. Menu to include chicken and noodles, soups, sandwiches, chips, pies, cakes and drinks. Santa will be making an appearance following the holiday parade which will begin at Crop Production (West Main Street) at 1 p.m. Cookies and hot chocolate will be served while pictures with Santa are being taken. Vendor spaces are still available. Please call (937) 442-4704 or (937) 446-2070 or email thefrymans@frontier.com for more information or if you would like a space.
Crafters show set The craft show hosted by the Georgetown Christmas Association, Inc. will be held Saturday, December 1, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church in Georgetown, Ohio. For information call Kim Scheffler at (937) 213-2135 after 4 p.m.
Quarter Auction set The Mason County Alumni Association will be holding a Quarter Auction on Thursday, November 29, 2012 at the Mason County Schools Indoor Athletic Complex at 6:30 p.m. $1.00 per paddle or 6 paddles for $5.00. Food will also be available All proceeds benefit the Mason County Alumni Scholarship Fund.
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have learned quickly that if I see something that interests me, I had better write the information down in a notebook or I’ll never find it again! Do you have a gardener on your gift list this year? You might consider a cold frame as a gift that keeps on giving. I love my cold frame, and am guilty of not using it as much as I could. My Juwell cold frame has opener arms that have cylinders filled with fluid that will expand and contract with changes in temperature. In my early gardening years I had built a cold frame using old windows. The problem? The windows were heavy to lift, and if I left them on during the day and we had a sunny day…I would literally cook my poor little seedlings! The opener arms are a great solution to that problem. OSUE Fact Sheet HYG1013-88, “Cold Frame, Hot Bed Construction and Use” provides great information about choosing the right location, size, and construction. Cold frames – or their heated versions, hotbeds, are miniature greenhouses. A cold frame is simply a bottomless box covered
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AUTO BODY Tech needed, Eastgate, 5 years experience. Fax resume to: 513-752-1818.
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300 - APTS. UNFURNISHED ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS for 1, 2 & 3br, Equal Opportunity Housing, apply at Forest Glade Apartments, 9001 Airport Rd., Georgetown, OH, 937-378-4565.
BATAVIA NURSING CARE CENTER We are currently hiring for full-time and parttime RN/LPN/STNA positions for night shift (7pm to 7am) Please apply in person at: Batavia Nursing Care Center 4000 Golden Age Drive Batavia, OH 45103 (513) 732-6500
BATAVIA HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE - 2br, 1ba, central A/C, wall-to-wall carpet, equipped eat-in kitchen, off-street parking. $510/mo. plus deposit. 513-561-4014.
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$500 Sign on bonus Class A CDL with experience. Regional position, tanker endorsement a plus, not required. Percentage Pay, Company match Simple IRA, Vacation & Holiday Pay. Call 513-724-7140. CNA’S NEEDED to touch the heart of those in need, in the coming seasons of giving, and all year round! We offer 12 hour shift. Call or stop by to fill out an application. 937-378-3727. COMFORT KEEPERS Are you interested in joining the Comfort Keepers team? We are looking for certified or skilled aides who are up to par with the Comfort Keepers standard. Part-time and full-time positions available with competitive wages. If you have a big heart and a passion for homecare, make a difference by becoming a Comfort Keeper. Call us or visit us at:
BATAVIA NICE clean 1br apt. with patio, FREE HEAT, $495 month, plus deposit, No Pets. 513-732-0532.
EFFICIENCY & 1BR Concord Square Apartments, Nice size, A/C, heat, lots of storage, single story. Call 513-724-3951. FELICITY GARRISON PLACE SENIOR APARTMENTS 62 & OVER Rent Subsidized Free Utilities Secure Bldg. On-site laundry Pets allowed
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DRIVERS: CDL-A Great Hometime! Regional DryVan No-Touch, Clean MVR. Holiday/Vacation Pay, 1yr Experience Req. 513-761-9600.
GEORGETOWN, STOVE, refrigerator, water included, no pets, $375 month, pay your own electric. Call 937-379-1351 or 513-767-5888.
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300 - APTS. UNFURNISHED LYTLE TRACE Senior Apartments. 62 & over, rent subsidized, secure building, free utilities, on-site laundry, pets allowed. Call 513-724-3358. TTY 800-750-0750.
ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS for 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments in the Markley Square Apartments. Apply at: 610 Markley Ave. Georgetown, Ohio 45121 Or call 937-378-6460 Stove, refrigerator & on-site laundry. Rent is based on income Equal Housing Opportunity TDD# 419-526-0466 “This institution is an Equal Opportunity Provider, and Employer”
303 - HOUSES FOR RENT 3BR, 1BA, 2-story home, very vice, large garage, big yard in Sardinia, OH in Eastern local school district. $650/month. Security deposit & last month rent required $650. Call for details: 937-446-2542 between 9am & 5pm. After 5pm call 937-213-2131. CROOKED CREEK Lane/Georgetown - Upscale 2/2/1 Duplex overlooking White Oak Creek, 14ft vaulted ceilings, appliances included, $675 + deposit. Phil 513-315-1897. NEW CONSTRUCTION 4 bedroom for rent. Mt. Orab, 2 bath, 2-car garage, appliances, 1 year lease, no pets. Available midNovember. Please call 937-213-1548.
307 - MOBILE HOMES FOR RENT 3BR, 1.5BA, large yard, storage shed, no pets, good credit, $500/mo plus deposit, 937-444-3701. GEORGETOWN - 1br, 1ba, washer/dryer hookup, $375/mo. plus deposit. 937-378-4706 or 937-213-2401.
LOCAL AMBULANCE company looking for certified EMTs, Intermediate, & Paramedics. Please call 937-379-1404.
IN GEORGETOWN on Main St., 2br, 1ba, owner pays trash, $395/month. Caall 937-444-5223.
GEORGETOWN - 2br, 2ba, washer/dryer hookup, $450/mo. plus deposit. 937-378-4706 or 937-213-2401.
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SARDINIA Efficiency, $350., some utilities paid. Also, 2br House $500, 3-4br house $600, no dogs, no smoking. 513-309-4349 or 513-309-4319.
LARGE 3BR, 2ba mobile home on private corner lot, newly remodeled in Batavia area, garage/barn w/shed attached, $650 rent, $650 deposit, 513-703-2430.
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310 - WANTED TO RENT WANTED Farm ground to rent for 2013 season & beyond. Call Jeff at 937-213-3909.
400 - HOUSES FOR SALE 2-3BR, 1.5BA, large basement, central air, electric/wood furnace, stove, refrigerator, dishwasher & microwave, 1-car garage, lot and a half, close to RULH schools, 937-392-4330. 3-4 BEDROOM, two bath home with 2 car detached garage, nearly 2 acre lot with potential building lot. House has central air, full basement with one car garage, above ground pool, large deck and wood burning insert fireplace. Sale of house will include oven, microwave, refrigerator, dishwasher and washer/dryer, $105,000, Decatur, Ohio, call 937-373-0303. 3BR, 2.5BA, full basement, nice Georgetown neighborhood, dead-end street by schools, two car attached garage, $129,900. Call 513-460-2302 or 513-404-6446. FARM WITH nice 1.5 story older home w/basement, 3 car detached garage, barns & 20 rolling acres with large rock lined creek and woods, great for hunting or farming, more or less acreage available, Bethel New Hope Rd., 1 mi. from Clermont County line, Western Brown but close enough for Bethel. Asking $215,000 513-734-6349 or 937-444-6925 Dan (May also sell for less with fewer acres) “PRICE REDUCED” LOVELY, WELL maintained country home. Newly remodeled, 3-4br, 2ba, 2275 sq. ft., on 2.4/ac., 937-444-2676, Mt. Orab area, www.sharphome.com/lis ting/view/130525
401 - CONDOS/TOWNHOUSES FOR RENT 2BR, 1.5BA, balcony, equipped kitchen, dishwasher, washer/dryer hookup, fireplace & cathedral ceilings, $650 to $700/mo. plus deposit, water furnished, 513-658-5766 or 513-446-7255.
405 - LOTS & ACREAGE GOT LAND? $300/DEPOSIT 1-20-acres, $54 monthly up, Fleming, KY cheap septic, water 45 acres, $45,000, $5,000 down, 813-788-6644
View full job description on website www.ClermontCountyOhio.gov and apply online For more info contact Doug Snyder 513-732-8127 or DSNYDER@ClermontCountyOhio.gov
405 - LOTS & ACREAGE BEAUTIFUL 50ACRES W/large rock lined creek & woods, great for hunting or farming. More or less acreage available. Bethel New Hope Rd. 1-mile from Clermont County line, Western Brown but close enough for Bethel.
Asking $199,500 Dan 513-734-6349 or 937-444-6925 (Smaller parcels also available)
501 - CHILD CARE DANVILLE DAY CARE. Monday-Friday, 7:30-5:30. 6 weeks and older. 937-764-1531 or 937-509-1727.
DAYCARE HUGS & KIDS, LLC. 6th & Willow St., Williamsburg Call Dorothy Lewis 513-218-7471 or Stephanie Lewis 859-801-0125 Opening November 5, 2012
507 - SEWING & ALTERATIONS For all your sewing needs for you, your family and your home. Call 937-4444276. Reasonable rates, expert service.
602 - ANTIQUES SOLID STATE 1976 stereo electrophonic, plays 33-45-78, eight track tapes & radio, $200, 937-444-4315 before noon.
607 - FIREWOOD SEASONED & split mixed hardwood, fullsize truck load thrown in & thrown out, $90. Will deliver in area between Mt. Orab & Felicity and Amelia & Georgetown, 937-379-5071 or 937-618-9499. SEASONED FIREWOOD, 4’x8’ Rick. You pick up or we deliver, $55 plus delivery. Why pay more? Call 937-515-4012, 513-581-7858 or 513-518-3832.
607 - FIREWOOD FOR SALE Firewood, sold by State Regulations, u-pick up or we deliver. For fast friendly service call Cox Firewood at: 937-378-4309 No answer, leave message or call 937-515-5829 Located 3600 SR 125 Georgetown, OH State & County Voucher welcome Credit Cards Accepted FULLY SEASONED split mixed hardwoods, full regulation cord, half cord, delivery, stacking available, 937-446-3279.
Please submit resumes and applications in person and ask for Mary Leggett, Health Services Supervisor at:
Morris Nursing Home 322 S. Charity St. Bethel, OH 45106 You can contact Mary at: 513-734-7401 You may also send resumes to: Brendan.houser@hg-nh.com Human Resource Director
615 - MISC. FOR SALE BEAUTIFUL WHITE Maggie Sottero wedding gown, size 8, never worn, $800 OBO Also, Chapel length veil never worn, $75 OBO For more information call:
937-515-2692 611 - WANTED TO BUY TOP DOLLAR PAID!! Cash for furniture, antiques, appliances, tools, fishing, jewelry, gold, silver, records, DVD’s, games, sports, pocket knives, more! ALMOST ANYTHING! 937-378-1819 or 937-378-2850
613 - PETS AND SUPPLIES AKC SHELTIE, sable male 3 months old, champion pedigree, prefer fenced yard, $600, 937-444-4798. BORDER COLLIE puppies for sale. Born 10/18/12. Grandfather of pups is 3-time World Champion from Glasgow, Scotland, $350 Firm. Pups from this lineage usually sell for $800 $1500 each. All pups are ABCA registerable. Call 937-822-1950 (Georgetown). Puppies shown are 2 of litter of 7- all marked differently.
604 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS WEBER DIGITAL Baby Grand Piano, like new, MSRP $5495., will sell for $1995., black w/bench, many instrument sounds, 937-444-1333 after 7pm.
Morris Nursing Home is accepting applications and looking to fill some Full Time, Part Time PRN positions and State Tested Nurse Aides. Morris Nursing Home is one of the highest rated Skilled Nursing Facilities in Ohio and offers competitive pay and benefits. STNA’s must have completed all appropriate courses and have a valid license for the State of Ohio.
FREE TO good home with fenced in yard or farm, male 5-year old mixed breed dog. House broke, up-to-date shots, loves kids, good natured. 937-515-5516.
615 - MISC. FOR SALE 1949 8N Ford tractor with finish mower, asking $4000. Call 513-383-0287 evenings or 937-446-2916 daytime.
FIVE BOXES of flea market items also ceiling fan, weedeater, Lionel Train clock, 3” pipe cutter, 3 brace and bits, wheelbarrow tire and wheel, steam iron, new Kwik set deadbolt, 24-drawer small parts case, adjustable mitre box and many other items. Make offer 937-444-6293.
WOOD BURNING stove, Buck brand, front-load, fireplace insert or can be used freestanding, $300, call 937-378-4453.
808 - AUTOS FOR SALE 2003 KIA Sedona LX, 114,000 miles, good condition, $3500 OBO, 937-446-2895. JUNKED, WRECKED unwanted autos, autos, trucks, motorcycles, etc., some towed free, cash paid for some. Call 513-734-1650
901 - SALES HUGE FAMILY Yard Sale every Fri., Sat. & Sun. from 9am-7pm at Holly Lanes on St. Rt. 125, Amelia. Lots of items for home, clothes for kids & adults, great prices.
701 - LOST AND FOUND FOUND MALE Beagle on Schwallie Rd near Ripley Day Hill Rd. Call 937-392-4411 after 6pm.
702 - MISC. NOTICES WESTERN BROWN School Levy Putting it Back on the Ballot Want Teachers and Busses Back? We need volunteers! In order to get the Western Brown School Levy back on the ballot we need to get volunteers to commit to help us get the levy passed. What the levy will do for WB? It will protect and preserve the quality of education that is offered by WB. The levy is very crucial to our kids and their education. Anyone that is interested in helping us in this fight please contact Jina Bohl, her contact info is as follows: 937-444-2044 and her email is jina.bohl@gmail.com
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Area shoppers know the Classifieds are the purr-fect place to find a bargain. In the Classifieds, you can 808 - AUTOS FOR SALE track down deals on 1930’S-PRESENT everything from MARK WANTS running, wrecked, collectibles to cars. dead cars and It’s easy to place an ad trucks. or find the items you want Now paying $150 - $400/cash and it’s used by hundreds for complete of area shoppers every day. vehicles. FREE TOW! 937-446-3021 or 513-739-0774
1970 CHEVROLET Chevelle SS 396/350HP, original, $7800 OBO, email or call for details: khydda3@msn.com, 740-720-0250.
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Mt. Orab - Wonderful all brick hm. on the edge of town. Hardwood flring thru-out. Newer roof, master bath, HVAC and beautiful ceramic countertops. Gorgeous glass surround on guest bath. Full bsmt w/roomy family room and storm shelter. 3 BR 2 Ba Two Car Gar. Mature Shade. $135,500
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1334868 - Mt. Orab - Immaculate custom maintenance-free home. 4BD, 2BA. Open foyer, open flr plan w/cath ceils. Equip. kit w/beveled island & cntr tops. Natural wdwrk. Mstr suite w/jacuzzi. Fully fenced in-grnd pool. Beautiful tiered decking. Prof. lndscpd.. $169,900
MLS#1318272 - 7 ACRE LOT in Sardinia Must See! Beautiful 7acre lot. Motivated Seller. Don't Miss Out! $56,000
1324362 - Pike Twp - Renovated 1.5 story home on 1.97 rolling acres. Beamed ceilings, gourmet G kitchen, ENDIN P D L newer carpet SO & exterior doors. Stocked pond, 40x32 garage w/steel 12' roll-up door. Add'l one car w/lean too. Covered front porch and back deck. First Offering! $98,500
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MLS#1328251 - Mt. Orab - Country elegance in exclusive Beacon Hill. 3BD, 2BA. Brand new flring, paint, chair rail & crown molding. Lg rooms. Beautiful brick FP, cathedral ceilings & fully equip. kitchen w/ great storage. Enclosed screen porch w/attached octagonal deck. $215,000
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1334873 - Mt. Orab- Beautiful Bi-Level nestled on a quiet cul-de-sac. 3BD, 2.5 BA. Crown molding, accent walls, chair rail, cathedral ceiling, Rec rm, Family rm, back deck, fire pit, shed, fully fenced back yard w/tree house. Additional carport. $124,500
1315919 - Highland Co.- Wait no longer! Minutes to Mt. Orab, Hillsboro, Sardinia & all points in between. 21.44 acres. Septic, water & electric set-up. Beautiful location & build or hunt. Borders White Oak Creek. Mobile home is of no value. $79,000 1322164 - Williamsburg - Beautiful Sears & Roebuck home situated on a quiet town double lot. Pristine hardwood floors (Oak down & Pine up). Arched doorways, wide baseboards, french doors to enclosed back porch. Fenced yard. 1 car garage. Partial poured basement. $82,500
1324847 - Mt. Orab - Location! Setting! Location! All Brick Ranch 100's of feet off of the road. 5 Acres! 3BD, 2BA. Supreme curb appeal! Sunken family rm, equipped kitchen, newer roof. 2 finished rooms in bsmt. 24x26 finished rm. in garage. 2 car bay also. Rolling woods on rear. $179,900
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Georgetown - Great investment opportunity or home to raise your family. This 3 BR 2 Ba home is ready to move-in. Unique as it could function as a one or two family. New carpet, fresh paint, oversized 2 car gar. 1+ acre on public water and sewer with 2 separate taps. $84,900
1334506 - Mt. Orab - Immaculate! It's all done for you. 3BD, 2BA. Newer roof, windows, brand new furnace beautiful fiberglass entry door. 1800 sq ft of great attention to detail. Spaciousimpeccable. $125,000 1331446 - Batavia- Quaint little cottage nestled on a wooded lot. This 2 bdrm 1 bath home needs some TLC to make it your own or would make a lucretive rental. Mins from Amelia & Batavia. $39,900 Look no further! - 1320705 - Mt. OrabPossible Owner Financing! Completely torn down to studs! Brand new inteING D N E P rior everything, SOLD HVAC & windows. Beautiful renovation. 3 BD, 2 full BA, covered front & back porch. Public water & sewer. Corner location. Circular drive. 3 BR's 2 Ba. $68,900
1243844 - Investment opportunity! Nothing to do but take Y over the MIL ILT -FA rent roll!! MU Total renovation on all units. 4 different units! Elec & gas separately metered. Laundry facilities on site. Partial Bsmt. Fresh paint on exterior. $147,500
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1336137 -Sardinia - Incredible lakefront property nestled on a cove. 4BD, 3.5 BA. Hearthstone hewn log home in impeccable condition. Hardwood flrs. on 1st level except for MBR suite. Gormet Kit.w/blt-in microwave, oven and granite island range top. Granite countertops. $369,900
1336123 - Georgetown - Beautiful craftmanship of this total renovation! Brand new flring, windows, roof, furnace, siding, kitchen w/appliances & elec. service. 3BD, 1BA. A doll house ready to move-in. 40x30 barn w/new siding, roof, & gar. door. 20x10 shed. A true must see! $89,900
1333084 - Mt. Orab - Exquisite Custom Blt Full Brick home in exclusive Beacon Hill sub-divison. Formal dining room w/tray ceiling. Flr to ceiling stone F/P. Custom windows w/transomes. Beautiful MBR suite. Gourmet kit w/corian counters. Full fin bsmt. Stunning! $228,500
1333914- Mt. Orab - S.E. corner of SR 32 & Klein Rd. 2200 ft. of frontage on (limited access) SR 32 & 1585 ft. of frontage on Klein Road. 51.49 acres. Multi-purpose ground. Water at the road. $310,000
1331501 - Mt. Orab - 3 BR 2BA Full brick home on a picturesque 1.4 acre setting. Almost 2000 sq. ft. of living area. Newer roof and laundry room. The tiered decking on the rear serves as an add'l recreation area w/lots of mature shade. This is the first offering in this arena. Call Bert or Dominic for more details! $134,500
Eastern School District - 3 BD on .91 Acre. This clean & affordable all brick home has a 2 car detached garage & is wheelchair accessible. Bright & Cheery, this home boasts a beautiful WBFP and a nice covered front porch. $62,500
1258238- Sardinia- 3BD, 2BA, Almost 1500 sq.ft. of open living area. Master BD suite. Dining Rm. & Equipped eat-in Kitchen. Large front deck & covered back porch. Affordable living seconds off St. Rt. 32. Back yard completely privacy & fenced. 2 car carport. $79,900 1265584 - Mt. Orab - OWNER FINANCING! Flexible Terms!! Former Cahall Apparel Store LY in the heart of I M Mt. Orab. I - FA T L MU 1100 sq ft of store front office area w/4 add'l rental apts. Full walkout bsmt. Low maintence. 15 space parking lot with mo. income. Public Utilities. $199,900
1312624 - Georgetown - Walk back in time as you enter the front door of this magnificent home! 3BD, 1.5 BA. Double parlor, fluted wdwk w/rosettes. Wide baseboards & a cherry bannister. A dry cellar underneath. This home has a secure, local alarm system which can be transferred to the new owner. $79,900
1299751- Sardinia - 3.25 Acre Mini-Farm. Solidly built Ranch, well kept. 2BD, 1BA. 25x36 Log cabin w/stone FP & huge pot belly stove. 36x36 tobacco barn w/built in stall. Water outside barn. Fenced pasture. Hundreds of feet of road frontage. Close to SR32 on lightly traveled road. $99,900
JUST LISTED- Aberdeen- Huntington Park- 3 BR, full basement, corner lot, fireplace, $85,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------JUST LISTED- Riverview Lot- Ripley- $3,500 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------JUST LISTED- Mobile Home Park- State Approved and licensed for 31 units- $150,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------JUST LISTED- 4 BR, 2 bath home in Ripley, Central A/C, $37,500 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------JUST LISTED- Duplex, Great Income to Price ratio- $34,500 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------JUST LISTED- Aberdeen, 2 BR remodeled farm home on 3 acres. $54,900 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ripley- 2 story Historic brick home, 3 to 5 BR, rental apartment, new 2 car detached garage, 98,500. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------RIVERFRONT- 3 Br, 2 1/2 bath home on deep water frontage. Custom built home has full walk-out basement with bar, too many amenities to list here, situated on double riverfront lot. Decks, patios, boat docks, new barn with ample storage for boats and cars, blacktop drive and more, more, more! $274,500 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mobile Home with 2 ½ acres and 200 feet of Ohio River Frontage- $72,500 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BROWN CO.- 8 acres- 2004 built, 2,744 sq. ft., 3 BR, 2 ½ bath, 2 Story, home. $239,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------West/Central BROWN CO.- 20 Acres, 4 BR Home, stone fireplace, island bar in kitchen, Jenn-Air, new paint, new carpet, 5 buildings, horse stalls, pond, board fence, blacktop drive, nice, nice home! $269,000. Great Location! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 Acres in the Country- Master Suite on main floor, 10 rooms, 3 BR, 2 1/2 baths, 2 car garage with loft, breezeway, office, city water....much, much more! 13 X 15 bedrooms, 2 story entrance foyer, large baths, family room. One of the area’s nicer homes. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------OHIO RIVER- Just feet away- 20 Acres of Waterfront, barn, On Whiteoak Creek with access to River- $79,000. Bank Owned… Make Offer!
ADDRESS - DIRECTIONS: 3317 GLADY RD., BLANCHESTER, OH. 45107. 3 MILES NORTH OF FAYETTEVILLE ON RT. 68 TURN LEFT ON ST. RT. 123 ABOUT 1 MILE TO LEFT ON GLADY OR WEST OF FAYETTEVILLE, TAKE A RIGHT ON BLANCHESTER RD. SHORT DISTANCE TO RIGHT ON STARK TO RIGHT ON GLADY. NOTE: ALL DAY AUCTION- MAY RUN TWO AUCTION RINGS. LOTS OF VARIETY- HUNDREDS OF ITEMS NOT LISTED IN THIS AD. FARM EQUIPMENT: THREE J&M GRAIN WAGONS; OLDER MODEL NEW HOLLAND & WHITE COMBINES WITH GRAIN & PICKER HEADS. GEHL GRAIN HEAD WAGON; TWO 40 FT. GRAIN ELEVATOR TUBES; N 1 1 ROW PICKER; NH PULL TYPE SQUARE BALER; REG. SIZE FARM WAGONS; 3PT. MOUNTED FIELD SPRAYER; 3PT. WAC 500 MOUNTED SEEDER ETC. HUGE ASSORTMENT: QUALITY NAME BRAND, HAND, POWER SHOP & MECHANICAL TOOLS; WOOD WORKING TOOLS; SEVERAL TOOL BOXES & CABINETS; ANTIQUE WORK BENCH; OLD VISES; CHAIN SAWS; WOOD CHIPPER; PORTABLE GENERATOR; ENGINE HOIST; AIR COMPRESSOR; 3 WHEEL HONDA ATV; COMPOSTER ON STAND; LARGE FENCED IN ANIMAL CAGES & ENCLOSURES; SEVERAL LIVE DUCKS; ALUM. CANOE; ROWS & ROWS OF SHELVES TO EMPTY - COME SEE WHAT WE FIND. A DANDY, WELL KEPT, WELLCRAFT 210 SL PLEASURE BOAT. 260 HP MERCRUISER INBOARD-OUTBOARD ENGINE WITH DELUXE EAGLE DUAL AXLE TRAILER- SELLS AT NOON
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will need to pre-register for testing with the Ohio Department of Agriculture. The phone number is (800) 2821955. You can also access the DAVID study materials and register online at http://pested.osu.edu DUGAN This year we will have a Tobacco Education Program at the North Adams HS on Wednesday, February 6, 2013. The program will be in the round room at the school beginning at 6:30 p.m. with pizza and soft drinks available at 6 p.m. You must pre-register to eat. There is no charge for the program, but we will need to have an accurate count for ordering food. I will have program details, including results of some of the field trials done recently here in Southern Ohio, in the coming weeks along with details about registering for the program. In the works, but not yet complete include a Beef School like the one that has been offered in recent years, additional cattle programs, an Agronomy Day and more. Pasture Herbicide Program On November 12, 2012, we had several local farmers attend the workshop dealing with the DuPont plots that we have on the Kelly Cooper Farm. The initial control that we were able to see in the forages looked promising. Dealing with weeds like ironweed, Canada thistle, chickory, jimsonweed, multifloral rose, cocklebur, poison hemlock and more reduces the amount of useful forages in your fields. We want to reduce the weed competition. The real test for control will be next spring. So if you were one that braved the elements and attended the field day or you were unable to attend this time, keep in mind that we will meet up again in the spring. We are looking for control next year, so most likely sometime in April we will get back together. Sheep & Goat WebEx Series Attention goat and sheep producers - Three Ohio State University Extension Locations will be host sites for an upcoming Goat and Sheep webinar series - Purdue Extension will present two webinars to educate goat and sheep farmers on feeding practices following
the drought, managing forage shortages and the production of commercial versus show goats. Two of these sites will be fairly close for Adams/Brown/Highland producers. Both Clinton County and Clermont County will be sites for this program. The program will be offered two evenings from 7 until 9 p.m. on November 28 and December 5. These will be live programs and there will be opportunity for the audiences to participate in questions and answers during the programs. These programs are free but we ask that you call ahead to be sure we have ample seating for everyone. You can reserve your seat by calling the Clinton County extension office at 937-382-0901 ext. 15 and for the Clermont County extension office at 513 732-7070 ext. 13. Tony Nye is the Clinton Co. contact (nye.1@osu.edu) and Gi Gi Neal is the Clermont Co. contact (neal.331@osu.edu). The directions for these two offices are: Clinton Co. is located at 111 S. Nelson Ave. Wilmington, Ohio 45177 and the Clermont Co. office is located at 1000 Locust Street, Owensville, Ohio 45160. Goats and sheep are small ruminants, so they rely on forage-heavy diets. Indiana's extreme heat and drought this spring and summer greatly reduced forage supplies. Those challenges, combined with a growing interest in sheep and goat production, are the impetus behind the webinars. "We'll be talking about what this year's drought did to pastures and the lack of feed for farmers," said Mark Kepler, Purdue Extension educator in Fulton County and webinar organizer. "More and more farmers are starting to raise goats and sheep because they require less space and maintenance than larger farm animals. We're gearing this program toward those who are novice or beginners, but the information is really important to all sheep and goat producers." The Nov. 28 webinar will cover: • Dealing with shortages and alternative forages following the drought, by Ken Andries, Kentucky State University Extension goat specialist. • Feeding sheep and goats following the
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drought, by Mike Neary, Purdue Extension Small Ruminant specialist. The Dec. 5 webinar will cover: • 2013 pasture considerations following the drought, by Keith Johnson, Purdue Extension Forage specialist. • Differences between raising show goats and commercial goats, by Kepler. Ohio. Seventh Annual Barrel Tasting Nov. 24 If you enjoy wine and/or locally grown/produced products you may want to put this on your calendar. This event has been established as an annual event that takes place on the Saturday following Thanksgiving. This will be the Seventh Annual Barrel Tasting. There will be 8 wineries participating this year including seven in Ohio and one in Kentucky. This will include a Ferry ride across the Ohio River. This event will give you the opportunity to meet the winemakers/winegrowers and sample future vintages from the barrel at Kinkead Ridge, Harmony Hill, Meranda-Nixon and others in southern Ohio and Kentucky. This is an event in wine making regions for family and friends to gather together to taste both currently available and future vintages. The event has continued to grow over the past few years. Don’t miss it. For more details, including times and a map for the wineries on the tour, go to http://www.kinkeadridge.com/barreltasting.htm. In addition to the barrel tasting, Kinkead Ridge will be celebrating their 10th anniversary so you can also enjoy a piece of anniversary cake! Dates to Remember Small Farm College - The program starts in January with two locations to choose from. The Wednesday night program will be held in Pickaway Co. at the Circleville Fire Department and the Thursday night program will be in the Clermont Co. Extension Office in Owensville. Classes begin on January 9 and 10, 2013. For more information call for details. Small Farm Conference - Wilmington College on March 8 and 9, 2013. Go to http://adams.osu.edu, http://brown.osu.edu or http://highland.osu.edu for the printable flyer or call for details.
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Winter Programming Dates With the 2012 growing season behind us, it is time to talk about OSU Extension programming for the coming months. This is not a complete list, but some things that you can mark on your calendars. Continue to watch this paper for further updates. Also, you can get updates from local radio. I am on the air on the following schedule: Buckeye 105.5 FM on Monday and Friday mornings at 6:50 a.m.; C-103 at 103.1 FM every Friday at 12:30 p.m. and WFTM 1240 AM on the third Friday of each month at 12:15 p.m. The Master Gardener Program has been moved again. The program will begin in late February, so we will open registration up again. Contact the Pam at the Adams Co. Office if interested at (937) 544-2339. The program will be on Wednesdays starting February 20, 2013 and will continue for 13 weeks. If you have questions about the program contact me at (937) 515-2314. The Pesticide Re-certification program will be offered twice for the three county area. The program will be offered at Southern State Community College in Fincastle in the Appalachian Gateway Center on Monday, February 4, 2013 beginning at 5:30 p.m. and Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at noon. Preregistration and the $35 fee will be required, so watch for more information. Keep in mind you will need to also send your information and a $30 fee to the Ohio Department of Agriculture to complete your requirements for recertification. The class will include a meal and OSU Extension publications so please let us know if you have any special diet needs when you register. Starting in February we will offer testing for both private and commercial applicators to obtain a pesticide license. The test will be offered on the second Monday of February, March and April, so February 11, 2013, March 11, 2013 and April 8, 2013. The testing will begin around noon each date at the Old Y Restaurant and run until 4 p.m. You
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Ohio’s annual furbearer hunting and trapping seasons began on Nov. 10 for certain species. Good furbearer populations are expected this year, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. “Following the mild winter of 2011-2012, most populations of furbearing species are doing very well,” said ODNR Division of Wildlife Biologist Suzie Prange. “We anticipate fur takers will have a good season for most species.” Fox, raccoon, opossum, skunk and weasel hunting and trapping seasons are open Nov. 10 through Jan. 31, 2013. Mink and muskrat trapping seasons are open Nov. 10 through Feb. 28, 2013. However, raccoon, opossum, skunk, weasel, mink and muskrat trapping seasons will remain open through March 15, 2013, only in Erie, Ottawa and Sandusky counties as well as Lucas County east of the Maumee River. Coyote hunting and trapping has no closed season with an unrestricted bag limit. Special hunting regulations for coyotes apply during the statewide deer-gun season, Nov. 26-Dec. 2 and Dec. 15-16, and deer-muzzleloader season, Jan. 5-8, 2013. Beaver and river otter trapping seasons are open Dec. 26 through Feb. 28, 2013, and beaver trapping is open statewide. For the eighth year, 43 counties will be open for river otter trapping. River otters were reintroduced into Ohio from 1986-1993 and have increased their range in the state. River otters were removed from Ohio’s Endangered Species List in 2002. Full details of open counties as well as checking and permit requirements can be found in the Ohio River Otter Trapping Regulations or at wildohio.com. There will be no daily bag limits or restrictions on hours for hunting and trapping furbearers, with the exception of river otters. River otter bag limits are dependent on the county where it was trapped. A fur taker permit is required in addition to a valid Ohio hunting license to hunt or trap furbearing animals, except for coyotes, which may be hunted or trapped year-round without a fur taker permit. A special ODNR Division of Wildlife permit is required to trap beaver and river otter on state public hunting areas. River otters that are accidentally captured, either in excess of bag limits or in closed counties, must be released unharmed. River otters that cannot be released must be turned over to ODNR Division of Wildlife. Beaver trappers in particular are advised to watch for river otter sign and modify set placements where necessary. The Ohio State Trappers Association and ODNR Division of Wildlife have published a guide on how to recognize river otter sign and use avoidance techniques while trapping for beaver in areas closed to river otter trapping. A copy of the publication can be ordered by calling 800-WILDLIFE. Ohio is among the nation's leading producers of raw furs. Last year, 22,195 fur taker permits were sold in the state. The state currently has 65 licensed fur dealers. Additional hunting and trapping information is available in the 2012-2013 Ohio Hunting Regulations, at wildohio.com or by calling 800-WILDLIFE. ODNR ensures a balance between wise use and protection of our natural resources for the benefit of all. Visit the ODNR website at ohiodnr.com.
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