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Serving Brown County, Ohio since 1973

Vol. 37 No. 22

Planning for National Day Of Prayer underway The Brown County Task Force for the National Day of Prayer will hold a planning meeting 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 16 at Brown County General Hospital. Anyone interested in joining the task force is invited to attend the meeting.

The National Day of Prayer will be held Thursday, May 6. Planning for the events in Brown County are now being considered. Bring ideas to share with the task force. For more information or questions, call Marsha Mundy (513) 734-4334.

CFF fundraiser at Mt. Orab LaRosa’s set There will be a Cystic Fibrosis fundraiser at the Mt. Orab on Tuesday, Jan. 12.

LaRosa's has agreed to give 25 percent of all carry-out and dining room sales to Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for the entire day. This excludes delivery orders.

Please join us at the Mt. Orab location and make this a great fundraiser for the local chapter of CFF. A big thanks to the Mt. Orab LaRosa's for supporting our local chapter.

For more information please contact (937) 618-0633.

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Mt. Orab police kill attacker after shooting ambush at police station

BY Wayne Gates The Brown County Press “His intention was clear.

He was here to kill police officers.”

That’s the assessment of Mt. Orab Police Chief Bryan Mount to the January 3 attack on his police station by 61 year old George Ruby.

Ruby was killed in an exchange of gunfire with officers Justin Conley, 27, and Chris Hodges, 30, around 4 a.m.

The two had their first contact with Ruby about 1 a.m. at the McDonalds restaurant on North High Street.

The police had been called with someone complaining about Ruby’s behavior.

Mount said that when the officers arrived, it appeared to them that Ruby had been drinking.

The officers told Ruby to call a family member and get a ride home, and then left the restaurant.

Officer Conley saw Ruby drive past him a few minutes later. He was pulled over and arrested for drunk driving.

He was taken to the Mt. Orab police station where his wife picked him up about 3

a.m.

Mount picked up the story from there.

“Conley went out to his cruiser about 4 a.m. and heard a click behind him.

As he turned to look, he got shot in the back.”

Ruby had returned to the police station and was waiting outside with a 38 special.

The bullet hit Conley in his bullet-resistant vest about an inch from the bottom.

According to Mount, Conley ran for cover across the parking lot, hit the ground behind the flag pole and began returning fire.

Meanwhile, Hodges had heard the gunfire and was rushing to help.

As Hodges approached the door, Ruby tried to enter the building with his gun.

Mount said Ruby saw Hodges and stepped back outside.

Hodges tried to shoot Ruby through the wall, but the bullet struck concrete.

Hodges then had to try to look outside to see where Ruby was and check on the condition of Conley.

At that point, Mount said Ruby ran west down to the other doors of the Mt. Orab

municipal building, were he exchanged more bullets with Hodges.

The glass door was shattered from the gunfire.

Hodges continued out the west door of the building, coming around the corner to find Ruby down in front of the main door to the building.

Ruby was taken to Mt. Orab Mercy where he was pronounced dead.

Mount said Conley has a fist-sized bruise on his back.

He was treated and released from Mt. Orab Mercy.

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TOPS chapter to hold open house Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) Chapter 2152 Mount Orab is having an open house on Jan. 11. Meetings are held each Monday at the Mt. Orab Library, 613 S. High Street at 6:30 p.m. following weigh-ins at 5:30 p.m. Membership is open to all ages both male and female. Weekly dues are $1.00 and annual dues are $26.00 A cordial invitation to attend the open house and a free TOPS meeting is being extended to anyone interested in making changes in their lifestyle.

Everyone is welcome. For more information call Hope Fain (937) 444-0404.

The Brown County Press/WAYNE GATES

Bullet holes like this one through a window are all over the Mt. Orab police station. At least eight rounds hit the building.

There will be a free community dinner every Thursday in January and February, from 5 - 7 p.m. at Centenary United Methodist Church, located at 110 N Second St, Ripley.

Contact Jaime Wirth (937) 377-1325 for more information.

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Auctioneer Dannie Hess is remembered as being honest and caring businessman

BY Wayne Boblitt The Brown County Press The Brown County Press/WAYNE GATES

Julia and George Ruby at their wedding in 1991.

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Family says Ruby not a monster

BY Wayne Gates The Brown County Press The question on everyone's lips after George Ruby shot a Mt. Orab police officer in the back and set off a gun battle on January 3 is “why?”

That includes Ruby’s widow, Julia.

The chain of events that ended Ruby’s life began at McDonalds in Mt. Orab.

According to a witness, Ruby was angry that he got onions on his cheeseburger when he didn’t want them.

When he complained and wouldn’t calm down, the police were called.

Officers Justin Conley and Chris Hodges responded...the same two men that Ruby would be shooting at just hours later.

He was told to call for a ride home, but chose to drive instead.

He was spotted by Officer Conley and arrested for drunk driving.

Julia was called and she arrived at the Mt. Orab police

station about 3 a.m to take George home.

Once he got there, Julia said Ruby was grumpy about the events of the evening. He then got out of bed about 4 a.m. and got dressed.

Julia asked him where he was going and he simply said “out”.

She tried to stop him by standing in the doorway, but he told her in a quiet voice to get out of his way and then left.

Julia thought he might be taking a drive to calm down...something he had done before.

But Ruby was headed to the Mt. Orab Police Department.

Julia said she got worried when George didn’t come home after a couple of hours.

She turned on the television which happened to be on a local news channel.

They were talking about a shooting in Mt. Orab.

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Former auctioneer Dannie Franklin Hess is being remembered by some Brown County residents and business people as being an upright, honest businessman who cared about all the people he served.

Mr. Hess, 81, of Buford, Ohio, died Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010, at Clermont Mercy Hospital in Batavia, Ohio.

He was born Saturday, May 5 1928, in Highland County, Ohio, near Buford, the son of the late John Hess and the late Bessie Vance Hess. A lifelong Buford resident, he was the youngest of four children.

After graduating from the former Buford High School in 1946, Mr. Hess married Lela Mae Louderback on Dec. 18, 1946. They have one son,

Dannie Hess

Glenn Hess of Buford.

After farming all his life with his father, Mr. Hess decided he wanted to become an auctioneer and left for Decatur, Ind., in the summer of 1954 to attend

the Reppert School of Auctioneering. Despite being known as a shy person then, he proved his parents and some other skeptics wrong regarding his ability to be an auctioneer, and the business he began has been going strong for more than 56 years now.

He started Dennie Hess and Associates Auctioneers from his home, and that business later became Hess Auction Company. He also sold real estate for years with Bates & Liming Realtors and in 1983 transferred to Donald D. Fender Inc. Realtors.

While his auctions were mostly in Southern Ohio, including Brown County, Mr. Hess occasionally conducted auctions in Kentucky and other areas.

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Becraft honored at G’town Council meeting for years of service to village

BY Wayne Boblitt The Brown County Press Several years of service in Georgetown village government has come to an end for Ray Becraft, but those years certainly haven’t gone unnoticed.

Becraft, 70, who completed eight years of service as a Georgetown Village Council member on Dec. 31, was hon-

ored at the last council meeting he attended on Dec. 17.

Georgetown Mayor Dale Cahall honored Becraft with an Appreciation Plaque at that meeting for his years of service to the village not only as a councilman but also as a mayor and a village administrator.

The plaque presented to Becraft, who was accompanied by Joyce, his wife, stated,

“Raymond W. Becraft: in special recognition and appreciation for the many years of selfless service and commitment as mayor, village administrator, and councilman to the village of Georgetown, given on Dec. 17, 2009, Dale E. Cahall, Mayor, Village of Georgetown.”

Before presenting the plaque, Cahall commented to CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

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The Western Brown Local School District Board of Education is seeking a member to fill a vacancy created by the recent resignation of former member William Neal.

Neal, who was in his fifth term, resigned effective this past Dec. 31 after being elected this past Nov. 3 as a mem-

ber of the Clark Township Board of Trustees. He began working at that new elected position on Jan. 1.

Board Western Brown President Richard Pride II reported the board must name Neal’s replacement within 30 days after his resignation. The new member will serve until

Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012; an election for a four-year term for that seat will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011.

Citizens interested in being considered for appointment to the Western Brown Board contact District should Treasurer Denny Dunlap at (937) 444-2506, Ext. 15016

for an application. Applicants must submit a letter of interest attached to the completed application.

The deadline for accepting applications is 5 p.m. this Tuesday, Jan. 12.

According to the Ohio School Boards Association, anyone wishing to serve on a

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school board in Ohio must be a resident of the district served by that board and must be a registered voter. If he or she wishes to continue serving on the school board, he or she must face voters in the next General Election.

Pride said the Western Brown Board will review all applications and decide on Neal’s replacement before the end of January.

WBLSD serves approximately 3,400 students in four buildings: Hamersville Elementary-Middle School in and Mt. Hamersville Elementary School, Mt. Orab Middle School, and Western Brown High School, all in Mt. Orab.

Neal was first elected to the

Western Brown Board in November 1991 and took office in January 1992. He was re-elected four consecutive times.

Highlights of Neal’s accomplishments as a board member include active participation in the $46 million building project in the school district; support of the school administration on the school improvements reflected on the Ohio Department of Education Report Card; and his role in the fiscal stability of the school system. Neal served five years as board president and another five as vice president during his tenure on the Western Brown School Board.

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Former Georgetown Village Councilman Ray Becraft, center, is joined by his wife, Joyce Becraft, as he displays the Appreciation Plaque presented to him by Mayor Dale Cahall left, at the Georgetown Village Council meeting on Dec. 17.

That meeting was the final council session Ray Becraft attended as a two-term village councilman; he chose not to run for a third term this past November.

Becraft honored at G’town Council meeting for years of service CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Becraft, “Our community is indebted to your selfless acts of kindness you have show in this community.”

Becraft served as Georgetown mayor from 1997 to the spring of 2000 when he began serving at the village council’s request as village administrator, a position he held until the end of 2001. He won the first of two four-year terms on the Georgetown Village Council in 2001 and his second in 2005, subsequently serving on the council from the beginning of 2002 through the end of last month.

Looking back over his years of service in Georgetown village government, Becraft said he enjoyed being a mayor, village administrator, and councilman and said he was able to get things done in each position.

He said he decided to leave village government service at this time because “I wanted to refocus on some other things.”

Asked what he felt were the three biggest accomplishments in Georgetown village government during his service there, Becraft mentioned: (1) The opening of the Ohio Veterans Home in Georgetown in 2003 when he

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served on the village council.

He said efforts to make Georgetown the site of a second OVH in Ohio, besides its other site in Sandusky, began when he was Georgetown mayor.

(2) Restoration of the Municipal Building including upgrading and modernizing of village offices and renovating of the historic Gaslight Theater in that building’s upstairs area. He said that work occurred while he was both mayor and village administrator.

(3) Turn lanes placed on State Route 125 (East State Street) at the Pamida Shopping Center, a project that took place when he served as mayor and also as administrator.

As he goes about his life now looking at Georgetown village government as an outsider, Becraft expressed optimism about his home village’s future, mentioning how Georgetown’s finances currently are in good shape.

“I think the village is in good shape,” he commented.

“There is a good working group of council members now. I am glad to see young people get involved with the council now.”

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First 2010 baby born at BCGH Brittany Jennings of Felicity holds her daughter, Madison Jayde, the first baby of 2010 born at Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown. Madison was born at 2:52 p.m. this past Sunday, Jan. 3. The newborn girl arrived weighing 7 pounds, 4 ounces.

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Western Brown School Board chooses new officers, mtg. dates

The Western Brown Local School District Board of Education elected new officers for 2010 and set new regularly scheduled meeting dates for the new year at its annual Organizational Meeting Jan. 5.

The board also adopted a resolution to approve an Alternative Tax Budget for Fiscal Year 2011.

Board members selected Richard Pride II as its new and JoAnn president Hildebrandt as its new vice president. Pride served as vice president this past year, and former board member Dennis Wright served as the board’s president in 2009.

This past Monday’s meeting was the first for new members Lynette Garrett and Michael Kirk. The board selected Garrett as its legisla-

tive liaison and Pride as its representative on the Southern Hills Joint Vocational School District Board of Education.

Board members changed their regular monthly meeting from 7 a.m. on the third Thursday to 7 p.m. on the third Monday. January’s regular meeting date will be an exception, however, and will take place at 6 p.m. this Tuesday, Jan. 12, at the WBLSD Administrative Offices, 524 W. Main St., Mt. Orab.

Alternative Budget Detailed The Alternative Tax Budget board members approved this past Tuesday is a simplified form which Brown County Auditor Doug Green accepts from school districts, according to WBLSD Treasurer Denny Dunlap.

That budget form lists funds which receive property taxes separately so Green can determine if enough of those

Fund indicates cash balances of $739,775 on June 30, 2010; $825,237 on June 30, 2011; and $794,188 on Dec. 31, 2011. Building Maintenance Fund money can be used only to replace or repair building items that were placed in the Western Brown District’s Building Maintenance Plan, which was written when the district’s new school buildings were constructed, according to Dunlap.

Hiring Authorization Given In other action at this past Monday’s Organizational Meeting, Western Brown Board of Education members: District • Authorized Superintendent Jeffrey Royalty to employ temporary personnel for positions within the district as needed.

• Appointed Royalty as the district’s purchasing agent.

• Authorized Dunlap to request tax advances, invest inactive funds, and pay bills within appropriation and open bid limits.

• Authorized the district treasurer to pay district

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employees’ and school board members’ bonds.

• Authorized themselves, the school board members, to

participate in a District Employee Fringe Benefit Plan by applying for and paying applicable premiums.

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BY Wayne Boblitt The Brown County Press

taxes are being collected for the Western Brown District.

The budget lists the WBLSD General Fund, Bond Retirement Fund and Building Maintenance Fund separately.

A Five-Year Forecast is used to complete the Statement of Fund Activity for the Western Brown District’s General Fund. That statement indicates the General Fund will have a $1,742,123 cash balance on Wednesday, June 30, 2010; $1,301,307 on Thursday, June 30, 2011; and $794,776 on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, Dunlap reported.

Dunlap stated the Statement of Activity for the Bond Retirement Fund indicates cash balances of $1,701,982 on June 30, 2010; $1,540,747 on June 30, 2011; and $1,526,427 on Dec. 31, 2011.

Bond Retirement Fund money can be used only to pay off the bond debt for the construction of new WBLSD school buildings.

The treasurer also reported the Statement of Activity for the Building Maintenance

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Mr. Hess was pleased to have three generations of the Hess family to be in the business.

Honesty Never Questioned Georgetown attorney Stan Purdy, who began practicing law in 1968, said he had known Mr. Hess since that year through that gentleman’s work as an auctioneer and a real estate salesman.

“There never was any question about the honesty of his sales whether you were a bidder or a buyer,” Purdy recalled.

He added all of Mr. Hess’ family members involved in the business he started are the same way, people who can be counted on to have honesty and integrity.

“I remember Dannie as an honest, reliable, cordial, and friendly person that you could count on to do a good job and someone who had his clients’ interests at heart,” Purdy mentioned.

Purdy said Mr. Hess’ death

was a “great loss”, he added Mr. Hess’ family will carry on the business he started quite adequately.

Ripley Federal Savings Bank President/Chief Executive Officer Danny Grooms said he had attended many auctions over the years in Brown County and nearby areas and had grown to know Mr. Hess that way.

Grooms mentioned how Mr. Hess always took a personal interest in the people he served and considered them as being more than just numbers. He said he made the people he serve feel good that he took such notice about them.

Over the years Mr. Hess always respected the families he served whether he was auctioning cattle, land, antiques or commercial property. Grooms said he had worked in Highland County before coming to Brown County and reported how Mr. Hess’ family was well-respected in that county in the auction and real estate businesses.

The bank president said over the years when someone would

talk about whom to get to do a good job on an auction, “One name (Mr. Hess’) always came up.”

Mr. Hess accepted Jesus Christ as his Saviour and was baptized at a young age at Buford Church of Christ. He later became a member of the Union Church of Christ near Taylorsville, Ohio, where he was faithful to the end of his life.

He loved to sing gospel music and did so for 15 years with the Calvary Four Quartet.

Mr. Hess was inducted into the Highland County Fair Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Ohio Auctioneers Hall of Fame in 2008.

Funeral services for Mr. Hess were held at Union Church of Christ at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010, with Pastors Andrew Johnson and Hugh Hurley officiating. Interment followed in the Buford Cemetery in Buford.

A complete obituary about Mr. Hess including a listing of his survivors may be found on Page 7 of today’s edition of The Brown County Press.

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American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Brown County, Ohio

BACKGROUND: Relay For Life is the American Cancer Society’s national signature activity. Relay began in 1985 in Tacoma, Washington, by Dr. Gordon Klatt. He ran and walked on a local track for 24 hours, traveling a total of 81 miles and raising $27,000. Since Dr. Klatt’s one-man marathon, millions of people nationwide have passed the baton and raised millions of dollars for cancer research, education, advocacy and patient service. In 2009, Relay For Life raised $15.7 million in Ohio.

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Most Relay For Life events last 18 to 24 hours at a school or community field. The events are filled with fun and excitement for all ages. The event begins with a Cancer Survivors Lap celebrating those who have survived cancer or who are currently battling cancer. Later in the evening, the Luminaria Ceremony remembers those who have experienced cancer. Games, music, live entertainment and pep rallies encourage people all through the night. Teams are made up of eight to 15 people. During the event, at least one member of each team is walking or running the track at all times.

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To raise money for the Southwest Ohio Region of the American Cancer Society and to raise community awareness of the programs and services offered by the American Cancer Society. $45,000, 18 Teams

DETAILS: Relay For Life Kickoff Party, Tuesday, January 19, 6 p.m. at Cookie’s Coffee & Creamery, Mt. Orab.

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Board members adopt resolution approving Alternative Tax Budget

Shooting incident shows daily danger of police work

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Letters to the Editor Reader has hackles up over Dog Warden quitting Dear Editor, I found it shocking yet not surprising to read that again we have lost another Dog Warden. It seems to be a pattern in this county, we get a good Dog Warden and either the Humane Society or the County Commissioners run them off. This one appears to be by both!! The Humane Society has wanted to order the Dog Wardens around for years and yet when the County Commissioners have offered in the past to turn the County Shelter over to them they run the other way. The Humane Society does not want the expense or the

"work" involved in running the shelter, yet they want to tell our Dog Wardens how to do their job plus they want the Dog Warden to do their job!

I think it is time that our Commissioners County stopped worrying about the next re-election and started supporting the shelter and its employees. When a Dog Warden writes a citation it should be the same as if a Police Officer writes a citation it should be settled in the courts NOT in the commissioners office. It is time our County Commissioners stopped letting the Humane Society and their thoughts of

re-election have any say in the shelters daily operations.

It is time our Humane Society does what it is suppose to do and stop worrying about the County animal shelter and its daily operations.

There are many animals that need the Humane Societies help yet they continue to turn a blind eye to them. After all who wants to get up at 7 p.m. from their comfy cozy living room and go out because a dog is chained up, starving and freezing to death?

Definitely NOT our County Humane Society!!!

How many of you have called the Humane Society

NEVER to get a return call!!

I for one have and I have talked to many Brown County residents with the same complaint. I have been at the County Animal Shelter on the days when the spay/neuter truck comes and the Humane Society expects the shelter employees to do most of the work yet this is their deal!!!

The shelter employees are there to care for the dogs in the shelter not to be the Humane Societies slaves!!

I personally look forward to the next election.

Dale Bath Harlequin Haven Great Dane Rescue

Like many of you, I go to work every day. The little rewards and annoyances (not that I have any of those, boss...) play out and I go home to the family.

The one difference between me and law enforcement officers is that I don’t have to worry about being shot.

Officers Justin Conley and Chris Hodges left their families last weekend to work the overnight shift for the Mt. Orab Police Department.

Early Sunday morning, Conley’s wife had to be told her husband had been shot.

Both women had to be told their husbands had fought for their lives in a gun battle.

A bullet-resistant vest had saved the life of a husband and father. The bullet hit Conley in the back about an inch above the bottom of his vest. Some might be tempted to make comparisons, using words like “big city” and “small town”. But it doesn’t really matter in the long run. The hard reality is that the badge can also be a target, no matter what the name of the department on it.

That’s why we all owe the men and women who literally put their lives on the line for us when they go to work a debt of thanks.

Police officers who have to

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WAYNE GATES, EDITOR deal with dangerous situations and people...firefighters who rush into burning buildings when others are trying to get out.

Emergency medical technicians and first responders... people who hold the lives of others in their hands and sometimes lose them.

And one of the most striking facts, of all...some of these people are volunteers.

They are the best in our society.

They protect and defend us and pick us up when we’re broken.

I can only imagine what it would be like without them.

So the next time you get pulled over and you’re grumbling unprintable things to yourself as the officer is walking away, keep in mind that he or she might be the one to help pull you out of the wreckage of your car...or take a bullet for you somewhere down the road.

To all those who labor under the umbrella of “public safety”...thank you.

Stay safe.

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“What is the best thing that happened to you in 2009?”

Leaders of our nation need prayer as well Dear Editor, Why Pray?

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Ephesians 6:12 NIV Though many of us are becoming appalled and angry as we watch the government taking away our rights and putting our nation deeper and deeper in debt, we must be careful in our thoughts and prayers towards those in the administration whom we feel

are betraying us.

I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone – for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good and pleases God our Savior, who wants all to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 2Timothy 2-3 NIV Unless the hearts and minds of those we have put in authority over us by our election process are attuned to the Will of God for this nation, our nation will continue to be

put under subjection to the powers of darkness. Let us never forget our LORD wants all to be saved and for that to happen, all must see the temptations of the lust of the flesh (sexual immorality); the lust of the eyes (desire for possessions) and pride of life (desire for wealth, power and importance). The word “all” includes not only those we have put in power over us but also each of us as individuals.

We are cautioned to examine ourselves before we go to the LORD in prayer to make certain we are not guilty of the same faults of which we are

accusing others.

We have a Savior. Our nation was founded with Christian principles. If we are allowing those to be eroded away, it is our fault, not God’s. He wants to save us individually and as a nation.

He is able. Are we willing?

Have we become desperate enough yet to take time to pray for ourselves and for our leaders? Our prayers need to include confession and repentance individually and for our nation. Are we desperate enough yet? If not, we will be.

Patty Rhonemus

“When I played in a Summer Basketball League in Morehead and we were down by 3 in overtime and came back and won and I made the winning lay-up.”

Quintin Sandlin Georgetown

“The Girls Strikers SAY Soccer team which I coached made it to the Final Eight in the State Tournament.”

Marty Adams Ripley

Dear Editor, Everybody has his/her own take on what ‘personal spirituality’ is all about. It’s very much a personal thing and each individual is responsible for cultivating his/her own relationship with the Almighty. It has to be on an individual matter, nobody can do it for someone else. So why is it that so many ‘religious types’ want to try and sell other folks on a formula that, possibly doesn’t fit their personality or way of doing things? Many have an idea of Christianity where its ‘one size fits all’and try to cram everyone into the same box.

Can’t God work outside of the box? I mean, He’s been doing just that for thousands of years.

Why is it that so many of these church people want to make everyone a carbon copy of themselves?

One person told me that a good Christian woman doesn’t wear pants! (What does a good Christian woman do if she doesn’t have a dress ... go naked?) Another told me that a good Christian won’t listen to any kind of music unless its southern gospel or choir music!

(If that’s the case, then I’m headed for hell for certain).

And then there’s another who tells me that a man of God, worth his salt, is one who doesn’t own a TV or go to movies!

(Oh, great ... I’m sunk again).

Who wrote those rules?

I had a fellow tell me that he had been asked to step down as the young adult Sunday School teacher because he was seen

smoking a cigarette. Another said that he had been removed as a deacon because it was found out that he had danced with his wife at the wedding of his nephew. Another person tells me that her daughter married a man who was out of a different denomination (she was raised Pentecostal and he was a Presbyterian) and as a result this woman was asked to step down as the children’s director. And then I hear another story about a girl who has to work on Sunday because of schedule changes at her job and is told that she can no longer participate in youth activities at church because she is setting a bad example for others her age.

Give me a break!

Correct me if I’m wrong, but does any of this sound a bit stupid? I mean, its rather obvious that there are some people who believe that God must be extremely limited in what He will and will not allow when it comes to human beings acting ... well ... human. Not much room for grace around these ‘Holy Joes’. These knuckleheads spend too much time looking for reasons to exclude people from the Kingdom rather than trying to include them. (For crying out loud, a guy smoking a cigarette? A guy dancing with his wife? A woman who’s daughter marries a guy who attends a different denomination? This is reason enough to penalize them?)

Reasonable and wholesome Christianity needs to be a lot more welcoming and allow for

more differences, no, not blot out sin, but at least show some tolerance and grace. Be welcoming and charitable, not hung up on every issue.

Spirituality is individualized and it might mean some different things to different people.

But as long as and individual loves God and loves people and has accepted Jesus Christ as his/her personal Savior and Lord, what more does he/she

need to find approval among God’s people? If they’re good enough for God, then that should be good enough for the rest of us! Why lay extra burdens on the backs of those willing to embrace a relationship with Jesus Christ - let them work out the details of making necessary changes with God for themselves.

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“Winning my college soccer league for Southern State.”

Jordan England Ripley

“I had a son on Nov. 5.”

Jason Thompson Ripley

“My son Jeremy graduated from Northern Kentucky University.”

Steve Dunkin Georgetown

“I graduated from high school, and I got accepted to Centre (College).”

Calvin Cahall Georgetown

Reader calls for more jail space for criminals Brown County needs to wake up. Small town or not, we need a bigger jail that can house criminals and keep them off of the street. It is not just the fault of the Sheriff's Department, they just don't have the space.

So what happens? The jail is at full capacity, and the drunks, the drug addicts, and the habitual criminals they get cited and released, to be on the streets to cause more trouble, do more drugs, steal more property and hurt more people.

The law enforcement officers of this county have their hands cuffed behind their backs so to speak, they are at the mercy of the situation and we as citizens are blind to the whole problem. We've all heard the slogan, "Drunk Driving.

Over the limit, Under Arrest" along with the sounds of jail doors slamming shut, played as public service announcements.

The truth is here in Brown

County, the officers have no choice but to cite and release drunk drivers. There is no jail time.

Amy Herrera

Food pantry says thank you Dear Editor, Thanks to all who worked so diligently and gave so generously to the Sardinia Community Food Pantry.

Many families had much happier Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, because of the generosity of the people in the Sardinia Community.

The new phone number for those who need to contact the food pantry is (937) 6615884.

Linda Liming Agape Christian Council Food Pantry Committee

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Howser re-elected as vice mayor, four council members sworn in

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BY Wayne Boblitt The Brown County Press At their first meeting of 2010 on Jan. 5, Mt. Orab Village Council members approved their committee assignments for the new year and set their regular meeting dates for 2010.

They also re-elected Councilman Joe Howser as the council’s president.

Howser serves as Mt. Orab vice mayor in that position and will preside over council meetings when Mt. Orab Mayor Bruce Lunsford is unable to attend.

At the beginning of the meeting, Lunsford swore in four of the six council members for a four-year term: returning members Howser, David Brenner, and Herm Scott and newcomer Daniel Reed.

All four won seats in the five-candidate race in the Nov. 3 General Election. Reed won a seat by finishing only five votes ahead of and ousting incumbent Fred Hansen.

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Mt. Orab Mayor Bruce Lunsford swears in four Mt. Orab Village Council members for fouryear terms at the council’s first meeting of 2010 on Jan. 5. Participating in the ceremony are, from left, Lunsford, new Councilman Daniel Reed, and returning councilmen David Brenner, Joe Howser, and Herm Scott.

ments council members approved at this past Tuesday’s meetings included: • Streets: Howser, Reed, Kenny Sheffield.

• Public Safety: Brenner, Scott, Sheffield.

• Planning and Development: Brenner, Reed, Joyce Wilson.

• Audit Committee/ Scott, Finance: Howser, Wilson.

Scott and Wilson also will

serve on the Personnel Committee as Mt. Orab Village Council’s representatives while Hansen will serve on that committee as the Mt. Orab BPA’s representative.

Council members also reappointed Hansen as a member of the Mt. Orab Board of Zoning Appeals.

Meeting Dates Established During discussion about the 2010 meeting dates, council members agreed to meet at 8

Mt. Orab Council adopts 2009 Final, 2010 Temporary budget ordinances Temporary Budget allocates more than $5.9 million to start off 2010

BY Wayne Boblitt The Brown County Press At their final 2009 meeting on Dec. 30, Mt. Orab Village Council members adopted two Budget Appropriation Ordinances – one to close out 2009 and another to begin 2010.

The Temporary Budget Ordinance approved to start out 2010 appropriates a little more than $5.9 million.

“It cleans up all funds and keeps them current,” Lunsford said of the 2009 Final Budget Ordinance that appropriated $7,624,330.93.

The Temporary Budget Appropriation Ordinance for that allocates 2010, $5,906,889.34, ensures each village budget fund has enough money to begin paying its expenses as the new year begins.

Enterprise Fund appropriations total $2,178,309, less than the $2,365,581.05 in the

Ballroom dance lessons offered Community ballroom dance lessons will be offered every Friday beginning Jan. 15 (for 8 weeks) from 6:30 8 p.m. at Centenary United Methodist Church.

Beginner lessons will be taught by John Dvorachek. $80 for an 8 week course or $10 lesson. Contact Jaime Wirth (937) 377-1325 for more information.

2009 Temporary Ordinance.

Appropriation Enterprise Fund programs for which $100,000 or more are appropriated follow: • Water: $1,167,216.

• Sewer: $583,393.

• Waste: $357,200.

Special Revenue Fund appropriations total $1,210,117.98, more than the $1,156,843.98 in the 2009 Temporary Appropriation Ordinance. Special Revenue Fund programs for which $100,000 or more are appropriated follow: • Fire: $620,119.98.

• TIF Districts 4-40: $192,270.

• Street Construction: $128,554.

• Police Fund: $114,500.

Debt Service Fund appropriations total $1,125,623,50, more than the $1,020,475.50 the 2009 Temporary in Appropriation Ordinance and a mirror image of the $1,125,623.50 in the 2009 Final Budget Appropriation Ordinance. Debt Service Fund programs for which $100,000 or more are appropriated follow: • Tax Increment Financing Bond Anticipation Note:

$592,000.

• Sewer Plant Project Debt: $150,950.

• Sewer Plant Project Debt: $143,600.

• Water Carbon Plant Debt: $114,000.

General Fund appropriations total $1,105,220, more than the $1,052,380 in the Temporary 2009 Appropriation Ordinance.

General Fund programs for which $100,000 or more are appropriated follow: • Security of Persons and Property: $544,000.

• General Government: $306,409.

• Transportation: $141,689.

Capital Project Fund appropriations total $227,618.86, slightly less than the $233,819.50 in the 2009 Temporary Appropriation Ordinance. A Capital Project Fund program for which $100,000 or more were appropriated is the Apple Street Extension Kroger Project, $200,000.

Lunsford said the village will have to tweak the 2010 Budget and make adjustments to it over the next three months. The village will be required to adopt the 2010 Annual Appropriation Ordinance by Tuesday, March 31.

p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of the month from January through June and in September and October. There will be one meeting each in July and August, one of which will be on a second Tuesday and the other on a third Tuesday; two meetings in November, one of which will be on the first Monday since the first Tuesday in November will be the 2010 General Election Day, and the other of which will be on the third Tuesday; and 2010’s final meetings on the second and fourth Tuesdays of December.

Council members also approved some village personnel matters requested by Lunsford.

The mayor mentioned former village employee Ann Morgan was willing to work for a couple of months or so as a general office worker for Mt. Orab to temporarily fill a vacancy created by an unexpected tragedy that occurred to another village worker this past month.

Lunsford mentioned how former village employee Sheila Lung had died in December as a result of a drowning accident in Cocoa Beach, Fla.

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BY Wayne Boblitt The Brown County Press Fayetteville-Perry Elementary School students had the opportunity this past fall to learn a lot about Ohio wildlife during a combined assembly program and handson activities event.

The Center of Science and Industry in Columbus, more popularly known as COSI,

brought its traveling science program “What’s Wild” to the FPES Gymnasium.

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Two Fayetteville-Perry Elementary School students examine furs of different Ohio wild mammals at an exhibit staffed by FPES Parent Teacher Organization member Vicki Naseer as part of the Center of Science and Industry’s “What’s Wild” program held recently in the FPES Gymnasium.

visitors about the furs of Ohio wild mammals including the rabbit, whitetail deer, beaver, raccoon, red fox, gray fox, black bear, coyote, otter, mink and skunk.

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Former Aberdeen Village Administrator Don Hafer is back at that position as a parttime employee.

At their first meeting of 2010 on Jan. 4, Aberdeen Village Council members voted unanimously to hire Hafer part-time for that position following an executive session they held to discuss personnel.

Hafer replaces former fulltime Village Administrator Jim Olson, who resigned from that position at the Aberdeen Village Council meeting on Dec. 21. In his resignation letter that night, Olson mentioned family matters and his health as reasons for his departure.

In a Jan. 6 telephone interview, Hafer, 70, said he was

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He said one thing he is looking forward to is working with a new council.

Three of the four council members who were elected to Aberdeen’s governing body this past Nov. 3 – Jerry Applegate, Jay Castle and Jason Phillips – are newcomers while the fourth council member who was elected then, former Mayor Billie Eitel, had been serving on the council in an appointed position she accepted last year.

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Ballantyne said she thought the day went well and mentioned how she thought the students were having fun with their learning opportunities.

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mayor when Hafer worked as administrator.

He said the main thing that needs to be done for now in the village is to find a solution to Aberdeen’s water source problem.

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has demanded the village find an answer.

“It has come to the point where EPA wants something done, and we have to get our heads together and do something.”

Also following the executive session, council members awarded Village Solicitor Jay Cutrell a new one-year contract to continue serving as Aberdeen’s official attorney.

Cutrell will be paid $6,000 as his 2010 salary for what are considered his regular and ordinary services to the village and also $125 per hour

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Earlier in the meeting, council members had chosen Phillips as the council president for 2010. As president, Phillips also will serve as the village’s vice mayor and will preside at council meetings Renchen is unable to attend.

Mt. Orab Council appoints two to village’s Board of Public Affairs Council votes to annex two tracts of Green Township land near Cole

BY Wayne Boblitt The Brown County Press

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gymnasium.

Students could visit exhibits of insects and view the bugs through microscopes; an exhibit of Ohio reptiles that indicated how venomous and non-venomous snakes could be told apart by their heads and tails; an exhibit showing differences between the horns of bison and domestic cattle; and even an exhibit of models showing how the feces of cer-

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throughout Ohio: lakes, wetlands, fields and forests.

Ballantyne stressed conservation and care for wildlife and had a kindergarten girl pretend to be a duck who became tangled up with ring-shaped plastic that had been discarded from some soft drink cans. She mentioned how a duck tangled up like that would be unable to swim or flap his or her wings.

When Ballantyne asked her young listeners if a tangled-up duck could look for food, water or shelter, they responded “no”.

She advised the elementary students if they should come across a bird or other animal trapped in plastic, they shouldn’t try to rescue that creature themselves because the scared creature could bite them. They were told instead to call a special number with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife, 1-800-WILDLIFE, for assistance.

FPES fifth-grade teacher Pat Ilg got some laughter from the student body when she was asked to dress as a black bear for a demonstration about how wildlife officials use transmitters to track particular animals for study.

Students were also able to use magnets on fishing poles to catch different paper fishes and learn about a particular species that was caught.

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Mt. Orab Village Council members at their regular meeting Dec. 30 appointed two members to the Mt. Orab Board of Public Affairs.

Council members also approved the annexation of two tracts of Green Township land along U.S. 68 north of State Route 32.

The council, meeting for its final time in 2009, appointed Tim O’Hara, who was at that time a current BPA member, back to that board and Fred Hansen, who at that time was a village council member, as a new BPA member. Hansen abstained in the vote on the appointments.

O’Hara failed to return his qualifying petition papers for the BPA seat to the Brown County Board of Elections before the 2009 deadline, and thus there was no candidate listed on the General Election Ballot this past Nov. 3 for the lone open Mt. Orab BPA seat.

The seat to which Hansen was appointed became open earlier during the Dec. 30 meeting when council members accepted the resignation of Michael Kirk from the BPA Board effective Dec. 31.

Kirk was elected this past Nov. 3 as a new member of the Western Brown Local School District Board of Education.

Hansen will serve the remaining two years of Kirk’s four-year term on the Mt. Orab BPA. The third member

of the Mt. Orab BPA in addition to O’Hara and Hansen is William “Woody” Whittington, whose current term will be up in 2011.

The annexation ordinance concerned a .4546-acre tract owned by JJW, an Ohio Limited Liability Company whose address is in Waterville, and a .3692-acre tract owned by Georgic Partners, LLC, whose address is in Georgetown. The tracts are along U.S. 68 (North High Street) in Green Township across from Cole Furniture and Bardwell Realty.

The ordinance also zoned the two tracts as CBD –

Central Business District.

The Brown County Board of Commissioners had approved those tracts’ annexation at one of its meetings held prior to Dec. 30.

In other action at their Dec. 30 meeting, Mt. Orab Village Council members: • Accepted the resignation of Aaron Daugherty as a parttime Mt. Orab police officer.

Daugherty stated in his resignation letter he was unable to give the time needed to that job, but thanked the village for the opportunity of having served in that position.

• Appointed Lunsford and Brenner to serve on the Volunteer Fire Fighters Dependent Fund for 2010.

Brenner abstained in voting on that matter.

Heart of Brown Co. nominations sought The Brown County General Hospital Foundation is seeking nominations for the 2010 Heart of Brown County Award.

The award will be presented at the Annual Heart of Brown County Gala, which is scheduled at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at Norlyn Manor, 4440 State Route 132, Batavia.

The Contemporary or Heart of Brown County Award is presented annually to a Brown Countian who has done something remarkable for others without thought of reward or recognition or without being adequately recognized for it.

Doing good is not the recipient’s job, and that person is not directly connected to the BCGH Foundation or BCGH itself.

Anyone wishing to make a nomination should return an application to BCGH Foundation at the hospital, 425 Home St., Georgetown, no later than Saturday, Jan. 23.

Anyone who has questions or who desires further information, including how to obtain an application, may call the Foundation at (937) 378-7712 or 1-800-866-0657, Ext. 7712.

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Dannie Franklin Hess, 81 Dannie Franklin Hess, 81, Buford, OH, passed away Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010 at Clermont Mercy Hospital.

He was born Saturday, May 5, 1928 in Highland County, near Buford, son of the late John Hess and the late Bessie Vance Hess. Dannie lived in Buford all his life. He was the youngest of four children.

Dannie graduated from Buford High School in 1946 and married Lela Mae Louderback on Dec. 18, 1946.

They had just celebrated 63 years together on Dec. 18, 2009. They have one son Glenn Hess of Buford.

Dannie accepted Christ as his savior and was baptized at a young age at the Buford Church of Christ. Later he became a member of the Union Church of Christ, where he was faithful to the end of his life. He loved to sing and did so for more than 15 years with the "Calvary Four Quartet". Dannie was inducted into the "Highland County Fair Hall of Fame" in 2006 and in the "Ohio Auctioneers Hall of Fame" in 2008. He gave of his time to do fair auctions and benefits for years and was willing to lend a hand to help anyone at any time. He always tried to be fair and honest with people treating them as he would want to be treated.

Dannie had farmed all of his life with his dad and decided he wanted to become an auctioneer. In the summer of 1954, Dannie left for Decatur, Indiana so Dannie could attend the Reppert School of Auctioneering. He was a shy person (back then) and his dad and mom and many others were very skeptical of this on taking. Well, Dannie proved them wrong and the business has been going strong for over 56 years now. He came home and started the business from their home as Dannie Hess and Associates Auctioneers, which later became Hess Auction Company. Dannie sold real estate for years with Bates & Liming Realtors and in 1983 transferred to Donald E. Fender Inc. Realtors. His auctions were mostly in Southern Ohio but occasionally in Kentucky and other areas. Dannie was an auctioneer for Producers Livestock Yards in Hillsboro for 20 years and also for the livestock yards in Olive Hill and Maysville, Kentucky for several years. He was pleased to have three generations of the Hess family in the business.

Surviving are his faithful and loving wife, Lela Mae Hess, one son, Glenn (Joyce) Hess, grandson, Brad (Kim) Hess, granddaughter, Janna (Jon) Holbrook, two greatgrandchildren, Bricen & Caden Hess. He is also survived by a brother-in-law, Kenneth (Ruth) Louderback, nieces, Carol (Phil) Roberts, Rosemary Ludwick Shaffer, nephews, Danny (Wanda) Ludwick, nephew, Dennis (Sandy) Sonner, two special nieces, Darla & Sherry Louderback, and many relatives, friends, and neighbors who were special to him.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his father and mother-in-law, Floyd and Della Louderback, three sisters, Margene List Ledford, Kathryn Sonner, Beatrice Ludwick, and their husbands, niece Jeanie List and nephew John List.

Services were held at Union Church of Christ, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010 where Pastors Andrew Johnson and Hugh Hurley officiated.

Interment followed in the Buford Cemetery, Buford, Ohio.

Contributions may be made to the Union Church of Christ Missions Fund or the Union Church of Christ Memorial Fund, 3021 N. Taylorsville Rd. Hillsboro, OH 45133.

Judy A. Hardin, 61, Amelia, passed away on Dec. 31, 2009.

Judy was the loving mother of Christine Deaton, grandmother (Mamaw) of Bryanna Deaton, sister of James R. Harvey (Marilyn) and Barb F. Morse (Hal), sister in law of Ron Carnahan and the late Connie Carnahan and she is also survived by many nieces, nephews, family and friends.

Services were Tuesday, Jan. 5 at 10 a.m. with Interment at Tate Twp. Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Cincinnati East 7691 Five Mile Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45230 and or Kidney Foundation of Greater Cincinnati 2200 Victory Parkway Suite 510 Cincinnati, OH 45206 E.C. Nurre Funeral Home, Bethel served the family.

Amanda Marie Dickston, 28 Amanda Marie Dickston, 28, Amelia, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009, at the Brown County Hospital, Georgetown.

She was born in Mariemont, Oh., April 18, 1981, the daughter of Penny (Bright) Cross and the late Buckner Scott Dickston. She is preceded in death by her step-father, Ronald L. Cross.

In addition to her mother, she is survived by one son, Jeffrey Stryker, grandparents, Don and Eva Bright, Amelia, one sister, Michelle Dickston, Amelia, brother, Jeremy Dickston, aunt and uncle, Chris and Mike Meyers, Nashville, Tenn., and two cousins, Carolyn Meyer and Alex Meyer, both of Nashville, Tenn.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010 at 1 p.m. at the Russellville Church of Christ under the direction of the Meeker Funeral Home. Don Young will be officiating.

Memorials may be made to the Ohio Tuition Trust Authority, c/o Michelle Dickston, 1439 Homewood Ct. Amelia, OH 45102, Friends and families may sign Miss Dickston’s online guestbook at www.meekerfuneralhomes.co m.

Ray W. Son, 80 Ray W. Son, 80, Bethel, died Dec. 30, 2009.

He was born Feb. 16, 1929.

Ray was the beloved husband of Geneva (Ray) Son, devoted father of Penny Son and Carol (Mike) Caudill, brother of Joan Rudd, Henry Son and the late Coy Son, he is also survived by five granddaughters and six greatgrandchildren.

A memorial gathering took place Saturday Jan. 2, 2010 at E.C.Nurre Funeral Home Bethel.

George R. Ruby, Jr., 61 George R. Ruby, Jr., 61, Mt. Orab, OH passed away Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010.

He was born in Harrison, Penn., on Dec. 9, 1948.

He was a decorated Veteran and served in Vietnam.

He was preceded in death by his parents, George R. Ruby, Sr. and Veronica Ruby.

He leaves behind his wife Julia Ruby, sisters, Maryann Gosseck, Veronica Lecksell, lrene Turner and brother, Steven Ruby. Also, children, Dolores Ruby, Cathleen Fabila, Theresa Ruby, Jamie Ruby, David Hansel and Tracee Mincey and grandchildren Samuel (Sam), Christopher, Elizabeth, Jonathan, Adam, Victoria, Ashley, Laura and Davon.

Services were held at ValeHoskins Funeral Home in Morrow, Oh., and Pastor Charles Smith of Bible Baptist Church of Mount Orab officiated. Online condolences may be sent by visiting www.hoskinsfh.com

Ruth ‘Polly’ Hayden, 81 Ruth ‘Polly’ Hayden, 81, a resident of Batavia, passed away on Dec. 30, 2009.

She was the wife of the late Donald E. Hayden, the loving mother of Alan (Pat) Hayden, grandmother of Jacob Hayden, Adam (Deanna) Hayden, and Christopher Hayden, great grandmother of Alec, Noah, Sadie, and Amelia, sister of Velda Miller, Gretice (Bill) Fenimore, Richard Cooper, and the late Keith Cooper. She is also survived by her dear friend Gordon K. Neal.

Ruth’s hobbies were doll making and tatting. In recent years she worked in the cafeteria at Amelia Middle School for 10 years. She often attended the Withamsville Church of Christ. She was a life member of the Ohio Valley Antique machinery Show in Georgetown, and won a trophy with her ‘78 T-Bird. She was good at drawing and painting and won several blue ribbons at the Brown County Fair. Polly passed her amateur radio license in 1998, and was assigned the call sign ‘kc8czb’ from the FCC and was a member of the Grant Amateur Radio Club and Bethel Radio Club. She sang with Gordy at the music jam sessions and enjoyed country and bluegrass music.

Services were held at E.C. Nurre Funeral Home on Saturday, Jan. 2. Interment was in Memory Gardens in Madison, WV.

Thomas Joseph Fields, 25 Thomas Joseph Fields, 25, died suddenly Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.

He leaves behind one son, Alec Thomas Fields, his fiancé, Stephanie Boone, parents Tommy and Rebecca Fields, three brothers, Robert Fancher, Jesse Strange, Nathan Strange, three sisters, Janie Johnson, Tammy Jo Doss, Christa Fields and maternal grandfather, Floyd Fancher.

Services were held on Monday, Jan. 4, 2010. Burial was in Clover Cemetery.

Wayne Swope, 62 Wayne Swope, 62, Williamsburg, Ohio, died Dec. 30, 2009.

Wayne was born April 11, 1947.

He left behind his wife, Katherine Swope, and he was the father of Brian (Shari), Elliott (Jennifer) and Matthew Swope, Phil (Robin) and Ricky Fite, Jr., brother of Kenny, Richard and the late Donnie Swope, Marjorie Davis and Maryann Crider.

He is also survived by twelve grandchildren.

Funeral services were Monday, Jan. 4, 2010 at E.C. Nurre Funeral Home, Bethel.

Memorials may be made to the American Lung Association.

Michael Daniel Iles, 49

T. Jean Warnock, 74

Michael Daniel Iles, 49, Mount Orab died Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.

He was born Jan. 6, 1960 in Mariemont, Oh., to the late Harold and Doris (nee Mardis) Iles.

Iles was a Mr. buyer/analyst for Cincinnati Milacron.

He is survived by his wife, Vicki Lynn (Purdy) two daughters, Iles, Michelle Iles, New Richmond and Andrea Wilkin, Burlington, Ky., two granddaughters, Sophia and Josephine Jeane, one sister, Doreena (Jim) Quallen, Wilmington, four brothers, Wesley Iles, Rick (Judy) Iles, Tommy (Cheryl) Iles and Darryl (Laurie) Iles, all of Fayetteville.

Funeral services will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010 at the Egbert Funeral Home in Mount Orab.

Cremation will take place with burial later at the Buford Cemetery. Visitation will be held Tuesday from 4 - 6 p.m. at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or the Salyer Adult Group Home, 4420 St. Rt. 247, Hillsboro, Oh.

T. Jean Warnock, 74, Mt. Orab, passed away suddenly Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2010 at Mount Orab Hospital in Mount Orab, Oh. She was born Sunday, March 3, 1935 in Herman, MN, daughter of the late Ralph and Elva (Harr) Underwood. On July 8, 1955 in South Shore, KY, she married Harold Ray Warnock, who survives.

She was a member of The Living Church at Five Mile and had been the activities director for the Mount Orab Nursing Home.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, David Underwood and Dougie Nickel.

In addition to her husband, other survivors include her daughter, Kim Warnock, Lynchburg, son, Timothy (Lupe) Warnock, Kansas City, Mo., three grandchildren, Trista, Keysha, and Trenton, two great grandchildren, Alexis and Anna and two step-grandchildren, Laura and Nick .

Services were held at the Edgington Funeral Home, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010 where Rev. Don White officiated.

Interment followed in the Mt. Orab Cemetery, Mount Orab, Ohio.

Contributions in Jean's memory may be made to the The Living Church at Five Mile, 16908 US Highway 68, Mount Orab, Ohio 45154.

Wilma P. Rankin, 78 Wilma P. Rankin, 78, Georgetown, died Jan. 2, 2010.

Wilma was born Sept. 4, 1931 in Brown County to the late Louis P. and Mary Jane (nee Roades) Allen. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Charles P. Rankin and four brothers. Mrs. Rankin was baptized in the Church of Christ.

She was the beloved mother of Mike (Terri) Rankin, Buford, Steve (Paula) Rankin, Bardwell, Bette L. Rankin, Hillsboro, Chuck Rankin, Columbus, OH, Roxanne Rankin, Georgetown, Rob Rankin, Buford, and Scott (Annie) Rankin, Hillsboro, loving grandmother of six grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren, dear sister of Mary Elizabeth Shaffer, Hillsboro, and Grace Montgomery, Hillsboro.

Services will be held at the convenience of the family.

Megie Funeral Home caring for the family.

Mark E. Lunsford, 47 Mark E. Lunsford, 47, Hamersville, died suddenly Jan. 1, 2010.

Mark was the father of Brandie (Mark) Boone and Mark E. Lunsford Jr, son of Edith Jones Lunsford and the late Hiram Lunsford, Jr., brother of Kris Marsh, Sam (Pam), Daniel (Patty), James "Mike" Lunsford and the late Ruby Dray.

Services were Friday, Jan. 8, 2010 at E.C. Nurre Funeral Home Bethel.

Burial was in Chilo Hill Cemetery near Felicity, Ohio

Leszek Niemczycki In Loving Memory One year has past from the time you left us.

We have gone on with our lives, but will always love you.

Sadly missed by the Niemczycki Family, Inge, Tom, Hong Sofia, Janusz, Christine, Ibignierv

Darrell Lee Woodruff, 40 Darrell Lee Woodruff, 40, Higginsport, Ohio, died Friday, Jan. 1, 2010 at Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio.

He was an over the road truck driver for Royal Logistics, a 20 year member of the Higginsport Fire Dept. and a former member of the Ripley Life Squad.

Darrell was born November 24, 1969 in Georgetown, Ohio the son of Wanda (Kiskaden) Doyle and the late Fred Woodruff.

He was also preceded in death by one sister, Rebecca Gillenwater.

In addition to his mother, Darrell is survived by his wife, Trina (Guinn) Woodruff, one daughter, Chassidy Woodruff, Higginsport, one stepdaughter, Delcina Jones, Galena, Ohio; one stepson, Brian Crawford, Blanchester, three step grandchildren, Calysta Crawford, Brenton and Craig Jones, one brother, Dewayne Woodruff, Georgetown, a stepfather, Bud Gillenwater and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010 at Cahall Funeral Home in Ripley.

Interment followed the funeral service in Shinkle’s Ridge Cemetery near Higginsport, Ohio.

Memorial donations may be made to the Woodruff Family, P.O. Box 69, Higginsport, Ohio 45131.

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MORAL STANDARD BROKEN Colossians 3:1-4: “If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. (2) Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. (3) For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. (4) When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory.”

That event happens in a twinkling of an eye. In that instant we will receive a brand-new body and we will be with Christ in glory.

Because of this event verse 5 tells us: “Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:” Ladies and gentlemen, this is talking about removing all evil things out of your life: sexual sins, letting evil thoughts control you, greedily wanting. All these things fall under the category of idolatry, the very thing which God hates. The very thing which makes God angry. And do we as a nation discourage these things?

We absolutely do not! We have an abundance of filthiness on our televisions today. There are no regulations anymore. Where did they go and who took them off and where were we when they did it? Even a lot of the commercials are filthy. Just how obscene will this country go and how deep will we sink into indecency, pornography, lust, and immorality?

HELLO America. It is no secret about the sexual immorality happening around the world in the Catholic churches today. And it is not only in the Catholic churches; it creeps into the Baptist churches as well as other churches. And what about some of our government officials? The absolute vulgarity and lewdness we are living with today is unbelievable. Listen up, we are destroying our children as fast as we possibly can.

We have little children watching things that were completely off limits when we were young.

Don’t you care Grandpa, Grandma, Mom or Dad? What is wrong with you? You need to wake up and die right! Look at verses 6-7: “For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.”

Some Christians are not proud of some of the things they have done in the past; but, they are in the

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DR. CHARLES SMITH MT. ORAB BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH www.bbcmtorab.com past so it is time to move on and take care of the things in the present. Verse 8: “But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:... Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.” We are to forgive as Christ forgave us. In Matthew 6:14-15 Jesus said: “For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” Does that mean you’ll lose your salvation? No, but you will not be forgiven for not forgiving.

Are you wondering why your prayers are not getting answered and why things are going wrong in your life? How well have you forgiven a fellow Christian? You will not want to have that hanging around when you appear with Christ in glory. Then you will have to face that issue at the judgment seat of Christ. It will not just go away. It will be settled. We ought to be bigger than these petty things which keep us from having harmony and unity with one another. Ephesians 4:31-32: “Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.”

You know that two wrongs do not make a right; and there is no excuse for doing wrong!

Bible Baptist Church Mt. Orab (937) 444-2493

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and Fayetteville FFA wins district parliamentary procedure

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The Fayetteville FFA Parliamentary Procedure Team Members are: (Front l to r) Betsy Wiederhold, Jennifer Wiederhold, Quinn Moore, Brittany Wolfer, Ashley Hughes, Meggy Iles, (Back l to r) Cheyenne Ramey, Seth Erwin, James Brock, Hunter Hammons, Brittany Dozier, and Kaitlin James.

test also requires students to accurately write a treasures report, and a committee rec-

ommendation and answer questions based on the rules of Parliamentary Procedure.

This years chairpersons were Seth Erwin and Meggy Iles.

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Powell/Walls to wed Karen A. Powell, Hamersville, would like to announce the upcoming wedding of her daughter, Erica A. Powell to Brian E. Walls. Erica, is the daughter of Karen A. Powell and the late Gary W. Powell, Sr. and is a 2002 graduate from Western Brown High School and Southern Hills Career Center. The groom, Brian E. Walls, Bethel, is the son of Sherry Fields, Georgetown and Kenneth Fields, Loveland.

He is a 2002 graduate of Bethel-Tate and a 2007 graduate of Dayton Career International College. Erica is employed with McDonald’s, Eastgate and Brian is employed with One Way Roofing Company. The wedding will take place at Amelia Church of God on Jan. 16, 2010.

5/3 to sponsor Chamber’s Drucker Award The Fifth Third Bank of Southern Ohio will sponsor this year’s Brown County Chamber of Commerce Drucker Award.

The award, the chamber’s most prestigious, recognizes a local business for achievement of business excellence.

“We are happy to sponsor the Drucker award and look forward to it every year,” said Ray Sininger, Fifth Third manager said, “It’s an honor to be associated with this award.”

The Drucker award recognition takes place during the Chamber’s annual business breakfast which will be at 7 a.m. Monday, Jan. 25, 2010, at the Eagles Hall in Georgetown.

The award is presented annually to a county business that has shown a history of business excellence and commitment to the principles of quality management as well as vision, leadership and innovation. The award is named in honor of Peter F. Drucker,

called by Business Week magazine “the most enduring management thinker of our time.”

“We appreciate Fifth Third’s sponsorship of the Drucker Award,” said Tim McKeown Chamber president. “It’s good to see their commitment to our community.”

Fifth Third Bank of Southern Ohio has offices in Georgetown and Russellville, as well as surrounding counties.

Ray Sininger manages the Georgetown office and the Russellville branch.

Past recipients of the Drucker Award are Mt. Orab Ford, Rumpke, Brown County General Hospital, Kibler Lumber and IGA. This year’s presentation will be at the annual business breakfast held Monday, Jan. 25, at 7 a.m. at the Georgetown Eagles Hall.

Reservations can be made at the Chamber office by calling (937) 378-4784.

Zane Trace Car Club elects 2010 officers

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On Dec. 9, members of the Zane Trace Antique Car Club met at the Old Y Restaurant on State Route 62 for their annual Christmas dinner meeting.

President Rick Longhauser called the meeting to order, then welcomed all present. Don Edwards led in prayer for the evening meal. Everyone enjoyed a delicious dinner while fellowshiping together.

The delectable desserts were furnished by the host and hostess Bob and Eileen Blake and Norman Butts.

The meeting resumed with the President leading in the Pledge to the Flag. Roll call and the minutes of the Nov. 11 meeting were then read by Chris Longhauser. Gloria Puckett gave the treasurers report. Our guest for the evening was Jennifer Longhauser, daughter of Rick and Chris. Birthdays for December was Eileen Blake.

Anniversary's this month were Rick and Chris Longhauser, 32 years on Dec. 10. Martha Perry spent Thanksgiving with family in Seattle, Wash. Rick and Chris Longhauser thanked the members for cards received in the death of Chris’ father.

Participating in the Hillsboro Christmas parade were Don and Peggy Edwards in their 1919 Model T Ford. Rick and Chris Longhauser decorated their 1915 Model T Ford for the

hometown Christmas parade in Bethel. Bob Blake will deliver the donated can food to the Interfaith House, West Union.

Elections of Officers for 2010 were held. Installation will be at a later date. Door prizes were won by Glen Carter and Rick Longhauser. With no other business to discuss, the meeting adjourned. The next meeting will be held at the West Union Community Building.

MOE 4th grade donates to BCHC The fourth grade students at Mt. Orab Elementary showed generosity and concern for others during this holiday season.

The students donated items for the clients at the Brown County Habilitation Center in Georgetown. The fourth grade students brought in new items such as gloves, hats, notepads, stickers, gum, snacks, shampoo and many other various items.

These items were then put into gift bags and given to the Habilitation Center for distribution at their annual Christmas party. Through this activity, the students were able to see that Christmas is a time to reach out to others.

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Mrs. Benjamin's 2nd grade class from Russellville Elementary donated the most cans at Russellville Elementary School. The adults in the pic from left to right are Janie Day, Learn and Serve coordinator, Mrs. Dodie Benjamin - 2nd grade teacher, and Mrs. Susan Paeltz Principal.

Learn and Serve’s Big GIVE: Greater Instruction through Volunteer Efforts

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Mrs. Gavula's class at MOE has been busy Mrs. Lori Gavula's kindergarten class at Mt. Orab Elementary has been working very hard learning their sight words so they can become better readers.

Mrs. Gavula is very proud of her students for all their hard work. The students have also been working on rhyming words, patterning, letters and sounds. Shown is Logan Campbell a kindergarten student in Mrs. Lori Gavula's class at MOE.

Wild game night set at St. Angela Merici

Spaghetti dinner set by G-Men/G-Ladies boosters

St. Angela Merici Parish has set Saturday, Jan. 23 as Wild Game Nite, from 6 - 10 p.m. hunters and cooks are invited to bring in their best wild game dish. The dishes will be judged and prizes will be awarded.

There will be good food, split the pots, games, fellowship and a kids section.

Admission is free and drinks will be available for purchase.

If you have never had wild game, this would be the place to try a new type of food.

Dishes are expected to include deer, elk, moose, bear, rabbit, pheasant and squirrel.

The wild game night will take place at Daly Hall, 130 Stone Alley, Fayetteville.

The G-Men and G-Ladies boosters will be having a spaghetti supper on Super Saturday, Jan. 16 beginning at 12 - 6:30 p.m.

The dinner will also include homemade desserts. Cost for adults will be $6.00 and children (under 10) is $3.00.

Crafts show booths are also available. Everyone is invited to attend the dinner and watch a basketball game. The GLadies will play Glenwood at 12 noon (JV) and 2 p.m. (varsity) and the G-Men will play Ripley beginning at 4:30 p.m.

(JV) and at 7:30 p.m. (varsity).

For more information call Leslie (937) 378-4321 or Mike (937) 378-3300.

Through the Ohio Department of Education, Eastern, Georgetown, Ripley and Whiteoak School Districts implement service learning with a Learn and Serve Grant.

Service learning is a unique way to connect the curriculum in the classroom to the community.

This year, these 4 school districts have come together to complete some regional projects that will benefit Brown and Highland Counties. We are all part of the Big GIVE, Greater Instruction through Volunteer Efforts. Our first joint project

was a food drive challenge.

How many items can we collect to help needy families in our area? Together, the four schools collected over 17,000 items! Ripley School District donated over 7000 items to the Aberdeen Baptist and Ripley First Presbyterian Churches food pantries. Eastern School District donated over 6500 items to the Decatur and Agape food pantries and Helping Hands in Georgetown.

Georgetown School District also donated over 3500 items.

Students were involved with this project from start to finish;

they planned the dates, set goals, communicated with students, sorted, collected, etc.

Students from these four Learn and Serve school districts also went to Matthew 25 Ministries in Cincinnati, OH on Jan. 8. While at Matthew 25 the students helped to sort and package items that are then sent all over the world to help the less fortunate in under developed countries. Our students are learning how we can come together to make a difference and help others in our community and our world.

SSCC financial aid workshops offered In recognition of Financial Aid Awareness Month, Southern State Community College will host several financial aid workshops to assist families with filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

Southern State’s trained staff will give a presentation on the entire financial aid process and will be available to answer questions concerning this process. The following workshops are open to the public free of charge: • 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, at SSCC’s South Campus, 12681 U.S. Route 62, Sardinia; • 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, at SSCC’s North Campus, 1850 Davids Drive, Wilmington; • 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at SSCC’s Fayette Campus, 1270 U.S. Route 62 SW, Washington Court House; and • 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14, at SSCC’s Central Campus, 100 Hobart Drive, Hillsboro, “College Goal Sunday” national event.

A fifth financial aid workshop will be held at a regional high school with time, date and location to be announced later.

Free help is also available online. At www.fafsa.ed.gov, “Help” buttons on every page of the online application will

direct the user to additional assistance. Click the “Live Help” button to chat with a customer service representative directly online between the hours of 8 a.m. to 12 midnight.

For additional information, go to the online version of “Funding Education Beyond High School: The Guide to Federal Student Aid” at www.federalstudentaid.ed.gov/

pubs. This guide covers a range of topics, from preparing for college to repaying student loans.

For more information about “College Goal Sunday,” please v i s i t www.ohiocollegegoalsunday.o rg. To learn more about Southern State Community College, email info@sscc.edu, call (800) 628-7722 or visit

MOE first graders show off their bulletin board The festive holiday themes took over the bulletin boards at Mt. Orab Elementary during the past weeks. Each class decorated their bulletin board which helped spread the holiday cheer throughout the halls at Mt. Orab Elementary.

Shown are students, Allexa Temple, Kelsey Kirby and Seth Anderson who are first grade students in Mrs. Emily Young's class at Mt. Orab Elementary.

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On December 1st 2009, the Fayetteville FFA placed 1st in the annual sub-district FFA contest where they competed against six other schools from Brown and Adams Counties.

This win qualified the Fayetteville FFA for the District 9 contest held at Western Brown High School on December 3rd where the Fayetteville Chapter recorded a 1st place finish out of 8 top schools in southwestern Ohio.

On December 19th, the Fayetteville FFA competed at the State FFA Parliamentary Procedure Contest held at The Ohio State University. The team recorded a 3rd Place finish in their State Preliminary Room against other top schools from Ohio.

The Parliamentary Procedure Contest demonstrates student’s skills to run a meeting using 6 parliamentary abilities on 4 motions in less than 16 minutes. The con-

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Free bingo will be offered to senior citizens 60 and older 9:45-11:15 a.m.

Monday, Jan. 11, at the Brown County Senior Nutrition Center, 505 N. Main St., Georgetown. Those coming are asked to bring a wrapped $1 gift for the prize table. All senior citizens are invited to attend for fun, fellowship and food. A regular nutritional lunch will be served at noon each weekday at the Center.

Northern Brown Senior Center at St. Martin’s Chapel Hall in St. Martin will host activities for senior citizens 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11. Activities will include blood pressure screening and visits from a Fayetteville-Perry Public Library representative and Cindy Cales with the Ohio State University Extension Services Office in Georgetown. All area citizens 55 and older are invited to attend.

Grief and Loss Support Group will meet at 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, at Ohio Veterans Home in Georgetown.

The Group is a partnership between OVH and Crossroads Hospice. It is open to OVH patients and their families as well as any interested people in the local community. Further information is available by calling OVH Chaplain Bill Kirby at (937) 378-2900, Ext. 2719.

Mt. Orab Lions Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, at New Harmony Masonic Lodge in Mt. Orab.

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter in Mt. Orab will host an Open House at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, at the Mt. Orab Public Library, 613 S. High St. The public is cordially invited to attend. The Mt. Orab Chapter’s weekly meetings are held at at 6:30 p.m.

Mondays at the Mt. Orab Public Library following weigh-ins at 5:30 p.m.

Membership is open to all ages, both male and female. Weekly dues are $1, and annual dues are $26. Further information is available by calling Hope Fain at (937) 444-0404.

TOPS Chapter in Ripley will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, at Ripley Church of The Nazarene, 230 N. Second St. Further information is available by calling Kaye Nichols at (937) 377-2501.

TOPS Chapter in Sardinia will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, at Sardinia Church of The Nazarene on Sardinia-Mowrystown Road. Further information is available by calling Bobbi

Hamersville Village Council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, at the Municipal Building.

Higginsport Village Council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, at the Municipal Building.

Perry Township Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, at the Perry Township Community Building on U.S. 50 just east of Fayetteville.

Sardinia Village Council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, at the Town Hall.

Eastern Local School District Board of Education will hold its annual Organizational Meeting followed by its regular meeting beginning at 7 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 11, at the District Administrative Offices off U.S. 62 south of Macon.

Aberdeen Huntington Township Fire Department will hold its business meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, at the Fire Station on Budig Drive in Aberdeen.

Holy Trinity Church at Seventh and Wood streets in Batavia will host bingo at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11. The doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and the kitchen at 6 p.m.

Tuesday Brown County Health Department, 826 Mt. Orab Pike, Georgetown, will administer general immunizations 8 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, or other days by appointment. Those wishing to be immunized need to bring their shot records with them. Seasonal flu shot administration is finished for this year, but free H1N1 flu shots are currently available for the general public. Further information is available by calling (937) 378-6892 or 1-866-867-6892 or by watching for specific announcements in The Brown County Press.

Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, and AlAnon Family Group will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12. Both meetings will take place at Sardinia Town Hall, 151 Maple Ave., Sardinia.

Adams Brown Community Action Program will host bingo every Tuesday, including Jan. 12, at 406 W. Plum St., Georgetown. Doors will open at 5 p.m. with bingo beginning at 7 p.m.

Further information is available by calling (937) 378-6041, Ext. 257.

Western Brown Local School District Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting at 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 12, at the District Administrative Offices, 524 W. Main St., Mt. Orab.

Ripley Village Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, at the Community Building on Waterworks Road in Ripley.

Brown County AMVETS Post 2005 will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday,

Jan. 12, at the Ohio Veterans Home Main Dining Room, 2003 Veterans Blvd., Georgetown.

Ripley Lions Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, at the Ripley Life Squad Building.

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Eastern Local School District Core Meeting will be held at 9 a.m.

Monday, Jan. 11, at the District Administrative Offices on U.S. 62 south of Macon. The meeting’s purpose will be to discuss Ohio School Facilities Commission construction related items and any matters the Eastern Local School District board of Education may deem necessary for consideration at that time.

Wilson at (937) 446-4662.

Russellville Village Council will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, at the Rambler Center in Russellville.

Brown County Board of Health will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, at the Brown County Communication Center in Georgetown. All Board of Health meetings are open to the public, but if any individual wishes to address the board on a specific issue, he or she is required to contact the Brown County Health Department at (937) 378-6892 prior to the meeting he or she wishes to attend in order to be placed on the agenda.

Byrd Township Trustees will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, at the Byrd Township Community Center along State Route 125 in Decatur.

Huntington Township Trustees will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, at the Fire Department Building on Budig Drive in Aberdeen.

Brown County Democratic Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, at the Brown County Senior Services Building, 505 N. Main St., Georgetown.

Russellville Chapter of Order of the Eastern Star 461 will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, at the Russellville Masonic Temple, 124 W. South St., Russellville.

Washington Township Trustees will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, at the Sardinia Fire House, 169 Winchester St., Sardinia. The trustees’ regular meeting dates of 2010 are scheduled at 7:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month while their regular meeting dates for 2009 had been scheduled on the second and fourth Mondays of each month.

Whiteoak Valley Grange will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, at the Grange Office on East Main Street in Mowrystown.

Wednesday Brown County Board of Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 13, at the Commissioners’ Office, 800 Mt. Orab Pike, Georgetown.

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F’ville-Perry sixth graders complete project Fayetteville Perry 6th graders recently completed a lesson on Economics. Students learned how to develop, produce and advertise a product. Pictured are some of the products the students created. Pictured are, Tyler Brinkman, Seth Hornsby, Logan Huber, Max Iles, Ashley Jakeway, Samantha Murphy, Shelby Skidmore, Laura Stahl and Abby Tipis.

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ing dates of the first and third Fridays of each month.

TOPS Chapter in Aberdeen will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, at the Riverbend Apartments Community Room. Further information is available by calling Kaye Nichols at (937) 377-2501.

Ripley Life Squad will host bingo at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, at the Life Squad Building, 799 S. Second St., Ripley. Doors will open at 5 p.m.

Brown County Public Library District Board of Trustees will host an Open House at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, in the Mary P. Shelton Public Library Meeting Room, 200 W. Grant Ave., Georgetown. The Open House will provide the public an opportunity to meet with BCPL District trustees and staff members to ask questions and provide feedback for planning future library services. The BCPL Trustees’ annual Organizational Meeting will immediately follow the Open House, and their regular monthly meeting will follow the Organizational Meeting, with both meetings scheduled in the Mary P. Shelton Public Library Meeting Room.

Yoga class will be held 6-7 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 13, at Mt. Orab United Methodist Church. The cost is $8. Further information is available by calling Jane Amiot at (513) 535-7507.

Rambler Weavers will meet 9:30 a.m.-noon Wednesday, Jan. 13, at the Rambler Center in Russellville.

Membership in the Rambler Weavers group is open to any interested person.

Further information is available by calling Geri Cahall at (937) 378-3426.

Fayetteville Village Council will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, at the Municipal Building. The council will meet on the second Wednesday of each month this year while the regularly scheduled meetings during most months of 2009 fell on the second Monday of each month.

Georgetown Exempted Village School District Board of Education will hold its annual Organizational Meeting and regular monthly meeting beginning at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, at the District Administrative Offices, 1043 Mt. Orab Pike,

Wilson Sroufe Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9772 will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, at the VFW Hall, 117 W. Main St., Mt. Orab. The Post will meet this year at 7 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month, which is a change from the 2009 meet-

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Common Pleas CIVIL CASES GMAC Mortgage, L.L.C. vs. Edward G. Cravens et al, foreclosure Brown County Treasurer Connie Patrick vs. Thomas W. Patton et al, foreclosure Brown County Treasurer Connie Patrick vs. Arthur Brown Jr. et al, foreclosure Brown County Treasurer Connie Patrick vs. Sharon K. Sammons et al, foreclosure Brown County Treasurer Connie Patrick vs. Robert G. Godfrey et al, foreclosure Brown County Treasurer Connie Patrick vs. Paul Thomas Owens et al, foreclosure BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P., formerly known as Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, L.P. vs. Allen Purdon et al, foreclosure Chase Home Finance, L.L.C. vs. Joey M. Abney et al, foreclosure BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P., formerly known as Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, L.P. vs. Marci Malott et al, foreclosure Capital One Bank (U.S.A.), N.A. vs. Carol J. Wilson, other civil Capital One Bank (U.S.A.), N.A. vs. Bill E. Truitt, other civil Citifinancial Auto vs. James K. Campbell, other civil Capital One Bank (U.S.A.), N.A. vs. Tracy L. Burton, other civil Capital One Bank (U.S.A.), N.A. vs. William E. Young, other civil Incenta Federal Credit Union formerly known as DP&L Employees Plus Federal Credit Union vs. Larry W. Aldridge et al, foreclosure GMAC Mortgage, L.L.C. vs. Dale Shumaker et al, foreclosure Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. vs. Michael S. Bailey et al, foreclosure Wesbanco Bank Inc., successor by merger to Oak Hill Banks who was successor by merger to Ripley National Bank vs. David R. Carrington Jr. et al, foreclosure HSBC Mortgage Services Inc. vs. Edward A. Bradshaw III et al, foreclosure Green Tree Servicing, L.L.C., formerly known as Green Tree Financial Servicing Corporation vs. Jerry E. Young et al, foreclosure The Bank of New York Mellon, formerly known as The Bank of New York, as indenture trustee vs. Angela Ross et al, foreclosure Capital One Bank (U.S.A.), N.A. vs. William Richey, other civil Chase Bank (U.S.A.), N.A. vs. Donald P. Lanham, other civil Fifth Third Mortgage Company vs. Lora B. Mingua et al, foreclosure Target National Bank vs. Terri A. Schumann, other civil Fifth Third Mortgage Company vs. Christopher A. Newman et al, foreclosure Grange Mutual Casualty Company vs. James A. Schils, other civil Charles A. Denniston et al vs. Milton S. Johnson, other civil Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. vs. Bernadine Royal et al, foreclosure HSBC Bank (U.S.A.), N.A., as trustee vs. Darren W. Walker et al, foreclosure Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., successor by merger to Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A., as trustee vs. Timothy C. Hubbard et al, foreclosure PNC Bank, N.A. vs. Jennifer Dodson et al, foreclosure

BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P., formerly known as Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, L.P. vs. Carla J. Waits et al, foreclosure Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center vs.

Valverda M. Withrow, other civil BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P., formerly known as Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, L.P. vs. Lindsay R. Green et al, foreclosure DOMESTIC CASES Kenneth Byrd, Ripley, vs. Christen A. Boone, Georgetown, domestic violence Joshua Fry, Mt. Orab, vs. Jami Fry, Mt. Orab, dissolution of marriage Chelsea Porter, Ripley, vs. Pamela Steelman, Ripley, stalking order

Property Sales Lewis E. and Mary L. Fayard to Ralph and Linda Schweitzer, 41.3 acres, Eagle Twp., $82,600 Larry Baker to Robert and Ragan Ernst, Lot 20, Hamersville Village, $57,000 Natalie Reid Mitchell to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, 2 acres, Clark Twp., $105,000 Dennis L. and Deborah M. Osborne to Heath C. and Wendy E. Rigby, Lot 810 (Lake Lorelei Subdivision), Perry Twp., $650 Melinda Sue Ramos, trustee to Floyd Jeff Jr. and Amanda Lang, .59 acre, Mt. Orab Village, $20,000 Richard C. and Amanda Kiser to Lew H. and Lee Ann Bradley, 1 acre, Jefferson Twp., $40,010 Gary and Lisa M. Watkins to Chase Home Finance, L.L.C., .52 acre (Lot 8 – Grantview Acres Subdivision), Pike Twp., $36,000 Mark Schlabach doing business as Schlabach Construction to Craig D. and Audra L. Woodyard, .57 acre, Mt. Orab Village, $195,000 James I. and Elinor V. Harris to Jeanne M. Eastlake, Lot 2571 (Lake Waynoka Subdivision), Franklin Twp., $1,500 Ronald B. and Myrtle M. West to James H. Lucas, 4.33 acres, Russellville Village, $31,000 Green Tree Servicing, L.L.C. to Lee Ann Thomas, Lots 11 and 12 and .39 acre (Carrington First and Third Addition), Georgetown Village, $85,000 Overstake Farm Drainage Inc. to Roberts Paving Inc. and Bob Barnett, 6.43 acres and Lots 19, 20 and 33 (Kennedy Addition), Sardinia Village, $50,000 K.B.K. Partnership to David K. Jr. and Cheryl L. Harmes, 10 acres, Huntington Twp., $15,000

Marriages Gina Rae Jones, 30, Mt. Orab, dental hygienist, and Theron Zayne Hoagland Jones, 37, Mt. Orab, freight broker Misty Kay Cassidy, 23, Fayetteville, homemaker, and Nicholas John Weller, 27, Fayetteville, deputy sheriff Tiffany Mae Patten, 22, Georgetown, and William Alan Reed Jr., 24, Georgetown, laborer Susan R. Miller, 42, Georgetown, homemaker, and Steven D. Apgar, 40, Georgetown, self-employed worker

“Quitting For Life” Program aimed at helping smokers kick the habit will be held 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, at Mercy Hospital Clermont in Batavia. The program is free, and registration is preferred, but walk-ins are welcome. Drs. Michael McHenry and Todd Williams of Mercy Medical Associates in Georgetown will conduct the program. Anyone wishing to register may call (937) 378-2526.

Russellville Lodge 166 Free and Accepted Masons will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, at the Russellville Masonic Temple, 124 W. South St., Russellville.

Thursday Brown County Solid Waste Authority will meet at 8 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, at the Brown County Commissioners Office, 800 Mt. Orab Pike, Georgetown.

Brown County Subdivision Regulations Review Board Committee will meet at 9 a.m.

Thursday, Jan. 14, at the Brown County Planning Commission Office, 740 Mt. Orab Pike, Georgetown.

Northern Brown Senior Center at St. Martin’s Chapel Hall in St. Martin will conduct an Arthritis Exercise Program beginning at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, for interested citizens 55 and older.

Chair volleyball practice and indoor walking also are scheduled, and lunch will be eaten out. All area citizens 55 and older are invited to attend.

Brown County Writers’ Group will meet 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, at the Mt. Orab Branch of the Brown County Public Library.

George A. Lambert Post 755 of the American Legion will host instant bingo at 6 p.m., Early Bird bingo at 7:15 p.m. and regular bingo at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 14, at the Legion Hall on College Avenue in Sardinia.

Russellville Kiwanis Club will meet at 6:45 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, at the Russellville Firehouse.

Green Township Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, at the Township Hall in Greenbush.

Georgetown Village Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, at the Municipal Building.

Union Township Trustees will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, at the Union Township Public Library in Ripley.

Georgetown Masonic Lodge 72 Free and Accepted Masons will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, at West Grant Avenue and North Main Street in Georgetown.

Aberdeen Huntington Township Museum Board and membership will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, at the Aberdeen Municipal Building.

Alcoholics Anonymous will meet 8:30-9:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Mt. Orab.

Friday Beef Performance and Carcass Quality Contest will be conducted once again as part of the 2010 Junior Beef Show at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus. Ohio youths enrolled in Market Beef projects will have the opportunity to participate. Cattle must be weighed and identified between Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009, and Friday, Jan. 15. Further information is available by contacting Carrie Pickworth at pickworth.3@ osu.edu or (330) 287-1375 or Kenny Wells at wells.296@ osu.edu or (740) 286-3803.

Application period for Southern Ohio Agriculture and Community Development Foundation Competitive Grant for college students will begin Friday, Jan. 15, and conclude Monday, Feb. 15.

Applications are available online at http://soacdf.net or at local Ohio State University Extension Services Office and the Brown County Farm Services Agency Office in Georgetown or the SOACDF Office in Hillsboro. Anyone with questions may call the SOACDF Office at (937) 393-2700.

Fayetteville-Perry Local School District Board of Education will hold its annual Organizational Meeting at 9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 15, at the District Administration Offices, 501 S. Apple St. Fayetteville. Ken Taylor and Janet Smalley with the Ohio Department of Education Region 14 Finance Office in Waverly will present the results of an analysis of the district’s staffing and finances.

Free knitting and crocheting classes will be held 10 a.m.-noon Friday, Jan. 15, at the Rambler Center (old Russellville School) in Russellville and continue each Friday morning until Memorial Day Weekend in May. Anyone who would like information and a list of supplies or who wishes to register may call Mary Kelch at (513) 7342501 or (513) 543-3137.

Carey Bavis Post 180 of The American Legion will host bingo beginning at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, at the Post, 1001 S. Main St., Georgetown.

Brown County Singing Convention will host its January event at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, at Ash Ridge Christian Church on U.S. 62 in Ash Ridge. Those who have special songs, poems or other God-given talents they would like to share and those who just want to enjoy an evening of fellowship are invited to attend the Singing Conventions, which are open to the public. Further information including directions is available by calling Larry Downing at (937) 446-3259.

Catholics Returning Home second session will be held Friday, Jan. 15, sponsored by St. Mary Catholic Church in Arnheim, St. George Catholic Church in Georgetown and St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Ripley. These sessions are for nonpracticing Catholics who are seeking answers to questions about returning to the faith. There will be informal sharing and an update of the Catholic faith.

Anyone wishing to register or obtain more details, including the location of the second session, may call Marilyn Fryer at (937) 378-4583 or e-mail Fryer at mmmrf1989@verizon.net.

Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, at Sardinia Town Hall, 151 Maple Ave., Sardinia.

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Saturday Laborers For The Master will host a Men’s Fellowship Breakfast at 8 a.m.

Saturday, Jan. 16, at Faith In God Fellowship, 7636 U.S. 62, Russellville.

Moler Raceway Park’s Third Annual Banquet of Champions to honor the top drivers of the 2009 Season will be held Saturday, Jan. 16, at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3954, 4070 Greenbriar Road, Batavia. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. with dinner to be served at 6:30 p.m. The cost is $25 per person. Further information is available by contacting Kim Moler at (937) 4446215 or e-mailing molerracewaypark@ aol.com.

Ripley Life Squad will host bingo at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, at the Life Squad Building, 799 S. Second St., Ripley. Doors will open at 5 p.m.

Whiteoak Valley Grange will host a Card Party at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, at the Grange Office on East Main Street in Mowrystown. Admission will be $1.50 per person.

Courts-Fussnecker Post 367 of the American Legion will host a dance 8 p.m.-midnight Saturday, Jan. 16, at the Post, 2944 Elk River Road, Ripley. The event is open to the public.

Upcoming Event Brown County Bridal Show will be held 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17, in Rhonemus Hall at the Brown County Fairgrounds in Georgetown. A Fashion Show will be held at 4 p.m. as part of that event. Admission to the Bridal Show is free, and door prizes will be awarded. Further information is available by calling (937) 378-6830.

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Monday Brown County Board of Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m.

Monday, Jan. 11, at the Commissioners’ Office, 800 Mt. Orab Pike, Georgetown.

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served as a Ripley Village Council member and is active in the Methodist Church, Ripley Heritage, Parker House, Ripley Tree Committee, Friends of the Library, Girl Scouts, Ripley Association, Merchants Experience Ripley, Brown County Historical Society and serves on the Health Source Board, keeping physicians in Ripley.

Clorinda Caproni joined the Ripley Women’s Club in 1960 and was president 196364. The club met twice a month and there were 34 members and 11 new members. The theme for that year was “Keep Our Heritage Alive” and many of the programs and projects reflected the theme. Since that time, Clorinda has continued to be a club leader. She helped organize the sale of items made by the blind, served in district and state offices, organized the Girl’s State program for the club, has supported the RIF Program through contributions and is always among the first to step up and take part in the many programs and service projects of the club. One of her signature projects was a comprehensive Ripley Safety Campaign which won the state award and $500 for the club. It was multifaceted and included safe driving campaigns, roadside rest stops on holidays, toddler safety, baby care classes, medical safety, and a seat belt campaign.

Our community is a better place because of this outstanding person. Not only does she excel at club work, she gives tirelessly to her church, the American Legion Auxiliary, the Union Township Public Library (President of the Board for

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Clorinda Caproni; Jane Zachman, Ripley Women’s Club President; Carol Stivers

The public is invited to attend the Brown County Public Library District’s Open House at 6 p.m. this Wednesday, Jan. 13, in the Meeting Room of the Mary P. Shelton Public Library, 200 W. Grant Ave., Georgetown.

The Open House is an opportunity for members of the public to meet with BCPL District trustees and staff members to ask questions and provide feedback for planning future library services.

The BCPL District Board annual of Trustees’ Organizational Meeting will follow the Open House and be held for the purpose of electing officers, appointing a fiscal officer and standing com-

mittees, and conducting any other business that may come before the trustees at that time.

The trustees’ regular monthly meeting for January will follow the Organizational Meeting and be held for the purpose of conducting any business that may come before the BCPL Board at that time.

Both the Organizational Meeting and the regular meeting will be held in the Mary P. Shelton Public Library Meeting Room.

The BCPL District includes the library branches located in Fayetteville, Georgetown, Mt. Orab and Sardinia.

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The Ripley Women’s Club, member of the Ohio Federation (OFWC) and General Federation (GFWC) of Women’s Clubs, recently honored Carol Stivers and Clorinda Caproni in a surprise ceremony recognizing 50 years of membership. The program celebrated their achievements throughout the years and they were presented with GFWC Gold Pins and rose bouquets. The national GFWC President, Rose Ditto, sent a letter of congratulations for the fine work they have accomplished.

President, Jane Zachman gave the program and stated, “These extraordinary women have given unending service to the Ripley community and have made our town a better place to live.”

Carol Stivers joined the Ripley Women’s Club Oct. 5, 1959. She served as Vice President 1963-64 and as President 1964-65. She was (and continues to be) a guiding force for community improvement and Co-chaired Ripley’s Sesquicentennial Celebration. As expected, she is helping lead efforts for Ripley’s Bicentennial in 2012.

During her year as president the club received the Cincinnati Enquirer’s 2nd Annual Salute to Women’s Clubs Award. A feature article told about the club’s efforts to get a road to Rankin House and that the women of the club had donated 20,781 volunteer hours on the various club projects. In 1965, the club also won first in the state for the Education Department, Conservation Department and was awarded a blue ribbon for the state’s outstanding program (July 4th program). Carol has

BC Public Library District Open House slated Jan. 13

County Common Pleas Court reports on its November actions Brown County Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Gusweiler reported the court undertook the following actions in November: • New cases filed or reopened: 62.

• Civil cases completed: 91.

• Civil cases pending: 289.

• New felony criminal cases filed: 46.

• Criminal cases completed: 23.

• Criminal cases pending: 102.

• New domestic relations cases filed or reopened: 58.

• Domestic cases completed: 77.

• Domestic cases pending: 219.

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Carol Stivers

many years), the Brown County Hospital Foundation Board, , the Healthy Heart Association, and was very active in the Brown County Businesswomen’s Association. She and her husband Leo helped organize and were charter members of

Ripley’s Life Squad.

The Ripley Women’s Club is open to all women who want to work towards a better community. For membership information, please contact Jane Zachman at (937) 3921437.

Prosecutor’s DTAC funds: increase B10-3 Contract Services by $4,407.50 and B10-9 Advertising and Printing by $161.38.

Dec. 23, 2009 The Brown County Board of Commissioners meeting in regular session on this date: • Approved the payment of bills from 23 funds totaling $168,785.63.

• Voted to enter into a service contract with the Brown County Sheriff’s Office and the Georgetown Life Squad Association for Calendar Year 2010 through which that squad will transport Brown County Adult Detention Center inmates in the case of emergencies to another facility such as a hospital at the rate of $200 per transfer.

• Voted to rescind a motion Jennings had made on Dec. 21 to approve Martin’s request for a $220 supplemental appropriation of unappropriated T89 OACHE P-16 Grant funds into T89-5 Other Expenses because funds were not available at that time.

• Approved two Post Certificate Purchase Orders from funds not encumbered in a timely manner. Both were from the OACHE P-16 Grant Fund to vendor J & B Martin, L.L.C., and totaled $215.81.

• Reappointed Roger Adkins and Don Rutherford to the Brown County Planning Commission for three-year terms with those terms to commence Jan. 1, 2010, and end Dec. 31, 2012.

• Approved Board of Commissioner’s Assistant Clerk Lisa Spiller’s request for the following appropriation change in the Dog and Kennel Fund for the final pay out for McKenzie: decrease B10 Health and Life Insurance by $1,032.72 and increase B2 Salaries by $1,032.72.

• Adopted a fee schedule for the Brown County Building Department effective this past Friday, Jan. 1 (see separate story).

• Appointed Deborah Forsythe as Child Support Enforcement Agency interim deputy director effective Dec. 23.

The following activity took place Dec. 22: • Board of Commissioners President Margery Paeltz attended the Ohio Valley Resource Conservation and Development Executive Committee meeting in Piketon.

The following activities took place Dec. 23: • The commissioners met with Wenninger concerning the service contract with the Georgetown Life Squad Association.

• Brown County Building Inspector James Berry met with the commissioners to discuss an increase in fees and the Building Department’s operations.

• Brown County Department of Job and Family Services Director David Sharp met with the commissioners to discuss additional personnel for that department.

• The commissioners attended the Investment Advisory Council meeting in the Brown County Treasurer’s Office in Georgetown.

Dec. 28, 2009 The Brown County Board of Commissioners meeting in regular session on this date: • Adopted a resolution appointing

Robert Cross with Cross Management Consulting to represent Brown County at a Dec. 30 predisciplinary hearing for a Brown County Communication Center employee as recommended by Communication Center Director Rob Wilson.

• Accepted the resignation of Brown County Department of Job and Family Services employee Jessica Roush effective Jan. 8.

• Approved Brown County Department of Job and Family Services Director David Sharp’s request for an additional $1 per hour supplemental pay for Children’s Services workers Matthew Ayres and Kristin Ogden for their investigative duties of cases effective Jan. 1.

• Approved Brown County Clerk of Courts Tina Meranda’s request to pay former Clerk of Courts employee Kristina Dutlinger 80 hours accumulated vacation leave from A15-1 Accumulated Leave Fund. Dutlinger’s last day of work was Dec. 12.

• Approved Brown County Prosecuting Attorney Jessica Little’s request for a $205.21 supplemental appropriation of B10 Prosecutor Delinquent Tax Assessment Collection funds into B10-1 Salaries in the DTAC Prosecutor Fund.

• Adopted a Temporary Appropriation Resolution allocating temporary funds for the Brown County Budget for Fiscal Year 2010. The grand total of all Temporary Budget funds was $29,924,408.39, and the budget took up nearly 39 1/2 pages in the Brown County Commissioners’ Journal.

General Fund appropriations total $8,101,275.17 with the three biggest appropriations being $2,234,498 in the Sheriff’s Fund, which is part of the Protection to Property and Persons portion of the General Fund; $988,200 in the Insurance on Property Fund, which is part of (and this year the totality of) the Insurance, Pension and Taxes portion of the General Fund; and $802,068 in the Board of County Commissioners Fund, which is part of the General Executive portion of the General Fund.

The County General Fund Budget for 2010 is based on receiving advance payments totaling $207,250.25, according to the commissioners.

Two large Special Revenue Fund appropriations include the Motor Vehicle and Gasoline Tax Fund, $4,206,000, and the Human Services Fund, $4,063,110.

• Voted to recess the meeting until Dec. 29 to conduct further business.

The following activities took place Dec. 28: • The commissioners met with Brown County Sheriff Dwayne Wenninger and Brown County Sheriff’s Sgt. Tammy Dillinger to review the 2010 Brown County Sheriff’s Office Budget.

• The commissioners met with Brown County Travel and Tourism Coordinator Sonja Cropper to discuss her position.

• The commissioners met with the following people to discuss the FY 2010 Temporary Appropriation Resolution: Meranda; Little; Brown County Clerk of Courts employee Alesha Crawford; Brown County Common Pleas Court Administrator

Eastern Local School District will be holding future special board meetings (‘Core Construction’) will be held at 9 a.m. on each of the following dates: Jan. 11, 2010, Feb. 8, 2010, March 8, 20210, April 12, 2010, May 10, 2010 and June 14, 2010. The purpose will be for OSFC Construction related items and also, the board may consider any other matter that may become necessary for consideration at these meetings.

The next regular meeting of the ELSD Board of Education

will be January 11, 2010 at 7 p.m.

Joni Dotson; Brown County Auditor Doug Green; Brown County Recorder Amy DeClaire; and Brown County Treasurer Connie Patrick.

Dec. 29, 2009 The Brown County Board of Commissioners meeting in the regular session reconvened from Dec. 28: • Approved Brown County Board of Commissioners Assistant Clerk Lisa Spiller’s request to decrease B10 Health and Life Insurance by $31.19 in the Brown County Dog and Kennel Fund and increase B2a Medicare by $31.19 in that fund.

• Approved Brown County Municipal Court Judge Joseph Worley’s request for a $3.77 supplemental appropriation of unappropriated C80 Municipal Court Probation Funds into C80-1a Medicare in the Municipal Court Probation Services Fund.

• Approved Little’s request for a $5.39 supplemental appropriation of unappropriated B10a Prosecutor’s DTAC funds into B10-13 Medicare in the Prosecutor’s DTAC Fund.

• Approved Brown County Probate/Juvenile Court Administrator William Carkeek’s request to decrease M60-1 by $5.95 in the Brown County Felony Delinquent Custody and Care Fund and increase M60-1a Medicare by $5.95 in that fund.

• Approved Carkeek’s request to decrease B20-9 Other Expenses by $1.87 in the Probate Indigent Guardianship Fund and increase B201a Medicare by $1.87 in that fund.

• Adopted a resolution designating all of Brown County a Recovery Zone for the purposes of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended.

The zone designation was necessary for the purposes of issuing Recovery Zone Economic Development Bonds and Recovery Zone Facility Bonds under that code.

The resolution defines “Recovery Zone” as (1) any area designated by the county as having significant poverty, unemployment, home foreclosure rates or general distress; (2) any area designated by the county as economically distressed by reason of the closure or realignment of a military installation pursuant to the federal Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990; and (3) any area for which a designation as an empowerment zone or a renewal community is in effect.

The resolution also noted unemployment rose in Brown County from 7.9 percent in November 2008 to 11.5 percent this past November.

Dec. 30, 2009 The Brown County Board of Commissioners meeting in regular session on this date: • Approved a policy allowing fulltime County General Fund employees who work a minimum of 28 hours per week to be eligible for the county’s Insurance Benefit Package effective Jan. 1. That policy will be incorporated into the county’s Employee Policy and Procedure Manual.

• Approved Sharp’s request to life the current freeze on the current salaries on steps and longevity increase of Brown County Department of Job and Family Services employees.

The freeze became effective this past Feb. 1, and the lift was to become effective Jan. 1, 2010.

• Approved Wilson’s request to promote Penny Pollock to permanent fulltime status as a telecommunication specialist/Enhanced 911 dispatcher effective Jan. 2.

Brown County • Approved Economic Development Director Kelly Cole’s request to pay back a $8,625 advance from Brown County Home Sewage Treatment System Fund Code T21-6 Advance Out to Brown County General Fund 47a Advance In. • Approved Cole’s request to reduce the 2009 appropriation of T21-5 Contract Repair for HSTS from the original $180,000 to $18,550, which is the amount actually received and expended in 2009.

• Approved Neighborhood Stabilization Program Coordinator Dorothy Ferris’ request to decrease the following NSP 2009 codes: T12I1 Administration by $74,400, T12I2 Brown County by $234,254.34, and T12I3 Adams County and T12I4 Highland County by $301,454.34 each.

These funds will be expended in the FY 2010 Budget.

• Voted to enter into an executive session with Wilson to discuss personnel. The session lasted 10 minutes.

• Voted to accept the outcome of a preliminary disciplinary hearing held Dec. 30 for Brown County Communication Center employee Linda Yale, All parties agreed to a 10day unpaid suspension of record.

• Voted to recess the meeting until Dec. 31 to conduct further business.

The following activities took place Dec. 30: • Judy Copley with the Brown County Humane Society met with the commissioners to discuss the Spay/Neuter Program, dog food and cleaning products for the Brown County Animal Shelter in Georgetown.

• The commissioners met with Green to discuss the Brown County Auditor’s Office’s Budget for 2010.

Dec. 31, 2009 The Brown County Board of Commissioners meeting in the regular session reconvened from Dec. 30: • Voted to record as a matter of record an Amended Official Certificate of Estimated Resources from the Brown County Budget Commission to the Brown County Commissioners’ Taxing Authority.

The certificate indicated a decrease of $887,863 in the T12 Neighborhood Stabilization Fund and a decrease of $152,825 in the T21 HSTS Improvement Fund. Income listed as Other Sources made the total amounts in those funds $116,900 in T12 Neighborhood Stabilization and $27,175 in HSTS Improvement.

The certificate also indicated a $1,355 appropriation in the M20 Help America Vote Act Grant Fund, which made the total amount in that fund $1,355 as well.

• Approved the Brown County Board of Elections’ request for a $1,355 supplemental appropriation of unappropriated M20 HAVA Grant funds into M20-5 Reimbursement in the HAVA Grant Fund.

• Mentioned how there were no public comments received on Dec. 28 about the Brown County Juvenile Court being designated as the appointing authority for the Brown County Child

PERI holds identity theft program PERI chapter #69 will meet at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 13 at the Ohio Veteran's Home. Sherry Bingamon, a representative of WesternSouthern Insurance Co. will be presenting a program about identity theft. All members are encouraged to attend.

Commissioners’ Journal Treasurer’s Office worker Rickey hired as new commissioners’ clerk Dec. 21, 2009 The Brown County Board of Commissioners meeting in regular session on this date: • Voted to enter into a contract with Hunley Bobcat Services, L.L.C., of Mt. Orab for demolition of an unsafe structure at 9987 U.S. 62, Sardinia. The $5,508 contract price amount will be paid with Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds.

• Approved 52 Post Certificate Purchase Orders totaling $112,939.80 to various vendors from funds not encumbered in a timely manner.

Thirty-nine purchase orders were from the Mental Health Fund, five from the Delinquent Tax Assessment Collection/Prosecutor Fund, four from the County General/Sheriff Fund, and one each from the County General/Commissioners’ Fund, County General/Prosecutor Fund, County General/Coroner Fund, and Felony Delinquent Custody and Care Fund.

• Approved Brown County Sheriff Dwayne Wenninger’s request for the following appropriation changes in the County General Fund: decrease 6a6 Contract Services by $527.07, 6a3 Supplies by $582.63, and 6a3a Detention Supplies by $334.96 and increase 6a4 Equipment by $1,109.70 and 6a10 Inmate Transport by $334.96.

• Approved Wenninger’s request for a $1,000 supplemental appropriation of unappropriated A00 County General funds into 6a10 Inmate Transport in the County General Fund to pay for picking up a prisoner from Florida.

• Approved Gear-Up Project Director Becky Cropper’s request for the following appropriation changes in the Gear-Up Fund: decrease T88-7 Printing Supplies/Photocopy by $250, T88-8a Student Travel by $3,500 and T88-12 Work Training by $1,000 and increase T88-8 Mileage by $250 and T88-9 Special Events by $4,500.

• Approved Southern Ohio Center of Excellence Executive Director Brenda Martin’s request for a $220 supplemental appropriation of unappropriated T89 Ohio Appalachian Center for Higher Education P-16 Grant funds into T89-5 Other Expenses.

• Voted to enter into a Housing Revolving Loan Fund Administration Agreement with the Ohio Department of Development in Columbus. The commissioners will deposit program income derived from Community Development Block Grant Community Housing Improvement Program and HOME funds into a Housing Revolving Loan Fund Account. The agreement was to become effective Jan. 1, 2010, and terminate Monday, Dec. 31, 2012.

• Approved Wenninger’s request for the following supplemental appropriations of unappropriated A00 County General funds: increase 6a2 Salaries by $36,000 and 6a2c Salaries Correction by $28,000. These funds will be used only for payroll directly related to the 27th pay of 2009.

• Voted to employ Jean Rickey of Georgetown as the full-time Brown County Board of Commissioners’ clerk.

Rickey, who has 19 years experience

with the Brown County Treasurer’s Office, will replace current Board of Commissioners’ Clerk Beverly Gallimore, who is retiring Sunday, Jan. 31.

Rickey’s date of hire will be Monday, Jan. 4, at a starting hourly salary of $16.84 with a 365-day probationary period. The clerk’s position is an unclassified position with full benefits.

• Voted to enter into a contract with the Russellville Police Department to house prisoners in the Brown County Adult Detention Center in Georgetown for Calendar Year 2010. RPD will pay $50 per prisoner per day for the incounty rate.

• Accepted the resignation of Reggie McKenzie as Brown County chief dog warden retroactive to Dec. 18 (see separate story).

• Approved Brown County Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Gusweiler’s request to decrease 2b1 SalariesOfficials by $50 in the County General Fund and increase 2b2a SalariesTranscripts by $50 in that fund.

• Voted to advertise in two newspapers and post on www.browncountyohio.gov that the county is accepting applications for the county chief dog warden’s position.

Applications will be accepted until 4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6. at the Brown County Commissioners’ Office, Suite 101, 800 Mt. Orab Pike, Georgetown, and applications will be available from that office.

• Voted to recess that meeting until Tuesday, Dec. 22.

The following activities took place Dec. 17: • Board of Commissioners Vice President Ralph Jennings and Commissioner William Geschwind attended the Brown County Chamber of Commerce’s monthly meeting.

• The commissioners met with McKenzie; Judy Copley and Trish Fletcher with the Brown County Humane Society; and Brown County Animal Shelter Clerk Karen Barker to discuss the operations of that animal shelter in Georgetown.

The following activities took place Dec. 21: • Grant Coordinator Dorothy Ferris held a preconstruction meeting with the commissioners and Joe Hunley of Hunley Bobcat Services concerning the NSP project at 9987 U.S. 62, Sardinia.

• Bill Herdman of Lake Lorelei met with the commissioners to discuss that community’s citizens’ patrol.

• Brown County Communication Center Director Rob Wilson met with the commissioners to discuss attending a training class and the radio tower.

• The commissioners met with McKenzie.

Dec. 22, 2009 The Brown County Board of Commissioners meeting in the regular session reconvened from Dec. 21: • Appointed Deputy Dog Warden Billy Frazier as interim chief dog warden effective on that date.

• Approved Brown County Prosecuting Attorney Jessica Little’s request for the following supplemental appropriations of unappropriated B10a

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Culling cows from the herd is not easy, but it needs to be done every year if you are adding replacements to the herd. This year, you may need to cull a little heavier if the hay supply is an issue.

Here are some guidelines to consider on how to decide which cows you are going to remove from the herd. These guidelines come from an article from Deke Alkire and The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation that appeared in the Beef Blog that comes from Purdue daily. I forward the Beef Blog to a mailing list of beef producers. If you would like to be added to my mailing list simply send me a request to dugan.46@osu.edu For most cattle producers, culling cows is not an easy task.

However, some culling needs to be done each year to maintain optimal productivity.

Records on each cow's yearly production would be beneficial when making culling decisions, but collecting some information when the cows are processed is a good place to start.

Cattlemen should make it a point to evaluate all breeding females at least once a year.

Weaning is likely the most convenient time to do this evaluation. In addition to their vaccinations, cows should also be pregnancy-tested, evaluated for structural soundness and aged based on the condition of their teeth. This information will take a little extra time to collect, but will be valuable when determining a culling order. In addition, this culling order will be useful during a drought as it is usually more profitable to cull unproductive cows as a drought is beginning than to try to hold on until the drought is over.

Usually, the best cows to cull are the ones that have the least chance of being productive in the long term or are the farthest away from being productive.

Use the following list as a guideline for establishing your culling order. Cull cows in this order until you reach the desired herd size.

1. Disposition: Some pro-

ducers can tolerate more disposition problems than others.

Disposition should be evaluated both in the pasture and in the pen because some cattle will react differently once corralled.

Make a note of those animals that make it difficult to gather the herd or rotate pastures. Any animal that is aggressive should make the list.

2. Open females: All open females should be culled.

According to the Cattle-Fax Cow/Calf and Stocker Survey, the average annual cash cost to carry a cow in 2006 was $366.

It will be very difficult for an open cow to make up for a year of lost production. In addition, if a heifer does not settle in the same period as her contemporaries, she is telling you that she does not fit your management environment.

3. Structural soundness: Evaluate the structural soundness of each cow based on her ability to raise a calf. Anything that limits her ability should be noted. Look for bad feet or toes, a history of prolapse, eye problems and poor udder conformation, including bad quarters and big teats.

4. Age: Typically, a cow is most productive between the ages of 4 and 9. The condition of a cow's teeth is indicative of her age. A cow with broken or missing teeth should probably be culled. Those with badly worn or separated teeth would be next on the list.

At this point, it becomes increasingly difficult to make culling decisions because you will have to cull productive animals.

5. Bred cows over 9 years of age: These cows will likely be culled in the near future and are close to the end of their most productive years. Within this group, cull the thin cows first.

6. Replacement heifers.

FOE to hold fish fry Jan. 15 The Fraternal Order of Eagles will be holding a fish fry on Jan. 15 from 5:30 - 8 p.m.

For only $8.00 the menu consists of fish, fries, cole slaw, dessert, hush puppies, and coffee.

Call (513) 732-9035 for carry out and/or more information.

The FOE is located at 265 Foundry Street Batavia, (at the corner of Clough and State Route 132)

First, cull yearling heifers that have not been exposed to a bull.

These animals have very good value as feeder heifers. Bred heifers would be next in the culling order.

7. Phenotype: Use this as an opportunity to make your herd more uniform. Any cow that does not fit due to breed, size or low productivity should be culled next.

8. Bred cows 3 to 9 years of age: These are your most productive cows. If you must cull out of this group, 3-year-olds and those cows that are 8 to 9 years old would go first.

The decision about which animals to cull can be difficult.

Each operation will have different goals and, therefore, may need to adjust accordingly. Use this list as a guideline for developing a culling order for your herd.

Things to Remember • Free Farmer’s Tax Guides are available at the OSU Extension Office while supplies last.

• Beef 509 will be held on Feb. 16, 19 and 20 on OSU Main Campus in Columbus.

For additional information on BEEF 509, call the Brown Co. Ext. Office at 378-6716, the Ohio Beef Council office at (614) 873-6736 or visit www.ohiobeef.org. Space is limited. Deadline for registration is Jan. 15.

• Master Gardener Classes start Feb. 12 and will run 13 weeks on Fridays from 10 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at Southern

State Community College in Fincastle. Call 378-6716 for more information.

• Commercial and Private Applicator License for pesticides testing at Southern State Community College in Fincastle on Feb. 22 at 1 p.m. and March 15 at 4 p.m. Call the Department of Ohio Agriculture to pre-register at (800) 282-1955. Testing is free.

Call (937) 378-6716 with questions.

• Pesticide Re-certification dates for Private Applicators in the area all require pre-registration one week prior to class.

Remember space is limited in some locations and some locations include a meal. Call ahead for times and pre-register. Jan. 14 in Chillicothe, Jan. 29 in Wilmington, Feb. 9 at FOE Building in Georgetown, Feb. 24 in Hillsboro, March 15 at Southern State Community College in Fincastle, and Clermont County Fairgrounds on March 23.

• Brown Co. Cattlemen Meetings will be Jan. 6 on byproducts and feedstuffs, Feb. 6

Annual Banquet and presentation on cow/calf operation herd health program, and March 23 on BQA and Premise ID. Managing Dynamic Change in 2010 (beef production) in Hillsboro on Feb. 3, 10, 17 and March 3. Check out this webp a g e (http://beef.osu.edu/calendar/) for details, or call John Grimes at (937) 393-1918.

Georgetown school board meeting changed Georgetown Exempted VIllage School District Board of Education meeting has rescheduled the time for the organizational and regular meeting that is being held on Jan. 13 to 12:30 p.m.

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We have rescued 49 dogs and adopted 31 with our Saturday Program. The Animal Shelter is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., staffed by volunteers from the Humane Society. We say "thank you" to those who have made this program a huge success. Without all the volunteers, young and old, this program would not be possible..

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Ohio awarded $1.8 million for broadband mapping Ohio Governor Ted Strickland announced the State of Ohio was awarded a $1.8 million federal grant to help implement the Strickland Administration’s plan to compile and map broadband availability in Ohio, including location, available speed and type of technology delivering the service.

“We created Connect Ohio in 2008 to determine where Ohio’s broadband infrastructure exists – and where it doesn’t exist – to better target the investments that will help us reach our goal of providing broadband access to all Ohioans,” Strickland said.

“This grant will accelerate our efforts to expand economic and educational opportunities to more Ohioans.”

The program, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, will increase broadband access and adoption through better data collection and broadband planning. The data will be displayed in the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s national broadband map, a tool that will inform policymakers' efforts and provide consumers with improved information on the broadband Internet services available to them.

Ohio’s program is administered by the Ohio Department of Administrative Services in collaboration with Connect Ohio, a public-private partnership established to work with telecommunication providers and communities to bring digital inclusion to Ohio residents and businesses.

“We are pleased to be working with the Strickland Administration to help create and enhance a comprehensive

broadband map in the state of Ohio, and we’re particularly pleased to provide continuing broadband planning efforts to local communities across the state,” said Tom Fritz, executive director of Connect Ohio.

“We applaud NTIA for working diligently to create a national broadband map and are honored to continue the work in Ohio to provide tools that will enable economic, social, and educational benefits to residents and businesses across the state.”

This grant will assist the State of Ohio to deliver more comprehensive and accurate broadband mapping data identifying coverage to a higher degree of accuracy, develop state and countylevel broadband maps, support existing spatial development projects in Ohio, aid in the development and maintenance of a national broadband map, and fund statewide ini-

tiatives directed at broadband planning.

The Ohio Department of Administrative Services will receive the funds through the State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration.

Since 2008, Connect Ohio has benchmarked Ohio’s broadband availability and usage through the use of surveys and data gathered through its relationships with broadband providers across the state. Detailed information is available at a statewide and county level for businesses and residents regarding broadband availability, access, subscribership, barriers to adoption, computer ownership and average subscriber rates.

St. Angela Merici Parish sponsoring 15-prize raffle St. Angela Merici Parish is sponsoring a raffle featuring 15 prizes totaling $11,000 in cash.

The Grand Prize will be $5,000 followed by a Second Prize of $2,000 and a Third Prize of $1,000. There also will be three $500 prizes, four $250 prizes and five $100 prizes.

The drawings for the prizes will be conducted at a Western Theme Dinner Event scheduled 6-10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at St. Patrick Chapel’s Father Daly Hall, 130 Stone Alley, Fayetteville. Winners do not need to be present to win.

The event will include beer and poker in addition to the drawings and dinner. The event is only for those 18 and older.

Raffle tickets are $50 each, and only 500 will be sold.

Each raffle ticket entitles the holder to a complimentary meal at the Dinner Event, and additional meals at the event will be $10 per person.

St. Angela Merici Parish reserves the right to pro-rate prize money if all 500 tickets are not sold.

Anyone desiring further information may contact the Parish Office at (513) 8755020.

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More for the Calendar With the New Year here, hard to believe it is 2010 isn’t it.

However, that is what my calendar says. Now how do we say it, do we say two thousand and ten, or twenty ten? I think twenty ten will be easiest and looking back into the 1900s it would be more consistent. Say it anyway you like, but here are more programs and events that will be happening early this year.

For hog producers that are looking at increasing their marketing opportunities in the future, you may want to look into becoming Pork Quality Assurance Plus certified. There are two remaining opportunities to do this. Both have registration deadlines prior to the date. The two remaining dates are Feb. 11 and you must be registered by Feb. 8, and March 11, and you must be registered

by March 8. There is a $10 charge for this certification. For more information you can contact me at the OSU Extension Office in Brown Co. at (937) 378-6716 or Dale Ricker at the Putnam County Extension Office at (419) 523-6294. Dale is in charge of the program and the Teleconference. His e-mail address is ricker.37@osu.edu The 31st Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association will be held in Granville, OH on Feb. 13 - 14. This conference will have many programs discussing issues in food production including organic. For more information you can check it out on the web at www.oeffa.org or (614) 4212022.

The Tobacco Expo will be held in Lexington on Jan. 20.

This year it is part of an even bigger event for tobacco producers. I will have more on that next week.

A multi-state meeting of grassland farmers, "Heart of America Grazing Conference," is coming to Roberts Centre, Wilmington, Ohio, Jan. 20-21. I will have more information about this next week, too. This is a link to the registration m a t e r i a l s : http://forages.osu.edu/educatio n/2010_HOAGC.pdf Culling Cows With 2010 coming in with cold temperatures, you may be wondering if the cows are going to eat hay at this rate until spring? I sure hope not, but it is already making some people wonder if the hay supply will stretch until spring growth. If you are thinking that same thing, the solution may to be cull some cows.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Mount requested that the Ohio of Criminal Bureau Identification and Investigation take over the investigation of the incident.

That investigation is ongoing with Conley and Hodges giving statements to investigators on January 6.

At this point, facts such as which officer fired the bullet that finally brought down Ruby or how many bullets were fired aren’t being made public.

It’s also unknown why

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Ruby decided to attack the officers in the first place.

Conley and Hodges are on paid administrative leave while the investigation is underway.

Once it’s finished, the results will be turned over to the Brown County Prosecuting Attorney’s office.

Mount said that for now, he and his department are dealing with the attack and moving forward.

He had praise for the way his officers conducted themselves under fire.

“Their training saved their lives”, Mount said.

The bullet-resistant vest helped too.

Mount added that such a vest is issued to each officer as part of the uniform and they are expected to wear it.

Mount then demonstrated this by knocking on his own vest.

He also talked about taking the late night call every police chief dreads.

“I picked up the phone and the communications center told me ‘Officer Conley’s

been shot’. The first question out of my mouth was ‘how bad?’. And she said ‘Chief, I don’t know.”

Mount said he got dressed and left his home without knowing the condition of his officer.

“Finally I got a call from Lieutenant Black who told me ‘He took one in the vest. He’s going to live.’”

Mount said he felt a huge relief at that point that he hadn’t lost an officer.

He then proceeded to his shot up police station.

During the interview with the Press Mount pointed out eight separate bullet holes in the building.

Some of the shots had gone through multiple walls. One bullet hole was almost dead center in the middle of a small window.

Mt. Orab Mayor Bruce Lunsford was also on the scene.

He said he noticed a strange truck parked on the west side of the building.

It turned out to be Ruby’s...and it was parked facing out.

“It looks to me like he was planning a quick getaway”, Lunsford said.

Lunsford also talked about the effect of the shooting.

“It’s a tragedy for (Ruby’s) family, and for the officers involved that had to take a life.

It’s just a tragedy for everyone involved.”

Lunsford also said that this is the first time since the 1980’s that a Mt. Orab police officer was shot at.

Former Police Chief Wendell Crawford was shot at by a fleeing suspect back then.

Lunsford also said it had been at least 75 years since a Mt. Orab officer had had to shoot someone in the line of duty.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 County man”, Julia knew who they were talking about when they mentioned the timeline of the evening.

Her husband was dead after a gunbattle with police.

Julia got in the car with family members and drove to the police station.

She said she thought they may not talk to her, but it turned out that they were very kind.

“They let us in and were as gentle and kind as they could be”, she said.

She added that she has no hard feelings whatsoever for the police officers that found themselves in a fight for their lives.

“I feel for those boys”, she said. “I suffer for them.”

She also said she is thankful to God that both police officers survived.

“I was so relieved that that young man wasn’t killed”, she said, referring to Conley.

“This is going to haunt me, but that would have been so much worse.”

She also expressed concern for the well being of Hodges and was worried that both men would have trouble dealing

with the fact that they had to take a life.

Julia said later that the man killed in the parking lot after a shootout with police is not the man she was married to for over 18 years.

That man was a loving husband, father and grandfather...someone who was always kind to strangers.

Julia said George had been out of work and under a great deal of financial stress lately, as well as personal stress for feeling he had let his family down in his role as provider.

He was also in chronic pain from a shoulder injury.

She added that the drunk driving ticket may have been the final straw.

George worked as a truck driver before being injured on the job.

Perhaps the fine would have emptied the family bank account...or the ticket on his record might have made even more difficult to find a job.

Whatever his reasons, Julia said she’s sad she’s lost her husband.

“Everybody has a breaking point”, she said.

“The man I knew wasn’t the monster that did this.”

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Despite the best of intentions, some New Year's resolutions can lead to costly mistakes. Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray today warned consumers to read the fine print before purchasing a gym membership for 2010 or buying weight loss products online.

"Many of us make New Year's resolutions to get in shape, lose weight or just live a healthier lifestyle," Cordray said. "Unfortunately, slick advertising can sometimes get the best of well-intentioned consumers, who end up buying products they don't need and signing contracts they don't understand."

Cordray said before taking advantage of a New Year's deal, make sure you understand all the terms and conditions. Carefully read the fine print and specifically look for: • Negative options: Negative option plans often begin when a consumer orders a "free" sample of a product or service online or in response to a TV ad. After the trial period ends, the seller automatically bills the consumer for additional products or services

unless the consumer notifies the seller that he or she wants to cancel.

• Exclusions or limitations: Advertisements must list any material exclusions or limitations that apply to a sale. For example, an ad for a gym membership sale must list any enrollment fees, administrative fees or other costs associated with the advertised price.

• Length of a contract or membership: Under Ohio law, a membership to a gym, dance studio, diet center or martial arts school cannot last more than three years. If you sign a contract with one of these facilities, check the length of the membership. Check what term options are available. It may be beneficial to sign up for a shorter period of time.

• Cancellation policies: Consumers have three business days to cancel a "prepaid entertainment contract," such as a health club membership or a prepaid diet plan.

Cancellations must be in writing and postmarked by midnight of the third day.

For more consumer tips or to file a consumer complaint, contact Attorney General Cordray's office at www.SpeakOutOhio.gov or (800) 282-0515.

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Sports Department, 937-444-3441 E-mail: bcpress@frognet.net

2009 Brown County Holiday Tournament Lady Warriors outlast Lady G-Men for BCT title

By Ritchie Butler The Brown County Press In an exciting championship game, the Eastern Lady Warriors outlasted the Georgetown Lady G-Men, 4538, claiming the Brown County Holiday Tournament title.

"This was a great defensive game with low turnovers," said Eastern coach Richard Kiser. "It was our best effort of the year."

"It was a good job by Eastern," said Georgetown coach Bernie Cropper. "They shot it well and were spaced well. They took away some of the things we were trying to do."

The first period played out like the early rounds of a heavyweight title bout. Both teams were prepared for the other and there seemed to be a "feeling-out" of each opponent. Both teams were very patient offensively and the quarter was very evenly played.

Shayla Black got things going for Eastern when she made a three just over a minute into the game. Kirsten Grant answered for the Lady G-Men with a stick back off an offensive board.

With 2:48 left in the first, Christina Burns hit a bank shot, giving the Lady Warriors a 9-4 lead. Paige Gast responded for Georgetown, draining a 3-pointer. Brianna Householder made two charity tosses, tying the score at 9-9 with one minute to go in the

quarter.

Nicolette Clifton made a three of her own in the closing seconds of the period, putting the Lady Warriors on top, 129, after eight minutes of play.

Grant made good on another follow-up effort in the first 12 seconds of the second stanza. After a free throw by Allison Prine put Eastern on top 13-11, Gast tied the score with a layup.

Leeza Rickey made a three for Eastern and Casey Carter promptly responded with a three of her own for Georgetown. with 4:38 left in the half, the score was tied again, at 16-16.

Brooke Lahmer gave the Lady G-Men the lead with a jumper. But it was short-lived as Rickey put back an offensive board for the Lady Warriors.

A move by Burns in the post and another 3-pointer for Clifton gave Eastern a 23-18 lead with 1:34 left in the half.

Georgetown responded with a basket by Kelsey Mell and another three by Carter, knotting the score going into intermission, 23-23.

The third quarter was lower scoring and it seemed like each basket had major implications on the outcome.

Clifton opened the scoring with a 3-pointer, giving Eastern a 26-23 lead. Grant made a free throw and Carter made another 3-pointer, giving the Lady G-Men a 27-26 advantage with 5:05 left in the third.

Burns and Black scored in

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The Eastern Lady Warriors won the annual Brown County Holiday Tournament by defeating Georgetown, 45-38.

the paint for the Lady Warriors, giving them back the lead, at 30-27, with 2:53 remaining in the period.

Mell scored in the post for Georgetown and Rachel Mullins added a free throw for Eastern. After three complete, the Lady Warriors held a slight, 31-29 lead.

After Carter tied the game with a jump shot with 5:22 left in the game, Eastern scored seven-straight points. Prine hit a 3-pointer, Black made two free throws and Emily Tatman scored in the post during the run, putting Eastern on top, 38-31 with 2:42 remaining in the game.

Carter kept her team alive by nailing her fourth three of

the game, cutting the gap to 38-34 with just over two minutes left to be played.

Prine scored on a drive and added two free throws for the Lady Warriors, giving them some breathing room at 43-35.

Clifton made good on two freebies with 23 seconds left.

Hannah Zurbuch canned a late three for the Lady G-Men, but it was not enough as the Lady Warriors claimed the 4538 victory.

"Georgetown is a good team and they may not lose again this year," said Kiser.

Our post players got some

nice touches and we did a nice job in transition at times. It was nice to win a Brown County Tournament championship after missing out the last couple of years."

Clifton led the Lady Warriors with 12 points. Black and Prine contributed nine and eight points, respectively.

Burns added six and Rickey chipped in five.

Carter paced the Lady GMen with a game-high 14 points. Grant added six. Gast chipped in five. Lahmer and Mell finished with four points each.

"We didn't play our best, but Eastern had something to do with that," said Cropper.

"We had some looks, but they did a nice job of closing out on our shooters."

Following the conclusion of the championship contest, the 2009 All-Tournament team was introduced. Prine and Clifton made the team from Eastern. Gast represented the Lady G-Men. Jeanette Cunningham made the team from Western and Shelby Sheets was named from Fayetteville.

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"The competition here is excellent, and we wanted to play well," said Fayetteville

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Fayetteville’s Emily Stahl on the move versus Western in the consolation game.

coach Toby Sheets. "Last night we had 27 turnovers against a tough Georgetown defense. Tonight, we put our offense and defense together."

As they did the night before against Eastern, the Lady Broncos galloped to an early lead. Devin Latham opened the game with a 3-pointer.

Morgan Wright scored two jumpers and Jeanette Cunningham made a shot as Western took a 9-0 lead with just under six minutes remaining in the first.

The Lady Rockets responded with a 15-4 run, closing out the first period with a twopoint lead. Jill Ryan got Fayetteville on the board with a layup. Shelby Sheets scored seven points in the run and Shelby Brown added five.

Western's Kylie Garrett tied the score at 15-15 when she stuck back an offensive board with 7:12 left in the half.

Emily Stahl, Ryan and Sheets each made layups in response, giving the Lady Rockets a 21-15 edge.

The two teams traded baskets through the middle of the quarter and, after a Morgan Henry free throw, Western trailed 23-20 with 2:38 left in the second stanza.

Again, the Lady Rockets ended the period with a run, this time it was 11-3. Stahl canned a three, Ryan made a layup and Desirae Dutro scored two goals, giving Fayetteville a 32-20 lead with 44 ticks left in the half.

Garrett nailed a 3-pointer for the Lady Broncos, but Ryan answered with a jump shot, giving Fayetteville a 3423 lead at the break.

The offensive pace slowed in the third period, which favored the Lady Broncos in the beginning. Latham, Wright and Cunningham all found the net in the first two minutes of the period, as Western cut the Fayetteville lead to 34-29.

But as they had in the previous two quarters, Fayetteville ended with a run. The Lady Rockets outscored their guests 10-0 over the final 4:53 of the third. Ashley Scoggins got things rolling with a layup.

Dutro converted a three-point play. Sheets scored a layup and a free throw. Dutro finished the flurry with a bank shot, giving the Lady Rockets a 44-29 edge heading into the fourth period.

Fayetteville and Western traded baskets for the first five minutes of the fourth frame.

Western cut the margin to 5141 with 2:47 left in the game when Latham and Delayne Seigla made four-straight free throws. But the Lady Rockets made some free throws of their own, calmly sinking 6of-8 in the final two minutes, securing the 61-47 victory.

"We rebounded extremely well tonight," said Sheets.

"We talked about rebounding getting us extra shots and starting our break."

Sheets led all scorers with 23 points. Dutro added 13 and

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Western’s Delayne Seigla fires a three over the outstretched arm of Fayetteville’s Shelby Sheets.

Ryan chipped in 12 for Fayetteville.

"Dutro did a nice job inside," added Sheets. "She gets up well on rebounds and on her shots. Shelby (Sheets) draws the defense. She is a

pass-first player. You can't ask for more."

Latham and Cunningham led the Lady Broncos with 11 points each. Seigla and Wright each added eight points.

Garrett finished with five.

Eastern defeats Western in Lady G-Men down Lady Rockets opening round of BCHT

By Ritchie Butler The Brown County Press

By Ritchie Butler The Brown County Press The Eastern Lady Warriors defeated the Western Lady Broncos in the opening game of the girls Brown County Holiday Tournament, 50-44.

"We're extremely pleased with the win," said Eastern coach Richard Kiser. "When we finished that first quarter, I didn't think there was much hope."

"We had several different people score in that first quarter," said Western coach Mike Cooper. "After that, the only one who could score for us was Lauren (Davis)."

The Lady Broncos completely dominated the first eight minutes of play. Jeanette Cunningham scored the first four points of the game. Davis added two free throws and Morgan Wright converted one charity toss as Western raced to a 7-0 lead.

Eastern got on the board with 3:43 remaining in the first frame when Christina Burns hit 1-of-2 from the line.

Allison Prine made good on two free throws later in the period, but Western countered with a 3-pointer from Courtney Jackson-Wahl and a layup by Davis, taking a 14-3 lead after one quarter of play.

The second stanza saw Eastern climb back into the game after Western extended its lead to 18-3 with seven minutes left in the half. Megan Scott got two baskets for the

Lady Warriors. Burns added a layup and Prine canned a three. With 4:31 remaining in the half, Western's lead was 18-12.

Davis made good on a three-point play with 3:47 left in the second, giving the Lady Broncos a 21-12 advantage.

But the Lady Warriors responded with a 9-2 run to close the half. Shayla Black hit a 3-pointer and added a free throw. Leeza Rickey scored off an offensive board and Nicolette Clifton drained a three in the waning seconds, pulling Eastern to within two, at 23-21, heading into the intermission.

"Rebounding was the key tonight," said Cooper. "We owned the boards in the first quarter. In the final three quarters we gave them too many second chance opportunities."

The Lady Warriors took advantage of those opportunities in the third period. Several offensive rebounds led to direct scores or extended the possessions and allowed Eastern to get some good looks out of its offense.

Clifton and Scott made back-to-back threes, giving Eastern its first lead of the night, at 27-25, with 6:26 remaining in the third.

Davis scored on a drive, tying the score at 27-27. She then converted two free throws, giving the Lady Broncos the lead back with 5:53 left in the third quarter.

The two Brown County

rivals traded baskets throughout the final four minutes until Prine made a three-point play with 14 seconds left, giving Eastern a 37-34 edge going into the final frame.

Both defenses tightened up in the early minutes of the fourth quarter. Rachel Mullins scored inside with 5:12 left in the game, putting Eastern in front 39-35. Davis answered with two free throws and Lindsey Leist added a layup for the Lady Broncos, cutting the deficit to 39-38.

Prine and Morgan Henry traded baskets and with 3:23 remaining, Eastern held a slim, 41-40 lead.

The Lady Warriors grabbed a five-point lead, at 47-42, with 1:30 remaining when Burns made a jumper. Davis cut the Eastern lead to three when she converted two more free throws with 36 seconds left.

Clifton and Mullins combined to go 3-of-4 from the line in the final 22 seconds, preserving the 50-44 win for Eastern.

"We came out strong in that second half," said Kiser. "We slumped a little, but made some big shots at the end."

"We did a nice job on them defensively in the first half," added Cooper. "We left them open in the second half and they knocked down some shots."

Eastern was led by Prine's 14 points. Clifton and Mullins added eight points each. Scott chipped in seven.

"Allison was our leader tonight," said Kiser. "We were slow against their press and she took over and dribbled through. We got some easy looks and got to the line."

Davis paced the Lady Broncos with a game-high 21 points. Cunningham added seven tallies for Western.

The Georgetown Lady GMen used a suffocating defense to defeat the Fayetteville Lady Rockets, 54-33, in the first round of the Brown County Holiday Tournament.

"We came out with a lot of intensity on defense," said Georgetown coach Bernie Cropper. "We finished our shots and had a nice team

effort."

Paige Gast accounted for all of Georgetown's scoring in the first frame, making good on two 3-pointers and adding a jump shot. Desirae Dutro made a layup for the Lady Rockets and Shelby Brown made a three in the final minute of the quarter. After eight minutes of play, the Lady G-Men clung to an 8-5 lead.

After Gast scored the first basket of the second period,

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Georgetown’s Paige Gast shoots over Fayetteville’s Shelby Brown. Gast tallied 21 in the Lady-G-Men’s win.

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Eastern’s Allison Prine tries to drive around Western’s Jeanette Cunningham. Prine scored 14 points in the Lady Warriors’ win over the Lady Broncos.

Boys Basketball 1/12 Western vs.

Georgetown 1/12 Fayetteville vs.

Whiteoak 1/12 Eastern vs.

Lynchburg 1/12 Ripley vs. West Union 1/15 Western vs. East Clinton 1/15 Fayetteville @ Fairfield 1/15 Eastern vs. West Union

1/15 Ripley @ Whiteoak 1/16 Georgetown vs.

Ripley 1/16 Eastern @ Chesapeake Girls Basketball 1/11 Georgetown @ New Richmond 1/11 Fayetteville vs.

Peebles 1/11 Eastern @ Lynchburg 1/11 Ripley vs. Fleming County 1/13 Fayetteville vs.

Williamsburg 1/14 Western vs. East Clinton 1/14 Fayetteville @ West Union 1/14 Eastern @ Manchester 1/14 Ripley vs. Fairfield 1/16 Western @ Williamsburg (1:30) 1/16 Georgetown vs.

Glenwood (1:30)

Kirsten Grant added two free throws, giving Georgetown a 12-5 lead.

Dutro and Brown scored back-to-back goals in the paint, pulling Fayetteville to within three, at 12-9. But the Lady G-Men ended the half with a 9-2 run. Brianna Householder made a layup, Brooke Lahmer made good on a three-point play, Grant scored on a post-up and Gast made two freebies during the Georgetown flurry. Heading into the break, the Lady GMen held a 21-11 lead.

In the third quarter, Georgetown blew the game wide open. The Lady G-Men used an inside-out attack and took advantage of their size advantage.

Grant and Kelsey Mell scored the first two baskets of the third in the paint, extending the Georgetown lead to 25-11.

Emily Stahl made a three and Jill Ryan scored on a drive, keeping Fayetteville within striking distance at 2516.

Casey Carter hit a jumper and a 3-pointer for the Lady G-Men and Grant added a three-point play, opening up the Georgetown lead to 33-17 with 4:31 left in the period.

Dutro scored five points in the final three minutes for the Lady Rockets, but Fayetteville trailed 40-22 heading into the final frame.

Carter and Gast scored early in the fourth, pushing the Georgetown lead to 44-24.

Fayetteville responded with a three-point play by Brown and a jumper by Shelby Sheets, trimming the deficit to 44-29.

Gast answered for Georgetown. She scored on a backdoor cut and a minute later, drained another three, giving the Lady G-Men a 4929 advantage with just over three minutes left.

Fayetteville was unable to get any closer as the Lady GMen cruised to the 54-33 victory.

Gast led all scorers with 21 points. Grant added 10 tallies.

Carter chipped in seven and Mell finished with six for the Lady G-Men. "Paige played well tonight," said Cropper. "She is a hard worker. We got the ball inside several times and made good decisions in the post. We played a lot of people and our depth kept us fresh."

Dutro and Brown paced the Lady Rockets with 12 points each. Sheets added four.

"Amanda (Jelley) takes pride in her defense," added Cropper. "Sheets is a good player. Amanda did a nice job and her teammates helped her with Sheets."

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Blue Jays capture Pepsi Classic Tournament title

BY Wayne Boblitt The Brown County Press

The host Ripley-UnionLewis-Huntington Blue Jays captured the 2009 Pepsi Classic Tournament Title Dec. 30 with a 72-66 triumph over the Clark Montessori Cougars.

The Blue Jays held on for the victory despite the loss of four starters who fouled out before the final buzzer blared.

The Blue Jays reached the championship game by defeating the Felicity-Franklin Cardinals, 68-57, in the tournament’s opening round on Dec. 29.

Clark Montessori, of Cincinnati, reached the title game by beating the St. Patrick Saints, of Maysville, Ky., 5239, in the opening round on Dec. 29.

St. Patrick placed third in the Pepsi Classic Tournament by defeating Felicity-Franklin, 7164, in the Dec. 30 consolation game, played prior to the RULH-Clark Montessori championship battle.

RULH Wins 2009 Title The tight championship game between the Blue Jays and the Cougars certainly was indicated throughout the battle by the scoreboard. The game was tied seven times, three times in the first quarter (2-2, 10-10, 12-12), once in the second period (15-15), and three times in the final quarter (49-49, 56-56, 58-58) following the

third quarter, during which the Blue Jays never trailed.

After the Cougars lit up the scoreboard first to go ahead 2-0 with a field goal at 7:12 in the first quarter, RULH junior Demarco swingman, Washington tied the score 2-2 with 6:51 left.

Following a Cougars’ field goal at 6:10, which gave them a 4-2 advantage, RULH junior point-guard Jarrin Taul then gave the Blue Jays their first lead of the game, 5-4, with a 3pointer at 5:17.

Two unanswered field goals enabled the Cougars to get back on top, 8-5, but the Blue Jays regained the lead, 10-8, following a field goal by senior forward Bryant Applegate at 3:44 and a trey by sophomore forward Logan Perkins at 3:01.

The Cougars went back ahead, 12-10, for the final time in the contest with two free throws at 2:42 and a field goal at 2:22.

Sophomore guard Jordan Mitchell scored a field goal with 1:39 left in the first quarter to tie the game, 12-12, and a subsequent free throw by junior guard Ravye Williams gave the Blue Jays a 13-12 lead. The Blue Jays never trailed the Cougars after that, although the teams tied each other four more times during their intense struggle.

The Blue Jays enjoyed a 3025 lead at halftime and a 49-40

advantage at the beginning of the final quarter, but the Cougars fought back and outscored their hosts 18-9 to tie the game, 58-58, for the final time, by making two free throws with 3:42 remaining in the contest.

Williams scored two from the charity stripe with 3:32 left to put the Blue Jays back on top for good. The Cougars never gave up, however, and narrowed their hosts’ lead to 67-66 with only 28 seconds remaining.

Perkins stretched the Blue Jays’ lead to three, making two free throws with 23.5 seconds left. But with only about 8.5 seconds left on the clock, he fouled out.

The aggressive defense with which the Blue Jays played took its toll as four starters fouled out, with Perkins being the fourth and final RULH player sent back to the bench for good.

Applegate, Williams and senior forward Dylan Johnson had fouled out earlier.

An apparently successful free throw by a Clark Montessori player who went to the charity stripe following Perkins’ foul would have narrowed the Blue Jays’ lead to 69-67, but referees called back that point after ruling a Clark Montessori player had stepped over the line during that free throw.

With 7.3 seconds left, Washington scored two free

Broncos fall to Bethel-Tate

By Jeremy Sharp Press Contributor The Western Brown Bronco basketball team continues to struggle on the court. Their latest defeat came at the hands of the Bethel Tate Tigers on Tuesday, Jan. 5 at WBHS. For head coach Doug Williams, the most frustrating part is that his team keeps making the same mistakes.

“It’s the same stuff that we’ve been doing all year,” Williams said after 69-55 loss, “we’re a young team and we keep making those young mistakes: turning the ball over, and rushing into shots.”

Tuesday’s versus Bethel Tate started off very badly; it was a sign of things to come. The Tigers jumped out to a 10-2 lead, before Western Brown was able to scratch and claw its

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Western’s Kyle Puckett shoots for two of his 14 points in the Broncos’ loss to Bethel-Tate.

way back into a tight game. At the end of one, Bethel led 1410.

Kyle Puckett carried most of the Bronco’s offense in the second, scoring seven of the team’s 11 points in the period. But it wasn’t enough to keep up with the Tigers, as their lead stretched to a 32-21 mark.

Quarter number three actually showed some promise for Western Brown. After a disastrous opening 90 seconds of the half that saw four fouls and two turnovers committed by the Broncos, they turned things around. The defense stiffened up and made a few plays against a much bigger; more experienced Bethel offense. A threepointer by Puckett narrowed the gap to five, but that was as close as they would get. Western was down by 12 at the end of three, and things only got worse after that. 69-55 was the final.

Coach Williams saw at least one positive in a mostly negative night, “We did a really good job in some of the things we’ve been working on,” he said, “like man-to-man defense; we made some of their really athletic players take some bad shots, but then we wouldn’t box out.”

Puckett led the Broncos’ offense on the night, scoring 14 points, while teammates Dylan Dawson and Jon Walker also reached double figures with 10 each. Ryan Shields had eight points in the effort, and Spencer Howard tallied five.

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The host Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington Blue Jays, accompanied by the RULH varsity cheerleaders, pose with their Pepsi Classic Tournament Championship Trophy on Dec. 30 after defeating the Clark Montessori Cougars 72-66 in that tournament’s Title Game.

throws to increase the Blue Jays’ lead to five, at 71-66, and for all practical purposes put the game out of the Cougars’ reach.

With only 0.7 second left, referees called a final foul against the Cougars and RULH junior forward Jay Woodruff iced the Blue Jays’ winning score by sending the ball through the net from the free throw line for his only point of the contest, which made RULH’s winning score 72-66.

Three players from the title game were announced as being chosen for the All-Tournament Team following the Blue Jays’ victory. They included RULH’s Washington and Williams and Clark Montessori’s Al Upshaw.

Two other All-Tournament Team players announced before the championship battle began were Felicity-Franklin’s Chris Shouse and St. Patrick’s Stephen Mason.

Blue Jays’ Coach Comments “I was real proud of our kids,” RULH Coach Mike Kennedy said following the victory over the Cougars.

Kennedy commented about the fouling out of four RULH starters that the contest was just one of those games in which both opponents tackled the rim hard on offense.

He reported the Blue Jays’ team had some good action out of some reserve team players who took to the floor during one quarter each.

While four Blue Jays fouled

out, it was Clark Montessori against whom the referees assessed the only technical foul of the night. Taul scored 2 free throw points as a result that technical foul, which was called against the Cougars’ coach, to make the score 49-39 with 36.1 seconds left in the third quarter.

Kennedy said the Blue Jays knew before the game the Cougars would make some runs at them, noting how the Clark Montessori players are aggressive and quite athletic.

“We got our composure back and scored baskets,” Kennedy gave as a reason the Blue Jays were able to recover from some early tough minutes and avenge their 2008 Pepsi Classic loss to the Cougars.

The RULH coach said the Blue Jays scored some big baskets both from the field and also from the free throw line.

To say free throw shooting for the Blue Jays was a key to their triumph definitely would be an understatement. While both teams attempted 30 shots from the charity stripe, the Blue Jays successfully connected on an impressive 22 attempts for 73.3 percent while the Cougars scored only 9 free throws for 30 percent.

Noting how the Blue Jays haven’t always been good free throw shooters, Kennedy said he certainly was happy with that success down the stretch against the Cougars.

“We had some kids step up,

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Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington junior swingman Demarco Washington, left, and junior guard Ravye Williams pose after being named the Blue Jays’ representatives on the five-player All-Tournament Team at the conclusion of the Pepsi Classic Tournament Dec. 30 at RULH High School.

but it was a total team effort,” Kennedy summed up the Blue Jays’ Title Game championship.

Regarding the game against Felicity-Franklin the previous night, Kennedy said the Blue Jays won that game in large part because they took care of the basketball without committing many turnovers and shot fairly well.

While the Cardinals led the Blue Jays 19-16 at the end of the first quarter, the host team responded in the second period and led 36-26 at halftime. They still led, 47-40, at the end of the third quarter before ending the game with an 11-point victory.

Kennedy praised the Blue Jays for playing well and aggressively after the first quarter in the Felicity-Franklin game. He praised point guard Taul for handling the ball well and having a sense in that game about where to find successful shooters to whom he could pass the ball.

Kennedy said Washington and Williams, as the Blue Jays’ two All-Tournament Team members, probably were selected for that honor by voting coaches because they were the most consistent players in both tournament games.

He said Washington has been playing well and aggressively while Williams is a good ball handler who can step up to the challenge on the court when necessary.

Title Game Statistics Given The Blue Jays hit 22-of-42 field goal attempts for 52.4 percent. That included 16-of-34 2point attempts for 47.1 percent and 6-of-8 from 3-point land for 75 percent.

Washington and Williams led the Blue Jays in scoring with 19 each, followed by Mitchell with 13 and Taul with 10.

Washington also led the Blue Jays in rebounds with seven of their 25 while Mitchell successfully rebounded five times.

Only two rebounds came on offense.

The Blue Jays stole the ball 10 times with seven players playing the role of ball thief during the action. Mitchell, Taul and Williams each had two steals.

Williams led the Blue Jays in assists with five of his team’s 13 while Mitchell had four.

Washington blocked two Cougars’ field goal attempts while Applegate blocked another.

The Blue Jays committed 19 turnovers, and referees assessed two charging fouls against the host players.

B R O A D S H E E T O D D

By Ritchie Butler The Brown County Press

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The Eastern Lady Warriors and the McClain Lady Tigers, two traditionally strong basketball programs, met at Eastern on Monday and delivered a classic double-overtime game. The Lady Tigers came away with the 58-54 win in exciting fashion.

"This was another great game," said Eastern coach Richard Kiser. "We've had some

exciting games with them over the years, but we keep coming up on the short end."

After dropping a 46-40 game at Chillicothe on Saturday, the Lady Warriors were eager to get back on the winning track versus another tough non-league opponent in McClain.

Eastern took leads of 3-2 and 5-4 during a slow-paced first frame. Shelby Buck hit a 3pointer for McClain with just over two minutes remaining in the first, putting the Lady Tigers

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Eastern’s Christina Burns splits two McClain defenders for two of her game-high 18 points.

on top, 7-5. Rachel Mullins grabbed an offensive rebound on the Lady Warriors' next offensive possession and converted it into a basket, tying the score at 7-7 with 1:48 left in the opening period.

Neither team's offense was able to get much accomplished in the closing minutes of the quarter, until Megan Saylor scored on a drive with one second showing on the clock, giving McClain a 9-7 lead after one complete.

Kate Hammond and Courtney Hyer scored the first two baskets of the second quarter, extending McClain's advantage to 13-7.

After going over four minutes without a field goal, Eastern climbed back to even when Christina Burns made two jumpers and Megan Scott and Allison Prine converted 1-of-2 from the line, knotting the score at 13-13 with 1:53 left in the half.

McClain's Sammy Rooks scored her only basket of the night just before intermission, giving the Lady Tigers a 15-13 lead at the break.

"All their players can handle the ball on the perimeter," said Kiser. "We got into some foul trouble and had to protect some of our players by substituting."

The third quarter belonged to Eastern, although it did not start out that way. Hammond scored the first two buckets of the second half, pushing McClain's lead to 19-13.

Shayla Black and Nicolette Clifton responded by hitting back-to-back threes, tying the score at 19-19 with 6:09 left in the third.

The Lady Warriors grabbed the lead midway through the frame when Burns made good on a post move. Burns also converted two free throws late in the quarter, giving Eastern a 2922 lead heading into the fourth.

Saylor made an old-fashioned three-point play at the beginning of the fourth frame, starting a 7-0 run for the Lady Tigers. Hammond made the next two shots, tying the game at 29-29 with 6:35 left in regulation.

Burns answered for Eastern, canning a jumper and scoring on a nice post move, putting the Lady Warriors in front, 33-29.

Mullins added a stick back with just under four minutes left, giving Eastern a 35-29 lead.

Hyer made 2-of-4 from the charity stripe and Jenna Perie added a freebie, closing the gap to 35-32.

Prine hit a jumper and Black scored down low, giving

Eastern a 39-36 edge with one minute left in the fourth.

Saylor made a layup and Chrissy Cobb added a free throw with 25 ticks left, tying the score again at 39-39.

Eastern was unable to get a good shot to win it in regulation, so the two non-league rivals went to overtime.

"Our guards made some mental mistakes at the end of regulation," said Kiser. "We defended well on the perimeter until the overtime. We gave them some open shots late."

In the first extra period, Burns made a layup, Clifton made a 3-pointer and Mullins converted a three-point play in the opening two minutes, giving Eastern a comfortable 47-40 lead.

But the Lady Tigers didn't quit. Buck canned a three, Hyer hit a jumper and Saylor scored inside. With 1:23 left in the first overtime, Eastern clung to a 4947 lead.

Saylor and Prine traded free throws before Perie made a layup with 29 seconds left, tying the score at 50-50.

The Lady Warriors got a couple of good looks in the closing seconds, but were unable to convert, sending the game to a second overtime.

Burns gave Eastern an early

52-50 lead by making two free throws, but McClain responded again. This time, Saylor made a three-point play with 3:08 left in the second extra period, giving the Lady Tigers a lead they didn't relinquish.

In the final minute, McClain made 5-of-6 from the line, securing the 58-54 win.

Saylor led a balanced scoring attack for McClain with 15 points. Hyer added 11.

Hammond and Buck chipped in 10 points each. Perie finished with seven.

Burns led the Lady Warriors with a game-high 18 tallies.

Mullins added nine. Prine, Black and Clifton chipped in six points each.

"We are very pleased with Christina's progress," said Kiser. "She works hard on her game and has been successful."

The loss drops the Lady Warriors to 6-3 overall. Eastern currently stands at 3-1 in the SHL. In junior varsity action, McClain scored in the final seconds to defeat Eastern, 36-35.

Tressie Lewis led all scorers with 14 points. Maria Johnson added six for the Lady Warriors.

Taylor Faulconer paced McClain with 13 tallies. Five other Lady Tigers contributed four points each.

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By Ritchie Butler The Brown County Press

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The Eastern Warriors traveled to Hillsboro on Tuesday and fell to the Indians by a score of 66-64.

“Their shot selection was better,” said Eastern coach Rob Beucler. “They shot it well from the line and they got there more often. That was the difference.”

Tyler Knabb had the hot hand for Eastern in the first quarter, connecting for eight of the Warriors’ first 10 points.

Zach Downing stuck back an offensive rebound with 41 seconds remaining in the first, giving Eastern a 12-7 lead.

Hillsboro’s Airic Steagall answered with a 3-pointer, pulling the Indians to within 12-10 after one period of play.

Knabb canned a three with 6:15 left in the second stanza, pushing the Warriors’ lead to 17-11.

Eastern’s advantage grew to eight points, at 23-15, when Taylor Little made a layup with just under four minutes left in the half.

Steagall made four free throws and Colt Coates hit a three, shrinking the Eastern lead to 25-23 with two minutes left in the second period.

After Knabb made a shot inside, Dylan and Dawson Barreras scored one basket each for Hillsboro, knotting the score at 27-27 at intermission.

Jordan Payne quickly put the Warriors back on top when he made a layup 17 seconds into the third quarter.

Hillsboro responded with back-to-back threes from Steagall and Aric Carroll.

Knabb made another 3pointer and Clay Garrett scored in the paint, putting Eastern back in front, 34-33, with 5:22 remaining in the third.

Hillsboro began a 14-7 run to close out the period, taking a 47-41 lead into the final frame.

“Hillsboro played very physical tonight,” said Beucler. “We’ve got to be more physical if we are going to play like that.”

The Indians maintained a five-point lead through the first three minutes of the fourth. Eastern trimmed the deficit to 55-53 when Little scored inside with 3:14 remaining in the game.

Hillsboro failed to score a field goal in the final three minutes, but finished 11-of-14 from the line.

Little closed the gap to 6261 with five seconds left in the game, but two Eastern fouls sent Carroll to the line, where

he made good on four charity tosses, securing the 66-64 win for Hillsboro.

“We didn’t quit when we got down,” said Beucler. “We didn’t back off. We got out of position defensively tonight and committed some dumb fouls. We have got to do a better job of executing.”

Knabb finished as the game’s high scorer with 34 points. Little added 17. Payne chipped in six and Downing netted five.

Steagall paced Hillsboro with 20 points. Carroll added 19 and Coates finished with 15.

With the loss, Eastern fell to 5-3 overall. Although this was the first time Eastern was outscored all year, the OHSAA ruled that the

Warriors had to forfeit wins in the Brown County Tournament because of using an ineligible player for those two games.

In junior varsity action, Hillsboro outscored Eastern 27-5 in the final period to claim a 49-43 win.

Jarrod Hart led Hillsboro with 11 points. Chase Gilliland added 10.

Blake Doss led all scorers with 15. Connor Purdin added 11 and Chase Lawson chipped in nine for the Warriors.

Eastern won the freshman game, 42-21.

Josh Boudreau scored a game-high 18 points in the win. Blake Kirk added eight for the Warriors.

Hart led Hillsboro with five tallies.

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Lions donate American Flag to WBHS

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Pictured are the representatives from the Lions Club at half court during the ceremony: Gary Young, Gerald Amiott, Fred Feix, Bill Wilson, Jesse Smith, Carroll Wallace, Arnie Conwell, James Bingaman.

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Eastern’s Tyler Knabb lofts a bank shot over Hillsboro’s Aric Carroll. Knabb scored a game-high 34 points.

chasing glasses for those in need, aiding in support programs that train seeing-eye dogs, donating to four separate local food pantries, and providing scholarships to Western Brown and Southern Hills Career and Technical Center graduates. Providing a

beautiful American Flag for the WBHS gym is just one of the many fine things the Mt. Orab Lions club has done, and they would like to thank the community and Western Brown for their continued support.

Grants offer new opportunities for stream improvements More than $1 million will be available statewide through Ohio EPA’s new Surface Water Improvement Fund (SWIF) grants program for projects designed to reduce pollution coming from sources away from stream banks and improve water quality in Ohio’s lakes and rivers. Proposals are due Feb. 15, 2010.

Grants of up to $150,000 are available to local governments, park districts, conservation organizations such as

soil and water conservation districts and others; however smaller grant requests between $50,000 and $75,000 are likely to be more competitive during the evaluation process.

Habitat alteration, modification of natural flow with dams and levees, excessive sediment and nutrient enrichment are the greatest causes of stream degradation in Ohio. SWIF grants are designed to demonstrate improvements in practices

that keep soil, excess nutrients and pesticides out of waterways and will lead to better water in Ohio.

Eligible activities include, but are not limited to: • stream restoration and riparian protection; • innovative storm water demonstration practices such as green roofs, rain gardens and others; • green infrastructure; and • wetland restoration and protection.

Applications are available

at the Ohio EPA Division of Surface Water Web page, http://www.epa.ohio.gov/dsw /nps/index.aspx. Applicants should submit three copies of the application with blue ink signatures and one copy of the application in Microsoft Word format on a CD. Completed applications may be mailed or delivered to, Ohio EPA, Division of Surface Water, Attn: Russ Gibson, NPS Program Manager, P.O. Box 700, Columbus, Ohio 432161049.

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Pictured left to right are Katlyn Adams (FCCLA)Krista Guinn (FCCLA), Clinton Woollard (MCC volunteer) Linda Kirschner (DPL director of Angel Tree) Ashley Leonard (Shawnee State volunteer), Bob Ratliff (DPL employee) and Debbie Leonard (DPL employee).

DPL employees help out RUHL children

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On Tuesday, Jan. 5, the Mt. Orab Lions Club was ceremoniously honored before the Western Brown basketball game for donating a large, retractable American Flag to

Western Brown High School that is hanging in the gymnasium.

The Mt. Orab Lions Club is proud to serve its community by providing many local services. Just a few of the projects that the club has done, and continues to do include pur-

Dayton Power and Light, Killen Station hosted their 3rd annual “Angel Tree” this year providing Christmas presents to the “less fortunate” children of the Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Elementary School.

Three years ago a few of the employees at Killen thought it would be a good idea to provide Christmas to some children who were in need. They contacted Manchester Elementary School and were given 41 names of children who would benefit from this type of program. It was a success.

The second year Adams County Neediest Kids contacted Killen Station to see if they would be interested in sponsoring again to which the employees were more than glad to do and they sponsored 47 children.

The employees felt it would be a good idea to spread this type of charity to the children of the counties in which the employees at Dayton Power and Light live.

This year they contacted RULH to see if there was a need in their area. Killen told them they could take around 50 names.

The children were selected through the teachers. Each child was given a form to take home so that the siblings would be included too. The form asked for sizes and a wish list from the children.

RULH had 80 names of children that would benefit from this program, and since Killen had only requested 50, Linda Kirschner, director of this program, did not want 30 children

to be left out of the “Angel Tree”. She contacted J.M. Stuart Station and asked if she could get 30 employees to commit to take the other 30 names.

The response was overwhelming. Within an hour of contacting JM Stuart Station all of the names had been spoken for.

The only requirement asked for when taking a name is that you buy an outfit/coat and one toy. The employees went above and beyond this purchasing toys, outfits, coats, underclothes, socks and shoes for the children. There were also monetary donations to make sure all the children in a family had equal amounts of gifts.

Because the “Angel Tree” had practically doubled in size from the first year, Kirschner called on some community service workers to help with the wrapping of the gifts. Debbie Leonard and Bob Ratliff, employees of Killen Station assisted with the sorting , boxing and wrapping of the gifts as they had the past two years. Ashley Leonard (freshman at Shawnee State) and Clinton Woollard (freshman at Maysville Community) , Krista Guinn and Katlyn Adams members of RULH FCCLA program assisted with wrapping all of the gifts.

On Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009 the gifts were delivered to the Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Elementary School by Clinton Woollard and Jeff Bothman, both volunteers. The Killen/JM Stuart “Angel Tree was once again successful.

Medical office classes offered in January Are you looking for a career in the medical office field? The Adult Education Department at Southern Hills Career and Technical Center is offering several courses in the medical office field. Take a class to develop the skills necessary to enter or grow your career path in the healthcare industry.

Southern Hills Adult Education Department is now offering a Medical Terminology class to begin Jan. 13, from 6 - 9 p.m. on Wednesday evenings for ten weeks. The purpose of this

course is to assist the student in gaining an understanding of medical terminology. The student will learn the component parts of medical terms - roots, prefixes and suffixes. Medical terms related to each bodily system, and the medical terms related to the diseases and abnormal conditions of each system will be discussed.

Abbreviations, laboratory tests and procedures will also be covered within this course.

A Medical Billing I class will begin on Jan. 13. Classes will be held on Wednesday

evenings from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. for ten weeks. Learn the fundamentals of billing for the medical office in this course.

Knowledge of medical terminology is required to enroll in Medical Billing I. For cost information or registration, please contact Southern Hills Adult Education Department at (937) 378-6131 Ext. 357. We accept Visa and MasterCard or we can offer a payment plan to fit your needs.

Remember: Education is not just for kids!

Free class to help smokers to kick the habit Drs. Michael McHenry and Todd Williams of Mercy Medical Associates Georgetown Family Medicine are offering a free program called Quitting For Life to help smokers quit the habit once and for all.

Quitting For Life will be

held Wednesday, Jan. 13 from 7 - 8 p.m. at Mercy Hospital Clermont, 3000 Hospital Drive, Batavia in the Minning Lecture Hall. The doctors will be available after the presentation for Q&As. The lecture is free and there is no registration required; walk-ins are

Memorial scholarship honors wildlife officer The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife is pleased to announce that the Ohio Wildlife Officer’s Lodge 143 of the Fraternal Order of Police and the Twin Valley Rod and Gun Club of Preble County are accepting applications for the Larry A. Hart Memorial Scholarship.

Applicants must be Ohio residents who have or will graduate from an accredited high school; any person who is or will be enrolled in an accredited college and will be pursu-

ing a career in the field of law enforcement, or natural resources. Interested applicants can obtain the scholarship application by contacting the Larry A. Hart Scholarship Committee, 120 Wayne Ave, Eaton, Ohio 45320 or by calling (937) 456-5371 and giving their name, address and phone number. The application can also be found at http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Def ault.aspx?tabid=19719.

Application deadline is March 15, 2010.

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For more information, please visit www.emercy.com, Facebook or YouTube.

Gaslight Players hold auditions for spring play The Gaslight Theater Players are holding open auditions for their spring production of Saving Grace.

They will be held on 2 different days. We invite all interested in live theater on stage to come to one of the audition dates. Audition dates are Thursday, January 14, from 7-9:00 PM and Saturday, January 16, from 2-4:00 PM. They will be held at The Gaslight Theater in Georgetown Ohio. Call (513) 659-3703 or visit www.gaslighttheaterplayers.c om for more information.

Conservation district meetings scheduled The Brown County Soil and Water Conservation District (Brown SWCD) Board of Supervisors is announcing its first board meeting scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 20 at 7:30 p.m. Future meetings will also be held the third Wednesday of each month. Meetings scheduled for February-April and September-December will take place at 7:30 p.m. Meetings in May, June, July and August will take place at 7 a.m. All meetings are held at the Brown SWCD office located at 706 South Main Street, Georgetown Ohio 45121.

Meetings are open to the pubic. Media sources and the general public should call (937) 378-4424 ext. 4 if they wish to be informed of regular and special meetings.

Guest speaker scheduled at Sardinia UMC Assistant District Superintendent Rev. Vernagaye Sullivan will be the guest speaker at the Sardinia United Methodist Church on Sunday, Jan. 17. The service will begin at 10:30 a.m. All are invited to attend.

SSCC Board of Trustees to meet The Southern State Community College Board of Trustees will meet 6 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 13, in Room 115 of the Training Resource Center on the college’s Central Campus, 100 Hobart Drive, Hillsboro. The meeting is open to the public.

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Gravel,Topsoil Delivered & Spread Bobcat, Backhoe Work, Drainage Solutions 1-31 TFN Fully Insured • Free Estimates (513) 623-8387

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and the penguins and the planet.

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Others available. Also tion 8, $565 and up. lease option or Land ConDeposit same as rent. tract available.

Water, sewer & trash 513-313-3387. included. On Candlelight Way off E. Main 307 - MOBILE HOMES St. Visit our photo galFOR RENT lery & website @ 2BR, 1-ACRE, large briarcreekproperties.com or call 513-532-5291 or eat-in kitchen, very nice & clean, garage, no pets, 937-515-3092. good credit, $495/mo. plus deposit.

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RIPLEY - 2br duplex w/partial basement, natu- WILLIAMSBURG ral gas heat, $350/mo. WBSD, 3br, 1ba mobile plus deposit. 2br apart- home located on about ment w/central air, natural 1.5 acres. Also 2br duWilliamsburg gas heat, $300/mo. plus plex, deposit.

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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.

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8wks. old. Please call 606 - FARM 937-795-0326.

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614 - HORSES/LIVESTOCK 2-3 YR old goats; Purebred Nubian Does w/Nubian Doelings at side. 2 yr old Doe Bred to Freshen in June. Yearling Doe open, born June 11, 2006.

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1 YEAR. SEASONED & Credit Problems??? split mixed hardwood, Let’s Talk $80, full size truck load Bank Must Sell thrown in & thrown out.

Call today Will deliver in area be- 615 - MISC. FOR SALE Homes “R” Us tween Mt. Orab & Felic(937) 444-2539 ity & Amelia & George- 4 BRAND new Toyota town. 937-379-5071 or Camrey 5 lug 16” steel rims with Toyota hub SPECIAL FHA financ- 937-670-0307. caps with emblem still in ing available for new homes. Call to pre-qual- FOR SALE, seasoned the boxes. $50 FIRM. ify. 513-575-3715. firewood, $100/cord. Contact 513-876-3403.

513-734-6349 or 937-515-6973.

BEAUTIFUL WHITE 937-444-6925 Dan 405 - LOTS & ACREAGE Maggie Sottero MILLER’S FIRE(May also sell for less wedding gown, WOOD delivered & BEAUTIFUL with fewer acres) size 8, stacked, $125/cord, 50ACRES never worn, $70-1/2 cord, seasoned W/large rock lined $800 OBO LOW INCOME? Want a hardwood. 937-515-2590 creek & woods, great new home? Call to or 937-446-1870, ask for for hunting or farming.

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608 - FARM PRODUCE Bethel New Hope Rd. 513-575-3715. $75 OBO HAY FOR sale: 1-mile from For more information Fescue/Orchard, Clermont County line, call: Grass/Clover mix, $3.00.

Western Brown but 937-515-2692 Alfalfa/Orchard Grass close enough for mix, $3.50-$4.50. Call Bethel.

FORD PARTS, motors, 937-373-3480.

Asking $199,500 transmission. For sale, 613 - PETS AND SUPPLIES lumber from 1830’s Dan 513-734-6349 or DOBERMAN home, oak, all parts.

PINCHER puppies for 937-289-1040.

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1930’S-PRESENT FOR SALE 5 0 1 C H I L D C A R E 513-478-0009.

MARK WANTS 2-28X80 DOUBLEWIDES available CERTIFIED DAY- LAB PUPS, have males running, wrecked, 2005/2008 models, dead cars and 4br/2ba & 5br/3ba. Will CARE provider accepting & females which are Lab set up on your lot children in my clean, mix but have all the Lab trucks. features, shots & wormed, w/monthly payments born Thanksgiving Day. Now paying starting as low as $400 to smoke free Georgetown Call 513-875-2139. qualified buyers. For $75 - $150/cash home! Hands on learning, more details call or stop PUPPIES FREE to good for complete by at Homes “R” Us meals provided, accepting home: Jack Russell-Blue 937-444-2539. vehicles. birth to school age chil- Heeler mixed, 7wks. old, 2-males, 4-females. Call FREE TOW! or COUNTRY LIVING, $0 dren. For more info 937-515-5803 937-446-3021 or or Down, 3br, 2ba. Call to please contact Teresa at 937-515-1075 513-739-0774 937-549-1777 for more pre-qualify.

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1179819-Aberdeen- MOTIVATED SELLER! Owner Financing! Ready to move-in Bi-level in excellent condition.Fully equipped kit. w/stainless appliances, washer & dryer stay.

Tiered decking, 30x35 det.gar.fully fenced back yard. $144,500

1140572- Georgetown- Will Consider Owner Financing- Excellent condition! Two one BR apts.Lg & roomy. Drywall thru-out. Brand new A/C Units.Central systems. 1 unit has a laundry rm.

Covered front porch. Good cash flow. $55,000

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1186984- Bethel - Private setting for this custom built home. Amenities include: formal dining room, hardwood flrs, blt in kit. appliances, jetted jacuzi, shower & toilet closet in MBR, tray ceilings, open foyer, stone gas log F/P, full part-fin bsmt. Prof. landscaped. $259,900

1140565- Georgetown- Will Consider Owner Financing! Solid all brick duplex. Two, 2bdrm. units.

Equip. kitchen & full bath.1 unit has covered porch.

Live in one side- rent the other. Multi-panel doors. All dry wall. $85,000

1142530- Jefferson Twp- Gentlemans farm. Private location. Cont. home w/soaring ceils. Flr to ceil dbl sided fpl.1st flr master BR. Fire escape off second flr BR. Inground pool, stocked pond, huge barn. Land nicely rolls w/1168' of rd frontage. $249,900

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1192637- Mt. Orab- Immaculate 3 bdrm. Ranch on double lot.New flooring in LR & FR,open floor plan, freshly painted.Beautifully landscaped, Coy pone w/serenty sitting area.Back yard tree-lined. $119,900

Broker: Ray Houk 513-875-3822 Realtor/Manager: Connie Creditt 937-288-0072 U.S. Route 50 Fayetteville, Oh 45118

1187966 Lake Lorelei 1348 sf, 3 BR, 2 Full bath ranch on 2 lots, fenced in rear yard, nice landscapping, mature shade, appliances, home warranty, located in a gated community with a 200 acre lake, boating, fishing (2 lakes), swimming (2 beaches), & club house. $104,900 Joyce Spaeth

offering!

Fantastic positive cash flow! Duplex in good condition. 1 & 2 bdrm. units.

Fully equipped washer, dryer hook-ups in both units.

Great location. Huge walk in attic. $49,900

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1179076- Fayetteville - Updated w/great location! Open bright & airy this Ranch is waiting for it's next family! Fully equipped kitchen. Newer tub, HWH, flooring thru-out & faucets. Enjoy your privacy on your 24x24 tiered deck. Tree lined. Public water & sewer. $79,900

1202541- Georgetown- Immaculate! *This well built ranch is ready to move into. *Natural woodwork,solid 6 panel doors,fully equipped kitchen.

MBR suite. Covered front & back porch. *Beautifully landscaped yard. Storage shed.

Poured foundation. Location, location! $119,900

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1198955- Mt. Orab - Immaculate w/location! 1st flr.Master, 1st flr bath. Beautiful & roomy. Nice sized laundry rm dbls as an home office. Possible conversion to an office building. Extra wide driveway. Huge rolling back yd. Public water & sewer. Do not delay! $95,000

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1148245- Mt. Orab- Beacon Hill Subdivision- New Construction - Custom Schlabach home. 3BD, 2BA. FULL BASEMENT. Attention given to every detail. 9' ceilings. Open floor plan. Blum motion slides & hinges on kit cabinets & drawers. MBR suite w/ tub & shower. Recessed lites, 6 panel doors. All on .57 wooded ac. $199,900

1197834 - Winchester - Look no further! Nice farm w/barn, woods & over 850' of road frtg.

Land nicely rolls with good drainage. Beautiful private home sites. Water avail.at the road.

Located on a dead end road. Make an Offer.

Motivated Seller!Two min. from SR 32. MAKE AN OFFER, MOTIVATED SELLER $109,900

1165982- Mt. Orab- The former Cahall Apparel store w/4 apts. Located in the heart of downtown Mt.Orab. All 4 Apts. have equipped kitchen. Plus 2 business/office rental spaces. Off street parking in rear. Great cash flow. Brand new rubber membrane roof. $199,900

1200703- Ripley- Picturesque setting for this unique two story. Contemporary. DBL skylites in spacious great rm. Fully equip. Kit. Island w/ wet bar. Dining room has walk-out to indoor,inground pool & Spa area. MBR suite w/shower + Jacuzzi.Family Rm. Loft. $299,900

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1201734- Georgetown - One of a kind!*Full brick 2-story.*Huge Master BR suite w/personal balcony.*Natural Bay windows, pocket doors thru-out, oak woodwork.* Real Beauty!*Inground 32x18 8' deep pool.*Det 2 story brick garage also.*Full fin bsmt plumbed for 3rd ba. $395,000

1194692- Mt. Orab- Get ready to move! 3 BR, 2 BA home in quiet neighborhood.Excellent condition. Floor plan is open & spacious. Det.2 car garage.New garage door. Back yard completely fenced. Public Utilities. $114,900 1140569- Georgetown-Will Consider Land Contract- Historic Bldg. converted to 6 family unit.

Efficienc 1 Br & 2 Br apts. All units but 1 has two entries. All kitchens equipped. Original staircase w/bannister in place. $175,000 1199723- Mt Orab- Look no more! *Ceiling to floor stone F/P, wrap around kitchen, walk-in closets, 2 full baths, MBR Suite, W/O to solidly built deck, stocked pond, tree-lined yard. 2.16 acre lot, attached Oversized 2 car gar. *All of this for $94,900

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1201948- Williamsburg- Income producing with .5 ac. fully stocked pond.3 total acres in woods,could be timbered.Vegetation planted to attract wildlife.Multi-purpose land.Address has been assigned off of Lost Lake. $119,900

998420- Mt. Orab- Reduced!!!! Will Land Contract or Lease Option!! '02.*New roof '03*Sprinkler system*Fire monitoring system *Four separate restrooms *Elec ballist *>3500 sf *Dual furnaces *3000 s/f fenced area* .79 ac *20 parking spaces. Immediate Occupancy! $159,900

1123757- Four family Apt. bldg. located two blocks off of SR 52. All units have been totally renovated.

Each unit has a laundry area available. Each apt. is separately metered. 4000 plus SF. Bldg and units are in mint condition. PLEASE, ONLY PREAPPROVED BUYERS. $147,500

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Hamersville TURN KEY OPERATION W/SEP. LIVING QUARTERS ON Well known dairy bar.

PREMISES. Impeccable condition in the heart of town. 3BR house in, better than move in condition, included.

City water and sewer metered separately.

Financials avail. w/ Bank pre-approval. Will temporarily stay on to train. Call today for a personal showing. $299,900

SOLD PENDING- 1180014- Eagle Twp: 10 ACRES! REDUCED $10,000! Great corner location right on SR 32. Slightly roll w/some woods. Will not last long!! $69,900 1171915 - Sterling Twp- REDUCED! - Private acreage! Income producing with .5 ac. fully stocked pond . Brand new 12x16 dock. 3 total ac in woods. Vegetation planted to attract wildlife. Beautiful homesites. $129,900 1170543-Winchester- REDUCED! - Nice farm w/barn, woods & over 850' of road frontage. Land nicely rolls with good drainage. Beautiful private home sites. Water available at the road.

Located on a dead end road. Mins from SR 32. $119,900 Residential .46 ac lot. Milford School District. Slightly rolls. One of the few building lots left in the area. $29,900.00 30 Acres to be split off of a 49 acre tract. Beautifully rolls. Can be sub-divided. Plenty of road frontage. In an area of farms. 64x32 tobacco barn.

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Lake Lorelei 1191791 Nice lake front 3 BR rustic ranch style home, fireplace, double lots beautiful w/approx 1.3 acres with a 12x28 deck overlooking the lake, loads of mature trees and 2 car det. 24x30 garage. $239,900 Ray Houk

1192048 Lake Lorelei Cute 3 BR, 1 full bath ranch with open LR & Dinning area, home warranty, appliances, and new 10x24 deck, situated on 2 lots with a desirable park like setting with mature shade. Great starter or retirement home.

Connie Creditt $74,900

Associates: Joyce Spaeth 937-364-2521

Connie Creditt 937-205-2125

Helen Kirkendall 937-364-2924

Leah Morgan 937-402-8913

LAND ... LAND Fayetteville - 1200896 Nice gently rolling building lot with water, sewer, cable, underground utilities, and blacktop road. Be the first to choose from the 21 lots from .27 to 1.44 acres & some are waterfront lots. Affordable pricing from 21-32K. $24,000 Ray Houk Mt. Orab - 1194671 Nice country lot with septic, water, electric, 24x32 building, and partial fenced pasture. No singlewides per deed. $59,900 Connie Creditt Fayetteville - 1184873 1404sf 3 BR home loaded w/updates & imprvmnts, appliances, TV w/SS,VHS,100 dsc CD player situated in a cust blt wall, cntrl vac, water sftnr, hot tub, home warnty, 3-car oversized garage w/air comp, 220 V, atic, & 3 partly wooded acres. $149,900 Connie Creditt

Fayetteville - 1165588 3 rolling partially wooded country acres ready to build your dream home. Water at street. No singlewide trailers. $31,900 Connie Creditt Blanchester - 1124031 10 acres near Blanchester of nice gently rolling land with county water at street. Nice place for that new home. $58,000 Ray Houk Lynchburg - 1197962 Very nice country lots on black top road, 5-6 acre tracts, subject to survey. County water at the road, 4 lots to choose from. Deed restritions apply, no single or doublewide homes. $31,500 Joyce Spaeth

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NEWER BRICK RANCH on 3.91 nicely groomed acreage with stocked lake. Home has great room concept w/cathedral ceiling & WBFP. All appliances stay.

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PRICE REDUCTION!! 271 ACRES - Vacant land located in farming community in central Brown County. Level to rolling terrain. Nice blend of cropland & woods. Adequate frontage. Attractive homesites. Many hunting & recreational possibilities.

Possible large tract split. NOW REDUCED TO $2899 PER ACRE. FARM Southwest Brown County! 173 Acres + or (actually two farms) Two houses. One w/new roof, windows & 2 car garage. Outbuildings include barn w/stalls + huge new pole barn. Beautiful acreage w/woods & creek. Approximately 115 acres cropland.

Newer fencing. Private off-road setting. Owners mayconsider splitting farms. REDUCED TO $649,000.

97.130 VACANT ACRES - Located between Georgetown & Russelville. Rolling terrain. Good drainage. Approximately 2/3 cropland w/remainder in woods. Straight Creek runs through western boundary. Nice elevated homesite w/view. Asking $2800 per acre.

EXCEPTIONAL CEDAR CAPE COD with private setting bordering a creek. Situated on 3.080 rolling acres. Electric FA w/heat pump & CA. 3 Bedrooms. 2 Bathrooms. Ceramic tile in baths & kitchen. Stained woodwork w/six panel doors. All appliances stay. Lots of closet/storage space. Detached 32x24 cedar garage w/loft. Full covered front & rear porches. 2 driveways. Asking $199,000.

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12,532

MANAGER’S SPECI ALS $

10,932

2003 FORD TAURUS SES Sunroof, PW, PL, Very Clean! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2001 FORD CROWN VICTORIA Former Police Interceptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

M U STA N G S

18,932

Leather, 3,6L, V6, 27,000 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Leather, Only 50,000 Miles, Very Clean . . . . .

$ $

*

CERTIFIED VEHICLES

2003 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS LS

2009 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY

343mo*

ECONOMY TRUCKS

39,000 Miles, Economy Plus

20

$

$

6,932

3,132

343mo*

164mo*

. . . . . . . . . .

10,532

$

292mo*

2007 FORD MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE V6, Auto, Only 19,000 Miles

20,932

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

17,932

$

172mo*

2003 FORD MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE Only 46,000 Miles, Very Clean . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

10,932

CROSSOVER VEHICLES 2009 FORD FLEX SEL

$

FWD, Leather, 20,000 Miles, Factory Warranty . . . . . .

$

492mo*

2009 FORD EDGE SEL

$

AWD, Vista-Roof, Factory Warranty, 2 to Choose From . .

$

2009 FORD EDGE SEL

$

23,000 Miles, Factory Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

2007 MAZDA CX-7

$

AWD, 28,000 Miles, Leather/Suede . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

29,532

464mo*

27,932

429mo*

25,932

323mo*

20,932

*Payments based on 4.75% APR for 66 months, with $1000 cash down or trade equity. Customer responsible for sales tax, doc. fees and title fees. Minimum 740 FICO score to qualify. **Factory invoice does not reflect actual dealer cost. Excludes Taurus SHO and Mustang Shelby GT.

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