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Fatal Crash Involves Local Woman Save the Shawnee Forest The Georgetown Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is currently investigating a two vehicle fatal traffic crash. The fatal crash occurred on Thursday, February 14, at approximately 5:56 a.m. on the US 68 bridge deck crossing over top of SR 32. A 1991 Mazda Miata, operated by Charlotte A. Brown, 62, of Winchester, was traveling southbound on US 68. Also, involved in the crash was a 2005 Mercury Mariner being operated by Walter Feck, 37, of Mt. Orab. Mr. Feck was traveling northbound on US 68 at the time of the crash. Brown lost control of her vehicle as she crossed the ice covered bridge deck. She eventually slid left of center and into the path of Fecks vehicle. Fecks vehicle struck the Mazda in the passenger’s side.
According to the OSP both drivers were wearing their safety belts at the time of the crash. Brown was pronounced deceased at the scene by Brown County Coroner Judith Varau. Mt. Orab EMS units transported Mr. Feck to Mt. Orab Mercy with non-life threatening injuries. Alcohol and/or drugs do not appear to be a factor in the crash. The Mt. Orab Police Department, Mt. Orab Fire/EMS and the Ohio Department of Transportation assisted at the scene by closing down U.S. Route 68 at the S.R. 32 overpass during the morning hours. The crash remains under investigation by the Ohio State Highway PatrolGeorgetown Post. Brown's obituary is on page 2 of this edition of The Informer.
SSCC to Host H.S. Art Showcase
The annual Appalachian Gateway High School Art Showcase open house will be held Thursday, Feb. 28, from 6:00-8:00 p.m.on Southern State Community College’s South Campus, 12681 U.S. Route 62, near Sardinia. The gallery will open at 6:00 p.m., with the awards ceremony to begin at 7:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. “We look forward to showcasing such a wealth of local talent from our region’s high schools,” said SSCC Instructor Jennifer Wenker, who is co-chairing the event with colleague Roy Carpenter. “The strength of our high school arts programs is evidenced by the strong craft and rich content present in projects assigned and submitted by so many wonderful high school art teachers in our region.” All high school students currently enrolled in Adams, Brown, Clinton, Fayette and Highland counties are eligible to submit up to three works of original work to the annual exhibition and open house. The students’ artwork will be on display in the gallery for viewing from Feb. 19-28. “In our present economy where so many schools have cut back on funding the arts, we feel it is critical to highlight the important role creative expression and divergent thought have on 21st century thinking,” said Wenker. “Creativity sparks innovation. Students involved in the arts think differently—more openly—and they offer unique points of view.
Creative students spend more time thinking in the gray area before coming to a decision, because they understand that there are multiple ways of solving a problem.” Categories include computer-generated art, commercial art, drawing (pencil, charcoal, pen and ink, scratchboard, ink wash, pastel, color pencil), fiber and fine art crafting (textiles, wearable art, batik, mask making, quilting, weaving, jewelry, enameling, ceramic pottery, book making, stained glass), painting (oil, acrylic, water media), mixed media (encaustic/hot glue, collage), photography (color, black and white, enhanced or altered), printmaking (block printing, mono printing, screen printing, etching), sculpture (wire and metal, carving, clay/ceramic, papier-mache, origami, installation, three-dimensional mixed media), and video or film production. Awards will be presented for first, second, third and honorable mention in all categories, plus best-of-school awards and best-of-show awards. This annual exhibition and competition is juried by Wenker, Carpenter, Nancy Ache and Kristi Hall. Art courses offered this semester at Southern State include Introduction to the Arts, Basic Drawing, History of Art, Oil Painting, Acrylic Painting, Stained Glass, Ceramics, Fused Glass Jewelry and Décor, Fused Glass/Metal, and Innovation & Creativity.
Girls Tournament Action
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Pictured is the Manchester Lady Greyhounds after winning the Sectional.
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This past week the Manchester Lady Greyhounds and the Peebles Lady Indians won the Sectional Basketball Tournaments. The North Adams Lady Green Devils was eliminated in the Sectional Game. The West Union Lady Dragons lost in the first round. See pages 10 and 11 for complete Girls Basketball Tournament action.
Organization takes surveys to stop the clear cut logging in Shawnee State Forest to Governor Kasich. Local advocacy group the Save Our Shawnee Forest Organization takes stop the clear cut logging in Shawnee Forest surveys to Governor John Kasich. Over the summer months of last year in 2012 the members of the Save Our Shawnee Forest Organization collected over 3,300 surveys asking Governor Kasich to stop the destructive clear-cut logging activities in Shawnee State Forest. Destructive Logging activities were greatly increased in nearly all of our 21 Ohio State Forests in 2012. Here in Shawnee Forest the percentage about tripled. In some state forests the percentage of increase was even greater. On Wednesday February 20, representatives of the organization plan on presenting the surveys to Governor Kasich. The survey ask
Governor Kasich to stop the destructive clearcut logging activities which the group believes is hurting the Shawnee Forest for people to enjoy. The survey listed 29 items such as: natural beauty, hiking, bird watching, camping, solitude, driving tours, flowers, plant viewing and studies, hunting and fishing, peace, quiet and clean air to name a few. The surveys were mostly gathered at the following locations: the Adams County and Scioto County Fairs, the conservation fair and John Simon’s Sorghum Festival. The Save Our Shawnee Forest Organization is a grass roots organization with most members being from Adams and Scioto Counties. You can visit the web site at www.saveourshawneeforest.org or email saveshawnee@hotmail.com. The mailing address is: Save Our Shawnee Forest P.O. Box 132 Friendship, Ohio 45630
New US 68 in Maysville Opened for Traffic Contractors removed barricades to new US 68 at Maysville today, Monday, Feb. 11, opening the four-mile section of highway to all traffic. A planned opening in late December was rescheduled due to lighting issues. Contractors and Kentucky Department of Highways engineers have worked since to resolve those issues and open the new highway – which now connects traffic from the Clyde T. Barbour Parkway (US 68/US 62) across a new AA Highway (KY 9) interchange near Downing Drive to the existing US 68 just south of Old Washington. Message boards will be in place this week to advise travelers. Motorists should travel with caution and note all directional signs while becoming familiar with the new route. Traffic on existing US 68 approaching from Lexington
may turn left onto the new roadway to connect to the AA Highway and Clyde T. Barbour Parkway. Or, traffic may continue straight to access US 62 at Washington and downtown Maysville. At the new AA Highway interchange, traffic on the AA Highway approaching from Maysville may turn right at the new on-ramp to access US 68 East and the Clyde T. Barbour Parkway to reach the William Harsha Bridge. Traffic needing access to US 68 West toward Lexington should turn left at the on-ramp just past the interchange. Traffic on the AA Highway approaching from Cincinnati may access US 68 using the same ramps. Dedicated left- and right-turn lanes are available. Construction on the project began in September 2010 when the Transportation Cabinet awarded a $21.5 mil-
lion contract to Eaton Asphalt Paving Co. to build the new limited-access highway. During the last two years, work has included not only building the new roadway cross-country but also overpasses at US 62 and Clark’s Run Road and the AA Highway interchange. The new US 68 is expected to increase highway system capacity and safety in the Maysville area by rerouting traffic away from already-congested routes and intersections. Before construction, motorists using US 68 shared the same route and congested intersections as US 62 and the AA Highway through Maysville. Now, through traffic can continue directly along the US 68 corridor unimpeded while business traffic can easily access its former path into downtown Maysville.
Lights Out Monitoring Program The group is links building and lighting conditions with bird collisions. Volunteers with the Lights Out Columbus Monitoring Program found 147 dead or injured birds of at least 39 different species that collided with buildings in Columbus during 2012 peak migration periods, according to the Ohio Bird Conservation Initiative (OBCI). More dead or injured birds were found at buildings that were taller and more brightly lit than at shorter, darker buildings. Since March 2012, volunteers for the Lights Out Columbus Monitoring Program have spent over 50 hours collecting data on nighttime lighting and bird collisions during peak bird migration periods (MarchJune and AugustOctober).The results from the surveys show programs that aim to reduce nighttime lighting on buildings, such as Lights Out Columbus, could reduce the number of migratory birds killed by building collisions. Many birds migrate at night, and for reasons not
fully understood, lights on tall buildings or aimed at the sky can attract them, causing them to strike windows or circle buildings until they fall from exhaustion. Building collisions are a leading cause of bird fatality during migration in North America. It is estimated that 550 million birds die each year from building collisions. Lights Out Columbus is a campaign to educate building owners, managers and residents about the risks to migrating birds from nighttime lighting and window strikes. Lights Out Columbus participants learn how to safely reduce nighttime lighting to lower risks to migrating birds while also decreasing energy expenditures. Eight buildings are currently enrolled in the campaign and have pledged to seasonally reduce nighttime lighting. Lights Out Columbus started in August 2012 through a partnership between OBCI and the Grange Insurance Audubon Center. Funding for Lights Out Columbus is provided
by the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium Conservation Fund and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Wildlife. A full list of project partners and participating buildings is available at obcinet.org. A full report from the 2012 Monitoring Program is available at obcinet.org.
OBITUARIES
The following obituaries are on page 3 of this week’s edition: Charlotte Brown, Lillian Pauline Butcher, Kathryn Rose (Shiveley) Evans, Karen Groves, Claudia Howard, Helen Lawler and Joseph William George Towner.
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Obituaries Claudia Howard
Claudia Howard, 74 years of Peebles, passed away Thursday, February 14, at Adams County Manor. She was born in Cincinnati, on June 21, 1938 the daughter of the late Claude and Evelyn (Harris) Jones. She is survived by her husband, William Howard, of Peebles, whom she married on August 16, 1969, one son, John Howard, of Peebles, one daughter and son-in-law, Becky and Dusty Joseph, of Peebles and four grandchildren, Amanda, Shelby, Bailey and Wylie. Graveside services were held on Sunday, February 17, at the Locust Grove Cemetery. Dave Hopkins officiated. WallaceThompson Funeral Home in Peebles was in charge of the arrangements. To sign our online guest book, visit us at www.thompsonfuneralhomes.com
Lillian Pauline Butcher
Lillian Pauline Butcher, 91, of Manchester, died Thursday, February 14, at the Adams County Manor. She was born in Lewis County, Kentucky on August 16, 1921 to the late Henry and Bess Saundery Tully. She worked for the Adams County Water Company for 15 years. She belonged to the Manchester First Presbyterian Church and the Manchester Woman's Club. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Thomas Butcher in October 1989. She is survived by two sons: Eric Butcher, of Southgate, Ky. and Bret (Paula) Butcher, of Vancouver, WA, and 2 grandchildren: Adam and Jennifer Butcher. Funeral services was held held Sunday, February 17 at the Wilson Home for Funerals. Pastor Norine Behm officiated. Burial followed at the Manchester Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Manchester First Presbyterian Church, PO Box 186, Manchester, OH 45144. Friends and family may sign an online guestbook at www.wilsonhomeforfunerals.com.
Helen Lawler
Helen Lawler, 89, of West Union, died Thursday, February 14, at home. She was born December 5, 1923 in Brush Creek Township. She was preceded in death by parents, Edward Herbert and Winnie Pearl (Hazelbaker) Grooms, husband, Harry F. Lawler and daughter, Martha Jane Lawler. She is survived by a son, John (Anita) Lawler, of West Union, daughter, Judith (William C.) Brown, of West Union, sister, Georgana Mae Phipps, of Lynx, five grandchildren, three great grandchildren, several nephews and nieces. She retired from the Ohio Valley Local School District and was a teacher in the Business Office Education Department at the Vocational School. She taught at the former Jefferson Township School, Lynx School, Tiffin School, Russellville School and West Union School. She was a 1941 graduate of West Union High School. She received a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Cincinnati and a Master’s degree from Miami University in Oxford. She was a former member of the West Union Women’s Club and a former member past Worthy Matron of the O.E.S. Chapter No. 246 in West Union. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in West Union. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley, 909 Kenton Station Drive, Maysville, Kentucky 41056. The funeral service is Tuesday, February 19, at 11:00 a.m. at the Lafferty Funeral Home in West Union. Reverend David Sugarbaker will officiate. The visitation is from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. The interment is at West Union Cemetery in West Union.
Kathryn Rose (Shiveley) Evans
Joseph William George Towner
Joseph William George Towner, 54, of Monroe Township, died Tuesday, February 12, at his home. He was born March 18, 1958 in West Union. He was preceded in death by his father, Gordon Towner, Jr. and one brother, David Patrick Towner. He is survived by two daughters: Tiffany (William James) Rupp, of Pickerington and Amber Towner, of Columbus, mother, Frances Towner of Monroe Twp., five brothers: Dan (Lana) Towner, of Maysville, Kentucky, Denis Towner, of Monroe Twp., Chris (Jonda) Towner, of New Vienna, Mike (Lisa) Towner, of Fayetteville, Patrick (Diane) Towner, of Navarre, Florida, two sisters: Elaine (Ray) DeColibus, of Circleville and Angela (Rick) Moreno, of Frankfort, Kentucky, two granddaughters, Madeline Belle Rupp and Bella Grace Rupp, both of Pickerington, uncle, Ret. Lt. Col. Robert Towner, of Madison, Alabama, aunt, Marian Hurley, of Monroe Twp. and many nephews, nieces and cousins. He was a former welder in the construction and manufacturing industries. He was a 1976 Graduate of West Union High School. He was a 1981 Graduate of Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky and received a Bachelor’s degree in Education. He was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in West Union. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran of the first Gulf War (Codename Operation Desert Storm) and was a Petty Officer 1st Class. He was a member of the American Legion Matthews-Carter Post 325 in Manchester. Memorial donations can be made to Lafferty Funeral Home, 205 South Cherry Street, West Union, Ohio 45693. The Mass of Christian Burial was Saturday, February 16, at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in West Union. Father Tedd Kosse officiated. The interment was at the Manchester Cemetery in Manchester. The Adams County Honor Guard will perform a military service.
Charlotte Brown
Charlotte Brown, 62, of Winchester, passed away Thursday, February 14. She was born in Mason County, Kentucky on September 17, 1950 the daughter of the late Fred D. and Nancy Gladys (Caudill) Bradley. She is survived by her husband, Harold Brown, of Winchester, one son: Richard Brown, of Winchester, one daughter, Juanita Brown, of Batavia, four brothers and sisters-in-law: Ray and Vickie, of Russellville, Charles and Sheila, of Winchester, Bill and Sheila, of Russellville and Tom and Violet Bradley, of Winchester, three sisters and brother-in-law: JoAnn and Jr. Knechtly, Wilma Henderson and Ryanna Alexander all of Winchester, and two granddaughters: Miley and Emily. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, February 19, at 11:00 a.m. at the WallaceThompson Funeral Home, Bradford-Sullivan Chapel in Winchester with Rev. John Waugh officiating. Burial will follow in Fincastle Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Monday from 6:00 till 8:00 p.m.. at the WallaceThompson Funeral Home, Bradford-Sullivan Chapel in Winchester. Memorials may be made to Donor’s favorite charity. To sign our online guest book, visit us at www.thompsonfuneralhomes.com
Kathryn Rose (Shiveley) Evans, 75, of Brush Creek Township, died Sunday, February 10, at Adams County Regional Medical Center in Seaman. She was born April 17, 1937 in Brush Creek Township. She was preceded in death by parents, Virgil Hayward and Phylis Ann (Piatt) Shiveley and husband, Albert Eugene Evans and three sisters: Virginia Fiege, Barbara Fite and Thelma Tulley. She is survived by two sons, Fred (Daisy) Evans, of Peebles and Troy (Joann) Evans, of Lynx, daughter, Carolyn (Johnny) Boldman, of Wamsley, three brothers: John (Ruthanne) Shiveley, of Ripley, Jim (Sherri) Shiveley, of Blue Creek and Sam (Ursula) Shiveley, of Lynx, four sisters: Sandy Tully, of Lynx, Tammy Stevens, of Aberdeen, Regina (Phillip) Boling, of Blue Creek, Dorothy (Roy) Tully, of Tollesboro, Kentucky. One brother-in-law Eugene Tulley, of Tollesboro, Kentucky. Seven grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. She was a former cook at the Villa Georgetown Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation. She was a ticket taker for the former Idora Park of Youngstown. She was a 1955 Graduate of the former Jefferson High School in Blue Creek. Memorial contributions can be made to Lafferty Funeral Home, 205 South Cherry Street, West Union, Ohio 45693. The funeral service was Friday, February 15, at Lafferty Funeral Home in West Union. Brother Kelly McIntosh officiated. The interment is at Oswego Cemetery near Otway in Scioto County.
Karen Groves
Karen Groves, 53, of Ripley, died Thursday February 14, at the Meadowview Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Groves was born July 16, 1959 in Fort Worth, Texas, the daughter of Edward and Barbara (McDowell) Lock. Survivors include her parents, Ed and Barbara Lock, of West Union, a daughter, Stephanie Haynes, of Fort Benning, Georgia and two sisters: Mary Jane Kempheus, of Dayton, Debra Robinson, of Pennsylvania, aunt, Pat Ellis, of Manchesterand five grandchildren. Following cremation, a memorial service will be held Friday February 22, at 12:00 p.m. at the Thompson-Meeker Funeral Home in West Union. Visitation will be held one hour before the service at the funeral home. Memorials can be made to the ALS Association, 1170 Old Henderson Road, Suite 221, Columbus, Ohio 43220. Friends and Family may sign Mrs. Groves online guestbook at www.meekerfuneralhomes.com
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Community News/Events Brown County Farm Bureau invites you, to attend a CAUV meeting, at Southern Hills Career and Technical Center, 9193 Hamer Road, Georgetown, Tuesday, February 19, at 6:00 p.m. Please call our office at 937-378-2212 or toll free 888-378-2212 to make your reservations by Monday, February 18. The Adams County/ Ohio Valley School District Board of Education will hold a regular board meeting on Monday, February 25, at the Ohio Valley Career & Technical Center beginning at 7:00 p.m. The Adams County Republican Club will hold their monthly meeting on Thursday, February 28, at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at Venture Productions in West Union. A potluck dinner is planned and attendees are encouraged to bring their favorite recipe. A short business meeting will follow.
OHSAA Board of Directors Meeting Highlights The Ohio High School Athletic Association Board of Directors met Thursday in Columbus for its regularly scheduled February meeting. The following are highlights from the meeting. The complete set of meeting minutes will be posted at OHSAA.org. * By a 6-3 vote, the board approved an OHSAA Out-of-Season Coaching Instruction Proposal that will allow expanded opportunities for Board of Education approved coaches in the team sports to provide instruction outside the season of play. The regulation becomes effective Sept. 3, 2013. Individual instruction is defined as no more than four individuals present at any one time in all combined facilities where instruction is taking place. Team sports include soccer, volleyball, field hockey, football, ice hockey, bas-
ketball, softball and baseball. Note that ‘no-contact periods’ and the summer coaching period (10 days of team coaching permitted from June 1-July 31) will continue to exist and that out-of-season instruction is already permitted in individual sports (golf, tennis, cross country, wrestling, swimming & diving, gymnastics, bowling and track & field). * Details of the new regulation are posted here: http://www.ohsaa.org/news/sports/2013Feb14-OffSeasonInstruction.pdf * By a 7-2 vote, the board approved an OHSAA proposal regarding the start of football practice in 2013. For schools that start classes August 16 or earlier, football practice may begin on Monday, August 1. All other schools may begin practice on the previously established date of August 5.
AC Judge Releases Statistics Administrative Judge Alan W. Foster of the Adams County Court has filed the Court's Report with the Supreme Court of ohio for the month of January. The Court had a total of 264 new cases filed in January. The were 19 Felony Cases,
30 Misdemeanor Cases, 11 DUI Cases, 182 other Traffic Cases, 2 Personal Injury Cases and Property Cases, 11 Contract Cases, 7 Eviction Cases, and 2 Small Claims Cases. During the same period, the Court terminated a total of 394 cases.
Adams County Sheriff Intake and Release Report Feb. 8 - 14 Tasha Nichole Arey, 25, Peebles, Possession of Drugs Heroin. Booked 1/29 Released 2/11 Tina Faye Arias, 43, Ripley, Trafficking in Drugs. Booked 2/10 Released 2/11 Aaron E. Boling, 29, West Union, Receiving Stolen Property. Booked 12/9/12 Released 2/12 Evelyn Lauren Bond, 26, Manchester, Possession of Drugs - Heroin. Booked 2/12 Released 2/12 Travis L. Boyd, 25, Peebles, Disorderly Conduct. Booked 2/9 Released 2/13 McKinley Brock Jr., Georgetown, Failure to Appear on Misdemeanor Charge. Booked 2/5 Released 2/13 Robert Lee Carter, 26, Ripley, Petty Theft. Booked 2/12 John Patrick Conley, 30, Peebles, Trafficking in Drugs and Possession of Drugs. Booked 10/26/12 Released 2/8/13 David L. Deaton Jr., 23, Manchester, Failure to Appear on Felony Charge. Booked 2/3 Released 2/13 Thomas Lee Edwards, 52, Driving Under Suspension. Booked 4/6/12 Released 2/12/13 Daniel Richard Fox, 47,
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West Union, Domestic Violence. Booked 1/2 Released 2/11 Tamie M. Gilpin, 22, West Union, Theft and Forgery. Booked 1/29 Released 2/8 Joshua T. Goslin, 34, Cherry Fork, Trafficking in Drugs. Booked 2/13 Jami A. Green, 20, Peebles, Probation Detainer. Booked 1/26 Released 2/8 David Lee Greene, 44, Manchester, Trafficking in Drugs. Booked 1/6 Released 2/12 Patricia Ann Hamilton, 32, Manchester, Possession of Drugs. Booked 1/30 Released 2/11 Dessie Michelle Hughes, 23, Cincinnati, Receiving Stolen Property. Booked 2/10 Released 2/11 Joseph Wylie Jenkins, 35, South Webster, Failure to Appear on Misdemeanor Charge. Booked 2/9 Released 2/15 George Johnson Jr., 47, Amelia, Probation Detainer. booked 2/1 Released 2/13 Billy J. Kennedy, 36, Seaman, Possession of Drugs. Booked 2/6 Released 2/8 Naudia Amber Lacy/Hackney, 30, Peebles, Failure to Appear on Misdemeanor Charge. 2/13 Angela Dawn Lewis, 39, Winchester, Probation Detainer. Booked 2/6 Released 2/8 Preston McArthur Manning, 48, Manchester, Domestic Violence. Booked 2/7 Released 2/8 Annetta Lynn McNeilan, 31, Winchester, Failure to Appear on Misdemeanor Charge. Booked 2/13 Eric R. Meadows, 23,
Maysville, Ky., Driving Under the influence. Booked 2/10 Released 2/11 Joshua James Messer, 34, Peebles, Receiving Stolen Property. Booked 2/5 Released 2/8 Jeremy J. Minton, 32, Manchester, Driving under Suspended license. Booked 2/11 Phillip Didie Owen, 27, Cincinnati, Receiving Stolen Property. Booked 2/10 Released 2/11 Anna M. Pollard, 25, West Union, Probation Detainer. Booked 2/8 Ronald Lee Schnebelt, 23, Georgetown, Breaking and Entering. Booked 2/10 Darrell Stanley Schreibeis, 34, Middletown Complicity, Booked 2/13 Released 2/14 Daniell N. Scott, 27, Manchester, Disorderly Conduct. Booked 2/12 Released 2/13 Tena M. Sirk, 24, West Union, Probation Detainer. Booked 2/11 Stephen Howard Unger, 20, Otway, Sexual Battery. Booked 2/11 Donald R. Waldron, 34, West Union, Breaking and Entering. Booked 1/274 Released 2/12 Donald Eugene Washburn, 45, West Union, Unlawful Sexual Conduct with a Minor. Booked 2/4 Released 2/11 Curtis Edward Yates, 54, Peebles, Breaking and Entering. Booked 2/4 Released 2/11 Elizabeth Kay Young, 19, West Union, Domestic Violence and Failure to Appear on a Felony Charge. Booked 2/12
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Senior Living
Civil War Quilt Challenge Adams County Senior Citizens
This week the block is called the Churn Dash. While there are several different patterns of this type, it is really a 9 patch with different sizes of patches. What I like about the block is based on your scraps, you can make the units any size you want. I always thought that this would be a great pattern for a baby quilt. You could use the squares in the middle to have relatives sign their autographs and others could be used for red work in a variety of colors. Also listing the names of battle fields, relatives who fought in the civil war, company, etc. My late husband used to have his great-great grandfathers
discharge from the Union Army. I gave it to his son. It was so neat to see his discription and hand writing. Anyway, this block is versatile and can be used for borders, to surround star blocks, and a variety of ways. The choices are endless. It is an optional block for the quilt challenge. Churns were actually manufactured in Manchester Ohio for a couple of years. There are some great pictures out on the internet of a ship docked at Manchester and the decks are lined with churns made right here in Adams County. Perhaps embroidering a picture of a churn in the block with be a nice spin.
Dear Miss Needles
Dear Miss Needles: Recently I found a large needle with a rinestone on the end of it. Any idea what it was used for? Signed Opal Dear Opal: You didn't say what the size of the needle is, but it was probably not a needle. It was probably an old hat pin. I can remember my aunt had several and she would pin her hats to her hair bun so it would stay in place. These were quite popular during the Victorian Era. I have seen some that had metal loops where additional jewels could be clipped on or netting could be added. There were
even societies formed. Personally, I was quite happy when Prince Charles married Lady Diana. I was soooo hoping hats would catch on here in the states. I am not sure I would wear the fascinators they now wear. I guess some day I can wear a hat to the Kentucky Derby. Dear Miss Needles: My favorite quilting needle has a little jagged piece that sometimes cuts the thread I am using. Can you recommend any way to fix the problem? Signed Thrifty Dear Thrifty: Like you I like to save money and get my
money's worth out of my craft items. That being said, there comes a time when you have to let things go. Eventually all needles wear out, even expensive ones. I have tried to use files and nothing really works well. If you are really attached, use it in a display of old pins, or as an anchor pin in a pin keep. Perhaps you can think of a craft to use up old needles in? Do you have a question for Miss Needles? Please write to her at dearmissneedles@yahoo.com or write to her in care of The Informer.
February is Heart Month February is American Heart Month and a good time to remember how important it is to promote good heart health not only for yourself, but also for those around you. Although you cannot change some risk factors like your family history, gender or age, you can make some better choices in order to promote a healthy heart. One of those changes can surround your diet. We found some really neat and smart snack and restaurant substitutions on the American Heart Association’s website at www.heart.org. Make an extra effort this month to lead a healthier life to promote positive aging and living! When It Is Snack Time: • Instead of fried tortilla chips, try the baked tortilla chips (reduced sodium version). • Instead of regular potato or corn chips, try pretzels or low-fat potato chips (reduced sodium version). • Rather than high-fat cookies and crackers, look to fat-free or low-fat cookies and crackers (such as graham crackers, rice cakes, fig and other fruit bars, ginger snaps and molasses cookies). • Rather than regular baked goods, try cookies,
cakes and pies made with unsaturated oil or soft margarines, egg whites or egg substitutes, and fat-free milk. • Instead of devil’s food cake, try angel food cake. • Replace ice cream bars with frozen fruit bars. • Rather than pudding made with whole milk, have pudding made with fat-free or low-fat milk. • Instead of ice cream, have sherbet, ice milk or frozen, fat-free or low-fat
• Instead of French fries, have a baked potato, brown rice or steamed vegetables. • Skip the gravy on your potatoes and go for the baked version. If you must have sour cream or margarine, ask for low-fat or fatfree versions on the side. • Instead of creamy coleslaw, have sautéed or steamed vegetables and a tossed salad. • Instead of ice cream or a hot fudge sundae for dessert, have non-fat yogurt, sherbet or fruit ice. The Area Agency on Aging District 7 Pamela K. Matura, serves 10 counties in Executive Director southern Ohio, providing home and commuMonthly Column nity-based long-term care options for seniors and adults with disabilities. If you have quesyogurt. tions about long-term care • In the morning, have a options or would like to bagel or toast instead of a learn more about the longdoughnut. term care resources in your area for you or someone you When Eating Out: know, simply give us a call. • Instead of cream-based A trained nurse or social soups, try broth-based soups worker is ready to assist you with lots of vegetables. on the phone Monday • Rather than chicken through Friday from 8:00 wings, have peel-and-eat am until 4:30 pm by calling shrimp. us toll-free at 1-800-582• Instead of bread, 7277. We can answer any muffins and croissants, have questions you may have and melba toast, pita bread or also provide an in-home whole-grain rolls. assessment at no cost to dis• Have grilled chicken cuss your available options instead of fried chicken. in more detail.
Be good to your heart. February is American Heart Month. As we grow older, it’s only logical that our heart and blood vessels also age, thus our chances of having a heart attack or other health problems increase. How can we reduce our risk of having a heart attack”? Here are a few tips that might help us all stay healthier a little longer: * If you smoke, quit. * If you are overweight, lose a little. * Exercise regularly. Consult your doctor before you start any exercise program. Start out slowly. * Eat well-balanced meals, low in fat, cholesterol and sodium. Watch the sweets. * Have your blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol checked regularly. I know these are things that we already should be doing, but sometimes we get off track and just need a little reminder that our health is very important and it’s up to us to take care of ourselves. La Comedia Trip: Join us for a trip to La Comedia on February 28th to see “Dixie Swim Club”. Price is $87.00/person and includes lunch. Call the Senior Center at 544-3979 for pick up times/locations and to secure your seat. At this time, any calls for this trip will be placed on a waiting list for any possible availabilities. All one-day trips are non-refundable. International Quilt Show. Seats are now available for the International Quilt Show on April 11th at the Duke Energy Center in Cincinnati. Price is $48.00/person and includes admission fee, meals are not included. There will be a stop at Golden Corral for dinner on the return trip. All one-day trips are non-refundable. Call the Senior Center at 544-3979 for pick up times/locations and to secure your seat.
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Thursday from 10:00am – 11:00am is Gentle Chair Yoga Class. On Tuesday afternoons at 1:00pm we have Movie & Popcorn time. The Scrappy Quilters Club meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month from 10:00am – 3:00pm. Marsha McCormick from OSU will be here the second Wednesdays each month at Noon. Each Thursday from 12:30pm-3:30pm we play card games. On the 3rd Thursday we will celebrate birthdays at 2:00pm for any senior having a birthday in the month. We welcome anyone who would like to volunteer to help with any activities you might be interested in doing. Services and activities are FREE. It’s YOUR Senior Center. We want YOU to enjoy it. For more info: 5443979. Hours are Mon.-Fri. 8am– 4:30p.m. Still time to apply for HEAP (Home Energy Assistance Program). HEAP is a federally funded program designed to help eligible Ohioans meet the cost of home heating. Bring a current heating bill, electric bill, proof of income, social security numbers, birth dates of everyone living in household and proof of US citizenship for primary applicant (birth certificate, Ohio driver’s license, passport, baptismal record, voter’s registration, etc. At Senior Citizens our emphasis is placed on reaching the elderly, 60+, homebound and/or disabled. Guidelines must be met to qualify. We have applications and an Out-Reach Aide available to assist you. For more info call Teresa at 544-3979. JUST A THOUGHT: Love sometimes wants to do us a great favor: hold us upside down and shake all the nonsense out! Teresa Carr, PR/Social Service Asst.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT West Union Village Council West Union Village Council met in regular session on 1-15-13 at the Municipal Building, with Ted Grooms presiding. Call to order, pledge to the flag and roll call: John Lafferty - present, Steve Rothwell - present, Benny McCarty - present, Randy Brewer - present, Neil Morrison - present; also in attendance: Tanya Johnson Clerk, Shelley Gifford Treasurer, Jerry Kirker Village Administrator/Fire Chief, Roy Stricklett - Police Chief, Lisa Rothwell Copeland - Solicitor. Visitors: Shawn Grooms, Zachari Wentz, Holly Johnson. Motion by Neil Morrison to approve the Minutes of 1-213 as distributed, second by Benny McCarty, roll call vote: all yea, motion passed. Motion by Steve Rothwell to approve payment of bills submitted, second by Randy Brewer, roll call vote: all yea, motion passed. Ordinance 2013-1 amend appropriations for 2013, motion by Neil Morrison, second by Benny McCarty, roll call vote: all yea; and declaring an emergency, motion by Randy Brewer, second by Benny McCarty, roll call vote: all yea, ordinance passed. Ordinance 2013-2 approving, adopting and enacting American Legal Publishing's Ohio Basic Code 2013 Edition, motion by Neil MOrrison, second by Steve Rothwell, roll call vote: all yea, and declaring an emergency, motion by Benny McCarty, second by Neil MOrrison, roll call vote: all yea, ordinance passed. Ordinance 2013-3 authorizing
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Panhandler Homemaker Group will have a quilt show at the Stone Chapel Church (on Compton Hill Road, West Union), on April 13th from 1:00pm-4:00pm. Everyone is welcome. Beltone is coming. A Beltone Representative will be at the Senior Center on February 15th from 9am-3pm. For more information or to set up an appointment, please contact Mary at 1-740-3531021. The AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Program is available again this year to help you prepare your income tax return. Representatives are volunteers that are trained and tested in current tax laws and will be at the Senior Center (located in the old hospital building) each Friday starting February 8th and continuing through March 31st from 9:30am-2:30pm. This free service helps low-tomoderate-income tax-payers, with our special attention to those 60 years of age and up. For an appointment, information on what documents you will need to bring, or any questions you may have, please call the Senior Center at 937544-3979. Southeastern Ohio Legal Services will have a case handler at the Senior Center on March 26th from 1:00pm4:00pm. Any senior age 60 and over that would like to schedule appointment please call Ms. Spradlin at 1-800837-2508. Come on out and get involved in some of the activities and services we have going on every month here at the Senior Center. On the 1st Monday & Friday each month the Adams County Veterans Services are here. On the 3rd Monday we have Knitting Class from 1:00pm – 4:00pm. Knitting class will be held on February 25th from 1:00pm4pm due to President’s Day holiday. Each Tuesday &
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the execution and implementation of the automatic aid response agreement for the West Union Fire Department, motion by Benny McCarty, second by Randy Brewer, roll call vote: 5 yea, Buda - no vote; and declaring an emergency, motion by Steve Rothwell, second by Benny McCarty, roll call vote: 5 yea, Buda - no vote, ordinance passed. Report by Jerry Kirker, Village Administrator/Fire Chief 1. There will be a benefit for Tim Sanderson on 1-26-13 from 1p-6p at the fire house. 2. The Main Street Water Project meetings are still on Thursday. Advertising for bids will be on 2-6-13 during the Council meeting; altered date 3-12-13. There will be a pre-construction meeting with construction work starting on April 1 and a compoletion date of July 1; motion by Steve Rothwell to accept these dates for the Main Street project, second by Benny McCarty, roll call vote: all yea, motion passed. Paperwork is being filled out, hopefully for a 20% forgiveness loan. 3. The Mayor received a letter with approval of the water projects: water tank and northside. 4. Kirker is still working with Holly Johnson, Economic Development, on grants for the sidewalks: Cross Street and SR 41 South. 5. Next year the Village would like to put in new sidewalk and underground utilities around the Courthouse square, Holly Johnson informed the Council the cost was about $500,000 per block. 6. The Pearon Drive life station is in need of a transducer, it should be here in 5 working days. Holly Johnson, Economic Development informed Council the bids were opened on Monday for 5 houses to be torn down in the Village and they should be done within 30 to 45 days. Report by Roy Stricklett, Police Chief 1. All donations will be
accepted for Tim Sanderson in the recent death of his wife. 2. Discussion on repair that has been done and needs to be done the Police cruiser. Motion by Neil Morrison to pay 1/2 of the repair bill on the SUV, Summer Fest will pay the other $129.97, second by Steve Rothwell, roll call vote: all yea, motion passed. Lisa Rothwell Copeland, Solicitor items discussed with Council were: a letter she drafted to David Kelly for accepting the Mayor's Court case, zoning policy, water/sewer agreements, contracts for the Solicitor and Magistrate, and OPERS' packet. Council member Jason Buda informed Council the next Zoning Board meeting will be April 18, 2013 at 7:30p and a Finance Committee meeting will be January 29, 2013 at 7p. Also, Buda thanked the Clerk and the Treasurer for the good job they have done with the new year, Council agreed. Motion by Neil Morrison to hire Patty Foote as contract labor for 24 to 32 hours per week for the Police Department at $8 per hour, second by Benny McCarty, roll call vote: all yea, motion passed. Motion by Neil Morrison to hire Zachari Wentz as a part-time Police Officer, for 24 to 32 hours per week, at $9.50 per hour, second by Benny McCarty, roll call vote: all yea, motion passed. Motion by Steve Rothwell to accept the Mayor's appointment of Zoning Board members: Council members Jason Buda and Neil Morrison, Donna Riley, Walter Yeager and Amy Vogler, second by Benny McCarty, roll call vote: all yea, motion passed. Other items discussed were: bikes to the childrens home, skilled gaming business. Motion by Steve Rothwell to adjourn, second by Neil Morrison, roll call vote:all yea, meeting adjourned.
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Help the Environment during Quality Time with Children Looking for some fun family activities to do together? Why not help the environment while working on a project with your children or grandchildren?! Working on projects together as a family can open the doors of communication, help children gain new skills, and build selfesteem. In the busy world in which we live, working on a project as a family can also allow parents, grandparents, and caregivers to spend quality time with their children and grandchildren. Quality time is time spent doing an activity that is meaningful to both the parent and the child. It allows for thoughts and feelings to be shared between family members. During quality time, you can talk with your child about things like the day’s events, how children feel about them, or any other topics of interest to you both. Check out some of the activity ideas listed below. These activities focus on reusing items that can usually be found around the house. Reusing and recycling items
helps cut back on the amount of waste that goes into the garbage and landfills. As a parent, grandparent, or caregiver, it is important to “lead by example” and show children that reducing waste, reusing items, and recycling items are responsible ways to preserve our environment’s precious re-courses! So, whether you regularly make an
zine, etc. Sore pencils, pens, or other desk items in the container. Bird Feeder: Cut a small opening in the front of a cardboard carton or plastic bottle. Make a small opening below that hole and insert a stick or pencil as a perch for the bird. Cut a rectangular piece of cardboard to use for the roof and glue in place. Attach string at the top of the container to hang the feeder. Amy L. Habig Extension Educator, Decorate the container Family and and fill with bird seed to welcome the birds in the Consumer Sciences Spring. Ohio State Musical Drum: Get a University Extension jar with a plastic lid, ice - Adams, Brown and cream container, yogurt container, peanut conHighland Counties tainer or similar containeffort to reduce the amount of er with a plastic lid. Tap on the waste your family makes, lid to make noise. If you do not reuse household items, or recy- have a lid, a balloon with the cle items, make sure your kids end cut-off can also be know that you are doing it, and stretched over the top of a conwhy you are doing it! Try to tainer and secured in place involve them in the process with a rubber band. any way you can. Visit http://go.osu.edu/ Desk Tidy: Cut the top off RecyclingActivities4Kids for a clean milk or juice carton. more details on how to make Decorate the outside of the car- these items and for other ideas. ton with different kinds of craft When you get to the website, materials like buttons, fabric click on the link to “Recycled scraps, pictures from a maga- Arts and Crafts Guide.”
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The Master Gardener - Tips for Starting Seeds Faye Mahaffey, Brown County OSUE Master Gardener Volunteer Last week I shared our gardening checklist for February that included testing seeds left over from last year for viability. For those of us who put out smaller vegetable gardens, the seed packets often come with many more seeds than are needed. Gardeners also frequently find themselves the recipient of gifts of leftover seeds, or have succumbed to a deal that couldn’t be passed up but didn’t get planted. For whatever reasons, leftover seeds seem to accumulate in a shoe box or kitchen drawer. I actually have two small file boxes full of seed envelopes - one for flowers and one for vegetables. Yes, they are in alphabetical order, which makes the search much easier. Even if seeds have been stored under optimal conditions, it is a good idea to do a germination test to check on seed viability before doing any serious propagation. The procedure is simple: place 10 seeds between moist paper towels or cover with a thin layer of soil. Be sure to keep the seed moist at all times and place in a warm location (the top of the fridge is a good place, and a good reason to clean there!) Wait for the usual germination time required for those particular seeds (this is stated on the packet – a good reason for keeping the original packet). If fewer than 6 seeds germinate, it is a good idea to buy a fresh batch of seeds. However, if you can’t bear to throw those seeds away, just sow
them extra thick and be prepared for another purchase if not enough plants are produced. Be sure that you read the seed packet carefully. Some seeds have hard seed coats that need to be “scarified” before they will germinate. This might involve nicking the seed coat with a knife, shaking seeds in a container with some stones, or using sandpaper to roughen the seed coat. Soaking seed is another technique to soften the seed coat. Other seed might require a cold treatment to break the embryo’s dormancy inside the seed; this is called “stratification.” Usually seed is sown in the soiless mix and then the tray or container is placed in a refrigerator or other cool location for a prescribed period of time. Some seeds germinate in dark conditions, so these are sown beneath the surface of the soiless mix. Others require light in order to germinate, and these are sown on the mix surface. Again, the seed packet will usually indicate the light requirement of the seed. It’s important to know
when to start seeds inside so that your plants are “finished” and ready to plant at the right time outside. In central Ohio, even though the frost free date is considered to be April 30, the safe planting date for tender plants is about May 15 – 20. Are you ready to start digging in the dirt? Broccoli and early cabbage is usually started inside about February 20. Eggplant can be started about March 20. Tomatoes and peppers can be started about April 1. Many annual flowering plants are started in the March/April period; check seed packets for information. Mark your calendars for the February 21st garden seminar on Water Gardens. All seminars are free and open to the public and are held in the library at the Fincastle campus of Southern State Community College from 6:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. Thinking about starting some seeds indoors? Get out your seed packets, read all the important information and mark your calendars so you know exactly when to start planting!
Master Gardener Classes Begin Next Week We are offering classes to train new Master Gardener Volunteers beginning on February 20 at the Brown Co. Extension Office in Georgetown. Class will be for 13 weeks and will begin at 10:00 a.m. and should finish up around 3:00 p.m. each Wednesday through midMay. The class registration material is online at http://adams.osu.edu or http://brown.osu.edu or http://highland.osu.edu . You can also call the Adams Co. Extension Office to register at (937) 544-2339 and ask for Pam. The Master Gardener training is an in depth class with several presenters being OSU Extension Specialists and County Educators. The class can be taken in order to become a Master Gardener Volunteer that will help teach others about gardening or you can simply take the class to learn more about gardening. To learn more about the program go to this link: http://mastergardener.osu.edu If you wish to take the class to become a volunteer the charge is $150, which equates to about $3 per hour of training. If you have no intentions of volunteering after completion of the class the charge is $360. You can attend individual classes for $30 per day. Local Master Gardeners will also be involved in teaching some of the classes. They also do volunteer work throughout the year including plantings at the local fairgrounds, help answer gardening questions at the OSU Extension offices, the Ohio Veterans home residents gardening, and more. If you have general questions about the local programs you can call Ray Koch in Highland Co. at 393-1918 or in Brown
Co. call Faye Mahaffey at 937-725-1630.
manure and so on. For several years practices have been adopted and put into place to Register for Pesticide Re- reduce the impact of the cert problem. Often the problem The only session is thought to be a farmer only remaining is scheduled for issue, but this is not case. Monday, February 25, 2013 Pesticides and fertilizers are at the Southern State used in lawn care and domesCommunity College in tic pets produce manure, so it Fincastle. The class begins at is not only a farmer issue. noon with lunch. In the event This meeting will be of bad weather again on geared toward agricultural production and the pracDavid Dugan tices that are involved in Extension Educator, producing crops and Agriculture and Natural livestock. The program Resources will be held on March 18 Ohio Valley Extension at the Ponderosa Education Banquet Center in Research Area Hillsboro beginning at Adams/Brown/Highland 10:00 a.m. The program Counties is being co-sponsored by either of the remaining dates, OSU Extension, Farm please listen to C-103 (103.1 Bureau and Soil and Water. FM), Buckeye Country In order to attend we ask that (105.5 FM) or WFTM (95.9 you RSVP as soon as possiFM) for announcements. We ble. The deadline for regismay have to cancel, but we tration is one week prior to may just have to change loca- the program, so March 11 is tions the morning of should the deadline. You can registhe school be closed. ter by calling the Adams Co. Keep in mind that we Extension Office at 544require pre-registration for 2339, Brown Co. Extension the classes. Registration Office at 378-6716, or the deadline for the February 25 Highland County Extension session is Tuesday, February Office at 393-1918. 19. You must call the OSU The speakers will Extension Office in Brown address issues on manure Co. at 937-378-6716 and reg- management and phosphoister with Cindy. The charge rous in crop production. The for the class is $35 and this speakers will include OSU includes lunch, publications, Extension Field Specialists in and handouts. This $35 is to Agronomy and Manure be paid to the OSU Extension Management. office after you register for the class. The license fee has Scholarships to be mailed to the Ohio As we get into February Department of Agriculture. it is time to start thinking This is the $30 fee. Please do about scholarships. Some of not confuse these, as you the local cattlemen associaneed both to get a new tions have scholarships, the license. Farm Festival that is replacing the Ohio Tobacco Water Quality Program Festival will also have some Improving water quality scholarships available, but is a concern that continues to the applications are not yet be an issue. There are a num- available. ber of things that affect the There are other scholarwater quality including pesti- ships available, so check cides, fertilizer, livestock with your local high school guidance counselors. Here are a couple of links that might be of interest. Financial Advisor This is from Farm Credit: http://services.e481 Tucker Dr farmcredit.com/newsroom/c P.O. Box 218 ommunity/scholarships/ Maysville, KY 41056 This is from the Burley Co-op: http://www.burleyBus. 606-759-9910 tobacco.com/News.html Fax 877-516-3173 www.edwardjones.com There are lots more Cell 937-725-0417 out there. It pays to be ronald.lynch@edwardjones.com aggressive.
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Politics & Government Speaker Boehner: President Obama & Senate Dems Must Act on Sequester Replacement Plan
The President’s Plan to Reward Work by Raising the Minimum Wage
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said House Republicans have twice passed legislation to replace the president’s sequester with responsible cuts and reforms and the onus is now on President Obama and Senate Democrats to do the same. You know, families and small businesses are struggling and I think they believe we need a new approach here in Washington. I think we must work together on progrowth economic policies things like making sure that our tax code is competitive and we need to reform our tax code, bring down the
The President believes that no one who works full time should have to raise their family in poverty. But right now, a full-time minimum wage worker makes $14,500 a year – which leaves too many families struggling to make ends meet, with a family of four with a minimum wage worker still living below the poverty line. That’s why the President is calling on Congress to raise the Federal minimum wage for working Americans in stages to $9 in 2015 and index it to inflation thereafter. Reward work by raising the Federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $9: The President is calling on Congress to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $9 in stages by the end of 2015 and index it to inflation thereafter, which would directly boost wages for 15 million workers and reduce poverty and inequality. A stronger middle class is a key to a stronger economy: A range of economic studies show that modestly raising the minimum wage increases earnings and reduces poverty without jeopardizing employment. In fact, leading economists like Lawrence Katz, Richard Freeman, and Laura Tyson and businesses like Costco, WalMart, and Stride Rite have supported past increases to the minimum wage, in part because increasing worker productivity and purchasing power for consumers will also help the overall economy. Helping parents make ends meet: Around 60 percent of workers benefiting from a higher minimum wage are women. Less than 20 percent are teenagers. Also, those workers who would benefit from an increase in the minimum wage brought home 46 percent of their household’s total wage and salary income in 2011. These factors show that raising the minimum wage directly helps parents make ends meet and support their families. Rewarding Work and Ensuring a Decent Living for Working Families Raising wages for over 15 million workers: The minimum wage has a substantial impact on the wages of low-income workers. Raising the minimum wage to $9 would directly boost the wages of about 15 million workers by the end of 2015 and would raise wages for millions more by causing a ripple effect of employers choosing to raise wages for workers above the minimum wage. Reducing poverty and inequality, and helping more families realize the American Dream: A higher minimum wage will allow more families a shot at the American Dream– lifting many out of poverty and offsetting the roughly 10 to 20 percent of the increase in income inequality since 1980 that can be traced to the erosion of the minimum wage adjusted for inflation. Raising the minimum
rates for all Americans and make it fair. I think they expect us to continue to expand American energy production throughout our
lation that’s strangling our economy and strangling economic growth. Last night the president offered up more of the same: higher taxes and more ‘stimulus’ spending. And just as disappointGuest Column John A. Boehner ing, we’re weeks away Speaker-designate from the president’s United States sequester and the presiHouse of dent laid out no plan to eliminate the sequester Representatives and the harmful cuts that will come as a result of it. country. It’s going to give Republicans have twice us a huge advantage over the passed bills to replace the next couple of generations if sequester. It’s incumbent we continue to develop our upon the president and energy resources. And I Senate Democrats to show think most Americans us their plan to stop the believe that we’ve got to sequester from going into stop government over-regu- effect.
Take Advantage of Divided Government to Solve our Economic Challenges A report this week from Harvard’s Institute of Politics reveals just how devastating the President’s policies have been for Americans under 30. Despite the fact that most Millennials have attended college, only about 60 percent of them have been able to find a job – and half of them are only working part-time. For many young Americans, this suggests, the American Dream is already drifting out of reach. It shouldn’t be this way. Previous generations of Americans faced great challenges. But until now, younger Americans could always expect that they’d eventually achieve greater prosperity than their parents, and that their children would do even better. Today, the opposite appears to be the case. This should be shocking to all of us, especially considering that this generation of young people came into its own in an era of relative peace and prosperity. For many of us, just going to college was a pretty big deal. For today’s younger generation, it was the obvious next step. Many of us watched our parents save diligently for the simplest of luxuries. A lot of today’s young people couldn’t really relate to those stories until now. They grew up in an age of dot-com booms and easy credit. But as college degrees no longer translate into fulfilling careers, and as the Obama Economy continues its years-long stagnation, much has changed for a generation that once seemed to have everything going for it. Recent figures from the Congressional Budget Office help tell the story. According to CBO, in 2014 the United States will see a sixth consecutive year of 7 and-a-half percent-plus unemployment. The
much worse, unless we act quickly. So has the White House reached out to Republicans to solve these pressing fiscal and economic challenges? I wish. Instead, it has turned once again to gimmicks and tax hikes that only serve to delay solutions. Earlier this week, the President even proposed more tax hikes to offset a sequester that he himself proposed and that he already signed into law. If he agrees with us that there’s a smarter way to make these cuts, he should propose it – not just call on others to act. But I’ll tell you this right now: my constituents in Kentucky and the American people will not accept another tax increase to put off a Senator spending cut that the two Mitch parties have already McConnel agreed to. It’s the definiR-Kentucky tion of dysfunction. So this morning, I am again calling on the President and his years ahead. In fact, over the Congressional allies to put the next decade, red ink will spike politics aside for once. The election is over. The by trillions to levels unseen in time to govern is now – to peacetime America. If interest rates go up, as make divided government most expect, it will be even work for the American peoharder for young Americans to ple, who chose it. We owe Americans purchase a home. CBO warns that if the interest payments on action, not rhetoric. We owe it our debt skyrocket, it will be to the millions of college even more difficult to guaran- graduates out of work. We tee the eventual availability of owe it to the strivers who find Social Security and Medicare themselves still living in their for today’s graduates. And if parents’ basements. They’re wages fall as a result of the all counting on us to enact smaller economy that comes real, bipartisan solutions – from the government’s solutions that can get our increased debt payments, then economy moving again today we can be quite certain that and that can ensure greater today’s generation will know prosperity tomorrow. Is Washington up to the less prosperity than their partask? ents did. “Republicans are. And These are just some of the negative consequences of we’re still here, ready to work failing to get spending under with the President as soon as control, according to the he’s prepared to get down to experts. Things are set to get business. last time the U.S. jobs picture was that bad, Americans were still huddling around the family radio. For two years, the President’s been saying that raising taxes on the rich would solve our problems. Yet CBO notes that while taxes are set to jump above their historic level, the added revenue from taxes that rose due to operation of law will mean almost nothing when it comes to dealing with America’s long-term fiscal challenges. That’s because CBO also warned that spending, which already exceeds the historic average, will continue its unsustainable climb in the
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wage to $9 an hour would restore its real value to what it was at the beginning of the Reagan Administration: Since it was first established in 1938, the minimum wage has been increased 22 times, but was eroded substantially over several prolonged periods because of inflation. The proposal to raise the minimum wage by $1.75 by the end of 2015 would restore the real value of the minimum wage to what it was in 1981. The President is also proposing to raise the minimum wage for tipped workers, which has not been increased for over twenty years. Indexing the minimum wage to inflation would help lower-income workers keep up in the future: Indexing the minimum wage to inflation would ensure that working families can keep up with expenses and will not suffer if Congress fails to act. Indexing would prevent a repeat of the 34 percent decline in the real value of the minimum wage from 1978 to 1989 and the 19 percent decline in real value from 1998 to 2006. A Stronger Middle Class Is a Key to a Stronger Economy Leading economists say that a higher minimum wage would help the economy: A recent letter by leading economists including Lawrence Katz, Richard Freeman, Joseph Stiglitz and Laura Tyson argued that “[L]ow-wage workers spend their additional earnings potentially raising demand and job growth. Therefore, pursuing a higher minimum wage at this juncture will not only provide raises for low-wage workers but would provide some help on the jobs front as well.” Raising the minimum wage will boost wages without jeopardizing jobs while improving turnover and productivity: A range of economic studies show that modestly raising the minimum wage increases earnings and reduces poverty without measurably reducing employment, and that in fact employers may see a more stable workforce due to reduced turnover and increased productivity: Numerous careful economic studies have shown that increasing the minimum wage has no negative effect on employment. Recent comprehensive studies have built on earlier research and confirmed that higher wages do not reduce employment, potentially because they increase employers’ ability to attract, retain, and motivate workers. And they benefit workers by increasing the reward to work. For example, one recent study found that when states like New York, Rhode Island, California, and Vermont raised their minimum wage, their workers benefited relative to workers in neighboring states that did not raise their minimum wage. This study concluded: “These estimates suggest no detectable employment losses from the kind of minimum wage increases we
President Obama have seen in the United States.” [Arindrajit Dube, T. William Lester, and Michael Reich, 2010, “Minimum Wage Effects Across State Borders: Estimates Using Contiguous Counties,” Review of Economics and Statistics.] In 2006, the Congressional Budget Office analyzed a $2 increase in the minimum wage and found that “the potential employment and unemployment impacts of raising the federal minimum wage rate….are difficult to predict, but are likely to be small.” Businesses like Costco, Wal-Mart, and Stride Rite have supported past increases to the minimum wage because it helps build a strong workforce and profitability over the long run. As Costco Senior Vice President Jeff Long said in 2012 about raising the New York minimum wage: “At Costco, we know good wages are good business. We keep our overhead low while still paying a starting wage of $11 an hour. Our employees are a big reason why our sales per square foot is almost double that of our nearest competitor. Instead of minimizing wages, we know it’s a lot more profitable for the long term to minimize employee turnover and maximize productivity and commitment, product value, customer service and company reputation.” Helping Parents Make Ends Meet Raising the minimum wage mostly benefits adults, and especially working women: Around 60 percent of workers benefiting from a higher minimum wage are women, and few are teenagers – less than 20 percent. Raising the minimum wage helps parents: The average worker who would benefit from a rise in the minimum wage to $9 an hour brought home 46 percent of his or her household’s total wage and salary income in 2011, according to the Current Population Survey. For a working family earning $20,000 - $30,000, the extra $3,500 per year from raising the minimum wage would cover: The family’s spending on groceries for a year; or The family’s spending on utilities for a year; or The family’s spending on gasoline and clothing for a year; or Six months of housing.
Legislation to Reduce the Deficit by Reforming Farm Payments Bipartisan Bill Would Close Loopholes and Place Hard Caps on Farm Program Payments. U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced bipartisan legislation that would place a hard cap on the amount of farm payments an individual farmer can receive in a year and close long-abused and well-documented loopholes in farm payment programs. Brown’s bill, also sponsored by U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (RIA), Tim Johnson (D-SD), and Mike Enzi (R-WY), mirrors language that was included in the Senatepassed Farm, Food and Jobs Act—also known as the farm bill—in 2012 For years we’ve seen big farms get bigger while small and mid-sized family farmers get squeezed. To often farm program payments have gone to producers who do not need the support— and sometimes to people who are not involved in farming. The provisions in the bill introduced today mirror those in the farm bill the Senate passed in 2012 and are common sense solutions designed to ensure assistance is directed to those who are working farmers. The Farm Program
Integrity Act of 2013 (S. 281) would establish a hard cap of $50,000 for an individual on all commodity program benefits, except those associated with the marketing loan program (loan deficiency payments and marketing loan gains), which would be capped at $75,000 per individual—the combined limit would be $125,000, or $250,000 for
Senator S h e r r o Brown D-Ohio
married couples. The $50,000 cap would apply to whatever type of program is developed as part of the new farm bill. The legislation also includes a provision to begin closing the loopholes that allow people who aren’t involved in farming to collect farm payments. The provision prevents non-farmers from being able to use the management loophole in current law. Currently, off-farm managers can receive farm program payments even though they are not “actively engaged” in the day-to-day operations of farm-
ing. Brown’s legislation would close this loophole by clearly defining the scope of who qualifies as “actively engaged” and allowing only one off-farm manager. Landowners who rent land to an actively-engaged producer remain exempt from the “actively engaged” rules if their payments are proportionate to their risk in the crop produced. This provision will help the U.S. Department of Agriculture crack down on the general partnerships d that have multiple nonfarmers trying to qualify for farm payments by exploiting the management loophole. Brown cosponsored similar legislation in the 112th Congress, the Rural America Preservation Act and supported efforts to lower payment limitations in the 2008 farm bill. Brown has spearheaded other efforts to reform the farm safety net including a provision included in the Senate-passed 2012 farm bill that would save taxpayers $23 billion by retooling the farm safety net to end “direct payments” in favor of a more market-oriented system that relies on current crop-year data, market prices, and actual yields.
6 - Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - The Informer
Local Politics
Adams County Commissioners The Board of Adams County Commissioners met in regular session on February 4, 2013, with the following members present: Brian Baldridge, Stephen Caraway, and Paul Worley. Clerk Diane Ward was also present. The meeting was opened by prayer and the pledge of allegiance led by Commissioner Brian Baldridge. It was moved by Brian Baldridge and seconded by Paul Worley to approve the minutes of the previous meeting. Vote: All yeas. Sheriff Kimmy Rogers met with the board to discuss inmates, Public Defender contract, ankle bracelets, and the Market Street property. 9-1-1 Director Donnie Swayne met with the board to discuss part-time personnel and equipment. It was moved by Paul Worley and seconded by Stephen Caraway to approve the bills. Vote: All yeas.
It was moved by Brian Baldridge and seconded by Paul Worley to approve the Blake’s Pharmacy bill in the amount of $3,076.37for inmate medications. Vote: Baldridge, yea, Caraway, abstain, Worley, yea. Adams Clermont Solid Waste Director Paul Braasch met with the board to discuss Solid Waste Legislation, the Transfer Station, and the waste collection truck Assistant Prosecutor Dana Whalen was present for the property closing for the Peebles Annex transfer to the Peebles Church of Christ and to discuss legal issues with the board. Judge Brett Spencer met with the board to discuss personnel, bond revenues, Public Defender contract, and office space. Court Administrator Angela Richmond met with the board to discuss records retention. It was moved by Brian Baldridge and seconded by
Stephen Caraway to approve the application for the U.S. Bank Voyager Fuel Card for County Commissioners and staff fuel purchases. Vote: All yeas. It was moved by Stephen Caraway and seconded by Paul Worley to approve the EMS 2012-13 Emergency Medical Services Training and Equipment Grant (Priority 1) grant application upon the recommendation of EMS Director Etta Sparks. Vote: All yeas. It was moved by Brian Baldridge and seconded by Paul Worley to approve the FAA Quarterly Report 1st Quarter 2013 for the Adams County Airport. Vote: All yeas. It was moved by Brian Baldridge and seconded by Stephen Caraway to appoint Commissioner Paul Worley to represent Adams County on the Ohio Valley RC&D Board. Vote: All yeas. E.C.D. Director Holly Johnson met with the board
to discuss the following: CDBG –Meals on Wheels, Bids for Moving Ohio Forward – 6 properties 1, 2, 3, 4, 12, &14, Wells Fargo property/donation, van purchase, and RFQ’s for the downtown revitalization programs. It was moved by Stephen Caraway and seconded by Paul Worley to award the following Ohio Moving Forward bids and approve the correlating agreements upon the recommendation of E.C.D. Holly Johnson: Property 1- Crossroads Contracting Services $2,700.00, Property 2 Supreme Asphalt, LLC $3,400.00, Property 3 Supreme Asphalt, LLC $5,250.00, Property 4 Supreme Asphalt, LLC $5,970.00, Property 12 Mootz Construction $5,250.00, Property 14 Crossroads Contracting Services $5,200.00. Vote: All yeas. It was moved by Stephen
Caraway and seconded by Paul Worley to approve the Wells Fargo property donation of 18430 State Route 41 to Adams County upon the recommendation of E.C.D. Director Holly Johnson. Vote: All yeas. It was moved by Brian Baldridge and seconded by Paul Worley to appoint Commissioner Stephen Caraway to represent Adams County on the Southern Ohio Agricultural and Community Development Board. Vote: All yeas. It was moved by Paul Worley and seconded by Brian Baldridge to approve the Barnes Sewer/OWDA Pay Request #28 to URS in the amount of $1,514.38 upon the recommendation of E.C.D. Director Holly Johnson. Vote: All yeas. It was moved by Brian Baldridge and seconded by Paul Worley to approve the Satisfaction of CHIP mortgages for release of transfer upon the recommendation of
E.C.D. Director Holly Johnson. Vote: All yeas. It was moved by Stephen Caraway and seconded by Brian Baldridge to approve the transfers, advances, reductions, and additional appropriations. Vote: All yeas. County Court Judge Alan Foster met with the board to discuss county court personnel compensation and sentencing criminals to serve jail time in the county facility. Adams County Health Board Director Judy Bennington met with the board to discuss new flooring for the facility. The board informed Ms. Bennington that the county was unable to provide the Health Department with the requested funding of $16,500.00 for the flooring due to the current budgetary constraints. It was moved by Stephen Caraway and seconded by Brian Baldridge to adjourn at 4:00 p.m. Vote: All yeas.
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HOMES FOR SALE HOMES
R30 – SEAMAN – Frame home with vinyl siding, 2 BR (could be 3), 1 bath, living room, eat-in kitchen with range, elec. heat, A/C, laminate flooring. Nice starter home or rental property in nice location. $39,500. R32 - MANCHESTER - Frame home with vinyl siding, 1034 SF living area, full basement, 3 BR, 1 bath, living room, eatin kitchen, elec. heat, city water & sewer, floating floor, wheel chair ramp, 0.674 acre lot. $39,900. Additional 3.05 acres available with 5 mobile home hook-ups for $15,000.
R4 – WEST UNION – Frame home with vinyl siding, 1020 SF living area, half finished full basement, 3 BR, 1 bath, living & family rooms, eat-in kitchen, gas furnace, heat pump, C/A, gas F/P, new windows, new floating floor, 1-car garage, fenced back yard. $84,900.
R36 - SEAMAN - 2000 model DW on town lot featuring, 3 BR, 2 full baths, living room, eat-in kitchen, elec. heat pump, C/A, public water/sewage, metal roof only 5 months old. $49,900. R48 – WEST UNION – Frame home with vinyl siding, 2 BR, 1 bath, living room, kitchen with appliances, utility room, public water/sewer, 10x16 building. PRICE REDUCED TO $35,900.
R6 - PEEBLES – Very nice brick/wood sided home, 1308 SF living area plus finished basement, 4 BR, 2 full baths, living room, kitchen with appliances, island bar & lots of nice cabinets, dining room, elec. heat, gas F/P, A/C, tile flooring & nice carpeting, 2-car att. garage, concrete driveway, nice covered porch, excellent location near schools. $159,900.
R16 - WEST UNION - Frame home with vinyl siding in good location near school, 3 BR, 1 bath, living room, eat-in kitchen, new roof 4 years ago, elec. heat, county water, insulated windows, carport, .606 acre lot. $49,500. R18 – WEST UNION – Newly remodeled brick/vinyl sided home, 1080 SF living area, 3 BR, 1 bath, living room, eat-in kitchen, elec. furnace, county water, new flooring, carport, small barn. $69,900. R20 – MANCHESTER – 1 ½ story frame home with vinyl siding, 1293 SF living area, 3 BR, 2 full baths, living room, kitchen & dining room, full unfinished basement, new furnace, wood burning f/p, new windows, new carpet, 1-car garage. PRICED TO SELL AT $66,900. R22 – WEST UNION – Frame home with vinyl siding, 1764 SF living area, 4 BR, 1 bath, living room, kitchen with appliances, dining room, cellar, gas furnace, gas F/P, 3 A/C, hardwood floors, 2-car att. garage, back deck, $5,000 worth of landscaping. PRICE REDUCED TO $49,900. R24 - PEEBLES - Frame home with 3 BR, 1 1/2 baths, eatin kitchen with lots of cabinets, ref. & range, large living room, half basement, 2-year-old high eff. gas furnace, city water/sewer, new doors, small barn. This is a nice clean home. $39,500.
H8 - WEST UNION - 4.225 acres with DW, cabin, 2 barns, DW features 2 BR, 2 full baths, living room, kitchen, all appliances, elec. furnace, 12x24 screened-in porch, 1-car garage. Cabin features 1 BR, 1 bath, kitchen with lots of cabinets, acreage has woods and abundant wildlife. PRICE REDUCED TO $79,900. H10 – WEST UNION - 7.387 acres in excellent location with 2584 SF brick/vinyl split level home featuring 3 BR, 3 1/2 baths, living room, kitchen & dining room, laundry room, 2car att. garage & 2-car det. garage, 12x44 screened porch & 12x 44 covered porch, 12x27 deck, gazebo with hot tub, 16x32 in-ground pool, 1160 SF pool house with open floor plan includes living room/rec. room, kitchen, full bath, laundry facilities & 2-car attached garage. PRICE REDUCED TO 299,900. H12 – BLUE CREEK – 29.19 acres with log home, 1153 SF living area, 3 BR, 1 bath, living room, eat-in kitchen, fuel oil stove, county water, 40x72 barn and small barn. $129,900.
R8 – PEEBLES – Frame home with vinyl siding, 1240 SF living area, 3 BR, 2 full baths, living & family room, eat-in kitchen with appliances, full finished basement with 3 BR & TV room, hardwood floors, 30 ft. above-ground pool with deck, city utilities, heat pump, nice .6 acre lot. $129,900. R14 – WEST UNION – Brick/vinyl sided home, 1136 SF living area, 3 BR, 1 bath, living room eat-in kitchen with appliances, utility room, new elec. heat, new carpet, 1-cat att. garage, front porch, large back deck. PRICED REDUCED TO $72,500.
H6 - PEEBLES – 28.876 mostly wooded acres with 1994 DW with vinyl siding, 1960 SF living area, 3 BR, 2 ½ baths, living room, kitchen with solid wood cabinets, pantry, range, dishwasher, washer & dryer, elec. heat pump, C/A, wood burning F/P, floating floor, home sets on full concrete slab & has 2x6 walls. 2nd home is on full concrete slab & crawl space, 2100 SF, is currently being used as a shop but could be finished into 2nd home, small shop, large barn, 2 cisterns. Nice quiet setting which joins Brush Creek State Forest. $225,000.
R50 – WEST UNION - Newly remodeled frame home with vinyl siding, 2 BR, 1 bath, living room, kitchen with nice cabinets, laundry room, basement, nat. gas furnace, city water/sewer, covered front porch, 12x12 storage barn, nice 1/4 acre lot. $44,900. R60 – MANCHESTER – Brick home featuring 3151 SF living area, 3 BR, 2 full baths, living & family rooms, kitchen with appliances, dining room, basement, nat.gas heat, C/A, 2 F/P, hardwood & tile floors, 2-car garage, 2-car carport, patio. A MUST SEE – PRICED TO SELL AT $145,000.
H14 – MANCHESTER – 4.355 acres with 1995 DW featuring 1456 SF living area, 3 BR, 2 full baths, living room, eatin kitchen, elec. furnace, county water, refrigerator & washer included. $59,900. H18 – PEEBLES – 1.7 acres with beautiful brick/vinyl sided home, 1728 SF living area, 3 BR, 2 ½ baths, living room, eatin kitchen, eat-in kitchen with nice cabinets & island with stovetop, all appliances, elec. heat, wood stove, C/A, hardwood floors, 6-panel doors throughout, walk-in closets, open stairway, 2-car att. garage, large covered porch, barn with porch, beautiful landscaping. $159,900.
H24 – STOUT – 1.387 acres located on Ohio River, 14x70 mobile home, 3 BR, 1 bath, living room, eat-in kitchen with appliances, boat dock, steps to river, all furniture stays with home + grill & picnic table, 8x10 building. PRICE REDUCED TO $45,000. H25 - NEW LISTING - WINCHESTER - 10 acre mini horse farm (approx.4 acres pasture & 6 acres woods) with DW with vinyl siding, 1456 SF living area, 3 BR, 2 full baths with garden tub in master, eat-in kitchen, living room with vaulted ceiling, gas furnace, C/A, all appliances, county water, new laminate flooring, large deck, 4-car garage with office space, 50x60 barn with 5 horse stalls & tack room, small barn with heat. $165,000. H28 -WINCHESTER - 7.86 acres in a nice country setting close to SR 32 with 2002 DW with vinyl siding remodeled in 2009, 1026 SF living area, 2 BR, 2 full baths, living room, kitchen & dining room, ref., range, washer & dryer, new dishwasher, elec. furnace, C/A, county water, wrap-around deck, hot tub with gazebo, 2-car det. garage, pond. $89,900. H30 – MANCHESTER – 1 ½ story brick home featuring 3426 SF living area plus full finished basement, 5 BR, 3 full baths, living room, kitchen with appliances, dining room, utility room, 2 nat. gas furnaces, 2 C/A units, gas F/P, hardwood & tile floors, 2-car att. garage, front porch, 2 decks, 18x36 inground pool, 18x32 pool house. This is one of the nicest homes in the county. PRICED TO SELL AT $289,900. H34 – MANCHESTER – 2.32 acres with brick/vinyl sided home, 1176 SF living area plus finished basement, 2 BR with possible 3rd BR, 1 ½ baths, living & family rooms, kitchen & dining room, utility room, elec. furnace, F/P, county water, hardwood floors, large porch, 8x10 building. $59,900.
HOMES WITH ACREAGE H2 - WEST UNION - Frame home with vinyl siding built in 2004, 1568 SF living area, 3 BR, 2 full baths, living room, kitchen & dining room, elec. furnace + wood stove tied into duct work, C/A, 28x40 det. garage with 14x40 lean-to, 12x14 shed. Home sets on 2.171 acres in very nice location. PRICE REDUCED TO $110,000. MOTIVATED SELLER. ADDITIONAL ACREAGE AVAILABLE. H4 - PEEBLES - 5.03 acres with well-kept frame home with vinyl siding, 1293 SF living area, 4 BR, office/5th BR, 1 bath(new), living room, eat-in kitchen, newer sunroom/utility room, partial basement, all appliances, gas furnace, C/A, nice carpet/tile flooring, new windows & doors, some new plumbing/updated electric, new concrete driveway & steps, Isaacs Creek runs behind back yard with shelter house by creek, 14x24 garage, 2 barns. Home is in move-in condition tucked away in eastern side of Adams county, very peaceful setting. $159,000.
room, kitchen & dining room, utility room, county water, 36x40 barn. PRICED TO SELL AT $47,500.
H20 - BLUE CREEK - 3.756 acres with vinyl sided frame home, 2520 SF living area, 3 BR with large master suite added in 2009, 2 1/2 baths, living & family rooms, kitchen with new appliances, dining room, lots of closets, large storage area, elec. heat pump, C/A, Anderson windows, 3-car garage, large front porch. PRICE REDUCED TO $134,900. H22 – MANCHESTER - 3.083 acres with 1 1/2 story vinyl sided frame home, 1225 SF living area, 3 BR, 1 bath, living
H36 – MANCHESTER – 1.289 acres joining Nature Conservancy with frame home with redwood siding, 1680 SF living area, 3 BR, 2 full baths, living room, kitchen with appliances, dining room, finished basement with kitchenette, utility room, rec. room, heat pump, C/A, wood stove, 2-car garage, large screened porch, storage shed. PRICE REDUCED TO $119,000. H38 – SEAMAN - 13+ acres with home & cabin, Home is frame with vinyl siding, 1968 SF living area, 4 BR, 2 full baths, living & family rooms, kitchen with appliances, dining room, elec. furnace, heat pump, C/A, county water, double paned vinyl windows, 27x40 garage, 3 porches, pond, 20x36 pole barn, 16x26 cabin with electric & wood stove. $168,000.
FARMS - BUILDING LOTS - VACANT LAND - BUSINESS
FARMS F2 - WINCHESTER - Beautiful 115.935 acre farm with approximately 65 tillable acres, 48 acres of pasture and 2 acres of woods, Frame home with vinyl siding, 2040 square feet of living area, full basement, 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, living room, eatin kitchen with appliances, mother-in law suite with 1 bedrooms, full bath, living room, eat-in kitchen, fuel oil furnace, wood burning fireplace, central air, new windows, new dimensional shingles, 2-car attached garage, several barns (120x74, 22x14, 60x24), 2 cisterns, well, 2 water taps, 2 septic systems, acreage is flat to rolling, mostly fenced, with creek and pond, farm is located on a dead-end road. $524,900. F6 - PEEBLES - 28.631 acre mini farm with equipment, 1996 Clayton DW, 1475 SF living area, 3 BR, 2 full baths, living & family rooms, kitchen & dining room, all appliances, elec. heat pump, C/A, wood stove, 2-car att. garage with storage room, 2 barns, shed, orchard, grape arbor, equipment too numerous to list. Property has abundant wildlife and would be a hunter's paradise. Call for more details. PRICE REDUCED TO $224,900. F8 - WEST UNION - 30 acre farm privately situated at end of dead end road, fully furnished 4-year-old frame home with vinyl siding, 2944 SF living area + poured walk-out basement, open floor plan, 3 BR all with walk-in closets, 2 full baths, living room, large kitchen with appliances, island & lots of cabinets, dining room, office, mud room, elec. heat pump, C/A with humidifier, wood furnace, gas stove, flooring
is combination of hardwood, tile & carpeting, att. garage, 2 decks, large machinery shed, large barn, 4 large outbuildings, horse facilities, 2 ponds. Owners are moving out of country so all furniture & appliances included with home, regretful sale. A MUST SEE! $395,000.
L10 – WEST UNION – Very nice lot 0.706 acre lot in nice restricted subdivision, city water/sewage available, excellent spot for new home. $23,500.
F10 – BENTONVILLE AREA – 89.223 acre farm with approx. 70 tillable acres, Old 2336 SF farm house not in livable condition but could be rehabbed, 12x20 garage, 3 barns (48x36, 72x48, 28x26), corn crib. Good location, land could be farmed or developed. $311,500.
V2 - MANCHESTER - 33.45 acres located on dead-end road (approx. 80% wooded), 1500 gallon septic, natural spring, creek, 2 small barns, lots of wildlife, great for hunting and ATV riding. $70,000.
F20 - WAYNE TWP. - ADAMS COUNTY - 67.5 acres of nice level farmland, 53.6 acres of cropland, 3.9 acres of pasture, 9.5 acres of woods, 550 feet of road frontage of SR 136. $234,900. Adjoining 3.05 acres with farmhouse, garage & very nice barn also available.
VACANT LAND
V4 - WEST UNION - 1.928 acre building lot located in nice subdivision, approx. 1 acre of woods, all utilities available. $30,000.
BUILDING LOTS
V6 - NEW LISTING - MANCHESTER AREA - 43.75 mostly wooded acres with creek, very good area for deer hunting, ample road frontage, great building site or place to hunt or get away & enjoy the country & wildlife, elec. & water available. $129,900.
L2 – WEST UNION – POSSIBLE OWNER FINANCING - 1.429 acre lot close to town with water & electric available. PRICE REDUCED TO $12,500. OWNER WILL CONSIDER TRADE.
V10 - OTWAY - 92.962 wooded acres bordering Shawnee State Forest, 2 small cabins, electric & water available, nice hunting land & nice place to build home. $152,000.
L4 – WEST UNION – 1.006 acre town lot, utilities available, some woods. $8,500.
V12 - BLUE CREEK - 33.7 acres with 30+ acres of woods, abundant wildlife, 4-year-old fence, county water available. $63,500.
L6 - MANCHESTER - 3.05 acres located within village with city water & sewer, 5 mobile home hook-ups. $15,000.
V14 – WEST UNION AREA – 2 wooded acres on blacktop
county road with over 300 feet of road frontage, county water available. $10,900. V28 – MANCHESTER AREA – 10 partially wooded acres with county water available, excellent place to build a home nestled in the hills of Adams County. PRICE REDUCED TO $24,900. BUSINESS B2 – SEAMAN – 4000 SF building located on Main St. under traffic light. Building has extensive fire damage. HUGE PRICE REDUCTION TO $12,500 - MOTIVATED SELLER. B4 – WINCHESTER – Full-time day care/learning center, fully stocked and state licensed for 36 children, large playground and parking lot with school bus pick-up and drop-off, 4 classrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen & dining room, office, laundry room, storage room, new furnace & windows, business provides good income. PRICE REDUCED TO $89,500. B6 - WINCHESTER - 2-story block building located in downtown Winchester, building is 2640 SF, lower level could be used for business space or converted into an apartment, upper level has a 4-room apartment. $24,900. B8 – PEEBLES – 1 acre lot with office building located in high traffic area in town. Property previously used as car lot. PRICED TO SELL AT $72,900.
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Adams County Court of Common Pleas CIVIL CASES Discover Bank vs. Wayne E. Blythe, judgment. Adams County Senior Citizens vs. Westminster Group LLC, other civil. TD Auto Finance LLC vs. Pam Morris, judgment. Lendmark Financial Services vs. Ardonna S. Wilmoth, judgment. CIVIL DIVISION Paul D. Bender vs. Bowen Engineering Corp, faxed dismissal entry filed. Case settled and is dismissed with prejudice by agreement, costs paid within 30 days. Curtis Baker vs. Stephanie Runyan, telephone conference notice, telephone conference checklist filed. Telephone conference on 320-13 at 3pm. United State of America vs. Alex Davis, Deceased, entry dismissing the case without prejudice. Fastenal Company vs. Clayton Railroad Construction, telephone conference notice, telephone conference checklist filed. Telephone conference on 315-13 at 11:45pm. Phh Mortgage Corporation vs. James Roger Kirker, telephone conference notice, telephone conference checklist filed. Telephone conference on 3-29-13 at 11:30am. Capital One Bank USA NA vs. Lisa M. Butler, judgment entry filed. Judgment in favor of the plaintiff. Fifth Third Mortgage Company vs. Pamela Sue Rodriguez, judgment entry and decree in foreclosure filed. If sums due are not paid within 3 days an order of sale shall be issued. Commercial Credit Group Inc vs. James McAdams Sr, entry granting defendants motion for an extension of time to answer or otherwise plead in response to plaintiff's complaint filed. Defendant's have until 3-8-13 to answer or otherwise plead to the plaintiff's complaint. Adams County Senior Citizens vs. Westminster Group LLC, temporary restraining order filed. DOMESTIC CASES Benjamin L. Edmisten vs. Marla K. Edmisten, dissolution without children. Wendy M. Hayslip vs. Adam L. Frye, dissolution with children. Cortnee Shoemaker vs. Adam B. Shoemaker, divorce without children. DOMESTIC RELATIONS DIVISION Cheryl Sue Cooley vs. Ralph Cooley, magistrate's order filed. 90 day jail sentence remains suspended, hearing set for 3-14-13 at 2:15p. Linda Jones vs. Jimmy Daniel Jones, magistrate's order filed. Jail sentence remains suspended, $150 must be paid at least four days prior to next hearing, hearing set for 3-14-13 at 2:15p. Dewey West vs. Christine West, magistrate's order filed. Court reserves judgment on contempt, Ms Rice did not appear in this case and it was continued to today at request of her out-ofstate attorney, court will continue one time, if she does not appear on 3-14-13 at 1:14pm, a capias will be issued. Rita Madden vs David Madden, magistrate's order filed. Obligor is found in contempt as a first offender, jail sentence remains suspended, payments are made today; hearing set for 4-11-13 at 2:15pm. Kevin Brown vs. Rebecca Brown, judgment entry filed. Motion filed 1-1613 is dismissed, and the hearing is vacated. Beverly Biglow vs. David Biglow, order of judicial conveyance filed. Beverly Biglow's interest in the land contact is transferred to David Biglow. Ashlee Brooke McFarland vs. Spencer E. McFarland, magistrate's decision and judgment entry filed. Defendant is in contempt, jail sentence of 30 days is suspended. The court imposes the statutory file of $250 and
hearing on 4-11-13 at 8:30am. Timothy M. Staten vs. Amy L. Staten, magistrate's order filed. Court reserves finding on contempt and resets matter for hearing: obligor is set for 5-9-13 at 9:30am. Trina Rose Bone vs. William E. Bone, magistrate's order filed. Child support matter set for review on 5-9-13 at 9:30am. Alison Tener vs. Ronnie Tener, magistrate's order filed. Court reserves judgment on contempt issued and continues hearing until 3-28-13 at 2:15pm. Joyce L. Stone vs. Brian T. Stone, magistrate's order filed. Obligor is found in contempt as first offender, jail sentence suspended, hearing set for 5-9-13 at 8:30am. Chrystal D. Strunk vs. David L. Strunk, magistrate's order filed. Court reserves finding of contempt; matter set for hearing on 5-9-13 at 8:30am. Aaron J. Copas vs. Crystal D. Copas, magistrate's order filed. Court reserves finding and continues to 5-213 at 8:30am. Susan M. Broten vs. Michael Rapp, magistrate's decision and judgment entry filed. Defendant is in contempt, 30 day jail sentence is suspended and hearing scheduled for 4-11-13 at 12:15pm. Monica K. Baldwin vs. Darrell L. Baldwin, magistrate's decision and judgment entry filed. Fine is suspended on condition the arrearage does not increase, hearing set for 3-14-13 at 10:30am. Felicia D. Potts vs. Anthony R. Potts Jr., judgment entry filed. Administrative modification is granted. Cynthia R. Thatcher vs. Michael L. Thatcher, notice of hearing and order to appear filed. Hearing on failure to pay support set for 3-28-13 at 2:15pm. Melissa D. Koenig vs. Charles J. Koenig, judgment entry filed. Capias to be recalled, hearing set for 4-413 at 9:30am. Donna Copas vs. Matthew W. Copas, magistrate's decision and judgment entry filed. Payment was made, obligor release from jail forthwith, hearing set for 314-13 at 1:15pm. Chris Thomas Travis vs. Dentinee Rae Travis, magistrate's decision and judgment entry filed. Motion dismissed, not set for further hearing. Bradley W. Fletcher vs. Brittany Fletcher, magistrate's order filed. Balance of 18 days remains suspended; plaintiff has been approved for SSI; obligor shall appear for hearing on 3-14-13 at 10:30am. Kim Heisler vs. Ross Heisler, notice of hearing and order to appear filed. Hearing on failure to pay support set for 3-28-13 at 8:30am. Robert S. Williams vs. Shauntel Williams, magistrate's decision and judgment entry filed. Plaintiff is in contempt, jail sentence of 30 days suspended until 3-18-13 at 9am which plaintiff shall report to Adams County Jail unless payment is made. Hearing on 4-4-13 at 10:30am. Meghann Patterson vs. Vincent Patterson, magistrate's order filed. The court corrects the hearing date to 214-13 at 9:30am. Meghann Patterson vs. Vincent Patterson, magistrate's order filed. Defendant is in contempt, jail sentence of 30 days remains suspended. Hearing on 4-4-13 at 9:30am. Jessica Johnson vs. Daniel Johnson, magistrate's order filed. Hearing on plaintiff's motion will be heard on 4-5-13 at 10am both parties are ordered to appear. Robert T. Elkins vs. Lori R. Elkins, magistrate's decision and judgment entry filed. The plaintiff is in contempt, jail sentence of 30 days is suspended. Heairng on 4-11-13 at 8:30am. George Graham vs. Lee Ann Graham, magistrate's order filed. This case is set for a trial or dismissal on 4-2-13 at 11am. Chad Purdin vs. Lora Purdin, magistrate's order filed. Due to the magistrate's
order the hearing scheduled for 2-11-13 is rescheduled to 3-20-13 at 3pm. Amanda Rose Shively vs. Christopher William Shively, magistrate's order filed. Full hearing is set for 621-13 at 9am. Charles Gravely vs. Sarah Gravely, magistrate's order filed. Due to sudden illness of the magistrate hearing set for 2-11-13 at 2:30pm is reset for 3-25-13 at 19am. State of West Virginia vs. Dylan Jones Pugh, entry confirming registration of foreign order filed. Child support order and/or child support arrearage from Putnam County, West Virginia is registered in this court. Brenda K. Kirker vs. Rodger Kirker, magistrate's order filed. Due to the illness of the magistrate the hearing scheduled for 2-11-13 is continued to 4-9-13 at 9am. Cheyenne King vs. Johnny King Jr., decree of dissolution of marriage filed. Marriage dissolved. David Souder vs. Shauna Souder, magistrate's decision and waiver filed. Dissolution granted. Sheri Goddard vs. Anthony Goddard, magistrate's order filed. The court orders as temporary orders that plaintiff shall be residential parent and the defendant shall have rule 16 visitation. Child support is ordered and pre-trial scheduled for 3-2513 at 3pm. Paul McComas vs. Jennifer McComas, magistrate's order filed. Plaintiff is granted full custody; defendant granted rule 16 visitation, Lisa Rothwell appointed as GAL; matter is set for a final pre-trial on 4-1-13 at 9am. William Leonard Smith vs. Tonya Amber Smith, magistrate's order filed. Due to the illness of the magistrate the hearing scheduled for 2-11-13 is rescheduled for 3-12-13 at 2:30pm. Paul E. Will III vs. Jessica L. Will, magistrate's order filed. It is ordered that both parties are restrained. CRIMINAL DIVISION State of Ohio vs. Denise Pruitt, journal entry filed. The clerk is instructed to pay in the amount of $2250 to the county fund rather than the $2225 as previously ordered. State of Ohio vs. Margaret Murray, community control termination filed. It is ordered that defendant is restored to civil rights. State of Ohio vs. William Walters, journal entry filed. Motion for judicial release is hereby denied. State of Ohio vs. Miranda Johnson, judgment entry community service filed. To satisfy defendant's financial obligation owed to probation for fees, it is ordered defendant to report to probation for community work service program. State of Ohio vs. Heather M. Williams, community control termination filed. It is ordered that defendant is restored to civil rights. State of Ohio vs. Billy Kennedy, judgment entry on sentence filed. Defendant sentence to 10 months at ORDC with credit for 101 days served. Driver license suspended for 1 year commencing 10-1-13. State of Ohio vs. Kevin Hurd, community control termination filed. it is ordered that defendant is restored to civil rights. State of Ohio vs. Miranda Johnson, community control termination filed. It is ordered that defendant is restored to civil rights. State of Ohio vs. George Johnson, journal entry filed. Defendants bond is modified to $5000 OR. State of Ohio vs. George Johnson, journal entry filed. Probable cause found on alleged probation violations; Richard Campbell appointed; bond set at $5,000 cash/surety/10% full revocation hearing set for 3-18-13 at 1:30pm. State of Ohio vs. Crystal King, journal entry filed. Hearing on defendants prose motion regarding counsel is set for 2-20-13 at 1:45pm. State of Ohio vs. Kyle Skinner, community control
termination filed. It is ordered that defendant is restored to civil rights. State of Ohio vs. Bryan Bronner, sentencing entry on revocation of community control filed. Defendant convicted of revocation of community control, sentenced to 2 additional years community control, 60 hours community service, $500 fine, obtain GED, complete recovery, costs. State of Ohio vs. Tina Arias, journal entry on arraignment filed. Bond set at $5,000 cash/surety/10% plus conditions. $60 IDSF due within 60 days and $25 indigent application fee due within 7 days. State of Ohio vs. Tina Arias, journal entry - order assigning counsel filed. Richard Campbell appointed as counsel. State of OHio vs. Megan Curtis, journal entry filed. Full revocation hearing on 220-13 at 2pm Bond set at $10,000 cash/surety/10% and Tyler Cantrell appointed as counsel. State of Ohio vs. Joshua Messer, judgment entry on sentence filed. Defendant sentenced to 6 months on Count I and 12 months on Count II at ORDC to run consecutive and both served consecutively to the term the defendant is currently serving in ORDC and $1000 restitution; license are suspended for 3 years commencing1-1-17. State of Ohio vs. Gary A. Stephens, community control termination filed. It is ordered that defendant is restored to civil rights. State of Ohio vs. David Deaton, judgment entry on sentence filed. Defendant convicted of aggravated possession of drugs F5, sentenced to 2 years community control, 120 hours community service, $2000 fine, treatment, obtain GED within 180 days, 6 months license suspension, complete RU program and pay costs. State of Ohio vs. Anna Pollard, motion to revoke community control, entry filed. Revocation hearing on 2-19-13 at 11am. State of Ohio vs. Amy Satterfield, plea of guilty, judgment entry of guilty filed. Defendant plead guilty to trafficking in heroin F5, sentencing set for 3-7-13 at 9:45 am. State of Ohio vs. Evelyn Bond, adminsitrative judge's journal entry filed. the motion to continue is not well taken and the hearing will go forward as scheduled on 3-13-13 at 11:30am. State of Ohio vs. David Hampton, entry filed. Motion to continue is granted hearing is continued untill 2-20-13 at 8:30am. State of Ohio vs. Nicholas Vasquez Sr., plea of guilty, judgment entry of guilty filed. Defendant plead guilty to attempted possession of Marijuana F4, sentencing on 3-6-13 at 12pm. State of Ohio vs. Kathy Jones, entry filed. by motion of counsel suppression hearing set in this matter is continued to 2-19-13 at 9am. State of Ohio vs. Stephen Gibson, entry filed. Hearing continued to 2-19-13 at 10:30am. State of Ohio vs. Charles Grooms, entry filed. It is ordered that the defendant is permitted to leave the jail on 2-8-13 for surgery and shall be transported by Adams County Sheriff's department and defendant shall be responsible for the costs of the transportation. State of Ohio vs. Angela Abner, entry filed. Motion to continue is granted hearing is reset for 2-20-13 at 9am. State of Ohio vs. Anthony P. McGown, plea of guilty and judgment entry of guilty filed. Defendant plead guilty to engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity F2, Count I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII are dismissed. State of Ohio vs. Anthony P. McGown, judgment entry on sentence filed. Defendant sentenced to 5 years at ORDC with credit for 139 days served. The 1998 Chevrolet is forfeited to Adams County Sheriff and prosecutor.
State of Ohio vs. Christopher Abbott, judgment entry on sentencing filed. Sentence to 2 year community control, 6 months intensive supervision, 200 hours of community service, $1000 fine, $630 restitution. No contact with victim or victim's business. State of Ohio vs. Carl Burke, judgment entry filed. Motion to withdraw motion to suppress is granted. State of Ohio vs. Emanuel Mason, plea of guilty, judgment entry of guilty filed. Defendant plead guilty to trafficking in drugs F5, court accepts plea and is ordered filed. Presentence investigation ordered, sentencing set for 2-20-13 at 9:30am. State of Ohio vs. Corey Bowens, judgment entry on sentence filed. Defendant convicted of trafficking in heroin F5, sentenced to 1 year community control, 120 hours community service, $1150 fine, treatment, obtain GED, 6 months license suspension commencing 2-1213, RU program and pay costs. State of Ohio vs. Jeffrey Heppard, pre-trial order filed. Final pre-trial on 3-13-13 at 10:15am and jury trial on 4-4 & 4-5-13 at 9am. State of Ohio vs. Justin Parker, journal entry filed. Motion to modify bond will be heard on 2-13-13 at 1:30pm. State of Ohio vs. Paul Chapman Jr., journal entry filed. Matter came before the court on defendant's motion to modify bond, after arguments of counsel, motion is denied. State of Ohio vs. Christy White, judgment entry filed. Motion to withdraw motion to suppress is granted. State of Ohio vs. Steven Taylor, plea of guilty, judgment entry of guilty filed. Defendant plead guilty to aggravated possession of drugs F3, court accepts plea and is ordered filed, pre-sentence investigation ordered, sentencing set for 2-21-13 at 2pm. State of Ohio vs. Hurshel Daniels, judgment entry filed. Count 6 of indictment is dismissed. State of Ohio vs. Patrick Conley, order filed. Case dismissed. State of Ohio vs. Roger Jarvis, journal entry filed. Defendant tested positive for THC, bond revoked and set at $15,000, matter reset for 220-13 at 10:30am. State of Ohio vs. Steven Taylor, plea of guilty, judgment entry of guilty filed. Defendant plead guilty to aggravated possession of drugs F5, court accepts plea and is ordered filed. Pre-sentence investigation ordered, sentencing set for 2-21-13 at 2pm. State of Ohio vs. Steven Taylor, journal entry filed. Capias recalled and order forfeiting the bond is hereby set aside and held for naught. State of Ohio vs. Brendan Schoonover, journal entry filed. Hearing on defendant's motion for bond modification is set for 2-20-13 at 1pm. State of Ohio vs. Winston Delk, journal entry filed. Hearing on defendant's bond modification is set for 220-13 at 11:45am. State of Ohio vs. Johnny Carter, journal entry on arraignment filed. Bond set at $7500 cash/surety/10% plus conditions. $60 IDSF due within 60 days and $25 indigent application fee due within 7 days. State of Ohio vs. Johnny Carter, journal entry - order assigning counsel filed. Nicholas Ring appointed as counsel. State of Ohio vs. Tasha Arey, journal entry on arraignment filed. Bond set at $10,000 OR plus conditions. $60 IDSF due within 60 days and $25 indigent application fee due within 7 days. State of Ohio vs. Tasha Arey, journal entry - order assigning counsel filed. Sarah Shelton appointed as counsel. State of Ohio vs. Curtis Yates, journal entry on arraignment filed. Bond set at
$5000 cash/surety/10% plus conditions. $60 IDSF due within 60 days and $25 indigent application fee due within 7 days. State of Ohio vs. Curtis Yates, journal entry - order assigning counsel filed. Sarah Shelton appointed as counsel. State of Ohio vs. Donald R. Waldron, journal entry on arraignment filed. Bond set at $5000 cash/surety/10% plus conditions. $60 IDSF due within 60 days and $25 indigent application fee due within 7 days. State of Ohio vs. Donald R. Waldron, journal entry order assigning counsel filed. Richard Campbell appointed as counsel. State of Ohio vs. Trayland Sullivan, journal entry on arraignment filed. Bond set at $75,000 cash/surety/10% plus conditions. $60 IDSF due within 60 days and $25 indigent application fee due within 7 days. State of Ohio vs. Trayland Sullivan, journal entry - order assigning counsel filed. Richard Campbell appointed as counsel. State of Ohio vs. Daniel Wright, journal entry on arraignment filed. Bond set at $500,000 cash/surety/10% plus conditions. $60 IDSF due within 60 days and $25 indigent application fee due within 7 days. State of Ohio vs. Daniel Wright, journal entry - order assigning counsel filed. Nicholas Ring appointed as counsel. State of Ohio vs. Joshua Skaggs, journal entry on arraignment filed. Bond set at $75,000 cash/surety/10% plus conditions. $60 IDSF due within 60 days and $25 indigent application fee due within 7 days. State of Ohio vs. Joshua Skaggs, journal entry - order assigning counsel filed. Nicholas Ring appointed as counsel. State of Ohio vs. Paul Black, journal entry on arraignment filed. Bond set at $100,000 cash/surety/10% plus conditions. $60 IDSF due within 60 days and $25 indigent application fee due within 7 days. State of Ohio vs. Jami Hart, journal entry on arraignment filed. Bond set at $75,000 cash/surety/10% plus conditions. $60 IDSF due within 60 days and $25 indigent application fee due within 7 days. State of Ohio vs. Jami Hart, journal entry - order assigning counsel filed. Richard W. Campbell appointed as counsel. State of Ohio vs. Dinah Bennington, journal entry on arraignment filed. Bond set at $100,000 cash/surety/10% plus conditions. $60 IDSF due within 60 days and $25 indigent application fee due within 7 days. State of Ohio vs. Dinah Bennington, journal entry order assigning counsel filed. Nicholas Ring appointed as counsel. State of Ohio vs. Benjamin McGlothin Jr., journal entry on arraignment filed. Bond set at $15,000 cash/surety/10% plus conditions. $60 IDSF due within 60 days and $25 indigent application fee due within 7 days. State of Ohio vs. Benjamin McGlothin Jr., journal entry - order assigning counsel filed. Sarah Shelton appointed as counsel. State of Ohio vs. Patricia Hamilton, journal entry on arraignment filed. Bond set at $5000 cash/surety/10% plus conditions. $60 IDSF due within 60 days and $25 indigent application fee due within 7 days. State of Ohio vs. Patricia Hamilton, journal entry order assigning counsel filed. Richard Campbell appointed as counsel. State of Ohio vs. Stephen Unger, journal entry on arraignment filed. Bond set at $500,000 cash/surety plus conditions. $60 IDSF due within 60 days and $25 indigent application fee due within 7 days. State of Ohio vs. Stephen Unger, journal entry - order assigning counsel filed. Sarah Shelton appointed as counsel.
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Criminal Traffic/Disposition Report Tamara L Montgomery, Peebles, Seat Belt DR, Fine $30, Court Costs $45. Richard P. Schutter, Fairfield, 73/60, Fine $42, Court Costs $74. Aaron R. Weakley, Otway, Disorderly while intoxicated, Fine $150, Court Costs $64. Derrick T. Queen, S e a m a n , VEH/NON/AREA, Fine $100, Court Costs $64. Jammie L. Smith, manchester, 71/55, Fine $42, Court Costs $74. Jeremy M. Jenkins, Jackson, 72/60, Fine $42, Court Costs $74. Van R. Mellen Jr., Elgin SC, 73/60, Fine $42, Court Costs $74. Johnny L. Barrett Jr., Peebles, Failure to conrol, Fine $15, Court Costs $74. Charles L. Shumaker, Winchester, Filure to Stop at Stop Sign, Fine $15, Court Costs $74. Brandon M. Myers, Winchester, 70/55, Fine $22, Court Costs $74. Kathy E. Biars, W Portsmouth, 70/55, Fine $22, Court Costs $74. Larry K. Mefford, Lucasville, 69/55, Fine $22, Court Costs $74. Sally Pack, Peebles, Animal At Large, Fine $25, Court Costs $109. Christopher Quehl, Liberty, 76/60, Fine $100, Court Costs $74. Casaundra L. Beach, Worthington KY, 71/60, Fine $42, Court Costs $74. Jennifer L. McComas, West Union, OVI 1st, Fine $375, Court Costs $107, Jail 60 Days, 40 Days Suspended, 1 year probation credit DDIP 20 days. Jennifer L. McComas, West Union, Failure to control, Fine $20, Court Costs $22. Neil Y. Groves, Seaman, DUS/NON COMP, Fine $100, Court Costs $101, Pay by 4-1-13. Neil Y. Groves, Seaman, Fail/Register, Dismissed. Derrick J. Hackworth, Blue Creek, OVI 1st, Fine $375, Court Costs $24, Jail 60 Days, 40 Days Suspended, 1 year probation credit DDIP, driving privileges granted MONFRI 6a to 6p. Derrick J. Hackworth, Blue Creek, Left of Center, Fine $22, Court Costs $74. Derrick J. Hackworth, Blue Creek, Seat Belt DR, Fine $50, Court Costs $22. Jeremy J. Minton,
Manchester, DUS, Fine $300, Court Costs $76, Jail 60 Days, 55 Days Suspended, 1 year probation. Jacob D. Prater, West Union, Menacing, Fine $100, Court Costs $68, 1 year of community control. Aaron Hall, Winchester, Abusing Harm/Intox, Fine $200, Court Costs $95, Jail 180 Days, 152 Days Suspended, 2 Years of community control. Donald E. Washburn, West Union, Ulawful sex with a minor, this matter will be presented to the grand jury. Paul A. Black, Winchester, Illegal Manufacturing of Drugs, this matter has been presented to the grand jury. Dinah Bennington, Peebles, Illegal Manufacturing of Drugs, this matter has been presented to the grand jury. Patricia A. Hamilton, Manchester, Aggravated Possession of Drugs, this matter has been presented to the grand jury. Benjamin McGlothin Jr., Ripley, Aggravated Possession of Drugs, this matter has been presented to the grand jury. Jami A. Hart, Sardinia, Illegal Assembly, this matter has been presented to the grand jury. Joshua A. Skaggs, Sardinia, Illegal Assembly, this matter has been presented to the grand jury. Deborah R. Kiefer, West Union, Failure to tag dog, Fine $100, Court Costs $64, $100 suspended. Deborah R. Kiefer, West Union, Failure to confine dog, Fine $100, Court Costs $22, $100 suspended. Danyel N. Johnson, Peebles, Failure to tag dog, Fine $100, Court Costs $64, $100 suspended. Herbert B. Benge, Winchester, 79/60 2nd, Fine $137, Court Costs $74. Tyler T. Kirwan, Springboro, 74/60, Fine $42, Court Costs $74. Jacob M. Laroche, Cincinnati, 76/60, Fine $100, Court Costs $74. Jamie L. Szewczewczyk, Great Mills MD, 72/60, Fine $42, Court Costs $74. Danielle Y. McDonald, Belleview KY, 75/60, Fine $42, Court Costs $74. Richard E. Bevens,
West Union, Seat Blet DR, Fine $35, Court Costs $45. Dennis L. Soard Jr., Crescent Springs KY, 72/60, Fine $42, Court Costs $74. Billy J. McCann, West Union, 65/55, Fine $22, Court Costs $74. Alvetta N. Spriggs, Lucasville, 73/60, Fine $42, Court Costs $74. James N. Kaeun, Batavia, Failure to stop at Stop Sign, Fine $15, Court Costs $74. Christopher L. Cochran, Winchester, 68/55, Fine $22, Court Costs $74. Shawn W. Baird, Cincinnati, 76/60, Fine $100, Court Costs $74. Brian K. Francis, West Union, 71/55, Fine $42, Court Costs $74. Jessica A. Rovniak, Strongville, 74/60, Fine $42, Court Costs $74. Charles L. Arnold, Manchester, Left of Center, Fine $15, Court Costs $74. Daniel Glover, Peebles, Disorderly Conduct, Fine $100, Court Costs $116. Andrea N. Mitchell, Seaman, Disorderly Conduct, Fine $150, Court Costs $64. Donald B. Palmer, Peebles, 66/55, FIne $22, Court Costs $74. Aaron P. Mefford, West Union, DUS/NON COMPL, Dismissed. Aaron P. Mefford, West Union, Markes Lanes, Fine $20, Court Costs $74. Tina C. Beach, Peebles, Failure to control, Fine $15, Court Costs $74. Jody E. Sanders, Winchester, Failure to control, FIne $15, Court Costs $74. Kyler C. Ruark, Manchester, Unsecure Load, Fine $15, Court Costs $74.
Adams County Court Of Common Pleas
MARRIAGE REPORT
Jonathon David Chaney, 24, Hillsboro and Tabitha Renee Miller, 33, Peebles. Randall Frank Emrick Jr., 24 and Anna Kathryn Stufflebean, 21, both of Peebles. Corey Christopher Kline, 28 and Nicole Lynee Lacy, 27, both of West Union.
Fair Housing Seminars Offered Southeastern Ohio Legal Services (SEOLS), the legal aid law office for Adams County announced a new series of Fair Housing seminars to be held periodically throughout 2013. The new series of free seminars will begin February 27, at the North Adams Branch of the Adams County Public Library at 4:00 p.m. Immediately thereafter, SEOLS will present the seminar at the Peebles
branch of the Library, beginning at 5:30 p.m. SEOLS has for years made presentations and provided seminars to the Adams County public concerning fair housing and other housing law matters. The February 27 presentations in Seaman and in Peebles will address housing discrimination based upon source of income. The presentation is free and open to the public. The North Adams
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Cuffs & Collars Field reports from ODNR Division of Wildlife Officers Southeast Ohio During the recent muzzleloader season, State Wildlife Officer Bob Nelson received a call from the Ross County Sheriff’s Office reporting that there were numerous ATV’s being illegally driven on Kinnikinnick Wildlife Area. Officer Nelson was at Ross Lake Wildlife Area at the time of the call and responded to the complaint. Upon arrival, Officer Nelson stopped the five ATV’s. The five riders were compliant and all received summonses for operating a motor vehicle in a nondesignated area. During the deer gun season, Wildlife Officer Darin Abbott and Officer Luke Johnson of the U.S. Forest Service contacted an individual in Dean State Forest who had a loaded shotgun in a motor vehicle and was under the influence of alcohol. He was charged with having a weapon while intoxicated and hunting with the aid/use of a motor vehicle. The charges were dismissed with orders to pay court costs of $95.00 and Officer Abbott was ordered to return the seized guns. Upon making contact with the defendant at a public parking lot in a prearranged meeting to return the guns, Officer Abbott observed the defendant operate a motor vehicle to the parking lot and then detected alcohol on the defendant’s breath and person. Officer Abbott contacted the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The OSP arrested the defendant for his fifth arrest of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol. The case is pending in court. Central Ohio On Saturday of muzzleloader season, State Wildlife Officer Brad Kiger received a tip from 1-800-POACHER concerning a hunter that killed a deer with a muzzleloader on
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Due February 28, 2013 This notice is to remind you that the last day to pay the first half of the 2012 Adams County Real Estate Taxes without penalty is February 28, 2013. A 10% penalty is charged on payments received after the due date with the exception of a postmark on or before the due date. If taxes are paid within ten days of the due date the penalty is reduced to 5%. Failure to receive a tax bill will not avoid such penalty and interest. If you have not received a tax bill, you may obtain one by calling the Adams County Treasurer at 544-2317. (O.R.C. 323.121, 323.13)
Thursday. Officer Kiger and Officer Teders went to the reported location and found two sets of drag marks leading to a barn, where the deer were loaded into a vehicle. After checking with the landowner and several other people a name, a description of the vehicle and general location of
the hunter’s house were discovered. Officer Kiger and Officer Teders visited the hunter who denied being on the property or even hunting. After a short discussion and pointing out the blood on the driveway, the hunter stated that he thought muzzleloader season came in on Thursday, but later found out that it came in on Saturday. The man stated that he just returned home from trying to check the deer but was unsuccessful. Finally the hunter took Officer Kiger and officer Teders to the pole barn behind his house, where two untagged deer were both hanging. The hunter stated that he shot both deer on Thursday. Further investigation revealed that the hunter did not have a hunting license or deer permit. Both deer were taken into evidence and hunter was issued a citation for no hunting license, no deer permit, and failure to check the deer, and hunting deer in a closed season. The man was found guilty; he received $835 in fines, court costs and restitution for the deer. The man also lost his hunting rights for one year and both deer were ordered to be given to Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry. NOTICE Ordinance 2013-4 to amend Ordinance 2012-10 to raise the water rates by 10% in 2014 and declaring an emergency Ordinance 2013-5 replacing Ordinance 2012-19 ssalary Positions and declaring an emergency. The remainder of these ordinances may be viewed or copy obtained at the Village Clerk's office at 33 Logans lane, West Union, Oh. 45693. 2/19, 2/26
Northwest Ohio On Veterans Day State Wildlife Officer Bob Radcliff, Field Supervisor for Unit A, was patrolling Williams County. Around 8:30 am, ODNR dispatch sent out a call for an officer in the Williams County area. The dispatcher passed along the name and cellphone number of a concerned bow hunter. Officer Radcliff contacted the individual who advised him that a group of men were out waterfowl hunting. In addition, the group had also waterfowl hunted at that same location the previous evening. Waterfowl season was not open in Williams County at that time. State Wildlife Officer Robert Wolfrum, assigned to Fulton County, heard the radio traffic and called Officer Radcliff to inquire if assistance could be offered. Radcliff passed along the information and location of the waterfowl hunters. Officer Radcliff arrived first and made contact with 4 men in lay-out blinds in a picked corn field. The hunters had 3 dead Canada Geese and, upon inquiry, said that 2 men had hunted the prior evening and killed 4 ducks. Officer Wolfrum arrived on the scene as Officer Radcliff led the 4 hunters out of the field. The hunters had mistaken the opening dates of the North Zone with the Lake Erie Marsh Zone which opened Nov. 10th. The officers took down the hunters’ personal information and checked their licenses, permits, and shotguns. The officers then compared notes in order to decide how to proceed. One of the men was from the area and properly licensed. He was issued a summons for hunting waterfowl during a closed season. The other 3 hunters were Michigan residents, only one of which had a non-resident hunting license and Ohio wetland stamp. These men were required to post a $400 bond prior to release from custody. A total of 5 additional summonses were issued to the 3 Michigan hunters. In order to make their bond, the men called a friend who, as it turned out, was the second man who hunted the previous evening. He was also issued a summons for hunting waterfowl during the closed season. In total this cost the five men $875.
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E D U CAT I O N 4-H Shooting Sports Fundraiser a Success Adams County/Ohio Valley District Spelling Bee Winners
The Adams County Chapter of the Ohio Horsemen’s Council (OHC) raffled a Henry Golden Boy .22 Caliber Rifle to benefit the 4-H Shooting Sports Program. Pictured are, from left to right, Nan Knechtly, 4-H Shooting Sports Program Coordinator; raffle winner Dick Rosenberger; and Ike Miley, member, OHC. The Adams County 4-H Shooting Sports Program recently held its second annual Chili Dinner and Auction Fundraiser. The event, held at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church Hall in West Union, raised more than $2,400. Funds will be used to purchase equipment and supplies for the program, as well as to provide training for program advisors. Many area residents supported the event with donations and by coming out, eating dinner, and purchasing cakes, baskets, crafts, and other items at the auction. The Adams County Chapter of the Ohio Horsemen’s Council sponsored a raffle of a Henry Golden Boy rifle, and the drawing was held prior to the start of the auction. The rifle was won by Dick Rosenberger, Cincinnati. Rosenberger is an avid sportsman who enjoys target practicing with his two sons. Sam Bolender provided auction services for the evening. The Adams County 4-H
Shooting Sports Program is in its third year. Over the past two years, eight adults and three teens have received training through the Ohio 4-H Shooting Sports Program at Canter’s Cave. These include Nan Knechtly and Don Kamps, coordinators; Jeff Roades, David McDonald, Connie McDonald, Alec and Joel Colón, and Jane and Kevin Smart, Nathan Hayslip, and Matthew Lewis. In 2012, more than 35 area youth were enrolled in one of the shooting sports projects, including riflery, archery, and shotgun. That number is expected to grow in 2013. New this year will be opportunities for youth to work with muzzleloader and pistol projects. To enroll in 4-H shooting sports, a youth must join one of the county’s community-based 4-H clubs prior to the March 1 deadline and must enroll in one of the five available shooting sports projects. To do so, youth must have been at least 9 years old by
January 1. First year members may enroll in archery, riflery, or shotgun. Youth who have completed either the shotgun or the riflery project may enroll in muzzleloader or pistol. In 2012, the Adams County Shooting Sports program received a grant of equipment from the NRA Foundation. Advisors have applied for a similar grant again this year, but have not yet received official notice of funding. Anyone with an interest in the learning more about the Adams County 4-H Shooting Sports Program should contact one of the advisors or call OSU Extension Adams County at 544.2339. 4-H, the positive youth development program of The Ohio State University, is open to all eligible youth without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or disability.
The winners are pictured (L/R): Third Place Mackenzie Toole, 6th grader from North Adams Elementary, Second Place Caitlin Young, 8th grader from North Adams High School and First Place Michael Farrell, 8th grader from North Adams High School. Can you spell abscess grader took home the beau- and Marla Young; First or inertia? If not, you tiful trophies provided by Place Michael Farrell, an might get assistance from the Ohio Valley Education 8th grader from North one of the twenty-one Association. Adams High School, son of spellers representing The are as follows: Mike and Nancy Farrell. grades four through eight Third Place Mackenzie Each speller also in the Adams County Ohio Toole, a 6th grader from received a spelling bee pin Valley District Spelling North Adams Elementary, from the Adams County Bee, held at West Union daughter of Eric and Lisa Chamber of Commerce. Elementary on the evening Toole; Second Place Congratulations to all the of February 12. After sev- Caitlin Young, an 8th grad- contestants for their particeral challenging rounds, er from North Adams High ipation in this challenging two eighth and one sixth School, daughter of Chris competition.
West Union Cub Scouts of Pack 260 Pinewood Derby
Bazinga! Canter's Cave Offers STEM Camp What do your children or grandchildren want to be when they grow up? Do they want to be scientists, doctors, or engineers? What about farmers or video game designers? Maybe they want to work with animals? Or would they rather play with computers? A few days at STEM Camp might help them decide. And, they’ll have fun along the way! Boys and girls completing 5th through 7th grades this spring from an eleven-county region in southern Ohio are invited to attend STEM Camp at Canter's Cave this summer. The region includes Adams, Brown, Gallia, Jackson, Highland, Lawrence, Meigs, Pike, Ross, Scioto, and Vinton counties. The camp is being planned and implemented by OSU Extension professionals from several of these counties. Both 4-H and non-4-H youth are invited to attend. The camp will begin after dinner on Tuesday, June 4, and end late morning on Thursday, June 6. It will be held at the Elizabeth L. Evans Outdoor Education Center/Canter’s Cave 4-H Camp in Jackson, Ohio. The camp is an ideal setting for such
a program, offering an abundance of natural resources and traditional camp activities. During the three-day, two night camp, participants will participate in both special workshops focused on STEM and in some of those traditional camp activities – with a STEM twist. What's STEM? It stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. But, this camp won't feel the least bit like school. Participants will select one STEM area to explore indepth. Choices include Rocket Science, Robotics, Nature Science, Food Science, Animal Science, Medical Science, or Alternative Energy. They’ll do lots of hands-on activities and learn about careers in the field. They'll also go on a field trip, enjoy team building "engineering" challenges at the pool, and learn about the science of fire while enjoying a traditional campfire. And, they may have to learn something about food science as they work together to prepare their evening snacks. The fee to participate in STEM Camp is just $50 per camper. Adams County 4-H members will pay only $30; non4-H youth will pay the full fee.
Only the first 90 registrants will be accepted, and all registrations are due by May 1. Registered youth will receive additional information and forms through the mail which will need to be completed and returned prior to the start of camp. An event brochure/registration is available on the web at http://adams.osu.edu. For more information, contact Carolyn L. Belczyk, Extension Educator, 4H Youth Development, OSU Extension Adams County via phone at 937.544.2339 or email at belczyk.1@osu.edu. STEM Camp is sponsored in part by a grant from the Ohio 4-H Foundation, a grant from the South Central Region Endowment Fund, and OSU Extension in Adams, Brown, Gallia, Highland, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Pike, Ross, Scioto, and Vinton counties. Camp is open to all youth completing 5th through 7th grades this spring, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or disability. Youth do not have to be currently enrolled in the county’s 4-H program to participate in STEM Camp.
Open House Planned at Southern State Southern State Community College will host Open House events in March on all four campus locations for high school seniors and anyone interested in learning more about becoming a Southern State student. On Saturday, March 2, events will be held from 9-11 a.m. on South Campus (12681 U.S. 62, near Sardinia) and from 1-3 p.m. on Central Campus (100 Hobart Drive, Hillsboro). On Saturday, March 9, events will be held from 9-11 a.m. on Fayette Campus (1270 U.S. Route 62 SW, Washington C.H.) and from 1-3 p.m. on North Campus (1850
Davids Drive, Wilmington). At an Open House, attendees will learn about: · Admission—With no mandatory grade point averages or specific test requirements, it’s easy to apply for admission to Southern State. · Financial Aid—Need assistance paying for college? You’ll be guided through the grants, loans, scholarships and work study opportunities available to students. · Advising—A central resource while in college, advisors help students explore and declare a major, and assist with
course selection. · Tutoring—To help ensure students’ success, the Tutoring Center provides free, quality academic assistance. · Career & Counseling Services—Need help clarifying your life and career goals? No worries. The college’s Office of Career & Counseling Services is here to help. For more information on the upcoming Open House events, please contact Sherry MacDowell at 1-800-628-7722, ext. 2515, or smacdowell@sscc.edu, or visit www.sscc.edu/openhouse.
4-H Hog Clinic Scheduled A 4-H Hog Clinic has been scheduled to help 4-H and FFA members enrolled in the market hog project learn the skills needed to successfully raise and show a market hog at the 2013 Adams County Fair. The clinic, set for Saturday morning, March 2, will help members and their families learn about biosecurity, how to feed their market hogs to an appropriate weight by fair time, and about what the market is looking for in a hog. Participants in the clinic will receive both their Ohio youth quality assurance and youth pork quality assurance certifications for the year. The clinic will run from 8:30-11:00 a.m. in the Wayne Township Community Center in Cherry Fork (Cherry Fork Gym), located on State Route136 in Cherry Fork. Among the presenters will be a feed representative sponsored by W. C. Milling in Seaman; Logan Edenfield with Producers Stockyards; Chad
McDowell of McDowell Farms, Seaman; and Carolyn Belczyk, Extension Educator, with OSU Extension Adams County. The need for the clinic became apparent two years ago, when many of the project animals presented for exhibition at the fair weighed either much more or much less than the acceptable market weight for that species. In consultation with stockyard representatives, Junior Fair Board members, and Extension educators, the Senior Fair Board voted in 2012 to change its show and sale rules. Animals that don’t make weight will be allowed to show, but they will not be permitted to go through the Livestock Sale. This rule places an increased burden on the educational component of the 4-H and FFA programs and presents a challenge to members and their families to have their animals make weight at fair. The weight range for market hog in 2013 is
once again 220-280 pounds. The 4-H Hog Clinic is open to all interested 4-H and FFA members from Adams and neighboring counties. Youth will need to arrive and register between 8:15 and 8:30 a.m., and they must remain on site until 11:00 a.m. in order to receive their youth pork quality assurance certification. The clinic targets younger or less experienced hog project members, although any member is welcome. For more information about the clinic or any of the OSU Extension youth educational programs, contact Carolyn Belczyk at belczyk.1@cfaes.osu.edu or via telephone at 937.544.2339. 4-H, the positive youth development program of The Ohio State University, is open to all eligible youth without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or disability.
Pictured are the winners of the Pinewood Derby holding their trophies. They are from front to back, (L/R): Kody Hamilton, Tristan Furnish, Blake Baldwin, Osiris Grooms, Cayse Chamblin, Orion Grooms, Tye McKee, Jackson Cooper, Tyler Kemp, Cory Potts, Chad Long, Corey Rigdon, Jachin Irwin, Christopher Schulz, James Hess, Jacob Kemp, Dylan Parks, Skylar Temple, Ian Bradford, Blake Waller and Elijah Wickerham. The Cub Scouts of Pack 1st , 2nd, and 3rd for the Tigers The West Union Cub 260 held their Annual (1st grade), Wolfs (2nd grade), Scouts would like to thank all Pinewood Derby Race on Bears (3rd grade), and the people who made this Saturday, January 19, at the Webelos (4th & 5th grades). Derby Race possible with a West Union Fire Station. The An overall best car for speed special Thank You to the West boys (and parents) worked to trophy was awarded. There Union Fire Department and get their wooden cars ready for were also trophies for 1st, 2nd Chief Jerry Kirker for the use the race time of 3:00 p.m. and 3rd for the best car design. of the fire station for the afterAround 3 hours later after the The three top speed winners noon. A special Thank You to dust had settled and the last from each division are now all the parents and relatives of cars had raced we had winners eligible for the Tecumseh the Cub Scouts. Without your in all divisions. Trophies were District Derby Race to be held help and cooperation the Cub awarded for the fastest cars for in Portsmouth in March. Scouts would not exist.
East Tiffin Aggies 4H Club Meet The first meeting of the East Tiffin Aggies 4H Club was held on January 29. The main highlight of the meeting was the election of club officers. They are as follows: President: India Bradford Vice-President: Noah Wickerham
Treasurer: Rebekah McCarty Secretary: Caitlyn Cooper Enviromentalist: Elijah Wickerham Health & Safety: Grant McCarty Reporter: Alyssa Grooms The next meeting will be Tuesday, February 26.
ACRMC Scholarship Applications Available Applications for various scholarship programs are now available for 2013 graduates and other individuals pursuing health related careers. The scholarships available are as follows: · ACRMC Board of Trustees Health Related Scholarships o 4 $1000.00 scholarships are given to 2013 High School graduates o The applicants must be in a health related field o There is no commitment to return to Adams County o An OVCTC student applicant will be categorized with his/her home school · $500 Phyllis Mosier Nursing Scholarship o One $500 award will be given to a 2013 High School graduate, preferably from West Union High School o Applicants have to be accepted in an accredited Registered Nursing program · $500 ACRMC Employee Child Scholarship o One $500 award given to a current year graduating child of an ACRMC employee o Employee can be fulltime, part-time or pool o Applicant does not have to be pursuing a career in a health-related field
o Child does not have to be a student in the local school district · ACRMC Auxiliary Health Related Scholarship o Varying amount given to selected individual(s) who are pursuing a health related degree o Is not limited to current year graduate o Must commit to return to Adams County to practice o Annually renewable · Johnson Memorial Health Related Scholarship o Varying monetary awards given to individuals o Is not limited to current year graduates o Applicant must be pursuing a career in a health-related field o Must commit to return to Adams County to practice o Annually renewable · Adams County Health Related (aka David E. Pixley Memorial) Scholarship o 1 scholarship will be given to a 2013 graduate of any Adams County School o The amount of the Scholarship will vary o The applicant has to plan to pursue a career in a health related field o The ACRMC Scholarship Committee will interview applicants and select
a recipient, but award will actually be dispersed via the Scioto County Area Foundation (SCAF). o The application for this award is separate from all other ACRMC scholarships. The “Scioto Co. Area Foundation Application and Financial Needs Assessment” must be completed and their procedure for filing it must be followed for this award. o The application is available at the Guidance Counselor’s office. Scholarship applications are currently available at all Adams County Schools in the Guidance Counselors office. Completed packets must be turned in to Carol Thomas, ACRMC Administrative Assistant, 230 Medical Center Drive, Seaman, OH, 45679, no later than 4:00 p.m. on March 29, 2013. The application packet for the Adams County Health Related Scholarship, funded through the Scioto County Area Foundation, must follow their specific guidelines and be submitted to them by their specified deadlines. These are also available in the Guidance Counselors office. For any further information please contact Carol Thomas at 937386-3001.
10 - Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - The Informer
Local Sports
Lady Indians Take First Round Win Dragons Fall First Round
By Britney Bennington, Informer Sports The Peebles Lady Indians traveled to Valley High for their first round tournament action on Thursday, February 14. The Indians matched up with the Piketon Lady Redstreaks for an entertaining game. The night started out slow for both teams with the score being 5-0 Piketon lead with 2:45 minutes left in the first with Sidney Pell breaking the drought for the Lady Indians with the first basket of the game. Hayleigh Swayne hit a three to close the first period 5-7 with Lady Redstreaks still leading. Peebles came out stronger in the second. "Lets get physical" being an understatement for both teams each started throwing a lot of elbows and body checks led to the refs calling numerous fouls and some not even being called leaving coaches hollering and the crowd roaring. The Lady Indians Taylor Brown got the Lady Indians going driving the lane going for the shot, but was fouled. Brown missed the first free throw, but re-grouped and made the second. Piketon's Kalen Jenkins came down the floor putting up a reverse layup giving Pikerton 2. The Lady Indians brought the ball down the floor giving it to Pell. RedStreaks Tara Carver fouled Pell taking her to the stripe making both. Piketon brought the ball down, but with the tough Lady Indians tribe defense forced the Lady Redstreaks back over the half point line calling the over and back. A time out was called by Peebles Coach Vohn Hoop with 3:38 minutes to go and the Lady Indians still down by 2. The Lady Redstreaks Aleah Pelphrey fouled Pell coming off the time out taking her to the line putting in both and tied up the game. The Redstreaks took it down the floor throwing a bad pass with Taylor Brown deflecting the ball dishing it off to Hayleigh Swayne making the easy layup. The Lady RedStreaks brought the ball in bounds, but was quickly stolen. Pell pulled up for the three letting the net rip. The RedStreaks instantly called a time out with Peebles finally leading the game 14-11 . The last minute ticked down before the half with neither team scoring leaving the ball game 14-11 at the half. The third period started with the Lady Indians popping the first 5 points leaving the RedStreaks scoreless in the first minute and
half of play. Peebles Alex McFarland fouled Piketons Payton Reuter. Reuter made the first, but missing the second free throw, Lady Indians Brown rebounded driving the ball down the floor passing the ball to Swayne who pulled up from the stripe to hit 2. Piketon turned the ball over on the next possession allowing Brooke Justice to make a jump shot putting 2 more on the board with Swayne hitting a three from the corner the next possession bringing the score to 26-12 with 2:17 minutes left in the third. At the two minute marker Peebles turned on the full court press causing another turnover for Piketon. Baylee Wallace went for the jump shot with Piketons Lawhorn fouling Wallace. Wallace went 2 for 2 from the stripe. Piketon dribbled down the floor getting to the top of the key with Pell coming up from behind swiping the ball from Piketon to gain control taking it down the court passing it to Brown. Brown drove down the lane but was fouled. Brown made the first but missed the second ending the third 29-12. Both Teams came out with a tight defense leaving neither team scoring in the first 2:00 minutes of the fourth. Hayleigh Swayne brought the Indians out of the slump putting one in from under the rim. Piketons Aleah Pelphrey fouled #32 Pell taking Piketon into foul problems and Pell to the line to shoot missing the first, but grabbing the second. Piketons Kalen Jenkins took the ball down driving straight into Peebles Taylor Browns planted her feet causing the Ref to call the charge with the crowd roaring. The last few minutes ticked away with Piketons players fouling and taking Pell and Brown to the free throw line to add to their score giving them the victory over The Lady Redstreaks 36-17 sending them to the second round leaving them to play Lynchburg on Saturday back at Valley. Coach Vohn Hoop said," It was what we expected, It was a struggle but we knew that, any win in tournament time is great. We need to shoot a little better and keep up our intensity on defense." Sidney Pell was named Player of the Game with one offensive rebound, 4 def. rebounds, 3 steals and one assist. Taylor Brown contributed with 3 assists and Baylee Wallace crashed the boards with 2 offensive rebounds and 8 defensive rebounds.
Venture Hawks Head to Olympics The Venture Hawks played this week against Scioto Trails. The Hawks won 91-42 bringing their seasn to 6 wins and 2 losses. The Hawks played good as a team and bringing in $1,400 for the Special Olympics. The split the pot had a big pot bringing in $350 giving $175 to the winning ticket. The Half time show was the Hawks cheerleaders doing a dance routine entertaining the crowd and players. The Super Fan award went to Randy Adams who wore a cape and was signed by the teams. His picture was taken with
the team wearing the cape. The Venture Hawks have one game left to be played Wednesday, Feb. 20, at Oliver School starting at 11:00 a.m. The Hawks team will then head to Xavier University for the Special Olympics of Ohio on Friday, March 8, for single Elimination Tournament. Come out and support the Venture Hawks at their last game and help follow them to Xavier. The Hawks have made Adams County proud with a great record this year and a nice win over Scioto Trail. Keep up the good work!
Peebles Youth Sports Organization Baseball & Softball Sign-ups Peebles Youth Sports Organization will hold their baseball and softball sign-ups for girls and boys ages 4 through a Senior in high school, at the Peebles Life Squad Building from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on
Saturday, March 2, Monday, March 4, Wednesday, March 6 and Friday, March 8. For more information call Jason McElwee at 937-588-2016 or email to www.peeblesyouthsports@yahoo.com.
Sunset Bowling scores High Game Scratch Male 283 . . . . . . . . . . .Ed Clos 278 . . . . . . . .Brian Ratliff 268 . . . . . . .Kevin Gaffin 267 . . . . . . . .Aaron Lehr 258 . . . . . . . . .Rob Davis 256 . . . . . . .Dave Tucker 234 . . . . . . .Billy Newton 233 . . . . .Rob Thompson 233 . . . . . . .Glenn Arnold 230 . . . . .Kent Edenfield 229 . . . . . . .Bruce Marois 228 . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fuzzy 225 . . . . . . .Glenn Arnold 225 . . . . . . . . .Gary Tolle 222 . . . . . . .Bryon Kirker 219 . . . . .Mike Downing
218 216 214 212 212
. . . . . .Shawn Palmer . . . . . .Donnie Kirker . . . . . . . .Jim Wheeler . . . . . . . . .Gary Tolle . . . . . . . .Mike Storer
High Game Scratch Female 209 . . . .Cheryl Longacre 192 . . . . . . .Carol Tincher 181 . . . .Dorothy Geeslin 178 . . . . . . .Joyce Demint 169 . . . . .Jasmine Osman 167 . . . . . . .Billie Burton 166 . . . . . .Keresna Cook 158 . . . .Ruth Wickerham 145 . . . . .Tracy Skidmore
Benefit Supper & Auction for Roy Cooper and family. Friday February 22, beginning at 6:00 p.m. with auction at 8:00 p.m. at the Ohio Valley Career and Technical Center. Roy lost his home and all of his material possessions in a fire in January. Roy is a life long resident of Adams County an active member of his community and a teacher at the OVCTC. For more information please contact Steve White at 937-681-8099, Brent Harper at 937-205-1831 or Mary Harper at 937-205-1832.
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125 . . . .Linda Lefrancois 123 Marjorie Swearingen High Series Scratch Male 781 . . . . . . . .Brian Ratliff 776 . . . . . . . . . . .Ed Clos 740 . . . . . . . . .Rob Davis 706 . . . . . . . .Aaron Lehr 671 . . . . . . .Kevin Gaffin 652 . . . . . . .Dave Tucker 631 . . . . . . .Glenn Arnold 627 . . . . . . . . .Gary Tolle 626 . . . . .Kent Edenfield 616 . . . . . . .Bruce Marois 613 . . . . . . .Bryon Kirker 611 . . . . .Mike Downing 592 . . . . . . . .Mike Storer 587 . . . . . . .Matt Wheeler 584 . . . . . . . . .Gary Tolle 581 . . . . . . .Billy Newton 579 . . . . . .Shawn Palmer 577 . . . . . . . . . .Joe Waltz 577 . . . . . . . . . . .Ed Clos High Series Scratch Female 596 . . . .Cheryl Longacre 561 . . . . . . .Carol Tincher 483 . . . . . . .Joyce Demint 476 . . . .Dorothy Geeslin 473 . . . . .Jasmine Osman 456 . . . . . . .Billie Burton 449 . . . . . .Keresna Cook 438 . . . .Ruth Wickerham 373 . . . . .Tracy Skidmore 365 . . . .Linda Lefrancois 344 Marjorie Swearingen
By Britney Bennington, Informer Sports It might have been Valentines Day, but it wasn't so sweet for Coach Shannon Staggs West Union Lady Dragons at Valley High. The Lady Dragons went to face the LynchburgClay Mustangs in first round tournament action. Lynchburg came out strong showing complete confidence with Emma Setty put in the first basket. West Union turned the ball over the next possession giving Sarah Rosselot the open basket putting it up for 2. Lynchburg kept pounding the boards putting in shots with it looking like nothing was going to slow them down. Coach Staggs called a time out for West Union hoping to break the Mustangs stride, but Lynchburg came back out with Laney Lewis having back to back steals making baskets each time. With 4:27 minutes to go the score was 18-0. West Union put the ball in Natasha Barrs hands pulling up for the jumper putting the first two points on the board, but unfortunately that would be the only bucket the Lady Dragons would make in the first period leaving the score 30-2. West Union tried to come out in the second with some momentum but the baskets wouldn't fall and Lynchburg wouldn't let up. Lynchburgs Laney Lewis put in 12 points in the second with Maddy Creighton following with 7. The Dragon's CeCe Howard was fouled
and went to the foul line making both baskets. Natasha Barr went to the stripe making 1 for 2 leaving the Lady Dragoons down 48-5 at the half. Marci Schneider was able to put in one basket in the third period, but Emma Setty came to play making 4 field goals and Lewis adding 4 points ending the third 65-7. The Lady Dragon's Michelle Smith came out playing strong in the fourth wanting to finish her last game battling in 2 field goals and making both her free throws giving her 6 points in the fourth more than the team had scored the entire game. Howard added a basket to give West Union 8 in the fourth, but taking a big loss to Lynchburg 75-15. Lynchburgs Coach Whitney Lewis said, "We played well coming out strong and that's what you have to do at tournament time to survive. Maddy Creighton came off the bench playing good for us. We hope to keep it up in the next round." Lynchburg High Scorers: Player of the Game Setty- 20 Creighton-13 Lewis-12 West Union Scorers: Smith-6 Howard-4 Barr-3 Schneider-2
Lady Devils Win Over Hunstmen By Britney Bennington, Informer Sports The North Adams Lady Devils traveled to Valley High Thursday night, Feb. 13, to meet the Hunington Lady Hunstmen for the first round of Girls Tournament action. With a large crowd for the Lady Devils following them to Valley High the bleachers were full of excited fans waiting to see if The Lady Devils would continue their season and move closer to the state championship. "I don't want this to be my last game coach," Emily Fite told Coach Rob Davis in the locker room. Fite went out onto the court with all she had leaving it all on the court. "Emily had the best game of her career offensively tonight," Coach Davis said. Tip off began with the Lady Huntsmen grabbing the ball bringing it to their end, but with bad passing quickly threw the ball out of bounds giving the Devils their first possession leading Brittany Stout to pull up for the three but miss with Fite rebounding putting it back up for 2 giving Fite the first bucket of the game. The Lady Huntsmen got the ball back down to their end only for them to turn it over the Lady Devils shot and missed with Fite again rebounding the ball tipping it in and drawing the foul giving Fite a three point play. The Lady Devils continued to show good perimeter passing leaving #14 Karly Boerger open for the perimeter shot but was fouled. Boerger headed to the stripe making both free throws. Hunington took the ball out of bounds getting the ball to half court Staci Dinsmore stole the ball for the Devils making a crisp pass to Fite putting up a gentle layup giving her 2 more on the night and Dinsmore the assist. Huningtons Coach Bridenbaugh called a time out with 4:44 minutes to go and the score board reading 9-0. The Lady Devils came out playing excellent defense being very aggressive going to the floor and scrambling for the ball. Fite pulled the ball out going for the fast-break but missed reboundingher own ball tipping it in for two. Makayla Jodrey finally warmed up for NA making an under the rim shot for her first two points on the night. Huningtons Ariel Sams finally made the first basket for the Lady Huntsmen with 2:50 minutes remaining in the first. Fite quickly answered back with a shot from the top of the arc adding three to the scoreboard for the Lady Devils. Huntsmens Sams brought the ball down the court setting up for the shot but was fouled by NA Dinsmore taking her to the free throw line making both putting the score 15-4 with 2:00 minutes left. The Ladys Hunstmens Shania Irwin was able to put in 2 before the Lady Devils Jodrey hit back-to-back jumpers just before the buzzer sounded leaving North Adams with a large lead 22-6. With the second quarter starting and Carolane Cox making the first basket for the Lady Hunstmen it looked like Hunington might turn up the heat and fight their way back but Staci Dinsmore and Brittany Stout made back-to-back jumpers discouraging the Lady Huntsmen. North Adams showed a quick paced game with Fite, Boerger, and Jodrey, grabbing steals and following up with repeat fast-breaks by Fite and one from Jodrey giving NA 6 fast points. The Lady Huntsmen were able to slow down and start passing better for Jacqueline Kellough to hit a field goal . Kellough was fouled the next possession while shooting and took it to the stripe making both free throws giving her 4 points in the second period. Sams hit a three just before the half time buzzer
bringing to score to 34-15 heading into the locker room. Starting the second stanza both teams came out with a full court press. The North Adams bench stepped up with six team mates scoring in the third Taylor Gast and Rylee Copas contributed a three a piece along with Copas also making 2 free throws. Kayla Baker went to the line and was 2 for 2. Emily Fite never slowed down adding 5 more to her tally in the third . The Hunington Huntsmen picked up the pace scoring double digits in the third making 12 points with Jacqueline Kellough having 6 of them. The fourth quarter started with Hunington down 53-27 when Jillian Snyder was called for an intentional foul for shoving. Fite went to the stripe making both shots plus getting the ball back bringing it in from the side line. A nice lob pass was thrown into Fite popping one in of the back board. The Huntsmens Sams was able to put in a jumper for two. NA Tori Todd made a long jumper the next possession putting her in the scorers column. With 3:57 minutes remaining the score was 61-29. The Lady Huntsmen started getting sloppier and you could tell they had given up turning over the ball and throwing shots up. Kayla Lemaster was able to hit a field goal for Hunington along with Shania Irvin making one last attempt hitting a three from the corner. The final buzzer sounded with a score 62-34 advancing The Lady Devils to round 2. They will play the winner of Northwest and Minford game on Saturday back at Valley High. Coach Davis said, "It was a good first round, the girls came out strong and got Hunington down early and stayed ahead. If we play as good as we did tonight we should do well. Emily played her best offensive game ever tonight, she definitely didn't want it to be her last game. The bench got good playing time and scored well. " North Adams Lady Devils High Scorers: E.Fite- 29 Jodrey-10 Copas-5 Gast-5 Hunington Lady Hunstmen Scorers: Sams-11 Kellough-10
Brown Visits Sister - Lady Indians Win By Britney Bennington, Informer Sports Soldier Zach Brown was in from Fort Cambell for the weekend and came to support his sister Taylor Brown playing for the Peebles Lady Indians at Valley High School on Valentines Day. We salute you Zach Brown for all that you and the many other soldiers we have out there that are away from their families on the holidays. It was nice to see Brown at the game in his uniform rooting on his home team and sister.
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Local Sports Lady Indians Sectional Champs Cinderella Story for Lady Hounds
By Britney Bennington, Informer Sports Back to Valley High on Saturday February 16, the Peebles Indians fans traveled to watch the Lady Indians battle it out with the Lynchburg Mustangs who had brought down the West Union Lady Dragons in the first round tournament action. This would be the Lady Indians 3rd match up of the year with the Mustangs with both teams each having a win on their home courts this game would be the tiebreaker game and to see who would move on to be the Sectional Champs. Lynchburg came off with the first basket by Laney Lewis and after that the tempo slowed. Taylor Brown hit a three from the top of the key with 4:45 left in the first to put the Lady Indians first points on the board. Hayleigh Swayne was fouled the next possession making her foul shot missing the second. Sidney Pell drove the ball down the lane putting it in for 2 bring the score to 6-2. Peebles grabbed the lead and never looked back.Swayne went back to the free throw line right before the end of the first making the first, but missing the second bringing the end of the first with Peebles leading 7-4. The second quarter started with Peebles Taylor Brown coming out and taking charge picking up the defense. Brown planted her feet while Morgan Fittro drove into her with the ref calling the Offensive Foul. Brown had the ball going up for the shot with Emma Setty fouling Taylor taking her to the Line,.
Taylor made the first but missed the second. Peebles Coach Vohn Hoop called a full timeout with 4:05 minutes to go in the first half with the low score of 8-5 Peebles lead. The Lady Indians Brooke Justice fouled Lynchburgs Lewis with her missing one and making one. Indians brought the ball down with dishing it off to Baylee Wallacel under the rim her putting it up for 2. Mustangs Shelbea Stewart fouled Pell on the next possession taking her to the line for Bonus shooting making 2 free throws and bringing the score to 12-6 with 1:12 till the half. Lynchburgs Laney Lewis went down on the court hitting her knee and after some time was carried off the floor with an injury that would put her out for the rest of the game and cause Lynchburg to fall apart. The Lady Indians Hayleigh Swayne hit a three to end the half with a lead 17-7. Hayleigh Swayne Sidney Pell and Bayleigh Wallace continued to pound the boards and hit shot after shot bringing the score to 37-14 at the end of the third. It didn't stop there though the Peebles Lady Indians kept driving the ball dishing it under the rim and Swayne hitting shots from every where having one of her best games. Peebles sailed by the Lynchburg Mustangs 50-25 taking them to the District Semi Finals against Ironton on Thursday, February21, with tip-off at 8:00 p.m. Hayleigh Swayne was named Player of the Game with 18 points followed by Pell with 14, Wallace with 12 and Brown 4.
By Britney Bennington, Informer Sports It may have been Valentines Day for some, but the Manchester Lady Hounds was not showing much love for the Western Lady Indians. Manchester traveled to Northwest High School to battle it out with The Lady Indians and after a long over due win P.J. Wagner's Lady Hounds got one when it counted. The Indians Tribe put up the first basket in the first :40 seconds of play, but that would be the only time Western would lead. The Hounds dug down deep and kicked it into high gear putting 5 points on the board within the first 2:00 minutes. The Lady Hounds looked like a brand new team playing together and showing their true talent when it really mattered. Hannah Rideout turned it on putting in 2 field goals in the first with Morgan Johnson matching her with 2. Haylee Adams fired a three in and added a field goal helping her team to a 17-6 lead at the end of the first. The Lady Indians were no match for the Greyhounds the second quarter either as the Lady Hounds came out pouring it on just as they did the first. Hannah Rideout kept her stride giving her team 6 more points in the second. Tess Burns came out shooting hitting two field goals and was 2 for 2 from
the free throw line. The Greyhound were 5/6 from the line in the second quarter bringing the score to 36-13 at the half. Even with a comfortable lead the Lady Greyhounds didn't slow down in the third, they were on a roll playing as a team with Rainelle Casey hitting 2 jumpers. The Indians tribe tried to give one more comeback adding 10 points to their score, which would be their highest scoring quarter. The Greyhounds finished the third with a hefty lead 4523. The Lady Greyhounds came out in the fourth a little slower than the rest of the game, but Adams put in another 4 points giving her the high scorer of the night with 12 points. The Manchester Lady Greyhounds won the Sectional Championship and will be heading to District Semi Finals on Thursday, February 21, at Jackson High School the tip-off is 6:15 p.m. Manchester Lady Greyhounds High Scorers: Adams-12 Casey-11 Rideout-10 Burns-6 Joihnson-6
Lady Devils Slip in Second Round By Britney Bennington, Informer Sports The North Adams Lady Devils headed back to Valley High to match up with Northwest Lady Mohawks in the Sectional Finals on Saturday, February 16. The Lady Devils started the first period rough with North Adams in foul trouble leaving them with Emily Fite on the bench with 2 fouled herself after scoring 7 of the teams 16 points in the first quarter.North Adams didn't seem to be able to keep hold of the ball having 4 turnovers as well in the first, but managed to keep a lead at the end of the first period 16-11. The Lady Mohawks came out stronger in the second hitting baskets and moving the ball catching up the score quickly North Adams Jodrey stepped up hitting 2 field goals and a
free throw bringing The Lady Devils down by one with 1:48 to go and the score reading 23-24. Lady Devils Boerger was fouled and went to the line missing the first but making the second tieing up the game only for The Devils to foul again and the MoHawks making both free throws. North Adams turned the ball over giving the Mohawks another basket . North Adams regained the ball passing it around the perimeter giving it to Taylor Gast who didn't see the time ticking down, the buzzer went off with her still holding the ball. The score going into the locker room was the Lady Mohawks 28 and the Lady Devils 2. The second stanza started with the Lady Mohawks hitting the first basket. Rylee Copas brought the ball around the arc for the Lady Devils pulling up for the three but was fouled going to the stripe to shoot three. Copas
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