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OFFICIALS LAY wreathes at the Memorial of the Colleville sur Mer, western France, Thursday on the day of the comAmerican military cemetery, during a ceremony in Colleville memoration of the 69th anniversary of the D-Day.

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COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — Veterans of the 1944 Normandy landings gathered Thursday at the site of history’s largest amphibious invasion for a day of ceremonies marking D-Day’s 69th anniversary.

Around two dozen US vets, some in their old uniforms pinned with medals, stood

and saluted during a wreathlaying ceremony at the memorial overlooking Omaha Beach, where a U.S. cemetery holds the remains of over 9,000 Americans who died during the vicious battle to storm the French beach under withering Nazi fire.

Commemorations of the June, 6, 1944, battle began in

respectful silence early Thursday morning, with the starsand-stripes raised in a quiet ceremony at the cemetery.

Tourists, many from the U.S. and Britain, gathered under a brilliant spring sky to witness the flag-raising amid the neat rows of thousands of white marble crosses and stars of David marking the

Obituaries and/or death notices for the following people appear on Page 3 today: • Myra P. Kindred • David Shiley • Urban A. Bushur Jr. • Oren Robert Jones • Adelia Irene Sprinkle • Richard L. “Dick” Copas

graves of U.S. servicemen and women fallen in the Allied invasion of Normandy.

On June 6, 1944, Allied forces led by General Dwight D. Eisenhower stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, on “D-Day,” beginning the liberation of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II.

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TODAY’S THOUGHT “The slight that can be conveyed in a glance, in a gracious smile, in a wave of the hand, is often the ne plus ultra of art.

What insult is so keen or so keenly felt, as the polite insult which it is impossible to resent?”

— Julia Kavanagh, Irish novelist (1824-1877) For more on today in history, turn to Page 5.

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A SMALL memorial has been placed at the location on Ohio 47 (Michigan Street) where a Lehman Catholic High School student was killed in late April. Plans are being developed to improve the safety of the busy section of Ohio 47, including a traffic light at the above entrance to the Walmart shopping center.

Safety plan update Ohio 47 construction to begin next year

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City Engineering Manager Plans are in the works for Randy Magoto said the Ohio safety improvements on a sec- Department of Transportation of Ohio 47 (Michigan tion’s project of reducing the Street) that has been the danger associated with Ohio scene of two fatal crashes in 47 from Kuther Road to Vanrecent years, the most recent demark Road has been in the of which claimed the life of a planning stages for more than

a year. Construction is expected to begin next year.

The most prominent feature of the plan is the installation of a stop light on Ohio 47 at the center entrance to the Walmart shopping center.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A leaked document has laid bare the monumental scope of the government’s surveillance of Americans’ phone records — hundreds of millions of calls — in the first hard evidence of a massive data collection program aimed at combating terrorism under powers granted by Congress after the 9/11 attacks.

At issue is a court order, first disclosed Wednesday by The Guardian newspaper in Britain, that requires the communications company to turn over on an “ongoing, daily basis” the records of all landline and mobile telephone calls of its customers, both within the U.S. and between the U.S. and other countries. Intelligence experts said the government, though not listening in on calls, would be looking for patterns that could lead to terrorists — and that there was every reason to believe similar orders were in place for other phone companies.

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Pump it up: Gas nears $4 a gallon CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio motorists are getting a sinking feeling as they pull up to the pumps this week. Gas prices are way up and now are hovering around $4 a gallon.

Rising oil prices amid fears about refinery problems in the Great Lakes have pushed pump prices up over the dreaded $4 mark at some stations across the state. Others are almost there.

According to auto club AAA, the state average for a gallon of regular gas was $3.93 on Thursday, an increase of 9 cents from Wednesday and 27 cents higher than a week ago. Meanwhile, the national average Thursday was $3.63, up just 2 cents from a week ago.

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OFFICER MIKE McRill speaks with two people as he investigates a head-on collision on Ohio 47, just east of the Fourth Avenue intersection, shortly before 3 p.m. Thursday. One person was transported by the Sidney Rescue Squad to nearby Wilson Memorial Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Preliminary indications are the car at right was going the wrong way on eastbound Ohio 47. No other information was available Thursday evening.

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Police log THURSDAY -3:34 a.m.: domestic.

Two people advised police that they were assaulted in a domestic incident in the 500 block of South Main Avenue.

WEDNESDAY -8:21 p.m.: drug arrest. Police arrested Jerry S. Hughes, 49, 421 1/2 S. Ohio Ave., for possession of drugs (heroin).

-4:51 p.m.: theft.

Linda D. Hammons, 522 E. Court St., Apt. B, reported the theft of prescription medication valued at $10.

-4:49 p.m.: warrants. Officers arrested Earmel Dotson, 58, 9460 Crowl Road, DeGraff, and Michael Dotson, 37, of the same address, on warrants.

-3:56 p.m.: burglary.

Police received a report that the Alisha M. Sanders residence, 206 Lane St., was burglarized.

-1:09 p.m.: theft.

Michael D. Lescowitch, 603 N. Miami Ave., reported the theft of prescription medicine from his mail. Loss was set $40.

-11:40 a.m. burglary. John E. Weigandt, 134 E. Robinwood St.,

COUNTY Sheriff’s log THURSDAY -1:50 a.m.: accident.

Deputies responded to a property damage accident in the 7800 block of Ta w a w a - M a p l e w o o d Road.

WEDNESDAY -9:37 p.m.: theft. A resident at 14377 Sharp Road reported the theft of a wood swing set.

told police a man entered his residence and stole a can of soda.

Joseph L. Stone, 38, 225 Queen St., was arrested for burglary.

TUESDAY -11:56 a.m.: theft.

Hoy L. Werter Jr., 621 Fourth Ave., reported someone entered his residence and stole a laptop computer, a glass Scottie dog powder dish, Scottie necklace, a silver necklace, earrings, 66 rings, 45 bracelets, two watches and a glass container. Loss was set at $9,725.

Accident A Sidney woman suffered minor injuries when she hit the gas pedal instead of the brake and her vehicle struck the Frisch’s Big Boy restaurant building at 5:26 p.m.

Wednesday.

Lois Centers, 75, 902 Sixth Ave., did not require transport to a hospital following the crash.

Police reports state Centers was parked in the restaurant parking lot, 2120 Michigan St., when she became confused and hit the gas pedal instead of the brake. The car went over

Fire, rescue THURSDAY -10:57 a.m.: medical.

Medics responded to the 500 block of North Main Avenue.

WEDNESDAY -8:13 p.m.: medical.

Medics responded to the 300 block of North Ohio Avenue.

-5:29 p.m. injury.

Medics responded to the 2100 block of Michigan Street.

-3:52 p.m.: injury.

Medics responded to the 3000 block of Cisco Road.

-3:48 p.m.: medical.

Medics responded to the 500 block of North Main Avenue.

-1:30 pm.: medical.

Medics responded to the 1200 block of University Drive.

-1:04 p.m.: medical.

Medics responded to the 800 block of Taft Street.

-12:42 p.m.: medical. Medics responded to the 400 block of South Vandemark Road.

-12:12 p.m.: medical.

Medics responded to the 200 block of East South Street.

RECORD -5:37 p.m.: possible theft. Deputies were called to the 7000 block of Ohio 119 on a report of a possible stolen vehicle.

-4:36 p.m.: theft. A resident at 12010 State Route 262, Unit 5, McLean Township, reported the theft of unspecified items.

-1:46 p.m.: assault.

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A Sidney man was bound over to the Shelby County grand jury on a rape charge following a preliminary heari n g We d n e s day in Side y McKenzie n Municipal Court.

Judge Duane Goettemoeller ruled there was probable cause in the rape case against Matthew McKenzie, 24, 736 Country Side Lane, Apt. 5.

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A preliminary hearing has been set for Monday in a burglary charge filed against Susan A. Bender, 49, 11571 State Route 362, Minster. She appeared

JUVENILE COURT The following juvenile traffic offenders appeared recently in Shelby County Juvenile Court (court costs also assessed, unless otherwise noted): • Josh Mast, 16, Sidney, speeding, no operator license, $35.

• Trey Manger, 16, Fort Loramie, operate vehicle with probationary license under 17 with more than one passenger, $35.

• Jesse Gano, 17, Sidney, speeding, $35.

• Terrie Powell, 17, Piqua, failure to drive on right side of roadway, $35.

• Kelsie Webb, 18, Sidney, assured clear distance, $50.

• Sarah Braun, 17, Sidney, failure to control, $35.

• Alexis Deitz, 17, Sidney, assured clear distance, $35.

• Rachelle Maurer, 17, Botkins, speeding, $25.

• Austin Tebbe, 17, Russia, speeding, $35.

The Sidney Cooperative Nursery School has invited all 3-5 year olds for three days of summer fun.

On June 25, the class theme is “Under the Sea,” complete with buried treasures and crafty sea creatures.

On, June 26, the class theme is “Hawaiian Luau.” Each child will participate in a limbo, making leis, and water play.

The final day, June 27, is a “Let’s Get Seussy!” class, with activities structured around Dr.

Seuss stories.

Each class runs from 9:15 to 11:30 a.m., and the cost is $15 per session. Preregistration is required.

Contact the school at 492-9744 to save a space in the classes.

The school is also still accepting registrations for the fall. There are openings in the Nursery class, Kindergarten Readiness class, and Kindergarten Readiness Enrichment class. New for the fall will be an additional optional third day of class,

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Cheyenne Mc• Gough, 16, Port Jefferson, seat belt violation, $30.

• Madilyn Brown, 17, Sidney, speeding, $35.

• Ty Frilling, 16, Minster, speeding, $35.

• Jordan Miller, 16, Sidney, speeding, $35.

• Shane Grieves, 17, Anna, speeding, $35.

• Samantha Sharpe, 17, Sidney, failure to control, $35.

• Hallie Benanzer, 16, Fort Loramie, speeding, $35.

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patched to 999 Riverside Drive on a report report of an assault involving a to Auto Lube and across man and woman. the street from Buckeye Ford.

It is the same location where Patrick WEDNESDAY Pudlewski, 17, of Anna, -2:52 p.m.: park in- pulled from the parking cident. Fort Loramie lot and his car was Police officers were struck by a pickup truck called to investigate an being driven west on unspecified incident at Ohio 47 by Alan Fahnethe village park, 19 stock, 25, 623 Hoewisher Louie St. Road. Pudlewski was -2:33 p.m.: accident. killed in the April 28 Jackson Center Police crash and his father, investigated a one-vehi- Jerome Pudlewski, 65, cle property damage ac- 109 Peridot Drive, Anna, cident in the 200 block of was critically injured.

North Main Street.

Sidney police are con-2:01 p.m.: injury tinuing their investigaaccident. Fort Loramie tion into the crash.

Police investigated an Randy Magoto, city injury accident in the engineering manager, 10000 block of Ohio 66. said plans for making The Fort Loramie Res- safety improvements cue Squad and Fort Lo- from Stolle Avenue to ramie Fire Department Vandemark Road. An also responded to the ODOT study conducted crash. in 2011 revealed there were 35 crashes in that area from 2009-11, including one fatality.

In addition to the THURSDAY traffic study, Magoto -8:05 a.m.: medical. said another factor that The Anna and Jackson it was apparent from Center rescue squads redriving in the area that sponded to 120 Red Bud is dangerous. “From perCircle, Unit 14. sonal experience we WEDNESDAY knew there was a need -5:11 p.m.: medical. for safety improveThe Fort Loramie Resments,” he said. cue Squad responded to Recognizing the probthe 12500 block of Ohio lem, city officials applied 362. for and received a large -1:12 p.m.: medical. state/federal grant, The Houston Rescue which will pay for 90 Squad responded to percent of the $453,000 3303 Chief Tarkee project. The city’s share Court, Washington is approximately Township. $50,000.

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on the charge June 3.

She is also charged with resisting arrest, a misdemeanor.

Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies allege Bender broke into a home at Hardin-Wa3856 pakoneta Road on May 31.

Jeremiah Purk, 34, 333 Enterprise Ave., Apt. A, has been charged

by Sidney Police with burglary in connection with a Monday break-in at 1225 Cinnamon Ridge Lane. He allegedly stole a flatscreen television.

His preliminary hearing has been set for June 12.

Nursery Enrichment, for all children registered in the Nursery class. Classes run from 9 to 11:15 a.m., or 12:45 to 3 p.m.

The Sidney Cooperative Nursery School is a Step Up to Quality award winning preschool serving children in the Sidney and Shelby County areas.

For more information, you can visit www.sidneyco-op.com, call 4929744, or find them on Facebook. The school is located at 2220 N. Main St.

From Page 1 The project design work has been completed and the city is currently obtaining eight easements needed for the project.

“It’s been pretty much one thing right after another,” Magoto said.

“There hasn’t been any down time.”

In addition to the traffic light at the center entrance to the Walmart shopping center, safety improvements also will be made to the east and west entrances.

To prevent drivers from making dangerous left turns onto busy Ohio 47, the parking lot exits will be redesigned with right-turn only lanes, similar to the one at the Kroger supermarket exit onto Ohio 47. A concrete barrier will prevent drivers from making left turns.

Magoto said the city had proposed a connector lane from Aldi’s parking lot into the Walmart lot to allow motorists to exit at the new traffic signal, but efforts to reach an agreement with the private property owners has not been successful.

The project is expected to go out for bid in April 2014, with construction possibly to be completed by August 2014.

Still more safety improvements for Ohio 47 are in the works for 2015. Phase II carries a

$1,220,000 price tag, with a state/federal grant paying for 90 percent of the project.

Magoto said Phase II will involve adding a left turn lane on southbound Vandemark Road to align with turn lanes on the northbound side of the intersection.

Another facet of the project will be bringing Folkerth Avenue and Wayfarer Lane into alignment at the Ohio 47 intersection. Wayfarer Lane will be shifted to the west to bring it into line with Folkerth Avenue.

Magoto said another change planned in Phase II is closing southbound Wilkinson Avenue at Ohio 47. City officials have pointed out the danger of the intersection because of limited sight line to the east as motorists pull out from the stop sign.The Wilkinson Avenue proposal has been the subject of some discussion at Sidney City Council meetings as some opposition to the change has been expressed.

Still another safety measure proposed is a reducing the speed limit from Walnut Avenue to Fifth Avenue from the current 50 mph to 45 mph. Magoto said ODOT officials will be contacted about lowering the speed limit in that area.

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son, Betty and husband Bob Mooris, Glenna Murphy and husband Charlie, all of Sidney; four brothers; Arnold Jones and wife Lorine Jones, of Sidney, James Jones and wife Betty, of Sidney, Earnie Jones and wife Peggy, of Waynesfield, and Verdon Jones and wife Nancy, of Sidney; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held Monday June 10, 2013 at 11 a.m. at the ThompsonMeeker Funeral Home in West Union with Chris Gobin and Earnie Jones officiating. Burial will follow at the Cherry Fork Cemetery.

Visitation will be held Sunday June 9, 2013 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.

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WEST UNION — Oren Robert Jones, 80, of West Union, died Wednesday June 5, 2013, at the Anderson Mercy Hospital.

Mr. Jones was born Aug. 17, 1932, the son of the late Gilson and Dova Jones, in Ritner, Ky. Besides his parents he was preceded in death one sister; Lola Woods and four brothers; Okery, Volin, Alford and Bobby Joe Jones.

Mr. Jones was a member of the Seaman Church of Christ, F& AM West Union Lodge No. 0043. He was supervisor and plant manager for 43 years for the Copeland Corp.

Survivors include his wife, Judy (Crawford) Jones, of West Union; his mother who raised him; Lizzie Sumner Jones, of Sidney; five sons; Eddie Jones, of Port Jefferson, Ken Jones, of West Union, Steve Jones, of Sidney, Dale Jones and wife Betty, of West Union, Curtis Jones and wife Rachel, of Hillsboro; four sisters, Mary Turner, of Sidney, Janie and husband Dee Wil-

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HILLSBORO — Adelia Irene Sprinkle, 94, of Hillsboro, passed away Wednesday evening, June 5, 2013, at Heartland of Hillsboro.

She was born Jan. 2, 1919, in Highland County, the daughter of the late Dewey and Marie Leona (Fanning) Cochran.

She was a member of the Hillsboro Church of Christ. She had worked at the Pants Factory and Robertshaw for several years. After retirement, she had volunteered for many years at the Highland District Hospital, as well as sewing as a volunteer for The Laurels of Hillsboro.

She is survived by a daughter, Fonda Chandler, of Hillsboro; a daughter-in-law, Linda S. Sprinkle, of Hillsboro; grandchildren, three Tracy (Craig) Hall, of Sidney, Terra (James) Burton, of Hillsboro and Travis (Amber) Sprinkle, of Hillsboro; nine greatgrandchildren, Nathan Hall, Allison Hall, Jacob Burton, Hannah Burton, Alexis Sprinkle, Alyssa Sprinkle, Payton Sprinkle, Rayann Sprinkle and Rickey Sprinkle; a

half-sister, Helen Bradie, of Hartford, Conn.; and two special friends, Amanda Raymond, of Mt. Gilead and Delores Hunter of Hillsboro.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Clifford Eugene Sprinkle; her son, Larry Eugene Sprinkle; a great-grandchild, Makayla Sprinkle; two stepbrothers, Elden and Dale Smittle; and a half sister, June Williams.

The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Monday, June 10, 2013, at the Turner & Son Funeral Home in Hillsboro. John Porter will officiate. Burial will follow in the New Market Baptist Cemetery.

Friends may call from 1 p.m. until the time of the service at 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Hillsboro Church of Christ, 155 W. Walnut St., Hillsboro, OH 45133.

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Richard L. ‘Dick’ Copas WELLSTON — Richard L. “Dick” Copas, 80, of Wellston, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, June 6, 2013, at the Holzer Medical Center ER in Jackson.

He was born Oct. 8, 1932, in Wellston, to the late Edward E. Copas and Daisy Mundy Copas Sutton.

Dick was a veteran of the United States Navy, having served during the Korean War. He was retired from the Ohio Department of Transportation, working out of the Sidney office for more than 30 years.

He attended the Hope United Methodist Church in Wellston and was a member of the American Legion, the VFW and was an avid amateur radio operator known as K8RLC. Dick is survived by his wife, Marilyn Starcher Brady-Copas; children, Michael (Becky) Copas, of Miller City, Kimberly (Alan) Kerber, of Cullman, Ala., and Kathy (Bruce) Stotler, of Quincy;

s t e p d a u g h t e r, Brenda (Jr.) Price, of Wellston; half brother, Martin Sutton of Denver, Colo., as well as eight grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, two stepgrandchildren, two stepgreat-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Besides his parents, Dick was preceded in death by his first wife, Phyllis Stryker Copas; step-father, Martin Sutton; stepson, Jeff Brady; brothers, Walter, James, Charles and Robert Copas; sisters, Mary Rice and Myrtle Queen, and step-sisters, Ada Marie Strickland and Virginia Strickland.

Calling hours will be Saturday from 3 to 5 p.m. at the McWilliams Funeral Home in Wellston. Following cremation, burial will be at a later date in the Fairview Cemetery in Quincy.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.mcwilliams-funeralhome.com.

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Wapakoneta man killed in accident WAPAKONETA — A Wapakoneta man was killed in a three-vehicle crash on Ohio 501 at approximately 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Ronald Harruff, 43, of Wapakoneta, was pronounced dead by Auglaize County Coroner Thomas Freytag at the scene of the crash, which occurred on Ohio 501 at the intersection of WapakonetaBuckland Road, according to troopers with the Wapakoneta post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

Harruff was northbound on Ohio 501 when he slowed to turn west onto Wapakoneta-Buckland Road. His car was struck from the rear by pickup truck driven by William Walter, of Lima. The force of the crash caused Harruff’s car to travel into the other lane where it collided with an SUV driven by Dana Ridenour, of Wapakoneta.

Martha Schroer, who was a passenger in Harruff ’s car, was taken to St. Rita’s Medical Center for treatment of serious injuries.

Ridenour and Walter were treated at the scene for minor injuries.

Troopers report alcohol was not a factor in the crash, which remains under investigation.

Man tries to slit wrists outside NBC’s ‘Today’ NEW YORK (AP) — A 76-year-old man yelling that the government was going to take his house slit his wrists outside NBC’s “Today” show Thursday morning before he was taken into police custody, police said.

The man, Pak ChongMar, was in the crowd on Rockefeller Plaza outside the “Today” studio and also was yelling about how the Internal Revenue Service was corrupt and ruined his life, authorities said. He took out a knife and sliced at his wrists, police said.

“I need people to help me fight for justice,” Pak told the Daily News of New York from his hospital bed afterward. “If I don’t do something drastic, sooner or later these guys are going to kill me anyway. I couldn’t even pay rent this month.”

His daughter sat nearby and told the newspaper what had happened was “sad.”

Authorities and witnesses said police and plaza security guards

GAS where two large refineries are either partly or fully shut down for maintenance.

Ohio gets most of its gasoline from the Chicago spot market, which is known for dramatic price swings, according to AAA Ohio.

Refineries in Witing, Ind., and Joliet, Ill., have been offline for maintenance recently, which has led to tight supplies.

Last week, the region’s refining capacity dropped to a three-year low.

Restarting the refineries should ease supply concerns in the region, but there’s no way to tell how soon that could ease the price at the pump.

Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst with Gas Buddy, a division of the Oil Price Information Service, said

quickly subdued the man.

Some bystanders in the crowd were treated for exposure to blood. Police took the man to a hospital where his mental health was being evaluated. His injuries were not life threatening.

“I saw him take slice after slice. I saw the blood gushing,” witness Kellie Ostransky told The New York Post. Ostransky, who lives near Phoenix, was in town to celebrate her birthday with her twin sister, the newspaper reported.

Authorities said the man’s behavior was not believed to have been caught on television. The show moves inside and outside the studio to the plaza.

“Today” show host Matt Lauer explained to viewers at one point that the show was brought inside the studio because of “an incident” on the plaza.

He said a man tried to harm himself with a knife but was taken into custody and the plaza was secure.

From Page 1 refinery problems are making the Great Lakes region’s wholesale prices “bipolar.”

“My wholesale prices are wacky,” said Patrick LaVecchia, a filling station owner in the Cleveland suburb of Rocky River and spokesman for the Associated Food and Petroleum Dealers, which represents some 5,000 member stations in Ohio and Michigan.

By contrast, the average price Thursday in neighboring Pennsylvania was $3.48. But in Michigan, it was $4.23.

In Indiana, it was $4.12.

The highest recorded average price for a gallon of regular gas in Ohio was around $4.16 in May 2011, according to AAA. ——— Information from: The Plain Dealer, http://www.cleveland.co m

FOP drive underway The Sidney-Shelby County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge is currently conducting its annual Booster Drive to raise money to benefit local youth.

Representatives are contacting area residents and businesses by telephone seeking donations for the lodge’s youth activities, which

include Little League baseball, T-ball, $500 high school scholarships and other programs in Sidney and Shelby County. Donations also may be dropped off at the Sidney Police Department.

For additional information, contact Brian Boyd or Doug Baker at 492-0144.

Meeting date changed The June meeting of the Shelby County Educational Service Center Governing Board has been moved back one week.

The meeting had been scheduled for June 19, but will now be held at 4 p.m. on June 26.

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Ohio budget approved Kasich revises drilling-tax plans

BY JULIE CARR SMYTH The Associated Press

energy companies and economically challenged eastern Ohio counties balked, forcing the administration to regroup.

State Rep. Ross McGregor, a Springfield Republican, said he supported the original proposal and wants to see whatever changes are necessary to move the drilling tax forward. He likened sending money to affected Appalachian areas to earmarking the bulk of Turnpike bond proceeds to northern Ohio, where the roadway is located.

“I’m sympathetic with colleagues whose districts are the most impacted (by drilling),” McGregor said. “Certainly, these areas of the state have had a real draught in economic development, not just over the past couple of years but for decades. I also see taxes from this resource as a benefit to the whole state.”

The new plan would raise the severance tax rate to 4.5 percent and

COLUMBUS (AP) — Gov. John Kasich is trying to line up support in Ohio’s drilling heartland for his proposed oil-andgas tax increase by offering to send a quarter of the proceeds back to Appalachia.

The emerging proposal is likely to surface as part of compromise talks on the $61.7 billion, two-year state budget that cleared the Ohio Senate in a 23-10 party line vote Thursday. Both GOP-led legislative chambers have thus far rejected the drilling tax increase, but they supported significantly different tax packages that will need to be reconciled.

The Republican governor initially proposed raising severance taxes on Ohio’s burgeoning shale drilling industry to 4 percent and directing proceeds toward a statewide income-tax cut.

Tax-averse lawmakers,

send 25 percent of the revenues to 33 Appalachian counties, through their development agencies. The remaining 75 percent would still go to statewide income-tax reductions. That could mean more than $370 million for the region and $1.1 billion in tax cuts over five years.

Kasich spokesman Rob Nichols said that through discussions on the tax, the administration has determined that offering a portion of proceeds to the region where drilling is booming is “the right thing to do.”

“All of Ohio stands to benefit enormously from the shale boom, especially eastern Ohio,” he said. “As the boom continues to grow it’s only right that eastern Ohio communities have the resources they need to both address new demands and also make sure these new opportunities produce significant, sustainable benefits for local families.”

The industry remains strenuously opposed to Kasich’s tax swap plan, Tom Stewart of the Ohio Oil and Gas Association said.

“It’s like taking a 100dollar bill from eastern Ohio landowners, then ripping off a quarter of that bill and giving it back to them,” he said.

“What do you do with that?”

Stewart said the industry has supported a doubling of the severance tax in 2010 and is not averse to taxation “for good public policy reasons.”

“It’s not an issue of whether we like supporting it or not,” he said. “In this case, we see the severance tax being used to support a political purpose to achieve a political goal that does not support public safety and trust in the gas regulatory program.”

That political purpose is lowering Ohio’s state income tax, a campaign promise of Ka-

sich’s in 2010.

Columbus Chamber of Commerce lobbyist Michael Hartley said reducing the income tax would help the entire state’s economy.

“Our No. 1 priority for state stuff is lowering the state income tax. That helps our members,” he said.

But having more of that money returned to eastern Ohio communities is essential, said Tracy Drake, chief executive officer of the Columbiana County Port Authority.

“The area has seen monies for other initiatives, like casinos and Turnpikes, go to local areas,” he said. “So if there is to be a tax on this industry here, obviously we would think it would be appropriate for some of that tax to stay local, because it’s impacting the area and, historically, eastern Ohio has been under-recognized for economic development by the rest of the state.”

Judge to label football players sex offenders

BY ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS The Associated Press COLUMBUS (AP) — Two Ohio high school football players convicted of raping a 16year-old girl last year will be classified as sex offenders at a hearing next week.

The June 14 hearing by Judge Thomas Lipps at Jefferson County Juvenile Court in eastern Ohio is a possible first step for the two teens to be transferred from a state juvenile detention center to a facility that works with sex offenders.

Lipps must place the teens in one of three sex offender levels, with the strictest requiring reporting every three months for life and the most lenient requiring annual reporting for 10 years. Unlike adult sex offenders, however, the teens’ names

won’t be included on publicly accessible websites. And the teens can request to be removed later based on their history of rehabilitation.

Lipps sentenced Trent Mays, 17, and Ma’Lik Richmond, 16, to time in the juvenile detention system in March. He convicted them of raping the West Virginia girl after an August party celebrating a successful football team scrimmage. Richmond was sentenced to at least one year for raping the girl, while Mays was sentenced to at least two for raping her and taking a picture of the underage girl naked.

The case received international attention because of the role of texting and social media in exposing the attack. A grand jury is considering whether other people broke the law in connection with the case by not alerting authorities to initial

reports of the rape.

At the time of their conviction and sentencing in March, Lipps recommended the boys be assigned to a facility in Chillicothe that he said has a strong program for treating juvenile sex offenders, Lighthouse Youth Center-Paint Creek.

The privately operated center is an open campus where staff members rely on their relationship with residents to prevent escapes, according to the Department of Youth Services.

Staff and children live together at the facility, which has shown success in keeping teens treated there from committing new crimes.

Both Paint Creek and state officials conduct face-to-face meetings with young people and review their records in state facilities whenever determining placement, said Youth

Services spokeswoman Kim Parsell, adding that all state juvenile facilities “are able to meet the unique needs of youth.” She declined to comment specifically on the hearing or Mays and Richmond’s case.

Mays welcomed the chance for the transfer, his lawyer said.

“Our client looks forward to the opportunity to attend the Paint Creek program, follow all the facility rules, and display to the Court and the community that he has been rehabilitated fully in hopes of returning to his family,” Columbus attorney Brian Duncan said in a statement. Messages were left for Richmond’s attorney.

——— Andrew Welsh-Huggins can be reached on Twitter at h t t p s : / / t w i t t e r. c o m / a w h columbus .

Republicans want governors to have more school say in plan WASHINGTON (AP) — Education Secretary Arne Duncan and his successors would be relegated to cheerleaders for the nation’s schools, and governors would be put in charge of classrooms under companion bills Senate and House Republicans introduced Thursday.

The top Republicans on Congress’ education committees unveiled rewrites to the nation’s sweeping law known as No Child Left Behind, which governs elemen-

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governments,” the top Republican on the Senate Education Committee, Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, told The Associated Press in an interview.

The chairman of the House Education Committee said Washington was a poor arbiter of what works — and what does not — in schools.

“We’re not leaving the secretary in the position of judging that system,” said Rep. John Kline, RMinn.

The state-by-state approach to education standards is already largely in place in the 37 states that received permission from Duncan to ignore the No Child Left Behind requirements in exchange for customized school improvement plans. The other states face the threat of being deemed failing schools if they cannot demonstrate their students perform at grade level in reading and math — a designation that could cost them federal education dollars.

Under Republicans’ plans, states would determine if their schools are succeeding, and they could ignore previous federal requirements to show they are getting

better every year.

Critics have said such approach lacks accountability and retreats back to the systems in place before President George W. Bush and Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy passed No Child Left Behind with bipartisan support in 2001.

“You’re assuming a state doesn’t care,” Kline said to those critics.

“They should all be striving for excellence,” he added during a conference call with reporters.

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act, now more commonly known as No Child Left Behind, governs all schools that receive federal dollars for the poor, minorities, disabled and students whose primary language is not English. In exchange for those federal dollars, schools must meet standards, previously set by Washington but increasingly dictated by state capitols even before the competing No Child Left Behind renewals are debated.

Senate Democrats’ plan, introduced Tuesday, would also require states to develop new efforts but requires the

education secretary to approve them.

That final step for approval is unacceptable to Republicans including Alexander, himself an education secretary under President George H.W. Bush.

“The parents and teachers and governor should have the ball and the U.S. secretary of education and Department of Education should create an environment in which the parents, the teachers and the governors can succeed, rather than have a national school board that has to approve standards and tests and the quality of teachers in 100,000 different public schools,” said Alexander.

A Senate committee is scheduled to take up the Democratic bill next week. A vote by the full Democratic-controlled Senate has not been scheduled and Democratic aides suggested it could be autumn before one occurs.

House Republicans were set to start work on their legislation on June 19. Aides said they were planning on a full vote by the House before lawmakers leave for August recess.

AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

HOUSE SPEAKER John Boehner of Ohio arrives for a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday.

Boehner protests veto threats WASHINGTON (AP) — White House veto threats against legislation that implements spending cuts in the austere GOP budget plan are “reckless” and would lead to a government shutdown, House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday.

Boehner, R-Ohio, said the veto warnings mean Obama is threatening to shut down the government unless he wins tax increases and higher spending.

The White House said Monday that Obama will veto any legislation implementing the GOP’s budget, which endorses spending levels forced by across-the-board spending cuts known as sequestration and shifts about $30 billion from nondefense programs to the Pentagon.

“No one wants to make more progress on deficits than I do. I’ve been working at it for years now. I know how hard it is,” Boehner said.

“That’s why the idea of shutting down the government if we can’t find a deal is so irresponsible.”

But even with a budget impasse, a government shutdown could be averted if Congress approved separate stopgap legislation. Such measures, known as continuing resolutions, are routine, and there hasn’t been a government shutdown since the 1995-96 confrontation between President Bill Clinton and a Republican Congress.

The two sides finessed their differences earlier this year by agreeing to a catchall spending bill permitting $1.043 trillion for agency operations funded annually by Congress. Acrossthe-board cuts automatically reduced spending to $986 billion and could be implemented again if the ongoing budget impasse isn’t broken.

Republicans are drafting spending bills for the upcoming budget year at a lower $967 billion cap. The White House supports a level $91 billion higher.

“We simply won’t sign into law the Republican budget, which would drastically slash the investments the middle class, seniors and our economic growth depend on,” said White House spokeswoman Amy Brundage. “It’s time for Speaker Boehner to match his promises of an end to manufactured crises with actions.”

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NATION/WORLD TODAY IN HISTORY

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Today is Friday, June 7, the 158th day of 2013. There are 207 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlights in History: On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed to the Continental Congress a resolution stating “That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown.”

On this date: • In 1654, King Louis XIV, age 15, was crowned in Rheims, 11 years after the start of his reign.

• In 1769, frontiersman Daniel Boone first began to explore present-day Kentucky.

• In 1862, William Bruce Mumford, a Confederate loyalist, was hanged at the order of Union military authorities for tearing down a U.S. flag that had been flying over the New Orleans mint shortly before the city was occupied by the North.

• In 1863, French forces occupied Mexico City during the Franco-Mexican War. • In 1892, Homer Plessy, a “Creole of color,” was fined for refusing to leave a whites-only car of the East Louisiana Railroad. (Ruling on his case, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld “separate but equal” racial segwhich it regation, overturned in 1954.)

• In 1929, the sovereign state of Vatican City came into existence as copies of the Lateran Treaty were exchanged in Rome.

• In 1942, the World War II Battle of Midway ended in a decisive victory for American forces over the Imperial Japanese.

• In 1967, the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic opened in San Francisco.

• In 1972, the musical “Grease” opened on Broadway, having already been performed in lower Manhattan.

• In 1981, Israeli military planes destroyed a nuclear power plant in Iraq, a facility the Israelis charged could have been used to make nuclear weapons.

• In 1993, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that religious groups can sometimes meet on school property after hours.

• In 1998, in a crime that shocked the nation, James Byrd Jr., a 49-year-old black man, was hooked by a chain to a pickup truck and dragged to his death in Jasper, Texas. (Two white men were later sentenced to death for the crime; a third received life with the possibility of parole.)

OUT OF THE BLUE

Made-up names are in yearbook SCHAGHTICOKE, N.Y. (AP) — Officials at a small school district in upstate New York say an “honest mistake” led to students being identified in the yearbook as “Creepy smile kid” and “Some tall guy.”

The labels appear in photo captions of the high school yearbook at Hoosic Valley, a rural district 20 miles northeast of Albany.

Acting Superintendent Amy Goodell tells the Troy Record a “non-intentional, honest mistake” resulted in some members of the track and field team being labeled with made-up names such as “Isolation kid.” Several students were identified simply as “Someone.”

Goodell says corrections are being made and the parents of students whose names weren’t published correctly have been contacted.

The high school has about 380 students, with a graduating class of fewer than 100.

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IRS official apologizes WASHINGTON (AP) — An Internal Revenue Service official whose division staged a lavish $4.1 million training conference and who starred as Mr. Spock in a “Star Trek” parody shown at the 2010 gathering conceded to Congress on Thursday that taxpayer dollars were wasted in the episode.

“We’re now in a very different environment” with new IRS spending curbs, Faris Fink, a top deputy in the agency’s small business division at the time, told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Fink, who now heads that 24,000-employee division, said he be-

lieves many of the expenditures “should have been more closely scrutinized or not incurred at all and were not the best use of taxpayer dollars.”

The mea culpa was echoed by new acting IRS chief Danny Werfel as the embattled agency struggled to contain public and congressional ire over its targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status and its spending of $49 million on 225 employee conferences over the past three years.

Werfel called the 2010 gathering in Anaheim, Calif., “an unfortunate vestige from a prior era” and said IRS spending

on travel and training has fallen 80 percent since then.

“Our work in this area is one part of a much larger effort to chart a path forward in the IRS. This is obviously a very challenging time for the agency,” Werfel said.

Werfel, who testified after Fink had left the committee room, became acting commissioner last month after President Barack Obama forced Steven Miller out of the job. Werfel appeared a day after putting two IRS officials on administrative leave for accepting free food at a party in a private suite at the Anaheim conference.

Rebel offensive jolts Israel QUNEITRA, Golan Heights (AP) — Syrian rebels briefly seized control of a border crossing along the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on Thursday, prompting the withdrawal of a major Austrian peacekeeping contingent and heightening fears in Israel that it could soon be dragged into the neighboring country’s civil war.

From the Israeli side of the Golan, Syrian tanks and armored vehicles could be seen across the border. Large explosions could be heard throughout the day, and thick smoke and flames rose from the area.

Israeli TV stations showed images of Israeli tourists flocking to the Golan to look across the frontier and gawk at the fighting.

Israeli troops along the border were on high alert, although the military said no special actions had been taken in response to the escalation.

By nightfall, the situation appeared to be quieting down.

Israel’s deputy defense minister, Danny Danon, said forces remained on high alert, but no special actions had been taken.

“We are following very carefully what’s happening in

Syria,” Danon told The Associated Press. “We will do whatever is necessary to protect the interests of Israel.”

Israel fears that Islamic militants who have joined the rebel ranks in trying to oust President Bashar Assad will turn their guns toward Israel if they topple the Syrian leader.

Islamic groups are believed to be active in the fighting in the Golan area. Israel has also expressed concerns that Assad’s sophisticated weapons, could slip into the hands of hostile groups, including Assad’s ally, Hezbollah.

The Jewish state has kept a wary eye on the fighting next door since the conflict erupted in March 2011 and in recent months has been bolstering its forces in the area and reinforcing a fence along the frontier.

The rebels overran the border position near the abandoned town of Quneitra early Thursday, holding their positions for several hours before Syrian government troops retook it. The international peacekeepers who maintain a 40-year-old truce receive most of their supplies through that position from Israel.

Doctor, guide rescue baby moose MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A Pennsylvania doctor on a guided fishing trip in southwestern Montana went home with an amazing tale of hauling in a 25-pound lunker — a baby moose she helped rescue from a rushing river.

Karen Sciascia of Red Hill, Pa., and a guide were fishing the Big Hole River on Saturday when they spotted a cow moose with a calf trying to cross the waterway.

“We were watching this adult female struggling back and forth, and we didn’t see a baby until we got close,” Sciascia told the Missoulian for a story published Thursday.

“Mom kept pushing — the current was pretty swift. The mother bolted and took off across the river. She was trying to get across the main portion of the channel, and even she struggled.”

When the calf stepped off the gravel bar into the water to follow its mother, it was swept downstream.

“It was small, and the river was swift,” Sciascia said. “We lost sight of the baby. It was hurtling downstream and was being pushed by the river. It was too small to ever fight the current.”

Sciascia and guide Seth McLean with Four Rivers Fishing Co. in Twin Bridges followed downriver, finally

spotting the tiny moose’s nose just above the water.

“We got up alongside it, and I just grabbed the little bugger. I scooped it up from the river under its front legs,” Sciascia said.

“I tried to hold it out, not wanting to get my scent all over it, but it was basically limp,” she said. “It was breathing, and with my hand on its chest, I could feel its heart beating real fast.”

McLean rowed the raft upstream and snapped a photo before they dropped off the calf at the side of the river.

The mother had disappeared into the woods but returned to the river after hearing the crying of her young calf. It sounded like a puppy, Sciascia said.

“When we last saw her, we were heading downstream,” she said. “The mother was heading toward it. She had come out of the woods and was heading toward her baby.”

Four Rivers Fishing posted the story, titled “Of Moose and Men,” on its Facebook page Wednesday.

“It was cool to be in the right place at the right time,” Sciascia said.

——— Information from: Missoulian, http://www.missoulian.com

AP Photo/Four Rivers Fishing Co.

THIS IMAGE provided by the Four Rivers Fishing Co., shows Karen Sciascia of Red Hill, Pa., holding a baby moose she and Twin Bridges guide Seth McLean rescued in the Big Hole River in southwestern Montana on Saturday, June 1, 2013, near Missoula, Mont. Sciascia says she scooped the moose out of the water and McLean rowed the raft upriver so they could return the calf to her mother.

Officials look for cause Erdogan calls for end to Turkey protest of building collapse PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The search for victims of a building collapse that killed six people wound down Thursday amid mounting questions about whether the demolition company that was tearing down the structure caused the tragedy by cutting corners.

The four-story building along Philadelphia’s busy Market Street collapsed Wednesday onto a Salvation Army thrift shop next door with a loud boom and a huge cloud of dust, trapping employees and others, including a woman on her first day on the job at the store.

“Buildings get demolished all the time in the city of Philadelphia with active buildings right next to them. …

They’re done safely in this city all the time,” Mayor Michael Nutter said. “Something obviously went wrong here yesterday and possibly in the days leading up to it. That’s what the investigation is for.”

Despite Nutter’s reassurances, Philadelphia began inspecting hundreds of demolition sites in the wake of the collapse.

The Department of Licenses and Inspections said it had 300 open demolition permits throughout the city; inspectors had visited about 30 of the sites by Thursday afternoon and planned to get to the rest by next week.

The spot inspections included all four construction and demolition sites connected to Griffin Campbell Construction, the demolition contractor involved in Wednesday’s deadly collapse. The city found violations at two sites and ordered a halt to the work.

As details of Campbell’s checkered legal and financial past came to light, a city councilman charged that dangerous, under-the-radar tear-downs are taking place throughout the city and demanded a stricter application and inspection process for demolition companies.

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s prime minister took a combative stance on his closely watched return to the country early Friday, telling supporters who thronged to greet him that the protests that have swept the country must come to an end.

In the first extensive public show of support since anti-government protests erupted last week, more than 10,000 supporters cheered Recep Tayyip Erdogan with rapturous applause outside Istanbul’s international airport.

Despite earlier comments that suggested he could be softening his stand, Erdogan delivered a fiery speech on his return from a four-day trip to North Africa. “These protests that are bordering on illegality must come to an end as of now,” he said.

Tens of thousands of protesters have held demonstrations that have spread to dozens of cities across Turkey, sparked by the violent police reaction last Friday to what started out as a small protest

against a plan to develop Istanbul’s central Taksim Square.

Since then, three people have died — two protesters and a policeman — and thousands have been wounded.

One protester is on life support in a hospital in Ankara.

Protesters from all walks of life have occupied Taksim Square and its park, objecting to what they say is Erdogan’s increasingly autocratic and arrogant manner of governing — charges he vehemently denies.

Erdogan’s words were at times almost drowned out by his supporters. “God is Great,” they chanted, and soon moved on to slogans referring specifically to the protesters in Taksim Square.

“Let us go, let us smash them,” they shouted. “Istanbul is here, where are the looters?”

Erdogan had initially referred to the protesters as looters and troublemakers, while also acknowledging that excessive police force might have been used, and promising it would be investigated.

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This Evening • Free at Last, a program designed to break the chains of addiction, meets at the Lockington United Methodist Church, 2190 Miami Conservancy Road, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. For information, call 726-3636.

• Hope in Recovery, similar to traditional 12-step programs to confront destructive habits and behaviors, meets at the First Presbyterian Church, 114 E. 4th St., Greenville, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. For more information, call (937) 548-9006.

• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Staying Clean for the Weekend, meets at 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 230 E. Poplar St.

Saturday Morning • Lockington New Beginnings Church, 10288 Museum Trail, Lockington, hosts a sausage and pancake breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m. Adults: $4, seniors: $3, children: $2.

• Agape Mobile Rural Food Pantry Distribution, in Botkins, 9 to 11 a.m.

• Agape Mobile Rural Food Pantry Distribution, in Anna, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Saturday Afternoon • Women Walking in the Word meets at 1 p.m. at the Mount Zion House of Prayer, 324 Grove St. Use the rear entrance.

• The Piqua Public Library, 116 W. High St., host the Lego Club from 2 to 4 p.m. Advance registration is necessary by calling (937) 773-6753.

• Brukner Nature Center, 5995 Horseshoe Bend Road, Troy, hosts Family Discovery Days from 2 to 4 p.m. Free for members, $2.50 per person, $10 per family. (937) 698-6493.

Saturday Evening • Shelby County Deer Hunters holds its monthly Saturday Night Trap Shoot at 7988 Johnston-Slagle Road beginning at 6:30 p.m., 10 birds. Program starts at 8 p.m., 50 birds, long run, handicapped and Lewis class. Open to the public.

• Lumber Company Baseball hosts fundraising bingo. Doors open at 4 p.m. and games begin at 7 p.m. at Sunset Bingo, 1710 W. High St., Piqua. $20.

For information, call (937) 543-9959.

• The Sidney-Shelby County Chess Club Checkmates meets at 7 p.m. at the library at the Dorothy Love Retirement Community. All skill levels are welcome. For more information, call 497-7326.

• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Saturday Night Live, meets at 8 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 120 W. Water St.

Sunday Evening • Lumber Company Baseball hosts fundraising bingo to support the children on the teams. Doors open at 4 p.m. and games begin at 7 p.m. at Sunset Bingo, 1710 W. High St., Piqua. $20 to play all night. For information, call (937) 543-9959.

• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Never Alone, Never Again, meets at 6:30 p.m. at First Christian Church, 320 E. Russell Road.

Monday Afternoon • Sidney Rotary Club meets at noon at the Sidney Moose Lodge. For more information on activities or becoming a member, contact Deb Barga at 492-3167.

Monday Evening • Shelby County Girl Scout Leaders Service Unit 37 meets at 6:30 p.m. at the VFW. • The American Legion Auxiliary meets at 7 p.m. at the Post Home on Fourth Avenue.

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He’s 15 and not allowed to date

To access the Community Calendar online, visit a first. But DR. WALLACE: This going out with a www.sidneydailynews.com, click on “Living” and story is one for the book! guy who atthink about it then on “Calendar.” for a moment. our I’m 15 and interested in tends Why should church. He has girls have an a great personage restriction ality and is for dating and adorable. I was not the boys? As hoping that he we all know, “for would ask me out because he ’Tween obvious reasons” applies to both has already told me that I’m 12 & 20 sexes. If this guy Dr. Robert is as good as you “super cute.” I Wallace say he is, he’s waited and definitely worth waited, but no date request ever came the wait.

DR. WALLACE: We so I decided to be the “aggressor” and ask him for have a cheerleading a date. This is what he squad of seven members said, “I’d really like to go at our high school. All out with you, but I’m not seven of us are females. permitted to date for an- During our tryout peother seven months riod, we invited the boys when I’ll be 16.” I could- to try out, but not one n’t believe my ears. I guy tried to make the know parents put re- squad. Why don’t guys strictions on dating age want to be cheerleaders? for their daughters, for It takes a lot of strength, obvious reasons, but this dexterity and stamina to is the first time I’ve be a successful cheerheard a guy being re- leader, and I’m sure stricted until he turns these qualities are abun16. It’s not as if the guy dant in a lot of guys. is 12 or 13, he’s 15 and a What gives? —Dotty, half! Have you ever had Philadelphia, Pa. DOTTY: It’s true that anyone address this “problem” in the years most guys choose not to you have been writing try out for the cheerleadyour column? —Name- ing squad. It’s probably less, Salt Lake City, because they are not as skilled as the girls in folUtah NAMELESS: This is lowing the routines and

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Some guys also think being a cheerleader would diminish their “macho” image.

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—Nameless, Greenville, Miss.

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‘Abe Lincoln’ to visit, speak in Sidney Audience permitted to heckle, cheer at event

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Area residents will have the opportunity to cheer for or heckle the 16th president of the United States when the Shelby County Historical Society and the Sidney Masonic Temple present a living history event at the temple, 303 E. Poplar St., at 7 p.m., Thursday.

The event is free and open to the public.

Bill Sell, of Celina, will portray Abraham Lincoln, who will give a campaign speech in Sidney as he runs for re-election in 1864.

Members of the local Masonic Temple will portray other characters, including Stephen Douglas, David Tod, Clement Vallandigham and Samuel Mathers.

Tod was governor of Ohio. Mathers was mayor of Sidney.

Douglas, a one-time Lincoln opponent who had become a supporter by the second will be campaign, played by Ken McElroy.

Ralph Fearnley will portray Vallandigham, a vocal anti-war activist from Dayton.

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Honoring old friendships Jerry Baker (left), of Leetonia, and Bill Rudy, of Maplewood, visit during the Green Perry Fairlawn annual alumni banquet and hall of honor induction at Fairlawn Local Schools Saturday. Baker and Rudy were members of the class of 1962. Rudy was inducted into the hall of honor that evening. Also inducted were the late Sam Watkins and the late India Boyer.

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HOYING RUSSIA — Jace and Shelly Hoying, of Russia, have announced the birth of a son, Bennett Francis Hoying, born May 17, 2013, at 8:42 p.m. in the CopelandEmerson Family Birth Center at Wilson Memo-

rial Hospital in Sidney.

He weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces, and was 20 inches long.

He was welcomed home by his brother, Lyndon, 9 months.

His maternal grandparents are Denny and Trudy York, of Russia.

His paternal grandparents are Jerry and Carol Hoying, of Fort Loramie.

His great-grandparents are Lindy and Mary Hoying, of Fort Loramie.

His mother is the former Shelly York, of Russia.

ANNIVERSARY

Nursing Couple mark 60 years Home GREENDuane is Week C A S the son of TLE, Ind. the late noted — Duane Omer and and Patti Lula CampCampbell, bell. He atof Greent e n d e d castle, Ind., Anna High will celeSchool and brate their graduated 60th wedfrom Repding anp e r t ’ s niversary School of June 15, Auctioneers. at 2013, Patti is the Put- Mr. and Mrs. Campbell the daughnamville ter of the Baptist Church in Indi- late C.M. and Malissa ana.

Slover. She graduated Duane and the former from Sidney High School Patti Slover were mar- and the Lima Business ried June 19, 1953, in College. the First Baptist Church The Campbells are in Sidney by the Rev. the parents of two James Edwards. Wit- daughters and sons-innesses were best man law, Kay and Joe Ware, Perry Bayley, maid of of Georgia, and Lynn honor Sue Toland and and Don Shough, of ushers Ira Campbell, Piqua; and two sons and brother of the bride- daughters-in-law, Jerry groom, and Charles and Chris Campbell and “Gus” Slover, brother of Jon and Cathy Campthe bride. Louis Brooks bell, all of Indiana. They was the organist and have 15 grandchildren Joyce Campbell, sister of and 15 great-grandchilthe bridegroom, was the dren. Three great-grandsoloist. children are deceased.

ACCEPTANCE

Welding school takes Hoying BOTKINS — Seth Hoying, son of Scott and Marge Hoying, will be attending the Hobart Institute of Welding Technology in Troy.

Hoying, a member of the class of 2013 at Botkins High School, competed in baseball, basketball and cross country. He was also active in the FFA and FCCLA. He is a member of the St. Lawrence Catholic Church.

Hoying received a Young Farmers scholarship for his efforts in FFA. He works part-time at Hoying’s Service Center.

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Wallace said. “It will be like walking into the 1860s. This was a major anti-war area.

By that time in the (Civil) war, we’d lost 400,000 men and the country was in a depression.”

“Our part in all this is completely off-thecuff,” Fearnley said.

The group will not have any rehearsals in advance of the speech. “It could be funny. It could be embarrassing,” he added.

Sell, a retired has made teacher, something of a second career of playing Lincoln. Members of the Order of the Eastern Star, the women’s Masonic organization, will offer refreshments.

The program has been sponsored by Tradewinds Financial Group, Inc., and its owner, David Gaylor. It is one of several planned by the historical society to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. For information, call 498-1653.

VERSAILLES — Versailles Health Care Center was among thousands of nursing facilities throughout the nation that celebrated National Nursing Home Week, May 12 to 18.

The week-long celebration featured the theme “Everyone Pitches In.” Activities for staff members, volunteers, residents and family members included a toss and catch game on Monday, happy hour with peanuts on Tuesday, cookout for lunch and popcorn with the movie, “Angels in the Outfield,” on Wednesday, batter up and cotton candy on Thursday, and baseball trivia and Cracker Jacks on Friday.

Throughout the week, Versailles Health Care Center staff delivered more than 300 boxes of Cracker Jacks and flyers highlighting the Rehab Clinic’s Balance Rehab and Parkinson’s Therapy Programs to local physicians’ offices, pharmacies and hospitals.

Jessica McDaniel of Southwest Ohio ENT Specialists in Troy won tickets to a Dayton Dragon’s game.

Wilson Memorial’s Employee Council will be holding a gently used scrub sale June 14 from 2 to 6 p.m. and June 15 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Professional Building, lower level conference rooms of Wilson Memorial Hospital.

The gently used scrubs will be sold at a set price of $4. Many sizes from XS to 3X, solid colors and prints will be available.

The sale is open to the general public. Proceeds from the sale will benefit Wilson’s Employee Council Holly

Fund, which helps hospital employees in need.

The Employee Council is a voluntary group comprising Wilson Memorial employees who work together to help raise money to assist co-workers in financial straits.

PHS Class of ’61 to meet

Birthday party for Army

PERI to talk Medicare

PIQUA — The Piqua Central High School Class of 1961 will meet June 12, at 12:30 p.m. at Buffalo Jack’s restaurant in Covington.

Attendees will order from the menu.

Spouses and significant others are welcome.

The agenda includes planning a “70” birthday party.

PIQUA — Sgt. 1st Class Bill Riggs, of the Army recruiting station in Piqua, has announced that in honor of the 238th birthday of the U.S. Army, there will be a celebration and cake-cutting ceremony at the Sidney American Legion June

14 from 6 to 8 p.m.

The event will be open to all Army veterans and their spouses and will include free refreshments and door prizes.

Veterans will receive free “dog tags.”

The cakecutting ceremony will be at 6:30 p.m.

For information, call (937) 773-0122.

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WILSON EMPLOYEE Council members (l-r) Bobbie Holthaus, Emily Harman and Bev Billing sort through gently used scrubs to be sold at their upcoming sale.

Hospital employees plan scrub sale next week

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Logo winner announced Carol Caudill, of Sidney, the president of Caring for a Cure, has announced that Phillip Kaltenbach, of Russia, has won the organization’s recent logo design contest.

The newly formed Caring for a Cure raises money for cancer research and to help families of people who have succumbed to cancer.

Caudill said she hopes to build a group of young people, 9 to 18, to participate in parades and perform at fairs. She is also is looking for a vice president of the organization.

For information, call (937) 507-1613.

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The Public Employee Retirees Inc. will meet June 13 at noon at the Sidney Moose Lodge.

The guest speakers will be a representative of the state health insurance agency and Dan Hook, of the Senior Center of Sidney and Shelby County, who will discuss Medicare.

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Other cast members are still to be determined. Some 10-15 Masons are expected to take part.

Organizers Rich Wallace and Fearnley hope the audience will get into the act, too.

“This is not your typical speech,” Wallace said. “We want to recreate what a political rally would have been like in the 1860s. Candidates would come in and there would be a significant exchange with the audience.”

Robert Allen, master of the Masonic lodge, will serve as master of ceremonies and has been charged with keeping order.

Fearnley noted that as people arrive, they will be given red or blue tickets, which will whether determine they sit with the Republicans, Lincoln’s party, or with the Democrats.

They will have opportunities to campaign for or against the president.

“You can get up and challenge the speaker,”

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Russia students recognized for achievements

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Eagle Scout Scoutmaster Dan Hemmert (left), of Houston Troop 239, watches Kyle Patterson getting his Eagle Scout medal pinned onto his shirt by his mom Kim Patterson Sunday. For his Eagle Scout project, he refurbished the Houston Community Center. The project included refinishing the outdoor shelter building; scraping and painting basketball posts, backboards and rims; painting guard posts mulching all of the landscape beds; and repainting the handicap parking stripes and symbols.

Community Association plans summer events HOUSTON — Members of the Houston Community Association discussed two upcoming events at their meeting Wednesday.

The Houston Classic Festival will be June 28 and 29 in the Community Association parking lot, 5005 Russia-Houston Road. Friday will be 4-11:30 p.m., and Saturday will be 11:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. The group will sell ribeye steak sandwiches, hamburgers and hot dogs. The group also will offer a meal deal that includes a sandwich, brownie, bag

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of chips, and a soft drink or water. Help is needed both days to work the booth and cook the food.

Trustees also need help setting up the booth on the 27th about 5 p.m. and tearing down on the 30th at 8 or 9 a.m. Those who are able to help in any way are asked to contact one of the trustees: Gene Greve at 778-9470, Gary Vondenhuevel at 492-2992, Craig Brenda Langston at 492-8769, Jack Curl 778-0727, Carol at Wolaver at 295-2952 or Tana Ingle at 773-6686.

The next fundraiser is

the Shelby County Fair food booth. Once again, volunteers are needed to help. The fair is July 2117. Most needed is someone to order the food, organize the booth, make phone calls to ask for help from the community and be available in the booth. Contact the trustees above to help.

Volunteers also are needed for cooking and selling in the booth.

There are open days for rentals available by calling Marcella Colby to get rental rates and book the building. She can be reached at 778-0427.

ESTATE TRANSFERS

The real estate transfers listed below have been recorded at the office of Shelby County Recorder Jodi L. Siegel.

Transfers listed also include tax-exempt property transfers in which no dollar amount is listed. Shelby County Auditor Denny York said the exemptions normally involve transactions within a family and therefore no public record of the dollar amount is recorded.

Anna Carnes Investments I LLC to Security Lending Ltd., lot 48, exempt.

Port Jefferson Tonia S. Warnecke and Michael G. Warnecke to Bank of America, lot 144, $42,000.

Sidney Michelle A. Osborne to JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Glennova Addition, lot 1605, $78,250.

Korey Spradlin to Korey and Lori A. Spradlin, Honnell’s Addition, lot 570 and part lot 569, exempt.

Donald W. Lochard and Judith P. Overly, trustees, to Spearman Investments LLC, lot 275 and part lot 276, $163,500.

David L. and Cheryle A. Jones to Kristen N. Whitt, East Cliff Subdivision, lot 2641 and part lot 2642, $88,000.

Hazel Marie Icenogle to Ryan N. and Tiffany E. Beckstedt, Eagle Glen Phase III and IV, lot 5826, $126,000.

Prince Philip has surgery LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II’s husband has been admitted to a London hospital for an exploratory operation, Buckingham Palace said Thursday.

The palace said the operation on 91-year-old Prince Philip — which will take place on Friday — was pre-planned and comes after “abdominal investigations” that were carried out over the past week.

“He is in good spirits,” said a spokeswoman for the palace. She declined to elaborate on Philip’s condition or when the decision was made to operate, saying only that the queen’s husband is expected to be in the London Clinic for up to two weeks.

Lisa M. Perin to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., lot 1425, $33,000.

William D. Walker II and Carrie E. Walker to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., part lot 343, $16,000.

Tina R. Street to Amanda S. Woodard, part outlot 7, $16,500.

Federal National Mortgage Assn. to Kevin J. and Adrienne Fortkamp, Plum Ridge Development phase I, lot 5114.

Pauline Bowling to Arbadella Frank, Fairmont Park Section 1, lot 3163, exempt.

Clinton Township Michael J. and Lisa K. Clayton to Joseph A. Powers, Millcreek Subdivision No. 3, lot 41, $88,000.

4.0 GPA Award for all grading periods: Grade 7 — Jack Dapore, Cassidy Ditchkus, Megan Frazier, Rebecca Pinchot and Cameo Wilson.

Grade 8 — Madison Borchers, Samuel Cook, Dylan Cordonnier, Clay George, Shaelyn Goubeaux, Maria Herron, Tyler Robinson and Drew Sherman.

Grade 9 — Andrew Ball, Jordan Ball, Amanda Frazier, Molly Kearns, Weston Lavy and Trevor Monnin.

Grade 10 — Trevor Albers, Nicholas Colby, Taylor Daniel, Corrina Francis, Adam Hoying, Jordan Kremer, Jason Magoto, Ryan Magoto, Jacob Pleiman and Claire Sherman.

Grade 11 — Taylor Borchers, Nicole DeLoye, Bailey Francis, Magdalene Kearns, Dean Langenkamp, Savanna Lavy, Rachel Pinchot and Camille Puthoff.

HOUSTON — Houston High School graduate Ashlan Jester has been awarded the 2013 Scott Ayers Memorial Scholarship.

Jester was presented the $500 scholarship by the Ayers family at the Houston High School annual FFA banquet in March. Jester is the daughter of Russell and Erica Jester.

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At Houston High School, she was involved in band, Muse Machine, National Honor Society and Spirit Club, in addition to the FFA. Her accomplishments in the FFA include soil judging, attending both state and national conventions, and assisting with the haunted trail, the teacher breakfast and fruit sales. She has been a leader for other students at Houston by holding the offices of band vice president, senior class secretary and FFA parliamentar-

ian and student adviser.

She plans to attend Edison Community College in the fall to pursue a nursing degree.

The scholarship fund was created in memory of Scott Ayers, who passed away in October 2005. Ayers was a member of the Houston FFA chapter and grew up with a love for agriculture. The Ayers family is continuing his memory through this scholarship presented annually to a Houston FFA senior.

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Seniors who received certificate, bar and plaque with Academic Award Achievement with GPA of 4.0: Gina Barlage, Ethan Hoying, Rebecca Meyer and Olivia Monnin.

One senior, Shana Meyer, received a certificate, bar and plaque with “Academic Achievement Award” with honor roll 4.0 highest honor all 15 grading periods.

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Perfect attendance award: seventh grade, Luke Dahlinghaus, Jack Dapore; freshmen, Andrew Ball, Jordan Ball, Luthman; Brandon sophomore, Jordan Kremer; and junior, Steven Stickel.

Local scholarships Pepsi-Cola Scholarship — $300 Joshua Meyer Russia Wellness Scholarship — $500 each to Gina Barlage and Ethan Hoying FTA Scholarship $150 Emily Francis Russia Staff Scholarship $500 Austin Gariety Student Council Scholarship $200 Casey Albers Presidential Academic Award, (grades 8 & 12 / students with 3.5 cumulative & higher): 8th graders: Dylan Cordonnier, Samuel Cook, Drew Sherman, Clay George, Trenton Monnin, Alex Seger, Goubeaux, Shaelyn Madison Borchers, Tyler Robinson, Maria Herron, Emma Vallandingham, Rachel York, Chloe Sherman, Audrey Voisard, Ethan Monnier, Christina Gaerke, Julia Monnin, Kate Cook, Kelsey Magoto, Noah Drees, Cole Tebbe, Audrey Gariety, Tiffany Hatcher and Kevin Drees.

Seniors: Gina Barlage, Ethan Hoying, Shana Meyer, Rebecca Meyer, Olivia Monnin, Kayli Dues, Bethany York, Lauren Francis, Trevor Sherman, Austin Gariety, Alexa Counts, Treg Francis, Abbie Goubeaux, Vanessa Stang, Emily Francis, Joshua Meyer, Muhlenkamp, Angela Ashley Borchers, Autumn Bergman and Casey Albers.

Academic letters, criteria, 3.75 cumulative average for freshmen and sophomores, 3.5 for juniors and seniors: Freshmen — Elizabeth Adams, Andrew

Ball, Jordan Ball, Kara Barlage, Lukas Busse, Ellie Fiessinger, Sawyer Francis, Amanda Frazier, Erin Gaerke, Alicia George, Lauren Heaton, Luke Heaton, Rachel Heuing, Molly Kearns, Rudy Langenkamp, Weston Lavy, Trevor Monnin, Cassandra Pleiman, Mark Siefring, Karissa Voisard and Evan York; Other first year students in grades 10-12 who receive the same as above — Jacob Cook, Isaiah Counts, Morgan Daugherty, Savanna Lavy, Austin Tebbe and Casey Albers.

Sophomores — Trevor Albers, Emily Borchers, Derek Busse, Nicholas Colby, Bryce Cordonnier, Taylor Daniel, Corrina Francis, Leah Francis, Nolan Francis, Allison Gariety, Alex Herron, Adam Hoying, Kelsey Koverman, Jordan Kremer, Jason Magoto, Ryan Magoto, Lindsay Meyer, Claudia Monnin, Jacob Pleiman, Claire Sherman, Hannah Sherman, Mitchell Stone and Kylie Wilson.

Juniors — Taylor Borchers, Nicole DeLoye, Bailey Francis, Emilie Magdalene Frazier, Kearns, Dean Langenkamp, Joshua Monnin, Rachel Pinchot, Kaila Pleiman, Camille Puthoff and Kirstin Voisard Seniors — Autumn Bergman, Ashley Borchers, Emily Francis, Treg Francis, Josh Meyer, Angie Muhlenkamp and Vanessa Stang

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RUSSIA — A number of students were recognized with special awards during a recent program at Russia High School.

Among those recognized were: Ray Kroc (McDonald’s) Scholarship and Award: Alexa Counts.

Knights of Columbus Excellence in Christian Living Award, Rebecca Meyer and Ethan Hoying.

Father Joseph Wolfer Scholastic Athlete Award, Rebecca Meyer.

Community Blood Bank and Vectren join together to give “Lead the Way Scholarship” — $1,000 — Shana Meyer.

Xerox Award, Maggie Kearns.

University of Rochester Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Humanities and Social Science Award, Rachel Pinchot.

Bauch and Lomb Science Award: Camille Puthoff George Eastman Young Leaders, Taylor Borchers.

Franklin B. Walter, Shana Meyer.

Power of the Pen state qualifier, Emma Vallandingham.

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SMS awards Sidney Middle School teacher Terri Thompson, shakes hands with sixthgrader Heidi McRill at the SMS Awards presentation. Heidi and fellow classmates were recognized recently for their academic achievements throughout the school year. McRill is the daughter of Mike and Karen McRill.

Nicholas School to offer summer programs PIQUA — Beginning in June, Nicholas School shall be offering three innovative summer programs that are designed to help your child bridge the educational gap between the end of the school year this spring and the beginning of the fall school year. Each program is unique and is designed for a specific purpose and population.

Starting June 17, Nicholas School will offer a School Readiness Program. The six-week readiness program is designed for children 4 to 6 years old who are to enter preparing kindergarten and may be experiencing delays in their cognitive, social, or verbal development.

The program helps develop the neurological, sensory, auditory and visual skills a child needs to be successful in an academic setting. Children scheduled to begin kindergarten in the fall of 2013 are ideal candidates for this program.

The cost for the six-week program is $250.

Sandy, whose daughter participated in the readiness program last summer, said, “It’s amazing how much improvement our daughter made in such a short period of time. She is able to focus more and her attention span has increased. She is more interested in learning. I would highly recommend the program to any parent.”

Nicholas School’s Summer Boost-Up Program shall also begin on June 17. The six-week

program is designed for children 6 to 12 years old who may be struggling in academics, coordination, self-esteem or who just need a little extra help during the summer. The boost-up program serves as a bridge for the student between academic years.

It focuses on four critical areas for achieving academic success — namely neurological motor functioning, visual skills, social skills, and academic reinforcement. Students work in small groups on enhancing their skills in each of these areas. The cost for the six-week boost-up program is $325.

Marilyn, a parent of a son who attended last summer’s boost up program, said, “Our son is calmer. His focus and attention has improved. His fine motor skills are definitely improved. I believe the boost up program is highly effective. It is a wonderful program.”

The third summer offered at program Nicholas School is the Summer Reading and Math Tutoring Program.

The tutoring program begins July 1 and continues through July 25.

The program is designed to provide individualized reading and math tutoring for students who are working academically on a first- to eighth-grade level. Classes are 30 minutes long and meet twice a week (Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday). Morning and afternoon sessions are available. The cost

Have you been receiving a large number of solicitation telephone calls? The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) wants to remind Ohioans that they have the power to take charge of the number of telemarketing calls they receive.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Trade Commission have imple(FTC) mented a National Do Not Call Registry, making it illegal for telemarketers to contact you if you register your landline or wireless number.

• How does the National Do Not Call Registry work?

By law, telemarketers must search the National Do Not Call Registry every 31 days and delete from their call lists any telephone numbers on the registry. If you continue to receive telemarketing calls even after you have registered your telephone number, you will be able to file a complaint with the FTC. A telemarketer who disregards the National Do Not Call Registry could be fined up to $16,000 for each call.

• How do I register my telephone number?

You can register free of charge at www.donotcall.gov or by calling tollfree (888) 382-1222. If you register by telephone, you must call from the telephone number you wish to register.

All types of telephone numbers, including landline, wireless, and Voice over Internet Protocol, may be registered.

One thing to note is scammers have been making telephone calls claiming to represent the National Do Not Call Registry. The calls claim to provide an opportunity to sign up for the registry. These calls are not coming from the registry or the FTC, and you should not respond

for the four-week reading and math tutorial is $160. The summer tutors for this program are all Nicholas School Teachers and are certified by the state of Ohio.

Holly Felver, Nicholas School Principal said, “Previous Nicholas School summer programs have been very successful in helping children bridge the educational gap over the summer. The Nicholas school staff is excited about the programs we have to offer this summer.” To learn more about any of the Nicholas School summer programs, contact Felver at (937) 773-6979 or by email at nicholasschool@woh.rr.com.

Nicholas School is a program component of the Rehabilitation Center for Neurological Development. For 41 years, the Rehabilitation Center for Neurological Development & Nicholas School has been providing neurodevelopmenbased tally rehabilitative and educational services to children and adults who have been diagnosed with a brain related condition. The center and school are located at 1306 Garbry Road. To learn more about the services offered by the Center visit the website at www.rcnd.org or telephone the Center at (937) 773-7630. The Rehabilitation Center for Neurological Development & Nicholas School is a United Way member PIQUA — Upper Valagency. ley Career Center Adult Division is offering a new course on public speaking.

Diana Searls, leadership and HR consultant, will lead the workshop label instructions.

• Inspect dogs for and indicates, “Not only ticks every day. Ticks will participants have should be handled with the opportunity to learn caution and disposed of how to speak confidently in public, they will have safely.

• Keep yard and out- the opportunity to pracdoor play areas well- tice what they learn in a mowed to discourage series of mini-presentations.” tick infestation.

Searls has more than Below are tips for re30 years of experience in moving ticks:

sure to check yourself and loved ones after spending time in ticks’ habitat.

The risk of exposure to ticks and disease can be reduced by using precautions: • Avoid tick-infested areas (wooded or weedy areas).

• If exposure is unavoidable, tuck pants into sock tops or boots.

• Wear light-colored clothing to make it easier to find crawling ticks.

• Use repellants and follow label instructions carefully.

• Check children for ticks frequently.

• Use caution when handling ticks and dispose of properly.

Follow these tips concerning dogs: • Dogs can become infected with tick-borne diseases.

• Dogs should be kept in well-mowed areas during tick season (April-September).

• Treatments are available to control ticks on dogs. Always follow

consumers can request to not be included.

• What about my wireless phone?

Personal wireless phone users can add their numbers to the national registry. The govdoes not ernment maintain a separate national wireless phone registry.

Telemarketing to wireless phone numbers has always been illegal in most cases and will continue to be so. FCC regulations prohibit telemarketers from using automated dialers to call wireless phone numbers.

Automated dialers are in standard use in the telemarketing industry, so most telemarketers are barred from calling consumers on their wireless phones without their consent.

• What is Ohio doing?

If you continue to receive unwanted telemarketing calls, you can file a complaint with the Ohio Attorney General in addition to the FTC. • Are there other protections against unwanted telemarketing calls?

The telemarketing rules prohibit deceptive and abusive telemarketing practices and protect you from late-night calls.

Calling times are restricted to 8 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Telemarketers must promptly tell you who they are calling for and if the call is a sales call or charitable solicitation.

Telemarketers must disclose all material information about the goods or services they are offering and terms of the sale. They are prohibited from lying about any terms of the offer.

Telemarketers must transmit caller ID information and are prohibited from blocking caller ID information.

For information regarding other utility-related matters, contact the PUCO at (800) 686PUCO (7826). Hearing or speech impaired customers may contact the PUCO via 7-1-1 or visit www.PUCO.ohio.gov.

Upper Valley CC offers public speaking course

Tips to ditch the ticks The Sidney-Shelby County Health Department receives phone calls and enquiries about ticks every year, starting in the early spring, though ticks can be found year-round.

Ticks do spread diseases and are active in Ohio from early spring until late fall. Diseases spread by ticks include Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Lyme disease, Ehrlichiosis and Anaplasmosis. In 2011, 86 people in Ohio were confirmed with a tickborne disease. None were from Shelby County, though there have been cases in the past, health officials said.

These diseases can be transmitted only by the bite of an infected tick.

An infected animal or person cannot pass the infection on to another animal or person.

Ticks normally become infected by taking a blood meal from an infected animal. Use caution when removing ticks from pets and be

to these calls.

• Do I have to re-register my number every five years?

No. Originally, customers were required to re-register their number after five years on the registry, but the FCC changed this in 2008.

Now, telemarketers are required to honor all registrations indefinitely, so the registrations will not expire. automatically Customers no longer need to re-register their numbers to continue their preference not to receive telemarketing calls.

• Will this stop all telemarketing calls?

Businesses with which you have an established business relationship are not required to follow the do-not-call rules. They can call you for up to 18 months from your last purchase, payment or delivery, even if your number is on the National Do Not Call Companies Registry. with which you have made an inquiry or submitted an application can call you for three months, but if you ask a company not to call you, it must honor your request. soliciting Callers charitable contributions do not have to search the National Do Not Call Registry. Calls regarding political and religious speech are also not subject to the do-not-call requirements.

To avoid such calls, read all fine print before filling out sweepstakes or other contest forms.

You may be establishing a business relationship, giving the company permission to call you. You can also ask companies and organizations to place you on their internal do not call lists.

To reduce the amount of energy marketers contacting you, contact your current utility and/or supplier and request to be excluded from the “eligible” list. This list is made accessible to the marketers by law, but

• If a tick is attached, remove it as soon as possible; this reduces your risk of infection.

• Shield fingers with a paper towel or use tweezers. Grasp the tick close to the skin. With steady pressure, pull the tick straight up and out.

• Do not twist or jerk the tick. This may cause the mouth parts to be left in the skin.

• Do not crush or puncture the tick.

• Do not use a flame or cigarette to remove a tick. This may cause the tick to burst and increase disease risk.

• After removing a tick, thoroughly disinfect the bite site and wash hands with soap and water.

human resource development and training in a variety of industries and nonprofit organizations.

In this two-day workshop participants will learn and develop techniques to increase their command of any speaking situation, regardless of the size of the audience.

Attendees will learn how to use their natural energy to overcome common public speaking fears like making embarrassing mistakes, “freezing up”, or failing to hold the attention of

the audience.

Workshop classes will take place on June 18 and June 25 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Upper Valley Career Center Garbry Conference and Learning Center, 5 E. State Route 36, Piqua.

The cost is $149 and includes lunch and class materials.

To register for the workshop or for more information contact Searls at 778-1078 or email searlsd@uppervalleycc.o rg. Registrations accepted through June 10.

Husted staffers to hold local office hours Secretary of State Jon Husted has announced regional office hours for the month of June.

Regional liaisons for the secretary of state’s office will be in 18 counties around Ohio including Shelby County. The local event will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. June 26 at the Amos Memorial Library, 230 E. North St. Husted reports the goal of open office hours is to give local citizens

an opportunity to learn more about, and stay connected with, the secretary of state’s office in an informal and accessible setting. In addition to making voter registration forms and election information available, regional representatives will be on hand to answer questions and distribute materials to those interested in learning more about the other functions of the office such as the business

services division and initiatives including the Ohio Business Profile and Military Ready-toVote program.

These meetings are one of many the Ohio Secretary of State’s regional field representatives will be hosting across the state as a way to provide Ohioans with resources and information on all issues and matters related to the responsibilities and operations of the secretary of state’s office.

LOCAL NEWS

Sidney Daily News, Friday, June 7, 2013

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Director retires conductor’s baton Wulber enjoys 31-year career teaching music

BY MELANIE SPEICHER mspeicher@civitasmedia.com A conductor’s baton has been in Becky Wulber’s hand during her 31 years in education. On May 6, she conducted her final orchestra concert as she prepared for retirement from the Sidney City Schools.

Wulber, of Versailles, taught 26 years of her 31 year career in Sidney.

She retired at the end of the school year. A 1972 graduate of Troy High School, she graduated from the Ohio State University School of Music in 1976.

“While I was doing my student teaching in Gahanna, I had a job interview with the same district,” said Wulber.

She was hired for the job and taught music and recruited students for the orchestra from the eight schools in the district.

“I married a dairy farmer and he couldn’t move the cows from his farm,” she said. “I met my husband through my church and after we married, I moved to Versailles to the family farm.”

Wulber and her husband are the parents of three children, Ryan, who died three years ago from leukemia; Rachel, who is a music teacher for Versailles Local School District; and Russell, who is employed by Motion Industries. They also have one granddaughter.

Wulber is a farmer’s wife who does whatever is needed on the farm.

“My husband and his brother farm together,” she said. “They would spend two weeks in Florida and I would milk and teach school too.

When Ryan turned 10, I retired from milking the cows.”

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SIDNEY MIDDLE School retiring teachers (l-r) Jenny VanMatre, Diane Dexter, Becky Wulber and Jim McCracken, along with the eighth-grade class were clapped out of school on the final day of classes for the 2012-13 school year.

The family sold their herd of cows 10 years ago, “which made life a lot easier,” she said. “We now have 17 horses and eight mules. I love to take trail rides with my family. My fifth-grade students have said they will miss my stories about the rides.”

She began her teaching career with Sidney in the fall of 1987. During her final year, she taught general music for grades 5-6 plus the string orchestra program.

For her final concert on May 6, her entire family attended the performance. She received gifts from each class she conducts in the orchestra.

The string orchestra program in Sidney City Schools is not found in

many schools throughout the state.

“The program is very rare for schools to have,” said Wulber. One of the students she taught, who was the No. 1 violin player when he was in high school, is now the orchestra teacher at Ashland.

“We have gone all types of places with the orchestra,” said Wulber.

“I’ve built the program up over the years and that’s happened because of the dedication of the students.”

Wulber has taken the values she raised her children by and transformed them into her teaching style.

“We taught our children to be responsible for all their actions,” she said. “I don’t like to

spoon-feed children.

“I want them to be excited about learning,” she said. “We all need to put the computers away and talk to each other. Young people today have a difficult time communicating. In music, you have to work together. You have to harmonize when you make music.”

The string orchestra, she said, is like a family.

“I’ve taught students from all walks of life,” said Wulber. “I’ve encouraged them to do their best. That’s how I grade them for the class.

“A reoccurring theme in the letters I’ve received from them is that the orchestra is like a family. I was the mom and they were the kids.

They learned life lessons in the class.”

When she took over the music program in the fall 1987, there were seven students in the high school string orchestra. The program grew to the 35 students who performed in the final concert in May. There were 150 students total throughout the school district.

Wulber said she would recruit students for the string orchestra.

“I would ask God who needed help through me,” said Wulber.

The students, she said were taught before the school day.

“I had 33 coming before the school day at the high school,” she said.

“Then the bus would took them to Northwood School to begin their school day.

“Then there were some cuts and the day would start at Northwood school before the school day,” she said.

“This was my favorite time of the day. And they liked Friday because I would bring homemade goodies to the class.

“I would recruit the students like a football coach,” she said. “Then I would have to retain them for the next year.”

Wulber believes music plays an important role in everyone’s lives.

“To be a well-rounded student and academically strong, I believe you must also have music and athletics included in that,” she said. “Many of the students who were in the string orchestra were class valedictorians and Photo provided salutatorians. They have BECKY WULBER talks to the audience at her last orchestra concert in May. Students pictured with her gone on to be doctors and are students Eric Barnes, Tyler Schlagetter, Cadalynn Hoellrich and Josiah Rood. lawyers.

“They learned common sense through their music,” she said. “I’ve learned to be a good listener. I’ve learned to be there for the students.

For some, this is the only safe place some of them will have.”

From the time she was 6 years old, Wulber knew she wanted to be a music teacher.

“God gave me my gift,” she said. “I’ve enjoyed the journey I’ve taken.”

When she was in the fifth grade, her music teacher recruited her for an orchestra. From there, her love of music grew through the years.

She would provide piano accompaniment for her fellow students. high school Her teacher, Dr. John Wildman, introduced An Evening of Strings and she was a member of the first class for the program. An Evening of Strings continues today and Wulber has had students participate in the program.

“I have fond memories of going to amusement parks for performances,” she said.

The orchestra members also took trips to New York City and Williamsburg. They performed at the OMEA contest Music in the Parks, held winter and spring concerts at the school, and performed at the Piqua Mall.

The high school orchestra competed in state competition and the middle school orchestra received a superior rating at the state competition.

As she begins her retirement, Wulber said she is going to spend more time with her husband.

“In my job, we had a lot of night rehearsals,” she said. “I also played in the musical this year.

“I’m going to enjoy being together with him especially after the loss of our child,” she said.

“I’m peaceful about retiring but I am going to miss my students.”

They also travel all over the state with their race horses.

“We race all over Ohio with our trotters,” said Wulber. “We have the best colt in the Ohio Colt Racing Association.”

Wulber said she will continue offering private lessons and teaching piano. She will also help the new music/orchestra teacher if she needs it.

She will also be holding her annual summer camp for six weeks at Gateway Arts Council this summer.

“I’ve always put God first, then my family and then me,” said Wulber.

“Things on earth fall into place easier when you do this.”

June 14 is World Blood Donor Day DAYTON, — In 2013, more than 4.5 million Americans will require a blood transfusion, making year-round blood donation a critical way to give back to your community.

Community Blood Center (CBC) supports the World Health Organization (WHO) in celebrating June 14 as World Blood Donor Day, and is again taking part in the Nexcare give Program which encourages people nationwide to roll up a sleeve anytime of the year and “give.”

Less than 10 percent of eligible donors give blood regularly through-

out the year, which can challenge blood centers to maintain an adequate blood supply. To emphasize the importance of giving blood year-round, the theme of the 2013 Nexcare give Program is “It’s Always in Season to Give Blood.” This year’s collection of Nexcare limited-edition bandages features a series of designs inspired by the four seasons.

Beginning Monday and throughout the week leading up to World Blood Donor Day, all CBC Donor Centers (Dayton, Springfield, Middletown, West

Chester and Richmond, Ind.) will offer free, limited-edition Nexcare give Bandages to donors.

They are also available for free by mail, while supplies last, by visiting Nexcaregive.com.

“Our goal for World Blood Donor Day is the same as all our partners in the blood center community,” said CBC said Jodi Minneman, CBC’s chief operating officer for blood services. “We hope to inspire more people to give, and we honor and thank our kind hearted donors who have helped so many hospital patients.”

“Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood,” said Dave Green, president of America’s Blood Centers. “Not only is blood donation an immediate way to serve your community, it can make a true impact on another person’s life.”

Messages for World Blood Donor Day • A single unit of donated blood can save up to three lives.

• Every year 92 million blood donations are collected worldwide. Approximately half of these are collected in high-income countries, home to

only 15 percent of the world’s population.

• Many patients requiring transfusion, particularly in developing countries, do not have timely access to safe blood.

• Regular voluntary blood donors are the safest source of blood.

There are fewer bloodborne infections among these donors than among people who donate for family members in emergencies or who give blood for payment.

• In low- and middleincome countries, the greatest use of donated blood is for pregnancy-

related complications and severe childhood anemia.

• In high-income countries, transfusion is most commonly used for supportive care in heart surgery, transplant surgery, massive trauma a• nd cancer therapy.

• Providing safe and adequate blood through well-organized, national blood systems should be an integral part of every country’s national health-care policy.

• WHO’s goal is for all countries to obtain all their blood supplies from 100 percent voluntary unpaid donors by 2020.

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Is full hysterectomy warranted?

DEAR DR. t e r e c t o m y ROACH: When rather than just is a full hysremoval of the terectomy called ovaries.

I’m for, as opposed nervous of any to a partial one? surgery, but I’m I have a cyst on sick of going one ovary that every six has not changed months, waiting in three years. To your for bad news!

My doctor has What is your good been watching it recommendavia ultrasound health tion? Full, parevery six tial or nothing?

Dr. Keith months.

She — E.A. Roach says that in my ANSWER: I stage of life (long past asked my colleague menopause, I went Kathy Huang, director through it early at 39, of minimally invasive I’m now 57), ovaries are gynecologic surgery at nothing more than can- New York Hospital in cer makers. I also have Queens, since this is a fibroid in my uterus beyond my expertise. (she is less concerned She said: “She defiabout it), but she is nitely does not need a suggesting a full hys- hysterectomy; there is

no indication for it. As for the cyst, it would depend on whether it is simple or complex, and its size. I would guess that the ovarian cyst is not malignant, since it has been unchanged for three years, so at most I would recommend removal of tubes and ovaries. Actually, the ovaries continue to produce hormones even after menopause, albeit at 50 percent of premenopausal levels, so they aren’t useless.”

Based on her recommendation, I would ask you to think which is worse — an operation (laparascopic operations, performed with three small incisions,

are usually much easier than the older, open procedure), or getting the ultrasounds?

It seems to me the would be surgery worse, but only you can make that decision.

a year ago I became engaged to a very special man. We have decided to be married during a weeklong cruise we have taken the past two years. We knew some family members might not be able to attend for financial reasons, so we chose to invite only two close friends as witnesses and not have our families there.

My family is OK with our decision, but his family is not pleased.

They have been calling him constantly and telling him to change our plans and accommodate them, and frankly, we are sick of it. We know why they’re upset, but at the same time this is our day and they should respect our decision.

How can we get them to be more understanding and less disrespectful about how we want our wedding? Please help, because we don’t know what else to say to them. — SOON TO

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100 years June 7, 1913 The baccalaureate exercises at the new school building tomorrow evening will be the beginning of the exercises of commencement week and will be the first meeting of any kind in the handsome new school building of which we may well be proud. The address of the evening will be given by S.A. Long of Dayton, who is considered one of the most brilliant speakers on the lecture platform today.

——— Chief Police O’Leary has declared war upon violators of the sidewalk ordinance and a warning issued that all offenders will be arrested. The chief has ordered the arrest of all those who ride their bicycles on the sidewalks about the city.

75 years June 7, 1938 Leo Heintz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Heintz, of Montra will be ordained to the ministry of the American Lutheran Church during a service to be held the evening of June 12 in the Lutheran church at Montra. The ordination will be delivered by the Rev. George J. Busdiecker, pastor of the Montra church of which the new minister is a son. A graduate of Jackson Center High school and Capital University, Mr. Heintz received his bachelor of divinity degree earlier this week.

——— Announcement was made today that Dale Sheeley had accepted a position as salesman with the Dorsey Nevergall Motor Sales, South Ohio Avenue, Dodge and Plymouth dealer.

Sheeley has been identified with the local motor car market for the past five years.

——— Miss Margaret Thedieck, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Thedieck, of Walnut avenue, graduated with highest honor from the Ladywood school in Indianapolis earlier this week. As valedictorian, Miss Thedieck represented the class in giving the farewell address during the graduation ceremonies. She also had a part on the musical program.

Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but will incorporate them in the column whenever possible.

Readers may email questions to ToYourG o o d H e a l t h m e d . c o rnell.edu or request an order form of available health newsletters at 50 years P.O. Box 536475, OrJune 7, 1963 lando, FL 32853-6475.

Elm tree population Health newsletters may be ordered from of the courthouse lawn approached the vanishwww.rbmamall.com. ing point today with removal of three more disease-stricken trees.

The three were cut down at the northeast BE NEWLYWEDS corner of the yard. One DEAR SOON TO was totally dead. The BE NEWLYWEDS: It other two had few appears your fiance’s leaves, but they were family considers weddings to be more about the joining of families and less about the wishes of the individuals involved. They expected to be included, and are hurt because they weren’t.

A way to explain your decision would be to make it less about yourselves and more about the fact that you knew some family members could not afford to make this trip, so you plan to have a reception when you return and include everybody.

Couple’s relationship is victim of woman’s rape D E A R get over these ABBY: I have feelings and be been dating with me again?

“Vernon” for six Should I remain months. We were friends when I great together have feelings for from the day we him? — WANTS met. It was like MORE IN MINwe’d known each NESOTA other forever D E A R Dear and could talk W A N T S Abby for hours. We MORE: If you Abigail talked every haven’t already Van Buren reported night and it was the amazing. rape to the police, do it Two weeks ago, I was now. The man who did raped by a man I this to you needs to be thought was a friend. taken out of circulation When I told Vernon, he so he won’t harm anwas shocked and didn’t other woman. know how to handle it. I You should be receivwas hoping we could get ing counseling to help past it, but two nights you get over what was ago he said he can no done to you, and longer be intimate with frankly, so should Verme because he feels like non. Unless he can stop he is doing something treating you as though wrong, or I won’t like it. you are “untouchable,” He said he loves talking you should NOT conto me and still wants to tinue the “friendship,” be friends. because what he is We have continued doing is distancing himtalking every night, but self when you need his it is hard for me to do as support the most. just his friend. Do you think he will be able to DEAR ABBY: About

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falling and hours of the “patients” were numbered. It is expected that young trees of a different species will be planted soon. The vanishing trees were victims of the Dutch Elm disease which has killed hundreds of elms in Sidney alone.

——— Ronald Pulfer, was elected grand knight of the Sidney Knights of Columbus at a meeting Wednesday night. officers are Other Richard Wood, deputy grand knight, James Thies, chancellor, Ray Barhorst, recorder, G. Kenneth Copella, treasurer, and Robert Hansel, advocate.

Arthur Carter, warden, Lee Cartwright, inside guard, and John Gattes, Frank Tebbe, and Clarence Barhorst, trustees.

25 years June 7, 1988 Work is continuing on the expansion of the Honda of America Manufacturing Inc. facility near Anna. Current projects include a new entrance and guard station, north building expansion and a unit for the storage of sand. The expansion projects at the Anna plant will cost 600 million and are to be completed in 1991.

——— JACKSON CENTER — More than $30,000 in scholarships were awarded to Jackson Center graduates during commencement ceremonies Sunday Afternoon. Co-valedictorians Paula Gies, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gies and Cheryl Prenger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Prenger presented their graduation comments to fellow students and others attending the graduation.

Also presenting an address was salutatorian Lisa Ricker, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ricker. Miss Prenger told other members of the graduating class of 42 students not to be sad, but rather to focus on new opportunities. She said if the graduates use their talents and abilities, they will be successful in life. Miss Gies reminded other members of the graduating class to hold onto their memories, be willing to take risks and work hard to achieve their goals.

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BY FRANCES DRAKE For Saturday, June 8, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is the best day of the year to think about how clear you are in your communication with others. Do you listen to others, and vice versa?

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) The New Moon makes today the day to make resolutions about how to improve your money scene. What can you do to earn more? What can you do to save more?

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) The only New Moon in your sign all year is taking place today. Take a realistic look in the mirror to discover what you can do to improve your appearance.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) It's important to be aware of your beliefs. What gives you guidelines? What do you do to balance the busyness of your days?

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Friendships are important. Studies indicate that friends even improve our health. What kind of friend are you to your friends? Think about this.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) What is your relationship to authority figures? Do you resent authority? Do you accept it? The New Moon today urges you to think about this.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) What further education can you get to improve your job or enhance the quality of your life? Think about taking a course or traveling to expand your horizons.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) This might be the best day of the year to think about how to reduce your debt. You also might ponder how to redefine the boundaries of shared property.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Today is the only New Moon all year that is opposite your sign. This means it's your chance to make resolutions about how to improve your partnerships and close friendships. Any ideas?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) What can you do to improve your job or get a better job? What can you do to improve your attitude to your job?

Happiness is liking what you do.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Our society places much emphasis on work and the success of earning money. But this is no guarantee of happiness. How well do you balance your work with fun and play?

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) This is an excellent day to think about how to improve your family relationships and also how to improve your home. When things are solid at home, your world feels better.

YOU BORN TODAY You understand form and structure and have a very organized mind. You're careful, and you always consider the ramifications of whatever you do. Many of you easily learn technology. You're outspoken and frank, which endears you to some, but appalls others. Personally, you are courageous. In the year ahead, partnerships and your closest friendships will be your main focus.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — As a teenager, Esther Williams dreamed of Olympic glory on the U.S. swim team.

She had to settle instead for becoming a movie star.

The self-described “Million Dollar Mermaid,” whose wholesome beauty, shapely figure and aquatic skills launched an entire genre of movies — the Technicolor “aqua musicals” — died Thursday at 91. She was remembered for her Hollywood fame but also her influence on fashion and on synchronized swimming, the Olympic sport inspired by her cinematic water ballet.

Williams followed in the footsteps of Sonja Henie — who went from skating champion to movie star — and became one of Hollywood’s biggest moneymakers after she lost the chance to compete in the Olympics when they were canceled due to the onset of World War II. She appeared in glittering swimsuit numbers that featured towering fountains, waterfalls, pools, lakes, slides, water skis and anything else that involved water.

“The girl you will dream about!” raved the 1944 trailer for “Bathing Beauty,” the first big aqua musical. It showed a smiling Williams posing in a bright pink onepiece suit with the pointy chest popular at the time, a matching pink bow in her hair.

Co-starring Red Skelton, the show was first called “Mr. Coed.” But MGM executives changed the title when they realized how big the actress was going to be during filming, according to a biography on Williams’ website.

“No one had ever done a swimming movie before,” Williams said later.

“So we just made it up as we went along. I adlibbed all my own underwater movements.”

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THIS MAY 1950 file publicity photo originally released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer shows Esther Williams on location for the film “Pagan Love Song.” According to a press representative, Williams died in her sleep on Thursday in Beverly Hills, Calif. She was 91.

That film was followed by many more. “It appeared as if I had invited the audience into the water with me,” Williams said, “and it conveyed the sensation that being in there was absolutely delicious.”

Such films as “Easy to Wed,” ”Neptune’s Daughter” and “Dangerous When Wet” all followed the same formula: romance, music, a bit of comedy and a flimsy plot that provided excuses to get Williams in the water.

“They were the ultimate example of Hollywood escapism,” says film historian Leonard Maltin. “To their endless credit, the studio seized upon this asset — a graceful beautiful, woman — and figured out a way to make her a movie star.”

Williams’ film extravaganzas dazzled a second generation via television and the compilation film “That’s Entertainment.”

Her co-stars included the pick of the MGM contract list, including Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Skelton, Ricardo Montalban and Howard Keel.

She also was a favorite

CALL Some critics in Congress, as well as civil liberties advocates, declared that the sweeping nature of the National Security Agency program represented an unwarranted intrusion into Americans’ private lives. But a number of lawmakers, including some Republicans who normally jump at the chance to criticize the Obama administration, lauded the program’s effectiveness. Leaders of the House Intelligence Committee said the program had helped thwart at least one attempted terrorist attack in the United States, “possibly saving American lives.”

Separately, The Washington Post and The Guardian reported Thursday the existence of another program used by the NSA and FBI that scours the nation’s main Internet companies, extracting audio, video, photographs, emails, documents and connection logs to help analysts track a person’s movements and contacts. It was not clear whether the program, called PRISM, targets known suspects or broadly collects data from other Americans.

The companies include Microsoft , Yahoo , Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube and Apple. The Post said PalTalk has had numerous posts about the Arab Spring

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swimsuit pinup for GI’s in World War II, and a refreshing presence among MGM’s stellar gallery — warm, breezy, with a frankness and self-deprecating humor that delighted interviewers.

As news of her death spread Thursday, pinup shots of her circulated on Twitter.

Three-time Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Rowdy Gaines tweeted: “Esther Williams…our first female Michael Phelps…RIP.” USA Synchro, the governing body of U.S. synswimming, chronized also paid tribute. “Her movies with a swimming theme inspired many young girls and women to get into the pool and try to copy her movements,” said Judy McGowan, the group’s president.

Williams also left her mark on the swimwear industry, popularizing styles that showed just enough cleavage and leg, without being too risque.

Her signature suits were colorful, with flattering ruching. She later turned them into a business, forming her own swimwear label.

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It also said Dropbox would soon be included One outraged senator, Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said of the phone-records collecting: “When law-abiding Americans make phone calls, who they call, when they call and where they call is private information. As a result of the discussion that came to light today, now we’re going to have a real debate.”

But Republican Lindsay Graham of South Carolina said Americans have no cause for concern. “If you’re not getting a call from a terrorist organization, you’ve got nothing to worry about,” he said.

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, DCalif., said the order was a three-month renewal of an ongoing practice that is supervised by federal judges who balance efforts to protect the country from terror attacks against the need to safeguard Americans’ privacy. The surveillance powers are granted under the post-9/11 Patriot Act, which was renewed in 2006 and again in 2011.

While the scale of the program might not have been news to some congressional leaders, the disclosure offered a public glimpse into a program whose breadth is not widely understood.

Sen. Mark Udall, a Col-

orado Democrat who serves on the Intelligence Committee, said it was the type of surveillance that “I have long said would shock the public if they knew about it.”

The government has hardly been forthcoming.

Wyden released a video of himself pressing Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on the matter during a Senate hearing in March.

“Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans?”

Wyden asked.

“No, sir,” Clapper answered.

“It does not?” Wyden pressed.

Clapper quickly softened his answer. “Not wittingly,” he said.

“There are cases where they could, inadvertently perhaps, collect — but not wittingly.”

There was no immediate comment from Clapper’s office Thursday on his testimony in March.

The public is now on notice that the government has been collecting data — even if not listening to the conversations — on every phone call every American makes, a program that has operated in the shadows for years, under President George W. Bush, and continued by President Barack Obama.

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See each garage sale listing and location on our Garage Sale Map. Available online at sidneydailynews.com Powered by Google Maps SIDNEY, 10095 Oak Creek Drive (off Sharp Rd), Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 95. Large sale! Sectional sofa, college dorm bunker, baby clothes & items, entertainment center, computer desk, powerider, toys, microwave, golf bags, jeans size 5-7, dog house & carrier.

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SIDNEY, 2839 N. Kuther Road, Friday 10am-6pm, Saturday 9am-1pm, 3 family sale, Boys 5T-8, womens m-xl, Household & decor, Wii & xbox games, tons of miscellaneous, something for everyone!!!

SIDNEY, 318 Mulberry Place, Thursday & Friday 9am-5pm, Lots of womens clothing, boys 3-4T, golf clubs, mini freezer, 2 Cobra cbs, much more!!

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SIDNEY, 327 Lunar Drive, Friday 9am-3pm, Saturday 9amnoon, Stroller/ carseat, Pack-nplay, highchair, boys NB-2T, Girls NB-4T, toys, maternity, books, treadmill, mixer, bread machine, Miscellaneous, Pet free/ Smoke free!

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SIDNEY, 3272 West Mason Road, Friday 4pm-9pm, Saturday 8am-8pm, Sunday 8am5pm, Adjustable bed (like new), Love seat (like new), tools, firewood, Steel chain saw, miscellaneous

SIDNEY, 3490 West Cisco Road (State Route 29 to Dorothy Love, 3rd on Right), Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday, 10am-7pm, Big Sale!, Patio, lawn, living room, kitchen, furniture, bedding, computer desk & chair, home decor SIDNEY, 392 Ironwood Drive, Saturday only!! 8am-4pm, AAUW garage sale for Scholarships, Multi Family, Name brand clothing, bread machine, household items, kitchen items, Much more, something for everyone!! come and browse!!

SIDNEY, 419 North Buckeye Avenue (The Salvation Army) Saturday Only 9am-noon, Large Sale!! 50 Cent clothing, $1.00 shoes, other miscellaneous items priced as marked

SIDNEY, 558 Knoop Johnston (29 East, 1.5 miles outside Sidney, left on Knoop Johnston/ dead-end), Thursday, Friday, Saturday 9am-5pm, HUGE!!

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SIDNEY, 919 Broadway Avenue, Friday, 9-4 & Saturday, 8Noon. Toys, books, home decor, kitchen items, bedding, clothing for men, women and boys (8-16), shoes, toy box, video games, Cedar chest, dvd, pictures, and much more!

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We offer a competitive wage and benefit package to include medical, dental, life, disability insurance and 401K plan. Qualified candidates will be able to pass a drug screen and criminal background check. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Continental Express Inc., a full service transportation company that specializes in hauling refrigerated food products is recruiting for the following positions:

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REFRIGERATION TECHNICIAN Person will be responsible for maintenance and repairs to semi trailer refrigeration units. Must have ability to diagnose and repair units, perform preventative maintenance and install new units. Prior experience on Thermo King and/or Carrier units required with a preference on having certification.

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Civitas Media, a growing leader in local news, is looking for full time experienced paginators with copy editing backgrounds for its Miamisburg, Ohio hub. Paginators will be expected to design pages for a variety of newspapers and special sections in InDesign while copy editing editorial content and writing headlines. Evening and weekend hours. Wages based on experience. Health, vision, dental, vacation.

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This warehouse position has two key areas of responsibility â&#x20AC;&#x201C; receiving and loading.

This position will operate receiving equipment to receive truck or rail ingredients and store in appropriate bins. This position is also responsible for loading bulk product into trucks and ensuring the truck is ready for delivery. This includes maneuvering trucks around the facility and into the load out area, requiring a CDL. The qualified applicant will possess a high school diploma, a CDL (or be able to obtain one quickly), have a commitment to work in a safe manner and following OSHA standards, is comfortable using a computer and can work well in a team environment. Pre-employment screening, including reference checking, physical exam and drug testing is required.

Ridley provides competitive pay along with an annual incentive potential. Our benefit programs include a choice of health and dental plans, a 401K with a generous match, holidays, vacations and more!

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The Sidney Daily News is currently recruiting for Adult Carriers. Our Adult Carrier independent contractors will deliver our products five days per week (Mondays, Wednesdays â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Saturdays) and on holidays.

If you are over the age of 18 and interested in making some extra cash, please contact:

Jason 937-498-5934 or Rachel 937-498-5912 Please be prepared to leave a voicemail with your name, phone number, age and address.

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UPPER MIAMI VALLEY STORAGE 9:00 A.M. SHARP TERMS OF THE SALE ARE THIS: CASH. NO PERSONAL CHECKS NO CREDIT CARDS. NO CHILDREN. PLEASE CALL WITH QUESTIONS. ALL VEHICLES SOLD 100% AS IS. BANKRUPTCY UNITS HAVE SEPERATE TERMS. AGAIN, PLEASE CALL WITH QUESTIONS BEFORE THE AUCTION. WE ARE ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR SELLING UNITS, WE CANNOT ANSWER VERIFY OR GUARANTEE ANY CONDITION OF ANY UNIT IN AUCTION. ALL UNITS INCLUDING BOATS, SKIS, TRAILERS, VEHICLES ANYTHING SOLD IS 100% AS IS. PLEASE SEE AUCTIONZIP.COM AUCTION ID CODE 6480 FOR COMPLETE LISTING AND PHOTOS.

BAYMAN AUCTION SERVICE ROBERT BAYMAN 937 773 5702

Needed at Saint Teresa Catholic Church in Covington and Immaculate Conception Church Bradford, Needs to be able play and sing at 4 weekend masses and as needed for weddings, funerals, etc, Contact Father Jim, (937)473-2970 Other FENIX, LLC PRODUCTION TEAM MEMBERS Seeking team members who want to build a career with our growing company.

The ideal candidate should be highly motivated, excel in team environments and, have 3-5 years of manufacturing experience. The plant operates on a 12-hour shift basis with current openings on the 7pm to 7am shift. We offer a highly competitive wage and full benefits.

Please send resumes to: HUMAN RESOURCES 319 S. Vine St. Fostoria, OH 44830

TONY BAYMAN 937 606 0535

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Employment Wanted CERTIFIED Nursing Assistant, Experienced, available for home nursing care. errands, p r o v i de t r a n s p o r t a t i on a s needed, References available, (937)622-5030 REAL ESTATE SALES For Sale By Owner OPEN HOUSE, Saturday June 8th 1-3pm, 412 W. South Street, Botkins, 3 Bedroom, 1 Bath, Completely Renovated, Move in ready, PRICE REDUCED Houses For Sale 524 North Main Street, 2 bedroom, 1 bath, single family home, 1606 Sq Ft, fenced lot, lease option or cash discount, $1000 down, $412 Monthly, (877)499-8065 BEAUTIFUL. 3 bedroom, 2 bath, basement, 2 car garage, wonderful yard, 3085 Kuther Road, Sidney, (419)305-1439 OPEN HOUSE: Saturday, 1PM-3PM. 1236 Turner, Sidney. 3 bedroom, 2 bath home, C/A, 2 car garage. $128,500.

Jim Walterbusch (419)3053231, Arnold Group.

Open House Directory Apartments /Townhouses 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom, appliances, fireplace, secure entry. Water & trash included, garages.

(937)498-4747 Carriage Hill Apts. www.firsttroy.com 1520 SPRUCE. 1 bedroom, $400 month, $200 deposit. Air, range, refrigerator, laundry, no pets. Call for showing: (937)710-5075 1520 SPRUCE. 2 bedroom, $475 month, $300 deposit. Air, range, refrigerator, laundry, no pets. Call for showing: (937)710-5075 2 BEDROOM Apartment, Sidney, exceptionally clean, new carpet/vinyl, new A/C, stove, fridge, freshly painted $235 deposit, $435 rent . Includes water, trash and sewage. On-site laundry. Multiple security cameras. Owner managed. Each apartment is heat treated prior to occupancy for insect prevention, including bed bugs.

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If interested, please contact: Jason 937-498-5934 or Rachel 937-498-5912 If no one is available to take your call, please leave a message with your name, address, phone number and SDN number that you are interested in.

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Interested individuals send resume to: PO Box 112 Minster, OH 45865

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If you are qualified for this position, please pick up an application form or email your resume to:

The deadline to apply is June 28, 2013

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May also require some Saturday mornings. Duties include: insurance billing/ coding and patient care. Billing and coding experience necessary!

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Autos For Sale 2005 FORD Escape, V6, XLT, excellent condition, actual miles 7139, (937)773-6520

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2 BEDROOM, basement, newly remodeled, 319 Michigan Street, Sidney, $500 month + deposit, (937)3947117.

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Ideal location for private residence, corporate retreat or a group camp.

Asking $325,000. Directions: Fair Rd. west to Kuther Rd. south, turn left onto Clear Creek Farm lane & follow signs to camp property in back.

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1989, Sylvan off shore, 21 foot aluminum, Mer cruiser 130hp, $4500, (937)681-9216 2002 POLARIS, Jet Ski,750 engine, 3 seater with trailer and cover, excellent condition, (937)492-3567 after 5pm 2006 TRACKER 1648 BassSS, low hours, aerated well, bilge, 54lb thrust trolling motor, fish/depth finder, 25HP, 4stroke Mercury, $5500, (864)525-9698.

Appliances RANGE, Jenn-Air slide in range 30", Has down draft exhaust, self cleaning, timer, looks and works great! $275, (937)726-6664

WASHER/ DRYER, Whirlpool, good condition, almond colored, $100, (937)492-1157 Landscaping & Gardening MOWER, 42" Dixon with mulching blades, like new!

Paid $3200, first $1150 buys it, (937)497-7950 or cell (937)622-5908.

Miscellaneous CARNIVAL GLASS, 4 piece dish set, 4 plates, 4 cups & saucers, 4 salad dishes, $100 for all (937)497-8171 FREE HAULING! Refrigerators, freezers, water heaters, stoves, washers, dyers, mowers, farm equipment, car parts, anything aluminum, metal, steel. Building clean outs, JUNK"B"GONE, (937)5386202 Furniture, Living room chair, Loveseat, Microwave, Miscellaneous kitchen items, Free!!

Call Walter (828)305-0867

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N126A 2009 TOYOTA YARIS LOCAL TRADE $9,677.50 S193 2003 BUICK REGAL 3800 V-6 $5934.00 Z213 2009 FORD FLEX SEL $21,375.00

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LAWN TRACTOR, Craftsman, 50" cut, 767hrs, 22.5hp kohler, dozer blade, wheel weights, tire chains, 36" pull behind tiller, $1000, (937)497-7402

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Contact Sports Editor Ken Barhorst with story ideas, sports scores and game stats by phone at (937) 498-5960; email, kbarhorst@civitasmedia.com; or by fax, (937) 4985991.

Selection committee picks Mitch Hoying Will be recommended as Sidney’s next athletic director

BY KEN BARHORST kbarhorst@civitasmedia.com It was one of those opportunities he couldn’t let pass by.

So Mitch Hoying, who has been with Sidney City Schools for the past 14 years, is about to become the new Sidney High athletic director.

Hoying Hoying will be recommended to the Board of Education at its June 17 meeting after being chosen from a pool of four candidates by a selection committee.

The committee was formed after Jeff Courter, the AD for the past five years, resigned to take the same position with Indian Lake Schools.

“Mitch has proven himself as both a teacher and as a coach, and is a quality person with a strong background in athletics,” said Sidney Schools superintendent John Scheu.

“He has always been dedicated to his job, Sidney City Schools, and this community.

I believe in rewarding quality candidates within the district that have proven themselves and are ready for a chance in advancement, and Mitch has done that. He will be a great fit for this position.”

Scheu was on the selection committee along with school and community supporter Dave Ross, varsity girls soccer coach and middle school teacher Stacey Goffena, head football coach and high school teacher Adam Doenges, head track coach and high school teacher Ruth Baker, secretary to the AD Claudia Langhorst, head cross country coach and mid-

dle school teacher Ken Kellner, assistant wrestling coach and Sidney Alternative School principal Clayton Westerbeck, and Sidney High School principal Jon Geuy.

“It was one of those opportunties that comes along that you really haven’t put a lot of thought into,” Hoying said Thursday night while watching his son play in a B League game. “I think being an AD is something a lot of people would like to do, and if you don’t take an opportunity like this, you may not get another chance.”

Hoying was highly successful as the varsity baseball coach at Sidney for seven years, building the program into one of the best in Ohio before stepping down. He then took over as the head baseball coach at Versailles, and that success followed him to the Darke County school.

He spent three years as Versailles’ head coach, and his most recent team finished 237 and played for a Division III district title.

His previous two Versailles teams were 24-8 in 2011 and 19-7 in 2010, giving him an impressive three-year mark of 66-22 at the school.

And his 2007 team at Sidney set a school record for most wins in a season with 24.

He is a Lehman High School graduate who went on to earn both his bachelors and masters degrees in education from the University of Kentucky. He has spent the past 14 years teaching social studies at Sidney High School.

He said walking away from coaching is difficult.

“I was very happy coaching at Versailles,” he said. “I met some wonderful people and we had some success. It’s def-

initely hard to walk away from coaching high school baseball. You meet tons of great people and great kids.

But I hope the next game I coach is my son in B League.”

Hoying won’t assume his duties until the board votes on his recommendation on June 17. But he knows what he has to do.

“The first thing, I think what every coach wants is the athletic department to be well-organized, so they can maximize their practice time,” he said. “And I think the coaches need resources, and I think a big chunk of the job will be picking up where Jeff left off as far as raising money. And when coaching openings do happen, you have to find good people to fill those roles and keep the good people you have. I think there are a lot of good coaches here now who do a great job, sharing the athletes and letting them play multiple sports.

“There will also come a time where you have to evaluate coaches,” he added.

“And you might have to put your foot down. I think it will come up eventually, and that’s part of the job.”

He says he looks forward to a long term as AD. “If I thought this was only a couple-year thing, I wouldn’t have wasted anyone’s time,” he said. “I will get to make a career out of sports. Hopefully, I’ll be successful.

“I’m very excited about the opportunity,” he added. “It’s going to be a challenging job.

Hopefully, the relationships I have built in my 14 years of employment at SCS will help us meet every challenge and continue to provide young people with opportunities to enhance their school experience through athletics.”

SDN Photo/Todd B. Acker

SIDNEY POST 217’s Nick Buchanan gets the forceout at second and makes the relay throw to first in American Legion baseball action Thursday night at Custenborder Field. Sidney was taking on Napoleon.

Post 217 falls to Napoleon Sidney Post 217’s hitting stuggles continued Thursday night in a 6-1 loss to visiting Napoleon in American Legion baseball action at Custenborder Field.

Post 217, now 1-4 on the season, managed just two hits in the game, one being a double by Mitch Gigandet.

“We’re still not hitting,” said Sidney coach Jason McLain. “But we hit the ball hard, and that’s a good sign.”

Treg Francis had a rocky first inning before settling down and pitching six solid innings for Post 217.

“I think once the bats come

alive, we’ll be okay,” said McLain. “Every game has been pretty decent. We just needed to find some holes tonight. We had a lot of ‘at ‘em’ balls tonight.”

Sidney returns to action Saturday at home against Richmond in a doubleheader slated to start at 3 p.m.

Reds draft Samford outfielder The Cincinnati Reds selected outfielder Phillip Ervin of Samford University with the 27th pick in the Major League baseball 2013 amateur draft.

The Reds had the final pick in the first round.

Ervin, who went undrafted out of high school due to a football injury, came into the week

hitting .597 with 11 home runs and 32 stolen bases in 55 games. He hits to all fields from the right side and is said to have surprising power in his 5-foot-11, 190-pound frame.

• The Cleveland Indians used the fifth overall pick in the June Amateur Draft to select Georgia high school outfielder Clint Frazier.

The 18-year-old Frazier was the first high school position player selected in the draft. He’s a 5-11 righthanded hitter who was recently named the Gatorade National High School Player of the Year.

Baseball America had Frazier listed as the No. 4 prospect on its Top 500 List.

AP Photo/Mark Duncan

CLEVELAND BROWNS wide receiver Davone Bess catches a pass during an off-season workout at the NFL football team’s practice facility in Berea, Ohio Thursday.

Bess boosts receiver group BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Davone Bess is the oldest wide receiver on the Cleveland Browns, but that’s strictly a relative term.

Bess, 27, is squarely in the prime of his career and was the most consistent pass catcher throughout a threeday minicamp that concluded Thursday.

Emerging wideouts Greg Little and Josh Gordon are Cleveland’s future at the position, but Bess might be its most important asset. The sixth-year pro was acquired from the Miami Dolphins in an April 26 trade, then promptly signed a three-year contract extension.

“My job is to help the Cleveland Browns win games by making plays, but I also know they brought me here to work with the younger guys,” Bess said. “Greg and Josh, they’re such physically gifted athletes and they can run, jump and catch.

“You can tell that they’re hungry, so I’m just trying to show them the way I approach the game and answer any questions they have for me.”

Little was a second-round pick two years ago, while Gordon, a 2012 supplemental draft choice, cost the Browns their second-round pick this spring. At 6-foot-2 and 6-3, respectively, their potential is high, but their maturity remains a concern.

The latter issue again came to the forefront Wednesday, when Gordon used his Twitter account to brag that he was “undefeated” drag racing on nearby Interstate 71. The tweet was deleted within hours.

“Davone goes about his business the right way and I think it’s rubbing off on the entire locker room,” quarterback Brandon Weeden said.

“He brings consistency to the field and he doesn’t make many mistakes. He also knows how to prepare, so you want to follow his example as a player.”

The 5-10, 195-pound Bess has lined up in the slot since arriving in Cleveland, which was his main role throughout his five seasons in Miami. He made 321 receptions and scored 12 touchdowns in 77 games with the Dolphins, topped by a 79-catch season in 2010.

During the same timeframe, the only Browns wide receiver with more than 55 grabs in a season was Little,

who had 61 as a rookie. In 2012, Little made a team-high 53 receptions and Gordon had 50.

“You grow up fast being thrown into the fire like I did, but it made me a better player, and it will help both of those guys, too,” said Bess, who played in his first NFL game at age 22. “But it is a bit weird being the old man in the group because I remember coming into the league so young. Now, it’s been six years. Time flies.”

Bills receiver Former David Nelson likely will join Bess in the slot once he recovers from reconstructive right knee surgery, along with speedster Travis Benjamin.

Nelson is one year younger than Bess, but has played two fewer seasons in the league.

All five receivers figure to see significant snaps in the up-tempo offense being installed by new Browns coach Rob Chudzinski and offensive coordinator Norv Turner.

“With the weapons that we have, and Norv’s track record for scoring points and gaining yards, the sky is the limit,” said Bess, who has posted 130 third-down receptions over the last five seasons, ranking second in the NFL. “I’ve felt that way from the first time I met Norv and Chud because they’re great guys and you can understand their passion for the game.

“We know they’re going to do their part to put us in a position to do great things. As players, we just have to show up and do ours.

“I really believe that.” ___ NOTES: Weeden took all of his snaps with the first-team offense, but Chudzinski said he isn’t ready to name him the starting quarterback. QB Jason Campbell worked exclusively with the second unit, while Brian Hoyer was on the third team. “Ultimately, it’s going to come down to production,” Chudzinski said.

“There’s still a lot of time left.” ... Starting RB Trent Richardson (lower right leg strain), TE Jordan Cameron (left hamstring), and WR Jordan Norwood (hamstring) did not practice, but are expected to be ready for training camp, which opens on July 26. ...

Chudzinski plans on holding every training camp practice during the afternoon. ...

Third-year CB Prince Miller, who played in two games with Cleveland last season, was released.

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Russia names MVPs at spring awards night

RUNNERS LEAVE from the start Saturday in the Jackson Center Tiger Trot 5K, held in conjunction

RUSSIA — Russia lor Borchers also won High School recently the Blue and Gold held an awards banquet award.

The varsity baseball for spring sports particiawards will be anpants.

Included were special nounced at a later date.

In junior varsity baseawards in boys and girls ball, Jacob Pleiman and track, and softball.

In track, the Most Jordan Gariety won Valuable Athletes were Blue and Gold awards, Kyle Poling and Lauren and Tyler Frelin was Heaton, the most valu- named most improved.

Among the Ohio High able in sprints were Trevor Monnin and School Athletic AssociaKirstin Voisard, the tion awards presented, most valuable in dis- junior high athletes tance events were Shae Goubeaux and Steven Stickel and Alex Seger, and high Lauren Emily Borchers, the schoolers most valuable in field Heaton and Connor events were Nick Paulus Monnin all won Archie and Bethany York, Blue Griffin Sportsmanship and Gold awards went awards.

Scholar-Athlete to Caleb Ball for the boys and Lauren Fran- awards went to Olivia cis and Kayli Dues for Monnin and Trevor the girls, and the most Sherman (varsity basePhoto provided improved awards went ball), Hannah Sherman with the Jackson Center Community Days. The 5K to Josh York and Leah won the Courageous Student award, Lauren Francis. attracted over 300 runners.

In softball, Olivia Francis and Treg Franwon OHSAA Monnin was named the cis MVP and best offensive Awards of Excellence, player, Sara Young won and the Adult State for best pitcher, Taylor Award for SportsmanAaron Bauer, Houston Christina Johnson, Borchers for best defen- ship, Ethics and Insive, Emilie Frazier was tegrity went to Ken 10-and-under — Xenia (4th overall) Cobi Haverfield, Xenia 10-and-under — most improved, and Tay- Francis.

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Repeat winner in Tiger Trot 5K and placed fourth overall in 18:54. Beth Zimpfer (13th overall) of Jackson Center was the second female and placed 13th overall in 21:20. Alisa Elliott (14th overall) of Sidney was the third female in 21:40, and followed by Lisa Heckman (22nd overall) in 22:22, and Tiffani Sawmiller (25th overall) 22:26.

In the one-mile fun run, 10-year-old Cobi Haverfield of Xenia took home top honors in 6:38 while 12-year old Katelyn Sosby of Jackson Center was the first girl finisher in 7:11.

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JACKMSON CENTER — Jackson Center’s Tiger Trot 5K and one mile fun-run attracted over 300 participants on Saturday.

The annual event held in conjunction with the Jackson Center Community Days is part of the Shelby County 5K Tour.

Aaron Bauer of Houston repeated as the overwinner.

Bauer all crossed the line first in 16:36.

Kyle Minnich of Celina was second in 17:47; Matthew Tussing of Jackson Center third in 18:33, and Bryan Rioch of Anna was fifth overall in 19:12.

Christina Johnston, formerly of Jackson Center, was the top female

Wrestling camp held at Lehman The Lehman Catholic wrestling program held its first LC Wrestling Camp recently.

The camp was coordinated by wrestling coach Cameron Haller.

The camp had two clinicians, Mike DeHart of DeHart Wrestling School. He is from the Covington area.

The second instructor was Nick Spatola of Spatola Wrestling in the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky area.

The areas of concentration at the camp included takedowns, takedown defense, pinning combinations, and escapes.

The camp was in session from 9-to-3 for each of the three days. The instructors incorporate life teaching moments into all sessions.

Anyone interested in wrestling at Lehman, junior high or high school, can let coach Haller know. He can be reached at 937-538-7502.

Benefit tractor pull in Greenville GREENVILLE — On June 22 at 6:30 p.m. the Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League will sanction the 6th Annual Ohio State Championship Pull presented by Premier Crop Insurance at the Great Darke County Fairgrounds.

The benefit pull will continue its partnership with Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation of Greater Dayton (JDRF) by donating a portion of the proceeds to JDRF. The Barga Family has three children who are diagnosed with juvenile diabetes and a fourth

child was diagnosed this past April. For the Barga Family it continues to hit close to their hearts.

Currently slated for the sixth annual event are four Lucas Oil Pro Pulling classes on two pulling tracks, the Super Modified tractors, Unlimited Super Stocks, 10,000-pound Pro Stocks and the 20,000-pound Hot Rod Semis.

For a fourth year in a row they will have a Kiddie Tractor Pull starting at 4 p.mm for ages 4-10 with signups in front of the grandstands.

Visit the Ohio State Championship Pull website at www.ohiostatepull.com for more info or contact 937-337-0371.

Pits are open to all general admission tickets for $20. Kids 12 and under are admitted free.

Portable bleachers will seat 2,000 near the pits or people can sit in the grandstands or bring their own chairs and sit in the box seat area.

There is free $5 off coupons available at 14 participating Dollar General Stores.

Gates open at 3:30.

Heat jumps to early lead Stewart in MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James had six points, four rebounds and two assists to help the Miami Heat take a 24-23 lead over the San Antonio Spurs after one quarter in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night.

Chris Bosh added five points, and Ray Allen drilled a 3-pointer from the wing for the Heat, who are looking for their second straight championship.

Tony Parker had six points, and Danny Green hit two corner 3s for the Spurs, who are in the Finals for the first time

since they won their fourth title in 2007. Tim Duncan went 0 for 5 from the field, but did have five rebounds and three assists for the Spurs.

Game 2 is Sunday night in Miami.

The first quarter was every bit as tight as this series is expected to be.

The Spurs swept Memphis in the Western Conference finals to give banged up veterans Manu Ginobili, Parker and Duncan some muchneeded recovery time while the Heat suffered through a rugged sevengame series against the Indiana Pacers.

four events Under the photo of Justin Stewart on the state track qualifier page in Thursday’s paper, it said he will be competing in the 100 and 400 dashes. He will also compete in the 200 dash and the 800 relay for a total of four events.

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Pitching Prowess

• Over the winter, Jason Giambi was given the opportunity to interview for the Rockies’ managing job before the club chose Walt Weiss to lead the team. The 42-year-old Giambi, considered by many to be a future major league manager, signed a minor league deal with Cleveland.

Manager Terry Francona likes having the veteran in the clubhouse as a pseudo player-coach.

The slugger has just 79 plate appearances this season, but over the last week he was called on to pinch-hit and responded with a home run at Cincinnati, then was the DH twice and went 2for-4 with a homer and three RBIs in each game. He had been struggling, and the 5-for-9 week raised his average to .203.

• The 2012 American League Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera is at it again. May was a very merry month for the Tigers’ slugger. He led the AL in batting average (.379), home runs (12), RBIs (33) and OPS (1.222). Miggy remains three home runs behind Baltimore’s Chris Davis for the league lead, but Cabrera leads Davis by 10 points in the batting race and by 13 RBIs. Detroit manager JIm Leyland may want those two hitting 3-4 for the American League in next month’s All-Star Game.

• Three youngsters made their major league debuts in the St. Louis rotation, and the Cardinals’ offense staked each to a lead after the first inning. The offense produced three firstinning runs for John Gast against the Mets on May 14. Tyler Lyons was also given a three spot against San Diego on May 22. Then Michael Wacha, the most heralded prospect of the three, was given a pair of runs against the Royals on May 30.

Chris Davis, Baltimore Lest you believe that Davis’s start this season is somewhat of a fluke, his bat has yet to cool off for the Orioles. He produced 14 hits last week, including four that left the park, and scored a majors-best 10 runs in leading Baltimore to a 5-2 mark for the week.

Aaron Harang, Seattle While many teams had given up on him, the veteran righthander put together two solid starts last week. He pitched a complete game shutout over San Diego, giving up just four hits and a pair of walks. It was the seventh shutout of his career and first since 2009.

Domonic Brown, Philadelphia The prospect that we’ve been hearing so much about for several years now may have finally turned the corner. The Phillies’ outfielder hit safely in all seven games last week including seven home runs. With those homers, he drove in 13 runs and scored eight.

Cliff Lee, Philadelphia The lefty pitched in some tough luck last season, winning just six games with a 3.16 ERA. But the Phillies have won his last six starts.

Last week, Lee defeated the Red Sox and Brewers with 15.2 innings, 11 hits allowed, no walks and 19 Ks.

Wil Myers, Tampa Bay The Rays would love to avoid Myers earning Super 2 status with extra service this season, but it’s time to give the prospect a call. Over his last 10 games at Triple-A Durham, he’s batting .409 with six home runs and 21 RBIs.

June 8, 1993 Per rules at the time, the Chicago Cubs receive two draft picks as compensation for losing Greg Maddux to the Atlanta Braves via free agency. Taking the Braves’ pick at No. 24, the Cubs select Jon Ratliff. As a compensation pick at No. 29, Chicago chooses Kevin Orie. For Greg Maddux.

June 3, 2003 Two-thirds of the Baltimore Orioles’ outfield is drafted. The Orioles draft right fielder Nick Markakis out of Young Harris College in Georgia with the seventh overall selection. At No. 37, the Seattle Mariners choose Adam Jones as a shortstop out of Morse High School in San Diego. Later, the Mariners would deal Jones to Baltimore for Erik Bedard.

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Best ERA Over Last Three Seasons

Cardinals On pace to win 107.

Rangers Three at Boston this week, but no Yu Darvish...

Red Sox ...and no Clay Buchholz.

Reds Tossed a pair of shutouts at Pittsburgh to take two of three.

Pirates Scored just 12 runs over last six games.

Braves Held punchless Nats to seven runs over the weekend.

A’s Won 14 of 16 with Brewers and White Sox on deck.

DiamondbacksPatrick Corbin bids for 10th win Friday vs. Giants.

Orioles Best OPS in baseball (.789).

Yankees Won just three of last 12, including four losses to Mets.

Tigers Jhonny Peralta second-most feared hitter for Tigers in May. Indians Brutal trip to New York, Detroit and Texas coming up.

Rays Best offensive team in majors in May. Giants Coughed up double-digit runs six times this season.

Rockies Only 17-23 since hot start.

Nationals When pitchers allow 1, 2 or 3 runs: Nats are only 17-13.

Phillies 11-5 vs. Mets and Marlins, 16-25 against everyone else.

Padres Scored more than four runs just once last week.

Angels Swept at home by Houston? Yep. Twins Won six of seven and next nine are against losing teams.

White Sox Guess the Cubs still own Chicago.

Mariners Kendrys Morales hit .343 with 11 doubles and 23 RBIs in May. Royals Can hitting coach George Brett make a difference?

Dodgers Injuries and losses are mounting.

Blue Jays 8-8 in last 16 games within the division.

Mets They’ll always have that four-game sweep over Yanks.

Cubs Run differential is –1, but still nine games under .500.

Brewers Only staff without a shutout this season.

Astros Won five straight, but still four games behind next-to-last in AL. Marlins Jose Fernandez had two of team’s six wins in May.

Pitcher, Team Clayton Kershaw, L.A. Dodgers Johnny Cueto, Cin. Jered Weaver, L.A. Angels Justin Verlander, Det. Cliff Lee, Phil.

Jordan Zimmermann, Wash.

James Shields, T.B./K.C. Gio Gonzalez, Oak./Wash.

Hiroki Kuroda, LAD/NYY Doug Fister, Sea./Det. (minimum 55 starts)

ERA 2.31 2.54 2.63 2.67 2.71 2.93 3.10 3.10 3.11 3.12

Worst ERA Over Last Three Seasons Pitcher, Team Derek Lowe, Atl./Clev./NYY/Texas Jeff Francis, K.C./Colo.

Luke Hochevar, K.C. J.A. Happ, Hou./Tor. Ubaldo Jimenez, Colo./Clev.

ERA 5.23 5.20 5.08 5.07 5.00

Still Perfect Most Saves Without Blown Save in ’13 Pitcher, Team Jason Grilli, Pitt.

Edward Mujica, StL Grant Balfour, Oak. Jonathan Papelbon, Phil.

Casey Janssen, Tor. Jim Henderson, Milw.

Kevin Gregg, Chicago Cubs

Saves 22 17 13 11 11 9 6

2013 MLB Draft The MLB Draft begins Thursday, June 6, and the three-day event is a must-see spectacle for baseball fans every summer. Here are a few of the top prospects from the college and high school ranks.

COLLEGE Mark Appel, P, Stanford The No. 1 overall pick last season by the Pittsburgh Pirates elected to return to Stanford for his senior season after rejecting the Bucs’ offer last summer. It will be interesting to see how the lack of leverage to return to college will affect negotiations this year.

Jonathan Gray, P, Oklahoma The big righthander has been drafted twice before, the last time by the Yankees in 2011. Gray owns a tremendous fastball that can reach triple digits.

Kris Bryant, 3B, San Diego Bryant is the premier power hitter in college. At 6'5", 215, he is projected to grow even stronger. Defensively, his arm is an asset, but he will likely end up at first base, or possibly as a corner outfielder.

Colin Moran, 3B, North Carolina The junior third baseman is solid defensively and handles the bat extremely well, having excelled the past two summers in the Cape Cod League.

Braden Shipley, P, Nevada The ace of the Nevada staff has touched 98 on the radar gun, but his breaking and off-speed pitches need refining.

Scouts believe he will develop quickly through the minor leagues.

DJ Peterson, 1B-3B, New Mexico The Lobos’ best hitter batted .408 with 18 homers and 72 RBIs in 55 games this spring. He has a good feel for the strike zone and is adequate at both corners.

Ryne Stanek, P, Arkansas The lanky righthander has a power arm with a mid-90s fastball and a slider that is becoming his best pitch. Most scouts believe he projects best as a closer, but he has shown the ability to maintain good velocity late in games.

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Hunter Renfroe, OF, Miss. State The athletic outfielder has always impressed with his defense and speed. This spring his bat began to develop and the future right fielder has rocketed up draft boards.

Eric Jagielo, 3B, Notre Dame The left-handed hitter showed excellent power last summer in the Cape and continued to progress this spring for the Irish.

Defensively, he may end up at first or as an outfield corner.

Sean Manaea, P, Indiana State The Sycamores’ lefthander was not drafted out of high school, but made an impression last summer in the Cape Cod League, where he was named the outstanding pro prospect in the league.

Alex Gonzalez, P, Oral Roberts The ace of the Golden Eagles, Gonzalez throws a cut fastball that is advanced. His slider and changeup are developing.

HIGH SCHOOL Clint Frazier, OF, Loganville HS (Ga.) Frazier is committed to the University of Georgia, but he’s likely to begin his pro career this summer. His speed, defense, instincts and bat are all above average and advanced for a prepster.

Austin Meadows, OF, Grayson HS (Ga.) The athletic outfielder signed with Clemson, but few believe he will choose college over what should be a lucrative signing bonus. The left-handed hitter has some power and excellent speed.

Reese McGuire, C, Kentwood HS (Wash.)

McGuire is a left-handed hitter catcher with an outstanding arm and polished skills behind the plate. He had an outstanding run last summer with Team USA’s 18-and-under team that won a gold medal.

Appel: Larry Goren/Four Seam Images/AP Images; Meadows: Pouya Daniel

Mark Appel, a Stanford senior (left), could once again be the No. 1 overall selection.

Austin Meadows is likely to be the first prep athlete chosen with the first pick on June 6.

Kohl Stewart, P, St. Pius X HS (Texas) The high school senior excels at both baseball and football, and the quarterback has signed with Texas A&M to play both sports. With that leverage, some teams may shy away citing signability concerns. Stewart has tremendous athletic ability and a live arm that is far from polished.

Trey Ball, New Castle HS (Ind.) Truly a dual threat as a left-handed pitcher and outfielder. He throws in the low 90s and has developed an effective changeup. At 6'6", 180, he has room to fill out, and organizations may differ on whether his future is on the mound or in center field.

Dominic Smith, 1B, Serra HS (Calif.)

The smooth-fielding first baseman from Gardenia is a pure hitter from the left side. There isn’t much power or speed, but experts see him as a future .300 hitter. He signed with USC.

J.P. Crawford, SS, Lakewood HS (Calif.)

Another USC signee, Crawford’s glove work at short has caught the eye of scouts. He has terrific range and is athletic. His bat is a question mark, but there’s no doubt an organization will draft him high believing that his bat will develop.

Ian Clarkin, P, Madison HS (Calif.)

The lefthander from the San Diego area is committed to the University of San Diego, but his power arm has impressed scouts.

Phil Bickford, P, Oaks Christian HS, (Calif.)

At 6'4", 200, the Westlake Village native has scouts believing he has a tremendous future in the big leagues.

His fastball reaches the upper 90s, and he throws a curve and change, but neither is considered an elite pitch by any means. He will need some time to develop and shouldn’t be rushed through the minors.

During May, five pitchers made six starts and logged an ERA less than 2.00 for the month. Can you name the five pitchers? (Hint: Only one of them is right-handed.)

OBP for Matt Carpenter of the Cardinals since being moved to the leadoff spot permanently on May 2. Carpenter, who has started at second, third, first and right field during that time, is batting .339 with 21 runs in 27 games and St. Louis is 19-8 over that stretch.

Record in May for James Shields of the Kansas City Royals despite a 1.08 WHIP and 2.92 ERA in his five starts.

Record in May for Jason Hammel of the Baltimore Orioles despite a 1.70 WHIP and 6.44 ERA in his five starts.

Blown saves for Fernando Rodney of Tampa Bay this season. The closer blew just two all of last season.

Walk-off losses this season for the Brewers and Marlins, most in the majors.

Home runs in 169 at-bats for David Ortiz when playing first base since 2005, according to the Red Sox. Consecutive singles to start the fifth inning by the Tigers vs. the Pirates on May 30, yet Detroit did not plate a run.

Batting average on the road for Cincinnati’s Joey Votto, the best in the bigs.

Batting average at home for Colorado’s Troy Tulowitzki, the best in the bigs.

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TRIVIA ANSWER: Lefties Cliff Lee of Philadelphia, Jeff Locke of Pittsburgh, Mike Minor of Atlanta and Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers joined righty Stephen Strasburg of Washington. The aggregate record is 14-3 with 13 nodecisions in their 30 starts in May.

• In case you’re wondering and for the sake of equal time, Marco Scutaro led the National League in May with a .420 batting average and Domonic Brown of Philadelphia led with 12 homers and 25 ribbies. Paul Goldschmidt of Arizona had the best OPS (1.133). For the season, Goldschmidt leads the senior circuit with 46 RBIs, trails Brown by three home runs and is fourth in the batting race, 13 points shy of Jean Segura of Milwaukee.

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