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BY CARLA K. JOHNSON The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A massive line of storms packing hail, lightning and tree-toppling winds began rolling through the Midwest Wednesday evening and could affect more than one in five Americans from Iowa to Maryland before subsiding.

In the small town of Belmond, Iowa, about 90 miles north of Des Moines, Duwayne Abel, owner of Cattleman’s Steaks & Provisions restaurant, said a tornado swooped

through his business’ parking lot and demolished part of the building. No one was in the restaurant at the time.

“I was, oh, eight miles west of town and I looked toward town and I could see a funnel cloud, having no idea it was exactly where our restaurant was,” Abel said. His wife and an employee were able to get out of the restaurant and sought shelter in a basement.

Other small tornadoes were also reported in other parts of Iowa and in Illinois.

Authorities in Iowa said at least two businesses and a

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Obituaries and/or death notices for the following people appear on Page 3 today: • Kenneth J. Hemm • Clinton Thompson • Ruth Ann (Dowden) Brown

INDEX Anna/Botkins ........................9 City, County records..............2 Classified .......................15-17 Comics................................14 Hints from Heloise.................6 Horoscope ..........................14 Let Yourself Go......................7 Localife ..............................6-7 Nation/World.........................5 Obituaries..............................3 Religion .................................8 Sports............................18-20 State news ............................4 ’Tween 12 and 20 .................6 Weather/Sudoku/Abby/Out of the Past/Dr. Roach ........12

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home were “completely damaged” by severe weather, and tens of thousands of people from Iowa to Indiana had lost power.

“We’re just happy that we don’t have reports of injuries or fatalities,” said Stephanie Bond with Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management. “We just hope the extent of the damage is minimal.”

In addition to tornadoes, lightning and large hail, meteorologists were warning about the possibility of a weather event called a dere-

cho (deh-RAY’-choh), which is a storm of strong straight-line winds spanning at least 240 miles. The storms are also likely to cause power outages that will be followed by oppressive heat, said Russell Schneider, director of the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla. Flash flooding was also a concern in some areas.

The center was using its highest alert level for parts of Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio.

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“The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you.”

— Viscountess Astor, American-born English politician (1879-1964) For more on today in history, turn to Page 5.

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Park fun Jude Counts (left) 7, gives his brother Owen Counts, 12, a push on a playground at Custenborder Field as storm clouds amass over head Tuesday afternoon. The brothers are the sons of Rodney Counts and Laura Counts.

BY TOM MILLHOUSE thing for everyone. He said tmillhouse@civitasmedia.com there will be amusement rides and other activities sure A fixture in the community to interest children. for decades, the Holy Angels “We’ll have kids tent again Parish Picnic will offer a vari- and we’ve spruced it up a litety of activities for those who tle this year,” Zimmerman attend the event Saturday at said. the Shelby County FairThere will be a new water grounds. balloon game for the The picnic will be from 2 teenagers. p.m. to midnight. It is open to Zimmerman noted for the public and there is no ad- adults there will be bingo, mission charge. blackjack, tip books and other The band Karma’s Pawn games of chance. He said will provide the entertain- adult beverages also will be ment for the evening, playing served. from 8 p.m. to midnight.

“There will be attendance Members of the band, which drawings every 15 minutes,” performs at many area festi- he said. “That’s what brings vals and other events, are pri- out a lot of people.” marily from Shelby County.

At the end of the evening, The band’s website states the the five $1,000 top prize wingroup performs music rang- ners in the raffle will be aning from 1970s classics and nounced.

1980s rock and pop metal to Those who attend the picgrunge of the 1990s to adult nic won’t go home hungry. contemporary and today’s lat- Food stands will offer hamest hits. burgers, bratwurst sandBill Zimmerman Jr., who is wiches, chicken dinners and heading up the event with co- other favorites. chairmen Zack Bosslet and Zimmerman said there will Ken Magoteaux, said the an- be a Mass at 5:30 p.m. in the nual picnic will have someSee PICNIC/Page 3

Tax bills mailed to property owners Shelby County Treasurer Linda Meininger has announced second half real estate tax bills were mailed Friday.

The final date for payment of these bills will be July 20. Anything paid after that will include penalty.

Property owners who have their taxes escrowed with a mortgage company will not receive a bill. Each property owner should receive a bill in the mail, unless it is paid for the year. If you do not receive a bill, please contact the

treasurer’s office at 498-7281 or email lmeininger@shelbycountytreasurer.com .

The office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and 8:30 a.m. to noon on Friday. There is a locked drop box available at the front of the building. Payment may be made by check, money order or cash made payable to Linda Meininger, Shelby County Treasurer. Credit cards are accepted but there is a fee to the taxpayer.

There is a reduction in property taxes for all Ohio residents over 65 as well as those disabled; it is called the Homestead Exemption Program. The application process is done in the Shelby County Auditor’s Office.

All military personnel are allowed an extension of time for payment of real estate and manufactured-home tax. Application is made with the treasurer.

For further information, call the treasurer’s office.

Holy Angels Parish Picnic & 3rd Annual 5K Run/Walk

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Water rate increase gets second reading QUINCY — A water rate ordinance that would raise rates by a total of $10 per month was given a second reading during the June 4 Quincy Village Council meeting.

If approved, the ordinance would raise the monthly rate by $5 and also assess a $5 surcharge. The third and final reading will be on the agenda for Monday night’s meeting.

Village officials report the increase is necessary because of higher expenses at the plant and for equipment maintenance. The last water rate increase was approved in 1995 and the last surcharge was enacted in 1992.

Anyone with concerns or questions about the proposed rate increase should contact a council member or send an email to quincyvillage@yahoo.com.

Following the defeat of two 2-mill levies, one for operating expenses and the other for street improvements, council discussed the lack of money for street lighting and ways to continue the service. It was decided to continue the street lighting service as the village has a contract and to keep street repairs to a minimum.

It was reported that playground equipment damaged last year has been repaired and returned to the park. It was noted that trash at the park has become a problem again. Parents are urged to encourage their children to remove trash from the area when they leave.

The Quincy United Methodist Church was thanked for providing lunch for workers from the Logan County Sheriff’s Office who assisted the village.

Council meetings for July have been set for July 9 and July 23, both meetings will begin at 7:30 p.m. The Joint Sewer Board meeting will be held at 7 p.m. July 8.

50 fire calls made in May The Sidney Fire Department responded to 242 rescue squad calls and 50 fire calls during May for a total of 292 calls for the month, up from 268 in May 2012.

For the year, there have been 80 less calls for service than during the same period of 2012.

Training activities for the month included instruction of hose deployment, hazmat communication and utilized the Miami Valley

Fire/EMS Alliance Mayday trailer for rescue scenarios.

The fire prevention division conducted 35 inspections and 24 reinspections. Special inspections included a circus at the Shelby Fairgrounds, County Wild Wayne’s Sticky pit, FDL Automation, Emerson Climate Technologies, Catos, Lowe’ls NKP Industries and Wilson Memorial Hospital.

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Police log TUESDAY -8:49 p.m.: arrest.

Justin DeVault, 18, 237 Forest St., was arrested for assault for domestic violence after an altercation at the Forest Street residence. A juvenile also was arrested in the incident.

-6:25 p.m.: criminal damaging. Clifford W. Shortridge, 318 E. Court St., reported someone scratched the sides of four vehicles. Damage was set at $500. Other owners of vehicles damaged by vandals were Steve R. Shortridge and Kaitlin E. Curry, both of 318 E. Court St. -4:52 p.m.: assault.

Police received a report of a juvenile being assaulted by another juvenile in the 900 block of Fair Road.

-4:14 p.m.: arrest. Angela L. Browning, 37, 327 Jefferson St., was arrested for shoplifting after she allegedly stole merchandise valued at $17.50 from 1024 Wapakoneta Ave. -2:05 p.m.: theft.

Summer Neville VanHook, of Sidney, reported the theft of $30 from her purse while she was at the Sidney Municipal Pool. Randi J. Brown, of Sidney, also reported the theft of a wallet valued at $30 and $25 in cash while she was at the pool.

-8:39 a.m.: theft.

James Withrow, 3297 State Route 29N, reported the theft of hedge trimmers valued at $320 from his business, 211 E. Russell Road, sometime between Friday and Tuesday.

eastbound in the 500 block of East North Street shortly before 7:30 p.m. Saturday when his was struck by a westbound vehicle that crossed the center line.

The driver of the second vehicle fled the scene.

The hit-skip vehicle was described as a black 1990s Chevrolet Silverado extended cab pickup truck. Iwanski’s car sustained minor damage.

Fire, rescue

WEDNESDAY -3:42 a.m.: medical.

Medics were dispatched to the 500 block of Buckeye Avenue.

-12:39 a.m.: fire alarm. Firefighters responded to a fire alarm at 2640 Campbell Road. It was a false alarm.

TUESDAY -11:35 p.m.: medical.

Medics were dispatched to the 100 block of Royan Avenue.

-9:56 p.m.: injury.

Medics were dispatched to the 600 block of Folkerth Avenue on a report of an injury.

-8:29 p.m.: fire run.

Firefighters responded to 432 Wilson Ave. for a care fire. The fire was out when firefighters arrived on the scene. The fire was caused by a short in the dashboard. Damage was set at $1,000. There were no injuries.

-8:20 p.m.: medical.

Medics were dispatched to the 200 block of Stewart Drive.

-4:22 p.m.: spill. Firefighters were called to the Ohio 47-Interstate 75 overpass to clean up a hydraulic fluid spill.

-3:42 p.m.: injury.

Medics were dispatched to the 300 block of Grove Jeffrey Iwanski, 58, Street on a report of an 2985 Lisa Drive, was injury.

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Sheriff’s log WEDNESDAY -11:22 a.m.: vandalism. A resident at 10810 Little Turtle Way reported someone vandalized their mailbox.

-8:21 a.m.: theft.

Deputies were dispatched to 61032 Jackson Road on a report of an ATV being stolen.

-7:40 a.m.: ATV stolen. A resident at 6200 Jackson Road report the theft of two ATVs. TUESDAY -10:06 p.m.: theft.

Deputies were dispatched to 4240 Paulus Road, Loramie Township, on a report of money being stolen.

-5:04 p.m.: theft. A at 4623 resident Wyoming Drive reported a theft.

-3:28 p.m.: accident.

A property damage accident was reported in the 5300 block of Ohio 66.

Accident A Winchester man was listed in fair condition Wednesday afternoon at Miami Valley Hospital after being trapped in his vehicle for more than an hour Tuesday afternoon following a crash on Wones Road.

Kenneth R. Lewis, 73, of Winchester, was airlifted to Miami Valley by CareFlight. Preliminary Shelby County Sheriff’s reports state Lewis was driving north on Wones Road when he lost control of his vehicle as he

approached a sharp curve at the Meranda Road intersection. His vehicle went off the side of the road and rolled over, coming to rest on its side.

The Perry-Port-Salem Rescue Squad and firefighters from Anna, Port Jefferson and Jackson Center responded to the scene.

Fire, rescue WEDNESDAY -9:30 a.m.: camper fire. The Botkins Fire Department responded to a camper fire on Interstate 75 at the 106 mile marker.

-12:20 a.m.: smoke smell. Jackson Center firefighters were called to 310 N. Main St., on a report of smoke in the residence.

TUESDAY -9:45 p.m.: medical.

The Anna Rescue Squad responded to Honda of America, 12500 Meranda Road.

-7:50 p.m.: squad run. The Anna Rescue Squad and deputies responded to the 300 block of West Walnut Street on a report of a suicide or suicide threat.

-4:13 p.m.: conburn.

The trolled Botkins Fire Department responded to a controlled burn at 14124 Botkins Road, Dinsmore Township.

-2:01 p.m.: fire. The Botkins Fire Department responded to a fire at 12580 State Route 274, Dinsmore Township.

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Kenneth J. Hemm PIQUA — Kenneth J. Hemm, 83, of Piqua, died at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday June 11, 2013, at the Friends Care Community of Yellow Springs.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday, June 17, 2013, at St. Mary Catholic Church, Piqua. are Arrangements under the direction of Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home, Piqua.

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Ruth Ann (Dowden) Brown BROOKVILLE — Ruth Ann (Dowden) Brown, 73, of Brookville, passed away Tuesday, June 11, 2013.

Ruth was born April 6, 1940, in Sidney, daughter of the late Wilbur Roy and Florence (Galimore) Dowden.

Mrs. Brown is survived by her husband, Don; son, Mark (Angela) Howie; two daughters, Shara Howie and Heather (Gary) Cox; eight grandchildren; two sisters, Doris (Carl) Black and Sue Davis; and many other loving family members and friends. She was preceded in death by sister, Jean McDonnel and brother, Ronald Dowden.

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will be held 10:30 a.m.

Friday, June 14, 2013, at Baker-Hazel & Snider Funeral Home & Crematory, 5555 Philadelphia Drive, at North Main Street, Dayton.

Interment will be at 3 p.m. Friday, June 14, 2013, at Dayton National Cemetery.

The family will receive visitors 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 13, 2013, at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, mecontributions morial may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, in Ruth’s memory.

Online memories and condolences may be left for the family at w w w. b a k e r h a z e l - For photo reprints, visit www.sidneydailynews.com SDN Photo/Luke Gronneberg ROCKELLE ANDERSON, 11, of Sidney, swings at a snider.com. pinata while wearing goggles that simulate the vision impairment a drunk driver would have. Watching Rockelle are Ava Parin (left) 11, of Sidney, and DARE Role Model Kara Short, 17, of Conover. The three were taking part in the Shelby County Sheriff's Office’s first annual DARE Camp for fifth-grade students from Anna, Botkins, Jackson Center, Fairsion Clerk Pam Steinke lawn, Russia and Houston who attended the DARE said commissioners will program during the school year. The camp was decide July 2 in which held at the Shelby County Fraternal Order of Police banks to deposit public Hall. The camp is free thanks to donations from funds. area businesses. Rockelle is the daughter of Lisa Commissioners ap- and Rocky Anderson. Ava is the daughter of Robert propriated $107,100 and Jessica Parin. Short is the daughter of Bob funds to Shelby County and Brenda Short.

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They also met in executive session with County Engineer Bob Geuy, John Bruns and local attorney Jeff Beigel to discuss pending litigaThe Shelby County All students attendtion. No action was Sheriff ’s Office is hold- ing the DARE Camp taken following the sesing a DARE Camp. This will receive a bicycle sion. is the first of what is helmet and several On Thursday, complanned to be an annual other prizes and awards. missioners conducted event. of the Sponsors the second public hearThe Drug Abuse Re- DARE Camp are A&B ing on the Community sistance Education Printing, Airstream, Block Development Camp is for fifth-grade American Trim, AnGrant Formula program. students who attended drews-Clark Insurance the DARE program at Agency Inc., Apple Farm their school during the Service, ARMS, Best 2012-13 academic year. One Tire of Sidney, There are 55 students Broerman Service Cenfrom Anna, Botkins, ters, Cassano’s Pizza of Jackson Center, Fair- Sidney, Custom Foam lawn, Russia and Hous- Products, EMI Corp., ' N E R

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DARE Camp was & Jerryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Plumbing, GIVE(4483). Walk-ins are always welcome as held at the Shelby Electric, Heating & Air County Fraternal Order Conditioning, Tooling schedules permit.

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Port Jefferson, 9 a.m.-1 The first event of the day will be the third anp.m., for public. nual 5K run/walk. Race day registration will be â&#x20AC;˘ June 25 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ameri- from 7 to 8:15 a.m. and the run/walk will begin at can Legion, Sidney, 8:30. Participants also may download registration 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m., spon- forms at www.holyangelssidney.com. sored by Altrusa of SidZimmerman said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been attending the Parish ney, for public.

Picnic for as long as he can remember. His father, â&#x20AC;˘ June 25 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Nash Judge William Zimmerman Sr., has been handling Finch, Bellefontaine public address announcements at the festival for 12:30-3:30 p.m., for em- many years. ployees. â&#x20AC;˘ June 26 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bellefontaine Masonic Center, Bellefontaine, 1:30-5:30 p.m., for public.

Commissioners OK final payment for project Shelby County Commissioners on Tuesday approved the final payment for the Kettlersville sanitary sewer project, Commissioners agreed to pay VTF Excaof Celina, vation, $62,099 as the final payment on the $1,646,671 project. The sewer system, which is part of the Shelby County Sewer District, is now complete.

Also on Tuesday, commissioners opened pubdepository lic applications from US Bank, Minster Bank, Osgood Bank, Chase Bank, First National Bank of New Bremen and Fifth Third Bank. Commis-

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Donors have chance to win concert tickets FORT LORAMIE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A pair of reserved-seat tickets to Country Concert for July 13 will be up for grabs at the Community Blood Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s community blood drive June 18, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., at St. Michaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hall in Fort Loramie.

Everyone who registers to donate at the St. Michaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hall blood drive will be entered into a drawing to win the tickets and other prizes. The tickets to the Country Concert are valued at $268.

Anyone who registers to donate will receive the free â&#x20AC;&#x153;King of the Road â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Blood Donor â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Summer 2013â&#x20AC;? T-shirt and will be automatically entered into the â&#x20AC;&#x153;King of the Road Summer Blood Driveâ&#x20AC;? drawing to win a Harley Davidson Road King Classic motorcycle.

The Country Concert is billed as â&#x20AC;&#x153;the Midwestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premier music and camping festival.â&#x20AC;?

Country Concert â&#x20AC;&#x2122;13 will be held on the 500-acre camping and concert facility south of Fort Loramie.

This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entertainment line-up features country music stars Jason Aldean, Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, Jake Owen, Little Big Town, Chris Young and Lee Brice.

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Commission to meet The Sidney Civil Service Commission will meet at 10 a.m. Friday in Sidney City Council chambers to certify the promotional ranking for police captain.

The Sidney Police Department currently has a vacancy in the captainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rank following the promotion of Chief Will Balling from his former captainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rank to chief.

HOUSTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Members of the HardinHouston Board of Education met in special session Monday night to discuss negotiations with the Hardin-Houston Education Association.

Superintendent

Larry Claypool said the board went into executive session to discuss the negotiations. The board also discussed future hiring of special education teachers.

The board will meet in regular session Monday night at 7 p.m.

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Panel OKs new rules for exotic animals the Ohio Department of Agriculture, which drafted the rules and will oversee the implementation, did not immediately return a request for comment.

Among the regulations that were cleared Wednesday are detailed housing standards for animals, some divided by families and others by species.

A bear’s primary enclosure, for example, must be constructed using at least 3-inch diameter steel vertical posts and 2-inch diameter steel for cross bracing, door frames, and top and bottom rails. The cage should also be a minimum of 400 feet long and 8 feet high with a roof or 12 feet with a cantilever. The enclosure of a polar bear must include additional pool space.

“The pool must be constructed so that the polar bear can easily enter the water, submerge, and exit from the water,” the rules dictate.

The regulations also call for ensuring the animals are provided unspoiled and uncontaminated food, and state that a nutritional plan be developed for each animal with veterinary guidance.

Faber: Medicaid reform not part of Ohio budget plan in April. It’s since remained out of the $61.7 billion, two-year budget.

Medicaid expansion is one of the key components of Democratic President Barack Obama’s health care law.

Roughly 366,000 Ohioans would be newly eligible for coverage beginning in 2014 by expanding Medicaid, the federal-state health program for the poor that already provides care for one of every five residents in the state.

The federal government would pay the entire cost of the expansion for the first three years, gradually phasing down to 90 percent — still well above Ohio’s current level of 64 percent.

But some Republicans in the Ohio Legislature say they fear being stuck with long-term costs and are leery of expanding government programs.

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A key lawmaker who helped draft the Medicaid reform plan described the proposal as a “starting point bill.”

State Rep. Ron Amstutz, a Wooster Republican, said the goal is make the program more cost-effective while not dropping anyone from the rolls.

Lawmakers also want to help provide a pathway for Medicaid beneficiaries to get health coverage elsewhere, perhaps through the federal law’s new health insurance marketplaces or through private coverage. And they want to encourage individuals in the program to access the state’s job training programs.

Amstutz, who is also the House Finance Committee chairman, said if lawmakers are successful in curbing Medicaid’s costs, then they can weigh whether to add people onto the program.

“We’re trying to find that common ground that will help us go forward,” he said. “And we aren’t there yet, but I think we’re making pretty good progress.”

It’s true that money isn’t everything, but it does come in handy when you’ve misplaced your credit cards. *** You can’t believe anything you hear these days – but you can repeat it. *** Our friend’s idea of pumping iron is using a fork. *** It’s better to have loved and lost – provided no lawyers are involved. *** Vacation time soon – time to get away from it all in places you’ll want to stay away from next year. *** Don’t stay away from Lochard’s when you’re getting ready for your trip.

Castro pleads not guilty in kidnap case

BY THOMAS J. SHEERAN The Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — A man accused of holding three women captive in his home for about a decade pleaded not guilty Wednesday to hundreds of rape and kidnapping charges, and the defense hinted at avoiding a trial with a plea deal if the death penalty were ruled out.

The death penalty is in play because among the accusations facing Ariel Castro, 52, is that he forced a miscarriage by one of the women, which is considered a killing under Ohio law.

That charge doesn’t include a possible death penalty, but a prosecutor has said that’s under review.

The women disappeared separately between 2002 and 2004, when they were 14, 16 and 20 years old. Each said they had accepted a ride from Castro, who remained friends with the family of one girl and even attended vigils over the years marking her disappearance.

Castro, dressed Wednesday in an orange jail outfit with his hands and ankles shackled and a full dark beard grown in jail, kept his chin tucked on his chest through a brief court appearance. He didn’t speak or glance at his two attorneys standing by his side.

Attorney Craig Weintraub acknowledged afterward that “certain charges in the indictment cannot be disputed” and said the defense was working to avoid an “unnecessary trial” with a possible death penalty sentence.

“Mr. Castro currently faces hundreds of years in prison with the current charges,” Weintraub said. “It is our hope that we can continue to work toward a resolution to avoid having an unnecessary trial

about aggravated murder and the death penalty.”

The prosecutor’s office will look at the defense remarks but had no immediate comment, said Joe Frolik, spokesman for Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty.

The 329-count indictment returned Friday covered only the period from August 2002, when the first of the women disappeared, to February 2007. More charges could be filed.

Castro was indicted on 139 counts of rape, 177 counts of kidnapping, seven counts of gross sexual imposition, three counts of felonious assault and one count of possession of criminal tools. He was also charged with two counts of aggravated murder related to one act, saying he purposely caused the unlawful termination of one of the pregnancies of one of the women.

Michelle Knight, now 32, has told investigators Castro punched her in the abdomen and starved her to force five miscarriages, according to police reports.

Ohio enacted a fetal homicide law in 1996, making it illegal to kill or injure a viable fetus.

That law and similar ones in 37 other states have been used mainly to win convictions in car crashes in which pregnant women died or in cases involving attacks on expectant mothers.

In 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court banned the death penalty for child rapes in which no death occurred, spelling out that a killing is the only crime eligible for the death penalty outside of a crime against the state.

A death penalty case against Castro “would raise serious legal questions about whether a murder has occurred and whether such a death sentence com-

plies” with the Supreme Court ruling, according to Richard Dieter, executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based Death Penalty Information Center, which opposes capital punishment.

Weintraub, the defense attorney, said he expects a decision from prosecutors on the death penalty might hinge on medical and forensic evidence, such as any fetal tissue that may have been found at the home.

Investigations haven’t detailed what evidence was found.

The indictment alleges Castro repeatedly restrained the women, chaining sometimes them to a pole in a basement, to a bedroom heater or inside a van. It says one of the women tried to escape and he assaulted her with a vacuum cord around her neck.

A statement issued on behalf of the women said days like the arraignment “are not easy” and added: “We are hopeful for a just and prompt resolution.

We have great faith in the prosecutor’s office and the court.”

Castro has been held on $8 million bail.

He was arrested May 6, shortly after one of the women broke through a door and yelled to neighbors for help.

She told a police dispatcher in a dramatic 911 call: “Help me. I’m Amanda Berry. I’ve been kidnapped, and I’ve been missing for 10 years, and I’m, I’m here, I’m free now.”

The Associated Press does not usually identify people who may be victims of sexual assault, but the names of the three women were widely circulated by their families, friends and law enforcement authorities for years during their disappearances and after they were found.

Lawsuit moves forward CINCINNATI (AP) — A Cleveland man can move FRIDAY and Saturday forward with his excessive-force lawsuit against a June 14 and 15 Cleveland police officer who used a stun gun on him while he was unarmed and kneeling with his arms in AFTER the air, an appeals court ruled Wednesday.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Changes to the Medicaid health program won’t be included in Ohio’s budget negotiations, though a separate proposal aimed at curbing the program’s costs is expected to be introduced in the Legislature as soon as Thursday, the state Senate’s leader said.

Senate President Keith Faber, a Celina Republican, offered few details to reporters on Wednesday, though he said the Medicaid reform bill was bipartisan and has been worked on jointly by both chambers.

Republican Gov. John Kasich’s budget proposal called for expanding the Medicaid program to provide health coverage to more low-income Ohioans. But GOP leaders removed the idea from the House version of the state spending

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ARIEL CASTRO stands before a judge during his arraignment Wednesday in Cleveland. Castro, 52, is accused of holding three women captive in his Cleveland home for about a decade pleaded not guilty to hundreds of charges, including rape and kidnapping.

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BY REGINA GARCIA The new law took efCANO fect in September 2012, The Associated Press although some provisions have yet to kick in.

COLUMBUS (AP) — Those include the permit Owners of exotic ani- process that goes into mals in Ohio will be re- place in October. quired to meet new Under that process, caging, safety and care- owners who want to taking standards under keep their animals must regulations approved obtain new state-issued Wednesday by state offi- permits by Jan. 1, 2014. cials.

The law exempts sanctuThe regulations come aries, research instituas the state prepares to tions and facilities begin issuing new per- accredited by the two mits this fall to wildlife national zoo groups. owners, who must obtain The Ohio Association the authorization docu- of Animal Owners parment by 2014 in order to ticipated in a task force keep their animals. that helped develop the Owners will have to guidelines. But Polly pass background checks, Britton, the organizapay permit fees, obtain tion’s lobbyist, objected liability insurance or to the regulations during surety bonds and show the hearing of the leginspectors they can islative Joint Committee properly contain their on Agency Rule Review. animals. Ohio officials The permit for owncould seize the animals ers who intend to breed if owners are found and sell their animals housing them without a will be different from permit. the one for those who Ohio strengthened its plan to keep their regulation of exotic ani- wildlife as pets. Yet, mal ownership after a Britton said, one of the Zanesville man released purposes of issuing difdozens of his animals in ferent permits is de2011 from his eastern feated by a rule asking Ohio farm before com- the owners of to-be-bred mitting suicide. Authori- wildlife to certify that ties killed most of the the animals have been animals, including black sterilized. Pets must bears, Bengal tigers and also be neutered under African lions, fearing for the regulations. the public’s safety.

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thrown out, finding that Rafael Correa was not posing a threat or resisting arrest when he was stunned on May 15, 2010.

Simone had argued that he was right to use a stun gun on the 31-year-old Correa because he was responding to a report of an armed suspect threatening people and didn’t know if Correa had a gun.

After being stunned and rendered unconscious, Correa was arrested on charges of assault, disorderly conduct, and obstruction of official business, and was held in jail for four days, although police had found no weapons or drugs, or evidence that he had committed a crime, according to a federal lawsuit filed by Correa five months after his arrest.

NATION/WORLD TODAY IN HISTORY

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Today is Thursday, June 13, the 164th day of 2013.

There are 201 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On June 13, 1983, the U.S. space probe Pioneer 10, launched in 1972, became the first spacecraft to leave the solar system as it crossed the orbit of Neptune.

On this date: • In 1842, Queen Victoria became the first British monarch to ride on a train, traveling from Slough Railway Station to Paddington in 25 minutes.

• In 1886, King Ludwig II of Bavaria drowned in Lake Starnberg.

• In 1927, aviation hero Charles Lindbergh was honored with a ticker-tape parade in New York City.

• In 1935, James Braddock claimed the title of world heavyweight boxing champion from Max Baer in a 15-round fight in Long Island City, N.Y. • In 1942, the first of two four-man Nazi sabotage teams arrived in the United States during World War II. (The eight were arrested after one of them went to U.S. authorities; six of the saboteurs were executed.)

• In 1944, Germany began launching flyingbomb attacks against Britain during World War II. • In 1957, the Mayflower II, a replica of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America in 1620, arrived at Plymouth, Mass., after a nearly two-month journey from England.

• In 1966, the Supreme Court ruled in Miranda v.

Arizona that criminal suspects had to be informed of their constitutional right to consult with an attorney and to remain silent.

• In 1971, The New York Times began publishing excerpts of the Pentagon Papers, a secret study of America’s involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967 that had been leaked to the paper by military analyst Daniel Ellsberg.

• In 1981, a scare occurred during a parade in London when a teenager fired six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II. • In 1993, Canada’s Progressive Conservative Party chose Defense Minister Kim Campbell to succeed Brian Mulroney as prime minister; she was the first woman to hold the post. Astronaut Donald K. “Deke” Slayton died in League City, Texas, at age 69.

• In 1996, the 81-day-old Freemen standoff ended as 16 remaining members of the anti-government group surrendered to the FBI and left their Montana ranch.

OUT OF THE BLUE

A warm, fuzzy bridge PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andy Warhol’s art doesn’t often conjure warm and fuzzy images — but a proposed tribute to him just might.

An arts group wants to cover a downtown Pittsburgh bridge named for Warhol with knitted blankets.

Allegheny County Council must sign off on the plan. But if it goes forward, the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh will use machineknitted blankets to cover the bridge’s towering superstructure while individual blankets knitted by more than 1,200 volunteers will be used to cover its walkways.

The Pittsburgh TribuneReview hopes to cover the bridge in mid-August and leave the blankets in place for about a month.

After the blankets are removed, they’ll be washed and distributed to homeless shelters, nursing homes and animal shelters.

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Snowden remains a mystery

BY KIMBERLY DOZIER The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who told the world about the U.S. government’s gigantic data grab also talks a lot about himself.

Mostly through his own words, a picture of Edward Snowden is emerging: freshfaced computer whiz, high school dropout, wannabe Green Beret, disillusioned cog in a secret bureaucracy.

He’s retained an aura of secrecy despite sitting for several days of interviews with The Guardian, some posted in online video. Snowden combines an earnest, deeply serious demeanor with a flair for the dramatic.

Snowden, 29, fled the U.S. for a Hong Kong hotel last month to go public with top

secret documents gathered through his work in Hawaii as a contractor through Booz Allen Hamilton with the National Security Agency, where he worked as a systems analyst. He revealed startlingly voracious spy programs that sweep up millions of Americans’ telephone records, emails and Internet data in the hunt for terrorists.

With the United States considering criminal charges against him, Snowden told the South China Morning Post he hoped to stay in the autonomous region of China because and he has faith in “the courts and people of Hong Kong to decide my fate.”

He’s also talked of seeking asylum from Iceland or Russia. And he suggested the United States might hire Chinese gangs to get him. The ad-

versaries he’s made by disclosing secrets are so powerful that “if they want to get you, they’ll get you in time,” Snowden told The Guardian newspaper of London, which first reported his revelations.

Why would a man “living in Hawaii in paradise and making a ton of money” decide to leave everything behind, he asked. Because he realized that his computer savvy was helping erect an ever-expanding “architecture of oppression” and he believed the people must be told.

From a secret location in Hong Kong, he told the newspaper: “The reality is that I have acted at great personal risk to help the public of the world, regardless of whether that public is American, European, or Asian.”

Snowden’s leaked docu-

ments have had an enormous impact. Some have questioned, however, his descriptions of his power as a Booz Allen contractor and other details of his life.

For example, he said he was earning $200,000 a year.

When Booz Allen fired him, they said his salary was $122,000.

“I, sitting at my desk, had the authority to wiretap anyone, from you or your accountant to a federal judge to even the president if I had a personal email,” Snowden told The Guardian on videotape.

Asked by Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, about that comment, NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander said simply that it was false. “I know of no way to do that,” Alexander told senators in a hearing Wednesday.

10-year-old gets new lungs

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PROTESTERS CHANT anti-government slogans, silhouetted by the light of flares in Taksim square, in Istanbul, Turkey, late Wednesday. Turkey’s government on Wednesday offered a first concrete gesture aimed at ending nearly two weeks of street protests, proposing a referendum on a development project in Istanbul that triggered demonstrations that have become the biggest challenge to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 10-year tenure.

Turkish gov’t offers concrete gesture to end protests ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s government on Wednesday offered a first concrete gesture aimed at ending nearly two weeks of street protests, proposing a referendum on a development project in Istanbul that triggered demonstrations that have become the biggest challenge to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 10year tenure.

Despite the offer, protesters continued to converge on Istanbul’s Taksim Squire, the epicenter of repeated clashes between riot police firing tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets, and stone-throwing youths for 13 days — an early sign that the proposal hadn’t defused the demonstrators’ concerns.

Word of such a referendum came after Erdogan hosted talks with a small group of activists. Many civil society groups behind the protests boycotted those talks in the capital, Ankara, saying they weren’t invited and that the attendees didn’t represent them.

The discussion was the first sign that Erdogan was looking for an exit from the showdown, and came hours after some European leaders expressed concern about strong-arm Turkish police tactics and hopes that the prime minister would soften his stance.

After the meeting, a spokesman for Erdogan’s Islamic-rooted party announced the referendum proposal at a news conference.

In a more defiant note, Justice and Development party spokesman Huseyin Celik said the ongoing sit-in in Gezi Park, next to the square, would not be allowed to continue “until doomsday” — in a sign that authorities’ patience is running out.

But Celik also quoted Erdogan as telling the activists he met that police would be investigated and any found to have used excessive force against protesters would be punished.

The protests erupted May 31 after a violent police crackdown on a peaceful sit-in by activists objecting to a

development project replacing Gezi Park with a replica Ottoman-era barracks. They then spread to dozens of cities, and have attracted tens of thousands of people each night.

The proposed referendum would be over the development project, Celik said. But he said it would exclude the planned demolition of a cultural center that the protesters also oppose.

Celik said the center was in an earthquake-prone area and needed to come down.

Erdogan has become the centerpiece of the protesters’ ire over his alleged authoritarian streak. So a referendum would be a political gamble that the government would win the vote and the demonstrators would go home.

“The most concrete result of the meeting was this: we can take this issue to the people of Istanbul in a referendum. We can ask the people of Istanbul if they want it (the barracks),” Celik said. “We will ask them: ‘Do you accept what’s going on, do you want it or not?’”

STORMS In Chicago, Wednesday night’s White Sox game against the Toronto Blue Jays was postponed and a symphony concert at the city’s downtown Millennium Park was canceled. The Metra commuter rail service halted all inbound and outbound trains, and Northwestern University canceled classes and finals at its campuses in Chicago and suburban Evanston. Airlines canceled more than 120 flights at O’Hare International Airport.

The warnings prompted the Northern Indiana Public Service Co. to increase staff at its customer call center and scheduling extra work crews to handle any power outages.

Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency spokesman Cory Angell said a standby worker was added at the emergency operations center in Harrisburg and officials had ensured two National Guard helicopters were ready if needed for water rescues.

All told, the area the weather service

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 10-year-old girl whose efforts to qualify for an organ donation spurred public debate over how organs are allocated underwent a successful double-lung transplant on Wednesday, a family spokeswoman said.

Sarah Murnaghan, who suffers from severe cystic fibrosis, received new lungs from an adult donor at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, spokeswoman Tracy Simon said.

The Murnaghan family said it was “thrilled” to share the news that Sarah was out of surgery.

“Her doctors are very pleased with both her progress during the procedure and her prognosis for recovery,” the family said in a statement.

During double-lung transplants, surgeons must open up the patient’s chest. Complications can include rejection of the new lungs and infection.

Sarah went into surgery around 11 a.m. Wednesday, and the procedure lasted about six hours, her family said.

“The surgeons had no challenges resizing and transplanting the donor lungs — the surgery went smoothly, and Sarah did extremely well,” it said.

Sarah’s family and the family of another cystic fibrosis patient at the same hospital challenged transplant policy that made children under 12 wait for pediatric lungs to become available or be offered lungs donated by adults only after adolescents and adults on the waiting list had been considered. They said pediatric lungs are rarely donated.

Sarah’s health was deteriorating when a judge intervened in her case last week, giving her a chance at the much larger list of organs from adult donors. U.S. District Judge Michael Baylson ruled June 5 that Sarah and 11year-old Javier Acosta, of New York City, should be eligible for adult lungs.

From Page 1 considered to be under heightened risk of dangerous weather included 74.7 million people in 19 states.

Last year, a derecho caused at least $1 billion in damage from Chicago to Washington, killing 13 people and leaving more than 4 million people without power, according to the weather service.

Winds reached nearly 100 mph in some places and in addition to the 13 people who died from downed trees, an additional 34 people died from the heat wave that followed in areas without power.

Derechoes, with winds of at least 58 mph, occur about once a year in the Midwest. Rarer than tornadoes but with weaker winds, derechoes produce damage over a much wider area.

Tornadoes and a derecho can happen at the same time. Straight-line winds lack the rotation that twisters have, but they can still cause considerable damage as they blow down trees and other objects.

For Washington, Philadelphia and

parts of the Mid-Atlantic the big storm risk continues and even increases a bit Thursday, according to the weather service.

The term derecho was coined in 1888, said Ken Pryor, a research meteorologist at the Center for Satellite Applications and Research at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in College Park, Md. The word is Spanish for “straight ahead” or “direct,” Pryor said.

The structure of a derecho-producing storm looks distinctive in radar and satellite imagery, Pryor said. “The systems are very large and have signatures that are very extreme,” he said. “You get large areas of very cold cloud tops that you typically wouldn’t see with an ordinary thunderstorm complex. The storms take on a comma or a bow shape that’s very distinctive.”

——— Online: The Storm Prediction Center: www.spc.noaa.gov

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Thursday, June 13, 2013

COMMUNITY

CALENDAR

This Evening • The Narcotics Anonymous group, All in the Family, meets at 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 230 Poplar St. • Shelby County Coin Club meets at 7:15 p.m. at First Church of God on Campbell Road. Meetings are open to anyone interested in coin collecting. There is a business session, program, awarding of attendance prizes for members, refreshments and a coin auction.

Friday Morning • A.J. Wise Library in Fort Loramie hosts storytime for children 3 1/2 and older at 10:30 a.m. To register, call 295-3155.

• The New Knoxville Community Library hosts story time from 10:30 to 11 a.m.

• The New Bremen Public Library hosts the Lego Builder’s Club for children of all ages from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Creations will be displayed until the following week.

Friday Afternoon • Sidney Gateway Hi 12 Club No. 482, meets at noon at the Sidney American Legion on Fourth Avenue. All Master Masons are invited.

Friday 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 12step 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 • Agape Mobile Rural Food Pantry Distribution, in Russia, 9 to 10 a.m.

• Agape Mobile Rural Food Pantry Distribution, in Fort Loramie, 10:30 a.m. to noon.

Saturday Afternoon

Contact Localife Editor Patricia Ann Speelman with story ideas, club news wedding, anniversary, engagements and birth announcements by phone at (937) 498-5965; email, pspeelman@civitasmedia.com; or by fax, (937) 498-5991.

AAUW meets The Sidney-Shelby County Branch the American Association of University Women (AAUW) elected officers during its meeting at The Bridge restaurant on June 6.

New officers are Molly Helmlinger, president; Ginny Thompson, secretary; Starlett Clement, finance officer; and Karen Vornholt, membership and publicity vice president.

Among other items of new business were the announcement of the 2013-14 slate of meeting programs and locations, discussion of Camp Gems candidates, and college scholarship applications.

In lieu of a summer meeting, the group will meet for lunch July 16.

Guests are welcome.

Call Helmlinger for information and location at (937) 710-4246.

AAUW advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research.

For photo reprints, visit www.sidneydailynews.com

SDN Photo/Luke Gronneberg

Summer lunch Kimmie Replogle, of Houston, distributes meals to kids at Brown Park in Sidney recently. They were participating in the city of Sidney’s summer lunch program.

COLLEGE

ACCEPTANCES

Shellenberg heads to OSU-Lima HOUSTON — Kiaya Shellenberg, a 2013 graduate of Houston High School, has been accepted by the Ohio State University in Lima, where she plans to study forensic biology and pre-medicine.

A daughter of Frederick and Jeannette Shellenberg, for Houston, she was awarded the RUDD Scholarship, the Roy and Gertrude Roeth Memo-

rial Scholarship and an Award of Merit.

Her high school activities included band, Academia, FFA, Spirit Mob and National Honor Society.

She assisted with the Country Concert cleanup.

Shellenberg

Baking soda might need some help

• A support group for survivors of sexual abuse meets at 1:30 p.m. on the second floor of the TroyDear Heloise: hints using Hayner Cultural Center, 301 W. Main St., Troy. For My freezer and vinegar and information, call (937) 295-3912 or (937) 272-0308. fridge smell! I soda, baking Saturday Evening do have boxes of order my two • Lumber Company Baseball hosts fundraising baking soda in pamphlets by bingo to support the children on the teams. Doors both, yet they sending $8 and open at 4 p.m. and games begin at 7 p.m. at Sunset still smell a long, self-adBingo, 1710 W. High St., Piqua. $20 to play all moldy. What do d r e s s e d , night. For information, call (937) 543-9959.

I do? — E. Reed, stamped (86 Hints • The Sidney-Shelby County Chess Club Check- via fax cents) envelope mates meets at 7 p.m. at the library at the Dorothy Simply putto: Heloise/Bakfrom Love Retirement Community. All skill levels are ting a box of ing Soda/VineHeloise gar, P.O. Box welcome. For more information, call 497-7326. baking soda in • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Saturday the fridge prob- Heloise Cruse 795001, San AnNight Live, meets at 8 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran ably won’t do it. tonio, TX 78279Church, 120 W. Water St. There are many other 5001. Keep in mind that causes for such a smell. the baking soda in the Sunday Morning • The Lockington Fire Department hosts a Start by checking for refrigerator should be chicken/pork chop dinner from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at leaky containers and old replaced often, and DO leftovers, and clean out NOT use it for cooking the firehouse. Tickets: $8 (937) 0919 in advance. the veggie bins! afterward! The odors it Sunday Afternoon Then, using equal absorbed could transfer • Shelby County Deer Hunters holds its parts white (or apple into your food! — monthly Sunday Trap Shoot at 7988 Johnston-Slacider) vinegar and water, Heloise gle Road beginning at noon, 10 birds. Program wipe down the inside of CORNER HELPER starts at 2 p.m., 50 birds, long run, handicapped your refrigerator. Wash Dear Heloise: I have a and Lewis class. Open to the public. the walls, bins and hint for if you have an Sunday Evening shelves. Go ahead and area rug where one of • Lumber Company Baseball hosts fundraising put a new box of baking the corners starts to curl bingo to support the children on the teams. Doors soda (or a bowl of baking up. Find a circular metal open at 4 p.m. and games begin at 7 p.m. at Sunset soda on a shelf) in to washer the size of that Bingo, 1710 W. High St., Piqua. $20 to play all help absorb future odors. corner of the rug. Turn night. For information, call (937) 543-9959.

For more great timesav- over the corner and • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Never Alone, ing and money-saving measure to make sure Never Again, meets at 6:30 p.m. at First Christian Church, 320 E. Russell Road.

the washer fits WITHIN the corner. Take a needle and thread, and sew the washer to the rug. The weight of the washer will relax that corner. — Diane W. in Kentucky You can use duct tape, too! — Heloise CLEANING CAPS Dear Heloise: Please, please reprint the instructions on how to wash my caps to remove the sweat stains. I cut the column out of the paper but lost it. I have to save my caps! — Esther M. in Texas Oh no, Esther! Don’t worry. You can try a couple of things. Just be sure the caps are not old or valuable and are washable. You can wash them by hand with gentle soap and water, scrubbing the inside stains with a toothbrush. Rinse well under running water, then hang to dry or place on an upside-down metal bowl.

You also can use the TOP rack of the dishwasher. Take a clothespin to secure each cap to the top rack. Use the normal amount of dishwasher detergent, stop the dishwasher after the rinse cycle, remove the caps and hang to dry. — Heloise KEEP FRESH Dear Heloise: I fill the “make your own tea bags” with rice. I then put one in cereal, chips, crackers, powdered drink mix or anything else that can get stale.

Then I seal the bag shut with a clip. It keeps items fresh much longer.

— Roger in Indiana SAVE EXTRAS Dear Heloise: Even the occasional visit to a fast-food restaurant can leave you with extra condiment packages and plasticware. I save all these for traveling, camping or for the occasional picnic. — Judy K. in Washington

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• Sidney Rotary Club meets at noon at the SidDR. WALsuffered from ney Moose Lodge. For more information on activi- LACE: This low self-esteem ties or becoming a member, contact Deb Barga at might sound because of his 492-3167. trivial to you, name. Be honMonday Evening but it is very est, would you • Art Study Group meets at 6 p.m. For informa- important to have named tion, contact Starr Gephart at 295-2323. me. I’m 20, maryour son Hec• Women of the Moose meets at 7 p.m. at the ried and expecttor? Please tell Moose Lodge, on the corner of Broadway Avenue ing our first my husband and Russell Road. child, a son, in that Hector is ’Tween • Overeaters Anonymous, a 12-step group offer- four months. out as a name. ing experience, strength, and hope to anyone who My husband’s 12 & 20 — S u e , suffers from an eating disorder, meets at 7 p.m. at father’s name is Dr. Robert Louisville, Ky. Hillcrest Baptist Church, 1505 S. Main St., Belle- Hector, and my Wallace SUE: I was fontaine. Use the rear parking lot and door. husband wants named Robert • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Vision of to name our son Hector after my father. My son Hope, group meets at 7 p.m. at Russell Road to honor his father who, was named Robert after Church, 340 W. Russell Road. by the way, is not worthy his grandfather and me.

• Sidney Boy Scout Troop 97 meets at 7 p.m. at of any kind of honor. My My wife gave her blessSt. Paul’s United Church of Christ. All new mem- father’s name is Harry, ing to this. Since none of bers are welcome. For more information, call Tom but I don’t like that the mentioned Roberts Frantz at 492-7075. name either. are troublemakers, all is • TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at 7 I’ve suggested that well in the Wallace famp.m. at Faith Alliance Church, New Knoxville Hector could be our ily.

Road, New Bremen. son’s middle name, but If my father’s name my husband won’t buy was Hector, chances are Tuesday Morning • The Francis J. Stallo Memorial Library in Min- that. Names are impor- that I would have been ster presents Stories in the Park at 10 a.m. Stories tant. I honestly think named Hector, Jr., and my husband’s father my son would have been will be read in Paris Street Park for all ages.

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named Hector III. I won’t convince your husband not to name his son Hector, but I would encourage him to take your suggestion and have Hector be his middle name. It’s not wise to upset a wife who is “expecting.”

DR. WALLACE: Please settle this “friendly” family dispute. My older brother drinks about a half-gallon of milk every day. He only drinks whole milk and will not drink 2 percent or skim milk. I keep telling him that he would be better off not drinking whole milk, but he says that his football coach told the team that whole milk is nature’s best food, and since my brother is on the football team, he listens to his coach. I know that his coach is mistaken.

Please “enlighten” him and his players. —Gina, Houston, Texas GINA: It’s true that milk is the “perfect” food, chock-full of proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals, including calcium, but whole milk has a high fat content. So to set the record straight, skim is

actually nature’s “perfect” food. It contains all the “good stuff ” without any of the not-so-good stuff, namely fat. Shame on the coach for not knowing this. Or is it possible your brother is just telling you that the coach recommends whole milk? In any case, make sure the coach also reads my answer.

DR. WALLACE: If I attend a community college for two years, will my credits transfer to a four-year school so that I could graduate from college in four years? Do all colleges honor community college courses?

—Tim, Orange, Calif.

TIM: Community colleges offer courses that transfer to any college or university in the nation, and that includes Harvard, Stanford and Yale. When attending a community college, it is imperative that you explain your goal to your counselor to make sure that every course you take is transferable to a four-year school.

Personally, I feel a student at a community college receives a quality education comparable to that from a four-year institution.

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Rubber duck race next week in Tawawa Park Big Brothers Big Sisters of Shelby and Darke County will host the Rubber Duck Race on June 20.

Community members can adopt rubber ducks for $5 per duck or $25 for six. The ducks will be dumped into the river at 7:30 p.m. and compete for prizes. The grand prize will be $1000.

Among other prizes are

two three-day passes to Country Concert. Twelve prizes will be awarded.

The goal of the agency is to sell 4,000 ducks. To date, 1,250 have been adopted.

Big Brothers Big Sisters is a nonprofit United Way agency serving children from primarily single-parent homes.

Children are provided with a volunteer role

model who can offer guidance and support, as well as fun.

To adopt a duck, visit the website at bigbrobigs i s. s h e l b y d a r k e. o r g.

Ducks are also being sold at Meyer’s Drive Thru in Newport, Sidney Body Carstar, Best One Tire, Ron & Nita’s, 47 Bar & Grille, and Hot Rods & Harleys in Greenville.

Hospital accredited by HFAP for safety standards Wilson Memorial Hospital was awarded accreditation from the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP), an independent, accreditation organization recognized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

It earned this distinction after HFAP conducted a review of the hospital’s quality and safety standards.

“Wilson Memorial Hospital clearly demonstrates a commitment to quality patient care,” said Michael Zarski, CEO of HFAP. “We base our decision on federal

LINDA DEVELVIS (right) leads a tour in Graceland Cemetery in Sidney for the Shelby County Historical Society. The next tour will be June 20.

SCHS plans Sidney cemetery tour

plans and goals.”

The HFAP is a nonprofit, nationally recognized accreditation organization. It has been accrediting healthcare facilities for more than 60 years and under Medicare since its inception.

Its mission is to advance high quality patient care and safety through objective application of recognized standards. Its accreditation is recognized by the government, federal state governments, managed care organizations, and insurance companies. For more information, go to www.hfap.org.

The Shelby County Historical Society will host its annual Graceland Cemetery tour on June 20 at 7 p.m.

The tour will highlight the contribution of the men and women of Shelby County during the Civil War. With an approximate population in the county of just a little more than 5,000, Shelby County sent more than 1,300 men to serve in the Civil War. More than 25 percent of those men never

returned home.

With such a large number of men away from their families, the community mobilized, and women, including Julia Lamb and Mary Van Fossen, organized the Ladies Aid Society to send clothing, bandages and other supplies to the Shelby County soldiers on the front lines.

Participants should meet at the Ross Historical Center, 201 N. Main Ave., by 6:45 p.m. to travel by bus past the

Monumental Building, past Schultz’s Battery Monument, to Graceland Cemetery.

Participants will also be entertained by several living history characters throughout the tour.

Tickets can be purchased at the Ross Historical Center, 201 N. Main Ave., or by calling 498-1653.

The cost of the tour for historical society members is $10; for nonmembers, $12.

Council presents the Kettering Banjo Society in concert with guest appearances by Piquads Sam Roth, Sierra Iddings, Jim Oda and Rick Robinson at 6 p.m. on the square in downtown Piqua. Take a lawn chair. Free.

• The Maplewood Grange hosts a euchre card party at the grange hall beginning at 7 p.m.

Open to the public.

• Elvis Presley Jr. will appear in a dinner concert at the Wooden Shoe in Minster. Dinner begins at 7 p.m. Concert begins at 8:30 p.m. Dinner and show tickets cost $14. Show only tickets cost $15. Reservations at (567) 712-0107.

• Versailles Poultry Days runs today through Sunday in downtown Versailles.

Parades, pageants, crafts, games, food.

• Anna Homecoming runs today and Saturday in downtown Anna.

Crafts, food, games and more.

• The Greene, 51 Plum St., Beavercreek, presents a block party with HeyThere Morgan in concert from 6 to 10 p.m. Free.

• The Sidney Civic Band performs a concert featuring songs about animals, 7 p.m. on the courtsquare. Free. Take a lawn chair.

SATURDAY • The Cruizers for Christ Car Club presents its annual classic

car, truck and motorcycle benefit show at Gover Harley Davidson along Ohio 36 in Piqua from noon to 5 p.m. Door prizes, silent auction, base sake, crafts, games, trophies, dash plaques.

Proceeds benefit Aiden Meyer. 492-3203.

• Brukner Nature Center, 5995 Horseshoe Bend Road, Troy, hosts a night hike at 9 p.m. and a public stargaze at 10 p.m. Free.

• The Johnston Farm & Indian Agency, 9845 N. Hardin Road, Piqua, hosts Family Day at the Johnston Farm from noon to 5 p.m. Games, exhibits, canal boat rides.

Fathers and grandfathers admitted free when accompanied by their families. $8 adults, $4 children 6-12.

(800) 752-2619.

• The Anna Homecoming will feature chicken dinners for sale by the Anna United Methodist Church from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the main food tent. $7 per meal. Pie at $1.50 per slice. Proceeds benefit the church building fund.

• The A.B. Graham Memorial Center in Conover hosts its seventh annual ladies’ tea, “Step Back in Time,” from 2 to 4 p.m. Door prizes, silent purse auction, food, and music by the Bowser Sisters. Tickets cost $7 for adults, $3 for children 3 and under.

For reservations, call

(937) 368-3700.

• The Tipp Roller Mill Theater, 225 E. Main St., Tipp City, presents High Country Grass in concert at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $8 adults, $4 students K-12. (937) 667-3696.

• Holy Angels Parish picnic returns to the Shelby County Fairgrounds from 2 p.m. to midnight.

Entertainment, food, 5K race, rides, games of chance, Mass. Open to the public. Free.

• The Bradford Ohio Railroad Museum hosts the 2013 Railroad Festival and Train Meet today.

• The Greene, 51 Plum St., Beavercreek, presents Funky G in concert from 6 to 10 p.m.

Free.

SUNDAY • Brukner Nature Center, 5995 Horseshoe Bend Road, Troy, offers bird-watching from its vista from 2 to 4 p.m.

MONDAY • Today is the deadline to register for Heartland Hospice’s volunteer recruitment lunch, which will be Tuesday from noon to 1:30 p.m. Register by calling (937) 308-1785.

The lunch will be at 3131 S. Dixie Drive, suite 208, Dayton. Take a brown bag lunch.

Drinks will be provided.

• Troy Main Street Inc. presents the Celtic band, Dulahan, in concert at 7 p.m. at Prouty

Plaza on the square in downtown Troy. Free.

The rain location is Troy High School, 151 W. Staunton Road. Visit www.troymainstreet.org or call (937) 339-5455 the day of the concert for location information in the event of rain.

• The New Bremen Public Library offers a Computer Basics class at 1 p.m. Advance registration is required at (419) 629-2158. The library also presents the Animal Magic exotic animal show at 5:30 p.m.

Free to all ages.

• The New Knoxville Public Library presents the Animal Magic exotic animal show at 1 p.m.

Free.

• The Francis J. Stallo Memorial Library in Minster presents the Animal Magic exotic animal show at 3:30 p.m.

Free. It also offers a program, “Accessing eBooks with Multiple Devices,” at 5:30 p.m. Advance registration is required by calling (419) 6282925.

TUESDAY • The Darke County Center for the Arts presents a ghost walk beginning at 6 p.m. at the Henry St. Clair Memorial Hall. Tickets: $10 at (937) 547-0908.

JUNE 20 • The New Knoxville Public Library offers a craft, “Paint Your Own Gnome,” to children in fifth grade and older at 1 p.m.

Sidney, have announced the birth of a son, Easton Maddex Ailes, born June 5, 2013, at 4:34 p.m. in the CopelandEmerson Family Birth Center at Wilson Memorial Hospital.

He weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces, and was 19 inches long.

His maternal grandparents are Sheri Richey, of Sidney, and AILES David Jones, of Piqua.

Cori and Glen Ailes, of His step-grandparents

are Kevin Richey, of Sidney, and Nikki Jones, of Piqua. His paternal grandparents are Linda Ailes, of Sidney, and Tom Ailes, of Anna.

His great-grandparents are Jim and Pat Smith, of Fort Recovery, Jean Jones, of New Knoxville, Donald Ailes, of Anna, and Shirley Rose, of Sidney.

His mother is the former Cori Jones, of Sidney.

GEHRING DELAWARE — Dennis and Erin Gehring, of Delaware, have announced the birth of a son, Kai William Gehring, born April 12, 2013, at 3:43 p.m. in the Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus.

He weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces, and was 19 inches long.

He was welcomed home by his brother, Brody, 2.

His maternal grandparents are Mike and Cindy Maurer, of Sidney.

His paternal grandparents are Dennis Gehring Sr., of Brewster, and Sharon Knerr, of Navarre.

His stepgrandfather is Jerry Knerr, of Navarre.

His mother is the former Erin Maurer, of Sidney.

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TODAY • The Washboard Music Festival opens today with an auction from 6 to 10 p.m. and runs Friday and Saturday from noon to 11 p.m. in Logan. Music, rides, parades, beer garden, food. Admission is free. w w w. w a s h b o a r d m u sicfestival.com.

• Bill Sell portrays Abraham Lincoln in a program presented by the Shelby County Historical Society at the Masonic Temple, 303 E. Poplar St., at 7 p.m.

Free.

• The Victoria Theatre Association presthe musical, ents “Spank: The Fifty Shades Parody,” in the Schuster Center in downtown Dayton today and Friday at 8 p.m.

Tickets: $33 at www.ticketcenterstage.c om or (888) 228-3630.

• The Shelby County Democrat Women’s Club hosts a quarter auction at 7 p.m. at the American Legion hall, 1254 Fourth Ave. Doors open at 6 p.m. Sandwiches, snacks, drinks and desserts are available.

Proceeds will benefit the Vets to D.C. program.

Admission: $3.

• The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park N., Dayton, and Cityfolk present the Ron Jones Quartet in concert at the art institute at 5:30 p.m. Admission: Free for members, $8 for nonmembers at the door.

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• The New Knoxville Public Library offers a program, “Accessing eBooks with Multiple Devices,” from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Advance registration is requested at (419) 753-2724.

• The Greene, 51 Plum St., Beavercreek, presents Last Call in concert from 6 to 10 p.m.

Free.

• The Crawford Antique Farm Machinery Show runs today through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. at 301 S. Sandusky Ave., Bucyrus.

Machinery, crafts, tractor parade, food, contests. (866) 5620720.

FRIDAY • The Crescent Players present “Schoolhouse Rock Live” at 7 p.m. today and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday at St. Henry High School, 391 E. Columbus St., St. Henry. Advance sale tickets are $8 (children, students, senior citizens) and $10 (adults) at Minster and St. Henry True Value Hardware, or call (419) 678-4643.

• Bunbury Music Festival returns to downtown Cincinnati’s Sawyer Point and Yeatman’s Cove today through Sunday. 80 performances. Tickets: $55$110 at www.bunburyfestival.co m/tickets. Children 10 and under admitted free.

• The Piqua Arts

BIRTHS

WOODRUFF COLUMBUS — Valerie and Tom Woodruff, of Columbus, have announced the birth of a son, Max Allen Woodruff, born April 24, 2013, in the Riverside Hospital in Columbus.

He weighed 9 pounds, 4.5 ounces, and was 20.5 inches long.

His maternal grandparents are Jerry and Kathy Inman, of Sidney.

His paternal grandpar-

ents are Steve Woodruff, of Sidney, and Annette and Bob Schroerlucke, of Sidney.

His great-grandparents are Jerry and Cindy Knoop and Phil and Alice Wogoman, all of Sidney, and Wilma Inman, of West Union.

His mother is the former Valerie Inman, of Sidney.

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Never alone if you walk by faith The AmeriSometimes can Indians are we can feel like known for their the boy, all alone traditions and facing a dangerthat legends ous and uncover every asknown world. pect of life. One But we, like the such legend is boy, are never the Cherokee alone.

Even Your rite of passage when we don’t for young boys pastor know it, God is as they become watching over speaks us, men. A young sitting on boy’s father The Rev. Steven the stump beL. Shoup takes him into side us. When the forest, blindtrouble comes, folds him and leaves him all we have to do is reach alone. He is required to out to God. This legend sit on a stump the whole reminds me of Paul’s adnight and not remove the monition in 2 Corinthiblindfold until the rays ans 5:7: “We walk by of the morning sun shine faith, and not by sight.” through it. He cannot cry Paul is talking about our out for help to anyone. temporal home, the “forOnce he survives the est” we live in. He’s comnight, he is a man. paring it to the promise He cannot tell the of one day living in other boys of this experi- heaven with the Lord ence, because each lad (our becoming a “man” must come into manhood like in the legend) and on his own. The boy is how great that will be. naturally terrified. He Paul is basically saying, can hear all kinds of “Yes, we know this is noises. Wild beasts must true but sometimes it’s surely be all around him. hard to believe it based Maybe even some on our earthly difficulhuman might do him ties and circumstances.” harm. The wind blows But he concludes that we the grass and trees, and can walk by faith (what shakes his stump, but he we don’t see) and not by sits stoically, never re- sight (what we do see). I moving the blindfold. It think we’d all agree would be the only way he that’s what we should do. could become a man! Fi- So how does that work? nally, after a horrific There are three things night the sun appears that will help us. Today and he removes his many people want direcblindfold. It was then tion for their lives. They that he discovers his fa- want to know the purther sitting on the stump pose God has created next to him. He had been them for and also how to at watch the entire make a difference. And night, protecting his son they also want to know from harm. how circumstances will

work out ahead of time.

Also, we all want to understand how God will answer our prayers and how he’ll remedy our difficult situations. So is it possible to know? Should we expect to have details to these things since we are told not to live by sight alone? Well, it depends.

Here are three things that are vital if you’re going to do what Paul suggested.

Faith rests on something: The first step to walking by faith is believing that something will come to pass. By definition, “faith is assurance of things hoped for, a conviction of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1) But what should we put our faith in? We all have personal dreams and desires. Sometimes we are guilty of wanting something to happen and then assuming it’s God’s will. We place faith in it coming to pass, but are sometimes disappointed when it doesn’t happen.

How can this be avoided?

Be sure to make the distinction between something God has promised you and a personal wish list. For example, God told Abram to leave his country and go to a place that God would show later him. Abram’s faith rested on what God told him to do and what he had promised, not his own whim or idea. It can sometimes be difficult to know the difference between our thoughts and God’s thoughts, so it’s important to first lift up our ideas and desires to him and ask for assur-

ance that he is behind our plan. Faith starts by resting on a God idea, not a personal idea. It’s not always easy to know, but this is a skill you can hone and you’ll get better at knowing the difference over time.

Faith will be tested and presents a choice: Once you set out believing a promise, circumstances will test your mind. Paul understood that faith requires a decision to believe in something even when it seems unlikely. To this point he said in Romans 8:24, ” … hope that is seen is no hope at all.

Who hopes for what they already have?” I don’t know about you, but I don’t always like uncertainty and having to believe in something that seems unlikely. It’s hard.

It seems like others around us don’t have it so difficult. Instead, they can just make decisions based on empirical options and mainly skip the whole unseen part.

But not us. Not if we’re going to walk by faith.

The verse above says that it’s easy to hope in what you already see or have, but, that doesn’t require much faith, does it? Instead, walking by faith inevitably brings us face to face with circumstances that challenge our hope and our belief because they appear quite opposite of the outcome we desire. To go back to Abram, he had faith that God would give him a child because he had promised to do so.

But, God waited until Abram was so old that

Ginghamsburg plans kids Blitz Free summer TIPP CITY — This summer, Ginghamsburg Church will host three Blitz events for kids in grade 3-5 on June 21, July 19 and Aug. 16 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in the Tipp City Campus Avenue, 6759 S. County Road 25A. Kids will play inside on giant inflatables, dance, play basketball, and hang out with friends in a safe, chaperoned space, organizers

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Cost is $5 per child and includes snacks and all activities. Candy is available for separate purchase, and a parent or responsible adult must check in and pick up each child.

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Director of Worship and Music Ministry James Keith Posey explained, “Our Miami Valley neighbors are in for some great Christian entertainment at Concert on the Lawn. We’re excited about how this

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“You don’t have to attend Ginghamsburg Church to come to Concert on the Lawn. We are providing a great evening to hear popular Christian artists — no strings attached and no pressure. We hope everyone brings a blanket or lawn chair and comes out to enjoy the evening rain or shine.”

he didn’t have the ability to make one! In this case, Abram had a choice. Was he going to give up walking by faith and instead choose sight, or was he going to believe God had the ability to do what he had said? Well, Abram made some mistakes much like we do, but ultimately God’s mercy prevailed. Abram believed God was able to do it, and the rest is history.

If you belong to Christ, you are a beneficiary of Abraham”s fulfilled promise today. Our faith requires hoping in the promise when it seems unlikely. But hang on, because it’s worth it.

Faith requires trust: Perhaps the most difficult thing about walking by faith and not by sight is that it requires trust.

Now trust isn’t hard in itself, but it can be extremely difficult if you’ve been let down or hurt by others. We often equate God to being like other people who have said one thing, yet did something entirely different altogether. We’ve all had it happen to us before.

Someone that we know extends a promise to us and we have no reason to expect they wouldn’t fulfill it. But then they break their word. It’s not easy when people change their minds and let us down, and this has an effect on our trust over

MARIA STEIN — The third annual Maria Stein Art Show will be held June 22 through 28 at the Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics, 2291 St. Johns Road, in the Cordelia Gast Gallery at the Shrine. The show features original paintings in various media as well as three dimensional sculptures.

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Museum will judge the works and award a $500 prize for best of show, $250 for second place, and $100 for the third place.

Visitors to the show will have the opportunity to vote from June 22 until 28 at noon for a $100 prize for the people’s choice award. Many of the works will be offered for sale during the show.

The schedule for the show is June 22, noon- 9 p.m.; June 23, noon-6 p.m.; and June 24-28, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

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time. If we’re not careful, this can affect our ability to trust God, too. So what can we do about it? We have to repair broken expectations from the past and choose to trust in God anyway. Trust in God is the only way to walk by faith and not by sight. Proverbs 3:5-6 says: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”

Walking by faith requires that we set aside our own understanding at times, and trust in him anyway. This is hard, but it’s worth the risk. If you have a situation that you’re facing right now and you can’t understand how it is going to work out, choose to trust in him the best you can. He is faithful and will take the little bit that you can muster and do amazing things with it. All you need is faith that God is there, sitting on stump right next to you.

Church to host garage sale

The Trinity Church of the Brethren, 2220 N. Main Ave., is hosting its third annual Community Garage Sale on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Some of the garage sale items will include household furniture, lawn and garden tools, electronics of all kinds, glassware/household items, and pet items.

The church is sponsoring this event as a part of its mission to the community. The Trinity Church of the Brethren seeks to continue the work of Jesus together in a peaceful, simple manner. Its mission is to share God’s love, serve neighbors, and make disciples for him, church members said.

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Homecoming adds ‘little miss’ pageant ANNA — The Anna Homecoming Festival will feature a new addition this year with the Anna Little Miss Pageant.

For the first time, 14 little girls will compete for the Anna Little Miss crown. Jackie Bornhorst, one of the organizers of the event, was responsible for the idea.

“This was an idea of mine that I had seen in surrounding areas and (I) thought it would (be) a great addition to the Anna Homecoming. I felt this was a great way to get our youth involved in the community,” Bornhorst said.

The pageant will be

held at Anna Elementary School on County Road 25A in the Commons area of the school on June 15 beginning at 6:30 p.m.

The girls participating in the pageant are all going to be second graders this fall. They will answer questions and dance for those in attendance.

Admission to the pageant is $2, and it is open to the public.

The pageant will take place during the Anna Homecoming Festival, which runs from June 14-15 and is being sponsored by the Anna Civic Association. The festival is open to the public.

Among the girls who are competing for the title of Anna Little Miss are: • Hailey Messer, the daughter of Rodney and Jackie Messer • Grace Eilerman, the daughter of Lee and Tammy Eilerman • Daisy Barker, the of David daughter Barker and Angie Sanders • Jenna Wolters, the daughter of Dennis and Kellee Wolters • Isabella McVety, the daughter of Chris and Randy McVety • Avery Schoffner, the daughter of Kevin and Jenni Schoffner • Cassidy Barr, the

daughter of Scott and Holly Barr • Miranda Evans, the daughter of Cory and Jenny Evans • Mara Cathcart, the daughter of Scott and Tina Cathcart • Zoie Longbrake, the daughter of Matt and Dawn Longbrake • Ava Bollheimer, the daughter of Mark and Jenny Bollheimer • Brenna Cobb, the daughter of Brandon and Amy Cobb • Lillie Howell, the daughter of Joel and Julie Howell • Gracie Deatherage, the daughter of Stephanie Croley and Charlie Deatherage

Schmitmeyer Brunswick Academia, Science Olympiad, church youth group and choir, jazz band, pep band and marching band, and she is employed at Taco Bell.

• Jodie Schmitmeyer, the daughter of Gary and Kelly Schmitmeyer, of Anna. She will be escorted by Dustin Belcher, son of Amy Belcher and the late Lyndel Belcher. Her talent will be singing. Her activities include being involved in FCCLA, FTA, archery team, cross country, Junior Fair Board, Junior Leaders,

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• Kylie Keener, the daughter of Kevin and Stephanie Keener, of Maplewood. Her escort will be Alex Brunswick, the son of Shawn and Missy Brunswick. Her talent will be singing.

Her activities include varsity softball, Eco Warriors, Book Club, and volunteering at Kiddieland Preschool. She is employed at Dorothy Love Retirement Com-

Students get interview, hiring practice in career program ANNA — Anna Middle School eighth-grade students have been introduced to the world of work with a Career Connections Program.

Students created resumes, lists of references and letters of application in English class. Students also honed their interviewing skills with Sue Hulsmeyer, director of human resources at Midmark.

On May 14, members of the community conducted interviews with the students for fictitious summer intern jobs, providing experience in job-seeking skills.

The following community members donated their time and expertise to serve as interviewers: Cassie Beardsley, Andy Bixler, Chris Brown, Linda

Daniel, Tony Eshelman, Ken Gloyeske, Duane Goettemoeller, Chance Guisinger, Margie Heitbrink, Mike Heitkamp, Mary Ann Huelskamp, Jack Kramer, Dennis Lange, Marc Larger, John Lenhart, Brenda Littlefield, Rodney Naseman, Gwen Rose, Brad Van Fossen, Matt Vasko, Michelle Walker and Brian Wolf.

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Recipes for appetizers, breads, vegetables, salads, desserts, drinks, stews, soups, entrees and heart-healthy, grilling and picnic, spicy and ethnic, crockpot, lunch, side, breakfast, and holiday dishes may be mailed to Angie Woodruff, P.O. Box 372, Botkins, OH 45306, or emailed to imwoody@nktelco.net.

Recipes submissions must include the name and phone number of the submitter. For information, call 693-7622.

Cookbooks will be for sale in August.

The club continues to accept orders for engraved brick pavers to be included in a memorial walkway in the downtown park.

Pavers are available in two sizes: 4 inches by 8 inches for $50 and 8 inches by 8 inches for $100. For information, call the above number.

Churches unite for Bible school ANNA — Three area churches have joined forces to offer vacation Bible school sessions to children in kindergarten through fifth grades.

The St. Paul Lutheran Church in Botkins, the Botkins United Methodist Church and the Anna United Methodist Church will host the children’s activity at the latter’s building, 201 W. North St., Anna, from June 23 through June 27. Sessions will run from 6 to 8 p.m.

The theme of the Bible school is “Athens: Paul’s Dangerous Journey to Share the Truth.” Participants will explore what life was like for the apostle Paul. The school will include games, crafts and food.

For information, call 394-4221.

Six to vie for queen title ANNA —The 2013 Anna Homecoming Festival queen will be crowned during a pageant scheduled to get underway on June 14 at Anna Elementary School.

The pageant is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. and six young women will compete for the queen title. The participants and their escorts will showcase the talents of the young women. Admission is $3.

Those participating in the pageant will all be Anna High School seniors this fall. They are: • Kiarra Ibarra, the daughter of Charles and Amy Taylor, of Anna.

Her escort will be Riley Berning, the son of Ted and Monica Berning.

Her talent will be singing and playing the saxophone. She is involved in Big Buddies,

BOTKINS — The Botkins Beautification Club will host the Botkins Tour of Gardens June 23 from 1 to 4 p.m.

The fundraiser will provide support for downtown beautification projects. Tickets are $5 for adults and can be purchased at any of the four participating gardens. Children will be admitted free.

Garden tourists will visit the yards of Dob and Adeline Fairchild at 105 Meadowview Drive Unit 2, Rick and Cindy Geyer at 11025 LockTwo Road, Rob and Jenny Guisinger at 14950 Botkins Road and David and Anita Uetrecht at 207 E. State St. Artwork and musical performances will grace the gardens.

The club has announced a July 15 deadline for submission of recipes to be included in its latest cookbook, “A of Favorites.”

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• Katelyn Brunswick, the daughter of Bart and Joan Brunswick, of Anna. She will be escorted by Kyle Baumer, the son of Gary and Lynn Baumer. Her talent will be singing. Her activities include FFA assistant vice president, FTA, track, National Honor Society, Drama Club, Student Council, French Club, church baby sitter and preschool aide. She is employed at the Anna Market.

• Megan Fogt, the daughter of Doug Fogt and Victoria Linkmeyer, of Anna. Her escort will be Macaulay Counts, the son of Mark Counts and Camille Young. Her talent will be singing. Her activities include volleyball, track, French Club, Eco Warriors, musical and church youth group.

She is employed at Buffalo Wild Wings.

• Sammi Burden, the daughter of Ken and Laura Burden, of Anna.

She will be escorted by Corey Abbott, the son of Greg and Sherri Abbott.

Her talent will be singing. She is active in cross country, softball, band, Spanish Club and Anna Livestock 4-H.

UMC to serve chicken dinners ANNA — The Anna United Methodist Church will serve chicken dinners at the Anna Homecoming Saturday from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the main food tent.

The meal will comprise a half chicken, chips, applesauce and a roll. The cost will be $7. Slices of homemade pie will be available for $1.50 each.

Proceeds will support the church building fund.

For information, call 726-1740.

Caruso earns law degree ADA — Shawn M. Caruso, son of Tom and Angie Albers, of Anna, recently graduated with distinction from Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law. He received the degree of Juris Doctor.

On campus, Caruso was active in the Law Review publication as a member of the editorial board, the Criminal Law Society, the Environmental Law Society and the Student Bar Association. Caruso received his undergraduate degree from Wright State University.

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Concussion can affect sense of smell and taste DEAR DR. times psychiatric ROACH: My 18changes. Fortuyear-old grandnately, these ususon sustained a ally get better concussion while within a few skateboarding. weeks or a few He does not remonths. Seizures member the can occur, but reevent, which current seizures happened about To your (epilepsy) are unonly a month ago. He common, good is back in college about a 2 percent and can manage health risk. his studies. HowOne in 300 with Dr. Keith ever, he lost his a concussion has Roach senses of smell injury to the olfacand taste. This is very de- tory nerve, which is repressing to him. His neu- sponsible for the sense of rologist states he will not smell. The nerve goes retrieve them. What do through the bone in the your studies show? — front of the skull, and it C.R. can be damaged by ANSWER: A concus- trauma. Loss of sense of sion is a change in mental smell is often reported as status that occurs after a loss of smell and taste, head injury. Confusion since much of what we and amnesia are the most perceive as taste is actucommon symptoms. ally coming from our There does not need to be noses. loss of consciousness at The best information I the time of the event. All could find is that about a concussions should be third of people who lose evaluated medically. their sense of smell will Although most people get it back again. If it hasrecover completely, there n’t come back within a are some important com- year, it’s likely permaplications of concussion. nent.

Postconcussion syndrome consists of symptoms inDEAR DR. ROACH: cluding headache, dizzi- My wife and I take melaness, difficulty tonin most nights to deal concentrating and some- with sleep disorders. Are

there any side effects from taking this on a regular basis? — B.D.F. ANSWER: Any vitamin, supplement, homeomedicine or pathic prescription medicine has the potential to cause side effects. Medications for sleeping are at high risk for two specific kinds of side effects: excess sedation and dependence. Excess sedation is a real problem with most sleeping medications: People who take them, especially every day, have a higher risk of falls and a higher risk of motor vehicle accidents. Melatonin has less excess sedation than most other medications for sleep.

Dependence on sleeping medications is a common problem as well. One can get accustomed to the effect and begin to require it every night for sleep. Take the medication as infrequently as possible — preferably no more than every other night and for no more than two weeks. When compared with other sleep remedies, melatonin seems to have fewer problems with dependence.

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100 years June 13, 1913 The report of Government Engineer Finch regarding flooding conditions in Sidney contains the following: On the account of the absence of complex conditions at Sidney, it is believed that at this place the results show more clearly that at any other locality the danger of constructing not only the flood plain of the river , but the actual low water channel itself, by either artificial or natural means. It may be said with certainty that the only causes of all the damage to Sidney were the facts that the flood plain has been encroached upon for building lots and the natural channel itself throughout its entire length in this vicinity has been allowed to grow up in a wilderness of willows, elms, and cottonwoods.

This constitutes the most obvious violation of natural laws, and the conditions are so bad that the city is to be congratulated upon escaping as lightly as it did.

75 years June 13, 1938 Announcement was made today that plans have been complete for the staging of two dance programs during the First Ward lawn fete tomorrow evening on the lawn at the school. Presenting the dance review, under the supervision of Mrs. Nadine Kruse will be June Oldham, Patti Sue Runkle, Barbara Steinle, Billy Mentges, Nancy Dill, Jackie Kies, and Jeanne Kruckenburg, with Hugh Albers as master of ceremonies.

––––– An estimated damage of about $200 was done at Jerry Shine’s place at the corner of North Miami avenue and Jefferson street early this morning. An electric motor under the ice cream box became overheated and set fire to the wood.

occasionally seen, and that is hypothermia (abnormally low body temperature). However, it is far more commonly seen at doses higher than the one you are taking. That being said, a 0.3-mg dose 50 years was the most effective in June 13, 1963 one study, even more so Mr. and Mrs. William than 1 mg or 3 mg.

Deam and their children, Marcia, Mark and READERS: The book- John have returned to let on restless leg syn- Sidney to reside from drome and nighttime Center Valley, Pennsylcramps offers more tips. vania, where they Readers can obtain a copy resided for the past four by writing: Dr. Roach — years while Mr. Deam No. 306, Box 536475, Or- was with the Mack lando, FL 32853-6475.

Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Can. with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery.

Truck Company. Mr. Deam returned to Sidney to take over the Insurance Travelers Agency which was opened by his father, the late Emerson Deam, for 38 years. He is continuing the office for the agency at the location of the Deam home at 733 St. Marys avenue where it has been for a number of years.

––––– Ivan Beers converted the 3-7-10 split for an even 200 and a 501 series, to pace the second place Anchor Klankers to a 3-1 victory over the eight place ten-pins, in the Summerette League at Holiday Lanes Tuesday night.

25 years June 13, 1988 In ceremonies held recently at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla. Airman Delores J. (Echols) Vaughn, formerly of Shelby County, was awarded the title of Junior Shore Sailor of the Quarter for Jan 1, through March 31 for the Helicopter Tactical Wing One. The award was presented by Captain P.F. Erny, commanding officer of Heltacwingone, who also presented her a letter of commendation and a large plaque. Vaughn is married to Mark W. Vaughn who is a second class petty officer in the Navy, also serving in the Pensacola area. They reside with their children Amanda and Jerrod.

––––– Members of the Shelby County Emergency Board (CEB) on Thursday agreed to ask the federal government to declare the county a disaster area because of this year’s drought. A disaster area designation would allow local farmer to receive special government assistance, according to Roger Lentz, executive director of the Shelby County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service.

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 ToYourGoodHealthmed.cornell.edu or request an order form of available health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.

Health newsletters may be ordered from www.rbmamall.com.

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Learn signs of elder abuse to prevent it from happening DEAR ABBY: neglected each year in Thank you for all you the United States. do to keep our seniors Elder abuse can be safe. physical, emotional, fiSaturday, June 15, nancial and sexual. It is World Elder Abuse also includes people Awareness Day. On who are neglected. Eldthat day, communities ers who are abused are in the USA and all twice as likely to be over the world will hospitalized, four times Dear sponsor events to highas likely to go into Abby light the growing nursing homes and Abigail tragic issue of elder three times as likely to Van Buren die. abuse.

Your readers — young and Elder abuse can be preold — should know that the vented if everyone would learn U.S. Administration on Aging the warning signs and report it estimates that as many as 5 to Adult Protective Services or million seniors are abused or the police if they suspect it is

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— MARY TWOMEY, MSW, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAIRVINE DEAR READERS: I was dismayed to learn that 90 percent of elder abuse happens at the hands of a family member or a caregiver. The descriptions of the kinds of treatment these elderly adults experience are frightening, and frankly, not suitable for readers of all ages.

That is why I am urging readers to get more information on this important subject by visiting www.ncea.aoa.gov.

We can all stop this scourge if we know what to look for and

are willing to speak up when we see the warning signs.

There, but for the grace of God, go you and I. DEAR ABBY: I was married to a wonderful man, “Ted,” who was 20 years my senior. In social situations his adult children would introduce me as “Dad’s wife” or “Ted’s wife.”

Sadly, my husband passed away, and his children no longer know how to refer to me socially.

I was recently asked by Ted’s children how I wished to be introduced, but I’m not sure.

I don’t think “stepmother” is

appropriate because I’m only four to seven years older than they are. Do you have any ideas as to what might be appropriate? — “MARILYN” IN NEW JERSEY DEAR “MARILYN”: You could be introduced as “Dad’s widow,” “my late father’s wife” or simply by your name.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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Father’s Day: a well-established tradition Even though Father’s Day is a more recent innovation, it is now celebrated with as much pride and love as Mother’s Day. Of course, there’s nothing really surprising about the significance of this celebration in today’s society, as fathers are playing an increasingly important role within the family in every imaginable way.

day) or Herrentag (gentlemen’s day), during which men leave on a hiking tour, pulling small wagons filled with alcohol and food in order to make merry.

However Father’s Day is celebrated, the principal remains the same: it is a time to thank all dads for the love they show their families.

The idea of celebrating fatherhood originated in the United States at the beginning of the twentieth century, before President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father’s Day in 1924.

Then, in 1966, President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the third Sunday of June as Father’s Day. Fathers are now honoured on every continent around the world, but the date of the celebrations can differ from one place to another. Some countries, such as Italy, Portugal, and Spain, celebrate the event on March 19, which is also when the Catholic church celebrates St-Joseph’s feast day.

The type of festivities also varies from country to country. Here in North America it is celebrated like a birthday, with Dad often being given little treats by Mum and the children in a private, family setting. In Germany some regions celebrate Männertag (men’s

Father’s Day is th the daily devo e occasion to thank dads fo tion they show r to their familie s.

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Father’s Day will soon be here, and there’s no doubt in anyone’s there’s no need to make anything elaborate, the goal is simply to demmind that this is an occasion well worth celebrating. But how can onstrate that you’re thinking of him. we spoil the man of the household on his very own special day?

Spending a fortune on gifts isn’t necessary either. There’s nothing Here are a few ideas. more heartwarming for a parent than to see the children getting inToday’s fathers certainly deserve to be celebrated. The days volved in the celebration. So a handmade card, craft, or a small, meanare long gone when they left home in the morning to go to ingful gift will always be appreciated. work, returning in the evening to be served an already prepared meal and to sit comfortably in their armchairs while What’s especially important is to spend some quality time together as mums looked after children and dishes. The involvement of a family, participating in various activities that everyone will enjoy. fathers in family life and daily chores has become the norm, A good meal in the evening, with Dad’s favourite foods on the menu, is a great way to end the day. After all, sharing happiness is what will and they take their new role very seriously! make this day a success!

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BY FRANCES DRAKE For Friday, June 14, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is a fun-loving day once again.

Enjoy good times with others. However, guard against making important decisions. Just keep things light.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Socialize at home and enjoy lighthearted company with family members. Do not make important decisions about your home or family today. Just coast.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) This is an upbeat, optimistic day. Get out and enjoy yourself. Choose social situations with lighthearted conversation, especially with neighbors and siblings. (It's a poor day to sign contracts or make important decisions.)

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Be careful in all financial matters today. Don't spend money on anything other than food. This is not a good day to start work or initiate any kind of money deal.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) This is a fun-loving, social day. You are very much in touch with your creative energy and artistic talents. Find ways to express these; however, don't spend money today except on food.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) You will enjoy solitude in beautiful surroundings if you have a chance to find it today, because you will prefer to withdraw from the busyness of everything around you. It's a good day for some peace and quiet.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) A confidential discussion with a female acquaintance could be important for you today. (People are open and frank.)

Nevertheless, don't agree to anything important -- not until tomorrow.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) People notice you today, and they might know information about your financial arrangements or something you share or own with someone else.

This is a poor day to make important decisions. Be cool.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Do what you can to delight in a sense of adventure. You'll love to learn something new, because your imagination is heightened. Talk to people from other countries and different backgrounds.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Others are prepared to help you today; nevertheless, avoid important agreements, and do not promise anything.

Postpone important decisions until tomorrow.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) This is a fun-loving, social day! Get out and have some fun. Enjoy sports and playful activities with children. Romance can flourish.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Although your focus is on home and family now, you are concerned about issues at work today. Don't make important decisions. Just attend to business as usual.

YOU BORN TODAY You are bold and gutsy, sometimes to the point of being rebellious. You value your freedom. You excel at managing intricate or involved situations. You do things your way, and once you know what you want, you will not be dissuaded. Good news! Your year ahead might be one of the most powerful years of your life. Dream big!

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Yard Sale BOTKINS, 107 Mary Street, June 13, 14, 15, 8-? Furniture and some antiques, glassware, small appliances, collectibles, knick knacks, miscellaneous.

HOUSTON, 1700 Aiken Road, Friday 8am-4pm, Saturday 8am-3pm, Everything in 130 year old house for sale including doors, replacement windows. bathroom vanity, ceiling fans, furnace, water heater, housewares, books, furniture, clothes, and lots more!!! No early sales!

JACKSON CENTER, 202 North Fork, Friday, 8-4, Saturday, 8-1. Multi Family! Infant, toddler girl clothes and toys, lots of miscellaneous. Bake sale and Coach purse raffle to benefit JDRS. Something for everyone!

JACKSON CENTER, 203 Hamer Rd, Thursday and Friday 9-5, Saturday 9-? Nice electric stove, washer,excellent king sized waterbed, 2 air conditioners, garden tools, lots of dishes, DVDs, VHS, CD's, lots of home interior and miscellaneous JACKSON CENTER, 502 North Main, Saturday 8am4pm, Lots of Baby items, Annie Sloan chalk painted furniture, pilates equipment, couch, golf clubs, adult clothing, miscellaneous

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JACKSON CENTER, Community Garage Sales, Saturday June 15th, 9am-?, Many treasures to be found, Maps will be available at JC Pro Hardware the day of the sale and on the website www.jacksoncenter.com

SIDNEY, 1024 E Parkwood, Friday 9am-3pm, Name brand boys clothes, Newborn-6years, Maternity clothes xl, Miscellaneous home decor, Longaberger baskets, kids shoes, baby items, purses, miscellaneous small furniture, Smoke free & No pets!

SIDNEY, 1358 Stephens Road, (off Millcreek Road) Friday 9-3pm, Saturday 9-noon, microwave, bath light, glass cutter for sun-catchers, bath faucet, roller blades, wooden canisters, DVDs, bed lamp, framed pictures, dishes, pots, clothes. Much more!!!

MAPLEWOOD, 19901 Maplewood Road, Friday, 9-5 & Saturday, 9-3. MAGGi Garage Sale! Antique truck, jewelry, blanket chest, karaoke machine, CDs, collectibles, ceramics, quilts, tools, quilt stand, bikes, telescope, toys, glass, comforter, Christmas trees, clothes PS-14, Wii board, lamps and more!

PASCO, 6640 Pasco Montra Road, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 9am-5pm, Christmas items, tv, computer desk, records, kitchen items, kids & baby clothes, coats, toys & More!!

PIQUA 550 West Snodgrass Thursday, Friday and Saturday 9am-? Multi family sale, kitchen table, stereo system, Karaoke system, printers, baseboard trim, cabinets, closet doors, card table, sink, wedding gown, books, dishes, clothes, Christmas tree, and miscellaneous.

PIQUA 8801 North County Road 25A Friday and Saturday 9am-5pm 5 family sale, glass shower doors, vanity mirror, lots of Longaberger, new carpeting, area rug, wedding center pieces, furniture, complete comforter sets, tree trimmer, wedding/flower girl dress, bikes, treadmill, elliptical, scrap booking, tires, tools, desk, TV

PIQUA, 1616 Nicklin Avenue, Thursday, Friday, 9-5 and Saturday, 9-1. Three Family Sale!

Tools, curios, bathroom vanity set, clothes, bears, baby items, too much to list. Come us it out!

PIQUA, 804 Lambert Drive, Friday & Saturday, 9-4. Model trains, guns, furniture, tools, ammunition.

QUINCY, 1899 Co Rd 23 North, Thursday, 10-4, Friday, 9-5 & Saturday, 8-? BARN SALE! Lots of namebrand clothes and shoes: Hollister, Abercrombie, Justice, American Eagle and more! Girl's and boy's sizes, adult women's and men's, wedding decor, air compressor, electric Razor scooter, too much more to list!

See each garage sale listing and location on our Garage Sale Map. Available online at sidneydailynews.com Powered by Google Maps SIDNEY, 626 Lynn, Friday & Saturday 9am-3pm, baby items, crib, bassinet, swing, bikes, tv stands, miscellaneous

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SIDNEY, 1100 Kuther Road, (between Millcreek Road and State Route 47) Friday & Saturday 9-noon, Sunday 10-5pm, miscellaneous antiques, reasonable prices.

SIDNEY, 11120 Fort Loramie Swanders Road, Thursday, Friday 9-5, Saturday 9-Noon, Just moved! Have to sell!! Exercise equipment, clothes sizes juniors, misses, mens, furniture, kitchen accessories, a little of everything. Longaberger baskets and dishes.

SIDNEY, 11744 Fair Road, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 98, Sunday, 1-6. Classic motorcycle, pool table with all accessories, chest type freezer, 60" zero-turn Yazoo mower, car, 26" self propelled mower, book shelf, working TVs, jewelry, collectibles, toys, clothes plus size, miscellaneous, quilts, sheets, Elvis collectibles, refreshments.

SIDNEY, 1210 University, Friday 10am-5pm, Saturday 10am-1pm, Multi Family, Exceptional Girls clothing, newborn-teen, Gap, Tommy, Childrens Place, Gymboree, Pageant dresses, Boys, Front load washer/ Dryer, stroller, desk, Outdoor kids toys, 2012 Prom dresses, Comforter sets, Antique hutch, Metal bed SIDNEY, 122 River Road, Thursday, Friday & Saturday 9am-?, Snow blower, chain saw, pickup tool box, old tools, ladder, split rail fence, edger, slate, bikes, Christmas decorations, canning jars, porch swing, lots of miscellaneous, SIDNEY, 1234 Stephens Road (off Millcreek Road), Friday & Saturday 8:30-?, HUGE SALE, teacher materials, furniture, boat motor, puzzles, books, games, toys, clothes, electronics, items are well cared for, tons of miscellaneous.

SIDNEY, 1239 & 1227 Erie Court (off Westlake), Friday & Saturday 9:30-? dining table, 6 chairs, antiques, coach purses, furniture, oreck vacuums, juicer, patio, home decor, tools, clothing, blinds with hardware, grill,housewares, Christmas, more.

SIDNEY, 1326 Hancock Street, Thursday, Friday 9-4, Saturday 8-12. Miniature refrigerator, Budweiser holiday steins, bistro patio set, tools, outdoor signs, large outdoor trellis, school supplies, clothes kids to adult, very cheap, something for everyone.

SIDNEY, 13277 Sharp Road (1/2 mile off 25A), Thursday, Friday & Saturday 9am-4pm, Huge sale!! Collectables, glassware, recliner, western items, new curtains, electronics, new comforters, tv 32", clothing, 10-3x, Mens & womens, cheap! Rain or shine!

SIDNEY, 293 Hillcrest Court, Thursday & Friday 9am-4pm, Fathers day special Mini gardens, antiques, chairs, table & chairs, Miscellaneous

Mitchell M. Brautigam, etc.

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SIDNEY, 1714 Burkewood Drive, Saturday 8-2pm, patio furniture, grill, children books, toys, Vera Bradley, exercise bike, Wagner-ware, bedding, kitchen items, country decorations, televisions, golf clubs, car-seats, exersaucer, lamps, girl/boy clothes, sizes Medium/Large, Lots More!!

SIDNEY, 1st Methodist Church (parking lot on North Street across from Amos Library) Saturday only 9am-3pm, Sale is for Church Cancer Relay team, Variety of items, Multi- groups come and browse to check it out!

SIDNEY, 202 West Parkwood Street, Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 9am-3pm, Large garage sale! Jim Shore collectable angels, Longaberger baskets, Lots of jewelry, toys, Pro-form exercise bike, Like new leather purses, Brahmin, Tignanello & others, leather card holders, shower seat, walker, crutches, bedside commode & much more!

SIDNEY, 207 Charles Avenue, Friday & Saturday 9am-3pm, couches, table, chairs, accent furniture, home decor, small appliances, bicycles, girls, boys, Juniors, mens & womens name brand clothing, and much more!!

SIDNEY, 211 King Court, Thursday & Friday, 8-3. Three Family Sale! Miscellaneous furniture items, clothes including children's, strollers, carseat, toy kitchen, toys, books, miscellaneous items.

SIDNEY, 2385 Schenk Road (1 mile past Dairy Queen on Vandemark Turn right on Schenk Road), Friday 9am3pm, Saturday 9am-1pm, Multi Family, Boys clothing 0-4T & 10-16 Girls 2T-4T, juniors & mens, various sizes, Aero, American Eagle, Hollister, Nike, baby & household items, walker, stroller, coffee table, futon & More!!

SIDNEY, 2583 Alpine Court, Saturday 8-2pm, FOUR FAMILY SALE, 2-computer desks (Gigunda), "notebook" laptop, professional treadmill, queen comforter set, inkjet printer, Tinkerbell ceiling fan, Cars toddler bedding, women, men, & kids clothing, lots of miscellaneous.

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SIDNEY, 2801 North Broadway Avenue, Friday 8-2, Saturday 9-1, Multi family sale, highchair, luggage, boys clothes sizes 3T and 4T, toys, bedding, exercise equipment, small appliances, XL scrubs, Thomas the train track.

SIDNEY, 304 Lindsey Road, Friday 9-3 and Saturday 9-1, Too many items to list.

SIDNEY, 3094 ThompsonSchiff, Friday & Saturday 8am5pm Gift with purchase, Multi Family tag sale, Sports car, high end ceiling fans & stereo equipment, furniture, kid related items, Kitchen aid electronics, sporting goods, decorative household, antiques, vintage jewelry, Creeper, car jack, scanner, printer

SIDNEY, Eagle Glen Subdivision (off I-75 exit 94, County Road 25A/ Wapakoneta Avenue, Turn South on 25A, sales are on West/ Right side of road from Hoewisher 1st stop light down thru Ironwood and Parkwood), Saturday only 8am5pm, 564,662 Foxcross, 525 Hoewisher, 213, 404 Iron wood, 428 Meredith, 202, 768 Parkwood, 524, 525 Spyglass, 513 Stonecastle, 312 Windsor Park, Some open Friday

SIDNEY, 3357 West Mason Road, Friday & Saturday 9-?, old clock, antiques, old books, vintage car , tractor parts, (john deer, wheel horse) antique kitchen table, antique furniture, household items, jewelry, children items, lots more!!

SIDNEY, 406 Fourth Ave, Saturday 8-?, MOVING SALE ( inside building), appliances, furniture, dining room table with 6 dining chairs, household items, lawn mower, snow blower, lots of miscellaneous.

EVERYTHING MUST GO!!

SIDNEY, 431 East Robinwood Street, Friday 9-4pm, Saturday 9-noon, corner entertainment center, bar stools, kitchen chairs, kids desk, kids picnic table, baby clothes, maternity clothes, adult clothes, toys, baby swing, air conditioner, books.

SIDNEY, 855 Saint Marys Road, June 14, June 15th, June 21st, & June 22nd 105:30pm, antiques, lamps, tools, dishes, canning jars, doll molds, old tables, quilt hoop, books, material. NEW ITEMS NEXT WEEK SIDNEY, 856 Stratford Drive.

Thursday & Friday 9am-? Saturday 9am–Noon. Battery-operated Jeep, tons of boys and girls clothes up to size 12, washer and dryer, and lots of miscellaneous. All priced to SELL! SIDNEY, 907 Winter Ridge Drive (East Hoewisher, to Bridlewood, or Sidney Freyburg Road, to Bridlewood follow signs), Friday 8-4, Saturday 82. Crib, toddler bed, monitors, carseat, highchair, bike trailer, girls to 4T; boys to 3T; adult clothing/ shoes; household, miscellaneous.

SIDNEY, 909 North Main Avenue, Thursday & Friday 95pm, Saturday 9-noon, HUGE garage sale of baby and kid things. Lots of clothes, girls birth-size 4, shoes 0-11/12; boys newborn/preemie-18 months, shoes 0-6; blankets, washcloths, burp cloths, receiving blankets, bibs, hats, books, toys, maternity clothes all sizes and nursing items.

Older car seat/stroller, newer car seat/stroller, double stroller. Very clean and organized! If its raining we cannot open.

SIDNEY, Trinity Church of the Brethren, 2220 N. Main, Saturday, June 15th, 9am-3pm.

3rd Annual Community Garage Sale! Children's items and activities, furniture, antiques kitchen, household, books, produce, baked goods, food.

Something for everyone! Many Vendors!!

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SIDNEY, First United Baptist Church, (Intersection on Hathaway and Fair Road) Saturday 8-5pm, clothing, household items, yard tools, lots of miscellaneous. Bake goods. Proceeds go to the church.

The defendants, to-wit, E. F. Ferree (aka Ernest F. Ferree), C. E. Ferree (aka Clarence E. Ferree), Grace A. Shappell (aka Grace Ferree Shappell), Marjorie Ferree Ayers, and Virginia Ferree, and Defendants, the unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, next of kin, next of estate of inheritance, minor beneficiaries, unborn descendants, incompetent next of kin, incompetent heirs, administrators, executors, personal representatives, spouses and assigns of each of Defendants, E. F. Ferree (aka Ernest F. Ferree), C. E. Ferree (aka Clarence E. Ferree), Grace A. Shappell (aka Grace Ferree Shappell), Marjorie Ferree Ayers, and Virginia Ferree, and Defendant, Jane Doe, unknown spouse of E. A. Ferree aka Edwin A. Ferree, and Defendants the unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, next of kin, next of estate of inheritance, minor beneficiaries, unborn descendants, incompetent next of kin, incompetent heirs, administrators, executors, personal representatives, spouses and assigns of Jane Doe, unknown spouse of E. A. Ferree aka Edwin A. Ferree all of whose addresses are unknown and cannot by reasonable diligence be ascertained will take notice that on May 22, 2013, Plaintiffs, Mitchell M. Brautigam and Lisa A. Brautigam, filed their complaint in the Common Pleas Court of Shelby County, Ohio, in case number 13-CV-000112, on the docket of said Court, and the object and demand for relief of which pleading is for quiet title to the following described real estate by adverse possession: SITUATE IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 22 TOWN 2 RANGE 13, B.T.M.R. PERRY TOWNSHIP, SHELBY COUNTY OHIO, AND BEING PART OF THOSE LANDS OWNED BY MITCHELL AND LISA BRAUTIGAM AS RECORDED IN OFFICIAL RECORD 1906 PAGE 440, BEING MORE PARTICULARY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: Beginning at an iron pin with S.C.E.O. Cap found in a monument box, said iron pin being at the southwest corner of the northwest quarter of Section 22 and the centerline of State Route 706, said iron pin marking the Point of Beginning of the tract herein described; Thence, with the centerline of State Route 706 and the south line of the northwest quarter of Section 22, South 84°58'47" East, 1681.97 feet to the True Point of Beginning of the tract herein described; Thence, with the west right of way line of Ferree Road, North 5°9'50" East, 1321.67 feet to a 5/8 inch iron pin found, passing for reference at 30.00 feet the north right of way line of State Route 706; Thence, with the south line of a 25.93 acre tract of land owned by Dayton Power & Light as recorded in Deed Volume 180 Page 31, South 84°50'16" East, 20.00 feet to a 5/8 inch iron pin found in the centerline of Ferree Road; Thence, with the centerline of Ferree Road, South 05°09'50" West, 1321.57 feet to a Mag Spike found in the centerline of State Route 706; Thence, North 84°58'47" West, 20.00 feet to the True Point of Beginning, containing 0.607 acres more or less all lying within the rights of way of State Route 706 and Ferree Road, being subject to all legal rights of ways easements, agreements and restrictions of record; Bearings listed above are based upon Ohio State Plane, North Zone 3401 NAD 83, grid distances shown are ground. The deed records referenced are all recorded in the Shelby County Recorder's Office. Pins noted as set are 5/8" x 30" rebar with pink plastic caps stamped "Lock-Two 7988". The above description was prepared by Lock Two Surveying, LLP from a survey performed by Christopher S. Harmon, Professional Surveyor #7988 in March of 2013 and recorded in Small Plat Book 32, Page 123 in the Shelby County Recorder's Office.

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TODAY’S

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) 498-5991.

SPORTS

REPLAY 50 years ago June 13, 1963 The first game of the Girls Independent Slo-pitch league got under way, with Sidney AutoVue dumping Fort Loramie 118. Both teams racked three in the first inning, with Betty Bernhold homering with one on for the winners. She also tripled.

25 years ago June 13, 1988 Sidney Post 217 split with Marion Post 584. In the opener, Sidney lost 12-7 as Tim Van Horn homered. Sidney won the second 9-5. Mark Voisard hurled a six-hitter.

10 years ago June 13, 2003 John Plenzler recorded a hole-in-one on No. 7 at Shelby Oaks. He used a pitching wedge on the 100-yard hole.

NFL CALENDAR NFL Calendar Aug. 3 — Pro Football Hall of Fame inductions, Canton, Ohio.

Aug. 4 — Hall of Fame Game: Dallas vs. Miami.

Aug. 8 — First weekend of preseason games.

Aug. 27 — Roster cutdown to 75 players.

Aug. 31 — Roster cutdown to 53 players.

Aug. 29 — Preseason schedule ends.

Sept. 5 — 2013 season begins, Baltimore at Denver.

Sept. 8-9 — First weekend of regular-season games.

BY THE NUMBER ‘33’ This former outfielder is a confirmed “three-aholic, having worn the number 33 throughout his career with the Expos, Rockies and Cardinals.

Who is he? (Source: The Sporting News

Answer: Larry Walker

QUOTE OF THE DAY “As dark as it was last night, can’t get no darker than that, especially for me,” he said. "So, I guarantee I’ll be better tomorrow for sure.”

— Miami Heat’s LeBron James on game three of the NBA Finals, a 113-77 rout by the San Antonio Spurs

ON THIS DATE IN 1935 — Jim Braddock scores a 15-round unanimous decision over Max Baer in New York to win the world heavyweight title.

1953 — Ben Hogan wins the U.S. Open for the fourth time, with a six-stroke victory over Sam Snead.

2003 — Vijay Singh matches the best score in major championship history, shooting a 7under 63 for a share of the second-round lead in the U.S. Open with Jim Furyk. Singh and Furyk (66) have 7-under 133 totals, the lowest 36-hole score in the U.S. Open. Singh also had a 63 in the 1993 PGA Championship and joins Greg Norman as the only players to shoot 63 in two majors.

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CINCINNATI REDS' Devin Mesoraco (39) congratulates Todd Frazier after his solo home run against the Chicago Cubs dur-

Leake pitches Reds to win CHICAGO (AP) — Mike Leake pitched just a little better than former teammate Travis Wood, and helped the Cincinnati Reds extend their dominance of the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.

Leake combined with Aroldis Chapman on a threehitter and Todd Frazier hit a tiebreaking home run against Wood in the seventh inning, leading the Reds past the Cubs 2-1 Wednesday for their record 12th straight win at Wrigley Field.

Leake (6-3) won for the fourth time in five decisions, allowing only Nate Schierholtz’s second-inning home run into the right-field bleachers, his eighth of the season. The Cincinnati starter gave up one run and three hits while striking out six over eight innings.

Facing Wood, Leake said, is “fun, definitely, and frustrating at the same time.”

“You want him to do well and you want yourself to do well,” Leake said. “Today we both did really well, so you can’t complain.”

Wood (5-5) gave up two runs and four hits in seven innings, his third loss in four decisions. He fell to 0-3 with a 4.65 ERA in five starts against the Reds, who traded him to the Cubs on Dec. 23, 2011, for reliever Sean Marshall.

“Felt good out there today, was locating pretty well and keeping them off balance,” Wood said. “Leake was doing the same, he had an outstanding game today.”

The Reds usually do quite well against the Cubs, especially at Wrigley Field.

Cincinnati is 10-2 overall against the Cubs this season and 25-6 dating to Sept. 13, 2011. Leake improved to 6-2 with a 3.24 ERA in 13 career starts against Chicago.

The previous record for consecutive wins by a visitor at Wrigley was 10, by the St. Louis Cardinals (1943-44) and matched by the New York

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CINCINNATI REDS' Mike Leake pitches against the Chicago Cubs during the fifth inning of a baseball game on Wednesday in Chicago.

Giants (1950-51) and Montreal Expos (1982-83), according to STATS. Cincinnati’s Dusty Baker, who managed the Cubs from 2003-06, didn’t have an explanation for the streak at Wrigley.

“I don’t know, man,” Baker said. “Just feel fortunate that it happens when it happens.”

Cesar Izturis got the Reds’ first hit off Wood with an infield single in the fifth, and Cincinnati tied the score in the sixth when Shin-Soo Choo doubled and scored on Brandon Phillips’ two-out single.

Leake retired 12 consecutive batters before Darwin Barney singled with one out in the eighth. By then, Frazier had hit his eighth homer, sending a 1-0 pitch through a wind and into the left-field

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Frazier has homered in consecutive games since Baker gave him the day off Monday to “study and watch” what was happening.

“Just trying to find different release points, trying to pick up pitches,” Frazier said he did on his day off. “It’s really hard to do, but at the same time it keeps you concentrating on the game the whole time.”

Chapman struck out two in a perfect ninth for his 17th save in 19 chances to give Cincinnati its third straight win since losing two of three last weekend to first-place St. Louis.

“St. Louis is a good team.

They’re a battle every time, so I don’t think we really got down because we know they’re a good team, we know

Athlete of the Week

Lauren Francis

State Champions

Six Shelby County athletes were state champions last week as a result of their performances in the Division III State Track Meet in Columbus. Two hailed from Fairlawn High School, which had two state champions about an hour apart after never having one previously in any sport. They were Trey Everett in the high jump and Olivia Cummings in the shot put. They followed the Russia girls 3200 relay team, which earlier in the day Friday pulled off a stunning victory after coming into the meet with the ninth-fastest qualifying time. The Russia state champs were Lauren Francis, Claire Sherman, Emily Borchers and Lauren Heaton.

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they’re going to be tough,” Leake said. “We just have to take advantage of games that we need to really work hard.

It’s definitely good we’ve gotten three in a row from them.”

Not much has been going that way for the Cubs.

They’ve lost eight of 10 since a five-game winning streak, and fell to a seasonworst 13 games below .500. In their last five losses they’ve scored a combined seven runs.

“It’s a broken record,” Cubs manager Dale Sveum said.

“Woody’s just pitched another great game and has nothing to show for it.”

Unfortunately for the Cubs, that’s usually how it goes for them against the Reds at Wrigley.

“We’re just having fun.

That’s the only thing I can say,” Frazier said. “We’re relaxed when we play here. We like playing here. Who doesn’t like playing here?”

NOTES: Chicago's Starlin Castro went 0 for 3 and is in a 4-for-48 slide (.083). He hit in the No. 6 slot for only the second time in his career. ...

Choo, normally the Reds' leadoff hitter, was second in the batting order while Derrick Robinson was first. Choo entered 0 for 6 with four strikeouts against Wood. ...

The Cubs placed RHP Zach Putnam on the 15-day DL and recalled LHP Brooks Raley from Triple-A Iowa. ...

When asked if LHP Tony Cingrani would stay in the Cincinnati rotation, Baker said “Who’s spot is he going to take?” Cingrani gave up two earned runs in seven innings Tuesday, but the Reds hope Johnny Cueto will be able to return Sunday against Milwaukee. ... Alfonso Soriano pinch hit and had a game-ending groundout. ... Thursday’s pitching matchup is Cincinnati’s Mat Latos (6-0, 2.87) against the Cubs’ Jeff Samardzija (3-7, 3.18).

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The Merion Golf Club will play host to the U.S. Open for the fifth time. Olin Dutra won the first one in 1934. It also hosted the event in 1950 (Ben Hogan); 1971 (Lee Trevino); and 1981 (David Graham). It’s one of the top courses in the country, and though not particularly long, it will challenge every ounce of skill and patience the world’s best golfers have to offer. At 6,996 yards, it’s the first Open course less than 7,000 yards since 2004 at 9 Shinnecock Hills.

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TV COVERAGE (all times EDT)

First and second round June 13-14

9 a.m. to 3 p.m., ESPN 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., NBC 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., ESPN

Third and Noon to 7:30 p.m., NBC final round June 15-16

Hole by Hole at Merion Golf Club

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350 yards, par 4: This likely will be an iron off the tee, which leaves a wedge to the green. A sycamore tree to the right might keep players from trying to drive the green.

A dozen bunkers line the ¿nal 100 yards into the green. It’s a gentle opening hole.

556 yards, par 5: The fairway has been shifted to the right to tighten the landing area, and it brings in an out-of-bounds to the right. The left side features some of the thickest rough on the course. For the second shot, players can try to reach the green or lay up short of a cross bunker about 35 yards in front of the green.

256 yards, par 3: Two tee boxes will be used, measuring 219 yards and 256 yards. The green slopes severely from back left to front right, and it is surrounded by bunkers. One of them short and right of the green is one of the deepest at Merion. The toughest recovery is anything left of the green.

628 yards, par 5: A new tee box brings the fairway bunkers into play. It will be tough to keep the drive in the fairway because the landing area slopes from right-to-left. For the second shot, players can’t see over a cross bunker. The green is fronted by a creek, increasing the risk of going for the green in two.

504 yards, par 4: One of the most demanding driving holes, bends hard to the left with a stream running down the left side of the entire hole, and the fairway slopes to the left.

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487 yards, par 4: Another long par 4 features a partially blind tee shot over a crest to a bowl-shaped fairway. The green is pitched from back left to the front, and the tricky part is a false front. The options are to run the approach onto the green or Ày it to the middle of the green.

360 yards, par 4: This starts a stretch of ¿ve holes that are all under 375 yards and could be the place to pick up birdies. Most players will opt for a long iron off the tee to a partially blind, angled landing area.

A tee shot too far to the right will Àirt with out-of-bounds and overhanging trees.

359 yards, par 4: Another long iron or fairway metal to a curved landing area with thick native grass on both sides of the fairway. That leaves a wedge to a small green protected by deep rough and a large bunker in the front. The green has several contours and slopes from back left to front right. Par is dif¿cult for those missing the green.

236 yards, par 3: This plays downhill to a green shaped like a kidney, with ragged bunkers on both sides and water in front and to the right of the green. It could be about a 6-iron for front hole locations, and long irons to carry the left bunker when the hole location is back and left.

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tee shot must be shaped severely from right-to-left to get around the corner. The safe play is a mid-iron to a narrow fairway. Any shot that misses the green to the left will wind up in deep fescue that could make it tough to get the next shot on the green.

367 yards, par 4: Another long iron off the tee, and utterly important to ¿nd the fairway, which drops from the tee box to create a blind shot and is Àanked by BafÀing Brook on the left. Anyone missing the fairway might have to play short of the brook, which hugs the front, right and rear of the teardrop-shaped green.

This could be the ultimate birdie-orbust hole at Merion.

403 yards, par 4: This sharp dogleg right features a fairway that slopes severely to the right. The right side of the fairway leaves a more level lie, though it is framed by extremely penal rough on the right.

The green slopes from back left to front right, making it tough to save par on any shot that is long or left.

115 yards, par 3: This de¿nes the extreme difference at Merion — all the other par 3s are over 200 yards, and this is a sand wedge.

The oval-shaped green might be the smallest on the course with challenging contours. The view of the green is obscured from the tee by a huge bunker in front.

464 yards, par 4: This is where some players might ¿nd out if there is any rust on the driver.

There are bunkers in the landing area and high native grass to the left.

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The second shot will be a mid-iron to a large, contoured green. Anything missing the green to the left could bounce off the closely mown knoll and Àirt with out-of-bounds.

411 yards, par 4: Players can do whatever they want off the tee, though it’s an intimidating shot with a long iron or driver. The hole bends to the right, with three deep bunkers protecting the right side and out-of-bounds on the left. Going into the bunkers makes it tough to get onto the green. The putting surface features some of the most severe slopes at Merion.

430 yards, par 4: A fairway metal likely will be the choice on the famous “Quarry Hole” to stay short of the hazard. The green features a pronounced depression in the front night. This might be the last realistic chance at birdie.

246 yards, par 3: Players will face tee shots of 246 yards and 195 yards, a dramatic hole with amphitheater seating. The hole is slightly downhill to a green that has a deep ridge in the front that must be carried from the tee. The slopes feed balls to the back right portion of the green. Front hole locations are the most dif¿cult.

521 yards, par 4: Merion has one of the most famous 18th holes because of Ben Hogan and his 1-iron on the 72nd hole of the 1950 U.S. Open. The drive is partially blind over the quarry to a landing zone that pitches downhill and steeply to the left at 300 yards.

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ew other American courses have the kind of history found at Merion Golf Club.

This is the course where Bobby Jones completed his “impregnable quadrilateral” — more commonly known as the “Grand Slam” — in 1930 when he won the U.S. Amateur.

It’s where Ben Hogan completed a remarkable comeback from a near-fatal car accident by hitting a 1-iron to the 18th green for par in the final round to get into a playoff in 1950, which he won the next day.

There are no flags on the greens, rather red wicker baskets are attached to the top of each pin.

Merion has hosted 18 USGA championships dating to 1904, more than any other golf course.

But when David Graham won the U.S. Open in 1981, the prevailing thought was that Merion was history when it came to hosting the toughest test in golf.

The U.S. Open had become too big. Merion was considered small, not only the length of the golf course (6,996 yards) but the 111-acre property left little room for staging such a big tournament. Ultimately, the USGA did not want to turn its back on a course considered one of the best in the land.

“When we closed up in 1981, it’s not as if the course didn’t play well, but we really thought this was the last time — at least at a national open championship — you would ever see Merion played on TV,” USGA executive director Mike Davis said.

“And really, it had nothing to do with the golf course in terms of a test of golf. But it had everything to do with, ‘How do you fit a modern day U.S. Open on this 111 acres?’”

They have managed by capping ticket sales at 25,000 a day, down from an average of 40,000 at other courses. And they’re using the backyards of homes along the perimeter of the course, along with Haverford College, to stage hospitality areas.

As for the golf course? No one ever doubted it could provide a stern test, even though it is short by modern standards.

The opening stretch has a pair of par 5s early (one of them at 628 yards) and a 256-yard par 3. Merion offers a breather with

a seven-hole stretch in the middle that features four par 4s under 400 yards. Then it saves a haymaker for the end of the round with the 521-yard closing hole.

If conditions are soft, Davis believes it could yield more birdies than any other U.S. Open. All he cares is that it identifies the best player.

“I thought they had skipped over Merion, and I didn’t know why, because I thought Merion was a great course,” said Jack Nicklaus, who lost in an 18-hole playoff to Lee Trevino at Merion in the 1971 U.S. Open. “I don’t think it’s all about what you shoot. It’s about who’s the best player on that golf course.”

The best player remains Tiger Woods, who has won four times on the PGA Tour this year and is back at No. 1 in the world. But he has gone five years since winning his 14th major in the 2008 U.S. Open.

Davis believes more players are capable of winning at Merion than at other U.S. Opens, a major that has never been kind to favorites. Throw out Woods, and the last time a player from the top five in the world ranking won the Open was Curtis Strange in 1989.

Webb Simpson is the defending champion, and he will try to join Strange (1988-89) and Hogan (1950-51) as the only back-toback winners in the last 75 years.

Woods and Matt Kuchar are the only players who have won more than once this year. Of the top 20 players in the world at the start of the year, 14 have yet to win on the PGA Tour this season.

Not since 2006 at Royal Liverpool has Woods won a major on a course he has never seen. He has company. Merion has been out of the picture for so long that only 11 players in the field have competed here in the 1989 U.S. Amateur, the 2005 U.S. Amateur and the 2009 Walker Cup. That short list includes Phil Mickelson, Jim Furyk, Webb Simpson and Rickie Fowler.

For others, it will be a new experience — one the USGA is happy to provide.

“It’s obviously historic,” said 2006 U.S. Open champion Geoff Ogilvy. “It’s buried in a really nice neighborhood in Philadelphia. It has the basket pins. It’s one of the courses all the architecture aficionados talk about it. It’s nice when you play an Open where they take you to a place you want to play.”

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RETURN TO MERION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 32 YEARS Even though it has hosted a record 18 USGA championships, the U.S. Open has not been played at Merion Golf Club since David Graham won in 1981. The 32 years is the ¿fth-longest time between U.S. Opens for a golf course.

SHORTEST GOLF COURSE FOR A MAJOR IN NINE YEARS The scorecard for Merion will be 6,996 yards at par 70, making it the shortest course for any major championship since Shinnecock Hills (also 6,996 yards) in the 2004 U.S. Open. The difference? Merion has ¿ve par 4s that are under 400 yards.

FIRST MAJOR IN THREE DECADES WITHOUT FLAGS The signature of Merion is the wicker baskets instead of Àags that are attached to the pins — red for the front, orange for the back. The idea came from course designer Hugh Wilson, though exactly what inspired him remains unknown. Wickers were used at three of the four previous Opens at Merion. The exception was 1950.

LONG PUTTERS RECORD AT MAJOR CHAMPIONS Four of the last six majors have been won by players using an anchored putting stroke, with Adam Scott at the Masters completing this version of a Grand Slam. This much is known: A long putter (belly or broom) anchored to the body can only be used in three more U.S. Opens. The putters will be illegal on Jan. 1, 2016.

Players to watch at the U.S. Open Tiger Woods Age: 37 World ranking: 1.

Worldwide wins: 90. Majors: Masters (1997, 2001, 2002, 2005), US Open (2000, 2002, 2008), British Open (2000, 2005, 2006), PGA Championship (1999, 2000, 2006, 2007).

Best U.S. Open ¿nish: Win (three).

Phil Mickelson Age: 42

World ranking: 10.

Worldwide wins: 43. Majors: Masters (2004, 2006, 2010), PGA Championship (2005).

Best U.S. Open ¿nish: Runner-up (¿ve times).

Brandt Snedeker Age: 32 World ranking: 6.

Worldwide wins: 5. Majors: 0.

Best U.S. Open ¿nish: Tie for 8th in 2010 at Pebble Beach.

Hunter Mahan

Age: 31 World ranking: 22.

Worldwide wins: 5. Majors: 0.

Best U.S. Open ¿nish: Tie for 6th in 2009 at Bethpage Black.

World ranking: 2.

Worldwide wins: 10. Majors: U.S. Open (2011), PGA Championship (2013).

Best U.S. Open ¿nish: Win (1).

Sergio Garcia

Steve Stricker

Adam Scott

Charl Schwartzel

Age: 46 World ranking: 12.

Worldwide wins: 12. Majors: 0.

Best U.S. Open ¿nish: 5th at Pinehurst No. 2 in 1999.

Age: 32. Country: Australia.

MAHAN WOODS SCHWARTZEL World ranking: 3.

Worldwide wins: 20. Majors: INTERNATIONAL Masters (2013).

Rory McIlroy Best U.S. Open ¿nish: Tie for 15th Age: 24. Country: N. Ireland. in 2012 at The Olympic Club.

Age: 33. Country: Spain.

World ranking: 14.

Worldwide wins: 23. Majors: 0.

Best U.S. Open ¿nish: Tie for 3rd in 2002 at Bethpage Black.

Age: 28. Country: South Africa.

World ranking: 15.

Worldwide wins: 9. Majors: Masters (2011).

Best U.S. Open ¿nish: Tie for 9th at Congressional in 2011.

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U.S. OPEN U.S. Open at a glance ARDMORE, Pa. (AP) — A brief look at the U.S. Open golf championship, which starts Thursday: Site: Merion Golf Club The course: Merion was designed by Hugh Wilson and opened in May 1914. Its Scottishstyled bunkers are known as the “white faces of Merion.” Unique to Merion are the wicker baskets painted orange and red attached to the pins, instead of the traditional flag. Merion has hosted 18 USGA championships, the most of any golf course. This is its first U.S. Open since 1981.

Length: 6,996 yards Par: 36-34_70

AT A GLANCE

Field: 156 players (10 amateurs) Defending champion: Webb Simpson.

U.S. Open champions at Merion: Olin Dutra (1934), Ben Hogan (1950), Lee Trevino (1971), David Graham (1981).

Noteworthy: Merion is the shortest course for a major championship since the 2004 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills.

Quoteworthy: “I don’t think it’s going to be a low-scoring U.S. Open. I hope it’s not going to be a low-scoring U.S. Open. We’ll see. I think the golf course has enough defense.” ‚Äî Graeme McDowell.

Key statistic: The winning score has been lower each of the previous four times the U.S.

Open was at Merion.

Tiger tales: This is the first time since 2000 that Tiger Woods has won four times on the PGA Tour before the U.S. Open. He won the U.S. Open that year by 15 shots.

Key groups: 1:14 p.m., Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Adam Scott; 7:11 a.m., Phil Mickelson, Steve Stricker, Keegan Bradley; 12:52 p.m., Luke Donald, Lee Westwood, Martin Kaymer.

Television (all times EDT): Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., ESPN; 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., NBC; 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., ESPN. Saturday and Sunday, noon to 7:30 p.m., NBC. Monday, if necessary, noon-2 p.m.

ESPN; 2 p.m.-playoff conclusion, NBC

A long ride to first tee ARDMORE, Pa. (AP) ‚Äî It’s quite the ride from the driving range to the first tee at Merion, and that’s going to take some getting used to this week at the U.S. Open.

“That’s an interesting challenge,” said Matt Kuchar, a two-time winner on the PGA Tour this year. “I think that there’s a number of people who like to go straight off the driving range, hitting that last tee ball and trying to envision them being on the first tee and replicating that same tee shot.”

A 12-passenger van will shuttle the players, and Kuchar said the elapsed time from final practice swing to first competitive swing could be some 20 to 30 minutes.

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REMEMBERING HAPPY DAYS: After beating Jack Nicklaus in a playoff to win the U.S. Open at Merion in 1971, Lee Trevino famously quipped: “I love Merion, and I don’t even know her last name.”

If a joke works, it’s worth repeating.

“I’m still trying to figure out what her last name is,” Trevino said this week as he returned to the historic course. “I know I fell in love with her when I was here.”

Trevino and David Graham, winners of the last two U.S. Opens at Merion, were among the featured guests at a champions dinner Tuesday.

FRIENDLY SERGIO: Sergio Garcia was an accommodating figure at Merion as he finished the back nine of his final U.S. Open practice round Wednesday, stopping multiple times to sign autographs.

Fans were supportive in return, yelling out occasional encouraging words. There was no sign, at least over the final few holes, of any fan backlash over his recent exchanges with Tiger Woods, which hit a low point when Garcia said he would serve fried chicken if he had Woods over for dinner.

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Sidney Daily News,Thursday, June 13, 2013

Post 217 beats Piqua Sidney Post 217 pulled even on the year at 5-5 with a 7-4 victory over visiting Piqua in American Legion baseball action Tuesday night at Custenborder Field.

Post 217 got a strong pitching effort from Josh Robinson, who went the first seven innings.

He turned it over to Bobby Benshoff in the

eighth and Jake Lochard in the ninth.

“It was a good game,” said Sidney coach Jason McLain. “We got good pitching again and hit the ball pretty well. It’s nice to beat a good team like Piqua.”

Dalton Bollinger led Post 217 with two hits and two RBIs. Mitch Gigandet added a double.

Sidney returns to action Friday-thru-Sunday in the Gregg Nischwitz Memorial Tournament.

On Friday, Sidney plays at 11:30 a.m. at Wright State against the Raptors, then again at 4:30 at the University of Dayton against the Cincinnati Flames.

On Saturday, Sidney plays the Columbus Jets

The Brooklyn Nets have hired Jason Kidd as their coach, bringing the former star back to the franchise.

Kidd just retired after his 19th NBA season and the Nets de-

cided to hire him despite his lack of coaching experience.

The move reunites Kidd with the franchise he led to consecutive NBA Finals in 2002-03, when they played in

New Jersey. home, "Welcome Jason," owner Mikhail Prokhorov says Wednesday in a statement.

He led the Nets to consecutive NBA Finals in 2002 and 2003, the

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Ardmore, Pa. On Sunday, if Sidney Purse: TBA wins its flight, it will Yardage: 6,996; Par: 70 All Times EDT play at 10 a.m. against (a-amateur) the flight four winner.

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6:56 a.m.-12:56 p.m. — Rickard Karlberg, Sweden; Yui Ueda, Japan; John Parry, England.

7:07 a.m.-1:07 p..m. — Nick Watney, United States; Peter Hanson, Sweden; Hunter Mahan, United States.

7:18 a.m.-1:18 p.m. — Lucas Glover, United States; Paul Casey, England; Bill Haas, United States.

7:29 a.m.-1:29 p.m. — Aaron Baddeley, United States; Rory Sabbatini, South Africa; David Lingmerth, Sweden.

7:40 a.m.-1:40 p.m. — George Coetzee, South Africa, Martin Laird, Scotland; Marcel Siem, Germany.

7:51 a.m.-1:51 p.m. — Jerry Kelly, United States; Charley Hoffman, United States; John Huh, United States.

8:02 a.m.-2:02 p.m. — Henrik Stenson, Sweden; Ryan Moore, United States; Robert Garrigus, United States.

8:13 a.m.-2:13 p.m. — Ryan Palmer, United States; Simon Khan, England; Ted Potter Jr., United States.

8:24 a.m.-2:24 p.m. — Shawn Stefani, United States; a-Michael Kim, United States; Nicholas Thompson, United States.

8:35 a.m.-2:35 p.m. — Chris Doak, Scotland; Andrew Svoboda, United States, Doug LaBelle, United States.

8:46 a.m.-2:46 p.m. — Kevin Sutherland, United States; Matt Weibring, United States; Randall Hutchison, United States.

8:57 a.m.-2:57 p.m. — a-Cory McIlyea, United States; Ryan Nelson, United States; John Hahn, United States.

12:30 p.m.-7 a.m. — David Toms, United States; Darren Clarke, Northern Ireland; Jose Maria Olazabal, Spain.

12:41 p.m.-7:11 a.m. — Geoff Ogilvy, Australia; Angel Cabrera, Argentina; Paul Lawrie, Scotland.

12:52 p.m.-7:22 a.m. — Luke Donald, England; Lee Westwood, England; Martin Kaymer, Germany.

1:03 p.m.-7:33 a.m. — Jim Furyk, United States; Graeme McDowell, Northern Ireland; Zach Johnson, United States.

1:14 p.m.-7:44 a.m. — Tiger Woods, United States; Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland; Adam Scott, Australia. p.m.-7:55 a.m.

— 1:25 Thongchai Jaidee, Thailand; Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Spain; Thorbjorn Olesen, Denmark.

1:36 p.m.-8:06 a.m. — Webb Simpson, United States; a-Steven Fox, United States; Ernie Els, South Africa.

1:47 p.m.-8:17 a.m. — Kyle Stanley; Joe Ogilvie, United States; Luke Guthrie, United States.

1:58 p.m.-8:28 a.m.— Josh Teater, United States; Yoshinobu Tsukada, Japan; Eddie Pepperell, England.

2:09 p.m.-8:39 a.m. — Edward Loar, United States; MortenOrum Madsen, Denmark; Jung-Gon Hwang, South Korea.

2:20 p.m.-8:50 a.m. — a-Max Homa, United States; Russell Knox, Scotland; Matt Bettencourt, United States.

2:31 p.m.-9:01 a.m. — Adam Hadwin, Canada; John Nieporte, United States; Jim Herman, United States.

2:42 p.m.-9:12 a.m. — Brandon Brown, United States; a-Grayson Murray, United States; Jesse Smith, United States.

Thursday-Friday 11th hole-First hole 7 a.m.-12:30 p.m. — Bubba Watson, United States, Dustin Johnson, United States, Nicolas Colsaerts, Belgium.

7:11 a.m.-12:41 p.m. — Phil Mickelson, United States, Steve Stricker, United States, Keegan Bradley, United States.

7:22 a.m.-12:52 p.m. — Matt Kuchar, United States; Justin Rose, England; Brandt Snedeker, United States.

7:33 a.m.-1:03 p.m. — Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa; Charl Schwartzel, South Africa; Tim Clark, South Africa.

7:44 a.m.-1:14 p.m. — Sergio Garcia, Spain; Stewart Cink, United States; Padraig Harrington, Ireland.

7:55 a.m.-1:25 p.m. — Ian Poulter, England; Jason Dufner, United States; Boo Weekley, United States.

8:06 a.m.-1:36 p.m. — Rickie Fowler, United States, Matteo Manassero, Italy, Jason Day, Australia.

8:17 a.m.-1:47 p.m. — Y.E. Yang, South Korea; Freddie Jacobson, Sweden; Hiroyuki Fujita, Japan.

8:28 a.m.-1:58 p.m. — Scott Stallings, United States; John Peterson, United States; Robert Karlsson, Sweden.

8:39 a.m.-2:09 p.m. — Jay Don Blake, United States; Brandt Jobe, United States; Michael Campbell, New Zealand.

8:50 a.m.-2:20 p.m. — David Hearn, Canada; Mike Weir; Jaco Van Zyl, South Africa.

9:01 a.m.-2:31 p.m. — a-Kevin Phelan, Ireland; Wil Collins, United States; Harold Varner III. 9:12 a.m.-2:42 p.m. — a-ChengTsung Pan, Taiwan; Mackenzie Hughes, Canada; Geoffrey Sisk, United States.

12:45 p.m.-6:45 a.m. — Justin Hicks, United States; David Howell, Englang; Brian Stuard, United States.

12:56 p.m.-6:56 a.m. — Brendan Steele, United States; Estanislao Goya, Argentina; Peter Hedblom, England.

1:07 p.m.-7:07 a.m. — Marc Leishman, Australia; John Senden, Australia; Marcus Fraser, Australia.

1:18 p.m.-7:18 a.m. — Scott Langley, United States; a-Chris Williams, United States; Morgan Hoffmann, United States.

1:29 p.m.-7:29 a.m. — Michael Thompson, United States; a-

Michael Weaver, United States; Casey Wittenberg, United States.

1:40 p.m.-7:40 a.m. — K.J. Choi, South Korea; Francesco Molinari, Italy; Carl Pettersson, Sweden.

1:51 p.m.-7:51 a.m. — Scott Piercy, United States; Kevin Chappell, United States; Jamie Donaldson, Wales.

1:02 p.m.-8:02 a.m. — Bo Van Pelt, United States; Kevin Streelman, United States; D.A. Points, United States.

2:13 p.m.-8:13 a.m. — Branden Grace, South Africa; Sang-Moon Bae, South Korea; Russell Henley, United States.

2:24 p.m.-8:24 a.m. — Hideki Matsuyama, Japan; Billy Horschel, United States; Jordan Spieth, United States.

2:35 p.m.-8:35 a.m. — Mathew Goggin, Australia; Steven Alker, New Zealand; Alistair Presnell, Australia.

2:46 p.m.-8:46 a.m. — Matt Harmon, United States; a-Gavin Hall, United States; Bio Kim, South Korea.

2:57 p.m.-8:57 a.m. — Zack Fischer, United States; Ryan Sullivan, United States; Brandon Crick, United States.

BASEBALL Major Leagues National League The Associated Press East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta . . . . . . 39 27 .591 — Washington . . 31 32 .492 6½ Philadelphia . 31 34 .477 7½ New York . . . . 23 36 .390 12½ Miami . . . . . . . 19 45 .297 19 Central Division St. Louis . . . . . 42 22 .656 — 3 Cincinnati . . . 40 26 .606 4 Pittsburgh . . . 38 26 .594 Milwaukee . . . 26 38 .406 16 Chicago . . . . . 25 38 .397 16½ West Division Arizona. . . . . . 36 29 .554 — Colorado . . . . . 35 30 .538 1 2 San Francisco 33 30 .524 San Diego. . . . 32 34 .485 4½ Los Angeles . . 28 36 .438 7½ Wednesday's Games Cincinnati 2, Chicago Cubs 1 San Diego 5, Atlanta 3 San Francisco at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

Washington at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

Thursday's Games St. Louis (Wainwright 9-3) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 5-0), 1:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Latos 6-0) at Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 3-7), 2:20 p.m.

Washington (Detwiler 2-4) at Colorado (Francis 2-4), 3:10 p.m.

San Francisco (M.Cain 4-3) at Pittsburgh (Morton 0-0), 7:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Lee 7-2) at Minnesota (Correia 5-4), 8:10 p.m.

Friday's Games L.A. Dodgers at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Washington at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

Arizona at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

American League East Division Pct GB W L Boston . . . . . . 40 26 .606 — New York . . . . 37 27 .578 2 3 Baltimore . . . . 37 29 .561 Tampa Bay. . . 35 29 .547 4 Toronto . . . . . . 28 36 .438 11 Central Division Detroit . . . . . . 36 28 .563 — Cleveland . . . . 31 33 .484 5 Kansas City . . 30 33 .476 5½ Minnesota . . . 28 33 .459 6½ Chicago . . . . . 28 35 .444 7½ West Division Texas . . . . . . . 38 26 .594 — Oakland . . . . . 39 27 .591 — Seattle . . . . . . 29 37 .439 10 Los Angeles . . 28 38 .424 11 Houston . . . . . 22 44 .333 17 Wednesday's Games L.A. Angels 9, Baltimore 5 Kansas City 3, Detroit 2, 10 innings Boston at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

Toronto at Chicago, ppd., rain N.Y. Yankees at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

Houston at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

Thursday's Games N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 6-5) at Oakland (J.Parker 5-6), 3:35 p.m.

Boston (Doubront 4-3) at Baltimore (Gausman 0-3), 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City (E.Santana 4-5) at Tampa Bay (Hellickson 4-2), 7:10 p.m.

Toronto (Rogers 1-2) at Texas (Darvish 7-2), 8:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Lee 7-2) at Minnesota (Correia 5-4), 8:10 p.m.

Friday's Games Boston at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Washington at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Toronto at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

Seattle at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

BASKETBALL NBA Finals NBA Finals Glance The Associated Press All Times EDT (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) San Antonio 2, Miami 1 Thursday, June 6: San Antonio 92, Miami 88 Sunday, June 9: Miami 103, San Antonio 84 Tuesday, June 11: San Antonio 113, Miami 77 Thursday, June 13: Miami at San Antonio, 9 p.m.

Sunday, June 16: Miami at San Antonio, 8 p.m. x-Tuesday, June 18: San Antonio at Miami, 9 p.m. x-Thursday, June 20: San Antonio at Miami, 9 p.m.