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NEWPORT â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A laser light show lighted up the sky as Brad Paisley brought Country Concert 2013 to a rousing end.

By Sunday morning, the cowboys and cowgirls rounded up their boots and belongings and headed home to wait for next year.

Paisleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance was well-received by the crowd, which tossed beach balls through the air as Paisley performed.

Even Paisley took his turn kicking the beach ball from the stage, to the delight of the fans.

As Paisley took the stage, a video showing old, well-known American television shows flashed across the screens.

When the image of Andy Griffith and Don Knotts on an episode of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Andy Griffith Showâ&#x20AC;? appeared on the screens, the crowd seemed to take note and a warm â&#x20AC;&#x153;ahhhhâ&#x20AC;? could be heard across the crowd.

Paisley performed some of his top hits, including â&#x20AC;&#x153;American Saturday Night,â&#x20AC;? with the crowd dancing to the music.

Paisleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interactive approach with the crowd was a hit, and Chris Young, who performed prior to Paisley, joined him in a song, which delighted the crowd.

The weather for Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performances could not have been better, with blue skies and temperatures in the 80s. A gentle breeze kept everyone relatively cool.

Between Saturday eveningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performances, the winners of raffle prizes were awarded, with two American Red Cross flags complete with autographs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one signed by Jason Aldean and one signed

by Brad Paisley â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as well as a guitar signed by Eric Church from last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concert, were awarded to three concertgoers. The raffle raised more than $2,500

for the Northern Miami Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross.

Victor Ruschilling, of Osgood, was celebrating his birthday a little early at Country Concert. He will be 75 this week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been here (Country Concert) 31 yearsâ&#x20AC;? of the 33 years the event has taken See CONCERT | 19

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SANFORD, Fla. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; After a year and a half of living as a hermit, George Zimmerman emerged from a Florida courthouse a free man, cleared of all charges in the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

His brother said the former neighborhood watch volunteer was still processing the reality that he wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t serve prison time for the killing, which Zimmerman, 29, has maintained was an act of self-defense. Late Saturday night, a jury found him

BAGHDAD (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A wave of explosions tore through overwhelmingly Shiite cities south of Baghdad shortly before the Muslim faithful broke their Ramadan fasts on Sunday, killing at least 28, according to officials, part of a surge of violence that is raising fears Iraq is sliding back toward full-scale sectarian fighting.

The coordinated attacks followed shootings and a bombing in the north earlier in the day that killed six others.

Insurgents have been pounding Iraq with bombings and other attacks for months in the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worst eruption of violence in half a decade. The pace of the killing has picked up since the Muslim holy month Ramadan began Wednesday, with daily mass-casualty attacks marring what is meant to be a month of charity and peaceful reflection.

Violence in Iraq has risen to its deadliest level since 2008, with more than 2,700 people killed since the start of April.

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Why the BOE selected a traditional income tax Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s note: In preparation for the August special election, the Sidney Daily News, in conjunction with the Citizens for Sidney Schools levy committee, will be publishing a question of the week to inform voters about the five-year, 1 percent income tax levy.

Why a traditional income tax?

One of the benefits of an income tax over property tax is to provide a means of supporting Sidney City Schools that is fair to as many taxpayers as possible. Likewise, traditional income tax distributes the cost over more taxpayers than the earned type. Early, it was determined that if a traditional income tax was selected it could be 1 percent; if the earned type was selected, a rate of 1.25 percent would be

SIDNEY SCHOOL LEVY FACTS needed to provide the revenue to replace the expiring 9.9 mill emergency property tax and the expired .8 mill permanent improvement levies. Unlike a city income tax, neither applies to those who live outside of our district, yet work here.

Possibly, the citizens in other school districts in the state of Ohio have arrived at the same conclusion in choosing the traditional. Of the 184 school districts having an income tax, 147 have traditional and 37

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Records

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COUNTY RECORD SUNDAY –10:05 a.m.: vandalism. Vandalism to a vehicle was reported on the Country Concert grounds.

–5 a.m.: theft. A golf cart was reported stolen on the Country Concert grounds.

–1:22 a.m.: vandalism. People were trying to push over a camper on the Country Concert grounds.

–12:55 a.m.: theft.

Flares were reported stolen at Ohio 66 and Cardo Road.

SATURDAY –11:51 p.m.: assault.

An assault was reported on the Country Concert grounds.

–8:19 p.m.: disorderly

SUNDAY –8:13 a.m.: medical.

Perry-Port-Salem Rescue was called to the 18000 block of Herring Road.

–1:04 a.m.: injuries.

Anna Rescue, Botkins firefighters, and Botkins and Jackson Center Police were called to an auto accident at 12568 Southland Road.

SATURDAY –10:18 p.m.: medical.

Anna and Jackson Center Rescue were called to the 200 block of North Main Street in Jackson Center.

–9:54 p.m.: fire.

Lockington firefighters were called to investigate an unknown-type fire in the 8000 block of Houston Road.

–4:58 p.m.: medical.

Anna Rescue was called to the 200 block of West South Street in Anna.

–4:26 p.m.: medical.

Fort Loramie Rescue was called to the 6300 block of Ohio 66.

–3:59 p.m.: medical.

Anna Rescue was called to the 100 block of Shue Drive, Anna.

–2:42 p.m.: medical.

New Bremen Rescue and Van Buren Township firefighters were call to the 6000 block of Ohio 274.

–7:41 a.m.: medical.

Anna Rescue was called to the 300 block of Mill Street in Anna.

–12:22 a.m.: injury.

Medics were called to the Country Concert grounds to aid a female fall victim.

FRIDAY –11:46 a.m.: injury.

Medics were called to the County Concert grounds to aid a female with a knee

injury.

–9:11 a.m.: medical.

Fort Loramie Rescue was called to the 9000 block of Ohio 47.

–5:10 p.m.: fire alarm.

Port Jefferson firefighters were called to investigate a fire alarm at the Fraternal Order of Police lodge, 8745 Lochard Road.

–2:42 p.m.: mutual aid. Lockington firefighters provided mutual aid at 9130 Hetzler Road in Miami County.

–2:15 p.m.: medical.

Medics were called to the County Concert grounds to aid a man with a medical problem.

–1:34 p.m.: medical. Anna and Jackson Center Rescue were called to Plastipak in Jackson Center.

-5:09 p.m.: mulch fire.

Firefighters went to 2310 Industrial Drive to extinguish fire in mulch.

-5:06 p.m.: medical. Medics were called to the 100 block of Independence Court.

-2:25 p.m.: medi-

cal. Medics were called to the 200 block of DoorleyRoad.

-1:48 p.m.: medical.

Medics were called to the 2500 block of North Kuther Road.

-1:35 p.m.: medical.

Medics were called to the

3000 block of Cisco Road.

-7:43 a.m.: medical.

Medics were called to the 2500 block of North Kuther Road.

FRIDAY -9:38 p.m.: medical. Medics were called to the 1000 block of

Fourth Avenue.

-7:11 p.m.: injury.

Medics were called to the 200 block of Maple Street.

-9:19 a.m.: medical.

Medics were called to the 2900 block of Fair Road.

on the Country Concert grounds.

–10:29 p.m.: trespassing. Trespassing was reported on the Country Concert grounds.

–10:04 p.m.: sex offense. A TawawaMaplewood Road resident reported a sex offense.

–8:43 p.m.: theft. A theft was reported on the Country Concert grounds.

conduct. Disorderly conduct was reported on the County Concert grounds.

–7:20 p.m.: assault.

An assault was reported on the Country Concert grounds.

–2:52 p.m.: assault.

A person was throwing beer cans on the Country Concert grounds.

–11:19 a.m.: theft. A person reported the theft of a cooler, the attempted theft of a hitch, and damage to other items on the Country Concert grounds.

–12:37 a.m.: theft. A theft was reported on the Country Concert grounds.

FRIDAY –10:53 p.m.: disorderly conduct. Disorderly conduct was reported

Sheriff’s log

Village log SATURDAY –9:45 p.m.: burglary.

A burglary was reported at the residence of Amber Tooke, 503 Jackson St., Jackson Center.

Fire, rescue

CITY RECORD Fire, rescue

Fielding Road. The fire was found to be in compliance with the city ordinance.

-5:36 p.m.: tree stump fire. Firefighters were called to 310 N. Ohio Ave. to extinguish a tree stump that was on fire.

SATURDAY -9:08 p.m.: medical.

Medics were called to the 2900 block of Fair Road.

-7:13 p.m.: open burn.

Firefighters were called to an open burn at 875

ON THE AGENDA VILLAGE CONNECTION Sidney BOE to meet Monday The board will approve monthly financial reports and expenditures for June, accept bus tire quotes, and discuss personnel issues.

An update on the Aug. 6 income tax levy will be presented by Sidney City Schools Superintendent John Scheu when the board of Osgood education meets today at 5:30 p.m. at the board office.

Elections board to meet Monday In addition to the update, the board will also take action on a

Ij$ D_Y^ebWi 9Wj^eb_Y Church Outreach Committee needs volunteers to visit shut-ins in nursing homes.

Call Kathy at (419) 5822201 to help.

FWh_i^ f_Yjkh[ Z_h[Ytories are available at the parish office. The directory includes St. Nicholas and St. Louis parishioners.

7 \kd c_d_ijho WYj_l_jo for members of St. Nicholas Church who were in the seventh or eighth grade this past school year will be held Sunday from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. More details were mailed to parishioners.

Ed @kbo (&" j^[ Ei]eeZ American Legion will sponsor a dance at the hall, with Walt Schmitmeyer providing music. Square dancing will be included.

resolution to proceed with the same tax levy to be placed on the November election if it fails in August.

The board is also expected to take action on resignations and hire employees for the 2013-14 school year.

JC BOE to meet Monday

Board to consider pool variance The Sidney Zoning Board of Appeals will consider a variance concerning a swimming pool when it today Monday at 4 p.m. in City Council chambers.

Jason and Gwen Stiver have requested a variance to allow a power safety cover on an in-ground pool in place of a barrier surrounding the pool at 2360 Beechwood Trail.

Health board meeting canceled The Sidney-Shelby County Board of Health meeting scheduled for Wednesday has been canceled because there are no pressing agenda items, officials said.

The next meeting will be Aug. 21 at 7 p.m. at the Health Department.

School to meet Monday HOUSTON — The Hardin-Houston Board of Education will meet today at 7 p.m. in the Media Center.

Edward Francis Davis member of the Old Guard during the Vietnam War. Edward was also a member of the burial detail at Arlington N a t o n a l Cemetery, near Wa s h i n g t o n , D.C. He was a member of American Legion Post 217, Sidney. Edward loved motorcycles and his Harley-Davidson. He was an owner/operator of a big rig.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 16, 2013, at Adams Funeral Home, 1401 Fair Road, Sidney, with Pastor Fred Gillenwater officiating. Burial will follow in Shelby Memory Gardens, Sidney.

Friends may call from 9 to 11 a.m. on Tuesday at the funeral home. Full military honors will be provided by American Legion Post 217, Sidney.

Obituaries continue on Page 3

JACKSON CENTER — The Jackson Center Board of Education will meet in regular session today at 7 p.m.

The following items will be considered for approval: a program services agreement with the Shelby County Educational Service Center; an executive session to discuss employment of public employees; the 2013-2015 Classified Employee Negotiated Agreement; 2013-2016 administrative contracts for William Reichert, Nancy Meyer, Jeff Reese and Ginger Hueker; the resignation of music teacher Megan Stevens; employment of Cari Beth Noah as music teacher and Cathy Tenney as business/technology teacher; and reports by the treasurer and about mainenance, bus and custodial issues, elementary school issues and high school issues.

Trustees change meeting date PORT JEFFERSON — Salem Township Trustees are changing the date of the regularly scheduled meeting for August from Aug. 6 at 7 p.m. to July 30 at 7 p.m. The change is because of a scheduling conflict.

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OBITUARIES PIQUA — Edward Francis Davis, age 62, of Piqua, died at 2 a.m. on Friday, July 12, 2013, at his residence.

He was born in Sidney to Mariann (Heckler) Davis, of Sidney, and the late Orville Davis.

Edward is survived by his children and their spouses, Rodney Stephenson, of Houston, Renne and Scott Helman, of Bradford, Ben and Kim Davis, of Piqua, and Sherri Davis, of Sidney; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Carol and Robert Fanning, of Houston, and Jayne and Luke Keller, of Fort Recovery; and several grandchildren.

Edward proudly served his country as a member of the U.S. Army. He was stationed in Washington, D.C., and served as a

The Shelby County Board Of Elections met today at 7 a.m. in the board office.

The board will discuss board member compensation and a letter to elected officials regarding online voting,

From page 1 not guilty of second-degree murder and declined to convict him on a lesser charge of manslaughter.

However, with many critics angry over his acquittal, his freedom may be limited.

“He’s going to be looking over his shoulder the rest of his life,” Robert Zimmerman Jr. said during an interview on CNN. Demonstrators upset with the verdict protested mostly peacefully in Florida, Milwaukee, Washington, Atlanta and other cities overnight and into the early morning Sunday, but some broke windows and vandalized a police squad car in Oakland during protests in four California cities, authorities said. Additional demonstrations were scheduled across the country through Sunday evening.

Churches also made note of the verdict Sunday morning, with many leaders speaking about the case and urging peace in the aftermath. Some congregants wore hooded sweatshirts, as Martin had when he died, or shirts with the teen’s picture.

Martin’s killing in February 2012 unleashed debate across the U.S. over racial profiling, self-defense and equal justice. Protesters nationwide lashed out against police in the Orlando suburb of Sanford as it took 44 days for Zimmerman to be arrested. Many, including Martin’s parents, said Zimmerman had racially profiled the unarmed black teen. Zimmerman identifies himself as Hispanic.

Six anonymous female jurors considered nearly three weeks of often wildly conflicting testimony over who

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SAM HILL, 11, wipes away tears during a youth service at the St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Sanford, Fla., Sunday. Many in the congregation wore shirts in support of Trayvon Martin following the not guilty verdict for George Zimmerman, who had been charged in the 2012 shooting death of Martin.

was the aggressor on the rainy night the 17-year-old was shot while walking through the gated townhouse community where he was staying and where Zimmerman lived.

Jurors were sequestered during the trial, and they deliberated more than 15 hours over two days before announcing late Saturday night that they had reached a verdict. The court did not release the racial and ethnic makeup of the jury, but the panel appeared to reporters covering selection to be made up of five white women and a sixth who may be Hispanic.

In August 2012, defense attorney Mark O’Mara said Zimmerman and his wife, Shellie, had been living like

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After Saturday’s verdict, police, officials and civil rights leaders urged peace and told protesters not to resort to violence. While defense attorneys said they were thrilled with the outcome, O’Mara suggested Zimmerman’s safety would be an ongoing concern.

“There still is a fringe element that wants revenge,” O’Mara said. “They won’t listen to a verdict of not guilty.”

Those watching reacted strongly when the verdict was announced.

Martin’s mother and father were not in the courtroom when it was read; supporters of his family who had gathered outside yelled “No! No!” upon learning of the verdict.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Universalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s minions ran away with the box office for the second week in a row.

With $44.8 million in domestic ticket sales Friday through Sunday, the animated sequel â&#x20AC;&#x153;Despicable Me 2â&#x20AC;? outdid the debuts of the Adam Sandler comedy â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grown Ups 2â&#x20AC;? and director Guillermo del Toroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s monsters-versus-robots action flick â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pacific Rim.â&#x20AC;?

The weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s No. 1 movie featuring Steve Carell as exsupervillain Gru made another $55.5 million overseas. That brought its global two-week total to $472.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This has become the July film to beat right now,â&#x20AC;? said Paul Dergarabedian, president of the box office tracking division of Hollywood.com. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something about the minions that audiences just love.â&#x20AC;?

Sony was pleased with Sandlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second-best movie opening of his career with $42.5 million in sales in the U.S. and Canada (His best domestic opening was â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Longest Yardâ&#x20AC;? from 2005 with $58.6 million over four days).

Overseas, the comedy brought in $1.7 million.

The movie brings together former NBA star Shaquille Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neal as a bumbling police officer with a host of comedy All-Stars including Chris Rock and David Spade playing awkward parents.

The third-place finish of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pacific Rim,â&#x20AC;? with $38.3 million in receipts, represented a disappointing start domestically for Warner Bros. and partner Legendary Entertainment.

Figures released by the studio showed it doing better overseas.

The movie took in $53 million from 38 markets outside the U.S. and Canada, representing about half its overseas footprint. It has yet to open in China or Japan, the home of the movieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s co-star, Rinko Kikuchi.

Warner Bros. said the debut of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pacific Rimâ&#x20AC;? in several countries such as Russia and South Korea was better than that other films that have gone on to gross more than $300 million internationally, like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Transformers 2â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Prometheus.â&#x20AC;?

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Roger Eugene Hughes N E W â&#x20AC;&#x201D; BREMEN Roger Eugene Hughes, 62, of 19 Circle Drive, formerly of Sidney, passed away Sunday, July 14, 2013, at 2:20 a.m. at his home.

He was born on March 17, 1951 in Sidney, the son of the late Leonard Sharon and (Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor) Hughes.

On Dec. 27, 2011, he married Carol (Juneau) Hughes, who survives along with three sisters, Sherry Murphy, and husband, Bill, Mary Opal Barker, and Shannon Francis, and husband, Jim, all of Sidney; one brother, Leonard Hughes, of Arizona; and a cousin, Robert Hughes, of Botkins.

Mr. Hughes reached the rank of sergeant in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, serving his country from 1967 to 1969.

He was a member of the Sidney A m e r i c a n Legion Post 217.

In keep ing with Mr. Hughesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; wishes, his body will be cremated. There will be no public funeral services or visitation.

Arrangements are in the care of Cromes Funeral Home & Crematory, 302 S. Main Ave. may Condolences be expressed to the Hughes family at the funeral homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website, www.cromesfh.com.

John Anthony Heath John Anthony Heath, 64, of 624 Broadway passed Ave., away Sunday, July 14, 2013, at 6:35 a.m. at his residence surrounded by his family.

He was born on Dec. 1, 1948, in Bellefontaine, the son of the late John Heath and Jeanette (Butts) Heath, who survives in Sidney.

On April 19, 1969, he married Donna Tracey, who survives along with three children, sons, Tony Heath, and his wife, Melissa, of Emmington, Ill., Barry Heath, and his wife, Timberlea, of Sidney, and one daughter, Farrah Perk, of Sidney; 13 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren; one brother, James Heath, and his wife, Pat, of Sidney, and three sisters, Jill Heath and Jackie Carey, both of Sidney, and Mrs. Dana (Jennifer) Lewis, of Anna.

John loved sports

and coached girls softball for Sidney Electric several for years. He also enjoyed going to go-cart races and watching his grandson race. serFuneral vices will be held Wednesday, July 17, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. from the Cromes Funeral Home, 302 S. Main Ave., with the Rev. Jonathan W. Schriber officiating.

Burial will follow at Pearl Cemetery in Swanders. The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to Wilson Hospice Care in memory of John A. Heath. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.

Guestbook condolences and expressions of sympathy may be made to the Heath family at Cromes Funeral Homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website, www. cromesfh.com.

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A memorial/burial service will be held Friday, July 19, 2013, at Holy Angels Church at 10:30 a.m. for Nancy J. Meyer, who passed away June 17 in Jacksonville, Fla. She will be laid to rest at Graceland Cemetery.

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Bessie M. Freeling, 99, of 521 Sycamore Ave., passed away Friday, July 12, 2013, at 8:35 p.m. at her home.

She was born on Feb. 5, 1914, in Madison, Ark., the daughter of the late Clifton B. and Lawsy (Mason) Steward.

On July 15, 1984, she married Lawrence C. Freeling, who preceded her in death Nov. 24, 2000.

She is survived by two daughters, Dolores Blakney, of Markham, Ill., and Vivian Shelton and husband, Herman, of South Haven, Mich.; two stepchildren, Frances and Leroy Freeling, both of Troy; 12 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, 28 great-great-grandchildren, one great-greatgreat-grandchild, and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by one son, Thomas Sanders, five brothers, three sisters, two grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and one great-great-

grandchild.

Mrs. Freeling retired in 1983 from the Sidney City Schools, as a custodian, after 15 years of service. She was the oldest member of Mount Vernon Baptist Church in Sidney.

Funeral services will be held Friday, July 19, 2013, at 1 p.m. at Mount Vernon Baptist Church, 606 Park St., with the Rev. David D. Wynn officiating. Burial will follow at Graceland Cemetery in Sidney.

The family will receive friends on Friday from noon until the hour of service at the church.

Arrangements are in the care of Cromes Funeral Home, 302 S. Main Ave. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to Wilson Hospice Care in Bessieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s memory.

Condolences may be expressed to the Freeling family at our website, www.cromesfh.com.

Homer Joseph Bornhorst F O R T LORAMIE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Homer Joseph Bornhorst, 89, of Fort Loramie, passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 13, 2013.

Homer, one of 12 children, was born on Feb. 10, 1924, in Anna, to Louis and Rose Bornhorst, both deceased. attended He High McCartyville School. In December 1944, Homer enlisted in the United States Merchant Marine, serving on various tankers through the end of World War II. He received an honorable discharge from the United States Coast Guard for his wartime service and a discharge from active duty from the United States Merchant Marine in December 1946. For the next few years he worked at various jobs in and around Sidney and Dayton, and also met the love of his life, Mary Lou Borchers, of Fort Loramie. He was drafted into the United States Army in 1949 and served as part of the Army of Occupation at Kokura, Kyshu, Japan.

On Feb. 15, 1950, Homer was voluntarily separated from active service, returning to Ohio and continuing his service in the Army Reserve. He received an honorable discharge from the Army on Feb. 15, 1955.

On May 22, 1951 Homer was married to Mary Lou Borchers, who preceded him in death on Aug. 5, 2012.

Since the time of their marriage, Homer and Mary Lou were major contributors to the civic and church life of Fort Loramie and were widely known for their untiring work for St. Michael Catholic Church, their steady support of friends and family in times of need, and their dashing moves on dance floors from the Caribbean to Honolulu. Homer devoted his life to his wife, his children, his community and his parish, where he served in various capacities, including as a leader of diocese-wide discussions on a variety of topics, a teacher of marriage preparation classes, a longtime member of the Adult Choir and the Funeral Choir, a Eucharistic minister and server, a collection counter and, in his capacity as a member of the St. Michael Cemetery Board, a primary caretaker of the St. Michael cemeteries.

After Homer returned from Japan, he took a job with Robert B. Oldham of Sidney, with whom he worked and built multiple structures in the area for 30 years. In 1961 he started a chicken farm and successfully operated it until 1992.

Homer worked as a lathe operator for Wayne Trail Technologies Inc. from 1979 until his retirement in 1989. He had a lifelong devotion to woodworking and was a skilled craftsman, which led him to design and build many lovely projects for family, friends and the church. Homer believed that most, if not all, of lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s problems could be resolved with wood, masking tape and

Google. He built the first home for his young family, then completely remodeled and built an addition to his farm home, and later crafted all of the millwork, including many custom furniture pieces, for his retirement home in Fort Loramie.

Homer was a longtime member of the local chapter of Kiwanis International and in 2008 helped form the Fort Loramie Community Service Club. In 1995, he served as a grand marshal in the Liberty Days celebration of the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II. He was a regular and decorated donor to the Community Blood Center. Homer pursued the sport of golf with passion and intermittent joy.

Homerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greatest joy and passion, however, were his best friend, Mary Lou, and their four sons, two daughters and their spouses, all of whom survive him: Theodore J. and Laurie (Hanner) Bornhorst, of Houghton, Mich.; Richard J. and Stephanie (Hertenstein) Bornhorst, of Findlay; Mary Jo A. and Rhondale Haynes, of Springboro; William J. and Ann (Dugan) Bornhorst, of Roswell, Ga.; Katherine A. and Kevin Thomason, of Dallas, Texas; and Donald J. Bornhorst, of Sidney. He also took great pride and pleasure in the rest of his family and is also survived by 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by five of his 11 siblings: Norma Bensman, Lester Bornhorst, Urban Bornhorst, Eileen Borchers and Adella Brown, and is survived by his siblings: Ralph Bornhorst, of Sidney, Martha Borchers, of Newport, Paul Bornhorst, of Anna, Verona Poeppelman, of New Bremen, Dorothy Combs, of West Union, and Raymond Bornhorst, of Anna.

One of Homerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s granddaughters appropriately dubbed him, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Born Doing,â&#x20AC;? and Homer made a remarkable and memorable life out of â&#x20AC;&#x153;doing,â&#x20AC;? always with a bright smile on his face and a joke in his back pocket. His memory will be cherished, and he will be deeply missed. The family has requested that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to The Community Foundation of Shelby Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Homer and Mary Lou Bornhorst Family Scholarship Fund benefiting Fort Loramie High School students (100 S. Main Ave., Sidney, OH 45365) or the American Heart Association.

Visitation is Wednesday, July 17, 2013, from 2 to 8 p.m. and Thursday, July 18, 2013, from 9 to 10 a.m. at Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Minster, with a funeral Mass on Thursday, July 18, 2013, starting at 10:30 a.m. at St. Michael Catholic Church, Fort Loramie.

Burial will take place in St. Michael Cemetery.

Condolences may be made at www.hogenkampfh.com.

Brian J. Kyburz ST. MARYS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Brian J. Kyburz, age 37, of St. Marys, died unexpectedly on Friday, July 12, 2013, at 8:45 p.m. at the Joint Township District Memorial Hospital in St. Marys.

He was born on Nov. 11, 1975, in Coldwater.

He was the son of Russell and Pauline (Quinter) Kyburz, who survive near New

Bremen. Other survivors include his fianceĂŠ Lisa Miller, of St. Marys; his children, Lexy Kyburz and Dezy Miller, both of Minster, Renee Kyburz, Kevin Clune Jr. and Tillie Miller, all of St. Marys; and his sister, Pam (Rob) Lowe of Pigeon Forge, Tenn.

Brian was a 1994 graduate of New Bremen High School. He was

working as a melter/ rover with AAP of St. Marys. He truly cared for his family and was always willing to help others.

Funeral services will be on Friday, July 19, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. at the Gilberg-Hartwig Funeral Home in New Bremen, with Pastor Charles Moeller officiating. Burial will

follow at the Willow Grove Cemetery, New Bremen.

Calling hours will be on Thursday, July 18, 2013, from 3 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s education fund. Condolences to the family may be left at gilberghartwigfh.com.

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Audits: Prison vendor Ohio city charged for unserved meals preps for 20th Julie Carr Smith AP Statehouse Correspondent

COLUMBUS (AP) A private vendor in line to begin feeding roughly 100,000 prison inmates in Ohio and Michigan has a track record of billing for food it doesn’t serve, using substandard ingredients and riling prisoners with its meal offerings, past audits in several states show.

But some states say Philadelphia-based Aramark Correctional Services has performed well.

The audits in Ohio, Florida and Kentucky found Aramark charged states for meals not served, changed recipes to substitute cheaper ingredients and sometimes skimped on portions.

A 2001 audit by thenOhio Auditor Jim Petro found a verbal amendment to Aramark’s two-year contract led the state prisons department to pay Aramark for serving almost 4.5 million meals rather than the 2.8 million meals it actually served. That added $2.1 million to the contract cost.

An internal audit by Florida’s prisons department in 2007 concluded Aramark’s practice of charging the state per inmate rather than per meal created “a windfall for the vendor” after a large number of inmates stopped showing up for meals, reducing company costs by $4.9 million a year. The review found the company was paid for some 6,000 meals a day that it didn’t serve. Aramark stopped serving Florida’s prison meals in 2009.

Kentucky’s state auditor launched a review of

Aramark in response to the 2009 prison riot at Northpoint Training Center sparked over food issues.

Auditor Crit Luallen’s 2010 report found Aramark overbilled the state by as much as $130,000 a year, charging for the meals of as many as 3,300 inmates that were shown through head counts not to be incarcerated.

Besides payments for unserved meals, the audits found Aramark sometimes substituted cheaper ingredients receiving inmategrown food against contract terms or substituting less expensive meat products, for example without passing savings on to taxpayers. During an Ohio site visit, inspectors reported witnessing a “near riot” at breakfast when Aramark adhered strictly to its contractual portion sizes.

In general, states still saved money overall the primary enticement behind the latest privatization efforts in Ohio and Michigan.

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s administration initially decided not to privatize certain prison services after determining three contracts out for bid didn’t achieve the savings state law required.

Fellow Republicans in the Legislature balked and officials re-evaluated the cost estimates, ultimately awarding the contract to Aramark on grounds the company’s proposal would cut about $16 million from the state’s current $73 million food service budget.

Democrats said the state had “magically reworked the money.”

The Ohio Civil Service Employees Association questions whether Aramark can deliver the $14 million in annual savings it has promised the administration of Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich without cutting corners.

The union, which represents roughly 8,600 state workers in Ohio’s adult and youth prisons, had made its own higher bid aimed at keeping prison food service in-house.

“As much as the state says they want to give them another shot, all you’ve got to do is look at their recent history in Kentucky and Florida and you’ll see they haven’t changed from when Jim Petro did his investigation years ago,” said Tim Shafer, the union’s operations director. “That’s how they make money.”

Calls and emails from The Associated Press to Aramark seeking comment weren’t immediately returned.

The $110 million Ohio deal to feed some 50,000 inmates starts Sept. 8 and runs through June 30, 2015, with two opportunities to extend. More than 230 of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction’s 433 food service workers have been moved to other positions, and additional relocations are being attempted.

The deal calls for the state to pay Aramark for serving three meals a day to the number of inmates at the previous day’s midnight census count a perinmate arrangement rather than per meal like those criticized by auditors in the past.

Michigan’s change of heart on cost savings also hinged on agreeing to Aramark’s assumption that all 44,000 state inmates would eat three meals a day, a state bulletin on the matter indicated.

Shafer said the contracts are a recipe for overbilling.

“Not every inmate eats. Not every inmate eats every day. Not every inmate eats every meal,” he said.

JoEllen Smith, a spokeswoman for Ohio’s corrections department, said the state requested “multiple pricing methodologies” from prospective vendors and determined that basing the contract on midnight census counts was the most cost-effective.

She said this contract won’t allow for verbal changes.

Kansas Department of Corrections spokesman Jeremy Barclay said Kansas pays Aramark on “a kind of sliding scale” based on the average population per facility the previous month. He said the state has had a generally positive experience.

“We’ve been using them for at least a decade and overall the track record’s been very good,” said Barclay. “Keep in mind, we also have internal procedures to make sure that’s going well. We don’t just sign a contract and say, ‘Everything will be well.’

We monitor that carefully.”

Kentucky has also chosen to put safeguards in place as a result of the 2010 audit findings, said Department of Corrections spokeswoman Lisa Lamb.

‘Shawshank’ anniversary MANSFIELD (AP) — The Ohio city that served as backdrop to the 1994 prison drama “The Shawshank Redemption” is planning a series of events surrounding the 20th anniversary of the filming.

The film, adapted from a Stephen King novel, stars Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman as two convicted murderers — one guilty, one innocent — who find refuge in the unlikely friendship they forge while facing life behind bars.

Mansfield/Richland County Convention and Visitors Bureau said its “Shawshank Reunion Weekend” will take place over Labor Day weekend, Aug. 30 to Sept. 1.

The celebration will include actor appearances, signature confections and site tours in Mansfield, Ashland and Upper Sandusky showcasing locations used in the film.

Featured locations will include the Ohio State Reformatory used as Shawshank State Prison, and the film’s bank, courtroom and what’s now known locally as the

Shawshank Oak Tree at Malabar Farm State Park.

The bureau said several actors from the film are expected, including Bob Gunton, who played the warden.

Robbins and Freeman, both award nominees for their performances, were not mentioned as confirmed. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including best picture and best actor.

Mansfield’s Renaissance Theatre, which hosted the film’s 1994 premier, plans to restage the event Aug. 30 with a special screening. General admission is $10.

On Saturday, a special cocktail reception is scheduled in the prison’s central guard room. The $40 admission includes live music, hors d’oeuvres, cash bar and special guided prison tours.

Prison tours for the general public will run throughout the weekend beginning at 10 a.m. Aug. 30. Cost is $9 for adults and $7 for children 7-17, seniors and members of the military. Audio tours cost an additional $5.

Trapeze classes channel inner performer Allison Ward The Columbus Dispatch

COLUMBUS (AP) Inside a cavernous West Side warehouse, Aaron Pickering stood on one foot, swinging on a trapeze, with his other leg extended behind him.

The arabesque, like other moves he has learned, didn’t prove as routine as he might have expected.

“You think: ‘I can do this.

This is just like a jungle gym,’??”

Pickering said. “But, hey, I’m 40.”

The office manager from Grandview Heights had no experience in the so-called aerial arts until about 18 months ago when, bored with weightlifting, he entered Movement Activities in the Franklinton neighborhood.

“It takes confidence up there,” he said, “and just getting the body to cooperate.”

Confidence is among the traits

that students hone during lowflying trapeze and other sessions taught by Mikey Thomas, 46.

His students roughly 80 of them also gain concentration and flexibility in the classes, which many pursue as an alternative workout.

They come away with stories to pass along to family members, friends and in the case of David Rose colleagues.

On the mornings after his evening classes, Rose said, co-workers at the property-management office where he works gather around his desk to hear how things went.

“It’s such a great core and upper-body workout, but it’s so different each week with the different apparatuses,” Rose, 52, said after a recent class. “I’ll be sore, but it’s a good sore.”

For five months, Rose has attended the classes in the 100,000-square-foot warehouse at 400 W. Rich St.

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The 1910 building houses art and music studios, and Movement Activities.

In one corner of Thomas’ space, six trapezes hang 4 to 6 feet off the ground. During some sessions, rings or hoops about the size of Hula-Hoops called lyra dangle, too. Padded mats cover the floor, and upbeat music plays. Aerial arts a hybrid of dancing and gymnastics began as a dance movement in the 1970s to bring the spectacle of the circus “closer to the ground level,” said Thomas, a professionally trained dancer and choreographer.

“It makes it a little more for the average person.”

With friends wanting to give trapeze a try, Thomas rented space in early 2012 at a dance studio off Sawmill Road. As interest mounted, he needed more room and, last summer, moved to the West Side.

“I didn’t want to have a school,

a business; a school is a lot of work,” said Thomas, a 2000 graduate of Ohio State University.

“But it was unavoidable. There was this influx of people asking, “Can I do that?’??”

First-time students attend an orientation before taking lessons as often as three times a week (for $8 to $20 a class).

Among Thomas’ regulars are 24-year-old Teal Larsen, with nine years of experience; and 25-year-old Cate Owens, a professionally trained dancer.

Others are much greener including Jade Piatt, an aesthetician seeking to tap her adventurous side; and friends Rachael Wummer and Alice RushRhodes, who were both looking for an unusual workout.

“Who takes trapeze class? I do,” said Wummer, 26, of the Short North. “It always makes me smile.”

Within eight weeks, Piatt could flip herself onto a trapeze

bar from a hanging position, if not as gracefully as more-experienced students.

Still, the 30-year-old is pleased with her progress.

“I feel like I’m getting stronger and can do things I couldn’t do at the beginning,” she said.

“The hardest thing for me is the balancing aspect.”

During a recent beginner class, Thomas led a 15-minute warm-up before guiding students through repetitive movements on the bar. They started with chin-ups, then progressed to more difficult moves, eventually flipping themselves onto the bar and hanging from the knees.

Finally, they stood on the bar and slowly removed their feet, hanging with their arms wrapped around the trapeze ropes.

Advanced lessons, Rose said, encompass the same movements, but students combine them into several-minute routines.

Historic landmark back at the grind YOUNGSTOWN (AP) A historic landmark in northeast Ohio is heading back to work.

The main wooden beam has been replaced at Mill Creek Park’s Lanterman’s Mill in Youngstown to get it back in working order.

Mill Creek MetroParks development and marketing director Linda Kostka says the upgrade will allow the mill to resume grinding corn, wheat and buckwheat.

She tells The (Youngstown) Vindicator that without the water

wheel turning the grindstone, there was gap in the experience of 19th century history and culture. The grinding had stopped in January.

The white-oak beam supports the 4-ton wheel that powers the mill.

It was hand-cut by the park forestry crew using steam-powered antique machinery.

The beam weighs 540 pounds and is more than 6 feet long, 16 inches wide and 16 inches high. ___ Information from: The Vindicator, http:// www.vindy.com

AP Photo | The Vindicator, Robert K Yosey

DAVID SIEMBIDA (right) hands a part of the beam cut in pieces to his workers Gary Kaszowski (left) and Joe Oates at the Mill Creek Park Lanterman’s Mill in Youngstown Tuesday. The historic landmark in northeast Ohio is heading back to work. A main wooden beam has been replaced at the mill to get it back in working order.

Ohio Navy corpsman killed in Vietnam to be buried CLEVELAND (AP) — A Navy corpsman from Ohio whose remains were found last year in Vietnam will be buried 46 years after his death in the Vietnam War. The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer reports that Michael Judd will be buried Monday in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington. The 21-year-old

Cleveland man was aboard a helicopter that crashed June 30, 1967. He had gone to Vietnam in 1966 and was killed less than two months before he was scheduled to return home.

Judd was with a Marine reconnaissance team when the aircraft was shot down.

Joint U.S. and Vietnam recov-

ery teams found human remains and the helicopter wreckage last year. Judd was identified through dental comparisons and other means.

He was survived by his parents and a stepsister and brother. ___ Information from: The Plain Dealer, http://www. cleveland.com

Nation/World TODAY IN HISTORY

By Associated Press

Today is Monday, July 15, the 196th day of 2013. There are 169 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On July 15, 1913, Augustus Bacon, D-Ga., became the first person elected to the U.S. Senate under the terms of the recently ratified 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, providing for popular election of senators.

On this date: In 1870, Georgia became the last Confederate state to be readmitted to the Union.

Manitoba entered confederation as the fifth Canadian province.

In 1916, Boeing Co., originally known as Pacific Aero Products Co., was founded in Seattle.

In 1932, President Herbert Hoover announced he was slashing his own salary by 20 percent, from $75,000 to $60,000 a year; he also cut Cabinet members’ salaries by 15 percent, from $15,000 to $12,750 a year.

In 1943, the Diligenti Quintuplets — three girls and two boys — were born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

In 1948, President Harry S. Truman was nominated for another term of office by the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

In 1964, Sen. Barry M. Goldwater of Arizona was nominated for president by the Republican National Convention in San Francisco.

In 1971, President Richard Nixon delivered a televised address in which he announced that he had accepted an invitation to visit the People’s Republic of China.

In 1976, a 36-hour kidnap ordeal began for 26 schoolchildren and their bus driver as they were abducted near Chowchilla, Calif., by three gunmen and imprisoned in an underground cell. (The captives escaped unharmed.)

In 1979, President Jimmy Carter delivered his “malaise” speech in which he lamented what he called a “crisis of confidence” in America.

In 1983, eight people were killed when a suitcase bomb planted by Armenian extremists exploded at the Turkish Airlines counter at Orly Airport in Paris.

In 1992, Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton was nominated for president at the Democratic National Convention in New York.

In 2010, after 85 days, BP stopped the flow of oil from a blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico using a 75-ton cap lowered onto the wellhead earlier in the week.

Ten years ago: The Bush administration dramatically raised its budget deficit projections to $455 billion for fiscal year 2003 and $475 billion for fiscal 2004, record levels fed by the limp economy, tax cuts and the battle against terrorism.

Scott McClellan assumed his duties as White House press secretary. Philadelphia’s archbishop, Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, retired.

Tex Schramm, who’d turned the Dallas Cowboys into “America’s Team,” died at age 83. American-born singer Elisabeth Welch, 99, died in London. The American League beat the National League in the All-Star game 7-6.

OUT OF THE BLUE

Frying eggs not allowed DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif.

(AP) — It gets so hot in Death Valley that you can fry an egg with sun power.

That’s what one Death Valley National Park employee did last week, when she took a frying pan to the pavement and posted the video online.

Park visitors park were quick to imitate her, but they didn’t use skillets and left gooey messes. The park then issued a plea on its Facebook page to crack down on the egg-frying fiasco.

Death Valley highs have been hovering around 120 degrees, and on Wednesday the park marked the 100th anniversary of the world’s hottest day on record - 134 degrees - set there in 1913.

Park rangers say the egg frying has since stopped due to rain and clouds that have rolled across Death Valley.

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Demographic change amplifying racial inequities Suzanne Gamboa Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Oneyear-old Ka’Lani is so fascinated by a round plastic toy that she doesn’t see her mother, Ke’sha Scrivner, walk into the Martha’s Table day care, chanting her name while softly clapping out a beat that Ka’Lani keeps with a few bounces on her bottom.

Once on welfare, Scrivner worked her way off by studying early childhood education and landing a full-time job for the District of Columbia’s education superintendent. She sees education as the path to a better life for her and her five children, pushing them to finish high school and continue with college or a trade school.

Whether her children can beat the statistics that show lagging graduation rates for black children is important not just to her family.

The success of Ka’Lani and other minority children who will form a new majority is crucial to future U.S. economic competitiveness.

A wave of immigration, the aging of non-Hispanic white

women beyond child-bearing years and a new baby boom are diminishing the proportion of children who are white. Already, half of U.S. children younger than 1 are Hispanic, black, Asian, Native American or of mixed races.

“A lot of people think demographics alone will bring about change and it won’t,” said Gail Christopher, who heads the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s America Healing project on racial equity.

“If attitudes and behaviors don’t change, demographics will just mean we’ll have a majority population that is low-income, improperly educated, disproportionately incarcerated with greater health disparities.”

In 2010, 39.4 percent of black children, 34 percent of Hispanic children and 38 percent of American Indian and Alaska Native children lived in poverty, defined as an annual income of $22,113 that year for a family of four. That compares with about 18 percent of white, nonHispanic children, according to Census Bureau’s 2011 American Community Survey.

Asian children overall fare bet-

ter, with 13.5 percent living in poverty, the survey said.

The overrepresentation of minority children among the poor is not new. What is new is that minority children will, in the not-too-distant future, form the core of the nation’s workforce, and their taxes will be depended on to keep solvent entitlement programs for the elderly.

Based on where things stand for nonwhite children today, it’s not hard to make some educated guesses about what the future holds for the youngest of America’s children who already are a majority of their age group, said Sam Fulwood III, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

The recent recession worsened conditions for many children, but minorities were hard hit and are having more difficulty recovering.

The Pew Charitable Trusts found that, from 1999 to 2009, 23 percent of black families and 27 percent of Hispanic families experienced long-term unemployment, compared with 11 percent of white families. Pew Research Center, a subsidiary, found that

the median wealth of white households is 20 times that of black households and 18 times that of Hispanic households.

That means more minority families end up in poor neighborhoods with underperforming school systems, leading to lower graduation rates and lower lifetime earnings, said Leonard Greenhalgh, a professor of management at Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.

“You are looking at the future workforce of the United States — what we need to be competitive against rival economies such as India and China, and we are not educating the largest, fastest growing percentage of the U.S. workforce, so as a nation we lose competitive advantage,” Greenhalgh said.

It all starts with preschool, where overall enrollment has been increasing but Hispanic children are less likely to be included. Of Hispanic children ages 3 to 5 in the U.S., 13.4 percent were enrolled in full-day public or private nursery school in 2011, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics.

Cory Monteith, star of hit show ‘Glee,’ found dead Jeremy Hainsworth and Lynn Elber Associated Press

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Cory Monteith, the handsome young actor who shot to fame in the hit TV series “Glee” but was beset by addiction struggles so fierce that he once said he was lucky to be alive, was found dead in a hotel room, police said. He was 31.

The Canadian-born Monteith, who played star quarterback-turned-singer Finn Hudson on the Fox TV series about a high school glee club, was found dead in his room on the 21st floor of the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel on Vancouver’s waterfront at about noon Saturday, according to police.

Acting Vancouver Police Chief Doug LePard said there was no indication of foul play.

Vancouver police said Sunday that an autopsy is expected to take place on Monday to determine the cause of death.

Monteith’s body was found by hotel staff who entered his room after he missed his check-out time, LePard said. Monteith had checked into the hotel on July 6.

“We do not have a great deal of information as to cause of death,” said British Columbia Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe.

She said further tests would be needed to determine how Monteith died.

“The exact nature of those examinations will depend on investigative findings within the next day or two as information is gathered from medical records and discussions with family take place,” she said.

LePard said Monteith had been out with people earlier and that those people are being interviewed.

Video and electronic records from the hotel indicate Monteith returned to his room by himself early Saturday morning, and he was believed to be alone when he died, LePard said.

AP Photo | Fox, Adam Rose

IN THIS undated publicity image released by Fox, Cory Monteith, left, and Darren Criss are shown in a scene from “Glee.” Monteith, who shot to fame in the hit TV series “Glee” but was beset by addiction struggles so fierce that he once said he was lucky to be alive, was found dead in a Vancouver hotel room, police said. He was 31.

Lapointe said he had been dead for several hours by the time his body was found.

Lea Michele, Monteith’s “Glee” co-star and real-life girlfriend, was asking for privacy after receiving news of his death, said her representative, Molly Kawachi of ID-PR .

“We ask that everyone kindly respect Lea’s privacy during this devastating time,” Kawachi said in in an email to The Associated Press.

Reality TV celebrity Kim Kardashian offered her condolences in a tweet: ” So sad. Prayers 4 his family. Praying 4 Lea too! Words can’t describe what they must be feeling.”

“Glee” cast members and other celebrities also took to Twitter to express their feelings.

“I have no words! My heart is broken,” Dot-Marie Jones, who plays football coach Shannon Beiste on “Glee,” said in a post on her Twitter account Saturday night.

She called Monteith a “hell of a friend” and an “amazing” man.

Lauren Potter, who plays Becky Jackson, the cheerleader with Down Syndrome on “Glee,” tweeted that she feels “totally heartbroken right now.”

“I love Cory so much this hurts my heart,” she wrote. “I hope my Glee family is OK right now. I love them all. Cory was always so nice to me. I have so many good memories.”

“What an absolutely tragic loss of a very talented young man,” tweeted Zooey Deschanel, star of another Fox show, “New Girl.”

Iraq From page 1 increased attacks during Ramadan in the years following the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.

Pious Muslims go without food, drink, smoking and sex in the daytime during the holy month, when feelings of spiritual devotion are high.

Sunday’s explosions struck shortly before the evening iftar meal that ends the daylong fast during Ramadan.

At least eight people were killed and 15 were wounded in the southern port city of Basra when a car bomb and then a follow-up blast went off near an office of a Shiite political party, according to two police officers. Basra is a major oil industry hub 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad.

Another car bomb exploded among shops and take-away restaurants in central Kut, 160 kilometers (100 miles) southeast of Baghdad. The provincial deputy governor, Haidar Mohammed Jassim, said five people were killed and 35 wounded.

Police reported additional car bomb explosions that left four dead in a commercial street in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, five near an outdoor market in Nasiriyah and six near a Shiite mosque in Musayyib, and more than 60 wounded in total.

Earlier in the day, police said gunmen killed two soldiers in an assault on their security

checkpoint in the restive city of Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad.

Hours later, a roadside bomb killed a municipal council member and his son in a town near Mosul. Gunmen in another area just south of Mosul also sprayed a security checkpoint with bullets, killing two policemen.

Hospital officials confirmed those casualty tolls. Officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to release the information to reporters.

There has been no claim of responsibility for the recent wave of attacks, but Sunni extremists, including al-Qaida’s Iraq branch, are believed to be responsible for much of the killing. They frequently target Shiites, security forces and civil servants in an effort to undermine the Shiite-led government in Baghdad.

Also on Sunday, a spokesman for Iraq’s prime minister said that outgoing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad plans to visit Iraq later this week. It will be the Iranian leader’s second visit to neighboring Iraq while in office.

Iraq’s Shiite-led government has strengthened ties with Tehran since the toppling of dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s spokesman, Ali alMoussawi, said Ahmadinejad

AP Photo | Nabil al-Jurani

SECURITY FORCES inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday. A wave of explosions tore through overwhelmingly Shiite cities south of Baghdad shortly before the Muslim faithful broke their Ramadan fasts, killing tens of people and wounding dozens, according to officials. The bombings are part of a sudden surge of violence that has brought Iraq to the brink of all-out sectarian conflict.

plans to arrive for a visit to Iraq on Thursday. He said Ahmadinejad would meet with senior Iraqi officials and visit Shiite holy shrines in Najaf and Karbala during the twoday visit.

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office in August, visited Iraq for the first time in March 2008.

——— Associated Press writer Nabil al-Jurani in Basra, Iraq, contributed.

——— Adam Schreck can be reached at www.twitter. com/adamschreck

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Band readies final summer concert ent they bring to our concerts allows us to select musical scores of a higher performance level.”

The first half of the concert will reflect the sounds theme. The concert will open with “Overture in B Flat”

by Giovannini and will showcase the band’s brass section. Other selections will be “The Blue Tango”

by Anderson, “Loch Lomond” by Ticheli and “Chorale and Alleluia” by Hanson. Vocalist Maureen Joines will perform “I Dreamed a Dream,” and Gregory Ashe will perform “Precious Lord, Take My Hand.”

Wehrman to celebrate 90 years MINSTER — Albert Wehrman, of Minster, will celebrate his 90th birthday at an open house Sunday, July 21, 2013, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Heritage Manor Nursing Center, 24 N. Hamilton St., Minster.

He requests that gifts be omitted.

Wehrman was born July 27, 1923, in Egypt, the son of Bernard and Ursula Wehrman. His wife, Alberta Wehrman, is deceased.

He has four living sons and daughters-in-law, Ted and Linh Wehrman, of Sidney, Ken and Tammy Wehrman, of Yorkshire, Dan and Sue Wehrman, of Fort Loramie, and Tom and Janelle Wehrman, of Coldwater; and four daughters and three sons-in-law, Eileen and Francis Tobe, of Fort Recovery, Betty Wehrman, of New Bremen, Mary Lou and Norb Koesters, of Minster, and Sharon

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and Mark Holthaus, of Anna. One son, Nicholas Wehrman, is deceased.

He has 25 grandchildren and 21 greatgrandchildren.

Wehrman was a lifelong farmer and wellknown fur buyer. He is a former member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Egypt and a former member of the Egypt Community Club. He enjoys fishing, hunting, tapping and playing cards.

The second half of the concert will be all about soul. After intermission, the band will play “Hail to Fleet,” “Toward the Western Light,” a score that brings to life the journey and rewards of set-

tling the western United States, “The Prayer,” a duet by Joines and Ashe, “Irish Tune from County Derry” and “Nessun Dorma.”

“I have had the music for ‘Nessun Dorma’ for

Thomas wins national award Christi Thomas, of Sidney, was honored with the David C. Bryant Outstanding Service Award from the American Association of Community Theatre (AACT).

The award was presented at a ceremony during the AACT National Theatre Festival in Carmel, Ind., in mid-June. The AACT David C. Bryant Outstanding Service Award recognizes members of AACT for significant, valuable, and lasting service to community theater.

Thomas first appeared on stage at age 6 and had her first taste of community theater as a villager in “Fiddler on the Roof” for Sock & Buskin Players in 1980. She serves as Sock & Buskin’s business manager, but is also known for her backstage work as producer, director, musical coordinator, publicity chairman, light operator and/ or stage manager for more than 80 productions. This love of theater

took her to three other community Regional Rep award.

In her spare time, she is a 40-year groups and then to her first Ohio Community Theatre Association employee of the city of Sidney, currently serving as the administrative (OCTA) conference in 1993.

In 1995, she was elected to the assistant in the fire department.

When asked about the Board of Directors as secsignificance of community retary. While holding that theater in her life, she said, position, she formatted a “Community theater has book of policies and job added a dimension to my life descriptions which today I don’t think I would have numbers more than 75. In found anywhere else. The 1998, while still an execufriends I’ve made across tive board member, she did Ohio and those in New York, double-duty as the West Michigan, Wisconsin, and Region representative when no one else wanted the Christi Thomas Nebraska are some of the best people I’d ever want to meet.” position. She has served on The AACT provides networkthe OCTA board in many positions, including president, and is current- ing, resources and support to those ly the 2013 conference co-chair- involved in community theater. AACT woman. She has earned awards represents the interests of more than from OCTA as a vocalist, lighting 7,000 theaters across the United States designer, webmaster and newslet- and its territories, as well as theater ter editor. She has also received the companies of the armed services President’s Award and Outstanding overseas.

Fair Haven leaders talk to Kiwanis

Anita Miller, executive Burleson spoke about director of Fair Haven, the Adult Day Care and Robin Burleson, Service, which Fair director of admissions Haven provides. Clients and interim director of are transported door to Adult Day Services of door daily and are proShelby County, were the vided breakfast, hot guest speakers at a meet- lunch and snacks on the ing of the Kiwanis Club of site located in the lower Sidney on July 10. level of Fair Haven Shelby Miller said that Fair County Home. The Adult Haven is a 134-bed, Day Services Center was skilled, rehabilitation and established at Fair Haven living center. It is a non- in 1985. profit owned and operatThe center’s purpose is ed by Shelby County, situ- to promote the particiated on a 156-acre campus pants’ health, prevent illalong Fair Road and was ness and further disabilestablished in 1869. Fair ity, restore and maintain Haven is currently working a maximum level of funcnot been seen for over 260 with Sheriff John Lenhart’s tion and empower each years,” said Site Manager office to help prevent fraud individual to provide against the elderly. for themselves as best Andy Hite.

Bill Pickard, one of the lead archaeologists added, “We are sort of doing archaeology in reverse. We know who was here, and what was happening in the GREENVILLE — The Harry Stephens Memorial recentvillage. We are hoping this ly made a donation of $1,000 to Big Brothers Big Sisters of project will help us learn Shelby and Darke County. more about what the vilAdditionally, the Greenville Rotary donated $500 to the lage looked like.” local agency. Both of these donations are specific to the Regular site admission Darke County program and will assist the agency in continuis $8 for adults, $4 for stu- ing to serve children in Darke County. dents 6-12, free to Johnston “The support we receive from the Harry Stephens Farm Friends Council and Memorial and Greenville Rotary is truly a blessing for our Ohio Historical Society agency. It enables us to continue to serve the children in members. AAA and senior need of a mentor in the Darke County community,” said Jennifer Bruns, executive director. discounts are honored.

Archaeology site open to public PIQUA — The Johnston Farm & Indian Agency staff has offered the public the opportunity to visit the site of the Pickawillany village Thursday, where archaeology instructors, students from Hocking College, and Ohio Historical Society archeologists are conducting ongoing research.

Visitors who wish to tour the site as the excavation is in progress will be transported by canal boat and then take a short hike up a hill to the village site. The boat will depart the canal dock promptly at 12:30 p.m. Visitors will then be able to spend about on hour exploring and talking with the archaeologists before boating back to the dock.

Upon returning to the museum, visitors can then view the newly opened exhibit that contains artifacts that are the fruits of previous field schools.

“Archaeology can be tremendously exciting when you realize you are uncovering something that has

two years, and it is a gorgeous tenor opera classic.

We have been waiting for Gregory to perform it for Sidney,” Chilcote said.

The final piece, “William Tell Overture,” was last played in Sidney eight

years ago. “I cannot wait to hear our band play this wonderful score,” said Chilcote. “You won’t forget it.”

During the concert, the Sidney Civic Band will recognize the winner of the Wolford Scholarship.

One of the high school students who have played with the band this summer will be honored.

In case of rain, the concert will be at the First United Methodist Church, 230 East Poplar St. The concert is free.

Attendees should take lawn chairs.

as they can achieve, the speakers said. Hours of operation are 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. A therapeutic day is between the hours of 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.

Fees are based on a sliding scale but Miller and Burleson emphasized that no one is turned away due to lack of money. A short question and answer period followed the presentation.

Prior to the speaker’s remarks, President Phil Warnecke called the meeting to order. The invocation was given by Ralph Bornhorst and the group was lead in song by Bornhorst, accompanied by DiAnne Karas on the piano. Happy Dollars

was the theme of the Fun & Games activities.

It was announced that the annual Labor Day chicken barbecue tickets were sent to the printer and will be available to members shortly. New this year is a drawing for two, $250 cash prizes. Anyone buying an advance-sale ticket will be entered in the drawing.

Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time. The Sidney Kiwanis meets at noon every Wednesday at the Sidney Moose Lodge. For information, call 710-4944.

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The final concert for the Sidney Civic Band will be Friday at 7 p.m. on the courtsquare.

Artistic Director and Conductor Phil Chilcote has named the event, “Sounds and Soul.”

“My efforts to select music for this concert evolved around a few key ingredients,” said Chilcote. “First of all, the band is playing at an amazing level this year.

Our horn sections are top notch, and as a band, we have never sounded so good. Secondly, we have two amazing soloists, Gregory Ashe and Maureen Joines. The tal-

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Passport to fishing

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Alex Schmitmeyer, 8, of Minster, fishes at Earlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Island Pavilion on Lake Loramie during a fishing seminar for kids Friday. The Passport to Fishing seminar was sponsored by the Lake Loramie Improvement Association, ODNR, Division of Wildlife and the Shelby Soil and Water Conservation District. The participants learned the basics of fishing and received habitat education, a fish identification guide, rod and reel and a snack. They also had the opportunity to use what they learned by spending the rest of the seminar fishing. Alex is the son of Jut and Missy Schmitmeyer.

Koenig Equipment to host John Deere Drive Green Challenge event Tipp City â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Area residents interested in the latest utility tractors, lawn and garden equipment, loaders and other equipment from John Deere are invited from Wednesday to Saturda and July 31 to Aug. 3 as Koenig Equipment hosts the 2013 Drive Green Challenge event.

Event attendees will also qualify for a $500 discount on John Deere compact and utility tractors and a chance to win a John Deere 1 Series Sub-Compact Utility Tractor with loader and grooming mower.

In addition, the Drive Green Challenge offers interested customers the chance to compare the latest equipment from John Deere and other companies. Aric Koenig, marketing coordinator at Koenig Equipment, is confident attendees will enjoy the chance to test drive different models of equipment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The best thing about this event is the fact that we put John Deere tractors side-by-side with competitive models so folks can see the differences for themselves. Even people who have been doing their comparison shopping online can come in, drive the machines and see how John Deere stacks up to the rest,â&#x20AC;? said Koenig.

Tractor experts from Koenig Equipment will be on hand to answer questions about the equipment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Drive Green events give customers a one-stop opportunity to size up different utility tractors so they can find out exactly what horsepower tractor will best

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BY ATTENDING the 2013 Drive Green Challenge events in their area, customers can register to win a John Deere 1023E Sub-Compact Utility Tractor with loader and Frontier grooming mower, which will be given away at the end of the year.

fit their property and the jobs they want to accomplish,â&#x20AC;? Koenig said.

The 2013 John Deere Drive Green Challenge will be held at 5695 S County Road 25A in Tipp City.

Hours are Wednesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is free. In addition to the $500 discount coupon that can be redeemed for the purchase of a John Deere 1 Series

through 6 Series Tractor, attendees can register to win a John Deere 1023E Sub-Compact Utility Tractor with John Deere loader and Frontier grooming mower. For more information about the John Deere Drive Green Challenge event at Koenig Equipment, contact Frank Hillenbrand at 937-877-1920 or visit the Drive Green Web site at www.johndeere.com/drivegreen.

The election of agricul- acres must be reported tural producers to Farm within 15 calendar days Service Agency (FSA) of the Federal Crop county committees is Insurance Companies important to farmers (FCIC) established endand ranchers. It is crucial ing planting dates. For that every eligible corn, the FCIC producer particiending planting pate in these elecdate is June 5, and tions because FSA for soybeans the county committees ending planting are a link between date is June 20. the agricultural Â&#x161; <W_b[Z WYh[W][ community and the must be reported U.S. Department to FSA before of Agriculture FSA News destroying and Latham (USDA). County replanting to allow Farley committee memtime for a field bers are a critical check. Failure to component of the timely report prevented operations of FSA. They planting acres may result help deliver FSA farm in loss of potential disasprograms at the local ter assistance, as well level. Farmers and ranch- as maintaining cropping ers who serve on county history. committees help with Â&#x161; <eh Yhef beii[i Yelthe decisions necessary ered by the Non-insured to administer the pro- Assistance Program grams in their counties. (NAP), producers must FSA county committee contact their local FSA members make decisions office within 15 days of on disaster and conser- the occurrence of the vation programs, emer- disaster or when lossgency programs, com- es become apparent. modity price support Missing any of these loan programs and other deadlines could cause important agricultural FSA payments to be held issues. Members serve and a late filing penalty three-year terms. The fee to be charged. So, COC nomination period please contact the Shelby runs from June 17, 2013 county FSA office if you through August 1, 2013. have any questions or to For more informa- set up an appointment tion, contact the Shelby to report your crop acreCounty FSA office ages. or visit the County 2012 ACRE program Committee Elections production reports website to learn more Producers that parabout the County ticipated in the ACRE Committee Election pro- program for 2012 are cess at: http://www.fsa. required to report 2012 usda.gov/elections. production to be used Acreage and crop to compute 2012 ACRE reporting payments, if applirequirements cable, and 2013 benchProducers are remind- mark farm yields. The ed of the ANNUAL acre- reporting deadline date age reporting require- for 2012 production ments that must be met reports is today for small prior to receiving pro- grains and other crops. gram benefits. The acre- Production reports may age reporting deadlines be submitted by the for 2013 are as follows: 2012 crop year operaÂ&#x161; JeZWo \eh Wdo tor, owner or other prospring-seeded crops ducer with an interest (corn & soybeans), fruits in the reported acreage. and vegetables, cabbage Failure to file a producplanted by May 31 , for- tion report (FSA-658) age crops; for a farm enrolled in Â&#x161; 7k]$ '+ \eh 9HF WdZ ACRE will result in the cabbage planted between farmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s producers being June 1 and July 20; and ineligible for any ACRE Â&#x161; :[Y$ '+ \eh m^[Wj contract payments and and other fall seeded the actual yield used to crops. Prevented planted determine future benchand failed cropland acres mark farm yields will be that will not be brought zero. to harvest have slightly different timelines.

The writer is executive director of the Â&#x161; Fh[l[dj[Z fbWdj_d] Shelby County Farm Service Agency.

Professional development opportunity offered to teachers Would you and your students benefit from learning how habitat affects flooding? On July 3 and Aug. 1 the Shelby, Miami, Montgomery and Darke County Soil and Water Conservation Districts will be present-

ing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Got Habitat? Water We Thinking!â&#x20AC;?

During this two-day workshop K-12 educators will work alongside natural resource professionals to explore the correlation between habitat and flooding using

activities and resources that are aligned with the Ohio Academic Content Standards. Educational walks through the prairie and a canoe trip along the Stillwater State Scenic River will enhance the learning experience.

Day one will be at the Miami County Park Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lost Creek Reserve just east of Troy. Day two will be at the Aullwood Audubon Center and Farm in Englewood.

Breakout sessions will be specific

to various grade levels and will provide handson lessons with all the supporting materials and lesson plans you need for implementation in your classroom. There will be a special opportunity for third grade teachers to

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receive â&#x20AC;&#x153;Habitat in the Classroomâ&#x20AC;? materials to use in their classrooms.

Earn 12.5 contact hours for attending both days, all for only $55 (or Day 1 is only for $45). One semester hours of graduate credit is available from Ashland University at an additional and separate cost of $175, payable at the completion of the workshop.

For additional information contact Lynda Adams, education coordinator for the Shelby Soil & Water Conservation District at 937-4926520, ext. 117 or Lynda. adams@oh.nacdnet.net.

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You have read book to see the lengths tha at that w ealthy V a es ak iictor undert wealthy Victor undertakes to try to mak ke this happen. pen. make F or me, one ttask ask rrequireq o equirrFor ing a bit of time ffor or most o almost tw o yyears earrs no ow has been n to two now write this column. I ha ave have pro offooundly enjo yed ggetting et etting t profoundly enjoyed to kno w the w onderful rful know wonderful places and people tha at eexist x xist that in S helby County thr rou ough Shelby through te elling et l their stories. Y et as telling Yet the old pro overrb ssays, ays, ““All All proverb ggood gs must end.” F oood thing oor things For me, other pa atths on my oown wn paths j journey ave necessit itatted ha h d have necessitated tha at this be my last column umn that ffor or no ow. Please kno w ho h ow now. know how vvery ery gra atteful I am to each grateful of yyou ou who w erre willing g to were rread ead efflections. e my humble re l ons. reflections.

It has been a jo oy to w alk joy walk with yyou ou on the R oad Less Road T ay God bless less rraaveled. Ma Traveled.

May and kkeep eep yyou ou until w meet wee m ag gaain! again!

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Rev. PattSloneker’s Sloneker’s article demands nds response se stattement. His fforay oorray into In the w ord ds off JJohn ohn statement. words corworrld of political al cor rMcEnrooe, “You n’t be the world “Yoou can’t can McEnroe, reectness was was bad enough nough g worrds d w erre rectness serious.” These words were croossed the line when scrreamed aatt umpires umpir mpirres but he crossed often screamed breeached the integrity ity of events breached in Grand Graand Slam Slam tennis events the financial developdeevelopellt McEnrooe fe when McEnroe felt ment program at the proogrraam at thaat a bad call had that Ohio State State University.

Univer ersityy. been made. These I don’t know what don’t kno w wha at word ds tha at aree the words that Rev. Rev. Sloneker’s Sloneker’s qualiqualiicame to mind as fications judge ficaattions aree to judg udgge a ead the R ev.

I rread Rev. financial development pment deevellopment Sloneker’s article Sloneker’s program; prrogrram; I don’t don’t think in the Sidney Sidney Daily sponsoring bingo binggo in a News JJuly uly 4, “Gee’s “Gee’’s News Other Catholic quali-iCaatholic church churcch quali chur statements mak statements makee sug ug ggesVoices Voices fies him. The suggeslukewarm lukewarm OSU fan Dennis D ennis R Ruble uble tion that are thaat donors donorrss ar re groow cold.” grow being entertained ed by entertained IIn n case case you you prejudice prreejudice and bigotry ig gootry big missed this literary literaary ttempt to secure secure masterpiece, R loonekeer in an aattempt Rev. Sloneker ev. S ludicrous rous o aatt was critical of Dr. Gor rd don major gifts is ludicr was Drr. G Gordon borrderrs on libellibelGee’s com-- best and borders Gee’’s anti-Catholic anti-Caatholic com worrse; it ments with regard reggar ard d to priests ous. In fact it is worse; pur pureest and Notre Notrre Dame University.

Univverrssityy. is hypocrisy in its purest Rev. form; if R ev. Sloneker Sloneeker wantwanttHe goes goes on to state state t that thaat form; uncover over and bring Dr. Drr. Gee has engaged enggag ged in ed to unco backrooom financial ancial “ongoing “onggoing bigotry” big gotry” aand he to light backroom scandals, how how aboutt the references reefereences Gee’s Gee’’s comments mments scandals, Vatican Bank Bank scandal? dal? I about the Little Sisters Litttle S ister terrs of Vatican that surre he is aaware waree tha at the Poor Poor when Geee comcom- am sure Vatican has a bank, ank, a mented on the strength strrength ngth of the Vatican “secret bank”? A secret secr secreet schedule of some highly “secret that aree at authoritiess ar rated raated college colleg ge ffootball ootball teams. bank tha launderin nvestig gating ffor or launder underrHello, Heello, Rev. Rev. Sloneker, Slonekerr, it was was investigating for organized orrganized a METAPHOR bigoted ME ETAPHOR not a big goted ing money for

crime and paying paaying bribes es to political parties and these egregious acts aree just egre g egious g j t the highlights, or shall I say say the lowlights. lo ow wlights.

The or Institute ffor Religious Works, Religious W oorrkss, the IOR, an arm of the secret secrret bank and V Vatican atican financial ncial empire, empiree, has been embroiled embrroiled o in scandal for or 40 years. fo yearrs. s This T unit has been in and out ut of Italian Italian courts for for a numnumber of questionable deals.

Recently, was Recentlyy, $30 million w as seized from Vatican from the V atican t Bank Italian Bank by It alian authorities. ities.

Ettore Gotti, Et tttoree Got tti, d of t the head Vatican Bank, the V ank, is the attican B subject much su bject of muc ch sscrutiny cru utiiny from Italian fro om It alian authorities rities have searched who ha ave searc ched his personal home and his pers s sonal computers, computer rs, etc. This story ggoes oes on and on. I am left eft to wonder Pope Benedict’s w onder if P ope B enedict’ dict’’s unprecedented retirement unpr recedented rre etireement ment had anything to do with Vatican Bank V atican B ank scandal.

Rev. Sloneker R ev. S loneeker does gget et from lib-an aaward ward fr om the lib eral media’s “PC”” cro crowd. era al media’ ’s “PC owd.

However, professional Ho oweverr, as a pro pr ofessional ional fundraiser fundra aiser and a ““cradle crraadle Catholic,” Ca atholic,” his comments ments

what inspire about wha at might inspir piree givee to Ohio donorss to giv State are words, St ate ar re in his oown wn w orrd ds, ignorant big“uncouth, ignor rant and big gCatholic Church oted.” The Ca attholic Chur urrcch has a significant number mber plate that of issues on its pla ate tha at would worw ould be much moree w orrliterary thy of his time and liter raary may inspection, so ma ay I sug ssuggnext picks ggest, est xt time he pi ickks e , ne delvup his pen, instead of de lvareas ing into ar reas in which h he is not qualified to discuss, uss, consider: J^[ L LWj_YWd Wj_YWd j 8 8Wda Wda iY iYWdYWddal; Mec[d Mec[d e X[Yec X[Yec_d] c_d] priests;

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The writ writer, err, of of Sidney, Sidney, sserved erved as a YMCA YMCA professional pr ofessional for for 42 years yearrs and as the giftft planning dir director ector ffor or the Ohio PPresbyterian resbbyterian e Fooundation at Dorothy Dorrothy RRetirement etirement SServices ervices Foundation fivee years.

LLove ove ffor or fiv yearrs. AActive ctive in the ccommunity, ommunit unity, alsoo has background he has als backkground in financiall development. de velopment.

LETTER LET TER TTO O THE EDIT EDITOR OR R

Rely on n Scriptures when defining ing marriage ge To T o the editor: W When hen de defining finingg ““marriage,” marriage,” w wee should alw always ays re rrely ely on n the S Scriptures. cripturres.

Wee should ne W never ever depend upon human opinion, liber liberal eraal theologians, new law, sociologists, a ne ew st sstate ate la w, or the Constitution. God’ God’s ’s la law aw is a higher moral mor rall st standard tandard d d than that thaat off mankind. kind.

If w wee w would ould only re rely ely on S Scripture cripturre then and only then w ould we we know know would the truth. S ince the Bible is the W orrd Since Word of God, w wee must be believe lie ieeve it and do it it,, rremembering emembering ““that thaat which w is popular always is not alw ays the right thing, and wha at is the right thing ng is not alw ays what always popular r.” popular.”

When JJesus esus was was speaking about marriage grounds divorce, marriag ge and gr rounds nds ffor or div orrce, God’s he actuallyy ggave ave God’ od’’s definition of marriage, marriag ge, ssaying: aying: God made them

male and female; ffor or this rreason reeason a man shall lea eaave his fa ather and mother leave father and the tw o (male and female) shall two become onee fflesh. lesh. S o, they aree no So, long ger tw o,, but one. Wha at God has longer two, What joined tog together, gether therr, let no man separ separate rate (Mark (Mar rk 10:6).

6). No Now, ow, if a man lea leaves aves his mother and d fa father father t and clea cleaves aves to another man, then they will not become onee in God’ God’s ’s ey eyes; es; they ar are re still tw two o and d the marriag marriage ge license (so(socalled) is nothing othing in the sight of God, but just another nother piece of paper paper. r. In wee see God perf performing Genesis 1:27, 7, w forming the fir first rst marriag marriage arriag ge cer cere ceremony. emonyy. He w was as originator marriage the origina ator tor of marriag ge and it was, was, initially y, betw ween a man and a w oman. initially, between woman.

God kne knew w it w was as not g good ood ffor or man to be alone;; ho however wever he didn didn’t ’t mak make ke another man. an. If he had, there there would would

have ha ave been two two men alone; he made aw woman oman — E Eve. ve. Biology teachess us that tha at it is impossible ffor or the same same sex sex to bear childr ren, but Genesis 1:28 furfurrchildren, ther er te ells us to be fruitful and incre increase e tells increase number. in number r.

Same-sex marriage S ame-sex marriag ge may may be fashionfashion ionable ble l toda le today, t day, but b t tha that at doesn’t d doesn ’t make makke it right ght in God’ ’s eyes. eyes. He sees it as sin.

God’s P a wro aul ote in 1 Corinthians 7:2: Each Paul wrote man an should ha ave sex sex with his own own have wife fe and each w oman with her own own woman husband. sband. S So, o, in closing, how how can an a wife fe ha ave a wife? This just doesn esn’t have doesn’t sound und right right, nor smell sme meell right,, look right, right. right ght. W Wee must call it wha what at God calls it — it is sin and alw always ays will be sin.

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July 15, 1913 July 913 Att the rregular A eg ular coun-meeting g of city tyy coun ccil il last las t eevening, venii ng, aan n ordinance was or dinance w as passed changing the name of West Avenue W est Ohio A venue in the southern part of Crescent the city to Cr escent Drive. parkk aatt Driv e. The par p drivee the east of the he driv was Crescent w as named Cr C escent Park.

Starret P ark. The old St arret Cemetery and d gravel gravel pit was was named Starret St arret Park Park and the park park aatt the forks forrks of Ohio hio and Main Avenues Avenues es was was named South h Point S outh Point Park. A petition ion askaskk-Park. ing that that thee alley near the Presbyterian Presbyterian byterian parsonage the parsonage and a nd n Murray Murray property property rty east from from Miami Avenue Avenue east to the new new school building b ilding be paved paved d by private private contract c contr act was was presented. d. The presented. request request was was granted. grranted. ______ Capt.

Capt . James Vaan Jamess L. Van Riper, Riper, commanding manding officer of thee local company has received received orders orderss for for the annual tour of duty of the Third Third Regiment. nt . The Regiment regiment regiment willl camp this year year at at Camp Perry Perry on Lake Lakke Erie, and will spend nd most of the time in rifle rif le practice. practice. Camp p Perry Perry is now now admitted admitted ed to be the finest state st atee campcamp ing grounds grounds in the United U n i t e d States.

S t at e s. s The The company will go go into camp on August u ust 3 Aug and return return August Auggust 10.

75 y years earrs July 15, 1938 July 938 Two T War wo Civil W aar veterveter-he week ans who had the week tog gether her and visiting together t alking over over the he pleapleatalking sures of that that reunion, reunion, sures arrang ed byy the arranged government to to comcomgovernment memorate thee 75th memorate annivers ary of the anniversary B attle of Gettysburg.

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Battle diers are soldier are These old soldiers Georg ge Vogel, Vog o el,, 96 of George Ogden, Utah, Ut ah, a forforOgden, S idney resident resident mer Sidney Byron W. W. Joslin, Joslin, and Byron S idney veteran. veter e an.

94, a Sidney ______ S helby A number off Shelby residents nts are are county residents attendamong those attendmer sessesing the summer ate at Ohioo St sions at State Univ ersity.

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These Lutherr Fogt Fogt of include: Luther S amuel Darst, Darrst , Anna; Samuel Dorsey Holtkamp, Holtk ltk amp, Dorsey Ver erllin Katterheinrich Katterheinrich h Verlin B otkins; Clay Cla y of Botkins; Anseshansley, Fort Fort Anseshansley, Loramie; Opal Wythe, Wythe, Loramie; P emberton; James J ames Pemberton; Ander son, He len Anderson, Helen Clar lar ence Gaines, Clarence Nuffzigger and nd Lois Nuffzigger Robinson, all of Robinson, S idney.

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yearss 50 years July 15, 1963 July Ja m e s Dillehay, D i l l eh ay, a James former resident resident of former Fo r t Loramie, L o ra m i e , has has Fort igh been named high at school principal at Ot to ville, nam Ottoville, Putnam County, hio.

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D i ll eh ay, who w h o is is a Dillehay, graduate of Fort Fort 1954 graduate Loramie High School, S chool, ool, Loramie was recently recently given given n a was two year year contract contract as two her principal and teacher Ottoville Board B oard by the Ottoville Education. of Education. _____ Mrs. Ed Walters, Walter ers, Mrs. Mrs. R.E. Bonnoront, B onnoront o , Mrs. Mrs. William William Rhees, ees, Mrs. Mrs. John John Samuelson S amuelson son Mrs. Mrs. Sailor Sailor Beers Beer e rs and Mrs. were Sidney S idney Lady ady were go members to go Golf members Friday to to Marion Friday ima compete in the Lima rnagolf tournatourna District golf ment . ment.

L ow net ne t winners n rs w in ne Low from Sidney S idney were were from Mrs. Ed Walters ters Waalter Mrs. Mrs. with 68 and Mrs. B onnoront with 73.

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25 y ears years July 15, 1988 July Federal F eder al dg e judge judg W Walter aalter Rice has de layed a ruling on delayed an injunction requestestrequest ed by counse counsell in the into xilyzer case no n w intoxilyzer now pending bef ore h im. before him.

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Swinehart. _____ try The Country C onc er t was wa s a sucsucConcert e . again this year. year cess again Ov er 20,000 fans ans Over attended the two da two day d y attended event . The stars fea st arss feaf event. t ed tur d this year i lud l dyear includinclud tured T. Hall, Box B ox Toom T. ed Tom Willy and Reba Reba Car Willy McEntyre. Minster ster McEntyre. organizers Jim Jim and a organizers Prenger also a Connie Prenger provided part of the provided entertainment by perp entertainment forming. forming. _____ These news These news items items fr from om ppast ast issues issue s s News ooff the Sidney Sidney Daily Daily Ne ws are are Shelby CCounty ccompiled ompiled bbyy the Shelby ounty Historical His torical Society Society ((498-1653) 498-1653) as a a public sservice ervice ttoo the ccommunity. ommunitty. history Internet! www.

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SPORTS Monday, July 15, 2013

TODAY’S SPORTS REPLAY 50 years ago July 15, 1963 It took Sidney Ready Mix some time to start operation in the Shelby County Slo-Pitch tournament, but they’ve been in high gear ever since. Last night, the Mixers reached the championship by smashing Tony’s Place in 19-2 fashion.

Bob Heitkamp’s homer and doubles by John Billing, Don Meyers, John Frantz and Van Sickle helped the Mixers score in every inning but the sixth.

25 years ago July 15, 1988 The record may not be what he was hoping for at this stage of the season, but Toby Tyler is readying his Sidney Zoo girls fastpitch softball team for the 18-and-under state tournament this weekend in Findlay. Leading the team so far is Nancy Schurr of Sidney with a .337 average. Laura Watkins is hitting .300. The strength of the team lies in its pitching as the squad has four solid hurlers in Terri Lattimer of Bellefontaine, Watkins, Amy Estridge of Northmont and Ronda Hurr of Springfield.

10 years ago July 15, 2003 It was close through five innings, but Ottawa exploded for nine runs over the final two frames to record an 11-1 decision over Sidney in Post 217’s regular-season finale. Sidney scored what turned out to be its only run in the third as Cory McGuire led off with a double and came in to score on a twoout single by Brandon Koester.

Post 217 starter Ryan Shaffer held Ottawa to just two runs and five hits through the first five innings.

CALENDAR Sidney Post 217 American Legion baseball Schedule TUESDAY Legion tournament 7 p.m. — vs. Piqua at Troy High School field WEDNESDAY At Duke Park, Troy 6 p.m. — Sidney-Piqua loser vs. Lima-Troy loser 8:30 — Sidney-Piqua weinner vs. Lima-Troy winner

WHAT YEAR WAS IT? Cincinnati pitcher Wayne Granger sets a new Major League record with 35 saves, and teammate Johnny Bench leads the majors in home runs with 45 and RBIs with 148.

Answer: 1970

QUOTE OF THE DAY I don’t have a sabotage story.

I don’t have any lies. I don’t have anything to say to make this seem like it was a mistake or it was on USADA’s hands, someone playing games. I don’t have any of those stories. I basically put my trust in someone and I was let down.”

— American sprinter Tyson Gay, after testing positive for a banned substance following a competition May 16

ON THIS DATE IN 1912 — Jim Thorpe wins the decathlon at the Stockholm Olympics and, in the closing ceremony, Sweden’s King Gustav proclaims Thorpe the world’s greatest athlete.

1978 — Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at St. Andrews to win his third and final British Open.

2005 — Michelle Wie misses a chance to play in the Masters as BYU junior Clay Ogden birdies four of the first five holes and never lets up in handing the 15-year-old high school junior a 5-and-4 loss in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur Public Links. The loss ends Wie’s hopes of winning the men’s Publinx, which would have allowed her to become the first woman to get an invitation to the Masters.

2008 — Justin Morneau slides home just in time on Michael Young’s sacrifice fly in the 15th inning, giving the American League a 4-3 victory in the AllStar game at Yankee stadium.

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Bruce powers Reds to win ATLANTA (AP) — Jay Bruce says the Reds have had an impressive first half, even if they are in third place in the NL Central.

A big showing by the Reds’ offense provided the perfect confidence boost before the AllStar break.

Bruce hit a two-run homer in Cincinnati’s four-run third inning, Shin-Soo Choo also homered, and the Reds beat Julio Teheran and the Atlanta Braves 8-4 on Sunday.

Bruce led the Reds with three hits. Brandon Phillips had a tworun double in the ninth, and Choo had two hits and scored three runs as the Reds split the four-game series.

“We’ve had a good first half,” Bruce said. “Obviously, we’re not in first place and that’s where we want to be, but we’ve played well, especially with the injuries we’ve had. To still be right here in the hunt, we’re in good shape right now.

“We’re looking forward to the second half.”

The Reds began the day five games behind St. Louis and Pittsburgh in the division. They gained a game on the Pirates, who lost to the Mets. The Cardinals played the Cubs on Sunday night.

“It makes for a better All-Star break,” Reds manager Dusty Baker said. “We had a chance to really take three out of four or maybe even sweep them but we’ll take what we got.”

Bruce’s homer was his first since he hit two on June 22. He had gone 18 games without one.

“I really don’t pay attention to that stuff,” he said. “I started off July a little slow but slowly got heated up a little bit. It’s a long month.”

Reds right-hander Logan Ondrusek (3-0) threw two scoreless innings as the second reliever behind Tony Cingrani, who lasted only four innings.

Teheran (7-5) allowed five runs, seven hits and two walks in 5 1-3 innings.

AP Photo | John Bazemore

Cincinnati Reds right fielder Jay Bruce follows through for a two-run home run as Atlanta Braves catcher Gerald Laird, left, looks on in the third inning of a baseball game Sunday in Atlanta.

Andrelton Simmons and Dan Uggla hit homers for Atlanta.

Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman was held out because of a jammed left thumb that will prevent him from playing in the All-Star game on Tuesday.

The Braves had outfielders Jason Heyward, Justin Upton, B.J. Upton and Freeman sustain injuries in the series.

The team placed B.J. Upton on the 15-day disabled list before the game with a right adductor muscle strain.

“We lost a lot of key players but the guys that stepped in did a terrific job for us,” Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said.

“You felt good that we had a chance. Even today. We hit the ball hard.

“Anytime your back is up against it like we were and guys respond, you feel good about your club.”

Atlanta catcher Brian McCann was named to replace Freeman

on the NL All-Star team.

The Reds led 5-3 before scoring three times in the ninth off Anthony Varvaro. Phillips’ double drove in Choo and Joey Votto, and Phillips scored on Todd Frazier’s single.

Control problems pushed up Cingrani’s pitch count. The rookie left-hander, who threw 96 pitches, allowed two runs — one earned — four hits and three walks in four innings. It matched his shortest start.

Cingrani was frustrated early in the game by home plate umpire Sam Holbrook’s strike zone.

“They were calling them low, and Tony and (catcher) Devin (Mesoraco) thought they were strikes,” Baker said. “Sometimes you get tested, especially when you’re a rookie and you’re not going to get a lot of the nearstrikes. Sam was consistent and that’s all you can ask the umpire to do.”

Cingrani gave up a run in the second but stranded three runners. Reed Johnson singled with two outs and scored on Gerald Laird’s double. Cingrani loaded the bases with two walks, but ended the inning by snagging Jose Constanza’s liner.

Atlanta’s missed opportunity for a bigger inning set the stage for the Reds’ four-run third. Cingrani led off with a bunt single, and Choo also singled before Votto’s double and Brandon Phillips’ groundout each drove in a run. Bruce’s 19th homer pushed the lead to 4-1.

The Braves added an unearned run in the third.

Simmons walked, moved to third on Chris Johnson’s single and scored when Reds shortstop Zack Cozart caught a liner

by Evan Gattis and then threw wildly to first base in an attempt for a double play.

Choo led off the fifth with his 13th homer.

Indians rally to beat Royals, 6-4 CLEVELAND (AP) — A week ago, the Indians were reeling amid serious questions about whether they could contend.

Five wins have put them back on track.

And back on Detroit’s heels.

Asdrubal Cabrera hit a two-run double to cap Cleveland’s comeback in the sixth inning, and the Indians charged into the All-Star break with a 6-4 win over Kansas City on Sunday and three-game sweep of the Royals.

Cabrera’s double off Tim Collins (2-5) led the roller-coasting Indians to their fourth straight win.

At 51-44, they stayed 1 1-2 games behind the first-place Tigers in the AL Central. Last week, Detroit took three of four from Cleveland to widen its lead in the division. It seemed the Tigers were poised to run away and hide.

But with their fans fearing a collapse like last year, the Indians pulled together.

“We got the city of Cleveland to step back off the ledge after the Detroit series,” said All-Star second baseman Jason Kipnis. “So that’s good. We wanted to push ourselves. To be able to sweep them and get a couple days off now, that’s a great way to end it.”

Cleveland has its most wins at the All-Star break since 2007 — the last time the Indians made the playoffs.

Reliever Rich Hill (1-1) got two outs in the sixth, and closer Chris Perez — Cleveland’s fifth reliever — worked the ninth for his 13th save as the Indians improved to 43-1 when leading after eight.

AP Photo | Tony Dejak

KANSAS CITY Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar tags out Cleveland Indians’ Asdrubal Cabrera at second base in the eighth inning of a baseball game Sunday in Cleveland. Cabrera tried to steal. The Indians won 6-4.

Billy Butler had three hits for the Royals (4349), who dropped their fifth straight. Kansas City is third in the AL Central, eight games back.

“We’ve had a rough five games,” manager Ned Yost said. “They can go take a break, regroup and hopefully come back and play more consistent baseball.”

The Indians have had their issues with inconsistency, as well, but they have been resilient all season. The series finale was no different as Cleveland trailed 4-3 in the sixth before rallying against Kansas City’s usually reliable bullpen.

Collins, who took the loss in Friday’s series opener, walked Lonnie Chisenhall leading off.

Drew Stubbs singled, Michael Bourn sacrificed, and Cabrera, whose name has surfaced in trade rumors, drove a 1-0 pitch into the gap in right-center

to put Cleveland back in front.

Kipnis followed with an RBI single off Everett Teaford to give the Indians a 6-4 lead.

“I was real proud of our guys,” manager Terry Francona said.

“We kept battling, and because of it we go into the break with a nice win.”

Bryan Shaw and Joe Smith combined for two scoreless innings before Perez, who spent time on the disabled list and was charged with drug possession in the first half, gave up a one-out double in the ninth but struck out Butler and retired All-Star catcher Salvador Perez on a grounder for the final out.

The Indians have overcome their share of injuries, inconsistent pitching and a 4-16 stretch which put them 5 1-2 games back of the Tigers on June 17.

After dropping three

of four to Detroit, Cleveland finished the first half by going 5-1.

“It’s been a great first half for us,” Indians first baseman Nick Swisher said. “We’ve dealt with a lot of injuries and to be standing where we are right now, we’ve got to feel great about that.”

Royals starter James Shields ended up with his seventh no-decision in his last nine starts. The right-hander allowed three runs and seven hits in five innings, leaving with a 4-3 lead. Shields has received sparse run support as the Royals have scored just nine total runs in his six losses.

Shields, though, was more focused on getting his team turned around than his record.

“You never want to lose five in a row, but I’m not too worried about it,” Shields said. “We’ve done a good job of grinding this first half. It definitely could be a lot

worse and it definitely could be a lot better.

Right now we need to kick it in gear and string together some wins.”

Indians starter Ubaldo Jimenez didn’t get through the fifth inning, his shortest start since June 7.

After the Indians took a 3-2 lead in the third, Jimenez let the Royals grab it back in the fourth on Johnny Giavotella’s RBI groundout and Alcides Escobar’s runscoring single.

Jimenez walked the leadoff hitter in the fifth and was quickly pulled by Francona before things got worse.

Reliever C.C. Lee made his major league debut and retired the Royals on three straight popups to keep the Indians within one.

Shields worked around a two-on, none-out jam in the second, but hurt himself with a one-out walk in the third when the Indians scored twice to take a 3-2 lead.

Kipnis walked with one down and moved up on a groundout. Michael Brantley, who came in batting .382 with runners in scoring position, hit an RBI single to tie it 2-all. Santana then doubled inside the bag at first, and third-base coach Brad Mills never hesitated in waving Brantley home.

“I don’t feel like I struggled,” Shields said.

“I threw some really good pitches. I think I threw three changeups that probably would have hit the dirt, and they got base hits on them. They probably had about 20 foul-offs.

That’s a good team over there. They work really good at-bats.”

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Sidney Daily News, Monday, July 15, 2013

Lincecum still the Freak after 148-pitch no-hitter SAN DIEGO (AP) — Tim Lincecum walked into the San Francisco Giants’ clubhouse late Sunday morning and, yes, his right arm was still attached to his body.

That was no small matter, considering that Lincecum threw 148 pitches in his first career no-hitter Saturday night.

The Freak, indeed.

While he was still trying to put his no-hitter into perspective, Lincecum said his arm was OK after his incredible effort in the San Francisco Giants’ 9-0 victory against the last-place San Diego Padres.

“I haven’t played catch yet but right now I feel good,” he said, sitting in the dugout an hour before the defending World Series champion Giants tried for a four-game sweep.

Lincecum looks different now that he’s cut his long hair, and he doesn’t throw quite as hard as he used to.

One thing hasn’t changed, though. Lincecum has never iced his arm after AP Photo | Lenny Ignelzi SAN FRANCISCO Giants starting pitcher Tim Lincecum starts, including his 148gets lifted by catcher Buster Posey after his no hit game pitch performance.

It turns out there was no against the San Diego Padres in a baseball game in San ice of any kind Saturday Diego Saturday. The Giants won the game 9-0.

night.

“Not even in the drinks that I didn’t have last night,” he said with a laugh.

“I said to him, ‘One time, can you ice it?’” manager Bruce Bochy recalled.

Lincecum, a two-time NL Cy Young Award winner, said he had a low-key celebration. He spoke by phone with his father and spent time with his girlfriend and his two dogs. He said he didn’t get to sleep until around 3:30 a.m.

“I woke up today, so I’m good,” he said.

Lincecum said his family and friends “get more excited than I do just because it’s hard for me to kind of realize and take in what’s going on.”

“It kind of goes back to what my dad tells me: ‘Don’t get too excited about the good stuff and don’t get too down about the bad stuff,’” he added.

“I’m trying to hover in the middle, and it could be the plague of me right now. I’m not really finding a way to enjoy this, I guess. But being able to share it with my family and friends was the best part.”

There was still a buzz

in the Giants’ clubhouse, where 12 hours earlier Lincecum was doused with champagne.

“Timmy!” one teammate hollered when Lincecum walked in, wearing a beanie and glasses. Another Giants player gave the slightly built pitcher grief about the fanny pack he was wearing.

“It’s momentum. It’s exciting,” said right fielder Hunter Pence, whose sensational diving catch of Alexi Amarista’s sinking liner in the eighth inning preserved the no-no.

Pitching coach Dave Righetti — who threw a no-hitter for the New York Yankees on July 4, 1983, a year before Lincecum was born — said the Freak’s pitch count became an issue in the sixth inning.

“The only way he was staying in was if he didn’t give up a hit,” Righetti said.

“He wanted it. You could tell. He was definitely in his zone, so to speak,” Righetti said.

“It goes without saying how badly a guy wants it when it’s going like that,” Lincecum said. “You just

Dixon sweeps at Toronto TORONTO (AP) — Scott Dixon pulled off a weekend sweep through the streets of Toronto that has made him a sudden championship contender.

Dixon was barely challenged at Exhibition Place, needing to pull off two late restarts to preserve what was otherwise an easy Sunday drive.

It was his third consecutive win —in seven days — and it vaulted Dixon from seventh in the standings before last week’s race at Pocono to second behind series leader Helio Castroneves.

Next up for IndyCar? An Aug. 4 race at MidOhio, where Dixon is the defending winner.

“What a turnaround in a couple weeks,” said Dixon, who was winless a week ago but broke through at Pocono for his first victory of the year.

Now he can’t be stopped and Sunday’s win, the 32nd of his career, moved Dixon into sole possession of seventh on the alltime wins list. His victory Saturday moved him into a tie with teammate Dario Franchitti, Sebastien Bourdais and Paul Tracy, but the 32-year-old New Zealander is on the hunt for much more.

His sweep of the Toronto doubleheader also earned Dixon a $100,000 bonus from IndyCar sponsor Sonax. “$100 grand is good, but I’d rather have the points,” Dixon said. “Points are why we’re here.”

With six races remaining, Dixon now trails leader Castroneves by 29 points. Castroneves finished second but had nothing in his Chevrolet to challenge the Honda driven by Dixon, who started from the pole.

“They were in a dif-

ferent league, Scott and Ganassi guys, I was pushing,” Castroneves said.

“Whatever he is taking for breakfast, I want it. Scott, tell me what you’re having for breakfast. Let’s be realistic — the guy was leading the whole race, 13 seconds ahead.”

Bourdais was third for his second podium finish of the weekend after not finishing in the top-three in American open-wheel since 2007. On Saturday, his second-place trophy slipped off its pedestal and shattered as he was presented with it on the podium. Sunday was a successful handoff as Bourdais picked up the trophy without a pedestal.

Bourdais managed his finish without having a single push-to-pass to rely on inside his car.

“It was really hard, and it was from seventh place,” Bourdais said. “Things just turned our way. I was hooked up.”

Toronto native James Hinchcliffe had a rough weekend — an issue with his throttle prevented him from starting the race with the rest of the field. He finished 21st, four laps behind the leaders.

Carlos Munoz, who got a call from Panther Racing late Saturday night to replace Ryan Briscoe because Briscoe broke his right wrist, finished 17th.

It was the second IndyCar race of the 21-year-old Colombian’s career, first on a road course.

Franchitti, who had third place stripped of him Saturday and then restored after a penalty, was fourth as Target Chip Ganassi Racing has seemed to turn itself around over the last week. Winless until Pocono, Dixon and Franchitti are formidable threats again.

hope they give you a leash to do so and you do so with the slack that you’re given.

I think it just turns into an internal focus and you try to take advantage of the pitches you have left and you know that every pitch that you throw is that much more worrisome, I’m pretty sure.”

Bochy said he was impressed with how Lincecum got locked in when he had thrown about 100 pitches.

“Sure, that’s a lot of pitches, but there’s days when a guy gets in a groove, he’s not putting a lot of effort in it and you let the dog run. … There’s no way I could have taken that kid out,” Bochy said. “First of all, he probably wouldn’t have talked to me the rest of the season. But he was still going strong.”

Lincecum struck out 13, walked four and hit a batter.

He struggled this year and last, although he’s also been plagued this season by poor run support.

Lincecum’s no-hitter — the first in Petco Park’s 10-year history — was popular well beyond the pro-

BRIAN VICKERS, right, is congratulated

by Jimmie Johnson in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. AP Photo | Mary Schwalm

Vickers surprise winner in New Hampshire race LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Brian Vickers pulled into the lead late and took off on the green-white-checkered finish to win Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

The surprise winner snapped a 75-race losing streak in the series with his third career Sprint Cup victory. Vickers drives a part-time schedule for Michael Waltrip Racing and competed in just his eighth race of the season.

Vickers made the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship in 2009, only to be sidelined most of the next season with blood clots. He returned to drive a full schedule in 2011 but made only eight Cup starts last season.

Kyle Busch was second and Jeff Burton third. Pole winner Brad Keselowski was fourth and Aric Almirola fifth.

Jimmie Johnson brushed off his 43rd-place start to finish sixth. Tony Stewart was running inside the top 10 at the final caution until he ran out of fuel and plummeted to 26th.

“It wasn’t until the end when we started running down the 18 (Busch) and the 14 (Stewart) that I felt we had a car capable of winning,” Vickers said. “Then I was hungry.”

Vickers hadn’t won since the August

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2009 race at Michigan. He won his first career Cup race in August 2006 at Talladega Superspeedway.

MWR fields cars for Martin Truex Jr. and Clint Bowyer. But the No. 55 has been shared this season among Vickers, Mark Martin and Michael Waltrip.

Vickers’ win may have put him in position for a full-time ride at MWR in 2014.

“Nothing is a guarantee in life. I learned the hard way,” he said. “Even when you think it’s done, it’s not done. But it definitely goes a long way.”

Busch and Vickers finished 1-2 in Saturday’s Nationwide Series race.

Both drivers had to stretch their fuel and Vickers ran out just as he crossed the finish line.

He was in a similar spot again down the stretch a race later. He had just enough to zip past Stewart with 13 laps left and didn’t run out until it was time for the celebratory burnout.

Stewart wasn’t so lucky a week after he finished second at Daytona.

Johnson, who won at Daytona, was mired in last place for the first time in his career after his car flunked post-qualifying inspection. For the five-time Cup champ, that was no big deal. The points leader made quick

work through the back of the field and worked his way up to the front for most of the race.

He easily breezed past 71-year-old Morgan Shepherd, the oldest driver to start a race in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup series.

Kurt Busch led a race-high 102 laps before he connected with Ryan Newman to end his shot at his first victory of the season. Off the restart, Danica Patrick was involved in a three-car wreck that included boyfriend Ricky Stenhouse Jr. “We’re all bunched up on those restarts,” Patrick said. “I’m not sure if I misjudged the breaking zone or they stopped really quick in front of me.”

Vickers survived it all to win for the third time in 271 Sprint Cup races.

Driving for Red Bull Racing, his career was seriously derailed in 2010 because of clots in his leg and lungs.

He had two procedures to close a hole in his heart and insert a stent into a vein in his left leg.

After Red Bull shut down after the 2011 season, Vickers hooked on with MWR. He’s been driving full-time this season in the Nationwide Series for Joe Gibbs Racing.

Vickers thanked the MWR team for “believing in me and giving me a second chance.”

Ty Cobb’s bat to be auctioned off DETROIT (AP) — A baseball bat given by Tigers legend Ty Cobb to Detroit’s postmaster will be auctioned off during All-Star week.

The century-old, 34.5-inch bat used by “The Georgia Peach” is available to the highest bidder through Hunt Auctions.

It belongs to a descendant of William Nagel, who was a friend of Cobb’s.

Nagel also sometimes threw batting practice to Cobb.

Nagel’s great-grandson, Duffy Ross,

is the one who’s selling off the bat through the auction at MLB All-Star FanFest in New York. The auction ends on Tuesday.

The estimated price range for the bat is $75,000 to $125,000.

Ross says “it’s nice to know” his great-grandfather “played even a small role in the success of one of baseball’s all-time greats.” ___ Online: http://bit.ly/1bs35i3

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Mickelson wins Scottish Open title INVERNESS, Scotland (AP) — Phil Mickelson doffed his cap to an adoring and applauding crowd in the grandstands overlooking the 18th green at the Scottish Open, and walked to the side of the putting surface to hug his wife and three children.

It was a similar scene 20 minutes later — this time with Mickelson having seized his second chance to secure a first victory in Europe in 20 years.

Mickelson beat Branden Grace in a playoff Sunday after putting himself, his family and his growing legion of Scottish fans through a tense finale on a wild final day on the Castle Stuart links.

“Nobody likes a movie that is predictable,” said Mickelson, who appears to be as popular in the Highlands as he is back in California. “You always want to have a little bit of suspense.”

After overcoming a terrible start to his last round and

wiping out a five-shot deficit to overnight leader Henrik Stenson, Mickelson only needed two putts for par on the 72nd hole to complete the perfect preparation for next week’s British Open at Muirfield.

From the fringe, 15 feet out, his putt raced past the hole and his return effort from 5 feet clipped the edge of the cup and stayed out. That meant a new duel with Grace, who shot a 69 like Mickelson in the final round to finish at 17-under 271.

Before heading back up the par-5 18th, Lefty embraced his family, who had been waiting nearby hoping to celebrate with him.

“I was just getting a little luck from them. And refocusing after making a mistake like that,” Mickelson said.

It was skill rather than luck that eventually decided things in his favor.

With Grace landing his third

shot in the playoff 25 feet away, Mickelson seized his chance by producing a pitch from 45 yards with a 64-degree wedge that spanned back to within a foot of the pin.

After days of links-style bump and runs, it was the kind of chip shot he produces regularly on the PGA Tour that sealed the win.

After Mickelson tapped in, his South African opponent’s putt slid by and the celebrations could really begin for the Mickelson clan.

“I almost let it slip away, but to come out on top feels terrific,” said Mickelson, who will tee off at Muirfield next week as No. 5 in the world and $740,000 richer.

This was his 48th professional victory worldwide, four of which have come in the majors. However, he has never raised the claret jug.

AP Photo | PA, Kenny Smith

PHIL MICKELSON gestures, as he walks to the 18th hole during day four of the Scottish Open Sunday. Mickelson birdied the first playoff hole to beat Branden Grace.

SCOREBOARD AUTO RACING NASCAR Sprint Cup Camping World RV Sales 301 Results The Associated Press Sunday At New Hampshire Motor Speedway Loudon, N.H. Lap length: 1.058 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (13) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 302 laps, 103.5 rating, 0 points, $214,075.

2. (4) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 302, 128, 43, $228,043.

3. (9) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 302, 112.4, 41, $141,935.

4. (1) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 302, 119.9, 41, $179,076.

5. (17) Aric Almirola, Ford, 302, 81.7, 39, $152,496.

6. (43) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 302, 93.7, 38, $147,646.

7. (18) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 302, 82.2, 37, $140,221.

8. (6) Carl Edwards, Ford, 302, 92.2, 36, $128,560.

9. (12) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 302, 112, 36, $127,776.

10. (5) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 302, 102.6, 34, $134,871.

11. (8) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 302, 97.3, 33, $105,235.

12. (11) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 302, 83.8, 32, $117,380.

13. (20) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 302, 83.2, 31, $127,518.

14. (3) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 302, 98.1, 30, $108,260.

15. (22) Greg Biffle, Ford, 302, 80.6, 29, $102,410.

16. (19) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 302, 70.9, 28, $118,610.

17. (14) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 302, 73, 27, $116,501.

18. (24) David Gilliland, Ford, 302, 65.1, 26, $103,918.

19. (29) David Ragan, Ford, 302, 59.5, 25, $109,618.

20. (42) David Stremme, Toyota, 302, 53.2, 24, $100,518.

21. (7) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 302, 84.9, 23, $101,110.

22. (26) A J Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 302, 57.4, 22, $104,218.

23. (39) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 302, 54.3, 21, $93,782.

24. (10) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 302, 82.2, 20, $111,149.

25. (38) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 302, 44.3, 0, $80,985.

26. (16) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 302, 100.5, 19, $132,560.

27. (33) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 301, 62.6, 17, $91,210.

28. (27) David Reutimann, Toyota, 299, 46.9, 16, $82,910.

29. (40) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 298, 41.6, 15, $82,535.

30. (37) Ken Schrader, Ford, 298, 36.5, 14, $83,785.

31. (2) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 283, 111.2, 15, $110,430.

32. (36) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet,

transmission, 281, 37.7, 0, $78,810.

33. (21) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 277, 41.8, 11, $105,799.

34. (23) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 275, 56.9, 10, $128,221.

35. (35) Josh Wise, Ford, 270, 39.9, 0, $78,185.

36. (28) Casey Mears, Ford, 242, 29.4, 8, $85,955.

37. (32) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, accident, 237, 47.7, 7, $77,741.

38. (31) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, accident, 236, 49, 6, $80,675.

39. (15) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, accident, 225, 63.3, 5, $102,833.

40. (25) Joey Logano, Ford, 211, 34.3, 4, $92,583.

41. (41) Morgan Shepherd, Toyota, vibration, 92, 25.3, 0, $60,675.

42. (30) Michael McDowell, Ford, vibration, 89, 34.5, 2, $56,675.

43. (34) Mike Bliss, Toyota, rear gear, 75, 30.6, 0, $53,175.

Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 98.735 mph.

Time of Race: 3 hours, 14 minutes, 10 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 0.582 seconds.

Caution Flags: 12 for 58 laps.

Lead Changes: 10 among 6 drivers.

Lap Leaders: B.Keselowski 1-9; Ky.Busch 10-62; Ku.Busch 63-74; B.Keselowski 75-77; Ku.Busch 78-123; B.Keselowski 124; M.Kenseth 125-157; B.Keselowski 158; Ku.Busch 159-202; T.Stewart 203-286; B.Vickers 287-302.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): Ku.Busch, 3 times for 102 laps; T.Stewart, 1 time for 84 laps; Ky.Busch, 1 time for 53 laps; M.Kenseth, 1 time for 33 laps; B.Vickers, 1 time for 16 laps; B.Keselowski, 4 times for 14 laps.

Top 12 in Points: 1. J.Johnson, 696; 2. C.Bowyer, 640; 3.

C.Edwards, 623; 4. K.Harvick, 622; 5. D.Earnhardt Jr., 578; 6.

M.Kenseth, 576; 7. Ky.Busch, 576; 8. G.Biffle, 545; 9. Brad Keselowski, 529; 10. K.Kahne, 523; 11. M.Truex Jr., 521; 12. J.Gordon, 521.

Shady Bowl Speedway DeGraff Saturday’s results Late Models Dash winner: Matthew Parsons Heat winners: Russ Bobb and Mark Parker Feature 110 lap Denny Shatto Memorial presented by Helman Brothers Body Shop: 1. Josh Smith 2. Mark Parker 3. Mike Ward 4. Sam Heckman 5. Jamie Hunt 6. Nathan Herron 7. Austin Troyer 8. Russ Bobb 9. Jeep Pflum 10. Jerry Shaffer 11. Matthew Parsons 12. Brock Coyer 13.Nick Frazier 14.Brandon Oakley 15. Landon Sciacca 16.

Vaughn Young Modifieds Fast qualifier: Chad Poole 13.873 Dash winner: Rob Yelton Heat winners: Buck Purtee and Rob Schaeff

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Feature 30 laps: 1. Brad Yelton 2. Buck Purtee 3. Chris Parker 4.

Rob Yelton 5. Greg Winget 6. Joe Pequinot 7. Logan McPherson 8.

Jared Rupert 9. Carl Stapleton 10.

Rob Schaeff 11. Chad Poole 12.

Kevin Bloxam 13. Roger Winget 14.

Mike Pippins 15. Ethan Pope 16.

Brad Williams Street Stocks Fast qualifier: Jason Burnside 15.134 Dash winner: Rodney Roush Heat winners: Buck Purtee and Chad Brandyberry Feature: 1. Rodney Roush 2. Jason Drummond 3. James Harding 4. Josh Sage 5. Richard Roush 6. Ricky Young 7. Andy Heath 8. Dillon Snapp 9. Dan Reeser 10. Chad Brandyberry 11. Ethan Rutherford 12. Jason Burnside 13. Chris Prater 14. Robert Roush 15. Dave Sage 16.

Roger Roush 17. Scott Sullenberger Tuners: Fast Qualifier: Gary Eaton 15.636 Dash Winner: Chad Small II Heat Winner: Justin Pope Feature: 1. Holli Eaton 2. Ron Masters 3. Gary Eaton 4. Terry Eaton 5. Chad Small II 6. Justin Pope 7. Dylan Troyer 8. Chad Small 9. Brandon Frazier 10. Tony Cottrill 11. T.J. Francis Compacts Fast Qualifier: Jay Lakins Jr. 17.553 Feature: 1. Chris Prater 2.

Jay Lakins Jr. 3. Matt Jackson 4.

Zack Doolins 5. Nicholas Meade 6. Alex George 7. Robbie Taylor 8.

Dave Callahan 9. Rob Taylor

Eldora Speedway Rossburg Saturday’s results 30th annual King’s Royal World of Outlaw Sprints Heat winners: Dale Blaney, Joey Saldana, Donny Schatz, Tim Kaeding, Brad Sweet, Brandon Wimmer.

B-Feature — 1. 1-Sammy Swindell [2]; 2. 45D-Danny Holtgraver [4]; 3.

3G-Shane Stewart [7]; 4. W20-Greg

Wilson [1]; 5. 11N-Randy Hannagan [10]; 6. 55X-James Mcfadden [8]; 7. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr [3]; 8.

24H-Bryan Sebetto [5]; 9. 82-Jason Solwold [12]; 10. 97-Dean Jacobs [6]; 11. 2L-Ed Lynch Jr [11]; 12.

7S-Jason Sides [13]; 13. 1S-Logan Schuchart [9]; 14. 40-Caleb Helms [17]; 15. 2MH-Dallas Hewitt [15]; 16. 1A-Jacob Allen [18]; 17. 6R-Bill Rose [DNF]; 18. 60-Kory Crabtree [DNF]; 19. 4S-Danny Smith [DNF]; 20. 00-Jim Nier [DNS]; A feature — 1. 49-Brad Sweet [2]; 2. 83K-Tim Kaeding [3]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [4]; 4. 9W-Brandon Wimmer [1]; 5. 59-Jac Haudenschild [10]; 6.

11K-Kraig Kinser [11]; 7. 29-Kerry Madsen [9]; 8. 11-Steve Kinser [15]; 9. 6-David Gravel [19]; 10. 2-Dale Blaney [6]; 11. 83X-Tim Shaffer [8]; 12. 7-Craig Dollansky [20]; 13.

9-Daryn Pittman [16]; 14. 3G-Shane Stewart [23]; 15. 1-Sammy Swindell [21]; 16. W20-Greg Wilson [24]; 17.

21-Brian Brown [18]; 18. 51-Paul Mcmahan [13]; 19. 45D-Danny Holtgraver [DNF]; 20. 63-Chad Kemenah [DNF]; 21. 24A-Rico Abreu [DNF]; 22. 71-Joey Saldana [DNF]; 23. 14-Tony Stewart [DNF]; 24. 4-Cody Darrah [DNF].

NRA Sprints

DNF; 9. 17-Jared Horstman DNS. A feature — 1. 7-Darren Long [4]; 2. 2S-Kyle Sauder [1]; 3. 22H-Randy Hannagan [6]; 4. 2M-Dustin Daggett [5]; 5. 89-Robbie Stillwaggon [12]; 6. B20-Butch Schroeder [7]; 7.

27-Beau Stewart [8]; 8. 6S-Tim Shaffer [9]; 9. 49-Shawn Dancer [19]; 10. 6JS-Jr Stewart [11]; 11.

12R-Nick Roberts [14]; 12. 35-Ron Blair [17]; 13. 29-John Ivy [16]; 14.

49T-Gregg Dalman [15]; 15. 7C-Max Stambaugh [13]; 16. 64-Scott Thiel DNF; 17. 40DD-Caleb Griffith DNF; 18. 11-Tim Allison DNF; 19.

1H-Luke Hall DNF; 20. 23-Devon Dobie DNF.

BASEBALL Major League baseball National League The Associated Press East Division W L Pct GB 54 41 .568 -Atlanta Washington 48 47 .505 6 Philadelphia 48 48 .500 6½ New York 41 50 .451 11 Miami 35 58 .376 18 Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 56 36 .609 -Pittsburgh 56 37 .602 ½ Cincinnati 53 42 .558 4½ Chicago 42 50 .457 14 Milwaukee 38 56 .404 19

Heat winners — Robbie Stillwaggon, Tim Shaffer, Nick Roberts, Max Stambaugh. B-feature 1 — 1. 35-Ron Blair [2]; 2.

49-Shawn Dancer [1]; 3. 11N-Ed Neumeister [4]; 4. 5-Phil Walter [5]; 5. 220Z-Aaron Shaffer [6]; 6. 23GJoe Geibe [7]; 7. 10C-Bob Carmen DNF; 8. 69-Adam Anderson DNF; 9. 2W-Chad Mcinturff DNF; 10.

10X-Dustin Stroup DNS.

West Division W L Pct Arizona 50 45 .526 LA 47 47 .500 Colorado 46 50 .479 San Fran. 43 51 .457 San Diego 42 54 .438

B-feature 2 — 1. 23-Devon Dobie [1]; 2. 1H-Luke Hall [4]; 3.

22R-Kevin Roberts Jr [6]; 4. X-Dan Mazy [3]; 5. 33K-Kyle Patrick [5]; 6. 12W-Tim Hunter [8]; 7. 50B-Mike Burns [9]; 8. 10P-Jim Perricone

Sunday’s Games Washington 5, Miami 2, 10 innings Philadelphia 4, Chicago White Sox 3, 10 innings Cincinnati 8, Atlanta 4 N.Y. Mets 4, Pittsburgh 2

GB -2½ 4½ 6½ 8½

Colorado 3, L.A. Dodgers 1 Milwaukee 5, Arizona 1 San Diego 10, San Francisco 1 St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games All-Star Game at New York (Mets), 8 p.m.

Monday’s Games No games scheduled —— American League East Division W L Pct GB Boston 58 39 .598 -Tampa 55 41 .573 2½ Baltimore 53 43 .552 4½ New York 51 44 .537 6 Toronto 45 49 .479 11½ Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 52 42 .553 -Cleveland 51 44 .537 1½ Kansas 43 49 .467 8 Minnesota 39 53 .424 12 Chicago 37 55 .402 14 West Division W L Pct GB Oakland 56 39 .589 -Texas 54 41 .568 2 LA 44 49 .473 11 Seattle 43 52 .453 13 Houston 33 61 .351 22½ Sunday’s Games Cleveland 6, Kansas City 4 Minnesota 10, N.Y. Yankees 4 Detroit 5, Texas 0 Philadelphia 4, Chicago White Sox 3, 10 innings Baltimore 7, Toronto 4 Tampa Bay 5, Houston 0 Oakland 3, Boston 2, 11 innings Seattle 4, L.A. Angels 3 Tuesday’s Games All-Star Game at New York (Mets), 8 p.m.

Monday’s Games No games scheduled

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Sidney Daily News, Monday, July 15, 2013

Scooping it up Jarred Kirk (left) 9, and Tristan Houser, 12, both of Sidney, dive for a ball during a game of Scoop Ball at a free lunch hosted

by Gateway Youth on the courtsquare Friday. Gateway Youth is a program of the Council on Rural Services that helps support kids who may be struggling in life. Jarred is the son of Todd Kirk and Tara Hull.

Tristan is the son of Misty Prittchet and Tom Harvey.

SDN Photo | Luke Gronneberg

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rescue and emergency breathing supply system/ rapid intervention team.

Four members attended a seminar on “Pride & Ownership” and two attended a three-day class on vehicle/machinery rescue.

The Fire Prevention Division performed 29 inspections with 11 reinspections, handled one complaint, and gave three fire safety classes, two station tours, and participated in Sidney Police

McGhee receives degree

Department’s Safety Town and the annual Kids Around the Square.

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Conrad McGhee, of Sidney, graduated from Ohio Christian University with an Associate of Arts in Christian Ministry during spring commencement exercises.

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Your horoscope

BY FRANCIS DRAKE What kind of day will tomorrow be? To find out what the stars say, read the forecast given for your birth i_]d$ <eh M[Zd[iZWo" @kbo '-" (&') ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You feel a wonderful balance in your life, especially between the support you get from others and the refuge that home and family offer. It’s like it’s all coming together.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Today your optimism is not foolish, and your realism is not pessimistic. In other words, your communication with others is balanced.

(You sound smart!)

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Trust your moneymaking ideas today, because you believe in yourself and yet, at the same time, you won’t do something foolish. You’re in the groove!

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) This is an excellent time for you. Count your blessings. You have a nice balance between wanting to use your energy and wanting to conserve it. This applies to many areas in your life.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Whatever you’re doing behind the scenes can benefit others now, especially your home and family. In fact, at this time, many of you can achieve great stability at home.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) An older friend or acquaintance might be very beneficial to you at this time. This person might be in a group, or he or she could even be an older family member. Accept this person’s generosity.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) In some way, this time might be a culmination of something happening in your career. Your hard work will bring you favorable reviews from others, especially bosses, parents, teachers and VIPs. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Travel for pleasure, as well as travel for learning or business, is balanced now.

You can expand your world in an enjoyable way and, at the same time, benefit from your activities.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) The wealth and resources of others can help you, but probably in a secretive or

behind-the-scenes way. This can be fortunate for you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) This is a good time to determine how partnerships will work. It’s also a good time to get married.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) You definitely can improve your job or get a better job now. And similarly, many of you will see ways to improve your health as well.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) You are quite successful now, balancing play and work. In fact, you are also learning to expand your world by learning more as well as teaching someone.

YOU BORN TODAY You are ambitious. You take your career seriously. Even though you might appear to be quiet and reserved, you are a dynamo! You like to run your own business and call the shots, which is why many of you are freelancers or self-employed. You are prepared to wait for years to achieve your goals. This year a major choice likely will arise. Choose wisely.

Birthdate of: Donald Sutherland, actor; Phyllis Diller, actress/comedian; Mark Burnett, television producer.

Tree Board discusses emerald ash borer Emerald ash borer infestation was among issues discussed by the Sidney Tree Board at its recent meeting.

City staff has received many calls from residents with questions about trees infested with emerald ash borer on private property.

As far as dead and dying street trees, some removals are being done in-house, city officials reported.

There are still two large ash trees in city right of way

that need to be removed — one on New Columbia Boulevard and one on North Miami Avenue.

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HOROSCOPE

BY FRANCES DRAKE

For Tuesday, July 16, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is a good day to discuss how to share property or divide something, especially an inheritance. The wealth and resources of others can benefit you and your family.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Conversations with others will be smooth today. People are happy, upbeat and full of energy. What a great day to schmooze.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Relations with co-workers will be positive today. This is a good day to work with others and get their cooperation.

You will achieve more this way than by working alone.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) A playful day! Enjoy saucy flirtations with others. This is a strong day for sports and sports events, as well as socializing with friends. (You might feel competitive.)

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Family discussions will go well today because you have lots of positive energy. No doubt you will persuade others to go along with your wishes.

(Meanwhile, some of you are involved in secret activities, especially love affairs.)

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) This is a strong day for those of you in sales, marketing, teaching, acting or even those who write, because you are convincing! Because you have lots of intellectual energy, you want to tell it like it is.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) You're willing to work hard to earn money today. This is good. You're also willing to work hard to spend it. This might not be so good. Your call.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) You will assert yourself in a positive way today, because you feel courageous and confident. If others are looking to you for leadership, they'll find it.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You might be enthusiastic about travel plans today or anything related to higher education, medicine and the law. One way or another, you're going places!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Embrace the enthusiasm of others to get things done today. All group activities will be positive and ultimately will benefit you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) You are high-energy and ready to work. In fact, many of you will delegate as much as possible today because you're saving the most demanding aspects of your job for yourself.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Love affairs, romance, sports events and playful, social meetings will be high-energy occasions today. You're in the mood to party!

YOU BORN TODAY You are a passionate, romantic idealist. You constantly seek adventure to make your life stimulating and exciting. (This is why you are such a bold adventurer.)

You are true to your goals and desires because your faith is strong. You are also nurturing to loved ones. This year your most important focus is on partnerships and close friendships.

Birthdate of: Jayma Mays, actress/singer; Roald Amundsen, explorer; Sheri S. Tepper, author. (c) 2013 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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IN THIS May 23 photo, field operations manager Matthew Rossow tests the lettuce bot in Salinas, Calif. In the Salinas Valley, the lettuce capital of the world, entrepreneurs with the Silicon Valley company Blue River Technology are testing the Lettuce Bot, a boxy robotic machine that can thin fields of lettuce, a job that now requires detailed hand work by 20 farm workers.

Robots to revolutionize farming, ease labor woes Gosia Wozniacka ans Terence Chea Associated Press

SALINAS, Calif. (AP) — On a windy morning in California’s Salinas Valley, a tractor pulled a wheeled, refrigerator-sized contraption over rows of budding iceberg lettuce plants.

Engineers from Silicon Valley tinkered with the software on a laptop to ensure the machine was eliminating the right leafy buds.

Hired by a Salinas-based agricultural produce company, the engineers were testing the Lettuce Bot, a machine that can “thin” a field of lettuce in the time it takes about 20 workers to do the job by hand.

The thinner is part of a new generation of machines that target the last frontier of agricultural mechanization — fruits and vegetables destined for the fresh market, not processing, which have thus far resisted mechanization because they’re sensitive to bruising.

Researchers are now designing robots for these most delicate crops by integrating advanced sensors, powerful computing, electronics, computer vision, robotic hardware and algorithms, as well as networking and high precision GPS localization technologies. Most ag robots won’t be commercially available for at least a few years.

In this region known as America’s Salad Bowl, where for a century fruits and vegetables have been planted, thinned and harvested by an army of migrant workers, the machines could prove revolutionary.

Though they cost millions of dollars, farmers say, the robots are worth the investment: They could provide relief from recent labor shortages, lessen the unknowns of immigration reform, even reduce costs, increase quality and yield a more consistent product.

“There aren’t enough workers to take the available jobs, so the robots can come and alleviate some of that problem,” said Ron Yokota, a farming operations manager at Tanimura & Antle, the fresh produce company that hired the Lettuce Bot. Many sectors in U.S. agriculture have relied on machines for decades and even the harvesting of fruits and vegetables meant for processing has slowly been mechanized.

But nationwide, the vast majority of fresh-market fruit is still harvested by hand.

Research into fresh produce mechanization was dormant for years because of an over-abundance of workers and pressures from farmworker labor unions.

In recent years, as the labor supply has tightened and competition from abroad has increased, growers have sought out machines to reduce labor costs and supplement the nation’s unstable agricultural workforce. The federal government, venture capital companies and commodity boards have stepped up with funding.

“We need to increase our efficiency, but nobody wants to work in the fields,” said Stavros G.

Vougioukas, professor of biological and agricultural engineering at the University of California, Davis.

But farmworker advocates say mechanization would lead to workers losing jobs, growers using more pesticides and the food supply becoming less safe.

“The fundamental question for consumers is who and, now, what do you want picking your food; a machine or a human, who with the proper training and support, can” … take significant steps to ensure a safer, higher quality product, said Erik Nicholson, national vice president of the United Farm Workers of America.

On the Salinas Valley farm, entrepreneurs with Mountain View-based startup Blue River Technology are trying to show that the Lettuce Bot would not only replace two dozen workers, but also improve production.

“Using Lettuce Bot can produce more lettuce plants than doing it any other way,” said Jorge Heraud, the company’s cofounder and CEO. After a lettuce field is planted, growers typically hire a crew of farmworkers who use hoes to remove excess plants to give space for others to grow into full lettuce heads. The Lettuce Bot uses video cameras and visual-recognition software to identify which lettuce plants to eliminate with a squirt of concentrated fertilizer that kills the unwanted buds while enriching the soil.

The company, which raised $3 million from a major Silicon Valley venture capital firm for the Lettuce Bot, also plans to develop machines to automate weeding — and eventually harvesting — using many of the same technologies.

Another company, San Diego-based Vision Robotics, is developing a similar lettuce thinner as well as a pruner for wine grapes. The pruner uses robotic arms and cameras to photograph and create a computerized model of the vines, figure out the canes’ orientation and the location of buds — all to decide which canes to cut down.

Fresh fruit harvesting remains the biggest challenge.

Machines have proved not only clumsy, but inadequate in selecting ripe produce. In addition to blunders in deciphering color and feel, machines have a hard time distinguishing produce from leaves and branches. And most importantly, matching the dexterity and speed of farmworkers has proved elusive.

“The hand-eye coordination workers have is really amazing, and they can pick incredibly fast. To replicate that in a machine, at the speed humans do and in an economical manner, we’re still pretty far away,” said Daniel L. Schmoldt at the U.S. Agriculture Department’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

In southern California, engineers with the Spanish company Agrobot are taking on the challenge by working with local growers to test a strawberry harvester.

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SDN Photo | Luke Gronneberg SDN Photo | Molly Green TONYA MEYER (left) of Ottawa, gets a drink from Steven Eickholt, of Ottoville, at Country Concert

LEE BRICE performs at the Country Concert on Saturday evening.

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WEARING A hat signed by past Country Concert singers, Kayla Schulten, 11, of Quincy, waits to meet her favorite star, Kellie Pickler, at Country Concert Friday. Kayla is the daughter of Kenny Puckett and Laurie Schulten.

Harold Torrens, Ohio Investigative Unit (OIU) Cincinnati District Office agent in charge, said they made 74 arrests during the weekend, including 73 arrests for underage drinking. Three juveniles were arrested for underage possession, one adult was arrested for drugs, and one juvenile was arrested for drug possession and underage drinking.

Torrens said one female juvenile was taken to Wilson Memorial Hospital with a blood-alcohol level of 0.197. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She was out there (at the concert) with three 40-yearold men â&#x20AC;Ś (she) didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know who they were,â&#x20AC;? Torrens said. Her parents thought she was with friends at the concert. They met her at the hospital.

Torrens said arrests were up this year, from approximately 51 arrests last year.

He said people attending the concert â&#x20AC;&#x153;need to be aware of consuming alcoholâ&#x20AC;? in such a short time, which can leave them â&#x20AC;&#x153;incoherent.â&#x20AC;?

Those who were arrested were cited and released, paying a fine at the Shelby County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office tent.

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NEWPORT â&#x20AC;&#x201D; While most of those attending Country Concert had a great time, there were those who found themselves facing charges, and some became ill during the weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s events.

Drew Croy of MedCorp, whose corporate office is in Toledo, said they transported three concertgoers during the three-day event who were in â&#x20AC;&#x153;criticalâ&#x20AC;? condition. He would not elaborate on what their specific health issues were, but noted they were transported to Wilson Memorial Hospital.

Croy said MedCorp treated approximately 100 individuals with a variety of problems at the concert and they transported a total of 13 people to the hospital during the event. He said the problems were â&#x20AC;&#x153;pretty run-of-the-mill â&#x20AC;Ś a lot quieter this year.â&#x20AC;? The main problems this year appeared to be â&#x20AC;&#x153;heat-related and alcohol-related.â&#x20AC;?

Croy stated that the Northern Miami Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross helped with the minor problems. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That â&#x20AC;Ś streamlined the process.â&#x20AC;?

with the event this year.

The Shelby County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office also played a significant role in maintaining order at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event.

According to Sheriff John Lenhart, there were seven arrests in which people went to jail, four trespassing arrests, one parole violation and two disorderly conduct arrests, one driving under the influence, and a couple of fender-bender-type auto accidents. There were some additional disorderly conduct arrests, although the numbers are not yet available. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to do chicken (crap) arrests,â&#x20AC;?

Lenhart said, noting, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am disappointed in the direction and the money that is wasted (by) law enforcement at the state (level) â&#x20AC;Ś under this governor (John Kasich),â&#x20AC;? Lenhart said.

Lenhart wanted to emphasize that â&#x20AC;&#x153;we do not want people to drink and drive,â&#x20AC;? but he noted, he does not believe in making arrests to reach a quota. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a governor who wants to make a name for himself because he wants to run for president.

God forbid.â&#x20AC;?

Officials also dealt with

property reported missing by concertgoers. There were â&#x20AC;&#x153;lots of cell phones, iPads, wallets â&#x20AC;Ś 25, maybe 30.

Every wallet that was found (and) had money, (was) intact,â&#x20AC;? Lenhart said, noting that all of the money and IDs were there. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never seen anything quite like it.â&#x20AC;?

The sheriff said it speaks to the caliber of people who attended the concert.

Lenhart thanked the other sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offices from around the area that assisted the Shelby County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office at the event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to thank Mercer, Auglaize, Logan, Allen (and) Darke for their help.â&#x20AC;?

Lenhart also wanted to thank his own staff, who worked 120 eight-hour shifts during the three days. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They did fine as always,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They protect the citizens and the guests of this county well. They make commonsense judgments and they treat citizens with respect.â&#x20AC;?

The sheriff was impressed with this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concert from a law enforcement perspective. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was in the top three of the 33 concerts that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been involved with,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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LEE BRICE (center) and members of his band perform for the crowd Saturday night at Country Concert.

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COUNTRY MUSIC fans fill the concert venue at Country Concert Saturday

LEE BRICE looks at the crowd as he performs Saturday evening at Country Concert.

BRAD PAISLEY got the crowd rocking during his performance Saturday night at Country Concert. He was the closing performing for the three-day concert held in Newport.

THE CROWD snaps photos and sings along with Chris Young as he performs at Country Concert Saturday.

Concert From page 1 place, he said. He enjoys the performers. “I like them all.”

Sandy Sakal, 56, of Tipp City, was attending Country Concert for the first time.

“I think it’s great,” she said. “The weather has been awesome.” Her daughter, Chelsey, 20 years old, got to sing with Dierks Bentley on Friday night. Sakal said her daughter was in the audience and was “thrilled” to have the opportunity to sing with him. He also signed a cup and hat for her.

“I will be back,” Sakal said.

Jill Smedley, of West Milton, said she had not been to Country Concert in years.

“This is my first time in 20 years.”

She noted that it has changed “tremendously … when I came 20 years ago, they didn’t have the tents and all of this.”

Paul Barhorst, of Fort Loramie, whose family is responsible for Country Concert, said Sunday morning, “It was a great crowd. Beautiful weather. A lot of people decided to come the day of the show … we don’t have final numbers yet” on how many attended the three-day event, but he said, it was close to last year.

Barhorst said over the years “you see some familiar faces” at the concert, with several attending from Canada and a group of people has traveled from Australia for the last three years to be at the concert.

While there were “not really” any issues this year, Barhorst said probably the biggest change was the new saloon tent, where those attending could hear new artists such as Chase Rice.

This year’s laser light show was part of Brad Paisley’s performance.

“Brad had nine semis and six buses … it was the biggest production we’ve ever had,” Barhorst said, adding that Paisley is “always … cutting edge.”

“All of our safety and security did a great job keeping everybody safe,” Barhorst said. The addition of the Northern Miami Valley American Red Cross tent was a help. He said people could go to the tent for help with a variety of problems.

“Our deputies and private security did an excellent job,” Barhorst said.

Barhorst said his family appreciates those who helped out during the concert this year, including Newport Sportsmen’s Club, Sidney Band Boosters and Fort Loramie Fire Department. Others helping included Jackson Center Boosters, Jerry’s Door Sales, Keith’s Truck and Trailer near Russia, Area Energy and Electric, Pioneer Rural Electric, Schafer Oil, Fort Loramie Rescue, Wolf Tent and Awning and Delpos Tent.

Barhorst also wanted to thank the multiservice crew that cleans the grounds during the concert and those who helped with parking.

“We have 130 young people lined up to clean up the grounds,” Barhorst said. Those who work concert weekend are paid directly or their organization is paid.

“We definitely want to thank our staff. When they see something that needs done,” they do it, Barhorst said.

“We’re humbled by the area support, whether it’s the fans or those willing to help.”

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