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WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; President Barack Obama sought to calm jittery Democrats Wednesday as they prepared to head home to face voters, assuring them theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re â&#x20AC;&#x153;on the right side of historyâ&#x20AC;? despite problems with the launch of his massive health care overhaul and an immigration fight with Republicans.

DonnIn back-to-back closed sessions with House and Senate Democrats, Obama delivered his broad message

about economic prosperity and expanding the middle class.

But in return he was confronted with questions from Democrats who are nervous about implementation of the health care law as they look ahead to town hall meetings during the August recess â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and to midterm elections next year.

The meetings at the Capitol offered a rare chance for the partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rank and file to press the president about budget talks with Republicans, the next chairman of the Federal

Reserve and local jobs projects, as well as to appeal to him for help in next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campaigns.

In a lighter moment, House Democrats presented Obama with a birthday cake. He turns 52 on Sunday.

The White House is seeking to keep up enthusiasm among Democrats following a rough start to Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second term.

He has gained an agreement in the Senate to get at least some long-blocked nominees confirmed, and the Senate has passed its version of sweeping immigration legislation. But

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Local students win contest The artwork of two local students has been honored by Gov. John R. Kasich and the Ohio Department of Agriculture.

Kasich and ODA Director David T. Daniels announced the winners for the 2013 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Agriculture is Coolâ&#x20AC;? visual arts contest. Ohio school children enrolled in school or home schooled during the 2012-2013 academic year shared their personal interpretation of why Ohio agriculture is â&#x20AC;&#x153;coolâ&#x20AC;? for their chance to win tickets to the Ohio State Fair.

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Showâ&#x20AC;? winner, and Marlo Young of Cardington was declared the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choiceâ&#x20AC;? winner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Agriculture isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just about working on the farm, it could mean a career as a veterinarian, a scientist, or an economist,â&#x20AC;? said Daniels. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is important for young people to understand that there are incredible opportunities in Ohio agriculture on and off the farm. The Ag is Cool! program gives us a way to do that.â&#x20AC;?

This year marks the third year of the contest, and the third year of the educational program that is featured at the Ohio State Fair, which runs through Sunday.

WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; President Barack Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s national security team acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that, when investigating one suspected terrorist, it can read and store the phone records of millions of Americans.

Since it was revealed recently that the National Security Agency puts the phone records of every American into a database, the Obama administration has assured the nation that such records are rarely searched and, when they are, officials target only suspected international terrorists.

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Auglaize County Cattleman Queen Stephanie Albers (left) 17, of Minster, helps Natalie Imwalle, 9, of St. Marys show her Angus heifer at the Auglaize County Fair Wednesday. Albers is the daughter Luke and Sue Albers. Natalie is the daughter of Matt and AnneMarie Imwalle.

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Municipal court

In Sidney Municipal Court Tuesday, Judge Duane Goettemoeller fined Marcy Looney, 42, 206 Franklin Ave., $150 and $10 costs and sentenced her to 30 days in jail (two days credit) for disorderly conduct, amended from resisting arrest. A domestic violence case was dismissed.

• Darlene M. Ledcke, 57, 2551 Apache Drive, was fined $200 and $538 costs and sentenced to 90 days in jail for attempted theft, amended from theft.

• Andrea L. Scholl, 21, 303 E. Court St., was fined $100 and $138 costs, sentenced to 20 days and jail, and ordered to do 40 hours of community service for disorderly conduct, amended from resisting arrest.

• Kimberly A. Kelly, 44, 403 S. Wilkinson Ave., was fined $75 and $113 costs for driving under suspension.

• Tracy L. Greene, 30, 410 N. Miami Ave., was fined $25 and $111 costs for assured clear distance.

• Tyler W. Day, 22, 2553 Apache Drive, was fined $30 and $86 costs for a seat belt violation.

• Jasmine C. Vondenhuevel, 28, 249 Ironwood Drive, was fined $25 and $111 costs for failure to control.

• Cheryl L. Schemmel, 58, 13455 State Route 29, Anna, was fined $30 and $105 costs for speeding.

• The driving under suspension case of Madalyn A. Spaugy, 20, 17471 Fort Lorarmie-Swanders Road, was dismissed after successful completion of the License Intervention Program.

In Municipal Court Monday, Goettemoeller fined Jeremy Treon, 41, 500 N. Vandemark Road, Apt. 27, $150 and $220 costs and sentenced him to 180 days in jail for assault, amended from domestic violence. An obstructing official business case was dismissed.

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2299 River Road, was fined $200 and $100 costs and sentenced to five days in jail for animals at large on road.

• James A. Rench, 39, 1359 1/2 S. Main Ave., was fined $25 and $118 costs for a sanitation-occupancy violation filed by the SidneyShelby County Board of Health. He also was fined $25 for a sanitation-potable water violation. Dismissed were charges of sanitationkitchen sink, sanitationbathroom and sanitationoutlets.

• Joshua D. Bricker, 31, 1740 Port Jefferson Road, was fined $375 and $103 costs, his license was suspended six months, and he was sentenced to five days in jail for driving under the influence. He also was fined $25 and $111 costs for prohibited noises from radio. A driving under the influence (breath) case was dismissed.

• Nathan A. Moeller, 31, 1127 Amherst Drive, was fined $250 and $105 costs for driving under suspension.

• Amy E. Ehas, 24, 825 Spruce Ave., was fined $150 and $113 costs for driving under suspension.

• Tod S. Gabel, 44, 618 E. Parkwood St., was fined $150 and $95 costs for driving under suspension. He also was fined $25 and $10 costs for a one-way street violation.

• Tiffany A. Lowe, 19, 836 Park St., Apt. D, was fined $30 and $105 costs for speeding.

• Traci L. Richardson, 43, 111 Pike St., was fined $30 and $105 costs for speeding.

• Samuel L. Vorhees, 59, 746 Chestnut Ave., was fined $30 and $86 costs for a seat belt violation.

• Tabetha M. Dahlinghaus, 36, 1916 Broadway Ave., was fined $30 and $105 costs for speeding.

• Robert G. Wolfe, 38, 10397 Millcreek Road, was

fined $25 and $111 costs for failure to control.

• Melissa D. Finkenbine, 44, 824 1/2 Lynn St., was fined $30 and $86 costs for a seat belt violation.

• Dustin K. Ball, 23, 123 Pike St., was fined $75 and $111 costs for no operator’s license.

• The driving under suspension case of Paul E. Hayden, 46, 225 Harvard Ave., was dismissed.

New civil cases Sterling Jewelers, Akron v. Dustin W. Cox, 13180 Luthman Road, Minster, $909.20.

Wilson Memorial Hospitval v. Jerry P. Hickerson and Suzanne L. Hickerson, 3673 State Route 66, Houston, $1,331.73.

Wilson Memorial Hospital v. John W. Kies and Heather M. Kies, 402 S. Kuther Road, $2,646.15.

Grange Mutual Casualty Co., Columbus v. Eric P. Hubbell, 220 Maple St., $5,224.44.

Capital One Bank, Richmond, Va. v. William V. Schmidt and Jennifer L. Schmidt, 828 N. West Ave., $7,766.99.

Portfolio Recovery Associates, Norfolk, Va. v.

Sarah Corner, 848 S. Main Ave., $1,260.20.

Mary Rutan Hospital, Bellefontaine v. Keiko Yamakawa, 505 Stone Castle Court, $666.73.

Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Cami J. Frey, Houston, $985.61.

Orthopaedic Institute of Ohio, Lima v. Angela Meyer, 17080 Staley Road, Botkins, $637.64.

Wilson Care, Sidney v.

Jennifer D. Ledford, 2872 Jerome Drive, Houston, $1,065.02.

Eagle Loan Co., Englewood v. Joseph Jones, 601 S. Ohio Ave., $4,697.20.

Dickenson Financial, Columbus v. James M. Sheeley, 21070 Lock Two Road, Jackson Center, $10,317.58.

Marquee Capital Inc.,

Columbus v.

Shaun McNeil, 405 Buckeye Ave., $4,736.18.

Lima Radiological Assoc iates v. Steven N. Helton, Port Jefferson, $707.

Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Lesley J. Cotterman, 4955 State Route 29 East, $3,240.48.

Lima Radiological Associates v. Dawn Frasure, 10378 State Route 705, $301.22.

Wilson Care Inc., Sidney v. Robin L. McCoy, 17411 Sharp Road, $252.

Lima Radiological Associates v. Amy E. Huddleston, 215 Elizabeth Drive, Russia, $113.59.

Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Travis W.Teasley, 532 N. Miami Ave., $1,031.91, Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Randall A. Jones, 1314 Hancock St., $1,426.52.

Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Milton Smith, 15124 Wones Road, Jackson Center, $2,624.60.

Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Diana C. Trisler, Tipp City, $4,643.75.

Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Vallery J. Gebhardt, Piqua, $1,87.16.

Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Christopher J. Heath, 811 Foraker Ave., $3,934.50.

Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Julie A. Hines, 12069 Hickory Drive, Minster, $1,072.20.

Portfolio Recovery Associates, Norfolk, Va. v.

Donald Davis Jr., 1204 Rees Drive, $930.26.

Citizens Financial Services, Beavercreek v. Phyllis Ewing, 804 Norwood Drive, $4,730.67; $1,390.18; and $3,340.49.

Lima Radiological Associates v. Michael Liveston and Carol E. Liveston, 225 Forest St., $206.59.

Wilson Care Inc., Sidney v. Steve D. Napier and Nicole Napier, 221 Pike St., $310.86.

St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima v. Mark A. Opperman and Edie Opperman, 12574 Lock Two Road, Botkins, $270.25.

Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Margaret Musser and Dale G. Musser, 13360 Fulton Road, $3,394.76.

Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Jason A. Riffell and Suymmer A. Riffell, 228 Williams St., $3,248.47.

Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Kelly S. Hankins and Gary A. Hankins, 5997 Cecil Road, $1,402.31.

Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Mark Murphy and Laurie K. Murphy, 14328 Highland-Kies Road, Anna, $1,564.14.

Bunny’s Pharmacy, 112 N. Main Ave. v. Glennice Stephens, Fair Haven Shelby County Home, $7,829.44.

Civil cases dismissed Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Elizabeth Steele, 524 Campbell Road, $1,508.65; judgment satisified.

Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Chris Ward, 1130 Fairmont Drive, $1,499.61; judgment satisified.

Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Patricia Howell, 17650 State Route 65, Jackson Center, $1,106.36; judgment satisfied.

Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Justin B. Thompson, 1010 N. Miami Ave., $1,261.75; judgment satisfied.

Capital One Bank, Richmond, Va. v. Ken Barnes, 10391 Luthman Road, Minster, $720.53; paid in full.

Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Jeffrey A. Poeppleman, 1557 Cardo Road, Fort Loramie, $3,603.75; judgment satisified.

Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Roger L. Morrow, 9722 PascoMontra Road, $1,407.38; judgment satisfied.

Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Tonya Roe,

9696 Hoying Road, Anna, $9,242.37; judgment satisfied.

Asset Acceptance, Warren, Mich. v. Richard K. Rinehart, 521 Linden Ave., $3,581.84; dismissed due to lack of prosecution.

Koenig Equipment, Botkins v.

Mark Bodenmiller, Casstown, $9,646.24; dismissed without prejudice.

Lima Radiological Associates, Lima v. Amber Couchot and Jeremy L. Couchot, 1366 Constitition Ave., $693; judgment satisified.

Credit Adjustments, Defiance v. Crystal E. Beam, 503 Sycamore Ave., $3,505; dismissed without prejudice.

Midland Funding, San Diego, Calif. v. Michael S. Large, 1246 Apple Blossom Lane, $1,093.59; paid in full.

Capital One Bank, Columbus v. Lacy M. Longacre, Piqua, $1,434.68; judgment satisified.

Village of Anna v. Scot Logan, 303 E. Main St., Anna, $5,605.37; judgment satisfied.

Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Sue R. Stangel, 823 Chestnut Ave., $3,148.52; dismissed due to lack of prosecution.

Jason Schwabenland, 12181 State Route 363, Minster v. Gary Briden, Mokena, Ill., $2,404.85; dismissed due to lack of prosecution.

Portfolio Recovery Associates, Norfolk, Va. v. Amanda Holbrook, Bellefontaine, $1,229.08; dismissed without prejudice.

Portfolio Recovery Associates, Norfolk, Va. v.

Terry L. Longacre, Piqua, $4,213.82; judgment satisfied.

Midland Funding, San Diego, Calif. v. Michael L. Dailey, 326 Sycamore Ave., $1,880.72; judgment satisified.

Timothy Harter, of Covington, reported a radio-controlled boat, valued at $350, was stolen from his vehicle in the area of Miami Avenue and Canal Street.

-4:18 p.m.: domestic violence. A woman reported her minor children assaulted her at a Sidney address. She suffered minor injuries.

-3:42 p.m.: theft.

Personnel at the Spot Restaurant reported a Shelby County Animal Rescue Foundation donation box was stolen from the restaurant.

-11:06 a.m.: telecommunications fraud.

Personnel at Lee’s Chinese restaurant, 113 S. Ohio Ave., reported a caller tried to defraud

them over the phone.

-8:17 a.m.: theft.

Kathleen Bass, 239 N. Walnut Ave., reported a game system, valued at $250, was stolen from her residence.

-6:52 a.m.: criminal damaging. Personnel at Clean All Services, 324 Adams St., reported someone broke out the driver’s side window of a truck with a rock. Loss was set at $300.

MONDAY -2:48 p.m.: passing bad checks. Personnel at Walgreens, 1400 Michigan St., reported receiving bad checks.

in a collision with a pickup truck Monday at 3:11 p.m.

Ryan Burgan, 9, 230 N. Walnut Ave., was riding southbound on the sidewalk on Walnut Avenue and began to cross the street against the “don’t walk” signal at the Court Street intersection. A pickup truck driven by Billy J. Goodman, 80, 121 W. Poplar St., Apt. 407, was westbound on Court. The traffic light was green for Goodman.

Burgan rode in front of the truck and was struck.

The Sidney Department of Fire and Emergency Services transported Burgan to Wilson Memorial Hospital. He

had nonincapacitating injuries.

City Record Police log WEDNESDAY -2:23 a.m.: theft/ receiving stolen property/criminal trespass.

Police arrested Matthew C. Padalino, 24, 912 Buckeye Ave.; Jarrett Burton, 18, 215 1/2 E. North St.; and a 16-yearold boy. They were arrested in connection with the theft of credit cards and a camera from the auto of Jessica Layne, 1041 N. Miami Ave., and for allegedly trespassing on the property of Cynthia Frantz, 430 New St. -1:34 a.m.: indictment. Police arrested James Agner, 28, on a grand jury indictment charging grand theft. He

also was arrested on a warrant for aggravated burglary.

TUESDAY -10:34 p.m.: criminal damaging. Brent Napier, 806 S. Main Ave., reported a window at his residence was damaged. Loss was set at $200.

-9:43 p.m.: criminal d a m a g i n g /u n d e ra g e consumption of beer.

Police arrested Daniel L. Fogt, 18, 1073 N. Main Ave., on charges of criminal damaging and underage consumption of beer.

He allegedly dented the rear quarter panel and broke a taillight on the auto of Ashley King, 2666 Bulle Road, at 125 W. Court St. Loss was set at $1,050.

-5:08 p.m.: theft.

County Record Sheriff’s log WEDNESDAY -2:40 a.m.: vandalism.

Deputies took a vandalism report at 17601 Montra Road, where a tire reportedly was slashed and a dog’s chain cut, enabling the dog to run off.

-12:44 a.m.: burglary.

Deputies responded to a report of a burglary at 19969 Johnston Road.

TUESDAY -6:06 p.m.: shooting.

Deputies responded to a report of a subject at the ER who had accidentally shot himself at 852 Wiles Road.

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Fire, rescue WEDNESDAY -3:56 p.m.: medical.

Medics were called to the 100 block of West Clay Street.

-2:14 p.m.: medical.

Medics were called to the 100 block of Highland Avenue.

-1:51 a.m.: fire alarm.

Firefighters were called to 2615 Campbell Road by an alarm. It was determined a sprinkler head had been knocked off.

-12:56 a.m.: medical.

Medics were called to the 200 block of Jefferson Street.

Commissioners award project Shelby County Commissioners awarded a project to the sole bidder Tuesday.

The project, a rehabilitation of Arrowhead Subdivision’s sanitary sewer system, was bid on only by Lake County Sewer Co. Inc., of Willowick. The bid of $309,780 exceeded the engineer’s estimate

for the project for $288,500.

According to County Engineer Robert Geuy, the project involves rehab and replacement of manholes, and lining and repair of the sewer lines. The work should cause minimal disruption for traffic in the subdivision.

The commissioners also opened

bids for exterior masonry repair at the jail. Four bids were received from Cotterman and Co., Midwest Maintenance, Trisco Systems, and Quality Masonry. Bids were for all or part of the project.

Commissioners will consider the bids and plan to act Aug. 6.

Obama From page 1 concerns about complexity.

While major provisions of the overall bill kick in Jan. 1, uninsured people will be able to start shopping for health plans on Oct. 1, and some Democrats are wary about the system being ready. Rep. Carol SheaPorter of New Hampshire said that in her state there is not enough competition because only one company had entered into the health care exchange.

In response, Obama told House Democrats as they head back to their districts that they “are on the right side of these issues and the right side of history in terms of providing health care to Americans and to ultimately finding com-

prehensive immigration reform,” said Rep. Janice Hahn of California.

Said Rep. John Yarmuth of Kentucky: “I just think he was trying to bolster the courage of the group.”

Obama spoke at length about his administration’s roll-out plans for the health care exchanges, which could be critical to the health care law’s success or failure.

Sen. Angus King, an independent from Maine who caucuses with the Democrats, said Obama told senators not to be defensive when discussing the law.

“Basically he said we have to remind people that a lot of good things are hap-

pening,” King told reporters after the senators-only meeting. King listed several of what he said are the law’s accomplishments, such as children being able to use their parent’s insurance policies until age 26 and reduced costs for drugs.

King also said there needs to be more emphasis on explaining what the health care law “really means” to Americans because of repeated attempts by House Republicans “to essentially sabotage it and frighten people.”

The sessions came just days before lawmakers leave the capital for a sixweek recess and the prospect of facing constituents back home at town halls

at a time when polls show Congress being held in low regard.

“We have a positive, forceful message, and the Republicans, all they can talk about is repealing Obamacare as if that is the answer to our prayers,” said Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate.

“They’re just wrong.”

Durbin made clear that Democrats had no intention of allowing a repeat of the congressional recess in August 2010 when loud opposition to the Affordable Care Act powered the tea party and propelled the GOP takeover of the House in that year’s elections.

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Obituaries

Death notices

Martha J. Watkins

Ray K. Wolfe

MAPLEWOOD — Martha J. Watkins, 65, of Maplewood, passed away Wednesday afternoon, July 31, 2013, at Lima Memorial Hospital, Lima.

Funeral arrangements are pending at Adams Funeral Home, Sidney.

Grace Marie Fitzpatrick

Visitation tonight 5-7pm Funeral Service Friday 10:30am

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The Sidney Daily News would like to publish information about Shelby County-area residents who are winners at the Ohio State Fair, which is currently underway in Columbus.

Anyone who places in the top 10 of any contest is asked to submit information, along with relevant photos if possible, for publication.

Email the information to Localife Editor Patricia Ann Speelman at pspeelman@ civitasmedia.com. It may also be hand-delivered or sent via USPS mail to the newspaper office, 1451 N. Vandemark Road, Sidney, OH 45365.

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By Aug. 15 corn...........$6.44 LH August corn.............$6.34 Sidney July/August soybeans $13.86 1/4 October soybeans $11.76 1/4 Posted County Price Shelby county FSA 820 Fair Road, Sidney 492-6520 Closing prices for Wednesday: Wheat........................$6.68 Wheat LDP rate................zero Corn..........................$7.03 Corn LDP rate.................zero Soybeans...................$15.71 Soybeans LDP rate.........zero

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Gra c e Marie Fitzpatrick, 76, of 705 Fulton St., passed away at 5:47 p.m. Tuesday, July 30, 2013, at the Pavilion.

She was born on March 25, 1937,in Salyersville, Ky., the daughter of the late Edward and Bertha (Rice) Poe. In June 1954, she was married in Stockbridge, Mich., to Floyd Fitzpatrick, who preceded her in death in April 1997.

Grace is survived by her four children, Rotha Foster and husband, Larry, Wilma Winans and husband, Charles, both of Chelsea, Mich., Paul Fitzpatrick and wife, Helen, of Munith, Mich., Sharon Fitzpatrick, of

A l b u q u e rq u e , N.M.; four grandchildren, Crystal Krimm and husband, Glenn, of Mount Clemons, Mich., Adam Winans and wife, Sarah, of Pinckney, Mich., Stephen Foster and Heather Sayer, of Ann Arbor, Mich., Athena White, of Albuquerque, N.M.; seven great-grandchildren; one sister; Ann Vader and husband; Bob; of South Carolina; three brothers, Hershell Poe and wife, Sandra, of Michigan, Roger Poe and wife, Mary, of Texas, and Calvin Poe, of Michigan; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in

death by one grandson, Jacob Welch; and six siblings, Louis Poe, Mary Risner, Elsie Fitch, Rotha Christenson, Jewell Cousino and Frank Poe. Mrs. Fitzpatrick was homemaker. She lived in Sidney for more than 30 years and developed many friendships.

Grace enjoyed playing cards and bingo and spending time with her family and friends. She was a loving mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother and sister who will be dearly missed.

Funeral services will be held Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, at

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The family will receive friends on Friday from 12:30 p.m. until the hour of service.

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• Chabedi T. Pooe, 21, of Troy, entered a plea of guilty to the amended charge of importuning, a fifthdegree felony, and was sentenced to five years of probation, 60 days in county jail, fined $300 and ordered to complete sex offender counseling. He was originally indicted on a charge of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, a fourth-degree felony, after engaging in sexual conduct with a 14-year-old girl, according to his indictment.

administration acknowledged some limitations to its sweeping surveillance powers are inevitable.

“We are open to reevaluating this program in ways that can perhaps provide greater confidence and public trust that this is in fact a program that achieves both privacy protections and national security,” Robert Litt, counsel to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, told skeptical members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

This newest privacyvs.-security debate was touched off when former government contract systems analyst Edward Snowden leaked classified documents exposing National Security Agency programs that store years of phone records on every American. That revelation prompted the most significant reconsideration yet of the vast surveillance powers Congress granted the president after the Sept.

11, 2001, attacks.

The administration intended to keep the telephone program a secret, and for more than a decade few in Congress showed any interest in limiting the surveillance. Snowden’s leaks abruptly changed the calculus on Capitol Hill.

“We have a lot of good information out there that helps the American public understand these programs, but it all came out late,” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., said in a rebuke of government secrecy. “It all came out in response to a leaker. There was

no organized plan for how we rationally declassify this so that the American people can participate in the debate.”

The telephone program is authorized under a provision of the USA Patriot Act, which Congress hurriedly passed after 9/11. President George W. Bush’s administration said then what Obama’s administration says now: that in order to connect the dots, it needs to collect lots of dots.

Sen. Patrick Leahy was skeptical.

“There’s always going to be dots to collect, analyze and try to connect,” he said. “Government is already collecting data on millions of innocent Americans on a daily basis based on a secret legal interpretation of a statute that does not on its face appear to authorize this kind of bulk collection. So what’s going to be next? When is enough enough?”

Several Democrats promised bills that would provide tighter controls or more transparency.

Proposals include eliminating the FBI’s ability to seize data without a court order, changing the way judges are appointed to the surveillance court and appointing an attorney to argue against the government in secret proceedings before that court. Another measure would force the government to reveal how many Americans have had their information swept up in surveillance.

Inglis said the NSA was willing to reconsider whether it needed

to keep phone data for five years. And Deputy Attorney General James Cole said the Justice Department was considering whether and how to allow an outside attorney into the secret court to argue against the government.

Last week’s House vote of 217-205 defeating an attempt to dismantle the program was significant not only because of the narrowness of the victory for the Obama administration, but also because it created unusual political coalitions. Libertarianleaning conservatives and liberal Democrats pressed for change against establishment Republicans and Congress’ pro-security lawmakers.

Backing the NSA program were 134 Republicans and 83 Democrats, including House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, who typically does not vote, and Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi. Rejecting the administration’s lastminute pleas to spare the surveillance operation were 94 Republicans and 111 Democrats.

NSA Director Keith Alexander did not attend Wednesday’s hearing. Instead he addressed the Black Hat hackers conference in Las Vegas, where he remained unapologetic even in the face of heckling from the audience.

Alexander drew laughter when a voice in the overflow crowd shouted that he should read the Constitution.

Alexander said he had, and the heckler should, too.

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also the records of everyone he calls, everyone who calls those people and everyone who calls those people.

If the average person called 40 unique people, three-hop analysis would allow the government to mine the records of 2.5 million Americans when investigating one suspected terrorist.

The NSA has said it conducted 300 searches of its telephone database last year. Left unsaid until Wednesday was that three-hop analysis off those searches could mean scrutinizing the phone records of tens or even hundreds of millions of people.

“So what has been described as a discrete program, to go after people who would cause us harm, when you look at the reach of this program, it envelopes a substantial number of Americans,” said Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate.

John Inglis, the NSA’s deputy director, conceded the point but said NSA officials “try to be judicious” about conducting hop analysis.

“And so while, theoretically, 40 times 40 times 40 gets you to a large number, that’s not typically what takes place,” he said. “We have to compare the theory to the practice.”

Such reassurances have done little to quell the sharp criticism from both parties over the once-secret program.

Last week saw a close vote in the House on a measure that aimed to kill the phone surveillance program.

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Raiders of ‘Hitler’s gas station’ reunite in Ohio Dan Sewell Associated Press

CINCINNATI (AP) — All these years later, some surviving veterans still think the raid on “Hitler’s gas station” was a great plan. However, not all worked out as expected, and the result was a fierce World War II battle marked by bravery and sacrifice.

The 70th anniversary Ploesti Raid reunion this week at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force commemorates an Aug. 1, 1943, assault by waves of B-24 bombers on oil refineries in Romania that provided much of the fuel for the Nazi war machine. Five Medals of Honor were among the many awards given for what U.S. military histories call the most decorated action of the war.

U.S. commanders “emphasized the importance of completing the mission; in their estimate, it would shorten the war in Europe by six months,” Dale Hulsey, 91, of Fort Worth, Texas, recalled Wednesday, after reunion participants viewed a restored B-24 at the museum near Dayton.

“They tried to knock the thing out in one mission, but

everything went wrong,” said Bob Rans, a Chicago native who lives near Tampa at age 92, with vivid memories of being bathed in gasoline as a wall of flame roared toward him.

The raid inflicted heavy but not devastating damage, and nearly a third of the 177 planes and their 1,726 men failed to make it back to their North Africa bases more than 1,000 miles away.

The Allies had tried bombing the oil fields before from high levels; Operation Tidal Wave was to be a surprise assault by a flying armada coming in under radar and methodically knocking out assigned targets.

But navigational problems disrupted plans, and defenders on the ground were ready for them.

Sweeping in just above cornstalks — “we were so close to the ground it was like driving at high speed in an automobile,” Hulsey said — the bombers were met with a barrage of firepower. Hulsey, a radio operator, remembers a continuous line of bright flashes from gunfire on the ground. Rans said anti-aircraft guns mounted on rail cars provided mobile

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World War II veterans (l-r) Jim McClain, William Newbold, and Bob Rans, view a B24 bomber like the ones they flew on the Ploesti Raid while touring the United States Air Force Museum, Wednesday in Dayton. The planes flew a dangerous low altitude raid on Aug. 1, 1943, targeting heavily defended oil fields in occupied Romania. Survivors of the raid are having a 70th reunion today in Dayton.

defense against the bombers.

An auxiliary fuel tank near Rans was hit, showering him with gasoline. Fire engulfing his plane, he parachuted out.

He was captured, treated in a hospital for burns, then put in a prison camp. Hulsey said his plane knocked out its target and was headed home when shot down by fighter planes.

The crew was found and protected by Yugoslav resistance fighters until a British rescue

operation got them out nearly a year later.

Rans and Hulsey were among 11 raid veterans at the reunion, with nearly 100 family members and friends. Air Force history enthusiasts Mark Copeland of Lakeville, Minn., and Blaine Duxbury of Indianapolis helped organize it. Copeland said after a 60th anniversary reunion in Salt Lake City, there was interest in coming together again for what likely will be the last

reunion. About 70 of the mission participants are still alive, he said.

Scott Stewart came from Lincoln, Neb., to pay tribute to the mission his late father, Carroll Stewart, wrote about in a 1962 book co-authored with James Dugan. Stewart said his father spent years chronicling the stories of veterans of the battle, including Germans and Romanians.

Rans said the reunion, which

Responses, many angry, flood Ohio St. after remarks Andrew Welsh-Huggins Associated Press

COLUMBUS (AP) — Joseph Nally was disappointed on three fronts by disparaging remarks made

by Ohio State University’s former president — as a Roman Catholic, a graduate of Ohio State and a Notre Dame grad.

“Your President’s recent remarks were disappointing — and unacceptable,” Nally, a Cleveland doctor, wrote in a scathing letter to Ohio State’s trustee chairman on June 3.

In December comments first revealed in May by The Associated Press, exPresident Gordon Gee jabbed Roman Catholics, the University of Notre Dame and Southeastern Conference schools, among others.

Nally, a kidney disease specialist at the Cleveland Clinic who graduated from Notre Dame in 1972 and from Ohio State’s medical school in 1975, said in a phone interview Wednesday that Gee’s comments “really tainted the university.”

The university was flooded with angry emails and letters after Gee’s remarks, many demanding his firing or resignation, according to

documents obtained by the AP through an open records request.

“The Board should be asking, what would they have done if any other employee of the university made similar remarks about Jews, gays, impaired persons, obese persons, same sex couples or a racially insensitive remark?” Dennis Lyons wrote in a May 31 email.

Lyons told the AP in a follow-up email he was satisfied with Gee’s retirement.

In Dec. 5 comments to the university Athletic Council, Gee criticized the negotiating tactics of Notre Dame administrators during discussions about joining the Big Ten, saying they weren’t good partners. He jokingly said the school’s priests were “holy on Sunday and they’re holy hell on the rest of the week” and said, to laughter, “you just can’t trust those damn Catholics.”

On March 11, before the remarks became public, university trustees ordered Gee to begin apologizing and warned that future transgressions could lead to his dismissal.

Gee, 69, retired July 1, a decision he announced days after the AP first reported on the remarks.

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Korean War veterans Donald Meek of Troy, Donald Motter of Piqua and Donald Earnest of Tipp City, l-r, arrived at the Dayton International Airport on Tuesday afternoon following a week-long trip to Korea. The trip was sponsored by the Korean Presbyterian Church and allowed the vets to attend ceremonies honoring the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice ending hostilities in the Korean War. Civitas Media Photo | Mike Ullery

Korean War veterans return to Seoul for armistice anniversary Belinda M. Paschal bpaschal@civitasmedia.com

DAYTON — Saturday, July 27, marked the 60th anniversary of the armistice that ended what some refer to as America’s “Forgotten War.” There were no parades or fanfare awaiting these soldiers when they returned home. Even today, the Korean War often gets lost in the shuffle of more oftrecognized wars.

So it was with awe and astonishment that three local Korean War veterans received a heroes’ welcome during a recent trip to Seoul to participate in activities commemorating the armistice that ceased the fierce combat between North and South Korea.

The trio’s homecoming on Tuesday at the Dayton International Airport was filled with emotion, stories about their experiences and praise for the graciousness and hospitality of their hosts and helpers during the weeklong visit.

“We felt like presidents,” said

Donald Meek of Troy. “This trip meant the world to me. It was just beyond human dreams.”

Meek, along with Donald Motter of Piqua and Donald Earnest of Tipp City, made the all-expensespaid trip to South Korea as guests of the Korean Presbyterian Church of Kettering. All three are members of the Western Ohio chapter of the Korean War Veterans Association, based in Piqua.

Meek spent 13 of his 21 months in the Army serving in South Korea. A decade after his discharge from the Army, he enlisted in the Air National Guard, from which he retired.

Among the many trip memories he shared was a trip to North Korea, which despite the armistice signing, continues to have a tense relationship with its neighbor to the south. “I always thought that if I got into North Korea, they’d shoot me dead!” the endearingly animated Meek said.

Earnest also spoke of the trip north, as well as into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), a strip

of land running across the Korean peninsula, along the 38th parallel north, that serves as a buffer zone between North and South Korea.

“We went to the buildings where the (armistice) was signed and took a tour of the 8th Army base north of Seoul,” Earnest said. “In North Korea, they made us take off anything that identified us as a military person — medals, insignias, everything. There were guards on each side, standing at rigid attention.”

Motter, a Navy veteran, told of being honored during a special ceremony for helping to save the lives of some 100 refugees above the 38th parallel. Overcome with emotion, he said he later met a woman in Piqua who was among the children rescued during that mission.

Earnest reiterated his amazement at the recognition and respect he and his comrades received in Seoul. “Korean War vets are the forgotten vets — it was unbelievable, it was really tremendous,” he said. “They treated us like kings.”

Union: Plain Dealer cuts third of newsroom staff CLEVELAND (AP) — The Plain Dealer in Cleveland cut about a third of its newsroom staff Wednesday, months after announcing it was reducing home delivery of the newspaper, union leaders said.

About 50 reporters, photographers, page designers and other Newspaper Guildcovered employees received layoff notices, according to the guild.

The newspaper did not release a list of those who lost their jobs. A message seeking comment was left the newspaper.

Guild chairman Harlan Spector said those let go

included veteran reporters and photographers who had become familiar names to the paper’s readers. “We have not completed a tally,” said Spector, who volunteered to be laid off.

The Plain Dealer, beginning next week, will reduce home delivery to three days a week while also providing a “bonus” home-delivered edition on Saturdays.

The newspaper, which announced the changes to home delivery in April, also will be printed every day and be available for purchase at outlets in northeast Ohio.

A new digitally focused media company called

Northeast Ohio Media Group will also start this summer. The organization will be responsible for all ad sales and marketing for The Plain Dealer and oversee the operation of the Cleveland.com website and Sun News, a chain of weekly newspapers.

The Northeast Ohio Media Group and The Plain Dealer Publishing Company will provide content for all print and digital platforms.

The newspaper, which has a weekday circulation of about 286,400, is owned by New York-based Advance Publications Inc. Other Advance papers, such as the Times-

Picayune in New Orleans and The Birmingham News in Alabama, have cut back their publishing schedules to three days a week.

Union leaders in Cleveland expect about 110 guild-covered employees to remain in the newsroom following the layoffs.

The Guild had been waging a billboard campaign to preserve jobs and Cleveland’s seven-day publication schedule.

“It’s a sad day for northeast Ohio,” said John Mangels, a reporter who organized the campaign and also volunteered to be laid off. “The community deserves better than this.”

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Today is Thursday, Aug. 1, the 213th day of 2013. There are 152 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On August 1, 1913, the Joyce Kilmer poem “Trees” was first published in “Poetry: A Magazine of Verse.”

On this date: In 1714, Britain’s Queen Anne died at age 49; she was succeeded by George I. In 1876, Colorado was admitted as the 38th state.

In 1907, the U.S. Army Signal Corps established an aeronautical division, the forerunner of the U.S. Air Force.

In 1933, the National Recovery Administration’s “Blue Eagle” symbol began to appear in store windows and on packages to show support for the National Industrial Recovery Act. In 1936, the Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.

In 1943, rioting broke out in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood after a false rumor spread that a police officer had shot and killed a black U.S. Army soldier who in fact had only been wounded; six people were killed in the violence.

In 1944, an uprising broke out in Warsaw, Poland, against Nazi occupation; the revolt lasted two months before collapsing.

In 1957, the United States and Canada agreed to create the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD).

In 1966, Charles Joseph Whitman, 25, went on a shooting rampage at the University of Texas in Austin, killing 14 people. Whitman, who had also murdered his wife and mother hours earlier, was gunned down by police.

In 1973, the movie “American Graffiti,” directed

by George Lucas, first opened.

In 1988, conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh began broadcasting his nationally syndicated radio program.

In 2007, the eight-lane Interstate 35W bridge, a major Minneapolis artery, collapsed into the Mississippi River during evening rush hour, killing 13 people.

Ten years ago: A suicide bomber rammed a truck filled with explosives into a military hospital near Chechnya, killing 50 people, including Russian troops wounded in Chechnya.

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Hotel offers pop-up inflatable room DENVER (AP) — For a limited time, a Denver hotel is offering a package with a one-night stay in a pop-up, inflatable room that rises 22 feet in the air, thanks to a scissor lift on top of the van on which it sits.

The cost: $50,000.

There is a weight limit.

No smoking is allowed.

Architect Alex Schweder created the 5-foot-by-7-foot, see-through room atop a van for the Biennial of the Americas festival of arts, culture and ideas in Denver.

It has a chemical toilet, shower, sink, inflatable bed and couch, and curtains. It is being driven to parking lots around town through Aug. 23.

“It’s a very small room but a very special room,” Schweder said. “You’re always on the top floor.”

Now the Curtis hotel, which sponsored the piece, is offering the curious a chance to stay in the aluminum and inflated vinyl structure called “the hotel rehearsal.”

Much of Schweder’s work centers on the performance of architecture, focusing not so much on a structure but the actions within it. After Schweder learned developers want to turn several Denver parking lots into hotels, he created “the hotel rehearsal” as a foreshadowing of how the space could change. One early draft involved suspending the room from a crane.

Schweder was encouraged to keep it more grounded.

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House approves lower rates on student loans Philip Elliott Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan bill that would reduce the costs of borrowing for millions of students passed the House on Wednesday and was heading to President Barack Obama for his signature.

The legislation links student loan interest rates to the financial markets, offering lower rates for most students now but higher ones down the line if the economy improves as expected.

Even as they were preparing to pass the bill, many lawmakers were already talking about a broader overhaul of the nation’s colleges to curb fast-climbing costs.

“This is a win for students and taxpayers,” said Rep. John Kline, the Republican chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

The top Democrat on that committee joined Kline on the House floor to urge colleagues to back the bill.

“It saves students and families money,” said Rep. George Miller, D-Calif.

Undergraduates this fall would borrow at a 3.9 percent interest rate for subsidized and unsubsidized loans. Graduate

students would have access to loans at 5.4 percent, and parents would borrow at 6.4 percent.

The rates would be locked in for that year’s loan, but each year’s loan could be more expensive than the last. Rates would rise as the economy picks up and it becomes more expensive for the government to borrow money.

But for now, interest payments for tuition, housing and books would be less expensive under the House-passed bill.

The House earlier this year passed legislation that is similar to what the Senate later passed.

Both versions link interest rates to 10-year Treasury notes and remove Congress’ annual role in determining rates.

“Campaign promises and political posturing should not play a role in the setting of student loan interest rates,” said Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C. “Borrowers deserve better.”

Negotiators of the Senate compromise were mindful of the House-passed version, as well as the White House preference to shift responsibility for interest rates to the financial markets.

The resulting bipartisan bill passed the Senate 81-18.

With changes made in the Senate — most notably a cap on how interest rates could climb

and locking in interest rates for the life of each year’s loan — Democrats dropped their objections and joined Republicans in backing the bill.

Interest rates would not top 8.25 percent for undergraduates. Graduate students would not pay rates higher than 9.5 percent, and parents’ rates would top out at 10.5 percent.

Using Congressional Budget Office estimates, rates would not reach those limits in the next 10 years.

The White House has endorsed the deal, despite objections from consumer advocates that the proposal could cost future students.

“The bottom line is that students will pay more under this bill than if Congress did nothing, and low rates will soon give way to rates that are even higher than the 6.8 percent rate that Congress is trying to avoid,” said Chris Lindstrom, higher education program director for the consumer group US PIRG. Rates on new subsidized Stafford loans doubled to 6.8 percent July 1 because Congress could not agree on a way to keep them at 3.4 percent. Without congressional action, rates would stay at 6.8

percent — a reality most lawmakers called unacceptable.

The compromise that came together during the last month would be a good deal for all students through the 2015 academic year. After that, interest rates are expected to climb above where they were when students left campus in the spring, if congressional estimates prove correct.

The White House and its allies said the new loan structure would offer lower rates to 11 million borrowers right away and save the average undergraduate $1,500 in interest charges.

“Finally, we are taking action on the pressing issue of college affordability,” said Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo. “We have to make sure our students are able to plan their futures.”

Lawmakers were already talking about changing the deal when they take up a rewrite of the Higher Education Act this fall. As a condition of his support, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Tom Harkin won a Government Accountability Office report on the costs of colleges. That document was expected to guide an overhaul of the deal just negotiated.

U.S. economy may need continued support from Fed Christopher S. Rugaber AP Economics Writer

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Morven Police Chief Lynwood Yates stands next to a government surplus boat in Morven, Ga., June 16. For the 835-resident farming community, the police chief has acquired three boats, scuba gear, rescue rafts and a couple of dozen life preservers. The town’s deepest body of water: an ankle-deep creek. He said he plans to use the boats and scuba gear to form a dive team because the county doesn’t have its own.

Little restraint found in military giveaways Michael Kunzelman Associated Press

MORVEN, Ga. (AP) — Small-town police departments across the country have been gobbling up tons of equipment discarded by a downsizing military — bicycles, bed sheets, bowling pins, French horns, dog collars, even a colonoscopy machine — regardless of whether the items are needed or will ever be used.

In the tiny farming community of Morven, Ga., the police chief has grabbed three boats, scuba gear, rescue rafts and a couple of dozen life preservers. The town’s deepest body of water: an ankle-deep creek.

An Associated Press investigation of the Defense Department program, originally aimed at helping local law enforcement fight terrorism and drug trafficking, found that a disproportionate share of the $4.2 billion worth of property distributed since 1990 has been obtained by police departments and sheriff’s offices in rural areas with few officers and little crime.

The national giveaway program operates with scant oversight, and the surplus military gear often sits in storage, the AP found.

Using a series of public records requests, the AP obtained thousands of pages of emails and other documents related to the program locally and nationally. The documents, along with interviews with participants and regulators, reveal that staffing

shortages and budget constraints have made it difficult for federal and state program officials to keep track of all of the property and to prevent police forces from obtaining excessive amounts of used military equipment and other Defense Departmenttransferred property.

Program officials often have to trust recipients to follow the rules and take only what they can utilize; requests for equipment are reviewed, but the process hasn’t stopped many overly aggressive departments from grabbing property that could be better used by other communities with a greater need.

For many, the opportunity to amass a vast array of gear with few strings attached has proven to be too tempting to pass up, leading to a belly-up-to-the-open-bar mentality.

Morven Police Chief Lynwood Yates, for example, has acquired a decontamination machine originally worth $200,000 for his community of about 700 residents, and two additional full-time officers. The high-tech gadget is missing most of its parts and would need $100,000 worth of repairs.

He also received a shipment of bayonets, which have never made it out of storage in his 1.7-square-mile city.

“That was one of those things in the old days you got it because you thought it was cool,” Yates said of his bayonets. “Then, after you get it, you’re like, ‘What the hell am I going to do with this?’ “

WASHINGTON (AP) — A key government report and a statement from the Federal Reserve made clear Wednesday that the U.S. economy still needs help.

The economy grew at a lackluster 1.7 percent annual rate in the April-June quarter, the Commerce Department said. That was better than a revised 1.1 percent rate for the first quarter but still far too sluggish to quickly reduce unemployment.

The Fed’s statement suggested it’s too early to signal a pullback in its $85 billion a month in Treasury and mortgage bond purchases. The bond purchases have been intended to keep long-term interest rates down to spur borrowing and spending and invigorate the economy.

In a statement after a policy meeting, Fed policymakers slightly downgraded their assessment of the economy. They also noted that mortgage rates, which have helped drive home sales, have risen from record lows.

And the Fed noted that inflation has remained consistently below its 2 percent target and is still a potential threat to the economy. Continued stimulus by the central bank could lead to higher inflation.

Some economists said they thought the Fed was now less likely to start scaling back its bond buying in September, when many analysts have said it would probably do so.

December may now be a more likely time for the Fed to taper its purchases — if the economy shows consistent gains in the second half of the year.

“This is a step back from taper talk, though not the final word,” said Paul Edelstein, an economist at IHS Global Insight.

The Fed, like many private economists, expects growth to accelerate later this year.

Job gains have been steady, and auto and home sales strong. The economic drag from federal spending cuts that kicked in this year is also expected to ease.

“We continue to anticipate a meaningful acceleration in the economy in the back half of the year,” said Joseph LaVorgna, an economist at Deutsche Bank.

A key indicator will come Thursday, when the Institute for Supply Management issues its U.S. manufacturing index for July. Manufacturing appears to be rebounding after slumping earlier this year.

The Fed will pay even closer attention to the employment report for July, which will be issued Friday. It’s expected to show that employers added a solid 183,000 jobs. The unemployment rate is forecast to dip to a stillhigh 7.5 percent from 7.6 percent.

Shhh! Morsi’s whereabouts is a secret Sarah El Deeb Associated Press

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt is taking extreme measures to keep Mohammed Morsi hidden. It says dignitaries are helicoptered to the deposed president’s place of detention after nightfall, flying in patterns aimed at confusing the visitors. The military also has reportedly moved Morsi at least three times.

“Maneuvers have been undertaken during the nighttime helicopter flight so as to disorient (the visitors) in regard to where the location is,” Col. Ahmed Mohammed Ali, the military spokesman, told The Associated Press Wednesday, following a visit to Morsi Tuesday night by an African Union delegation.

The Egyptian army has kept Morsi in hiding since ousting him in a July 3 coup. But the

military-backed interim leadership is under international criticism about Morsi’s continued detention, and by allowing two high-level visits in quick succession it apparently hoped to ease the pressure.

“There are lies going around that he is badly treated, that he is under pressure, or that he is not taking his medication, and these were conveyed to the West,” Ali said. “This step was part of a transparency policy and to refute such allegations. We have nothing to hide.”

He said Morsi’s whereabouts were being kept secret for his own safety because “there are millions of people against him, and moving him is not considered appropriate at the moment.”

It’s also possible, however, that if his place of detention were revealed, it would also attract throngs of Morsi supporters.

He has already been moved at least three times between Defense Ministry facilities in armored vehicles under heavy guard, security officials told the AP, speaking anonymously because they were not authorized to discuss the details of Morsi’s case with the media.

They said he is currently in a facility outside Cairo, but would not elaborate.

The African Union delegation head, former Mali President Alpha Oumar Konare, offered no clues to Morsi’s location. He told reporters he had a “very frank meeting” with him but gave no details. Egypt’s state news agency said it lasted an hour.

“We had a very good meeting with President Morsi,” Konare said. “Permit me not to talk about it for the time being because probably there will be other meetings.”

The African Union has suspended Egypt’s membership because of the coup.

On Monday Morsi had a two-hour visit from Catherine Ashton, the European Union’s top diplomat. She said the 61-year-old was well and keeping up with developments through TV and newspapers, but gave no other details. She said she saw the facility holding him, but didn’t know where it was.

The military originally said it was holding Morsi for his own safety. But last week authorities announced he was being detained pending an investigation into allegations that he conspired with the militant Palestinian Hamas group to escape from prison during the 2011 uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak.

Morsi’s supporters have called his detention illegal.

Localife Thursday, August 1, 2013

Community Calendar To access the Community Calendar online, visit www.sidneydailynews.com, click on “Living” and then on “Calendar.”

This Evening

• Minster Garden Club meets at 7 p.m. at the Old Minster Council Chambers, Minster.

• Temperance 73 Masonic Lodge at the corner of Miami Avenue and Poplar Street meets at 7:30 p.m.

• Alzheimer’s Support Group meets at 7 p.m. in the Emmons Conference Room at Dorothy Love Retirement Community. For more information, call Lu Ann Presser at 497-6542.

• The Narcotics Anonymous group, All in the Family, meets at 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 230 Poplar St. Friday Morning • A.J. Wise Library in Fort Loramie hosts storytime for children 3 1/2 and older at 10:30 a.m. To register, call 2953155.

Friday Afternoon

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

Friday Evening

• Free at Last, a program designed to break the chains of addiction, meets at the Lockington United Methodist Church, 2190 Miami Conservancy Road, from 6:30 to 9 p.m.

For information, call 726-3636.

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

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

Saturday Morning

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

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

Saturday Evening

• Lumber Company Baseball hosts fundraising bingo to support the children on the teams. Doors open at 4 p.m. and games begin at 7 p.m. at Sunset Bingo, 1710 W. High St., Piqua. $20 to play all night. For information, call 937-5439959.

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

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

Sunday Afternoon

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Sock and Buskin produces ‘Footloose’ Sock & Buskin Community Theatre director Kevin Frazier-Jones and choreographer Liz Maxson have announced the cast for the upcoming production of the musical, “Footloose.”

The performances open Friday at 8 p.m. and continue Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Historic Sidney Theatre, 120 W. Poplar St. Tickets are $12, available at the door and at www.sidneytheatre.com.

The musical is based on the popular movie of the same name. The plot revolves around Ren and his mother, Ethel, who move from Chicago to a small farming town. While Ren is ready for an adjustment to a new high school, what he isn’t prepared for are the rigorous local edicts, including a ban on dancing. The cast includes Jordan Miller as Ren, Emily Caudill as Ethel, Maddie Geise as Ariel Moore, Jack Martin as Rev. Moore, Victoria Wilver as Vi Moore, Becka Stricker as Principal Clark, Gwen Geier as Eleanor Dunbar, Tyler Murphy as Coach Dunbar, Jack Alexander as Cowboy Bob, Alec Batton as the cop, Kiefer Bertsch as Willard

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Rehearsing for Sock and Buskin Community Theater’s “Footloose” at the Historic Sidney Theatre Wednesday are (l-r) Shelby Martell, 15, of Wapakoneta, Emily Fulk, 16, of Sidney, Maddie Geise, 17, of Fort Loramie, and Naomi Wildermuth, of Sidney. Martell is the daughter of Jackie and Scott Martell.

Fulk is the daughter of Vicki and Roger Fulk. Geise is the daughter of Kevin and Angie Fulk.

Hewitt, Tony Denning as Wes, Emily Fulk as Urleen and Diana Hochstetler as Lulu. Also Paige Howard as the cowgirl, Brittany Iriarte as Betty Blast, Shelby Martell as Wendy Joe, Alex Rose as Garvin, Alexander Sanchez as Jeeter, Will Scarborough as Travis, Duncan Stackonis as Chuck, and Naomi Wildermuth as Rusty. Chorus members are Gloria Arthur, Carrie Blust, Lauren Boyd, Seana

The Shelby County Animal Rescue Foundation (SCARF) has announced the opening of its Top Dog contest.

Dog owners can enter photos of their dogs for possible inclusion in the Top Dogs of the Upper Miami Valley 2014 calendar. The contest and event will benefit SCARF, who uses the funds in support of the Shelby County Animal Shelter.

Nominations are a $5 donation

SCARF will be accepted at hits1055. com from Monday through Aug. 18 at midnight.

Nominated photos will be posted on teh hits1055 website and the public can vote for favorites from Aug. 26 through midnight on Sept.

9. Each vote will cost a $1 donation. The dogs in the 12 photos that garner the most votes will be professionally photographed

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Photo Boxes Dear Heloise: I have wanted to share this hint with you. Through the years, my mother had collected boxes and boxes of photos she had taken at family picnics, weddings and other gatherings.

As my mother got older and developed dementia, I started going through the boxes. I made stacks for each of her family members and put them in large envelopes with their names on them.

The day of my mother’s funeral, we also had a meal to follow at the church. I passed out to each family all the photos for them to have. My aunts, uncles and cous-

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Calendars will sell for $10 each at various locations throughout the upper Miami Valley starting in November. The project has been made possible by the support of Hits 105.5, Alvetro Orthodontics, Sidney Body Carstar and Ron & Nita’s.

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Sunday Evening

Despicable Me 2 Pacfic Rim

on guitars, Rick Lunz on percussion, Cheryl Wenner on tenor sax and flute, Johnathon Millhouse on trumpet, Maggie Bell and Sally Dunavent on trombones; with additional orchestrations by Sherry Shafer and Johnathon Millhouse. Rob Holloway is assistant director and Treasure Sitzes, Andrew Mitchel and Anthony Mitchell are the lighting technicians.

Top Dog photo contest to open

• Shelby County Deer Hunters holds its monthly Sunday Rifle Shoot at 7988 Johnston-Slagle Road beginning at 1 Dear Heloise: Barking mals. There are many p.m. Program one round at five different targets, pays three dogs are becoming a huge dogs out there that need places. Points awarded to members for end-of-the-year troproblem.

We encourage a good home. If owners phy. Open to the public. people to adopt don’t pick up after but do not mentheir pet uses your yard, you should • Lumber Company Baseball hosts fundraising bingo to tion that it is the ask politely for support the children on the teams. Doors open at 4 p.m. and responsibility of dog owners to keep them to clean up. games begin at 7 p.m. at Sunset Bingo, 1710 W. High St., Remember, the Piqua. $20 to play all night. For information, call 937-543- them quiet and pick up after them. encouraging words 9959. are to remind peo• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Never Alone, Never Many owners will ple to visit a shelAgain, meets at 6:30 p.m. at First Christian Church, 320 E. not do this! I have Hints 20 dogs within a ter and adopt! — Russell Road. block radius of my Heloise from home. Some days P.S.: Readers, Heloise • Sidney Rotary Club meets at noon at the Sidney Moose it’s like I’m next Heloise Cruse there is the perfect pet for you or your Lodge. For more information on activities or becoming a door to a kennel.

Please stop encourfamily just sitting member, contact Deb Barga at 492-3167. aging dog ownership — and waiting to become we have enough already. part of a loving household.

• Minster Historical Society meets at 6:30 p.m. at — A Reader in Texas Responsible dog ownUseful Cupcake Liner the Minster Historical Society Museum, 112 Fourth St., ership does mean care, Dear Heloise: I started Minster.

• Overeaters Anonymous, a 12-step group offering expe- feeding and training so using a paper cupcake rience, strength, and hope to anyone who suffers from an the dogs are socialized liner to hold my vitamins eating disorder, meets at 7 p.m. at Hillcrest Baptist Church, and learn to behave. The and medications I’m sup1505 S. Main St., Bellefontaine. Use the rear parking lot majority of pet owners posed to take with my do right by their animals, breakfast. It fits nicely and door.

• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Vision of Hope, but there will always be on my plate, and my vitagroup meets at 7 p.m. at Russell Road Church, 340 W. some who don’t take mins/medications don’t proper care of their ani- roll around into my food.

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Collins ANNA — Rodney Collins and Courtney Goings, of Anna, have announced the birth of a daughter, Cassidy Ann Collins, born July 26, 2013, at 6:55 p.m. in the Copeland-Emerson Family Birth Center at Wilson Memorial Hospital in Sidney.

She weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces, and was 20 3/4 inches long.

Her maternal grandpar-

ents are Tina Hodge, of Sidney, and Robert Goings, of Sidney. Her paternal grandparents are Rodney and Marlene Collins, of Anna.

Her great-grandparents are Orville “John” and Sandy Schoffner, of Sidney. Her great-great-grandmother is Edna Schoffner, of Sidney.

Her mother is originally from Sidney.

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Sidney Daily News, Thursday, August 1, 2013

State Fair winner

Let yourself go TODAY •The Greene, 51 Plum St.,

Beavercreek, presents Jason Rhoads acoustic in concert from 6 to 10 p.m. Free.

•U.S. 127 Yard Sale, the world’s longest garage sale, begins today and runs through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. along U.S. 127 from Florida to Michigan.

For information, call 877989-2282.

•The NOMA Antique Machinery Show begins today and runs through Sunday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Hancock County Fairgrounds, 1017 Sandusky St., Findlay. Antique machinery, flea market, games, demonstrations, food, music.

419-422-3315 or www.nwoantiquemachinery.com.

FRIDAY •Troy Main Street pres-

ents Dennis Stroughmatt and Creole Stomp in concert on Prouty Plaza in downtown Troy at 7:30 p.m. Take lawn chairs or blankets.

•The Troy-Hayner Cultural Center, 301 W. Main St., Troy, hosts a free reception at 5:30 p.m. to open its latest exhibit, “Uncommon Grace,” featuring artworks by Bill Danzig, Rusty Harden, and Doug McLarty. The exhibit runs through Sept.

22.

•Windmill Productions presents the musical, “The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd, at the Holland Theatre, 127 E. Columbus Ave., Bellefontaine, tonight and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets: $15 adults, $12 students and senior citizens, $7 children 12 and under, at www.thehollandtheatre.org or 937-5929002.

•The New Bremen-New Knoxville Rotary Club presents a sensory-friendly movie, “Despicable Me 2,” for children with special needs at the Lock One Theater, 8 W. Monroe St., at 4:15 p.m. Tickets: $6 adults, $4 children under 12. https:// www.lockonetheater.com/ site/tickets.

•The Greene, 51 Plum St., Beavercreek, presents Bad Mojo in concert from 6 to 10 p.m. Free.

•The Francis J. Stallo Memorial Library in Minster invites children in kindergarten and older to play bingo from 11 to 11:45 a.m.

•Shelby County Relay for Life begins at 6 p.m. at the Shelby County Fairgrounds and continues through noon Saturday.

•Sock and Buskin Community Theatre presents the musical, “Footloose,” today and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Historic Sidney Theatre, 120 W. Poplar St. Tickets: $12 at the door and at www.sidneytheatre.com.

•The Van Wert Rib CookOff includes award-winning ribs, cornhole tournament, wiffleball tournament. Today from 11 a.m. to midnight and Saturday beginning at noon at the Van Wert County Fairgrounds, 1055 S. Washington St., Van Wert.

877-989-2282 or www.vanwertribfest.com.

•The Loft Theatre, 126 N. Main St., Dayton, presents a festival of new musicals at 8 p.m. Tickets at www.humanracetheatre.org.

•Dublin Irish Festival runs today from 4 p.m. to midnight, Saturday from 11 a.m. to midnight and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. in Coffman park, 5200 Emerald Pkwy., Dublin. Seven stages, 65 performances. 800-245-8387 or www.dublinirishfestival.org.

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Quick reads Family and Children First meets

•The Whitaker Brothers Band will perform bluegrass Sara Bornhorst, 16, music at the Tipp Roller of Fort Loramie, Mill Theater, 225 E. Main designed a rotatSt., Tipp City, at 7:30 p.m. ing, angled jewelry Admission: $8 adults, $4 stubox with a mirror dents K-12. 937-667-3696. and easy-access During its most recent meet•Brukner Nature Center, shelves. Built of ing, May 20, the Executive 5995 Horseshoe Bend Road, pine, stained with Committee of the Shelby County Troy, presents Creature red mahogany Family and Children First agenFeature, at 2 p.m., featuring stain and lined cy approved the submission of amphibians. Free with center with wine-colored a grant application to the Ohio admission. flocked suede, Capacity Building Fund.

•Mid-County Church of it was named The application was for Christ, 1580 N. Dorset, Troy, Outstanding of the $15,750, which would supstages its annual free garage Day and earned port the salary of Family and sale give-away from 9 a.m. her the Best of Children First Director Jodi to noon.

Class clock trophy •The Greene, 51 Plum St., Brewer. at the Ohio State Beavercreek, presents Cory In other business, the comFair. Bornhorst Williams in concert from 6 to mittee approved the bi-annual is the daughter 10 p.m. Free. renewal of its memorandum of of Ted and Jane •Columbus Feis presents Bornhorst and a understanding with the county more than 1,000 Irish dancmember of 4-H commissioners, who serve as ers in competition from 7:30 Innovators. the agency’s fiscal agents. a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Dublin Photo provided The committee also approved Coffman High School, 6780 expense reports for February, Coffman Road, Dublin. 800March and April.

245-8387 or www.columbusfeis.com.

•The Lebanon Blues Festival runs from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. in downtown Lebanon. Bands, barbecue, GREENVILLE — Individual funny guys defy gravity, sending DCCA’s Artists Series conclassic car show, 5K run. tickets are now on sale for Darke knives, chainsaws, and people cludes on May 3, when the Toledo www.lebanonbluesfestival.

County Center for the Arts’ 2013- traveling through the air, inducing Symphony Orchestra will present org. Free.

2014 Artists Series, as well as audiences to gasp with laughter “The Music of Mozart.” the Family Theatre Series, Coffee and awe,” Rawlins said. “Passing “Mozart’s music expresses joy, House Series, and other events.

Zone” members Owen Morse and sorrow, and humor like no other •Miami Valley Beekeepers According to DCCA Executive John Wee have been featured on Association presents its Director Andrea Jordan, the theme television, performed at half-time composer’s,” said Rawlins. annual honey harvest at “And TSO’s joyful playing will Brukner Nature Center, 5995 for the upcoming season promises shows and appeared in movies. take listeners down unexpected The Artists Series continues Horseshoe Bend Road, Troy, “a journey of growth through the and yet familiar paths, for an approat 2 p.m. Sunday admission arts,” and invites one and all to with an encore appearance by con- priate close to our season taking “come along for the ride.” cert pianist Alpin Hong on March for nonmembers. Free for “Our season is fantastically filled 8 “Alpin’s extraordinary talent is audiences on a fantastic journey,” members.

•The Swing Era Band with sights to see and experiences matched by his charismatic per- Jordan added.

Tickets for “Passing Zone” and performs in concert in the you do not want to miss,” Jordan sonality, appealing to the iPod genMinster Gazebo at 7 p.m. said. Keith Rawlins, DCCA artistic eration as well as to lovers of Bach, the Alpin Hong concert are $20 director, added that the journey Beethoven, and Gershwin,” Jordan each; Melissa Manchester and Free.

•Anna Mayor Robert through the arts has no end, just said.

Toledo Symphony Orchestra tickAnderson will present the great stops along the way that proMelissa Manchester will appear ets cost $30. Season tickets are Village Pride awards in a cer- vide life-enhancing memories to in concert on April 5. also available, offering all four emony at 3 p.m. in Anna last a lifetime.

“Her rich catalogue of hits shows for $80. All Artists Series Community Park. The includes songs to captivate almost Columbus Zoo will present DCCA’s Artists Series will open everyone,” Jordan said. “Melissa performances take place at 8 p.m. a program featuring live zoo Sept. 14 with “Passing Zone,” a Manchester’s career spans more in Greenville’s historic Henry St. animals at 3:30 p.m. in the duo who perform comedy while than three decades and her major Clair Memorial Hall. park. Free.

To purchase tickets or for inforalso executing jaw-dropping jug- hits, including ‘Don’t Cry Out •The Miami Valley mation, call 937-547-0908 or visit gling tricks.

Loud’ and ‘Midnight Blue,’ appeal Beekeepers Association pres“These lively, personable, funny, to generations of fans.” www.centerforarts.net. ents its annual honey harvest at Brukner Nature Center, 5995 Horseshoe Bend Road, Troy, at 2 p.m. Learn about beekeeping and taste some honey. Sunday admission for unteers read to youth at 458 participants in the 5K David O’Leary, of Works, O’Leary said. nonmembers. Free for memThe council heard Head Start.

Elizabeth New Life and a record number of bers.

Health Department will ducks sold, 2,997 ducks.

Center-Women’s Center reports as follows from do immunization clinics in Sidney, presented council members: Community Housing through December.

It has Family and Children a program to members reported for Shelby •The Piqua Public Library offers workshops in ori- of the Shelby County First Council : Jodie been extended beyond County there are two famService Brewer announced she June for children start- ilies totaling 10 people gami by Monica Salisbury, Community of the Ohio Paperfolders Council during their was looking for volunteers ing school in the fall who in transitional housing, for the council’s Shelby need to catch up on shots. four adults in apartment Association, at 4 p.m. for meeting June 26.

O’Leary provided County Fair Booth. She After December, the subsidies, and 10 adults childen 9-14 and at 6 p.m. for people 14 and older. Advance detailed information on also stated that any of the department cannot immu- in the adult care facility. registration is advisec by call- the establishment of the council’s organizations nize any child with prithere are 26 people being ing 937-773-6753. Free. center and how it has could display literature at vate insurance that covers served in Shelby County.

•The New Bremen grown. It provides free the booth. these immunizations.

The homeless outreach Public Library invites chil- pregnancy tests and offers United Way is getting RSVP had its annual dren in the fourth grade and education on a mother’s banquet to recognize ready for the campaign program had received 24 older to make bracelets at choices. It does free volunteers in April. The and reported an update calls since January.

1 p.m. Advance registration 4C4children reported ultrasounds and provides organization is recruit- on the three issues it has required. being very busy with both chosen a subcommittee to ing volunteers to read to education on pro-life.

It •The Francis J. Stallo center and parent activiMemorial Library in Minster offers an earn-while-you- children as a part of a pay attention to and will ties. Their staff is availpresents a talent show at 5:30 learn program to expect- program for Title I for the help support with United p.m. Audience vote deter- ant mothers. The center school year. These vol- Way funding. These prior- able for presentations. recently received a spe- unteers will be assigned ities are substance abuse, They have expanded the mines the winner. cial projects grant from to students who need mental health concerns number of programs they the United Way to pur- the help at Botkins and and children living in do. Some are free and some have a small charge.

•The Amos Memorial chase iPads to help with Hardin-Houston schools. poverty.

Big Brothers Big Sisters It was reported that more Public Library, 230 E. North the classes. The center RSVP also has a reading St., has scheduled a hands- also offers classes called buddy program through reported the Duck Derby centers are becoming on class about Facebook for GATE and Marriage Head Start where vol- went well. There were step-up-to-quality rated.

6 p.m. It will be presented

by Missy Naseman. Advance registration is required by calling 492-8354 or by visiting the library’s information PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — port and will contribute ence in the lives of children, Sisters surprised a jcpenney desk.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of $50,000, representing $1 for families and communities team member by reuniting •The New Bremen Public America, the nation’s largest every pair of Haggar pants across the country,” said him with the Little Brother Library welcomes people of donor and volunteer sup- sold up to $50,000 at jcpen- Miki Woodard, jcp cares he mentored for several all ages to build towers and ported mentoring network, ney in June. president and vice president years before he relocated shoot beanbags to knock will be able to help mentor “Our local agencies across of philanthropy for jcpen- from Minnesota to Texas. them down, ala Angry Birds, more young people thanks to the country experienced ney. “Additionally, we are at 1 p.m. $1.3 million raised through first-hand the generos- grateful to have had our •The Francis J. Stallo jcpenney’s charitable giv- ity of jcpenney’s customers brand partner, Haggar, join Memorial Libraray presents ing program, jcp cares, and and team members,” said us in our support of Big Tava Ridenour and her min- the retailer’s national brand Big Brothers Big Sisters Brothers Big Sisters’ imporiature horse, who will share partner, Haggar. of America President and tant work. The results are stories at 11 a.m.

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Religion Thursday, August 1, 2013

Contact Religion Editor Mike Seffrin with story ideas and press releases by phone at (937) 4985975; email mseffrin@civitasmedia. com; or by fax (937) 498-5991.

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Don’t forget to ask first Far too many times I have met people who are going through a very difficult, complicated problem in life. Their circumstance began with a very common and seemingly very simple decision.

However, the end result was a mess, a disaster, a totally different end result than the vision they had began with. Their next few steps seem to go like this: First they seek the counsel of family, friends, or a minister; then they seek prayer; and finally, they seek the Lord for direction and help.

Perhaps this is backward?

One of the richest books in the Bible for wisdom is Proverbs. I believe it is a must read for every

teenager, and should be tion, in the right decian ongoing reference sions. God is able to help manual for every adult. you through everything God gave us such simple you will ever go through. instructions to help There are no two us get through the set of situations never-ending hurthat are similar. dles and hoops of We could base our life. Proverbs deals decisions off of stawith our relationtistics and history, ships, our business but God bases his ordeals, our social decision off of all and recreational the facts we know Your lives. Hidden on Pastor and DON’T know. the book shelves best part is Speaks The of many homes that God knows John Spencer in Shelby County each of us individare the keys to a ually and has the blessed life. best interest for every Proverbs 3:6: “In all one of us. Therefore, God thy ways acknowledge says, “Acknowledge me, him and he shall direct seek me, ask me and I will thy paths.” Simply put, if guide you.” When should we will ask God, he will we ask God? Every time lead us in the right direc- we are about to make a

Prayer vigil on courtsquare planned for imprisoned missionary Tuesday beginning at 7 p.m. on the south side of the Shelby County Courthouse square, numerous area churches and ministries will join together for a countywide prayer vigil for Kenneth Bae. Bae is an American missionary currently serving at hard labor in a North Korean labor camp, after his missionary work caused him to recently be seized, tried and convicted by the North Korean government for “hostile acts against the state.”

At press time, the scheduled presenters at the prayer vigil are Shelby County Gideons International President John Moeller, Agape Distribution and international missionary Dr. John Geissler, home school mother/international missionary/musician Pam Looker, First Baptist Church pastor the Rev. George Gnade, retired pastor the Rev. Harold McKnight, retired registered nurse Kathy Moeller, Sidney First United Methodist Church pastor of care and nurture the Rev. Barbara Staley, Holy Angels Catholic

Church pastor the Rev. Dan Schmitmeyer, area prayer team members Kevin and Dawn Kelly, Sidney Mayor Mike Barhorst, area youth missionaries led by 16-year old international missionary Noah Hunt, and — leading a prayer from Nairobi, Kenya — Sidney resident and international missionary Christy Price.

Prayer vigil organizers said people who want to assist Bae may help in one of four ways: 1. Pray for him daily.

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Go to http://www.change.org/ FreeKenNow and sign Change.Org’s online petition for his release.

3. Send a letter of encouragement for Bae to American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee — themselves formerly imprisoned in North Korea — and they will forward the letter to Bae in the North Korean labor camp. Send your letters to letterforkennethbae@ gmail.com.

4. Attend the prayer vigil.

For more information, contact the Rev. Ben Hunt at (937) 726-1559.

decision: Before we take jobs, before we get married, before we buy a home, or car, before we invest. The Bible teaches us to ask him, acknowledge him.

The reason is simple: He knows what is best for us. God knows if we have what it takes to handle it, if we have what it takes to finish it, if we have what it takes to afford it.

God knows the motives of individuals and the end from the beginning. God’s vision is not short-sighted or able to be turned by man’s advertising or manipulation. He clearly sees what is best and moves us according to his will in the right direction.

Many Christians find comfort in Romans 8:28: “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” The reason is because after we ask, we confidently follow God’s lead; his will be done.

There will be times when it doesn’t seem like God is taking us down the right path; however, our faith stirs us to remember, God is working it all out for our good.

In 2013, things are getting harder, more complex, and life is throwing harder punches than ever before. This is not a time to be making decisions

based on feelings or emotions. We must base them off of solid principles; there is nothing more solid than the Word of God. We must stop going to Facebook, friends and counselors for advice, but start going back and asking God, our Father.

Why don’t you start fresh today as you are reading this by asking the Lord to direct or redirect your steps? Ask Christ to come into your heart and illuminate the path before you. Then as you go each day, trust in the Lord, and lean not on your own understanding.

The writer is the pastor at Central Bible Ministry in Sidney.

‘Kingdom Rock’

Kids dance and sing along with a music video during “Kingdom Rock” vacation Bible school at Pasco United Methodist Church recently.

Central Bible Ministry invites families to Athens vbs A summer family event called “Athens: Paul’s Dangerous Journey to Share the Truth,” will be hosted at Central Bible Ministry Monday through Aug. 8. The vacation Bible school will run from 6 to 8 p.m. each day.

Families will step back in time to Athens, exploring some of the adventures the Apostle Paul faced. Kids and adults will travel through a Bible-times marketplace,

sing songs, play teamwork-building games, dig into Bible-times snacks, be able to speak with Paul, and collect Bible Memory Makers to remind them of God’s Word.

Everyone will learn to look for evidence of God all around them through something called “God Sightings.” Each day will conclude at Celebration, a time of upbeat music to get everyone involved.

The family preregistration Block

Party will be held Sunday at 5 p.m. People who preregister will receive a VBS T-shirt. The Block Party will include food, bouncy houses, a dunk tank, and games for all ages. The community is invited to come out and celebrate Jesus with Central Bible, organizers said.

For more information, call 4981958 or visit www.centralbibleministries.org.

Wired for Christ

Maria Stein Shrine receives donation MARIA STEIN — The Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relic recently received a donation of $1,300 in memory of Rita Bertke, who died June 8.

Her husband, Lewis Bertke, along with two daughters, Bernice Bulcher and Diane Gaier, and one granddaughter, Jenna Bulcher, presented the check to President Don Rosenbeck.

Camp meeting set at Mount Tabor Church of God DEGRAFF — Mount Tabor Church of God will hold its annual Camp Meeting starting at 7 p.m. Friday.

Two church services will be held daily — at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. — through Aug. 8.

The Camp Meeting Choir will sing during each service followed by a message delivered by a Church of God minister. The public is invited.

Mount Tabor Church of God is located at the intersection of Ohio 235 and County Road 13, 5.5 miles north of DeGraff. For more information, call (937) 599-6238.

Wired for Christ performs at the Gazebo at during the Shelby County Fair recently.

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Senior Living Thursday, August 1, 2013

Contact Localife Editor Patricia Ann Speelman with senior living stories by phone at (937) 498-5965; email pspeelman@civitasmedia.com; or by fax (937) 498-5991.

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Senior volunteer aids historical society 89-year-old refinishes museum entryway

Patricia Ann Speelman pspeelman@civitasmedia.com

Volunteers recently saved the Shelby County Historical Society more than $2,000 in building repairs.

According to Director Tilda Phlipot, estimates received by the society to professionally repair a front step and the front door of the Ross Historical Center at 201 N. Main Ave. ranged from $2,500 to $5,000.

Society volunteer Frank Thaman, 89, of Sidney, took on the project instead. Along with Steve Thaman, of Botkins, and Ken New, of Sidney, with equipment donated for use by J.R. Edwards, he rebuilt the step and refinished the large, heavy door at a cost of just $500 in materials and supplies.

“He put aside his age

restriction,” Phlipot said.

The work was started in April and finished this week.

“About a year ago, Steve said the door needed work and I volunteered to do it,” the older Thaman said. “Between then, the step went bad and one thing led to another.”

Phlipot was pleased that the volunteers were able to save much of the wood in the original step. What had rotted was replaced with boards made from area trees.

“The step is of red and white oak that matches the flooring in the rest of the house,” she said.

“The rotten wood was more than we thought,” Thaman said. “‘This is more than I can do,’ I said. So I called my son in. Ken New helped a lot.”

When it came to stripping the finish from the 4-foot by 7 1/2-foot by

2 1/2-inch door and the frame around it, Thaman went at it with stripper and a putty knife, but the process was slow and labor-instensive. “‘We’ll be here forever getting this off of this door,’ I thought,” he told the Sidney Daily News Wednesday. To solve the problem, he put stripper into a 1,900-pound high pressure, electric power washer and shot the spray at the door.

“That varnish came right off,” he said. But power washing created an unanticipated problem. Water went inside the door onto the center’s finished wood floor.

“We solved that,” Thaman said. “Herb was on the inside with a shop vac, getting up the water.”

Herb Minchew, of Sidney, is an historical society employee.

“We enjoyed working

Ready for exercise

Senior happenings Events planned at the Senior Center of Sidney & Shelby County, 304 S. West Ave. •Foundation Board meeting: Aug. 9 at 8:30 a.m.

•Board meeting: Aug. 9 at 9:30 a.m. All are welcome.

•Carry-in lunch: Aug. 13 at 11:30 a.m. Monthly luncheon and business meeting followed by the Senior Center Singers in performance. Take a dish to share and table service. Guest servers will be Jackie Boyd of Odyssey Hospice and Kristi Miller of Heartland.

•Health luncheon: Aug. 27 at 11:30 a.m. Sponsored by Walgreens.

•Divas: Aug. 24, trip to Trader Joe’s market in Dayton.

•Bingo: Mondays at 1 p.m.

•Senior Center Singers: Rehearse on Mondays and Fridays at 10 a.m.

•Chair exercise class: Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9 a.m.

•Chair volleyball: Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10 a.m.

•Move N Groove: Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 a.m.

•Chair yoga: Mondays and Fridays at 9 a.m.

•Knitting/crocheting: Wednesdays at 9 a.m.

•Quilting: Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 1 p.m. Beginners welcome.

•Billiards: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 a.m.

•Shuffleboard: Mondays and Thursdays at 1 p.m.

•Texas hold ‘em: Mondays and Thursdays at noon.

•Euchre: Tuesdays and Fridays at 1 p.m.; Thursdays at 7 p.m.

•Bid euchre: Fourth Friday of each month at 7 p.m.

•Pinochle: Wednesdays at 1 p.m.

•Bridge: Practice bridge Tuesdays at 1 p.m.; Fridays at 12:45 pm.

•Woodcarvers: Second Monday of the month at 7 p.m.

•Friday Night Out: Aug. 16 beginning at 6 p.m. for an ice cream sundae. Ice cream provided, please take your favorite topping or snack to share with friends. Also open for many games.

•Newsletter: Aug. 26 at 9 a.m. Assistance needed to assemble and label for next newsletter.

there every morning,” Thaman added. “We didn’t work in the afternoons because it was too hot.”

Now that the entryway is finished, his next project is rebuilding and refinishing the benches that were on either side of the door on the center’s historic porch.

“We saved the wood and that saved expense,” Thaman said. “I took them to Ross Aluminum and they planed the bad wood off. There was enough good wood to rebuild them. I’ve got them sanded and varnished now.”

After the benches are back in place, the volunteer has no plans for SDN Photo | Luke Gronneberg Steve Thaman (left) of Botkins, and Frank Thaman, 89, of Sidney, another project.

“I’m 89. I’ll lay low for put a coat of varnish on the front door of the Ross Historical Center Monday. awhile,” he laughed.

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Jessica Taylor (l-r), exercise co-ordinator for the YMCA, chats with Margaret and Paul Cook in the Amos Center at Dorothy Love before a recent exercise program the facility offered its residents.

Dorothy Love hosts downsizing series D o ro t h y L ove Retirement Community, 3003 W. Cisco Road, has scheduled a series of programs about downsizing a household and moving to a different dwelling.

Birthday No. 99

Each session of the three-part series includes a free lunch. Participants can register for one, two or all three sessions by phoning 497-6542.

The first session will be Wednesday at 12:30 p.m.

“Downsizing & Easing the Move” by Chris McKenzie, vice president of marketing for Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Services, will teach par-

ticipants about simplifying their lives: how to sort through belongings and reduce the stress of moving. McKenzie will offer a step-by-step process for downsizing and give practical tips for maximizing the sale price of a home.

“The Housing Market”

by Gay Smith, of Re/Max One Realtor, will be Aug. 21 at 12:30 p.m. Smith will discuss the current

housing market, key points of pricing a home and marketing it, maximizing a home’s value and choosing the right realtor.

“Talking to the Professionals - Panel Discussion,” will be Aug. 28 at 12:30 p.m. Panelists will be Tom Trotter, inspector; Mark Bogart, appraiser; and Justin Vondenhuevel, auctioneer.

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Join Dorothy Love for a presentation about simplifying your life. You’ll learn how to sort through all your belongings and reduce the stress of moving as Chris McKenzie, Vice President of Marketing for OPRS, offers a step-by-step process for downsizing, and gives practical tips for maximizing the sale price of your home.

Part 2: The Housing Market Wednesday, August 21 - 12:30 p.m.

Gay Smith, Re/Max One Realtor, will discuss the current housing market, key points of pricing your home and marketing it, maximizing your home’s value and choosing the right realtor.

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Anna/Botkins Thursday, August 1, 2013

Events planned at park

Will you marry me?

ANNA — Two special events will take place in the Anna Community Park Sunday.

Mayor Robert Anderson will present Village Pride awards to recipients in a ceremony open to the public and scheduled for 3 p.m.

The awards were developed to encourage residents and businesses to make beautification enhancements to their properties, making the village a beautiful place to live and work. Each winner was nominated by a community resident and winners were selected by a committee from among all the nominations.

At 3:30 p.m., staff from the Columbus Zoo will present a program featuring six to 10 animals. The zoo handlers will discuss each animal’s characteristics and habitat. A question and answer session will follow the presentation.

The program has been made possible by the St. Jacob Lutheran Church Endowment Fund.

In the service

Anna graduate assigned to submarine

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Contact Anna reporter Kathy Leese, (937) 489-3711; email, newswriter777@yahoo. com; or by fax (937) 498-5991, with story ideas and news releases.

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Botkins native Chance Guisinger, a Van Wert firefighter, suprises Olivia Richard, of Anna, by proposing marriage as they overlook the Van Wert countryside from the bucket of a fire engine ladder truck recently. His high school sweetheart said, “Yes.”

Local artist in exhibits BOTKINS — Botkins art teacher Dan Knepper has had two of his paintings accepted into prestigious exhibits recently.

“Morgan,” won the Dick Blick art award and will tour the state as part of the Ohio Watercolor Society’s traveling show.

“Fallen,” which won Best of Show at Spring Fling 2012 in Sidney,

has just won a national award from Daniel Smith Art Supplies. The painting is currently in the Viewpoint45 show in Cincinnati.

The Daniel Smith art competition received thousands of entries.

“Fallen” was voted a weekly winner on the contest website. From there, it was up for

voting as a monthly winner, where it won again. Monthly winners became eligible for the final voting by Daniel Smith staff, where it was a top 10 choice.

River Gallery in Rocky River will sell Knepper’s works. In September, he will study with Mary Whyte, a renowned watercolorist.

ANNA — 2008 Anna High School graduate Cory Sniffen has completed U.S. Navy submarine training in Groton, Conn.

He entered naval training in Great Lakes, Ill., June 7, 2012, then transferred to Connecticut and completed submarine school, apprenticeship technical training, tactical computer network operator, and electronics navigation “A” school.

He will now be stationed in Kingsbay, Ga., to complete 80 days of Boomer Navigation School at a Trident facility. Then, he will be assigned on the USS Tennessee (SSBN 734) as an ETSN electronic navigator.

Sniffen is the son of Tom and Debi Sniffen, “Morgan,” a watercolor by Dan Knepper, of Botkins, will tour in the Ohio Watercolor Society of Anna.

Traveling Exhibition. It was selected for a Dick Blick art award. Photo provided

“Fallen,” a watercolor by Dan Knepper, of Botkins, won a Daniel Smith Art Supplies national award and is on exhibit in Cincinnati.” Photo provided.

Shelby County Fair

SDN Photo | Luke Gronneberg SDN Photo | Luke Gronneberg Adam Berning, 17, of Anna, son of Rich and Carol

Mindy Schmitmeyer, 15, of Anna, daughter of Gary and Kelly Schmitmeyer, and member of the 4-H Club McCartyville Producers won the Dorothy Duncan Award: foods advanced at the Shelby County Fair.

Berning won the Lloyd Lutz Award at the Shelby County SDN Photo | Luke Gronneberg Fair. The award is sponsored by the Shelby County Dairy Jayden Doseck, 4, of Anna, watches Mikayla Ryder, 16, of Jackson Center, finish a practice Boosters Association and is always presented to a dairy ride at the Shelby County Fairgrounds July 21. Jayden is the daughter of Kevin and Cathy exhibitor during the Gallon of Milk sale.

Doseck. Ryder is the daughter of Mary and Steve Ryder.

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Shelby county fair

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Monique Booher, 17, of Sidney, daughter of Dr. Scott and Gay Booher, and member of Equus Unlimited Emily Smith, 18, of Piqua, daughter of Richard and Tracy Smith, and member of Equus Unlimited won won grand champion western horsemanship and grand champion western riding at the Shelby County grand champion open hunter on the flat and grand champion hunter hack at the Shelby County Fair. Fair.

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Winners in western horsemanship with disabilities at the Shelby County Fair are (l-r) Mikayla Ryder, Caroline Frieders, 12, of Quincy, daughter of Jack and Kay Frieders and member of Horse and Rider 16, of Jackson Center, Collin Meyer, 14, of Jackson Center, and Selena Ramirez, 13, of Houston. Ryder 4-H Club, won grand champion equitation on the flat, grand champion English equitation over fences is the daughter of Steve and Mary Ryder. Collin is the son of Travis and Tina Swiger. Selena is the daughter of Bill and Cami Frey. and grand champion trail at the Shelby County Fair.

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Jacob Frieders, 17, of Quincy, son of Jack and Kay Frieders, and member of Horse and Rider 4-H Club won grand champion moving dummy breakaway roping, grand champion ground roping and grand champion reining at the Shelby County Fair.

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Jessica Batton, 11, of Sidney, daughter of John and Kristen Batton, and member of the 4-H Club Trail Riders won grand champion western pleasure at the Shelby County Fair.

You are ready for sex after marriage DR. WALLACE: How do you know when you are ready for sex? I know this is a difficult question to answer, but I think you are qualified to give an honest answer. I’ve grown up in a very religious home, and both of my parents want me to wait until I get married. I’m 16 and think that I don’t want to wait five more years before losing my virginity. In this day and age, it’s very hard to stay a virgin. At school, many of my very close friends are sexually active, and when they discuss having sex with their boyfriends, I get jealous and envious.

Although my mom wants me to wait, she said that if I get serious with a guy, she would see to it that I get on the pill and demand that the guy uses condoms. She also assured me that if I happened to get pregnant, she would help the baby and me financially even though she would be terribly disappointed.

—Nameless, Hobart, Ind. NAMELESS: I’m well aware that many, many couples are involved in a sexual relationship without the commitment of marriage. But some of these people in such a relationship will have their lives altered in a psychological way that could be detrimental for a lifetime. To answer your question: You are

three months ago. ready for sex when It’s funny to have a you find the perman in our house, son you love with but Mom says she all your heart and loves him, and she soul, and the two seems happy most of you decide to get of the time. married and enjoy I guess he is being part of a lov‘Tween 12 nice, but he has ing family. & 20 DR. WALLACE: Dr. Robert made rules for me to abide by. Some My mother was Wallace of them I can live not married when with, but one of I was born, but together we had a won- them I can’t live with, derful life together. All and this has caused a this changed when mom very tense family probmarried her boss at work lem. The rule I will never

agree to is that I must eat all of the foods my mom puts on my plate for supper.

My stepfather likes liver and onions, lamb, squash, omelets and other things I find despicable and refuse to eat. This has caused me to be on restriction for a long time. Please tell my mom and stepfather that a teen (I’m 13) should not be forced to eat foods they despise. Please, please, Dr. Wallace, print my letter.

Already, I’m starting to get

headaches thinking about my problem. —Nameless, Panama City, Fla. NAMELESS: It’s not for me to set the eating rules for you. It’s up to your parents to make that decision.

Personally, I feel mealtime should be an enjoyable experience for the entire family. It should be a time to relax and enjoy each other’s company.

I am not a member of the “Clean Plate Club,” nor do I eat things that I find distasteful. The person

preparing the food should be wise enough to prepare nutritious, delicious meals that include some dishes that appeal to all family members, as well as a few “specialties” for those who like them.

Dr. Robert Wallace welcomes questions from readers. Although he is unable to respond to all of them individually, he will answer as many as possible in this column. Email him at rwallace@ galesburg.net. To find out more about Dr. Robert Wallace and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

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Weather

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Out of the Past 100 years

Today

Tonight

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Mostly cloudy then turning partly cloudy

Mostly clear; west winds 5 mph Low: 59

Mostly cloudy; 40% chance of showers, t-storms High: 78 Low: 65

Partly cloudy

High: 79

Partly cloudy; 30% chance of showers, t-storms High: 78 Low: 65

Partly cloudy; 30% chance of showers, t-storms High: 78 Low: 62

Partly cloudy; 30% chance of showers, t-storms High: 78 Low: 62

High: 78 Low: 60

Local Outlook

Sunny today, rainy Friday A weak cold front will move through the area early today.

A shower chance could linger into the early morning hours.

This afternoon will feature more sun- Brian Davis shine and slightly warmer temperatures along with a gradual drop in humidity levels.

More rain heads our way later Friday.

Regional Almanac Temperatures Tuesday High.........................77 Tuesday Low..........................54

Precipitation Tuesday........................trace Month to date.......................7.99 Year to date........................15.53

Sunrise/Sunset Thursday sunset..................8:51 p.m.

Friday sunrise.......................6:36 a.m.

Friday sunset....................8:50 p.m.

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No bones about it — kids have them!

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have health. I’m an avid walker, puta family member who thinks ting in anywhere from three infants and older kids, like to five miles a day. I do have my 6-year-old son, don’t have bunions on both feet, and the bones but only cartilage. Can beginnings of hammer toes; you explain about bones and however, my feet don’t hurt at cartilage, as well as anything all. I recently saw a podiatrist else that has to do with bones to seek an opinion about what growing? — M.P. I could do to keep my foot ANSWER: Sharks problems from prohave only cartilage, and gressing. His opinion no bones. Little chilwas that I should have dren, like sharks, seem surgery on both feet to to spend a lot of time correct the problems. eating. Perhaps that’s His reasoning is that where the confusion is? surgery is inevitable, Seriously, it is a conand to correct now cern that some adults prevent it from To your will are under the misapprebecoming a more comgood hension that children’s plicated procedure and health bones can’t be broken. It complicated recovery.

Dr. Keith is true that kids’ bones That seems logical, Roach are more flexible than but it’s also difficult in adults, but they are to contemplate having nonetheless smaller and surgery on something weaker, so can more easily that gives me no problems fracture. Children’s bones con- whatsoever. Thoughts? — tain a growth plate at each end D.D. of a long bone, composed of ANSWER: “Bunion” is a cartilage that slowly becomes term used for a deformity of bone. This growth plate can the big toe, as it points toward be damaged in a fracture. the other toes. It’s not clear Fortunately, children tend to what causes it, and there are heal faster as well. nonsurgical treatments that DEAR DR. ROACH: I am can be tried, such as special a 60-year-old female in great shoes and orthotics.

These same treatments may be appropriate for hammer toes as well, which are deformities of the second, third or fourth toes. The toes are bent in the middle joint, so the toe resembles a hammer.

Surgery is better than it was, but I still see people who are worse after surgery than before. I would wait until it is bothering you. My surgery tech recommends surgery only for people with pain or difficulty walking.

If you still aren’t certain, get a second opinion from a different podiatrist.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 93 years old, in good health, but unsteady when walking.

I use a cane, but I wonder if there is anything more I can do to help steady myself. — J.H. ANSWER: Unsteadiness, especially for someone in his 90s, is quite common and can come from many sources.

My experience has been that regardless of the cause, an evaluation by a physical and/ or occupational therapist can make sure that your cane is appropriate, properly sized and necessary. This specialist also can get you involved in

a balance and strengthening program that can help prevent a fall, which is your biggest enemy. There are many therapies that can help, and modalities like yoga and tai chi have helped many older people with balance. However, since you are already unsteady, I would recommend getting an evaluation before trying a program by yourself. Your doctor can point you to the physical and occupational therapy resources in your area.

The booklet on vertigo explains this disruptive condition in detail and outlines its treatment. Readers can order a copy by writing: Dr. Roach — No. 801, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 328536475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Can. with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery.

DEAR ABBY: I travel a seat. And please, keep the lot in my work with animal carrier upright and steady. protection.

— ANIMAL LOVER IN Often I’ll encounter dogs WASHINGTON, D.C. and cats in distress as soon as DEAR ANIMAL LOVER: I reach the airport. Distracted Thank you for the heads up. by their own thoughts, In case someone’s their owners seldom pet might have other realize they’re upsetissues while traveling, ting the pets they’re it’s always a good idea carrying through the to talk about it with terminal. a veterinarian before Animal carriers are embarking. (Sorry, I carelessly swung to couldn’t resist.) and fro, banged against DEAR ABBY: I’m Dear counters, chairs and a 19-year-old guy and Abby onto the floor. Cat or for as long as I can Abigail dog shoulder bags are remember my parents dangled at angles that Van Buren have yelled at me. It make it impossible for lasts for hours at a the animal inside to time at night after they balance. These poor pets can come home from work almost be confused, dizzy and suffer every day. It’s never about me from motion sickness before doing something bad, but how the flight even takes off.

I never do anything up to their Traveling is stressful expectations. enough for animals. So please, I don’t know if they’re right everyone — if you fly with or wrong, but it makes me an animal companion, keep depressed and I have been it foremost in your thoughts. thinking about suicide. I have Use a sturdy, well-ventilated never been carrier, preferably one with able to have an opinion of wheels, that’s designed for my own because as soon as animals and to fit under your I had one my parents would

yell at me all over again and call me “stupid and retarded.”

I cry myself to sleep at night hoping God will put me to sleep forever. Please tell me what to do. — JUSTIN IN SAN FRANCISCO DEAR JUSTIN: Verbal abuse — which is what you are describing — can be every bit as destructive as physical abuse. Perhaps it’s time to consider moving out. With the constant verbal battering you’re receiving, it’s no wonder you’re depressed.

Harming yourself is not the answer to your problem.

Because you have reached the point of wanting to hurt yourself, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The number is 800-784-2433. A counselor there can direct you to the help you need. You may have to build your self-esteem from the ground up, but the effort will be well worth it. My thoughts are with you.

DEAR ABBY: A few months ago my mother joined Facebook and I readily accepted her friend request.

I’m a 30-something IT special-

ist, but Mom is new to the Internet.

There are times I have gone online and seen posts in which my mother is arguing with my friends about their lifestyles.

I have friends and business contacts from all over the world, and their backgrounds are highly varied as are their belief and value systems.

I have told Mom in private and public discussions that she owes someone an apology, but she shrugs it off.

Am I wrong for asking her to respect my friends, and would you suggest I “unfriend” my mother until she learns proper Internet etiquette? — DIGITAL FAMILY MAN DEAR FAMILY MAN: Because what your mother is doing could negatively affect your business, you should do EXACTLY that. And quickly!

Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but will incorporate them in the column whenever possible. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealthmed. cornell.edu or request an order form of available health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Health newsletters may be ordered from www.rbmamall.com.

Aug. 1, 1913 The casing is being pulled at the Maplewood well No. 2, while the third well is being drilled by the Maplewood Gas & Oil Co. on the P.C. Metz farm. The company is confident that this, the third attempt, will be a gusher. O.C. Scherer has well No. 1 at his farm in Rum Creek, piped to his residence and has an abundance of gas for domestic use. He has also put down a water line from the same well and has a good supply of the best of water.

——— John Dearbaugh, of Jackson Center, has bought the engine and dynamo used

by Oliver Cargill in the moving pictures show and installed it in the Babcock and Dearbaugh garage.

The building is now lighted with electric lights as is also the alley leading to the garage. Several business places have contracted for lights and these with the number furnished by the Rogers Garage and Light Co. will light most of the business houses.

75 years

Aug. 1, 1938 An injunction action was filed yesterday afternoon in Shelby County common pleas court by the board of education of the Turner school district in Cynthian Township against the county board of education and the board of education of the Russia school district, to enjoin the latter groups from incorporating the Turner district into the Russia school district. The action asked the court to declare the proposed reorganization plan of no force and effect.

——— At the meeting of the board of education this week, Frank Kaser, who has served as custodian at the high school building since it was opened 25 years ago, submitted his resignation.

Harvey Wooddell was named to fill the post during the coming year.

50 years

Aug. 1, 1963 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Horstman, sons, Bill, Jim, Jerry, Tom and daughter, Mary Ann, are guests in

Akron for Friday and Saturday, going there for the Soap Box derby.

——— Miss Judith Ann Kiser, older daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer B. Kiser of 720 St. Marys Avenue, will be one of the 60 nurse students graduating in ceremonies this evening from the School of Nursing of Mt. Carmel Hospital in Columbus.

25 years

Aug. 1, 1988 Fire destroyed the Goodwin Furniture store in downtown Sidney Saturday, causing losses that may reach $1 million and sparking an investigation into the cause of it and two other suspicious blazes that occurred over the weekend. Sidney Fire Chief Joseph Geuy said this morning the cause of the fire remains under investigation, as do the causes of another blaze that occurred shortly before the Goodwin fire, and a fire at the Damar Products business on Russell Road Sunday morning.

——— WA S H I N GT O N (AR) – Congress is poised this week to give final approval to legislation providing more than $1 billion to Japanese-Americans who were forced from their homes and sent to internment camps during World War II. If all goes according to that schedule, Japanese-Americans who qualify should start getting individual $20,000 tax-free payments in about a year. The most elderly will be given priority for the first payments.

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These news items from past issues of the Sidney Daily News are compiled by the Shelby County Historical Society (498-1653) as a public service to the community.

Local history on the Internet! www. shelbycountyhistory.org Editor’s note: The Out of the Past column was not published in Monday nor Wednesday’s newspapers because the SDN did not receive it.

Pets on a plane often suffer rough rides through airport

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

Sudoku puzzles also appear on the Sidney Daily News website at www.sidneydailynews.com.

Odds and ends LONDON (AP) — A team of archaeologists said Monday it has unearthed an unusual coffin-within-a-coffin in the central England parking lot where it found the skeleton of King Richard III, and that they hope to identify the remains within.

University of Leicester scientists have been digging at the Grey Friars site in Leicester after finding the body of Richard there in September. He died nearby in 1485 at the Battle of Bosworth Field.

The team said it had discovered a fully intact medieval stone coffin during a dig in September but wasn’t able to investigate it further at the time. When it was opened this week, the team said, it found a lead coffin within it, one likely to contain a “high status” individual.

Sports Thursday, August 1, 2013

Today’s sports Replay 50 years ago Aug. 1, 1963 Ross Pattern blanked Frostie 15-2 in the ‘B’ League rounds at Custenborder Wednesday. Ron Elsass gave only one hit to the Root Beer crew, as he fanned 17 batters.

Elsass helped his own cause by belting two homers and a double. Douglas and Inman homered. The latter also doubled along with Johnston.

25 years ago Aug. 1, 1988 Loren Coy captured the class A portion of the Glen Smith Memorial Invitational horseshoe tournament at the Shelby County Fairgrounds Sunday, winning all five of his matches. He dazzled onlookers with 73.6 percent ringers, including 79.4 in his first game against Ralph Fleckenstein.

10 years ago Aug. 1, 2003 Riverside High School’s Adam Rose was recently selected to compete in the United States Amateur Baseball Federation World Series in San Diego. Rose was selected after a baseball showcase held at Cooper Stadium in Columbus.

Rose was a key player for Riverside’s district runner-up team and a first-team allconference pitcher.

Calendar High school sports Aug. 6 Boys golf Riverside at Jackson Center (Oaks) Girls golf Versailles, New Bremen, Riverside, Russia, Fort Loramie at Minster Invitational (Arrowhead) Aug. 7 Boys golf Russia at Minster (Arrowhead Riverside at Arcadia Russia, Mississinawa at Minster (Arrowhead) Girls golf Russia, New Bremen, Versailles, Fort Loramie at Covington Invitational at Echo Hills, Piqua

WHat year was it?

• The Cincinnati Reds’ Johnny Vander Meer repeats as the National League strikeout leader with 174.

• Cleveland’s Allie Reynolds leads the AmericanLeague in strikeouts with 151.

• Major League home run total falls below 1,000 for the first time since 1927.

Answer: 1943

Quote of the Day “Hopefully I can help in any way, but we need contributions from a lot of people.

It’s not like I’m some savior coming in here all of a sudden we’re just going to start winning.”

— Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter on his return to the lineup after an injury

On this date in 1945 — New York’s Mel Ott hits his 500th home run in a 9-2 victory over the Boston Braves at the Polo Grounds.

Only Babe Ruth with 714 and Jimmie Foxx with 527 have more.

1972 — Nate Colbert of the San Diego Padres drives in 13 runs in a doubleheader sweep of the Atlanta Braves 9-0 and 11-7.

1987 — Mike Tyson wins the undisputed heavyweight championship with a 12-round unanimous decision over IBF champion Tony Tucker in Las Vegas.

1990 — Arkansas jumps to the Southeastern Conference, severing its 76-year tie to the troubled Southwest Conference

Contact Sports Editor Ken Barhorst with story ideas, sports scores and game stats by phone at (937) 498-5960; email kbarhorst@civitasmedia.com; or by fax (937) 498-5991.

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MLB tells union which players it plans to suspend Ronald Blum AP Sports Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has told the union which players it intends to suspend in its drug investigation and which ones will receive lengthier penalties for their roles in the Biogenesis case.

The sides are trying to reach as many agreements as possible that would avoid grievance hearings, and talks could push back an announcement until Friday, two people familiar with the talks told The Associated Press.

The meeting between MLB and the union on Tuesday, first reported by the New York Daily News, signaled the final stretch of talks.

MLB hopes to announce the penalties for all players involved at

the same time, both people said, speaking on condition of anonymity because no announcements were authorized. Under baseball’s Joint Drug Agreement, suspensions for violations not caused by a positive test are effective on the third business day after the discipline is issued — another sign pointing to a Friday announcement.

Three-time MVP Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees stands to receive the longest suspension.

While 50 games is the standard for a first offense, the stiffer penalties for some players are tied to other alleged violations, including not being truthful to MLB investigators.

Three 2013 All-Stars could face bans: Texas outfielder Nelson Cruz, San Diego shortstop Everth Cabrera and Detroit shortstop

Jhonny Peralta. In a sign Peralta’s suspension might be imminent, the Tigers acquired shortstop Jose Iglesias from Boston on Tuesday night as part of a three-way trade with the Chicago White Sox. Another 2013 All-Star, Oakland pitcher Bartolo Colon, was suspended last year following a positive testosterone test, as were Toronto outfielder Melky Cabrera and San Diego catcher Yasmani Grandal. They won’t receive additional discipline for that violation, the two people said.

Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli and Seattle catcher Jesus Montero also have been linked in media reports to Biogenesis, a closed Florida anti-aging clinic that was accused by Miami New Times in January of distributing banned performing-enhancing drugs.

Melky Cabrera was the 2012 All-Star game MVP while with San Francisco and Colon won the 2005 AL Cy Young Award with the Los Angeles Angels.

Players who don’t reach agreements can ask the players’ association to file grievances, which would lead to hearings before arbitrator Fredric Horowitz.

Discipline for first offenders under the drug agreement usually is not announced until after the penalty is upheld, but there is an exception when the conduct leading to the discipline already has been made public.

In addition, MLB may try to suspend Rodriguez under its collective bargaining agreement instead of its drug rules, which would lead to the suspension starting before the appeal.

Bailey takes shutout into 9th in 4-1 Reds win Bernie Wilson AP Sports Writer

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Homer Bailey came within two outs of a five-hit shutout to end his four-start losing streak and the Cincinnati Reds beat the San Diego Padres 4-1 Wednesday to snap a five-game skid.

Brandon Phillips homered and Joey Votto hit a two-run double for the Reds, who avoided a three-game sweep and ended San Diego’s four-game winning streak.

Bailey had allowed just five singles going into the ninth, when Everth Cabrera reached on a fielding error by first baseman Votto leading off the inning. The righthander got Chris Denorfia to fly out before Chase Headley doubled in Cabrera. Manager Dusty Baker pulled Bailey, and Aroldis Chapman got the final two outs for his 25th save in 29 chances.

The performance by Bailey was just what the Reds needed to end a 10-game West Coast trip on a positive note. Not only had the Reds lost five straight after win-

AP Photo | Lenny Ignelzi

Cincinnati Reds’ Joey Votto drives in two runs with a double against the San Diego Padres in the seventh inning of a baseball game in San Diego, Wednesday.

ning the first four games of the trip, but Bailey hadn’t won since throwing the second no-hitter of his career July 2 at home against San Francisco. Three of his four losses since then had come on the road.

Bailey (6-10) allowed six hits and one unearned run, struck out

seven and walked none.

Phillips homered to center field off lefty Eric Stults (8-10) leading off the second, his 13th.

The Reds added three more runs in the seventh, all unearned because of third baseman Headley’s throwing error on Derrick Robinson’s grounder. The

error put runners on first and third, and Chris Heisey singled to left to score Zack Cosart, aboard on a leadoff single. Votto followed with a double to right to bring in Robinson and Heisey.

Stults allowed four runs, one earned, on 10 hits in 6 2-3 innings.

He struck out five and walked none.

NOTES: The Reds are off Thursday before opening an eightgame homestand with the first of three games against the NL Central rival St. Louis Cardinals.

RHP Bronson Arroyo (9-8, 3.26 ERA) is scheduled to start against RHP Shelby Miller (10-7, 2.79). …

The Padres are off Thursday before welcoming the New York Yankees to Petco Park for the first time.

Scheduled starters are LHP CC Sabathia (9-9, 4.65) against RHP Andrew Cashner (7-5, 3.88)….

Sunday’s Padres starter will be RHP Ian Kennedy, acquired from the Arizona Diamondbacks before Wednesday’s deadline for lefty reliever Joe Thatcher, a minor leaguer and a 2014 draft pick.

Elite field ready for major tuneup Rusty Miller AP Sports Writer

AKRON (AP) — In the dark, head-to-head, 11 shots clear of the pack, from rooftops and in every other conceivable way, Tiger Woods has dominated at Firestone Country Club.

He just says it makes him feel comfortable.

“I’ve done it all different ways, that’s the thing,” Woods said Wednesday, the day before beginning his run at an eighth win at the Bridgestone Invitational. “Some years I’ve striped it and have really played well, and other years I’ve hit it all over the lot and had to be creative. I’ve chipped and putted and holed out. It’s been such a mixed bag.”

Woods, coming off a disappointing British Open and steeling for the PGA Championship next week at Oak Hill, headlines a bumper crop of world-class players who are entered.

The 73-player field includes 49 of the top 50 players in the world ranking, including this year’s major champions (Adam Scott, Justin Rose, Phil Mickelson), last year’s winner (Keegan Bradley) and European stars Rory McIlroy, Graeme McDowell and Lee Westwood.

Yet, Woods always seems to grab the spotlight. That’s what happens when a player has won more than $9.5 million in just 14 appearances at a single venue.

Woods’ first win, in what was then called the NEC Invitational, came in 1999 when he shot a third-round 62 to win in his third appearance, holding off Mickelson by a shot.

A year later, Woods’ triumphal march to an 11-shot victory on the final day was delayed by inclement weather, with his final putt finding the bottom of the cup in almost total darkness.

The strobe lights of photographers made it look like a scene from an old movie.

The year after that, Woods overcame Jim Furyk in an epic, seven-hole, sudden-death playoff for his third win in a row at Firestone.

After finishing fourth, tying for fourth and tying for second the next three years, Woods strung together wins in his next four appearances. The win in 2006 is remembered for a wayward 9-iron shot that hit on the cart path near the ninth hole and bounced onto the roof of the clubhouse, the ball being pocketed by a kitchen helper.

Woods won by eight shots in 2007 and then missed the tournament the following year as he recovered from knee surgery.

Even that didn’t halt his string as he returned in 2009 and took advantage of Padraig Harrington’s triple-bogey 8 on the 70th hole to win by four strokes.

“This is one of those courses where, for me over the years, I just have felt very comfortable,” Woods said. “I think my record has been

pretty good since I’ve turned pro here.”

But, as there always seems to be with Woods since his personal meltdown, there are nagging questions. After streaking to 14 major championship victories, he has failed to win in his last 17 tries.

The latest disappointment came at Muirfield two weeks ago when he seemed in perfect spot to win but faded to a closing 74 and watched rival Mickelson come out of nowhere to swoop in and grab the claret jug.

“I had a chance to win and didn’t get it done on Sunday,” Woods said.

Others are plotting to not only win the Bridgestone but use it as a springboard to the year’s final major a week later.

Mickelson, returning to action after the dramatic win at Muirfield, is geared up to continue his hot play. He won the Scottish Open the week before the British. Why not make it four in a row by sweeping through the Bridgestone and PGA? “Playing the week before (a major) personally helps me play my best and get my best golf out,” he said.

Rose won the U.S. Open at Merion, then turned around and had his high hopes dashed when he missed the cut in his homeland’s national championship. After time off, he’s rejuvenated and ready for golf’s version of the stretch run.

Versailles football team look sharp against Eaton Kyle Shaner Civitas Media

VERSAILLES — The Versailles football team saw the benefits of experience in its seven-on-seven passing scrimmage against Eaton Monday evening in Versailles.

“I thought we looked pretty sharp,” Versailles coach Adam Miller said. “Offensively we started off very well, moved the ball around. I don’t know if we had hardly any incompletions.”

With Miller entering his second season as Versailles’ head coach, the Tigers are entering their second season of his system.

That added experience has the team looking stronger this year than they did last summer.

“The big thing I like is I feel like mentally we know what we’re doing,” Miller said. “It’s a

big improvement from last year, which you do anything the second time it’s going to be easier.

So very happy with the mental aspect of the game.”

The Tigers also have the benefit of experience at quarterback, where Nick Campbell returns for his third season as the team’s starter.

“It’s huge. It’s huge,” Miller said. “He’s to the point now that I call a play, and he’s almost finishing the sentence for me. Having him back allows me to focus on other aspects of the game.”

On the first offensive drive of the night, Campbell and the Tigers scored three touchdowns on their 10-play series.

On Eaton’s first offensive drive of the night, the Tigers kept the Eagles out of the end zone in the 10-play series while intercepting

one pass.

On the Tigers’ second offensive series, Eaton picked off a pass, but Versailles recovered and scored a touchdown.

In Eaton’s second offensive series, Versailles again intercepted a pass although the Eagles also added their first touchdown.

With sophomore Jared Niekamp getting some snaps at quarterback with the Versailles varsity offense on the third drive, the Tigers had one turnover and didn’t score.

Eaton’s best offensive possession came on its third drive when it scored a couple times without committing a turnover.

Campbell led the Versailles offense on the first five plays of the Tigers’ fourth drive, throwing a pair of touchdown passes.

Niekamp took the final five snaps,

which included one Versailles turnover.

Eaton didn’t score on its final offensive possession but didn’t turn the ball over, either.

Miller, who was working with Versailles’ offense including varsity, junior varsity and freshmen, said he didn’t get to see much of the defense but has been impressed with the unit.

“I think they’re playing aggressive,” he said. “This is the second year they’ve played zone coverage so they’ve also gotten better at that as well.”

Versailles starts two-a-day practices on Monday and then will suit up in full pads the following Saturday.

“I’m ready for it,” Miller said.

“Enough running around without pads on.”

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Four Turns

Tracks on Tap

RISING Although late-race 1 JOHNSON pit trouble cost Jimmie Johnson a win

SPRINT CUP SERIES

Race: GoBowling.com 400 Track: Pocono Raceway Location: Long Pond, Pa. When: Sunday, Aug. 4 TV: ESPN (1:00 p.m. EST) Layout: 2.5-mile tri-oval Banking/Turn 1: 14 degrees Banking/Turn 2: 8 degrees Banking/Turn 3: 6 degrees 2012 Winner: Jeff Gordon Crew Chief’s Take: “One of those love/hate tracks. Teams are normally on one extreme or the other. You don’t find teams that are in the middle of the road on Pocono. It’s like a small road course with left-hand turns. You compromise, but you still have to be good in all three corners. If you give up one corner you better be exceptional in the other two. I like it because after the repave, it’s a very smooth track, and everybody likes smooth tracks just because it makes it easier to work on the cars. You still have the three corners, but there is a ton of speed.”

at the Brickyard, the veteran Chevrolet driver is steaming along in the points race. Entering Sunday’s race in Long Pond, Pa., the first-place Johnson has a whopping 75-point lead over Clint Bowyer. The top eight positions in points stayed the same Sunday.

STAYS STRONG Dale Earn2 JUNIOR hardt Jr. finished a strong sixth in

Sunday’s race despite driving with a heavy heart. Randy Earnhardt, Junior’s uncle and brother of the late Dale Earnhardt Sr., died Sunday after a long battle with cancer. Randy Earnhardt was 60. He played a significant management role at Dale Earnhardt, Inc., the team Dale Sr. founded, and also worked with Junior in the early stages of the driver’s racing career.

TUMBLES The most 3 KESELOWSKI significant drop in the point standings

from Sunday’s Indianapolis race saw defending Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski fall out of the top 10, sinking from ninth to 13th. Keselowski, who led five laps, finished 21st after pitting late in the race. “That was definitely not the day we wanted,” Keselowski said. “It was an up-and-down day, and the way the (pit) cycles ended, it was down on the finish. That has been the story of the year.”

THAT CHANNEL NASCAR’s 4 CHECK television connections will undergo

dramatic changes for the 2015 season. It was announced last week that the NBC Sports Group has reached an agreement with NASCAR for the broadcast rights for the final 20 Sprint Cup races and the final 19 Nationwide Series races beginning in 2015. The agreement runs through the 2024 season. ESPN and TNT will be leaving the NASCAR broadcast loop.

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Throttle Up/Throttle Down

RYAN NEWMAN After being informed recently that he won’t have a ride waiting at Stewart-Haas Racing next season, Newman made himself a more marketable driver by winning one of the year’s biggest races.

DANICA PATRICK Once a star at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Patrick looked out of her league in Sunday’s Samuel Deeds 400. She finished 30th, two laps off the lead pace.

Compiled and written by Mike Hembree.

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Ryan Newman celebrates his win at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with wife Krissie and daughters Brooklyn (left) and Ashlyn.

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“Back Home Again” Win Indiana native Ryan Newman wins in NASCAR’s annual trip to the Brickyard

By MIKE HEMBREE

As is often the case in NASCAR, the car that showed the most strength during Sunday’s race didn’t emerge as the winner.

And that fact was a bit harder to take than normal for second-place Jimmie Johnson on this particular Sunday because it happened on one of international motorsports’ biggest stages — Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Johnson lost the lead late in the race after a pit-stop problem slowed his progress and opened the gates for Indiana native Ryan Newman to win the Samuel Deeds 400, NASCAR’s annual stop at the Brickyard.

Newman and Johnson were the class of the field all day. Johnson led 73 laps and Newman led 45.

No one else led more than 11 laps.

Johnson, the series’ point leader, seemed on course to nail a record fifth Brickyard victory until the landscape was changed by a round of green-flag pit stops late in the race. Johnson stopped on lap 133 (of 160), and his stop time was extended several seconds as the crew had issues changing a rear tire.

Newman stopped on the next lap, changed only two tires and picked up several seconds on

Johnson in the exchange. That provided the cushion he needed.

The rest of the race featured Johnson chasing Newman, and he wasn’t able to move into a challenging position. Newman won by 2.65 seconds over Johnson, with Kasey Kahne third, Tony Stewart (Newman’s car owner) fourth and Matt Kenseth fifth.

Newman, 35, won the 400 for the first time and also notched his first Sprint Cup victory since April of last year. The victory was particularly timely for Newman, who was told recently that he won’t be retained by Stewart’s team for the 2014 season. Newman thus has quite a line to add to his resume as he searches for a new ride.

Newman called the Chevrolet he drove “probably the best race car I have ever driven in my entire life.” He won the pole Saturday and gave major credit to crew chief Matt Borland, who also made the call for two tires late in the race Sunday.

“I knew I had a good car,” Newman said. “I didn’t want to have a good car and not win the race.

Matt’s call gave me the track position I needed, taking the two tires.

I was just counting down the laps from that point on.”

Johnson was philosophical about the failure to win. “We win

as a team, lose as a team,” he said.

“There’s been some late-race mistakes on my behalf that have taken race wins away from us — granted, not a major event like this. But we win as a team, lose as a team.

“We still ended up second. We have a lot to be proud of over the course of the weekend. We’ll do the best to let it roll off our shoulders by tomorrow afternoon.”

Although it obviously was a big day for Newman, who raced often in his home state before moving up to the NASCAR level, he suppressed his emotions about the victory and its significance.

“I grew up racing around here — Winchester, Salem, IRP (the former Indianapolis Raceway Park), little tracks like Anderson,” Newman said. “That makes it special.

Most people don’t know — I lived out in a shop in Jeff Gordon’s old shop before I ever made it in NASCAR. I slept with the race cars. That was my summer job, working race cars, sleeping in the shop with them.

“I’ve raced go‑carts at pretty much every go‑cart track around here, been kicked out of half of them. Those are the things that make it special. I think about those things more than I carry the emotion on my cheeks.”

NASCAR Trucks get dirty at Eldora

By MIKE HEMBREE As it turns out, playing in the dirt is fun.

That might be hard to believe for a generation raised on video games and largely confined to the couch in the den. The proof, however, arrived for all — including a national television audience — to see last week as NASCAR took something of a gamble and put one of its three national touring series on a dirt surface for the first time in 43 years.

The gamble worked. Marvelously.

Praise rang down from virtually every corner after the inaugural Midsummer Classic — a questionable name for a cool event — Camping World Truck Series race at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.

The only thing missing from the evening was a dynamite finish.

Austin Dillon won rather easily in a

two-lap shootout. Everything else?

NASCAR couldn’t have asked for much more.

The weather — rain at a dirt track could have led to major complications — was virtually perfect. The grandstands were overflowing, the race having been sold out for months. The track surface, babied for weeks by the Eldora crew, was prepared well. And the main product, the racing, was very good — at times, electrifying.

A very obvious clue to how exciting the evening was could be found in the faces of the drivers. It certainly was more than just another race for them. Many seemed to be bubbling with intensity most of the night, even when they weren’t on the track.

The garage area was aglow with

interest and cheering as 61-year-old Norm Benning fought his way through a tough finish in the Last Chance Race, earning a spot in the feature despite almost losing control of his truck in an altercation with Clay Greenfield. After the checkered flag, Benning lowered the net on his truck and offered Greenfield a one-finger salute.

It was that sort of night.

What’s next now that NASCAR has opened this new “old” door?

You can bet Eldora — and maybe a second dirt track — will be on next year’s Truck Series schedule. Could Nationwide or even Sprint Cup get dirty? That will be discussed, but it’s not likely.

For a change, though, everyone was talking about the quality and fun element of the racing, not the mediocre messes some Sprint Cup events produce.

Yes, it’s fun in the dirt.

Race: US Cellular 250 Track: Iowa Speedway Location: Newton, Iowa When: Saturday, Aug. 3 TV: ESPN (8:00 p.m. EST) 2012 Winner: Elliott Sadler CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES

Race: Pocono Mountains 125 Track: Pocono Raceway Location: Long Pond, Pa. Date: Saturday, Aug. 3 TV: SPEED (1:00 p.m. EST) 2012 Winner: Joey Coulter

Classic Moments Pocono Raceway A triangular-shaped 2.5-mile layout with three distinct corners all banked at various degrees, Pocono Raceway generally poses a stiff challenge for drivers and crew chiefs alike. That’s especially true for newcomers to the tricky Pennsylvania layout.

Unless your name is Denny Hamlin.

Making his first appearance at Pocono as a Cup Series rookie in 2006, Hamlin won the Pocono 500 after leading 83 of 200 laps and winning the pole in what was then a Joe Gibbs Racing Chevy.

Six weeks later, Hamlin and his Mike Ford-led team returned to Pocono and earned the same stunning result: victory from the pole. Only, in that race, the rookie driver led even more laps — 151 of the 200-lap race distance.

Hamlin, whose Pocono wins were his only ones as a rookie, would go on to make the Chase for the Championship and finish his first full season an impressive third in the final standings.

Athlon Fantasy Stall Looking at Checkers: It’s hard to ignore Jimmie Johnson’s 128 laps led blowout of the field at Pocono in June. No one else led more than 19 laps all day.

Pretty Solid Pick: The driver who led those 19 laps? Brickyard 400 winner Ryan Newman. Momentum counts for something.

Good Sleeper Pick: Kurt Busch and Furniture Row Racing have proven legit. A quirky track like Pocono can make for a quirky winner like Busch, who has two victories on the tri-oval.

Runs on Seven Cylinders: Kyle Busch’s 17 Cup starts at Pocono have netted zero wins and only six top 10s.

Insider Tip: Jeff Gordon is the defending winner of this race. Repeating would be absolutely huge, as playoff implications lie in Pocono’s two summer dates.

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Former players to appear on ballot CINCINNATI (July 31, 2013) — The Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame & Museum has announced that five former Reds players will appear on the Modern Player Ballot presented by Clark Schaefer Hackett for induction into the Reds Hall of Fame in 2014. The Modern Player Candidates are: • Jeff Brantley, P (1994 - 1997) • John Franco, P (1984 - 1989) • Danny Graves, P (1997 - 2005) • Ken Griffey, Jr., OF (2000 2008) • Reggie Sanders, OF (1991 - 1998) To be

eligible for consideration, players have to meet the following requirements: • Appeared in at least three seasons with the Reds • Played within the last 13 seasons in a Major League game • Be in at least their third year since last appearing in a Major League game The five players were nominated by the Hall of Fame’s Election Governance Committee.

Fans may cast ballots August 1-31 online at www.RedsMuseum.org or at ballot boxes locat-

ed at: • Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame & Museum • Over 20 locations at Great American Ball Park • Reds Hall of Fame Grille at Kings Island • Local establishments (see redsmuseum.org for full list) The Modern Player inductee will be selected by votes from fans, media and alumni and will be honored as part of the Reds Hall of Fame’s Class of 2014.

The Modern Player ballot is presented by Clark Schaefer Hackett, the official accounting firm

of the Reds Hall of Fame Induction Ballot “We are pleased to have the fans continue to play a significant role in determining the next Cincinnati Reds Hall of Famer,” said Rick Walls, Reds Hall of Fame Executive Director.

“We look forward to honoring one of these five worthy candidates next year with Induction at the ballpark and at the prestigious Induction Gala.” Complete voting rules and procedures may be found at www.RedsMuseum.org.

The Reds Hall of Fame Veterans Committee will consider eligible candidates from before 2001 as part of the Veterans Ballot. Together, the Modern Player Ballot and Veterans Ballot results will comprise the 2014 Induction Class to be announced later this year. About the Reds Hall of Fame: Established in 1958, The Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame is the oldest continually operating team Hall of Fame in all of baseball. Since its inception, 81 players,

managers and executives have been honored with induction. Driven by a mission to celebrate greatness, preserve history and provide inspiration, the Reds Hall of Fame & Museum at Great American Ball Park is the place where the story of Reds baseball comes alive each day. The Reds Hall of Fame & Museum features 15,000 square feet of historical, interactive and educational exhibits, highlighting the rich and storied tradition of the Cincinnati Reds.

Fall sports practices set to begin today COLUMBUS — Practices are slated to begin today for member schools of the Ohio High School Athletic Association in the sports of girls tennis, golf, cross country, field hockey, soccer and volleyball. In addition, schools that begin classes Aug. 16 or earlier may begin football practice today, while all other all schools may begin football practice Monday.

Of the OHSAA’s 821 member schools, 714 sponsor football teams, with a goal of being among the 224 playoff qualifiers when the final computer ratings are announced Nov. 3. The OHSAA’s football postseason field expands to seven divisions this fall after having six divisions from 1994-2012. Eight

Ohio National Guard members get Indy experience at Mid-Ohio COLUMBUS — Panther Racing will recognize the Ohio National Guard during the Mid- Ohio Sports Car Challenge and The Honda Indy 200 at MidOhio this weekend.

A series of events known as the Indy Racing League National Guard Experience is designed to increase awareness and community involvement with the National Guard.

Events will be hosted

by Maj. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst, Ohio adjutant general, and Panther Racing. In addition Panther Racing team members and Sgt. 1st Class Heath Robinson, National Guard Hometown Hero, will take part in the events. Robinson has been recognized as the Ohio National Guard’s Noncommissioned Officer of the Year for two years running, winning Ohio’s Best Warrior Competition in 2012 and 2013.

Today from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., ONG members and military-friendly employers will participate in twoseat rides, trackside at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

On Saturday, Girl Scouts from throughout Ohio will take part in a special presentation with Ashenhurst and Panther Racing owner John Barnes to honor women serving in the military. The National Guard Pink Camo IndyCar will be on display in the Fan Zone for this special recognition. Also on Saturday, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Robinson and Panther Racing team members will sign autographs in the Fan Zone.

On Aug. 4, Barnes will host a hospitality area and pit tours for about 50 members of the Ohio Army National Guard and 30 Guard employers. With the help of Ashenhurst, Barnes will also recognize Robinson and conduct a “Road Map to Help” program to discuss employment opportunities for military members.

qualifiers in each region (four regions per division) will earn playoff berths, except in Division I, where there are only two regions and thus there will be 16 regional qualifiers. See the link below for the regional maps.

During the 2013 playoffs, divisions II, III, IV and VI will play on Friday nights, while divisions I, V and VII will play on Saturday nights. One of the divisions playing on Friday night will play its state championship game on Dec. 5. The other Friday divisions will play their state championship games on Dec. 6, while the Saturday divisions will play their state championships on Dec. 7. Game times will be announced after the state semifinals. The state

championship games will be at Canton Fawcett Stadium and Massillon Paul Brown Tiger Stadium before moving to Ohio Stadium in Columbus for 2014 and 2015.

School sports schedules are available at: http://schedules.myohsaa.org/ Type the first few letters of the desired school into the search bar and click “Search.” Then click the “School Information” link toward the upper right of the school’s page, then scroll down for the list of sports on the lower left side. Click the desired sport for the season schedule.

The 2013 OHSAA Football Manual is available: http://www.ohsaa.org/sports/ ft/boys/ftmanual.pdf

The OHSAA’s 2013 football manual contains a wealth of information for coaches, schools, fans and media, including: • Five-day acclimation period description, mandatory days off, etc.

• Heat index chart and instructions … also see pages 21-23 • Junior high football notes • Hydration and weight charts instructions • 2013 preseason calendar • Concussion management instructions • Lightning and inclement weather regulations • Throughout Manual: Game management instructions and reminders

HIGH SCHOOL GOLF SCHEDULES SIDNEY

Boys Home matches at Shelby Oaks August 9....GWOC Preseason at Beechwood 12 .....................at Piqua Homan Inv. 14..............................................Piqua 15..................................at Greenville 22....................................at Trotwood 27...........................................Botkins 28 ......................................Greenville 29 .........................................at Piqua September 4............................................Lehman 5...........................................Vandalia 12................................................Troy 16............................................at Troy 19..................................at Greenville 23 .........................................at Piqua 26 ..........GWOC Meet at Beechwood Lehman Boys Home matches at Shelby Oaks August 12 .....................at Piqua Homan Inv. 13 ......................at New Bremen Inv. 15 .........................................Houston 16 .................................at Celina Inv. 19...........................................Botkins 20 ...............4-team match in Harrod 22...............................Troy Christian 23 .......................................Versailles 26..........................at Indian Lake tri 27 ................at Riverside (Cherokee) 31............................at Versailles Inv. September 3.......................................Lima Perry 9 ...............................at Lima Temple 10 .................................Marion Local 12 ......................Russia at Stillwater 13 ...............................New Knoxville 16 ............................................Russia 18 ...........NWCC meet at Ridgemont

RUSSIA

Boys golf Home matches at Stillwater August 7.............at Minster tri (Arrowhead) 9....................................New Bremen 13 ......................at New Bremen Inv. 14 ...........at Piqua Kendig Memorial 15.........................at Greeenville Inv. 22...........................................Botkins 27.........................JC at Shelby Oaks 29...............................................Anna 31............................at Versailles Inv. September 3....................Loramie at Arrowhead 5...........................................Fairlawn 10 ...........................Houston at Oaks 12..........................................Lehman 16.................Lehman, Anna at Oaks 17..............St. Henry at Mercer Elks 19....................County at Arrowhead Girls golf Home matches at Stillwater August 6.................................at Minster Inv. 7.............................at Covington Inv. 9....................................New Bremen 12.............................at Arcanum Inv. 15............................at Versailles Inv. 20...................Minster at Arrowhead 22........................................Riverside 26....................................Miami East September 3 ...............................Tri at Lakeland 5....................Loramie at Arrowhead 6.........................................Covington 9 ..........................................Arcanum 10 .................................at Tri-Village 16..................................Fort Loramie 17................Covington at Echo Hills 19........................................at Wapak

HOUSTON

Boys Home matches at Shelby Oaks August 9........................................at Ansonia 12 .....County Preview at Arrowhead 13 ......................at New Bremen Inv. 14 ...........at Piqua Kendig Memorial 15..........................................Lehman 20 .......New Knoxville at Arrowhead 22..............................Jackson Center 27...............................................Anna 29..................................Fort Loramie September 3...........................................Fairlawn 7 ............................at Tri-Village Inv. 9 ..............................................Sidney 20 ............................................Russia 12 ......................................at Botkins 17.........................................Fairlawn 19 ..........County meet at Arrowhead

FORT LORAMIE

Boys Home matches at Arrowhead August 8........................................at Ansonia 9..............................Botkins, Minster 12 .....County Preview at Arrowhead 13 ......................at New Bremen Inv. 14 ...........at Piqua Kendig Memorial 16 ................................Fort Recovery 20 .................................Marion Local 22........................................Riverside 27.........................................Fairlawn 29 ...........................Houston at Oaks September 3 ..............................................Russia 5...............................Botkins at Oaks 10..............................Jackson Center 12.................................Anna at Oaks 16.........................................Home tri 17 .................Versailles at Stillwater 10 ..........County meet at Arrowhead Girls Home matches at Arrowhead August 6..............Minster Inv. at Arrowhead 7.............................at Covington Inv. 12.............................at Arcanum Inv. 13 ..................................at tri-Village 15............................at Versailles Inv. 16 ...................................at Riverside 20 .................................Marion Local 22 ..........................................Minster 26 .....................................Tri-Village 27.......................................Covington 30..................................New Bremen September 3...........................................Home tri 5 ..............................................Russia 9 .....................................at St. Henry 10.........................................Parkway 12........................................Riverside 16 ......................Russia at Stillwater 17 .......................................Versailles

FAIRLAWN

Boys Home matches at Shelby Oaks August 12 .....County Preview at Arrowhead 14 ...........at Piqua Kendig Memorial 15................................at Miami East 19........................................Riverside 22...............................................Anna 27..................Loramie at Arrowhead September 3 ...........................................Houston 5 ........................Russia at Stillwater 9 ..............................................Sidney 10...........................................Botkins 12..............................Jackson Center 17 .........................................Houston 19 ..........County meet at Arrowhead

JACKSON CENTER

Boys Home matches at Shelby Oaks August 6..........................................Riverside 9 .....................................at Riverside 12 .....County Preview at Arrowhead 13 ......................at New Bremen Inv. 19 ............................................Sidney 22 .........................................Houston 27 ............................................Russia 29 ......................................at Botkins September 5.................................................Anna 6 .........New Knoxville at Arrowhead 10..................Loramie at Arrowhead 12.........................................Fairlawn 13 ..........County meet at Arrowhead

BOTKINS

Boys Home matches at Shelby Oaks August 9..............FL, Minster at Arrowhead 12 .....County Preview at Arrowhead 13 ......................at New Bremen Inv. 14.........................at Fort Recover tri 19..........................................Lehman 22 ......................Russia at Stillwater 24...........................at Allen East Inv. 26 ...................................at Riverside 27 ............................................Sidney 29..............................Jackson Center 30 .......New Knoxville at Arrowhead September 3.................................................Anna 5....................................Fort Loramie 7 ............................at Tri-Village Inv. 10.........................................Fairlawn 12 .........................................Houston 19 ..........County meet at Arrowhead

ANNA

Boys Home matches at Shelby Oaks August 12 .....County Preview at Arrowhead 13 ......................at New Bremen Inv. 14 ...........at Piqua Kendig Memorial 16 .................................at Celina Inv. 20 ............................at Fort Recovery 24...........................at Allen East Inv. 27 .........................................Houston 29 ............................................Russia 31............................at Versailles Inv. September 3.............................................Botkins 5................................Jackson Center 7 ............................at Tri-Village Inv. 10 ..........................................Minster 12..................................Fort Loramie 16.............................Russia, Lehman 19 ..........County Meet at Arrowhead 23..................Marion at Mercer Elks

VERSAILLES

Boys Home matches at Stillwater August 12 .....................at Piqua Homan Inv. 13 ......................at New Bremen Inv. 14 ...........at Piqua Kendig Memorial 19.............at Fairborn Skyhawk Inv. 21 .......New Knoxville at Arrowhead 22 ................................Fort Recovery 23 ...............Lehman at Shelby Oaks 28.....................at Delphos St. John’s 31 ................................Versailles Inv. September 5 ...............................at New Bremen 9...........................................Parkway 12 ......................................Coldwater 16..............St. Henry at Mercer Elks 17..................................Fort Loramie 19...................Minster at Arrowhead

21......................................MAC meet Girls Home matches at Stillwater August 6...........at Minster Inv. (Arrowhead) 7................at Covington Inv. (Piqua) 9 ...................................at Celina Inv. 12.............................at Arcanum Inv. 13...............Miami East at Lakeland 15 ................................Versailles Inv. 19.............at Fairborn Skyhawk Inv. 26 ........................................Arcanum 29........Marion Local at Mercer Elks September 5....................................New Bremen 9 ......................................at Parkway 12.............Coldwater at Mercer Elks 16 .......................................St. Henry 17..................Loramie at Arrowhead 19 ..........................................Minster 21......................................MAC meet

NEW KNOXVILLE

Boys Home matches at Arrowhead August 13...New Bremen Inv. at Arrowhead 14....Auglaize Co. Inv. at Arrowhead 20 .........................................Houston 21 .......................................Versailles 22.............Coldwater at Mercer Elks 26.......Fort Recovery at Mercer Elks 29 .......................................St. Henry 30...........................................Botkins September 5........................at Delphos St.John’s 6................................Jackson Center 9 ............................................Minster 12 ....................................at Parkway 13 ...............Lehman at Shelby Oaks 16..................................Fort Loramie 17 .................................Marion Local 19..................................New Bremen 21......................................MAC meet

NEW BREMEN

Boys Home matches at Arrowhead August 12 ...............................at Waynesfield 13...........................New Bremen Inv. 14....Auglaize Co. Inv. at Arrowhead 15.....................at Delphos St. John’s 16 ......................Russia at Stillwater 19 ......................................Coldwater 22..............St. Henry at Mercer Elks 26.........................................Parkway 29 ..........................................Minster 30..................................Fort Loramie 31 ..........Versailles Inv. at Stillwater September 5 .........................................Versailles 9....................Marion at Mercer Elks 12...............Recovery at Mercer Elks 19 ...............................New Knoxville 21......................................MAC meet Girls Home matches at Arrowhead August 6..............Minster Inv. at Arrowhead 7................at Covington Inv. (Piqua) 13 ......................Russia at Stillwater 15 ..........Versailles Inv. at Stillwater 19.............Coldwater at Mercer Elks 22 .......................................St. Henry 26 ....................................at Parkway 27 ...................................Waynesfield 29 ..........................................Minster 30..................................Fort Loramie September 5 ...................Versailles at Stillwater 9 ...................................Marion Local 10 ............................................Wapak 12 .......................Celina at Fox’s Den 19 ................................Fort Recovery 21......................................MAC meet

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MINSTER

Boys Home matches at Arrowhead August 7......................Mississinawa, Russia 9.............................Botkins, Loramie 12 .....................at Piqua Homan Inv. 13............Bremen Inv. at Arrowhead 14....Auglaize Co. Inv. at Arrowhead 16 ................Celina Inv. at Fox’s Den 19.........................FR at Mercer Elks 22 .........................Delphos St. John’s 26..................Marion at Mercer Elks 29..................................New Bremen 31 ..........Versailles Inv. at Stillwater September 3..................................Lima Catholic 5...............Coldwater at Mercer Elks 9 .................................New Knoxville 10.................................Anna at Oaks 12 .......................................St. Henry 16 ....................................at Parkway 19 .......................................Versailles 21......................................MAC meet Girls Home matches at Arrowhead August 6 .....................................Minster Inv. 9 ..................Celina Inv. at Fox’s Den 15 ........................................Arcanum 20 ............................................Russia 22..................................Fort Loramie 23........................................at Wapak 26 .................................Marion Local 27........................................Riverside 29..................................New Bremen September 3..................................Lima Catholic 5 ........................................Coldwater 9 .....................................Lincolnview 10 ................................Fort Recovery 16.........................................Parkway 18..............St. Henry at Mercer Elks 19 .................Versailles at Stillwater 21......................................MAC meet

RIVERSIDE

Boys Home matches at Cherokee Hills August 6 ...........................at Jackson Center 7 ........................................at Arcadia 8 .................................at Waynesfield 9................................Jackson Center 13........................at Indian Lake Inv. 14 ..........................at Ben Logan Inv. 15..Reynolds Memorial (Tree Links) 19 ....................................at Fairlawn 22 .............................at Fort Loramie 26...........................................Botkins 27..........................................Lehman September 3..................................League match 5 ......................Emmanuel Christian 9 ..............................at Ben Logan tri 18 ...........NWCC meet at Ridgemont Girls Home matches at Cherokee Hills August 6.................................at Minster Inv. 9............................at Mechanicsburg 13 ..........................at Ben Logan Inv. 15 ...............................at Waynesfield 16..................................Fort Loramie 19 ......................Springfield Catholic 20 .................................Bellefontaine 22........................................at Russia 26 .............................at Ridgedale tri 27......................................at Minster September 3...............................at Bellefontaine 9 ................................Mechanicsburg 10 .........................................Greenon 12 .............................at Fort Loramie 17 ...................................Waynesfield

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For Friday, Aug. 2, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You're full of bright ideas today, and you have lots of energy to meet new people. A neighbor, relative or siblings might surprise you.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Impulse shopping might grab you today. (Keep your receipts.) However, you also might see new ways of making money. If so, this window of opportunity will be brief. Act fast.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You feel a bit impatient today because you want things to happen. Don't worry, you won't be disappointed. Expect surprises and detours. (Be wise, and give yourself extra time.)

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Surprising secrets might be revealed today. These might be secrets about you or someone else. Either way, stay light on your feet and be discreet.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Your experiences dealing with others in groups will yield a few surprises today. You might meet someone unusual or something rather amazing might happen.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Your relations with bosses, parents, teachers and VIPs are unpredictable today. However, if someone offers you an opportunity, act quickly because this window will be brief. (You'll have to think on your feet.)

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Your routine will vary today because sudden opportunities to travel might fall in your lap. Or you might meet someone unusual, from a different background or another country, or a lively discussion will amaze you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Keep on top of details regarding shared property, banking, taxes, debt and loans. Something unexpected could be brewing. Make sure you know what it is.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Someone close to you might surprise you in some way today. (This person is probably a female.) Whatever happens might make you feel freer or younger.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) The introduction of new technology could be one reason something is different at work today. Or computer crashes and technological glitches might occur. It's not a typical day.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Love at first sight might blossom for some of you. (Eyes across a crowded room.) Spontaneous invitations to social events are likely. Say yes!

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Something unusual or different will happen at home today. Your routine will change. Unexpected company might show up at your door, or a party might break out. (Stock the fridge.)

YOU BORN TODAY You are versatile, adaptable and light on your feet. You are always quick to see things from many views and directions. Because of this, you are resourceful and comfortable with an unconventional lifestyle.

Your strength is knowing your limitations. This actually gives you confidence. Make time and effort to study or learn something valuable this year, because you will not regret it.

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Q&A: Tracking the source of stomach bug outbreak Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — State and federal investigators are trying to figure out the source of a stomach bug that has sickened 372 people in 15 states.

Iowa and Nebraska have linked some cases in their states to eating pre-packaged salad mix, but the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration have said the mix is not linked to all of the cases.

Some frequently asked questions about the infection and the outbreak: Q: What are cyclospora infections and how do people contract them?

A: Cyclospora infection, or cyclosporiasis, is caused by parasites that are spread when people ingest food or water contaminated with feces. People who are exposed usually become sick after about a week and have bad diarrhea and other flulike symptoms that can last from a few days to a month or longer if untreated. It’s common to feel tired and relapse is possible. It’s not generally contagious and can be treated with antibiotics. Deaths from the infection are rare.

Q: Who is usually at risk?

A: People who live or travel in tropical or subtropical countries are most at risk, according to the CDC. The infections are rare in the United States but have been linked in the past to imported fruits and vegetables.

Q: Am I at risk in this current outbreak? How do I know if I have it?

A: You are probably OK if you have not already gotten sick.

The CDC reports that most of the illnesses were reported between mid-June and early July.

Fifteen states have so far reported illnesses: Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas and Wisconsin.

Q: How does the government trace the source of illnesses like this?

A: It takes a lot of legwork and coordination between states and the federal government.

Cases are confirmed when a sick person gives a sample to his or her doctor and that sample is tested. If it is posi-

tive, it will eventually be reported to a state health department. The states then gather that data and coordinate with the CDC to look for common strains that could link the illness to a specific product. State and federal officials interview the victims and closely question them about what they ate around the time they fell ill — often a difficult task, as it is hard for most people to remember everything they ate over an extended time. That is made even harder in a cyclosporiasis investigation because the illness doesn’t show up for a week.

In this outbreak, the Food and Drug Administration says its investigators have been trying to trace the paths of the food eaten by those who fell ill. Food often goes through several stops — potentially in several countries — before it reaches a grocery cart, and the FDA said the process is “labor-intensive and painstaking work, requiring the collection, review and analysis of hundreds and at times thousands of invoices and shipping documents.”

The agency said it has a seven-person team in its Maryland headquarters and specialists in 10 field offices across the country working to identify the source of the outbreak.

Q: What can I do to prevent contracting an illness like this?

A: Short of growing all of your own food, it may be unavoidable.

All foods — including those labeled local, natural or organic — have the potential to be exposed to safety hazards on the farm, in transit or in the store.

Sometimes all it takes is one rogue animal that broke through a fence or one employee who didn’t wash his hands to infect food.

What you can do is make sure you practice safe handling and preparation. The FDA recommends always washing hands, utensils and surfaces with hot, soapy water before and after handling food. You should also thoroughly wash all fresh produce before you eat it. Those measures should significantly reduce your chances of getting sick.

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Ohio reports 1 case of cyclospora stomach bug COLUMBUS (AP) — A stomach bug that has sickened hundreds of people in several states has been reported in Ohio.

An Ohio Department of Health spokeswoman said Wednesday that one case has been reported in the state. Spokeswoman Tessie Pollock says a 63-year-old woman Lucas County woman in northwest Ohio was sickened by the bug. No other information on the woman was available from state or Toledo-Lucas County Health Department officials.

State and federal investigators are trying to determine the source of the bug attributed to a parasite called cyclospora that causes lengthy gastrointestinal illness.

The recent outbreak has sickened more than 370 people in 15 states. Some Iowa and Nebraska cases have been linked to eating pre-packaged salad mix. But federal health officials say salad mix isn’t linked to all cases.

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Lost & Found

2 DEWALT XRP, 18 volt batteries, and charger New $125 for both. 1 air compressor pancake type 135psi $50.

(937)497-9540

LOST: YELLOW LAB, Cody is a large male yellow lab, neutered, gold eyes. Friendly, Last seen behind Shelby County Line between Piqua and Sidney. REWARD (937)238-9122, (937)2140568.

Miscellaneous

WAX WAGONS for sale Owner/ operator net $80k+!

30 day training, $50k (937)710-1086

Real Estate Auction

DVD, books, puzzles, Avon Jewelry, old milk and other bottles, miscellaneous. Call (937)492-9062 SEARS LT/10, 10HP, lawn tractor, 42"curt, snow blade, chains, $250.00 Call (937)3947455 SNAP ON TONNEAU COVER, fits 2004-present Chevy Colorado 6ft bed, like new (937)4899660 Auctions

2003 30" DIXON, runs great! $600 firm, call (937)596-5583

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Yard Sale

ANNA, 15720 Heiland Kies Road, (between State Route 274 and Amsterdam Road) MOVING SALE, Saturday, Sunday 8-4pm, household items, clothing, tools, 4x4 truck, curio cabinet, precious moments, free weights, computer printer, artwork, games, books, more!

MCCARTYVILLE 12201 State Route 29 & 12200 HardinWapak Rd. Friday 9am-6pm, Saturday 8am-noon. Bikes, dirt bike, bar stools, wall art, vsmile, girls clothes 7-14, boys clothes 12-16, tvs, dresser, bedding, households, tupperware, ESPN game station, Little Tikes.

SIDNEY, 10373 West Russell Road, Thursday-Saturday 97pm, Yard sale, will be on porch if it rains.

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Auctions

BARE LAND SALES

EVENING PUBLIC AUCTION 4726 St. Rt. 29 East Sidney, OH

3 Farms - 163 Acres Saturday, September 7, 2013 at 9:30 A.M. Location: Sale to be geld at the "End Zone", 601 Broadway, Covington, Ohio FARM #1: Patterson Rd., Shelby County; Parcel #22-25-28-100-002, 80 Acres Bare Land, Approx. 73.24 Acres Tillable.

FARM #2: W. Miami-Shelby Rd., Miami County, Parcel #M40-000005, 51.105 Acres Bare Land, Approx. 50.534 Acres Tillable.

OWNER: John Levering FARM #3: W. State Route 36, Piqua, Miami County, Parcel #M40-005500, 32.77 Acres Bare Land, Approx. 32 Acres Tillable.

OWNER: Barbara F. Aras & Mark C. Aras TERMS: 10% down on the day of sale. Balance due in 30 days or on delivery of deed. Buyers to have financing approved prior to the sale date: Owners have the right to accept or reject any or all bids. 2013 farm proceeds go to sellers. Farms to sell in the order above For information call: Mike Havenar/Auctioneer/Realtor 937-606-4743 mike@mlh56.com/auctionzip.com #4544 W. A. Shively Realty No Co-Op

Yard Sale CASSTOWN, 4345 State Route 589, Thursday 9-6pm, Friday 8-5pm, COUNTRY CLASSIC GARAGE SALE, new 250 CCATV, home theater system, 5 track CD player, 27" JVC TV, window air conditioner, lots of household items.

CASH ONLY

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PUBLIC AUCTION

Saturday, August 3, 2013 - 9:30 A.M. LOCATION: 401 Cherry St., Fletcher, Ohio 45326 DIRECTIONS: I-75 Exit 82 onto St. Rt. 36 East approx. 6 miles to St. Rt. 589 in Fletcher (Walnut St.) go south (right) to Fourth St., turn left, to Cherry St., turn right.

ANTIQUES - HOUSEHOLD - BAMBOO FURNITURE - LAWN TRACTOR APPROX. 130 BARBIE DOLLS

ANTIQUES - HOUSEHOLD - FURNITURE: R. S. Prussia Dish Red Seal; Set of 8 Lennox China; Dresser Set; Meaken Iron Stone - Coffee Pot, Cream & Sugar, Covered Dish; Pitcher, Cups; Plates; Chocolate Set - Pots, Cups, Saucers, Cream & Sugar (Royal Vienna); Fenton Bowl; Milk Glass Ware; Candle Holder; Flow Blue Iron Stone Bowl; Flatware; Nippon Vases; 12 Shadow Box Picture Frames; Blue Ridge Pitcher; Silver Vase; Brass Vases; 4 Rush Bottom Chairs; Victorian Chair; Drop Leaf Table; Night Stand; Oak Stand; Oak Desk; Smoker Stand; Sewing Table; Early Rocker; Lamp Table; 3 Cushion Sofa & Matching Chair; Wing Back Chair; Recliner; 2 Soofas; Lamp Tables; Table Lamps; 2 Dressers & Matching Night Stands (Bassett); 4 Televisions & Stands (Toshiba, Sharp); 2 Vacuums; 2 Swivel Rockers; Whirlpool Refrigerator/Freezer; Kenmore Freezer; Westinghouse Roaster; Bamboo Furniture - 2 Swivel Rockers; 2 Arm Chairs; 2 Foot Stools; Floor Lamp; Table Lamp; 2 End Tables; Round Coffee Table; Barbie Dolls: Approx.

130 Barie & Ken Dolls (80 still in original boxes); 40 Precious Moments Figurines; Stuffed Animals (Ty). Books & Misc: 3 Volumes: Memoirs of Miami Valley History, Volume I, II, & III; Misc. Books, Misc. Christmas Items; Schwin Bike; Wood Shaft Golf Clubs. FROM THE BARN: Allis Chalmers 716H, Hydrostatic Lawn Tractor w/Mowing Deck; Allis Chalmers, Snow Blower; Allis Chalmers 5000 Watt Generator; Thatcher; Suzuki Generator SE 500; Knipco Heater; 2 Lawn Boy Push Mowers; Battery Charger.

Thursday, August 15, 2013 4:30pm Directions: 7 miles east of Sidney on St. Rt. 29, watch for signs VEHICLES & LAWN TRACTORS: 1996 Ford F150, 2wd auto XLT package; 1993 Lincoln Town Car; Case 444 & Case 442 (both need work, not running for a year); 12’ 2 wheel trailer; Stainless steel toolbox for pickup.

BOAT: AlumCraft w/65hp Johnson motor & trailer; Minnkota 3 speed trolling motor.

HOUSEHOLD: China cabinet; Couch; 2 recliners; Desk; Hall tree; 2 full size bed & 3pc set; Table w/4 chairs; 2 side-by-side refrigerators (one black, one white); GE elec stove (black) Whirlpool washer/dryer; Microwave; Chest freezer; Small appliances; Gone with the Wind lamp; Dirt Devil sweeper; Panasonic & Zenith TV; Entertainment center; Fish tank; Oil lamps; Wood stove; Fishing poles.

TOOLS: Lincoln 225 ARC welder; Miller MIG 2 wire welder; Campbell Hausfield air compressor; Craftsman MM & SAE wrenches; Coats 40-40 SA tire changer; Craftsman roll-around tool box; 6 drawer S&K tool box; Floor jacks; Circular saw; Halogen lights; Import sockets; 3 sets of jack stands; Sears battery charger; Excel pressure washer w/Honda 6.5hp, 2400PSI; Fiberglass step ladder; Stihl FS 36 weed eater.

See AuctionZip.com ID# 5619 for pictures & updates OWNER: Estate of Robert E. Sayer Sr./Bruce D. Runkle, Executor Shelby County Probate #2013-EST-112 TERMS: Cash or check w/proper ID. 4% fee on credit & debit AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Sale starting with household, tools to follow with car, boat & trailer at 6:45pm AUCTIONEERS: Harley Jackson/Phil Thompson Apprentice Auctioneer: Hal Jackson 40361808

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TERMS: Cash or Check with Proper I.D. Not Responsible for Accidents.

Any Statements Made Day of Sale Supercede Statements Hereon.

HAVENAR – BAIR - BAYMAN AUCTIONEERS “Have Gavel – Will Travel” Mike Havenar, Rick Bair, Tony Bayman (937) 606-4743 www.auctionzip.com (Auctioneer #6480)

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Auto Auction BANKRUPTCY AND REPO AUTO AUCTION LOCATION: SATURDAY JULY 13: 413 SOUTH STREET, PIQUA, OHIO UPPER MIAMI VALLEY STORAGE 9:00 A.M. SHARP UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT: RUTH SLONE, TRUSTEE 2001 CHEV 1500, 2002 CHEV 1500, 2004 CHEV1500, 2005 CHEV 1500, 1977 FORD F100, 1985 FORD F150, 1993 FORD RANGER, 1997 FORD F150, 2000 FORD F150, 1983 FORD F350, 1986 FORD F350, 1987 FORD F350, 1990 DODGE CARAVAN, 2007 DODGE CALIBER UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT, DAVID MIKEL TRUSTEE: 1984 FORD DUMP TRUCK, 1997 DODGE DUMP TRUCK, 2004 DODGE DUMP TRUCK 773 BOBCAT, 2004 HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE, 2011 JEEP LIBERTY 4X4 22,755 MILES SECOND NATIONAL BANK 1999 GMC 2500 PICKUP, 2007 JEEP COMPASS, 2009 FORD F150, 2005 SATURN ION, 2005 PONTIAC GRAND AM, 2004 CHEV IMPALA, 2007 HONDA CIVIC, 2004 ACURA MDX TOURING, 2008 BUICK LACROSSE, 2008 FORD FUSION, 2011 DODGE JOURNEY WAGON GREENVILLE NATIONAL BANK 1992 GMC BOOM TRUCK, 2001 FORD F350 W FLATBED, 2002 FORD RANGER UNITY NATIONAL BANK 2005 DODGE RAM DUALIE DIESEL, 2009 PONTIAC G6 MID OHIO ACCEPTANCE 2001 GMC SONOMA, 2001 PONTIAC MONTANA, 2004 MERCURY SABLE, 2000 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE, 2002 OLDS ALERO, 2000 FORD EXPLORER 1997 HONDA ACCORD 2004 DODGE DURANGO, 2004 DODGE INTREPID, 2002 BUICK LESABRE, 2005 PONTIAC G6, 2002 PONTIAC AZTEK, 2002 FORD WINDSTAR, 2003 DODGE GR CARAVAN, 2000 CHRY 300M, 2003 CHRY T&CTRY, 2004 CHRY 300M, 2000 FORD EXPLORER, 2002 CHEV BLAZER, 2001 BUICK PARK AVE, 2003 CHEV VENTURE, 2002 DODGE DAKOTA, 2001 CHRY T&CTRY, 2002 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE CAR FINANCE COMPANY 2003 SATURN VUE, 2001 CHEV BLAZER, 2005 CHEV COBALT, 1998 NISSAN SENTRA TERMS OF THE SALE ARE THIS: CASH. NO PERSONAL CHECKS NO CREDIT CARDS. NO CHILDREN. PLEASE CALL WITH QUESTIONS. ALL VEHICLES SOLD 100% AS IS. BANKRUPTCY UNITS HAVE SEPARATE TERMS. AGAIN, PLEASE CALL WITH QUESTIONS BEFORE THE AUCTION. WE ARE ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR SELLING UNITS, WE CANNOT ANSWER VERIFY OR GUARANTEE ANY CONDITION OF ANY UNIT IN AUCTION. ALL UNITS INCLUDING BOATS, SKIS, TRAILERS, VEHICLES ANYTHING SOLD IS 100% AS IS.

BAYMAN AUCTION SERVICE ROBERT BAYMAN 937-773-5702 TONY BAYMAN 937-606-0535 JOE HARKER 937-606-0536

SUNDAY AUGUST 11th. 10:30 A.M.

38 East State Route 66 Piqua, Ohio

. John Deere 4020 Tractor, Killbros Seed Wagon, Case Mowers, Full size Chuckwagon, Furniture, Western and English Saddles & Tack, Antiques, Collectibles, Household Goods, much More

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3 BR 2 BA INVESTMENT PROPERTY

826 Broadway Sidney, Ohio

SUNDAY AUGUST 25th. 10:30 A.M. Open House Thursday August 15th. 5-6:30

17926 ST. RT. 119 Maplewood, Ohio Justin Vondenhuevel CAI Auctioneer/REALTOR RE/MAX ONE REALTY 937-538-6231

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Sidney Daily News, Thursday, August 1, 2013 Yard Sale

Yard Sale SIDNEY, 2333 Brierwood Trail, Friday, Saturday 9:30-3pm, 6 JAPANESE FAMILIES, dining table set, golf club, toys, boy & girls clothes size 12M-8T, women & men clothes, tableware, cleaner

MCCARTYVILLE, Friday 96pm, Saturday 8-2pm, youth bed, playhouse, doll houses, strollers, high chair, car seats, baby swing, toys, girls & boys clothes NB-4T, 7-14, maternity, adult & Jr. clothes, Longaberger, household items, Vera Bradley, white dishwasher, office supplies, computers, power tools, ESPN game system, wooden swing set, entertainment center, furniture, computer desk, MUCH MORE!!

PIQUA 3133 Sioux Drive Friday and Saturday 7:30am-?

Huge Sale/store closing, Mirrors, huge dog cage, exercise equipment, Homecoming, Prom, Wedding dresses 75% off, TV entertainment center, lots of DVDs, recliners, men name brand clothes, mannequins, Coach purses, and lots more

See each garage sale listing and location on our Garage Sale Map. Available online at sidneydailynews.com Powered by Google Maps SIDNEY 1233 Hancock St, Riverbend Subdivision. Thursday & Friday 9am-5pm Saturday 9am-?. LOTS of miscellaneous! Something for EVERYONE! SIDNEY 1305 E Hoewisher Rd. Friday 9am-1pm. Furniture, train table, LOTS of toys, kids clothes & shoes, adult clothes & shoes, miscellaneous.

SIDNEY 2401 Fair Rd (past Marathon, towards country).

Friday 9am-6pm, Saturday 9am-1pm. John Deere riding mower. 200+ Abercrombe, Hollister, etc girls clothing 1014. Mens clothing XL. Toy Story bed. Water & sand table.

SIDNEY 421 Apollo. MULTIFAMILY SALE! Saturday only 9am-4pm. Furniture, appliances, snow blower, kitchen & household items, toys, books, clothing sizes infant-adult, snowmen items, baby supplies, LOTS more to choose from!

SIDNEY 740 Spruce. Saturday only 9am-1pm. Play Station 2 with 2 controllers and games, Wii Fit and other Wii games, Home Interior, Nascar, Avon, DVDs, corner desk, board games, miscellaneous.

SIDNEY 848 Merri Lane. Saturday only 8am-4pm (Rained out first try!) Clothing: Ladies 3X, mens Large, infant, electric roaster, shower doors, wagon, crafts, dvds, toys, collectible dolls, miscellaneous.

SIDNEY, 10815 Little Turtle Way, Friday, Saturday 9-3pm, TV, microwave, bookcase, lamp, patio set, chairs, 2 small refrigerators, mirror, computer printer, typewriter, stereo receiver, ladies clothing, purses, miscellaneous, items SIDNEY, 1131 Fairmont Drive, Thursday, Friday & Saturday 9-2pm, BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS, & MORE!, Beanie Babies, large cape cod Avon glass dinnerware set, 2 antique school desk (built in Dayton & Sidney), Ohio State corn-hole, kitchenware, Christmas decorations, lots of miscellaneous.

SIDNEY, 1220 Amherst Drive, Friday 8am-4pm, Saturday 8am-noon, some furniture, kitchenware, some Christmas, Laptop, exercise equipment, weights, cassettes, old records, Lots of Miscellaneous, Something for everyone!!

SIDNEY, 1221 Grove Street, Friday, Saturday, Sunday 106pm, lots of movies & CD's, lawn mower, curtains, jewelry, new things, rugs, towel sets, end tables, books, 31 purse, DVD player, miscellaneous SIDNEY, 1225 Morris Avenue, Friday, Saturday 9-4pm, Vera Bradley & other purses, Juniors/women,/men clothes, shoes, stereo equipment, DVDS, VHS, CD's, BOOKS, snakes, animal cage & accessories, reptile cages TI 83 graphing calculator, household items, tools.

SIDNEY, 1287 Tully Drive, Friday 8am-8pm, travel trailer, women clothes 18-26, boys clothes 8-18, jacket's, 6-sided shade canopy, ab workout machine, Pokemon tins/cards, MPS3 games, DS games, books. You don't want to miss this one!!!

SIDNEY, 137 Village Green Drive, Saturday Only!!, 9am-? .

Name brand clothes -Girls junior size 0-3 and kids 12-14.

Boys waist size 28-30. Winter coats, Foosball/ air hockey table, artwork, etc.

SIDNEY, 1610 North Main Avenue, Friday, Saturday 9-4pm, brand new Tri-bike, exercise equipment, kitchen table, vanity with mirror, furniture, housewares, glassware, scrubs, women and men clothing, shies, purses, toys, electronics, jewelry, sewing/knitting items, fabric, miscellaneous. Rain date 08/10/13 SIDNEY, 1842 Cheryl Place, Friday & Saturday 8:30am-?, Multi Family Sale!!, Lots of kids clothes nb-6, kids scooter, bassinet, Jumperoo, stroller, Lots of baby gear, glassware, books. kitchen items, much more!!!

SIDNEY, 315 South Wagner Avenue, Friday 9-4pm, Saturday 9-1pm, Lots & lots of Junior/misses clothes, boy/girls clothes many sizes, lots of old knickknacks, books, small chairs, miscellaneous household items, lots baby clothes and baby swing SIDNEY, 401 Oakleaf Court, Friday, Saturday 9-?, shop vacuum, auto buffer, fishing poles, nick knacks, candles, vases, movies, lots of miscellaneous items.

SIDNEY, 632 Arrowhead Drive, Friday, Saturday 8-2pm, window AC, fancy china, swords, knives, car CD changer, air cleaner, high chair, camping gear, comic books, records, paper trimmer, snow board, golf bag, gun stock, Christmas decorations.

SIDNEY, 7685 Johnston Slagle road, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 8-5pm, lots of back to school clothes, infant to adult, multiple name brands, holiday decorations, dishes, toddler toys, car seat and more!! No early birds!

SIDNEY, 9075 Lochard Road, Friday, Saturday 9-2pm, boys and girl clothes, toys, bikes, plastic slide, home decor, strollers, Boyd Bears.

Government & Federal Jobs

Help Wanted General

POLICE OFFICER

***NOW HIRING***

The City of Sidney Ohio is accepting applications for Police Officer until 5pm August 30, 2013. Current wage for this position is $48,171.34, annually. An applicant will be scheduled for a physical fitness test and Civil Service written examination on Saturday, September 14, 2013 and Sunday, September 15, 2013. Candidates will be scheduled to attend one of these days for testing. The candidate must pass the physical fitness test to be eligible to take the written examination. To receive an original appointment to the Police Department, a person must have reached the age of twenty-one (21) and no older than their thirtyfifth (35) birthday, High School Diploma or GED equivalent, U.S. Citizen, valid driver’s license, and a residency requirement.

An information packet with application, job description and benefit summary may be obtained from the receptionist in the Municipal Building, 201 W. Poplar Street Sidney Ohio 45365, M-F 8am-5pm or by visiting our w e b s i t e a t www.sidneyoh.com Resumes will not be accepted.

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TROY, 1580 North Dorset Road, Saturday Only 9-noon, Mid County Church of Christ, Annual Giveaway, all types of items, household, books, school supplies, clothing, tools, YES ITS ALL FREE!!!

Automotive

2004 Keystone Cougar 33 ft. 5th wheel, Front bedroom, rear kitchen, hide a bed, 2 recliners, 1 38" slide-out Call (937)269-1426 or (937)726-4492 Child / Elderly Care LIVE-IN NURSES AIDE to comfort clients in their own homes. Stay to the end. Work with Hospice. 20 years experience. References. Dee at (937)751-5014.

Drivers & Delivery DRIVER WANTED Ohio Class A CDL. Minimum 18 months experience. Local work. Good pay. Call (419)584-0663.

Leave name, qualifications, phone number, will return calls.

POLICE OFFICER The City of Sidney Ohio is accepting applications for Police Officer until 5pm August 30, 2013. Current wage for this position is $48,171.34, annually plus up to $1800 Education Bonus and up to $1700 Fitness Bonus. An applicant will be tested on Saturday, September 14th or Sunday, September 15th. The candidate must pass the physical fitness test to be eligible to take the written examination.

Requirement: * Age of twenty-one (21) and no older than their thirty-fifth (35) birthday * High School Diploma or GED equivalent * U.S. Citizen * Valid driver’s license * Resident of Shelby Co. or adjunct County within 12 months An information packet with application, job description and benefit summary may be obtained from the receptionist in the Municipal Building, 201 W. Poplar Street Sidney Ohio 45365, M-F 8am-5pm or by visiting our w e b s i t e a t www.sidneyoh.com Resumes will not be accepted.

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DRIVERS: HOME DAILY! $1000 Sign-On Bonus! Safety Bonus! Great Benefits! CDL-A, 1 year T/T Experience. www.BulkTransit.com 888588-6626

• Up to 39 cpm with Performance Bonus • $3000 Sign On Bonus • 1 year OTR – CDL A Call 1-800-672-8498 or visit: www.pohltransportation.com Electrical / Plumbing COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICIAN Must have 3 years experience in electrical trades. Day shift. No travel. Applicant must pass background check, drug screening. 60 day review temp to hire.

Medical/ life insurance benefits, retirement package.

Email: essers@watchtv.net Government & Federal Jobs Deputy Recorder Full Time Position 33.25 hours/ week (Includes Benefits) Wage: $10.50/ hour Shelby County Recorder’s Office is accepting applications for a clerical position.

Deputy Recorder receives, records, copies & files public documents. Applicant will assist the general public in obtaining information and perform general clerical duties, such as data entry, answering phones and cashier functions. Applicant would also be required to lift some larger ledgers weighing up to 45 lbs. For a more detailed job description, application/ guidelines please visit www.co.shelby.oh.us and click on the Job Openings link.

Applications may also be picked up at the Shelby County Recorder’s Office, Shelby County Annex, 129 E. Court St, Sidney, OH 45365. For consideration, completed applications must be received at the above address by 12:00 p.m. on Friday, August 9, 2013.

In need of Full-Time Seasonal Laborers Immediately! Positions may last until early fall. Prospective employees must pass a drug screen, be able to lift 50+ lbs and work flexible hours. Valid driver's license is required.

Applicants may download an application from our website at: jasonweigandt.com

Water Plant Operator Class I Responsible for shift operations at the Water Treatment Plant. Visit City Hall, 201 W Poplar St, Sidney OR www.sidneyoh.com for qualifications, application, benefits summary & job description. Salary: $21.08 - $27.28 Deadline August 23, 2013.

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Or mail to: Jason Weigandt Landscape Company P.O. Box 848 Sidney, OH 45365 No phone calls or drop-ins, please CUSTODIANS NEEDED Sidney City Schools is looking for individuals interested in custodial work. There is immediate need for substitute positions. Full time positions are anticipated to be available in December.

Candidates must pass a background check and a drug screen before being hired. The background checks are done in-house and will cost the candidate $60; the district will pay for the drug screen. Sub custodial rate is $12.26 per hour. Full time custodians start at $13.62 to top pay after 20 years of $16.66 per hour plus benefits. Night bonus is $.50 per hour additional.

Contact Mark Barhorst Director of Business Operations at 937-494-2020 if interested

Would you like a rewarding career helping others? If you have a High School diploma/ GED, Driver’s License, and valid vehicle insurance, we need you. Earn while you learn and be paid for training. CRSI is looking for parttime Support Specialists in Auglaize County, working with individuals with developmental disabilities. We also have two full-time openings for Support Manager.

Some experience is preferred for the Support Manager positions.

For questions, call 419-738-9511 MILLIGAN CONSTRUCTION CO: Is currently seeking to fill the following positions: Pipe Foreman Heavy Equipment Operator

***NOW HIRING***

Competitive wages, insurance, retirement, Vacation/ Holiday pay

Email application and/ or resume to: office@jasonweigandt.com Or mail to: Jason Weigandt Landscape Company P.O. Box 848 Sidney, OH 45365 No phone calls or drop-ins, please

GRAIN & DAIRY Employee Wanted Full Time, Benefits included Send resumes to: Dept 122 C/O Sidney Daily News 1451 N. Vandemark Rd. Sidney, OH 45365 TREE TRIMMER/ GROUNDSMAN/ CLIMBER, Must have experience in rope/ saddle, good driving record. Wages depend on experience. Good pay/ benefits, (937)492-8486.

Have you been looking for a position in sales that really rewards you for your efforts? Could any or several of the following words be used to describe you or your personality? Fast paced, competitive, decisive, persistent, eager, bold, forceful, and inquisitive. How about assertive? Do you like to meet new people? Are you good at multi-tasking? Do you work well with others and with the public? If you answered yes to many of these questions, you may be the person we are seeking.

Civitas Media is looking for a Business Development Specialist to sell online and print advertising for our Newspapers. Position will be based in our Sidney, Ohio, office. These are full time salary positions with a generous commission program.

Benefits include Health insurance, 401K, vacation, etc.

If interested send resume to Becky Smith at bsmith@civitasmedia.com Civitas Media LLC is a growing company offering excellent compensation and opportunities for advancement to motivated individuals.

Civitas Media has publications in NC, SC, TN, KY, VA, WV, OH, IL, MO, GA, OK, IN and PA. Help Wanted General

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKING! OUT OF WORK? RETIREE?

JUST LOOKING TO SUPPLEMENT YOUR INCOME?

Immediate Part-time and Full-time Openings

General Labor

Applicants may download an application from our website at: jasonweigandt.com

Business Development Specialist

STAY AT HOME MOM?

Pipe Layer

In need of Full-Time Seasonal Laborers Immediately! Positions may last until early fall. Prospective employees must pass a drug screen, be able to lift 50+ lbs and work flexible hours. Valid driver's license is required.

Possible Owner Financing 305 Elizabeth Ct., Russia 2 beds, 2 full bath, large living area, screened porch.

1348 sq. ft. plus 2-car garg.

Asking $119,900 Call/text 937-726-9055

office@jasonweigandt.com

Help Wanted General

SEASONAL LABORERS

For Sale By Owner

Email application and/ or resume to:

Applications can be obtained on-line at www.crsi-oh.com or in person at 13101 Infirmary Road Wapakoneta

You have the drive We provide the means.

Come be a part of our team!

Pohl Transportation

SEASONAL LABORERS

A strong work ethic with regular and punctual attendance is very important. References are required and will be checked. Previous experience is helpful but not required.

SIDNEY, 9600 Riverview Place, (take 47N to Herring Road to Riverview Place) Friday, Saturday 9-5pm, CLEANING OUT GARAGE, guns, tools, oriental items, some antiques, glass ceramics, home decor', something for everyone!!!

Advertise today by calling (877) 844-8385

Email: john@milliganconst.com 1120 Milligan Ct. Sidney, OH 45365 An Equal Opportunity Employer

NEED TO PAY OFF THOSE MONTHLY BILLS?

INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS Needed to deliver the Sidney Daily News

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Great Part Time Work $100 - $300 Tips/Week

BE YOUR OWN BOSS! If you are an adult with a reliable vehicle and time available Mon., Wed. thru Sat. from 4am - 7am you could make extra cash delivering the Sidney Daily News close to your neighborhood.

CALL NOW: 937-498-5934 Help Wanted General

We are a precision machining manufacturer with immediate openings for the following positions. We are looking for highly motivated and experienced individuals who work well in a team oriented environment.

CNC MILL & LATHE OPERATORS

Applicant must be capable of performing set-ups, inprocess inspection of parts, program editing, blueprint reading and knowledge of geometric toleranceing.

Experience: 3 to 5 years machining experience preferred.

(1st shift) or (2nd shift working 4 nights) TOOL ROOM MACHINISTS

Applicant must be capable of milling and turning in a machining tool room environment. Additional requirements include the ability to perform set-ups, Blueprint reading and knowledge of geometric tolerancing.

Experience: 3 to 5 years machining experience preferred.

Company Benefits Include: Competitive Wages, Comprehensive Health Insurance & Prescription Drug card, Dental Insurance, 401K & Retirement Plan, Life-Insurance, Long & Short Term Disability, Paid Holidays & Vacation.

Please apply in person or send work history to:

SIDNEY TOOL & DIE INC. 1950 Campbell Road PO Box 849 Sidney, Ohio 45365 (An Equal Opportunity Employer)

Help Wanted General

Now Looking to Fill Full Time 3rd Shift Positions in the Anna Area Duties will include but may not be limited to: Vacuuming, floor work, pulling trash, stocking restroom supplies, wiping down glass surfaces, baseboards, restrooms, high/ low dusting, wet/ dry mopping Applicants must have a reliable means of transportation and be able to work well with the public

At Scioto Services, a national background check and drug testing will be required

FENIX, LLC PRODUCTION TEAM MEMBERS Seeking team members who want to build a career with our growing company.

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

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

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OFFICE MANAGER/ SECRETARIAL Must be proficient at QuickBooks and Microsoft Excel, Strong Communication & Organizational Skills – Written and Verbal, Ability to work independently, Minimum tax background would be nice.

Positive attitude, Self Motivator, Start date asap

INSURANCE SALES & SERVICE position available.

Responsible for all aspects of operation i.e. as marketing, sales and service. License not required for application but preferred. Will be required to obtain license if hired. Sales experience needed.

Send resume to: PO Box 4308 Sidney, OH 45365

Send Resumes to: Dept: 113 Sidney Daily News 1451 North Vandemark Rd Sidney, Ohio 45365

PRIVATE SETTING, 2 Bedroom Townhouse, No one above or below! Appliances, Washer/ Dryer Fireplace, garage, Water, Trash included, (937)4984747, www.firsttroy.com

SIDNEY, Need 1 or 2 room office in downtown Sidney? We have space with access to conference room and storage.

Garage parking, storage also available. Call (937)726-6232 or (937)638-3653.

For Sale By Owner Apartments /Townhouses 1 BEDROOM 219 Brookburn.

NO PETS. Stove & refrigerator. References. Deposit.

(937)492-0829 1 BEDROOM, Fort Loramie, stove refrigerator, air, washer & dryer included $320 monthly plus utilities, deposit & references required, (937)423-5839

LEGALS

Legal Notice in Suit for Quiet Title by Adverse Possession Case No. 13-CV-000112 State of Ohio, Shelby County, Court of Common Pleas, General Division Mitchell M. Brautigam, etc.

-vsE.F. Ferree, et al.

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

The above named defendants are required to answer within twenty-eight (28) days after last publication, which shall be published once a week for six (6) consecutive weeks or said defendants may be denied a hearing in this case.

James F. Stevenson, Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Shelby County, Ohio Joseph A. Chrisman, Attorney for Plaintiffs July 11, 18, 25 Aug 1, 8, 15, 22

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MINIMUM CHARGES APPLY

1997 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 Z71, 4x4, 3 door extended cab. black exterior, Tonneau cover, 5.7 liter, tow package, 154000 miles, $4200.

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Remodeling & Repairs Roofing & Siding

Landscaping

Furniture & Accessories

SYCAMORE CREEK APARTMENTS

SOFAS, 2 Floral Sofas, 1 new, 1 used in excellent condition, (937)492-4792

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Miscellaneous BOOKS 21-Beverly Lewis, Amish romance books. Excellent condition. Call (937)4989429

Land Care

ENTERTAINMENT CENTER, Hold 46" TV, Height, 63", Width 53", Depth 18", $50.00, good condition, very spacious, (937)638-1471

Houses For Rent 1 BEDROOM, Living room, kitchen & bath, $300, 2 BEDROOM, living room kitchen & bath close to downtown $350 Call (937)489-6502 3 BEDROOM HOUSE FOR RENT, $550 monthly + deposit. Call (937)710-4620

TV stand, 23"Hx35"Lx22"D, $30. Stainless steel double sink with faucet, 8" deep, good condition, $150. Coffee table set with glass inset top, $25 each. (937)658-1080 after 5:30.

Cleaning & Maintenance

HOUSE FOR RENT, $650 monthly, $650 deposit, 3 bedroom, central air, 1.5 garage, furnished (937)726-9060 Storage

Commercial

2005 MERCURY MONTEGO PREMIERE one owner, 150,000 miles, $7000

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CARRIAGE HILL Apartments, 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom, appliances, fireplace, secure entry. Water, trash included, garages. (937)4984747, www.firsttroy.com

15 YEARS EXPERIENCE FREE ESTIMATES Paving • Driveways Parking Lots • Seal Coating

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3 BEDROOM, Half Double, 2 full baths, all appliances included, No pets! $695 monthly plus deposit, (937)492-7575

2000 Sea Doo GSX. 787cc's.

115 hours. Trailer and cover. $2800 obo. (937)676-2546

Commercial Bonded

Residential Insured

Miscellaneous

Loria Coburn

937-498-0123 loriaandrea@aol.com

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Pets

4th Ave. Store & Lock 1250 4th Ave.

Piqua Dog Club will be offering Obedience classes beginning August 19th, at the Piqua Armory, Bring current shot records, But no dogs first night, CGC testing available, www.piquadogclub.com, (937)773-5170

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PUPPIES, Yorkie Poos, ShihTzus, Morkies, Shih-Chons, Yorkies, Mini Poodles, $195 and up. Call (419)925-4339 or (419)305-5762.

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Busch Family Fishing Lakes Relax and enjoy the fishing.

Construction & Building SHIHTZU puppies. 1 female, brown & white, do not shed. Great lap dogs & great with kids. $350 (419) 305-6539

AMISH CREW

Wants roofing, siding, windows, doors, repair old floors, joust foundation porches, decks, garages, room additions.

ANY TYPE OF REMODELING

Autos For Sale

15030 Lock Two Road Botkins, OH 45306

937-693-3640 www.buschfamilyfishfarm.com

30 Years experience!

(937) 232-7816 Amos Schwartz Construction

Fishing is only by appointment

Paws & Claws

Retreat: Pet Boarding

Estate Sales

HMK Estate Sales 1996 FORD MUSTANG Convertible, red, 6 cylinder, many updates! Good condition, 154k miles, asking $4200.

Call (937)773-4587 2003 PONTIAC AZTEC, maintenance receipts, $3800 OBO. Call (937)658-2421.

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Roofing & Siding

• Climate controlled Kennel • Outdoor Time • Friendly Family Atmosphere

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Other

FAMILY OWNED & OPERATED

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MEDICAL ASSISTANT Needed part time for office in Piqua. Experience in EHR. Good compensation. New graduates welcome.

Send resume to: Dept. 124 Sidney Daily News 1451 North Vandemark Rd Sidney, OH 45365

BUCKEYE SEAL COATING AND REPAIR

40317722 40243348

(567)890-7500

Medical/Health

Paving & Excavating

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If interested in an employer that genuinely cares for its employees, please call

Gutter Repair & Cleaning

937-492-3530 16900 Ft. Loramie-Swanders Rd., Sidney Mower Maintenance

Rutherford

MOWER REPAIR & MAINTENANCE

937-658-0196 All Small Engines • Mowers • Weed Eaters • Edgers • Snowblowers • Chain Saws Blades Sharpened • Tillers

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We provide a consistent schedule, great pay/ paid training. Our employees must have a HS diploma/ GED, be highly self-motivated and have superb ethics.

Supervise Store Operations: loading/ unloading of trailers, processing of textiles, quality control, rotation of stock, sales/ operations. Knowledge of cash register, banking procedures, and merchandising/ display is preferred. Applicant must possess the ability to supervise/train employees on register/ banking procedures and stocking/ displays.

High School Diploma/GED preferred.

Apply IN PERSON @: 1584 Covington Ave Piqua, OH 45356 An EEO Employer M/F/O/V

Autos For Sale

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provides Supported Living services to individuals with MRDD. We are accepting applications for employees to perform in home care in Miami County (Full Time Home Manager and 2nd Shift). You will assist with daily living skills, transportation, money management, medication supervision.

Working in a fun atmosphere.

Apartments /Townhouses 3 BEDROOM, 1.5 bath, 702 South Miami, appliances, w/d hookup, $600 Monthly plus deposit, (937)489-9921

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within 10 mile radius of Sidney

Remodeling & Repairs

LEGALS

Advertisement for Bids For Sale of 2007 CAT 420E Backhoe Village of Fort Loramie, Ohio NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that sealed bids will be received by Village Administrator of the Village of Fort Loramie, Ohio at 14 Elm St, PO Box 10 Fort Loramie Ohio 45845, until 1:00 PM, August 12, 2013 at which time all bids will be read publicly for the following piece of equipment: 2007 CATERPILLER 420E, 890 Hrs, Extendable Stick, Deluxe Cab AC, Pilot Controls, 4WD Auto Shift, 24" Bucket, Cutting Edge Two Piece, Flip Over Pads, AM-FM Radio, Tires 50%.

Backhoe can be inspected 7:00 am - 3:00 pm M-F by contacting Gary at 937-538-1123.

937-419-0676

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Minimum bid is $53,700. Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids, waive irregularities in any bid, and to accept any bid deemed by the owner to be most favorable to the owner.

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The bidder shall note the words, "BID FOR BACKHOE", on the outside of a sealed envelope containing the bid.

The Village will retain ownership and use of the backhoe until the Village takes delivery of their new backhoe approximately mid September.

www.buckeyehomeservices.com

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Insurance jobs welcome • FREE Estimates 40324968

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Shelby County Fair

Junior Fair livestock winners

For photo reprints, visit www.sidneydailynews.com

SDN Photo/Luke Gronneberg For photo reprints, visit www.sidneydailynews.com

Max Bohman sold his grand champion rate of gain steer at the livestock sale Saturday. Standing (l-r) are Shelby County Auditor Denny York, Shelby County Commissioners Julie Ehemann, Bob Guillozet and Tony Bornhorst, Doug Hoying for Trupointe, Max Bohman with his grand champion rate of gain steer and Emily Bohman.

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Meghan Bruns sold her reserve grand champion market barrow at the livestock sale Friday. Standing (l-r) are John Leighty for Trupointe, Bob and Brenda Short for B&B Ag-Vantages, Inc., Brad Barhorst for Dan Hemm Chevy, Meghan Bruns with her reserve grand champion market barrow, Makenna Snider, Mary Lee Smock for Lacal, Curt Wells for Wells Bros., Inc., Angela Martin for Sidney Body Carstar, Madison Snider, Jay Ruhenkamp with Rapid Development, Virgil Thobe for Millcreek Valley Farms, and John Heins for Heins Show Pigs.

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Jenna Pleiman, 11, of Fort Loramie, daughter of Tony and Tina Pleiman, and member of 4-H Club Fort Loramie Livestock won grand champion shorthorn at the Shelby County Fair.

SDN Photo/Luke Gronneberg

Emma Regula sold her reserve grand champion market lamb at the livestock sale Saturday. Standing (l-r) are Mary Lee Smock for Lacal, Tyler Shipp for Trupointe, Mike Egbert for Mike's Barn Yard, Bruce Bambauer for Bambauer Fertilizer, Seth Regula, Luke Allen for Dickman Supply, Shelby County Commissioner Tony Bornhorst, Emma Regula with her reserve grand champion market lamb, Ryan Woolley for Allenbaugh Insurance, Shelby County Sheriff John Lenhart and Larry Edwards for Curly's Meats.

For photo reprints, visit www.sidneydailynews.com

For photo reprints, visit www.sidneydailynews.com

SDN Photo/Luke Gronneberg

Luke Bohman sold his reserve champion rate of gain steer at the livestock sale Saturday. Standing (l-r) are Doug Hoying for Trupointe, Tom Homan for Fennig-Homan Agribusiness, Mike York for Mike York Electric, Andy Schafer of Schafer Oil, Luke Bohman with his reserve champion rate of gain steer and Ben Bohman.

SDN Photo/Luke Gronneberg

Lane Monnin, 16, of Sidney, son of Rhonda and Rob Quinter and Stacy and Angie Monnin and member of 4-H Club Scissors to Sheep, won reserve grand champion dairy steer at the Shelby County Fair.

Congratulations to Shelby County Junior Fair winners

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Luke Brautigam sold his grand champion market lamb at the livestock sale Saturday. Standing (l-r) are Brian Moloney for Area Energy and Electric, auctioneer Justin Vondenhuevel, Mike Egbert for Mike's Barn Yard, Denny Barker for Barker Insurance, Brenda Short for B&B Ag-Vantages, Inc., Jonah Brautigam, Bob Short for B&B Ag-Vantages, Inc., Luke Brautigam with his grand champion market lamb, Nicholas Brautigam, Kathy and David Fogt, Ryan Woolley for Allenbaugh Insurance, Robert Anthony for Changing Smiles Inc., and Andy Schafer for Schafer for Schafer Oil.