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MILWAUKEE MIL LWAUKEE KEE (AP) — The have nation’s na tion’s ggovernors overnors ha ve a warning President Barack w arning ffor orr Pr esident B arack Congress: Obama and Congr ess: A fiscal standoff Washington st andoff in W ashington this catastrophic fall could be ca tastrophic for for states st ates already already dy feeling feeling the fallfallsweeping federal out of sw eeping ping cuts in feder al spending.. spending uncertainty ““When When there’s ther ere’’s uncert ainty in Washington, D.C., W ashington,, D .C., that that unceruncerrttainty ainty can affect ffect our economic

climate clima te and rrevenue evenue growth,� growth,� Gov. Fallin, Oklahoma ma Go v. Mary F allin, a former former er U.S. U.S. House member,, Friday. ssaid aid F r y. She rida S he echoed the concerns ns of her counterparts states in otherr st ates at at their annual three-day conference. thr ee - daay summer conference. The meeting opens on the day ssame ame da ay Congress Congress was was leavleaavWashington ing W ashington shington for for a five-week five -week break br eak with kkey ey pieces of conseconse workk unfinished. quentiall work things ““All All those hose thing gs left undone, uncertainty Washington the uncert ertainty in W ashington impact,� has an impact ,� she added.

fast-approaching T The fast -approaching fiscal showdown go v sho owdown — and the governors’ ernor nors’ deep contempt ffor or Washington’s break W a ashington ’s inability to br eak impasses passes on spending — hung oover ver e the meeting in swingWiisconsin. vvoting otting Wisconsin. conference began, A the confer As ence beg an, Republicans Democrats R epublicans publicans and Democr ats alike alik ke bemoaned the cost of Washington’s W a ashington ’s inaction ffor or struggling states st ates strug gling to rrecover ecover economically onomically and striving to employers. aattract ttrract emplo yerss. coun-““When When they see other coun

invest transportation‌ tries in vest in tr ansport ation‌ on‌ we’re not,, tha that’s strike and w e’re not t’’s a strik rike against Delaware ag ainst us,â€? ssaid aid De laware Gov. Markell, Democrat. Go v. JJack ack Mark kell, a Democr rat . want ““When When yyou ou w ant some kind d of predictability pr edict ability with rrespect espectt to immigration ‌that’s strike immigr ation ‌tha t’’s a strik rike against ag ainst us.â€? W ashington-bashing — a Washington-bashing fa vorite pastime of ggovernors overnor norss favorite —w as cert ain during a series ries was certain of public sessions and priv vate private meeting gs intended ffor or st t ate meetings state See S ee W WASHINGTON ASHINGTON | 3

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Friday was a special day for Maggie Wiley, of Sidney, and she celebrated it right where she wanted to be — at the Shelby County 2013 Relay for Life at the Shelby County Fairgrounds. Friday was the 11th anniversary of the final surgery that ridded Wiley of throat cancer. She joined hundreds of other survivors, caregivers, sufferers and supporters in the annual event that rallies much of the community to raise money on behalf of the American Cancer Society. The goal of this year’s effort was $220,000. During opening ceremonies, cochairwoman Amy Breinich, of Sidney, announced that the year-long series of special events and fund drives by 52 teams had already raised $122,000. “While each of us is here for a unique reason, whether it is your mother, father, grandma, grandpa, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, friend or anyone else you know, we all have something in common,� said co-chairwoman Rhonda Pence, of Sidney, to open the 18-hour event. “We want to

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make a difference in the fight against cancer.� The relay continues until noon today. It is free and open to the public. Co-chairman Bob Romanowski, of Anna, reminded the crowd of Dr. Gordy Klatt, who, in 1985, started Relay for Life by walking 83 miles in 24 hours

around a track in Tacoma, Wash. No one in Sidney will walk 83 miles before the event ends today. But plenty of people and businesses will keep things moving around the course laid out at the fairgrounds. Dozens of booths circle the track, offering crafts, games, raffles and food. And many teams

have arranged for at least one team member to be walking the track at all times. Shaun and Ashley Branson, of Lockington, and their son, Isaiah, 6, carried a pole with a pinata of Scooby Doo at the top of it as they strolled around the course. See PURPLE | 14

Voters ers to decide ide on levyy Tuesdayy Melanie Spe Speicher eicher mspeicher@civitasmedia.com mspeicher@civitasm media.com

Voters V oterss who oter ho reside reside in the S Sidney idney City S Schools chools District willl be ggoing oing to the polls ls T Tuesday uesday to vvote ote on a five-year five -year 1 per percent cent tr traditional aditional income ttax ax levy. levyy. This levy, le vy, if approved, apprroved, will rreplace eplace thee eexpiring xpiring 9.9 mill emer emergency gency llevy ev y aand n d an aand d a p perermanent impr improvement mprovement levy, le vy, which h was was not rrenewed enewed in 2008. Thee Th proposed p r opo se d income ttax axx levy levy will ggenerate eenerate $4.77 .77 million per yyear. ear.. The he emerg emergenemergency 9.9 milll le levy vy cur-rrently ently generates geenerrates $4.55 million annually annually. nuallyy. The permanent impr improveove ment le levy vy had ad ggeneratenerated $250,0000 per yyear. ear.. ““This This is just a dif dif-fer ent way way we we will be ferent collecting ttaxes,� a es,� said ax said S uperintendent dent JJohn ohn Superintendent S cheu. Scheu. Instead off the mon mon-ies coming fr om propprop from erty ttaxes, axes,, the tax t ax monies willl be ggenerener-aated ted from from the he incomes of rresidents esidents who reside reside in the district district. ct . ““The The income me ttax ax will be link linked ed to the econoecono my,� my ,� ssaid aid Scheu. S cheu. “If the

economy ggoes oes up, and people ar aree seeing ng their ssalaries alaries l i rise, i w wee will ill see a slight incr increase ease and tha thatt means ns more more income ffor or the schools. Ho However wever if ssalaries alaries sour and la layoffs yoffs fs occur, occur, then tha thatt will bring us less money money.. ““We We will be collect collect-ing a lik likee amount ount of money money,, but it’ it’s ’s just a differ different ent meanss of colcollecting it it,� ,� he said. s aid. The W Wee Listened, istened, W Wee Acted le levy v cam vy cam-paign has been n led by co co-chairmen - chairmen R Renee enee Da Davis, vis, Bill W Warner arner ner and Da Dave ve R Rose. ose. ““We We ha have ve w worked orked vvery ery dilig diligently ently tly to inf inform orm the Sidney S idney ney City S School chool d district i s t r icc t rresiesidents about the he fiv fiveeyyear, ear,, 1 percent percent nt traditraditional income ttax ax on T Tuesday’s uesday ’s ballot,� ballot ot ,� said said Da Davis. vis. ““We We ha have ave run an honest honest,, transparent transpar nsparent campaign to gget e accuet accurrate ate information information on into the vvoters’ oters’ hands ands so tha thatt they might ht mak makee an inf informed ormed decision via: editorial coverage coverage iin n tthe h e Sidney S i d n e y Daily Daily N News; ews; ad advertisements vertisements sements levy on Hits 105.5; 19 le vy presentation oppor-pr esent ation oppor tunities ffor or local cal resiresi-

informationdents; an inf ormation t postcard al postcar d mailing ng to households; all ll house h lds; a levy holds; le l vy information inf ormation website; website; te; a Facebook F acebook page; page; Twitter Twit w ter posts; yyard ard signs; and frequent publication fr equent publica ation co-chair’s teleof the co - chair ’s te le numbers. phone number s. levy ““As As a le vy co-chair, co - chair c , improveI can say say the impr rove from ments made fr om m a ffinancial i n a n c i al sstandpoint t an d p o i n t aree amazing and the ar community’s community ’s opinion nion Sidney Schools of S idney City S chools hools dramaticalhas turned dr amatical t positive. ly positiv e. We We are are not solvee world, ggoing oing to solv worlld, national state na tional and st ate heree in Sidney issues her S idney dney by tomorr tomorrow, ow, however, however, wee can cert w certainly ainly mak makee a positive positive impactt on our local community unity by continuing to fund our school district ct at at current current levels,� levels,� said s aid Davis. Davis. “We “ We truly ask each voter voter to please ttake ake a few fe w minutes to research re s e arc h their t h e i r own ow n individual circumcircum c stances, stances, balance their needs with those of the community, community, and deterdeterrmine if a ‘yes’ ‘ yes’ vote votee will make make our schools and community stronger,� strongger,� she said. s aid. If passed, the colleccollec ollec-

tion of the income tax t ax a will begin Jan. Jan. 1. The he 9.9 9 9 mill ill levy levy property property t ty tax t ax will expire expire at at the he end of 2013 but will ill continue to collected d into 2014. Because B ecause se of the year year overlap, overllap, p, the board board approved approved a resolution resolution authorizauthorizz ing the Shelby Shelby County ty Auditor’s Auditor ’s Office to reduce reduce or lessen the he collection rate rate of the he property property tax t ax levy levy to offset the collection collect ion n of the income tax t ax in 2014. Income that that will ll not be taxed taxed includes es Social S ocial Security S ecurity benebenee fits, disability disability and sursurrvivors vivors benefits, welfare welfarre benefits, child support, supportt , property property received received as a gift, gift , bequest or inheriinheriitance, t ance, and workers’ workers’ s compensation compensation benefits. s. Income that that will be taxed t axed includes wages, wages, s, salaries, s alaries, tips, interest, interestt , dividends, unemployunemploy ment compensation, compens ation, n, self-employment, self- employment , taxt axxable scholarships scholarsships and d fellowships, fellowships, pensions, s, annuities, IRA IR A distridistriibutions, capital capit al gains, gains, s s, state st ate and local bond d interest interest except except that thaat See S ee VO VOTE TE | 112 2

Speed limitt rreduced educed on n part p art o off Ohio o 477 in 4 i Sidne Sid Sidney ey The speed limit on n a section of Ohio 47 in Sidney S idney will be rreduced educed d as a rresult esult of study by city and st state ate officials. For F or the ssafety afety of the motoring and w walking alking ing public, the city of S Sidney, idney ney, in conjunction j with the Ohio Department of Transportation T ransport ation ((ODOT), ODOT), has h as pe performed r for m ed a traffic t ra f f i c and engineering studyy of the speed limit on Ohio hio 47, betw between een F Fifth ifth A Avenue venue nue aand nd F Franklin ra n k l i n A Avenue. ve n u e . Based B ased on the rresults esults fr from rom the study study,, it was was deterdeter terrmined tha thatt the speed limit mit on this section of Ohioo 47 should be rreduced educed fr from rom the curr current ent 50 mph to 45 mph, ssaid aid Randy Mag Magoto, o oto, engineering manag manager er ffor or the city of S Sidney. idney. ODOT ODO T has officially ally approved appr oved this 45 mph rreduced educed speed limit ffor or both eastbound and w weste est bound boun d tr traffic affic effec effective t e tiv immediately. immedia tely. S Signs igns will be posted no la later ter than han Monday, M Monda nday, and the S Sidney idney ney Police P o l ic e De Department p a r t m en t w will i ll begin be gi n eenforcement nforce me nt an aand d issuing cit citations ations ffor or viola violaolators, tor s, Mag Magoto oto ssaid. aid.

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