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CINCINNATI (AP) — The most-used punctuation among Ohio educators preparing for the new school year is probably the question mark. A number of changes for schools will begin playing out as classes resume this month, and their full impact isn’t known. A recent overhaul of the way the state funds schools has some officials uncertain of exact dollar amounts. Some schools have also complained about what they see as continued inequities. In addition, an end to a state property tax rollback is expected to make passing school levies even tougher. Proponents say the changes will better prepare students and make schools operate more efficiently and educators more accountable. Republican Gov. John Kasich and the GOP-controlled legislature have also taken steps to add funding and expand vouchers for private and charter schools, which backers say gives parents more choices about their children’s education. There are new early elementary read-

ing mandates, curriculum standards, teacher evaluations and changes in the way schools will be rated. “The upcoming school year will bring many changes for both teachers and their students,â€? said Michele Prater, spokeswoman for the Ohio Education Association representing school teachers and other employees. “Changes in policies ‌ present many unknowns for teachers, leaving them feeling apprehensive about how these reforms will affect their students, their careers and their profession.â€? Kasich pushed for the new Third Grade Reading Guarantee to require students to be proficient before leaving third grade, saying there’s a strong correlation between early reading skills and future learning ability. However, some critics said the mandate was rushed through, and the Legislature had to revisit it with a bill temporarily expanding teacher eligibility to head off an anticipated shortage of educators. Schools in Ohio and many other states are implementing Common Core curriculum standards aimed at focusing classes

on preparing students for college and their careers. Ohio is also linking teacher evaluations to student test results and beginning to phase in a new school performance rating system. Instead of grades such as “excellent� and “continuous improvement,� A-F letter grades will be used on school report cards in coming years, with components such as graduation rates, closing performance gaps and achievement. “We can figure out where we’re strong and where we’re weak, and then get about fixing it,� Kasich said this year during his State of the State address. Kasich’s long-anticipated overhaul of Ohio’s troubled school-funding formula underwent changes after going to legislators, and school administrators say they probably won’t know their exact dollar amounts until weeks after classes begin. “We’re still uncertain about the school funding,� said Tom Perkins, superintendent of Northern Local Schools east of the Columbus area. He’s also president of the Coalition of Rural and Appalachian See SCHOOL | 16

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The 3-year-old girl wandered away from her grandmother’s home in Wareham, Mass., in midApril. A frantic search began almost immediately, and within an hour little Alyvia Navarro was found unresponsive in a nearby pond. She was pronounced dead the next day. A month later, across the continent, a larger search unfolded over three days as hundreds of emergency service personnel and volunteers fanned out around Clearlake, Calif., looking for 9-year-old Mikaela Lynch after she vanished from her backyard. The outcome grimly echoed the Wareham search: A dive team found Mikaela’s body in a muddy creek. The two girls were the first of at least 14 children with autism known to have died this year after slipping away from

their caregivers. All but one of them drowned, evidence of a fascination that many autistic children have with water. The body of the latest victim, 11-year-old Anthony Kuznia, was found Thursday in the Red River after a 24-hour search near his home in East Grand Forks, Minn. The tragic phenomenon goes by various names — wandering, elopement, bolting — and about half of autistic children are prone to it, according to research published last year in the journal Pediatrics. That would be a huge number. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated last year that 1 in 88 children are affected by autism, and a federal survey this year pegged the prevalence rate at one of every 50 schoolchildren — more than 1 million children in all. Wandering has led to the deaths of more than 60 children in the past

four years, and the fear of it can make daily life a harrowing, never-letyour-guard-down challenge for parents. “We take steps at home — locks on every door, gates, alarms,� said writer Jo Ashline of Orange, Calif., whose 11-year-old son has autism. “But there’s always, in the forefront of our minds, the thought that one tiny mistake could prove fatal.� Groups that advocate for autism-affected families, including the National Autism Association and Autism Speaks, are now making it a priority to increase awareness of wandering — among parents, professionals who deal with autistic children, and first-responder agencies that handle missingchildren cases. The study in Pediatrics found that half of parents with autistic children had never received advice or See ACTION | 5

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Sidney Daily News, Monday, August 12, 2013

City Record Fire, rescue SUNDAY -11:57 a.m.: fire alarm. Emergency personnel were dispatched to 3651 Bulle Road on a fire alarm. It was determined there was no problem, and the alarm was due to a faulty heat detector. -2:37 a.m.: medical.

Medics were dispatched to the 200 block of West North Street. SATURDAY -11:57 p.m.: medical. Medics were dispatched to the 700 block of South Main Avenue. -11:24 p.m.: assist police. Rescue personnel were called to assist police in the 900 block of

South Main Avenue, but the call was canceled. -11:07 p.m.: auto accident. Medics were dispatched to the scene of an auto accident in the 2000 block of Michigan Street. -5:59 p.m.: medical. Medics were dispatched to the 700 block of Buckeye Avenue. -4:38 p.m.: medical.

Medics were dispatched to the 100 block of Court Street. -2:49 a.m.: medical. Medics were dispatched to the 2500 block of North Kuther Road. -12:44 a.m.: wash down. Emergency crews reported to Fourth Avenue and Michigan Street for a wash down. FRIDAY

-11:44 p.m.: medical. Medics were dispatched to the 900 block of Wapakoneta Avenue. -11:02 p.m.: auto accident. Rescue personnel reported to the 4100 block of County Road 25A for an auto accident. There were no injuries. -10:28 p.m.: medical. Medics were dispatched to the 300 block of South

Highland Avenue. -4:21 p.m.: medical. Medics were dispatched to the 1000 block of Fair Road. -4:14 p.m.: medical. Medics were dispatched to the 100 block of West Poplar Street. -2:23 p.m.: medical. Medics were dispatched to the 100 block of Liberty Court.

by the garage at 21598 Maplewood Road. -10:12 a.m.: larceny. Deputies received a report of a stolen vehicle from 703 Frazier-Guy Road. FRIDAY -10:50 p.m.: hit-skip accident. Deputies responded to County

Road 25A and McCloskey School Road for a reported hit-skip accident. -5:16 p.m.: burglary. Deputies took a report of a past burglary at 5348 Rangeline Road. -3:50 p.m.: burglary. Deputies responded to a report of a burglary in progress at 5301 State Route 29.

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to a medical call in the 3900 block of Ohio 66B. -5:37 a.m.: medical. Fort Loramie Rescue responded to a medical call in the 12000 block of Ohio 362. FRIDAY -6:20 p.m.: medical. Houston Rescue responded to a medical call in the 5100 block of Russia Houston Road.

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SATURDAY -9:54 p.m.: complaint. Deputies responded to a report of a naked man walking down the middle of the road at Ohio 706 and Tawawa-Maplewood Road. -5:36 p.m.: accident

with injuries. Deputies responded, along with Anna Rescue, Jackson Center Rescue and Jackson Center Fire, to a car crashed into a pole at 14765 State Route 65. -11:07 a.m.: complaint. A resident reported finding a molotov cocktail with a burnt rag

FRIDAY -1:17 p.m.: larceny. Botkins Police responded to 107 E. State St. for a reported larceny. Fire, rescue SATURDAY -9:44 p.m.: medical. Houston Rescue responded

Teen found safe in Idaho; alleged abductor killed Rebecca Boone Associated Press

CASCADE, Idaho (AP) — A harrowing weeklong search for a missing California teenager ended Saturday when FBI agents rescued the girl and shot and killed her apparent kidnapper at a campsite deep in the Idaho wilderness. Hannah Anderson, 16, appeared to be uninjured and will be reunited soon with her father at a hospital, authorities said. Her suspected abductor, James Lee DiMaggio, 40, was killed after his campsite

was found in Idaho’s rugged Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness, roughly 40 miles from the tiny town of Cascade. Hannah was taken to a hospital where crisis counselors and health care providers were assisting her. Her father was expected to arrive in Idaho on Sunday to reunite with her. “We will make sure she gets as much care as possible, physically and emotionally,” said Andrea Dearden, a spokeswoman from the Ada County Sheriff ’s Department who has been leading the

communication team for the interagency effort in Valley County. The shooting came after officers participating in a massive manhunt for the pair spotted the campsite from the air and an FBI hostage recovery team trekked to the site near Morehead Lake. “No one really knows where an investigation like this will lead,” said Mary Rook, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Salt Lake City division. “In this case, our team faced a very challenging situation.” The FBI said it was

sending a team to investigate what unfolded before, during and after the shooting. Authorities offered few details Saturday night. The location wasn’t far from what had been the last known sighting of the pair. A horseback rider called authorities Thursday night to report that on Wednesday he had seen two people who resembled Anderson and DiMaggio with camping gear on a trail near the lake. The rider, whose name wasn’t released, didn’t realize they were subjects of a massive search until he got home and saw news reports. The case began when the charred bodies of Hannah Anderson’s mother, Christina Anderson, 44, and the teen’s 8-yearold brother, Ethan Anderson, were found in

DiMaggio’s burning house outside San Diego, near the Mexico border. DiMaggio was close to the family. Christina Anderson’s husband, Brett Anderson, has described him as a best friend and said the children thought of him as an uncle. Authorities have said DiMaggio had an “unusual infatuation” with Hannah, although the father said he never saw any strange behavior. An Amber Alert was issued, and tips led investigators to Oregon after DiMaggio and the teen were reportedly spotted there. But it wasn’t until the Idaho horseback rider called in his tip that investigators found a major lead — DiMaggio’s car, hidden under brush at a trailhead on the border of the Frank Church River of No Return

Wilderness in central Idaho. A contingent of about 270 law enforcement officers from the FBI, the Valley and Ada County sheriffs’ offices, Idaho State Police, the U.S. Marshals Service, and the Border Patrol, aided by experts from federal land management and wildlife agencies, worked around the clock to figure out the best way to track DiMaggio and the teen in the roadless area. San Diego County Sheriff William D. Gore announced Hannah’s rescue and DiMaggio’s death from a news conference in California. He said members of his office notified Hannah’s father, Brett Anderson, of her rescue. “He was very relieved and very excited and looking forward to being reunited with his daughter,” Gore said.

Pilot in deadly Conn. wreck survived earlier crash Michael Mella Associated Press

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The plane accident that killed four people in a Connecticut neighborhood was not the first crash for the pilot, a former Microsoft executive who was taking his teenage son on a tour of East Coast colleges. The pilot, Bill Henningsgaard, was killed along with his son, Maxwell, and two children who were in a house struck by the small propeller-driven plane on Friday. Their bodies were all recovered from the crash scene. East Haven police on Saturday released the names of the crash victims, including

Henningsgaard, 54, of Medina, Wash.; his 17-year-old son; 13-year-old Sade Brantley and 1-year-old Madisyn Mitchell, who lived in the East Haven home hit by the plane. National Transportation Safety Board investigator Patrick Murray said Saturday the plane was upside down when it struck a house at about a 60 degree angle. He said the pilot was making his first approach to the airport and did not declare an emergency before the crash. After removing the wreckage and before analyzing any data, he said at a news conference in New Haven, “We don’t have any indication there was anything wrong with the plane.”

Obituaries

Wilbur J. Feltz

ST. HENRY — Wilbur J. Feltz, age 84, of St. Henry, died on Friday, Aug. 9, 2013, at Mercer County Community Hospital in Coldwater. He was born April 8, 1929, in Cassella, Ohio, to the late Oscar & Anna (Heinrichs) Feltz. On April 18, 1953 he married Alice J. (Schmitt), and she died May 8, 2006. He is survived by eight children, Lawrence (Paula) Feltz, of Marion, Iowa, Ronald (Karen) Feltz, of Celina, Glenn (Vi) Feltz, of Tipp City, Douglas Feltz, of St. Henry, Sue (Jim) Zumberger, of Fort Loramie, Pamela Feltz, of Coldwater, Christopher (Sandi) Feltz, of Wapakoneta, and Ted (Karla) Feltz, of Coldwater; 19 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; and siblings, Donald Feltz, of Coldwater, Virginia (Earl) Schlater, of North Star, Anthony (Betty) Feltz, of St. Henry, and Barbara (Ken) Wenning, of McCartyville; inlaws Kathy Feltz, of Coldwater, Dorothy Schmitt, of St. Henry, Roseann and Ed Bulcher, of Rossburg; and Paul Keller, of Sharpsburg. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Harold Feltz, and in-laws, Fuzzy Boeckman, Alice Feltz, Ralph Schmitt and Berdella Keller.

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He was a member of St. Henry Catholic Church and a Korean War veteran of the U.S. Army, He was a volunteer at Coldwater Community Hospital and Fort Loramie Schools. He founded the homebound ministry at St. Henry Church, which continues today. He retired from Reynolds and Reynolds in Celina. He will be remembered for his community support, being a good neighbor, a tireless Little League coach, baseball field groundskeeper, his prayer ministry, his hearty laugh, his good-natured temperament, and forgiving nature. But mostly he will be lovingly remembered for his devotion to his wife and family and how he managed his entire life around them and for creating a faith-driven lifestyle. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013, at St. Henry Catholic Church, St. Henry. Burial will follow in St. Henry Cemetery. Friends may call at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home-St. Henry on Tuesday from 2 to 8 p.m., and on Wednesday from 9 to 10 a.m. Condolences may be left at hogenkampfh.com.

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Wi l l i a m Frederick “Fred” Wagner, 89, of Sidney, passed away at the Pavilion Nursing Home, 705 Fulton St., on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013, at 3:05 a.m. He was born March 3, 1924, in Casstown, the son of Clarence and Sylvia (Buchman) Wagner, and they preceded him in death. He was married on Jan. 15, 1955, to Eileen Boerger of Sidney, and she survives along with two daughters, Sylvia Cover and husband, Steve, of Columbus, and Sara Skelton and husband, J. Michael, of Mount Gilead; and three grandchildren, Abby Cover, and Fletcher and Julie Skelton. One sister, Doris McMullen, is deceased. Mr. Wagner graduated from Troy High School in 1942 and from the University of Dayton in 1950 with a degree in civil engineering. He was proud of being a Marine, serving in World War II for 3 1/2 years with one year in the South Pacific as a navigator-bombardier; Korean War for 1 1/2 years in Japan and Korea as a navigator, where he was awarded two Air Medals; and he also was awarded eight other medals for good conduct and area medals designating duty in the Phillipines, China, Japan and Korea. In 1979, he retired from the District 07 of the Ohio Department of Transportation with 30 years. He served 20 years in construction as project engineer of 10 projects, including I-70 and I-75

and four years as district deputy. He then worked for Frantz Brothers. He was a licensed professional engineer and was awarded the “Iron Man” award. He received 25 AASHO awards. He had an NSPE lifetime membership, was a member of the Knights of Columbus in Sidney, Sidney American Legion, University of Dayton Alumni Golden Flyer, National Democrat Party and Holy Angels Catholic Church. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013, at 10 a.m. at Holy Angels Catholic Church with the Rev. Dan Schmitmeyer. Burial will follow at St. Michael’s Cemetery, Fort Loramie, with full military honors. Friends may call at Salm-McGill and Tangeman Funeral Home in Sidney on Friday, Aug. 16, from 4 to 8 p.m. and on Saturday from 9 to 9:45 a.m. A Knights of Columbus service will be held at the funeral home on Friday at 7:45 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Holy Angels School, 120 E. Water St., Sidney, OH 45365 or Lehman High School, 2400 St. Mary’s Ave., Sidney, OH 45365. Envelopes will also be available at the funeral home. Condolences may be expressed to the Wagner family on Salm-McGill and Tangeman Funeral Home’s website at www. salm-mcgillandtangemanfh.com

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eydie Gorme, a popular nightclub and television singer as a solo act and as a team with her husband, Steve Lawrence, has died. She was 84. Gorme, who also had a huge solo hit in 1963 with “Blame it on the Bossa Nova,” died Saturday at Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas following a brief, undisclosed illness, said her publicist, Howard Bragman. Gorme was a successful band singer and nightclub entertainer when she was invited to join the cast of Steve Allen’s local New York television show in 1953. She sang solos and also did duets and comedy skits with Lawrence, a rising young singer who had joined the show a year earlier. When the program became NBC’s “Tonight Show” in 1954, the young couple went with it. They married in Las Vegas in 1957 and later performed for audiences there. Lawrence, the couple’s son David and other loved ones were by her side when she died, Bragman said. “Eydie has been my partner on stage and in life for more than 55 years,” Lawrence said in a statement. “I fell in love with her the moment I saw her and even more the first time I heard her sing. While my personal loss is unimaginable, the world has lost one of the greatest pop vocalists of all time.” Although usually recognized for her musical partnership with Lawrence, Gorme broke through on her own with the Grammynominated “Blame it on the Bossa Nova.” The bouncy tune about a dance craze of the time was written by the Tin Pan Alley songwriting team of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. Her husband had had an equally huge solo hit in 1962 with “Go Away Little Girl,” written by the songwriting team of Gerry Goffin and Carole King. Gorme would score another solo hit in 1964, but this time for a Spanish-language recording. Gorme, who was born in New York City to Sephardic Jewish parents, grew up speaking both English and Spanish. When she and her husband were at the height of their career as a team in 1964, Columbia Records President Goddard Lieberson suggested she put that Spanish to use in the recording studio. The result was “Amor,” recorded with the Mexican combo Trio Los Panchos.

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WAPAKONETA — Mary Louise Neumeier, 91, died after an extended illness at her Silver Street home with her children encircling her at 11 a.m. on Aug. 10, 2013. Mary’s wish to remain in her home was made possible through the care of her loving sons Dick and Matt. She was eager to rejoin Elmer (died May 14, 2012) with whom she raised 19 children to adulthood. An infant daughter, Victoria, preceded the couple to heaven on Aug. 14, 1964. Their daughter Rebecca Mosler, who died Sept. 6, 2012, was also there to welcome her mother home. Mary Louise, fondly called Wesie by her friends and husband, Elmer, was born June 2, 1922, to George and Louise (Kohler) Gehrlich. She was a lifelong resident of Wapakoneta who married her soulmate Elmer on Jan. 10, 1944. Mary, who never ventured far from her hometown, was proud of her tea cup and post card collections, which reflected the travels of her family. In one of Mary’s last conversations, she expressed her love for her grandchildren (132 with four on the way) and her prayer that they would all grow up in the faith that she and Elmer treasured. Mary’s work ethic served her well in the various jobs she held in early years: caring for an elderly neighbor, cleaning houses, and bookkeeping at Bowsher’s Hardware. Once the youngest reached school age, Mary extended her love to 38 additonal children over the next 20 years as their childcare provider. Wesie was noted for her volunteer work in scouting, DAV auxiliary, and her neighborhood. She spent many dedicated hours at St. Joseph Catholic Church, the only church home during her entire

life. She participated in the Christian Mothers, Resurrection choir, and the church prayer line. Although Mary spent most of her time dedicated to the duties of a wife and mother, she loved camping, fishing, playing cards, crocheting, the Reds, and up to her final days, playing Text Twist and Words with Friends. Mary Louise is survived by her children, Janice Daum, James (Elena), Barbara Maloney, Bonita (Michael Flood), Teresa (Michael) Elsass, Richard, Alice Altstaetter, Nancy (Edward) Gutman, Joseph (Kathy), Mary Kay (Daniel) Drexler, Philip, Frederick (Robin), Angela (Robert) Butler, Michael, Samuel (Mary), Matthew, Mark (Christina), Amy (Stuart) Meyers; son-in-law Tom Mosler and sisters-in-law Frances Gehrlich and Ruth Gehrlich. Mary always remembered in her daily prayers and rosary those in her family who had died: great-great grandson Jayden, and three sons-inlaw Emerson Altstaetter, Tom Maloney, and Bob Daum. Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14, at St. Joseph Catholic Church’s Parish Life Center in Wapakoneta. The Revs. William O’Donnell, Patrick Sloneker and Daniel Hunt will concelebrate. Burial will follow in the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 13, and Wednesday from 9 to 10 a.m. at the Long & Folk Chapel of Bayliff & Eley Funeral Home, 13 S. Blackhoof St., Wapakoneta. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph Catholic Church. Condolences may be expressed at bayliffandeleyfh.com.

Antoinette ‘Nettie’ Schlater A f ew hours after Antoinette “ N e t t i e ” Schlater, 91, died peacefully in her sleep on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013, a grandchild wrote about her, “Quite simply one of the best humans I have ever known. She lived with integrity, incredible abundant faith and unconditional love.” Her six children, six in-laws, 23 grandchildren and 38 greatgrandchildren would agree with this assessment of her life. What makes one woman so loved by so many? Nettie’s character began to develop when as a child she cheerfully worked long hours on the family farm she loved in Maria Stein. She was especially close to her father, Henry Streacker, as she worked side by side with him on the farm. She once recalled that when she worked especially hard doing her chores, her father would reward her by taking her to the store for an ice cream cone. Her mother was Agnes Fullenkamp Streacker. After she married Herbert Schlater on June 6, 1945, she took on challenging new roles that further developed her character. She became the supportive mother of six vibrant children and the helpmate in working behind the scenes after Sidney Electric Co. was started in 1953. Today, Sidney Electric is one of Sidney’s longest-running and most successful businesses. In later years Nettie’s character matured as she became the loving matriarch of a family that included 84 people. In many different ways she reached out to every person in her family with her everpresent smile and an encouraging word. She attended many of her grandchildren’s school activities and was proud of her record of attending every high school and college graduation ceremony of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Perhaps, another grandchild summed up Nettie’s life the best

when she wrote after her death: “Show up for people. Work hard. Laugh a lot. Hold lots of babies. Say I love you. Feed people. Visit the sick. Just a few of the things I learned from my Grandma Schlater.” Nettie’s family is very grateful to the staff at Dorothy Love for all of the loving care she received. Nettie was preceded in death by her husband, Herbert, along with her sisters Bernadette Keller, Johanna Marbaugh and Rose Seitz, and her brother Leo Streacker. She is survived by her sister Mary Phlipot. Other survivors include her children and in-laws, Nicholas and Janice Sharkey, Kenneth and Brenda Schlater, William and Elizabeth Schlater, John and Debra Schlater, John and Sharon Rittenhouse, and James and Karen Schlater. Nettie was a member of the Newman Club, Altar Rosary Society and Wilson Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. She also was a Eucharistic Minister at Wilson Memorial Hospital. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday, Aug. 16, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Angels Catholic Church with the Rev. Daniel Schmitmeyer officiating. Burial will follow at Graceland Cemetery in Sidney. The family will receive friends on Thursday from 2 to 8 p.m. and on Friday from 9 a.m. until the hour of service at Cromes Funeral Home, 302 S. Main Ave, Sidney. Memorials may be made to the Lehman High School Tuition Assistance Fund, 2400 St. Marys Ave., Sidney, the Holy Angels School Tuition Fund, and Wilson Memorial Hospital Foundation, 915 Michigan St., Sidney. Guestbook condolences and expressions of sympathy may be made to the Schlater family at the funeral home’s website, www. cromesfh.com

Faun Willowdean Roberson Springer P I Q U A — Fa u n Wi l l owd e a n Ro b e rs o n Springer, 98, of Piqua, passed away Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013, at the Upper Valley Medical Center. Faun was born in Darke County on Oct. 16, 1914, to the late Lertem and Elnora (Pyles) Roberson. She retired after 16 years of service with NCR, and she was a member of the United Church of Christ, Covington. Faun was preceded in death by her parents; first husband; and second husband of 27 years, Zeno Springer in 1988. Faun is survived by her three stepchildren, JoAnn Cornett,

of Piqua, Mary Swartz, of Sidney, and Alva Springer of Tipp City; numerous step grandchildren, stepgreatgrandchildren, and stepgreatgreat-grandchildren; and friends. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the B r i d ge s - S t o cke rFraley Funeral Home, Covington, with the Rev. Allen Marheine officiating. Interment will be at Ithaca Cemetery. The family will receive friends from noon Wednesday until time of service. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.stockerfraley. com.

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Slain Ohio soldier’s dad gets surprise home help CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio father who has kept up efforts to support U.S. troops after his own son’s death is getting support of his own. Dozens of friends, volunteers and business donors recently surprised Keith Maupin by launching a makeover of his home in Clermont County, near Cincinnati. They began planning the project after some realized that Maupin had been letting some things go while focusing on the Yellow Ribbon Support Center. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that the center is moving into Maupin’s large garage because of a rent hike for its strip mall space. Maupin established the center that ships care packages to troops after his son after his son Keith “Matt” Maupin was captured in Iraq in

2004 by insurgents who ambushed his convoy. Matt Maupin was seen in a video shortly after his capture surrounded by masked insurgents, but couldn’t be found by U.S. searchers. The center opened in his hometown shipped care packages to troops in Iraq, with pictures of Matt placed inside so they might help find him. The center soon expanded to helping troops besides those in Iraq, sending everything from snacks to hygiene products to magazines in the packages. In 2008, Maupin’s remains were located in Iraq and returned home. But the center continued, with a fund started in 2006 annually awarding college scholarships to high school seniors. The center also added a memorial museum. Shannon Moore, who

owns a plumbing company, said that while repairing a sink in Maupin’s home, he had noticed other work that needed to be done in the house. “He’s too worried about everybody else,” Moore said. “He puts all his money right back into the Yellow Ribbon Foundation.” Moore’s initial plan was to renovate Maupin’s kitchen and bathroom, but “it snowballed into something huge.” Jumping in was Michael Barrett, owner of a heating and air conditioning service in Covington, Ky. He heard Maupin’s air conditioner was broken, so he fixed it and began making calls to others about the renovation effort. Some 20 businesses local and national, such as The Home Depot (NYSE:HD) and Sears, pitched in for what will

be a makeover updating Maupin’s home and garage, using donated materials and labor. The Patriot Guard Riders are among volunteers on the project. They often ride their motorcycles to help out with memorial services for fallen troops. “This is a fun one for us,” said Mike Hamilton of West Chester Township. He said Maupin “has been steadfast about taking care of the troops and seeing that they’re supported. He’s never faltered. And he’s always there for us whenever we need anything. We felt it was time for payback.” Maupin said he is very appreciative of the help, while he plans to “continue the mission and support the men and women serving in harm’s way and remember those that don’t walk off the plane.”

AP Photo | The Columbus Dispatch, Tom Dodge

Tim Shockey of Piketon, is shown with his 8-foot green goblin head used in a Stephen King movie, “Maximum Overdrive,” that he restored. Shockey, a movie fan himself, bought the head in 1987 from someone who purchased it at a junkyard. He displayed it at his Waverly video store until he sold the place in 1992 and moved the goblin to his property. It is among 600-plus Hollywood movie props he owns and sometimes sells.

Former Ohio bus driver Ohioan restores still pushes for pardon green goblin head

COLUMBUS (AP) — A former Head Start bus driver in northeast Ohio who served more than 14 years in prison says she will continue pushing for a pardon in the child sex abuse case. The Ohio Parole Board rejected Nancy Smith’s plea for the pardon, sending the issue on to Gov. John Kasich for final say on the pardon request. The Plain Dealer of Cleveland reports that Smith says she will keep trying, even with future governors if needed. “I just want to clear my name,” said the 55-year-old Lorain County grandmother. “I don’t want anything else. I’m a grandmother. That’s all I want to do.” She was convicted of child sex crimes in 1994, after prosecutors

charged that she delivered preschool children to a sex offender. She was sentenced to 30 to 90 years in prison, but a procedural mistake resulted in her release in 2009. At one point, a judge threw out her conviction, but the Ohio Supreme Court reinstated it. A plea agreement with prosecutors prevented her from being returned to prison, but she continued to insist she didn’t commit the crimes. The parole board last week voted 9-2 to deny her request for a pardon, saying the arguments presented failed to persuade most board members that she didn’t commit the crimes. The board’s report also said the nature of her crimes make her a risk to repeat the offenses, say-

ing her four years out of prison isn’t long enough to remove that concern. Her attorneys have raised questions about whether testimony of children in the case was influenced by what they heard parents and police say. Smith said she wasn’t surprised by the board’s decision. “This has been going on for 20 years. You would think by now somebody would want to stop this and do what’s right,” she said. If Kasich turns her down, she will keep going back to him and any successors. “I guarantee you, every two years I will be knocking on his door,” Smith said.

Ky. creationist museum aims at wider audience

Dylan Lovan PETERSBURG, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky museum where dinosaurs and biblical characters coexist has rolled out new exhibits and attractions — some with no religious message — to try to bring in new visitors. The Creation Museum has added a bug exhibit that would fit right in at a natural science center, an outdoor zip line course and a display examining whether the dragons of ancient tales were actually dinosaurs. Since its opening six years ago, the museum — built with $27 million in private donations — has become an epicenter for the creationist message, which presents biblical stories from the chapter of Genesis as a literal telling of the world’s origin. The museum, just south of Cincinnati, has long been criticized by scientists for dismissing evolution and asserting that Earth’s age is in the thousands, not billions, of years. Museum co-founder Ken Ham said he knew when it opened to big crowds in 2007 that new features would need to be added from time to time. Total attendance since the opening is approaching 1.9 million, he said.

AP Photo | Dylan Lovan

In this photo taken July 18, an animatronic bug expert called “Dr. Arthur Pod” delivere a religious message as part of a new exhibit at the Creation Museum in Petersburg, Ky. The feature is one of many new additions at the controversial museum, which presents the Bible’s creation story as historical fact.

“This was the end of our sixth year, and we really felt it was time to do some significant things, which we had been planning for quite some time,” said Ham, who is president of the Answers in Genesis ministry, which owns and operates the museum. Steel cable lines soar over the rear portion of the museum’s property, part of a 2.5-mile zip line and sky bridge course billed on the museum’s website as “a family-friendly

outdoor adventure.” Unlike the inside of the museum, the course lacks any religious teachings. Ham said the museum is welcoming of people seeking fun without a creationism lesson. “That’s what we wanted to see, because it will bring in a broader range of people in here and provide something for the community as well — they don’t have to go to the Creation Museum, they can just come for the zip lines,” Ham said.

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PIKETON (AP) — A southern Ohio collector has restored an 8-foot goblin head to its glossy green glory, decades after the prop’s glowing eyes were used to signal imminent attacks in a Stephen King horror film. The fiberglass face, which had been attached to a truck in the 1986 movie “Maximum Overdrive,” spent years being bumped by the lawn mower and climbed by children in Tim Shockey’s Piketon backyard before he decided to fix it up as a personal project. He began documenting it on Facebook last year and turned it into a moneymaking venture when he started getting messages from fans of the film, The Columbus Dispatch reported. “I never knew this market existed,” said Shockey, who now takes the prop to horror-film conventions and sells photos of fans with the eerie green face. To help pay for the fixup, he sold dust sanded from the prop as $10 vials of “Goblin Dust” online. “My wife (Janie) said, ‘There’s no way anyone will buy that,’” he said. “By the time I went to bed, I had sold three of

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them.” Despite the movie’s limited success, one explanation for the interest in the goblin might be that horror fans tend to be loyal, said filmmaker Lucas Ostrowski, an assistant professor at Bowling Green State University. “If you have a key prop that’s iconic, it doesn’t matter how obscure the movie is, because fans latch onto an iconic image,” he said. Shockey is getting a glimpse of that. “It has opened up a whole new world to me,” the 54-year-old sign company owner said. Shockey, a movie fan himself, bought the head in 1987 from someone who’d purchased it at a junkyard. He displayed it at his Waverly video store until he sold the place in 1992 and moved the goblin to his property. It’s among 600-plus Hollywood movie props he owns and sometimes sells. The items also include a “Scream 4” mask signed by director Wes Craven and a football used by Adam Sandler in the 2005 remake of “The Longest Yard.”

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Nation/World Today in History By The Associated Press

Today is Monday, Aug. 12, the 224th day of 2013. There are 141 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On August 12, 1953, the Soviet Union conducted a secret test of its first hydrogen bomb. On this date: In 1813, Austria declared war on France. In 1867, President Andrew Johnson sparked a move to impeach him as he defied Congress by suspending Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. In 1898, fighting in the Spanish-American War came to an end. In 1902, International Harvester Co. was formed by a merger of McCormick Harvesting Machine Co., Deering Harvester Co. and several other manufacturers. In 1912, comedy producer Mack Sennett founded the Keystone Pictures Studio in Edendale, Calif. In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated Hugo Black to the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1944, during World War II, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., eldest son of Joseph and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, was killed with his co-pilot when their explosives-laden Navy plane blew up over England. In 1960, the first balloon communications satellite — the Echo 1 — was launched by the United States from Cape Canaveral. In 1962, one day after launching Andrian Nikolayev into orbit, the Soviet Union also sent up cosmonaut Pavel Popovich; both men landed safely August 15. In 1978, Pope Paul VI, who had died August 6 at age 80, was buried in St. Peter’s Basilica. In 1985, the world’s worst single-aircraft disaster occurred as a crippled Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 on a domestic flight crashed into a mountain, killing 520 people. (Four people survived.) In 1988, the controversial movie “The Last Temptation of Christ,” directed by Martin Scorsese (skohr-SEH’-see), opened in nine cities despite objections by some who felt the film was sacrilegious. Ten years ago: Liberia’s leading rebel movement agreed to lift its siege of the capital and vital port, allowing food to flow to hundreds of thousands of hungry people. Five years ago: Declaring “the aggressor has been punished,” the Kremlin ordered a halt to Russia’s devastating assault on Georgia — five days of air and ground attacks that had left homes in smoldering ruins and uprooted 100,000 people. Michael Phelps won the 200-meter freestyle for his third gold medal at the Beijing Games. One year ago: The U.S. men’s basketball team defended its title by fighting off another huge challenge from Spain, pulling away in the final minutes for a 107100 victory and its second straight Olympic championship. The victory by the men’s basketball team gave the United States its 46th gold medal in London, the most ever by Americans in a “road” Olympics.

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Cop makes unexpected bust in store bathroom PARSIPPANY, N.J. (AP) — A police officer who stopped at a northern New Jersey convenience store to use the bathroom instead ended up arresting a man there who allegedly was breaking up marijuana on a $100 bill. Parsippany police tell NJ.com that officer Michael Sprung stopped at the store just after 1 a.m. Tuesday. When he opened the bathroom door, he saw a 19-yearold Lake Hiawatha man sitting backward and fully clothed on the toilet. The man then unsuccessfully tried to hide the marijuana behind the toilet when he saw the uniformed officer standing in the doorway. The man is charged with drug possession. —Information from: NJ.com, http://www.nj.com

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Immigration campaign passes by some in GOP Erica Werner Associated Press

BEL AIR, Md. (AP) — Immigration advocates are swarming the country this month, trying to persuade House Republicans to pass a comprehensive overhaul. It was hard to tell at the townhall meeting that second-term Republican Rep. Andy Harris held recently in this town northeast of Baltimore. The overflow crowd in the board of commissioners meeting room was overwhelmingly white and older, and booed loudly when one audience member asked Harris to support a path to citizenship for immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally. Loud applause followed as Harris shot the idea down, calling it “a nonstarter” that’s “not going anywhere fast” in the House. “The bottom line is there are plenty of immigration laws on the books,” Harris said. “The House is in no rush to take up immigration.” Harris, a 56-year-old physician and the son of Eastern European immigrants, is in a

AP Photo | Cliff Owen

In this June 28, 2012, file photo Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., speaks at a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington. As immigration advocates swarm the country trying to persuade House Republicans to pass a comprehensive immigration overhaul, Harris held a town hall meeting this August northeast of Baltimore, Md., with an overflow crowd who booed loudly when an audience member asked him to support a path to citizenship for immigrants in the U.S. illegally. Harris shot the idea down calling it a “nonstarter” that’s “not going anywhere fast” in the House.

safe GOP district with few Latino voters, and he’s not on target lists drawn up by immigration proponents. So it’s no surprise that advocates wouldn’t be out in force at his events. Yet his position is far from unique.

For all the effort that business and labor groups, activists and others who support action on immigration say they’re pouring into making themselves heard during Congress’ fiveweek summer recess, there are scores of House Republicans who are hearing very little of In this photo taken July 9, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton applauds international delegates, where she spoke at a women’s leadership symposium at Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pa. Clintonճ effort to carefully craft her post-Cabinet image has hit a few bumps with the latest sexting scandal revelations in the New York City mayoral campaign of Anthony Weiner, the husband of close Clinton aide Huma Abedin, and the SEC investigation roiling the Virginia governors’ race of Terry McAuliffe, former chairman of Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign, both which recall politically problematic chapters of her past. AP Photo | Matt Rourke, File

Virginia, NYC races pose distractions for Clinton Ken Thomas Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton’s effort to carefully craft her post-Cabinet image has hit a few bumps. A sexting scandal in the New York City mayoral race and a federal investigation that’s roiling the Virginia governor’s race are recalling politically problematic chapters of her past. Republicans are amplifying the parallels while also making a separate stink about television programs that CNN and NBC are developing about the former first lady and secretary of state. The GOP contends that the media are promoting Clinton’s image ahead of a potential White House campaign. It all adds up to a dose of unwanted attention, if not a dis-

traction, for someone trying to maintain a golden image among Democrats during a respite that could precede a second presidential bid. While Clinton has tried to maintain a relatively low profile this summer, her aides have found themselves having to answer for her family’s connections to the two campaigns. An electric car company started by Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe, a longtime Clinton friend and former Democratic National Committee chairman, is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission along with a firm led by Anthony Rodham, Clinton’s brother. The investigation centers on how they sought visas for foreign investors to McAuliffe’s company.

In New York, former Rep. Anthony Weiner’s campaign for mayor has faltered since revelations that he continued to exchange sexually explicit online messages with women after he resigned from Congress in 2011 because of a sexting scandal. Weiner is married to Huma Abedin, who is a longtime aide to Clinton and has stood by her husband’s side. For all the Republicanfueled promotion of the links to Clinton, the two campaigns probably will not have a lasting impact on her political profile after two decades in the spotlight. Still, opponents are using them to recall Clinton’s own past personal and professional troubles — and the Monica Lewinsky scandal and the Whitewater real estate investment saga.

the clamor. These lawmakers are insulated in safe districts where immigration activists don’t bother to venture, or so hardened in their positions that no one’s even trying to change their minds. “Most of the energy is being spent on the folks who are gettable,” said Frank Sharry, executive director of America’s Voice, a pro-immigrant group. “We’re not spending a lot of time on Republicans who are clearly going to vote ‘no.’” With immigration legislation stuck in limbo in the GOPled House, that reality raises the question of how successful advocates can be in reaching their goal for this month: generating enough momentum to propel Congress to act when lawmakers return to Washington in September. A week into lawmakers’ summer recess, advocates are trumpeting comments from a few Republicans, including Daniel Webster of Florida, Aaron Schock of Illinois and Dave Reichert of Washington, indicating qualified support for eventual citizenship for those in the country illegally.

Egypt police to besiege sit-ins within 24 hours Aya Batrawy Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security forces will besiege two sit-ins by supporters of the country’s ousted president within 24 hours, police officials said Sunday, setting up a possible confrontation between the military-backed government and the thousands gathered there. One police official suggested action against the sit-in protests by supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi could begin as early as daybreak Monday. Officials, who spoke anonymously in line with regulations, told The Associated Press they are also preparing for possible clashes that might erupt in reaction to the cordons they will set up barring anyone from entering. Morsi’s supporters have said they will not leave the sit-ins until the president, ousted in a popularly supported coup July 3, is reinstated. Efforts by the international community to end the standoff and find a peaceful resolution to the crisis failed. Egypt’s prime minister warned just ahead of the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday that ends Sunday that the government’s decision to clear the sit-ins was “irreversible.” Egypt’s new leadership says that the sit-ins and protests have frightened residents of Cairo, sparked deadly violence and disrupted traffic in the capital. Leaders of the sit-in say their protests have been peaceful and blame security forces and “thugs” for violence. The Arab world’s most populous country is readying itself for more potential bloodshed. Already more than 250 people have killed in violence since Morsi’s ouster.

Action From page 1 guidance from a professional on how to cope with wandering. Among those trying to change that is Sheila Medlam of Colwich, Kan., whose 5-year old son, Mason, drowned in a pond in July 2010 after squirming out of the family home through a window that had been raised about 8 inches because the air conditioner went out. Medlam was at work; her adult daughter was at home but didn’t see Mason’s getaway. “It only takes a second of inattention and they’re gone,” Medlam said in a telephone interview. “They’re fast, they’re quiet. They can disappear in an instant.” Medlam now works with autistic children, operates a website that keeps track of wanderingrelated deaths and lobbies for a national alert system that would improve emergency responses. On her website, she has written a wrenching account of the day Mason died — blaming herself for leaving the window open and for omitting potentially helpful details when she called 911, and blaming the first responders for lack of knowledge about how to search for autistic children. “If only I could redo that day and just change one thing. But I can’t,” Medlam wrote. “All I can do is point out the mistakes I made, the mistakes others made, and the lack of resources that claimed my child’s life and ripped him from my arms forever.”

Boys and girls with autism aren’t the only children who stray from caregivers, of course, but their wanderings pose distinctive challenges. While autism encompasses a spectrum of disorders, posing a range of developmental challenges, experts say the wanderers are often among the more severely affected. They often have minimal concept of danger, don’t readily absorb safety lessons, and have limited ability to communicate with others. And once on the loose, they often make a beeline for a destination of interest that proves fatal: a busy highway or a body of water. Lori McIlwain, executive director of the National Autism Association, says about 90 percent of the wandering fatalities in recent years have been drownings, and most of the other victims were struck by cars. McIlwain, who lives in Cary, N.C., says her own son, Connor, wandered away from his school in 2007 and might well have ended up in danger had a concerned motorist not stopped and picked up the boy after getting no response to some questions. In the ensuing years, McIlwain said, it’s been a constant challenge to teach her son how to keep himself safe. Still, the fear that he’ll bolt remains “what we live with — it doesn’t go away,” she said. Precautionary measures recom-

mended by experts include locks and alarms on doors and windows, “Stop” signs placed in key locations in the home, and ID bracelets or tracking devices worn by the child. Other recommendations from the National Autism Association include: — enrolling the children in swimming lessons, such as those offered by the YMCA for specialneeds pupils. — developing a family emergency plan to be used in the event of a wandering incident. — informing local emergency services, trusted neighbors and staff at the child’s school or daycare center about details of the child’s interests and wandering patterns. Even after taking such steps, many parents nonetheless sleep in their autistic child’s room to avert a nighttime getaway. McIlwain knows a mother who takes away her daughter’s shoes when they’re home as a deterrent. Lauri Dupree of Lumberton, Miss., says she and her husband, who are raising their 6-year-old grandson, Boo, have resorted to using a harness during outings and even sometimes at home because of his daily attempts to bolt. “He has always done this since he learned to walk and has come close to losing his life on several occasions,” Dupree said. Jo Ashline describes her home

in California as resembling Fort Knox with its array of security measures. “There’s always that state of worry — is he going to get out,” Ashline said of her son Andrew. “As he gets older and taller, are we going to be able to outsmart him? It only takes one time for him to outsmart us.” She and her husband — like many other parents in their situation — shy away from travels and vacations that might expose Andrew to new opportunities to get away. “The world itself became our greatest nemesis,” Ashline wrote on her blog. “Places most families treasure such as parks, beaches, backyard swimming pools and campsites became staging grounds for our imaginations’ worst nightmares.” Indeed, several of this year’s wandering victims were on vacations or family outings — including a camping trip in Ohio and a beach vacation in Florida. Even festive gatherings at home can be dangerous, according to Bob Lowery, executive director of the missing children division of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. “The backyard barbecue is probably the most unsafe place to be,” he said. “Everyone assumes someone else is watching that child, and they slip away unnoticed.”

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This Evening

• Shelby County Girl Scout Leaders Service Unit 37 meets at 6:30 p.m. at the VFW. • The American Legion Auxiliary meets at 7 p.m. at the Post Home on Fourth Avenue. • Diabetic support group meets at 7 p.m. in conference room one of the Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. • Overeaters Anonymous, a 12-step group offering experience, strength, and hope to anyone who suffers from an eating disorder, meets at 7 p.m. at Hillcrest Baptist Church, 1505 S. Main St., Bellefontaine. Use the rear parking lot and door. • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Vision of Hope, group meets at 7 p.m. at Russell Road Church, 340 W. Russell Road. • Sidney Boy Scout Troop 97 meets at 7 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ. All new members are welcome. For more information, call Tom Frantz at 492-7075. • Shelby County Woodcarvers meets at 7 p.m. at the Senior Center of Sidney-Shelby County. Beginners to master carvers are welcome.

Tuesday Morning

• The Francis J. Stallo Memorial Library in Minster presents Stories in the Park at 10 a.m. Stories will be read in Paris Street Park for all ages. Tuesday Afternoon • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Addicts at Work, meets at noon at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 120 W. Water St. • Rainbow Gardeners meets at noon at the American Legion.

Tuesday Evening

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Silver, Luthman to wed Hobbs, Hoying set date Pair to exchange vows ANNA — Ashley Silver, of St. Marys, and Matthew Luthman, of Anna, have announced their engagement and plans to marry Sept. 14, 2013, in the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in McCartyville. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Sean and Teresa Silver, of St. Marys. She graduated from St. Marys Memorial High School in 2007 and from Sinclair Community College, where she earned a degree in health information management. She is employed by Kettering Health Network as a medical biller and coder. Her fiance is the son of Steve and Elaine Luthman, of Anna. He is

a 2006 Anna High School graduate and a 2012 graduate of Edison State Police Academy, where he obtained his OPOTA certification. He is employed by the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.

FORT LORAMIE — Stacy R. Hobbs, of Greenville, and Ryan J. Hoying, of Fort Loramie, have announced their engagement and plans to marry Oct. 19, 2013, in Egypt. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Duane Hobbs of Greenville, and the late Connie Hobbs. She graduated from Greenville High School in 1994, earned a Bachelor of Science in social work from Bowling Green State University in 1998 and a Master of Social Work from Ohio State University in 1999. She is employed by Dayton Children’s Hospital. Her fiance is the son of Roger and Mary Kay Hoying, of Fort Loramie. He is a 1992 Minster High School graduate. He is a self-employed farmer.

COLUMBUS — Jill Boone and Scott Heidecker, both of Columbus, have announced their engagement and plans to marry Sept. 7, 2013, in Franklin Park Conservatory in Columbus. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Annette Boone, of Sidney, and the late Jim Boone. She graduated from Anna High School in 2004 and from the Ohio State University in 2009. She is employed by iforce in Columbus as a branch manager. Her fiance is the son of Raymond and Debbie Heidecker, of Rock Creek. He is a 2003 graduate of Jefferson High School. He is employed by Briskheat in Columbus as a maintenance technician.

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TROY — Upper Valley Medical Center’s EMS Education Department will offer the EMT fall 2013 course beginning Aug. 22. The course will focus on the new national curriculum. Classes will meet Mondays and Thursdays from 6 to 10:30 p.m. at the Upper Valley Medical Center. The cost of $700 includes books. For registration or information, call Evan Brumbaugh at (937) 4407774 or email ebrumbaugh@uvmc. com.

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Technology has become more and more prevalent in everyday life, and students in grades K-12 at Fairlawn Local Schools will using it more and more often during the 201314 school year. All students will be using iPads throughout the school day, according to Superinentendent Steve Mascho. “Last year was our first year using iPads at Fairlawn,” he said. “We could not have been more pleased with the results of the program. Our goal is to continue expanding their use with the students. We

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nology will continue to be an important goal for us this year.” Another big change will be a restructuring of elementary grades K through 3. Subjectspecific departmentalization will allow teachers to focus on one subject for two years with all the students in any one grade level. “Research has shown that this model of

instruction has had a significant positive impact on how children learn in other districts that have implemented this model,” Mascho said. “We are convinced that Fairlawn will see the same positive results. While this is a change from the past, we know that it will have a significant impact on student achievement.”

The district has hired new personnel. Shawn Fischbach will teach middle school science. Jacque Jenkinson will teach band and instrumental music. Jill Meyer will serve as intervention specialist. Gretchen Hageman is a new technology aide and Mark Ward has joined the custodial/ maintenance staff.

Teacher honored in Columbus Fairlawn science teacher Tammy Langston was recognized in late June for teaching excellence at the Ohio Educators Connect for Success Conference held in Columbus. Battelle for Kids honored Langston as part of its Celebrate Teaching initiative. Celebrate Teaching is Battelle for Kids’ com-

Kennedy Hughes, of Sidney, earned second place in Junior A Dog Showmanship at the Ohio State Fair. A member of the Paw Prints 4-H Club, her parents are Terri Hughes and Mark Hughes.

mitment to identify highly effective teachers, celebrate their achievements, learn from their practices and share the lessons learned to elevate the performance of all teachers so that all children can achieve their potential. Teachers from across the state of Ohio were selected for this distinguished

award based on their valueadded data. A teacher had to show a year’s worth of positive growth Langston for two consecutive years. Only 44 Ohio teachers were recognized for this accomplishment.

“This award is particularly noteworthy because the focus is on how these teachers consistently make a difference in their students’ academic growth,” Fairlawn Local Schools Superintendent Steve Mascho said. “Nothing is more important to us academically than student growth.”

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Compliance and spot-checks to be used for 2013 crop year Come join us for our month- of locally selecting farms, conly Shelby County Agriculture tracts, deficiency loans, etc. Luncheon at the Moose Lodge for spot-check and review, a on Thursday. The buy-your- nationwide selection of producown lunch will start at 11:30 ers is used to achieve a statistia.m. with our guest speaker cal sampling of participating producers. starting at noon. Spot-check selections This month, Susan are to be conducted Manchester, an adminbased on a producer’s istrative assistant for participation in the Congressman Jim Jordan, following programs/ will speak about what is activities: ALAP, ACRE, going on in Washington, BCAP, CRP maintenance D.C., and in Congressman and practice checks, Jim Jordan’s office. We have also informed her FSA News DCP, ELAP, FSA-578’s, HELC/WC compliance, she will have questions to Latham LDPs/MALs, LFP, LIP, answer on the farm bill. Farley MILC, NAP, SURE and Please RSVP by contactTAP. ing me at 492-6520 or FSA may review a producer’s Latham.farley@oh.usda.gov. operations in multiple states 2013 Compliance and and counties, depending on the Spot-Check Review Moving on to FSA news, scope of the producer’s operacompliance and spot-checks tions. FSA will review both the will once again be utilized dur- accuracy of the representations ing the 2013 crop year. Instead made by the selected produc-

ers in connection with participation in FSA programs as well as the producer’s compliance with applicable program requirements. The reviews may need to be conducted at various times throughout the year depending on the FSA programs in which the producer is participating. If an entity is selected from the national database that is no longer farming or participating in the 2013 crop year, a notation shall be made on the spotcheck list. FSA appreciates the cooperation of its customers as the agency continues to enhance its operations. FSA’s goal is to ensure that program dollars are delivered effectively and efficiently so America’s farmers and ranchers can provide safe and abundant food, fiber and fuel for consumers at home and abroad.

For more information about the new spot-check selection procedure, feel free to contact the Shelby County FSA office for additional clarification. CRP General Sign-up The USDA Ohio Farm Service Agency (FSA), announced that 9,992.6 acres were accepted during the 45th Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general sign-up. Currently, Ohio has 317,340 CRP acres enrolled on 37,200 contracts. Nationwide, USDA accepted enrollment of 1.7 million acres bringing the total program enrollment to 26.9 million acres. For more than 27 years, CRP has protected natural resources in Ohio while providing economic and environmental benefits to rural communities throughout the state. The newly accepted CRP offers will continue the CRP legacy by improving water and air qual-

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FLETCHER — It’s a handshake that Colin Gump likely will never forget. Judge Cade Wilson, of Brownwood, Texas, shook 17 yearold Colin Gump’s hand selecting him as the exhibitor of the 2013 Ohio State Fair grand champion market lamb on July 24. “I was speechless to be honest,” said Gump when asked about his clean sweep of the junior fair market lamb events. Gump, 17, a junior at Miami East High School, had a list of goals he hoped to accomplish at the Ohio State Fair with his market lambs. This year, he managed to check off both the showmanship and market lamb winners off his list, bringing home the royal purple banner and the showmanship trophy. Gump said he came as a complete shock and surprise to win the “best of the best” in junior fair market lambs in the state of Ohio. “I was really excited — I never thought this was going to happen,” he said. Gump’s lamb, weighing 127 pounds, won its crossbreed division, putting him in the grand champion drive with more than 30

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Colin Gump (far right) stands in the winner’s circle with his family. Pictured from right, mother Janet Gump, sisters Carly and Chloe and father Kevin Gump. Colin Gump was tapped as the exhibitor of the 2013 Ohio State Junor Fair Grand Champion market lamb on July 24.

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other champions in the show ring at the Ohio State Fair on July 24. “Honestly, I didn’t think my lamb was going to be big enough to win,” Gump said. “I was just happy to win my class.” Gump said it has always been one of his goals to win at the state fair. Yet, the reality of being the exhibitor of the Ohio State Fair grand champion is still sinking in days later. “It’s just been surreal,” he said.”Everybody has been really nice and supportive.” When I went in, I tried not to do anything different and my lamb cooperated,” he said. Gump said all of Wilson’s comments were positive as he moved through his class and division to the grand championship ring. “He didn’t say anything bad about him in the class,” Gump said.”So when he shook my hand I couldn’t believe it.” Gump not only exhibited the best overall lamb at the state fair, but he also won the overall senior showmanship at the state level. “That was my first goal from the start was to win state showmanship,” he said. “It was really neat to win on Tuesday night. I was pretty pleased with that.” Gump said he has “mixed emotions” about being part of the sale of

champions, which broke last year’s record with a total of $329,550 among all the winners. Last year’s Ohio State Grand Champion market lamb brought $46,000. Exhibitors receive some of the money, with the rest going to the fair’s Youth Reserve Program for scholarships and other programs. “I’m looking forward to being in the sale of champions, but he also was my showmanship lamb that I spent a lot of time with,” Gump said. “But it’s a good problem to have.” Gump said he selected the lamb in March from local breeder Jim Johnson of Team Johnson in Casstown with help from his dad Kevin. “Dad and I both picked him out,” Gump said. “We knew he was one of the better black-faced lambs we had ever had, but we didn’t know he was that good.” One of the highlights of winning was being interviewed by Dale Minyo of Ohio Ag Net and the Ohio Country Journal. “I liked the interview,” he said. “That was pretty neat.” To see Gump’s interview with Dale Minyo moments after he was selected as the winner of the grand champion lamb, visit www.ocj.com. For more information, visit www. ohiostatefair.com.

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ANNA — The agriculture program at Anna High School has been selected as the 2013 Ohio Outstanding Middle/Secondary School Agricultural Education Program. This award, given by the National Association of Agricultural Educators, recognizes the nation’s most successful agricultural education programs by highlighting the local programs and teachers that achieve success. Winners are educators who have developed an outstanding agricultural education program at either the middle school or high school level. Applicants are judged on a variety of criteria, including teaching philosophy, effective classroom and experiential instruction, development of partnerships, and professional growth. The Anna High School agriculture program competed against Outstanding Middle/Secondary School Agricultural Education Program award winners from surrounding states for the opportunity to be named the 2013 Region IV NAAE Outstanding Middle/ Secondary School Agricultural Education Program. Regional winners will receive a plaque and expensepaid trip to attend the 2013 NAAE convention. The Outstanding Middle/Secondary School Agricultural Education Program award is partially sponsored by Monsanto as a special project of the National FFA Foundation. NAAE is the professional organization in the United States for agricultural educators. It provides its nearly 8,000 members with professional networking and development opportunities, professional liability coverage, and extensive awards and recognition programs. The mission of NAAE is “professionals providing agricultural education for the global community through visionary leadership, advocacy and service.” The NAAE headquarters are in Lexington, Ky.

Ohio Department of Agriculture plans farm pesticide disposal collection The Ohio Department of Agriculture will sponsor a collection for farmers wishing to dispose of unwanted pesticides on Aug. 20 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Shelby County Fairgrounds. The pesticide collection and disposal service is free of charge, but only farm chemicals

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Ag Luncheon set Thursday The Shelby County Agricultural Luncheon will be held Thursday at 11:30 a.m. at the Sidney Moose Lodge. The guest speaker will be Susan Manchester, legislative assistant with Congressman Jim Jordan’s office. Lunch will be on participants’ own at the Moose. Contact the Shelby County Ag Center for reservations by Wednesday by phone at 492-6520 (opt 2 or 3) or email Latham Farley at latham.farley@ oh.usda.gov or Jason Bruns at jason.bruns@ oh.nacdnet.net.

Opinion Monday, August 12, 2013

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Write a letter to the editor. All letters must be signed, 400 words or less and include the writer’s phone number and address. Only one letter per writer per month will be accepted. Letters may be mailed to The Sidney Daily News, Jeff Billiel, publisher/ executive editor, 1451 N. Vandemark Road, Sidney, OH 45365; emailed to jbilliel@civitasmedia.com; or faxed to (937) 498-5991.

Ohio: On the road again to economic recovery New hearing aids mean no more excuses for Bert

“Bert looks good this said Herb. morning, Doc,” Dud said, We all looked at each quietly. Three stools other. We knew who down the counter, Bert should be next. smiled and said, “Yes, I “Rain and clocks, certainly do!” Herb.” We turned “Oh … yeah.” toward our old “The hearing pal. “You heard test lady came that?” in the little room “Sure did, when the test was guys,” he grinned. over and asked “Look….” me if I’d shot guns He pointed to a lot,” Bert said. his ears. “Hearing Home Bert’s younger aids,” he said. We Country days as a huntwalked over and Slim Randles ing guide brought looked, and sure nods and chuckles enough. from us. “It was Maizie’s idea,” “There’s a range of Bert said. “She made the sound that loud noises can appointment and everyhurt, and I guess that’s thing. Said she was tired of having the TV on so what happened with me. Turns out, it’s also the loud.” “But it was a good idea, range of most women’s voices.” Bert,” Doc said. He grinned. “That may “Oh, I know. I’d been have something to do thinking about it for some time, Doc, but you with Maizie’s making that know how a guy gets. appointment for me. Now You never really want to I have no excuse when admit you need them, I she says things like ‘Take guess. Truth is, I didn’t out the trash’ and ‘When know how bad my hear- are you gonna mow the ing had become until I lawn?’” got them. Yesterday, when we got that little shower The writer is a veteran newspaperman and … I heard the rain on the outdoorsman who is a registered outfitter and guide. He has written novels and nonroof. I heard a clock tick, fiction books based on rural living and he too, and it’s been years for has also been an award-winning columnist both those things.” for the largest daily newspapers in Alaska “Both what things?” and New Mexico. He lives in Albuquerque.

Letters to the editor Levy defeat is step backward To the editor: With the recent defeat of the tax levy, the citizens of Sidney/Shelby County have taken a huge step backward. A solid education is the foundation of all thriving communities, and for some reason our community does not seem to understand this. I find it hard to believe that a few outspoken opponents are able to convince an otherwise intelligent community that a good education is not important!

Our school administrators have done all they can to remove excess waste. We will lose excellent teachers and will not be able to recruit new teachers if we are not competitive with salary and benefits in other parts of the state and country. Let’s all do what is best for our children and grandchildren and pass the next levy for the benefit of all. Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bosslet 1118 E. Parkwood St.

Gov. John R. Kasich recent- capacity projects over $12 milly announced a Jobs and lion. Following TRAC approvTransportation Plan that includes al, the projects then must be more than 40 major road con- approved by the Ohio Turnpike struction projects across the state and Infrastructure Commission that the Ohio Department of before they move forward. Under Transportation plans to build over the plan recently unveiled by Gov. the next six years. These proj- Kasich, all of the projects that will ects will improve motorist safety, be funded by this revenue stream reduce congestion on our high- will meet that definition. ways, add capacity, and improve As a result of this innovative our state’s economy. All legislation, projects that told, ODOT plans to spend were once delayed for more nearly $3 billion on these than a decade will actually projects. It is estimated get built in the next few that for every billion dollars years. Examples include spent on our transportation Cleveland’s $324 million infrastructure, 30,000 jobs Opportunity Corridor that are created. will link the city’s University The Ohio General Circle business district with Guest Assembly’s passage of the Interstate 490. It will also state’s $7.6 billion two- Column fund the second $340 milyear transportation bud- Jerry Wray lion Innerbelt Bridge projget, which Gov. Kasich ect on Interstate 90 over signed into law in April allows the Cuyahoga River in downtown the newly renamed Ohio Turnpike Cleveland. Other projects that will and Infrastructure Commission move forward include: to seek an estimated $1.5 billion • Two projects to widen I-271 in bonds backed by future rev- in Summit and Cuyahoga counties enues to finance additional trans- totaling nearly $200 million. portation projects. The bill says • Adding lanes to I-80 through the projects must have a “nexus” Mahoning and Trumbull counties with the turnpike and must be at more than $115 million. within 75 miles of the turnpike. • Reconstructing portions of Projects considered for turnpike I-76 and I-77 in Summit County at funding must first be approved almost $100 million. by ODOT’s Transportation Review • Reconstructing parts of I-75 Advisory Council, or TRAC. The at I-280 and I-475 in northwest TRAC approves all major new Ohio at more than $250 million.

• Widening and reconstructing the I-71/I-70 interchange in Franklin County for more than $325 million. • Construction of a new interchange on I-71 at MLK Boulevard in Hamilton County for $107 million. These are just a few examples of the more than 40 major new capacity projects recently announced by Gov. Kasich. All of them will make Ohio’s transportation system one of the finest in the world. Together, they will make our state a better place to do business and create jobs. They will also make our system safer and help reduce congestion. This is the largest investment in our transportation system Ohio has ever made. If not for the changes in how we do business outlined in the Transportation Budget, many of these projects would wait for decades to get built, or not get built at all. Yet our communities depend on these projects. They both want and need them. They are critical to our state’s recovering economy and will help Ohio continue to create and maintain jobs. The writer is the director of the Ohio Department of Transportation.

Revitalizing our communities by redeveloping Ohio brownfields These brownfields Last year, I met with members of the Shefton don’t belong in neighfamily of Cleveland. borhoods where children They lived near a for- walk to school, and they mer lead smelter site, don’t belong in commubut had to move when nities looking to attract one of their sons was new businesses. We need to redevelop diagnosed with high-lead levels in his blood. No these sites to make way Ohio family or business for new investments. That’s why I’m should be forced to co-sponsoring legrelocate because of islation to cleanhazardous materiup, re-invest in, als or contaminatand re-develop ed properties in its these properties. neighborhood. But The Brownfields unfortunately, this Utilization, happens all too and often in our state. Brown Investment, Local Development In Ohio, parcels Act of land known as Reports (BUILD) overhaul brownfields are Sherrod Brown would left behind after a U.S. Senator the Environmental P ro t e c t i o n commercial buildAgency’s (EPA) ing or factory Brownfields has been demolished existing or abandoned. These Program. We know that by probrownfields can be found in big cities and small viding targeted funding towns in all parts of the and allowing increased state. In fact, by some flexibility, we increase estimates, Ohio has thou- the likelihood that more sands of potential brown- sites are cleaned up. That’s why the BUILD field sites.

Act would increase clean-up grants and more than double the funding ceiling for remediation grants. The legislation would also allow the EPA to award multi-purpose grants, which means federal resources could be used for multiple elements of a project, including site inventory and planning and remediation for one or more brownfields. In order to increase flexibility further, the bill also lets more nonprofits qualify for siteassessment grants. Right now, nonprofits can only apply for site clean-up grants, but we know that local organizations and community development groups have the capacity to do so much more, especially in smaller communities. Finally, the BUILD Act maintains current funding levels through Fiscal Year 2016. Simply put, this means it would not

be subject to partisan fights during the next presidential election. The BUILD Act is a perfect example of a public-private partnership. By cleaning up previously used sites for redevelopment opportunities, we can attract private capital back to our cities. If we can incentivize developers and businesses to locate in our towns, we can increase local tax revenue and protect our green spaces from continued development. The BUILD Act and the Brownfields program play an integral role in revitalizing vacant or abandoned properties to meet environmental and public health challenges while spurring economic development in Ohio. We must do everything we can to ensure the brownfields around our state are cleaned up and are no longer eyesores in their communities.

School’s tax survey faulty To the editor: If the Sidney City School District’s 2010 survey indicated a preference for a 1 percent school income tax, then the survey was not directed at the proper segment of select advisers. No one I know was asked their preference and no one I spoke with favored an income tax. Since only Social Security and railroad retirement income are exempt from a 1 percent school income tax, is it ethical or responsible to ask people to approve a school tax that assesses unemployment compensation and disability income? Should people living on a fixed income be expected to pay additional taxes on 401K income

or income from savings accounts and CDs when they desperately need their money? Is it right to expect part-time and entry-level workers to pay additional taxes when they are already scraping bottom? Those having employment and solid income consistently overlook the struggles of those without. It is not a problem of people not supporting the schools — it is a problem of the schools not understanding the cupboard is bare. Additional cutbacks may be distasteful but when enrollment decreases, so should planning and funding. Airlines do not fly empty airplanes because it is not economically sound to do so. John W. Wilt 344 Ironwood Drive

Letter to the editor Special Day at fair was special To the editor: The Shelby County Special Olympics Committee would sincerely like to express our appreciation to the Shelby County Fair Board and especially Jeremy Reese and Jamie Reese for making the Special Day for Special Athletes event at the fair on July 21 such a

huge success. Much work and organization went into this day, including barn tours led by 4-H members, greeting the participants at the entry gate with balloons and a special gift bag, and a horse show presented by 4-H members Mikayla Ryder, Selena Ramirez, and Colin

Meyer. The event concluded with a dance in the horse arena. The Special Athletes thoroughly enjoyed the day and will long remember it. Mark Harrod Special Olypmpics Committee

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Back surgery not necessarily next step DEAR DR. ROACH: I am sometimes compression of the a 60-year-old female who has spinal cord. Stenosis is narbeen diagnosed with spondy- rowing, which means that the lolisthesis and stenosis. My nerve roots, coming off the pain is severe in both but- spinal cord to form the nerves, tocks and the backs of my are being pressed on. I don’t like to send people to upper thighs. I also have some surgeons for back pain, lower-back tightness. since most people get Pain is relieved upon better without sursitting or lying down. gery. However, there My orthopedic surgeon are some times when recommends a lumsurgery clearly is the bar laminectomy and best treatment, and a fusion. I’ve never had few times when sursurgery and don’t want to have this. I am a To your gery is needed quickly. If the nerve is being diabetic, and this adds good to my concerns about health compressed severely, then there will be not recovery from surgery. Dr. Keith only pain, but loss of I’m doing strengthenRoach reflexes, numbness and ing exercises, and I’ve weakness. The major been getting epidurals, concern is weakness. with varying degrees of relief. I cannot take anti- Progressive weakness means inflammatories due to bleed- surgery is needed urgently. If you have no weakness, ing issues. Extra-strength then surgery probably is not Tylenol gives some relief. Are there other treatments your only option. Losing available? My surgeon says no. weight, in my experience, Would losing weight help? I’m always helps. Strengthening about 40 pounds overweight. exercises, preferably superWhat about following an anti- vised by a physical therapist, likewise can be very helpful. inflammatory diet? — M.S. There are medication A N S W E R : Spondylolisthesis is when options for people with bleedthe vertebrae are not lined up ing issues, if you need someproperly, and one is moved thing stronger than Tylenol. forward compared with anoth- Because the problem is largely er. This causes stretching and anatomical, I don’t think an

anti-inflammatory diet will cure the problem, but eating healthy foods will make you feel better and will help you lose the weight. You are quite right that because of your long-standing diabetes, the healing from surgery may take longer. But you should not let that stop you if you have an urgent need for surgery. Fortunately, it doesn’t sound like you are there yet. The booklet on back problems gives an outline of the causes of and treatments for the more-common back maladies. Readers can order a copy by writing: Dr. Roach — No. 303, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money order for $4.75 U.S./$6 Can. with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery. DEAR DR. ROACH: Fifty years ago, when episiotomies were the norm, I suffered great pain when my husband and I attempted to resume marital relations. My very elderly doctor was not surprised and said I “scarred too tightly.” She injected Novocain all along the episiotomy scar and said it would dissolve some of the scar tissue. She also did some stretching of the area

while it was numb. This same procedure had to be repeated after my second child, and again after a vaginal hysterectomy. I’ve had several doctors say they have never heard of Novocain dissolving scar tissue. I don’t think it was just the stretching, because we had certainly tried that. — K.J. ANSWER: Thank you for your letter. I wonder if the stretching while numb was the important treatment, since I also haven’t heard of anesthetics dissolving scar tissue. Stretching while numb may have allowed the fibers within the scar to break apart, which wouldn’t be possible without the numbness. However tolerant of pain someone is, muscle reflexes have an effect. I am very glad women are feeling comfortable enough to discuss this important topic. Some women may not be bringing it up due to embarrassment.

DEAR ABBY: Thanks to a wedding without severing all change in state law, my part- ties? I’m sure we aren’t the ner and I can finally marry. only couple facing this new We’re now struggling with issue. — NEWLY EQUAL IN MINNESOTA whether DEAR NEWLY EQUAL: to invite our parents and Invite your family to families to our wedthe wedding. ding. While they have Because they love been respectful of us you and have accepttogether and seemed to ed your partner, they love my partner, it has may wish to attend. become increasingly Remember, the conobvious that they don’t cept of marriage want to really talk about equality is a very new our lives. Specifically, Dear one and not everyour new right to Abby one adapts quickly to marry. Abigail No one has said a Van Buren change. Regardless of whether they have a word to us about the problem calling you marriage law, even though it dominated the married, the fact is you will be news for months before being married according to the laws passed in May. After prompt- of your state. And that’s what ing, they said they support is important. DEAR ABBY: I started our having the same rights, but have a problem calling us dating a wonderful man two years ago. We will be getting married. We are going to be married married in a few weeks and and have decided to invite own a house together. He has only those who sincerely sup- been a wonderful father to my port us to share our special two children. He loves them day. Because I’m so hurt by very much and the feeling is their silence on this, how mutual. From the start, he knew I do I tactfully let them know they aren’t invited to the wanted to have a child with

him, and he said he wanted the same. Last spring I became pregnant by accident, but sadly, had a miscarriage a few months later. When I told him I was pregnant, he was not excited and made comments that caused me stress. After the miscarriage, he acted like nothing had happened, which hurt me deeply because I really wanted that baby. Now he says he doesn’t want a baby anymore — that he has changed his mind without even considering that I still want one. I’m so lost. Please give me some advice. — BABY MAYBE? IN PUERTO RICO DEAR BABY MAYBE?: You and your fiance appear to have a communication problem. Now that you know he has changed his mind about wanting a child with you, you have a right to know why. Discussing this with the counsel of a neutral mediator would be helpful before your trip to the altar. Because the agreement between you was that you would be enlarging your family, you may need to rethink

whether you want to go through with the wedding. If that’s the case, you may also need the help of an attorney to separate from him financially because you own property together. DEAR ABBY: In late January, my sister left a $20 bill at the front desk of my hairdresser’s salon and told the receptionist to give it to me when I came in and tell me it was my Christmas present. When I objected to the impersonal manner of the “gift,” my sister got mad and told me I was being “ridiculous.” We haven’t spoken since. Was I wrong to object? — MAD IN MAINE DEAR MAD: Obviously, you and your sister aren’t close. If she didn’t even bother to enclose the money with a card or note, I don’t blame you for being miffed, particularly if you customarily exchange gifts.

100 years Aug. 12, 1913 Flint Slusser has purchased the former Cyphers property at 212 East North Street, in which his business, the Flint Electric Supply Co. is now established. The Flint business was recently moved from the former location from South Ohio Avenue to this property. It has been located in Sidney for the past 3 1/2 years. ––––– A petition has been filed with the board of elections, signed by 125 property owners of the city, asking that the questions as to whether or not there shall be a Board of Park Commissioners appointed for the city be submitted at the next general election. The park commissioners, who would serve without pay, would have charge of park improvements about the city. 75 years Aug. 12, 1938 With the filing of the fifth and final account yesterday afternoon, the David Oldham estate, which has been in the process of administration for more than 12 years, was brought to a close. In the final account a complete division of the estate was made with the exception of the Oldham building on West Poplar Street. For the present this building will be held jointly by the heirs. ––––– Membership tickets for the Shelby County fair are being placed on sale at this time, and will continue to be offered to Sidney and Shelby County residents until the opening of the fair on Sept. 13. At $1.25 per ticket, they are on sale at the Citizens National Bank and First National Exchange Bank. Purchasers of each membership ticket will receive five coupons, entitling the holder to share in the attendance prizes to be offered each day during fair week.

50 years Aug. 12, 1963 Stanley Coffelt, music teacher in the Sidney schools, had a run-in with a bobcat on the west coast earlier this week, according to word reaching here today. Information received indicated the Coffelt was loading his trailer at a camping site near Garbersville, Ore., on Tuesday, when he was attacked by the animal. Coffelt was apparently clawed by the bobcat and received a number of cuts and scratches, but was not seriously hurt. 25 years Aug. 12, 1988 Krista Lyons of Houston is the only new teacher at Anna this year. She will be teaching kindergarten. ––––– Photo: Dressed in pioneer garb, members of the Great Miami Long Rifles are shown at their monthly black powder shoot Sunday at their grounds off Tawawa-Maplewood Road, along the banks of the Great Miami River. The colorful group attempts to preserve a bit of American history by utilizing primitive weapons and dressing in pre-1860 garb. The group is planning a major encampment at its grounds during the Labor Day weekend and has invited the public to stop by and step back in time. Shown are Jan Stewart, Judy Webb, Don Mumford (shooting), Gene Webb and Jerry Stewart, all of Sidney. ———

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

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Odds and ends All-boys club: Michigan couple welcome 12th son DETROIT (AP) — A western Michigan family welcomed its 12th child. And, shocker, it’s a boy — just like the other 11. Jay and Kateri Schwandt of Rockford believed the latest baby might break the gender streak, especially after Kateri, known as Teri, was nine days past her due date. That was unusual for her pregnancies. But as it turned out, it was hardly a game-changer as a nurse at a Grand Rapids hospital announced delivery of another boy. Tucker was 7 pounds, 12 ounces. “Of course. There was a chuckle in the whole room,” Teri, 38, said told The Associated Press on Thursday. “I looked at my husband, and we exchanged a knowing smile. When they say it’s a boy, I think, OK, no problem. I’ve got this. We know what we’re doing.”

Sports Monday, August 12, 2013

Today’s sports Replay 50 years ago Aug. 12, 1963 BPOE downed IAM 996 Saturday to win its final game and the championship of the C League at Custenborder Field. Three runs in the first inning, with Greg Helman doubling, gave the winners their edge. Bobby Coverstone pitched for the BPOE team, blanking seven batters, while putting two on base. For the losers, Tom Zorn took the mound. 25 years ago Aug. 12, 1988 Larry Metz fired a 3-under par 69 to win the 17th annual Sidney Electric Golf Outing Thursday at Sheby Oaks. The Jackson Center native and now Sidney resident said he plays about four times a week, twice in league play. It was his second win in the Sidney Electric Outing as he also won the crown back in ‘75. 10 years ago Aug. 12, 2003 Versailles shot a 308 and defending champion Greenville was next with a 311 in the Homan Memorial in Piqua Monday. Devin Christman was medalist with a 1-under round of 71, recording eagles on three of the four par-5 holes. He reached all three par-5 holes he eagled in two and sank eagle putts that ranged from eight to 18 feet. Sidney was 15th and led by Damon Barhorst with an 84. Lehman was ninth and led by Peter Berlekamp with a 79.

Calendar High school sports TODAY Boys golf Shelby County League Preview at Arrowhead Sidney, Lehman, Minster, Versailles at Piqua Homan Invitational New Bremen at Waynesfield Girls golf Russia, Fort Loramie, Versailles at Arcanum Inv. TUESDAY Girls tennis Sidney at Beavercreek Boys golf Lehman, Botkins, Russia, Houston, Fort Loramie, Jackson Center, Anna, Versailles, New Knoxville, Minster at New Bremen Inv. Girls golf Fort Loramie at Tri-Village Versailles at Miami East New Bremen at Russia Riverside at Ben Logan Inv. NFL preseason Saturday’s Game N.Y. Giants 18, Pittsburgh 13 Sunday’s Game Buffalo 44, Indianapolis 20 Thursday, Aug. 15 Detroit at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. Atlanta at Baltimore, 7:30 p.m. Carolina at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. San Diego at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Quote of the Day The Cleveland Browns “don’t condone the personal and unprofessional approach that Bernie took with some of his comments during the broadcast.” —Browns CEO Joe Banner, after Bernie Kosar’s comments during the Browns’ preseason game against the Rams Friday night

On this date in 1990 — Wayne Grady of Australia sheds his runner-up image with a 3-stroke victory over Fred Couples in the PGA Championship. Grady had recorded 29 second-place finishes in his career. 1994 — Major League Baseball players strike in the sport’s eighth work stoppage since 1972. 1995 — Ernie Els sets a PGA record with the lowest threeday score in a major. Els, with a 197, holds a three-stroke lead in the PGA Championship. 2000 — Evander Holyfield scores a 12-round unanimous decision over John Ruiz in Las Vegas to win the vacant WBA heavyweight title.

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Reds win in 13th, 3-2 CINCINNATI (AP) — Xavier Paul and Jack Hannahan were looking for opportunities to redeem themselves after making mistakes that helped cost the Reds a game on Saturday. They didn’t have to wait long. Paul came off the bench to hit a game-tying home run in the eighth inning and Hannahan scored the winning run on Joey Votto’s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 13th to give Cincinnati a 3-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Sunday. Paul committed one error and made a terrible baserunning blunder on Saturday. Hannahan was charged with a career-high three errors and grounded into a double play in that loss. “Live to fight another day,” Hannahan said. “One of the best things about baseball is you can put a bad day behind you and show up the next day ready to win.” Hannahan drew a one-out walk from Tim Stauffer (1-1) and Shin-Soo Choo snapped a 0-for-16 slump with a oneout double to right field. Ryan Hanigan, pinch-hitting against a drawn-in, five-man infield and shallow two-man outfield, was hit by a pitch to load the bases. The Padres went back to three outfielders with everybody drawn in, and Votto hit a fly to left field to drive in Hannahan from third base. Paul tied the score with a two-run, pinch-hit homer off Ian Kennedy in the eighth and the Reds overcame two more errors for their fourth win in five games. They finished their eight-game homestand with five wins after starting 1-2 against St. Louis. “After last night and making a few mistakes that some

people say cost us the game, to be able to come back today late in the game and help put the team in position to win makes me feel good,” Paul said. The Padres, who’ve lost four of their last five games, were 1 for 17 with runners in scoring position and left 15 men on base. “We’re just having a bad stretch,” second baseman Logan Forsythe said. “We’re still playing good, fundamental baseball. There’s just a couple of things we need to get better at, and one of them is good situational hitting.” Sam LeCure (2-1), Cincinnati’s seventh pitcher, pitched 1 1-3 innings for the win. Kennedy was positioned to improve his career record against the Reds to 4-0 in four starts. Kennedy, in his second start for San Diego after being acquired from Arizona in a July 31 trade, allowed one hit — pitcher Mike Leake’s leadoff single in the third — in 7 1-3

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Jason Dufner has won his first major title with a two-stroke victory over Jim Furyk at the PGA Championship. Dufner bogeyed the final two holes Sunday for a 2-under 68 that was good enough to hold off the 2003 U.S. Open champion. The winning score was 10-under 270. Henrik Stenson finished three shots back. Dufner made up for the heartache of the 2011 PGA, when he went to the 15th tee with a four-stroke lead in Atlanta. He dunked that shot in the water, squandered the advantage and lost to Keegan Bradley in a playoff. There was no such collapse on another warm, sunny day at Oak Hill. From tee to green, Dufner was nearly perfect. If not for a bit of a shaky putter, the margin would’ve been even more. Furyk went into the final round with a one-shot lead, and it looked as if this might be his day when he rolled in a 40-footer across the sixth green for a birdie. But Dufner seized control just before the turn. With the final group tied at 10 under on the eighth hole, Furyk appeared to have a slight edge when his approach plopped down about 12 feet left of the flag. But, in quite a display of one-upmanship, Dufner’s shot spun back from above the hole and came to a stop about a foot from the cup. Furyk missed his birdie try. Dufner tapped his in to edge back ahead. When Furyk made bogey at

the ninth, Dufner had a twostroke lead heading to the back side. Furyk never got any closer. They matched birdies at the 16th, where Furyk rolled in a 12-footer and Dufner tapped in again after another brilliant iron shot. They matched bogeys at the 17th, where Dufner threeputted and Furyk needed two shots to escape the thick rough ringing the green. Finally, at the 18th, Furyk’s second shot found the rough again, leading to another bogey and a 71 total. Dufner also came up short with his second shot, chipped on and putted twice for the victory. He actually pumped both fists, about as much emotion as he’ll ever show. Stenson closed with an evenpar 70 and finished at 7 under, missing a chance to become the first Swedish male to capture a major championship. Countryman Jonas Blixt was another stroke back, also closing with a 70. The 43-year-old Furyk was trying to give golf another middle-aged champion. Three weeks ago, Phil Mickelson captured the British Open at age 43. The last time golf had backto-back major champions in their 40s was 1986, when Jack Nicklaus won the Masters and Raymond Floyd followed with a victory in the U.S. Open. Instead, it was Dufner winning his first at age 36. Now he’ll be known for something more than that memorable picture of him slumped against the wall of an elementary school during a charity appearance — arms stiffly at his side, eyes

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Cincinnati Reds’ Jay Bruce (32) congratulates teammate Jack Hannahan (9) after they defeated the San Diego Padres 3-2 in 13 innings during a baseball game on Sunday in Cincinnati.

scoreless innings and retired 16 consecutive batters before pinch-hitter Zack Cozart reached with an infield single. “Kennedy was dealing,” manager Dusty Baker said. “I don’t know if it was more him or us. We had to persevere. They threatened a bunch of times. It looked bleak for a while. Every time you turned around we were in trouble. It really taxed our bullpen heading to Chicago. We had to bear down to our last man today.” Paul tied the game with his seventh homer of the season, a 422-foot shot into the rightfield seats on a 1-2 pitch. Paul has three pinch-hit homers this season and five in his career. Leake allowed one earned run in seven innings, giving up six hits and two runs with three walks and four strikeouts. He also committed an error, the Reds’ sixth in the last two games. Manny Parra and J.J. Hoover pitched a scoreless eighth before Aroldis Chapman struck out the side in the ninth.

“We didn’t get it done,” San Diego manager Bud Black said. “It’s a topic we talk about all the time. We got some good pitches to hit, but we didn’t advance runners.” The Reds, who were charged with four errors in their 3-1 loss to San Diego on Saturday, committed another to help the Padres take a 2-0 lead on Rene Rivera’s bases-loaded sacrifice fly to center field with one out in the second. As Yonder Alonso scored from third, backup shortstop Cesar Izturis cut off Choo’s throw, but Izturis’ quick throw to second trying to get Forsythe going back sailed past Brandon Phillips into foul territory down the right-field line, allowing Forsythe to score. Notes: Votto went 0 for 4, ending his eight-game hitting streak. … RHP Mat Latos (11-3) is scheduled to start Monday for the Reds at Chicago in the first game of a three-game series and sevengame road trip.

Dufner wins PGA for first major

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Jason Dufner celebrates winning the PGA Championship golf tournament at Oak Hill Country Club, Sunday in Pittsford, N.Y.

glazed over — which led to the craze known as “Dufnering.” Mickelson wasn’t a factor at Oak Hill. He shot 72 to finish 12 over, tied for 72nd position when he headed for home, his day done before the guys in contention for the Wanamaker Trophy even teed off. Tiger Woods was an also-ran, as well, wrapping up his fifth straight year without a major title. He did play well down the

stretch, making birdies on three of the last six holes. But all that got him was a 70, leaving him at 4-over 284 for the week. He never shot in the 60s, despite much easier scoring conditions the first two days and warm, sunny weather the last two. Tim Clark had the shot of the day among the early starters, a hole-in-one at the 11th. He knocked it in from 220 yards with a hybrid.

Metz fires 68 in Senior Open The Shelby County Senior Open Golf Tournament was held Saturday at Shelby Oaks, and longtime local golfer Larry Metz stole the show, winning the 65-andover age division with a 68 on rounds of 35 and 33. The 50-to-64 age group champion was

Dave Goffena with a 73, two strokes better than Randy Schafer. J.R. Richardson and Mark Sanvido both shot 79 for third. Low net honors in the 50-64 age division went to Jim McLain with a 70. Jeff Westover and David Hollenbacher both shot 71. Metz took top honors in the 65-and-over

division by eight strokes over Gary Reed, who shot a 76. Chuck Shepherd was third with an 81. In low net competition, Elmer Schlater won with a 63, Bob Thomas finished at 68 and Chet Sosby and Clint Jones shot 70s. Schlater’s gross score was a 73.

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Kyle Busch wins at Watkins Glen WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (AP) — There was no slipup on the final lap this time, so Kyle Busch’s victory celebration at Watkins Glen International was as sweet as it gets. Bumped aside a year ago by Brad Keselowski on the final lap as they sped around an oil-covered track, Busch held the reigning Sprint Cup champion at bay on a two-lap dash to the checkered flag Sunday. Busch kept his foot on the accelerator a tad longer than usual during his postrace burnout, even sticking half his body out the window while smoke swirled all around and the tires kept churning. “A big sigh of relief, just a deep breath. Whew!” said Busch, who also was victimized two years ago while leading on a greenwhite-checkered finish and finished third. “I was just trying to take it all in and figure it all out. The last couple of years here have been tough, and today it could have been tough again.” Keselowski finished second in this race for the third straight time, and challenged Busch on the final lap, pulling to his rear bumper at one point. There was no bump this time. “We had a shot at it,” Keselowski said. “I was going to have to wreck him to really get it, and I didn’t want to do that.

There’s racing and there’s wrecking. Those are two different things. “Everybody defines them a little differently, and I guess that’s the code you live your life by. If I was going to take out Kyle, it would have been wrecking in my mind, and there’s a distinct difference.” Racing can be all about luck sometimes, and Busch couldn’t get much luckier than he was on this day. Polesitter Marcos Ambrose dominated the race, leading 51 laps, but his good fortune — he was seeking his third straight Cup win at The Glen — finally ran out just past the halfway point of the 90-lap race. Crew chief Dave Rogers was planning to have Busch pit on lap 60, but his crew noticed fluid on the track and brought the No. 18 Toyota in a lap early. Busch was in the pits when a caution flew and Ambrose had to pit under yellow, losing his spot to Busch at the front. “That was a gamechanger right there,” said Busch, who won from the pole in 2008 at The Glen. Busch held on through a series of cautions over the final 28 laps. Ambrose, who restarted 12th, crashed late trying to make a run with an illhandling car and finished 23rd. He entered the race with an average finish of

Clark’s blog Hola! We arrived in Cali on Tuesday around 5 p.m. We got all checked into our hotel and, man, the hotel is just amazing! It has a beautiful view no matter where you looked out. Cali has a much different environment and climate than Cartagena. It’s in the mountains, and Cartagena was on the coast. It’s much cooler here than it was in Cartagena. I’m not complaining though, the breeze was wonderful. Our first night spent in Cali was on a “Chiva.” This was a bus with no seats and salsa music. So we drove around downtown Cali and learned how to salsa. It was a great welcoming adventure. We made a few pit stops to take some pictures of the city, which in fact was very beautiful. The next two days consisted of mostly basketball. We had two clinics on Wednesday and also played two games. We won both games and the clinics were nothing but inspiring. The people here really do make you feel very special. I’m pretty sure we took pictures after the clinics for an hour. Thursday we played one game at the Universidad of de Valle. At halftime of this game, I shared my testimony with my team, the other team, and all of the fans there. This was a life-changing experience and I was very happy that I did it. I also ended up getting interviewed after this game, which was a very good experience. But up to this point, it was the most intense game so far. It was a close game, but we ended up winning by six. However, we spoke too soon because Friday’s game was ten times more intense. We played a select team where the coach selects the best players in Cali to form a team. It was a close game the entire time. We pulled out the W though by two points! This game was the most fun game to play in because of the environment. And, it was played outside.

The fans were just amazing, not just in this game but in all of the games. So overall we ended up 4-0 in Cali with our record overall in Colombia being 9-1 and we are very happy with that. We also got to have team time for a long time Friday evening. It was really nice because we had so much basketball the past few days that we had some catching up to do. The team times now consist of discussing a book we read called “Not A Fan” by Kyle Idleman. We discuss the meaning behind certain paragraphs and where we specifically stand with our faith. Saturday was my most favorite day. We had another clinic with over 50 kids that lasted about two hours, not including the pictures after… those took about another hour. Saturday night we went to church from 5-to-7 and we shared our testimonies and just praised The Lord in a different cultural, which made it even better. After church we had dinner together with the staff here and our team. We ate at Crepes and Waffles, which is our favorite place here in Colombia. Tomorrow we leave to go to a cabin in the mountains where we will debrief and then we will come back to the city and have dinner with the staff one last time, and say our goodbyes. We will leave for the airport at 8 a.m. Monday morning (today). Can’t wait to come back and share with everyone, in detail, my experience here in Colombia. Thanks for keeping up with the blog thus far.

second in five previous starts at Watkins Glen and also had won all three Nationwide races he’d entered at the storied road course in upstate New York. “That’s just the way it goes,” Ambrose said. “We put on a strong showing. It wasn’t our day, but we’ve had plenty of good days here.” The field didn’t have to worry about five-time Watkins Glen winner Tony Stewart. The man known as Smoke is out indefinitely after breaking two bones in his right leg last Monday night in a sprint car race in Iowa. Stewart, who has undergone two surgeries, saw his streak of 521 consecutive Cup starts come to an end. Max Papis drove Stewart’s No. 14 Chevrolet on Sunday and finished 15th. Several drivers had stickers on their cars honoring Stewart with the message: “Get Well Smoke 14.” Martin Truex Jr. was third, followed by Carl Edwards and Juan Pablo Montoya. Clint Bowyer, Joey Logano, Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch and AJ Allmendinger rounded out the top 10. Jeff Gordon entered the race with momentum in ninth place in the points standings after a second last week at Pocono, but his day was ruined early with a wreck on lap 15. The four-time Watkins

AP Photo | Mel Evans

Kyle Busch celebrates in Victory Lane after winning a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race, at The Glen on Sunday in Watkins Glen, N.Y.

Glen winner finished 36th and dropped to 13th in the standings with four races to go until the Chase for the Sprint Cup title starts. The top 10 drivers in points and the drivers from 11th to 20th with the most wins earn wild-card berths for the 10-race postseason. Kurt Busch moved into 11th place, just two points behind Truex and only four behind ninth-place Greg Biffle.

Ambrose was unchallenged for the lead through the first half of the race, building a margin of nearly 3 seconds over Kyle Busch, who started fifth and was up to second by lap 21. Busch had been unable to close on Ambrose before a red flag flew midway through the race and was focused on the No. 9 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford in front. “They’re better,” Busch said of Ambrose. “I’m trying to figure out where

I’m getting beat. He’s been driving away.” On the ensuing restart on lap 43, Ambrose again sailed clear of the field, building a cushion of 3.5 seconds over Busch as the final pit stops loomed. The complexion of the race changed when Aric Almirola blew a right front tire and slid off course into a tire barrier, bringing out that fateful caution. When the race restarted, Busch was in front with Keselowski third and Ambrose 12th, and the car that had dominated the race out front became just ordinary in traffic, unable to move forward. Nine laps after the restart and struggling, Ambrose had picked up only one spot and trailed Busch by nearly 10 seconds. Truex managed to pass Busch on lap 65, but Busch banged past him in the Inner Loop seconds later and Keselowski followed into second. Keselowski stayed close for a while, but Busch began to pull away just as he had a year ago when oil spoiled his day. “It was a really, really sticky situation last year, and it wasn’t all Brad’s fault,” Busch said. “There was oil on the race track, but Brad’s the one that spun us out. It eventually cost us being able to make the Chase. I figured maybe he could do some of the same again, but he kept it clean today.”

Botkins’ Dean Pitts feature winner Saturday at Eldora ROSSBURG — Prior to a dazzling fireworks display that capped off Family Fun Night, feature race winners Joey Kramer in the UMP DIRTcar Modifieds and Dean Pitts of Botkins in the stock cars helped to wow a large and appreciative crowd with a sensational show of their own. Drivers from eight states and one province helped to swell the pit area for a wild doubleheader night of action. In the stocks, Emily Gade of Iowa thrilled the crowd by running out front the first eight laps. Adam Schaeff, Pitts, Nick Bowers, Earnie Woodard, Barney Craig and Paul Pardo were among the drivers in a spirited pursuit. After a great restart following a caution with six laps complete, Gade found trouble just two laps later. Making only her second appearance at Eldora, Gade smacked the wall in turn 3-4 to end her run. Schaeff inherited the lead and sat just seven laps from his first victory at Eldora. He held off Pitts in a side-by-side battle for several laps as the top four drivers were all within .515 seconds of each other. With two laps remaining Pitts worked his way past Schaeff coming out of Turn 2 and raced away to the win. “Once I got underneath him a couple times he raced me clean. I’ve got all the hats off in the world

to him. He did a nice job,” Pitts said of racing Schaeff. “I hated for the No. 6 car (Gade) because I don’t know if we would have caught her. When I saw she had trouble I thought, ‘Oh man, this might be mine.’” Schaeff took the loss in stride and was thrilled with his best career finish at Eldora. “I’ll tell you what, that’s what it’s all about right there,” Schaeff said. “That was a blast. That was the most fun I had racing.” Kramer, the defending track champion, became the sixth different modified driver to win in six races at Eldora this season. That broke a record set back in 1996 when five different drivers won the first five races. It wasn’t without drama, however, in the 18-lap feature. Shady Bowl Speedway DEGRAFF — The Main Event Series super late models made their final stop of the season at Shady Bowl Saturday Saturday. A total of 16 cars signed in to compete in the 75-lap feature. Three cars were scratched, leaving the starting field at 13. The event got off to a rough start as over half the field piled up in a turn two crash before a lap was completed. The crash eliminated Brad Coons and Brad Yelton, plus sent Bud Perry, Mike Stacy and John Smith

to the pits for repairs. Perry was able to come back as the clean up continued on the track. When racing resumed New Bremen’s Drew Charleson surged out front, as the field sorted itself out behind him. Charleson was still out front at lap 25 with Alex Rosenberry, Jeff Ganus, Bud Perry and Ryan McManus rounding out the top five. On lap 35 Ganus began showing smoke from his car, but it did not effect the performance. The Michigan driver sped by Charleson on lap 44 to take over the point. Ganus then began to build up a lead as the smoke continued to billow from his racer. It was clear Ganus was the class of the field as he led the rest of the way to post his first MERS win of 2013. Rosenberry, Perry, Charleson and Ryan McManus rounded out the top five. Marcus Malcuit set fast time with a 12.491 lap. In Tuner class racing, Chad Small II led the first five laps before giving way to Quincy driver Terry Eaton. Eaton, who has had many second place finishes, finally made it to victory lane as he won the 20-lap main in his Coral Lanes Honda. Dylan Troyer, Small II, Chris Crosier and Gary Eaton rounded out the top five.

Tribe rallies for much-needed win CLEVELAND (AP) — Leave it to Nick Swisher, a man of many words, to come up with the best explanation after the Cleveland Indians broke their six-game losing streak with a 6-5 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday. “It didn’t matter how we got it,” he said, shaking his head. “That’s a much-needed win, not only for us but for our fans. It’s crazy how this game works.” No one would disagree with Swisher’s assessment. The comeback from a five-run deficit helped the Indians avoid their first 0-7 homestand since Aug. 27-Sept. 2, 1990, and took some of the sting out of what had been a disastrous week. Cleveland lost the first six games on its biggest

homestand of the season and appeared well on its way to No. 7. “It’s been a rough week,” Swisher said. “This is huge for us.” Michael Bourn drove in the go-ahead run with a seventh-inning single. The Indians, held to one hit through five innings, got back in the game in the sixth on tworun homers by Swisher and Mike Aviles, who entered the game in the third after shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera was ejected. Carlos Santana’s leadoff homer in the seventh off J.C. Gutierrez (0-3) tied the game. Lonnie Chisenhall drew a oneout walk and moved to second on Drew Stubbs’ single. Nick Maronde relieved, but Bourn lined his first pitch to left field, giving Cleveland the lead.

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Los Angeles Angels’ Hank Conger (16) is tagged out at the plate by Cleveland Indians catcher Carlos Santana in the second inning of a baseball game on Sunday in Cleveland. Conger tried to score from third on a ground ball hit by J.B. Shuck.

“I can’t really explain it to you,” Bourn said of the comeback. “We never gave up.” For five innings, it looked as if the Indians were about to go win-

less on the homestand. Justin Masterson allowed five runs in 4 1-3 innings and Cleveland’s hitters were completely baffled by Angels starter Jerome Williams.

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Buckeyes’ wide-outs no longer area of concern COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A year ago they shared space in coach Urban Meyer’s doghouse. Now Ohio State’s wide receivers are team leaders. Inexperienced and unproven in 2012, they’re veterans this time around. It’s a question of maturity, assistant coach Zach Smith said of the improvement in his charges. “Just a year ago I told everyone that it was a young group that needed to grow up and kind of develop and get better. That’s something they’ve done,” he said after Saturday’s practice. “Fast forward a year and they’ve had trials, tribulations, had hard times,

had great successes, and so they have grown and learned from mistakes to the point where they’re able to be a mature group.” They’ve come a long way. Meyer didn’t hide his feelings about the passcatchers in the spring of 2012, his first time on the field with them after taking the job. He said they didn’t work hard enough. He said they weren’t prepared. He said there were no big-play guys in the lot. Smith conceded that the coaching staff was “almost in panic mode” at the receivers’ inability to stretch the field, to

even run routes or be a viable option in Meyer’s spread attack. Gradually, they came around. Corey Brown had 60 catches, Devin Smith 30 and Evan Spencer 12 last year as a problem area became a strength. They proved they could make big plays, such as Smith’s memorable one-handed grab early in the year and his 39-yard gain in the final minute that helped preserve Ohio State’s perfect season against Purdue. More of the same will be expected this year. Instead of wondering who’ll make a big catch, it seems quarterback Braxton Miller now has

several possibilities. “We’ve got a lot of guys on this team with speed,” Devin Smith said. “That’s what (coach Meyer) wants — guys who can stretch the field. We’ve certainly got that.” If 2012 was a trial by fire, the upcoming one is simpler, more comfortable for them all. “It’s so much smoother. Everybody’s flowing faster,” said Spencer, son of former Ohio State and NFL running back and assistant coach Tim Spencer. “We all know what our assignments are and we’re reacting instead of trying to think. That’s the biggest thing we’ve improved on since last year. It’s really going

to help us out this year.” In camp 12 months ago, the receivers were just trying to stay out of Meyer’s icy glare. This year they’re expecting big things. “You can tell when we’re out there, that even some guys last year who didn’t quite know the playbook are now out there playing more comfortable and guys are playing a lot faster,” Brown said. “This year you can expect our offense to just shoot up the charts if we keep doing what we’re doing and try to eliminate the silly mistakes. We can be one of the top offenses in the country.” Chris Fields is a prime example of how things

have turned around for the ends. He was almost lost on the depth chart, seldom contributing or being asked to, before he snagged a pass almost off the turf for a touchdown with 3 seconds left in the Purdue game to help force overtime. Now he’s considered a sage who is helping the younger guys come around. He’s aware of Meyer’s change of heart from a year ago, too. “He’s definitely giving us more compliments than last year, for sure,” he said, laughing. “For sure. Yeah, he’s very pleased.”

SCOREBOARD CALENDAR High school High school sports TONIGHT Boys golf Shelby County League Preview at Arrowhead Sidney, Lehman, Minster, Versailles at Homan Inv. (Piqua) New Bremen at Waynesfield Girls golf Russia, Fort Loramie, Versailles at Arcanum Inv. TUESDAY Girls tennis Sidney at Beavercreek Boys golf Lehman, Botkins, Russia, Houston, Fort Loramie, Jackson Center, Anna, Versailles, New Knoxville, Minster at New Bremen Invitational (Arrowhead) Riverside at Indian Lake Inv. Girls golf Fort Loramie at Tri-Village Versailles at Miami East (Lakeland) New Bremen at Russia (Stillwater) Riverside at Ben Logan Inv. WEDNESDAY Girls tennis Sidney at St. Marys Boys golf Piqua at Sidney (Oaks) Russia, Houston, Fort Loramie, Fairlawn, Anna, Versailles, at Kendig Memorial (Piqua) Minster, New Bremen, New Knoxville at Auglaize Co. Inv. (Arrowhead) Riverside at Ben Logan Inv. Botkins at Fort Recovery

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34. (19) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 82, 69.4, 10, $88,310. 35. (24) Ron Fellows, Chevrolet, 74, 53, 9, $70,160. 36. (28) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 65, 31.5, 8, $116,916. 37. (32) Aric Almirola, Ford, accident, 58, 49.9, 7, $106,785. 38. (12) Michael McDowell, Ford, suspension, 58, 68.1, 6, $64,850. 39. (43) Brian Keselowski, Toyota, brakes, 47, 26.8, 5, $60,850. 40. (38) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, accident, 41, 40.2, 4, $64,850. 41. (34) Victor Gonzalez Jr., Chevrolet, accident, 39, 39, 3, $52,850. 42. (42) Tomy Drissi, Toyota, accident, 39, 28.4, 2, $48,850. 43. (36) David Reutimann, Toyota, engine, 4, 30, 1, $45,350. Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 87.001 mph. Time of Race: 2 hours, 32 minutes, 4 seconds. Margin of Victory: 0.486 seconds. Caution Flags: 8 for 21 laps. Lead Changes: 5 among 5 drivers. Lap Leaders: M.Ambrose 1-28; J.Montoya 29; J.McMurray 30; K.Harvick 31-38; M.Ambrose 39-61; Ky.Busch 62-90. Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): M.Ambrose, 2 times for 51 laps; Ky.Busch, 1 time for 29 laps; K.Harvick, 1 time for 8 laps; J.Montoya, 1 time for 1 lap; J.McMurray, 1 time for 1 lap. Top 12 in Points: 1. J.Johnson, 808; 2. C.Bowyer, 733; 3. C.Edwards, 728; 4. K.Harvick, 707; 5. Ky.Busch, 693; 6. D.Earnhardt Jr., 670; 7. M.Kenseth, 659; 8. Bra.Keselowski, 634; 9. G.Biffle, 627; 10. M.Truex Jr., 625; 11. Ku.Busch, 623; 12. K.Kahne, 622.

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Cheez-It 355 at The Glen Results¢ The Associated Press Sunday At Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, N.Y. Lap length: 2.45 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (5) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 90 laps, 138.2 rating, 47 points, $236,658. 2. (8) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 90, 105.9, 42, $204,876. 3. (3) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 90, 117.6, 41, $161,735. 4. (16) Carl Edwards, Ford, 90, 99.2, 40, $149,360. 5. (11) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 90, 110.6, 40, $132,324. 6. (2) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 90, 109.5, 38, $135,818. 7. (9) Joey Logano, Ford, 90, 94.8, 37, $118,743. 8. (18) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 90, 89.6, 36, $131,296. 9. (13) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 90, 100.3, 35, $111,330. 10. (4) A J Allmendinger, Toyota, 90, 103.8, 34, $116,018. 11. (6) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 90, 96, 34, $109,505. 12. (30) Casey Mears, Ford, 90, 68.5, 32, $105,843. 13. (26) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 90, 85.1, 32, $123,946. 14. (14) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 90, 77.2, 30, $113,318. 15. (29) Max Papis, Chevrolet, 90, 68.9, 0, $122,210. 16. (17) Greg Biffle, Ford, 90, 74.5, 28, $92,085. 17. (7) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 90, 79.6, 27, $107,201. 18. (33) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 90, 52.3, 26, $123,146. 19. (20) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 90, 68.7, 25, $92,835. 20. (35) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 90, 54.1, 24, $77,635. 21. (31) David Ragan, Ford, 90, 49.2, 23, $98,243. 22. (27) Boris Said, Ford, 90, 55.9, 22, $87,393. 23. (10) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 90, 82.4, 21, $110,401. 24. (23) Owen Kelly, Chevrolet, 90, 62, 0, $92,682. 25. (21) David Gilliland, Ford, 90, 53, 19, $75,460. 26. (22) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 90, 64.8, 18, $82,660. 27. (40) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 90, 42.5, 17, $74,435. 28. (41) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 90, 36.2, 0, $71,285. 29. (37) Alex Kennedy, Toyota, 90, 38.4, 15, $71,110. 30. (25) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 85, 71.6, 14, $89,460. 31. (1) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, accident, 84, 120, 15, $117,024. 32. (15) Brian Vickers, Toyota, accident, 84, 60.3, 0, $78,585. 33. (39) David Stremme, Toyota, 83, 35.7, 11, $71,435.

Eldora Speedway Saturday’s results UMP DIRTcar MODIFIED Time trials — 1. 7-Evan Taylor [18.407]; 2. 26-Mike Dirksen [99.999]; 3. 10BB-Bryan Barber [17.426]; 4. 4B-Darryl Banks [18.225]; 5. 31J-John Brooks [18.153]; 6. 17JE-Je Stalder [18.168]; 7. 23J-Jon Henry [18.353]; 8. 1-Steve Billenstein [18.511]; 9. 54-Matt Westfall [17.223]; 10. 35-Tim Cornett [18.908]; 11. 93-Josh Greber [18.853]; 12. 00N-Dwight Niehoff [17.589]; 13. 1SW-Scott Williams [18.128]; 14. 2-Jason Kinney [18.023]; 15. 67WRocky Wilson [18.423]; 16. 10-Scott Bowersock [18.610]; 17. 20-Josh Morton [18.029]; 18. 10H-Brad Hess [18.078]; 19. 01-Joel Ortberg [17.477]; 20. 5X-Tim Richardson [18.429]; 21. 71-Matt Chambers [19.739]; 22. 36-Brandon Vaughan [18.059]; 23. 15Nick Katterhenry [18.085]; 24. 4J-David Treon, Jr [19.369]; 25. 18-Ryan Sutter [18.286]; 26. 77-Joey Kramer [17.430]; 27. 79-Shane Unger [18.502]; 28. 52-John Phlipot, Jr [18.257]; 29. 00-Dave Daughtery [17.863]; 30. 51-Cody Timmerman [18.895]; 31. 0-Brent Hole [17.869]; 32. 0ADerrick Austin [18.646]; 33. 88-Scott Orr [17.637]; 34. 188-Aaron Orr [17.466]; 35. 5Jonathan Taylor [17.670]; 36. 21T-Tom Treon [18.230]; 37. 55S-Zach Schroeder [17.915]; 38. 20KW-Kody Wiesner [17.397]; 39. 11-Rob Williams [17.647]; 40. 5XBJerry Bowersock [17.437]; Heat winners — Brandon Vaughan, Kody Wiesner, Jonathan Taylor, Joey Kramer. B-Feature — 1. 0-Brent Hole [1]; 2. 52John Phlipot, Jr [7]; 3. 18-Ryan Sutter [8]; 4. 55S-Zach Schroeder [6]; 5. 0A-Derrick Austin [12]; 6. 35-Tim Cornett [11]; 7. 10HBrad Hess [DNF]; 8. 31J-John Brooks [DNF]; 9. 4J-David Treon, Jr [DNF]; 10. 67W-Rocky Wilson [DNF]; 11. 10-Scott Bowersock [DNS]; 12. 5X-Tim Richardson [DNS]. A Feature — 1. 77-Joey Kramer [5]; 2. 20KW-Kody Wiesner [7]; 3. 54-Matt Westfall [8]; 4. 5-Jonathan Taylor [11]; 5. 188Aaron Orr [3]; 6. 01-Joel Ortberg [2]; 7. 7-Evan Taylor [16]; 8. 00N-Dwight Niehoff [1]; 9. 55S-Zach Schroeder [23]; 10. 5XBJerry Bowersock [4]; 11. 17JE-Je Stalder [14]; 12. 4B-Darryl Banks [15]; 13. 88-Scott Orr [9]; 14. 36-Brandon Vaughan [13]; 15. 0-Brent Hole [17]; 16. 15-Nick Katterhenry [18]; 17. 2-Jason Kinney [20]; 18. 26-Mike Dirksen [24]; 19. 1-Steve Billenstein [22]; 20. 18-Ryan Sutter [DNF]; 21. 10BB-Bryan Barber [DNS]; 22. 11-Rob Williams [DNS]; 23. 20-Josh Morton [DNS]; 24. 52-John Phlipot, Jr [DNS]. Stock car Time trials — 1. 36-Adam Schaeff [20.315]; 2. 25-Nick Bowers [20.298]; 3. 20Shawn Phillippi [20.912]; 4. 7D-Dan Wooten [20.587]; 5. 1F-Anthony Flannery [20.175]; 6. 1W-Mark Wooten [20.993]; 7. 5G-Anthony Goode [19.877]; 8. 19-Wayne Williams [21.512]; 9. 53-Jan Launder [22.248]; 10. 8C-Brad Conover [99.999]; 11. 5W-Craig Swartz [23.731]; 12. 27-Frank Paladino [21.525]; 13. 6-Emily Gade [20.657]; 14. 7-Jordan Conover [20.915]; 15.

61-Rob Trent [19.869]; 16. 23-Casey Barr [21.361]; 17. 17-Jeremy Creech [19.891]; 18. 410-Paul Pardo [19.174]; 19. 65-Rodney Lacey [22.320]; 20. 49-Eric Sandlin [20.411]; 21. 98-Cale Ramey [27.689]; 22. 01-Earnie Woodard [19.986]; 23. 82-Chris Douglas [20.830]; 24. 00-Dean Pitts [20.102]; 25. 58-Alex Peace [23.349]; 26. 71C-Barney Craig [19.566]; Heat winners — Emily Gade, Chris Douglas, Nick Bowers. A Feature — 1. 00-Dean Pitts [5]; 2. 36-Adam Schaeff [3]; 3. 71C-Barney Craig [8]; 4. 01-Earnie Woodard [6]; 5. 61-Rob Trent [24]; 6. 1F-Anthony Flannery [17]; 7. 20-Shawn Phillippi [9]; 8. 49-Eric Sandlin [11]; 9. 5G-Anthony Goode [10]; 10. 23Casey Barr [15]; 11. 27-Frank Paladino [20]; 12. 58-Alex Peace [25]; 13. 6-Emily Gade [DNF]; 14. 25-Nick Bowers [DNF]; 15. 410-Paul Pardo [DNF]; 16. 17-Jeremy Creech [DNF]; 17. 1W-Mark Wooten [DNF]; 18. 7D-Dan Wooten [DNF]; 19. 53-Jan Launder [DNF]; 20. 5W-Craig Swartz [DNF]; 21. 82-Chris Douglas [DNF]; 22. 65Rodney Lacey [DNS]; 23. 7-Jordan Conover [DNS]; 24. 19-Wayne Williams [DNS]; 25. 98-Cale Ramey [DNS]; 26. 8C-Brad Conover [DNS].

Shady Bowl Speedway Shady Bowl Speedway Saturday’s results Fast Qualifier: Marcus Malcuit 12.491 Main Event 75 lap Feature: 1. Jeff Ganus 2. Alex Rosenberry 3. Bud Perry 4. Drew Charleson 5. Ryan McManus 6. John Flynn 7. Josh Smith 8. Curt Frazier 9. Emerson Huffman 10. Mike Stacy 11. Marcus Malcuit 12. Brad Yelton 13. Brad Coons 14 Jimmy Carter (DNS) 15. Brock Coyer (DNS) 16. John Stroble (DNS) Street Stocks Fast Qualifier: Jason Burnside 15.101 Dash Winner: Buck Purtee Heat Winner: Aliza Snapp Feature: 1. Josh Sage 2. Steve Snapp 3. Aliza Snapp 4. Chris Abbott 5. Rob Bryant 6. Buck purtee 7. Jason Burnside 8. Mike Schaffer 9. Scott Sullenberger 10. Jason Drummond 11. Scott Edgell 12. Andy Huffman Tuners Fast Qualifier: Gary Eaton Jr. 15.691 Feature: 1. Terry Eaton 2. Dylan Troyer 3. Chad Small II 4. Chris Crozier 5. Gary Eaton Jr. 6. Tony Steele Compacts Fast Qualifier: Kenny George Jr. 17.449 Feature: 1. Kenny George Jr. 2. Chris Prater 3. Nicholas Meade 4. Jeff Wintrow 5. Jeff Foltz 6. Alex George 7. Dean Adams 8. Robbie Taylor 9. Dave Callahan Dwarfs Fast Qualifier: Brandon Bayse 13.985 Dash Winner: Daniel Wirrick Heat Winner: Jesse Gade Feature: 1. Brandon Bayse 2. Daniel Wirrick 3. Chris Hull 4. Jesse Gade 5. Brian Marsh 6. Jason Hitchcock 7. Lynn Mitchell 8. Connie Smith 9. Brian Wetzell 10. Greg Sparks 11. Rob Dutra

Limaland Speedway Limaland Motorsports Park Friday’s results McDonald's Dash for Cash — 1.Bill Reimund UMP Modifieds Heat winners — Matt Westfall, Joel Ortberg, Kody Weisner, Justin Matson. B-Main, (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer) — 1. 5X-Jerry Bowersock; 2. 69-Tommy Beezley; 3. 67-Eddie Shaner; 4. 18N-Derrick Noffsinger; 5. 19B-Brandon Ordway; 6. 19Ryan Ordway; 7. 8R-Jesse Rush; 8. 6David Sibberson A-Main, (20 Laps) [#]-Starting Position — 1. 20-Kody Weisner[4]; 2. 40Terry Hull[1]; 3. 10-Bryan Barber[2]; 4. 54-Matt Westfall[6]; 5. O1-Joel Ortberg[5]; 6. 65-Todd Sherman[10]; 7. 5X-Jerry Bowersock[17]; 8. OO-Dwight Niehoff[14]; 9. 67W-Rocky Wilson[7]; 10. 4B-Darryl Banks[13]; 11. 28-Chad Rosenbeck[8]; 12. 44-Zack Schroeder[11]; 13. 42-Bob Baldwin[9]; 14. 69-Tommy Beezley[18]; 15. 22TTony Anderson[12]; 16. 20K-Bill Keeler[15]; 17. 21S-Mike Hohlbein[16]; 18. 18N-Derrick Noffsinger[20]; 19. 67-Eddie Shaner[19]; 20. 55M-Justin Matson[3] Sprints Heat winners — Tim Allison, Cole Duncan, Dustin Stroup, Jared Horstman. B-Main, (10 Laps - Top 4 Transfer) — 1. 22D-Dennis Yoakam; 2. 29-John Ivy; 3. 28H-Hud Horton; 4. 27-Beau Stewart; 5. 22R-Kevin Roberts; 6. 4X-Bobby Clark; 7. 2-Brent Gehr; 8. 4J-Bob Gehr; 9. 23M-Jack Miller; 10. 4K-Tj Michael; 11. 69-Scott Curren A-Main, (25 Laps) — 1. 17-Jared Horstman [2]; 2. 12R-Nick Roberts [9]; 3. 11-Tim Allison [5]; 4. 7K-Cole Duncan [4]; 5. 7C-Max Stambaugh [11]; 6. 2M-Dallas

Hewitt [10]; 7. 6S-Jr Stewart [8]; 8. 49TGregg Dalman [15]; 9. 27-Beau Stewart [20]; 10. 29-John Ivy [18]; 11. 22D-Dennis Yoakam [17]; 12. 28H-Hud Horton [19]; 13. 12-Kody Swanson [13]; 14. 10X-Dustin Stroup [3]; 15. B20-Butch Schroeder [1]; 16. 2S-Kyle Sauder [12]; 17. 23-Devon Dobie [7]; 18. 49-Shawn Dancer [6]; 19. 18-Todd Heuerman [16]; 20. 10J-Jarrod Delong [14] Stocks Heat winners — Tony Anderson, Shawn Valenti, Jeff Koz. A-Main, (15 Laps) — 1. 7B-Shawn Valenti [5]; 2. 16-Jeff Koz [4]; 3. 22T-Tony Anderson [6]; 4. 82-Chris Douglas [1]; 5. 19-Bill Reimund [8]; 6. 48-Tim Cole [7]; 7. 6-Emily Gade [12]; 8. OOM-Bryan Martin[9]; 9. 25-Nick Bowers [2]; 10. 8C-Brad Conover [20]; 11. O1-Bobby Rose [14]; 12. 21H-Dave Hollon [10]; 13. 27-Frank Paladino [11]; 14. 89-Keith Shockency [13]; 15. 1-Elvin Sawyer [15]; 16. 93-Zack Gustatson [21]; 17. 2-Cody Hodge [16]; 18. 7C-Jordan Conover[3]; 19. 32-Scott Boyde Jr. [19]; 20. OO- Travis Walters [22]

BASEBALL Major League standings National League The Associated Press East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . 72 46 .610 — Washington . . . . . . . 56 60 .483 15 New York . . . . . . . . . 54 61 .470 16½ Philadelphia . . . . . . 52 64 .448 19 Miami . . . . . . . . . . . 44 72 .379 27 Central Division Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . 70 47 .598 — St. Louis . . . . . . . . . 67 50 .573 3 Cincinnati. . . . . . . 65 52 .556 5 Chicago . . . . . . . . . . 52 65 .444 18 Milwaukee. . . . . . . . 51 67 .432 19½ West Division Los Angeles . . . . . . . 66 50 .569 — Arizona . . . . . . . . . . 59 57 .509 7 Colorado . . . . . . . . . 55 64 .462 12½ San Diego . . . . . . . . 53 64 .453 13½ San Francisco . . . . . 52 65 .444 14½ Saturday's Games San Francisco 3, Baltimore 2 L.A. Dodgers 5, Tampa Bay 0 Washington 8, Philadelphia 5 Miami 1, Atlanta 0 San Diego 3, Cincinnati 1 Chicago Cubs 6, St. Louis 5 N.Y. Mets 4, Arizona 1 Colorado 6, Pittsburgh 4 Milwaukee 10, Seattle 0 Sunday's Games Cincinnati 3, San Diego 2, 13 innings Atlanta 9, Miami 4 St. Louis 8, Chicago Cubs 4 Baltimore 10, San Francisco 2 Seattle 2, Milwaukee 0 N.Y. Mets 9, Arizona 5 Colorado 3, Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia at Washington, 5:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at L.A. Dodgers, 8:05 p.m. Monday's Games Philadelphia (Hamels 4-13) at Atlanta (Teheran 9-5), 7:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Latos 11-3) at Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 7-8), 8:05 p.m. Miami (Koehler 3-7) at Kansas City (W.Davis 5-9), 8:10 p.m. San Diego (Volquez 8-9) at Colorado (Chacin 10-6), 8:40 p.m. Baltimore (Feldman 2-3) at Arizona (Miley 9-8), 9:40 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Mejia 1-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Nolasco 8-9), 10:10 p.m. Tuesday's Games San Francisco at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m. Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m. Milwaukee at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Miami at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. San Diego at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Baltimore at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. N.Y. Mets at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. American League East Division W L Pct GB Boston . . . . . . . . . . . 71 49 .592 — Tampa Bay . . . . . . . 66 49 .574 2½ Baltimore . . . . . . . . 65 52 .556 4½ New York . . . . . . . . . 59 57 .509 10 Toronto . . . . . . . . . . 54 63 .462 15½ Central Division Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . 69 47 .595 — Cleveland . . . . . . . . 63 55 .534 7 Kansas City. . . . . . . 61 54 .530 7½ Minnesota . . . . . . . . 52 63 .452 16½ Chicago . . . . . . . . . . 44 72 .379 25 West Division Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 50 .576 — Oakland. . . . . . . . . . 66 50 .569 1 Seattle . . . . . . . . . . . 54 63 .462 13½ Los Angeles . . . . . . . 53 63 .457 14 Houston . . . . . . . . . . 37 79 .319 30 Saturday's Games Detroit 9, N.Y. Yankees 3 Toronto 5, Oakland 4 San Francisco 3, Baltimore 2 Chicago White Sox 5, Minnesota 4

L.A. Dodgers 5, Tampa Bay 0 L.A. Angels 7, Cleveland 2 Boston 5, Kansas City 3 Texas 5, Houston 4 Milwaukee 10, Seattle 0 Sunday's Games N.Y. Yankees 5, Detroit 4 Cleveland 6, L.A. Angels 5 Oakland 6, Toronto 4 Kansas City 4, Boston 3 Minnesota 5, Chicago White Sox 2 Texas 6, Houston 1 Baltimore 10, San Francisco 2 Seattle 2, Milwaukee 0 Tampa Bay at L.A. Dodgers, 8:05 p.m. Monday's Games Oakland (Straily 6-6) at Toronto (Happ 2-2), 12:37 p.m. Texas (Darvish 11-5) at Houston (Oberholtzer 2-0), 2:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Richards 3-4) at N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 10-7), 7:05 p.m. Cleveland (Salazar 1-0) at Minnesota (A.Albers 1-0), 8:10 p.m. Detroit (Fister 10-5) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 7-11), 8:10 p.m. Miami (Koehler 3-7) at Kansas City (W.Davis 5-9), 8:10 p.m. Baltimore (Feldman 2-3) at Arizona (Miley 9-8), 9:40 p.m.

GOLF PGA scores PGA Championship Scores The Associated Press Sunday At Oak Hill Country Club, East Course Pittsford, N.Y. Purse: $8 million Yardage: 7,177; Par: 70 Final Jason Dufner .................68-63-71-68—270 Jim Furyk ......................65-68-68-71—272 Henrik Stenson..............68-66-69-70—273 Jonas Blixt .....................68-70-66-70—274 Scott Piercy....................67-71-72-65—275 Adam Scott ....................65-68-72-70—275 David Toms ....................71-69-69-67—276 Jason Day.......................67-71-72-67—277 Zach Johnson .................69-70-70-68—277 Dustin Johnson..............72-71-65-69—277 Rory McIlroy ..................69-71-67-70—277 Graeme McDowell .........70-69-73-66—278 Boo Weekley...................72-69-70-67—278 Marc Leishman..............70-70-70-68—278 Marc Warren..................74-67-68-69—278 Roberto Castro...............68-69-71-70—278 Kevin Streelman............70-72-66-70—278 Steve Stricker ................68-67-70-73—278 Keegan Bradley .............69-72-72-66—279 Hideki Matsuyama........72-68-73-66—279 Rickie Fowler .................70-68-72-69—279 Michael Thompson ........72-67-72-69—280 Matt Kuchar ..................67-66-76-71—280 David Lynn ....................69-69-71-71—280 Kiradech Aphibarnrat ...68-71-71-71—281 Robert Garrigus.............67-68-74-72—281 Webb Simpson ...............72-64-73-72—281 Bill Haas ........................68-70-71-72—281 Miguel Angel Jimenez...68-72-75-67—282 Rafael Cabrera-Bello.....68-75-69-70—282 Scott Jamieson...............69-72-70-71—282 Ryo Ishikawa .................69-71-70-72—282 Peter Hanson .................72-69-74-68—283 Martin Kaymer..............68-68-78-69—283 Paul Casey .....................67-72-74-70—283 Brendon de Jonge ..........71-71-71-70—283 Justin Rose ....................68-66-77-72—283 Francesco Molinari........72-68-70-73—283 Lee Westwood ................66-73-68-76—283 Matt Jones .....................72-71-73-68—284 Thorbjorn Olesen...........71-70-74-69—284 J.J. Henry .......................71-71-73-69—284 Danny Willett ................73-70-72-69—284 D.A. Points .....................73-70-72-69—284 Tiger Woods ...................71-70-73-70—284 Charley Hoffman ...........69-67-73-75—284 Thongchai Jaidee...........70-71-75-69—285 John Merrick .................75-68-73-69—285 Ryan Palmer ..................73-70-71-71—285 Josh Teater.....................71-71-71-72—285 David Hearn ..................66-76-71-72—285 K.J. Choi.........................76-65-71-73—285 Marcus Fraser ...............67-69-75-74—285 Luke Guthrie .................71-71-69-74—285 Scott Stallings ...............73-70-73-70—286 Ryan Moore....................69-71-73-73—286 Hunter Mahan...............70-68-78-71—287 Shane Lowry..................71-70-75-71—287 Chris Kirk ......................71-69-73-74—287 Ken Duke .......................75-68-70-74—287 Stephen Gallacher.........75-68-76-69—288 Ian Poulter .....................70-71-77-70—288 Tommy Gainey...............69-74-73-72—288 Harris English ...............74-69-72-73—288 Sergio Garcia .................69-68-75-76—288 Ben Curtis......................73-70-74-72—289 Brandt Snedeker ...........70-73-70-76—289 Tim Clark.......................69-71-75-75—290 Vijay Singh ....................70-72-73-75—290 John Senden ..................72-70-73-76—291 Brooks Koepka...............71-72-71-77—291 Phil Mickelson ...............71-71-78-72—292 Matteo Manassero.........72-69-74-77—292 Gary Woodland ..............73-70-80-70—293 Darren Clarke................69-73-74-80—296

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Don’t date your friend’s ex DR. WALLACE: Dawn is my out. I wouldn’t mind helping best friend, and I love her like a my best friend out, but I just sister. Her boyfriend was Cody, don’t have anything in common and she really loved him. Last with Cody. And, to be honest, week, they broke up because he turns me off, and I have no he wanted to start dating romantic interest in him other girls. This broke at all. What should I do? my friend’s heart, but —Nameless, Scottsdale, there was nothing she Ariz. could do about it. NAMELESS: You Cody told Dawn he really wouldn’t be helpwanted to take out Cindy, ing your friend by going and this really hurt her out with Cody, and you because she despises would be wasting your Cindy. Yesterday, Dawn ‘Tween 12 own time. It wouldn’t & 20 begged me to go out with take long before he realDr. Robert ized you were not interCody since she didn’t Wallace want him to go out with ested in him as a future Cindy. She wanted me to boyfriend. flirt with him because he had a Having Cody date someone crush on me at one time, and Dawn doesn’t care much for she knew he would take me only adds to her emotional

pain, but you are not the solution for this pain. Only time or another guy can ease Dawn’s misery. But the misery will eventually end. Dawn is fortunate to have you as a best friend. DR. WALLACE: Teri and I are both 18. We graduated from high school together in June. We have been the closest of friends since first grade. We were both accepted at UCLA and were planning to start our new “adventure” together in September. Both of us want to be elementary school teachers. My life is still on track, but Teri’s has “derailed.” Last week she found out that she is pregnant. Her ex-boyfriend, who is a jerk, is the

father, but that’s another problem. When I told my mother about Teri’s dilemma, she became paranoid and told me that she didn’t want me to hang around with her anymore. I was shocked! I told my mother that I was old enough to choose my own friends and that she should keep her nose out of my affairs. Now my mother and I are not talking. When I ask her something she simply stares at me but says nothing. Please tell me what I should do. I love my mother, and it makes me upset that I have caused her to react to me this way. —Sheila, Brentwood, Calif. SHEILA: Your mistake was to tell mom to keep her nose out of your affairs. You used

a very poor choice of words when informing her that you were not going to abandon your best friend at a time when she really needs you. Tell Mom that you are sorry for the way you talked to her. You can blame it on being overly emotional at the time. I agree with you that good friends do not abandon one another when one has a major concern. That’s the time when good friends come to the aid of the one who is troubled. Dr. Robert Wallace welcomes questions from readers. Although he is unable to reply 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.

Council deals with sinkholes, bus vandalism ANNA — Anna Village Council members heard about issues with sinkholes and concerns about school bus vandalism during their recent meeting. Village Administrator Nancy Benroth told council members that village public works employees have taken care of problems with sinkholes that have developed in the village. One of the sinkholes was located at the Dale Riffell residence at 508 W. Main St. and the other was located at the Savage residence at 202 Emerald Circle. Councilman Kurt Ehemann expressed concern about school buses that are being vandalized in the village and questioned whether village-owned vehicles are also in danger of vandalism. Council discussed the issue, but no action was taken. Benroth told council members that letters have been sent to Anna residents

about temporary and storable pools. Councilman Richard Steinke asked how long it has been since the village’s street lights have been “rehabbed.” Benroth responded that the state of Ohio installs the lights, but the village is responsible for maintenance. Benroth said she would check with the state to see what can be done. Anna Fire Chief Tim Bender told council members that the Fire Department was having maintenance done on its air packs. Bender noted that he purchased Uninterrupted Power Supplies (UPS), which is a surge protector and battery backup. Bender noted that the Fire Department worked at the Shelby County Fair in the fire safety trailer. Benroth told council members that she contacted Anna resident Tom Shaffer about his property line. She asked Shaffer to have his property sur-

City responds to 192 EMS, 77 fire calls in July In July, personnel of the Sidney Department of Fire & Emergency Services responded to 192 emergency medical service calls and 77 fire calls for a total of 269 calls compared to 316 calls in July 2012. Year-to-date calls are almost 200 less than last year at the end of July. Personnel conducted in-house training in confined-space, communications, synthetic drugs, sexual assault victims, ladder 5 hydraulics, did their annual walkthroughs of Cargill Inc., and two personnel attended a three-day class on trench rescue. The department also conducted a fire investigation at 615 Michigan St. The Fire Prevention Division performed 41 inspections, with four reinspections. The annual Shelby County Fair was July 21-27. Lt. Bret

Kittle reports that he inspected 93 concessionaires/vendors, gaming tents or booths. Twentyeight buildings and 20 rides were inspected every day. Prior to the fair getting started, more than 100 electrical panels were inspected and many hours were spent hanging “No Smoking” and “No Parking–Fire Lane” signs. Also, more than 260 children and 30 adults toured the Fire Safety Trailer on the grounds, which was manned by various county fire departments, as well as Sidney Fire Department personnel. Special inspections for July in addition to the Shelby County Fair included fireworks at Sidney Middle School for the Fourth of July celebration, Sidney First United Methodist Church, Russell Road Church, Holloway Sportswear and Wild Wayne’s Sticky Pit restaurant.

veyed to determine the property line. Mayor Robert Anderson told council members that the South Pike Street sidewalks are finished. Fiscal Officer Linda Pleiman told council members that she attended a conference in Worthington and the topics included the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) and the Health Reform Act. Pleiman said the village will need to make changes regarding OPERS. Benroth told council members that she received two cell phones for the village’s part-time employees. Benroth noted that she will be checking employee driving records every January as requested by the liability insurance’s risk-management agent. Council members approved a request from Alan Michael to sell pizzas from his truck on the lot of the Closeout

Barn. Michael was told that he will have to pay village income tax. Benroth stated that she received a call from a resident at 407 W. Main St. about a tree between the sidewalk and the street that needs to be cut down. The resident wondered if the village would help remove the tree. Benroth planned to inform him that according to the village’s ordinance, the resident is responsible for tree maintenance. The next council meeting will be Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Anna Village Hall. Council is expected to discuss Anna Police Chief Scott Evans and issues involving his employment. The public will be given the opportunity to ask council members about the situation. The meeting is open to the public.

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Local musical group,Empty Tank, will perform at the BMI Speedway Concert Arena in Versailles Friday at 9 p.m. With a repertoire of hits that range from the 1960s through today, this high energy group pride themselves on playing for all audiences. Admission at the door is $4.

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an inventive suggestion. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) People in authority will be impressed with your original ideas. In turn, you might agree with them about a sudden change of direction. It’s a good day to discuss electronics and technology. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You will love studying anything new today, because you’re keen to expand your horizons. Expect to meet new faces from other cultures and different countries. (It’s not a boring day.) CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Be open to fresh ideas and new approaches to dealing with shared property, inheritances, taxes, debt and insurance matters. An unexpected gift might come to you. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Someone close to you might surprise you with his or her suggestions today. Perhaps this person wants more space in the relationship? Be receptive to new ways of thinking. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) People at work are receptive to new ways of doing things, especially if they look like an improvement. The introduction of new technology would be a classic example. (Sundials never work in the rain.) YOU BORN TODAY You are multitalented. You’re also direct, honest and capable of much wit and humor. You like to puncture sacred cows by exposing phony values. You tend to analyze life around you and often use exaggeration to make a point or reveal the truth you have discovered to others. Encouraging news! This year is the beginning of a fresh new cycle. Open any door! Birthdate of: Lamorne Morris, actor; Steve Martin, actor; Catherine Bell, actress.

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For Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is an excellent day to discuss details about shared property, inheritances, taxes, debt and anything that has to do with how you might use or share the wealth of others. People feel mutually generous. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Conversations with everyone will be upbeat and positive today. This is a good day to smooth troubled waters with partners and close friends. "All is forgiven!" GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Encourage others to work with you today, because group action will be positive and productive. Work-related travel is likely. Don't be afraid to make suggestions about how to expand something. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) This is a playful, carefree day! Enjoy a vacation or social events. Sports, the arts and activities with children will appeal. Romance is blessed. (Yay!) LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Family discussions will be positive today. You might see ways to expand something at home or explore real-estate deals. It's a good day to entertain at home as well. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Because you're in such a positive frame of mind, all your communications will be upbeat. This is a strong day for writers, teachers, actors and people who sell, market or promote for a living. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Business and commerce are favored today. Look for ways to boost your income or expand your work, especially related to foreign countries, publishing and higher education. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Peace and happiness are important to you today. You feel positive and good. This is also an excellent day for business and commerce, and dealing with groups. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You will enjoy solitude in beautiful surroundings if you can swing this today. You feel happy and content with the world, but you need a little breather (someplace private). CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Relations with a female friend will be unusually positive today. Someone might encourage you to go after your goals. Work with others, because this will benefit you. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Relations with authority figures are smooth and cooperative today. You look like a winner! Don't hesitate to make suggestions that seem big and ambitious. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) You need a change of scenery today. Do something different or go someplace you've never been before. Be a tourist in your own town. YOU BORN TODAY You are brave and determined. You survive huge obstacles, and when you come out at the other end, you are fearless, generous and more understanding of the challenges of others. You like people and are attracted to adventure and danger! This year something you've been involved with for about nine years will end or diminish to make room for something new. Birthdate of: Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary; Annie Oakley, sharpshooter; Gregory Fitoussi, actor.

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Israel approves nearly 1,200 more settlement homes Mohammed Daraghmeh Associated Press

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel approved building nearly 1,200 more settlement homes Sunday and agreed to release 26 longheld Palestinian security prisoners — highlighting an apparent settlementsfor-prisoners trade-off that got both sides back to peace talks after a five-year freeze. Yet concerns were mounting, especially among Palestinians, that the price is too steep. Sunday’s announcement was Israel’s third in a week on promoting Jewish settlements on war-won lands the Palestinians want for a state. It fueled Palestinian fears of a new Israeli construction spurt under the cover of U.S.-sponsored negotiations. In Israel, the most vocal protests came from relatives of those killed in attacks carried out by Palestinians slated for release. Bereaved relatives held up large photos of their loved ones during a Supreme Court hearing on an appeal against the upcoming release. “Why are we releasing butchers now? What for?” asked Gila Molcho, whose brother, lawyer Ian Feinberg, was stabbed to death by Palestinians who broke into a European aid office in Gaza City in 1993. Israelis and Palestinians are to launch talks on Wednesday in Jerusalem, following a preparatory round two weeks ago in Washington. The U.S. envisions an agreement within nine months on the terms of a Palestinian state alongside Israel, including drawing a border, agreeing on security arrangements and deciding the fate of Palestinian refugees. The Palestinians want a state to include the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem, territories Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast war. However, they are willing to swap some West Bank land for Israeli territory to allow Israel to annex some of the largest Jewish settlements. In all, Israel has built dozens of settlements since 1967 that are now home to some 560,000 Israelis. The diplomatic paralysis of the last five years was largely due to disputes over the settlements, deemed illegal by most of the international community. Palestinian President

Mahmoud Abbas long insisted he will only resume talks if Israel freezes construction. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a freeze. Abbas, under pressure from Kerry, eventually dropped it as a condition for talks. In exchange, Kerry won Israeli agreement that it will release 104 Palestinian prisoners serving long sentences, many for involvement in killing Israelis. The prisoners are to be freed in four stages during the negotiations, with the first 26 to be released later this week. Late Sunday, a group of Cabinet ministers selected the names in the first group, to be published early Monday. Fourteen prisoners will be released to Gaza and 12 to the West Bank, according to a government statement. Eight of the prisoners had three years left to serve and two would have been released in six months or less, the statement said. Meanwhile, Israeli Housing Minister Uri Ariel announced Sunday that he has given final approval for the construction of 1,187 apartments in settlements. Nearly 800 are in east Jerusalem and the rest in the West Bank. Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev said the construction was approved in areas that Israel expects to retain in any future peace deal. “There is no way it changes the final map of peace,” he said. “It changes nothing.” The Palestinians responded angrily, but stopped short of walking away from the negotiations. “It is clear that the Israeli government is deliberately attempting to sabotage U.S. and international efforts to resume negotiations,” Palestinian negotiator Mohammed Shtayyeh said. “Israel continues to use peace negotiations as a smoke screen for more settlement construction.” Shtayyeh said the Palestinians would complain to the U.S. and Europe. The main U.S. mediator in the talks, Martin Indyk, met Sunday with Abbas at his compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Sunday’s announcement was Israel’s third in a week on pushing settlement plans.

School From page 1 Schools, a group critical of the new funding plan. It says dozens of schools in low-income districts get no additional money, while some wealthy districts gain dollars. Perkins said his district’s costs continue to rise, resulting in staff cuts even as it has excelled academically. He said the schools are prepared for the new mandates and rating changes but waiting to see how they unfold in detail. “We’ve performed pretty well,” Perkins said. “But I still have questions about the matrix (that will be used).” State funding for K-12 education has increased in the new budget by some 4 percent, with most schools getting more money. State education officials have emphasized that no district will get less money for this school year. Ohio has also added new potential sources for funds for special needs and competitive grants for innovation through the Straight A Fund. However, schools and union officials say the funding increase doesn’t offset earlier state cuts, the end of federal stimulus help, and reduced property tax revenues at a time when it’s becoming increasingly difficult to get voters to go for school levies. “On the funding question itself, schools in general were pleased they didn’t lose money,” said Damon Asbury, legislative director for the Ohio School Boards Association. “There are some equity issues, particularly with the lowwealth districts.” Those districts and some suburban and urban districts that have already seen voters reject repeated levy requests now lose 12.5 percent in state subsidies for future levies. “We think this will make it more difficult to pass levies,” Asbury said. “People are already looking at this as a tough time …. on average, it takes two or three ballot attempts.” Changes even extend to the schools’ athletic fields. Legislators approved a measure to facilitate homeschooled students’ participation on public school teams, though some school officials have voiced questions about eligibility rules and liability issues. ___ Contact the reporter at http://www.twitter.com/dansewell

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LEGALS NOTICE TO BIDDERS STATE OF OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Columbus, Ohio Division of Construction Management Legal Copy Number: 132005 Sealed proposals will be accepted from pre-qualified bidders at the ODOT Office of Contracts until 10:00 a.m. on September 27, 2013. Project 132005 is located in Shelby County, SR-HQ RADIO DEMO/GARAGE NEW CONSTRUCTION and is a MISCELLANEOUS project. The date set for completion of this work shall be as set forth in the bidding proposal. Plans and Specifications are on file in the Department of Transportation. August 12, 19 Appeal No. ZBA-13-10 NOTICE OF HEARING ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS CITY OF SIDNEY, OHIO Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held on MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, Municipal Building, 201 West Poplar Street, Sidney, Ohio. The Zoning Board of Appeals is to rule in the matter of: MICHAEL A HECHT IS REQUESTING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A HOME OCCUPATION, VACUUM SALES AND SERVICE, AT 811 SPRUCE AVE IN THE R1, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE DISRICT. Any person or persons having interest in, or being affected by this matter, who wish to be heard, shall appear at the aforesaid time and place or at such place or places and times that said matter may be further considered. Any person with a disability requiring any special assistance should contact the Community Services Department at (937) 498-8131. Barbara Dulworth, AICP Community Services Director August 12 GREEN TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES LEGAL NOTICE The Green Township Trustees will be accepting sealed bids until 7:00 P.M. Monday, September 9, 2013. The bids shall be for a 2013 model year, 19,500 GVWR, single axle truck with dump, plow, and spreader Package. Specifications are available by calling Deb Middleton, Fiscal Officer, at 937-492-4572. The Green Township Trustees reserve the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to waive any irregularities in the bidding and to award the contract to the bidder who, in considerations, offered the lowest and/or best bid for the Green Township Trustees. August 5, 12 LEGAL NOTICE The Shelby County Budget Commission hereby certifies the allocation of Local Government Funds to be distributed in 2014 as required by Section 5747.50 O.R.C. to be distributed as follows: TOWNSHIPS / LOCAL GOV. Clinton $10,314 Cythian $12,376 Dinsmore $10,833 Franklin $11,957 Green $9,708 Jackson $9,840 Loramie $12,163 Mclean $11,787 Orange $10,829 Perry $10,206 Salem $12,183 Turtle Creek $11,365 Van Buren $11,198 Washington $12,117 TOTALS $156,876 CORPORATIONS / GOV. Anna $29,747 Botkins $27,163 Fort Loramie $29,927 Jackson Center $30,297 Kettlersville $9,443 Lockington $9,862 Port Jefferson $12,070 Russia $16,121 Sidney $358,293 TOTAL $522,923 COUNTY

LEGALS PUBLIC NOTICE Shelby County Department of Job and Family Services Prevention, Retention and Contingency Plan Opportunity for Public Comment The Shelby County Department of Job and Family Services is taking comments from the public on the Prevention, Retention and Contingency plan for Shelby County. The plan is developed under guidance and regulations from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The plan will be available for public comment from August 8, 2013 – September 6, 2013 at the Shelby County Department of Job and Family Services, 227 S. Ohio Ave., Sidney, Ohio, 45365. Hours of operation are 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Tuesdays. August 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15

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HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR Cherokee Run Landfill is currently accepting applications for a Heavy Equipment Operator. Duties include operating dozers and compactors at the active dumping area, operating dump trucks, excavators, and graders as needed. Other duties include litter control and grounds keeping, pre/post tripping machinery, and cleaning track and/or wheels at end of shift. Applicants must posses a high school diploma or equivalent, a valid Ohio driver license, ability to work well with others, good communication skills, mechanical skills, and must be able to work long hours and Saturdays, in all weather conditions. Qualified applicants will possess one year experience operating heavy equipment, good eyesight and depth perception, and a strong commitment to safety and service quality. Questions about this position can be directed to the HR Dept in Bellefontaine phone: (937)593 3566 We are an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

Help Wanted General TREE TRIMMER/ GROUNDSMAN/ CLIMBER, Must have experience in rope/ saddle, good driving record. Wages depend on experience. (937)492-8486.

WOODWORKER Growing Sidney company seeking an experienced woodworker. Finished carpentry background a plus. Must have experience with miter saw, table saws, sanders, routers, planer, joiner, shaper, drill press. Please send resume and salary history to: Human Resources 171 S. Lester Ave. Sidney, OH 45365 Medical/Health

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SIDNEY, 311 Windsor Parke, Thursday, Friday 9-2pm, toddler boy clothing, girl clothing, varios mens &women clothing sizes, household items, mountain bike, toys, some furniture, miscellous. MOST OF CLOTHING IS $1 OR LESS!!! 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. NEED AN EXPERIENCED baby sitter? Look no more! I can watch your kids on 1st or 3rd shift. Just call (937)4929446 and ask for Brenda. Education

TEACHERS SUBSTITUTES PART TIME CLEANER Rogy's Learning Place in Sidney is currently hiring Full and Part Time Teachers. Benefits include Health Insurance, 401K, discounted child care. Interested applicants please call (937)498-1030 EOE Russia Local School: One on one aide for Autistic Student Apply to Steve Rose srose@russiaschool.org Help Wanted General

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Cherokee Run Landfill is currently accepting applications for a Laborer. Duties include litter control and grounds keeping, pre/post tripping machinery, efficiently operating equipment through landfill area, and cleaning track and/or wheels at end of shift. Applicants must posses a high school diploma or equivalent, a valid Ohio driver license, ability to work well with others, good communication skills, mechanical skills, and must be able to work long hours and Saturdays, in all weather conditions. Qualified applicants will possess one year experience operating heavy equipment, good eyesight and depth perception, and a strong commitment to safety and service quality. Questions about this position can be directed to the HR Dept in Bellefontaine phone: (937)593-3566 We are an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2013 @ 6:00 P.M. 9669 STUDER RD., VERSAILLES, OHIO Go Northeast of Versailles, Ohio on St. Rt. 47 one mile to Studer Rd., then go East ½ mile to Auction.

6'x12', diamond plate front, drop back loading ramp, extra tire on rim. Call (937)845-0047 or Exercise Equipment TREADMILL Pro-Form XP Crosswalk 580. Adjustable incline, intensity controls, digital distance display, crosswalk and stationary arms. $400 (937)615-0132 after 4pm. Furniture & Accessories COUCH & LOVESEAT, Both recline, tan, blue, green, red, in color, From non smoking & pet free home, $450, (419)6292801 Miscellaneous FREE HAULING! Refrigerators, freezers, water heaters, stoves, washers, dyers, mowers, farm equipment, car parts, anything aluminum, metal, steel. Building clean outs, JUNK"B"GONE, (937)5386202

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TRACT ONE: Section 16 of Wayne Township, County of Darke, State of Ohio, containing 88.47 acres more or less. Located herein is an older two story home with barn, machine shed, grain bin and other out buildings. The home is subject to lead based paint disclosure. If a prospective buyer requests an inspection or any other inspection, it must be completed prior to the auction at the buyer’s expense. Located in the Versailles School District. TRACT TWO: Section 8 of Wayne Township, County of Darke, State of Ohio, containing 62 acres more or less of bare land with an estimated 5 acres of woods based on the county tax card. Located in the Versailles School District. TERMS ON REAL ESTATE: $25,000.00 down each tract on day of auction, balance at closing within 30 days. Possession of home at closing, possession of land after fall harvest, subject to tenants’ rights. Possession of buildings and grain bin February 28, 2014. The seller will pay the January, 2014 installment of taxes and the buyer to pay the June, 2014 and all thereafter. Taxes will be paid based on latest available tax duplicate. Tracts to be sold by the acre based on current deeded acreage. The Real Estate & Auction Co., represent the sellers. Tracts will be offered in order & will not be offered together. Real Estate is selling with reserve, call the auctioneers for details. Any statements made day of sale supersedes prior statements or advertisements. CHECK WITH YOUR LENDER FOR FINANCING & COME TO THE AUCTION PREPARED TO BID. AUCTIONEERS NOTE: IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO ADD TO YOUR PRESENT FARMING OPERATION, DON’T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY. BOTH PARCELS WERE FARMED AS ORGANIC FARMS. FOR AN INFORMATION PACKET, CALL THE AUCTIONEERS TODAY! FOR PICTURES GO TO OUR WEB SITES www.randyevers. com or auctionzip.com (ID#4606) Email: randy@randyevers.com Auctioneers licensed in the State of Ohio and Indiana.

OWNER: ROSE MARY BULCHER ESTATE CLETE BULCHER AND JEANETTE BARGA, CO-EXECUTORS JOHN F. MARCHAL, ATTORNEY FOR THE ESTATE DARKE COUNTY PROBATE CASE NO. 2013-EST033

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Sidney Daily News, Monday, August 12, 2013

Scenes from Bremenfest

Alexa Wilker, 4, of New Bremen, runs out into the street to see how far away the Bremenfest Parade was in New Bremen Sunday. Alexa is the daughter of Tom and Amy Wilker.

SDN Photos | Luke Gronneberg

Steve Bushman (left), of New Bremen, gives Matt Ambos, of Sidney, a sample of Chili 96 during the Bremenfest chili contest Saturday.

Chloey Nelson, 6 of St. Marys, is lifted up by fellow members of Sidney United All Stars Youth Fierce during a performance at the Bremenfest annual cheerleading contest Saturday. Chloey is the daughter of Rachel and John Nelson.

Firms compete to expand Air Force museum in Ohio

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DAYTON (AP) — A new $46 million aircraft and space gallery at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force is now scheduled to open in late 2015, with five companies competing to build it. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will select the winning bid for construction of the 224,000-square -foot building for the museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton. The building to house rare presidential and research and development aircraft, spacecraft and cargo planes is expected to promote tourism, according to museum Director John Hudson. “We know it will boost attendance,” said Hudson, a retired Air Force lieutenant general. “We are confident that is going to be a big attraction.” Museum officials did not release estimates on how much the expansion is expected to increase attendance, the Dayton Daily News reported. More than 1.2 million people visited the museum last year. Hudson says the exact cost of the building won’t be known until the contract is awarded later this year. The Air Force Museum Foundation has raised $38 million to pay for the expansion,

and will continue raising money after construction begins, said Mona Vollmer, the foundation’s chief development officer. Bids for the construction are due Oct. 2, with the work scheduled to begin next year. “The bottom line is we’re moving forward and we’re on track with our plans for the fourth building,” Hudson said. The lowest priced bidder may not be the winning contractor, according to the newspaper. “The award will be made to the contractor whose proposal has been determined by the source selection evaluation board to have provided the best value to the government,” the Corps of Engineers said in an email to the newspaper. Four presidential planes and numerous research and development aircraft will be moved to the main complex from a hangar on Wright-Patterson that is temporarily off limits to museum visitors. A tough fundraising environment and environmental studies forced officials to push back earlier plans to have the new building open in mid-2014. ___ Information from: Dayton Daily News, http://www.daytondailynews.com

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