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It might have been the easiest time the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office has ever had getting a massive quantity of drugs off the streets at once. “We’d like to think it was good police work,� Sheriff John Lenhart said following a press conference Thursday morning. “But luck might have had something to do with it,� he added with a chuckle. It started back on June 19, when the Sheriff’s Office dispatch center got a call about some “found contraband.� That contraband turned out to be 285 pounds of marijuana with an estimated street value of about $425,000. The call came from a local resident who had ordered a gun safe from the Champion Safe Co., based in Provo, Utah. When the resident received the Champion

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Death toll from Egypt violence rises to 638 Maggie Michael Associated Press

CAIRO (AP) — Weeping relatives in search of loved ones uncovered the faces of the bloodied, unclaimed dead in a Cairo mosque near the smoldering epicenter of support for ousted President Mohammed Morsi, as the death toll soared past 600 Thursday from Egypt’s deadliest day since the Arab Spring began. World condemnation widened for the bloody crackdown Wednesday on Morsi’s mostly Islamist supporters, including an angry response from President Barack Obama, who canceled joint U.S.-Egyptian military maneuvers. L_eb[dY[ ifh[WZ J^khiZWo" m_j^ ]elernment buildings set afire near the Pyramids, policemen gunned down and scores of Christian churches attacked. As turmoil engulfed the country, the Interior Ministry authorized the use of deadly force against protesters targeting police and state institutions. The Muslim Brotherhood, trying to

regroup after the assault on their encampments and the arrest of many of their leaders, called for a mass rally on Friday in a challenge to the government’s declaration of a monthlong nationwide state of emergency and a dusk-to-dawn curfew. At least 638 people were confirmed killed and nearly 4,000 wounded in the violence sparked when riot police backed by armored vehicles and bulldozers smashed the two sit-ins in Cairo where Morsi’s mainly Islamist supporters had been camped out for six weeks calling for his reinstatement. It was the deadliest day by far since the 2011 popular uprising that toppled autocratic ruler Hosni Mubarak and plunged the country into more than two years of instability. The Health Ministry said in a statement that 288 of those killed were in the largest protest camp in Cairo’s Nasr City district, while 90 others were slain in a smaller encampment at al-Nahda Square, near Cairo University. Others died in clashes that broke out between Morsi’s supporters and security forces elsewhere in the

Egyptian capital and other cities. Mohammed Fathallah, the ministry spokesman, said earlier that the bloodsoaked bodies lined up in the El Imam mosque in Nasr City were not included in the official death toll. It was not immediately clear if the new figures included the ones at the mosque. Inside the mosque-turned-morgue, the names of the dead were scribbled on white sheets covering the bodies, many of them charred, and a list with 265 names was plastered on the wall. Heat made the stench from the corpses almost unbearable as the ice brought in to chill the bodies melted and household fans offered little relief. Over the mosque speakers, announcements urged people to leave because their body heat was making the humid conditions worse inside the mosque, where posters of Morsi were piled up in a corner. Many people complained that authorities were preventing them from obtaining permits to bury their dead, although See EGYPT | 5

Bridal show to feature area vendors Brides-to-be, along with their fiances and families, will find everything they need to plan the perfect wedding and they won’t have to spend lots of time and money to do it. All they have to do is visit the eighth annual Weddings of Distinction Bridal Show at the Fort Piqua Plaza, 308 N. Main St., Piqua, on Sunday. The Sidney Daily News, Troy Daily News and Piqua Daily Call sponsor the event annually as a one-stop-shop for wedding-planning couples. This year’s show runs from noon to 4 p.m. on the fourth floor of the plaza. Admission is $5. Emmy’s Bridal, of Minster, will stage two

different fashion shows, one at 1:30 p.m. and the second at 2:30 p.m., to showcase gowns, tuxedoes and accessories. Nearly 30 area vendors will be on hand to offer advice and information. And each one has provided something special as a door prize. The door prizes will be awarded throughout the event. “We have enjoyed so much success since moving the show to the Fort Piqua Plaza and by moving it to a Sunday afternoon,� said Becky Smith, advertising manager of the Sidney Daily News and Classified Call Center. “Businesses throughout Miami, Shelby and Auglaize counties are present to show that, when plan-

ning your wedding, you can find everything you need close to home. There will be consultants from wedding attire to venues, photographers, florists and caterers — all displayed in the grand ballroom of hte hotel.�

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WEDNESDAY -6:10 p.m.: theft. Julie A. Stewart, of Sidney, reported the theft of a Vera Bradley comforter valued at $150 at 319 E. Court St. -5:42 p.m.: disorderly conduct. Raymond Figueroa, 31, 728 Country Side Lane, No. l, was arrested for disorderly conduct. -4:29 p.m.: theft. Todd Kelly, 18, and Michael

Tucker, 20, no addresses given, were arrested for allegedly shoplifting a container of General Tso’s chicken and a container of chicken tenders, valued at $12.26, from Walmart. -2:19 p.m.: contempt. Brittany Lea Tangeman, 20, 224 Grove St., was arrested on a warrant from Mercer County. -11:11 a.m.: possession of drugs/criminal tools. Shonda Teasley, 37, 1213 Hilltop Ave., Apt. D, was arrested for possession of criminal tools. Neil Robert

Estabrook, 38, same address, was arrested for possession of criminal tools. John J. Ward, n41, 5570 Knoop-Johnston Road, was arrested for possession of cocaine and heroin. Moscoe Taylor, 27, at large, was arrested for possession of cocaine and heroin. -9:17 a.m.: contempt. James R. Goings, 34, 542 Wagner Ave., was arrested on a warrant and was served in Municipal Court. -7:14 a.m.: theft.

Derrick E. Moorehead Sr., 714 Spruce Ave., reported someone entered his unlocked vehicle and took $75 cash. TUESDAY -6:28 p.m.: identity theft. Amanda D. Belt, of Sidney, reported identity theft. MONDAY -6:13 p.m.: theft. Lisa L.Echols, 804 N. Miami Ave., reported the theft of four rings valued at $750.

Accident The parked vehicle of Lacie M. West, of Belleview, Fla., was struck by an unknown vehicle Saturday about 11:50 p.m. on East Court Street, causing functional damage.

Fire, rescue THURSDAY -8:17 p.m.: medical. Medics responded to the 900 block of Buckeye Avenue.

-7:23 p.m.: trapped animal. Rescue personnel responded to 827 Arrowhead Drive for an animal in a storm drain, but it was out upon their arrival. -6:41 p.m.: medical. Medics responded to the 1200 block of Maple Leaf Court. -12:52 p.m.: medical. Medics responded to the 3000 block of Cisco Road. -12:16 p.m.: medical. Medics responded to the 1000 block of North Main Avenue.

County Record Sheriff’s log WEDNESDAY -4:05 p.m.: burglary. Deputies took a report of a burglary at 10355 Black Fox Trail. -2:51 p.m.: burglary. Deputies took a report of a burglary that occurred in the past at 10971 Russell Road. -12:32 p.m.: larceny. Deputies took a report of a phone scam from residents on Herring Road.

Village log WEDNESDAY -2:28 p.m.: bad checks/forgery. Botkins

Police took a report of bad checks/forgery at the Marathon Gas Station, 501 E. State St.

Fire, rescue THURSDAY -5:53 a.m.: medical. Houston Rescue and Lockington Fire responded to a medical call in the 8800 block of FesslerBuxton Road. - 1 a.m.: medical. Anna Rescue, Jackson Center Rescue and Jackson Center Police responded to a medical call in the 200 block of Leo Street, Jackson Center.

Trial dates changed B E L L E F O N TA I N E — The trial of former Riverside High School band director John “Tim” Shook, who is charged with more than a dozen sex charges involving students, has been rescheduled for Oct. 29 through Nov. 2 in Logan County Common Shook Pleas Court. Shook, 34, 816 County Road 24 S., DeGraff, was indicted in March and April on 13

felony charges of rape, sexual battery, gross sexual imposition and attempted sexual battery, for incidents that allegedly occurred in 2011 and 2012. He pleaded not guilty to all charges and remains free on bond. According to the indictments, several of the alleged sexual incidents, which involved minor students, took place at various locations in the school.

2 hospitalized after highspeed central Ohio chase COLUMBUS (AP) — The State Highway Patrol says a central Ohio chase that reached speeds of about 110 mph ended when the fleeing sport utility vehicle crashed along an interstate highway ramp, injuring two men. The patrol says the chase had started when troopers tried to stop the SUV for a traffic violation early Thursday morning near Columbus and the driver fled. A 31-year-old passenger was thrown from the vehicle in the crash. Troopers say he and the 25-year-old driver were taken to a hospital with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening. The patrol said charges were pending.

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A Honda employee looks over a robot arm at the Anna Honda plant as it unloads drive shafts that have just undergone lathing. The drive shafts are used to make CVT pulleys that are put in CVT transmissions in another plant, which are in turn put into 2013 Honda Accords at yet another plant. The final transmission is part of what Honda calls High Precision Earth Dreams Technology. An estimated 175 machines were installed at the plant to make the new CVT pulley. The Anna plant is also in the process of expanding by 93,000 square feet. The new space will be used to produce more pulley components.

Honda begins production of high-precision transmission components in Anna Plant Part of $500 million investment in Anna Engine Plant during last 3 years ANNA — Honda Thursday celebrated the mass production startup at its engine plant in Anna of a high-precision pulley component for the new generation of Continuously Variable Transmissions (CVT) that are part of Honda’s Earth Dreams Technology powertrain series. The CVTs are produced on a new assembly line at a Honda transmission plant in nearby Russells Point. Honda’s sporty new CVT is featured in the popular four-cylinder version of the 2013 Honda Accord, helping it achieve both high fuel efficiency and fun-todrive performance at a high level, Honda officials said. These Earth Dreams Technologies have not only won awards from the media, they have helped make Accord the most popular car in America, based on its industryleading retail sales during the first six months of 2013.

Formerly sourced from Japan, the pulley component production line is part of a $100 million investment in the Honda of America Mfg. Inc. Anna Engine Plant that was announced last year, specifically for the addition of the high-precision lathing, heat-treating, grinding and subassembly operations. The pulley components are sent to Honda Transmission Mfg. of America, where they are assembled into the CVT on a new, highly automated assembly line that was constructed as part of a $120 million investment. The new line, located in a 275,000-square -foot plant expansion, started producing CVTs for the Accord last year. Approximately 175 new machines were installed at the engine plant for the highly technical processes, which also require advanced manufacturing skills to meet the precise tolerances required

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for the pulley component. Completion of this initial phase of the project will lead to daily production of approximately 1,400 pulley components. A second phase to double pulley component capacity is already underway, including a 93,000-square-foot expansion to the Anna plant. Starting next year, the new area will add capacity to produce an additional 1,400 pulley components per day. “For almost three decades, the Anna Engine Plant has met challenge after challenge … from motorcycle engines, to automobile engines, to a great number of major components,” said Tetsuo Iwamura, chief operating officer of Honda North America Regional Operations. “The successful startup of the production of these high tech components in Ohio is a major step in our ongoing effort to play a lead role within Honda’s global operations.” Last week, Honda announced an additional investment of approximately $180 million at the Anna Engine Plant to expand capabilities in aluminum die-casting and engine parts production related to the new Honda Earth Dreams Technology engines and transmissions, and to establish a technical training center for powertrains at Anna

to provide Honda engineers, equipment service technicians and line-side associates with unique opportunities to develop skills that will refine their technical know-how in a hands-on environment. This brings total investment at the Anna plant over the last three years to more than $500 million. “Production of these high-precision pulleys required our associates to draw on their existing skills and apply them to a new technology to create new value in Ohio.” said John Spoltman, Plant Manager of the Anna Engine Plant. “Tremendous customer demand for the new Accord also means we have to ramp up production very quickly, and I am proud of what our team has accomplished in working to meet this challenge.” In addition to major investments at the Anna Engine Plant, Honda also has been implementing advanced technologies and introducing new products at all of its plants in North America — totaling nearly $2.7 billion in the last three years. In Ohio alone, the investments over the last three years now total more than $1 billion.

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PIQUA — Elizabeth Ballard, 90, Garbry Ridge Assisted Living, passed away at 1:10 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. Funeral arrangements are pending with Adams Funeral Home, Sidney.

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George Michael Anthony PIQUA — George Michael Anthony, 80, of Piqua, formerly of California, died at 7:45 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013, at the Dorothy Love Retirement Community in Sidney. A service to honor his life will be Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013, at the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home in Piqua.

Sarah M. Davis PIQUA — Sarah M. Davis, 92, of Piqua, died at 12:15 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013, at the Upper Valley Medical Center. A service to honor her life will be Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013, at the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home in Piqua.

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Additionally, he owned Black’s C o n c r e t e Grooving and Hoof Trimming, which took him all over the country. He displayed his talent as a blacksmith at the Miami County Fair, was a member of the Miami H o rs e m a n ’s Club, the United Wagon Train Association and the Troy Christian Church. A service to honor his life will begin at 10 a.m., Monday, Aug. 19, 2013, at the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home. with the Rev. Mark Messmore and Chris Heiss co-officiating. Burial will follow at Beechwood Cemetery, where full military honors will be provided by the Veterans Elite Tribute Squad. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Lockington Volunteer Fire Department, 10363 Museum Trail, Lockington, OH 45356. Guestbook condolences and expressions of sympathy, to be provided to the family, may be expressed through jamiesonandyannucci.com.

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Ohio troopers seize more than 650 Oxycodone pills BOWLING GREEN (AP) — A Michigan woman and a Kentucky man are facing felony drug charges after Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers discovered more than 650 Oxycodone pills in the pair’s car. Authorities say troopers on Thursday found the pills on the center console of the vehicle driven by 38-year-old Luciana F. Loyd, of Detroit. The highway patrol in a statement said Loyd and 22-year-old Vincent K. Barksdale, of Radcliff, Ky., were pulled over for speeding on Interstate 75, near milepost 196, in northwest Ohio. It was then that a drug-sniffing dog alerted troopers about the alleged presence of the drug. Authorities say the seized pain killers are worth about $16,000.

PIQUA — Donald L. Black, 79, of Piqua, died at 6:53 a.m., T h u rs d a y, Aug. 15, 2013, at Wilson Memorial Hospital. He was born Nov. 20, 1933, in Piqua, to the late Rulie E. and Myrtle (Tristle) Black. He married Ruby L. Dye Aug. 31, 1952, in Piqua. She preceded him in death Oct. 18, 1993. He then married Annabelle (Hawkins) Ingles May 21, 1994, and she survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Melody (James) Shively and Robin (Frederick) Baumann, all of Piqua; a son, Rick (Joann) Black, of Livingston, Mont.; a stepson, Robert (Mary) Ingles; 15 grandchildren and many greatgrandchildren; two brothers, Lester Black and Martin Black, both of Piqua; and a sister, Marcella Snider, of Lockington. He was preceded in death by a son, three daughters, a greatgrandson, three brothers and six sisters. Mr. Black was a United States Army veteran, having served during the Korean War. He retired as a gear cutter from the Monarch Machine & Tool Co.

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JACKSON C E N T E R — Evelyn I. Oakley, 90, of Jackson Center, passed away at 4:26 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013, at Wilson Memorial Hospital in Sidney. She was born in Jackson Center on Sept. 20, 1922, to the late Walter E. and Kathryn (Brann) Leininger. She married Emmett E. Oakley 70 years ago on May 15, 1943, and he survives. She is also survived her children, Nancy (Mick) McName and Rex (Fanny) Oakley, both of Jackson Center; three grandsons, two great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Ray E. Leininger, of Jackson Center, and Merle E. Leininger, of Sidney; and numerous nieces and nephews. A homemaker, Evelyn was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Jackson Center, where she was active in Circle 3. She had been a member of the for-

mer American L e g i o n Auxiliary. In past years, she baked pies for the Feed Bag Restaurant. She also enjoyed decorating wedding and birthday cakes and the time she spent volunteering at Wilson Memorial Hospital. Pastor Kent Hollis will conduct a funeral service on Monday, Aug. 19, 2013, at 11 a.m. at the Grace Lutheran Church in Jackson Center. Visitation will be Sunday, Aug. 18, from 1 to 5 p.m. at the church and one hour prior to the funeral on Monday. Burial will be in Glen Cemetery in Port Jefferson. Memorial contributions may be made to Grace Lutheran Church or the Jackson Center Rescue Squad. Funeral arrangements are in the care of the Eichholtz Daring & Sanford Funeral Home in Jackson Center. Condolences may be expressed at www. edsfh.com.

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COLUMBUS (AP) — Five organizations in Ohio will get about $3 million from the federal government to help people sign up for insurance under the new health care law, President Barack Obama’s administration announced Thursday. The Ohio Association of Foodbanks was the state’s largest recipient of the so-called navigator grants, with almost $2 million. The money will be used to hire and train between 30 to 40 outreach workers and a number of other volunteers. Navigators will be particularly important to the law’s success in Republican-led states such as Ohio, where state officials are taking a hands-off approach to promoting the law. Consumers can get private health insurance, subsidized by the government, through the new health insurance exchange created by the health law. Open

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Josephine E. Dunevant JACKSON CENTER — Funeral services will be conducted for Mrs. Dale E. Dunevant, the former Josephine Elizabeth Gasser, 65, on Monday, Aug. 19, 2013, at 10 a.m. at the Adams Funeral Home, 1401 Fair Road, Sidney, with Pastor Sam Daniel Lee officiating. Interment will follow in Gettysburg C e m e t e r y , Gettysburg, at a later date. Visitations will be on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Murray Funeral Home, 173 S. Main St., Creston, and on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013, from noon to 3 p.m. at the Adams Funeral Home in Sidney. A native of Wooster and a resident of 413 E. College St., Jackson Center, Mrs. Dunevant passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013, at 4:30 a.m. at St. Rita’s Hospital, Lima. She was born in Wadsworth on June 16, 1948, to the late Elmer Gasser Sr. and Bertha (Lance) Gasser. On Jan. 5, 2008, Josephine was married to Dale Dunevant, and he survives in Jackson Center. Josephine graduated from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green and the University of Dayton in Dayton. She was retired from the Allen East Local School District in Lima and had more than 30 years of dedicated service in the teaching profession.

Throughout her career, she had also taught at Otsego Elementary near Bowling Green and was a substitute teacher with the Jackson Center School District, Shelby County. Josephine loved to sew. She was also very musical and enjoyed playing the flute and the piano. Josephine was of the Baptist faith. Josephine is survived by her husband; her children, Margaret Chrysler and her husband, Philip, of Bowling Green, Curtis Edward Younkman, of Columbus, Robert William Younkman and his partner, Aaron Roland, both of Columbus; stepchildren, Susan Schaffer and her husband, Jeff, of Grove City, James Fry and his wife, Billie, of Jackson Center, Michael Dale Dunevant and his wife, Cathy, of Greenville, Tony Dunevant and his wife, Terry, of Greenville; 15 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren; one sister, Gladys and Richard Bauman, of Rittman; and one brother, Elmer and Darla Gasser Jr., of Wooster. Josephine was preceded in death by two brothers and one sister. Online condolences may be expressed to the Dunevant family at www.theadamsfuneralhome.com. Adams Funeral Home, 492-4700, is in charge of the arrangements.

Ex-Ohio deputy treasurer indicted in bribery case

COLUMBUS (AP) — A former state deputy treasurer and a lawyer were indicted Thursday on numerous charges alleging they engaged in a bribery scheme during the tenure of then-Treasurer Kevin Boyce. A federal grand jury indicted Amer Ahmad, who served as Boyce’s top deputy, and Mohammed Noure Alo, a Columbus attorney and bank lobbyist, on conspiracy and wire fraud charges. Ahmad also was charged with money laundering, conspiracy to launder money, bribery and making false statements. Prosecutors allege that between 2009 and 2011, Ahmad, Alo, financial adviser Douglas E. Hampton and mortgage broker Joseph M. Chiavaroli conspired to use Ahmad’s position to enrich themselves and their businesses by securing lucrative state business. According to the indictment, Ahmad would funnel official broker services business from the state to Hampton in return for payments. Ahmad and Chiavaroli are accused of disguising those payments by passing them through a landscaping business in which they owned a stake. Additionally, Hampton is accused of directing more than $123,000 to Alo, who is Ahmad’s close friend and business associate.

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enrollment starts Oct. 1, and coverage takes effect in January. Republican Gov. John Kasich opted to let the federal government run Ohio’s exchange. And the state’s insurance department has said no advertising or outreach efforts are in the works to market the exchange. That means it will be left to providers, health centers, food banks and other groups who were awarded the grants to get the word out about the law to the more than 1.5 million uninsured Ohioans. Lisa Hamler-Fugitt, the food bank association’s executive director, said 42 percent of their clients have to choose between buying food, medicine or health care every day. “We’re going to be able to help them connect to health insurance — some for the first time ever,” she said. The network of food banks serves about 2 million Ohioans every three months. The association plans to reach

out to people through food pantries, Facebook, Twitter and a large van to be used as an officeon-wheels where people can get enrolled. They also expect to educate volunteers who will pass out brochures, hand out phone numbers and help spread information. Jason Elchert, the food bank association’s deputy director, said the organization and its more than a dozen partners hope to reach people “where they live, work, pray and play.” The federal law requires nearly all Americans to have health insurance beginning in 2014 or pay a penalty. People can sign up on their own, without using the services of a navigator, though some might prefer to have help with the process. An estimated 524,000 Ohioans are expected to be enrolled in the insurance exchange designed for individuals by 2017, according to a report prepared for the state’s insurance department.

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Digital era threatens tenuous future of drive-ins LANCASTER (AP) — Through 80 summers, drivein theaters have managed to remain a part of the American fabric, surviving technological advances and changing tastes that put thousands out of business. Now the industry says a good chunk of the 350 or so left could be forced to turn out the lights because they can’t afford to adapt to the digital age. Movie studios are phasing out 35 mm film prints, and the switch to an eventually alldigital distribution system is pushing the outdoor theaters to make the expensive change to digital projectors. The $70,000-plus investment required per screen is significant, especially for what is in most places a summertime business kept alive by momand-pop operators. Paying for the switch would suck up most owners’ profits for years to come. The United Drive-In Theatre Owners Association figures 50 to 60 theaters have already converted. At least one operator decided to close instead of switch, but it’s not clear how many more might bite the dust. “Everyone knows eventually that you’ll be digital or you’ll close your doors,” says Walt Effinger, whose Skyvue DriveIn in the central Ohio town of Lancaster has been showing movies on an 80-foot screen since 1948. “Some will. If you’re not doing enough business to justify the expense,

you’re just going to have to close up.” Effinger worked at the Skyvue off and on for 30 years before he and his wife, Cathie, bought it two decades ago. They converted to digital last year, the first of the state’s 29 drive-ins to do so. Because the films now come on a device the size of a portable hard drive and are downloaded to his projector, it’s less hassle for him on movie nights and gives viewers a stunningly brighter, clearer image. Think of the picture on a flatscreen digital TV, compared with the old tube set. The digital transformation has been underway in the film industry for more than a decade because of the better picture and sound quality and the ease of delivery — no more huge reels of film. The time frame isn’t clear, but production companies are already phasing out traditional 35 mm film, and it’s expected to disappear completely over the next few years. “We know fewer and fewer prints are being struck,” says D. Edward Vogel, who runs the historic Bengies Drive-In in Baltimore and is spokesman for the United Drive-In Theatre Owners Association. An industry incentive program will reimburse theater owners 80 percent of the cost of conversion over time, Vogel says, but because most driveins are small, family-run businesses, it’s hard for many to find the money, period. And the reimbursement doesn’t cover

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COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio is likely to come up with a new process for executing condemned inmates no later than Oct. 4 as the supply of its current drug expires, according to a court filing. The new process, which is not spelled out in the filing, will apply to the November execution of Ronald Phillips, who is sentenced to die for raping and killing his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter in Akron in 1993, according to the order filed Monday by federal Judge Gregory Frost. Frost’s order notes that the process won’t be in place for next month’s execution of Harry Mitts. The Department of Rehabilitation and Correction raised the likelihood of a plan by Oct. 4 in a recent telephone conference with the judge, according to the order. The prisons department declined to comment Thursday. The change in the execution process is necessary because supplies of the sedative pentobarbital, the drug Ohio uses for executions, have been put off limits by its manufacturer, and the state’s remaining supply expires at the end of September. It’s unlikely the state would switch to a method not involving drugs. The state eliminated the electric chair as an

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In this July 20 photo, Alex Lockhart and Mikayla Green, both of Newark, watch the sunset while waiting for the movie to start at the Skyview drive-in theater in Lancaster. The Skyview was the first drive-in theater in Ohio to convert to a digital projector. The latest threat to the existence of drive-in theaters is the conversion from 35mm film to digital prints and the expense involved in converting projectors to the new format.

the tens of thousands of dollars more that many will have to spend renovating projection rooms to create the climatecontrolled conditions needed for the high-tech equipment. It’s a dilemma also faced by the nation’s small independent theaters, many of them struggling to pay for conversion to digital years after corporateowned multiplexes already did it. Darci and Bill Wemple, owners of two drive-ins in upstate New York, hope an online competition will help them with the $225,000 to $250,000 they figure it will cost to switch their three screens. The American Honda Motor Co. (NYSE:HMC) is compiling online votes for the nation’s

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option a decade ago in part out of prison authorities’ concerns about the potential stress on those carrying out the execution. One option floated by Ohio authorities is obtaining the drug from compounding pharmacies, which are licensed to create small batches of drugs for specific clients. Ohio also has a backup method involving two drugs injected into muscles. That method has never been used. This would be the third time the state has changed its protocol because of difficulty finding an execution drug. Manufacturers also restricted distribution of sodium thiopental, the drug used before pentobarbital. Among other states struggling to find alternatives are Georgia, Missouri and Arkansas. A legal challenge has placed a hold on Missouri’s proposal to use propofol. Arkansas’ governor has held off scheduling executions as the state’s Department of Correction plans to rewrite its lethal injection procedure to include a different drug or drugs and as prisoners continue to challenge the state’s new execution law in court. In Georgia, after the state’s supply of pentobarbital expired in March, it acquired the drug from a compounding pharmacy, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press in a records request.

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favorite drive-ins and is going to pay the digital conversion costs for the top five vote-getters. The Wemples say that if they don’t get help, they’ll have to consider closing up. “To make this kind of conversion with three screens is like trying to buy another drivein all over again,” says Darci Wemple, whose El Rancho theater in Palatine Bridge is among dozens of drive-ins featured in the Honda ad promotion. The number of drive-ins peaked at more than 4,000 in the late 1950s. Now there are 357. Robyn Deal and Dave Foraker have been going to the Skyvue in Lancaster since they were both in school in the 1960s and

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COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio’s leading ethics regulator said Thursday that Gov. John Kasich appears to have made a clean break from a corporation whose subsidiaries were granted $619,000 in state tax breaks brokered by JobsOhio. Ohio Ethics Commission Chairman Merom Brachman said he saw no reason for the panel to investigate the relationship between Kasich and Worthington Industries. (NYSE:WOR) “It’s a clean break and clear as a whistle,” Brachman said. Brachman’s remarks followed a request by Kasich rival Ed FitzGerald to expand an earlier complaint to include an Associated Press report detailing Kasich’s longstanding financial and political ties to the central Ohio steel processor, including board salary and deferred compensation payouts into 2011. FitzGerald, a Democrat, is seeking to take the governor’s seat from Kasich, a Republican, in 2014. Kasich served a decade on the Worthington Industries board while working in the private sector and was paid more than $611,000 as a board member between 2007 and 2011, the company’s federal business filings show. Kasich quit the board a day after winning the 2010 gubernatorial election but continued to receive deferred payouts for three years, according to his financial disclosure forms. The amount of deferred compensation Kasich collected was not tied to the performance of the company. Kasich’s final payment came less than a year before the Ohio Tax Credit Authority began approving a series of job-creation tax credits for two Worthington subsidiaries, ArtiFlex and Westerman Inc. JobsOhio, the privatized job-creation board appoint-

ed by Kasich, had recommended the tax deals to the board. Brachman said Ohio law gives the commission no power over tax deals brokered by JobsOhio, so that effectively puts the issue to rest. He said that the commission’s only role is to assure Kasich’s finances are properly reported — and that those appeared to be in order. Ahead of publication of the AP’s report, Kasich’s chief counsel Michael Grodhaus sent a three-page letter to the Ethics Commission’s executive director, Paul Nick, closely detailing the governor’s payouts from Worthington Industries ahead of Thursday’s commission meeting. Grodhaus said he was writing to dispel “vague suggestions by certain Democrats” that the governor’s ties to Worthington Industries pose a conflict of interest for JobsOhio. “Nothing could be further from the truth,” he wrote, adding, “Governor Kasich had no role in approving these tax credits.” Worthington Industries spokeswoman Cathy Lyttle said the company has pursued tax incentives in Ohio and in other states for years, and received $400,000 in state tax incentives under Kasich’s predecessor, Democrat Ted Strickland. Lyttle said the incentives aren’t paid unless the company delivers the promised jobs at its 19 facilities statewide. “Our goal is to create good jobs for those local communities as well as for the state,” she said. “We’ve increased our employment by 30 percent over the past five years, from 2,250 in July 2008 to 3,200 in July 2013.” The company’s founder and late chairman, the powerful John H. McConnell, was an architect of Kasich’s political rise from state legislator to congressman to governor — joining family members and employees in giving hundreds of thousands to his campaigns and

early ’70s. On a recent weekend night, they sat together in folding chairs outside their car, blankets on their laps and their 12-year-old dachshund, Wilson, getting lots of attention just before a double feature of “Turbo” and “The Wolverine.” “So much of our heritage is going away, and this is one of them,” said the 60-yearold Foraker, who figures his first movie at the Skyvue was “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” around 1966. “A lot of the things I did when I was kid are gone,” he said. “I think they’re trying to keep what’s left.” ___ Associated Press writer Chris Carola in Albany, N.Y., contributed to this report.

political committees over the years. The governor had severed all financial ties to and any fiduciary role in the company by the time the tax deals were approved, spokesman Rob Nichols said. “Those who are politically active have the same right to use jobcreation incentives as those who are apolitical, and Ohio’s transparency rules exist to give the public confidence that the appropriate rules and processes are followed,” Nichols said. JobsOhio has faced legal and transparency questions nearly from the beginning. Structured to “move at the speed of business,” the entity is funded by proceeds from state liquor profits. Ohio’s Republican state auditor has subpoenaed its financial records. Thursday’s lack of action appeared to answer questions about what, if any, role the Ethics Commission would have over JobsOhio issues. Besides the Worthington Industries issue, FitzGerald had asked the panel to review alleged conflicts of interest by members of the JobsOhio board that were brought to light by the Dayton Daily News. But Brachman said FitzGerald has made no actionable allegation or complaint against JobsOhio — because the state law creating the entity largely shielded its actions from ethics and public records laws. “That is not an issue before us. It’s a red herring,” said Brachman, a generous Kasich campaign contributor first appointed to the commission decades ago by Democratic Gov. John Gilligan. Other state laws prohibit someone tied to a business from steering state government benefits to that business and restrict the size and timing of government contracts going to an official’s campaign donors.

5 Ohio sheriffs push Boehner on immigration policy HAMILTON (AP) — Five western Ohio sheriffs are urging U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (BAY’nur) to make border security and immigration policy changes a top priority. The group and a representative of a National Sheriff’s Association committee met Wednesday in Hamilton, in Boehner’s home district, to speak with the Republican congressman’s district director about immigration policy. The sheriffs oppose immigration

legislation passed by the U.S. Senate and support a resolution to give local law enforcement a broader role in immigration enforcement. The sheriffs at the meeting work in Butler, Darke, Mercer, Montgomery and Preble counties, which border Indiana. They say the Boehner representative told them the congressman agrees with their positions on the immigration legislation and border security.

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Today is Friday, Aug. 16, the 228th day of 2013. There are 137 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tenn., at age 42. On this date: In 1777, American forces won the Revolutionary War Battle of Bennington. In 1812, Detroit fell to British and Indian forces in the War of 1812. In 1858, a telegraphed message from Britain’s Queen Victoria to President James Buchanan was transmitted over the recently laid transAtlantic cable. In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln issued Proclamation 86, which prohibited the states of the Union from engaging in commercial trade with states in rebellion — i.e., the Confederacy. In 1913, future Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin was born in Brest in present-day Belarus. In 1937, the American Federation of Radio Artists was chartered. In 1948, baseball legend Babe Ruth died in New York at age 53. In 1954, Sports Illustrated was first published by Time Inc. In 1956, Adlai E. Stevenson was nominated for president at the Democratic national convention in Chicago. In 1962, The Beatles fired their original drummer, Pete Best, replacing him with Ringo Starr. In 1987, 156 people were killed when Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed while trying to take off from Detroit; the sole survivor was 4-year-old Cecelia Cichan. People worldwide began a two-day celebration of the “harmonic convergence,” which heralded what believers called the start of a new, purer age of humankind. In 1993, New York police rescued business executive Harvey Weinstein from a covered 14-foot-deep pit, where he’d been held nearly two weeks for ransom. Actor Stewart Granger died in Santa Monica, Calif., at age 80. Ten years ago: The Midwest and Northeast were almost fully recovered from the worst power outage in U.S. history. A car driven by U.S. Rep. Bill Janklow ran a stop sign on a rural road in South Dakota and collided with motorcyclist Randy Scott, who died. Idi Amin, the former dictator of Uganda, died in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia; he was believed to have been about 80. Five years ago: At the Beijing Olympics, Michael Phelps touched the wall a hundredth of a second ahead of Serbia’s Milorad Cavic to win the 100-meter butterfly, giving Phelps his seventh gold medal of the Games, tying Mark Spitz’s performance in the 1972 Munich Games. Usain Bolt of Jamaica ran the 100-meter dash in a stunning world-record time of 9.69 seconds. Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and actress Portia de Rossi were married at their Beverly Hills home.

Out of the Blue Billboards give wrong date for Detroit election DETROIT (AP) — Billboards promoting Detroit’s upcoming general election offered up some erroneous information about when to go to the polls. The Detroit Free Press reports that many of the 14 billboards gave a September date for the election. The vote will actually take place Nov. 5. City Clerk Janice Winfrey says the billboards were updated Saturday with information about the general election, and she calls the September date “a mistake” by the business that handles the billboards. Winfrey says she noticed the error and was angry. Winfrey says she was told all the billboards would be fixed by Tuesday. The November election includes races for Detroit mayor and city council. —Information from: Detroit Free Press, http://www.freep.com

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Powerful car bomb kills 18 in south Beirut suburb Bassem Mroue and Zeina Karam Associated Press

BEIRUT (AP) — A powerful car bomb tore through a bustling south Beirut neighborhood that is a stronghold of Hezbollah on Thursday, killing at least 18 and trapping dozens of others in an inferno of burning cars and buildings in the bloodiest attack yet on Lebanese civilians linked to Syria’s civil war. The blast is the second in just over a month to hit one of the Shiite militant group’s bastions of support in years, and the deadliest in decades. It raises the specter of a sharply divided Lebanon being pulled further into the conflict next door, which is being fought on increasingly sectarian lines pitting Sunnis against Shiites. Syria-based Sunni rebels and militant Islamist groups fighting to topple Syria’s President Bashar Assad have threatened to target Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon in retalia-

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Lebanese citizens run past a burned cars and shops at the site of a car bomb explosion in southern Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday. The powerful car bomb ripped through a southern Beirut neighborhood that is a stronghold of the militant group Hezbollah on Thursday, killing at least three people and trapping others in burning buildings, the media said.

tion for intervening on behalf of his regime in the conflict. Thursday’s explosion ripped through a crowded, overwhelmingly Shiite area tightly controlled by Hezbollah, turning streets lined with vegetable markets, bakeries and shops into scenes of destruction

and burning cars. Dozens of ambulances rushed to the scene of the explosion and fire fighters used cranes and ladders in trying to evacuate dozens of residents from burning buildings. Some terrified residents fled to the rooftops of buildings and civil defense work-

ers were still struggling to bring them down to safety several hours after the explosion. The blast appeared to be an attempt to sow fear among the group’s civilian supporters and did not target any known Hezbollah facility or personality. Hezbollah’s Al Manar

TV and Red Cross official George Kattaneh said the death toll was at least 18 and said more than 280 were wounded. The army, in a statement, said the explosion was caused by a car bomb. It called on residents to cooperate with security forces trying to evacuated people trapped in their homes. Syria’s conflict has spilled across the border into its neighbor on multiple occasions in the past two years. Fire from Syria has hit border villages, while clashes between Lebanese factions backing different sides have left scores dead. But direct attacks against civilian targets were rare until Hezbollah stepped up its role in Syria. Since then, its support bases in southern Beirut have been targeted. Since May, rockets have been fired at suburbs controlled by the group on two occasions, wounding four people. On July 9, a car bomb exploded in the nearby Beir alAbed district, wounding more than 50 people.

A decade of Pentagon struggles bared at trial David Dishneua and Pauline Jelinek Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of the Pentagon’s most painful themes of the past decade have played out at the court-martial of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning. At its core, the trial is about a young soldier who orchestrated the largest leak of classified documents in U.S. history, but it also dramatized some of the most confounding struggles at the Defense Department as it maneuvered through the longest period of war in the country’s history. They include the Pentagon’s internal conflict over gays in the military; the wisdom of counterinsurgency campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, which often frustrated even the highest military commanders; and the struggle to find enough troops to fight both wars at once. “You have a number of themes — overarching themes — and it’s rare to have all of that going on in one case,” retired Army Judge Advocate Victor M. Hansen said. “I can’t think of another case like it,” said Hansen, now teaching at the New England School of Law in Boston. “It’s worth contemplating and thinking about.”

The trial before military judge Col. Denise Lind was set to resume Friday at Fort Meade Army base outside Baltimore. Lind is expected to begin deliberating in the next couple of days over the prison sentence she’ll give the former intelligence analyst for his convictions last month on charges of espionage, computer fraud and theft of the documents he leaked to anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks while serving in Iraq in 2010. The leaks aside, here are other major issues woven into the fabric of the case: Not enough troops One witness, retired Sgt. 1st Class Paul Adkins, at the court-martial testified repeatedly that he remembered nothing about an important fact in the trial, having severe memory loss after a brain injury in Iraq in 2004 — then being deployed again in 2006, 2007 and 2009 because his commanders said he was still fit for duty. Adkins said commanders had decided to send the troubled Manning to Iraq because they believed they had enough help in place to keep him functional in the war zone — and because they needed intelligence analysts there. Adkins was eventually demoted for not reporting to superiors his concerns

that Manning had serious mental health problems. Keeping the war machine supplied with troops required extraordinary efforts by the Pentagon. Over several years, officials held nearly 200,000 troops involuntarily in the service after their recruiting contracts were up; they extended some tours of duty from the usual year to an often grueling 15 months, and they sent some back to the war zones, some as many as six times. It was common knowledge that some were sick and not fit for duty, but were sent anyway. “Keep in mind that it’s not uncommon for people to deny, fail to disclose or actively cover up post-traumatic stress” and other problems because they want to deploy for career reasons and other reasons, retired Navy Judge Advocate Philip D. Cave said. “If there’s a theme, it’s the lowering of standards … that seemed necessary at the time,” said Cave. He also noted that the military at mid-decade was using an unusual number of “waivers,” for example, bringing in recruits who had arrests, health issues and other problems in order to fill out the ranks.

British stuntman dies in wingsuit mishap in Alps Jill Lawless and John Heilprin Associated Press

GENEVA (AP) — He wasn’t a competitor, but Mark Sutton still got one of the biggest cheers of the 2012 Olympics. Sutton, who was killed during a wingsuit jump in the Alps this week, was the skydiver who parachuted into London’s Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony dressed as James Bond, alongside another stuntman disguised as Queen Elizabeth II. It was the punchline to a filmed sequence in which Daniel Craig’s Bond escorted the real queen from Buckingham Palace onto a helicopter — and, for many, the highlight of director Danny Boyle’s ceremony. Swiss police confirmed that Sutton died Wednesday when he crashed into a rocky ridge near Trient in the southwest-

ern Valais region. They gave his age as 42. Wingsuits — aerodynamic jumpsuits that make wearers look like winged superheroes — allow fliers to jump from planes, helicopters and occasionally cliffs and soar long distances before opening parachutes to land. Boyle on Thursday paid tribute to Sutton, saying he and fellow diver Gary Connery had “made the stadium gasp … and left indelible memories for people from all walks of life all over the world.” “The show was built from so many contributions from so many people, none finer and braver than Mark Sutton,” Boyle said. “On behalf of everyone in the show we were all honored to have worked with him and to have known him as a friend and a professional. “ London 2012 chief Sebastian Coe said Sutton was “a con-

summate professional and team player” who would be widely missed. Online extreme sports broadcaster Epic TV said Sutton was killed during a gathering it had organized involving 20 wingsuit pilots who were filmed as they jumped from helicopters. The firm said Sutton’s death was “a tragic loss for the global wingsuit community.” The former British Army officer with the Gurkha Rifles who worked as a derivatives adviser was an accomplished skydiver. He performed at the Olympics alongside his friend Gary Connery. Sutton was the tuxedo-clad Bond, while Connery wore a pink dress and wig to play the queen. Connery told The Sun newspaper that he had lost a friend who was “smart, articulate and funny.” “In any sport where you share a common bond you can

make friends in a heartbeat that last a lifetime,” he was quoted as saying. “My relationship with Mark was like that.” Sutton was an experienced participant in the exhilarating but dangerous world of wingsuit jumping, and had worked with Connery on a bid to complete the first jump from an aircraft without a parachute. Sutton filmed Connery’s successful attempt in May 2012. Valais police, who are investigating Sutton’s fatal accident, said crashed into a mountain ridge and fell to his death after jumping from a helicopter at 3,300 meters (10,800 feet) Epic TV editor-in-chief Trey Cook said Sutton jumped with another diver who was wearing a camera, though the moment of impact had not been captured. ——— Lawless reported from London.

Egypt From page 1 the Muslim Brotherhood announced that several funerals had been held Thursday for victims who had been identified. Fathallah denied that permits were being withheld. Omar Houzien, a volunteer helping families search for their loved ones, said the bodies were carried to the mosque from a medical center at the protest camp in the final hours of Wednesday’s police sweep because of fears that they would be burned. Elsewhere, a mass funeral AP Photo | Manu Brabo was held in Cairo for some Egyptians against ousted President Mohammed Morsi burn his poster amid of the 43 security troops who charred debris of the Nahda sit-in camp, which was destroyed Wednesday by secu- authorities said were killed rity forces, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday. in Wednesday’s clashes.

Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim, who is in charge of the police, led the mourners. A police band played solemn music as red fire engines bore the coffins draped in white, red and black Egyptian flags in a funeral procession. Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood put the casualty toll at a staggering 2,600 killed and around 10,000 injured, but the figures appeared high in light of footage by regional and local TV networks, as well as The Associated Press. The deadly crackdown drew widespread condemnation from the Muslim world and the West.

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This Evening

• Free at Last, a program designed to break the chains of addiction, meets at the Lockington United Methodist Church, 2190 Miami Conservancy Road, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. For information, call 726-3636. • Hope in Recovery, similar to traditional 12-step programs to confront destructive habits and behaviors, meets at the First Presbyterian Church, 114 E. 4th St., Greenville, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. For more information, call 937-548-9006. • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Staying Clean for the Weekend, meets at 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 230 E. Poplar St.

Saturday Morning

• Agape Mobile Rural Food Pantry Distribution, in Russia, 9 to 10 a.m. • Agape Mobile Rural Food Pantry Distribution, in Fort Loramie, 10:30 a.m. to noon.

Saturday Afternoon

• A support group for survivors of sexual abuse meets at 1:30 p.m. on the second floor of the TroyHayner Cultural Center, 301 W. Main St., Troy. For information, call (937) 295-3912 or (937) 272-0308. • Catholic Adult Singles Club meets in Greenville to attend the Darke County Fair. 419-678-8691.

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Lovina helps with garage sale It is Thursday morning. so her son brings the Time is going by fast, but girls home when he gets I need to take time to off work. This will only get this column in today’s be until she is recovered mail. My plans are to go enough to stay alone. This week we have help sister Emma today. She is having a garage been kept busy canning sale this weekend. With tomatoes and pickles. I both her daughters de- made 22 quarts of freezer pickles to put tasseling corn, I into the freezer offered to help for Emma and her organize Jacob’s upcoming everything. church services My husband, next month. I also Joe, and daughcanned 25 quarts ter, Elizabeth, of dill pickles. have both left for Yesterday afterthe RV factories noon while we where they work. were in the midDaughter Susan and son Benjamin The Amish dle of canning pickles, Uncle left around 6 a.m. Cook Joe and Betty to go de-tasseling. D a u g h t e r s Lovina Eicher and two of their granddaughters Verena and came for a short Loretta are staying with a 93-year-old visit. Daughter Lovina, 9, lady from 3 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., so I am leaving seems to be recovering them sleep a little longer well from surgery she this morning. I do hope had last week. She had we can be leaving for her tonsils and adenoids Emma’s house by 8:15 to removed. She can’t do 8:30 a.m. The lady lives any strenuous exercise around 3 miles from here, for two weeks. She says

the hardest thing is not being able to ride the pony. She loves to read and write, so that helps keep her occupied. She enjoyed getting the extra ice cream and popsicles. The children have only three and a half weeks until school starts. This summer flew by so fast. My husand, Joe, and the boys dug up all our potatoes. This year we laid the potato seeds on top of the soil, then covered thickly with straw. We had a nice crop of potatoes and that method seemed to work well. It also kept the weeds from taking over. We had some nice-sized potatoes. There were a lot of potatoes on one plant. With the garden starting to empty out here and there, it makes you think of autumn. We were blessed with a lot of nice rains to help the garden grow this summer. We have been having cool evenings and mornings which make it feel like

fall weather. With its being blueberry season here is a good recipe! Blueberry Lemon Bread 1/2 cup butter 1 1/2 cups sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 eggs 2 cups flour 1/2 cup milk 1 1/2 cups blueberries 1/4 cup lemon juice 1/3 cup white sugar Beat together butter and sugar. Then add baking powder and salt. Add eggs one at a time and stir well. Add flour and milk alternately. Stir in blueberries gently and pour batter into a 9-inch by 9-inch pan or loaf pan and bake for about 1 hour. When the bread has finished baking, prick the top with a fork. Brush lemon juice and sugar mixture on top.

• Lumber Company Baseball hosts fundraising bingo to support the children on the teams. Doors open at 4 p.m. and games begin at 7 p.m. at Sunset Bingo, 1710 W. High St., Piqua. $20 to play all night. For information, call 937-543-9959. • The Sidney-Shelby County Chess Club Checkmates meets at 7 p.m. at the library at the Dorothy Love Retirement Community. All skill levels are welcome. For more information, call 497-7326. Dear Heloise: My dog recently bowl and isn’t searching for it and with yogurt to get her to take it. • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Saturday Night went blind, and our family had spilling food and water. Hope this I had a pharmacist who recomLive, meets at 8 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, some adjusting to do. I wanted helps! — Linda in Vermont mended that I use chocolate syrup 120 W. Water St. to share a few hints with you and When our previous mini schnau- with my girls. She said to take a your readers that might help some- zer, Savvi, went blind due to dia- little before and a little after the one else who’s going through betes, I put some of my per- medicine. Since it is so thick, it • Shelby County Deer Hunters holds its monthly this. We talk to our dog a fume on a cotton ball and coats the tongue and helps to get Sunday Trap Shoot at 7988 Johnston-Slagle Road lot more now. We want him dabbed it around her doggie the medicine down. — Jenny R., beginning at noon, 10 birds. Program starts at 2 p.m., to know that we are in the door to help her find it. She Omaha, Neb. 50 birds, long run, handicapped and Lewis class. Open room and that he isn’t alone. managed very well after only Tablecloth folds to the public. Always make sure you talk to a few days. However, when Dear Heloise: I love to cover my pets before touching them so the carpet was cleaned, her tables with vinyl tablecloths, but you don’t scare them when “scent trail” was gone! So we I would like to know how to get • Lumber Company Baseball hosts fundraising they aren’t expecting it. walked several times through them to lie flat. After they are foldbingo to support the children on the teams. Doors open Hints Leave the furniture where the house, and she was right ed for storage, they will not lie flat. at 4 p.m. and games begin at 7 p.m. at Sunset Bingo, it is. He has learned where at home finding her way. — Is there any way to remove those from 1710 W. High St., Piqua. $20 to play all night. For the furniture is and can move deep folds? — Linda in Oshkosh, Heloise Heloise information, call 937-543-9959. around it. If you change the Travel hint Wis. • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Never Alone, location of a piece of furni- Heloise Cruse Dear Heloise: My dentist If they are cloth-backed, you can Never Again, meets at 6:30 p.m. at First Christian ture, pets could lose their gives me a little goody bag try ironing them on a low setting. Church, 320 E. Russell Road. way and bump into it. when I go for my cleaning: a tooth- Or drape them over the shower rod, When he first went blind and brush, dental floss and a little tube turn on the hot water and let them was learning his way, we padded of toothpaste. I save these and take steam for a little while. Instead of • Sidney Rotary Club meets at noon at the Sidney the sharp corners on coffee tables, them with me when I travel. — folding them, why not hang them Moose Lodge. For more information on activities or etc. They sell furniture pads for M.B. in Texas somewhere or keep them on the becoming a member, contact Deb Barga at 492-3167. childproofing that work very well Milk-chocolate medicine table under each other so they for pets, too. Dear Heloise: I read your column don’t get the deep folds? — Heloise We placed a mat under his food in the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald • Women of the Moose meets at 7 p.m. at the Moose and water bowls. If he feels the about a reader who gave the idea SEND A GREAT HINT TO: Heloise, P.O. Box 795000, San Lodge, on the corner of Broadway Avenue and Russell mat, he knows he is close to the for mixing her daughter’s medicine Antonio, TX 78279-5000. Fax: 1-210-HELOISE. Email: Heloise@Heloise.com. Road. • TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at 7 p.m. at Faith Alliance Church, New Knoxville Road, New Bremen. • Overeaters Anonymous, a 12-step group offering experience, strength, and hope to anyone who suffers DR. WALLACE: I’m because he refuses to use getting mixed signals on consider oral contracepfrom an eating disorder, meets at 7 p.m. at Hillcrest 16 and plan to get sexu- a condom. the percentage of effec- tives (“the pill”) to be 98 Baptist Church, 1505 S. Main St., Bellefontaine. Use ally intimate with my I know I need a doctiveness of the pill. Please percent effective. The 2 the rear parking lot and door. • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Vision of Hope, 17-year-old boyfriend. tor’s prescription to get enlighten me. —Jenny, percent failure rate is a significant number. The group meets at 7 p.m. at Russell Road Church, 340 W. I’m not unhappy to lose birth control pills and I Miami, Fla. my virginity, but I have have arranged to have JENNY: If your pill combined with Russell Road. a great fear of becoming that done. I know that boyfriend refuses the use of a con• Sidney Boy Scout Troop 97 meets at 7 p.m. at St. dom ups the “safe” Paul’s United Church of Christ. All new members are pregnant. I even hate to the pill stops a female’s to use a condom, percentage to 99 welcome. For more information, call Tom Frantz at think about it. Kyle said ovulation and this pre- he pretty much is I must get on the pill vents pregnancy, but I’m signaling that he percent. 492-7075. has no respect for The only sure you. 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Staples to reward teachers Saturday The Sidney Staples store will host Teacher Appreciation Day to make it easy for teachers to get the classroom tools they need. The first 100 Teachers Rewards members visiting Staples on Teacher Appreciation Day on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon will receive free shopping bags plus 20 percent back in Staples Rewards on everything they can fit in the bags (exclusions apply). Each teacher can also enter to win a $25 Staples gift card. Each year, teachers spend an average of $356 of their own money on supplies and instructional materials, according to the National School Supply and Equipment Association. To help educators cover additional supply costs, Staples recently introduced the Reward-A-Classroom program. In addition to the 5 percent in Staples Rewards all members earn, parents can now

earn extra rewards for a teacher of their choice when they link their rewards account. Here’s what teachers get when parents participate in Reward-A-Classroom and shop: 5 percent back in rewards on every copy and print purchase 2 percent back in rewards on everything else Additionally, for their own purchases, educators can earn 5 percent back in rewards on everything, including technology and services, plus an additional 5 percent back in rewards on teaching and art supplies through the Teacher Rewards program. All Rewards members receive free shipping on Staples.com orders, with next-day delivery to 98 percent of the U.S. For more information on Teacher Appreciation Day, log on to www.staples.com/teacherday and visit www.staples.com/ btspr for back-to-school news and photos.

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Salvation Army’s Schools Tools aids 550 students

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Sarah Barr (left), project coordinator of Raise the Roof for the Arts, and Director of Downtown Sidney Amy Breinich, (right) get an update from Midwest Painting employee Brandon Quillen, on the exterior painting of the Historic Sidney Theater Tuesday. In the Snorkel Lift, Midwest Painting employee Jimmy Brick, of Kettering, adjusts masking on the gutters. The work is scheduled to be complete next week. It was funded by a Downtown Rehab loan from the city of Sidney Community Development Block Grant fund.

The Salvation Army helped more than 550 children for 2013-14 school year, through its 13th annual School Tools program. School Tools is the collection and distribution of school supplies to underprivileged children in the Sidney and Shelby County area. The average retail cost for each student can run from $60 to $75, which can be overwhelming to single-parent families or those with several children. Students’ needs were determined by participating schools’ principals, teachers and staff. Supplies were dispensed to the schools Aug. 8-9. Backpacks with basic supplies were received by students in 25 local schools and organizations. The Salvation Army recognized the following organizations and businesses connected with the project: St. Jacob’s Lutheran Church of Anna, First Church of God, St. John’s Lutheran Church, Russell Road Christian Center, Sidney First United Methodist Church, Grace Baptist Church, Trinity Church of the Brethren, Only Believe Ministries, Hydro Aluminum, Solid Rock Pentecostal Church, Sidney-Shelby County YMCA, Sidney Walmart, Dr. William Huskey, Mutual Federal Savings Bank, First National Bank, Peerless, AAA Travel Agency, Dorothy Love Retirement Community, Alvetro Orthodontics, American Trim, David and Marilyn Voisard, Cassano’s, Tammy Knoop – Bel-Mar Lanes and John Lloyd. For information on the School Tools program, call 492-8412.

Wilson wins workplace award Wilson Memorial Hospital announced that it has earned the Ohio Department of Health’s Healthy Ohio Breastfeeding Friendly Employer Award and the Healthy Ohio Breastfeeding Friendly Business Award. Wilson Memorial is working to improve the health of the community’s littlest members. Children who are breastfed have a reduced risk of many health problems including diabetes, asthma, childhood cancer and obesity. “Wilson Memorial’s breastfeeding initiatives give mothers the support, confidence and skills to successfully breastfeed their baby,” said Carmen Bowling, RN, MSN, director of

the Copeland-Emerson Family Birthing Center at Wilson. “We encourage exclusive breastfeeding for six months to reduce the risk for infections especially in the first year of life and for optimal nutrition for the baby. We are also excited about the opportunities to retain and encourage valuable employees through these programs that promote healthy families.” According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, low rates of breastfeeding add $2.2 billion a year to medical costs. Babies who are formula-fed instead of breast-fed tend to require more doctor visits, hospitalizations and prescriptions. A recent

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Gilardi, Jung set date WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Jennifer Gilardi and Kurt Jung, both of West Lafayette, Ind., have announced their engagement and plans to marry Oct. 12, 2013, in Holy Angels Church in Sidney. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Frank and Julie Gilardi, of Sidney. She graduated from Lehman Catholic High School in 2006. She earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting in 2010 and a Master of Science in accounting in 2011, both from the University of Notre Dame. She is employed as a senior accountant by American Fibertech Corp. in West Lafayette. Her fiance is the son Tom and Maureen Jung,

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of Huntington, W.V. He is a 2006 graduate of Saint Joseph’s High School in Huntington, W.V. He is a 2010 graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Science in physics. He is enrolled in Purdue University, pursuing a doctorate in high energy nuclear physics.

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study published in the journal Pediatrics estimated that the country would save $13 billion per year in health care and other costs if 90 percent of U.S. babies were exclusively breastfed for six months. Supporting breastfeeding makes good business sense: studies have found that breastfeeding reduces absenteeism rates on the part of new mothers and increases their productivity. Ohio is committed to promoting and protecting a mother’s right to breastfeed her child for as long as she chooses, whether or not she returns to work. Doctors recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first six

months after birth for the optimal health of a mother and her child. The Ohio Department of Health and other breastfeeding advocates around the state developed the Healthy Ohio Breastfeeding Friendly Employer Award to acknowledge employers who establish and maintain comprehensive, high-quality breastfeeding support programs for their employees. The Ohio Department of Health’s Healthy Ohio Breastfeeding Friendly Business award recognizes businesses that also provide accommodation for their breastfeeding customers or clients.

Wilson Memorial is one of 22 employers in Ohio to be honored by the Ohio Department of Health and one of 11 to receive the Breastfeeding Friendly Business Award. The Healthy Ohio Breastfeeding Friendly Employer Award and Healthy Ohio Breastfeeding Friendly Business Awards will be awarded annually. The 2014 applications will be available online in the summer of 2014. For more information about the award and other ways the Ohio Department of Health supports healthy behavior, please visit www.healthyohioprogram.org.

Recent births Anderson

Crystal Litton and Timothy Anderson, both of Sidney, have announced the birth of a son, Justice Ray Anderson, born Aug. 12, 2013, at 2:48 p.m. in Sidney. He weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces, and was 19 1/2 inches long. He was welcomed home by his siblings, Destiny Litton, Donald Crawford Jr., Kalip Crawford, Alicia Crawford and Thomas Anderson. His maternal grandparents are Jeff Litton and Elizabeth Jackson. His paternal grandparents are Barb Hull, the late Don Hull and the late Robert Gates. His great-grandparents are Miss Conner and Miss Litton. His mother is originally from Sidney.

Poeppelman

TROY — Brian and Cheryl Poeppelman, of Troy, have announced the birth of a daughter, Adelynn Jo, born Aug. 9, 2013, at 8:50 p.m. in the Copeland-Emerson Family Birth Center at Wilson Memorial Hospital in Sidney. She weighed 9 pounds, 2 ounces, and was 20.5 inches long. She was welcomed home by her sister, Raegan, 6, and her brother, Owen, 2. Her maternal grandparents are Mary Jo Bowman, of Anna, and John Filburn, of Minster. Her stepgrandfather is Randy Bowman, of Anna. Her paternal grandparents are Ken and Jeanne Poeppelman, of Fort Loramie. Her great-grandmother is Kathleen Schmidt, of Greenville.

Her mother is the former Cheryl Filburn, of Fort Loramie.

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John and Hope Schutte, of Sidney, have announced the birth of a daughter, Aleha Jonae Schutte, born Aug. 8, 2013, at 7:55 p.m. in the Copeland-Emerson Family Birth Center at Wilson Memorial Hospital. She weighed 5 pounds, 12 ounces, and was 18 inches long.

She was welcomed home by her brothers, Branden, 18, Bret, 15, and Bailey, 14, and her sister, Angel, 16. Her maternal grandparents are Scott Gray and Kelli Gillis, both of Celina. Her paternal grandmother is Becki Schutte, of Sidney. Her great-grandparents are Karen Hyatte, of Celina, Robert and Racheal Schutte and Cleatis and Gracie Parker. Her mother is the former Hope Parker, of Celina.

Russell to BGSU NEW BREMEN — Chelsea Russell, a 2013 graduate of New Bremen High School, has been accepted by Bowling Green State University, where she plans to study special education. The daughter of Jon and Elaine Russell, of New Bremen, she received the University Freshman Academic Scholarship. Her high school activities includ- Russell ed softball, CARDS Club and Spanish Club. She is employed part time by McDonald’s.

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Albers retires after 47 years Retirement often means travel and relaxing on a sunny beach. For Lehman Catholic mathematics teacher Jack Albers, there is a cottage at Grand Lake Saint Marys and a fishing pole, but as soon as another school year begins, he plans to get back to “the business of math.” For the first time in 47 years, he won’t be in the classroom for “the business of math” when the bell rings this fall. Rather, he is planning to keep teaching by tutoring individual students in all levels of mathematics. “I want to keep working with students,” said Albers. “After 47 years, I just need to minimize the paperwork. Having all those papers to grade every day was getting to be too much.” Albers is leaving his position at Lehman Catholic after 15 years at the school. He previously taught and coached for 32 years at Marion Local, Vandalia Butler, and Coldwater high schools. He also taught at Wright State University Lake Campus. He came to Lehman after “retiring” from public education

because he was looking for a part-time position without coaching responsibilities that would allow him to give back to the Catholic church. At Lehman, he was responsible for teaching pre-calculus, calculus, and AP calculus. It may have been a parttime position, but Albers spent many extra hours working with individual students and grading all those papers. He was one of the first people in the building every morning, arriving at least an hour early to have his room open for tutoring and special help. That invitation was to all math students, not just those in the advanced level classes. When someone was late to homeroom, more often than not that student could be found in Albers’s room, working one last problem before the first class officially began. Albers strongly believes that the study of mathematics is not about the answers to the problems, but rather about the critical thinking process that allows students to arrive at the answers. “Because of the rapid

growth in technology, teachers today must prepare students for jobs that have not even been thought about,” said Albers. “They must learn to think critically so they can solve the problems of the future. I suppose some think I have been overly zealous in the classroom. Many students do not realize their potential. I push them beyond what they think that they can do. They don’t always see it now, but often, when they get to college, they are amazed at what they have learned. I hope I can continue doing that on more of a one-to-one basis.” Chosen Lehman’s Teacher of the Year in 2012, Albers will not be idle long. Like many retirees, he and wife Vicki plan to travel. “One trip I would like to take is to Germany, to return to my roots and learn more about my ancestors. The Albers have been in America over 150 years and knowing more about the family’s roots intrigues me,” he said. Albers is the author

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of several articles that have been published in professional journals. A number of his colleagues have suggested he write a mathematics textbook. “I would like to write more about my teaching methods, but it was

hard to find the time, so maybe that will be something I will do, too,” he said. Retirement will also mean more time for family. He and Vicki have five grown children, Yvonne, Jacqueline, Suzanne,

Lehman staff members observe anniversaries as school year begins When the opening bell rings at Lehman Catholic High School Tuesday at 8 a.m. on the first day of classes for the 2013-14 academic year, there will be a host of veteran teachers and administrators waiting to greet the students as they arrive. Celebrating anniversaries of service to Catholic education this year will be Lehman President Mike Barhorst (40 years), Music Department Chair Elaine SchwellerSnyder (40 years), intervention specialist Debra Garmhausen (25 years), Foreign Language Department Chair Dr. Jose R. Capote (20 years), and Assistant Principal Jacob Johnson (15 years). In addition to the veterans celebrating anniversaries this year, three new teachers will be joining the staff. Kerry Prenger, a 2008 graduate of the University of St. Francis in Fort Wayne, Ind., will be teaching art and serving as the chair of the Art Department. Prenger has previously served as a long-term substitute teacher in the Fort Loramie, Marion Local, St. Henry and Versailles School districts. Anthony “Tony” Wagner, who holds a bachelor’s degree from Wright State University and a master’s degree from the University of Dayton, will be teaching mathematics. Wagner has taught mathematics at Sidney High School since 1977 and has been an adjunct faculty member of Edison Community College since 1987. Joseph S. Ratermann, a 1981 graduate of Lehman Catholic, will be returning to the

school after a career in the armed forces. Ratermann holds a bachelor’s degree from Wright State University and a law degree from George Mason University. Ratermann will be teaching social studies, including American government, American history and geography. Jennifer Weber, who holds a bachelor’s degree from St. Louis University, will be teaching Advanced Placement Biology. Weber previously taught at Lehman from 2007-2010. Two additional staffers have been employed as custodians. Eric Felger has been employed as the evening custodian at Lehman Catholic. Felger has 23 years’ experience as a custodian at Mid-American and First-Class Janitorial. Joining the staff as a part-time custodian is John Spillman. Spillman retired earlier this year as a deputy with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office after a 25-year career. He is also a former member of the Ohio National Guard and was deployed to Iraq from 2004-05. Earlier this summer, Kremer Roofing installed a new roof on the original building. The project was completed in late June, and funded from contributions to the Secure the Future Campaign. The school’s investment in technology continues. A mobile computer lab, funded in part through grants from the Piqua Community Foundation and the Monarch Legacy Fund of the Community Foundation of Shelby County, features 30 Dell Latitude E6400 comput-

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Lehman Catholic High School’s Assistant Principal and Technology Coordinator Jake Johnson checks the network settings on one of the new laptop computers in preparation for the upcoming school year. Classes begin at Lehman on Tuesday.

ers. The cart is capable of charging all of the units on a timer and be available for teachers to sign out on a daily basis. The laptops come with four-year warranties, and the school has a supply of parts allowing immediate repair of the units should they go down. “The mobile computer lab is a great addition to

the school’s technology infrastructure,” Lehman Catholic Technology Coordinator Jake Johnson stated. “Our teachers have expressed the desire for increased access to the school’s Computer Lab. Now with the mobile lab we can meet that need and have the same access to the Student Network Accounts just as we have

in the Media Center and Computer Lab.” Stations of the Cross were added to the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Chapel. The set 14 stations depict Christ’ Passion and death on the cross. The purchase of the Stations of the Cross was a project of the Lehman ProLifeguards, the school’s pro-life group.

Scott, and Chad, and 16 grandchildren. “They all live in the area so we are a closeknit bunch,” said Albers. “I am excited about this next step in my life, but I will miss the parents, students, faculty and staff at Lehman. It has been a marvelous place to teach and it is an incredible place to send your children. The amount of college scholarships offered to Lehman students is a testimony to their work ethic, their interest in learning, and the colleges’ understanding of the quality education Lehman students have received.” “Jack has been an important part of our excellent staff for 15 years,” said Lehman Principal Denise Stauffer. “We wish him well. He has certainly impacted the lives of many students in his career.” “The Lord has blessed my life,” said Albers. “Whatever is in store for me in the years ahead, I hope will be blessed as well.”

Versailles to welcome its largest-ever kindergarten class VERSAILLES — As summer begins to wind down and the buses begin their practice routes for the coming school year, there will be a few new things in the Versailles School District this year. The first day for students in Aug. 27. According to Jodie Bowman, superintendent’s secretary, Versailles is seeing one of its biggest kindergarten classes ever — nearly 125 children — and in response, the district has hired part-time teacher Kristy Hess to help with the larger class. Also, the district hired Sarah Mendenhall, a parttime fill-in from last year, to teach full time. For help in the special needs department, Jenna Schwieterman has been hired as an intervention specialist to help in special needs classrooms. Also in the special needs department, the bus routes for these classes have changed as well. The “Work and Family Life” instructor retired last year, and is being replaced by Patt Rhoades. The Diamond Club has built a new baseball, softball, track and concession facility, replacing “the coop” as well, which was a previous storage area for players’ belongings. At the football field, the bleachers have been replaced with new ones, and the old ones were moved to the soccer field.

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They open up in the soil increase in bowel movements bowel movements are much in the past year or so. These more difficult to control than name doctors use for inflam- tell me that there is no treat- even under the cover are more watery or mucus- solid. Unfortunately, it doesn’t mation of the testicle, and ment now but my calcium of plants and stalks. sound like fiber has it’s a complication of mumps. level in the blood will continue filled than ever before. 25 years done the trick. I would Fortunately, there are almost to be checked. I am not to take They also are urgent. Aug. 16, 1988 consider a trial of no cases of mumps anymore calcium supplements, but I He had a colonosmethylcellulose, such (fewer than 500 cases in the can continue to eat foods concopy that showed as Citrucel, and even U.S. per year) due to vaccina- taining calcium. I have never little, but the doctor loperamide, such as tion. Following orchitis, there had any parathyroid problems recommended addoften is atrophy, shrinkage, before, and I am now a senior Imodium. ing more fiber to my Biofeedback and sur- of the testicle. A persistently husband’s diet, which citizen. — P.L. gery have been tried enlarged testicle seems to be we have done. He has ANSWER: Familial hypoTo your for this condition but unusual. Some reports sughad episodes of not calciuric hypercalcemia is good haven’t been so helpful. gest that the incidence of tesmaking it to the toilet health DEAR DR ROACH: ticular cancer increases after indeed a rare diagnosis, but before the movement, one that is important to look Dr. Keith I have had a very mumps orchitis. thereby soiling himself. The scrotum does tend for when evaluating causes of enlarged testicle for He is very frustrated Roach the past 60 years. As to sag as men get older, so high blood calcium, because and embarrassed. 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However, during the past a visit with a urologist, who Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer There are many causes of fecal incontinence, including few years, I am more aware will do an exam and perhaps a individual letters, but will incorporate them in neuropathy and fecal impac- of its presence insofar as it sonogram to make sure of the the column whenever possible. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med. tion, but often the cause is seems to have dropped. There cause of the apparent change. cornell.edu or request an order form of availPlease let me know the able health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475, never found. In addition to has never been any associated the evaluation you have had pain. Could it be that the scro- result. Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Health newsletters DEAR DR. ROACH: I have may be ordered from www.rbmamall.com. done, I agree with the addi- tum becomes flaccid with age

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Worker dreams of trading a cubicle for a classroom DEAR ABBY: I am 39 and make yourself. Most colleges have been at my job for 15 have career counseling seryears. I don’t enjoy it and vices, and you should avail haven’t since day one. The yourself of them. work is stressful and doesn’t If teaching children is your bring me one single heart’s desire, you will ounce of gratification. have to take the time I have always wanted to prepare for it, know to be an elementary ahead of time what school teacher, but now opportunities are availI’m afraid that ship has able and what the comsailed. I’m currently pensation is. Make it back in college for busiyour business to find ness (my job helps to out before making any Dear pay my tuition) and drastic changes. You’ll Abby feel like I’m not being be glad you did. Abigail fair to myself. I don’t DEAR ABBY: I like finance, and I was Van Buren fervently want to help never good at math. I my daughter and her get paid well and am father (my ex) fix their well-invested in my retirement relationship. They are both plan, but I’m miserable every a lot alike — bullheaded and minute I must sit in my little stubborn. They can’t see how cubicle. much they hurt each other. I consider it my jail cell. My daughter feels he has I need advice on where to chosen his “new” family (wife take my career because I’m and stepchildren) over her not getting any younger. Or because she isn’t invited to is it too late? — OVER THE family game nights, dinners HILL IN NEW JERSEY out, etc. He feels she doesn’t DEAR O.T.H.: You are not appreciate what he does for incarcerated, and you are only her. as trapped as you choose to She’s expecting a baby (our

first grandchild) in December, and I think they should try to mend fences before the birth occurs. We lost our son (her brother) three years ago, and I know this figures into the family dynamic as well. I just don’t want to see them hurt each other anymore. Can you help me fix this? — ANXIOUS IN COLORADO DEAR ANXIOUS: I wish you had clarified what your ex “does” do for his daughter, because from your description it appears he has done the minimum and little else. Having been excluded from “family game nights and dinners out,” it’s natural that she would feel her father made a new family and left her in the dust. While I admire your impulse to be the peacemaker, I don’t think you can fix this. Family counseling might be able to mend the rift, but only if all parties are willing. DEAR ABBY: My wife died on my birthday a few years back. It was the most traumatic thing that has ever hap-

pened to me, and my birthday has been depressing since. Every year, people continue to send cards and gifts, wishing me a happy birthday. All I want to do on that miserable day is get through it. It will never be “happy” for me again. Ever. I don’t want to be nasty to these well-meaning people, but I really do want them to stop. How can I convey that my birthday is not a happy occasion anymore? — PARTY POOPER IN NEW MEXICO DEAR PARTY POOPER: I am sorry for your loss. A way to ensure your message gets across would be to write or call these well-meaning individuals, thank them for their good wishes and tell them exactly what you have written to me. I think you expressed it very well. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Rolling along Sidney streets this morning was a red brick house. The former parsonage for St. John’s Lutheran Church at 132 W. Water St. was moved to 528 S. Ohio Ave. this morning. Earl Vance of Sidney purchased the house in a real estate venture and hopes to sell the building at its new location. The original site of the parsonage will become a grass courtyard. ––––– A Lehman High School teacher, Sister Anne Mae Yunker, was honored recently at a Golden Jubilee celebration at the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception at Mount St. Joseph. Fourteen other sisters were also honored during the Golden Jubilee Mass, concelebrated by the Rev. J. Dennis Jaspers, former principal of Lehman High School. ––––– BOTKINS – Three new teachers will be among the changes that students in the Botkins School district will notice when they return to classes on Aug. 29. LouAnne Powell is the new kindergarten teacher at the elementary school. Another new teacher in the system is Cheryl Davis, who will be teaching German. Chris Turner will assume the position of vocational agriculture teacher. ———

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Odds and ends British cat DNA database helps convict killer LONDON (AP) — Fingerprints are not the only thing that killers can leave behind — add cat hair to that list. A British university said Wednesday that its DNA database of British felines helped convict a man of manslaughter, illustrating how the genetic material of pets can be used by crime scene investigators. “This is the first time cat DNA has been used in a criminal trial in the U.K.,” said Jon Wetton from the University of Leicester. “This could be a real boon for forensic science, as the 10 million cats in the U.K. are unwittingly tagging the clothes and furnishings in more than a quarter of households.” Although drawing DNA from human hair, saliva, or blood samples has long been a part of crime scene investigations, animal material has also provided invaluable clues. The Veterinary Genetics Laboratory at the University of California, Davis, has used animal DNA to catch criminals for more than a decade — including one case in London in which blood left at the scene of a nightclub stabbing was matched to a murder suspect’s bull terrier.

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Van Horn comes back in a big way from surgery Ken Barhorst

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After the summer Sidney High graduate Jack Van Horn has had, he probably can’t wait for baseball to resume again at Wright State University. Van Horn, who just turned 21, missed all of last season with Wright State while recovering from a rotator cuff injury. He had shoulder surgery in mid-June of 2012, then went through a throwing program at Wright State until mid-March of this year. He was planning on playing for the Raiders last season, but fate then threw him another curveball — mono. “That shut me down for four to six weeks,” Van Horn recalled. “After going through all that, I was cleared about a week or two before the conference tournament started. I talked to the head coach and he said he’d give me as many innings as he could.” But he didn’t see any action. And since he didn’t get to play in the spring, he wasn’t going to sit idly by this summer. He joined the Fayetteville Swampdogs, a collegiate summer baseball team in Fayetteville, N.C. The team plays in the Coastal Plain League, and just recently completed regular-season play by clinching a playoff spot. The

game draw 4,590 fans. The team has since been eliminated from postseason play. Van Horn’s season has been spectacular, to say the least. A righthander, he led the CPL in appearances with 24, and did not allow an earned run in his final 22 appearances of the regular season. He gave up an earned run in his second outing of the season, and that was the only one in 301/3 innings. That’s an earned run average of 0.30. He allowed 25 hits, but only three for extra bases. He struck out 13 and walked 12, and opponents hit just .229 off him. “It was wonderful, awesome,” Van Horn said of his season. “To have a season like that after all I went through… “ While in Fayetteville, Van Horn stayed with the host family of Chris and Robin Eaton. He drove 111/2 hours to get to Fayetteville, then immediately pitched that same day, working four innings and getting the win. It was the first time he had faced opposing hitters since his surgery last spring. Van Horn and the Eatons were the subject of a lengthy article in the Fayetteville Observer. Van Horn told the paper that he felt at home immediately with the family, and because of a large number of rainouts this sum-

Versailles 4th in Greenville tourney GREENVILLE — Versailles was fourth, Russia ninth and Sidney 13th in the Greenville Boys Golf Invitational, held Thursday. Springboro won the tournament with a 309, Beavercreek was second at 318, Fairfield was third with 336 and Versailles took fourth with a 340. Michael Stover shot a 78 to lead the Tigers, Tyler Drees and Ryan Knapke both shot 84 and Alex Stucke added a 94. Russia shot a 369 and was led by Luke Dapore with an 87. Austin Tebbe shot a 93, Gavin Hoying 94 and Jordan Kremer 95. For Sidney, which had 406, Tom Dunn led with a 93 and Cole Cartwright added a 98. Final team standings — 1. Springboro 309, 2. Beavercreek 318, 3. Fairfield 336, 4. Versailes 340, 5. Greenville 347, 6. Tipp City 350, 7. Northmont 362, 8. West Carrollton 364, 9. Russia 369, 10. Wayne 369, 11. Eaton 373, 12. Arcanum 377, 13. Sidney 407, 14. Covington 410, 15. Piqua 416. —— Cavs win at Oaks Lehman won over Houston and Jackson Center in a tri-match at Shelby Oaks Thursday. The Cavaliers had a 176, Jackson Center 192 and Houston 223. For Lehman, Sam Dean took medalist honors with a 35, Mitchell Shroyer shot a 42, Bryce Eck 48 and Zack Scott 51.

For Jackson, Levi Schmitmeyer and Drew Sosby both shot 46, Brady Wildermuth 49, and Brandon Ware 51. Houston was led by Jaron Howard with a 48 and Anton Wehrman with a 49. —— Botkins downs FR Botkins defeated Fort Recovery on Wednesday at Shelby Oaks, 171-189. Seth Hanna had 41, Nick Okuley 42, Roger Miller 42 and Spencer Stutsman 46 for Botkins. —— Hole-in-one During the New Bremen Cardinal Invitational, held Tuesday at Arrowhead, Houston’s Jaron Howard recorded a hole-in-one. He aced the No. 13 hole at Arrowhead. He went on to finish the 18-hole round with a 99. —— Bremen downs DSJ DELPHOS — New Bremen won over Delphos St. John’s 171-198 in action at the Delphos Country Club. Travis Bertelsen shot a 39 to lead the Cardinals and Alex Britton was just two strokes back with a 41. Zach Hegemier shot a 45 and Max Travis 46. Markus Sachtler had a 47 and Jacob O’Neill 48 for the Cards. —— Lady Pirates fall The Riverside girls lost to Waynesfield 233-254 in a match at Prairie View. Destany Jones led Riverside with a 57.

mer, he had the chance to spend a lot of time with them. That was good for the 9-year-old son in the family. He was born with a genetic abnormality and has learning disabilities and a speech condition which makes it difficult for him to communicate. Van Horn and the youngster sometimes visited nearby Gray’s Creek High School and helped with the school’s Future Farmers of America program, petting the goats and feeding the chickens, according to the story. And although the boy struggles with his speech, he and Van Horn text back and forth. “We’re definitely buddies,” Van Horn said. “He face-times me allthe time. And for him, it/s always good to have someone new to talk to.” Interestingly, Van Horn’s family back home hosted a couple of players of their own from another summer league. Mike Van Horn, Jack’s father, told the paper the two families had gotten to know each other over the summer. “I can’t say enough about the hospitality,” he told the Observer. “They made Jack feel right at home, they made us feel right at home. It’s been a great experience for the whole family.” The season has ended and Van Horn has returned to Ohio.

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Sidney High graduate Jack Van Horn is shown in action this summer for the Fayetteville, N.C. Swampdogs, a college summer team that plays in the Coastal Plain League. Despite not having pitched since the spring of 2012, Van Horn led the CPL in appearances and had an earned run average of 0.30.

And he is missed. “When he’s here, he’s just like the kids’ big brother, or our very own son,” Robin Eaton

told the paper. All in all, it was quite a rewarding summer for the Sidney native.

Browns take on Lions

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Cleveland Browns running back Trent Richardson (33) runs against Detroit Lions cornerback Chris Houston (23) in the first quarter of a preseason NFL football game Thursday in Cleveland. With the starters playing much of the first half, the Browns held a 17-3 lead early in the third quarter in their second exhibition game of the season.

Kosar addresses flap over TV comments

CLEVELAND (AP) — Bernie Kosar didn’t back down. The former Browns quarterback, who angered St. Louis coach Jeff Fisher for criticizing Rams backup quarterback Kellen Clemens and others during a TV broadcast last week, did not apologize in his first public comments on Thursday night and defended the way he analyzes games. Working as a color commentator for Cleveland’s exhibition game against the Rams last week, Kosar made harsh comments about Clemens, Rams wide receivers and assistant coach Ray Sherman. Fisher took issue with Kosar, saying he had lost respect for him and

questioned his motives. During the first 15 minutes of the Browns’ pregame show before Cleveland hosted the Detroit Lions on Thursday, Kosar stood by his remarks. “I love the game so much, there’s no way I’d want to disrespect or hurt, or make fun of, any players or coaches,” Kosar said. “That being said, the way I look at the game and the way I like to analyze it from a football perspective, it is what it is. And again, I don’t want to disrespect and hurt any of the players and coaches in the league. “I do like the way I look at the game and I have strong feelings about the way the game’s played,” he said.

In the second half last week, Kosar tried to make a joke when play-by-play announcer Jim Donovan mentioned that Clemens had recently met the Pope. “Bless me father for I have sinned,” Kosar said. “I have to watch him the whole fourth quarter.” Fisher didn’t find anything amusing about Kosar’s remarks. “I feel bad for them (the Browns) that they had someone doing the broadcast feel the need to speak that way about players, specifically on our team and coaches for that matter,” Fisher said. “I’m just surprised that Bernie has such a lack of respect for players and this game. To be honest with you, I lost a lot

of respect for him. It’s highly unlikely he knew anything about our football team, but felt the need to make those comments. I don’t think they were justified.” One day after Fisher erupted, the Browns condemned Kosar’s actions. CEO Joe Banner issued a statement saying the team didn’t “condone the personal and unprofessional approach that Bernie took with some of his comments during the broadcast.” Fisher said he received a phone call from Kosar, who apologized. Kosar met with Browns officials on Wednesday. The team said he will continue to provide commentary during the remaining preseason telecasts.

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Sidney Daily News, Friday, August 16, 2013

Soccer teams ready to open regular season play next week

SCHOOL SOCCER SCHEDULES

High school soccer schedules

Sidney

Girls schedule August 21...............at Beavercreek 24 ............at Northwestern 28.............................Wayne 31 .............West Carrollton September 3 ...................at Springboro 11 ........................Trotwood 14 .............................Celina 18 ..............................Piqua 21..........................at Xenia 23 ......................Greenville 25.....................at Vandalia 28 ...at Miamisburg, 2 p.m. 30 .........................Fairborn October 2..............................at Troy 7 ......................at Fairmont Boys schedule August 20 ...................Beavercreek 22 ..........Hilliard Davidson 27 ........................at Wayne 31 ...............at Miamisburg September 3 .......................Springboro 5 .................................Alter 7 ...........at West Carrollton 10 ....................at Trotwood 12 .....................at Fairborn 17..........................at Piqua 21 ................Lima Catholic 24 .........................Vandalia 26 ...............at Wapakoneta October 1 ..................................Troy 5 ......................Xenia, noon 8 ....................at Greenville

Lehman

Girls schedule August 21......................at Graham 24.........................at Celina 27...........Dayton Christian 31 ...........................Newton September 5 .............................Botkins 7.........at Franklin-Monroe 14 ....Summit Country Day 16 .............................Bethel 19 ..at Springfield Catholic 21......................at Medeira 24................at Miami East 28 ....................Greeneview September 3.............at Troy Christian 5 ........................Lima Bath 10...........................at Anna 12 ..............................Piqua Boys schedule August 20 ..........................Graham 27...........Dayton Christian

31 ...........................Newton September 5 ....................at Greenville 7.........at Franklin-Monroe 12 ......................at Botkins 14 .........................Ottoville 17 .............................Bethel 21...........at Yellow Springs 26 ...........at New Knoxville 28 ....................Greeneview October 1 ....................Lima Temple 5............................Greenon 10 ................Lima Catholic 12 ...............at West Milton

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7..........................St. Marys 12 ..........................Lehman 17 .............at Cory-Rawson 24 ...........Franklin-Monroe 26...........at Troy Christian October 1 ........................at Newton 5 .............at New Knoxville 8 ..........................TV South 10 ..................Lima Temple

The High school soccer season will get underway next week around the area, with the first games slated for Tuesday night. Opening that night will be the Anna girls at Indian Lake, the Botkins girls at home against Ben Logan, and the Fairlawn boys at Ben Logan. The Sidney High girls, one of the top programs in the area in recent years under coach Stacey Goffena, will have two games on the road to start the season, Wednesday at Beavercreek and next Saturday at Northwestern. The Lady Jackets return eight players, including their leading scorer, from a team that won nine games last season. The Sidney boys also look to continue

Fairlawn

Boys schedule August 20 .................at Ben Logan 24 ...........................Botkins 26 .............................Ponitz 29 .....at Calvary Christian 31 ...........at New Knoxville September 7.................................Triad 12 .................Southeastern 16............at Lima Catholic 21 ...................Spencerville 24 ...............at West Milton 28................at Miami East October 5 .................Troy Christian 8............Calvary Christian 10 ..........................at Triad

Girls schedule August 20 ...............at Indian Lake 24.........at Preble Shawnee 29...........at Troy Christian September 3 .............................Newton 5 .........................Crestview 9 ....................at Greenville 12 ..................at Allen East 14 ................National Trail 17 ....................Miami East 19 ......................at Botkins 21 ...............at Lincolnview 24 ...........Franklin-Monroe New Knoxville 28.......West Liberty-Salem Boys schedule October August 3 .............................Botkins 22 ...................at St. Marys 8.........................Coldwater 26 ...............at Indian Lake 10 ..........................Lehman 31.........................Fairlawn September 3...........................at Celina Botkins 5 ........................at Botkins Girls schedule 7 .........................at Kenton August 20 ......................Ben Logan 14 ...........Franklin-Monroe 22............at Lima Catholic 17 ..................Lima Temple 24.......at Franklin-Monroe 19 ...............Troy Christian 27 ..............Troy Christian 21.................Fort Jennings 26 ..........................Lehman September 3 ........................Allen East 28................at Continental 5........................at Lehman 30 ...................Spencerville October 10 ...........................Newton 14........................Riverdale 5 .............................Botkins 17..................Cory-Rawson 7 ...............at Bellefontaine 19...............................Anna 11 .....................at Ottoville 21 ..................at Coldwater 26 .............................at Ada Christian Academy 28 .............at Bellefontaine Boys schedule October August 1 ...............................Bethel 10 .............................Bethel 3.............................at Anna 12 .............at Spring Valley 5 .................at Lincolnview 13 ....................at Fairlawn 17...........................Calvary Boys schedule 19 ...at Dominion Academy August 22 ..................at WL-Salem 24.........................Fairlawn 24 ....................at Fairlawn 30 ......at Fayette Christian September 27 ...............at Spencerville 29 ................Lima Catholic 1.......at Wayside Christian 3 .........Dominion Academy September 3 ..................at Miami East 12 ......................at Calvary 5 .................New Knoxville 17 ...........Findley Heritage

Kerber gets third hole-in-one

their success this season, and open on Tuesday at home against Beavercreek. That will be followed by another tough challenge at home against Hilliard Davidson on Thursday. The Lehman girls are also looking for another big season under coach Tony Schroeder, and they will open regularseason play on Wednesday at Graham. Schroeder has 12 returning letterwinners from a team that finished 14-2 last season. Sectional tournament play will get underway Oct. 14-to-19. The state tournament for the girls will be Nov. 5 and 8 and the boys Nov. 6 and 9 at Crew Stadium in Columbus/.

Jim Kerber of Sidney recorded his third career hole-in-one on Thursday at Shelby Oaks. He aced the No. 7 hole from a distance of 167 yards, and used a 7-wood. Playing partners were Bob Cotner, Larry Rogers and Dan Shaffer.

Loramie plays Saturday in Coldwater Spikeoff FORT LORAMIE — The Fort Loramie girls volleyball team will open its season on Saturday in the fifth annual Cavalier Spikeoff at Coldwater High School. The Lady Redskins will be joined by New Knoxville in the eight-team event, and will open the tournament at 10 a.m. against LibertyBenton. New Knoxville, meanwhile, will

take on Miami East at 9 a.m. Other first-round matchups will see Coldwater taking on OttawaGlandorf at 9 and St. Henry playing St. Marys at 10. There will be second-round games at 11 and noon, games for 4th-thru-8th place at 1, and the games for 3rd-thru-5th as well as the championship game at 2 p.m.

Federer’s rough summer improving in Cincinnati MASON, Ohio (AP) — Roger Federer’s rough summer finally got a warm moment at one of his favorite tournaments, providing a little encouragement with the U.S. Open just ahead. Federer overcome a tough start and emerged from his string of subpar showings since Wimbledon, beating Tommy Haas 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 on Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals at the Western & Southern Open. The fifth-seeded Swiss star has been struggling to get his game back in shape since he was upset at Wimbledon by a player ranked 116th in the world. He has switched rackets and been limited by a sore back. Finally, his game started to come together at a tournament he’s won an unprecedented five times, including last year. “Overall, I’m looking at the big picture and just playing matches again,” Federer said. “I want to make sure I’m moving well and feeling fine. A match like this gives me a lot.” While Federer took a step, No. 1 Novak Djokovic got one win closer to a little ATP history. He needed only 50 minutes to beat qualifier David

AP Photo | Al Behrman

Roger Federer, from Switzerland, hits a backhand against Tommy Haas, from Germany, during a match at the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament Thursday in Mason, Ohio.

Goffin, 6-2, 6-0 and reach the quarterfinals. Djokovic has lost four finals in Cincinnati, the only Masters series event he has yet to win. A victory would make him the first player to win all nine Masters. “I played four times finals, so it’s been one of the tournaments where I’ve performed well,” Djokovic said. “Never

managed to make the final step, and hopefully this year I can do so. “I have an extra motivation and an opportunity to make history in this tournament, so I’m very inspired to play well day after day.” Also reaching the quarterfinals were second-seeded Andy Murray, unseeded John Isner, seventh-seeded Juan Martin

del Potro and Russian qualifier Dmitry Tursunov, who upset third-seeded David Ferrer. On the women’s side, second-seeded Victoria Azarenka, fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska, fifth-seeded Li Na and 14th-seeded Jelena Jankovic were among those advancing. It appeared that Federer wasn’t long for the tournament after a stunningly bad start against Haas. The 35-year-old Haas needed only 31 minutes to win the first set and was up 4-2 in the second before Federer started to approach the net, hitting shots with confidence and taking control. “You know, being down 6-1, 3-1, you don’t feel like Superman out there,” Federer said. “You feel a bit slower, you feel a bit weaker, you feel a bit softer, whatever it is. I was trying to push myself. But at the end, as the match wore on, I felt better. “That’s always good news.” He pumped his right fist after a backhand shot hugged the line to set up a break point that put him up 5-3 in the final set, and again when he finished it off — one of his few satisfying moments in months.

Federer was beaten in the second round at Wimbledon by Sergiy Stakhovsky, his earliest exit from a Grand Slam event since 2003. That ended Federer’s streak of reaching the quarterfinals in 36 straight major tournaments. The improbable upsets were just starting. Federer lost to a 114thranked qualifier in the semifinals at Hamburg and was beaten by a 55th-ranked player in his opening match at Gstaad, Switzerland. There were reasons that figured in the losses: He was experimenting with a larger racket and his back was bothering him. He skipped Montreal last week to get ready for Cincinnati, hoping a good showing this week would get him ready for the U.S. Open. “Every match gives me more info to tell me if I’m on the right path or not,” he said. “But I’m a strong believer that I am on the right path right now, and I just need to make sure that mentally I stay cool about it. “Today for a long time it wasn’t looking good, but these are the kind of matches I need right now.”

SCOREBOARD CALENDAR High school High school sports TODAY Boys golf Fort Recovery at Fort Loramie (Arrowhead) Anna, Minster at Celina Inv. New Bremen at Russia (Stillwater) Girls golf Loramie at Riverside Girls tennis Lehman at Tipp City Sidney at Urbana SATURDAY Volleyball Fort Loramie, New Knoxville at Coldwater Spikeoff Covington at Russia Urbana at Versailles

TENNIS Western & Southern Western & Southern Open Results The Associated Press A U.S. Open Series event Thursday At The Lindner Family Tennis Center Mason, Ohio Purse: Men, $3.73 million (Masters 1000); Women, $2.37 million (Premier)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Men Third Round Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. David Goffin, Belgium, 6-2, 6-0. Dmitry Tursunov, Russia, def. David Ferrer (3), Spain, 6-2, 6-4. Juan Martin del Potro (7), Argentina, def. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4. Roger Federer (5), Switzerland, def. Tommy Haas (11), Germany, 16, 7-5, 6-3. John Isner, United States, def. Milos Raonic (12), Canada, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Andy Murray (2), Britain, def. Julien Benneteau, France, 6-2, 6-2. Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, def. Tommy Robredo, Spain, 6-3, 6-0. Rafael Nadal (4), Spain, def. Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2. Women Third Round Victoria Azarenka (2), Belarus, def. Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-4. Roberta Vinci (12), Italy, def. Sara Errani (6), Italy, 6-4, 6-3. Jelena Jankovic (14), Serbia, def. Sloane Stephens, United States, 3-6, 7-5, 7-5. Agnieszka Radwanska (4), Poland, def. Elena Vesnina, Russia, 6-0, 6-2. Caroline Wozniacki (10), Den-

mark, def. Petra Kvitova (7), Czech Republic, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. Quarterfinals Li Na (5), China, def. Angelique Kerber (9), Germany, 6-4, 6-4. Doubles Men Second Round Mariusz Fyrstenberg, Poland, and Marcin Matkowski, Poland, def. Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, and Jean-Julien Rojer (5), Netherlands, 6-3, 7-6 (3). Leander Paes, India, and Radek Stepanek (4), Czech Republic, def. Jerzy Janowicz, Poland, and Lukasz Kubot, Poland, 6-3, 6-4. Bob and Mike Bryan, United States, def. Jeremy Chardy and Richard Gasquet, France, walkover James Blake and Steve Johnson, United States, def. Julien Benneteau, France, and Nenad Zimonjic, Serbia, 6-1, 6-4. Quarterfinals Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, and Scott Lipsky, United States, def. Alexander Peya, Austria, and Bruno Soares (3), Brazil, 6-2, 4-6, 16-14. Women Quarterfinals Hsieh Su-Wei, Taiwan, and Peng Shuai (3), China, def. Chan Hao-Ching, Taiwan, and Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenia, 6-3, 6-2. Julia Goerges, Germany, and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic, def. Sara Errani and

Roberta Vinci, Italy, 4-6, 6-2, 11-9. p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22 Anna-Lena Groenefeld, GerNew England at Detroit, 7:30 many, and Kveta Peschke, Czech Republic, def. Angelique Kerber p.m. Carolina at Baltimore, 8 p.m. and Andrea Petkovic, Germany, 6Friday, Aug. 23 1, 2-6, 12-10. Seattle at Green Bay, 8 p.m. Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Chicago at Oakland, 10 p.m. Vesnina, Russia, def. Liezel Huber, Saturday, Aug. 24 United States, and Nuria Llagostera Vives, Spain, 6-2, 7-5. Buffalo at Washington, 4:30 p.m. Cleveland at Indianapolis, 7 OOTBALL p.m. N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 7 p.m. NFL preseason Kansas City at Pittsburgh, 7:30 National Football League p.m. Preseason schedule Philadelphia at Jacksonville, By Associated Press 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16 Tampa Bay at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at Buffalo, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Denver, 8 p.m. Oakland at New Orleans, 8 Cincinnati at Dallas, 8 p.m. Atlanta at Tennessee, 8 p.m. p.m. San Diego at Arizona, 10 p.m. San Francisco at Kansas City, 8 Sunday, Aug. 25 p.m. New Orleans at Houston, 4 Tampa Bay at New England, 8 p.m. p.m. Minnesota at San Francisco, 8 Saturday, Aug. 17 p.m. Dallas at Arizona, 4:30 p.m. Tennessee at Cincinnati, 7 p.m. Jacksonville at N.Y. Jets, 7:30 ASEBALL p.m. Green Bay at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Major Leagues Miami at Houston, 8 p.m. Denver at Seattle, 10 p.m. Major League Baseball Thursday's Games Sunday, Aug. 18 7 St. Louis 6, Pittsburgh 5, 12 inIndianapolis at N.Y. Giants, p.m. nings Monday, Aug. 19 San Francisco 4, Washington 3 Pittsburgh at Washington, 8 Cincinnati at Milwaukee, n

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For Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Tip-toe around authority figures today, because power struggles and unpleasant surprises are likely. Resist the urge to be defiant or say something you might later regret. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) This is a mildly accident-prone day for you so pay attention to what you say and do. Avoid controversial subjects like politics and religion. Travel plans might be canceled or changed. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Stay in touch with your bank account today because something different and sudden might take place. (Bounced checks? Overdrawn?) Squabbles about shared property are likely. Be cool. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Use your diplomatic skills today to avoid clashes with others. Authority figures might catch you off-guard or challenge you. Even close friends are too intense for comfort. (Run away!) LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Your work routine will be disrupted today. Computer crashes, power outages and staff shortages are just some examples. Avoid power struggles with others. Demonstrate grace under pressure. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Keep an eye on your kids today (or children in your care) to avoid accidents. Ego battles with friends, especially in group situations, might arise. Tread carefully! LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Your routine might be interrupted by domestic disputes or the frustration of small appliances breaking down. Be patient with family members, because someone has to encourage keeping the peace. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Be careful. This is an accident-prone day for your sign. Slow down and take it easy. Allow extra time and wiggle room for everything you do. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Money challenges might frustrate you today. Quarrels about possessions and finances are likely. You might also lose money in an attempt to have fun. Be careful. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Some people are looking for an argument today, so you might want to steer clear of these people. Guard against knee-jerk reactions to others. Don't say or do anything rash. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) You might feel restless and impatient today. You don't want to be pushed around by anyone. (Naturally.) Nevertheless, don't say anything you will regret later. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Power struggles with a friend, especially within a group, might discourage you. The result could be a change to a financial arrangement. Be careful. YOU BORN TODAY You are powerful, versatile, forceful and explosive. You don't do things halfway. Despite these personality characteristics, privately, you can be very soft-spoken and solitary. (You protect your private life.) You're a natural leader and quick to take over managing anything. (You can also be quick to argue.) This year you will work to build or construct something important to you. Birthdate of: Sean Penn, actor/director; Colin James, singer/songwriter; Giuliana Rancic, TV journalist.

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Obesity very high in 13 states; many in the South Mike Stobbe Associated Press

ATLANTA (AP) — Adult obesity still isn’t budging, the latest government survey shows. The national telephone survey found 13 states with very high rates of obesity last year. Overall, the proportion of U.S. adults deemed obese has been about the same for years now. “A plateau is better than rising numbers. But it’s discouraging because we’re plateauing at a very high number,” said Kelly Brownell, a Duke University public policy expert who specializes in

obesity. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does the survey each year, and recently released 2012 results. At least 30 percent of adults were obese in 13 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia. In 2011, a dozen states reached that threshold. Louisiana and Mississippi led the list. In both, nearly 35 percent of adults were obese. Colorado was low-

est, with less than 21 percent obese. It’s not surprising states in the South and Midwest top the charts year after year, experts say. Many states in those regions have higher poverty rates. “When you have a limited income, you have to buy foods that are cheap. And foods that are cheap tend to have a lot of sugar and salt and fat,” said Dr. George Bray, an obesity expert at Louisiana State University. The CDC defines someone as obese if their weight-to-height ratio — called a “body mass index” — hits 30

or higher. A 5-foot-9 person would be considered obese at 203 pounds or more. The CDC’s annual telephone survey asks adults their height and weight. Overall, nearly 28 percent of Americans were obese, the 2012 survey found. That’s roughly the same as it’s been since 2008. Another CDC survey — which weighs and measures participants — is considered more accurate. Since the middle of the last decade, that survey has found that around 35 percent of U.S. adults are obese.

Blood drive planned Tuesday in Russia RUSSIA — A local blood drive will be held in Russia on Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at St. Remy Hall, 1 St. Remy Road. Whole blood, double red cells, platelets and plasma will be collected. Carl York will serve as chairman for this blood drive sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. During August the CBC is continuing a summer promotion called King of the Road Summer Blood Drive 2013. Everyone who registers to donate blood will receive the new, limited-edition CBC “King of the Road Blood Drive – Route 56” T-shirt in HarleyDavidson colors. CBC has partnered with Gover Harley-Davidson in Piqua and REACH Magazine on the campaign. Everyone who registers to give blood at any CBC Donor Center or mobile blood drive through Aug. 31 automatically qualifies for a chance to win the Road King Classic motorcycle. Ten computer-selected finalists will be invited to a special envelope-opening announcement event in September to determine the winner. Must be 18 to win. Official rules are available at www. givingblood.org. Other upcoming blood drives are: • Tuesday — Nash Finch, Bellefontaine, 12:30-3:30 p.m., employees • Wednesday — Bellefontaine Masonic Center, Bellefontaine, 1:30-5:30 p.m., public • Aug. 27 — Amos Community Center of Dorothy Love Retirement, 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m., public • Aug. 29 — American Trim, Sidney, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., employees • Aug. 31 — Port Jefferson Fire Department, Port Jefferson, 9 a.m.-noon, public Summer is a notoriously difficult time to keep the blood supply

strong. Appointments to donate are strongly encouraged and help the CBC plan for the number of donors. Make an appointment online at www.DonorTime.com. or schedule with Kathy Pleiman at 937-295-3100, or 1-800-388 GIVE(4483); walk-ins are welcome as schedules permit. A picture ID with full name, such as a driver’s license, is required. Those who have a CBC ID should bring it. Donors should be in good health and eat their normal diet. It is suggested to drink a lot of water the day before and the day of donation. Donors must be at least 16 years of age;16-year-old donors must have parental consent. Forms are available at www.givingblood.org or at CBC branch and blood drive locations, or donors can call Pleiman937-295-3100. Donors who are 17 or older do not require parental permission forms. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) changes blood donor eligibility guidelines periodically. Individuals with eligibility questions are invited to email canidonate@cbccts.org or call 1(800)388-GIVE(4483). The Community Blood Center is honored to recognized these “Donors for Life” • 360 donations: Lloyd Bowman, Piqua • 260 donations: Dennis Aselage, Sidney • 200 donations: Emerson Wagner, Anna • 180 donations: Donald Osborne, Sidney • 160 donations: Robert Guillozet, Russia • 150 donations: Jack Burnside, Sidney • 125 donations: Bruce Etzler, McCartyville • 120 donations: Alan Luthman, Anna

• 110 donations: Brenda Rutherford, Sidney, Jan Schmiesing, Fort Loramie • 80 donations: Rose Mary Tobias, Botkins; Mary Holthaus, Fort Loramie • 70 donations: Ann Kauffman, Sidney • 60 donations: Franklin Penley, Fort Loramie; Richard Sommer,Sidney • 50 donations: Lori Werling, Sidney • 40 donations: Dave Abbott, Elaine McCracken and Brenda Morand, all of Sidney; Marcia Bensman, Fort Loramie; Scott Dickman, Maplewood; Sara Kreitzer, Botkins • 30 donations: Kenneth Madden, David Heintz Sr and Penny Shoffner, all of Sidney • 25 donations: Kathleen Burken, Botkins; Judy Buehler, Jeff Staley, Anna; Mark Fisher, Botkins; Steve Brabbin, Kent Craver and Joanie Henry, all of Sidney • 20 donations: Patrick McCarty, Dayton; Michael Luthman, Mark Hina and Bill Harp, Sidney; Justin Subler, Jackson Center • 10 donations: Jeanne Hoying, Fort Loramie; Peter Matzig, Kelly Cornett, Joe Braunn, Sherrye Lamma, Claire Frantz, Jessica Peltier, Barbara Bertsch and Beth Roe, all of Sidney; Curt Poeppelman, McCartyville; Jim Lewis, Lima • Five donations: Elizabeth Mc Neal, Anna; Damon Shaffer, Madeline Franklin, Lisa Maloney, Llynda Justus-Galbreth, Danielle Cooper and Matt Schwarzman, all of Sidney; Carmen Bowling, Springboro; James Wildermuth, and Mark Rue, both of Jackson Center; Brad Barhorst, McCartyville; Tracy Comer and Stacy Gates, both of Anna

Safe From page 1 Trophy 42 model safe, which weighs almost 1,000 pounds and stands more than 5 feet high, he opened it to find 10 large bundles of marijuana. “We had a Shelby County citizen who called and said, ‘I ordered a Champion gun safe, and when it was delivered, we opened it up, and there was things in there that I did not order’,” Lenhart said. The investigation revealed that the safe was manufactured in Nogales, Mexico, using inmate labor. It was transported by ConWay trucking to the Sportsman’s Den, which specializes in hunting and outdoor gear, located in Shelby. From there it was delivered by an independent trucking company to the Shelby County resident who discovered the illegal contents. Deputy David Spicer said the semi was carrying a full shipment of 30 or 40 safes, but Lenhart said all of the others were checked during the investigation and none of them contained contraband. “Obviously, there was a mix-up in shipping,” Lenhart. “Somewhere along the line between Mexico and Shelby, Ohio, the drugs were put in. They could have been put in in Mexico; they could have been put in someplace along the way.” He said the county has never seen an instance of drugs being smuggled in this way, and he said in the local authorities’ discussions with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, they found that even the DEA had not encountered this kind of operation before. “This is a very unusual case,”

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Lenhart displays a safe that was used to transport packages of marijuana to a local house by mistake.

Lenhart said. Lenhart described the bales as “unusually wrapped,” noting they were tightly bound in a total of nine layers of aluminum foil, packaging paper and cellophane wrap. Spicer also confirmed a scent-masking agent of a “greasy” consistency was used on the bales, which were not detected by the county drug dogs when initially checked. Lenhart said the volume of drugs involved indicates that this process is clearly being used as a means of smuggling. “This is not an isolated incident,” he said. “This just got caught.” Lenhart said the DEA has report-

ed that the driver who initially brought the shipment into the United States currently is missing. “The truck driver, according to the transport company, is gone,” Lenhart said. “He’s hiding, he’s running, we don’t know.” The driver reportedly is a U.S. citizen who was a regular company driver for Con-Way. “We’re looking for him, and my guess is the bad guys are looking for him, too,” Lenhart said. “Cartel folks are not very friendly to folks that don’t deliver the goods.” Lenhart said law enforcement has kept a lid on the case while they gathered more information, to avoid tipping off the criminals. “Whoever it was supposed to be delivered to is probably still looking for it,” he said. “June 19 is when we first started this case, and we didn’t say anything to anybody, working with DEA to try to run it back as far as we can run it.” The DEA and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification are in charge of continuing the investigation. Lenhart said the Sheriff’s Office will get a court order and then will destroy the bales of marijuana. The original purchaser of the safe has already been provided with a replacement, since the first was taken as evidence. Lenhart said he is hoping the safe will become county property when the investigation is closed.

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Yard Sale SIDNEY, 17720 State Route 706, Friday, Saturday 8-4pm, Weight Set, John Deere dishes, air conditioner, window fans, bed frame, bookcase, TV trays, wall heater, household stuff, boys 3T-7T, girls 10-14 ANNA, 11236 Luthman Road, Thursday, Friday & Saturday 9am-4pm, girls 18month-2t, Boys size 6-8, womens l-xl clothing, childrens shoes, highchair, potty chair, bouncy seat, end tables, books, pictures, porcelain dolls, miscellaneous CONOVER, 13449 State Route 29, Saturday 8-5pm, bakers rack, queen brass/frame, bread maker, and Mr. Coffee, microwave, 2 sets table and chair, roll top desk, tools, lots of miscellaneous, lawn mowers, bikes, stereo, Hull, McCoy. MAPLEWOOD, 22100 State Route 47, Friday & Saturday 9am-3pm. Small furniture. Household items. Clothing: newborn-adult. Home Interior. Miscellaneous. No early birds. Worth the drive! MAPLEWOOD 13443 St Rt 65 (corner Rt 119 & 65). 4-FAMILY SALE! Thursday & Friday 8am-5pm, Saturday 8am-2pm. Double stroller. Pack-n-play. Toys. Porcelain dolls. Children's clothes, sizes 3m-8. Books. Household items. MAPLEWOOD, 22454 St Rt 47 East, Friday & Saturday, 9-5. Huge Multi Family Garage Sale! Furniture, antiques, dishes, clothing, home decor, toys, Home Interior. MINSTER 229 S Garfield. Friday 9am-5pm. Furniture. Compound bow/arrow (L.H.). Outdoor camping equipment. Ground blind. Rugs. Minster street brick. Miscellaneous. PIQUA, 8388 North County Road 25A (Corner 25A & Hetzler), Thursday, Friday & Saturday 9:30am-5pm, tools, adult & child clothing, kitchen items, furniture, dryer, Sale is being held in the barn!! PIQUA, 8720 Piqua Lockington Rd, Saturday, August 17th, 7am-3pm. Multi-Family garage sale! One Day only! TV Stands, Lamps, End Tables, Car Stereo Speakers, VCR's, DVD, Surround Sound, Total Gym, Pictures, Household Items, Boys Newborn baby clothes, Name brand clothes (youth sizes, to adult), Plus more!!! PIQUA, 930 Linden Avenue, Friday, 5pm-8pm and Saturday, Sunday & Monday, 10am-5pm. Multi Family Sale! Puzzles, holiday decorations, baby stuff, scrub uniforms, Power Wheel, men & women's clothing, some children's and much more!

See each garage sale listing and location on our Garage Sale Map. Available online at sidneydailynews.com Powered by Google Maps SIDNEY 1046 N Main. Thursday & Friday 9am-2pm. Exercise equipment. Boys & girls clothing, all sizes. TV. Car seats. Cradle. Miscellaneous. SIDNEY 133 Village Green. Friday & Saturday 9am-? Back-to-school all name brand, trendy clothing girls size 6x-18. Infant boys 0-24m. Women's & Junior's clothing. Lots of miscellaneous. NO EARLY BIRDS! SIDNEY 1627 Cypress. Friday & Saturday 1-6pm. Large tackle sale! Bass pro baits of all kinds. Too much to list! Rod raffle. Baits at half price! SIDNEY 1840 Cisco Rd. Thursday, Friday & Saturday 8am-4pm. Bedroom furniture. Computers & accessories. Classic DVD's, MUST SEE. Home Interiors. Fishing poles. Jewelry. End tables. Book shelves. Holiday decor. TV. Clothing. Kitchen table. LOTS MORE! SIDNEY 1854 N Kuther Rd (near Dorothy Love). Friday 47pm, Saturday 8am-2pm. Multi-family. Lawn care equipment. Lawn mower jack. Gold's Gym elliptical. Furniture. Chest freezer. Small appliances. Clothing. Jewelry. Lots of household items and miscellaneous. SIDNEY 2945 Bridlewood Dr. Friday 8am-4pm, Saturday 8am-noon. 4-FAMILY SALE! Upright freezer. Table and chairs. Gravity board. Beginner electric guitar with amp. Spray painter. Clothing newborn-plus adult. 11'x11' Outdoor canopy. LOTS of miscellaneous.

Yard Sale SIDNEY 3812 Beulah Dr (Off Lindsey Rd, in Worley Subdivision). Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 9am-1pm. Infant & toddler clothing. Home Interiors. Holiday decorations. Housewares. Purses. Shoes. Toys. New snow blower. Tools. LOTS of miscellaneous. SIDNEY 425 Lunar Dr. Saturday Only 8am-4pm. 3-FAMILY SALE! Miscellaneous furniture. Electric guitar & amp. Children's bikes. Adult & children's clothing. Household items. LOTS of miscellaneous. SIDNEY 710 W Hoewisher Rd. Thursday, Friday & Saturday 8am-5pm. Plus size clothing. Furniture. Filing cabinet. Christmas items. Crafts. DVD's. LOTS of miscellaneous. SIDNEY 726 Marva Ln. Friday 9am-5pm & Saturday 9am2pm. Microwave. Sweeper. Computer desk. Wardrobe. Cabinet. Entertainment center. Clothes. Toys. TV. Miscellaneous. SIDNEY 744 S Brooklyn Lot 10. Saturday 9am-5pm. Flag pole. Large dog cage. Scooters. TTY phone. Push mower. Bathroom sink/vanity. Garage door opener. Dishes. Ladies clothing: infant-XXL, including maternity. Christmas items. Books. Puzzles. Miscellaneous. SIDNEY 9750 Pasco-Montra Rd. Friday & Saturday 9am5pm. Corner hutch. Show cases. Scrubs. Teen-adult clothes. Filing cabinets. Tools. Plumbing supplies. Cookbooks. Outdoor furniture. Windows. Board games. Water heater. Hardware. Motorcycle. Antique wood stove. Miscellaneous. SIDNEY, 2530, 2573, 2587 Oakmont Court, Friday & Saturday, 8-4. Wagnerware, crafts, Vera Bradley purses, women's clothes L-2X, housewares, bicycle, novels, cookbooks, miscellaneous.

SIDNEY, 1249 Taft, Saturday only 12pm-6pm, Moving Sale! Furniture, beverage cart, PartyLite, Hannah Montana girls bicycle, Hannah Montana fishing pole, duck bathroom decor, lady bug decor, board games, Barbies/ accessories, Miscellaneous, Everything must go!! No early birds! SIDNEY, 20301 State Route 47 East (3 miles East of Port Jefferson), Friday 8am-4pm, Saturday 7am-2pm, huge 4 family sale! guns, knives, tools, bikes, 31, Longaberger, Vera Bradley, wax tarts, home decor, small appliances, Nintendo DS, Ipod, kids & adult golf clubs, tv, toys, boys 7/814/16, girls Juniors-plus, end tables, pool chairs SIDNEY, 225 New Street, Saturday Only 9-4pm, boy clothes infants to 24 months, name brand clothes, girls, teen, kitchen cabinets, microwave, miscellaneous. SIDNEY, 3003 Cisco Road, (Dorothy Love Amos Community Center) Saturday only!! 830am-330pm, Furniture, couches, Hide-a-beds, purses, jewelry, linens, housewares, small appliances, variety of collectibles, books, dvds, videos, lamps, dolls, crafts, toys, No previews or pre-sales!! SIDNEY, 311 West Parkwood Street, Thursday & Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 9am-2pm, Baby boy & girls clothing, all size clothing, truck tires, stroller, playpen, highchair, 2 printers, computer desk, school desks, dishes, tv, Lots of miscellaneous

SIDNEY, 311 Windsor Parke, Friday & Saturday 9am-2pm, toddler boy clothing, girl clothing, various mens & women clothing sizes, household items, mountain bike, toys, some furniture, miscellaneous. MOST OF CLOTHING IS $1 OR LESS!!! SIDNEY, 412 & 421 Apollo, Friday & Saturday 9am-4pm, Eight families involved, Baby Furniture, infant- Adult clothing, toys, books, appliances, snowmen/ holiday items, entertainment stand, household/ kitchen items, and lots more not listed SIDNEY, 523 Plum Ridge Trail, Friday 9-4pm, Saturday 9-1pm, size 0-2T and adult clothing, porta-cribs, car seats with bases, books, puzzles, silk flowers, 33 1/3 LPs, tote bags, sofa, microwave, Tupperware, bread-maker, iced tea maker, George Foreman grill, outdoor seating SIDNEY, 635 Ardiss Place, Friday, Saturday 8-4pm, antique glass,furniture, tools, brand new Champion Juicer, Kitchen Aid mixer, lots of unique stuff!!! SIDNEY, 749 Spruce, Thursday, Friday & Saturday, 8am-2pm, 3 Families, guns, Playstation 3, Boys clothing, Juniors/womens & mens clothing, outdoor fireplace, speakers, teachers Items, household items, Too much to list, No early birds SIDNEY, 819 Norwood Drive, Friday & Saturday 9am-4pm, 2 family Sale, womens plus size clothing, golf clubs & bags, home decor, miscellaneous WEST MILTON, 4240 State Route 48, Friday & Saturday 9am-4pm, HUGE TOOL SALE, woodworking, power & hand tools, electronics, screws, hinges, shop tables, metal lockers, Lots, Lots, Lots more!!!

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Sidney Daily News, Friday, August 16, 2013

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Compiled by Charlie Miller. Follow Charlie on Twitter @AthlonCharlie or email him at Charlie.Miller@AthlonSports.com

Key Stats

Miguel Cabrera, Detroit The best hitter on the planet continued to crush AL pitching last week. Miggy drove in 11 runs last week and among his four homers were two ninth-inning clouts off Mariano Rivera over the weekend.

Anibal Sanchez, Detroit The Tigers are finally hitting and pitching like most experts expected coming into the season. Last week Sanchez allowed eight hits and three walks to go with his 19 whiffs over 14.2 innings in the Tigers’ wins at Cleveland and New York.

Aaron Hill, Arizona The underrated second baseman finished the week with a pair of hits in four straight games, including three doubles and two home runs, raising his average from .278 to .299. He batted .474 with a 1.471 OPS.

George Springer, Houston The 2011 first-round draft pick of Houston has progressed through the Astros’ system very quickly. In 115 games at AA/AAA this summer, he is batting .301 with 31 homers, 93 RBIs and 38 stolen bases. His numbers are slightly better at the Triple-A level. The Astros expect him to contribute as soon as 2014.

August 18, 1967 Jack Hamilton of the California Angels beans Boston’s rising star Tony Conigliaro. The All-Star right fielder, who had become the youngest player ever to lead his league in home runs in 1965 at age 20, suffers two facial fractures and damage to his left retina. He would return in 1969, but declining eyesight forced early retirement from the game after the 1971 season. August 9, 1981 Baseball returns after a 58-day hiatus due to a players strike. Having missed the All-Star Game originally scheduled in July, the midseason tradition is staged in Cleveland before 72,086 fans.

Opponents batted .172 last week. Astros and Royals batted .294 off Boston pitching last week. 19 of next 22 games vs. teams with losing records. Whipped up on Mo Rivera twice over the weekend. Swept at Colorado, now visit St. Louis for another showdown. Alex Rios provided a quick spark, but will it last? Lost 13 of 18 and their hold on first place. In AL West game of flip-flop, Oakland back in second. Went 2-7 vs. NL West, happy to get back to AL opponents. Baltimore faring a little better vs. NL West than Rays did. Expect big things at Milwaukee and Chicago this week. Tribe may be running out of gas. Fans still believe the postseason can happen for K.C. 21-year streaks of better records than Det. and K.C. in jeopardy. Below .500 since the break and next 10 games will be tough. Revenge at Atlanta this weekend? Sweeping the Pirates was fun. Hisashi Iwakuma hitting a wall: 3-5, 4.59 over last 11 starts. Offense not the problem; 6-7 when scoring 5+ since break. Change of scenery appears to be good for Ian Kennedy. Just two off days left the rest of the season. Still bullish on young pitching. Lost nine in a row within their division. Batting .226 and scoring less than three runs/game over last 18. Phillies’ last save was July 11. Have a 3.09 ERA in August, but lost six of 11. Only 1.5 games worse than defending champs. Non-pitchers are batting just .235 this season. Scored fewest runs in American League. Growing pains keep getting worse.

Scale for a full season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ AllStar Quality, 2+ Starter. Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com and published by Baseball-Reference.com.

Worst Contracts in Baseball As more teams are signing their younger stars to long-term contracts in hopes that they can hedge against the market later on, some players’ contracts are much better than others. In the first of two articles, I’ll rank the worst current contracts in terms of future value. Think in terms of what these current deals mean going forward. Next week, we’ll look at the best contracts from the club’s perspective. 1. Alex Rodriguez (4, $86 million*) It’s safe to say that A-Rod isn’t worth $25 million this season, so he’s probably not going to produce enough in 2016-17 to earn $40 million over those two seasons. 2. Albert Pujols (8, $212 million) Not many teams would have given Pujols this deal two years ago, much less after two sub-Albert seasons with the Angels. He’s guaranteed $59 million for two seasons after he turns 40. 3. Ryan Howard (3, $75 million, plus $23MM/10MM option/buyout) The big first baseman is owed $85 million for three years, or $98 mil for four depending on the option/buyout decision prior to 2017. Would any team sign him for that now? 4. Josh Hamilton (4, $106 million) There’s more money on the line for Hamilton than Howard, but the Angels’ outfielder probably has more to offer at this point, and doesn’t seem to be declining as quickly as the Phillies’ first baseman. 5. Ryan Braun (7, $113 million, plus $20MM/$4MM option/buyout) If there is a bright side, Braun will be 30 when he returns to the Brewers next spring after serving his suspension. And he’s guaranteed just $10 million and $12 million over the next two seasons. But can we expect his production to be as consistent without PEDs? Risky at best.

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Albert Pujols (left) can still produce when healthy, but the long term of his deal turns it sour. For Ryan Howard (center), it’s a sharp decline in production that makes his deal undesirable. Both his high salary and lack of production make Alex Rodriguez’s contract a bad deal.

6. Jonathan Broxton (2, $16 million, plus $9MM/$1MM option/buyout) The Reds will pay him $16 million for two years as setup man for Chapman. He better be completely healthy for Cincinnati to get any kind of return on this investment. 7. C.J. Wilson (3, $54 million) There are more expensive pitchers tied up for more years, but they are also more productive than Wilson has been. The lefthander will eat 200 innings a season with a WHIP below 1.35, but Bronson Arroyo, Yovani Gallardo and Jeremy Guthrie can do that. 8. Jayson Werth (4, $83 million) We’re seeing an uptick in production this season, but he’s never driven in 100 runs, nor hit .300 for a full season. 9. Mark Teixeira (3, $67.5 million) His last three healthy seasons yielded an average of .252-32-101, not bad, but not worth more than $22 million — and that’s if he doesn’t continue to decline at age 34 next season.

10. Angel Pagan(3, $31.75 million) Over three full seasons prior to 2013, he averaged .281 with 31 doubles, 33 steals and 81 runs. 11. B.J. Upton (4, $59.8 million) It’s easy to beat a man while he’s down, but Upton has a four-year trend of hitting .242 with 20 homers and 38 steals, with power trending upward and steals trending downward. Defense and potential are worth only so much. 12. Edwin Jackson (3, $39 million) He has a five-year average of 199 innings and a 4.06 ERA, otherwise known as an average pitcher who eats innings. 13. Cliff Lee (2, $50 million, plus $27.5MM/$12.5MM option/buyout) The club’s (for now, Philadelphia) choice is either $62.5MM for two seasons, or $77.5MM for three. Either way, it’s too much, and probably why the Phils couldn’t trade him this season.

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Home runs for Josh Reddick of the A’s in 276 at-bats this season prior to last weekend. It’s also the number of home runs he hit in 12 at-bats at Toronto over the three days. He came into the series with the Blue Jays batting .203 with a .326 slugging percentage. He hit .500 off Toronto pitching and slugged 1.750.

1-10

Record for the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursdays this season. That is the worst record of any team on any day.

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Clayton Kershaw’s record for his career when his team gives him four or more runs of support.

.571

Batting average for Jayson Werth of the Washington Nationals in August. That is the best in the majors among players with at least 25 plate appearances.

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Batting average for Dan Uggla of the Atlanta Braves in August. That is the lowest in the majors among players with at least 25 plate appearances.

14. R.A. Dickey (2, $24 million, plus $12MM/$1MM option/buyout) He’s had one great season and one good season as a starter. That’s a thin track record for a commitment of $24 million for seasons at ages 39 and 40. 15. Josh Beckett (1, $15.75 million) It’s only one more season, but what a waste of $15 million. 16. Miguel Montero 17. Adrian Gonzalez 18. Carl Crawford 19. Jeremy Guthrie 20. Matt Kemp 21. John Danks 22. Dan Uggla 23. Troy Tulowitzki 24. Zack Greinke 25. Mark Buehrle *Years and approximate value left on contract

Of the 14 players active this season with more than 3,500 total bases, four are current teammates. Can you name them?

Consecutive road games won by the 1984 Detroit Tigers, the longest streak in major league history. Recently, the Los Angeles Dodgers put together a run of 15 wins on the road.

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• It’s nice to get a little help every now and then when chasing a division crown. Recently the Red Sox finished up a disappointing road trip with a 3-4 record. But in the process, Boston gained a couple of games on secondplace Tampa Bay, a club struggling against the National League West. In the National League Central, the St. Louis Cardinals have been in a downward spiral for a few weeks. Over the weekend the Redbirds lost two of three at home to the Chicago Cubs. However, the Cardinals gained a game on the first-place Pirates, who were swept at Colorado. • Yasiel Puig of the Dodgers continues to grab the headlines for hitting exploits, but an under-the-radar first baseman in Kansas City has been pretty hot since the beginning of June. Since June 1, Puig leads the majors with 86 hits and Eric Hosmer of the Royals is second with 84. • It’s no secret that the Los Angeles Dodgers are in the midst of one of the hottest streaks in baseball history. But it’s not completely foreign to the Dodgers’ franchise. This year’s edition of the men in blue has won 37 of their last 45 games. It’s actually the third time in the team’s history that the club has enjoyed a 378 stretch. The first was way back in 1899, the most recent was in 1953 when the team was still in Brooklyn. • If you’re expecting down-to-the-wire pennant race drama this season now that there are two additional wild card teams, which were introduced last season, think again. The five playoff teams in the National League are all but set with Atlanta almost a cinch to win the NL East and Los Angeles earning the NL West crown. The NL Central is wide open, for sure, among the Pirates, Cardinals and Reds. But all three teams are in control to make the playoffs as wild-card teams. In the American League, there are four teams battling for the three playoff spots. There are only three postseason berths for the Tampa Bay Rays, Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers and Oakland A’s. The Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox are in position to win the AL Central and AL East, respectively.

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TRIVIA ANSWER: Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, Alfonso Soriano and Ichiro Suzuki.

Stephen Strasburg, Washington The Nats’ ace allowed just five and two runs over seven innings against the Braves, a game Washington would ultimately lose, then pitched the first complete game and shutout of his career against Philadelphia.

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For those of you unfamiliar with the trend of statistics made popular by sabermetricians, I introduce to you WAR. This stands for Wins Above Replacements, which essentially measures the number of wins a player adds to his team above that of a replacement player (minor leaguer). AL Hitters WAR 1. Miguel Cabrera, Detroit 6.6 2. Mike Trout, Los Angeles 6.4 3. Manny Machado, Baltimore 5.3 4. Chris Davis, Baltimore 5.1 5. Josh Donaldson, Oakland 5.0 NL Hitters WAR 1. Andrew McCutchen, Pittsburgh 6.2 2. Carlos Gomez, Milwaukee 6.2 3. David Wright, New York 5.6 4. Joey Votto, Cincinnati 5.2 5. Paul Goldschmidt, Arizona 5.1 AL Pitchers WAR 1. Felix Hernandez, Seattle 5.9 2. Chris Sale, Chicago 5.4 3. Max Scherzer, Detroit 5.0 4. Hiroki Kuroda, New York 4.4 5. Yu Darvish, Texas 4.4 NL Pitchers ERA 1. Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles 6.2 2. Matt Harvey, New York 5.6 3. Adam Wainwright, St. Louis 5.2 4. Jhoulys Chacin, Colorado 4.6 5. Patrick Corbin, Arizona 4.2

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Hardin-Houston prepares for return of students HOUSTON — HardinHouston students will head back to the classroom Wednesday, except kindergarteners, who start Thursday. The building will open at 7:54 a.m. and the tardy bell will ring at 8 a.m. Dismissal will be at 2:54 p.m. An open house for all of the students will be Monday from 5 to 7 p.m. It will be an opportunity for the students to meet their teachers and find their classrooms. The school district has been busy getting ready to greet the students, and Superintendent Larry Claypool said there have been improvements to playground safety and light upgrades. Also this fall, another phase of the athletic complex will be completed. There have been improvements to the kickball field. The athletic complex is an estimated $1,142,000 project. The district is accepting donations to help defray the cost of the complex, including the donation of materials. Claypool said the only bus route change is to route number 15. Parents will be contacted about that change by Saturday. Claypool said the district will have the same bus drivers, but additional qualified

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Paul Burks cleans a skylight at Hardin-Houston Local School in preparation for the start of the school year.

drivers are needed. Some new faces will greet the students this fall, including Amy Makela, elementary guidance and high school intervention specialist; Sarah Skidmore, who will teach math in grades 7-12; Josh Billing, high school intervention specialist; and Julie Billenstein, elementary intervention specialist. The high school students will have an opportunity to take college courses while enrolled at the high school, with five

new dual enrollment classes for students in grades 10-12 through an Urbana University partnership. There will be a 5 cent increase in school lunches due to legislation. The lunches for grades kindergarten through sixth grade will be $2, and seventh through 12th graders will pay $2.15. Students in kindergarten through sixth grade will have fees of $65. Fees for students in grades 9-12 will vary, depending on

classes. They include Art, $25; Band, $12; Biology III, $40; Chemistry lab, $25; Life Skills, $25; Work and Family lab, $25; Parenting, $15; Nutrition and Wellness, $20; Physics, $10; Word Processing, $10; Physical Science, $10; Integrated Biology, $10; Integrated Social Studies, $15; and all Vocational Agricultural classes, $20, which does not include FFA dues. Other fees for high school students include workbook fees including Accounting I and II, $15.75; student planner, $4; Technology fee, $20; Graduation fee if applicable, $20; Career Passports for grade 11, $10; parking fee, $2.50 if applicable; Spanish, $12; 10th grade health, $3; Current Events, $9.40; Life Planning, $9; all computer classes, $10; Integrated Science, $15. Parents can arrange to make a partial payment and can contact the school for more information. A minimum $50 payment applicable to any unpaid fees from the previous year must be made before a student can purchase school-related items such as school pictures or yearbooks. If parents qualify for Ohio Works First (formerly Aid to Dependent Children), school fees will be waived. A

form for that waiver can be obtained in the school office and should be returned to the office. The application will be sent to Shelby County Job and Family Services for verification, and the school will notify parents if they are eligible. Claypool noted that HardinHouston school officials are looking forward to working with parents and the community in educating the students. “The Hardin-Houston Local School District appreciates the collaborative relationship that we share with our community and parents in the education of our students. All educators understand the importance of parent (and) teacher teamwork and the extension of the classroom to the kitchen table at home after dinner. The BOE, administration and both teaching and classified staff of Hardin-Houston want to say thank you to moms, dads and grandparents for helping us educate their children.” For more information on fees and other information on the new school year at HardinHouston Local Schools, parents can go to http://www. houston.k12.oh.us/

BOE approve computer purchase RUSSIA — Members of the Russia Local School Board of Education wrapped up several personnel items and

approved the purchase of new computers during Wednesday’s meeting in preparation for the start of school next week.

The board approved employment of Deb Timmerman, Connie Brunswick, Adam York, Teresa Stewart, Alexa

Evans and Brandi Bidlack, in addition to the submitted list, as substitute teachers at a rate of $80 per day as needed. The following asneeded personnel were approved: Beleta Young, student aide, $77 per day; Deb Timmerman, tutor, $20 per hour; Denise Hiatt, Kim Goubeaux, Tina Alt, Cheryl Scott, Scarlet Francis, Judy Gaerke, Joan Homan, Jessi Sherman and Jenny Bohman, classified substitute aides, $74.35 per day; Carole Bruns, Denise Hiatt, Cheryl Scott, Jenny Bohman, Kim Goubeaux, Judy Gaerke, Joan Homan and Tina Alt, substitute cafeteria cooks, $66.10 per day; Deb Timmerman, Mary Jo Voisard, Sheila Barhorst, Amy Quinter, Donna Tebbe, Joan Homan and Kay Wendeln, vision therapy aides, $12 per hour; Dale Alt, Dick Barhorst, Terence Daugherty, Ann

Snider, Vern Seger, Dan Millhouse, Lawrence Platfoot, Gery Heuing and Steve Rose, substitute bus drivers, $17.36 per hour; and Carrie Heuing (pending approval of all paperwork), substitute bus driver, $17.36 per hour. The board approved the following athletic personnel: Michelle Baker, varsity girls softball coach, $2,784; Todd Wion, athletic director, $20,150; Michelle Baker and Chandra Goubeaux, junior high cross country coaches, $618.50; Amber Cordonnier, junior high cross country coach, $1,237; Terry Daugherty, junior varsity girls golf coach, $851; and Timothy Hatcher, high school varsity girls basketball coach, $4,640. Ola Schafer was approved as student council adviser at a rate of $464. Todd Acker was approved as yearbook photographer on a pur-

chased service contract not to exceed $500. The resignation of Allan King Jr. as high school girls basketball coach was accepted, effective immediately. The contracts of Steve Rose as superintendent and Jean Borchers as treasurer were extended through the 2016-17 school year. The board also approved the purchase of 35 Apple computers at a cost of $44,505. Donations were accepted of $7,500 from the Francis Family Foundation and $500 from the Russia Music Boosters for scholarship purposes. In other business, the board: • Approved the tuition rate at $3,609. • Passed a resolution to advertise and take bids to buy a school bus through the Southwestern Ohio Educational Purchasing Council.

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