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Sidney City Schools Board of Education discussed plans for the next attempt to gain approval of an income tax issue at their meeting Monday night. Superintendent John Scheu briefly addressed the failed money issue, stating that an additional number of votes cast during the August special election regarding the one percent traditional income tax levy has â&#x20AC;&#x153;narrowed the gap eight votesâ&#x20AC;? from 140 votes to 132 votes that kept the levy from passing. During the recent special election, there were 1,997 votes for
the Sidney City Schools levy and 2,137 against the levy. Only 31.34 percent of voters participated in the election. Scheu noted the low turnout during his comments. Scheu asked Bill Warner, a member of the levy committee, to give a statement during the meeting. Scheu noted that levy committee members and school officials met with the â&#x20AC;&#x153;chief strategist from the countyâ&#x20AC;? who has given them â&#x20AC;&#x153;novel ideasâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;good suggestionsâ&#x20AC;? on passing the levy in November. S cheu initially declined to identify the strategist but on Tuesday said it is Chris
Gibbs. He noted the schools contacted Gibbs for his help. Scheu said Gibbs â&#x20AC;&#x153;is neither supportive or non-supportive of the levyâ&#x20AC;? and is not paid for his services. Scheu said this will be the last attempt to pass an income tax issue. Warner said that Renee Davis, Dave Rose and himself will continue to serve on the levy committee as they get ready for the November election. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As we reflected during the last couple of weeks, in spite of our falling short, we are assured that our campaign theme and strategy are in line with the values of the greater community. Our tac-
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ing will be held at the Sidney City Schools Board of Education office Thursday at 5 p.m. and he said while the meeting is not really for the public, he â&#x20AC;&#x153;wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really know if we can keep people outâ&#x20AC;? if the public wants to attend. Scheu said the school district is in need of local residents to work with the levy committee, noting there is a need for the contribution of time, skills and money. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a lot of time between now and November.â&#x20AC;? Scheu added there have been â&#x20AC;&#x153;a lot of positive voters identifiedâ&#x20AC;?
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tics will be adjusted as we prepare for the November election,â&#x20AC;? Warner said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We thank the steering committee and the many others of the Sidney community who helped and supported us with the campaign for the Aug. 6 election. A special thank you is in order to the millions of people who have sacrificed throughout our nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history so that we may have a right to vote,â&#x20AC;? Warner said. Warner said the levy committee will meet on Thursday to discuss their plans for the November election. Following the meeting, Warner told the Sidney Daily News the meet-
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Sidney High School Principal Jon Geuy addresses new students and their parents during freshman orientation Monday. Geuy stressed that at Sidney High School freshman are no longer kids but young adults and more adult behavior is expected of them. School begins today for students in the Sidney City Schools District.
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Washington (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; An Afghan farmer shot during a massacre in Kandahar Province last year took the witness stand Tuesday against the U.S. soldier who attacked his village, cursing him before breaking down and pleading with the prosecutor not to ask him any more questions. Haji Mohammad Naim appeared Tuesday in the courtroom at Joint Base Lewis-McChord south of Seattle, where a sentencing hearing began for Staff Sgt. Robert Bales in the slayings of 16 civilians killed during pre-dawn raids on two villages on March 11, 2012. The hearing afforded some victims and relatives their first chance to confront Bales face-to-face. With a thick gray beard, a turban and traditional Afghan dress, Haji Mohammad Naim testified in his native Pashto through an interpreter, speaking loudly and quickly and frequently waving a finger in the air. He pointed to where he was shot in the cheek and neck. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This bastard stood right in front of me!â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wanted to ask him, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;What did I do? What have I done to you?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;Ś And he shot me!â&#x20AC;? Bales pleaded guilty in June to avoid the death penalty. Now the six jurors must decide whether he is sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole or without it. See MASSACRE | 17
K-9 Deputy â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Emirâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; dies of brain tumor On Thursday at 12:27 p.m., the Shelby County Sheriff â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office lost one of its former K-9 Deputies due to a brain tumor, when K-9 Deputy â&#x20AC;&#x153;Emirâ&#x20AC;? passed away peacefully at the home of his handler Deputy Jeff Gillman whom was present at his passing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Emir was born in the small village of Velke Opatovice, Czechoslovakia, (population 4,100) on August 28, 2001, and came to the USA in December 2002. He was purchased in January 2003 from the Von der haus Gill Kennels near Wapakoneta and had been with his handler ever since,â&#x20AC;? said Shelby County Sheriff John Lenhart. Emir, born â&#x20AC;&#x153;Emir z Tramtarieâ&#x20AC;? and Gillman entered K-9 Training School on March 10, 2003, and they successfully completed their Ohio Peace See EMIR | 17
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K-9 Deputy â&#x20AC;&#x153;Emirâ&#x20AC;? died Thursday of a brain tumor. He had been a deputy with the Shelby County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office for five years and had more than $5.1 million in drug seizures to his credit; a record that stands for any Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office K-9 in this area of the state.
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