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Whoo did set off gas attack? ack? Kimberly Doz Dozier zier and Zeina Karam Associated Press

BEIRUT BEIR UT ((AP) AP) — The U .S. government government ment insists U.S. it has the inte ntelligence to intelligence pr ove it prove it,, but the public has yyet et to see a single piece of concr ete eevidence vidence pr oconcrete produced by U .S. S. inte lligence U.S. intelligence — no satellite s atellite lite imag ery, imagery, no tr anscripts ts of S yrian transcripts Syrian milit ary communic mmunicat ions military communications — connecting g the ggovernovernment of Pr essident Bashar Bashar President Ass ad to the alleg ed Assad alleged chemical w eapons aattack ttack weapons last month tha hat killed hun that hun-dr eds of people. ple. dreds IIn n its aabsence, bsence, its Damascus and its ally R ussia ha ve ag ggressively Russia have aggressively pushed another her scenario: tha ebels carried arried out the thatt rrebels A ug. 21 chemical mical aattack. ttack. Aug. N either has pr oduced eeviviNeither produced dence ffor or tha thatt case, either.. Tha t’’s left mor ore questions That’s more than answ errs as the U .S. answers U.S. thr eatens a possible mili threatens mili-ttary ary strik e. strike. The ear l ly morning early ass ault in a rrebel-held ebel-held assault Damascus subur uburb known known suburb Ghouta was as G hout a w as ssaid aid to chemi-be the deadliest dliest chemi weapons cal w eaponss aattack tt ack in Syria’s 2½-year S yria’ i ’s 2½-y e civil ear i il war. war.. Survivors’ pho-S urvivorss’ accounts, ccounts, pho tographs togr aphs of many of the wrapped dead wr apped ed peacefully in white sheets ts and dozens showing of videos sho owing victims

in spasms and nd ggasping aasping ffor or breath shocked world br eath shock ked the w orlld moved President and mo v ed d Pr esident Barack B arack Obama ma to call ffor or action because use the use of weapons crossed chemical w eapons apons cr ossed the rred ed line he had dr awn drawn a yyear ear ear lierr.. earlier. Y ee k after Yet eet one w week S ecret ary off St ate JJohn ohn Secretary State K erry outlined ned the case Kerry ag ainst Ass a Americans ad, against Assad, — aatt least those without access to classified ssified rreports eports — ha ven’t seen een a shr ed of haven’t shred his pr oof. proof. Ther open-source Theree is open-source eevidence vidence tha hat pr ovides that provides clues about the aattack, tt ack, including videos deos of fr agfragments fr om the rrockets ockets from tha sts be lieve w ere thatt analy analysts believe were lik ely used. U .S. officials likely U.S. on S aturdaa y rreleased e leased Saturday a compila tion on of videos compilation sho wing victims, ctims, includ showing includ-ing childr en, n eexhibiting n, xhibiting children, w hat aappear ppear to be symp what symp-toms of nerv ve ggas as poison nerve poison-ing ome eexperts xp perts think the ing.. S Some size of the st trike, and the strike, amount of to oxic chemicals toxic tha at appear to ha ave been that have de livered, ma ake it doubtful delivered, make tha at the rre ebeels could ha ave that rebels have carried it out out.. Wha t’’s missing m fr om What’s from the public rrecord e d is dire ecor ect direct pro oof, f ra ather th than th circ i cumproof, rather circumst antial eevidence, vidence, tying this stantial to the re egimee. regime. The Obam ma administra aObama administration, searc chin ng ffor or support searching ffrom room a d ivided C ongress divided Congress

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Study udyy due ffor orr 99-mile -mile riv ver river ccorridor orridor D AYTON O (AP) — Moree than a dozen n DAYTON local ggovernments overnments e in w estern and south hwestern southw est Ohio io ar oor a west aree backing a study ffor 99-mile riv iver corridor intended to spur ur river tourism in n the rregion. egion. The U . Army Corps of Engineer .S. rs U.S. Engineers eexpects xpects too begin de eveloping a master plan n developing ffor or the str retch of the G reaat Miami Riv e er stretch Great River fro om S idney ney in w estern Ohio to Da yton n from Sidney western Dayton and Hamilton ilton north of Cincinna ati. Cincinnati. The Da yton Daily N ews rreported eported d Dayton News S unday tha haat the plan ’s estima ated cost is Sunday that plan’s estimated $250,000.. The pr roposal h as bbeen een d ubbed proposal has dubbed Ohio’ ’s G reaat Corridor re r. Ohio’s Great Corridor. The Mi iami Conserv ancy District and d Miami Conservancy Montg goom mery County obt ained commit tMontgomery obtained commitments fr o 15 local ggovernments om overnments ffor oor from the 50 pe ercent local funding share e. Th percent share. Thee Army eexpects xp pects to st art w orkk when th start work thee money is in hand. “Once w ave money in house, w wee ha have wee can st tartt w orrk,� k�A Amy B abey b y, plan l fformuormu ustart work,� Babey, la ation chief chiief ffor or the Louisville District t, lation District, U .S. Army my Corps of Engineer rs, told thee U.S. Engineers, n ewspaper err. newspaper. The Corps orps can spend up to $136,000 in n federa al funds nds on the pr roject. The fir rst step p federal project. first in the yyearlong ear arrlong study pr pro ocess is determin nprocess determining the cost ost and local share shar e, B abey ssaid. aid. share, Babey Miami V alley communities ar orrkingg Valley aree w working on moree than $35 million in riv erfront nt riverfront pr rojects, including the $4 million Da ayton n projects, Dayton Riv er R u white un water par p rk pro p pr oject j in n River Run whitewater park project do wntown n Da yton. downtown Dayton. ““We’ve We’’ve been kind of w aiting on this ffor o or waiting some time,� e,� ssaid aid Chris JJackson, ackson, oowner wner of Ad dventurees e on the G reeaat Miami, a canoee Adventures Great liv ery outside side T ipp City y. livery Tipp City.

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Sidne ad Jone allutes the U .S. flag as ttaps aps ar yedd while Sidne y’s fir efighters rrecognized ecogniz ized Sidneyy Fir Firee Chie Chieff Br Brad Joness ssalutes U.S. aree pla played Sidney’s firefighters the fir efighters who lo st their liv ves during the tterrorist errorist at tacks on 9/ /11. The memorial w as ppart art ooff Apple fest firefighters lost lives attacks 9/11. was Applefest S ee APPLEFES T | 2 opening cceremonies See APPLEFEST eremonies S aturday. Saturday.

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gr oup of principals called this t group yyear’s ear ’s st ate tests — and their heir state low lo w scor scores es — a ““debacle.� debacle.� In W ashington, D .C., a gr o oup Washington, D.C., group of par parents ents and students pr prootested outside the Department ent of Educa tion. Students and a Education. tteachers e a c h e rs aatt a S e at t l e h igh Seattle high school bo ycotted a st andar ardboycotted standardized test rict test,, leading the district superintendent to declar declaree tha tthatt city high schools ha have ve the choice to deem it optional. nal. In Or Oregon, egon, students orgaorrga nized a campaign pers suading ding persuading S ee TES TS | 5 See TESTS

Free Program on Agriculture F i l Estate Planning l i 3EPTEMBER 3 T B

s 6:30-8:00 PM Shelby County Agricultural Service Center Meeting Room 820 Fair Rd., Sidney, OH RSVP: Marian Spicer at 937-497-7800 or email mspicer@commfoun.com

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Chris Bruynis, OSU Extension-Ross County Extension Educator & County Director

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