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Sidney ey man’s ’ case among ng more than h 1,640 han 1 640 added ed to Ohio Unsolved Homicidess Databasee COLUMBUS COL UMB US U — Ohio A Attorney ttorney Gener General neral Mik Mikee DeWine DeWine has announced ed tha thatt mor moree than have 1,640 cold case se homicides ha ve been added too the Ohio Unsolv Unsolved ed Homicides Da Database tabase since nce eff efforts orts to eexpand xpand thee pr program ogram were w ere announced nced last yyear.Among ear..Among them is the case of James Jamess L. Jones Jones of S Sidney, idney, who w was as killed in Champaign County in 1994. 94. Attorney A t torney Gener General al Jone Joness DeW DeWine ine asked ask sked la law w eenforcement n f o rc e m e n t aagenge n cies to submit mit their cold case inf information ormation to t the online da datat abase in September S eptember tember 2012. A Att

the time, e, ther theree were were only 166 unsolved unsolv ed d homicide cases on the site. Today T oday ther theree ar aree 1,808 cases in n the da database. t abase. ““Since S ince launching the d da database t abase eexpansion, xpansion, w wee ha have ve rreceived eceived doz doz-e ens of tips rregarding egarding sseveral eve ra l ooff tthe h e llisted isted c cases,� ssaid aid A Attorney ttorney General DeWine. G Gener al DeW ine. ““We We w want ant to kkeep eep remindreminding ng Ohioans tha thatt it is n ne never ver too la late te to come informafforward o ard with inf orw ormation. ion. E Even ven inf information ormation thatt might tha ght seem insignificant could bee the det detail ail that that breaks breaks a case.�

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on the south west side of Kiser iser southwest L Lake ake S State t ate Park, Park, near near State St ate R Route oute 235 near Cary Carysville. sville. His was parked vvehicle ehicle w as ffound ound park ked in the ar ea. The cor oner ’s Office fice area. coroner’s indica indicated ted JJones ones died of blunt unt fforce orce tr auma. trauma. information Those with inf ormation on thiss or any ot other thi her unsolved unso lvved homicide can cont contact act BCI aatt 855-BCI-OHIO 855-BCI-OHIO.. T Tips ips can also be submit submitted ted online thr through ough ugh Attorney General’s the Ohio A ttorney Gener ral’’s website. w ebsite. La Law w enf enforcement orcement agencies agencies cies thatt w would likee to include their tha ould lik heir database cases in the da tabase should ould cont contact act BCI’ BCI’s ’s JJennifer ennifer Dillion lion aatt 740-845-2000.

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MONDAY -6:50 p.m.: disorderly conduct. George E. Hampton, 31, 334 W. Parkwood St., was arrested for disorderly conduct at that address. -5:32 p.m.: burglary. Robert H. Rose II, 503 Franklin Ave., reported a burglary at that address. Stolen were a television, jewelry and silverware, while a window and hutch were damaged. Loss/damage was estimated at $4,500. -4:19 p.m.: theft. Coty R. Niswonger, 104 S. Pomeroy Ave., reported the theft of jewelry and cash, valued at $2,512.80. -10:43 a.m.: theft. A bank deposit for Rite Price Foods Inc., 1686 Michigan St., was reported to have never made it to the bank. Loss was $3,367.53. -8:52 a.m.: contempt. Charles E. White III, 620 S. Ohio Ave., was arrested at 110 W. Court St. on a warrant out of Sidney Municipal Court. -6:04 a.m.: contempt. Brittany L. Tangeman, 21, at large, was arrested on multiple outstanding warrants. SUNDAY -7:46 p.m.: theft. Amy Lynn Studebaker, 1113 Hilltop Ave., Apt. C, reported the theft of wallet and its contents. -10:47 a.m.: theft. Jeffrey Hughes Scott, 431 1/2 S. Ohio Ave., reported someone stole his medication. -10:30 a.m.: breaking and entering. A break-in was reported at St. Marks Church, 231 N.

Miami Ave., causing $300 damage to the door and frame. -4:58 a.m.: burglary. Conelia K. Dixon II, 2521 Apache Drive, reported someone entered her residence. -3:49 a.m.: criminal damaging. The windshield of a vehicle owned by Robert L. McCarthy, of Lapeer, Mich., was smashed while parked at 752 Country Side St. -3:09 a.m.: disorderly conduct. Keshia M. Hudgins, 22, 319 S. West Ave., was arrested for disorderly conduct after an incident at 706 N. Ohio Ave. SATURDAY -9:22 p.m.: grand jury indictment. Dillon Richard Scott Petty, 19, 987 Buckeye Ave., was arrested at 525 Fair Road on a grand jury indictment for burglary. -7:29 a.m.: breaking and entering. Carl E. Stewart, of Quincy, reported a break-in at 105 N. Walnut Ave. -12:28 a.m.: burglary. Allison P. Reedy, 402 N. Miami Ave., reported her residence was entered and assorted clothing items removed. FRIDAY -5:50 p.m.: burglary. Shane L. Byrd, 717 Chestnut Ave., reported a burglary at that location. -5:09 p.m.: theft. Rosita Lissetta Miller, 410 S. Main Ave., reported a ring valued at $403.50 was stolen. -5:04 p.m.: theft. Ann R. Steinbrunner, of Sidney, reported a purse left behind at 1324 Michigan St. was found to have been stolen upon return for it. -4:56 p.m.: grand jury indict-

ment. Michael Cook, 51, 417 E. Russell Road, was arrested at 1630 Ferguson Court on a grand jury indictment. -2:32 p.m.: burglary. A burglary was reported at Arrowhead Apartments, 809 Arrowhead Drive, Unit G, and a stove and refrigerator taken. -12:17 p.m.: theft. Shonda Teasley, 37, at large, was arrested at 234 W. Court St. following the report of the theft of a stove and refrigerator from 1213 Hilltop Ave., Unit D. -9:05 a.m.: theft. Timothy A. Lamb II, of Maplewood, reported the theft of a cell phone and possible misuse of a credit card number. -9 a.m.: probation violation. Brandon L. Steele, 26, 718 Lynn St., was arrested at 110 W. Court St., on a probation violation warrant out of Sidney Municipal Court. -7:24 a.m.: criminal damaging. Suann Luedeke, of Sidney, reported damage to the driver’s side rear quarter panel of her vehicle while at 1322 Michigan St. -7 a.m.: theft. $600 worth of copper line was reported stolen from a Slagle Mechanical truck at 615 N. Miami Ave. THURSDAY -7:23 p.m.: theft. Robert L. Daniels Jr., 416 S. West Ave., reported the theft of a wallet with cash and contents totaling more than $600. TUESDAY -2:26 a.m.: drug abuse. Kelva Elizabeth Hoover, 19, 412 E. South St., was arrested at 234 W. Court St. for drug abuse.

Accidents

Friday about 12:43 p.m. Damage to both vehicles was minor.

• Elliott S. Harrod, 21, E. Parkwood St., was cited for failure to control and operating a vehicle while under the influence following a one-vehicle crash about 12:51 a.m. Saturday that sent one other person to the hospital. Harrod was northbound on North Vandemark Road when he went off the side of the road and struck a fire hydrant. His passenger, 22-year-old Richard Hahn, 6390 State Route 66, Fort Loramie, was transported by Sidney Medics to Wilson Memorial Hospital with possible injuries. • Amber Lynn Francis, 18, of Fletcher, was cited for a red light violation after striking the vehicle driven by Devon D. Kauffman, 33, 809 Foraker Ave., Saturday about 12:50 p.m. at Fourth and Campbell. Both vehicles sustained disabling damage. • Mandie A. Carr, 36, was cited for failure to maintain assured clear distance ahead after rear-ending the stopped vehicle driven by Timothy A. Spradlin, 51, 502 Forest Ave., at Brooklyn Avenue and East North Street Saturday about 3:56 p.m. Damage to both vehicles was minor. • Danielle L. Lamb, 25, 2889 County Road 25A, was cited for failure to maintain assured clear distance ahead after rearending the stopped vehicle driven by Nelda J. Karn, 65, 1659 Timberidge, at South Vandemark and Campbell roads

Fire, rescue TUESDAY -8:22 a.m.: medical. Medics were dispatched to the 700 block of Country Side Street. MONDAY -7:24 p.m.: injury. Medics were dispatched to the 300 block of Enterprise Avenue. -4:39 p.m.: invalid assist. Medics responded to a call for invalid assistance in the 600 block of Second Avenue. -2:47 p.m.: injury. Medics were dispatched to Fair and Westlake for an injury. -12:53 p.m.: fire alarm. Emergency crews responded to a fire alarm at 1540 Michigan St. It was an accidental false alarm. -12:32 p.m.: medical. Medics were dispatched to the 200 block of East South Street. -6:12 a.m.: medical. Medics were dispatched to the 400 block of South Stolle Avenue. -5:50 a.m.: medical. Medics were dispatched to the 1500 block of Michigan Street. -5:06 a.m.: medical. Medics were dispatched to the 300 block of East South Street. SUNDAY -11:57 p.m.: medical. Medics were dispatched to the 500 block of North Vandemark Road. -2:27 p.m.: medical. Medics were dispatched to the 100 block of West Poplar Street. -12:55 p.m.: medical. Medics were dispatched to the 700 block of Brooklyn Avenue.

County Record Municipal court TUESDAY -11:21 a.m.: vandalism. Deputies took a report of vandalism to the old sheriff’s office, 203 E. Court St. -11:09 a.m.: vandalism. Deputies took a report of vandalism at 10444 Museum Trail. -6:52 a.m.: property damage accident. Deputies responded with Ohio Highway Patrol to a onevehicle property damage accident at Mason Road and Thompson Schiff Road. -12:06 a.m.: drugs. Deputies responded to a report from 4200 Stoker Road of people shooting up heroin. MONDAY -6:26 p.m.: threats. A person at 10541 State Route 65 reported his mother threatened to kill his wife. -12:22 p.m.: identity theft. Deputies took a report of identity theft at 3812 Beulah Drive. -10:56 a.m.: vehicle in ditch. Deputies responded to

a report of a vehicle in a ditch in the 4000 block of Fort Loramie-Swanders Road. SUNDAY -1:39 p.m.: property damage accident. Deputies responded to a report of a property damage accident in the 4000 block of Walzer Road.

Fire, rescue

TUESDAY -3:38 a.m.: medical. Anna Rescue, Anna Police and Anna Fire responded to a medical call in the 400 block of East Main Street. -2:34 a.m.: medical. Perry Port Salem Rescue responded with deputies to the 10000 block of Maria Drive for a medical call. MONDAY -7:39 p.m.: fire. Fort Loramie Fire responded to a report of a fire in the woods in the 5000 block of HardinWapakoneta Road. SUNDAY -11:18 p.m.: medical. Perry Port Salem Rescue responded to a medical call in the 10500 block of Ohio 65.

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In Sidney Municipal Court Tuesday, Judge Duane Goettemoeller sentenced Nola B. Williams, 53, 957 1/2 Buckeye Ave., to 90 days in jail and fined her $250 plus $163.50 costs and $250 plus $128 costs for two charges of attempted assault, amended from assault. She also was ordered to pay $10 costs on a criminal trespass count that was dismissed. • Mark A. Cecil Jr., 35, 600 1/2 N. Main Ave., was sentenced to 15 days in jail and fined $150 plus $113 costs on a charge of menacing, amended from domestic violence. • Timothy Sapp, 25, 128 N. Pomeroy Ave., was sentenced to 21 days in jail and fined $150 plus $138 costs for disorderly conduct, amended from drug abuse. • Steven N. Helton II, 25, 1058 Riverbend, was sentenced to 22 days in jail and fined $150 plus $138 costs for attempted assault, amended from domestic violence. • Alan J. Kremer, 22, 7056 Cecil Road, was sentenced to five days in jail and fined $250 plus $97 costs on a charge of reckless operation, amended from driving under the influence of alcohol or

drugs. A count of DUI and a count of not driving in marked lanes were dismissed. • James E. Bodnor, 24, 305 N. Walnut Ave., was fined $25 plus $111 costs for an operating a motor vehicle with a temporary permit violation. • Eric C. Wallenhorst, 42, 13025 Luthman Road, Minster, was ordered to pay $105 costs on a driving under suspension charge that was dismissed. • Robin A. Rouse, 24, 425 N. Miami Ave., was sentenced to 20 days in jail (reconsidered if fines and costs paid) and fined $250 plus $138 for no operator’s license. A charge of expired license plates was dismissed. • Jeffrey A. Meyer, 29, 10801 Millcreek Road, was fined $150 plus $113 costs for no operator’s license. • Ryan S. Wheeler, 35, 18827 Sidney Plattsville Road, was fined $25 plus $111 costs for a right of way/private drive/alley violation. • Molly F. Graver, 21, 15630 Kirkwood Road, was fined $70 plus $105 costs for speeding. • Ricky L. Phillips, 54, 4971 Hardin-Wapakoneta Road, was fined $25 plus $111 costs for a right of

way at an intersection violation. Monday in Sidney Municipal Court, Kevin S. Carter Jr., 32, 308 S. Wilkinson Ave., had charges of tampering with evidence and drug abuse dismissed. • Shelbi Brandyberry, 26, 823 E. Court St., had charges of possessing criminal tools and drug abuse dismissed. • Greg E. Johnson, 24, 1135 Hilltop Ave., Apt. B, was fined $100 plus $111 costs for disorderly conduct. He also was sentenced to 60 days in jail and fined $250 plus $138 on a charge of theft. • Bryan Hamilton, 29, 1189 Cinnamon Ridge, was fined $25 plus $111 for open container. • Richard A. Roll, 60, 1257 Turner Drive, was fined $25 plus $111 costs for barking/howling dogs. • Jesse L. Ralston, 30, 527 Chestnut Ave., was fined $25 plus $113 costs for criminal trespass. • Jessica D. Fuller, 28, 829 Mt. Vernon Place, was sentenced to five days in jail (suspended for fines and costs paid) and fined $375 plus $103 costs for DUI. Her license also was suspended for six months. Additional counts of DUI, driving

under suspension, driving within marked lanes and operating without reasonable control were dismissed. • Bryan Hamilton, 29, 1189 Cinnamon Ridge, was fined $25 plus $111 costs for no operator’s license. • Suzanne L. Garrett, 33, 9304 Fort Loramie Swanders Road, Anna, was fined $30 plus $105 for speeding. • Larry E. Franklin, 58, 416 S. West Ave., was fined $150 plus $111 costs and ordered to 20 hours community service for DUS. • Craig A. Revolt, 23, 1249 Taft St., was fined $250 plus $111 and ordered to 80 hours community service for DUS. • Mary L. Meadows, 44, 2360 Wapakoneta Ave., Apt. 214, was fined $25 plus $111 costs for driving on streets posted closed. • Ryan J. Schlater, 26, 2498 Alpine Court, was fined $30 plus $111 costs for speeding. • Caroline K. Maier, 66, 20444 State Route 119, Maplewood, was fined $25 plus $105 costs for no operator’s license.

Trooper promoted to sergeant COLUMBUS – Trooper Brent D. Johnson was promoted to the rank of sergeant Friday by Col. Paul A. Pride, patrol superintendent, during a ceremony at the Patrol’s Academy. Sgt. Johnson will transfer from his current assignment at the Piqua Post to serve as

an assistant post commander at the Xenia Post. Johnson began his patrol career in June 1999 as a member of the 134th Academy Class. He earned his commission in December of that year and was assigned to the Piqua Post. In 2001, he trans-

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Death notices

Gehle NEW BREMEN — Donald Lee Gehle, 75, of New Bremen, died Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, his residence. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, in the Church of the Holy Redeemer in New Bremen. Gilberg-Hartwig Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements.

Cyphers PIQUA — Georgie A. Cyphers, 83, of Piqua, died Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, at the Piqua Manor Nursing Home. A service to honor her life will be Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, at the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home.

Jones Walter Jones, 90, of 3003 W. Cisco Road, passed away Tursday, Oct. 1, 2013. Funeral arrangements are pending at Cromes Funeral Home, Sidney.

Correction In an article that was published in the Sidney Daily News Friday announcing that Ruth Stevenson, of Sidney, will celebrate her 100th birthday on Oct. 13, a daughter-in-law’s name was omitted. Jane Fitzwater Parke, the widow of Gerald Parke, lives in Kingwood, Texas.

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The Sidney High School Powder Puff game was canceled Sunday due to the rain and field conditions. The games have been rescheduled for Oct. 9 at 7:15 p.m. The freshman girls will go head-to-head with the sophomore girls, followed by the junior ladies versus the seniors. The winners of each game will face off for the title in a championship game. Admission is $3 for students, $5 for adults. Athletic passes will not be honored at this event.

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PIQUA — Wilbert Leroy Gates, 76, of 910 New Haven Road, Piqua, formerly of Sidney, passed away Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, at 5:15 p.m. at his residence. He was born on Sept. 18, 1937, in Logan County, the son of the late Wilbert and Sadie Gates. On Sept. 19, 1959, he married Lois Jean Zwiesler, who preceded him in death June 1, 1999. He is survived by one daughter, Sharon Dotson and husband, Gary, of Piqua; two brothers, Paul and Gary; one sister, Lois; eight grandchildren, Nathan Offenbacher and wife, Brittany, Justin Offenbacher, Jeff Dotson, Jessie Dotson and wife, Amanda, Nick, Derrick, Matthew and Andy Gates; and six great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one son, Steven Gates; three brothers; six sisters; and mother and father-

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in-law, Joseph and Wilma Zwiesler. Mr. Gates was employed by the Stolle Corp. for more than 20 years, and then retired from the Copeland Corp. after 20 years of service. Wilbert was an umpire for the Sidney fast pitch and hardball leagues for more than 20 years. He loved spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. at Cromes Funeral Home, 302 S. Main Ave., Sidney, with the Rev. Lee Ellis officiating. Burial will follow at Glen Cemetery in Port Jefferson. The family will receive friends on Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Condolences may be expressed to the Gates family at the funeral home’s website, www. cromesfh.com.

Mabel E. Elson, 93, of Sidney, passed away peacefully on Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, at 7 a.m. at the Fair Haven Shelby County Home. A lifetime resident of Sidney, Mabel was born Nov. 11, 1920, in Sidney, to the late Forest Starrett and Hazel Smith Starrett. On Oct. 13, 1940, Mabel married Forest W. Elson, and he is deceased. In her earlier years, Mabel had worked as a hostess at the Holiday Inn in Sidney for 15 years. Mabel is survived by her children, Sally Bender, of Anna, and daughter-in-law, Diana Elson, of Piqua; six grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren;

four great-greatgrandchildren; and one brother, Donald Starrett, of Sidney. Mabel was preceded in death by one son, Robert Elson; three brothers; and two sisters. There will be no calling hours. Graveside services will be held on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, at 10 a.m. at the Plattsville Cemetery with the Rev. James Bolling officiating. Online condolences may be expressed to the Meadows family at www.theadamsfuneralhome.com. Adams Funeral Home, 1401 Fair Road, Sidney, OH 45365, is in charge of the arrangements.

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CareSource offers plan in Health Insurance Marketplace DAYTON — CareSource, a nonprofit, Ohio-based health plan, announced its approval to serve consumers on the new Health Insurance Marketplace. CareSource will serve 30 counties in Ohio including the Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, Toledo, Akron and Cleveland metro areas. CareSource Just4Me health insurance coverage was created with consumers in mind. As one of the lowest cost options in the state, the health insurance product is designed for Ohioans who

are looking for an affordable option while shopping for insurance in the Health Insurance Marketplace. “Offering health plans on the Health Insurance Marketplace is a way to extend our mission and serve those who are uninsured,” Pam Morris, President and CEO, CareSource, explained. “As a nonprofit health plan, we’re focused on serving our consumers and have provided an affordable option so more Ohioans will have access to health care, improving their lives.”

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Absentee voter ballots for the general election are now available at the Shelby County Board of Elections Office, 230 E. Court Street, Sidney. Voters may also call the Board of Elections office at 498-7207 to request an application by mail. The Shelby County Board of Elections office is open 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday; Nov. 2, 8:30 a.m. until noon; and on Nov. 4 until 4 p.m. Applications for absentee ballots to be mailed must be received by the Boards of Elections by noon on Nov. 2.

Juvenile court The following juveniles appeared before Judge William Zimmerman in Shelby County Juvenile Court (all fines listed are in addition to court costs): • Harley Schwabenland, 16, Minster, seat belt violation, $30 • Travis Douglas, 15, Sidney, driving without a license, $35 • Jordyn Humphreys, 16, Sidney, failure to control, $35 • Donald Heath, 16, Sidney, failure to control, $35 • Alyssa Via, 17, Houston, speeding, $35 • Cadalynn Hoellrich, 17, Sidney, speeding, $35 • Dillon Underwood, 16, Botkins, assured clear distance, $35 • Dennis Thornton II, 17, Fort Loramie, stop sign violation, $25 • John Chaney, 16, Fort Loramie, speeding, $35 • Kara Klingshirn, 16, Anna, failure to control, $35 • Mackenzie Jones, 15, Sidney, driving ATV on roadway without license, $35 • Levi Fitzpatrick, 17, Sidney, expired license plates, $35 • Brandon Aselage, 17, Anna, seat belt violation, $30 • Troy Kloeppel, 17, Sidney, speeding, $35 • Jennifer Williams, 17, Sidney, assured clear distance, $35 • Jared Brautigam, 16, Sidney, failure to control, $35 • Hannah Albers, 17, Anna, speeding, $35 • Jackson Watkins, 16, Sidney, assured clear distance, $35 • Tara Holthaus, 16, Fort Loramie, failure to yield from a stop sign, $35 • Zachary Buckmaster, 17, Jackson Center, speeding/seat belt violation, $35 • Ryan Penley, 17, Sidney, speeding, $35 plus license suspension

CareSource currently serves nearly 1 million Medicaid members in Ohio, or one in 10 Ohioans who have health insurance coverage. CareSource has a rich 25-year history in the State and is one of the nation’s largest Medicaid Managed Care Plans. The Health Insurance Marketplace is now open for business. To learn more about the CareSource Just4Me health plan, visit www.caresource.com/ health-insurance-marketplace/ or call 1-800-479-9502.

Wearable technology currently taking off Martha Mendoza AP National Writer

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The digital domain is creeping off our desktops and onto our bodies, from music players that match your tunes to your heart beat, to mood sweaters that change color depending on your emotional state — blue for calm, red for angry. There are vacuum shoes that clean the floor while you walk and fitness bracelets, anklets and necklaces to track your calorie burning. “Everyone agrees the race is just beginning, and I think we’re going to see some very, very big leaps in just the next year,” said tech entrepreneur Manish Chandra at a wearable technology conference and fashion show in San Francisco Monday that was buzzing with hundreds of developers, engineers and designers. Wearable technologies have long been a sideshow to mainstream laptop and smartphones, but this year Google’s glasses and rumors of Apple’s iWatch are popularizing the field. Analysts forecast swift growth. Last year the market for wearable technology — encompassing everything from hearing aids to wristband pedometers — totaled almost $9 billion. That should climb to $30 billion by 2018, said analyst Shane Walker at IHS Global Insights. Humans have been wearing technology for centuries, from strapped-on compasses to pocket watches. The current surging industry is centered in the Silicon Valley and San Francisco Bay area, where mostly smaller startups design their products locally and have them manufactured in Asia to take advantage of cheap labor. Monday’s conference was one of several focusing exclusively on wearable technology in recent years. As wearable technologies proliferate, humans will need to adapt, said Georgia Tech professor Thad Starner. He advises Google on its glasses,

which are lightweight frames equipped with a hidden camera and tiny display that responds to voice commands. Starner has worn his for several years. “We’re talking about paradigm changing devices,” said Starner. “Capabilities that people haven’t thought of before.” He said that, unlike computers and tablets that people engage with, wearable computers are designed to be in the background, secondary to the wearer’s attention. “It seems like a paradox, but when you pull the technology closer to your body, there’s a seamless interaction, it’s more an extension of yourself,” he said. But there are sure to be cultural and social issues. Google Glass — and some emerging competitors — have raised concerns of people who don’t want to be surreptitiously videoed or photographed. And what about interacting? At Monday’s conference, attendees slipped on monitors that measured their heart rates and temperatures to reflect whether they really were enjoying a movie, and shot photos through their Google Glasses of Vibease, the world’s first wearable vibrator controlled by smartphones, promising long distance intimacy. “Do you really want a touch screen on the front of your t-shirt? Is it socially acceptable to be poked all over your body for somebody to use your wearable computer?” asked Geneviève Dion, who directs a fashion and technology lab at Drexel University. The answer, for some, is no. In a newly released survey from Cornerstone OnDemand, 42 percent of workers said they would not be willing to strap on wearable tech for their jobs, with older and more traditional employees more reluctant than their counterparts. The survey polled 1,029 Americans aged 18 and over in August, and had a 3.1 percent margin of error.

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Furloughs, closures begin as shutdown affects Ohio Dan Sewell

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CINCINNATI (AP) — A national military museum and national park closed and thousands of employees were furloughed Tuesday as the impact of the partial federal government shutdown rippled across Ohio. The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force near Dayton and the Cuyahoga Valley National Park between Cleveland and Akron both closed in the aftermath of the shutdown that began at midnight after failure to break a budget impasse in Congress. More than 1,800 Ohio National Guard employees joined 8,700 air base workers on unpaid leave in Ohio as a result of the shutdown. There are more than 15,800 Ohio National Guard employees statewide. “While this is a significant hardship, we are very clear to let Ohioans know that we still have the capability to support this state if a time of need comes into play,” said Guard spokesman James Sims. “We

still maintain our readiness to support the war fight.” Some 8,700 civilian employees at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton were put on unpaid leave, resulting in what the base estimates as a loss of $5 million a day in salaries. The base has a total workforce of about 29,000, including civilian and military personnel. The base commissary will close Wednesday and only three of 95 employees remained on duty at the Air Force museum to safeguard exhibits that include vintage military planes. The museum is a popular site for military reunions, and averaged 2,087 visitors daily in October 2012. The shutdown also is expected to mean delays in government-backed mortgages, other reduced government services and trimmed congressional staffs. A spokeswoman at the Dayton VA Medical Center said that services for veterans continued as normal. At the Peck Federal Building in downtown Cincinnati, the Internal Revenue Service’s taxpayer assistance center was

Health care insurance enrollment begins in Ohio John Seewer Associated Press

TOLEDO (AP) — Ohio’s 1.5 million uninsured residents can start shopping for health insurance on the marketplace that’s a centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. But some organizations that received federal money to hire people to walk consumers through the process will not be ready to help for weeks. Ohio is leaving it to the federal government to run the state’s health insurance marketplace and isn’t promoting the program that launched on Tuesday, while the state Department of Insurance said that none of the “navigators” have been certified to start helping. The online insurance marketplaces, also called exchanges, were having trouble with the volume of consumers on the first day of the six-month open enrollment period. Ohio’s exchange site at one point had a message that said the system was down. Residents can also apply by phone, but callers to the federal call center were reporting long wait times Tuesday. Consumers have until the end of March to choose a health care plan to avoid tax penalties, but they must sign up by mid-December if they want coverage by Jan. 1. Five organizations in the state are getting about $3 million from the federal government to help people sign up for insurance and get the word out about the marketplaces. State law bans those workers from offering advice on which benefit plan is best suited for someone. The Ohio Association of Foodbanks received almost $2 million to hire and train between 30 to 40 outreach workers and volunteers. Lisa Hamler-Fugitt, the food bank association’s executive director, said her group is waiting for the state to certify its workers who already have been hired and gone through background checks. She hopes those workers will be in place between mid-October and the beginning on November.

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Darlene Tinsley (left), secretary/treasurer for the American Federation of Government Employees, leads protesters of the government shutdown in front of the Anthony J. Celebreezze Federal Building Tuesday in Cleveland. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday, forcing some 800,000 federal workers off the job as a protracted dispute over President Barack Obama’s signature health care law reached the boiling point.

closed, with a note of apology posted. Just outside the building, Jennifer Dove was seeing an immediate negative impact — fewer customers for hot dogs and sandwiches sold from her cart. She admittedly just started paying close attention to the standoff Monday.

“I’m very concerned about it,” she said, worried that a prolonged shutdown will affect her federally subsidized housing and other assistance and result in lost jobs and homes, and even higher crime. “It’s really confusing.” Shannon Marino, 33, a bar manager from Maple Heights,

set off on an 18-mile bike ride Tuesday morning before rangers began locking restrooms at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Visitor centers also remained closed. “I feel like the park system helps people to relax and find peace of mind in today’s society, so it’s an important part to have this area open for everybody,” Marino said. The privately operated scenic railroad at the national park won’t run during the shutdown because it needs park employees for help, park spokeswoman Mary Pat Doorley said. Roger Gunter, 52, of Elizabeth City, N.C., running in the park while visiting his hometown of Cleveland, blamed both parties for the deadlock. “We need some new folks there,” he said. He wasn’t fazed by the locked restrooms: he had identified a nearby fast-food restaurant if needed. ___ Associated Press writer Lisa Cornwell contributed to this report in Cincinnati and Thomas J. Sheeran contributed in Valley View, Ohio. ___ Contact the reporter at http://www.twitter.com/ dansewell

Legal challenges of new execution drug likely Andrew Welsh-Huggins Associated Press

COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio’s imminent announcement of a new lethal injection drug is likely to be followed by legal challenges, if past experience in the state and across the country is any judge. That same experience also suggests Ohio would likely prevail over the long term, but not before executions might be put on hold for a while. The state is switching drugs because its supply of the drug used most recently in Ohio, the sedative pentobarbital, expired Monday. Additional supplies aren’t available because the drug’s manufacturer has put it off limits for use in executions. Time and again, the state’s introduction of a new drug or execution process “has given rise to new allegations and often new pleading” in death penalty cases, almost always followed by counterchallenges, federal judge Gregory Frost noted in August after the state said it would likely announce its new drug by Friday.

There’s another option for securing pentobarbital, however, which involves pharmacists mixing individual doses for the state. Pharmacists aren’t affected by the manufacturer’s prohibition because they’re mixing ingredients used to make the drug. Ohio has hinted it is leaning toward this method. Assuming they have the equipment to mix the drug, and putting aside any moral qualms, pharmacists will have to think long and hard about the possible litigation they might face, said Ernest Boyd, executive director of the Ohio Pharmacists Association. “When you look at the number of groups ready to have a phalanx of attorneys to attack, it’s not going to be the same decision as, ‘Do I make you a wart medicine?’” Boyd said. The approach is also ripe for lawsuits after a compounding pharmacy in Massachusetts was blamed for a nationwide meningitis outbreak last year that killed 64 people and sickened hundreds more. Harry Mitts, who killed two people in 1994 including a police officer, was put to death last week with Ohio’s remaining dose of

pentobarbital. The new method, if approved, would be used Nov. 14 to execute Ronald Phillips, sentenced to die for raping and killing his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter in 1993. The state’s switch to pentobarbital in 2011 was quickly challenged legally because it had never been used as an execution drug. Frost put executions on hold that year as part of other criticisms of Ohio’s execution process, including the documentation of the process, but allowed them to begin again in November 2011. The state has executed seven men since then. Challenges help ensure the state is imposing the ultimate punishment responsibly, said Tim Young, head of the Ohio public defender’s office. “This is a justice system,” Young said Tuesday. “This is not a revenge system. This is not an inflict-asmuch-pain-as-you-can system.” In Georgia, a lawsuit is challenging that state’s decision to shield information about the compounding pharmacy it commissioned to create doses of pentobarbital for Georgia executions.

Woman alleges pregnancy led to firing Lisa Cornwell Associated Press

CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio woman who says a religious-based community organization fired her after she told them she was pregnant sued the organization Tuesday, charging sex and pregnancy discrimination. The American Civil Liberties Union and its

Ohio affiliate filed the federal lawsuit in Dayton against Inside Out and its director. The lawsuit filed on behalf of Jennifer Maudlin of Springfield in southwest Ohio alleges that the organization fired the single mother of two in September 2012 from her job as a cook after she told officials she was pregnant. The lawsuit charges

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that the Springfield organization violated federal and state laws prohibiting sex and pregnancy discrimination and employment discrimination. It also alleges a pattern of hostile treatment toward other unmarried women who became pregnant while working at the organization. Messages seeking comment were left at Inside Out on Tuesday. A woman answering the phone said the director, William Stout, was out of town. Stout has said previously that Maudlin quit voluntarily and was not fired and that Inside Out has not discriminated against any pregnant employee. Maudlin worked at Inside Out between 2008 and 2012 and had no ministerial duties, the suit says. “I was a good worker who was just trying to support my family,” she

said in an ACLU news release. Maudlin is seeking more than $500,000 in damages and back pay, and a court order prohibiting the organization from unfair discrimination. Her attorney, Freda Levenson, who is working with the ACLU to represent Maudlin, said that Inside Out already knew Maudlin was unmarried and had a child when she got pregnant with her second child. “Inside Out discriminates against pregnant women,” Levenson said. “It treats men differently from women and pregnant women differently from those who are not pregnant.” Inside Out’s website says it is a Christian organization that works on “creating positive change” through Jesus. The group apparently works with at-risk youth, serves meals, and offers child care.

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Today is Wednesday, Oct. 2, the 275th day of 2013. There are 90 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court as the court opened its new term. On this date: In 1780, British spy John Andre was hanged in Tappan, N.Y., during the Revolutionary War. In 1835, the first battle of the Texas Revolution took place as American settlers fought Mexican soldiers near the Guadalupe River; the Mexicans ended up withdrawing. In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson suffered a serious stroke at the White House that left him paralyzed on his left side. In 1941, during World War II, German armies launched an all-out drive against Moscow. In 1944, Nazi troops crushed the two-month-old Warsaw Uprising, during which a quarter of a million people were killed. In 1950, the comic strip “Peanuts,” created by Charles M. Schulz, was syndicated to seven newspapers. In 1958, the former French colony of Guinea in West Africa proclaimed its independence. In 1970, one of two chartered twin-engine planes flying the Wichita State University football team to Utah crashed into a mountain near Silver Plume, Colo., killing 31 of the 40 people on board. In 1971, the music program “Soul Train” made its debut in national syndication. In 1985, actor Rock Hudson died at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif., at age 59 after battling AIDS. In 2001, NATO SecretaryGeneral Lord Robertson said the United States had provided “clear and conclusive” evidence of Osama bin Laden’s involvement in the attacks on New York and Washington. In 2002, the Washington, D.C. area sniper attacks began as a resident of Silver Spring, Md., was shot and killed in a store parking lot in Wheaton; the next day, five people were shot dead, setting off a frantic manhunt lasting three weeks. In 2006, an armed milk truck driver took a group of girls hostage in an Amish schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pa., killing five of them and wounding five others before committing suicide. Ten years ago: The Los Angeles Times published allegations that California gubernatorial candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger had sexually harassed six women in the past; the actor acknowledged “bad behavior” on his part, and apologized. The House voted 281-142 to prohibit doctors from carrying out what abortion opponents called partial birth abortion. South African J.M. Coetzee (kut-SEE’-uh) won the 2003 Nobel Prize for literature. Former Labor Secretary John Dunlop died at age 89.

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Nearly 1,000 Iraqis killed in September, UN says

Gold bars left at station

BERLIN (AP) — Attention all passengers: could the person who left a stash of gold bars and a pile of banknotes in the luggage deposit at Cologne’s main railway station kindly contact German police? That was the appeal that police in the western German city issued Friday for information to track down the owner of the several kilos (pounds) of gold and a six-figure sum of euros in cash. The stash was found in April in a luggage locker at the station, a major European transport hub. Police said they’re going public after being unable to link the haul to any crime and hearing nothing from any legitimate owner. Whoever the owner is shouldn’t leave it too much longer. Police say that if nobody comes forward, the stash will be sold.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Hailing it as an “historic day,” President Barack Obama pressed forward his flagship health care program Tuesday, inaugurating new insurance exchanges to expand access for those without coverage despite the shutdown taking hold across much of the government. Obama said the opportunity to access affordable insurance is life-changing for those who could not do so before the launch of the exchanges, now open for enrollment for six months starting Tuesday. As a sign of how eager Americans were to get started, Obama said more than 1 million people had visited the website before 7 a.m. EDT — exceeding expectations and, in some cases, slowing down the computer systems. “This is life-or-death stuff,” Obama said in the White House Rose Garden, flanked by Americans who plan to enroll through the exchanges. He said tens of thousands of Americans die each year for lack of health insurance, and others go bankrupt. “Today we begin to free millions of our fellow Americans from that fear.” Obama urged Americans to call in or go online, promoting an online system that he said will offer more choices, more com-

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President Barack Obama hugs an unidentified woman who was part of a group of people who support and benefit from the Affordable Care Act, his signature health care law, and joined him onstage, after he spoke in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, Tuesday. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama’s health care law forced about 800,000 federal workers off the job, suspending all but essential services.

petition and lower prices. For that to work, the Obama administration needs tens of millions of Americans — mostly younger, healthy people — to sign up of offset the costs of patients whose health care costs more. Obama acknowledged there would be glitches in rolling out the program — there have been plenty already — but said that’s normal and that the problems will be fixed. The Obama administration hopes to sign up 7 million people during the first year.

Obama’s appearance kicked off a major campaign by his administration and its allies to enroll as many Americans as possible through the exchanges, a centerpiece of Obama’s health care law. But any sense of festivity surrounding the opening of the exchanges was quickly eclipsed by the fact that throughout Washington and across the country, much of the federal government was shuttered. Congress, gridlocked over whether to dismantle the law, missed the mid-

night deadline to keep funding the government. That meant that hundreds of thousands of federal workers were sent home — including many of Obama’s own aides. The White House cut its staff by three-quarters as first partial shutdown in almost two decades began. That his health care law remained so contentious in Congress three years after he signed it was not lost on Obama. Visibly rankled by Republicans’ continued efforts to gut the law and use a shutdown as leverage, Obama denounced House Republicans for what he called an “ideological crusade to deny health insurance to millions of Americans.” “This shutdown is not about deficits, it’s not about budgets,” Obama said. “It’s about rolling back our efforts to provide health insurance to folks who don’t have it. It’s about rolling back the Affordable Care Act.” “This, more than anything else, seems to be what the Republican Party stands for these days,” he added. Obama’s other message to Americans: Shutdown or not, the exchanges remain open. That’s because funding for much of the Affordable Care Act, like other “mandatory” functions such as Social Security, air traffic control and national defense, is protected from the whims of Congress.

Sour food, and Netanyahu: Israel won’t shattered glass: let Iran get nuclear arms Cleaning Kenya’s mall Edith M. Lederer Associated Press

Jason Straziuso Associated Press

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The sour odor of rotting food overwhelms the senses. Shattered glass crunches underfoot. And evidence of looting is ever-present, including in Westgate Mall’s chandelier-filled casino. Shop owners on Tuesday boarded up stores and removed merchandise even as Kenyan, U.S. and European investigators moved through the mall’s rubble in search of answers to the fourday terrorist attack. A soldier inside said that two bodies had been found Tuesday, one likely a soldier. The other was burned so badly it was too difficult to say, he said. Those cleaning up their shops wondered: Can the mall reopen? If so, when? A mall official told The Associated Press that such questions won’t be answered until the Kenyan government gives back control of the mall to its owners, a legal hold-up that may take months to resolve as the forensic investigation to find bodies and reconstruct events continues. An Associated Press reporter on Tuesday spent about two hours inside Westgate, the site of a terrorist siege that killed at least 67 people. Kenya’s government says five attackers are dead — perhaps under the mall’s rubble — but officials acknowledge that some of the attackers may have changed clothes and walked out with fleeing, frightened shoppers. The mall walk-through showed vast destruction where the mall caught fire and where it collapsed, but also SWAT-like tactics during the rush to rescue those inside when the grenades and bullets began flying. Many workers wore masks to cut the stench. Surgical gloves littered the floor, and foreign and Kenyan investigators, some wearing white moon suits, worked through the rubble.

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BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi sheik cradled his grandson’s tightly wrapped body Tuesday, his face grim and his eyes downcast, trailed by men bearing the coffin of the infant’s mother. The mother and son were killed the day before by a bombing in Baghdad — two among nearly 1,000 Iraqi lives lost to violence in September. The heartbreaking image, captured in an Associated Press photo, illuminates the human tragedy behind the numbers. Sectarian bloodshed has surged to levels not seen in Iraq since 2008. More than 5,000 people have been killed since April, when a deadly government raid on a Sunni protest camp unleashed a new round

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu played the spoiler Tuesday to any easing of Iran’s relations with the West, telling world leaders his country will do whatever it takes to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons, even if it has to stand alone. Speaking at the U.N. General Assembly, Netanyahu asserted that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani must have known about a terror attack on a Buenos Aires Jewish community center in 1994, as well as the 1996 bombing in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 Americans, because he was national security adviser at the time. Last week, President Barack Obama and the Iranian leader spoke on the phone, the highest level contacts between their countries in 34 years. Netanyahu said Israel’s future is threatened by a “nuclear-armed” Iran seeking its destruction and urged the international community to keep up pressure through sanctions. “Israel will not allow Iran to get nuclear weapons,” he said. “If Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone, but in standing alone Israel will know that we will be defending many, many others,” Netanyahu added. An Iranian diplomat, Khodadad Seifi, shot back:

of violence that showed al-Qaida in Iraq is still strong despite years of U.S.-Iraqi offensives against the terror group. At least 979 people — 887 civilians and 92 soldiers and national policemen — were killed in September, a 22 percent increase from the previous month, the U.N. mission in Iraq said Tuesday. Baghdad was hit hardest, with 418 violent deaths. The U.N. also reported that 2,133 people were wounded nationwide in the relentless car bombings, suicide attacks and shootings. The spike reversed a brief decline to 804 in August after the death toll reached 1,057 in July, the highest since June 2008 when 975 people were killed. By comparison, 3,718 civilians were killed in December 2006, the deadliest month of the war, according to a U.S.

“Unlike Israel, Iran would not and did not attack any country.” “It is not due to its inability, but due to its principled policy in rejecting any use of force,” Seifi, a deputy ambassador to Iran’s U.N. mission, told the assembly. “Therefore the Israeli prime minister had better not even think about attacking Iran let alone planning for that.” At the White House, press secretary Jay Carney said Netanyahu’s skepticism about Iran and its intentions is “entirely justifiable” because until recently Iran’s leadership “was pledging to annihilate Israel.” He said the U.S. share’s Israel’s goal of keeping Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Carney stressed that Obama will be “very firm” on demanding verifiable, transparent action to ensure that Iran has given up its nuclear weapons ambitions. Netanyahu said a nucleararmed Iran would have a choke-hold on the world’s main energy supplies. “It would trigger nuclear proliferation throughout the Middle East, turning the most unstable part of the planet into a nuclear tinderbox. And for the first time in history, it would make the specter of nuclear terrorism a clear and present danger,” the Israeli leader said. Netanyahu said the greater the pressure, the greater the chance for diplomacy to succeed. He said the only diplomatic solution

military tally. An influx of U.S. troops, a Shiite militia cease-fire and a Sunni revolt against the extremists among them combined to stop the country’s slide toward civil war in 2008. While violence has never stopped in Iraq, the recent uptick in double-digit daily death tolls has stunned many Iraqis after several years of relative calm. It also has raised fears that long-dormant Shiite militias could renew their campaign of retaliatory violence. “If the security forces are not capable of protecting us, we will protect ourselves and end the misery,” said Hatem Muhsin, who lives in Sadr City, a Shiite enclave in Baghdad. “The sectarian war has just started.” Al-Qaida in Iraq has claimed responsibility for much of the violence,

including a string of car bombings that targeted mostly Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad on Monday, killing 55 people. Sheik Mahmoud Abdel Rahman’s 11-month-old grandson, Latif, and the child’s mother, Hasnah Abdel Rasul, were among them. The infant was wrapped in a shroud with verses from the Quran as Abdel Rahman carried it in a procession to bury his two loved ones in the Shiite holy city of Najaf. The al-Qaida umbrella group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant said Monday’s attacks were in retaliation for the “arrests, torturing and targeting of Sunnis” by the Shiite-led government. It vowed more attacks. The statement’s authenticity could not be independently confirmed

that would work is one that requires Iran to completely dismantle its nuclear weapons program and prevents it from starting one in the future. This would require a halt to all uranium enrichment, removing uranium stockpiles from Iran, dismantling the infrastructure for “nuclear breakout capability” — reaching the point where the country can make a quick dash to a nuclear weapon. He also said it would require stopping all work at a heavy water reactor aimed at producing plutonium, which like uranium can be used to produce nuclear weapons. Netanyahu called Rouhani “a loyal servant of the regime” and stressed that he has done nothing to stop Iran’s nuclear program since his election in June. Rouhani was at the U.N. last week and presented a more moderate face of the hard-line clerical regime in Tehran. He agreed to the first nuclear talks with six world powers since April, held on the sidelines of the General Assembly last week. U.S. and European diplomats emerged from the talks saying they saw a marked shift in Iran’s tone for the better. But they also insisted it must be backed up by concrete actions to assure the world Tehran is not seeking to develop a nuclear weapon.

but it was posted on a website commonly used by militants and its style was consistent with earlier statements by the terror network. Anger among Iraq’s minority Muslim sect stems largely from allegations of abuses and vague anti-terrorism laws that allow random arrests at the hands of the Shiiteled government, which gained power after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein’s Sunni-dominated regime. Tensions rose sharply this year after the April raid, which followed months of largely peaceful Sunni protests. Police and hospital officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to release the information, also reported six more people killed in attacks on Tuesday.

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This Evening

• Women of the Moose meets at 6 p.m. at the Moose Lodge, 1200 N. Broadway. • Baby time for children 3 1/2 and younger and their mothers is at the A.J. Wise Library in Fort Loramie at 6:30 p.m. • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Labor of Love, meets at 6:30 p.m. at First Christian Church, 320 E. Russell Road. • The Miami-Shelby Ostomy Support Group meets at 7 p.m. at the Cancer Care Center in the lower level of the Upper Valley Medical Center, 3130 N. Dixie Highway, Troy. Schweitzer/Martin The group will provide information and support to ostomates and their families. For more information, call (937) 440-4706. • Stokes Lodge 305, Free and Accepted Masons, meets at 7:30 p.m. at the Port Jefferson Lodge, Port Jefferson. All Master Masons are welcome.

Thursday Morning

• Upper Valley Medical Center hosts a Mom and Baby Get Together group from 9:30 to 11 a.m. in the Farm House on the center campus. The meeting is facilitated by the lactation department. The group offers the opportunity to meet with other moms, share about being a new mother and learn about breastfeeding and the baby. For information, call 937-440-4906. • The New Bremen Public Library hosts story time for children 3-5 at 10:30 a.m.

Thursday Afternoon

• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Addicts at Work, meets at noon at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 120 W. Water St. • Shelby County Toastmasters meets at noon at the Sidney-Shelby County YMCA. Guests are welcome. For more information, contact Ed Trudeau at 498-3433 or edward.trudeau@emerson.com or visit the website at shelby.freetoasthost.ws. • The Highly Recommended Book Club meets at the New Bremen Public Library at 1 p.m. • The New Bremen Public Library offers readers theater to students in grades 3 and 4, right after school. 419-6292158. • The Shelby County Health Department will have a flu shot clinic at Houston School from 3 to 6 p.m. $20 per dose; $45 per high dose. Medicare, including HMOs accepted. For information, call 498-7249.

Couple plan 2014 wedding

TOLEDO — Kristen Schweitzer and Nick Martin, both of Toldeo, have announced their engagement and plans to marry Oct. 18, 2014, in Perrysburg. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Kim Schweitzer and Hugh Schweitzer, both of Sidney. She graduated from Anna High School in 2004 and from Bowling Green State University in 2008. She is employed by Toledo Hospital as a laboratory scientist. Her fiance is the son of Kevin and Mary Martin, of Waterville. He is a 2001 graduate of St. John’s Jesuit High School and a 2005 graduate of the University of Dayton. He is employed by Martin Management as a property manager.

Ashley Nicole Estes and Tyler Cecil Brown, both of Sidney, have announced their engagement and plans to marry Oct. 19, 2013, in the Glory Bound Church. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Dale and Nickie Estes, of Houston. She graduated from Houston High School in 2011. Her fiance is the son of Mike Brown, of Jackson Center, and Tammy Bemus, of Sidney. He is a 2009 graduate of Sidney High School. He is employed by Area Energy and Electric.

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Cookbook winner Sheila Burch, of Jackson Center, has won a cookbook in a Sidney Daily News drawing. She submitted recipes for inclusion in the 2013 Harvest Holiday Cookbook, which will be published in November. Winners are drawn each Monday from among the names of readers who send recipes. Friday at 5 p.m. is the deadline for submissions. A drawing for a $200 cash grand prize and a $50 cash second prize will take place during the week of Oct. 7. For information, visit www.sidneydailynews.com or call 498-5965.

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BOTKINS — Abby Elizabeth Meyer and Ryan Joseph Leugers, both of Botkins, have announced their engagement and plans to marry Nov. 16, 2013, in the Immaculate Conception Church in Botkins. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Ronald and Diane Meyer, of Botkins. She graduated from Botkins High School in 2007 and from James A. Rhodes College in Lima in 2011. She is employed by Piqua Manor Nursing Home as an occupational therapy assistant. Her finace is the son of Michael and Kathy Leugers, of Botkins. He is a 2008 graduate of Botkins High School and a 2012 graduate of Bluffton University. He is employed by Wells Brothers.

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Pilots offer free flights to kids The Sidney Pilots Association and the Experimental Aviation Association, of Piqua, will offer free plane rides to children 8 to 17 Saturday between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Sidney Municipal Airport. The flights are in observance of Young Eagles Day and encourage interested youngsters to learn how to become pilots.

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Not easy to shake addiction

Patricia Ann Speelman pspeelman@civitasmedia.com

Editor’s note: Drug abuse, especially heroin addiction, has mushroomed in Shelby County. This is another in a series of articles that will explore the human face of addiction as well as the statistics.

Alex (not his real name) is afraid to leave Shelby House. The 34-year-old is not a recluse. He goes out daily to a job in the hospitality industry. He has lived at the publicly-funded facility since January, except for a brief relapse in April. He has no plans to move out because Shelby House is safe. Safe from the addiction to drugs he desperately wants to be rid of. “If I were to leave here, I’m not sure I can stay clean,� he said. Shelby House is home to as many as 11 men at a time, all recovering addicts. Angela Allison is executive director of Shelby County Recovery Inc., who operates the facility. It is funded, at about $100,000 per year, by tax levies that support the Tri-County Board of Recovery and Mental Health Services and residence fees. Program participants pay $100 per week. There is no registration fee. “Most of them come in homeless,� Allison said of Shelby House residents. They are referred by the Shelby County Counseling Center, in many cases, but the majority are self-referrals. “We allow them to stay here until their needs are met. There is a minimum commitment of three to six months, which is usually never enough time. The majority of success is in nine months,� she added.

Alex does not know how much longer he will stay. Originally from a mid-Atlantic east-coast state, he moved to Sidney from a resort area in the south, where he had a good job and three children. His former girlfriend’s family lives in Shelby County. That’s what brought them north. It was here that he became addicted to heroin; although he had been using opiates since he was 13 and had started smoking marijuana earlier than that. He was prescribed the opiates after a doctor diagnosed a birth defect in his lower back. “Gee, if I take more than I’m supposed to, it feels pretty good,� Alex said he realized. The use developed into an addiction in no time. “Somebody who’s addicted to opiates, if you go 24 to 36 hours without, you become extremely ill,� he said. “Flu-like symptoms, aches, vomiting that lasts two weeks. The real stranglehold is the mental. Mental withdrawal is 20 to 30 days and there’s still a temptation. (Drugs) go from being fun to being a necessity really quickly.� Now he is learning to get past the ill feelings and do without. “I needed to do this for myself and for my children,� Alex said. He and his girlfriend parted ways and he lost custody of his kids, who now live with his parents in another state. “I’ve been arrested in the past, numerous times,� he said. “Disorderly conduct, possession of a controlled substance.� He admitted to stealing to support his habit. “But never burglary or shoplifting. I never carried a firearm. I’ve never taken it that far,� he added. “But I didn’t have to.� It was after a 33-day

jail sentence that he booked himself into Shelby House. A requirement there is to find a job. “(Residents) have to put out three applications a day while they are here,� Allison said. Alex has hit a ceiling in his current job. He would like to earn more money to save for a car and to pay the $400 due before he can reinstate his driver’s license. He was caught driving without insurance and has had his licence suspended multliple times. But he’s willing to wait for God’s time to take the next step. “Life run on self-will is a nightmare for anyone, whether they’re addicgted to drugs or not,� he said. “I had a good conversation with my father. He said, ‘The Lord will open that door when it’s time.’ (God) lets me know that I’m going in the right direction. The job I have now, it’s the job I would want to have here. God did not let me have that job until I was able to keep it.� Taking it one day at a time, Alex is becoming able to “deal with life on life’s terms,� he said. “Alcohol and drug addiciton is a symptom of a greater disease: we’ve all chosen to deal with life’s problems in a negative way. Over the course of time, you have to learn how to deal with life’s terms in a positive way. I’ve been trying to get a hold of this a long time.� He often sits in the Shelby House living room on its dilapidated sofa, wondering why other people were able to do that and he was not. He hasn’t discovered the answer, but he’s proud of the progress he’s made so far. “Because I made such a mess of my life for the 20 years of my

Shelby House client Christopher Hoover (left) talks with Shelby House Director Angela Allison at Shelby House Thursday. Both live in Sidney. Hoover is not “Alex,� the subject of today’s article. SDN Photo | Luke Gronneberg

addiciton, now, to deal with (the problems) is insurmountably difficult. Now it’s in my face 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It’s very easy to forget what you’ve learned in the short term and go back to what you’ve learned over a long period of time,� he said. Allison agreed. The success rate at Shelby House is about 10 percent. Her biggest challenge is “trying to help people who really don’t want the help,� she said. “They come wanting help, but I don’t always see the follow-through. I know from my own experience what it takes to stay clean and sober. It takes a lot of work and motivation and some just don’t have it. But you want them to,� she said earnestly. “It’s hard to watch (families) watch their child or brother or sister do what they’re doing and they don’t know why. I’d like to have a 50 percent success rate.� Funding and the lack of it stands in the way of some of that. “I’m not real good at fundraising,� Allison admitted. “That’s something we need to look into doing.� Her staff are a house manager, who gets free rent, and an assistant house manager who gets a 50 percent discount on rent. Both are “in transition,� she said. They have been sober for a year or more. “It gives them a chance to save money and set some goals for themselves and help me out,� she said. “It’s an awesome thing to see the few and far between successes when they’ve been at rock bottom and

they’re buying houses and getting married.â€? Allison hopes the world will start to look differently at her clients. Too often, she said, people think that addicts should just stop drinking, stop using and behave themselves. “(People) don’t realize it’s a disease and (the addicts) can’t help themselves. Nobody wants to wreck their lives. The guys who come here are awesome guys with drug and alcohol problems,â€? she said. More and more, she sees that the drug of choice is heroin, even among teens. Alex knows from his own previous attitude that beginning addicts seldom heed advice. Still, he has some to give if anyone wants to listen: “Before you think about doing it, take a look around your life and what means the most to you. Are you willing to lose that? I miss my kids. I miss my ex. I get depressed. It’s hard. Everybody has to hit absolute bottom before they do anything (to end their addictions and right their lives). You surrender and you think you can’t go lower and then there’s a trap door and you go lower.â€? He recognizes that it’s a long fight and he’s in it for long term, but one day at a time. “I don’t have enough strength to think about tomorrow,â€? he said. “My little bit of sobriety ‌ is amazing,â€? he said. “I never thought I could do it. I was in jail 33 days. Then here 30 days. If I can do it that long, I can do it the rest of my life.â€?

Wright State University to celebrate Austen’s novel just down an English country road from the house Austen lived in while working on some of her most accomplished novels While in England, Lake spent much time with other researchers and Austen enthusiasts. According to Lake, hearing of her colleagues’ plans for their own bicentennial celebrations got the gears turning. “When I came back to Wright State that fall and talked about my experiences at Chawton House with my students and colleagues, I quickly realized that there was a real love for “Pride and Prejudice� right here in Ohio,� said Lake. “I also realized that Wright State could join a global community, not only to celebrate Austen’s work but also to create an innovative educational experience that would benefit our students as well as others in

the Dayton area.� The three-day event will brim with research in the humanities — and not just about Austen and her novel. Academic scholars from across the globe, including experts on Austen and British literature, history and culture, will be in attendance at “Pride & Prejudice�: The Bicentennial. There will also be displays of student research, discussion groups and opportunities for workshops. Janine Barchas, author and associate professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin, will share her literary and historical knowledge. Barchas recently launched a digital humanities project called WhatJaneSaw.org that garnered attention from the New York Times. Devoney Looser, author and associate professor of

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FAIRBORN — Wright State University will celebrate the bicentennial of the publication of Jane Austen’s novel, “Pride and Prejudice,� on Oct. 10, 11 and 12 by hosting a conference featuring scholarly presentations, theatrical performances and an English tea party. Concluding the festivities is the Regency Ball, a formal event that will immerse attendees in the popular culture of Austen’s time. “Guests can expect to be transported back to the year 1813,� said Crystal Lake, assistant professor of English and coordinator of the bicentennial celebration. Lake conceived the idea to create “Pride and Prejudice�: The Bicentennial two summers ago when she was a visiting fellow at the Chawton House Library in England. Lake said the library was

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English at Arizona State University, will also attend. Not only is she in the midst of a book-length project on Austen and feminism, but she also competes in roller derbies under the name “Stone Cold Jane Austen.� Following the scholarly symposiums on Oct. 10 and 11 will be the Regency Ball on Oct. 12. Period or formal dress is optional. Guests will be whisked back to 1813 to experience the period’s customs and

culture of that time period. The ball will demonstrate the elegance that was characteristic of England’s Regency era. “There will be some delightful surprises at the ball,� said Lake.�[Guests] will listen to the kinds of music Austen would have heard, learn how to do the dances she danced, taste the kinds of food she would have liked, play the card games she would have played and find out more information

about what Austen’s world meant to her.� According to Lake, costuming for the event is optional, but formal attire is expected. For information, visit http://www.wright.edu/ celia/events/pride-prejudice-the-bicentennial. All events are open to the public, though tickets are required. Tickets can be purchased on the event website.

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Why Should We Spend Money To Save Baby Teeth?

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eciduous teeth, or “baby teethâ€? as they are commonly called, erupt during the first two years of life and function in a healthy mouth until the adult teeth are fully developed. During this time, they function for chewing, speech development, esthetics, and they are critical for proper growth and development of the skull and jaw. When they are lost prematurely due to decay or trauma, adequate space is not preserved for the maturing adult teeth below, so those teeth may become impacted and not erupt properly. A l t h o u g h premature loss of pediatric teeth may only cause minor problems like delaying the Jeff Van Treese, D.D.S. eruption of adult teeth, serious problems that require surgery to correct, like impaction, occur commonly. The ways to repair broken or decayed baby teeth vary greatly, depending on the severity of damage, the anticipated lifetime of the tooth involved, and the clinical judgment and skills of the attending dentist. Usually, the front teeth are lost by about age seven, and then the primary molars and canines are sequentially lost until about age fourteen. Dentists usually can predict the length of time until a tooth will

be lost from looking at the dental x-rays. The financial investment involved in restoring and saving baby teeth is often similar to the cost of restoring adult teeth with fillings. The longterm costs of premature extraction and then the related treatment for lost space, improper development, and impaction may be much greater. Dentists are usually very aware of these and other problems related to not saving baby teeth as well as the financial concerns of parents. Although there are times when taking out primary teeth before they are supposed to erupt may be appropriate, investing in their restoration is usually very wise. Jeffery R. Van Treese, D.D.S. has been providing comprehensive dentistry and caring for patients in Sidney since 1987. His practice is located at 2627 Broadway Avenue in Sidney. For a free consultation, he may be reached at 937-492-6984 or info@drvantreese.com Funding for this article provided by Dr. Van Treese as a community service. Contents of this article is not intended to provide personal medical advice, which should be obtained directly from a dentist or other healthcare professional. Š2013 Creativedge Marketing. All rights reserved.

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Opinion Wednesday, October 2, 2013

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

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Enrolling for a new health plan Old-fashioned hardware store still needed A building project (for ioned hardware stores, those of us who are car- but there’s always one in penterially challenged) every town that survives, can be a confusing night- and for a good reason. They have gray-haired mare of little whatchits we never learned the guys standing just inside name of and have no idea the door to help you find just what you need, even how to use. Oh, if we need a two by if you don’t know what four that’s eight feet long, it’s called and have no clue how to install we’re on pretty it, or even if anysafe ground and one’s invented can head on over something to fix to MundoSlab, this particular the building cenproblem. ter that dedicates I walked in the about half an acre hardware store to just tar paper. the other day, and It’s fun going over Home a guy with plenty there just to see Country of gray came over what the new Slim Randles and asked if he foreign doo-dads could help. are for construc“Well,” I said. “I have a tion this month, and you never know when you’ll float thingie on the horse find something you can’t trough that broke. It’s that live without. You can little doo-trammy that’s buy all the stuff in there kinda copper-colored and from either the kid who fits on top of the whizmowed your lawn up until gidget.” Without breaking a month ago, or from that nice girl your boy used to stride, he looked at me and said, “Right-hand take to the movies. But when the real tough threads, or will you need parts of a project come an adaptor?” Let’s see MundoSlab along, you know, things that involve plumbing or top that. wiring, there’s only one The writer is a veteran newspaperman and place to go … the surviv- outdoorsman who is a registered outfitter ing old-fashioned hard- and guide. He has written novels and nonware store. MundoSlab fiction books based on rural living and he coming in sure cut down has also been an award-winning columnist on the number of old-fash- for the largest daily newspapers in Alaska and New Mexico. He lives in Albuquerque.

Letters to the editor Sensational Sounds Festival a success To the editor: In spite of the inches of rain Sidney received last week and the muddy conditions at Sidney Memorial Stadium that the rain produced, last Saturday evening’s 27th Annual Sensational Sounds Marching Band Festival was a huge success! The Sidney High School Music Boosters would like to express their appreciation to the many local businesses who continue to support the students in our community through this event. We also appreciate all of the volunteers who worked so hard to see that the event went off without any hitches. In addition to six local area bands who performed, we also enjoyed seeing and hearing the Ohio Northern University Marching Band, under the direction of Dr. Charles Bates. What a pleasure it was for the many spectators to see all of these bands perform! For those who were able to attend, we hope you enjoyed the show! We hope that all of you will consider attending next year’s 28th Annual Sensational Sounds Marching Band Festival in 2014! You won’t want to miss it! Sarah Steenrod, Co-Chairman 2150 W. Michigan St.

Senior Center has much to offer To the editor: The Senior Center of Sidney-Shelby County was formed at the YMCA in 1975. From there, we moved to the church basement on Russell Road. This is where we had our first bazaar. From there we moved to St. Paul’s Church basement, as we had more space, and had our bazaar and started to sell food from the kitchen. We stayed there until 1997. We moved to our present location. It originally was the Monarch MachineCameo Building. The city of Sidney let us move in there, rent-free. We are appreciative of such a nice location. We are funded partially by many organizations — the United Way and many more. We have projects to help raise money for expenses. This is to let people know that if you are bored and want something to do, we invite you, if you

are 50 years old or older, to come join us. We are located at 304 S. West Ave., Sidney. There are many things to do: all kinds of exercises such as aqua classes with instructors, all kinds of games such as bingo, shuffleboard, pool and of course cards, all with instructors. If you do quilting, please volunteer your time and help the quilters, as this is a fundraiser. If you do handwork, donate it to the center to be sold. There are all kinds of activities going on every day. We also have trips, carry-in dinners with entertainment, help with your income taxes, and many more things. The dues are very reasonable. Please, come join us, meet new friends, and have fun in an air-conditioned building. We need you. Ruth Adams 1190 Abbott Circle

Enrollment has begun for the health law’s new insurance marketplace, allowing almost 1 million Ohioans to become eligible for financial assistance to purchase quality, affordable health insurance. Starting Oct. 1, Ohioans without insurance, or those who would like to change their insurance plans, can shop for health insurance coverage at www.healthcare. gov. For years, we’ve heard stories of Americans frustrated and failed by our health system. But today, the tide is turning and we are starting to see the health law take effect. When this enrollment period begins, more than 916,000 Ohio residents will be eligible for financial assistance to buy insurance that provides quality coverage at

health a price they can afford. congressional And Ohioans suffering insurance until similar from pre-existing con- coverage was available to ditions will no longer all Americans. Today, I be denied coverage or can now say that I will charged higher premi- be enrolling in the health ums. care marketplace For Ohioans this fall alongside like Robert, a canhundreds of thoucer survivor from sands of Ohioans. New Matamoras, While the new the new health law enrollment period means that insurwill soon allow all ers cannot turn him Ohioans to access away based on his U.S. Sen. quality, affordable pre-existing conhealth coverage, dition. For Aaron Sherrod millions of people Brown in Cincinnati, it in our state are means not having already benefiting to choose between from provisions in the tuition and health care. And for Stephen in West health care law. For Chester, it means being example, 97,000 young able to feel secure in his adults in Ohio are now able to stay on their parretirement. Health care enroll- ents’ insurance until their ment marks a milestone 26th birthday. We are for millions of Ohioans also closing the ‘donut — including myself. In hole’ for seniors’ pre1992, I made a promise scription drugs — saving that I wouldn’t accept Ohio seniors an average

of $774 on their medication costs. More than 900,000 Ohioans have received free preventive care, and children are no longer being denied coverage for pre-existing conditions, like asthma, diabetes, and cancer. For millions across the Buckeye state, the new law will mean less worry and more money in their wallets. And for many Americans, the health insurance marketplace will lower premiums nearly 14 percent more than previously expected. There is still more work to be done to perfect our nation’s health care system. But on Oct. 1, I will join millions of Ohioans as we take a step towards a future where worry and failed protections will soon become a thing of the past.

Live like you were dying Christina Ryan Claypool

Admittedly, death can come as a shock when it occurs in our inner Last fall, I met my writing idol, circle, because it isn’t supposed to Mitch Albom. The famous journal- happen to us or to the people we ist was the keynote speaker for a love. Or when we hear of another Cancer Awareness Symposium held family’s tragic loss we sometimes near Dayton. Like hundreds of other feel guilty, because we are grateful mostly Ohio fans, Albom signed that it happened to someone else. my copy of his book, “The Time So, we hug our spouses and kids Keeper.” Then he let my husband a little tighter, hoping to stave off snap our photo together, which I this inevitable grim reaper. promptly posted to Facebook. It was almost a decade ago, It’s increasingly difficult when the question of death not to see the literary genius began to preoccupy my own of this Detroit Free Press thoughts. At the time, I was columnist. Albom’s book waiting for the results of a writing genre was originally biopsy for a relative who I sports-related, although sevlove more than my life. eral have dealt with spiriDuring those long days of tual issues. They include waiting, I tried desperately “Have a Little Faith” pubto busy myself with distractlished in 2009, “The Five Road less ing activities, so I opted for a People You Meet in Heaven,” Traveled little “Retail Therapy.” While Christina (September 2003) and 1997s spending time shopping, I Ryan “Tuesdays with Morrie” — first heard the now classic Claypool all of which were made into country tune, “Live Like You movies. Were Dying” being sung by “Tuesdays with Morrie” Tim McGraw. continues to sustain popularity Don’t stone me, but I’m not a big probably because it addresses one country fan. Yet the lyrics stopped of the most challenging issues that me in my tracks. The song is about individuals must face — human a man in his early forties whose mortality. It wasn’t predicted to be medical tests reveal that his time on a bestseller, but years and millions this Earth will be short. of copies later and counting, readWhen asked what he did when ers have voiced their opinion. he got the news, the verse says, In the book, Mitch Albom and “I went sky diving, I went Rocky Morrie Schwartz explore the reality mountain climbing … And I loved of death and the lessons learned in deeper and I spoke sweeter, and I life. For 14 consecutive Tuesdays, gave forgiveness I’d been denying Mitch interviewed an elderly … And I finally read the Good Book Schwartz, his former college profes- and I took a good long hard look sor who was dying from (ALS) Lou at what I’d do if I could do it all Gehrig’s disease. Albom quotes again…” While listening to these poignant Morrie as saying people don’t talk about death, because “no one really words, I stood motionless in the store aisle clutching a pair of kitchbelieves they are going to die.”

en curtains, fighting back tears. My faith crumbled. I was fearful that the song was some kind of prophetic preparation for the bad news that was soon to be relayed concerning my loved one’s biopsy. Thank God, I was wrong. The physician’s verdict was “no cancer.” I was so relieved that I can’t remember what the doctor said after that. But since then sometimes these challenging lyrics come back to me. Like recently, when just days before the pool closed for the season, I heard “Live Like You Were Dying” over the loud speaker there. It’s been almost a decade since I had first heard this tune, and I now view life a lot like Morrie Schwartz. Because I think it was Morrie’s wisdom that taught me to try embrace whatever life stage you’re in as I traveled through his last days with him thanks to Albom’s writing. You see, on the very day I met Mitch Albom, I had buried a precious 41-year-old friend after her valiant three-year battle against breast cancer. Making me all too aware how fragile and brief this life can be. Albom’s Morrie didn’t become an iconic example of how one should die but rather how one should live especially in a society that seems terrified of both growing old and death. In parting, a bit of Morrie’s sage advice, “Aging is not just decay, you know. It’s growth. It’s more than the negative that you’re going to die. It’s also the positive that you understand you’re going to die, and that you live a better life because of it.” Christina Ryan Claypool is a freelance journalist and inspirational speaker. She may be contacted via her website at www.christinaryanclaypool.com

Letters to the editor Trip was a privilege To the Editor: From my Facebook page: “Finished (my) Trip Two to Washington, DC with the Shelby County Vets to DC as a volunteer last Sunday (September 22). Great fun! 44 vets (1 WWII, 1 Korea, 42 Vietnam), three days, five memorials (Marine Corps, Vietnam Wall, Korea, WWII, and Air Force), and we placed a wreath the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, all very moving and special. I met one of the vets this morning (September 28) and he said that it was one of the best trips he’s ever been on … right behind his flight home from south-

east Asia. Duane “Moon” Mullen MOTEL / TACC-NS, ’67-’68 620th Tactical Control Squadron Monkey Mountain, Son Tra, RVN It is no use saying, ‘We are doing our best.’ You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary. Winston Churchill ” ————The Shelby County Vets To DC Committee has done a truly remarkable job in taking area veterans to see the memorials in Washington, D.C., that are dedicated to the conflicts they served in. During the promotional efforts this past year, it was amazing how people from school children

and teachers to neighbors, businesses and professionals pitched-in to ensure that the committee’s efforts would be successful: fund raising of all sorts from garage sales to golf outings, sponsorship of employees and customers, letters for the Mail Calls during the trip, donations, raffles … and more. Each and all of these people expressed a gratitude for the veterans’ service that had been denied to many so long ago. These veterans were once again a cross-section of our communities, like they were when they served. Their collective appreciation was seen in the emotions, pride, and humility that their

caregivers and volunteers got to experience. It was especially gratifying that during the wreathlaying ceremony at Arlington Cemetery we were represented by vets from WWII, Korea and Vietnam. As a trip volunteer, and a veteran, I would like to add my personal appreciation to all of the people that gave/give time and resources to the committee’s goal of taking vets to see their memorials. Your support enables these trips to happen at no cost to the veterans being honored. It was my privilege to serve those who served America. Thank you. Duane Mullen 200 East Parkwood St.

Send thoughts to Cowell To the editor: Many people in Sidney are familiar with the Weekday Religious Education program that has been offered through Sidney City Schools for many years. Those of us who have gone through the program or have volunteered for the program know of Marie Cowell who taught for the Council of Religious Education for over 50 years.

Marie has touched many lives over the years. She is one of the kindest and gentlest people I have ever met. Marie has been in Missouri living with her family for several years now and I have just been informed that she is not doing well and that hospice has been called in. If Marie has touched your life, won’t you take the time to send her

a card or a note and let her know how much you appreciate her hard work and dedication to the Lord? Let her know that we are thinking of her and praying for her. I’m sure this would be comforting to her. Her address is: 261 Pumphouse Lane, Eolia, MO 63344. Janet Stephens Council of Religious Education

Local/Region Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Contact Executive Editor Jeff Billiel with story ideas by phone at (937) 498-5962; email jbilliel@civitasmedia.com; or by fax (937) 498-5991.

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Sidney native pedals across country for affordable housing Elaine Schweller-Snyder Sidney native Molly Althaus, now of Kettering, had no idea what adventures awaited her when she signed up to participate in Bike and Build, a service group devoted to funding and building affordable housing for those in need across the United States. Their motto, “Empowering young adults for lifelong involvement in service,” called out to Althaus, a young college graduate whose strong Catholic faith has always called her to serve others. Althaus first heard about Bike and Build when a camp counselor friend made the journey last summer. “I saw my friend’s pictures and I just knew it was something I wanted to do,” said Althaus, a 2007 graduate of Lehman Catholic High School. The window of opportunity was small because wedding bells will ring for Althaus next July, and she will age out the following summer. Riders in Bike and Build must be between 18 and 25 and able to commit to a period of roughly two and a half months. Bike and Build organizes crosscountry bicycle trips which benefit affordable housing groups. Over 10 seasons, Bike and Build has donated more than $4 million, built homes for more than 120,000 hours, pedaled more than 6 million miles, and engaged more than 1,750 young adults in spreading the word about the affordable housing crisis in America. Althaus is no stranger to the cause of affordable housing. “I have completed two mission trips, one to Newport, Jamaica, and the other to Spencer, West Virginia,” said Althaus. “In Jamaica, our group helped staff at the New Hope Orphanage to strip and repaint bedrooms, build an additional schoolroom, and most importantly share our love with the children. In West Virginia, our focus was on living in voluntary

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Sidney native Molly Althaus spent her summer riding across the country helping to build affordable housing.

poverty and serving the Appalachia community. Both trips significantly changed my outlook on life. I not only had the opportunity to physically help build and improve structures in which these people resided, but I also personally connected with them.” Despite her previous experiences, Althaus was nervous about joining Bike and Build. “For one thing, I did some training but I didn’t feel like I was a seasoned cyclist, and beyond that, I knew no one in my group until I met them on the first day.” She found out that about half of her contingent was at the same cycling level as she was and they “encouraged each other a lot” during the trip, especially up and down the hills. Bike and Build has eight different routes that traverse the country. Some routes connect directly with Habitat for Humanity groups; others work with other affordable housing services. On one southern route, groups of riders build

houses from scratch. The first group of riders lays the foundation of the house, the next group to arrive specializes in framing, the next does drywall, and so on. Althaus chose the northern route that starts in Providence, Rhode Island, and ends in Seattle, Washington. This route works with exclusively with Habitat for Humanity at eight stops along the way: Providence, R.I.; Groton, N.Y.; Youngstown and Dayton, Ohio; Carroll, Iowa; Casper, Wyo.; Missoula, Mont.; and Coeur d Alene, Idaho. On the eight “Build Day” stops, the group did various tasks on houses already in progress, including framing, siding, and painting. After two days of orientation (June 10-11) and the first “Build Day” (June 12) in Providence, the group set out on their journey. The group of 27 riders included four leaders who would take turns driving the support van that pulled a trailer hauling tents and supplies. Leaders can participate until age 28 and most

have already made a trip as a rider. The 70-day trip covered a little more than 4,000 miles, winding through the upper Midwest, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming and Idaho before finishing in Washington state. The terrain included several mountain ranges including the Appalachians, Catskills, Tetons, and Rockies. “I loved the Grand Tetons. They just took your breath away,” said Althaus. “We could see them from a distance for so long and then we biked around them to Jackson Hole, Wyo. On the left was a herd of buffalo and to the right, these magnificent mountains. Then we biked up and over them, and it was so cool.” On an average day, the riders covered around 75 miles. The longest ride was 107 miles and the shortest 35 miles, but besides the build days, there were four rest days in the schedule. The group camped a few nights but at 58 stops along the way, the riders stayed at churches and YMCAs. Their hosts provided dinner. Lunches and breakfasts along the way were often donated by local restaurants and stores. Snacks were available in the van (“lots of peanut butter and jelly”) and of course, plenty of water. The bikers would ride in groups of five or six and were free to stop along the route to take pictures, rest or wade in a river as long as they made it to the next destination by a certain time. Althaus found that it was fun to ride with different people every day. Each rider was required to carry a “Camel Bak” backpack which holds three liters of water. “We were refilling it with ice and water at every gas station we passed, which in the mountains, wasn’t often enough,” said Althaus. Safety is paramount for the Bike and Build organization and they take special care to protect their riders. “It was an amazing

adventure but the best part was meeting people,” said Althaus. “It gave you a different viewpoint on America. People would be so interested in our trip, asking who we were and what we were doing. The idea of the little things that people would do for us was very uplifting. One day we stopped for ice cream and a man there just donated $1,000 to our cause.” “The hosts were so welcoming too. Most had hosted Bike and Build groups for many years since ours was one of the most established routes. It was so nice to have an airconditioned building and warm showers and people saying ‘we’ve been waiting for you.’” The daughter of Dwight and Ann Althaus, of Sidney, Althaus graduated from Miami University with a dual degree in art education and studio art with an emphasis in ceramics. She lives in Kettering and has just begun her second year of teaching art at Alter High School. As soon as she arrived in Seattle, she flew quickly home since her Bike and Build trek caused her to miss the first days of the school year. Since it was a service project, the school did not object and, luckily she had taught all her first semester classes last year so jumping in a few days late was not difficult. Getting into the routine, however, was a little challenging when tiredness from her long trip began to kick in. “We all made it from coast to coast which was quite an accomplishment,” said Althaus. “There were a few mechanical issues with the bikes and a few falls. You could always take a break in the van if you needed some relief from the sun or sore muscles.” Her favorite part of the build days was not just the work. “It was so gratifying when the homeowners came and saw the progress of that day,” said Althaus. “Some places, we actually worked sideby-side with the owners, so we were not only building a structure, we were building a relation-

ship. We could see that we made a difference.” “My experience with Bike and Build has been a vehicle for me to talk to more people,” said Althaus. “A lot of people close themselves off to others; they aren’t open. I have met really awesome people.” Before he or she can join a Bike and Build tour, each rider must raise a minimum of $4,500 through donations and sponsors. Althaus’ group started with contributions of $148,361. Of that amount, roughly 40 percent goes towards the expenses of the trip — food, gas for the van and other essentials. At every stop, Bike and Build donates $100 to affordable housing options in that area in the name of the host. At the end of the journey, each rider is given $500 to donate to an affordable housing cause of his or her choice. Donations received while a group is on the road go back to the central office to help with expenses. Bike and Build also funds grants to various affordable housing services. After they return from their trip, the members of each group decide what charities and grant applicants will receive the balance of their money. Although she will not travel again with Bike and Build, Althaus would like to continue promoting awareness of the affordable housing issue by becoming involved in the Dayton area Habitat for Humanity or starting a club at Alter. The Dayton group is very active, often completing as many as 12 houses a year. Her adventure of a lifetime has inspired her in many ways. “Yes, there were times that were difficult and tiring, but the scenery and the people made the whole experience so rewarding,” Althaus said. “Every day there was a moment when you would think, ‘I can’t believe I’m doing this cool thing all summer.’ I started out not knowing anyone, but I made friends for life.”

DARE mascot debuts Darin the Lion, the official mascot of DARE America made his debut Sept. 21 at the fifth annual Free to be a Kid Day. This annual event was held at VanDemark Farm on South VanDemark Road in Sidney where Dwight Moore, owner of VanDemark Farm hosted the event. Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) is an international education program that seeks to prevent use of controlled drugs, membership in gangs and violent behavior. DARE, which has expanded globally since its founding in 1983, is a demandside drug control strategy of the American War on Drugs. Students who enter the program sign a pledge not to use drugs

or join gangs and are taught by local DARE-certified police officers about the dangers of drug use in an interactive inschool curriculum which lasts 10 weeks. The Darin the Lion costume was made possible by donations from several local Shelby County businesses and allows the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office to have more interaction with local children at events such as the Free to be a Kid Day at VanDemark Farm. For more information on the DARE program or to schedule an appearance by Darin the Lion at a local event, contact the Shelby County DARE officer, Deputy Brian Strunk at 937-494-2103.

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Darin the Lion, DARE mascot, makes his debut with DARE officer Deputy Brian Strunk at the fifth annual Free to be a Kid Day at VanDemark Farm.

Best defense against cults is trust DR. WALLACE: One of my good friends earned a full scholarship from the University of Pennsylvania. She is a very bright student and had planned on going to law school and then into politics. She was in her first semester and doing well with her studies, but another friend told me that Emily had dropped out of school with her new boyfriend, and they joined a religious cult. Her sister confirmed that it was true. I’m really shocked. Emily was not the type you would think would quit college and join a religious cult. She is quiet, studious and very

conservative in her life- one of the most troubling. Those teens who are style. Why would such a bright young adult get most vulnerable to the sucked into abandoning suggestion of cult life often present a piccollege, her family ture of the world and friends, just to of having rock-solenter a wacko cult? id plans for their —Kayla, Erie, Pa. future, but the are KAYLA: Teens in fact deeply insejoin cults for the cure about what the best and worst of future might bring reasons. Young and hunger for a people are often idealistic, rebel- ‘Tween 12 sense of belong& 20 ing, according to lious and gullible, a combination of Dr. Robert the Cabrini Mental Wallace Health Clinic in qualities that cyniNew York City. The cal cult recruiters clinic believes that try very hard to exploit. Every teen, as a “yes” answer to several he or she begins making of the following questions life decisions for the first indicates a vulnerability time, will make mistakes. to cult involvement: —Is the teen unsure Joining a cult is perhaps

of his or her decisionmaking ability? —Is the teen facing a major decision in life, such as choosing a college or career, or leaving home for the first time? —Has he or she recently experienced a trauma, such as the death of a family member or friend, or the end of a relationship? —Is the teen trying to find himself or herself? —Does he or she find it difficult to face the world as it is, wishing instead for simple answers or a “better world”? Many cults play off this vulnerability by isolating new members on

utopia-like farms in the countryside, where it is impossible to maintain a perspective on the outside world. New recruits are also frequently put to work selling literature or flowers on a grueling dawn-to-dusk basis, which further weakens their resistance. In addition, many cult diets are low in protein, contributing to members’ physical weakness. Young adults who join cults feel their lives lack fulfillment and have been convinced that the cult holds the answer for a better life in a better world. But a cult, almost by definition, is exploitative and

manipulative, and eventually the falseness of its promise will become apparent. Chances are, Emily, who is a bright young woman, will soon see through the empty promises and come to her senses. For parents, the best defense against cults is to build strong relationships with their teens based on mutual trust and respect within the family. Dr. Robert Wallace welcomes questions from readers. Although he is unable to reply to all of them individually, he will answer as many as possible in this column. Email him at rwallace@galesburg. net. To find out more about Dr. Robert Wallace and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

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Not much change is occurring in our weather pattern. Once again, some patchy fog and low cloudiness could start the day in some areas today. After that, Brian Davis it will be warm and more humid in the afternoon. Rain chances begin to go up tonight and into Thursday as a warm front moves through. We will see highs mostly in the 80s through Saturday.

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Long-lasting cough could come from heartburn, asthma DEAR DR. ROACH: I have with no wheezing. Similarly, a very itchy throat that tickles GERD sometimes presents and makes me cough no mat- with only a cough, without ter where I am. I tried taking any heartburn sensation. OTC allergy meds, but they’re Rather than try an over-theno help. I tried gargling with counter remedy, I recommend warm saltwater with vinegar, that you see your regular and keeping my mouth and doctor. Although omeprazole throat wet, but no help. I take or another acid-suppressing throat lozenges, but medicine may solve it helps only for a few your problem, six minutes. It’s affecting months is long enough my sleep at night as that it is worthwhile well as my work and to take a more careful mood. I’m a caregiver, look at what might be and my employer causing it. I don’t recthought I was sick and ommend nonprescripcontagious. I have had tion asthma remedies. employers that have To your Occasionally, the laid me off. I’m tired of good cause for cough coughing already, since health requires more extenthis has been going on Dr. Keith sive testing, such as for six months. Please Roach a chest X-ray. It’s very help me. —N.J. uncommon to have a ANSWER: There serious cause, but it’s are many causes for not impossible. Please let me chronic cough, a cough that know what happens. lasts longer than eight weeks. The booklet on asthma and The three most common are its control explains this illpostnasal drip, asthma and ness in detail. Readers can esophageal reflux (GERD). obtain a copy by writing: You have tried a few things to Dr. Roach —No. 602, Box treat allergic post-nasal drip 536475, Orlando, FL 32853without success, so asthma 6475. Enclose a check or and GERD probably are the money order (no cash) for most likely causes. Often, $4.75 U.S./$6 Can. with the asthma has only a cough, recipient’s printed name and

address. Please allow four weeks for delivery. DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband consumes at least two to three six-packs of beer, maybe more, a day. He drinks from 12 p.m. until about 5 p.m. or 6 p.m., or until I can get him to eat dinner. I try to tell him how he acts, but he thinks he’s fine because he drinks only beer! He ruins all relationships with the children and grandchildren, plus makes me withdraw from any sexual activities. I love him but can’t stand his behavior past noon. Can you please explain what this much alcohol (beer) is doing to his health? I truly believe his brain is turning to mush. He gets extremely jealous and doesn’t make good sense in the afternoon hours. It is so embarrassing when we have drop-in company or when family visit. I’ve begged and pleaded so many times for him to stop, but he thinks he’s fine. Please tell me what to expect; he’s 64 years old and has been living this way for years. Thanks for any help you can give me. —Anon. ANSWER: This isn’t an easy problem to solve. You asked me what to expect, and

the unfortunate answer is that if you do nothing, it’s very likely that the problem will continue on until the inevitable health crisis. You are quite correct that alcohol affects the brain as well as many other organs; it damages the liver, the pancreas and possibly the heart, just to name a few critical organs. The fact that he drinks only beer is immaterial —that much alcohol is very damaging to the body. As we get older, our ability to recover from the damage of excess alcohol is reduced. More than one drink per day is considered excessive in someone 65 or older, which he is coming up on. You have many resources to help you, including his doctor. Al-Anon is one support group to help family members of alcohol abusers. You may find out more at www.al-anon.alateen.org or by checking your local white pages.

DEAR HOME ALONE: I DEAR ABBY: I have been dating Mr. Right for two don’t think you are overly jealyears. “Phil” is the man I want ous, but I do think you may to spend my life with. When be overly insecure. Has Phil we are together privately, given you any reason to think he has cheated on you? everything is perfect. If not, you should trust The problem is, Phil that he is doing nothhangs out with his old ing more than hanging college buddies every out occasionally with few weeks or months, old friends. and it often involves You say he is encounhis ex-girlfriends. They tering exes (plural) don’t hang out alone. when he sees his There is always at least Dear male friends. If it was one other person there. Abby just one, you might The situations usuAbigail have cause to worry. ally include drinking, Van Buren Remember, these which worries me. women are exes for In my opinion, Phil a reason. Unless you should not be seeing his exes, even though his col- want to be another ex, you lege friends are still buddies should lighten up because with them. Phil doesn’t under- insecurity and possessiveness stand why I think this is so are unattractive traits. DEAR ABBY: We have wrong. I am uncomfortable and think he should avoid lived next door to a couple, “Evie” and “Earl,” for five these situations. Am I overly jealous, or years. I thought we were good should I call it quits because friends. Over the years, I venthe won’t respect my feelings ed to Evie about my relationon the matter? — HOME ship with my daughter-in-law, “Cate.” I watch my two grandALONE IN KOKOMO

kids most of the week and have complained to her about Cate’s poor parenting skills. Last summer, my daughter-in-law made a concerted effort to befriend Evie, and they now socialize together — even though Cate flirted with Earl and Evie didn’t like it. This has pretty much killed my friendship with Evie and worsened my relationship with my D-I-L. This has affected me emotionally and physically to the point that I either want to cut off ties with my son and/or move — neither of which is really an option. I have tried talking to both parties to no avail. I don’t know what to do. Please help. — BETRAYED IN PENNSYLVANIA DEAR BETRAYED: If you had concerns about your daughter-in-law’s parenting skills, the person you should have discussed them with was Cate. And if Evie was as good a friend as you thought, she wouldn’t be hanging around with your daughter-in-law to

the exclusion of you. I assume that you, your son and Cate are still on speaking terms and you’re still watching the kids “most of the week.” If that’s not true and you have been cut off by everyone, then the most important thing you need to do is take care of your mental and physical health. Accept that Evie will never be your buddy again and start socializing with others. If you are no longer watching your grandchildren, your son and D-I-L will have to make alternative arrangements for childcare, which will cost them money they may be reluctant to spend. Then it will be in their interest as well as yours to make peace.

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100 years Oct. 2, 1913 Dr. F.H. Schroer, of Botkins met with a painful accident yesterday morning about 2 o’clock some eight miles west of the village . He was making a call in the county at an early hour and was attempting to light a coal oil lamp on his buggy when it exploded, severely burning him about the face and head. After the accident he drove to Botkins where medical aid was given him. The exploding lamp threw oil all over the doctor and it was a miracle that he escaped without being burned to death. ––––– It was announced today that the S p r i n g f i e l d Commercial club will be guests of the Sidney Commercial club on Oct 14, arriving about 3 o’clock. The club will be accompanied by a band. The event is in celebration of the winning of the title “The Best 60,000 City in America.” 75 years Oct. 2, 1938 E.J. Garmhausen, of New Bremen, is announcing that he will open an office for the practice of law in the Mills building on next Monday. He was in Sidney today making final arrangements. He graduated from Ohio State University and was admitted to the Ohio bar in September 1937. For the past year he has been with the legal department of General Motors corporation, leaving that position to take up private practice. ––––– LONDON — The peace policies of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, which impelled him to compromise at Munich least another world war massacre men, women and children in the streets before armies could ever reach the battlefield, were upheld by the house of commons today. The vote was 366 to 144 on the vote of confidence in the present government. 50 years Oct. 2, 1963 The month just past was the driest September for which records are available in Shelby County history. Precipitation during the month at the U.S. Cooperative Weather Bureau Station amounted to only one-tenth of an inch, David V. Fetter, observer, said today. That compares with a total of 3.05 inches in 1962 and an average

of 3.27 inches over 49 years. ––––– A fire, believed to have been touched off by carelessness, continued to burn today on Blackberry island at Lake Loramie. Paul Kitzmiller, superintendent at Kaser State Park at the lake, estimated this morning that the fire had burned over approximately 35 acres of the island located near the west end of the lake. He indicated that there was little that could be done to put out the fire because of the extensive area covered. So far there was no threat to other properties around the lake. There was no way to reach the fire scene other than by boat. 25 years Oct. 2, 1988 Two Sidney men have purchased Wagner Strip Shoppe and are moving it to the old Sidney Water Works building. Jeff Booth and Dale Barr purchased the business which does furniture stripping and furniture repair and refinishing work. Wagner Strip Shoppe will move to its new location Monday on the first floor of the old Water Works building on Canal street. The new owners plan to expand the services to antique dealers, collectors, home owners, industry, schools, restaurants, libraries , contractors, interior decorators, professionals and retail business. ––––– A Versailles man has been chosen as one of the 12 finalists for the 1988 Ohio Trucking Association’s Driver of the Year. Eldon L. Cost, who is a driver for KBT in Sidney, has be chosen Driver of the Month by the Ohio Trucking Association.Cost has been employed by KBT for more than five years and has been a commercial driver for a total of 23 years covering a total of 2,100,000 miles. In his years of commercial driving, Cost has never had a chargeable traffic accident or even a traffic citation. ––––– These news items from past issues of the Sidney Daily News are compiled by the Shelby County Historical Society (498-1653) as a public service to the community. Local history on the Internet! www. shelbycountyhistory.org

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Odds and ends WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — It’s not quite an open and shut case. Sheriff’s deputies in Brunswick County are looking for a thief who took 10,000 fly trap plants from a local grower. Authorities say the plants were taken from the greenhouses at Fly Trap Farm sometime overnight last Friday. The plants are valued at about $65,000. Some tools also were taken. The growers are offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible.

Comics

Sidney Daily News, Wednesday, October 2, 2013

MUTTS

BIG NATE

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

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BLONDIE

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE

HI AND LOIS ZITS

BEETLE BAILEY FAMILY CIRCUS

DENNIS the MENACE

ARLO & JANIS

HOROSCOPE

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For Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Relationships are tricky today. They could be troublesome because one or both parties wants more freedom. People will resent rules, expectations and feeling confined. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Things are unpredictable at work today, perhaps due to technological glitches, computer crashes, canceled meetings or staff shortages. Be prepared. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Gemini parents should be alert today, because this is an accident-prone day for their children. Be vigilant and patient. Angry atmospheres promote accidents. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Small appliances could break down today, or minor breakages could occur. Family discord due to conflicts or surprises might take place. Someone might be rebellious and demanding. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) This is an accident-prone day, so slow down and take it easy. Pay attention to everything you say and do. Your daily routine will definitely have some detours. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Your financial situation is unpredictable today. You might find money; you might lose money. Something you own might get broken, lost or stolen. Stay in touch with your bank account. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) You feel restless and ready for action. You don't want others telling you what to do, which is why you will rebel against restraints. You want the freedom to do your own thing. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Something that is going on behind the scenes might disturb your peace of mind. You feel it, but you might not know how to define it. It's like waiting for the other shoe to drop. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You might want to break away from a group today because you no longer agree with the mandate or cause. Or someone might split apart from you. People are independent today. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) If bosses or authority figures shock or offend you today, don't overreact. Sleep on whatever happens so that you can give everything a sober second thought. Guard against kneejerk reactions. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Many things will be upsetting today -among them will be travel plans and school schedules. Expect delays and cancellations in your day. Someone unusual might amaze you. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Unexpected news about the wealth and resources of others might surprise you. It could affect you favorably or not. It is something out of the blue. YOU BORN TODAY You are hip and up-to-date. You like to be aware of the latest fashions and trends in society. In fact, you're interested in everything around you in an intense way. Many of you are comfortable being role models, which is why you often set the pace for your family or group. This year is the beginning of a fresh, exciting new cycle. Open any door! Birthdate of: Gwen Stefani, singer; Neve Campbell, actress; A.Y. Jackson, artist.

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Theresa Flores, of Columbus, talks about human trafficking in the U.S. during a presentation co-sponsored by Catholic Social Services and the Catholic Social Action Office with the support of the Weavers of Justice. Flores talked about her own painful experiences with human trafficking and how she has worked hard to stop the practice. A lunch sponsored by Shelby County United Way was served during the talk which was held at The Bridge Restaurant.

Agency From page 1 compensation/pension would be suspended, but only when the funds are exhausted, Ball wrote in an email Tuesday. “We have not been advised if the VA regional office personnel will be furloughed in the event of a prolonged government shutdown that may run late into the month. The Education Call Center is shut down; all other VBA call centers (1-800-8271000) remain open,” he wrote. Leaders of other local agencies noted that their services would change

during a short shutdown, but a stoppage of funding over several days could change their ability to fulfill their missions. Margie Eilerman, director of nursing of the Shelby County Health Department, said that Women, Infants and Children (WIC) programs could be affected, “depending on how long (the shutdown) lasts. Based on federal grants that we already have,” there won’t be problems if the money comes through as promised. “I got an email this

morning saying our state office is reviewing the situation with health and human services,” said Tom Bey, director of Shelby County Job and Family Services Tuesday. “I have no idea at this stage” what kind of an impact the closure will have here. “I would hope if it were very short term, it would have no effect, but if it goes into days, I have no idea.” He said that investigations into abuse and neglect of children would stop and applications for aid would not be taken

if the staff were to be furloughed. “Hopefully, it won’t come to that,” he added. Shelby County Commissioner Tony Bornhorst said he did not think a shutdown at the federal level would have an immediate effect on much of Shelby County. “It’s going to take some filter time,” he said. “The exact effect, I don’t know, or how quick it will be.” It is unknown if the shutdown will force changes to government contracts that area manufacturers may hold.

Blame From page 1 to Yellowstone and other national parks and to tax auditors and federal offices serving Americans coast to coast. Officials said roughly 800,000 federal employees would be affected by the shutdown after a half-day on the job Tuesday to fill out time cards, put new messages on their voice mail and similar chores. Among those workers were some at the National Institute of Health’s famed hospital of last resort, where officials said no new patients would be admitted for the duration of the shutdown. Dr. Francis Collins, agency director, estimated that each week the shutdown lasts will force the facility to turn away about 200 patients, 30 of them children, who want to enroll in studies of experimental treatments. Patients already at the hospital are permitted to stay. Late Tuesday, House Republicans sought swift passage of legislation aimed at reopening small slices of the federal establishment. The bills covered the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Park Service and a portion of the Washington, D.C., government funded with local tax revenue. Senate Democrats announced their opposition, saying Republicans shouldn’t be permitted to choose which agencies should open and which remain shut. Ironically, a major expansion of the health care law — the very event Republicans had hoped to prevent — was unaffected as consumers flocked for the first time Tuesday to websites to shop for coverage sold by private companies. The talk of joining the current fight — the Republicans are trying to sidetrack the health care law by holding up funding for the fiscal year that began at midnight Monday — to a dispute involving the national debt limit suggested the shutdown could go on for some time. The administration says the ceiling must be raised by mid-month, and Republicans have long vowed to seek cuts in spending at the same time, a condition Obama has rejected. In Washington, some Republicans conceded privately they might bear the brunt of any public anger over the shutdown — and seemed resigned to an

eventual surrender in their latest bruising struggle with Obama. Democrats have “all the leverage and we’ve got none,” said Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia. Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., said sardonically his party was following a “Ted Cruz-lemmings strategy” — a reference to the senator who is a prime proponent of action against the health care overhaul — and Rep. Scott Rigell of Virginia said it was time to pass legislation reopening the government without any health care impediments. “The shutdown is hurting my district — including the military and the hard-working men and women who have been furloughed due to the defense sequester,” he said. But that was far from the majority view among House Republicans, where tea party-aligned lawmakers prevailed more than a week ago on a reluctant leadership to link federal funding legislation to “Obamacare.” In fact, some conservatives fretted the GOP had already given in too much. Gone is the Republican demand for a full defunding of the health care law as the price for essential federal funding. Gone, too, are the demands for a one-year delay in the law, a permanent repeal of a medical device tax and a provision making it harder for women to obtain contraceptive coverage. In place of those items, Republicans now seek a one-yeardelay in the requirement for individuals to purchase insurance, and they want a separate provision that would dramatically raise the cost of health care for the president, vice president, members of Congress and thousands of aides. Boehner has declined to say whether he would permit a vote on a stand-alone spending bill to reopen the government, stripped of health care provisions, though Democrats and Obama continued to call on him to do so. “He’s afraid it will pass,” said Durbin. Sen. Cruz, R-Texas, the most prominent advocate of the “Defund Obamacare” movement, said the Senate should follow the House’s lead and quickly reopen programs for veterans and the parks. Asked why it was appropriate to do so without demanding changes in the health care law, he offered no answer. “None of us want to be in a shutdown. And we’re here to say to

the Senate Democrats, ‘Come and talk to us,’” said House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., as GOP lawmakers called for negotiations with the Senate on a compromise. It was an offer that Senate Democrats chose to refuse, saying there was nothing to negotiate until Republicans agreed to reopen the federal establishment. “The government is closed because of the irrationality of what’s going on on the other side of the Capitol,” said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. In addition to “closed” signs and barricades springing up at the Lincoln Memorial and other tourist attractions, NASA and the Environmental Protection Agency were virtually shuttered, and Obama said veterans centers would be shut down. Government workers classified as essential, such as air traffic controllers, Border Patrol agents and most food inspectors, remained on the job. So, too, members of the military, whose pay was exempted from the shutdown in separate legislation Obama signed late Monday. Employees whose work is financed through fees, including those who issue passports and visas, also continued to work. The selffunded Postal Service remained in operation, and officials said the government will continue to pay Social Security benefits and Medicare and Medicaid fees to doctors on time. At the White House, aides discussed whether Obama should change plans for a trip to Asia scheduled to begin Saturday. Staffing was reduced at the famed mansion, where a groundskeeper working outside at daybreak said he was doing the work normally handled by four. In Congress, some aides were furloughed and others said they were working without pay. Democratic Sen. Tom Carper sent an email to his Delaware constituents telling them not to expect responses to their emails and phone calls. Lawmakers and the president were still getting paid, however, at a rate totaling more than $250,000 per day for all of them. ——— Associated Press writers Lauran Neergaard, Alan Fram, Josh Lederman, Nedra Pickler, Seth Borenstein and Andrew Taylor contributed to this report.

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SIDNEY, 18912 State Route 706, (1/2 miles east of Pasco) Thursday, Friday & Saturday 9am-4pm, Tools, household items, yard trailer, glassware collection, china sets, toys, huge doll collection, Delta Crossbuck saw, new craft supplies, clothing, miscellaneous furniture, Hoosier cabinet & other antiques, Something for everyone, New items added daily! SIDNEY, 622 Ardiss Place, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 95pm, gun safe, tools, tool boxes, bed spread quilting material curtains, baby stroller, high chair, Christmas items, a nd M is c el l an e ou s it e ms , craftsman tools, machinist tools, glassware SIDNEY, 9344 Pasco Montra Road, Thursday & Friday 8am6pm, 3 Family, Old record player, name brand clothing, portable dvd, crock pot, afghans, bakeware, lawn chairs, games, luggage, snow shovels, tarps, flags, tools, towels, bedding, miscellaneous

LEGAL NOTICE The Washington Township Trustees are now accepting sealed bids for the following equipment: 1992 Ford 6640 T r a c t o r – S / N : EA514CBD07978 and 19-C Ditch Bank Mower (purchased in 1985) S/N1297 – Model #HS-105-1. Both are sold as is. Sealed bids will be opened at the regular meeting scheduled October 21, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. located 2562 HardinWapakoneta Road, Sidney, Ohio. Sealed bids can be mailed to Washington Township Trustees, Attn: Sealed Bids, 9501 Stangel Road, Sidney, Ohio 45365. For an appointment to inspect the above equipment, call (937)492-5502. Washington Township Trustees Glenda J. Stangel, Fiscal Officer (937)492-5502 October 2 Lost & Found

STONE RIDGE ESTATES SUBDIVISION (Off E Hoewisher Rd). Streets include: Bridlewood, Summerfield Trl, Sherwood Ct, Arthur Ct, Marvin Gene Ct. Friday 9am-4pm, Saturday 9am-1pm. Men's, women's & children's clothing. Jewelry. Collectibles. toys. Longaberger. Furniture. Miscellaneous. Too much to mention! MUST SEE!

FOUND KITTENS, 3 Black Kittens, at Graceland Cemetery, look to be from the same litter, (402)340-0509 FOUND, Small black Puppy in vicinity of Miami Shelby Road, has collar on, Call to describe. (937)773-8606 LOST, CAT, in vicinity of South Ohio, gray & white, Male, 26 toes, answers to YUM YUM, REWARD, (937)710-9215 Notices Yard Sale ANNA 210 & 212 E Walnut. Saturday 9am-3pm. ESTATEAntiques. Tools. Humidifier. Dehumidifier. Table/chairs. Bedroom suite. 12" bandsaw. Scaffold weight machine. Gas blower/weed wacker. Snow blower. Air hockey table. Bicycles. Children's rockers. Propane heater. Miscellaneous. CONOVER, 5821 North Alcony-Conover Road (South of 36), Thursday, Friday, Saturday 8am-4pm, Moving Sale, Lots of furniture, household, holiday decorations, tools, desk, scrapbooking supplies, snow skies & boots, Mens, womens Items for all ages JACKSON CENTER, 413 East College Street, Friday 9-4pm, Saturday 9-noon, collectible cats meow (Lots of them), bicentennial of Ohio , Games, blankets, books, chairs, sweaters 2XL,3XL,4XL, Lots of miscellaneous!!

PIQUA 1 Arrowvent Dr. Thursday & Friday 12-6pm, Saturday 12-3pm. Kitchen cabinets, gorgeous dark wood for large kitchen. Bathroom cabinets/counters/sinks. Jacuzzi tub. Built-in microwave. MUCH MORE! SIDNEY 17242 DingmanSlagle Rd. Friday thru Sunday 8am-6pm. MOVING SALE! Households. NASCAR car hoods. Lawn & garden. Camping. Child & adult clothing. Carhart coats. Pool: 9x18x54.5". Kids bikes. Portable generator. 4x4 pick-up truck. Bass boat. EVERYTHING MUST GO!

TROY, 1421 Lee Road (off Stonyridge). Saturday, October 5, 8am-1pm. FIRST TIME SALE - rained out two weeks ago! LOTS of household decor, womens plus size clothing, mens clothing, collectible Barbies, Lionel train set, night stand, much, much more! Child / Elderly Care Will care for elderly parent in my home, Troy, Monday-Friday 6am-6pm, meals and activities provided. (937)5529952 EMPLOYMENT CHILDCARE in my Sidney home. Affordable rates. VERY dependable, references. 6+ years experience. Kellie (317)512-3792 Accounting /Financial CASHLAND in Piqua & Sidney is hiring PART TIME careers.cashamerica.com CORPORATE TAX PREPARER Seasonal to part-time, must have experience preparing corporate tax returns and or experience in QuickBooks or Peachtree accounting software. Please send resume to: Dept. 138, C/O Sidney Daily News, 1451 North Vandemark Road, Sidney, OH 45365. Help Wanted General

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SHERIFF'S SALE United States of America, acting through the Rural Development, United States Department of Agriculture vs. Tara L. Schemmel, et al. Shelby County Common Pleas Case No. 13 CV 000068. In pursuance of an order issued from Common Pleas Court, within and for the County of Shelby, State of Ohio, and to me directed, I will offer for sale at Public Auction, on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 1 0:00 a.m. of said day, the following Real Estate, to-wit: Situate in the City of Sidney, in the County of Shelby, and State of Ohio: Being Forty-One (41) feet off the East end of that part of Inlot Number Two Hundred Thirty-Six (236) lying North of the center of Tilbury Run measured on the North line of said premises and being the same premises excepted in deed to Henry B. Albers recorded in Volume 97, Page 66 of the Deed Records of said county. Current Owner Deed Reference: Tara L. Schemmel by virtue of a General Warranty Deed dated June 27, 2007 and recorded June 27, 2007 in OR Book 1647, Page 438. Map Number: 18-25H Premises commonly known as: 216 Jefferson Street, Sidney, OH 45365 Parcel Number: 01-18-25-426-057 Said property has been appraised at $30,000.00 and cannot sell for less than two-thirds of appraisement. This appraisal is based upon a visual Inspection of that part of the premises to which access was readily available. The appraisers assume no responsibility for, and give no weight to, unknown legal matters, including, but not limited to, concealed or latent defects, and/or the presence of harmful or toxic chemicals, pollutants, or gases. Terms of Sale: Ten Percent (10%) day of sale, balance within 30 days John Lenhart, Sheriff of Shelby County, Ohio Stephen D. Miles, Attorney Vincent A. Lewis, Attorney 18 West Monument Avenue Dayton, Ohio 45402 937-461-1900

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NBA exec enjoys homecoming Dave Ross This is the time of year that most high schools celebrate Homecoming to crown royalty and salute their alumni at a home football game. Monday afternoon was a Homecoming of sorts for 1990 Sidney High grad Todd Taylor, now Senior Vice-President of the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association. While no crowns or titles were issued, Taylor was greeted by many familiar faces as well as some new ones as he made the short trek back home from a place he’s lived for about two years. First on the itinerary was the Rotary Club weekly luncheon at the Moose Lodge, where the first Rotarian to greet him was the same guy who handled the financing on Todd’s first car. The same Darrell Spangler, now a school board member, was also the last Rotarian to leave the gathering and thanked Taylor for how well he represented both his hometown and the Sidney City Schools. Taylor spoke to the group for about 20 minutes, then fielded questions from an engaged audience of about 50. He’s worked in major league hockey, basketball, and baseball, always in the areas of ticketing and/ or marketing. Though only 41, he’s been a Vice-President of five different franchises, including the Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL), Portland Trail Blazers (NBA), Milwaukee Brewers (MLB), Texas Rangers (MLB), and Indiana Pacers (NBA). He likes plying his trade in the NBA, which he sees as “the most progressive major sports league in terms of marketing.” Upon graduation from Ohio State in 1995 he worked sales for a cardboard company and

would be second since they always play twice at our place.” After Rotary the Sidney Yellow Jacket alumnus headed across town to meet the 2013 football team and tour the weight room and Sidney Memorial Stadium. Taylor was a senior receiver and defensive back on the 1989 state semifinalists, which is still the only SHS football team to make the playoffs. His message was simple: he told the players to maximize their time in high school and in sports because it goes quickly and then is gone. “I got to play in 13 games in 1989 and had a great experience,” he told the attentive teens. “We didn’t have any stars. We had a team.” At the high school several of those he saw rekindled more memories. Associate athletic director Maggi Williams recalled Taylor’s dodgeball prowess in an elementary physical education class. Boys soccer coach Eric Harlamert remembered a pair of stories from having Taylor on his junior varsity baseball team. Both involved injuries, one to Taylor and one to Harlamert. For his final function at SHS on this day, Taylor spent some time with Harlamert’s soccer team. He then caught up with his parents before heading back to Indy. This weekend he will accompany the Pacers on an exhibition trip to the Pacific rim as part of the NBA’s global outreach. “It’s an 18 hour flight but the 747 has lots of room,” he said. Throughout this Monday afternoon in Sidney there was no doubt that Taylor enjoyed his own personal homecoming before his alma mater does the traditional version on Friday night.

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Sidney High graduate and current Indiana Pacers Senior VP Todd Taylor visits with the Sidney High football team on Monday afternoon in the school’s weight room.

was making good money for a recent college grad. However, he was fascinated by the prospect of working in professional sports even though the initial salary would not be favorable. The Columbus Blue Jackets had just been granted a franchise in 1998 and were hiring a front office team by sifting through about 1400 new resumes’ each week. Todd formulated an application strategy that would get him noticed and hired for his first position. His next opportunity in Portland from 2004-06 allowed him to “run my own show.” In Milwaukee (2006-10) the Brewers were improving on the field as the Orange Township native implemented a marketing/ticketing strategy that would surge home attendance to over three million per season. The Texas Rangers noticed and decided to bring Taylor to the Lone Star State in 2010. This marriage lasted less than

a year but for the right reason. Taylor liked both the Rangers and Dallas metro area. Then came another call. Pacers Sports & Entertainment wanted him in Indianapolis to run his customary areas for their Indiana Pacers (NBA) and Indiana Fever (WNBA). This potential move would also get him, his wife, and three children closer to family back home. The only downside was requesting an early release from his contract from Rangers top executive Nolan Ryan, major league baseball’s all time strikeout leader and the author of seven no-hitters. There was apprehension as he entered the legend’s office. Ryan first wanted to grasp why Taylor wanted to leave Texas and was assured it was for family reasons. Ryan then told Taylor of the many times in his own career that he had turned down opportunities to pitch outside of his home state

of Texas because he valued home and family. The strikeout king then wished him the best in Indiana. Now Taylor works for another legend, former Pacers coach and Boston Celtics star Larry Bird. Taylor contrasts the two, “Larry wants to know the basics of what we do in marketing but is mostly into the basketball side. Nolan is big on baseball but also gets specific with marketing. Both are fully engaged with their franchises.” He was asked about ticket demand and pricing for various NBA opponents. “All over college and pro sports, tickets for at least some games are being priced according to supply and demand. I can envision us eventually charging different prices for all 41 home games,” he said. “Our biggest demand is for the Los Angeles Lakers since they only come in once per season. The (champion) Miami Heat with Lebron James

Loramie goes 9-0 in County RUSSIA – Fort Loramie went to 9-0 in the County with a 25-11, 25-15, 25-22 victory over Russia in high school volleyball Tuesday. “Russia is always a tough place to play,” said Loramie coach John Rodgers. “They bring a big crowd and their student section is usually loud and crazy.” Kelly Turner had 14 kills, Ashley Pleiman eight and Darian Rose seven. Julie Hoying had 34 assists, and Janell Hoying 14 digs. For Russia, Kylie Wilson had 12 kills and eight digs, Taylor Daniel 21 assists, Camille Puthoff five kills and nine digs and Maggie Kearns nine digs. Loramie also won the junior varsity game. Anna beats Botkins BOTKINS — Anna beat Botkins 25-16, 25-17, 25-16 to go to 7-3 in the County. Sarah Steinbrunner had 12 kills and three aces for the Lady Rockets, Rachel Noffsinger had seven kills, and Megan Fogt six kills. Haley Steinbrunner had five kills and 35 assists. She also added nine digs. Mackenzie Wells had 18 digs and Paige Richard and Elizabeth Landis 10 each. Jets top Houston HOUSTON — Fairlawn won over Houston 25-13, 25-15, 29-27. Audrey Francis led

Fairlawn with 19 kills, with Emry Bernardi and Kelsey Oates adding six apiece. Allie Watkins had 22 assists and 10 digs, Abby Roe 21 digs and two aces, and Katie Nuss 11 digs. For Houston, Macy Stang had six kills, Nicole Maier 12 digs and Jenna Mounts nine assists. COUNTY STANDINGS Fort Loramie 9-0 Anna 7-2 Jackson Center 7-2 Russia 5-4 Fairlawn 3-6 Botkns 1-8 Houston 0-10 Lehman beats NB Lehman defeated New Bremen 27-25, 25-19, 25-23 in non-league play Monday. Against New Bremen, Chapman had 12 kills, while Cain dished out 26 assists. Slagle had six kills, while Schmitz added six digs and Paulus had four aces and 14 digs. Michelle Duritsch pounded five kills, Marianne Hissong had four blocks and Ellie Sargent served four aces. Lehman, 11-7, will host Temple Christian Thursday. MONDAY Loramie takes Marion to five games in loss FORT LORAMIE — Fort Loramie took topranked Marion Local to five games in a thriller Monday at Loramie, but came up short of an upset in high school volleyball.

The scores were 25-22, 25-22, 12-25, 19-25, 18-16. Kelly Turner pounded out 22 kills to lead the Lady Redskins, Darian Rose had 10 and Colleen Poeppelman 10. Julie Hoying handed out 48 assists, Janell Hoying had 28 digs, Rose 15 and Turner 10. The seventh grade and freshman teams lost to Marion, but the eighth grade and junior varsity teams were both victorious. Anna downs Wapak ANNA — Anna defeated Wapakoneta in a nonleague match Monday 25-15, 25-19, 25-11. Rachel Noffsinger and Sarah Streinbrunner both had 11 kills, with Streinbrunner adding 13 digs. Megan Fogt had nine kills, Haley Steinbrunner had five kills to go with 42 assists and 11 digs, Elizabeth Landis had four aces, and Mackenzie Wells three aces and 15 digs. Anna won the JV game 25-14, 25-9. Minster beats Houston HOUSTON — Minster defeated Houston in non-league play Monday 25-16, 25-21, 25-18. For Minster, Bridget McGowan had seven kills and Lauren Roetgerman six. Regan Hahn had 20 assists and also served six aces. Katie Wuebker had 10 assists, and Cassie Jutte led the defense with

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20 digs. Fort Houston, Nicole Maier had nine digs, Katherine Everett led with four kills, and both Monique Booher and Jenna Mounts had three aces. Lehman tops JC The Lehman volleyball team outlasted Jackson Center 25-19, 27-25, 22-25, 17-25, 15-13 Monday in non-conference action. Ellie Cain dished out 46 assists. Sidney Chapman

had 18 kills and 19 digs, while Olivia Slagle had 14 kills and 12 digs. Erica Paulus had seven kills and 24 digs, and Ava Schmitz added 14 digs. For Jackson, Pauline Meyer had 13 kills and 21 digs, and Cassie Meyer 13 kills and 15 digs. Courtney Zimpfer had 24 digs, Haley Elchert nine kills and 12 digs, Erin Metz added 10 kills and three blocks. Courtney Gies had six

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kills, Jayrel Frye 28 assists and Kamryn Elchert 22 assists. Jackson won the JV game 25-11, 25-5. Sidney falls in GWOC Sidney lost to Beavercreekin Greater Western Ohio Conference tournament play 25-9, 25-16, 25-11. Mariah Bowser-Jones had 12 assists for Sidney, Bri Wells-Barnes 10 kills and seven digs, and Paige Keller five kills.

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Lehman, Loramie move up in computer rankings Ken Barhorst and Dave Ross Despite their loss to Delphos St. John’s last week, the Anna Rockets did not drop in the computer rankings, which is good news. The Rockets are still ninth in their region of Division VI, thanks in large part to Region 22 appearing to be weak. Only two teams behind the Rockets in the regional have winning records. Minster is back in 15th place in the same region, and that makes Friday’s game a big one at Minster, when the Rockets invade. Meanwhile, Lehman and Fort Loramie are headed for postseason play in Division VII. The Cavaliers, who are giving Anna a big helping hand, are fifth and Loramie seventh, and it would appear the only challenge either team has remaining is when they play each other next week at Loramie. John DeBrosse passes away We were sorry to hear of the death of John DeBrosse last Thursday. That name probably doesn’t ring a bell with too many people in Shelby County. He was a 1964 graduate of Piqua Catholic High School, and one of the best — if not THE best — athlete that school ever produced. We still have vivid memories of watching him play football and basketball, and were there at St. John Arena in Columbus when DeBrosse led the Cavaliers into the Class A State Basketball Tournament his senior year. He was a standout at quarterback for the late Bob Heil, who coached football at Lehman when Piqua Catholic and Holy Angels consolidated. DeBrosse went on to play basketball and baseball at The Citadel, then spent over 30 years in

Extra points education as a school administrator in Huber Heights. He also served three terms on the Ohio High School Athletic Association Board of Control. He was an amazing athlete.— KB Dayton Belmont Winless Dayton Belmont’s advance billing proved accurate last Friday as Sidney (3-2) breezed to a 69-0 win in which Yellow Jacket playing time was widely spread in a contest that was mercifully shortened by eight minutes. Still, the home team got very close to the school record of 74 points scored against Bellefontaine in 1962. Ironically, some of the seniors from the 1962 squad were in the stands as part of the 50th reunion weekend for the class of 1963. As we told you last week, this was the last game with Belmont, as the week five slot on the Sidney schedule will be taken by Beavercreek in a conference crossover contest. However, there’s still some possibility that Sidney and Beavercreek could mutually agree to opt out and meet other opponents if each is able to find a suitable matchup in both 2014 and 2015. Stay tuned. Artificial turf Fund raising is continuing toward the $600,000 needed to install artificial turf in Sidney Memorial Stadium. Almost two weeks ago the facility hosted two football games and a band show on the same rain-soaked weekend, amply demonstrating why the Vespa-Quarterback Club is spearheading this effort. By Saturday night the field was a mess. However, six nights later it was quite playable for the Belmont game. The club plans a major public

update of fundraising efforts by late this month. Fifty percent of goal was exceeded in late August with steady growth since. The current timeline calls for a December decision on proceeding with the project, with construction to begin in March and completion in time for SHS graduation around Memorial Day. “October is a big month for the turf project,” according to project chair Dave Rose. “In three weeks we’ll have something substantial to report.” Anna schedule All members of the Midwest Athletic Conference play nonleague games in the first two weeks of the season. The second week was added in 2008. Some have a rough time attracting and keeping opponents. Anna is an interesting study in that regard. Their opener is with county rival Lehman. Though the Rockets have dominated this annual renewal, the schools are essentially neighbors and the games are well attended. This series remains on a continuing basis. Week two is a different story. In 2008 and 2009 the Rockets won a pair against WaynesfieldGoshen, which did not renew the contract. In 2010 and 2011 the same thing happened with Sherwood Fairview. In 2012 Anna dominated Brookville 42-13. However, Brookville returned the favor 45-35 this season as the two-year contract expired. The result? There’s verbal agreement for two more years with a formal contract now being executed. Maybe this relationship will last. Brookville is coached by Versailles native Mike Hetrick, son of Versailles football coaching legend Al Hetrick. 42 on 4th-and-32

It was a huge game between neighboring rivals Friday night at Wapakoneta, and it turned out to be what a rivalry match should be. Celina, which was 4-0, scored with 3:06 left in the game to take a 26-22 lead. And it certainly looked like the Bulldogs were in great shape when they forced Wapak into a fourthand-32 situation at the Celina 45-yard line. But the Redskins ran a screen pass to perfection to running back Zach Schmerge and it went for 42 yards down to the Celina three. Three plays later, a Wapak running back plunged in from the one for a 29-26 victory, leaving both teams 4-1. Wapak head coach Doug Frye had a great quote for the Wapakoneta Daily News after the game, explaining why he went for the screen pass. “You think about Jacks and Joes a little bit more than Xs and Os. Our best chance was to get the ball in the hands of the player who’s going to make a play.” Credit card generation The athletic department at Wapakoneta High School has joined the “credit card” generation. Season ticket holders for football received a credit card loaded with the dates for all the home games instead of the traditional, individual tickets. As each fan enters Harmon Field for Friday night football, the card is scanned and in they go for the game. The cards will be reloaded for basketball season and will be used over and over as long as the person retains their season ticket status. But a warning to all — don’t lose it, it’ll cost $5 to replace it. Streak ends with forfeit Northern Guilford High School in Greensboro, N.C.

took a 31-game winning streak into last week’s game against Williams High School, and won 49-7. But the winning streak came to an end when the school forfeited that win because of an extra junior varsity player. The school said 13 JV players participated in the game one more than is allowed under North Carolina High School Athletic Association rules. Northern Guilford is a threetime state champion in its division. Nose tackle — and cheerleader Episcopal School of Dallas senior Armand FernandezPierre is a 335-pound nose tackle for the school’s football team — and also a cheerleader. He suffered a serious neck injury playing football as an eighth grader, so he gave up the sport and focused on cheerleading in high school. Episcopal’s coach eventually convinced Fernandez-Pierre to return to the gridiron for his senior year, and he agreed, but only on the condition that he could continue to cheer. And so it is that during halftime, when his teammates head to the locker room, FernandezPierre participates in a cheer routine on the field. Firsthand knowledge Wide receivers at Mission Viejo, Calif. High School are getting more firsthand NFL knowledge this season. Current ESPN analyst and former NFL star Keyshawn Johnson is an assistant coach at the Orange County powerhouse. Johnson works with receivers on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. His ESPN commitments prevent him from coaching every day and he’s able to attend about half the team’s games.

Sidney blanked by Troy 2-0 Sidney was hoping to spring an upset on Troy, and was deadlocked at 0-0 at the half Tuesday at the high school. But Troy scored twice on long throw-ins and posted a 2-0 win over the Yellow Jackets in Greater Western Ohio Conference North action. Sidney is 2-2 in the North and 5-8-1 overall. Troy is 3-0-1 and 9-1-2. “It was quite a battle against a good, solid team,” said Sidney coach Eric Harlamert. “We had some good chances to score.” Troy broke the scoreless deadlock with a goal at 15:18 remaining in the second half, then added another goal with 12 minutes remaining. “I was pretty happy with the way we played,” said Harlamert. “We’re getting better. Troy won the JV game 1-0. Lehman wins 2-0 The Lehman Cavaliers boys soccer team ended a four-game skid with a 2-0 win over Lima Temple Christian Tuesday night. Lehman got the scoring under way when Trey Kerrigan found Peter Comer at the top of the box on the corner. Comer drilled it into the bottom left of the net and the Cavaliers had a 1-0 lead at the 19:47 mark of the first half.

Lehman made it 2-0 on a goal by Rocco Catanzarite off a perfectly placed pass from Rob Heckman at the five-minute mark of the half. That would be all the Cavaliers would need as they contolled the game in the second half. “I thought we played much better as a team tonight,” Lehman coach Tom Thornton said. ” We were able move the ball up the field for good shots. We got to play everybody so is was good from that end.” The Cavaliers go to 5-5-2 on the year while Temple Christian drops to 4-9. Lehman travels to Greenon on Saturday morning. Fairlawn wins Fairlawn blanked Horizon Science Academy of Dayton 6-0 in soccer action Tuesday. Nick Brautigam had two goals for Fairlawn and Katelin Morrison, Jacob Pennington, Haley Blanford and Wesley Bolton all had one each. Nathan Lessing and Brendon McKnight had assists, and Ethan Schnipke had 20 saves. The Jets are 5-7. Lady Jackets fall Sidney lost Monday night to to Fairborn 1-0. The goal didn’t come until just five minutes remained in the game. Sidney is at Troy tonight.

Lehman doubles tennis players Julia Harrelson (left) and Sarah Gravunder are all smiles after advancing to the to the Division II District Tournament Tuesday.

Lehman duo advances in tennis TROY — The Lehman High doubles tennis team of Julia Harrelson and Sarah Gravunder have qualified for the Division II District Tennis Tournament. The Lady Cavalier team won three matches on Tuesday to advance to the semifinals of the

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West Milton Saturday at Troy Community Park. Lehman’s three singles players, Diana Gibson, Kaitlin Gillman and Emily Hoersten, all lost in the first round, as did the doubles team of Meghan Burner and Elaina Snyder.

SPORTS RANKINGS

Volleyball

Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association State rankings Week ending Sept. 29 Division III – 1. Highland Sparta 180, 2. Canton Central Catholic 18-2, 3. VERSAILLES 16-2, 4. Triway 17-1, 5. Coldwater 14-3, 6. Upper Sandusky 14-2, 7. Liberty-Benton 16-3, 8. Huron 12-2, 9. Gilmour Academy 11-5, 10. Tinora 17-2. Also: 14. Miami East 14-4. Division IV – 1. MARION LOCAL 18-1, 2. McComb 19-0, 3. Buckeye Central 15-2, 4. New Riegel 17-0, 5. St. Henry 163, 6. Leipsic 15-1, 7. Norwalk St. Paul 142, 8. Eastern Beaver 17-1, 9. Springfield Catholic 16-0, 10. Arlington 15-2, 11. FORT LORAMIE 14-4, 12. Pandora Gilboa 14-3, 13. Monroeville 15-2, 14. Toledo Christian 14-1, 15. Tuscarawas Central Catholic 11-3, 16. (tie) LEHMAN 10-7, Eastern Reedsville 14-3, 18. Newark Catholic 13-4, 19. NEW BREMEN 13-6, 20. JACKSON CENTER 12-5.

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Sidney’s Kyle Mann (right) keeps control as Troy’s Mitchell Evans tries to get to the ball at Sidney Tuesday.

sectional. thge top four advance to the district. They won over Bellefontaine 6-0, 6-0, beat Brookville 6-1, 6-3, then beat a Kenton Ridge team 6-3, 6-4 in the quarterfinals. They wll play a team from

Ohio Track and Cross Country Coaches State rankings Through Sept. 26 Division III Boys – 1. Maplewood, 2, Seneca East, 3. McDonald, 4. Gilmour Academy, 5. Cincinnati Summit Country Day, 6. Garaway, 7. Berkshire, 8. St. Thomas Aquinas, 9. Liberty Center, 10. Coldwater, 11, Caldwell, 12. ANNA, 13. NEW BREMEN, 14. Fort Frye, 15. MINSTER, 16. RUSSIA, 17. Independence, 18. (tie) Lincolnview, New London.

Girls – 1. Gilmour Academy, 2, Liberty Center, 3. MINSTER, 4. St. Thomas Aquinas, 5. Coldwater, 6. Summit Country Day, 7. Garaway, 8. McDonald, 9. Columbus Academy, 10. RUSSIA, 11. Mount Gilead, 12. Berkshire, 13. Caldwell, 14. Independence, 15. VERSAILLES, 16. Fort Frye, 17. Columbus School for Girls, 18. (tie) FORT LORAMIE, Grandview Heights, West Liberty-Salem.

Soccer

Miami Valley Soccer Coaches Association Dayton-area rankings Division I Boys – 1. Beavercreek, 2, Centerville, 3, Northmont, 4. Fairmont, 5. Troy, 6. Vandalia, 7. (tie) Tecumseh, Lebanon, 9. Miamisburg, 10. Xenia. Girls – 1. Springboro, 2, Centerville, 3, Beavercreek, 4. Northmont, 5. Lebanon, 6. Wayne, 7. Fairborn, 8. Xenia, 9. Troy, 10. SIDNEY. Division II Boys – 1. Carroll, 2. Middletown Fenwick, 3. Bellbrook, 4. Alter, 5. Monroe, 6. Tipp City, 7. Chaminade, 8. Oakwood, 9. Kenton Ridge, 10. Indian Lake. Girls – 1. Alter, 2. Carroll, 3. Bellbrook, 4. Monroe, 5. Oakwood, 6. Tipp City, 7. Northwestern, 8. Chaminade, 9. Springfield Shawnee, 10. Valley View. Division III Boys – 1. Springfield Catholic, 2, Franklin-Monroe, 3. Yellow Springs, 4. Greeneview, 5. Bethel, 6. Dayton Christian, 7. Middletown Madison, 8. Troy Christian, 9. LEHMAN, 10. Brookville. Girls – 1. LEHMAN, 2. Middletown Fenwick, 3. Miami East, 4. Troy Christian, 5. Greeneview, 6. Preble Shawnee, 7.

Springfield Shawnee, 8. Franklin-Monroe, 9. West Liberty-Salem, 10. (tie) Waynesville, Brookville. State soccer rankings Division III Girls – 1. Gates Mills Hawken, 2, Worthington Christian, 3. Summit Country Day, 4. LEHMAN, 5. Liberty-Benton, 6. Lynchburg-Clay, 7. Akron Manchester, 8. Cincinnati Country Day, 9. Fairbanks, 10. Hanoverton United.

Football

High school computer rankings (Top 8 qualify for playoffs) Division VI Region 22 — 1. Tri-County North (50) 7.9, 2. Miami East (5-0) 7.05, 3. Cin. Country Day (5-0) 6.65, 4. West LibertySalem (5-0) 5.4, 5. National Trail (4-1) 5.3202, 6. Cin. Summit Country Day (4-1) 4.9152, 7. Mechanicsburg (4-1) 4.85, 8. Williamsburg (3-2) 4.8, 9. ANNA (2-3) 3.7, tie-10. Fayetteville-Perry (3-2) 3.6, tie10. Rockford Parkway (3-2) 3.6, tie-12. Arcanum (2-3) 3.2, tie-12. West Alexandria Twin Valley South (3-2) 3.2 Division VII Region 26 — 1. Marion Local (5-0) 9.2, 2. North Lewisburg Triad (5-0) 7.65, 3. Bainbridge Paint Valley (5-0) 6.6, 4. Cedarville (4-1) 6.1, 5. LEHMAN CATH. (4-1) 5.95, 6. Covington (5-0) 5.9, 7. FORT LORAMIE (4-1) 5.5, 8. Portsmouth Notre Dame (4-1) 5.4, 9. Cin. Riverview East Acad. (3-2) 4.0588, 10. Manchester (3-2) 3.0, 11. Fairfield Cin. Christian (2-3) 2.5576, 12. McGuffey Upper Scioto Valley (3-2) 2.55,

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SCOREBOARD CALENDAR High school High schol sports TONIGHT Girls soccer Sidney at Troy Girls golf Division II District at Pipestone (Miamisburg) Cross country Sidney at Tipp City —— THURSDAY Girls soccer Lehman at Troy Christian Botkins at Anna Volleyball Botkins at Fort Loramie Lima Temple at Lehman Russia at Fairlawn Jackson Center at Anna New Bremen at St. Henry Delphos St. John’s at Minster New Knoxville at Coldwater Russia at Fairlawn Fort Recovery at Versailles Cross country Lehman, Fort Loramie, Minster, New Bremen, Jackson Center, Versailles at Coldwater Invitational Boys golf Division III District at Weatherwax in Middletown —— FRIDAY Football Troy at Sidney Dayton Jefferson at Lehman Fort Loramie at Ridgemont Anna at Minster Parkway at Versailles New Bremen at Fort Recovery Upper Scioto at Riverside —— SATURDAY Volleyball Russia at Wapakoneta Jackson Center at West Liberty Fairlawn home tri Riverside home tri Cross country Russia, Houston, Fairlawn, Botkins, Riverside at Anna Invitational Sidney at Piqua Invitational Boys soccer Xenia at Sidney Greenon at Lehman Botkins at New Knoxville Troy Christian at Fairlawn Girls soccer Lima Bath at Lehman Botkins at Lincolnview

FOOTBALL Ohio college Ohio College Football Schedue By Associated Press SATURDAY Ohio St. at Northwestern (BT), 8 p.m. Cincinnati at S. Florida (AAC), TBA Cent. Michigan at Miami (Ohio) (MAC), 1 p.m. Massachusetts at Bowling Green (MAC), 3:30 p.m. N. Illinois at Kent St. (MAC), 3:30 p.m. Ohio At Akron (MAC), 2 p.m. W. Michigan at Toledo (MAC), 3 p.m. Youngstown St. at Indiana St. (MVFC), 3:05 p.m. Davidson at Dayton (PFL), 1 p.m. Ashland at Lake Erie (GLIAC), 1 p.m. Findlay at McKendree, 1:30 p.m. Malone at Tiffin (GLIAC), 1:30 p.m. Ohio Dominican at Walsh (GLIAC), 6 p.m. Muskingum at Wilmington (OAC), 2 p.m. Mount Union at Ohio Northern (OAC), 1:30 p.m. Heidelberg at Marietta (OAC), 7 p.m. Capital at John Carroll (OAC), 7 p.m. Baldwin Wallace at Otterbein (OAC), 7 p.m. DePauw at Denison (NCAC), 2 p.m. Wittenberg at Hiram (NCAC), 3 p.m. Kenyon at Oberlin (NCAC), 1 p.m. Allegheny at Ohio Wesleyan (NCAC), 2 p.m. Wabash at Wooster (NCAC), 1 p.m. Urbana at W. Virginia St. (MEC), 1:30 p.m. Virginia-Wise at Notre Dame Coll., 2 p.m. Bluffton at Manchester (HCAC), 1:30 p.m. Mount St. Joseph at Anderson (HCAC), 1:30 p.m. Earlham at Defiance (HCAC), 1:30 p.m. Central St. at W. Texas A&M, 4 p.m.

NFL standings National Football League The Associated Press AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 4 0 0 1.000 89 57 Miami . . . . . . 3 1 0 .750 91 91 N.Y. Jets . . . . 2 2 0 .500 68 88 Buffalo. . . . . . 2 2 0 .500 88 93 South Indianapolis . 3 1 0 .750 105 51 Tennessee . . . 3 1 0 .750 98 69 Houston. . . . . 2 2 0 .500 90 105 Jacksonville . 0 4 0 .000 31 129 North Baltimore . . . 2 2 0 .500 91 87 Cleveland . . 2 2 0 .500 64 70 Cincinnati. . 2 2 0 .500 81 81 Pittsburgh. . . 0 4 0 .000 69 110 West Denver. . . . . . 4 0 0 1.000179 91 Kansas City . 4 0 0 1.000102 41 San Diego . . . 2 2 0 .500 108 102 Oakland . . . . 1 3 0 .250 71 91 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East Dallas . . . . . . 2 2 0 .500 104 85 Philadelphia . 1 3 0 .250 99 138 Washington. . 1 3 0 .250 91 112 N.Y. Giants . . 0 4 0 .000 61 146 South New Orleans . 4 0 0 1.000108 55 Carolina . . . . 1 2 0 .333 68 36 Atlanta . . . . . 1 3 0 .250 94 104 Tampa Bay . . 0 4 0 .000 44 70 North Detroit. . . . . . 3 1 0 .750 122 101 Chicago . . . . . 3 1 0 .750 127 114 Green Bay . . . 1 2 0 .333 96 88 Minnesota . . . 1 3 0 .250 115 123 West Seattle. . . . . . 4 0 0 1.000109 47 San Francisco 2 2 0 .500 79 95 Arizona . . . . . 2 2 0 .500 69 89 St. Louis . . . . 1 3 0 .250 69 121 Monday's Game New Orleans 38, Miami 17 Thursday, Oct. 3 Buffalo at Cleveland, 8:25 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6 Detroit at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Chicago, 1 p.m. Kansas City at Tennessee, 1 p.m. Jacksonville at St. Louis, 1 p.m. New England at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Seattle at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Baltimore at Miami, 1 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. Carolina at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. Denver at Dallas, 4:25 p.m. Houston at San Francisco, 8:30 p.m. San Diego at Oakland, 11:35 p.m. Open: Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay, Washington Monday, Oct. 7 N.Y. Jets at Atlanta, 8:40 p.m.

College Top 25 USA Today Top 25 Poll The USA Today Top 25 football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 28, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Alabama (59) . . . 4-0 1546 1 2. Oregon (2) . . . . . 4-0 1479 2 3. OHIO STATE . . 5-0 1397 3 4. Clemson (1) . . . . 4-0 1352 4 5. Stanford . . . . . . . 4-0 1325 5 6. Georgia. . . . . . . . 3-1 1148 10 7. Louisville . . . . . . 4-0 1147 7 8. Florida State . . . 4-0 1129 8 9. Texas A&M . . . . 4-1 1072 9 10. Oklahoma . . . . 4-0 964 12 11. LSU . . . . . . . . . 4-1 931 6 12. South Carolina 3-1 860 13 13. UCLA . . . . . . . . 3-0 812 14 14. Miami. . . . . . . . 4-0 727 15 15. Northwestern . 4-0 620 16 16. Baylor. . . . . . . . 3-0 573 18 17. Michigan . . . . . 4-0 546 17 18. Washington . . . 4-0 545 20 19. Florida . . . . . . . 3-1 515 19 20. Oklahoma St.. . 3-1 330 11 21. Fresno State . . 4-0 270 23 22. Texas Tech . . . . 4-0 231 25 23. Nor. Illinois . . . 4-0 131 NR 24. Arizona State . . 3-1 118 NR 25. Nebraska . . . . . 3-1 71 NR Others receiving votes: Mississippi 69, Virginia Tech 54, Wisconsin 47, Maryland 45, Notre Dame 29, Missouri 21, UCF 15, Michigan State 10, Rutgers 9, Oregon State 7, Arizona 1, Cincinnati 1, East Carolina 1, Iowa 1, Utah 1. —— Associated Press Top 25 Record Pts Pvs 1. Alabama (59) . . . 4-0 1546 1 2. Oregon (2) . . . . . 4-0 1479 2 3. Clemson (1) . . . . 4-0 1352 4 4. OHIO STATE . . 5-0 1397 3 5 5. Stanford . . . . . . . 4-0 1325 6. Georgia. . . . . . . . 3-1 1148 10 7. Louisville . . . . . . 4-0 1147 7 8. Florida State . . . 4-0 1129 8 9. Texas A&M . . . . 4-1 1072 9 10. LSU . . . . . . . . . 4-1 931 6 11. Oklahoma . . . . 4-0 964 12 12. UCLA . . . . . . . . 3-0 812 14 13. South Carolina 3-1 860 13 14. Miami. . . . . . . . 4-0 727 15 15. Washington . . . 4-0 545 20 16. Northwestern . 4-0 620 16 17. Baylor. . . . . . . . 3-0 573 18 18. Florida . . . . . . . 3-1 515 19 19. Michigan . . . . . 4-0 546 17 22. Texas Tech . . . . 4-0 231 25 20. Oklahoma St.. . 3-1 330 11 24. Arizona State . . 3-1 118 NR 21. Fresno State . . 4-0 270 23 23. Ole Miss . . . . . . 3-1 132 NR 25. Maryland . . . . . 4-0 119 NR Others receiving votes: Northern Illinois 104, Virginia Tech 49, Wisconsin 46, Nebraska 20, Missouri 14, Notre Dame 12, CentralFlorida 6, Michigan State 5,Rutgers 2.

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Postseason glance Postseason Baseball Glance The Associated Press WILD CARD Game televised by TBS Tuesday, Oct. 1: NL: Cincinnati (Cueto 5-2) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 16-8), inc. Wednesday, Oct. 2: AL: Tampa Bay (Cobb 11-3) at Cleveland (Salazar 2-3), 8:07 p.m. DIVISION SERIES (Best-of-5; x-if necessary) American League Boston vs. Cleveland-Tampa Bay winner Friday, Oct. 4: ClevelandTampa Bay winner at Boston, 3:07 p.m. (TBS) Saturday, Oct. 5: ClevelandTampa Bay winner at Boston, 5:37

MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS By The Associated Press NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING_Cuddyer, Colorado, .331; CJohnson, Atlanta, .321; FFreeman, Atlanta, .319; YMolina, St. Louis, .319; Werth, Washington, .318; MCarpenter, St. Louis, .318; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, .317. RUNS_MCarpenter, St. Louis, 126; Choo, Cincinnati, 107; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 103; Holliday, St. Louis, 103; Votto, Cincinnati, 101; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 97; JUpton, Atlanta, 94. RBI_Goldschmidt, Arizona, 125; Bruce, Cincinnati, 109; 109; FFreeman, Atlanta, BPhillips, Cincinnati, 103; PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 100; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 100; Pence, San Francisco, 99.

HITS_MCarpenter, St. Louis, 199; DanMurphy, New York, 188; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 185; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 182; Pence, San Francisco, 178; Votto, Cincinnati, 177; FFreeman, Atlanta, 176. DOUBLES_MCarpenter, St. Louis, 55; YMolina, St. Louis, 44; Bruce, Cincinnati, 43; GParra, Arizona, 43; Rizzo, Chicago, 40; Belt, San Francisco, 39; Desmond, Washington, 38; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 38; DanMurphy, New York, 38. TRIPLES_Span, Washington, 11; CGomez, Milwaukee, 10; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 10; Segura, Milwaukee, 10; Hechavarria, Miami, 8; Venable, San Diego, 8; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 7; EYoung, New York, 7. HOME RUNS_PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 36; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 36; Bruce, Cincinnati, 30; DBrown, Philadelphia, 27; Pence, San Francisco, 27; JUpton, Atlanta, 27; CGonzalez, Colorado, 26; Zimmerman, Washington, 26. STOLEN BASES_EYoung, New York, 46; Segura, Milwaukee, 44; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 41; CGomez, Milwaukee, 40; ECabrera, San Diego, 37; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 27; DanMurphy, New York, 23; Pierre, Miami, 23. PITCHING_Wainwright, St. Louis, 19-9; Zimmermann, Washington, 19-9; JDe La Rosa, Colorado, 16-6; Liriano, Pittsburgh, 16-8; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 16-9; Greinke, Los Angeles, 15-4; SMiller, St. Louis, 15-9; Lynn, St. Louis, 1510; Medlen, Atlanta, 15-12. ERA_Kershaw, Los Angeles, 1.83; Fernandez, Miami, 2.19; Harvey, New York, 2.27; Greinke, Los Angeles, 2.63; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 2.77; ClLee, Philadelphia, 2.87; Wainwright, St. Louis, 2.94. STRIKEOUTS_Kershaw, Los Angeles, 232; ClLee, Philadelphia, 222; Wainwright, St. Louis, 219; Samardzija, Chicago, 214; AJBurnett, Pittsburgh, 209; Hamels, Philadelphia, 202; HBailey, Cincinnati, 199; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 199. SAVES_Kimbrel, Atlanta, 50; RSoriano, Washington, 43; Romo, San Francisco, 38; AChapman, Cincinnati, 38; Mujica, St. Louis, 37; Cishek, Miami, 34; Grilli, Pittsburgh, 33; Gregg, Chicago, 33; Street, San Diego, 33. AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING_MiCabrera, Detroit, .348; Mauer, Minnesota, .324; Trout, Los Angeles, .323; ABeltre, Texas, .315; Cano, New York, .314; DOrtiz, Boston, .309; TorHunter, Detroit, .304. RUNS_Trout, Los Angeles, 109; MiCabrera, Detroit, 103; CDavis, Baltimore, 103; AJones, Baltimore, 100; AJackson, Detroit, 99; Crisp, Oakland, 93; Ellsbury, Boston, 92. RBI_CDavis, Baltimore, 138; MiCabrera, Detroit, 137; AJones, Baltimore, 108; Cano, New York, 107; Fielder, Detroit, 106; Encarnacion, Toronto, 104; DOrtiz, Boston, 103. HITS_ABeltre, Texas, 199; MiCabrera, Detroit, 193; Pedroia, Boston, 193; Cano, New York, 190; Trout, Los Angeles, 190; Machado, Baltimore, 189; Hosmer, Kansas City, 188. DOUBLES_Machado, Baltimore, 51; Lowrie, Oakland, 45; CDavis, Baltimore, 42; Pedroia, Boston, 42; Cano, New York, 41; Saltalamacchia, Boston, 40; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 39; AlRamirez, Chicago, 39; CSantana, Cleveland, 39; Trout, Los Angeles, 39. TRIPLES_Gardner, New York, 10; Trout, Los Angeles, 9; Drew, Boston, 8; Ellsbury, Boston, 8; AJackson, Detroit, 7; Bourn, Cleveland, 6; AGordon, Kansas City, 6; DeJennings, Tampa Bay, 6; LMartin, Texas, 6; BMiller, Seattle, 6. HOME RUNS_CDavis, Baltimore, 53; MiCabrera, Detroit, 44; Encarnacion, Toronto, 36; ADunn, Chicago, 34; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 34; AJones, Baltimore, 33; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 32. STOLEN BASES_Ellsbury, Boston, 52; RDavis, Toronto, 45; Andrus, Texas, 42; Rios, Texas, 42; LMartin, Texas, 36; Altuve, Houston, 35; JDyson, Kansas City, 34. PITCHING_Scherzer, Detroit, 21-3; Colon, Oakland, 18-6; MMoore, Tampa Bay, 17-4; CWilson, Los Angeles, 17-7; Tillman, Baltimore, 16-7; Lester, Boston, 15-8; Guthrie, Kansas City, 15-12. ERA_AniSanchez, Detroit, 2.57; Colon, Oakland, 2.65; Iwakuma, Seattle, 2.66; Darvish, Texas, 2.83; Scherzer, Detroit, 2.90; FHernandez, Seattle, 3.04; Sale, Chicago, 3.07. STRIKEOUTS_Darvish, Texas, 277; Scherzer, Detroit, 240; Sale, Chicago, 226; Verlander, Detroit, 217; FHernandez, Seattle, 216; AniSanchez, Detroit, 202; Shields, Kansas City, 196. SAVES_JiJohnson, Baltimore, 50; GHolland, Kansas City, 47; MRivera, New York, 44; Nathan, Texas, 43; AReed, Chicago, 40; Balfour, Oakland, 38; Frieri, Los Angeles, 37; Rodney, Tampa Bay, 37.

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Wright State University announces Center for Manufacturing Sciences DAYTON — The Wright State University Center for Manufacturing Sciences, which will build on the rich history of manufacturing in Ohio by creating an exciting environment for students and seasoned manufacturers in which to work and learn together, was announced recently. The center (CMS) will focus on knowledgebased manufacturing and best practices, enabling students and manufacturers to connect through co-op and internship programs as well as webbased interactions. Dr. Larry R. Dosser, founder and chairman emeritus of Mound Laser & Photonics Center Inc., was named as the center’s senior fellow for technology advancement. “We are excited to have Larry bring his knowledge and experience to lead this critical strategic effort,” said Robert Fyffe, Ph.D., vice president for research and graduate studies. “We are confident that working with a broad array of partners within and outside the university, he and the center will have a positive and sustained impact on research, development and training to make Wright State a national

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them to real-world experiences. Students will become both learners and then teachers — where they really learn.” From 1980 to 1995, Dosser worked at Mound Laboratory in Miamisburg, Ohio, where he used laser technology to study various aspects of energetic materials ranging from laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy to high-speed photography. In 1995, he started Mound Laser, which uses lasers to fashion miniature devices for the defense and medical device industries. The company, which collaborates with a Wright State faculty member to help speed research to commercialization, currently has 50 employees and annual sales of between $5 million and $6 million. The Wright State center plans to offer education and training in everything from bioengineering to laser micromachining. “Students could walk in and say they wanted training in laser micromachining technology,” Dosser said. “We would provide a simulation of a manufacturing cell in laser micromachining. The knowledge level gained from the simulations gets you 80 to 90 percent of the way. Now you only have to put your hands on the hardware.” Dosser will bring in researchers from institutions such as Harvard and Notre Dame who share the center’s passion for shaping the future of manufacturing. These prominent individuals will present seminars and lectures on technical areas of advanced manufacturing. When he was at Mound Laser, Dosser helped manufacture devices so small that they can be inserted into the heart, brain and ear. “I think the next advances are going to be made in the micro world,” Dosser said. “For example, we are micromachining devices that are being

used at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. We can bring in both neuroscience experts and laser manufacturing experts to drive these applications.” Dosser began discussions with Wright State officials a year ago about creating such a center as an economic development tool. He worked closely with the university in getting a shared faculty member on site at Mound Laser.This program, which began in January 2013, is proving to be very successful and may be a model for the future. “I enjoyed Wright State’s positive attitude, their collaborative attitude,” Dosser said. “The whole atmosphere is extremely refreshing.” He said the center will be rich with resources, drawing on those from Mound Laser, the Air Force Research Laboratory, the U.S. Navy and others. “There is a huge opportunity here for the university through collaborative effort with these partners,” Dosser said. “Now we have a portal for all of these things.” Dosser wants to offer the center’s services to all learners who come to the center. CMS appreciates that strong businesses are built by teams and is committed to working with students from science, engineering, business, human performance, and the arts to foster innovation and imagination in manufacturing. “Manufacturing is half science and engineering and half business,” Dosser said. “And mingling science and the arts can be an effective collaborative way to solve problems. Let’s put them together and let the students collaborate and learn from one another.” Dosser expects to begin seeing students in January. He plans for the center to be self-sustaining through research grants and contracts within three years.

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Hot Head Burritos employees (l-r) Chelsea Shepherd and Brooke Hull, both of Sidney, make burritos for Dana Sue Kiser and Sam Kiser, both of Jackson Center, Friday. The store opened recently and is located at 2028 W. Michigan St. 40501962

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The Lucky Barrel drawing rolls over from September without a winner. To enter, email office@ sidneyshelbychamber.com or call 492-9122 with your name and phone number. Then, go to the downtown business hosting the Lucky Barrel and sign the book. The Lucky Barrel is located at Second Hand Thoughts, 115 S. Ohio Ave., for October.

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