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November 7, 2013

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Gilardis petition Supreme Court By Patricia Ann Speelman pspeelman@civitasmedia.com

A lawsuit brought against the United States Department of Health and Human Services on behalf of two Sidney business owners was filed Wednesday in the U.S. Supreme Court. The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) in

Washington, D.C., submitted a petition for certification to the country’s highest court for Francis Gilardi Jr. and Philip Gilardi and their companies, Freshway Foods and Freshway Logistics. Their case, which asks for exemption from for-profit companies’ required compliance with certain portions of the Affordable Care Act, known

as Obamacare, has been working its way through the court system since January. In keeping with their Catholic faith, for at least the last 10 years, the Gilardis have ensured that they do not pay for any contraceptive methods, including abortion-inducing drugs and sterilization procedures, in their employee health plan. The health care act does not

exempt companies, based on faith, from complying with the entire law, which would require their employee health plan to cover such methods. On Friday, the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Gilardis as individuals are exempt, but that their comSee COURT | 4

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Shook found guilty Crash kills Sidney man BELLEFONTAINE — Former Riverside High School band and choir director John “Tim� Shook was found guilty Friday in Logan County Common Pleas Court on 12 of the 13 charges against him. The jury returned in about two hours with guilty verdicts Shook on six counts of sexual battery, one count of attempted sexual battery and five counts of gross sexual imposition after five

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A Sidney man is dead as a GMC truck was traveling result of a two-vehicle colli- eastbound on Fort Loramie Swanders Road and sion Tuesday evening. struck the parked On Tuesday at 6:12 truck head on. p.m., the Shelby County The driver of the Sheriff’s Office received GMC truck, James a report of a two-vehicle Vordemark, 74, of accident with injuries Sidney, was proin the 8000 block of nounced dead at the Fort Loramie Swanders scene. Road in Turtle Creek Assisting at the Township. scene were the Preliminary investi- Vordemark Fort Loramie Fire gations revealed that a Department, Fort heavy duty truck with an attached trailer was parked Loramie Rescue and the Shelby in the eastbound lane unload- County Coroner’s Office. The investigation continues. ing heavy equipment. A 2010

Incumbents upset in township races By Patricia Ann Speelman

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victims stepped forward to testify on his actions. Three of his former students at Riverside High School and two former students from Covington testified, along with others, during the trial, citing sexual offenses from as far back as 2005. Judge Mark S. O’Connor ordered Shook jailed without bond until his sentencing Dec. 9. He faces a maximum of 39 years in prison.

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A number of Shelby County township races were decided by voters in Tuesday’s election The third time was the charm for Jonathon Siegrist who won a closely watched race for Turtle Creek Township Trustee. According to one county resident, the race was “the talk of the townships� in days before the election. “I ran two years ago and four years ago,� Siegrist said. “My dad was a trustee and my grandpa was clerk. It runs in the family. Hopefully I’ll make everybody happy and I’ll try to do my best.� Retaining a trusteeship there will be Douglas E. Ike,

an incumbent. Losing his seat to Siegrist was incumbent Edward C. Seger Jr. Ike took the most votes, 260, a 44.22 percent share. Siegrist received 183 votes, 31.12 percent. Seger won 145 votes, 24.66 percent. Incumbents also were upset in Franklin, Jackson and Van Buren townships. Five candidates ran for two seats in Franklin Township. The man winning the highest number of votes had not run for the office before. “I worked very hard to get what I got,� said Melvin H. Fullenkamp who earned 387 votes, 32.47 percent of those cast. “I want to thank the people who put thier trust in me. I’m deeply honored and I’ll work very hard for them.�

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Jonathan Siegrist, left, of Sidney, is congratulated by Cynthian Trustee Robert L. Siegel, of Newport, after Siegrist appeared to have won the race for Turtle Creek Trustee at the Shelby County Board of Elections building Tuesday evening.

Incumbent Alexander Lee Berner was re-elected with 263 votes, 22.06 percent.

Others who ran were incumSee TOWNSHIPS | 4

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