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The aattorney t torney ffor or Michaell JJ.. W Wood, Michae oood, 40, of Sidney, entered S idney, enter tered a plea Friday of not gguilty uilty lty F riday to aggravated one count of ag gggravated murder, mur der, an n unclassified felony, fe lony, and d one count firstof kidnapping, ping, a fir stdegree Shelby degr ee felony, helby felony, in S County Common ommon Pleas

Court.. Court F.. JJudge udg e JJames ames F Stevenson ordered Wood Ste venson or rdered W ood held he ld withoutt bail on the charges charg ges related relaated to the Oct.. 13 shooting death Oct ooting dea th Wood’s neighbor,, of W ood’s neighbor 78-year-old 78-y ear-- old JJames ames Cole. Wood W e esented by epr oood is rrepresented Kirkk A. McVay McV cV Vay as lead counsell and William counse d W illiam JJ.. co-counsel, Mooney as co - counsel, both from from the t Office of

the Ohio Public lic Defender. Defender. McVay, McVa y, in n rrequestequesting rrelease elease on bail, ssaid aid Wood W ds to “assert oood intends his innocence ce in this case� and ““be be present present challengee this indict indict-to challeng ment.� ment .� Wood waived Wood aived his o has w rightt to a sp speedy trial righ eedy tri al Stevenson in the case. Ste venson that, eexplained xplained tha hat , as an incarcerated defendant,, incar cerated defendant

Wood would have W ould ha ave had the oood w right to ggo o to trial within days. Byy w waiving thatt 90 da ys. B aiving tha right,, the triall timefr timeframe right ame now is no w ““open-ended,� op en- ended,� Stevenson Ste venson said. d. said. According According to rrecords, ecords, was Cole w as shott ffour our times in the head. His body was Smalley w as ffound ound along ng S malley Road Hardin R oad near Har ardin by a weeks farmer w eeks after Cole Wood W ood went missing.. w ent missing

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lobby.� door of the lobby y.� The tile to be used, she sturdy heavy ssaid, aid, will be stur dy as hea vy through equipment ment is rrolled olled thr ough area. Kevin the lobby bby ar ea. K evin Lofton Lowe’s specialist,, II, a Lo we’’s ffloor loor specialist will be determining which work tile will w orkk best ffor or the project. pr ojectt . “The “ Thee w walls alls and ceiling will be painted,� nted,� she ssaid. aid. The cr crown around own molding ar ound the ceiling iling will also be paint paint-ed. The he poster cases will doorss be rre-Velcroed. e -Velcroed. The door gold will bee rrepainted epainted with g old squares. squar e es. “We staying “We will be st aying true preservation to thee historic pr eservation project selection pr ojectt with our se lection colors,� Sarah Barr, of color orss,� ssaid aid S arah B arr,, coordinator coor dina inator of Raise the Roof R oof ffor or the Arts. ““We’ll We’ll be warm beigee and blues using w arm beig with ggold old accents.� The emplo employees yees will also install new inst alll a ne w sink and

A A — Anna Police ANN Police are are sstill ANNA l king ki t in k for suspects i a bomb bombb looking for t h re at at at the t h e school s c h o o l Thursday, T h u rs d ay, threat ich was was the second time in which appr proximately six weeks weeks that that the approximately hool has received received such a threat. threaat . school Police Chief Scott S cott Evans Evans said s aid Police Frida day afternoon that that he held held d a Friday “deebriefing â€? with Anna Local ocal “debriefingâ€? S ch hools officials Friday ning Friday morning Schools that included Superintendent ndy S uperintendent Andy that Bixler xler, High School S chool Principal Rick R Bixler, Russsell and Elementary ipal p Element aryy Principal Russell John hn Holtzapple. “We “We covered covered how how John evacuation) went,â€? went ,â€? Evans Evans a (thee evacuation) said d and they discussed “any comcom omsaid intsâ€? received. received. Evans Evans said said the plaintsâ€? was “a couple stustuonlyy complaint was nts got got on the wrong wrong bus.â€? dents Evans said s aid one student was was interinter ter-Evans viewed as a possible suspect but viewed wass cleared At cleared of any wrongdoing. wrongdoing. At was cts. there are are no suspects. thiss time, there Evans a said that that the Anna Police Pollice Evans said partment are are not receiving receiving any Department assist istance and are are the only law law assistance enforcement agency agency investigating in nvestigating t enforcement threat . the threat. D Thursday ’s threat, threat , the During Thursday’s na Police Police Department was was assistassist sistAnna iff ’s S helby County Sheriff’s S heriff ed by the Shelby fice, Botkins B otkins and Jackson Jackson Center nter Office, Pollice Departments, the Ohio hio Police State Highway Patrol, Anna Fire Fire Highway Patrol, State partment and Anna Rescue. Rescue. Department Evans said s aid he is not sure sure if Evans “it’’s the same s ame studentâ€? t d tâ€? who was was “it’s responsible ponsible for for the bomb threat threat in responsible S eptember ptember that that might be responrespon ponSeptember le for for Thursday’s Thurrsday ’s threat. threat . “I don’t don on’t sible kno ow the makeup makeup of the studentt ‌. know don on’t know know whether it’s it’’s a copycat copyycat I don’t don’t know know whether it’s it’’s an ‌. I don’t attention ention thing from from a studentâ€?â€? or attention tudent who wants wants to get geet outt of a student hool. school. don’t know know if the students ents “II don’t realize lize how how serious it is (to make mak ake realize thr hreat),â€? Evans Evans said. said. “A “A teacher her a threat),â€? getss excited excited and has a heart attack, attack, a gets hey the student could be liable ‌. they uld be assessed the costâ€? of law law could enfforcement responding, responding, Evans Evans a enforcement said. d. said. At this time, Evans Evans said, said, police lice At are checking to see “when “ when the last are me was was a janitor j anitor was was in that that time st all ll to clean itâ€? and might have haave stall observ served something. something. observed Additionally, officials officials are are “still “still Additionally, king at at picturesâ€? picturesâ€? of the handhand andlooking iting and plan to see if any teachteach achwriting recognize it. it . erss recognize Evans said s aid he visits Anna Local ocal Evans S chools hools daily and does a walk walk Schools through o “once, maybe maybe twice a day day through “once, walk the hallways, hallways, look for for ‌. I walk strag agglers glers in the hall.â€? He said s aid he stragglers estions them about what what they hey questions are doing. doing. He said s aid he keeps keeps track trackk of are ose students “in case something hing those ppens.â€? He said s aid he also visits the happens.â€? eteria and the offices. cafeteria Evans said said he “kept “ kept it off the Evans radio dio ‌ off the scannerâ€? scanner â€? so parents parents e radio d not worry worry when the threat threat was was did led in. called B s aid Evans Evans is only in the Bixler said

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Lowe’s we’s Heroess to rejuvenate enate Historic t i Sidney toric ey Theatre’s ’ lobby ’s l bby Melanie Spe Speicher eicher mspeicher@civitasmedia.com mspeicher@civitas media.com

The rrenovation eno novation of the Sidney Theatre Historic S i idney Thea tre is helping rreceiving eceiving a he lping hand from fr om the emplo employees yees of the Sidney store. S i d n e y Lowe’s L owe ’s st o re . The The theater thea ter is this his yyear’s ear ’s winner store’s Heroes of the local al stor e’’s Her oes Program. Pr ogram. ““We We do a heroes heroes project project eevery very yyear,� ear,,�� ssaid aid Lisamarie Lisamarie Grove, special-G rove, fflooring looring ring ssales ales special ist with Lo Lowe’s. we’’s. ““We We ha have ve a committee thatt meets and commit tee tha project decides which ich pr oject to do. Wee use ha W have ave six or se seven ven different things aree differ ent thing hings which ar suggested sug gested ffor or the program. program. committee The commit ittee vvotes otes on it theater was and this yyear ear ar the thea ter w as vvoted oted No. 1.� Lowe’s employee Lo we’’s emplo yee Abby Steinkee sug suggested Steink ggested the thethe aater ter for for the pr program. ogram. was “I w as running unning the paint departmentt and I rran an into Sarah was S arah Barr, Barr, who w as looking

paint,� Grove. aatt paint ,� said said G rove. ““She She w was as looking ing aatt 20s20s-era era paint wee st started colorss and nd w arted ttalkalkkwhatt she needed ing about ut wha them ffor.� or..� Lowe’s storee has a “Each Lo we’’s stor budget help project budg et too he lp a pr oject in community,� the community munity,� ssaid aid Cindy Cunningham, assistant storee C unningham, ham, assist ant stor manag manager. er.. Lowe’s storee has The local cal Lo we’’s stor helped projects he lped with vvarious arious pr ojects in the past past. st . we’ll ““Sometimes S ometimes times w e’ll hear word project w ord of mouth of a pr oject thatt needs tha ds to be done,� ssaid aid Cunningham. we’ll C unningham. ham. ““Then Then w e’ll contact whatt we cont act them hem to see wha we can do.� Lowe’s employees The Lo owe’’s emplo yees will be vvolunteering olunteering nteering their time Tuesday each T uesda u y beginning Nov. new No v. 26 to bring the ne w theater. lobby to life aatt the thea terr. working ““We’ll We’ll be w orkking on the Grove. fflooring,� looring,�� ssaid aid G rove. ““We’ll We’ll be shining ing and cleaning entryway. We’ll the entryw yway. W e’ll also be new thee iinstalling nst a l lin g n ew ttile il e tto o th

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