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Vol. V ol. 12 1233 No. No. 238 238

No November vember 29 29,, 2013 2013

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INSIDE TTODAY ODAY

Friday, November 29, 2013

Holiday TV

A Christmas Carol

Patrick Stewart as Scrooge in TNT’s 1999 made-for-TV adaptation of “A Christmas Carol�

We look back at the many beloved adaptations of Dickens’ Christmas classic as the original masterpiece celebrates its 170th anniversary

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Holidayy TV Holida TV Guide G Check out the ccomplete omp plete guide ttoo the holida moviees, shows shows holidayy movies, and specials in ttoday’s odaay’s ne wsnewsp aper. Inside paper.

DEATHS DE ATHS Obituarie /or de death no ticObituariess and/ and/or death noticeess ffor or the ffollowing ollowing people appe ar on page page 3 today: toda o y: appear s /<<C /<<C L 9?1 9?1/ /

Kathy Leesee ANNA ANN A —Anna Anna Village Village Council member memberss ha ave decided to hold have having off and ttable ablee possibly ha ving the SShelby helby County nty SSheriff’s heriff ’s Office law ttake ake oover ver la w enforcement enforcement for village. duties fo or thee villag e.

The meeting T uesday eeveve Tuesday u ning w a aattended as ttended by appr oxiwas approximately ma tely 68 people who filled Elementary School Anna Element ary S chool to present pr esentt a petition opposing Police disbanding ding the Anna P olice Department. was Department ment . The meeting w as moved mo ved tto the school due to the

sec-eexpected xp pected turnout ffor or the sec ordinance ond d rreading eading of an or dinance that tha at would would have have disbanded the Anna An nna Police Police Department and allowed alloowed the Shelby S helby County Sheriff’s S heriff eriff ’s Office to take take oover ver thee duties. Following Following a very ocal town very vvocal town

hall meeting the week before, o e, or e week bef local residents tion residents began began a petition drive drive to stop the police departartdepart ment from disbanding.. A from disbanding “Save “ S ave Our Police Police Department ent Committee� was Committee� w as formed formed folfolSee S ee COUNCIL COUNCIL | 3

Runners ners spend p d Thanksgiving ggivingg helping ppingg needyy Michael Seffrin Sefffrin mseffrin@civitasmedia.com mseffrin@civitasme edia.com

While W h i l e ma many m ny p people e o p le w were e re still in bed Thank sgiving Thanksgiving morning, dr reaming about the dreaming would enjoyy a fe few feast they w ould enjo w hourss la hour terr, 925 runnerss and later, w alkerss turned ned out to ttake ake part walkers in the se venth annual T urkey seventh Turkey u T Trot rot 5K. Sponsor e d by the F irst Sponsored First Pr esbyterian an Chur ch of Presbyterian Church S idneyy, the eevent vent has become Sidney, a Thank sgiving iving tr adition ffor or Thanksgiving tradition p articipants as as a good good way wa y participants to begin thee holida lp holidayy and he help needy people ple in the commu commu-nity y. nity. O rggan i z e rs ooff th even t Organizers thee event aaccept ccept n o n p e r i s h a b l e ffood ood nonperishable items in lieu eu of a monet ary monetary rregistration e gist rat ion n ffee. ee. T he don aThe donattions ions w ill ggo o to to the the A lpha will Alpha Communityy Center ffood ood bank and Holy Ang ngels S oup Kitchen. Angels Soup S arah S t teen rod, program pro gram Sarah Steenrod, ccoordinator o o rd i n at o r at at tthe h e cchurch, h urc h , ssaid aid tthat hat aass of aabout bout n oon noon Thur sday, 3,600 pounds of Thursday, ffood ood had been counted. The

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Runners Thanksgiving morning. 925 runnerss and w walkers R unners ttake ake ooff ff at the sstart tart ooff the annual TTurkey urkey TTrot rot 5K Thank sgiving morning ing. A ttotal otal ooff 9 25 runner alkkers people.. ttook ook ppart art in the eevent, vent, which ccollects ollects ffood ood ffor o needy people or

tot al w a eexpected as xpected to rise once total was the count unt w as completed to was surpasss last yyear’s ear ’s tot al of 2.25 total tons.

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JJulie ulie Metzler rran an in her first T urkey Trot e . ear u Trot last yyear. first Turkey See S ee TROT TROT | 3

INDEX INDE X City, Cit y, C County ounty records recordss ........... 3-4 34 Classified ............................ Clas sified ............... ............. 8-9 Comics .................................6-7 C omics ................... .............. 6-7 Hintss fr from Hint om Heloise Heloise .................. .................. 7 Horoscope Hor oscope.............. ................. 7 ............................... ....................................5 LLocalife ocalife ................... ................. 5 Obituariess .............. ...............................3 Obituarie ................. 3 Spor ts .................... ........... 10-11 Sports ...............................10-11 W eatherr/Out ooff the P ast ........ Weather/Out Past ........55

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Community mmunityy Christmas mas dinner er on tapp Volunteers nteers needed for f annual event nt Shelby County’s S helby County ounty ’s 32nd annual Community Christmas Dinner from will be Dec. c. 14 fr om 11:30 Shelby a.m. to 1 p.m. in the S helby Fairgrounds County F a grounds Civil air Building Defense B uilding ilding on the south Shelby side of thee S helby County Fairgrounds. F airggrounds.. air Parking P arking ffor or the eevent vent will be on the inside i of the fair-grounds only. aree gr ounds only lyy. Those who ar walk handicapped d or cannot w alk distances long dist ances ces should let the know. vvolunteers olunteerss kkno w. Theree is no char charge Ther rge ffor or the dinner.. Ther There aree no crite crite-dinner ere ar meet. aree encour encourria to meet t . All ar raged aree ag ed d to aattend. ttend. nd. d Adults who ar shut-ins arrange have shut -ins can n arr ange to ha ave delivered meals de liver e ed to their homes

by calling ing 492-8074, eext. xt . 6, and making aking rreservations eservations with Dayy S Services Fair Adult Da D er vices aatt F air Haven. Reservations home-Ha ven. R eservations ffor or home delivered de livered e meals must be made later no la terr than noon Dec. 11. Santa S anta Claus will aattend ttend to

treats distribute tribute candy and tr eats and d listen to wish lists of the many children ma any childr en who aattend ttend thee eevent. vent . Christmas music played will ll be pla yed ffor or those who aree in aattendance. din-ar ttendance. e The din was started nerr w as st arted in 1981 by Billl McMillen, Stolle Corp., Shelby and d the S helby County United Way W ay as a means to rreach each out to the community during the holiday holida liday season. The dinner could uld not be such a success eevery very e yyear ear without the support from rreceived eceiv ceived fr om the vvolunteers olunteers donors. and d donors donor s. People interested P eople inter ested in vvolol help unteering teering i to he h l with lp i h this his Rodney eevent vent e should call R odney Volunteers aree aatt 492-1746. V olunteers ar

help needed to he lp set up Dec. down 13, and tear do wn on Dec. well 14 after the eevent, vent , as w elll as drivers deliver driv ers to de liver meals, and vvolunteers olunteers of all types on the dayy of the eevent. Volunteers da vent . V olunteer eers drivers aree ask asked park and driv ers ar ed to par ark in the OSU eextension xtension office fice parking located next par king lot loca ted ne xt to Building. the Civil Defense B uilding ing. park Only vvolunteers olunteers can par k in front. Parking the fr ont . P arking will nott be provided pr ovided aatt OSU eextension xtension ion wanting ffor or people w anting a meal theree will not be an because ther entrance patrons entr ance ffor or dinner pa trons o thatt side of the building building. on tha ing. patrons All pa trons must enter the h from fairbuilding fr om inside the fair airgrounds. gr ounds.

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Unemployment mployment rate drops The S Shelby helbyy County unemployment rrate ate fe fell ll in October, October, ffrom fr om 66.3 3 per percent ercentt in i S eptember to 5.9 September percent per cent in October, October, according accor ding to esti esti-mates ma tes rreleased eleased ed by the Ohio Department partment of JJob ob and d F Family amily Services S ervices B Bureau ureau of Labo Laborr Mar Market ket Inf foormation.. Information. The estimated estima stimated number off people employed emplo yed in the ccounty ounty iincreased n c re a s e d from fr om 23,100 100 in September S eptember to 23,300 in October r, while w the October,

estimated estimated size of the remained ned labor pool remained steady at at 24,700. 700. Unemployment U Unemplo l ymentt in i was October 2012 was percent . County unty 5.9 percent. are not sea number are sea-sonally adjusted. The statewide st ate wide w unemployment unemployment rrate ate for for October w was as 7.0 percent, percent , not seasonseason sonally adjusted. The seasonally adjusted sted state state unemplo unemployment yment ment rate rate for foor October was was 7.5 percent, percent , up slightslight ghtfrom September’s September er ’s ly from percent . The rate rate 7.4 percent. seain October 2012, sea-

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sonally adjusted, w was as 6.9 per cent . percent. N ationwide, the Nationwide, seasonally lly adjusted rrate ate of unemployunemployment ffor or October w as 7.3 per cent , up a was percent, bit fr om September’s September ’s from 7.2 per percent. cent . The rrate ate in October 2012 w was as 7.9 per percent. cent . Among the st state’s ate’’s 88 counties, October 2013 unemplo unemployment yment rrates ates rranged anged from from a lo w of 4.3 per cent in low percent Mer cer County to a Mercer h igh ooff 112 2 p ercent high percent See JOBS| S ee JOB S| 3

Drees resigns signs from fire department partment RUSSIA Russia R USSIA — A R ussiaa firefighter fir efighter has rresigned esigned d from fr om the department ffolollowing arrest Tuesday. lo wing his arr est T uesday. According press Accor ding to a pr esss Fire Chief rrelease el e a s e ffrom ro m F i re C hief Markk S Shappie, Mar happie, “Gerryy Drees from Dr ees has rresigned esigned fr om m held all the positions he he ld d Russia aatt the R ussia Communityy Fire today, F ire Company as of toda y, Thursday, Nov. Thur sday, No v. 28, 2013.. N other No ther comment rregardegardMr.. Dr Drees ing Mr ees will be issued d from department.. Thee fr om this department Russia Community Fire R u ss i a Co mm un it y F ire Company’s Company ’s ffocus ocus has been n

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always proand alw ays will be in pr oviding ssafety afety services too community.� our community y.� Drees was Dr ees w as one of ninee arrested Shelby men arr ested by the S helbyy Sheriff’s County S heriff ’s Office ffololllowing two-month inveslo wing a tw o -month in nvesstigation illegal sexual tig ation into illeg gaal se xual al activity aatt the Lockington n Reserve Shelby County. R eserve in S helby County y. Drees, Dr ees, 53, faces one count nt of public indecency afterr surveillance capvideo surv eillance cap ptured walking around tur ed him w alking ar ound d inside the parkk without ut any clothes on.

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