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Anna nna police lice officer ficer resigns esignss Kathy Leesee For the Sidney Dailyy News
ANNA ANN A â&#x20AC;&#x201D; In the w wake ake of the Anna P o olice â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Police Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ongoing problems, ong oing pr o oblems, an officer has quit ing concerns about quit,, citing possible rretaliation et aliation or threats. threats. chiefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s psy-Also, the police p â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s psy chief chological eexamination xamination rresults esults have ha ve been rreleased. eleased. Lynn Marsee, Officer L ynn see, who y Mars served serv ed as the acting Anna Police police chief during Anna P olice Scott Evansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; administraChief S cott E vansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; administr ativee lea leave, from tiv ve, rresigned esigned fr om the
letter department ment in a brief let ter to villagee officials thatt shar shared villag o tha ed her concerns ns about possible rretaliet alithreats, aation tion and nd thr eats, although she provide details did nott pr ovide det ails about letter was her concerns. ncerns. The let ter w as provided Sidney pr ovided ed to the S idney Daily News village. N ews byy the villag e. Marsee wrote letter, Mars see ee wr ote in the let ter,, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wanted w anted to thank yyou ou ffor or giving me thee opportunity to serve serve Village the V illag age of Anna. I rregret egret to inform thatt aatt this time, inf orm yyou ou tha feell tha that from I fee hat I must resign om resign fr my position sition as police officer effectivee immedia immediately. have effectiv tely. I ha ve
greatly enjoyed gr e tly enjo ea yed my time and villagee eexperience xp perience with the villag thatt someda somedayy I can and d hope tha serve again. serv rve ag ain. have â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because â&#x20AC;&#x153;B ecause I ha ve enjoyed enjoyed working heree so much, this w orking her deci-hass been a vvery ery difficult deci makee and took a sion n ffor or me to mak consideration. feell tha thatt lot of consider ation. I fee by rresigning esigning this will prevent prevent thatt could hurt the rretaliation et aliation tha villageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s villag lageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rreputation eput ation and mine. I thatt when this thr threat hope pe tha eat has thatt yyou passed, ssed, tha ou will consider futuree emplo employment.â&#x20AC;? mee ffor or futur yment .â&#x20AC;? Marsee was M Mar see w as not specific as
nature whatt she con con-to the na ture of wha siderss a â&#x20AC;&#x153;threat,â&#x20AC;? sider ortâ&#x20AC;&#x153; threat ,â&#x20AC;? but reportreport edly rresigned esigned when Evans a Evans praised rreturned. eturned. Marsee aised sed Marsee was was pr memberss during by council member ing Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s T uesday â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s council meeting ffor or thatt she did while the job tha hile served she serv ed as acting police lice According chief. Accor ding to a rreport eport port filed by Botkins B otkins Police Police Chief hief Tom T Jackson Center nter oom Glass and Jackson Police P olice Chief Joe man, Joe Cotterman, Cotterman, Marsee Mar see updated o k updated paperwork paperwor and cleaned up the office by See S ee RESIGNS | 2
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PIQUA PIQUA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A S Sidney idney ssailor ailor aaway wa y from his family from amily ffor or the holida holidays ys will be among mong the rrecipients ecipients of Christmas stocking gs sent as part of stockings the Stocking Stockings gs for for S Soldiers oldierss pr program. ogram. The stockings stocking kinggs pr program ogram w was as ini ini-tiated tia ted by Me Melcher-Sowers lcher--S owers Funeral Funeral Home in 2010, 10, and tha thatt yyear, ear, Go Gover ver Harley-Davidson Har ley-Davidson idson encour encouraged aged its customerss to t take t ake a stocking to fill ffor or its Her Hero o Da Dayy and rreturn eturn it to the funer al home me ffor or the pr oject . funeral project. T he following foll ow in g yyear, e ar, MelcherMel ch er-The Sowers S owerss contacted contt acted Go Gover ver and ask asked ed
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Shelby S helby County P Park arkk B Board oard member memberss ar aree speaking out w anting the public to know kno now wanting they did rrespond espond to calls alls rregarding egarding the se x sting aatt the sex Lockington Dam parkk ar ea eare area l this lier h w eek. k week. B oard member B arb b Heiler lerrs Board Barb Heilers ssaid aid she rreceived eceived no calls fr rom from E hemann and said Ehemann s aid the only ccall al l sh e ce i ve d w as ffrom rom shee rreceived was tthe he S i d ne y D a i ly N ews oon n Sidney Daily News W ednesday asking why she s Wednesday had not rresponded. esponded. Heiler aid she then hen Heilerss ssaid aattempted ttempted to call S hee lby Shelby County S heriff JJohn ohn Lenhart hart Sheriff the ssame ame da dayy and left a mes mes-ssage, age, but ssaid aid her call w as not was rreturned. eturned. Heilerss ssaid aid she w as upset pset was tha hemann ann thatt Lenhart and E Ehemann ssaid aid the board board w as not responrespon ponwas siv e. sive. Cara K ellersmith, also o a Cara Kellersmith, boar d member,, told the S idney ney board Sidney Daily N ews that that she â&#x20AC;&#x153;r eceivved News â&#x20AC;&#x153;received (a) phone call fr om Ehemann, Ehemann, ann, from but w as out of town town on T uesda day was Tuesday and called her back W ednesda day Wednesday after checking her mess ag ges, messages, but ssaid aid tha was after the thatt was ne ws conference. conference. news Kellerssmith said said â&#x20AC;&#x153;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a h holi Kellersmith â&#x20AC;&#x153;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s holi-da weekendâ&#x20AC;? which she said s aid dayy weekendâ&#x20AC;? mak es it mor makes moree difficult to con con-ttact act people. Kellersmith said s aid the pubpub ub Kellersmith llic ic does does not not understand undersst and the the w orkk done by Heilers, Heilerss, Board B oard work Pr esident Melissa Me liss a (Mitzi) tzi) President Clarkk and d Friends Friends i d off the P a k. ar k Park. have watched watched these two t o tw â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have ladies (Heiler ark) (Heilerss and Clar Clark) and F riends of the Park Parkk mowâ&#x20AC;? mo ow â&#x20AC;? Friends the par parkk and â&#x20AC;&#x153;sometimes use their oown wn gasâ&#x20AC;? gasâ&#x20AC;? ffor or mowing mow ing and vvolunteer olunteer their time at at the park k. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do not get get paid.â&#x20AC;? id.â&#x20AC;? park.
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