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No endorsement Republican Party declines to endorse Bauer, Sell BY KATHY LEESE The Shelby County Republican Party Central Committee has endorsed candidates in the upcoming March primary election, but has declined to endorse either Shelby County Prosecutor Ralph Bauer or his opponent, Shelby County Public Defender Tim Sell. Party Executive Chairman Chris Gibbs said the prosecutor race “is going to be about performance and style. I’m confident that our Republican primary
‘We are very normal people’ • Same-sex couples tell of raising families together. Two local couples say they are more accepted by the mainstream than they used to be. Kevin and Mark-Frazier-Jones share their experiences, as does Rodney Bertsch and his partner. 16
DEATHS Obituaries and/or death notices for the following people appear on Page 3A today: • Patricia J. Best • Mary Kathleen “Kathy” Brantley • Elder Henry Campbell • Marian Albers Holthaus
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BY JENNIFER BUMGARNER jbumgarner@sdnccg.com An Anna man was sentenced for two counts of sexual battery in Shelby County Common Pleas Court on Thursday. Whitfield “John” Farley III, 45, 624 W. Main St., Anna, was sentenced to three years in jail for each count which will run concurrent. He was also fined $400 for each count plus court costs. Farley will also be a Tier III sex offender and will have to register with authorities every 90 days for the rest of his life. Before issuing the sentence, Stevenson addressed Farley. “Your conduct was not a one time incident,” said Stevenson. “You were in the position of trust with a child you should have known was
at risk … You should have been in control.” Farley worked at Clear Creek Farms when he engaged in sexual conduct with a 17-year-old girl. He was originally charged with four counts of sexual battery, felonies of the third degree, in Shelby County and was charged with obstructing official business and contributing to the delinquency of a minor in Miami County. Those charges were filed after FBI agents exercised a search warrant at Farley’s residence in Anna. The FBI was involved because Farley, a part-time corrections officer, allegedly brought the victim from Wayne County, Ind., into the Miami and Shelby County area. Farley also worked parttime at West Central Juvenile Detention Center in Miami County.
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DEFENSE ATTORNEY Christopher R. Bucio (left) with his client Whitfield Farley III stood before Judge James Stevenson in Shelby County Common Pleas Court on Thursday for sentencing.
Vo-ag program receives donation from police Sidney City Schools’ planned vocational-agricultural program became the recipient Thursday of $10,000 worth of equipment, thanks in a round-about way to a convicted drug lord. The Sidney-Shelby County Narcotics Task Force confiscated the equipment during a drug bust in August at 222 Kossuth Street. The implements comprised a marijuana-growing operation for which Gregory Barlow was arrested and pled guilty. In lieu of destroying the items, Shelby County Sheriff John Lenhart and Sidney Police Chief Kevin Gessler found a productive way to use them. “This is a way to take a bad thing and tuarn it inot a good situration, which is what we’re always trying to do,” Gessler said. “The school will take these items and put them to right use.” The donation included a See DONATION/Page 3
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LT. JIM Fry (left), of the Shelby County Sheriff’s Department, and Capt. Jerry Tangeman, of the Sidney Police Department, lift a hooded grow light prior to loading it into a truck for its journey to Sidney High School Thursday. Both men are members of the Sidney/Shelby County Narcotics Task Force, which confiscated the light and other equipment during a drug raid in August. The Task Force donated the haul for use by science classes at the high school.
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MUNICIPAL COURT In Sidney Municipal Court Tuesday, Judge Duane Goettemoeller fined Chadd W. Hutchinson, 26, 301 1/2 S. Main St., $250 and costs and sentenced him to six months in jail on a domestic violence charge. Jail is to be served consecutively with a sentence he is currently serving. • Charles N. McCann, 25, 12071 State Route 362, lot 37, was fined $250 and costs, sentenced to 30 days in jail and his driver’s license was suspended for six months for possession of drug paraphernalia. He will be permitted to complete 10 hours community service in lieu of 10 days jail and be evaluated for drug/alcohol abuse in lieu of another 10 days. If fines and costs are paid in full the balance of the jail sentence may be reconsidered. He was also fined $25 and costs for speeding. • Joe Brun, 50, 106 Edgewood St., was fined $150 and costs and sentenced to 90 days in jail for resisting arrest and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and also fined $375 and costs, sentenced to six months in jail and his driver’s license was suspended for six months for driving while under the influence. He was also sentenced to 30 days in jail for contempt of court. If fines and costs and restitution of $97.31 are paid in full, 10 days jail may be reconsidered. He must report to jail for 200 days. • Tommy L. Arnett, 26, of Piqua, was fined $250 and costs and sentenced to 10 days in jail, for failing to reinstate a license. Jail may be reconsidered if fines and costs are paid in full. A contempt of court citation was dismissed with warrant fees discharged. In Sidney Municipal Court Wednesday morning, David L. Taylor, 20, of Tazewell, Tenn., waived a preliminary on felony hearing charges of receiving stolen goods and was ordered held for action of Shelby County Common Pleas Court. Bond of $2,500 was continued. • Hamilton Martinez, 50, of Phillipsburg, was fined $75 and costs and sentenced to five days in jail on a drug paraphernalia charge that was
amended to disorderly conduct. A drug abuse charge was dismissed at the request of the prosecutor. If fines and costs are paid, jail may be reconsidered. He was also fined $25 and costs for a turn and stop signal violation. • Nathan Andrew Demarcus, was fined $50 and costs, sentenced to 30 days in jail and his driver’s license was suspended for six months for contempt of court in a drug abuse case. Fines and costs were referred to collections. •Tanya L. Frederick, 24, at large, was fined $100 and costs and sentence to 30 days in jail with credit for six days served, for violating a temporary protection order. Ten days of the sentence will be suspended on condition she has no contact with the victim in the case and she will be permitted to complete 90 hours of community service in lieu of nine days jail. If fines and costs are paid, the balance of the jail time may be reconsidered. • Shauna E. Hamilton, 27, 6677 Houston Road, Houston, was fined $100 and costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail on an aggravated menacing charge. Five days jail will be suspended if she consumes no alcohol and she will be permitted to continue and complete counseling in lieu of 10 days jail. She also will be permitted to wear an alcohol monitoring device for 30 days in lieu of 10 days jail and if fines and costs are paid, five days may be reconsidered. In Sidney Municipal Court Thursday morning, Goettemoeller fined Timothy J. O’Kane, 41, 14384 Meranda Road, Anna, $75 and costs on a domestic violence that was charge amended to minor misdemeanor disorderly conduct. In Municipal Court Wednesday afternoon, Goettemoeller fined David L. Sparklin, 57, 333 Enterprise Ave., Apt. B, $75 and costs and sentenced him to five days in jail for discharging firearms in the city limits. If fines and costs are paid in full, jail may be reconsidered. The weapon, a 22.calibre handgun, was or-
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dered forfeited. • Donnie King, 34, 5711 Knoop-Johnston Road, was fined $150 and costs and sentenced to five days in jail on a theft charge. Jail may be reconsidered if fines and costs are paid in full. • A theft charge against John Paul Scordino, 49, at large was dismissed since he is currently confined at a correctional instution. • Kristina N. Cybulski, 18, 2281 S. Vandemark Road, was fined $25 and costs for driving without a license. • Ginger D. McGrath, 44, 511 Linden Ave., was fined $75 and costs on a driving while under suspension charge that was amended to failure to display a license. • William L. Myers, 68, 16377 County Road 25A, Anna, was fined $75 and costs on a charge of driving while under suspension that was amended to failure to display a license. • Donnie R. King, 34, 2009 Michigan St., room 336, was fined $25 and costs for operating without reasonable control. • Timothy A. Fuller Jr., 29, 1148 Hamilton Court, was fined $25 and costs for driving with expired license plates. On a second charge of the same offense, he was also fined $25 and costs. Court fines These people recently paid fines and costs totaling $136 (unless noted) on a variety of charges as follows: Allison M. Verkey, 40, 164 Meadowview Drive, seatbelt, $116. Jerome A. Swiger, 60, 1800 Riverside Drive, stop sign. Christina M. Caskey, 22, 13080 State Route 29, Anna, speeding, $125. Rodney R. Roush, 35, 1147 State Route 589, parking prohibitions. Randall L. Williams, 22, 12032 State Route 362, Minster, speeding, $135. Jeffery W. Wren, 36, 120 N. Mill St., DeGraff, seatbelt, $116. Matthew S. Dieringer, 22, 235 W. South St., speeding, $135. Michel L. Daily, 50, 326 Sycamore Ave., seatbelt, $116. Shawn P. Aufderhaar, 39, 208 E. College St., Jackson Center, expired license, $130. Pamela K. Bodemiller, 56, 704 State Route 508, DeGraff, seatbelt, $116. Jarrett T. Francis, 18, 2300 Fessler-Buxton Road, Russia, seatbelt, $116. Katherine E. Ault, 20, 807 Spruce Ave., seatbelt. Leslie S. Ward, 35, 1130 Fairmont Drive, speeding, $135. Kylie R. Hopkins, 18, 2602 Spearhead Court, seatbelt, $116. Robert L. Wion II, 19, 6336 Hughes Road, Houston, seatbelt, $116. Lisa A. Holthaus, 34,7660 Cisco Road, stop sign, $130. Gretchen J. Behr, 35, 203 N. Main St., Botkins, stop sign, $130. Jesse Neal, 30, 410 E. Court St., expired license plates. Michael W. Wick, 45, 555 Gearhart Road, right of way. Alec J. Auberry, 28, 907 Spruce Ave., speeding, $135. Connie A. Imwalle, 37, 75 Dogwood Drive, Fort Loramie, speeding, $181. Christine E. Deerhake, 44, 618 E. Pike St., Jackson Center, improper backing, $130.
Zachary Clark, 21, 412 E. Ruth St., following too closely. Sonja M. Cost, 34, 209 Fairview St., Anna, traffic light. Mary L. Hand, 70, 2805 Wapakoneta Ave., lot 81, speeding, $135. Sarah L. Rethman, 20, 302 Diamond Drive, Anna, speeding, $141. Forfeitures The following people forfeited bonds on a variety of charges. Lacey P. Bryan, 22, 825 St. Marys Ave., seatbelt, $116. Civil cases Arvon Funding LLC, Grand Rapids, Mich., v. Michael and Sarah Wakefield, 12028 Lotus Minster, Cove, $2,902.92. Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Brenda Carey, $3,497.25. Credit Adjustments Inc., Defiance, v. John Clack, 520 St. Marys Ave., $1,610. Dismissals FIA Card Services, Brea, Calif., v. Amie Adams, aka., Amie Griffin, 1370 Maple Leaf Court. Within cause has been paid in full. Keonig Equipment Inc., Botkins, v. Jerry Quinn, 11904 W. 300 N, Muncie, Ind. Claim has been satisfied. Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Charlotte M. Phipps, 14609 Pruden Road. Judgment has been satisfied. GE Money Bank, Draper, Utah, v. Edward L. Pike, 2335 Fair Road. Dismissed with prejudice at plaintiff ’s costs. Wilson Care Inc., Sidney, v. Brandin Valentine, 484 W. Pinehurst St. Judgment has been satisfied. Wilson Care Inc., Sidney, v. Jody Sanders, 2510 County Road 23 N, Quincy. Judgment and costs have been paid. Lima Radiological Associates, v. Charles and Stacy Miller, 8242 Lochard Road. Judgment has been satisfied. Lima Radiological Associates v. Jimmie and Valorie Kennedy, 18100 Rickway Drive. Judgment has been satisfied. Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Aron and Elizabeth Scholl, 109 N. Walnut Ave., Apt. 3. Judgment and costs have been fully paid. Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys, v. Jeffrey and Dianna Marsteller, 112 S. Main St., Apt. B, Fort Loramie. Judgment has been satisfied. Wilson Care Inc., Sidney, v. Dorothy A. Staley, 705 Fulton St. Judgment has been satisfied. John K. Boedigheimer DDS. Inc., Sidney, v. Lisa Minton, 313 Bon Air Drive. Judgment has been satisfied. TSC Television, Wapakoneta, v. Daniel A Sias, 803 Michigan St. Judgment and costs have been fully paid. Lima Radiological Associates v. Amy Hiles, 910 Brook St., Piqua, $637.50. Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Timothy and Betty Allen, 3305 Red Feather Drive. Judgment has been satisfied. Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Kimberly Centers, 1947 Fair Oaks Drive. Judgment has been satisfied. Ohio Therapeutic Health Services, Lima, v. Rick and Sue Gasson, 720 W. Water St., Piqua. Judgement and costs have been satisfied. Lima Radiological Associates v. Steve and Kelly Bergman, 1189 Perin Road, Russia. Judgment and costs have been paid.
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Holthaus elected township chairman NEWPORT — Cynthian Township trustees elected Urban Holthaus Jr. chairman and Joseph B e nanzer v i c e chairman as Holthaus they reorganized for 2012 Monday. Trustees agreed to continue to meet the first Monday each month at 7 p.m. at the township hall in Newport. If the day falls on a holiday, trustees will meet on Tuesday. The zoning board and board of appeals will reorganize Jan. 18 at 7 p.m. Frank Langenkamp is Zoning Enforcement officer.
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The zoning board includes Sam Boyer, Walter Meyer, Jason Bruns, Matthew Seger and Dale Siegel. Members of the appeals board are Tim Magoto, Donald Holthaus, Alfred Puthoff, Dennis Meyer and Andrew Eilerman. Robert Siegel will again serve as the township’s representative to Shelby County the emergency Management Agency in 2012 and Maurice Quinter will continue to serve on the Fort Loramie Fire District Board. Vice chairman Benanzer and Quinter will represent the township on the Fort Loramie Ambulance District board and Chairman Holthouse will serve the township on the Shelby County Regional Planning Commission.
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Police log THURSDAY -12:55 a.m.: arrest. During a traffic stop Sidney police reportedly found marijuana and a pipe. They arrested Auttie King, 18, 210 Washington St. and a 17-year old male. WEDNESDAY -6:53 p.m.: domestic violence. Police arrested Eric J. Paulus, 32, 3535 River Road for domestic violence. -5:46 p.m.: domestic violence. Police arrested Lucas G. Jones, 30, and Bonnie E. Hughes, 34, 720 Michigan St. for domestic violence.
Fire, rescue THURSDAY -12:54 p.m.: medical. Sidney paramedics responded to the 500 block of Buckeye Avenue on a medical call. -11:33 a.m.: fire. Firefighters were dispatched to Emerson Corp., 1675 Campbell Road, on a report of a fire in the wall. The fire was out on arrival. It was caused by an improper ground on welding equipment. There was no loss and no injuries reported. -11:01 a.m.: medical. Medics responded to a medical call on the 300 block of West Russell Road. -10:31 a.m.: medical.
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Medics responded to the 800 block of South Main Avenue on a medical call. -9:26 a.m.: odor. Firefighters responded to 324 Fourth Ave. for an odor investigation. No hazards were found. -8:06 a.m.: medical. Medics responded to the 700 block of Spruce Avenue on a medical call. WEDNESDAY -8:36 p.m.: medical. Medics responded to the 3000 block of Cisco Road on a medical call. -7:28 p.m.: medical. Medics responded to the 200 block of West Poplar Street on a medical call. -6:56 p.m.: medical. Medics were called to the 200 block of Jefferson Street on a medical call. -3:12 p.m.: medical. Medics responded to the 800 block of South Main Avenue on a medical call. -2:25 p.m.: medical. Medics were called to the 800 block of Crescent Drive on a medical call. -1:30 p.m.: alarm. Firefighters responded to 115 E. Court St. on a report of a fire alarm. It was an accidental set off. -12:33 p.m.: CO. Firefighters responded to 1972 Fair Oaks Drive on report of a carbon monoxide detector activated. No problem was found. -11:34 a.m.: medical. Medics responded to the 2500 block of Kuther Road on a medical call.
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Patricia J. Best PIQUA — Patricia J. Best, 87, of 1567 Garbry Road, Piqua, died at 1:36 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012 at Piqua Manor Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, at Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home, Piqua.
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Mary Kathleen “Kathy” Brantley, 60, of 857 S. Ohio St., Sidney, died at 1:40 p.m. Jan. 4, 2012, at Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus. She was born in Bell County, Ky,. on Jan. 14, 1951, the daughter of the late James S. and Hazel L. (Hensley) Gordon. Lola M. (Anderson) Gordon was also a loving part in her upbringing. On June 23, 1987, she married David Brantley and he survives her. Kathy is also survived by three brothers: Paul (Glenna) Gordon of Sidney, Scott Gordon of Florida and David (Lucille) Anderson of Georgia; 13 nieces and nephews; many greatnieces and greatnephews; many cousins and their spouses; many foster children; and one special cousin, Audrey (Gary) Pellman. She was preceded in death by one brother:
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During their Thursday morning meeting, Shelby County Commissioners made appointments to three boards and commissions. County engineer Robert Geuy was re-appointed to the District 13 Ohio Public Works Commission Integrating Committee and David and Tony Strelow Schmitmeyer were appointed to the North Central Ohio Solid Waste District Policy Committee. Commissioners also appointed Jon Hulsmeyer to the Regional Planning Committee.
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WAPAKONETA — Marian Albers Holthaus, 83, of Wapakoneta, died at 9:47 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 2012, at 4, Auglaize Acres. She was born Nov. 8, 1928, in Anna, the daughter of Anthony and Helen (Raterman) Albers, who preceded her in death. On Aug. 19, 1950, she married Norbert C. Holthaus, and he survives in Wapakoneta. Other survivors include two sons, James (Violetta) Holthaus, and Gary (Helen) Holthaus, both of Wapakoneta; two step grandchildren, Becky (Gary) Baldosser and Brenda (Rodney) Snavely; four step great-grandchildren, Scott, Darin, Nathan, and Kayla; and a sisterin-law, Judy Albers, Sidney. She was preceded in death by a brother, Kenneth H. Albers. A homemaker, Marian was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Wapakoneta. She was a member of the Springbrook Dance Club, Lima, and enjoyed ballroom
dancing and western square dancing at the plus level. She and Norb spent many winters in McAllen, They Texas. traveled extensively through out the world. A loving wife and she mother, helped Norb farm and was a talented home decorator. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. on Saturday at the St. Joseph Catholic Church, Wapakoneta, the Rev. Matthew Lee officiating. Burial will be at a later date in the St. Joseph Cemetery, Wapakoneta. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday and from 9 to 9:30 a.m. on Saturday at the Bayliff and Eley Funeral Home, Ohio 501, Wapakoneta. Memorial contributions may be directed to St. Joseph Catholic Church Renovation Fund or Auglaize Acres Activity Fund. Condolences may be expressed at www.bayliffandeleyfh.com.
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Joe Anderson of Florida. K a t h y worked for BBI Industries, Sidney. She enjoyed family and friends getting together. She was a born again Christian and a member of the Church of God in Georgia before moving to Sidney. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, at Adams Funeral Home, 1401 Fair Road, Sidney, by the Rev. Ernie Jones. Burial will follow in Shelby Memory Gardens, Sidney. Friends may call from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, mecontributions morial may be made to help defray funeral expenses to Adams Funeral Home, 1401 Fair Road, Sidney, OH 45365. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.theadamsfuneralhome.com.
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Mayor, council members to be sworn into office JACKSON CENTER — Mayor Scott Klopfenstein and council members Ken Gloyeske and Karen Woodruff will receive oaths of office for new village council terms during Monday night’s 7 p.m. meeting. Third reading will be given an ordinance authorizing the village administrator to enter into a rate levelization arrangement for the village and its electric system and obtain a loan in a principal amount not
to exceed $100,000. An ordinance adjusting village appropriations for 2012 will be considered as emergency legislation as will another ordinance issuing $22,465 in notes in anticipation of the issuance of bonds to purchase a fire truck. First reading is scheduled to be given a resolution authorizing payment of AMPG Sunken Costs with American Municipal Power Inc., also declaring an emergency.
Elder Henry Martin Campbell Elder Henry Martin Campbell, 67, 121 W. Poplar St., Apt. 509, died W e d n e s d a y, Jan. 4, 2012, at 5 p.m. in his residence. He was born on March 21, 1944, in Hippo, Ky. to Hargis and Dixie (Click) Campbell. They are deceased. Henry moved to Shelby County in 1966. He is survived by two daughters, Marie Orr, of Sidney, and Heather Campbell, of San Francisco, Calif.; and a grandson, Danny Phillip Orr, of Sidney. Also surviving are his brother, Mont; daughter-in-law, Rexine Campbell of Prestonsburg, Ky.; and four sisters, Etta Scott, of Garrett, Ky., Mima Jean and husband, James Caudill, of Sidney, Ora Allen, of Moraine, and Lottie (Jack) Fraley, of Tilton, Mich. Henry was preceded in death by brothers, Edgel, George, Samuel, and Andrew Jackson; and his sister, Billah DeBorad. Henry was an Army veteran and a member of the National Guard for 17 years. He was a life member of the DAV. Nov.
Information sought in fatal accident Additional evidence is being pursued in the case of a fatal two-vehicle accident. Thomas Zwiebel, 21, formerly of 13172 State Route 720, Lakeview, currently of 2863 Idle Road, St. Paris, was originally charged with vehomicide hicular following the Aug. 9 accident at the intersection of Morris-Rose and Botkins roads. The case was dismissed at the request of the prosecution, who reserved the right to file at a later date. The case was dismissed for additional evidence to be obtained. Zwiebel allegedly failed to stop for a posted sign, causing a collision
with another vehicle, resulting in the death of that vehicle’s operator, Adam Huelskamp, 26, 2496 Hardin-Wapakoneta Road. Zwiebel was transported to Miami Valley Hospital following the crash for injuries he sustained. Brittany Ginter, 22, of Russells Point, received minor injuries in the crash, while Caleb Zwiebel, 1, was seriously injured and was transported to Children’s Hospital in Cincinnati. According to Sgt. Tim Bender of the Shelby County Sheriff ’s Office, there is “some additional evidence we are looking into.” No charges have yet been filed.
Crash still under investigation FORT LORAMIE — A fatal accident that occurred on Oct. 8 is still under investigation by the Shelby County Sheriff ’s Office. The accident occurred in the 5000 block of Cardo Road at 5:50 p.m. Kenneth Fleckenstein, 56, 9982 Barhorst Road, Fort Loramie, was driving a 1985 Ford F-150 pickup truck and was traveling eastbound on Cardo Road. He lost control of the vehicle and crossed the center line into the path of a west-
bound 2000 Ford F-250 pickup truck driven by Jeffrey Puthoff, 41, of Fort Loramie. Fleckenstein’s vehicle rolled over one time and rested on its passenger side. Fleckenstein was pronounced dead at the scene by the Shelby County Coroner’s Office. Puthoff received minor injuries and was treated at the scene by Fort Loramie Rescue. The Sheriff ’s Office is waiting on a final analysis report.
Parks report record attendance SANDUSKY (AP) — Ohio-based amusement park operator Cedar Fair says it had a record 23.4 million guests last year, up from the chain’s previous attendance record of 22.8 million in 2010. The nation’s third-largest amusement park chain says attendance figures at its 17 locations were up 2.6 percent, or about 590,000 visits, compared with the previous year.
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6, 2010, marked Henry’s 52nd year as an Old Regular Baptist. He was a member of Old Mount Zion Church, Ada. He was ordained as an elder on Dec. 5, 2000. Henry worked at Monarch Tool Co. for 31 years and was a member of their Quarter Club. Century Henry retired from NKP parts as a forklift operator on March 21, 2005, after nine years of employment. Funeral services will be held on Monday at 10:30 a.m. at the Salm-McGill and Funeral Tangeman Home, 502 S. Ohio Ave. Elder Michael Slone and Elder Greg Moore will be officiating. Burial will be at the Dayton National Cemetery with full military honors. Visitation will be Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. at the funeral home and then again from 9:30 a.m. until the time of services on Monday. Condolences may be expressed on SalmMcGill and Tangeman Funeral Home’s website at www.salm-mcgillandtangemanfh.com.
From Page 1 ing system. “I’m excited about the agriculture program at the high school,” Lenhart said. The proposed vocational-agricultural program is still in the planning stages and won’t get
underway until the 2013-14 school year, according to Sidney City Schools Superintendent John Scheu. “But this equipment can be utilized now in a high school science room,” he said.
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Sheriff: Gun residue found on hand ZANESVILLE (AP) — An Ohio sheriff is reporting more evidence that a man killed himself after setting loose dozens of wild, exotic animals he owned. Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz (loots) says testing by state investigators has confirmed that Terry Thompson had gunshot residue on his hands when he died Oct. 18. Lutz says that doesn’t prove Thompson committed suicide on his property near Zanesville in eastern Ohio. But the sheriff tells the Zanesville Times Recorder he’s comfortable in his belief that Thompson took his own life by shooting himself through the mouth with a handgun.
Charges to be dropped COLUMBUS (AP) — A prosecutor says charges will be dropped against four Ohio men accused of trying to steal the carcass of a lion from an exotic-animal compound as long as they each complete 40 hours of community service. The lion was among dozens of animals killed by police outside Zanesville last fall after their owner released them and committed suicide.
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Smile for the camera A pedestrian walks past a camera mural Thursday in Dayton.
Well owner undertakes study after earthquakes COLUMBUS (AP) — An energy company that shut down a northeastern Ohio brine injection well last week after earthquakes in the area has commissioned a geologic study, as Democrats in Columbus and Washington use the quakes to push for stricter regulations on oil and gas drilling and wastewater associated with hydrofracking. A spokesman for Youngstown-based D&L Energy Group told The Associated Press on Thursday that the company is launching the study because everyone involved wants to “figure out what’s going on.” A seismologist investigating the quakes has said the well almost certainly caused the series of minor quakes. Company officials discussed the plan during a private meeting Wednesday with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. State Rep. Robert
Hagan, D-Youngstown, has scheduled a community forum on the issue for Jan. 11 and has called for a statewide moratorium on injection drilling until 2014. The Youngstown City Council voted Wednesday to support his proposal. He invited representatives of ODNR, Environmental Protection Agency and Republican Gov. John Kasich’s office. U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan and U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, both Democrats, are also pushing for state and federal officials to attend, he said. “I’m tired of these discussions happening in secret,” Hagan said. “People have a right to know what’s going on, what’s being done.” spokesman ODNR Carlo LoParo said the department plans to send a representative to the hearing. D&L spokesman Vince Bivacqua said the company plans to pay for its own comprehensive
Regulators put spotlight on nuke plant cracks PORT CLINTON (AP) — Federal regulators along with the operators of nuclear plant in Ohio want to assure critics that it’s safe to run a reactor despite the discovery of cracks in its concrete shell. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission plans to reveal more details about its investigation at the plant near Toledo and explain why it allowed it to reopen last month. The Davis-Besse nuclear plant began producing electricity in early December, less than two months after the first cracks were found. The plant along Lake Erie was shut down for maintenance in October when crews discovered a 30-foot hairline crack in the outer concrete wall that’s designed to protect the reactor from
anything that might hit it from outside, such as storm debris or an airplane. More cracks were found soon after near the bottom of the 224-foot tall shield structure, leading to closer inspections that found cracks close to the top of the wall. The commission signed off on restarting the plant after its owner, FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE:FE) , assured it that the cracks don’t pose a threat. Regulators said they’ve done their own checks and reviewed testing already completed by the plant operator. U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, an Ohio Democrat who has been a longtime opponent of the plant and its owner, criticized the NRC’s decision, saying that it’s still unknown what caused the cracks or whether it’s a bigger problem.
ENDORSEMENT County Sheriff; David McDonald for Shelby County Coroner; James Stevenson for Shelby County Common Pleas Court Judge; Michele Mumford for Shelby County Clerk of Courts; and David Easton for state representative. Easton, of Sidney, is seeking party nomination for the seat currently held by state Rep. John Adams, also of Sidney. Now the 78th House District, it will become the 85th District in 2013 due to redistricting action. Gibbs said the Central Committee reviewed each race independently with the option to either conduct an endorsement vote or not conduct an endorsement vote. If a
study, which it will share with state regulators in hopes of getting the well reopened. He said the state may choose to replicate the results or have them reviewed by outside experts. “It was not an overly long meeting, but it was important because we all want to figure out what’s going on,” he said. “There’s been a lot of rampant speculation that there’s been a link between my client’s activity and this seismic activity.” Kasich called for a moratorium Saturday on injection drilling within a roughly five-mile radius of the well operated by D&L affiliate Northstar Disposal Services LLC, after a 4.0 magnitude quake brought the total for 2011 to 11. Seismic surveys have since placed the well near the epicenter of both the New Year’s Eve quake and a smaller quake Christmas Eve. Four other wells are affected by the moratorium.
majority of the members voted to consider a race for endorsement, each candidate then stood for a vote and was required to achieve a super majority to win the endorsement. A super majority vote represents 67 percent of the central committee members voting for endorsement. Gibbs said there are 16 active Central Committee members throughout the county, each representing different precincts. Central Committee members are elected every four years at the time of the presidential primary. Receiving an “outright” endorsement were Lenhart, Stevenson, Mumford, McDonald and Bornhorst. Born-
From Page 1 horst seeks the Jan. 2 county commission seat currently held by Commissioner Larry Kleinhans. Pellman also received an “outright” endorsement, for the Jan. 3 commission seat currently held by Jack Toomey. Guillozet also seeks that nomination. “I think it’s important for our Republican primary voters to know that both Terry Pellman and Tony Bornhorst have been active on other candidates’ campaign committees and have really put in the time necessary to advance other people’s successes without regard to their own gain,” said Gibbs. “That resonated with the committee and we were pleased to ex-
tend endorsements to them.” Kleinhans and Toomey recently announced they were not seeking re-election. The Republican Central Committee will reportedly meet again after the first of the year to interview Keith Faber, of Celina, Jim Buchy of Greenville, and Adams to finish out the endorsement process for state representative and state Senate. Gibbs noted that no endorsement for the 85th House District seat will be made until other candidates are interviewed. Buchy, an incumbent, is seeking the 84th District seat, which will include the northern half of Shelby County effective in 2013.
NEW YORK (AP) — The 2011 holiday shopping season will go down in the record books as the year the Grinch stole stores’ profits. Many retailers sacrificed their bottom lines by pushing heavy discounts to shoppers bent on getting a good deal in a challenging economy. That created a sharp divide between stores that won the battle for wallets, and those that didn’t. The big winners? Shoppers who held out for deals late in the season. Retailers collectively reported a 3.5 percent increase in revenue at stores open at least a year for December, according to a tally of 25 merchants compiled by the International Council of Shopping Centers. For November and December combined, the figure rose 3.3 percent, a solid increase but still behind last year’s 3.8 percent pace. The figures are based on revenue at stores open at least a year. That is considered a key indi-
cator of a retailer’s health because it excludes results from stores recently opened or closed. Retailers depend on the holidays, when they bring in as much as 40 percent of their annual revenue. The season also gives give valuable insights into what it takes to get Americans to spend in the weak economy. Clearly, the rich kept spending, but for everyone else, it took a hot item like Apple’s iPad or right-on exclusive fashions — or a lot of “50 percent” off signs. Winners included Limited Brands Inc., Macy’s Inc., TJX Cos. and Nordstrom Inc., which posted strong revenue gains that beat analysts’ estimates. Macy’s, Ross and Limited even boosted their earnings outlooks. On the losing side, Target Corp., Kohl’s Corp. and J.C. Penney Co. cut their fourthquarter earnings projections after reporting weaker-than-expected sales. Gap had a big sales decline.
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IN THIS June 2004 file photo, Peregrine falcons Maverick (right) and an unnamed female sit on the corner of the Bank One Building in downtown Canton. State wildlife officials have said that the carcass of a peregrine falcon discovered along a street in Canton on Wednesday may be that of a Maverick, who has fathered falcon chicks in the city for nearly a decade.
Threatened bird found dead CANTON (AP) — A peregrine falcon, a species classified as threatened in Ohio, has been found dead in downtown Canton. State wildlife official Damon Greer tells The R e p o s i t o r y (http://bit.ly/w0179R ) the carcass discovered along a street on Wednesday may be that of a bird that fathered falcon chicks in the city for nearly a decade. The falcon was known as Maverick in
the Ohio Department of Natural Resources database. Greer says peregrine falcons usually die when they’re killed by one of their own. He says Maverick was growing old, so it was time for the bird to be “replaced” by another mating male. The falcons may live up to 15 years. ——— Information from: The Repository, h t t p : / / w w w. c a n t o n rep.com
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COLUMBUS (AP) — Democratic state lawmakers are pushing a proposal that requires Ohio to set up the insurance exchange laid out in Barack President Obama’s health care law. Millions of uninsured Americans will be able to buy private coverage through these online supermarkets starting in 2014, with taxpayer-provided assistance to cover the cost of premiums. The health care law requires the federal government to set up exchanges if states fail to do so. Minority Democrats have criticized the pace in which the Republican governor’s administration has worked to establish an exchange. They’ve introduced bills to create an agency to set up the market and oversee it. Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor, who is also Ohio’s insurance director, says it’s premature to plan for an exchange without further clarification from the federal government.
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Cannon in L.A. hospital NEW YORK (AP) — Nick Cannon has been transferred to a Los Angeles hospital to continue treatment for “mild kidney failure.” His representative says the 31-year-old Cannon was moved Wednesday after receiving treatment in Aspen, Colo., where the TV personality and his wife, Mariah Carey, had been vacationing. Carey has been by Cannon’s side. Earlier this week, she tweeted that he is suffering from “mild kidney failure” and posted a photo on her website of the couple as they lay in a hospital bed in Aspen. She is asking fans to “Please keep Nick in your thoughts.”
Prosecutors want death CAIRO (AP) — Prosecutors on Thursday called for Hosni Mubarak to be hanged, saying he bore full responsibility for the killing of protesters during the uprising against him, in a courtroom moment unthinkable barely a year ago when the longtime leader held unquestioned power. The demand for the death penalty at the 83year-old former president’s trial played to the widespread resentment of Mubarak among Egyptians who hoped that punishment for his oppressive rule would be fruit of the Arab Spring. Still, some of the activists who helped topple him are skeptical the sentence would ever be carried out, if he is convicted.
Shooting questioned BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — On a doorstep outside a family home, a father wondered why police had to shoot his son in the hall of the boy’s middle school. In an office across town, a police chief insisted that his officers had no choice. And scores of others in this Texas border city wondered: Could the death of 15-year-old Jaime Gonzalez have been prevented? A day after police fatally shot an eighth-grader who was brandishing a realistic-looking pellet gun, his anguished parents pleaded for answers, demanding to know why police didn’t try a Taser or beanbag gun before resorting to deadly force. In front of the family home, the father lamented his loss and called on authorities to explain their actions.
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Puppy eats wedding ring ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A couple has found a suspect in the disappearance of their $4,500 wedding ring — their 10-month old basset hound. KOB-TV reported Wednesday that a veterinarian recently removed the ring from the dog named Coraline after Xrays showed it was lodged deep in her stomach and wasn’t coming out on its own. Albuquerque resident Rachelle Atkinson says she and her husband Scott had searched everywhere for the ring before beginning to suspect the dog ate it. The vet said basset hounds have a tendency to eat rocks.
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Rivals go after Romney MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Mitt Romney’s Republican presidential rivals repeatedly attacked him as a candidate of the status quo and a timid, less-than-reliable conservative Thursday as they simultaneously sought to slow his campaign momentum and personally audition for the role of conservative rival-inchief. “Don’t settle for less than America needs,” said Rick Santorum, eager to capitalize on his second-place finish behind the former Massachusetts governor in this week’s Iowa caucuses, a scant eight votes off the pace. A heavy favorite to win New Hampshire’s primary next Tuesday, Romney all but ignored his Republican rivals as he campaigned in two states. Instead, he criticized President Barack Obama as a “crony capitalist. He’s a job killer.”
Without saying so, the rest of the field appeared to share a common campaign objective — hold down Romney’s vote totals in New Hampshire, then knock him off stride 11 days later in South Carolina, the first Southern primary of the year. Romney benefited handsomely from having several rivals split the vote in Iowa, where his winner’s share was roughly 25 percent. “Gradually you are going to see we have a difference of opinion about which will be the last conservative standing,” former House Speaker Newt Gingrich told reporters as he campaigned in New Hampshire. “But I think you’ll eventually come down to one conservative and Gov. Romney and he’ll continue to get 25 percent.” Also vying to emerge as Romney’s chief rival were Texas Rep. Ron Paul and for-
mer Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, while Texas Gov. Rick Perry awaited South Carolina. “We can’t afford to have a status quo president,” Huntsman said in Durham, N.H. “We can’t afford to have a coronation for president.” Gingrich unveiled a new television commercial aimed at voters in New Hampshire and South Carolina that cited one review of Romney’s jobs program as timid and nearly identical in part to the president’s. “Timid won’t create jobs. And timid certainly won’t defeat Barack Obama,” the ad said. Ironically, in a year in which polls show the economy is overwhelmingly the top issue for voters, the first two contests are in states with low joblessness — 5.7 percent in Iowa and 5.4 percent in New Hampshire.
That all changes a week later. South Carolina’s unemployment was 9.9 percent in November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, worse than 41 other states and more than a full percentage point higher than the national average. Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, managed to criticize Romney and most of the other Republicans in the race in the space of a few sentences. “I’ve never been for government-run health care,” he said in a swipe at both Romney and Gingrich. “I’m not for no regulation, I’m not a libertarian,” he added, a jab at Paul. Yet he also fielded pointed questions from his audiences — something that he said happened regularly in Iowa, when he campaigned with little or no media coverage for months.
Scores killed in Iraq bombings BAGHDAD (AP) — An apparently coordinated wave of bombings targeting Shiite Muslims killed at least 78 people in Iraq on Thursday, the second large-scale assault by militants since U.S. forces pulled out last month. The attacks, which bore the hallmarks of Sunni insurgents, come ahead of a Shiite holy day that draws hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from across Iraq, raising fears of a deepening of sectarian bloodshed. Rifts along the country’s Sunni-Shiite faultline just a few years ago pushed Iraq to the brink of civil war. The bombings in Baghdad and outside the southern city of Nasiriyah appeared to be the deadliest in Iraq in more than a year. Thursday’s blasts occurred at a particularly unstable time for Iraq’s fledgling democracy. A broad-based unity government designed to include the country’s main factions is mired in a political crisis pitting politicians from the Shiite majority now in power against the Sunni minority, which reigned supreme under the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein. Some Iraqis blame that political discord for the lethal strikes.
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RELATIVES CARRY the coffin of Rasha Hassan, 22, before her burial in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday. A wave of explosions struck two Shiite neighborhoods on Thursday, killing and injuring dozens of Iraqis, police said, and intensifying fears that insurgents are stepping up attacks after the U.S. troop withdrawal that was completed last month. “We hold the government responsible for these attacks. They (the politicians) are bickering over their seats and these poor people are killed in these blasts,” said Baghdad resident Ali Qassim not long
after the first bomb went off. The attacks began during Baghdad’s morning rush hour when explosions struck the capital’s largest Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City and another district that contains a
Shiite shrine, killing at least 30 people, according to police. Several hours later, a suicide attack hit pilgrims heading to the Shiite holy city of Karbala, killing 48, police said.
Obama launches reshaping of U.S. military WASHINGTON (AP) — Looking beyond the wars he inherited, President Barack Obama on Thursday launched a reshaping and shrinking of the military. He vowed to preserve U.S. pre-eminence even as the Army and Marine Corps shed troops and the administration considers reducing its arsenal of nuclear weapons. The changes won’t come without risk, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said. But he called it acceptable and, because of budget restraints, inevitable. In a presentation at the Pentagon, Obama said the U.S. is “turning a page” after having killed Osama bin Laden, withdrawn troops from Iraq and begun to
wind down the war in Afghanistan. He outlined a vision for the future that some Republican lawmakers quickly dubbed wrong-headed. “Our military will be leaner, but the world must know the United States is going to maintain our military superiority,” Obama said with Panetta and the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, Gen. Martin Dempsey, at his side. In a presidential election year the strategy gives Obama a rhetorical tool to defend his Pentagon budget-cutting choices. Republican contenders for the White House already have attacked him on national security issues including mis-
sile defense, Iran and planned reductions in ground forces. Obama unveiled the results of an eight-month defense strategy review that is intended to guide decisions on cutting hundreds of billions from planned Pentagon spending over the coming decade. The eight-page document contained no details about how broad concepts for reshaping the military — such as focusing more on Asia and less on Europe — will translate into troop or weapons cuts. Those details will be included in the 2013 defense budget to be submitted to Congress next month.
Defying the odds: Hawking to celebrate 70th birthday CAMBRIDGE, England (AP) — British scientist Stephen Hawking has decoded some of the most puzzling mysteries of the universe but he has left one mystery unsolved: How he has managed to survive so long with such a crippling disease. The physicist and cosmologist was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease when he was a 21-year-old student at Cambridge University. Most people die within a few years of the diagnosis, called motor neurone disease in the U.K. On Sunday, Hawking will turn 70. “I don’t know of anyone who’s survived this long,” said Ammar Al-Chalabi, director of the Motor Neurone Disease Care and Research Centre at King’s College London. He does not treat Hawking and
described his longevity as “extraordinary.” “It is unusual for (motor neurone disease) patients to survive for decades, but not unheard of,” said Dr. Rup Tandan, a neurology professor at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. Still, Tandan said many longtime survivors had ventilators to breathe for them — which Hawking does not. Hawking first gained attention with his 1988 book “A Brief History of Time,” a simplified overview of the universe. It sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. His subsequent theories have revolutionized modern understanding of concepts like black holes and the Big Bang theory of how the universe began. To mark his birthday Sun-
day, Cambridge University is holding a public symposium on “The State of the Universe,” featuring talks from 27 leading scientists, including Hawking himself. For 30 years, he held a mathematics post at the university previously held by Sir Isaac Newton. Hawking retired from that position in 2009 and is now director of research at the university’s Centre for Theoretical Cosmology. Hawking achieved all that despite being nearly entirely paralyzed and in a wheelchair since 1970. He now communicates only by twitching his right cheek. Since catching pneumonia in 1985, Hawking has needed around-the-clock care and relies on a computer and voice synthesizer to speak.
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IN THIS April 26, 2007, file photo physicist Stephen Hawking answers questions during an interview in Orlando, Fla.
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This Evening • Hope in Recovery, similar to traditional “Twelve Step” programs to confront destructive habits and behaviors, meets at the First Presbyterian Church, 114 E. 4th St., Greenville, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. For more information, call (937) 548-9006. • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Staying Clean for the Weekend, meets at 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 230 E. Poplar St.
Saturday Morning • Agape Mobile Rural Food Pantry Distribution, in Port Jefferson, 9 a.m. to noon.
Saturday Afternoon • Agape Mobile Rural Food Pantry Distribution, in Maplewood, 12:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Saturday Evening • The Sidney-Shelby County Chess Club “Checkmates” meets at 7 p.m. at the library at the Dorothy Love Retirement Community. All skill levels are welcome. For more information, call 497-7326. • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Saturday Night Live, meets at 8 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 120 W. Water St.
Sunday Afternoon • Catholic Adult Singles Club meets in Minster for bowling. For information, call (419) 678-8691.
Sunday Evening • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Never Alone, Never Again, meets at 6:30 p.m. at First Christian Church, 320 E. Russell Road. Monday Afternoon • Sidney Rotary Club meets at noon at CJ’s Highmarks. For more information on activities or becoming a member, contact Scott Barhorst at 4920823.
Monday Evening • Shelby County Girl Scout Leaders Service Unit 37 meets at 6:30 p.m. at the VFW. • The American Legion Auxiliary meets at 7 p.m. at the Post Home on Fourth Avenue. • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Vision of Hope, group meets at 7 p.m. at Russell Road Christian Center, 340 W. Russell Road. • Overeaters Anonymous, a 12-step program for anyone desiring to stop eating compulsively, meets at 7 p.m. at Hillcrest Baptist Church, 1505 S. Main St., Bellefontaine. • Sidney Boy Scout Troop 97 meets at 7 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ. All new members are welcome. For more information, call Tom Frantz at 492-7075. • Shelby County Woodcarvers meets at 7 p.m. at the Senior Center of Sidney-Shelby County. Beginners to master carvers are welcome. • TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at 7 p.m. at Faith Alliance Church, New Knoxville Road, New Bremen.
Tuesday Morning • The F. J. Stallo Memorial Library in Minster will hold Storytime from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. for children 3, 4 and 5.
Tuesday Afternoon • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Addicts at Work, meets at noon at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 120 W. Water St. • Rainbow Gardeners meets at noon at the American Legion.
Tuesday Evening • Head, Neck and Oral Cancer Support Group for patients and caregivers meets at St. Rita’s Regional Cancer Center in the Garden Conference Room from 5 to 6:30 p.m. For more information, call (419) 227-3361. • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Living the Basics, meets at 6:30 p.m. in the Apostolic Temple, 210 Pomroy Ave. • The New Bremen Public Library will host Storytimes at 6:30 p.m. • The Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys, offers a stroke support group meeting at 6:30 p.m. This group will help patients, families and caregivers to understand multiple components of strokes. For more information, call (419) 394-3335, ext. 1128. • The Upper Valley Medical Center Cancer Care Center’s breast cancer support group meets at the Farmhouse on the UVMC Campus, 3130 N. Dixie Highway/County Road 25-A. The meeting is open to cancer survivors, families and friends. There will be a 6:30 p.m. social time and the meeting from 7 to 8:15 p.m. For more information, contact Chris Watercutter at (937) 440-4638 or 492-1033 or Robin Supinger at 440-4820. • Caring for Someone with Cancer, a support group for people caring for cancer patients, meets for social time at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting will be at 7 p.m. at Upper Valley Medical Center Campus, 3130 N. Dixie Highway, Troy. For more information, contact Robin Supinger at (937) 440-4824 or Tami Lee at 492-1925. • The ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) Support Group, sponsored by Swank Counseling, meets from 7 to 8 p.m. at the TroyHayner Cultural Center, 301 W Main St., Troy. There is no charge, but registration is required by calling (937) 339-9876. Additional information is available at www.johnswank.com. • National Alliance for the Mentally Ill meets at 7 p.m. For more information, call 492-9748. • The Miami-Shelby Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society meets at 7:30 p.m. at the Greene Street UMC, 415 W. Greene St. at Caldwell Street. All men interested in singing are welcome and visitors are always welcome. For more information, call (937) 778-1586 or visit www.melodymenchorus.org. • The Al-Anon Sidney Group, for friends and relatives of alcoholics, meets from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church on the corner of North Street and Miami Avenue. All are welcome.
Contact Localife Editor Patricia Ann Speelman with story ideas, club news wedding, anniversary, engagements and birth announcements by phone at (937) 498-5965; email, pspeelman@sdnccg.com; or by fax, (937) 498-5991.
Puzzles bring in new year Another year seems like I am has gone into ready to get history. I often back on schedthink of the ule. verse “Another We started year will soon be on a 1,000 piece past; only what puzzle that we done for is work on in our Christ will last.” free time. Our Amish How very true goal is to get it those words are. together before Cook We had a Lovina Eicher the children’s green Christmas and Joe’s holiwith warmer day break is than usual weather but over. It is different to we awoke yesterday to a just be able to leave the white world. The ground puzzle out without havwas covered in snow and ing to worry about little the snowflakes were still toddlers messing it up. falling. Needless to say An incomplete puzzle alStormy, the pony, and ways seemed to attract the sled were put to use the children when they giving rides out in the were little. I know there hay field. The children were some of our puzzles like our hilly hay field that would get messed for sled rides. up three or four times. It This week we have is just so hard to believe kept busy cleaning these years have gone by house. Yesterday we so fast. Now our Kevin,6, cleaned the basement. youngest, Joe and the boys hauled thinks he is old enough manure from the barn to help on the big puzthe last few days. Today, zles. we will do laundry and He still needs to stick some more house-clean- with the smaller puzzles ing. We have been get- as he thinks he can just ting done early every push the pieces together day so we have been to make them fit. We having some nice long give him the job of laying relaxing evenings. It has out all the pieces of the been relaxing not to puzzle face-up so he still have to follow a schedule feels included. with Joe’s being home We gave each of the from work and the chil- three oldest girls an Agdren’s being off from gravation board for school. After a few Christmas. Sister weeks, though, it always Emma’s husband, Jacob,
made them and they are very nice. He has one side where four players can play and the other side for six players. It has nice oak trim around the edge and should last them a lifetime. The girls made Christmas cut-out cookies last week and decorated them. Those are already history by now. Yesterday the girls also Rice Krispie made treats. Next week, we want to make chocolatecovered pretzels and peanut butter balls. I also made a batch of “party mix” for over the Christmas holidays. This year, we are just making some Christmas goodies a few at a time. Apples and peanuts in shells are a snack we also have around most of the time over the holidays. Uncle Joe and Betty from Indiana came for a short visit one day last week. They brought us some bananas. I think Kevin eats the most of them. He loves bananas and knows Joe and Betty will always bring them some when they come. Jacob, Emma, and family and Elizabeth’s friend, Timothy, came for supper on Dec. 22 in honor of my husband, Joe’s, 43rd birthday. Joe made barbecued chicken and hot wings.
We also had mashed potatoes, noodles, corn, cottage cheese, sliced Swiss and Colby cheese, carrots and ranch dip. I had a Dairy Queen cake hid in the freezer but Joe found it before supper so I couldn’t surprise him with it. We wish all of you readers a blessed 2012. With all the potatoes we have for the winter, we are trying different ways of making potatoes. Here is an easy way to prepare baked French fries. BAKED FRENCH FRIES 4 - 5 medium-sized potatoes 1 stick of melted butter 1 package of saltines, crushed Cut potatoes into pieces, length-wise peeled or unpeeled. Dip slices into melted butter and then roll in cracker crumbs until they are completely coated. Lay the potato slices on a greased cookie sheet in a single layer. Bake 40 minutes at 350 degrees, or 45 minutes for crispier fries. For more recipes, photos, videos and Amish information “like” The Amish Cook fan page on Facebook.
‘I want to be a good role model’ DR. WALthe first step in LACE: I’m marbecoming sober ried and the for life. The vast father of a twomajority of alcomonth-old son. I holics (yes, teens love him more can be alcoholics) than life. Last cannot overcome year, when I was the strong urge 19, I was arto consume alcorested for driving hol by them’Tween selves. There are under the influence of alcohol. 12 & 20 many treatment That should have centers that can Dr. Robert made me quit offer assistance. Wallace drinking, but it The most widely didn’t. I’m still drinking, a known is the Alcoholics lot. My wife begs me to Anonymous (AA) network. stop drinking. I try, but I Because of the increasing just can’t. number of young alcoMore than anything, I holics, many AA groups want to be a good role now have chapters made model for my son. I fear up exclusively for young that someday I could be drinkers. AA is a highly involved in a fatal auto- successful form of group mobile accident by driving counseling and support, after drinking. I’m willing and attending AA meetto do anything to get me to ings can be a helpful and stop drinking. Please help rewarding experience. me. I want to change my Please look in the white life. — P.J., Santa Fe, N.M. pages of the telephone P. J.: Asking for help is book for the number
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under the listing of Alcoholics Anonymous, or call 1-800-510-2437 (24-hour. hotline) for information about AA. I wish you all the best. DR. WALLACE: My three best friends have formed an “informal” neighborhood hockey team. They play other “informal” hockey teams every Saturday afternoon. I’m a pretty good ice skater and would like to play on the team (age limit 14), but my stepmother won’t let me. She doesn’t want me to catch a cold because the teams play on a frozen pond. She thinks that if I catch a cold, I’ll give it to my baby sister and my dad. All the players dress warmly and actually sweat sometimes during the game. Their parents don’t seem to worry much about colds. Please say a good word for me because
I really would like to compete. — Karl, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada KARL: If the threat of catching a cold is the only reason you are not allowed to play hockey outdoors, then your stepmother should contact your family doctor and ask about cold weather and colds. She would be informed that weather — even damp, rainy weather — has nothing whatsoever to do with catching a cold or the flu. Viruses cause colds and the flu. Viruses are transferred from one human to another. To reduce your chance of contracting a cold or the flu, wash your hands with soap and warm water several times daily for at least 15 seconds. Keep fingers away from your nose or mouth and never share eating utensils or drinking glasses with anyone.
drift, no matter what you’re doing. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Make sure you can afford the elegant, luxurious items you want to buy today. Don’t do something you’ll later regret. (However, you won’t regret an act of kindness and generosity.) SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You’re caught up in daydreams, but that’s OK; we all have days like this from time to time. Trust your hunches, because you’re really dialed in today. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You’re prepared to put the needs of others before your own today, because you feel quite selfless. You also feel sympathetic toward anyone who is suffering or in pain. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) It’s easy to idealize someone today. Just make sure you keep things in perspective.
Don’t jump off the deep end just because someone else expects you to. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Discussions with bosses, parents, teachers and VIPs will be quite idealistic today. You might want to help out in some way, or, in turn, you might admire someone in authority who is helping others.
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BY FRANCIS DRAKE simpatico going on. You want to help others, and What kind of day will vice versa. tomorrow be? To find out CANCER what the stars say, read (June 21 to July 22) the forecast given for Co-workers are symyour birth sign. pathetic today. Or perhaps you want to help For Saturday, someone in need. This is Jan. 7, 2012 a good day to work in gentle cooperation with ARIES others. (March 21 to April 19) LEO Because your appreci- (July 23 to Aug. 22) ation for beauty is Romance, love affairs, heightened today, give parties and delightful soyourself a chance to see cial occasions will please beautiful places! Visit you today. Your idealism art galleries, libraries, is aroused, and you want beautiful architectural to be the star of your buildings, pristine parks own romantic movie. or lovely neighborhoods. VIRGO TAURUS (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) (April 20 to May 20) Enjoy entertaining at You feel generous home. Family discustoday. This is a good sions will be gentle and thing; however, do re- friendly, because people member to protect your feel warm and nurturing own self-interest as well. to each other. (Don’t give away the LIBRA farm.) (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) GEMINI Expect to be caught (May 21 to June 20) up in fantasies and dayDiscussions with dreaming today. It’s just partners and close what is happening. Your friends will be easygoing imagination is really and friendly today, be- turned on, and this cause there is a mutual makes your thoughts
YOU BORN TODAY You have a keen interest in many things — distant places and different cultures. You love to explore the world, because you want to experience different ways of being. You believe that seeing this gives you a wider choice of how to live your own life. Obviously, you’re knowledgeable and sophisticated. Work hard to build or construct something in the year ahead. Your rewards soon will follow. Birthdate of: Katie Couric, TV journalist; Nicolas Cage, actor; Bipasha Basu, actress.
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Ebook seminar returns to library Area residents are invited to take their ebook readers or just find out more about them at a Technology Show and Tell program at the Amos Library Thursday at 7 p.m. Attendees will learn how to download free ebooks and audiobooks through the library’s website. There will also be different ebook read-
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JOE MULLINS and the Radio Ramblers will perform a bluegrass concert at Edison Community College Jan. 14. Tickets cost $15 and are available at the door.
Bluegrass band to perform at Edison PIQUA — The Edison Community College theater stage will come alive with the sounds of bluegrass as Joe Mullins and The Radio Ramblers perform there Jan. 14. Tickets are $15 and will be on sale the day of the event, with doors opening at 6:15 p.m. Tickets will be half-price for those with a military identification. The show will start at 7 p.m. This year’s show will feature opening act Rosie Davis and Breakwater, and the Radio
Ramblers will be recording a live album throughout the evening. Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers formed in 2006 and have been performing extensively throughout the Midwest. The group plays traditional bluegrass music: original arrangements of familiar song favorites, original compositions and Appalachian gospel music. The group features vocal music and banjo, fiddle, guitar, mandolin and bass. Edison Community
College remains committed to bringing quality, nationally recognized entertainment to the area throughout the year. This concert is appropriate for all ages. In case of inclement weather, call (937) 5264971 for possible show cancellations. Seating is limited, so those attending are encouraged to show up early in case of a sellout. For more information on the performers, visit www.radioramblers.com.
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bed was fine once doesn’t mean that it is still. I suggest that hosts try the guest bed before submitting a friend to it. I try to make the beds freshly just before guests arrive, and buy new pillows. Not to sound ungrateful for hospitality, but I still would like a little freshness in accommodations. Odor is odor. — Lou D., via email How right you are, and one can buy new pillows pretty cheaply. Old, old pillows should be sent to the pillow graveyard, especially those from a guest bed. — Heloise NO CARROTS OR EGGSHELLS Dear Heloise: Plumbers have told me to NOT put carrot skins and eggshells in the garbage disposal. They can clog the drain and drainpipe. — Betty in Laguna Woods, Calif. You are right, no
BEAKE PHOENIX, Ariz. — Julie and Bradford Beake, of Phoenix, Ariz., announce the birth of a daughter, Annie Harper Beake, Dec. 9, 2011, at 11:20 a.m. in St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix. She weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces, and was 20 1/2 inches long. Her maternal grandparents are Roger and Cheryl Barlage, of New Bremen. Her paternal grandparents are Bob and Margy Beake, of Scottsdale, Ariz. Her great-grandmother is Carolyn Pape, of New Bremen. Her mother is the former Julie Barlage, of New Bremen.
Korean War Veterans Association will offer scholarships to high school seniors and/or students currently in college. To obtain an application, call Marilyn Schwartz at (937) 7735399. If there is no answer, leave a message stating name, address, phone number and current student status (high school or college). Applications must be completed and returned by March 31.
CONOVER — A.B. Graham Memorial Center, 8025 E. U.S. Route 36, Conover, will offer a zumba class beginning Jan. 16 and running for six weeks. The class will meet Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. The cost is $53 for the series or $5 per class. Classes will be taught by Jennifer Thurman. The Fitness Zone at the center offers a onemonth, cardio-equipment-only membership Church plans for $20 and a threemonth membership for grief sessions GINGHAMSBURG — $85. For information, The New Creation Councall (937) 368-3700. seling Center at the Ginghamsburg Church offers GriefShare, a 13Korean War week session beginning vets offer Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. GriefShare is a nascholarships recognized, PIQUA — The West- tionally ern Ohio Chapter of the Christ-centered support
group for those who are grieving the loss of a loved one. Participants listen and share with each other the emotions involved in the journey of grief. For information, email Annette Castle at acastle7@woh.rr.com.
Adult reading program starts Monday The annual adult winter reading program begins on Monday, at all Shelby County library locations and will go through the end of February. Titled “Chill Out and Read,” the event is for adults 18 and over. Upon signing up, adults will receive an ice scraper and after reading or listening to 10 books, they will receive a personal cooler. This includes books read on the
birth of a daughter, Addilyn Grace Naseman, Dec. 27, 2011, at 12:02 p.m. in the CopelandEmerson Family Birth Center at Wilson Memorial Hospital. She weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces, and was 19 inches long. She was welcomed home by her sister, Lacey, 2. Her maternal grandparents are Robert Smith and Dawn Frasure, both of Sidney. Her paternal grandparents are Urban Naseman and Peggy Tune, both of Sidney. Her great-grandparents are Elmer and Ruth Trapp and Shirley Johnson, all of Sidney. Her mother is the former Danielle Smith, of Sidney.
submitted. An incorrect birth date was furnished to the Sidney Daily News and was published in the previous announcement. Chad and Haley Fogt, of Sidney, announce the birth of a son, Kole Miles, Dec. 30, 2011, at 9:32 a.m. in the Copeland-Emerson Family Birth Center at Wilson Memorial Hospital. He weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces, and was 19.5 inches long. He was welcomed home by his brothers, Kaden, 6, and Karsen, 3. His maternal grandparents are Ron and Ken Pauley, of Sidney. His paternal grandparents are Maggie Wiley, of Sidney, and the late Harold Wiley and Steve Fogt, of Sidney. His great-grandparNASEMAN ents are Helen Courter Benjamin and FOGT and Walter and Danielle Naseman, of The following an- Josephine Fogt, all of Sidney, announce the nouncement has been re- Sidney.
Hughes notes 80th birthday
eggshells — ever! Carrot skins, a few, should be OK, but always be sure to run lots of water! — Heloise HANDY TISSUE BOXES Dear Heloise: A hint I saw some time ago that is worth repeating is putting plastic grocery bags into tissue boxes. You would be surprised how many will fit into such a compact place. I keep them in several places throughout the house for lining wastebaskets, gathering trash in a work room, etc. I use the square ones because they fit into my kitchen drawer, and then the bags are right at hand. — A Reader, via email
Wilbur L. Hughes, of Sidney, will celebrate his 80th birthday at an open house Jan. 13 from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Northtowne Church of God Fellowship Hall, 2008 Wapakoneta Ave. He was born Jan. 13, 1932, in Dayton. He moved to Sidney in 1970 to manage the former Dutch Pantry Restaurant, which was on the corner of Michigan Street and I-75. He was the manager for 10 years. He worked for seven years for Kirk National Lease as a semi-truck driver and for Ohio Connection for 15 years until his retirement. He and his wife, Betty, have three children, James R. Hughes, of Pasco, Ronald C. Send a great hint to: Hughes, of Middletown, Heloise, P.O. Box 795000, and Cynthia R. Comolli San Antonio, TX 78279of Piqua. They have 5000, fax: 1-210HELOISE or e-mail Heloise@Heloise.com.
Hughes eight grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and two great-greatgrandchildren. He and his wife are active at the SidneyShelby County Senior Center, the YMCA, and the Salvation Army. They are members of the Northtowne Church of God.
Coin club sets meeting
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quested, repeat program. The presentation is free and everyone is welcome. The Amos Memorial Public Library is at 230 E. North St. It is a of Shelby member County Libraries with other locations in Anna, Botkins, Ft. Loramie, Jackson Center and Russia. For more information call 492-8354.
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Vacuum-seal storage bags allow travelers to stow more in suitcases D e a r weight limitaHeloise: Here tions! Many airis a hint for lines have them; packing more check how much items into your the bag weighs luggage for flybefore you leave. ing so you — Heloise don’t have to CANNED take too many GOODS Hints checked bags. Dear Heloise: My grandson To keep canned from was going goods rotating, Heloise we away to school, always write and we wanted Heloise Cruse the month and to keep the year on the can cost down by limiting his so I know which ones to checked bags. use first. — Rae Philpott, We used reusable vac- Cedar Hill, Texas uum-seal storage packs. GUEST-BED GRIPE He was able to take a Dear Heloise: I would comforter, two pillows, like to call attention to sheets and enough the issue of guest beds, clothes in one checked specifically pillows. bag and one carry-on by As a 60-year veteran using these bags. My son of visiting friends for realso used this hint and unions and staying was amazed at what he mostly in rooms that got into one bag for air- used to be kids’ rooms, I plane travel. I enjoy have experienced pillows reading your column that should have been every day. — Barbara in thrown out decades ago. Wasco, Calif. They are uncomfortable Great space saver! and have an odor that is The only consideration is offensive. Just because a
ers available for a hands-on look. To help attendees decide upon which readers are the best purchases for them, there will be additional resources to help them make the best choices. Michael VollmarGrone, director of technical services for Shelby County Libraries, will present this highly re-
Kindle or ebook reader or downloaded from the Ohio EBook project found on the library’s w e b s i t e , shelbyco.lib.oh.us. For more information, call 492-8354.
Leckey wins cosmetology grant Sara Leckey, daughter of Lisa and Jerry Leckey, of Sidney, has been awarded a scholarship to attend the managing cosmetology program at the Ohio State School of Cosmetology in Westerville. Leckey, a student at Sidney High School, was selected based on educational and extracurricular merits. Her training will qualify her for testing and licensure as a professional managing cosmetologist in the state of Ohio.
The Shelby County Coin Club will meet Jan. 12 at 7:15 p.m. at the Sidney First Church of God, 1510 Campbell Road. The meetings are open to all persons who are interested in coin collecting. Members will assist those who take coins to the meeting for evaluation or pricing. The club meets the
second Thursday of the months January through June and September through November at the church. Meetings all start with a business meeting and coin grading session. An attendance drawing with prizes awarded to members is held, a short program is given, refreshments are served and a coin auction is held.
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Contact Russia/Houston reporter Terry Pellman with story ideas by phone at (937) 492-0032; email, tpellman@woh.rr.com; or by fax, (937) 498-5991.
Oen ‘flies’ as WSU cheerleader BY TERRY PELLMAN RUSSIA — Katlend Oen is flying high during her college years at Wright S t a t e University. A member of the cheerOen leading squad at men’s basketball games, Oen serves as a “flier,” one of the cheerleaders who is sometimes launched into the air during cheer routines. Oen was a cheerleader in junior high and high school while a student at Russia School. She had also performed on a completion squad based in Celina. She is the daughter of Paul and Angela Oen of Russia. A friend at the university made her aware of cheerleader tryouts, and she decided to pur-
basketball team, Oen and her squad members have to perform in front of some large crowds, including television audiences. During breaks in the action, the squad is the center of attention, so fans expect good entertainment. The cheer and dance routines require precision movement. Even more, they require the highest levels of athleticism and strength. They may also require a dose of courage. Oen is one of several fliers, typically some of the more lightweight members. The petite Oen fits that bill, allowing other members to toss her into the air and be balanced upon their hands and outstretched arm, or simply to be rendered airborne (around six feet over the heads of squad members) and carefully caught. Photo provided Being sent skyward KATLEND OEN (top, left) performs a routine as a while cheering was not Wright State University cheerleader. part of the routine at sue the idea. Now, the enjoyable as an adult. Russia School. Oen exWright State sophomore As a cheerleader for plains that such a move finds cheering no less an NCAA Division 1 was not permitted. This
maneuver requires Oen to maintain a certain muscle tension and core body strength while in the process of defying gravity. At Wright State, such maneuvers are learned on protective mats and special shock-absorbing flooring. A squad member must successfully and safely perform a feat such as flying before being allowed to try the same on an unprotected floor. She recalls that the first “flight” without a cushion was “exhilarating.” Oen did have an experience in which she hit the floor and received a concussion, but that was during a practice and she recovered quickly. The squad performs at all men’s home basketball games and at tournament games. Due to Wright State’s basketball rivalry with Butler University in Indianapolis, the squad makes that trip as well. Oen may spend 15-20 hours per week in cheer squad-related activities.
In addition to practices, workouts with personal trainers and the basketball games, the squad performs at some other events such as soccer and volleyball games. There are also many public service responsibilities. They may make appearances at special venues such as schools, or spend time working at a soup kitchen. Oen states that her favorite aspect of being on the cheerleading squad is the camaraderie. The squad becomes like family to her. In addition, the routines require a great deal of trust when a mistake can be painful. The Russia grad is pursuing a major in special education for middle childhood. She is minoring in history and language arts. Oen’s mother has worked in the special education field, and that served as an inspiration. Oen plans to stay at the university for a fifth year and earn a master’s degree.
Houston man helps Russia High School businesses operate at homecoming planned maximum efficiency BY TERRY PELLMAN HOUSTON — Chad Walters is eager to help a business or organization operate at maximum efficiency. The resident of Houston works with an enterprise to operate on the “lean” concept based upon the principles of the Toyota Production System. That goal of operating in a lean fashion, coupled with the target of reaching that goal quickly, is how Walters came up with the name of his firm: “Lean Blitz.” According to the company website, “Lean Blitz is dedicated to providing education, development and implementation of lean methodologies and other continuous improvement strategies to sports organizations and small businesses through consulting, training and strategic operations analysis. We will show you how to do it better.”
Productivity Walters explains that large companies may have “continuous improvement” experts on board, but smaller ones may not have staff time to devote to examining ways of becoming more efficient. He has found that having someone come in to consult, even on a parttime basis, can boost productivity. Lean Blitz has worked primarily with conventional businesses, but Walters is hoping to work with more sports franchises. Walters points out that a sports organization is simply another type of business, subject to the same principles of commerce. He notes that sporting events must compete with other forms of entertainment and venues in which consumers can spend their leisure dollars. Key elements cited by Walters on his website include such things as reducing lead times by
searching for local sources of materials. He also focuses on “faster service, more accurate service, all of which leads to more service opportunities.” The Lean Blitz website lists topics on which Walters has written. They include such business-related subjects as defects, inventory, motion, overprocessing, overproduction and waiting. Other articles focus on the importance of engaging workers in processes decisions and promoting matters of teamwork.
spot/post/_/id/19031/baseball-bigger-that-yourealize> . Walters found that sports franchises provided a wide-open market for his expertise, as such enterprises are facing the same belt-tightening challenges as other businesses. Their challenges may include everything from ticket sales and sponsorships to making the best use of food service vendors. He adds that it is not unusual for employees of sports franchises to work extremely long days.
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You can read his own blog article at http://www.cnbc.com/id/37 132958/Sports_Teams_Ca n_Make_Money_By_Elim inating-_Waste. While Walters enjoys sports, he emphasizes that most of his work is for conventional businesses. He hopes to work with more companies in Shelby County, and is endeavoring to make his services known locally. The consultant explains that, for any business, one must examine the key processes that bring in revenue. Wasteful activities must be eliminated so that employees can be moved to activities that are more productive. Walters stresses that his advice does not place a heavy emphasis on staff reduction, but rather making more efficient use of employees. To Walters, the key is to get more done with the employees you have. Walters can be reached by calling (937) 823-8217, or at his website at chad.walters@leanblitzconsulting.com.
Walters has seven years’ experience in process improvement, and has an MBA from Indiana University’s Kelly School of Business. Companies he has worked with include The Dannon Co., Eaton Corp. and Thomson Plastics in Thomson, Ga. A native of South Bend, Ind., Walters ended up residing in Houston after having worked on the job at Dannon in Minster. Walters is expecting sports-related enterprises to comprise a growing portion of his business. He has worked in the past for the South Bend Silver Hawks and the Atlanta Braves. Walters recently attended the 2011 Baseball Winter Meetings in Dallas, Texas. During that event, he was interviewed by writer Dave Schoenfield from ESPN.com and was mentioned in the site's blog at http://espn.go/blog/sweets pot/post/_/id/19031/baseball-bigger-that-your e a l i z e <http://espn.go/blog/sweet
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RUSSIA — Keith and Joyce Russia High Daniel. School will celeT a y l o r brate homecomBorchers, daughing Jan. 13 at 6 ter of Doug and p.m. in Clair C. Beth Borchers, Naveau gymnaand Nick Paulus, sium. son of Jim and The homecomPaulus, Donita ing dance will folare the sophomore Herron Magoto low Jan. 14 from 8 Borchers attendants. to 11:30 p.m. at Freshman atthe Catholic War tendants are TayVeterans Hall on Daniel, lor Kelch Road. daughter of Keith This year’s and Joyce Daniel, theme song is and Jordan Kre“Time of My Life” mer, son of Dave by David Cook. and Denise KreActivities are mer. being coordinated Kindergarten Schafer Wilson Gehret by the class of crown bearers are 2012. Carley Scott, Homecoming queen Steve and Lisa Gehret; daughter of Jason and candidates are Tori Ethan Schafer, son of Cheryl Scott, and HayBorchers, daughter of Mike and Ola Schafer; den Quinter, son of Tony Doug and Beth Borchers; and Brandon Wilson, son and Amy Quinter. Katelyn Herron, daugh- of Derron and Kathy Senior class masters ter of Jamie and Lynn Wilson. of ceremonies are Herron; and Alexis Junior class atten- Danielle Francis, daughMagoto, daughter of Ed dants are Alexa Counts, ter of Brad and Missy and Shelia Magoto. daughter of Rodney and Francis, and Macy MonKing candidates are Laura Counts; and An- nin, daughter of Jeff and Blake Gehret, son of drew Daniel, son of Gina Monnin.
Hardin-Houston board plans reorganization meeting HOUSTON — The Hardin-Houston Board of Education met recently and approved the reorganization meeting for Monday. Ryan Maier, Houston High School principal, will be the president protem for the meeting, which will be held at 6:45 p.m. in the Hardin-Houston Media Center. The general purpose financial statement for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, has been completed and is available for review at HardinHouston School in the treasurer’s office. Those seeking information should contact Amy Ayers, treasurer, between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. at 295-3010. The board also: • Authorized renewal of membership to Ohio School Boards Association for 2012, to include subscriptions
for School Management News and Briefcase. • Accepted the resignation of Shirley Clack, bus driver, cook and custodian, and placed her on the classified substitution list for the 2011-12 school year. • Approved the master contract for supplemental educational services for the 2011-12 school year. • Accepted the memorandum of understanding with the Hardin-Houston Education Association. • Accepted the resignation of coach Sandy Heitkamp, effective at the conclusion of the 2011-12 cross country season. • Employed Matt Beaver, as fifthand sixth-grade boys basketball coach, for the 2011-12 season, at a rate of $307.07.
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TODAY IN HISTORY HOROSCOPE Friday, Jan. 6, 2012 Fortuitous could be in Jan. the offing Todaytimes is Friday, 6, for you socially yearThere ahead. sixth dayinofthe 2012. the There is a good chance that you will are 360 days left in the year. form and build a strong new alliance Highlight in HisthatToday’s will be the envy of all your prestory: ent friends and associates. CAPRICORN 19) — You On Jan.(Dec. 6,22-Jan. 1912, New might profitbecame for the moment if you the 47th Mexico think solely of yourself, but sooner state. rather than later you’ll have to pay this date: theOn price. Making it worse, your selfishness exposed holds in the ■ In would 1412,be tradition process.Joan of Arc was born that AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — It this day in Domremy. would be best if you handle a prob■ Indevelopment 1540, rather England’s lematical than let King Henry VIII married your counterpart do so. His or herhis solutions could turn out toofbeCleves. a bit too fourth wife, Anne reckless for you. (The marriage lasted about PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — If six months.) you’re smart, you’ll refrain from takIn 1759, George ing■ measures to even a scoreWashwith a rival. Instead vindictive toington andof being Martha Danward an Custis offender, were let themarried forgiving dridge side of your nature guide your course in New Kent County, Va. of action. ■ In 1838, Samuel ARIES (March 21-April 19) —Morse Even if and Alfred Vailatgave the first it’s not convenient the moment for you to do a favor for a demonstrapal, find a way successful public to do soof anyway. go out of your way tion theirTo telegraph, in for someone is the true test of friendMorristown, N.J. ship. ■ In(April 1912, entertainer TAURUS 20-May 20) — First and philanthropist Danny and foremost, be realistic about your financial situation. If you defiThomas was born incan Deernitely make field, Mich.a profit on something that is a bit of a gamble, fire your best ■ In 1919, the 26th presishot. dent of(May the21-June United States, GEMINI 20) — Instead of simply ordering someone about, Theodore Roosevelt, died set in a good example first soat that this60. perOyster Bay, N.Y., age son can see you’re not asking any■ In 1941, President thing of him or her that you wouldn’t Franklin do yourself. D. Roosevelt, in his State of(June the 21-July Union22) address, CANCER — There is an old World II saying: “Loose outlined a War goal of “Four lips sink ships.” Let two friends who Freedoms”: Freedom of have confided in you know that they speech and expression; the don’t have to worry about any leakfreedom of people to worship age. LEO (July 23-Aug.own 22) —way; Be careful God in their free-if the antefrom gets raised in anfreedom important dom want; undertaking. from fear. All concerned parties might suddenly start looking out for ■ own In 1942, thewhen Panthey Amertheir interests find ican Airways Pacific Clipper, out there is something of real value at astake. flying boat built by Boeing VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) in — Weigh (NYSE:BA) , arrived New your gains carefully against what you York more than a month could stand to lose. Have some second after leaving California and thoughts if the balance is unequal. following westward LIBRA (Sept.a23-Oct. 23) — Ifroute. you are prepared be self-sufficient, the fail■ In to1950, Britain recogure of a counted-on party to take care nized the Communist govof an entrusted task won’t set you ernment of China. back. Grin and bear it. ■ In (Oct. 1967, U.S.22)Marines SCORPIO 24-Nov. — There’s a good chance you might be and SouththatVietnamese called upon to clear up Operation a dispute betroops launched tween two close friends. The only way Deckhouse Five, an offensive you won’t get into trouble is to let in the Mekong each party see that River you are delta. truly im■ In 1982, truck driver partial. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. — William G. Bonin was 21) conThat road to success in an victed inthat Losleads Angeles of 10 of important objective is likely to be litthe slaytered “Freeway with all kindsKiller” of impediments. ings of young men boys. Be prepared to have anand alternative route mapped (Bonin was out. later convicted of COPYRIGHT Unitedhe Feature four other 2012 killings; was Syndicate, Inc. executed in 1996.)
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Periodic limb movements explained that such moveDR. DEAR ments are a sign DONOHUE: My of sleep apnea. — husband, 73 years D.S. old, has, in the ANSWER: A past year, been good bet is that jerking during his your husband sleep. His movehas a condition ments are quite called periodic wild at times. He has fallen out of To your limb movements of sleep. For bed three times good many, such during his “fighting” dreams. He health movements are dreams he is in a Dr. Paul G. bending of the big toe and ankle. fight at work, Donohue For others, it’s playing football or shooting things. Just last jerking of the legs and night, it was killing mice. arms. Most often the He jerks with his arms person doesn’t waken and has no recollection and legs. I don’t attempt to wake of what went on during him, as one time he was the night. The bed parton the verge of striking ner and the condition of me. I did yell his name the blankets give testithree times, and he finally mony to what occurred during sleep. woke up. If the person doesn’t He has had two sleep tests and was told he has have daytime fatigue, “half sleep apnea.” What then this disorder isn’t considered a sleep probdoes that mean? He takes no sleeping lem for him or her. It is aids. I have never heard for the one who shares
the bed. Sometimes periodic limb movements of sleep occur with another problem, restless leg syndrome. That’s a creepy-crawly sensation in the legs that comes on in the evening when sitting or in bed. The person is compelled to get up and move around to quell the feeling. A warm bath before going to bed might calm your husband’s movements. Decreasing the amount of caffeine he drinks and doing the same for all forms of tobacco could bring nocturnal peace for you and him. If the situation doesn’t clear, then Mirapex or Requip, two Parkinson’s disease medicines can put an end to the nighttime martial arts. Do tell his doctor about this. Periodic limb movements of sleep are, at times, associated with iron deficiency. I have no
idea what “half sleep apnea” means. DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I had an exploratory laparotomy with a right hemicolectomy. The postoperative diagnosis was perforated appendix and hemicolectomy specimen. What is this? — L.J. ANSWER: Your appendix, the narrow wormlike tube that dangles from the base of the right side of the colon, became inflamed. Its slender central cavity was blocked, and bacteria grew in the blocked cavity. That caused swelling. The appendix finally burst and spilled bacteria into the abdominal cavity. Treatment included surgical removal of the appendix and the right side of the colon. You are proof that appendicitis, appendix inflammation, is not always a routine matter.
Fellow teens scold girl who think she’s abused DEAR READEvery night ERS: Yesterday I our entire family printed letters sits down for dinfrom adults in rener. My parents sponse to a letter always know my from “Emotionplans when I’m ally Abused in out with my California” (Nov. friends, and I go to 2), the 15-year-old church every Sunwho felt her day — with the Dear mother was treatoccasional groan. Abby ing her unfairly. I’m not the perfect Abigail Today we’ll hear daughter, but I’m from teenage Van Buren glad I’m being readers: raised with integrity, reDEAR ABBY: I’m a 14- sponsibility and a whole year-old girl. My mom lot of chores. — COOPERshowed me the letter from ATING TEEN IN NEW “Emotionally Abused” and JERSEY I almost died! Her mom DEAR ABBY: From sounds just like mine. I one teen to another: I am not allowed to wear have heard your same clothing that shows too story from friends a thoumuch skin or get into a sand times. You’re not car with a teenage boy. I being treated like a crimidon’t have cable TV. I have nal. Your mom is doing to do my own laundry, you a huge favor. She’s clean my room, cook din- preparing you for the real ner and hem my own world by making you pay jeans. for your own things. She’s
got high expectations if she thinks you can get through college. And about your friends, she just wants to know who they are. She’s not telling you no, right? She’s a single mom, and she’s trying to protect you. You need to be easier on her and try to see things through her eyes. Not everything she does is an attack on you — in fact, it’s the opposite. — FELLOW CALIFORNIA TEEN DEAR ABBY: I’m an 18-year-old girl and I have never been in trouble. I attend a private school where modesty is the dress code policy. To pay for tuition to this school, I work every afternoon during the school year and full-time during the summer. I’m expected to pay for my own clothes, cellphone bill and haircuts
Jan. 6, 1912 Class elections held at Sidney High School following the return from the ChristmasNew Year holiday found Robert Cunningham named president of the senior class; Karl Minneman, vice president; and Bessie Schneeberger, secretary. Carl Clayton is president of the junior class; Leah Daniels, vice president, and Harold Richards, secretary. ––––– The year 1911 was an unusually wet one for this vicinity. The average rainfall for this section of Ohio is about 3.5 inches per month. During the year the total rainfall was in the neighborhood of 52 inches, an average of about four inches per month. The temperature reached its highest on June 10th and July 3rd, when the mercury climbed to 96 degrees. The lowest temperature recorded during the year was eight above.
out of my allowance. If I can’t afford something, I don’t buy it. As long as I live with my parents, I will abide by their rules. My parents love me very much and have my best interests at heart. “Emotionally Abused” should have respect for her mother and be thankful for the many things she has. — MONTANA TEEN DEAR ABBY: I’m also a 15-year-old Catholic girl. “Emotionally Abused” should be grateful she can attend church because it means we have religious freedom in our country. She is going to private school, which means her mother loves her enough to put her daughter’s needs ahead of her own. She needs to rethink who is being unreasonable. — TEEN IN FLORIDA
Jan. 6, 1937 This week marked the beginning of what may be a new source of income for the people of the McCartyville district. The Ernst Brothers of Fort Loramie began preparations to put down an oil well on the Albert Heitman farm formerly owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ben Knueffner, southwest of McCartyville. This is the first well to be put down anywhere in this vicinity. ––––– Rev. Frank Raterman, pastor of St. Remy church at Russia, Rev. Graff, pastor of Sacred Heart church at McCartyville and Rev. G.B. Menge, pastor of the St. Marys church and former pastor at St. Patricks, left this week on an extended trip to the Orient. They sail from Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday afternoon and will visit Hawaii, Manila, China, Korea, and Japan. They are accompanying a party of priests making the trip to the Eucharistic congress at Manila, Philippine Islands.
50 years Jan. 6, 1962 Morris Kaufman, 69, Bon Air Circle, actively associated with the business life of Sidney for more than 40 years as proprietor of the Kaufman Store, died shortly after 1 o’clock this morning in Wilson Memorial Hospital. Mr. Kaufman’s first association with the business life of Sidney was Mar. 6, 1920, when he came here to open the store which had
been acquired by his father and formerly known as Arnett Clothiers. Under his guidance the store in Sidney was expanded on several occasions and came to be recognized as a shopping center for much of the surrounding area. ––––– The last member of the second generation of the Amos family in Sidney passed away when Ernest C. Amos, publisher of The Sidney Daily News, died in his sleep at Wilson Memorial Hospital shortly before 7 o’clock this morning. He was in his ninetieth year. Mr. Amos’ passing at his advanced age ended a span of great activity on his part in Sidney in behalf of the former weekly newspaper, The Shelby County Democrat, and the present Sidney Daily News, as well as in behalf of the entire community.
25 years Jan. 6, 1987 Money and a truckload of new clothing are on their way to Shelby Count according to reports presented to the Shelby County Community Services Council Monday afternoon. Some $28,000 from the Federal Emergency Agency Management (FEMA) is expected to arrive shortly. The funds will be used to assist people whose current or previous income is within 150 percent of the poverty level. ––––– ANNA — Something is brewing at Honda of America Manufacturing Inc. and it apparently involves a 505-acre tract of land along Meranda Road. According to unidentified sources within the administration of Ohio Governor Richard Celeste, Honda officials are expected to announce that the automaker will build a components plant adjacent to its motorcycle and automobile engine plant in northwestern Shelby County. ––––– These news items from past issues of the Sidney Daily News are compiled by the Shelby County Historical Society (4981653) as a public service to the community. Local history on the Internet! www.shelbycountyhistory.org
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LEGAL NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS Notice is hereby given that the Shelby County Board of Revision will accept formal complaints against the valuations of the 2011 real property valuations. These complaint forms are available on the third floor of the County Annex Building located at 129 E Court St., Sidney, OH 45365 or on our website at: www.shelbycountyauditors.com Pursuant to ORC 5715.19(A)(1), a complaint against these valuations must be filed with the county auditor on or before April 2, 2012. Dennis J. York, Shelby County Auditor Dec. 31, Jan 6, 13 2247289
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Friday, January 6, 2012 AFC W I L D - C A R D P L AY O F F
Cincinnati Bengals
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Houston Texans
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Team leaders BENGALS
Andy Dalton Cedric Benson A.J. Green
3,398 1,067 1,057
Team comparison
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RUSHING
TEXANS
Matt Schaub* Arian Foster Owen Daniels
2,479 1,224 677
RECEIVING *T.J. Yates will start due to injury to Schaub Average per game
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PASSING RUSHING
SOURCE: National Football League
20.2 17.4 316.2 285.7 211.6 189.7 104.7 96.0 AP
Bengals, Texans seek playoff breakthrough HOUSTON (AP) — Andy Dalton and T.J. Yates weren’t around for any of the miserable seasons the Bengals and Texans have had over the past two decades. And that’s quite a few. The rookie quarterbacks now control which of the longsuffering franchises gets a milestone victory when the
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sixth season. “We have some young guys on this team. I promise you some of them have no clue about that.” At least Cincinnati has some playoff history. The city of Houston has waited 18 years to even see the local team play in a postseason game. The Oilers’ last playoff appearance followed the 1993 season, a loss to Joe Montana and the Kansas City Chiefs. The land where Stadium Reliant now stands was just a parking lot back then, Houston coach Gary Kubiak was an assistant at Texas A&M and Yates was 6 years old. “Just to think of how far we’ve come and to be working this week,” Kubiak said, “be putting in a game plan and going in those meetings AP Photo/Al Behrman and getting ready to line up, that’s what CINCINNATI BENGALS quarterback we came here to do, Andy Dalton throws a pass during NFL so let’s go do it. We’re practice in Cincinnati, for this Satur- looking forward to day’s NFL football playoff game in it.” Houston. Andre Johnson teams open the playoffs on may be as eager as anyone. Saturday. They’ll make some The star receiver and face NFL history no matter who of the Houston franchise has wins ‚Äî it’s the first time two languished through the litany rookie starters will face off in of losses since the team a postseason game. drafted him third overall in “It shows how much the 2003. He stayed loyal to the game has changed in these Texans, though, signing a condays,” said Yates, who’ll make tract extension in August his sixth career start. “My sit- 2010 that will keep him here uation is obviously a lot dif- through the 2016 season. Johnson has been hobbled ferent than Andy’s. He was drafted there to be the starter by hamstring injuries most of and unfortunate circum- this season, but he’s healthy stances here in Houston led to again just in time for the most important game of his pro came being the one playing. “But you’ve just got to take reer. “You know, I always said advantage of every opportunity you get,” he said, “and it’s that I wanted to be a part to pretty cool to be a part of it.” help this organization get to The Bengals (9-7) are back their first playoff appearance in the postseason for the third and hopefully win their first time in seven seasons, but Super Bowl,” he said. “I didn’t they haven’t advanced in 20 think it would take this long, years. The 10-year-old Texans but we’re here now.” And now it’s in the hands of (10-6) are making their postseason debut, and will end the two 20-somethings with zero longest playoff drought of any postseason experience to deexpansion team from its in- termine which team moves on. Will it be Dalton, the secception into the league. “This game can’t come soon ond-round draft pick who enough,” Houston linebacker grew up in a Houston suburb? Brian Cushing said. “The at- Or Yates, the one-time thirdmosphere is going to be wild, stringer pressed into action so we’re just extremely thrilled after season-ending injuries about this opportunity.” to Matt Schaub (right LisCincinnati’s last playoff vic- franc fracture) and backup tory came against Houston, Matt Leinart (broken left colalbeit the Oilers, a 41-14 vic- larbone)? tory at Riverfront Stadium. “I don’t think either one of The Bengals lost to the L.A. the young guys has really Raiders the following week, gone out there and acted like and they’ve lost two playoff they’re rookies,” Cincinnati games at home since, after the coach Marvin Lewis said. “So, 2005 and ‘09 seasons. I think that in the case of both The current players players, they’re kind of a little haven’t given a second bit ahead of their time. The thought to the past failures. focus has got to be on how “We don’t really think they prepare and how the rest about it,” said left tackle An- of the guys play up to these drew Whitworth, finishing his guys’ ability.”
Anna whips JC for 10th victory JACKSON CENTER — Jackson Center was able to put some points up, but the Lady Tigers weren’t able to slow down the Anna offensive juggernaut in County girls basketball action here Thursday night. The Lady Rockets poured in 26 points in the opening quarter and went on to an 8350 victory over Jackson to go to 10-0 on the season and finish the first round of County play at 6-0. Jackson Center drops to 3-6 and 2-4. “We scored, but we just didn’t get back on defense,” said Jackson coach Makaine Huffer. “You can’t do that against a team like Anna.” The Lady Rockets put four players in double figures, led by Morgan Huelskamp with 25. Natalie Billing added 14, Ashley Frohne 12 and Erica Huber 11. SDN Photo/Bryan Wahrer For Jackson Center, Brooke Richard went for 18, Haley JACKSON CENTER’S Brittany Foster goes up against Natalie Elchert added 11 and Brit- Billing (23) and Morgan Huelskamp of Anna in County girls basketball Thursday at Jackson. tany Foster chipped in 10. Anna now turns its atten- Sargeant 4-3-11. Totals: 12-6-30. Delphos St. John’s 52-35. tion to a big non-league Loramie (47) The win improves Turner 3-0-7; Imwalle 3-3-10; matchup Saturday at 7-1 to 6-2 overall and 3Knoxville Westerheide 1-0-2; Holdheide 2-0-4; Marion Local. 1 in the MAC. St. John’s is
Anna (83) Overbey 2-0-5; Huber 4-1-11; Huelskamp 12-0-25; Ch. Bensman 10-2; Billing 7-0-14; C. Bensman 4-0-8; Frohne 6-0-12; Watercutter 1-0-2; Noffsinger 1-0-2; Landis 1-0-2. Totals: 39-1-83. Jackson Center (50) Richard 8-1-18; Elchert 4-2-11; Meyer 2-0-4; Foster 4-0-10; Zimpfer 11-3; Sailor 2-0-4. Totals: 21-4-50. Score by quarters: Anna..............................26 39 62 83 Jackson .........................14 25 36 50 Three-pointers: Anna 4 (Huber 2, Overbey, Huelskamp); Marion 4 (Foster 2, Richard, Elchert). Records: Anna 10-0, JC 3-6. Reserve score: Anna 61, JC 23.
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Youngsters key Loramie’s win LORAMIE — FORT Lehman charged back in the third quarter to pull even with Fort Loramie, but a couple of youngsters came through for the shorthanded Lady Redskins in a 47-30 victory over the Lady Cavs. The final score was deceiving because Lehman overcame an 11-point deficit in the third quarter to pull even at 25-25 with under a minute to go. But sophomore Megan Imwalle hit a huge threepointer to end the period, then freshman Hallie Benanzer scored all seven of her points in the final quarter to lead the Lady Redskins to a pullaway. Loramie was without two starters due to injury. “Megan came up from the JV team and hit a big shot for us,” said Loramie coach Carla Siegel. “And Hallie hasn’t played much with us at all. But we were having trouble with Lehman’s pressure, and she came in and did a great job bringing the ball up the floor.” The Lady Redskins followed Imwalle’s three-pointer by scoring the first six points of the final period for a 9-0 run that put them up 34-25. After Lehman got a bucket from Lindsey Spearman, Benanzer hit a three, then scored on a layup to put the game away. Reggi Brandewie had 15 points and six rebounds to lead Loramie, and Imwalle wound up with 10 points. Lehman’s stuggles with numbers was brought to the forefront in the fourth quarter. Julia Harrelson finished with 11 points but had to sit out the final period because she started the junior varsity games and had no quarters left. Kandis Sargeant also had 11 but leading scorer Spearman was held to eight, over 10 below her average. Lehman (30) Harrelson 4-3-11; Spearman 4-0-8;
Brandewie 6-3-15; Ordean 0-2-2; Benanzer 3-0-7. Totals: 18-8-47. Score by quarters: Lehman............................5 9 25 30 Loramie ........................12 19 28 47 Three-pointers: Lehman 0, Loramie 3 (Imwalle, Benanzer, Turner). Records: FL 6-4, Lehman 3-7. Reserve score: FL 46, Lehman 17.
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Russia wins 48-16 RUSSIA — The Russia Lady Raiders won 48-16 over Fairlawn in County girls action here Thursday. Russia is 3-3 in the league and 6-3 overall. Fairlawn is 06 and 0-10. Kylie Wilson had 17 and Shana Meyer 10 for Russia. Fairlawn (16) Slonkosky 2-0-5; Roe 2-0-4; Bailey 2-0-4; Watkins 1-0-2; Cummings 0-11. Totals: 7-1-165. Russia (48) Puthoff 2-1-6; Borchers 2-1-5; Wilson 6-5-17; Kearns 3-0-6; Sherman 10-2; S. Meyer 4-2-10; Daniel 1-0-2. Totals: 19-9-48. Score by quarters: Fairlawn..........................5 7 10 16 Russia............................10 21 40 48 Three-pointers: Fairlawn 1 (Slonkosky); Russia 1 (Puthoff). Records: Russia 6-3, Fairlawn 010. Reserve score: Russia 49, Fairlawn 17.
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Minster wins MAC game over Bremen MINSTER — Minster, fresh off the championship of the Elida Holiday Tournament last week, clamped down defensively on New Bremen in Midwest Athletic Conference girls basketball Thursday, beating the Lady Cardinals 47-23. The win puts Minster at 72 on the season and 1-2 in MAC play. New Bremen goes to 3-6 and 0-3. Minster held Bremen to just five first-half points and led by 17 at the half. Tara Clune had 16 to lead Minster. Kyla Otting had 10 for Bremen. New Bremen (23) Brandt 1-1-3; Otting 3-2-10; Moeller 2-0-4; Jones 1-0-2; Brown 12-4. Totals: 8-5-23. Minster (47) Hoelscher 2-0-4; Richard 2-0-4; Fischer 2-0-5; Schmiesing 0-1-1; Fausey 2-0-4; Wuebker 4-0-9; Dahlinghaus 2-0-4; Clune 8-0-16. Totals: 22-1-47. Score by quarters: New Bremen...................2 5 17 23 Minster .........................13 22 33 47 Three-pointers: Minster 2 (Fischer, Wuebker); Bremen 2 (Otting 2). Records: Minster 7-2, New Bremen 3-6. Reserve score: Minster 42, New Bremen 16.
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Lady Rangers roll NEW KNOXVILLE — The New Knoxville Lady Rangers posted an impressive victory Thursday in Midwest Athletic Conference play, routing
now 7-3 and 1-2. New Knoxville controlled the game from the start, leading 26-16 at the half. Haley Horstman led the way with 21 points and Paige Lehman added 16. Delphos (35) Grothouse 3-1-8; Reindel 5-1-12; Vorst 1-5-7; Saine 1-0-3; Recker 1-1-3; Bonifas 1-0-2. Totals: 12-8-35. New Knoxville (52) Horstman 6-7-21; Reineke 1-5-7; Dillion 1-0-2; Heidt 2-2-6; Lehman 80-16. Totals: 18-14-52. Score by quarters: Delphos ...........................6 16 24 35 New Knoxville ..............12 26 35 52 Three-pointers: Delphos 3 (Grothouse, Reindel, Saine); NK 2 (Horstman 2). Records: NK 6-2, DSJ 7-3
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Wednesday: Sidney rally falls short TROTWOOD — Sidney scored one more point in the final period than it did in the first three, but it still wasn’t enough to pull out a victory Wednesday night in high school girls basketball action. The Lady Jackets came up short against Trotwood, 42-39, in a matchup of two teams with only one win apiece going into the game. Sidney falls to 1-9 at the midway point of the regular season. Trotwood is now 2-6. “We got down early by not rebounding and letting Trotwood have second and third opportunities,” said Sidney coach Megan Mummey. “I’m proud of the way we battled back. We had an amazing fourth quarter and defensively, we were everywhere. We had two chances to win the game at the end, but shots just didn’t fall our way.” Sidney couldn’t manage more than seven points in any of the first three quarters, and they entered the final period trailing 32-19. But Konner Harris had nine of her 12 points in the fourth to lead the comeback. Harris finished with 12 and Lauren Elmore led the Lady Jackets with 14. Sidney is back in action Saturday at St. Henry. Sidney (39) Foy 0-1-1; Harris 4-1-12; McBride 2-0-4; Hanayik 2-0-5; Elmore 5-4-14; Perrin 1-0-3. Totals: 14-6-39. Trotwood (42) Moore 0-1-1; McLaurin 3-3-12; Fuqua 2-1-5; Calhoun 1-0-2; Ingram 2-3-7; Williams 3-2-9; Murray 2-1-6. Totals: 13-11-42. Score by quarters: Sidney .............................7 13 19 39 Trotwood .......................10 16 32 42 Three-pointers: Sidney 5 (Harris 3, Perrin, Hanayik); Trotwood 5 (McLaurin 3, Williams, Murray). Records: Sidney 1-9, Trotwood 2-6. Reserve score: Sidney 46, Trotwood 20.
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Sidney Daily News, Friday, January 6, 2012
SCOREBOOK Rodney, rhp, Los Angeles Angels, to a $2 million, one-year contract. TEXAS (1) — Signed Joe High school Nathan, rhp, Minnesota, to a $14.5 million, two-year contract. High school sports TORONTO (1) — Announced TONIGHT Kelly Johnson, 2b, has accepted Boys basketball salary arbitration. Piqua at Sidney NATIONAL LEAGUE Fairlawn at Russia ARIZONA (7) — Re-signed New Knoxville at Delphos St. John McDonald, inf, to a $3 million, John’s two-year contract; re-signed Henry Riverside at Waynesfield Blanco, c, to a $1.5 million, one-year Minster at New Bremen re-signed Willie contract; Versdailles at Fort Recovery Bloomquist, inf, to a $3.8 million, Anna at Jackson Center two-year contract; re-signed Aaron Fort Loramie at Botkins Hill, 2b, to an $11 million, two-year Bowling contract; re-signed Lyle Overbay, Troy at Sidney 1b, to a $1 million, one-year con—— tract; signed Takashi Saito, rhp, SATURDAY Milwaukee, to a $1.75 million, oneBoys basketball year contract; signed Jason Kubel, Sidney at Greenville of, Minnesota, to a $15.5 million, Lehman at Houston two-year contract. New Bremen at Russia CHICAGO (2) — Signed David Botkins at New Knoxville DeJesus, of, Oakland, to a $10 milRiverside at Fairlawn lion, two-year contract; re-signed Ottoville at Minster Reed Johnson, of, to a $1.15 million, Fort Loramie at Versailles Waynesfield at Jackson Center one-year contract. CINCINNATI (1) — Signed Anna at Marion Local Christian Academy at Andrew Brackman, rhp, New York Yankees, to a $500,000, Cedarville one-year contract. Girls basketball COLORADO (2) — Signed Sidney at St. Henry Ramon Hernandez, c, Cincinnati, to Arcanum at Lehman Academy at a $6.4 million, two-year contract; Christian signed Michael Cuddyer, of, MinCedarville nesota, to a $31.5 million, threeHouston at Russia year contract. Waynesfield at New Knoxville LOS ANGELES (8) — ReMinster at Celina signed Juan Rivera, of, to a $4.5 Franklin-Monroe at Versailles New Bremen at Troy Christian million, one-year contract; signed Adam Kennedy, 2b, Seattle, to an Fairlawn at Botkins Fort Loramie at Jackson Center $800,000, one-year contract; signed Chris Capuano, lhp, New York Anna at Marion Local Mets, to a $10 million, two-year Wrestling contract; signed Jerry Hairston Jr., Sidney at Beavercreek Inv. inf-of, Milwaukee, to a $6 million, Lehman at Plymouth Inv. two-year contract; signed Aaron Bowling Harang, rhp, San Diego, to a $12 Sidney at Buckeye Classic million, two-year contract; signed Swimming/diving Josh Bard, c, Seattle, to a minor Sidney Invitational league contract ($775,000); signed —— John Grabow, lhp, Chicago Cubs, to MONDAY a minor league contract ($800,000); Girls basketball re-signed Mike MacDougal, rhp, to Riverside at Indian Lake a $1 million, one-year contract. TUESDAY MIAMI (3) — Signed Heath Boys basketball Bell, rhp, San Diego, to a $27 milHouston at Fairlawn lion, three-year contract; signed Sidney at Wayne Jose Reyes, ss, New York Mets, to a Riverside at Triad $106 million, six-year contract; Girls basketball signed Mark Buehrle, lhp, Chicago Jackson Center at New Bremen White Sox, to a $58 million, fouryear contract. OOTBALL MILWAUKEE (4) — Announced Francisco Rodriguez, rhp, NFL playoffs has accepted salary arbitration; signed Alex Gonzalez, ss, Atlanta, NFL Playoff Glance to a $4.25 million, one-year conThe Associated Press tract; signed Aramis Ramirez, 3b, All Times EST Chicago Cubs, to a $36 million, Wild-card Playoffs three-year contract; signed Cesar Saturday, Jan. 7 Cincinnati at Houston, 4:30 Izturis, ss, Baltimore, to a minor league contract ($875,000). p.m. NEW YORK (2) — Signed Jon Detroit at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Rauch, rhp, Toronto, to a $3.5 milSunday, Jan. 8 Atlanta at New York Giants, 1 lion, one-year contract; signed Frank Francisco, rhp, Toronto, to a p.m. Pittsburgh at Denver, 4:30 p.m. $12 million, two-year contract. PHILADELPHIA (6) — Signed Divisional Playoffs Jim Thome, 1b, Cleveland, to a Saturday, Jan. 14 Atlanta, N.Y. Giants or New Or- $1.25 million, one-year contract; signed Jonathan Papelbon, rhp, leans at San Francisco, 4:30 p.m. Cincinnati, Pittsburgh or Den- Boston, to a $50,000,058, four-year contract; re-signed Brian Schneider, ver at New England, 8 p.m. c, to an $800,000, one-year contract; Sunday, Jan. 15 Pittsburgh, Denver or Houston signed Laynce Nix, of; Washington, to a $2.5 million, one-year contract; at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Detroit, Atlanta or N.Y. Giants signed Dontrelle Willis, lhp, Cincinnati, to an $850,000, one-year conat Green Bay, 4:30 p.m. tract; re-signed Jimmy Rollins, ss, Conference Championships to a $33 million, three-year conSunday, Jan. 22 tract. TBD PITTBURGH (4) — Signed Rod Pro Bowl Barajas, c, Los Angeles Dodgers, to Sunday, Jan. 29 a $4 million, one-year contract; At Honolulu signed Clint Barmes, ss, Houston, NFC vs. AFC to a $10.5 million, two-year conSuper Bowl tract; signed Nate McLouth, of, AtSunday, Feb. 5 lanta, to a $1.75 million, one-year At Indianapolis contract; signed Erik Bedard, lhp, Boston, to a $4.5 million, one-year ASEBALL contract. ST. LOUIS (3) — Re-signed Free agent signings Rafael Furcal, ss, to a $14 million, two-year contract; signed J.C. Free Agent Signings NEW YORK (AP) — The 74 free Romero, lhp, Colorado, to a agents who have signed, with $750,000, one-year contract; signed name, position, former club if dif- Carlos Beltran, of, San Francisco, to ferent, and contract. The contract a $26 million, two-year contract. SAN DIEGO (1) — Signed information was obtained by The Associated Press from player and Mark Kotsay, of, Milwaukee, to a management sources. For players $1.25 million, one-year contract. WASHINGTON (3) — Rewith minor league contracts, letter agreements for major league con- signed Chien-Ming Wang, rhp, to a $4 million, one-year contractl; tracts are in parentheses: signed Jason Michaels, of, Houston, AMERICAN LEAGUE BALTIMORE (1) — Signed to a minor league contract Endy Chavez, of, Texas, to a $1.5 ($800,000); signed Mark DeRosa, 1b, San Francisco, to an $800,000, million, one-year contract. BOSTON (3) — Announced one-year contract. —— David Ortiz, dh, has accepted JAPAN PACIFIC LEAGUE salary arbitration; signed Kelly SOFTBANK HAWKS (1) — Shoppach, c, Tampa Bay, to a $1.35 million, one-year contract; signed Signed OF Wily Mo Pena, of, SeatNick Punto, inf, St. Louis, to a $3 tle to a $4.05 million, two-year contract. million, two-year contract. CLEVELAND (2) — Resigned Grady Sizemore, of, to a ASKETBALL $5 million, one-year contract; signed Jose Lopez, 3b, Miami, High school girls to a minor league contract. High school girls basketball DETROIT (3) — Signed Gerald Thursday's Scores Laird, c, St. Louis, to a $1 million, The Associated Press one-year contract; re-signed Ramon Akr. Buchtel 48, Akr. North 28 Santiago, ss, to a $4.2 million, twoArlington 69, Dola Hardin year contract; signed Octavio Dotel, rhp, St. Louis, to a $3.5 million, one- Northern 35 Bellbrook 53, Brookville 34 year contract. Casstown Miami E. 74, Tipp KANSAS CITY (3) — Re-signed Bruce Chen, lhp, to a $9 million, City Bethel 17 Celina 45, Defiance 30 two-year contract; signed Jonathan Cin. Country Day 66, Cin. Broxton, rhp, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a $4 million, one-year contract; Finneytown 36 signed Yuniesky Betancourt, ss, Danville 54, Fredericktown 44 Milwaukee, to a $2 million, oneDay. Stivers 37, Day. Dunbar 36 year contract. Eaton 45, Franklin 21 LOS ANGELES (3) — Signed Ft. Loramie 47, Sidney Lehman Albert Pujols, 1b, St. Louis, to a 30 $240 million, 10-year contract; Ft. Recovery 54, Versailles 46 signed C.J. Wilson, lhp, Texas, to a Georgetown 69, Felicity$77.5 million, five-year contract; Franklin 27 signed LaTroy Hawkins, rhp, MilHartville Lake Center Chriswaukee, to a $3 million, one-year tian 47, Heartland Christian 20 contract. Jamestown Greeneview 59, MINNESOTA (5) — Signed Jamey Carroll, of, Los Angeles Spring. NE 24 Lima Bath 55, Wapakoneta 36 Dodgers, to a $6.5 million, twoMaria Stein Marion Local 39, year contract; signed Ryan Doumit, c, Pittsburgh, to a $3 mil- St. Henry 26 Mechanicsburg 65, Cedarville lion, one-year contract; re-signed Matt Capps, rhp, to a $4.75 mil- 41 Minster 47, New Bremen 23 lion, one-year contract; signed Josh Willingham, of, Oakland, to a New Knoxville 52, Delphos St. $21 million, three-year contract; John's 35 signed Jason Marquis, rhp, AriNew Madison Tri-Village 59, zona, to a $3 million, one-year con- Lewisburg Tri-County N. 33 tract. New Middletown Spring. 35, NEW YORK (1) — Re-signed Lisbon David Anderson 31 Freddy Garcia, rhp, to a $4 million, New Paris National Trail 59, one-year contract. Ansonia 28 OAKLAND (1) — Re-signed New Riegel 51, N. Baltimore 41 Coco Crisp, of, to a $14 million, twoNorwalk St. Paul 46, Ashland year contract. SEATTLE (1) — Signed George Crestview 27 Ottoville 73, Kalida 48 Sherrill, lhp, Atlanta, to a one-year Proctorville Fairland 74, Ironcontract. TAMPA BAY (2) — Signed Jose ton Rock Hill 20 Waynesville 53, Day. NorthMolina, c, Toronto, to a $1.8 million, one-year contract; signed Fernando ridge 28
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Browns president sees hope after tough season TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — After more than hour of tackling the Browns’ miserable season and stating he’ll stay with a plan to fix a franchise stuck in a perpetual losing pattern, team president Mike Holmgren delivered a message to Cleveland’s tortured fans. underHolmgren stands their pain, and he again asked for their patience. One day, he promised, the Browns will prevail. “We are driven,” Holmgren said. “We put pressure on ourselves to do the right things and get this thing going in the right direction. The next couple years are very important in determining how this is going to go. I’m a little upset with our record, but I’m not discouraged. “There’s a lot of hope.” Holmgren and general manager Tom Heckert spent 70 minutes in front of the media on Thursday reviewing a 2011 season that ended like so many previous ones for the Browns, who went 4-12 in coach Pat Shurmur’s tumultuous first year and are the only team in the AFC North not in the playoffs.
Muddled The Browns’ top brass did little to clarify the team’s muddled quarterback situation with Colt McCoy or if they want to re-sign running back Peyton Hillis following his drama-filled season. Holmgren said he’s “ticked off” by the losing and didn’t offer any excuses for a strange season in which he anticipated the Browns’ record being a lot closer to .500. And, just because the Browns had one of the league’s worst marks, Holmgren won’t do anything radical to change it. “We’re going to stay the course,” he said. “We’re going to do it a certain way. I have an owner who supports us that way. He’s been a man of his word with me. He wants to do it. I’m going to do it this way, and that’s the difference. The growing
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CLEVELAND BROWNS general manager Tom Heckert, left, talks with president Mike Holmgren during practice at the NFL football team’s training camp in Berea. After a tumultuous 4-12 season and at the start of a critical off-season, Holmgren and Heckert have to decide who will be their quarterback and what else they can do to fix the Browns. pains are difficult. “We know what we have to fix. But we’re not going to blow it up and start all over.” The Browns have gone 9-23 — 1-11 in the division — since Holmgren was hired by owner Randy Lerner.
Not combative Holmgren was in a good mood and not as combative as he was during a news conference three weeks ago, when he chastised reporters while the Browns were being criticized and under NFL scrutiny for sending McCoy back into a game at Pittsburgh after he suffered a concussion. Holmgren used the season-ending news conference to strongly support Shurmur, who came under fire for many moves this season. Running Shurmur’s West Coast system, the Browns scored just 218 points — they failed to score a touchdown in five games — and finished ranked 29th overall in offense There was little improvement from last year, but Holmgren didn’t place any of the blame on his coach. Holmgren believes Shurmur is the right coach for Cleveland. “I have the utmost confidence in Pat to get this done,” Holmgren said. “No one’s on the hot seat. We understand what we’re doing, what
we’re trying to do, understand what happened on the field. We have a good coach, and we have a good coaching staff. You don’t get to where you want to get to by blowing it up every two or three years. “You work through the bumps together. You hang in there. You get smarter. You get better players. We’re gonna hang in there together and we’re gonna get this done. We will get it done.” Cleveland’s most pressing issue is at quarterback. It’s been that way for years. McCoy was handed the starting job before his second season, with the Browns hoping he would develop into the franchise QB Holmgren knows is essential to win a Super Bowl. Without many playmakers and little running game, McCoy was inconsistent, going 4-9 before missing the final three games with a concussion
McCoy Holmgren was asked if McCoy is the “guy.” “He can be,” Holmgren said. “But I’m not ready to say that yet. He played and he did some very fine things and he played young at times. Was I pleased? Yeah, in a lot of the stuff he did. My opinion of Colt has not changed. I think he has a lot of intangibles. I’m not ready to anoint Colt
yet. Have I changed my mind? No. Do I love him? Yes, I do. But I love (backup) Seneca Wallace. “Having said that, heck, we don’t know what’s going to happen.” Holmgren repeated Shurmur’s position that McCoy will have to compete for a job in training camp. If McCoy doesn’t pan out, it’s possible the Browns may look for a QB in free agency. Green Bay backup Matt Flynn could be on the market, but Holmgren was careful not to mention Flynn, who threw six TD passes in the season finale Sunday, by name. “You’re referencing the young man at what the Packers?” Holmgren said with a smile.
Free agency Heckert, who prefers to build with draft picks, did not rule out the possibility of exploring free agency for a quarterback. “That’s probably not the way we’re going to do it,” Heckert said. “You never know. It’s still early. There are a few guys in the league who have started and will be free agents. We’re going to look at them and see how that goes. We’ll evaluate everybody. We do it every year. We’ll study them all.” As for Hillis, Holmand Heckert gren avoided questions about the bulldozing back, who was a distraction and injured after rushing for nearly 1,200 yards last season.
No. 4 pick The Browns currently have the No. 4 overall pick in April’s draft and two more in the top 37, selections they hope will hasten their turnaround. Last year, Heckert boldly traded the No. 6 pick to Atlanta for multiple picks, and Holmgren could see the Browns being active again. “We’d like to use our picks. But that will not prevent my car salesman friend here from wheeling and dealing during the draft,” Holmgren said. “Anything’s a possibility. But philosophically we need the picks to keep filling in the roster.”
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Loramie fans can chow down at Versailles Saturday VERESAILLES — Versailles FFA Alumni and FFA Chapter are holding their 17th annual Soup and Sandwich Social Saturday in the school cafeteria in conjunction with basketball games featuring the jun-
ior high girls against Tipp City, the varsity girls against Franklin-Monroe, and the varsity boys game Saturday night against Fort Loramie. Serving will begin at 11 a.m. and run to 9:30 p.m. and all proceeds
benefit the Versailles FFA Alumni Scholarships and Doug and Craig Meier Memorial Ag Production Grant. The menu will consist of homemade chicken noodle soup, chili, hot chicken sandwiches, bar-
becue pork sandwiches, hot beef sandwiches, sloppy joes, coney dogs, hot dogs, nachos and cheese, pies, cakes, cookies, brownies, salad and drinks. Carry-outs will be available.
K of C free throw contest Junior Jackets beat Wayne, to be held at LHS Jan. 15 Northmont in dual wrestling The annual Sidney Knights of Columbus Council 659 Free Throw Contest will be held at Lehman High School on Jan. 15. The contest will begin with registration at 4 p.m.
The contest will start at approximately 4:30. The event is open to boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 14. Proof of age and parental consent is required.
Maurer Academic All-Ohio Anna High School senior linebacker Caleb Maurer, a two-time AllMidwest Athletic Conference selection, has been named to the Ohio High School Football Coaches Association 2011 Academic AllOhio Football Team, it
was announced recently. Nominees must have a GPA of 3.6 or higher and be first-team allconference or district. Of the 35,000 players in Ohio, Maurer is one of only 116 chosen for the award.
The Sidney Middle School wrestlers traveled to Northmont Wednesday for a trimatch that also included Wayne, and the Junior Jackets won impressively over both, beating Wayne 52-36 and Northmont 61-30. Sidney is now 8-0 in dual meets this season. Recording two pins each for the Jackets were Kyle Pierce, Jonathan Perin and Alex Gerstner. Wrestlers getting a
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BULLETIN BOARD
Park board reviews year The Shelby County Park District ended 2011 activity during its Dec. 23 meeting, reviewing financial developments of the last 18 months. Dave Fleming reported the park office has been winterized and the heat tuned off because the Shelby County Commissioners will no longer be paying the office’s electric bill. Barb Heilers explained she had attended a recent commissioners’ meeting to ask why electric would no longer be paid and was told the average monthly bill was $500. In reality, she reported, “the electric bill for the year was $3,348.34, which averages $279.03 per month.” The board moved to pay $250 to Ruese Insurance to renew treasurer Heilers’ bond and the invoice cost, when received, for 2012 park district liability insurance. The board also reimbursed Fleming for the cost of replacing the park office’s mailbox, which had been vandalized. Currently, the only income the Park District receives is $4,400 per year generated from cash rent of farm ground it owns. Park commissioners discussed the year ahead, realizing that without the support of elected officials it will be up to the public at large to determine the fate of the park district. If a levy is to be added to the ballot this year, commissioners agreed volunteers are needed to help promote benefits of the campaign to save the parks. Due to the economic downturn, the parks have been utilized more than even before simply because they are free and provide quality family time, exercise and education, commissioners said. Commissioners said they fear that without the support of elected officials and the community as a whole, its future is very uncertain.
Degrees go to residents FINDLAY — Some local residents received degrees when the University of Findlay held fall commencement ceremonies Dec. 17 in the Koehler Fitness and Recreation Center on campus. Local residents receiving degrees were: • Craig Hoying, of Anna, Bachelor of Science, nuclear medicine technology, magna cum laude. • Hannah Hoying, of Fort Loramie, Master of Occupational Therapy. • Janelle Seger, of Minster, Master of Occupational Therapy. • Stacy Walterbusch, of New Bremen, Bachelor of Science in adolescent/young adult/integrated mathematics,
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‘We are very normal people’ Same-sex couples tell of raising families BY PATRICIA ANN SPEELMAN pspeelman@sdnccg.com ANNA — In the 1996 comedy movie, “The Birdcage,” based on a 1978 movie, “La Cage aux Folles,” a homosexual couple go to great lengths to hide their gayness when their heterosexual son brings his future in-laws home to meet his parents. Son and parents, alike, are fearful that the parents’ lifestyle will ruin the young man’s chances for marriage with the daughter of an ultraconservative Ohio family. Things have changed for real same-sex couples who are raising children now. Gayness and lesbianism are much more accepted by the mainstream than they used to be. There are several such couples in Shelby County. Rodney Bertsch and his partner and Kevin and Mark FrazierJones are among them. Both couples live in Anna. However, in some respects, the old adage applies: The more things change, the more they stay the same. Bertsch’s partner asked not to be identified or photographed because he has concerns about ramifications at work should clients learn he is gay. Therefore, he will be referred to here as John Doe.
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KIEFER BERTSCH (left), 15, and his dad, Rodney, of Anna, enjoy playing with their dog, Dobby. The pet is named for a character in their favorite books, the Harry Potter series.
come an adoptive parent and bring in a child from out of state,” Mark said. Kris is a native of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. “We found him on the Internet,” Kevin Joint custody said, “on a website called ‘Wednesday’s Bertsch and Doe are the parents of Child.’ They feature a child a week and Bertsch’s biological children, Rachel, 21, a Kris was featured on the website.” The student at Bowling Green State Univercouple had been working with the Dayton sity, and Kiefer, 15, a student at Anna agency for several months at that point. High School. Their mother is Sherry “Mark called Action Adoption. They Bertsch, who maintains joint custody of asked families interested in Kris to create Kiefer. The Frazier-Joneses are parents of a home book.” The scrapbook included Kris, 16, also an Anna High student, photos of the two men, their dogs, their whom Kevin adopted in 2005. parents, their house, and interesting The state of Ohio does not recognize places in Shelby County. They sent it to same-sex marriage. Rodney and John Kris’ caseworkers. dated off and on for a year before joining ‘Narrowed us down’ forces. They have been domestic partners “They narrowed us down with three since 1999 and have celebrated a commit- other couples,” Mark said. ment ceremony. Kevin and Mark, partIn the meantime, Kris had been shutners for 23 years, could not legally adopt tled from family member to family memKris together, so Kevin is the adoptive ber in Idaho. He and his two sisters had parent. But the men legally combined lived with his grandmother and later their names when Kris entered their with his aunt. lives. All three family members have the “At age 6, I went into Children’s Villast name of Frazier-Jones. lage,” he said. It is an organization that When Rodney and Sherry were dicares for children who have been abused, vorced, their children split their time neglected, homeless, or are in a severe evenly between the parents. In time, how- family crisis, according to its website. ever, Rachel requested that she live full Kris met his prospective parents — the time with Rodney and John. Kiefer confinalist couples, as it were — first by tinues to spend every other day with his phone. mother. “We talked on the phone nightly,” “It’s not too different for me (going Kevin said. Then he and Mark flew to from one place to the other) because it’s Idaho to spend several days with Kris. what I’ve always known,” Kiefer said. That visit was followed by another one. Mark and Kevin considered adopting a Kris and his caseworker traveled to Anna child many years ago. But it wasn’t until for a visit in the men’s home. It was Kris 2004 that they began working with Action who chose his new parents. Adoption, a Dayton agency. Mark grew up “I was excited to be with two dads,” he in Sidney. Kevin is a native of Fort Wayne, said. “I was tired of living with women. Ind. They met in Lima and became And they (Kevin and Mark) were people friends before they started dating. who wouldn’t give up on me.” He was “Action Adoption facilitates adoptions their foster child for six months before the for people like us who wanted an older adoption became final. child, not a baby,” Kevin said. Both sets of parents, like their straight He and Mark had to attend parenting peers, have discovered that raising chilclasses, a step the agency requires of all dren is not for the faint of heart. would-be adoptive parents. Then, they “It’s far more work than I ever had to become foster parents. dreamed it would be,” John said. “I had no “You have to be foster-licensed to beidea how time-consuming it is.”
He and Rodney have shepherded Rachel and Kiefer through Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts and school field trips. The two men, and Sherry, show up for every parent-teacher conference. “My mom and dad were right,” Kevin said. “The joys and sorrows are all there. The need to protect your child is there whether he’s wrong or right.” All the adults admitted that they were afraid that their children would have a hard time at school because of who their parents are. But, they said, their fears were unfounded. The Anna school administrators have been extremely supportive of these unusual families. And fellow students have not bullied the teens.
‘Cool dads!’ “There was a story about Rachel in the lunchroom, once,” Rodney said. “There were whispers that Rachel had a secret. Rachel had two dads. But she was very open about it all. Her friends said, ‘Rachel has cool dads!’” Kris has had to field some questions among his peers. “I told some people (about my parents) and it started spreading,” he said. “Some kids still ask me today. And then the next questions are dirty, but they’re not mean. I did have one girl tell me I was going to go to hell because I was gay.” Kris self-identified himself as gay when he was in the sixth grade. “But the social worker told us before we adopted you that you were exhibiting gay tendencies,” Kevin said. Both Rachel and Kiefer are straight. All the parents see parts of themselves in their children. “Rachel and I both have a flair for the dramatic,” Rodney said. “We say things in a 14-page story that could be said in a paragraph. Kiefer and I have the same imagination. We’re both storytellers.” John admits that he and and Rachel can both be a bit neurotic at times. With Kiefer, he shares a love of music and a love of home. “We prefer to be home instead of running around,” he said.
Special interests The Frazier-Jones adults, too, realize unique and special interests with Kris. “We spend hours and hours together at the theater,” Kevin said. Both he and Kris are members of Sock and Buskin Community Theater. Mark and Kris play video games with each other. Whatever real or perceived battles they have to fight outside, at home, the families are quite normal. “We eat too much fast food. We go to movies. We’re driving them around to sporting events,” Rodney said. “One thing that has bound us together as a family is our love of ‘Harry Potter.’ I read the books to (the kids). We grew up together, all four of us, with Harry Potter. We had Harry Potter parties.” “We are very normal people,” John said. “Even to the point of being boring. Our friends were fellow parents whose kids were the same age as our kids,” added Rodney. “We argue,” said Kevin of his household. “What makes the family grow is learning how to disagree.” “We swap stories with other parents,” Mark said. Raising a family “wasn’t any different for us than for any straight couple.” They already know what the scriptwriters had the characters in “The For photo reprints, visit www.sidneydailynews.com SDN Photo/Patricia Ann Speelman Birdcage” discover: Honesty is the best policy and children — indeed, all people KEVIN FRAZIER-JONES (left), his partner, Mark, and their son, Kris, work together — thrive when they are loved. to prepare dinner in their Anna kitchen.
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