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DEATHS Obituaries and/or death notices for the following people appear on Page 3A today: • Evelyn M. Pritchard • Bernard B. Selanders • Alice Joan Askins

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NINE-YEAR-OLD MADALYN Weiler attempts to catch snowflakes on her tongue as she leaves school Thursday in LaPorte, Ind. The area is under a snow storm warning.

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — An unusually mild winter finally gave way to the Midwest’s first big snowstorm of the season Thursday, blanketing a region unfazed by a white Thanksgiving in a layer of powder and pack that forced all-too-happy snow plow drivers off their couches and into the streets.

The storm dumped several inches of snow on western parts of Wisconsin and Iowa before moving eastward into Milwaukee, St. Louis and Chicago, where up to eight inches were expected to fall by Friday morning.

In a typical year, such a storm would hardly register in the upper Midwest. But the atmospheric patterns, including the Pacific pattern known

as La Nina, that have conspired to make this an unusually icy winter in Alaska have kept it abnormally warm in parts of the lower 48 states used to more snow.

For Steve Longo, a 47-yearold chiropractor from Wauwatosa, Wis., the wait to try out the cross country skis he got for Christmas was excruciating. He and friend Alex Ng, 56, wasted no time in hitting the trails at the Lapham Peak cross country ski area, about 25 miles west of Milwaukee.

“I wasn’t worried,” Longo said. “I was just anxious.”

“This is Wisconsin,” a confident Ng said. “There’s going to be snow.”

The storm dumped 2 to 6 inches of snow on eastern Iowa by Thursday evening, and was expected to drop 3 to See SNOW/Page 3

Panetta vows full probe into video

BY ROBERT BURNS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon leaders scrambled Thursday to contain damage from an Internet video purporting to show four Marines urinating on Taliban corpses — an act that appears to violate international laws of warfare and further strains U.S.-Afghan relations.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called Afghan President Hamid Karzai to offer assurances of a full investigation and the top Ma-

rine general promised an internal probe as well as a criminal one. Investigators moved quickly to identify and interview at least two of the four Marines. They were members of a battalion that fought for seven months in former Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan.

Their unit, the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, returned from Helmand province to its home base at Camp Lejeune, N.C., last September. Marine officials said that a battalion officer confirmed to investigators on Thursday, based on his

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The Shelby County Commissioners are seeking ways to address a shrinking budget and still provide needed services to Shelby County residents. The challenge became clear recently when they approved 2012 general fund appropriations of $11,436,656.

The appropriations reflect an increase from $11,371,431 in 2011, a difference of $65,225. General fund appropriations for 2012, along with all other funds, total $56,338,564 compared to $57,098,905 in 2011, a decrease of $760,341.

Commissioner Larry Kleinhans said the increase in the general fund is due to the commissioners adding $28,000 for care and custody for Shelby County Juvenile Court and additional funding for liability insurance. On the positive side, he noted there is a possibility of increased revenue from sales tax and some funding from the opening of Ohio casinos.

Kleinhans said the commissioners originally projected $200,000 in casino revenue for the county, but reduced it to $150,000 due to uncertainty over the casinos.

“Those are only projections.

Until you see the money in hand, you really can’t count on it.”

Significant changes in funding exist in the sheriff ’s office, which saw a decrease

examination of the video, that the four men depicted urinating had been members of the battalion. Two have since moved on to other units.

As the video spread across the Internet in postings and re-postings, U.S. officials joined with Afghans in calling it shocking, deplorable, inhumane and a breach of military standards of conduct. It shows men in Marine combat gear standing in a semicircle urinating on the bodies of three men in standard Afghan clothing, one whose chest was covered in blood.

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from $3,845,059 in 2011 to $3,756,994 in 2012, or $88,064. Also seeing changes were the Shelby County Regional Planning Commission, with appropriations dropping from $32,074 in 2011 to $5,972 in 2012, a difference of $26,101.

Among other departments with reductions are Common Pleas Court, from 2011 appropriations of $294,751 compared to $274,300 this year, a $20,451 reduction. Fairhaven Shelby County Home saw funding reduced from $8,673,154 to $8,148, 97, down $524,183.

Shelby County Job and Family Services saw a slight decrease in funding, from $3,153,362 to $3,149,779, or $3,583 less The county engineer’s office also saw a reduction, from $11,151,354 to $11,099,811, a difference of $51,542.

Those departments that saw an increase in appropriations include the prosecutor’s office, from $458,389 in 2011 to $487,694 this year, up $29,304. Also, Juvenile Court went from $618,537 in 2011 to $643,418, a hike of $24,880.

Kleinhans said “the whole 2012 appropriations went up about $65,000. He noted that in 2011 the commissioners had to take $100,000 from the permanent improvement fund for operating expenses and this year “we’re projecting we’ll have to take $900,000 out.”

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It’s not certain whether the dead were Taliban fighters, civilians or someone else.

The incident will likely further hurt ties with Karzai’s government and complicate negotiations over a strategic partnership arrangement meant to govern the presence of U.S. troops and advisers in Afghanistan after most international combat troops withdraw by the end of 2014.

Panetta said the incident could endanger U.S.-AfghanTaliban peace talks.

“The danger is that this See VIDEO/Page 3

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-1:16 a.m.: OVI. Police arrested Patricia Henke, 40, at 222 BrookWEDNESDAY lyn Ave. for driving while -8:52 p.m.: burglary. under the influence.

Kristopher B. Dallas, 402 N. Miami Ave., Apt. C, told Sidney Police an X-Box 360 and two controllers had been reTHURSDAY moved from his -6:34 a.m.: medical. apartment. Police said Sidney paramedics rethere was no sign of sponded to the 300 block forced entry. of Morris Avenue for a -7:42 p.m.: breaking medical call. and entering. John T. -1:05 a.m.: fire Hammer, 324 N. Wagner alarm.

Firefighters Ave., reported a door and were dispatched to its frame had been bro- North Main Avenue and ken at his residence.

Jefferson Street where a -3:38 p.m.: arrest. transformer was arcing.

Police arrested Andrea DP&L Energy was notiL. Sharp, 19, no address fied. given, on warrants -1:02 a.m.: alarm. charging contempt of Firefighters responded court and a probation vi- to a transformer probolation. lem at 210 Lane St. -9:58 a.m.: theft. Jes- DP&L was notified. sica M. Simonds, 334 S. -12:08 a.m.: medical.

Miami Ave., reported a Medics responded to the car stereo and cell phone 300 block of South adapter had been taken Wilkinson Avenue for a from her parked vehicle medical call. at that address.

WEDNESDAY -8:48 a.m.: burglary.

-11:06 p.m.: medical.

Kevin R. Berger, 2020 Paramedics were disSidney-Freyburg Road, patched to a medical call reported someone had in the 800 block of North attempted to gain entry Main Avenue. to the rear of a residence -9:35 p.m.: investihe owns at 123 Pike St. gation. Firefighters re-8:33 a.m.: arrest. sponded to the 500 block Police arrested James T. of South Miami Avenue Fox, 26, 505 N. Main to investigate an odor. It Ave., on a contempt of was determined gasoline court warrant from had been leaking from Miami County. the tank of a vehicle that -7:36 a.m. theft. Ter- left the scene. rill D. Hope of Inverness, -8:51 p.m.: medical.

Fla. reported the theft of Medics were dispatched diamond and birthstone to the 100 block of West jewelry valued at $3,400 Poplar Street for a medfrom 509 Third Ave. in ical call.

Sidney.

-8:32 p.m.: alarm.

-6:38 p.m.: theft. Firefighters responded James K. Smith, 619 S. to 202 N. Miami Ave. on Miami Ave., told police a a report of smoke in the number of CDs and a building. It was caused phone charger had been by an overheated light removed from his un- ballast. Electricity was locked vehicle. cut off to the light and the family was advised

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Accidents Sidney Police charged Patricia Menke, 41, 122 Oldham Ave., with failure to control following a traffic crash shortly after 1:15 a.m. Wednesday on Brooklyn Ave. Officers said Menke, traveling southbound, struck the rear of a parked vehicle, pushing it into the rear of a vehicle parked ahead. The parked vehicles are owned by Abdul Ly, 573 Stonecastle Court, and Scott Meyers, 223 Brooklyn Ave. Menke’s vehicle was severely damaged and the parked vehicles both received functional damage.

Vehicles operated by Barbara J. Morsey, 59, 96 Crestwood Drive, Minster, and Joseph C. Sturm, 62, 669 Weaver Drive, received disabling damage in a traffic accident shortly after 1 p.m.

Tuesday on Fair Road at Fairlawn Drive.

Police cited Morsey for a traffic light violation after she started to turn left and was struck

by Sturm’s vehicle. Both vehicles received disabling damage.

Tom Kinninger was elected president and R u s s B a k e r vice president as t h e Shelby County Veterans Service Commission reorKinninger ganized for 2012 Tuesday morning. Tom Clay will serve as commission secretary.

John Johnson serves as past president during 2012.

During Wednesday’s meeting of commissioners financial relief was provided eight veterans and their beneficiaries in the amount of $2,932.82.

Additionally, 11 veterans were assisted between board meetings from Dec. 28 to Jan. 11 in

THURSDAY -2:24 p.m.: accident.

A deputy responded to a property damage accident at Kuther Road and Millcreek Road. No details were available.

In Sidney Municipal Court Wednesday afternoon, Judge Duane Goettemoeller dismissed drug abuse charges against Christopher J. Powell, 28, of Detroit, Mich., since he has moved from Ohio and his whereabouts are unkown at present.

• Justin Perry, 27, of Piqua, was fined $75 and costs on a criminal trespassing charge that was amended to disorderly conduct.

• Harry Carey, 37, 1033 Juniper Way, was fined $375 and costs, sentenced to five days in jail and his driver’s license was suspended for six months for driving while under the influence. Jail may be recon-

Fire, rescue THURSDAY -11:30 a.m.: medical.

Fort Loramie Rescue responded to the 12000 block of Thelma Drive in McLean Township for a woman who had lost consciousness.

Furnace replacement OK’d Shelby County commissioners Thursday morning authorized a $2,776 contract with Eck Refrigeration Inc. to replace the county animal shelter’s furnace.

County maintenance manager Greg Lyons presented the contract, explaining the urgency of the situation at the shelter.

Auditor Denny York and Deb Francis, chief deputy auditor, attended Thursday’s meeting to discuss ben-

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efits of the county’s streamlined internal office purchasing order policies to better control expenditures and efficiencies.

County bills totaling $458,884.31 were approved for payment by commissioners along with the transfer of $2,000 to the clerk of courts from contract services to the court’s supplies fund.

Commissioners also released and transferred $6,040.17 to New Choices from marriage license and divorce filing fees.

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BOE to meet FORT LORAMIE — The Fort Loramie Board of Education will approve appropriation adjustments, the 2012-13 school calendar and a pre-school waiver resolution when it meets Monday at 7 p.m.

Members will also approve supplemental contracts for co-curricular positions and extended service for both certified and classified employees.

Reports from the superintendent, and junior/senior high school and elementary school principals will be heard by the board.

Meeting date changed The Shelby County Democrat Central Committee meeting has been changed to Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.

This is a change from the originally scheduled meeting date of Jan. 25.

the amount of $2,18.92.

Reflecting on accomplishments in 2011, staff reported assistance to through service-connect and nonservice-connected disability claims in the amount of $2.3 million in addition to the $4.3 million annual compensation and pension funds received from the Veterans Administration in 2010 were ongoing that throughout 2011.

The increase may be attributed to the inclusion of ischemic heart disease, Parkinson’s and leukemia “Hairy Cell B” added to the Agent Orange Presumptive exposure list of diseases in 2010 for those serving during the Vietnam era

by Congress and Veterans Affairs.

Funds returned to the county general fund for 2011 totaled $26,380.65

from appropriated funds of $482,942.75. Two line items, Employee Salaries and Relief Allowance, greatly affected the use of funds as the board streamlined internal office policies to better control relief allowance with greater emphasis on financial assistance to the veteran, wage freezes and the VA Medical Center Travel Agency transporting wheelchair veterans.

Effective Jan. 1, office staff received a 3 percent pay increase and drivers received an additional 50 cents an hour to help offset a 3.6 percent increase in inflation during 2011.

The veterans service office will be closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Day. The next financial relief meeting is scheduled Jan. 25 at 4 p.m.

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Paramedics were dispatched to the 400 block of Folkerth Avenue for a medical call.

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Medics responded to a medical call in the 1200 block of Taft Street.

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Paramedics responded to the 800 block of Chestnut Avenue for an injury.

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Medics responded to a medical call in the 2900 block of Fair Road.

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iff ’s deputy Joanie Henry as a courthouse security officer was approved by the board.

Commissioners also attended Thursday’s Agriculture luncheon at noon.

sidered if he completes an alcohol intervention program and pays fines and costs in full.

• Eric L. Copeland, 40, of Dayton, was fined $375 and costs, sentenced to five days in jail, with credit for three days served, and his driver’s license was suspended for six months on a charge of driving while under the influence.

• Jesse J. Russell, 36, 528 S. Main Ave., was fined $600 and costs, sentenced to 30 days in jail and his driver’s license was suspended for one year for his second driving while under the influence offense within six years. He will be permitted to be evaluated for drug/alcohol abuse in lieu of 10 days jail and if fines and costs are paid in full, 10 days jail may be reconsidered. He must have restricted license plates and a vehicle ignition lock.

• Joseph L. Cramer, 25, 606 Arrowhead Drive, was fined $100 and costs and sentenced to five days in jail on a

driving while under the influence charge that was amended to being in physical control of the vehicle. If fines and costs are paid in full, jail may be reconsidered.

Civil cases Credit Investments Inc., Columbus, v. Maury Reynolds, 431 E. Edgewood St., $4,190.80.

Credit Investments Inc., Columbus, v. Jeffrey Callahan, 1138 RiverBoulevard, bend $1,993.47.

Dismissals Advantage Assets II Inc., Louisville, Ky., v.

Amy D. Reineke, 8021 Houston Road, Houston.

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GE Money Bank, Columbus, v. Lisa Kouse, 244 W. Pinehurst St. Dismissed due to lack of prosecution.` Portfolio Recovery Associates, Norfolk, Va., v.

Robert G. Hines, 625 N. State Route 589, Conover. Judgment has been satisfied.

Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Carlene Stearns, 333 E. North St. Apt. 504. Judgment has been satisfied.

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DEATH NOTICES Evelyn M. Pritchard PIQUA— Evelyn M. Pritchard, 84, of Piqua died Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. A memorial service will be held Jan. 16, at Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home.

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Ringtone halts performance NEW YORK (AP) — It’s the dreaded sound at any live performance — a ringing cellphone.

That’s what happened Tuesday night at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall during the final movement of Gustav Mahler’s Ninth Symphony by the New York Philharmonic.

Music Director Alan Gilbert stopped the orchestra until the phone was silenced.

When the iPhone’s ringtone initially went off, the conductor turned his head to signal his displeasure. But the ringing from the first row persisted.

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HOUSTON — Bernard B. Selanders, 85, of 4499 Dawson Road, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, at the Miami Valley Hospital.

He was born in Mercer County on May 1, 1926, the son of the late LeRoy and Florence (Wagoner) Selanders.

On Oct. 3, 1947, he married Jean T. Gephart who preceded him in death on Oct. 29, 2005.

He is survived by one son, James Selanders, and his wife, Joyce, of Minster; two grandsons, Jamie and Scott; five great-grandchildren; two brothers, Ron Selanders, of Covington, and Lester Selanders, of Bradford; and one sister, Mrs. Margaret Stephan, of Piqua.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Edward and Robert, and one sister, Lucille.

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During his military career, he was awarded Victory the Medal and the Phillippines Liberation Ribbon with Two Stars. Bernard worked at the former Val Decker Packing plant for many years until its closing.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, at 10 a.m. at the Cromes Funeral Home, 302 S. Main Ave., Sidney, with the Rev. Joe Pumphrey officiating.

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8 inches total on southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois as it moves further into the Northeast on Friday, according to Richard Castro, a National Weather Service meteorologist.

While the dry weather has been an unexpected boon to many cashstrapped communities, which have saved big by not having to pay for plowing, salting and sanding their streets, it has hurt the seasonable businesses that bank on the snow.

“If people don’t see it in their yards they are not likely to come out and ski and snowboard so this is wonderful, wonderful, wonderful for us,” said Kim Engel, owner of Sunburst Ski area in Kewaskum in southeastern as she Wisconsin, watched the snow come down out the window.

Rob Moser, a snow plow driver from Elkhart, Ind., said he couldn’t wait for the flakes to start to fall. The

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weather service said lake effect snow could mean parts of Michigan and northern Indiana could get up to a foot.

“I love it. I make money plowing snow and I’m all about snowmobiling, so I love it,” Moser said. “We haven’t had enough snow to do much.”

The storm was an annoyance for most commuters, and authorities said it caused hundreds of traffic accidents and at least three road deaths — two in Iowa and one in Missouri. And while some lucky grade-schoolers cheered an unexpected day of sledding, hundreds of would-be air travelers had to scramble to come up with a Plan B. More than 400 flights were canceled at O’Hare International Airport on Thursday and flights that did depart were delayed 20 minutes, on average, because of deicing, the Chicago Department fo Aviation said.

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Spoons N’ Spools JACKSON CENTER — Jackson Center Spoons N’ Spools held its end of the year banquet on Dec. 28 at the Ross Historical Center in Sidney, Ohio. Black Tie Catering catered the event with a meal of chicken breast, mashed potatoes, carrots, green beans, salad and an assortment of pies.

During the banquet the officers for the 2012 4-H year were elected by club members. Officers elected were President Katelyn Bayhan; Vice President Andy Hoying; Secretary Katrina McGowan; Corresponding Secretary Courtney Gasson; Treasurer Allison Burt; Historian Tiffany Bayhan; News Reporter Riley Jackson; Health Officers Katie Burt and Mikayla VanHook; and Safety Officers Parker Morris, Riley Morris and Kaneta Schaub.

Awards were also given to club members from throughout the year and members were recognized for years in 4-H.

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The Spoons N’ Spools club advisers Jan Noah, Caroyln Haverfield and Cindy Woodward were honored for their many years of service to our club. All three will be retiring as advisers. Noah has served 35 years, Haverfield has served 30 years and Woodward has served 23 years. All club members are forever grateful and thankful for their many years of time, talent and service to the Jackson Center Spoons N’ Spools 4-H club. The club presented all three with a bouquet of flowers. The new advisers for club are Kristi Bayhan and Krista Wildermuth.

The club also did a community service project during this event for the Women’s Wellness Center in Sidney. All members brought baby items to be donated to help mothers in need.

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In 2011, the permanent improvement fund had appropriations of $1,720,000, compared to $1,820,000 this year, an increase of $100,000. Although the county will have to draw on much of those funds, he noted they replenish “by about $100,000 per month.”

Kleinhans said appropriations are not as good as commissioners thought when they started the budget process. He said the board initially thought the budget looked “unmanageable” but got it to the point that “we’re pretty pleased now.”

He explained the commissioners are “doing Band Aid work” at the sheriff ’s office, trying to deal with deteriorating building problems, such as water seeping into the building. He said they are doing repairs rather than major reconstruction because of the costs involved.

The county also faces reductions in the amount of Local Government Funding and Tangible Personal Property tax revenues, estimated to be down $500,000 this year and $400,000 in 2013.

Creating additional problems is a 10 percent increase in liability insurance, largely due to ongoing legal expenses associated with charges and lawsuits against suspended Sheriff Dean Kimpel. In order to cover the increase, the commissioners appropriated $370,406 for liability insurance premiums in 2012, up from $337,792 in 2011.

“All the elected officials are handling all these things in very professional ways,” Kleinhans said. He explained some even took volun-

VIDEO kind of video can be misused in many ways to undermine what we are trying to do in Afghanistan and the possibility of reconciliation,” Panetta said at Fort Bliss, Texas, adding it’s important for the U.S. to move quickly to “send a clear signal to the world that the U.S. will not tolerate this kind of behavior and that is not what the U.S. is all about.”

The emergence of the video comes at a delicate time in relations among the United States, Afghanistan’s elected government and the Taliban insurgency fighting for both territorial control and cultural and religious preeminence in Afghanistan. The U.S. is trying to foster peace talks between the Karzai government and the Pakistan-based Taliban high command, and has made unprecedented offers to build trust with the insurgents, including the planned opening of a Taliban political office to oversee talks.

Anti-American sentiment is already on the rise in Afghanistan, especially among Afghans who have not seen improvements to their daily lives despite billions of dollars in international aid. They also have deplored the accidental killing of civilians during NATO airstrikes and argue that foreign troops have culturally offended the Afghan people, mostly when it comes to activities involving women and the Quran, the Muslim holy book.

Pentagon officials said the criminal investigation would likely look into whether the Marines violated laws of war, which include prohibi-

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From Page 1 tary pay reductions.

On the revenue side, County Auditor Denny York said that since 2008 the county’s general fund income has been reduced by $1,718,000, or 15 percent.”

“This shortfall comes almost entirely in three categories,” he noted.

“Interest income dropped by $620,000 per year during that period due to the very depressed interest rates in today’s market. Revenue from the sheriff’s department is expected to be off by approximately $200,000 compared to 2008 (in part due to Kimpel projecting revenue that was not realized), and revenues from state will be the $876,000 less than four years ago.”

“It is the state funding portion that is the most disturbing to me,” York said. “This is an area that represented only 16.5 percent of our revenue in 2008 and yet more than 50 percent of our funding loss is attributable to state cuts.”

“These cuts are scheduled to increase even more beginning in July of 2012 and by 2013 the state will be returning approximately 65 percent less money to Shelby County than it did as recently as 2010,” York said. “As a matter of record, these severe cuts to local communities have occurred at the same time the state’s expenditures in other areas have continued to increase.”

A more detailed analysis of the county budget, with department breakdowns and charts, will appear in an upcoming edition of the Sidney Daily News.

From Page 1 tions against photographing or mishandling bodies and detainees. It also appeared to violate the U.S. Uniform Code of Military Justice, which governs conduct. Thus, some or all of the four Marines could face a military court-martial or other disciplinary action.

Karzai called the video “completely inhumane.” The Afghan Defense Ministry called it “shocking.” And the Taliban issued a statement accusing U.S. forces of committing numerous “indignities” against the Afghan people.

U.S. officials said a military criminal investigation was being led by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, the law enforcement arm of the Navy. The Marines will do their own internal investigation.

Panetta said the actions depicted in the brief video were inexcusable.

“I have seen the footage, and I find the behavior depicted in it utterly deplorable.

I condemn it in the strongest possible terms,” Panetta’s statement said.

“Those found to have engaged in such conduct will be held accountable to the fullest extent.”

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, said he was deeply disturbed by the video and worried that it would erode the reputation of the entire military, not just the Marine Corps.

A veterans group, the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, noted the video was the act of a small number of Marines and said it did not reflect the behavior of the millions who have served honorably.

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Lawmaker wants to increase speed limit

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VICE PRESIDENT Joe Biden (left) buys a double scoop ice cream cone from Jeni Britton Bauer, owner of Jeni's Ice Cream, during a brief stop at North Market in downtown Columbus Thursday. Biden spoke earlier in the day at Lincoln High School in Gahanna about the high cost of a college education.

Vice president talks about college costs GAHANNA (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday stressed that a higher education continues to be worthwhile despite its high cost during tough economic times.

“It matters,” Biden repeated a crowd of roughly 800 people in a town-hall style meeting in Ohio that included high school juniors and seniors and their parents.

His visit to a suburban Columbus high school with Education Secretary Arne Duncan was their second stop to a presidential battleground state in as many months to talk about college affordability. Both visited Florida last month, and Biden planned to travel to Pennsylvania on Friday to discuss the issue.

The Obama administration notes that more than two-thirds of Ohio college students take out loans to pay for school, and they graduate with an average debt of over $27,000.

The vice president told the audience at Lincoln High School in Gahanna that a college education is a part of the American dream that should not recede.

“If you took out of the American dream the promise of access to college, how much have you broken the dream?”

Biden asked.

Both he and Duncan touted the Obama administration’s efforts to make college more affordable.

Biden tries local ice cream COLUMBUS (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden took in some local fare as he stopped at an indoor farmer’s market during a visit to central Ohio.

Biden noshed on locally made Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams during the brief stop at North Market in downtown Columbus, ordering vanilla and dark chocolate flavors in a waffle cone and chatting with owner Jeni Britton Bauer.

Biden, accompanied by Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman, also talked with employees and shoppers inside the market and sampled some popcorn and a Belgian waffle.

Biden was in Ohio to talk about college affordability at a separate event held at a suburban high school earlier in the day.

Later Thursday, he planned to attend a fundraising event at the Athletic Club of Columbus.

President Barack Obama has called for the United States to regain its now-lost global lead in college completion by 2020, and the administration’s interest clearly reflects a spate of recent attention on college costs.

Average tuition and fees at public colleges rose 8.3 percent last year and, with room and board, exceed $17,000 a year, according to the College Board.

Duncan said higher education has never been more important than now, though it has never been more expensive. He said he’s concerned too many young people think a college degree is out of reach or “for the rich folks.”

“We have to fight that every single day,” he said.

Duncan urged students to do whatever it

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“The goal is not to go,” he told them. “The goal is to graduate.”

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Hein told the commission she received the sign from a friend, and Ronnell Tomlinson, the comhousing mission’s enforcement director, said at Thursday’s hearing it was an antique.

The sign says “Selma, Ala.,” at the bottom, followed by the date “14 July 31.”

The girl’s father, Michael Gunn, in brief comments Thursday, described his shock last spring when venturing out for a lunch break by the pool.

“My initial reaction to seeing the sign was of shock, disgust and outrage,” Gunn said. He also told the commission that his daughter was saddened months later to learn the reason they moved from the apartment complex “was in a way related to the color of her skin.” Gunn declined to speak with reporters.

Hein’s attorney, who informed the commission by email Wednesday that Hein would not attend the hearing, did not return phone and email messages Wednesday and Thursday from The Associated Press. A recording on Thursday said Hein’s voicemail was full and could not accept messages.

“I was trying to protect my assets,” she told the commission’s housing enforcement director in a Sept. 27 interview.

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Prosecutor seeks to give relatives a voice COLUMBUS (AP) — Relatives of murder victims should be allowed to tell juries weighing death sentences how the crimes affected them and split-jury decisions would no longer automatically rule out death sentences under proposals submitted to a state death penalty task force by a veteran prosecutor.

Ohio juries and judges also should be allowed to consider a multitude of factors about a

COLUMBUS (AP) — A Cincinnati landlord who claimed a black girl’s hair products clouded an apartment complex’s swimming pool discriminated against the child by posting a poolside “White Only” sign, an Ohio civil rights panel said Thursday in upholding a previous finding.

The Ohio Civil Rights Commission voted 4-0 against reconsidering its finding from last fall.

There was no discussion.

The group found on Sept. 29 that Jamie Hein, who is white, violated the Ohio Civil Rights Act by posting the sign at a pool at the duplex where the teenage girl was visiting her parents.

The parents filed a discrimination charge with the commission and moved out of the duplex in the racially diverse city to “avoid subjecting their family to further humiliating treatment,” the commission said in a release announcing its finding.

An investigation revealed that Hein in May posted on the gated entrance to the pool an iron sign that stated “Public Swimming Pool, White Only,” the commission statement said.

Several witnesses confirmed that the sign was posted, and the landlord indicated that she posted it because the girl used chemicals in her hair that would make the pool “cloudy,” according to the

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CINCINNATI (AP) — A state lawmaker wants to raise the speed limit on Ohio’s interstate highways from 65 mph to 70 mph to be consistent with the speed limit on the Ohio Turnpike and in neighboring states.

A 2009 effort by other lawmakers to raise the limit failed, but state Rep. Ron Maag says the Ohio Turnpike has since raised its limit to 70 mph, which Kentucky, Indiana and West Virginia also have done, The Cincinnati Enq u i r e r (http://cin.ci/zV7QQU) reported Thursday.

“It’s just important to be consistent,” said the Republican lawmaker from southwest Ohio.

The Ohio Turnpike Commission voted in April to increase the limit for all vehicles on the turnpike, which is independently run and crosses northern Ohio, mostly as I-80.

Lt. Anne Ralston, a State Highway Patrol spokeswoman, said the patrol has concerns with raising the speed limit “because it diminishes traffic safety” and it would like to complete a year’s study on the matter.

But Maag said the interstate system is designed to handle traffic at higher speeds and vehicle safety has improved.

“Cars are better, tires are better and brakes are better,” he said.

The patrol compared turnpike crash data from April through November 2011 to 2010, with the comparison showing the number of crashes increased by 38.6 percent and injuries by 26 percent, the newspaper reported.

The Ohio Turnpike Commission has reported that there were six fatalities last year on the turnpike, compared with seven in 2010.

Russ Rader, a spokesman with the Virginia-based Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, argues that vehicles and their restraint systems are less effective in high-speed crashes. He says increasing the speed limit gets people to their destination faster, but “there’s always a cost.”

“More people will be killed in accidents because of the change,” he said.

Rader also said studies show that drivers usually travel five to 10 mph faster than the speed limit, choosing a speed where they are unlikely to get a ticket.

Most people drive 70 mph, and “it just makes common sense” to increase the limit, Maag said Thursday. He said cities would be able to request a lower limit for sections of interstates within their boundaries.

No cost analysis has been done, and Maag’s bill has not been assigned to a committee.

Still, he is hopeful.

“I think there’s a lot of support for it,” he said.

Thirty-five states have speed limits at 70 mph or higher on some portion, according to the Enquirer.

——— Information from: The Cincinnati Enquirer, http://www.enquirer.com

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World oil prices climbed on the news. Nigeria is the fifth-largest oil exporter to the U.S., and a shutdown would force American refineries to replace 630,000 barrels per day of crude.

The union’s ability to enforce a shutdown, beginning Sunday, across the swamps of Nigeria’s southern delta to its massive offshore oil fields, remains in question. But the threat of a strike caused jitters on global oil markets as traders worldwide worried about supply.

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U.N. visit to Tehran set VIENNA (AP) — A senior U.N. nuclear agency team will visit Tehran on Jan. 28 with Iran saying it is ready after years of refusal to discuss allegations that it was involved in secret nuclear weapons work, diplomats said Thursday.

Diplomats have previously said that International Atomic Energy Agency officials were discussing such a trip with their Iranian counterparts.

But before the diplomats’ comments Thursday, no date — or indication that Iran was ready to talk about the allegations — had been mentioned.

Any follow-through on the part of Iran on its reported pledge to discuss nuclear arms suspicions would be significant.

For more than three years, Tehran has blocked IAEA attempts to follow up on U.S. and other intelligence alleging covert Iranian work on nuclear arms, dismissing the charges as baseless and insisting all its nuclear activities were peaceful and under IAEA purview.

Faced with Iranian stonewalling, the IAEA summarized its body of information in November, in a 13-page document drawing on 1,000 pages of intelligence. It stated then for the first time that some of the alleged experiments can have no other purpose than developing nuclear weapons.

Iran continues to deny the charges and no change in its

position is expected during the Tehran talks with IAEA officials. But even a decision to enter a discussion over the allegations would be a major departure from outright refusal to talk about them — and create hopes of future progress in the investigation.

Two diplomats told The Associated Press that Iranian officials had suggested they were ready to talk about the issue during recent meetings with officials of the Viennabased IAEA. They asked for anonymity because their information was confidential.

Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran’s chief IAEA delegate, declined to be drawn on what would be discussed in Tehran, indicating in comments to The AP

Brigades to withdraw FORT BLISS, Texas (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday the Army will withdraw two combat brigades from Europe as part of a broad reorienting of U.S. forces and instead rotate units in and out of the region, presumably from U.S. bases.

Panetta made the comment to a Defense Department news service whose representative was traveling with him to Fort Bliss.

Panetta told the Armed Forces Press Service on board his plane that the Army will do more rotational movement of combat forces not only in Europe but also in Africa and Latin America.

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6-year-old ticketed CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — Police in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez ticketed a 6year-old boy for reckless driving, driving without a license and not having his toy motorcycle registered after he crashed it into an SUV. The boy’s mother, Karla Noriega, says police also impounded the child-sized motorbike that her son got for Christmas after he ran into an SUV at a park on Dec. 27.

Noriega says she decided to go to the media and make the case public after finding out she would have to pay what she calls a “ridiculous” $183 in fines before she could recover the toy motorbike.

that it was too early to go public with details.

The composition of the IAEA team, as described by one of the diplomats, also reflects the significance the U.N. nuclear monitoring agency attaches to the visit, which is expected to conclude in the first few days of February.

Normally such trips are made by Deputy Director General Herman Nackaerts, in charge of the Iran nuclear file, and more junior officials of his department. But the diplomat said that this time Nackaerts will be accompanied by Assistant Director General Rafael Grossi, the right-hand to IAEA chief Yukiya Amano, and Peri Lynne Johnson, the agency’s senior legal official.

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Space junk to crash on Earth MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian spacecraft designed to burnish the nation’s faded space glory in a mission to one of Mars’ moons has turned into one of the heaviest, most toxic pieces of space junk ever.

It will come crashing down to Earth in just a few days.

The Russian space agency Roscosmos’ latest forecast has the unmanned Phobos-Ground probe falling out of Earth’s orbit Sunday or Monday, with the median time placing it over the Indian Ocean just north of Madagascar. It said the precise time and place of its uncontrolled plunge can only be determined later, and unless someone actually spots fiery streaks in the sky, no one may ever know where any surviving pieces end up.

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14-year-old Doug Hamrick shovels snow off of his family's roof Thursday, Jan.12, 2012, in Anchorage. The National Weather Service is predicting a total snowfall of 8 to 16 inches today, putting Anchorage on track to have the snowiest winter on record. (AP Photo/Loren Holmes)

Weary Alaskans dig out from another big storm ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The worst winter anyone can remember in Alaska has piled snow so high people can’t see out the windows, kept a tanker in ice-choked waters from delivering fuel on time and turned snowpacked roofs into sled runs.

While most of the nation has gone without much seasonal snow, the state already known for winter is buried in weather that has dumped more than twice as much snow as usual on its largest city, brought out the National Guard and put a run on snow shovels.

As a Russian tanker crawled toward the iced-in coastal community of Nome to bring in much-needed fuel, weather-weary Alaskans awoke Thursday to more of the white stuff and said enough was enough.

“The scary part is, we still have three more months to go,” said Kathryn Hawkins, a veterinarian who lives in the coastal community of Valdez, about 100 miles southeast of Anchorage. “I look out and go, ‘Oh my gosh, where can it all go?’”

More than 26 feet of snow has fallen in Valdez since November. The 8-foot snow piles outside Hawkins’ home are so high she can’t see out the front or back of her house. Her 12year-old son has been sliding off the roof into the yard.

In the nearby fishing community of Cordova, more than 172 inches of snow has fallen since November; snow began falling again after midnight Wednesday. The Alaskan National Guard was called in to help move the snow, and the city is running out of places to put it. Front-end loaders are hauling snow from dump piles to a snow-melting machine.

“That’s our big issue, getting our snow dumps cleared for the next barrage of snow,” Cordova spokesman Allen Marquette said.

Anchorage had 88 inches fall as of Thursday — more than twice the average snowfall of 30.1 inches for the same time period. The weather service counts July 1 through the end of June as a snow season. More than 7 inches had fallen on Thursday and more than a foot was expected.

This year’s total already broke the record 77.3 inches that fell during the same period in 1993-94. If it keeps up, Anchorage is on track to have the snowiest winter ever, surpassing the previous record of 132.8 inches in 1954-55.

Two atmospheric patterns are behind the state’s massive snowfall: the Pacific weather pattern known as La Nina, and another called the Arctic Oscillation that has been strong this year, changing air patterns to the south and keeping the coldest winter air locked up in the Arctic.

“Alaska is definitely getting the big dump,” said Bill Patzert, a climate expert at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Many of the lower 48 states have seen an unusually mild start to the winter. A storm dumped several inches of snow on northwestern Wisconsin and western Iowa before moving eastward and to start blanketing Milwaukee, St. Louis and Chicago, which was expected to get up to 8 inches by Friday morning.

In the ice-choked frozen waters of the Bering Sea, a Russian tanker loaded with 1.3 million gallons of fuel progressed steadily toward Nome, following the path being painstakingly plowed by a Coast Guard icebreaker.

Thick ice, wind and unfavorable ocean currents had initially slowed the vessel down; but as of 2 p.m. Thursday the tanker and the icebreaker were 46 miles from Nome and likely to arrive Friday, said Coast Guard spokesman David Mosley.

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A 76-year-old great-grandfather who gives eye-glazing speeches on monetary policy, displays a crotchety streak and disappears from the Republican campaign trail for days at a time to rest is captivating young voters.

Texas Rep. Ron Paul’s libertarian message of less government, personal liberty and ending U.S. military involvement overseas clicks with young people, who are supplying zest for his stronger-thanexpected presidential campaign. Nearly half of all voters under 30 went for Paul in the first two states to vote, helping to propel him to a second-place finish in the New Hampshire primary and third place in Iowa’s leadoff caucuses.

Why would young people gravitate to the oldest guy in the field?

“Freedom is a young idea,” says Eddie Clearwater, a 22year-old Des Moines photographer who attended a Ron Paul party in Ankeny, Iowa, earlier this month. “All of his policies are such a good, radical change. It’s what we need.”

Paul’s campaign events are charged with an energy that any politician would love, attracting an eclectic band of youthful activists ranging from preppy college students to blue collar workers to artists sporting piercings and dreadlocks. At his party after the New Hampshire primary, there were spontaneous chants of “Ron Paul Revolution! Give us back our Constitution” and “President Paul!

President Paul!”

A tickled Paul told the cheering crowd: “Freedom is a wonderful idea, and that’s why I get so excited. But I really get excited when I see young people saying it.”

“We are dangerous to the status quo of this country,” said Paul, who seems to relish making political mischief and has taken on the role of a feisty attacker in some of the GOP debates.

‘All My Children’ star to host ‘real-life soap’ NEW YORK (AP) — “All My Children” veteran Susan Lucci is returning to the world of soap operas. But this time, the stories will be real.

Lucci will host and narrate “Deadly Affairs,” a new prime-time series airing on Investigation Discovery. The show will explore true stories of romance gone wrong and the crimes of passion that resulted, the network announced Thursday.

“They are deceptive love relationships, love triangles and betrayal that have deadly consequences,” Lucci said. “And they end in tragedy.

“Every day you hear these stories and you think, ‘Oh, my goodness!’ Then they disappear. You don’t know what happened next, and you don’t know why they

happened. I’m hoping that, in exploring them, we’ll shed some light on human nature.”

Lucci won lasting fame as devious, often-wed Erica Kane throughout the run of daytime drama “All My Children,” which aired from 1970 until ABC canceled it last September.

“As Erica, I got punished for my wrong deeds,” Lucci noted. “I wound up in jail several times, even in a blood-stained ball gown. But with ‘Deadly Affairs,’ these are not characters on a soap opera. This is real life.”

Describing her new show as a “real-life soap,” she called her hosting role “a perfect match,” adding, “I couldn’t help but smile” after getting the series offer.

Filming of the 10-episode season is expected to begin in March, with its premiere slated for this fall, Investigation Discovery said.

Lucci also has guest shots on the Lifetime drama “Army Wives” and TV Land’s sitcom “Hot in Cleveland.” But she has closed the book on Erica Kane after 41 years.

“I miss Erica tremendously,” she said.

“That’s the same thing I hear from people I meet.”

Another long-running ABC soap, “One Life to Live,” comes to an end Friday, but Lucci expressed confidence that the soap opera genre will endure.

“If it has good writing and good production values,” she said, “it has a future.”

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• Agape Mobile Rural Food Pantry Distribution, in Botkins, 9 a.m. to noon.

Saturday Afternoon • Agape Mobile Rural Food Pantry Distribution, in Anna, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Saturday Evening • Shelby County Deer Hunters holds its monthly Saturday Night Trap Shoot at 7988 Johnston-Slagle Road beginning at 6:30 p.m., 10 birds. Program starts at 8 p.m., 50 birds, long run, handicapped and Lewis class. Open to the public.

• 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 Morning • Catholic Adult Singles Club meets for Mass in Coldwater and then movies in Celina. For information, call (419) 678-8691.

Sunday Afternoon • Shelby County Deer Hunters holds its monthly Sunday Trap Shoot at 7988 Johnston-Slagle Road beginning at noon, 10 birds. Program starts at 2 p.m., 50 birds, long run, handicapped and Lewis class. Open to the public.

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.

• Parkinson’s Support Group, presented by the Grand Lake Health System in partnership with the Auglaize County Council on Aging, meets at the Joint Township Hospital at 2 p.m. For more information, call (419) 394-3335 or (419) 394-8252.

• 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. • The Springfield Regional Cancer Center in Springfield hosts a support and education group for cancer patients and their families from noon to 1:30 p.m. The groups are free and open to anyone who has a need for cancer education and support. For more information, call the cancer center at (937) 325-5001 or the American Cancer Society at (937) 399-0809.

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.

• Shelby County Genealogical Society meets at First Church of God, 1510 Campbell Road, at 7 p.m.

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CHOCOLATE CHIP CHEESE BALL 1 8-ounce package of cream cheese 1/2 cup oleo, softened 3/4 cup powdered sugar 2 tablespoons brown sugar 1/4 teaspoon vanilla 3/4 cup mini-chocolate chips Graham crackers or chocolate graham crackers Beat together cream cheese and oleo until smooth. Mix in powdered sugar, vanilla, and brown sugar. Stir in chocolate chips. Cover and chill for 2 hours.

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Editor’s note: a photo of the “breakfast haystack” mentioned in this column has been posted at amishcookonline.com. The Amish Cook website has relaunched this week to be more user-friendly with archived recipes, lots of Amish-related photos, videos, and Eicher family news. Visit amishcookonline.com to see the new site.

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like to thank all the readers for the Christmas cards and gifts that were sent to us. They were greatly appreciated. Also, thanks for the encouraging words that help keep me writing this column. May God bless you all in the New Year and always.

Fan in some heat bill savings

Monday Evening • Art Study Group meets at 6 p.m. at CJs HighMarks. For information, contact Starr Gephart at 295-2323.

• Women of the Moose meets at 7 p.m. at the Moose Lodge, on the corner of Broadway Avenue and Russell Road.

• 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.

• TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at 7 p.m. at Faith Alliance Church, New Knoxville Road, New Bremen.

almost reaching 50 degrees. The children spent most of the day outside playing ball and other outdoor games. It is not often that you can play ball outside in January. All of our snow has melted from our last snow. We have sure had a mild winter so far!

We were surprised to see Joe’s Uncle Solomon come to the Christmas gathering. We were glad to have him join us. He brought Joe’s sister and family from Indiana.

With Joe’s dad’s being deceased, it was nice to have one of his brothers here. Joe has four married nieces and nephews and all were able to attend.

Joe’s parents would now have nine great-grandchildren and 55 grandchildren. Before everyone left, the tables and benches were taken down and the basement floor was swept. The basement is where we had all the food and where everyone ate. We were glad for the help in cleaning up.

Sister Emma, Jacob, and family came for awhile as Jacob wanted to say “hello” to all his cousins.

Jacob is a first cousin to my husband Joe. Jacob’s family joined in to help clean up. Before Friday, we had managed to complete the 1,000-piece puzzle. We received a 750-piece puzzle from a reader for Christmas which will probably be our next project. I would

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We are now foods that can be a week into added to break2012 and a fast haystacks whole new year olives, like lies ahead of us. mushrooms, I hope you bacon, smokies readers had a and so forth. blessed holiday Also on the season.

This menu were Long Amish week husband John rolls, cinnaJoe is back to rolls, mon Cook work after a peanut butter Lovina Eicher two-week bars, rhubarb, break and our orange and V-8 six youngest children juices, coffee, tea, and will also go back to chocolate milk. school. It was wonderful After all of that delihaving everyone home cious food, the afternoon but it is always nice to was spent playing Agget back to a normal gravation which was enschedule. joyable for everyone. We Friday, Jan. 6, we had snacks later on then. went to Jacob and It was an great day to Emma’s house for din- spend time together ner. We had a breakfast with family. haystack which is alOn Saturday, we had most like a regular Joe’s family here for a haystack but you use late Christmas gatherbreakfast foods. We had ing. We had a carry-in biscuits, broken into brunch. Ten of his 12 sibbite-sized pieces, fried lings were here so we potatoes, scrambled had almost 90 people at eggs, sausage, ham, our house. We made tomatoes, green peppers, fried potatoes, biscuits hot peppers, shredded and sausage gravy, and cheese, onions, salsa, the rest of the food was cheese sauce, and brought in. Among the sausage gravy. By the foods brought in: three time you put a little bit big breakfast casseroles, of everything on your cottage cheese, sliced plate you have a nice- Swiss, pepper jack, and sized haystack. This is Colby cheese, venison the first time I had summer sausage, and breakfast haystack. I lots of desserts, coffee, think I prefer it over a chocolate milk, orange, regular haystack. A lot of grape, and V8 juices. people in the community Later on we had snacks have breakfast that everyone brought. haystacks when they Games were played and have their family Christ- some singing was done. mas gatherings. There It was a nice, sunshiny are a variety of other day with temperatures

MICHIGAN

• 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. • Maplewood Grange will sponsor a euchre card party at Maplewood Grange Hall at 7 p.m. The public is welcome, and refreshments will be served.

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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.

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Sidney Daily News, Friday, January 13, 2012

McDonald named Teen of Month Society and parThe Sidney ticipating in five Noon Kiwanis advanced-placeClub has named ment classes.

Paxton McDonald McDonald has its January 2012 been on the Teen of the honor roll for Month. every quarter of McDonald is a high school. senior at Sidney Among her High School. She is the daughter of McDonald extra-curricular and community Ronda Fogt and Russell McDonald. She activities, McDonald has been a member of the has a brother, Les, 24.

Her academic activi- Women’s Choir, Chamties, honors and awards ber Choir, Chess Club, include National Honor and Key Club.

She has been a member of the junior varsity and varsity volleyball teams and has helped to coach at youth volleyball camp.

McDonald was elected vice president of choir, a section leader in Symphonic and Women’s Choir, and captain of the junior varsity volleyball team.

She plans to attend the Ohio State University in the fall to study biomedical engineering.

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RECENT BIRTHS GEISE ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Matthew and Brenna Geise, of Rochester, N.Y., announce the birth of a son, Beckett Joseph Geise, Dec. 1, 2011, at 12:03 a.m. in Highland Hospital in Rochester.

He weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces, and was 20 3/4 inches long.

His maternal grandparents are Jackie Farrell, of Rochester, and the late Gerard Farrell.

His paternal grandparents are Lawrence and Patricia Geise, of Celina.

His great-grandparents are Evelyn Geise, of Coldwater, and Gladys Gariety, of Sidney.

WIN members learn nutrition Molly Douglas, registered dietetic technician/food production supervisor at Wilson Memorial Hospital, and Linda Barhorst, registered nurse and certified diabetes educator, were guest speakers at the January Women In Networking meeting at the hospital.

Douglas discussed portion control and eating the correct amount of protein, starch, vegeta-

bles, fruits, and dairy, and getting the right amount of “good” fats.

Barhorst, RN and CDE, talked about metabolic syndrome and risk of diabetes. If women have a large waist size, 35 inches or more, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and/or high blood sugar, they could be at risk for diabetes. metabolic syndrome is also a cause for higher health care costs.

With the start of the new year, everyone can make changes by simply using portion control and paying attention to the various food groups they are eating, the women said.

WIN members were treated to a low-carb lunch of apricot chicken, wild rice, vegetables, fruit and roll, and received free body mass index and blood pressure checks during the meet-

ing. WIN is a council of the Sidney-Shelby County Chamber of Commerce and provides a forum for the exchange of ideas among women in business, a network of support and programs of interest, which promote success to the membership. Guests are always welcome.

For more information about membership, call the chamber at 4929122.

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Gold medal winner This painting by Cynthia Allma, of Medina, is the gold medal winner in this year’s Ohio Watercolor Society Traveling Exhibition, which is on display in the galleries of Amos Memorial Library, 230 E. North St., through Jan. 27. There is no charge to visit the exhibit which includes the best of this year’s watercolor paintings from across Ohio. An area woman, Rosemary Kienle, of Piqua, has a work in the display. The galleries are open Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays 11 a.m. — 8 p.m., Wednesdays 9 a.m. — 6 p.m., Fridays 9 a.m. — 6 p.m. and Saturdays 11 a.m. — 4 p.m.

Exhibit of 200 Nativity scenes continues at U. D. DAYTON — “At the Manger — World Nativity Traditions,” the University of Dayton’s annual Christmas season display of manger scenes from around the world, has attracted thousands of visitors, and there’s still time to see the exhibit.

The exhibit will be open during library hours and 1 to 5 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday through Jan. 29. For daily hours, call (937) 229-4234 or visit http://www.udayton.edu/ libraries/manger.

Since this year’s allnew exhibit, “No Place like Home,” opened just after Thanksgiving, an estimated 3,000 people have already visited the

display of more than 200 Nativities, also called crèches, at the University of Dayton’s Roesch Library.

One particular Nativity set made of glistening mother-of-pearl has emerged as the star of the show, drawing visitors’ attention and rave reviews. Crafted in the Holy Land, “A Staircase to Heaven” by Issa Abu Aita depicts not only Christ’s birth but also the Last Supper, Eucharist, Annunciation, Crucifixion and Redemption.

“This handcrafted piece is one of our more beautiful and unique pieces,” said Kathleen Webb, dean of University libraries. “The iridescent

figures are set against a backdrop of multicolored mother-of-pearl reminiscent of stained glass windows.

“Visitors have been amazed at the intricate carvings and the beauty of the background. With its depiction of Christ’s birth, life and death, this crèche reflects the themes of hope and redemption that permeate the Christmas season.”

Guided tours are still available for this year’s all-new exhibit but must be requested in advance.

The exhibit has been very popular with church, school and senior groups. The theme of this year’s show, “No Place Like Home” features the many different

ANNIVERSARIES

Brookharts mark 50 years ST. MARYS — J. Douglas and Mary Alyce Brookhart will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Jan. 20, 2012.

Doug and the former Mary Alyce Smith were married Jan. 20, 1962, in the East Main Methodist Church in Newark on a beautiful, cold, white, winter day, pure with a fresh covering of snow.

The Rev. William L. Horst performed the ceremony, which was followed by a reception in the church social rooms.

Mary Alyce is the daughter of the late Ralph and Madeline Smith. She has a brother and sister-in-law, Galen and Donna Smith, of Marion.

Doug is the son of the late Earl and Eloise Brookhart. He has a living brother and sister-inlaw, Peter and Marie Brookhart, of Dallas, Texas, and a deceased brother, Gary Brookhart.

The couple were class-

rector of Public Service and Safety. He was also formerly the utilities director of the City of Sidney. He is now employed part time by Jones & Henry Engineers of Toledo.

The Brookharts will celebrate on their anniversary by dining out.

At a later date, they will be the guests of honor at a party hosted by their children.

ners, Drawing Generations Together, and Igniting Your Creative Self. Complete information on these classes is available on Hayner¹s website.

Fees are due upon registration.

Checks should be made payable to the instructor. For more information or to register, visit the website at www.troyhayner.org or call (937) 339-0457.

Call Tri-County Community Action at 492-8118 to schedule an appointment.

Take the following items to the appointment: Social Security Numbers for filer and all dependents, W-2s, 1099s, 1098s, information about other income (for example, interest income), deduction credit information (for example, child care expenses, tuition bills, union dues), a copy of last year’s return and bank account information for direct deposit.

you still have time!

Wedding Day 1962

sign up today for

spring classes Returning students can go online to www.edisonohio.edu/schedule, and log in through WebAdvisor.

Students new to Edison should call the Edison Welcome Center at 937-778-7920 to schedule a personal admissions advising appointment.

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work with line, shading, and gestural techniques and also learn about drawing people, still life, and perspective. For ages 13 to adult, this class will be held on five Mondays beginning Feb. 6 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

The fee is $75 and includes supplies.

Bower also offers additional classes in art including Sculpture Experience for Begin-

The collection includes films, videos, cards, statues, rosaries and even stamps and wine labels.

The collection includes nearly 3,000 crèches from nearly 50 countries as well as Marian art from around the world.

Each year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, the library opens a new exhibit of nativity sets drawn from its vast collection of nearly 3,000 crèches from around the world.

V i s i t http://www.udayton.edu/ libraries/manger for information and directions and http://campus.udayton.edu/mary for more information on the Marian Library.

Tri-C Action gives free tax prep to qualifying area residents

Drawing class offered in Troy TROY — The TroyHayner Cultural Center, 301 W. Main St., offers an opportunity to have fun while exploring drawing through a class taught by instructor, Mary Bower, this season.

Bower offers Beginning Drawing 2 for students who attended her fall beginning drawing class or have previous drawing experience. Students will continue to

throughout the year 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and Saturday and Sunday by appointment only. For appointments and group tours, call the Marian Library.

University of Dayton’s Marian Library/International Marian Research Institute is a globally recognized center for the study of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and holds the world’s largest collection of printed materials and artifacts devoted to her. The collection includes more than 100,000 books and pamphlets in more than 50 languages, including the oldest, dating from 1473, right up to contemporary publications.

Tri-County Community Action has trained Ohio Benefit Bank counselors to help Shelby County residents prepare and file tax returns at no cost.

To qualify, residents must meet the income eligibility requirement of less than $60,000 per year in household income.

If eligible, clients can also claim the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), a special tax refund program for working families and individuals

Mr. and Mrs. Brookhart mates from kindergarten through graduation.

They are the parents of two daughters and sons-in-law: Lucy and John Homan, of Sidney, and Alicia and Philip Homan, of Celina.

They have five grandchildren.

Mary Alyce retired from Amos Press Inc. in Sidney and is employed part time by the Noble, Montague & Moul law firm in St. Marys.

Doug is retired from the City of St. Marys, where he served as di-

ways people of cultures around the world depict Christ’s first home. Also new this year, spectacular large-scale settings are on display on the seventh floor. Call (937) 229-4214 to schedule an appointment.

Although the seasonal display is closing soon, it’s always Christmas at the Marian Library on the seventh floor of Roesch Library. A selection of about 30 Nativity scenes, remain on display throughout the year, open to groups as well as individuals. The Marian Library Gallery also showcases exhibits of contemporary Marian art from around the world several times a year. The gallery is open

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OPINION Friday, January 13, 2012

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Write a letter to the editor. All letters must be signed, 400 words or less and include the writer’s phone number and address. Only one letter per writer per month will be accepted.

Letters may be mailed to The Sidney Daily News, Jeff Billiel, publisher/executive editor, P.O. Box 4099, 1451 N. Vandemark Road, Sidney, OH 45365; emailed to jbilliel@sdnccg.com; or faxed to (937) 498-5991.

I N O UR V IEW Sidney fitness trainer triumphs over tragedy Your hometown newspaper since 1891 Some folks there. He soon probably made realized that he a New Year’s would never Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of resolution walk again. religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridg- about fitness, Today, the ing the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the or maybe by dark-haired people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the governnow you’ve alCooley is one of ment for a redress of grievances. ready broken those consisone. That’s why The road tent people you Calvin Cooley can count on to less ETTERS TO THE EDITOR doesn’t believe see the bright in them. The traveled side in every YMCA-certified situation. He Christina Ryan personal works with inClaypool trainer, who is dividuals of all To the editor: also a paraages and fitI want to commend Sidney Daily News sales plegic, feels that, “New ness levels in his job as representative Beth Workman for her design for a personal trainer at my husband’s Celebration of Life Service. She did Year’s resolutions are very ineffective, bethe Sidney-Shelby not realize that one rose was a big thing in our cause people will make County YMCA. family. “One rose” always meant that the receiver resolution to get into a back then I “But, of that rose was a very special person. One of a shape, but if it doesn’t was up and down emokind! happen three months tionally.

I had a very I also appreciate Karie Bell for her classified ad ago, they give up.” brief (suicidal) of “Thanks.” I had mentioned to her that I had Due to his own disthought,” he recalled, written a poem many months ago about an “Is“It was so brief it alland in the Sky.” My husband and I love to watch ability, Cooley, 43, knows firsthand how most didn’t count, I just the sunset and I told him someday we would meet challenging maintainfelt if I would do someat that “island in the sky.” Whoever went first ing a fitness program thing so selfish as suiwould be there waiting for the other one. Karie cide .. I would have picked up on that and remembered my story. I re- can be. He has been alize that she had to research that island that she lifting weights for more cheated my family and than 20 years, believing friends out of an opporincluded in the classified ad. I really appreciate that fitness is a lifelong tunity to spend time tothe effort of these two women. commitment. gether.”

Sidney Daily is very fortunate to have these women with “heart.”

Motorcycle crash Encouragement God bless all of you at the Sidney Daily News!

Calvin first moved to While he was at Charmane L. Fogt rural Shelby County Miami Valley Hospital 8601 Lochard Road from Columbus when he received a visit from he was only 8. His another paraplegic mother, Connie Courter, named Timothy Witten. is a Sidney native. His Cooley had never met inspirational story the West Milton man To the editor: began on Aug. 10, 1988, before. Witten had been On Dec. 31 (New Year’s Eve) my friend and I when the then 19-year- injured in an automohad dinner at the Mexican restaurant Dona Cata old was riding his mobile accident the year on Wapak Avenue in Sidney. We had a great meal. torcycle. “I went into a prior, and his visit was During the meal, one of the waiters came to our corner too fast and got a great encouragement. table and said the people at the table to the side into the gravel and Calvin had been diof us (who had already gone) paid for our dinner. overcorrected.” agnosed with a T4 We were very surprised and grateful. I wanted Cooley ended up in a spinal cord injury, to write and express my appreciation to these field, but first he, being paralyzed from Good Samaritans for the kind act. It was a nice “Clipped a fence post, the nipple line down, way to end 2011 and to begin 2012. Please know and hit my back … and needed to learn that you made our night. We hope to do the same that’s what caused my how to live as a parafor someone else. spinal cord injury,” he plegic. “It requires a Dave Broering said. He was taken by tremendous amount of 1531 Beck Drive CareFlight to Miami discipline to take care Valley Hospital and of yourself,” he said. spent the next three There was also the months recuperating emotional component to Frank Beeson/Regional Group Publisher Jeffrey J. Billiel/Editor and Publisher

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God and Adam and Eve

BY EDNA WISE My nine-year-old grandson came over to spend the day.

Benjamin’s mom had to go to work, so she couldn’t stay.

He always was a good kid and I like him a whole lot.

Benjamin is pretty laid back, even was as a little tot.

He talks and asks more questions than I can believe.

Today we had a discussion about God and Adam and Eve. He asked if God made animals first or did He make man?

Did Adam walk on all fours, or did upright he stand?

I should know the answer to this, but I don’t know.

We both have to study on this, and get our brains to grow.

We are told God made Eve from Adam’s rib.

God made Adam and Eve as grownups; they never were kids.

Benjamin wondered if Adam and Eve could even talk.

The cavemen could not, but on two feet they did walk.

With only two people in the world, what did they do?

This is something else we keep wondering about, too?

There weren’t enough to play ball and they didn’t go to school.

Maybe they both did go out and they did ride on a mule.

I’m beginning to think Benjamin’s brain is something like mine.

Our brains are always thinking of different things all the time.

Sometimes my brain gets tired thinking, but it never does stop.

Maybe God will have Benjamin inherit the brain that I got.

The writer lives at 155 N. Main St., Minster.

Providing you better service is our goal. Call 498-5939 or 1-800-688-4820, ext. 5939

deal with.

“In May of 1989 I woke up one day very depressed, it was a beautiful day out … ” Cooley asked himself, “Why should I continue to feel this way? I changed everything. I made a choice not to be depressed.”

Part of his path of overcoming occurred in 1991 when he began lifting weights with his friend, the late Karl Jonas. Normally, the two enjoyed playing Frisbee in Sidney’s Tawawa Park together, but that day Jonas invited Calvin to his gym.

hired by the Y, but obtaining his personal trainer certification wasn’t as easy. The tenacious Cooley even visited the YMCA USA national headquarters in Chicago to convince the organization of his ability, since they had never certified a paraplegic to be a trainer before.

On Oct. 4, 2004, history was made when Calvin Franklin Cooley became the first personal trainer to receive the YMCA USA certification. Besides, helping YMCA members with their fitness programs, Important goal once a month you will Then another buddy, find Calvin attending a Dwight Meyer, gave him support group of spinal his first membership to cord injury survivors at the now-defunct Pump- Dodd Hall/OSU Medical Center in Columbus.

You-Up Gym. Lee Assist others Sprague served as his Just like his friend original trainer and mentor. “My goal was to Tim Witten, who once came to offer support be able to get from the and answer his quesfloor into the wheeltions about life as a chair in case I should paraplegic, Cooley atfall,” explained Cooley.

It remains an important tends meetings primagoal, and “the most dif- rily to assist others. He tries to “pay it forficult thing for me to ward.” do.”

One would have to Cooley not only lifted weights but before long look pretty far to find he gained experience as anybody more inspiraan employee at a couple tional than this biggerof local gyms, including than-life fitness trainer Sidney’s Power Station who has definitely triumphed over tragedy Fitness. Then in 2002, he started going to the along his own road less traveled. Until next Sidney Shelby County time, for all of you who YMCA. The YMCA made fitness resolublessed him with a tions, keep pumping membership, and that iron.

Calvin felt one way of paying them back was The writer is a freeto assist members using his weight-lifting lance journalist and inspirational speaker. She expertise. He was also volunteering in the fit- may be contacted through her website at ness center training www.christinaryanclayyouth. pool.com.

Before long, he was

Teaching importance of our founding documents The bill also requires the Many of you probably reState Board of Education to member the response given remodel the state’s curricuthree years ago by thenlum and assessments (during House Speaker Nancy Pelosi the existing ongoing assesswhen asked by a reporter, ment revamp process so that “Where specifically does the no extra money is required) Constitution grant Congress to include these new social the authority to enact an instudies guidelines. Finally, it dividual health insurance allows teachers with valid mandate?”

Adams educator licenses in social She responded, “Are you reports studies to continue teaching serious?”

John Adams these subjects without acHer obvious disregard for State Representative quiring further licensing. The the importance of our na78th District bill is not focused on placing tion’s premier founding document should disturb every American. burdens on teaching positions, but rather on placing more emphasis on Regardless of your opinion on the health insurance mandate, hearing a ensuring that our country’s future high-ranking public official intention- gain a comprehensive understanding ally sidestep such an important ques- of our history.

Implementing this curriculum tion should prompt all of us to would not add unmanageable burre-evaluate the respect that is given dens on schools because, frankly, to our Constitution.

This education should begin in our these texts should be taught anyway. schools. It is critically important that While emphasizing math and science in public education is important, we our youth grow up with the undershould not overlook the value of standing that the U.S. Constitution learning about our nation and state’s actually grants the federal government very limited powers, as opposed founding documents. As Mrs. Powell to giving wide-ranging control to the asked Benjamin Franklin as he left the Constitutional Convention, hands of politicians in Washington.

That is why I authored a bill that “What have you given us?” Mr. Franklin replied, “A republic, if you requires the State Board of Educacan keep it.” Unless our schoolchildtion to incorporate the teaching of important founding documents in the ren understand the basics of the state’s school system. Under the Sen- founding of our country, we will not be able to keep the republic that ate vehicle, Senate Bill 165, social Benjamin Franklin and the other studies standards for grades 4 framers of our Constitution fought through 12 would feature academic and died for. content regarding the original texts This bill passed through the House of the U.S. Constitution, as well as with bipartisan support, which indithe Declaration of Independence, Northwest Ordinance and Ohio Con- cates that this is not an issue that divides Republicans and Democrats. stitution. The new standards would also include an end-of-course Ameri- Rather, we can all agree on the importance of learning about the docucan history and government examination as a component of graduation ments that have shaped and guided our nation. tests.

LETTER

TO

THE EDITOR

Community cares at Christmas To the editor: The caring community of Shelby County has outdone itself this year with the Caring at Christmas donations!

Our total was over $25,650 this year!

Even in this troubled economy, the people of Shelby County have come through with their great generosity.

With this year’s fantastic contributions, we will have given Wilson Hospice program around $375,000 in donations over the years.

This is to help our family members, friends and Shelby County neighbors spend their last moments peacefully.

We appreciate all of you for your generosity and want to commend Wilson Hospice Care for the great service they perform. May your new year be filled with peace and joy!

The Caring at Christmas Committee Sara Barhorst Vickie Edwards Holly Urbanc

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Contact Jackson Center reporter Terry Pellman with story ideas by phone at (937) 492-0032; email, tpellman@woh.rr.com; or by fax, (937) 498-5991.

Blood drive Tuesday Kathy Pleiman, Shelby and Logan County coordinator for the Community Blood Center, reports that a public blood drive will be held Tuesday in Jackson Center at the United Methodist Church, 202 E. Pike St., from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Whole blood will be collected at this blood drive. The Rev. Sylvia Hull, of the Jackson Center United Methodist Church, is chairwoman for the drive sponsored by the church. Anyone who donated on or before Nov. 22 is eligible to donate Tuesday.

January has been designated National Blood Donor Month since 1970.

It’s the time of the year to honor the 11 million Americans who donate Photo provided blood and serve as blood PROPRIETOR HEIDI Zwiebel prepares to serve a pie at the Heidout Restau- drive sponsors and volrant and Bar in Jackson Center. unteers. It’s also an important month to encourage others to give, Pleiman said.

January is considered a challenging time in blood donation recruitment. Many potential donors are still adjusting

The Heidout is JC’s new hangout

BY TERRY PELLMAN

JACKSON CENTER — Residents of and visitors to Jackson Center may want to stop in at The Heidout Restaurant and Bar. The Heidout is located at 432 W. Pike St., previously the site of Melvin’s Bar & Grill.

Heidi Zwiebel is the outgoing and personable owner of the establishment. The young woman has a definite banter going with her customers as they trade lighthearted comments.

For someone like Zwiebel who enjoys people and cooking, it is a perfect setting.

The new business owner opened for customers on Oct. 25. There was no interruption of service in the transition.

This is the first time she has owned her own full-time business, but

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has 12 years of experience working in bars. In addition, she did operate a small enterprise from her home called Zwiebel’s Eatables in DeGraff for more than two years. Now Zwiebel has a full staff of 11 employees.

The Heidout is a fullservice restaurant with a large menu. Zwiebel even does catering. The establishment opens for breakfast at 6 a.m., complete with a wide array of choices to start the day. Hours are Monday through Saturday from 6 a.m.until 1 a.m.

Menu offerings are categorized by whimsical titles. For example, appetizers are called Heidout Holdovers, sandwiches are Bun Stacks and sides are Cohorts.

One of the available flavor explosions is called the Spur Burger, a

hamburger with cheese, bacon, onion straws, “jalapeño bottle caps” and ranch dressing.

There are full dinners of ground steak, chicken and fish, along with such tavern staples as pizza and wings.

Zwiebel likes to emphasize her cooking.

Food is of a homemade style, much being made from scratch. The various types of potatoes served at The Heidout are freshly cut each day, rather than taken from bags in a freezer. Pies, cakes and homemade soups are made daily.

Menu choices are very reasonably priced. There are also lunch specials.

With an extended menu, the Heidout can meet the needs of those watching their calories.

However, the offerings call out to those ready to enjoy a hearty fare in a relaxed atmosphere.

HOROSCOPE

BY FRANCIS DRAKE What kind of day will tomorrow be? To find out what the stars say, read the forecast given for your birth sign.

For Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Enjoy the company of others, because friendships will be particularly warm and reassuring today. All group gatherings will be a rewarding experience.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You might admire or even develop a crush on someone in a position of authority today. This person likely will be older, wiser and more worldly. (Of course!)

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Travel opportunities abound today! Similarly, business related to publishing, the media, medicine and the law will go extremely well. You are favored!

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) This is the perfect day to ask for a loan or to get a mortgage or to ask for assistance from anyone.

You definitely can benefit from the wealth and resources of others.

LEO

(July 23 to Aug. 22) Partnerships are warm and wonderful today. New friendships could heat up into something cozy. Make travel plans with someone close to you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) This is a great day at work, because you might get a raise, praise or positive endorsement from co-workers. All group meetings will be beneficial to you. Don’t hesitate to join in!

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Parties, social activities, show business, sports and wonderful flirtations can make your day today! Some of you will enjoy playful activities with children. It’s a fun day!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Entertain at home today. Any group gathering will be very successful, especially in a group that has gathered to share information or experiences.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Writers, teachers, actors and anyone in sales and marketing will do very well today. You can’t help but project yourself in a positive, appealing way.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) This is an excellent

day for business and commerce. “There is money in them thar hills!” This is also a good day to shop, because you will love whatever you purchase.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Friendships are warm and loving today. You feel so happy to be with others. This is also a good day to buy wardrobe items because you like what you see in the mirror.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Your caring, sympathetic attitude toward others makes someone respect and admire you today. It’s always nice to be able to set a positive example, isn’t it? (But that isn’t why you’re doing what you do.)

YOU BORN TODAY You’re very determined, once you have your mind set on something. You’re also independent. You are goal-oriented, and you stick to your guns because you intend to be somebody or to achieve something notable. No one can talk you out of something once your mind is made up. In the year ahead, your focus will be on close friendships and partnerships.

Birthdate of: Faye Dunaway, actress; Maureen Dowd, writer; Jason Bateman, actor.

to winter weather, holiday schedules and the increase in cold and flu cases. Community Blood Center urges healthy donors to consider making a blood donation at this time. Anyone who donates blood in January will receive a free long-sleeved T-shirt.

Donors are encouraged to sign up for a donation time with Community Blood Center’s online appointment website at www.donortime.com, or donors can schedule with Pleiman at 295-3100. Walk-ins are welcome as schedule permits.

A picture identification with full name, such as a driver’s license, is necessary to have in order to donate. Donors should bring along the CBC ID card if they have one. Donors should be in good health and eat their normal diet. It is suggested to drink a lot of water the day before and the day of donation.

Donors must be at least 16 years of age (16-yearold donors must have parental consent; forms

are available at www.givingblood.org or at CBC branch and blood drive locations). The Food and Drug Administration changes blood donor eligibility guidelines periodically. Individuals with eligibility questions are invited to email canidonate@cbccts.org or call (800) 388GIVE (4483).

The 2011 Shelby County blood drive schedules are now available. They will be at all future blood drives and are available at Wilson Memorial Hospital Lab or donors can contact Pleiman.

Future January blood drives in Shelby County include: • Jan. 18 — NK Parts, Sidney, 1-5 p.m., for associates.

• Jan. 19 — Airstream, Jackson Center, 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. for employees and guests.

• Jan 24 — Wilson Hospital Medical Building, Sidney, 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m., for public.

• Jan. 26 — Advanced Composites, Sidney, 2-5 p.m., for employees.

Down with athletics WALDR. our waiter. He LACE: I hate would be lucky. athletics. First I would be a of all, I’m not good tipper. the athletic Down with athtype. There are letes, and three those who know cheers for us me and consider nerds! Someday me to be a nerd. we will be runBut I’m a very ’Tween ning the counintelligent nerd. try! — Nerd, I’m in the 11th 12 & 20 Nashua, N.H. Dr. Robert grade and so far NERD: I’m Wallace I’m a straight-A impressed with student, and my your goals to plan is to graduate with graduate from high a straight-A average and school with straight A’s then graduate from an (valedictorian, no doubt), elite Ivy League school receive your degree from such as Harvard or Yale. Harvard or Yale and It really bugs me that at then become a millionmy high school the ath- aire. These are lofty letes get all the glory, goals, and I wish you and the nerds are well on your journey tolaughed at. When I’m ward them. But I’m making a million dollars sorry you are so fueled a year, most of the school by revenge and seem to jocks will be working for be as concerned about minimum wage or, if other people’s failures as they’re lucky, working at your own successes. This an auto repair shop. means you’ll never be That goes for the snobby happy simply with your cheerleaders, too. They own accomplishments. will marry the jocks and I’m equally sorry that live in a rental house you harbor such negataking care of four tive feelings about plump kids. sports. This is your loss.

As for me, my wife While academics should and I will be living in a never be compromised penthouse, driving Mer- for athletics, the two can cedes Benz cars and din- coexist in harmony. Reing at expensive member, both Harvard restaurants. It could be and Yale are members of that one of our school the National Collegiate athletes might even be Athletic Association.

Both of these academically prodigious schools field men’s teams in football, basketball, baseball, track and field, and host many other sports.

The women’s programs provide a full schedule of sports, including basketball, softball, field hockey, tennis and swimming.

Providing students with an excellent academic program is a school’s prime function, but extracurricular programs, including athletics, music and drama, provide an outlet for the pressures of the classroom and keep student lives in balance.

Even if you don’t participate, watching athletic events can be an enjoyable recreation. Try it!

Dr. Robert Wallace welcomes questions from readers. Although he is unable to reply to all of them individually, he will answer as many as possible in this column.

E-mail him at rwallace@galesburg.net. To find out more about Dr. Robert Wallace and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

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TODAY IN HISTORY CROSSWORD HOROSCOPE Friday, Jan. 13, 2012 is ambition Friday, Jan.has 13, AnToday unfulfilled of yours a the of 2012. good13th chanceday of being gratifiedThere in the year353 ahead, but only stick with days leftifinyouthe year. are it. Today’s Where you Highlight previously metin with deHisfeat, you may now get a new opportutory: nity that will grant you success.

On Jan. (Dec. 13, 22-Jan. 1982,19) an— Air You CAPRICORN victorious if you aren’t could emerge Florida 737 crashed into afraid to take a well-calculated In D.C.’s risk.

14th Washington, order to accomplish your aims, you Street Bridge and fell into might have to be a bit more assertive the River after takthanPotomac usual. ing off during a snowstorm, AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — A condition that is imbued negative killing a total of with 78 people; overtones can be altered in your favor. four passengers and a flight Someone who has much more experiattendant survived. an ence than you will be the(Half liberating hour factor. after the Air Florida (Feb. 20-March 20) — Metro A job or PISCES a crash, Washington that you can’tduring handle onrush your project derailed train own can be achieved with the help of hour, killing three passenanother party. The aid will come from gers.) somebody with whom you have On this date: worked previously.

ARIES If you ■ (March In 21-April 1733, 19) — James see something you could do but 120 that Oglethorpe and some has not been asked of you, don’t ignore English arrived at it, do it. colonists Special acknowledgement Charleston, S.C., whileto the en and/or rewards will be given personto who does good work and goes route settle in present-day the extra furlong.

Georgia.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — This ■ In 1794, President could be an especially good day socially George approved for you. IfWashington you are fortunate enough to aget measure adding two stars an invitation to an event where you could new to people, your and two meet stripes thegrab Amerihat and spats and get moving. can flag, following the admisGEMINI (May 21-June 20) — If the sion of pulls Vermont entire family together whenand a fiKentucky to the Union.

(The nancial issue threatens to rock the boat, you can untoward number of withstand stripesany was later effects that wouldoriginal have otherwise reduced to the 13.) come of it.

■ In 1864, composer CANCER (June 21-July 22) — In Stephen Foster died order to feel satisfied, youimpovercould need ished a some Newactive Yorkmental hospital to seekin out and Don’t any com-a atphysical age outlets.

37. (In hismake pocket: mitments that you can’t wriggle“Dear out of; note which read, keep your day open for sudden treks. friends and gentle hearts.”)

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — If you run ■ Ina channel 1898, Emile Zola’s faacross that could bring you more money, give of it your top Alfred priority mous defense Capt. immediately.“J’accuse,” Current conditions favor Dreyfus, (zhahadding to your income.

KOOZ’) was published in VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Whether Paris. it’s normal for you or not, you’ll have ■ In managerial 1945, during World excellent skills, so don’t back off someone forces tries to tell you oth-a War II,ifSoviet began erwise. You’re right, the other person huge, successful offensive is wrong. against the Germans in EastLIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — There may ern Europe. be someone whom you’d like to help, ■inInorder 1962, Ernie but to docomedian so, you might have to let thisdied personin feel or shein is Kovacs a that carhe crash helping you.

Some people have betoo west Los Angeles 10 days much pride to accept assistance. fore his 43rd SCORPIO (Oct. birthday.

24-Nov. 22) — Rub■ shoulders In 1966, Robert C. bing with people who have clout in your field of endeavor could be Weaver was named Secretary As and long as you don’t foist ofbeneficial.

Housing Urban Develyour plans on anybody, business can be opment

by President Lyndon combined with fun.

B. Johnson; Weaver became SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — the first memYou’re apt black to be in Cabinet a stronger position than you realize where your career is ber. concerned. alert, because ■ In Be 1978, formeropportuVice nities are breaking out in several diPresident Hubert H. rections simultaneously.

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Snow returns Cloudy with 80% chance of snow, gusts of winds up to 40 mph High: 22°

Cloudy with 30% chance of snow showers Low: 10 to 15°

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Partly cloudy High: 25° Low: 15 to 20°

Partly cloudy High: 28° Low: 10 to 15°

Partly cloudy with chance 50% of rain overnight High: 40° Low: 35°

Mostly cloudy with 50% chance of snow and rain High: 38° Low: 22°

A cold front brought in a push of Arctic air tto the area.

Wind chills will likely be below zero at times this mor ning.

An inch or two of snow accumulation is possible as we head into today, with higher amounts possible in the northern counties. Blowing and drifting snow will also be a concern.

Partly cloudy High: 28° Low: 22°

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Friday’s sunset . . . . 5:32 p.m.

Saturday’s sunrise . 7:58 a.m.

Saturday’s sunset . . 5:34 p.m.

Source: The Sidney Wastewater Treatment Plant, official weather reporting station for Shelby County, and the U.S. Naval Observatory. For current daytime conditions, low/high temperatures, go to AccuWeather.com.

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Jan. 13, 1912 The annual meeting of the Shelby County Fair Board was held in the assembly room of the courthouse this afternoon for the purpose of organization. During the organization, J.W.A. Fridley acted as chairman and B.T. Bulle secretary. The following officers were elected without opposition: George Hagelberger, president; Earl D. Fristoe, vice president; J.E. Russell, secretary, and James E. Burress, treasurer. Frank Hussey was selected as fair superintendent.

––––– There were about 225 girls present at the meeting last evening of the Business Girls’ Association. The following are the classes that have been organized: Sewing class with Misses Matilda McKee and Minnie Ackerly as teachers; gymnasium class, Miss Zellers as teacher; domestic science, Miss Zellers; chorus class, Miss Maude Haslup, teacher. Classes in parliamentary law and arts and crafts will also be organized.

––––– An active campaign for the year is being planned by the Men’s League of the First Presbyterian church.

Meeting with the pastor, Rev. John T. Charlton, yesterday afternoon to complete these plans were the officers of the league: Wm. T. McLean, president: E.J. Griffis, vice president; J.L. Dickensheets, secretary, and Ralph C. Kah, treasurer.

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Causes of low potassium noted DEAR DR. the blood level DONOHUE: I drops below 3.0. am a 79-year-old Potassium has male in fairly many roles to good health. I do play. It’s involved have hypertenin the synthesis sion, and had two of proteins and bladder cancers, carbohydrates. It which were has a positive found early and To your charge, which removed. maintains the good My lingering body’s electrical problem is low health balance against potassium. My Dr. Paul G. n e g a t i v e l y doctor does not charged eleDonohue have any idea ments. It’s inwhy my kidneys are volved in the dumping potassium, so I transmission of nerve hope you might have a signals. It’s also involved suggestion. My potas- in heart action. sium has never been A drop in potassium above 3.1. brings on muscle weakI take only three ness, muscle cramps, abdrugs: Toprol, diltiazem normal heartbeats and a and potassium chloride. rise in blood pressure.

— E.W. The most common ANSWER: The nor- cause of low potassium is mal blood potassium water pills, diuretics. level lies between 3.5 Most of them increase and 5 mEq/L (or the kidneys excretion of mmol/L).

Symptoms potassium. You aren’t from low potassium taking a diuretic, so that aren’t usually seen until possibility doesn’t hold

true for you. Diarrhea and vomiting also lead to a depletion of potassium.

Adrenal gland overproduction of its hormones brings on a potassium loss and also raises blood pressure. That could explain both your hypertension and low potassium. Magnesium deficiency has a hand in lowering potassium.

Chewing large quantities of licorice containing glycyrrhetinic acid lowers potassium. (Not all licorice contains that material. It will be listed on the label if the licorice does.) Some kidney disorders cause potassium loss.

Your question doesn’t lend itself to an easy answer. Low potassium is a complicated issue best unraveled by lab tests.

Only your doctor can obtain that information for you.

HUE: I would appreciate if you would describe PKU. I believe it has something to do with protein. — S.M. ANSWER: PKU isn’t a protein. It’s phenylketonuria (FEE-nul-KEYtone-YOUR-ee-uh), an inherited deficiency of an enzyme that degrades the amino acid phenylalanine. A buildup of phenylalanine leads to brain damage. PKU is a genetic condition involving two genes, one from the mother and one from the father.

Babies with PKU often have a musty odor, a fair complexion and are subject to having seizures. The worst complication is lack of brain development.

Most countries test for PKU in all babies. Once discovered, successful treatment is accomplished with a diet limiting the amount of DEAR DR. DONO- phenylalanine foods.

Sorority that supports paddling is behind the times DEAR ABBY: personally and I have been acprofessionally. cepted to a school Although this that’s the alma chapter is very mater of several exclusive and acof my relatives. cepts only the My mother, sevbest-of-the-best, I eral aunts and will have no probother family lems getting in, members all benot only because Dear longed to one of my academic Abby sorority at this record but also Abigail college. They are because I’m a urging me to Van Buren “legacy.” pledge there and uphold So what’s the probthe family tradition. lem? This sorority chapThey say they had ter still uses the paddle. some of the best times of Technically they don’t their lives as members of haze — that is, have any that sorority chapter. The initiation stunts — but members do well aca- they do use the paddle for demically, as the sorority disciplinary purposes. insists on it. They made When I mention my conlifelong friends, and their cerns about the paddling sorority contacts have to my mother and aunts, been extremely helpful they say I should suck it

up, as the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages.

One of my aunts said she thinks the rules and discipline would be beneficial for me because she considers me kind of a “wild child.”

Abby, I don’t know if you know anything about sororities, but I’m asking for an objective opinion from someone not directly involved. — POSSIBLY PADDLED PLEDGE DEAR P.P.P.: I joined a sorority in college, and I NEVER heard of a sorority hitting pledges or active members. Some fraternities may have allowed it, but certainly not sororities.

Whether your aunt

Jan. 13, 1937 Musical numbers by a trio composed of the Misses Vera and Adelle Updegraff and Miss Lucinda Cottett, will be among the features to be presented at the regular weekly meeting of the Business Girls Association Friday Evening.

––––– Motorists in the Sidney area will get their first view of the new Graham cars for 1937 this weekend, when the new showrooms of the Bolinger Motor Sales will be opened at 220 South Ohio Avenue.

M.D. Bolinger, the owner, is well known in local automotive circles, having conducted the Bolinger garage at Hardin for the past six years.

50 years Jan. 13, 1962 Robert R. Oldham has been endorsed by the Shelby County Republican executive committee for re-appointment as a member of the board of elections, it was announced today.

Oldham, a general

contractor living on Route 47 northeast of Sidney, has been active in Republican politics for several years.

––––– Dr. Eugene Crim will head the Sidney Community Foundation for the year following action taken by the board of trustees at the annual reorganization meeting. Elected to serve with Dr. Crim are Jerome Wagner Sr., vice president, and E.J. Garmhausen, secretarytreasurer.

Two other members of the board of trustees are Dr. Clayton Kiracofe and Carl Wilkinson.

––––– Richard Maurer, an executive of the Botkins Grain & Feed Co., Botkins, was made a member of the Shelby County Child Welfare Board by a resolution adopted today by county commissioners. Maurer Harry M. succeeds Faulkner, late savings and loan official and county land owner, who died Dec. 31.

25 years Jan. 13, 1987 “Everybody in Sidney will be using United Telephone’s new DMS (Digital Multiplex System), Marge Allen told Sidney Rotarians at their meeting this week.

Allen, community relations manager for United Telephone’s Sidney District, said that “Using the new, ultramodern DMS will provide people in Sidney with the most modern telephone equipment available anywhere in the country, equipment that has been engineered and designed to efficiently handle Sidney’s telephone needs for at least the next 20 years.”

––––– Dr. Michael L. Stark will begin practicing in Sidney in early February according to Michael Ehler, Executive Director of Wilson Memorial Hospital.

Skilled in corneal, cataract and laser surgery, Stark is relocating from the Dayton area.

––––– These news items from past issues of the Sidney Daily News are compiled by the Shelby County Historical Society (498-1653) as a public service to the community. Local history on the Internet! www.shelbycountyhistory.org

thinks you could use the discipline is beside the point. Striking someone with a paddle is assault with a weapon. A young man died a short time ago in Florida because of the kind of hazing this national organization is winking at. Are young women who behave that way really the kind of people you would like to be lifelong friends? If not, then pass on that sorority!

Dear Abby is written

by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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AMERICAN TRIM, a multi -state manufacturer servicing the au tomotive and applia nce industry is currently seeki ng q ualifi ed candid ates for the following opportunity in our S idney, O hio o perati on: Desig ner.

This individual will be re spon sibl e for p rovid ing Design experti se. They will d esig n ap plica tions that insu re manufacturabili ty. They will sup port to oling, manufacturin g, sa les, e ngineerin g and our customers with their design expertise and exp erience on sma ller scale projects as well a s larger scale prototyping proje cts.

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has part-time opening for a Public Service Associate at the library in Sidney. Seeking enthusiastic, team-oriented person who enjoys working with people. Basic computer skills needed. A typical work schedule would be one day and one evening shift per week plus every other Saturday (about 10 hours one week and 15 the next). A willingness to substitute on occasion required.

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Applications are available and must be received at the: Village Office 14 Elm St., PO Box 10, Fort Loramie, OH 45845

Wapakoneta City School District Board of Education is accepting applica tions for substitute teacher positions which may become available in the Wapakoneta, Ohio area as a result of a possible labor dispute.

ALL ACADEMIC AREAS NEEDED! Valid Ohio Certification/ Licensure required.

Bachelors' degree is required for Certification/ Licensure eligibility.

Criminal background checks will be enforced.

Call: (419)739-2900 immediately if interested

DEADLINE: 4:00pm January 20th

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YOUTH SERVICES COORDINATOR 35 Hours weekly Auglaize County Public District Library System RESPONSIBILITIES: Provide reference assistance to children/ young adults (YA) through print and electronic resources. Oversee youth services of 6 county libraries, provide readers advisory for children, YA, parents and teachers.

Develop and coordinate activities for children/ YA. Present program to promote library use.

Evaluate, select and order books and other material appropriate for needs of children/ YA. QUALIFICATIONS: Ability to use Internet and other new information technology, work effectively with schools/ community organizations. Knowledge of children's/ YA literature/ collections. Develop methods, experience working with planning/ presenting programs for children/ YA. Excellent community relation skills required.

Minimum qualification bachelors degree. YSC may be required to work flexible schedule, including evenings and weekends. Occasionally driving within or outside county to perform job duties.

BENEFITS: Vacation, sick, personal leave, 11 holidays, health/ life insurance, OPERS and def comp.

Salary range: $20,935 $33,180 (commensurate with experience). Position open until filled.

Submit resume by January 31, 2012 to: Director, ACPDL, 203 S. Perry St. Wapakoneta, OH 45895 or steinebe@oplin.org

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Must be a professional, organized, work independently as well as with other team members. Multi-task, proficient in Microsoft Office including Word and Excel. Occasional evenings and weekends.

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* 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath * Townhouse * All appliances * Off street parking * No pets OR * 2 bedroom * All appliances * 1 car garage * Small pet considered Call Vanessa (937)726-0673 2 BEDROOM, 1.5 bath duplex, garage, washer/ dryer hookup, 1248 Rees Drive, $600 + deposit.

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2 BEDROOM all utilities included. $155 per week, $300 deposit.

(937)726-0273 2 BEDROOM, basement, yard, refrigerator, w/d hookup, water included, $425 monthly plus deposit, (937)295-2063 2 BEDROOM, New carpet, garage, appliances, Apollo Drive, $525 month plus deposit.

(937)492-8264 2 BEDROOM, Upstairs, recent updates. 115 1/2 Franklin, $365 monthly (937)498-1676 3 BEDROOM, 617 South Walnut Ave. Nice neighborhood. No pets $500 month. Call for appointment. (937)483-8262 A1, Totally remodeled, 2 Bedroom Townhouse, 1.5 baths, air, washer/ dryer hook-up, quiet location, No pets $445 month. ( 9 3 7 ) 2 9 5 - 2 1 3 1 (937)295-3157 AMHERST COUNTRY VILLAS ASK ABOUT FREE RENT FOR JANUARY 1 & 2 bedrooms, appliances, most utilities paid Laundry room on site NO PETS! $415 - $515 monthly (937)489-9921 GET $450 TOWARDS YOUR MOVE IN Sycamore Creek Apts.

866-349-8099 JACKSON CENTER, 2 Bedroom, $465, Minster 1 Bedroom $299, no pets, 1 year lease, (419)629-7706 MINSTER, 2 bedroom, basement, yard, stove, w/d hookup, $395 monthly plus deposit, (937)295-2063 One FREE Month!

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1 & 2 BEDROOMS, Botkins, appliances, air, laundry, patio, 1 level, no pets, $ 3 5 0 - $ 4 1 5 , (937)394-7265.

1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Sidney, appliances, air, laundry, no pets, $350-$530, (937)394-7265 1510 SPRUCE. 2 bedroom apartment, $425 month, $200 Deposit. Air, laundry, no pets. Call for showing. (937)710-5075

IN ANNA: 1/2 acre corner lot, quite neighborhood. 3 Bedroom ranch, very clean, many updates. $700, deposit, references required. (937)381-7176.

NEW YEARS SPECIAL!

All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the federal fair housing act of 1968 which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention to make any such preference limitation or discrimination.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

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SINGLE MALE Looking to rent small house/ apartment, 2 bedroom, appliances & utilities included, Sidney area, (937)474-7765

FIREWOOD, $125 a cord pick up, $150 a cord delivered, $175 a cord delivered and stacked (937)308-6334 or (937)719-3237 SEASONED FIREWOOD $170 per cord. Stacking extra, $135 you pick up.

Taylor Tree Service available (937)753-1047

FURNITURE 3 piece, matching, couch, loveseat and wingchair. Beige, silky finish upholstery.

Sparingly used. No children, not laid on. Excellent condition. $550.

(937)492-7464

ARROWHEAD VILLAGE APARTMENTS 807 Arrowhead, Apt.F Sidney, Ohio (937)492-5006 ✦ ● ✦ ● ✦ ● ✦ ● ✦ ●✦ NICE 2 BEDROOM near downtown. new kitchen & bath linoleum, Freshly painted, $325, (937)489-6502 One FREE Month!

2 & 3 BEDROOM homes starting under $200 per month with approved credit!

Call Scott (937)498-1392.

1, 2 & 3 bedroom, appliances, fireplace, secure entry. Water & trash included, garages.

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NOW OFFERING (2) Double Wide Homes

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PRIVATE SETTING 2 bedroom townhouse.

No one above or below!

Appliances, washer & dryer, fireplace, garage, water & trash included.

LIFT CHAIR $400 OBO. Golden Technologies Regal Signature Series Model PR-751 lift chair in Excellent Condition. Purchased in March, 2011 used very little. Features 3 pillow waterfall back with dual open arm construction, foldable tray, storage compartments and full luxury chaise pad.

Set of 3 brown cherry matching end tables with a coffee table in very good condition. Will sell set for $100 for all or $30 each. Hide a bed sofa $40. (937)638-1164.

TV CABINET, Maple. Also, maple coffee table.

Excellent condition.

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SLEIGH, 1 horse, $200, (937)216-0860.

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TOWNECRAFT COOKWARE (12 piece), never used, plus electric skillet. $650 OBO. CRAFTMATIC BED, full size bed divides into 2 twin beds.

Controls to raise/ lower head/ foot and massage also. $600 OBO. Call (937)552-7811.

2008 FORD EXPLORER XLT, 4 wheel drive. Leather, back-up system. Slight damage to right side doors. Exceptional mechanical condition.

120,000 highway miles. $12,500. (937)726-3333

TREADMILL, Pro-form Crosswalk 390. Only used four times! Purchased at Sears $750 will sell for $300 OBO. (937)492-1091

CANOES, 17' Grummond, $400. 14' Rouge River, $200, (937)216-0860.

CAT: Short hair, gray tabby. 2 years old, declawed, fixed.

Indoor, people friendly for senior or family pet. Nittany Lion Profile.

(937)492-2563

2008 TOMOS Moped, 2900 miles, black, bored to 70cc, bi- turbo exhaust, runs great, helmet & helmet case, $800, (937)726-2310

CAT yellow male. under 1 year. Sweet and mellow.

Former stray, now neutered. Needs indoor forever home. $10 donation to humane society.

(937)492-7478

2006 TOYOTA Highlander Hybrid limited, black, all options, (419)236-1477, (419)629-2697

SHIH TZU mixed with Rat Terrier, 8 month old puppies, Free to good homes, call (937)489-3666, (937)421-4038 SPAY and NEUTER special during the month of January at Woodland View Equine Service. Call for details.

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1997 CHEVY S10, 78,000 miles, runs & looks great, Tanneau cover, $4600, (937)489-9921

CASH, top dollar paid for junk cars/trucks, running or non-running. I will pick up.

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LEGAL NOTICE The Washington Township Trustees and the Sidney Water Solutions have set a Public Meeting to be held on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at Houston High School for the residents of Washington Township, Shelby County Ohio in regarding an update of the plans to pipe water from the Washington Township to Sidney, Ohio.

Glenda J. Stangel, Fiscal Officer Jan. 13

(937)492-3450

1137 EVERGREEN, nice 3 bedroom home with attached garage, large fended yard, central heat/ air, nice neighborhood, non-smoking. $675.

(937)492-4038 2 BEDROOM, 807 Broadway. Off street parking, small fenced backyard. $500 month, deposit.

(937)492-0966 3 BEDROOM, 2 living rooms, 2 full baths, dining area, fireplace. In country, Houston SD on 10 acres.

(937)773-3470 3 BEDROOM homes, Sidney. Completely remodeled. $525 - $575 Month, deposit. 729 S. Miami and 524 Oak. (937)394-7117

329 WILKINSON 4 bedroom, 2 bath, two story, $700.

(937)419-0395.

CEMETERY LOTS, 2 lots in Shelby Memory Gardens, $700, (937)492-5455 APPLIANCES, I have what you need! Refrigerator, stove, washer & dryer Almond color, serious inquires only, call (937)497-0061 REFRIGERATOR, Frigidaire, Black 2007 model.

18.5 cubic and electric glass top stove. Both clean, like new, hardly used. $325 for each or $600 for the pair. Troy, Ohio. (937)216-9307.

FISHING Antique Fishing Lure & Tackle Clinic includes FREE identifications, evaluations & appraisals. Jan.17-22 8640 N. Dixie Dr. 45414 Dayton,OH 937-475-7997

KIMBALL ORGAN, Paradise model with all extras, good condition, $150, Computer Hutch, like new, $125, (937)492-5655 METAL. Wanting anything that contains metal.

Will haul away for FREE. Call (937)451-1566 or (937)214-0861.

PUBLIC NOTICE Due to a scheduling conflict, the January meeting of the McLean Township Trustees will be held on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 7:30 P.M. at the township house instead of the regularly scheduled meeting date of Thursday, January 26, 2012.

Marlene Hoying, Fiscal Officer Jan. 13

1997 CADILLAC DeVille Consours, white with caramel leather seats, automatic, A/C, power steering, power windows and locks, dual air bags, 90,000 miles, good condition. $4000.

Call (937)773-1550

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LEGAL NOTICE The Dinsmore Township annual financial report for the year 2011 is complete and available for inspection at the office of Dinsmore Township, 205 W. South St., Botkins, Ohio, by call Ronnie Platfoot, Fiscal Officer for an appointment.

Ronnie Platfoot, Fiscal Officer Dinsmore Township Jan. 13 2250118

LEGAL NOTICE The 2011 Annual Financial Report for Jackson Township – Shelby County, is now completed and available for review at the township office. Call 937-596-5115 for an appointment.

Diane Frank, Fiscal Officer Jan. 13 2249930

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OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 1:30-3 1611 Wildwood Great home. Great location.

Four bedroom ranch. Over 2000 square feet of living area.

Two baths. Master bath has double sink, whirlpool tub and shower.

Living room and family rooms have cathedral ceilings. Gas fireplace.

Finished 2 car garage. Deck 14x12. Price Reduced.

Janice Snowden George Snowden 2249220

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OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY 1:30-3

1106 Hamilton – Neat 3 bedroom brick ranch.

1.5 baths, 2 car garage with garage door opener.

Newer replacement windows. Tastefully decorated.

Well maintained. Fenced yard. Asking $85,000. Call George & Janice Snowden 492-9806.

“Working Together For You”

LEGAL NOTICE The 2011 Annual Financial Report for Turtle Creek Township is complete. The report is available for review by apwith Karen pointment Pleiman, Fiscal Officer, 8347 St. Rt. 705, Sidney, OH 45365.

Jan. 13 2250007 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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Silver, auto, 4 cylinder, great on gas, $7,300 Call after 4pm (937)622-1300

2006 HARLEY DAVIDSON XL1200C SPORTSTER Detachable backrest, Vance Hines, Shortshots, Staggered, H-D bike cover, 19,250 miles, Tons of chrome, $6300 (937)710-4403

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2005 CHEVY Silverado 1500 4 wheel drive extended cab pick up. Excellent condition. $10,500 OBO (937)778-0802

LAWN TRACTOR, Sears, snow blade, cab, chains, weights, 42" mowing deck, $1400.

(937)368-2220

George Snowden

HOURS: M-W 8-8 TH.-FRI. 8-6 • SAT. 8:30-3

2012 CHEVROLET IMPALA LT,

18,450 or $311 mo.

2011 DODGE JOURNEY MAINSTREET, $ $ FWD, black met/charcoal cloth, 15,000 miles, CD, keyless, 3rd seat, alloy wheels...................... 18,850 or 318 mo.

2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO LT, $ $ ext cab, 2WD, white/gray cloth, 10,000 miles, 4.8L, CD, keyless, bedliner, alloy wheels ........... 21,200 or 358 mo.

2011 DODGE CALIBER MAINSTREET, $ $ FWD, black/charcoal cloth, 13,000 miles, CD, keyless, alloy wheels, warranty .......................... 14,250 or 239 mo.

2010 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTY TOURING, $ $ clearwater blue/gray cloth, 21,000 miles, CD, keyless, alloy wheels, pwr side doors ................. 18,950 or 320 mo.

2010 KIA SPORTAGE, $ $ 4WD, V6, black/charcoal cloth, 33,000 miles, CD, keyless alloy wheels, warranty ....................... 17,150 or 289 mo.

2007 HONDA ODYSSEY EX, $ $ white/camel cloth, 60,000 miles, pwr side doors, 8 passenger, alloy wheels, V6 ........................... 16,150 or 272 mo.

2007 MAZDA CX7, $ $ pewter/charcoal cloth, 14,000 miles, 4 cyl., CD, keyless, alloy wheels......................................... 13,950 or 235 mo.

2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER LT 4X4, $ $ storm gray/charcoal leather, 74,000 miles, CD, Bose, sunroof, heated seats, loaded ................................. 11,650 or 196 mo.

2003 SATURN VUE, $ $ FWD, bright blue/gray cloth, 53,000 miles, 4 cyl., 5 speed, CD, keyless, alloy wheels..................... 7,350 or 124 mo. $

white/tan cloth, 5700 miles, pwr seat, CD, keyless, alloy wheels, spoiler, warranty.....................

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Friday, January 13, 2012

35 straight for Anna girls FORT LORAMIE — The No. 1-ranked Anna Lady Rockets used a 24-0 run over three quarters to take control, and went on to win 54-21 over shorthanded Fort Loramie in County girls basketball action here Thursday.

The win puts the Lady Rockets at 12-0 and moves them closer to the County record for consecutive wins, now with 35. The record is 36 and Anna can tie it Saturday at Pickerington Central’s Shootout, where the Lady Rockets will take on Gilmour Academy.

Anna trailed 7-6 with three minutes left in the opening period, but went on a 24-0 run over the next 15 minutes of the game.

Fort Loramie, held without a point in the second quarter, didn’t get another field goal until just 1:41 remained in the game.

Ashley Frohne had 17 to lead Anna and Cayla Bensman added 13.

Erica Huber, meanwhile, finished with 10 assists and Natalie Billing had six steals.

Kylie Drees had nine for Loramie, which was again without leading scorer Darian Rose, out with an injury.

Anna goes to 7-0 in the county and Loramie is now 52 and 7-5.

Anna (54) Overbey 1-0-2; Huber 2-0-6; Huelskamp 3-0-6; Ch. Bensman 1-0-2; Billing 4-0-8; C. Bensman 5-2-13; Frohne 8-1-17. Totals: 24-5-54.

Fort Loramie (21) Westerheide 1-0-2; Drees 4-1-9; Brandewie 2-2-6; Meyer 2-0-4. Totals: 9-3-21.

Score by quarters: Anna..............................12 26 42 54 Loramie...........................7 7 13 21 Three-pointers: Anna 1 (C. Bensman); Loramie 0.

Records: Anna 12-0, Loramie 7-5.

Reserve score: Loramie 44, Anna 28.

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Lady Cavs rally for win at Graham ST. PARIS — Lehman came from 10 points down in the second half to pull out a 41-35 victory over Graham in girls basketball action here Thursday.

The Lady Cavs go to 5-7 with the win. Graham is 4-5.

Lehman trailed 26-17 at the half, but held Graham to just five points in the third

quarter and only six in the fourth to come from behind.

Lindsey Spearman led the way for Lehman with 18 points and Julia Harrelson chipped in nine. Paxton Hatcher dished out seven assists.

Lehman (41) Harrelson 4-1-9; Slagle 1-0-2; Schmitz 1-0-3; Spearman 7-4-18; Hatcher 1-0-2; Sargeant 2-1-5. Totals: 16-6-41.

Graham (35) Hanlon 2-0-4; Dike 6-2-17; Jones 1-0-2; Black 3-2-8; Kite 1-0-2; Meginnis 0-2-2. Totals: 13-6-35.

Score by quarters: Lehman ...........................7 17 31 41 Graham ...........................9 26 31 36 Three-pointers: Lehman 1 (Schmitz); Graham 3 (Dike 3).

Records: Lehman 5-7, Graham 45.

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Lady Jets fall Fairlawn dropped a nonleague game to Mechanicsburg in girls basketball Thursday, 83-36.

Fairlawn is now 0-12.

Kelsey Oates and Abby Roe had nine apiece for the Lady Jets.

Mechanicsburg (83) Huffman 2-0-5; Cochran 4-0-9; Loveless 0-1-1; Dunlap 3-8-14; B. Dodane 5-2-13; J. Dodane 6-0-12; Hux 12-4; Wright 1-0-2; Purk 7-9-23.

Totals: 29-22-83.

Fairlawn (36) Slonkosky 2-4-8; Oates 4-0-9; Roe 4-1-9; Driscoll 2-1-5; Cummings 2-04. Totals: 14-6-36.

Score by quarters: Mechanicsburg .............17 39 64 83 Fairlawn..........................6 12 25 36 Three-pointers: Mechanicsburg 3 (Huffman, Cochran, B. Dodane); Fairlawn 1 (Oates).

Records: Fairlawn 0-12, Mechanicsburg 8-2.

Reserve score: Mechanicsburg 43, Fairlawn 16.

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NK tops NB NEW BREMEN — New Knoxville upped its record on the year to 8-2 and its County mark to 4-1 with a 45-25 victory over neighboring New Bremen in Midwest Athletic Conference action Thursday.

The Lady Rangers gained the upper hand in the third period. Leading just 17-14 at the half, they outscored Bremen 16-3 in the third quarter.

Paige Lehman had 17 to lead Knoxville and Haley Dillion added 10.

Kyla Otting had 12 for Bremen, which is 0-4 and 4-8.

New Knoxville (45) Horstman 3-1-7; Reineke 1-1-3; Dillion 5-0-10; Heidt 4-0-8; Lehman 6-

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ANNA’S NATALIE Billing pressures Fort Loramie’s Reggi Brandewie in County girls basketball action Thursday at Fort Loramie. Anna won to go to 12-0 on the season.

5-17. Totals: 19-7-45.

New Bremen (25) Brant 1-1-3; Otting 5-0-12; Moeller 3-1-8; Jones 1-0-2. Totals: 102-25.

Score by quarters: NK...................................7 17 33 45 NB...................................9 14 17 25 Three-pointers: NK 0, NB 3 (Otting 2, Moeller).

Records: NK 8-2, NB 4-8.

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Lady Jackets lose FAIRBORN — The Sidney Lady Jackets came up short against a good Fairborn team on Wednesday, losing 54-37.

The loss left Sidney at 1-11.

Fairborn is now 9-2.

Kia Perrin had 10 rebounds Sidney fell behind 17-8 after a quarter but stayed and blocked three shots for close at the half at 26-17. But Sidney.

Sidney (37) Fairborn opened up a 42-22 Foy 1-0-2; Harris 7-2-19; Hanayik lead after three periods.

1-0-2; Elmore 3-2-9; Ford 1-0-2; Perrin “We held our own through- 1-1-3. Totals: 14-5-37.

Fairborn (54) out the game,” said Sidney Pumroy 3-1-8; Redman 4-0-8; Bencoach Megan Mummey. “We finett 1-0-2; King 1-2-4; Gassion 10-1nally put four strong quarters 21; Gabney 1-1-3; Profitt 4-0-8. together.”

Totals: 24-4-54.

Score by quarters: Konner Harris, back from major knee surgery, hit 19 Sidney .............................8 17 22 37 Fairborn........................17 26 42 54 points to lead Sidney.

Three-pointers: Sidney 4 (Harris “She’s not 100 percent but 3, Elmore); Fairborn 2 (Pumroy, Gasshe does a great job of making sion).

Records: Sidney 1-11, Fairborn 9-2. things happen offensively,” Reserve score: Fairborn 43, Sidsaid Mummey. ney 26.

Meyer healthy, ready to coach Bucks COLUMBUS (AP) — The newest member of Ohio State’s alumni association shouldn’t have any problem paying the annual dues.

Urban Meyer, who picked up his master’s degree in 1988 from Ohio State, has coached all over the country — as a head coach at Bowling Green, Utah and Florida, and also at Illinois State, Colorado State and Notre Dame.

But he’s finally working where he picked up a diploma — and where he gets $4 million a year to coach football.

“I joined the alumni association,” he said Thursday. “As we were going through the paperwork and everything, (I realized) that’s the first time in 20-some years, other than when I was a graduate assistant, that I’ve coached where I’m a graduate.”

He added, “Oh, it feels great. I can’t wait to put the sticker on my car. It’s kind of cool to be able to say that.”

The Buckeyes, coming off a dreadful 6-7 season, began conditioning workouts on Monday. The new coaching staff is still getting adjusted to the players, and the players are adapting to the new coaches.

Meyer, who received his bachelor’s degree from Cincinnati, was asked what he

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OHIO STATE head coach Urban Meyer answers a question during a press conference Thursday in Columbus. thought of the team’s work ethic so far.

“It’s average right now. We’ll see,” he said of the players’ commitment to conditioning. “I don’t want to jump over the top but three days into it, this third day, you walk around saying, ‘That was decent.’ The first day, you kind of had a sick feeling to your stomach, like, ‘What was that I just watched?’ So it’s getting better.”

Meyer was hired in late November to take over the

NCAA-sanctioned Buckeyes.

He had stepped down briefly as head coach at Florida in 2009 and then for a year after the 2010 season. He has been out of coaching for a year, serving as a TV analyst.

Those who know him best say he’s taking better care of himself than he did at Florida.

“He is 100 percent juiced and revitalized. It’s great to see,” said Mickey Marotti, Meyer’s strength and conditioning coach at Florida who now has the title at Ohio State of Assistant AD for Football Sports Performance and will have four fulltime staffers working beneath him ‚Äî just for football. “You just could see over time. He’s told you his story. He looks great. The year being out of football or being away from coaching, it kind of re-energizes you.”

Meyer said his health couldn’t be any better.

“I feel as good as I’ve felt in many, many years,” he said.

“Revitalized is a strong word and it’s an appropriate word for where I am right now.”

His offensive staff includes offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Tom Herman, who was at Iowa State last year; co-offensive coordinator and line coach Ed Warinner, who came from

Notre Dame along with tight ends and fullbacks coach Tim Hinton; wide receivers coach Zach Smith, the grandson of former Ohio State head coach Earle Bruce and a coach at Temple last year; and a holdover from interim coach Luke Fickell’s Buckeyes staff, Stan Drayton, in charge of running backs.

“It’s hard to really verbalize how awesome this really is,” Smith said. “To actually (come in as an assistant) is indescribable.”

Herman will call the plays, with Meyer holding veto power.

“It’s an offense based on matchups,” he said of the spread that the Buckeyes will run. “It’s an offense based on using the entire width and length of the football field. The field is 120 yards long and 54 yards wide and in our opinion the defense only has 11 human beings to cover that much grass.

We’re going to use space and numbers to our advantage.”

The new faces coaching defense include co-coordinator, assistant head coach and safeties coach Everett Withers, the interim head coach and coordinator at North Carolina in 2012; along with three others coming back from Ohio State’s staff last year: Fickell (defensive coordinator, line-

backers), Taver Johnson (cornerbacks) and Mike Vrabel (defensive line).

Because of violations committed by former coach Jim Tressel, and by players he brought in, Ohio State vacated its 2010 season, repaid bowl money from that year, suffered some recruiting limitations, was forced to go on three years of NCAA probation and, most importantly, will not be permitted to play in a bowl game after the 2012 season.

“Obviously, you would like to be playing in bowl games,” Withers said. “This thing is a journey. We hope to be good this year and continue to be better in years to come. Hopefully we’ll have that opportunity to play in a lot more bowl games down the road.”

Meyer said he was just OK with his current recruiting class, saying he hoped to add four or five more to the 19 commitments so far.

He has enjoyed his return to coaching — particularly getting to know the players.

“I missed the players,” he said. “I missed guys who really want to go shoot for the stars and kind of put a plan together and say, ‘Follow this plan.’ You never know when you might hit the star. I love that.”

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L , Bailey, Brady renew rivalry Baseball camp planned OCAL AREA ROUNDUP

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(AP) — The last time the Broncos and Patriots met in the playoffs, Champ Bailey returned an interception 100 yards, sparking a big Denver win and handing Tom Brady his first postseason defeat after 10 wins and three titles.

Six years later, they meet again this weekend, both men a lot longer in the tooth but just as transcendent.

At 33, Bailey was just named to his 11th Pro Bowl, extending his record for cornerbacks.

He helped the Broncos (9-8) reach the playoffs for the first time in six seasons.

“He’s really a playmaker for them,” Brady said. “He’s a great leader.

He’s everything you look for in a football player.”

That’s pretty much what Bailey said about Brady.

“He’s smart, accurate, he has all the tools,” Bailey said. “He’s tough, confident. Everything you want in a player.”

At 34, Brady threw 39 touchdown passes, the second-highest total of his brilliant career, and he led the Patriots (13-3) to the top seed in the AFC by winning his last eight starts, including a blowout at Denver on Dec. 18.

The heavily favored Patriots are 8-2 in home playoff games under Brady, whose 14-5 postseason record is tied with Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw for the best mark in league history.

Bailey and the Broncos, however, will be out for their seventh win in 10 tries against him. No other team has had that much success against the two-time MVP and perennial Pro Bowler.

Still, the Broncos’ captain readily acknowledges he doesn’t particularly enjoy facing

Tom Brady

Champ Bailey

Brady.

“It’s more frustrating when you’re out there because he’s so good.

He’s one of the best ever,” Bailey said. “I think a lot of people want to find out who’s going to be the next guy, but he always reminds everybody he’s still the best.”

Brady said he’s not thrilled to see Bailey again, either.

“I wish I could have him on our team and not play against him. I’m tired of playing against him,” Brady said. “He definitely challenges us.

He is a huge factor in every game that we play against them. I have a ton of respect for him and you always have to be careful throwing the ball to his side of the field.”

That’s what happened back on Jan. 14, 2006, when Bailey made the play that ended New England’s dominating dynasty along with Denver’s years of playoff misery.

Trying to become the first team to win three straight Super Bowls, the Patriots were driving for the go-ahead score in the third quarter. But on third down from the Denver 5, Bailey stepped

in front of Troy Brown in the end zone for the pick.

He sprinted down the Broncos’ sideline.

With the goal line almost in reach, Bailey, huffing and puffing, slowed and was bringing the ball down to his hip when tight end Ben Watson caught up and knocked him down, sending the ball flying out of bounds at the 1 — or was it through the end zone?

With Bailey lying on his back, grimacing and gasping for air, Patriots coach Bill Belichick challenged the call, saying the ball flew out of the end zone, not at the 1, which would have given New England the ball back on a touchback.

The challenge was unsuccessful, and Mike Anderson scored to give Denver a 17-6 lead on its way to a 27-13 triumph, the Broncos’ first playoff win since John Elway’s second Super Bowl victory in 1999. how “Considering much they won the previous years, they were pretty much unbeatable,” Bailey recalled.

“To get a play like that and to change the game, to get a win against a team like that, yes, it’s a

special moment.”

Still, Bailey cringes a bit at the thought of getting caught, although he jokingly takes solace in knowing it took a fellow Georgia Bulldogs alum to chase him down.

“If anybody’s going to do it,” Bailey cracked, “it’d better be a guy from Georgia.”

Bailey’s big play was one of five turnovers by the Patriots that day.

The Broncos might need similar circumstances to upset New England on Saturday night.

The Broncos self-destructed in a 41-23 loss to the Patriots in Denver last month, committing a trio of turnovers in the second quarter that New England turned into 13 points, erasing what remained of an early ninepoint deficit.

“I expect us to play better, make it a little more difficult for them,” Bailey said. “But it’s Tom Brady. He’s good for a reason. I mean, he’s won a lot of games, won a lot of big games, Super Bowls.”

There’s the rub.

The most decorated cornerback in NFL history, Bailey has never been to a Super Bowl. A week after beating Brady in ‘06, the Broncos lost to Pittsburgh in the AFC championship and didn’t return to the postseason party until this year.

It’s a long shot, but Bailey would like nothing more than to have to skip his annual trip to Honolulu for the Pro Bowl on Jan. 29 so he could prepare for a Super Bowl a week later.

“Well, it makes me feel like people still respect my game at this age, but I really don’t put a lot of thought in the Pro Bowl too much,” he said. “It’s just, I want to win a ring, and that’s why I still play.”

Sidney bowlers split with Vandalia HUBER HEIGHTS — The Sidney High girls defeated Va n d a l i a , but the Jacket boys came up just shy in high school bowling action on the road ThurSarver day at Poelking Marian Lanes.

The Lady Jackets upped their reord on the year to 12-3 and their Greater Western Ohio Conference North mark to 2-1 with a 2274-1812 runaway win.

The Lady Jackets rolled a 1010 in their first regular game, one of their best efforts of the season.

Ally Kittle had a 245 and Michelle Abbott 236.

In the second game, Sidney had 967 to Vandalia’s 770. Shelbie Anderson had a 226 and Ashleigh Harris 224.

The boys lost a tough one, coming from behind to make it close at the end, so close that Vandalia’s final bowler had to mark in the final frame of the last baker game to keep Sidney from winning.

“It was a tough loss but I’m pleased with how they bowled,” said Sidney coach Angie Mentges. “I thought we did very well.”

Sidney had a 901 toVandalia’s 949 in the first regular game, then 947 to Vandalia’s 978 in the second. That put the Jackets down by 79 going into baker.

Sidney rolled baker games of 208 and 222 to Vandalia’s 182 and 189, leaving them just 20 pins shy and forcing the last Vandalia bowler to mark in the 10th frame.

Kegan Latimer had a

221 and Trent Knoop 214 to lead the Jackets.

Coach Mentges was also pleased with the 199 game turned in during the junior varsity match by Sidney’s Kade Sarver. “When he started for us, he was about an 80 average,” she said. “So he’s come a long way.”

at Russia High School RUSSIA — The Russia High School baseball team along with Extra Innings in Troy, is sponsoring a baseball camp for ages 7-to-18 that will be held at Russia High School on Feb. 5 and 12 from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Participants for the game will have the opportunity to work with some of the top baseball players in the area that have gone on to play at the college and professional level.

Instructors will include Craig Stammen of Versailles, who now pitches for the Washington Nationals; Jared Hoying of Fort Loramie, who

is in the Texas Rangers farm system; Adam Eaton of Kenton Ridge, who is with the Arizona Diamondbacks, Chris Peters of Tipp City and the Toronto Blue Jays, and Jason Leaver of Springfield, who is with the University of Georgia Participants will be able to receive instruction in the proper meof hitting, chanics pitching and catching.

The cost is $45 and includes a camp T-shirt.

For more information, contact Rick Gold, Russia head coach, at (937) 335-1921 or by email at rdgold@yahoo.com

SMS wrestlers split duals The Sidney Middle School wrestling team defeated Greenville 5121 but lost to Piqua 5033 in action Wednesday.

Dakota Wenrich and Sam Niswonger led the Junior Jackets with two pins apiece.

Winning two matches were Kavan Sarver and Bryce Henry, and winning once were Austin

McLain, Phillip Bertsch, Riley Kittle, Dillon King, Isaas Fitzpatrick, Will Wallace, Alec Gerstner, Kaine Fischer, Brad Blosser and Jac Beatty.

Sidney is back in action Saturday at the Wapakoneta Dual Tournament, and home against Covington and Northridge on Monday at 5:30.

5th-6th tourney at JC JACKSON CENTER — The 16th annual Jackson Center 5th and 6th grade boys basketball tournament will be held March 3 and 4, it was announced Thursday.

The entry fee is $130, and there will be a mini-

mum of three games per team.

No all-star or AAU teams are permitted.

Email Ty Lotz at Ty.V.Lotz@dom.com or phone him at (419) 2358505 or (937) 394-4306 (evenings).

K of C free throw contest set for Sunday in Minster MINSTER — The Minster Knights of Columbus will hold its annual free throw contest on Sunday at 6:30 at Minster High School.

All boys and girls 10 to 14 years old by Jan. 1

are eligible to participate and will compete in their respective age divisions.

For additional information, contact Steve Dircksen at (419( 6282126.

Piqua sets sign-up dates PIQUA — The Piqua Youth Baseball and Softball Association 2012 sign-ups will be held at the Piqua mall, outside the Sears store.

The sign-up dates will be as follows:

Jan. 28 — 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Jan. 29 — 1-to-4 p.m.

Feb. 4 — 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Feb. 5 — 1-to-4 p.m.

Anyone with questions can email Andy Hall at ahall7@wor.rr.com

SCOREBOARD NFL Playoff Glance The Associated Press All Times EST Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 7 Houston 31, Cincinnati 10 New Orleans 45, Detroit 28 Sunday, Jan. 8 New York Giants 24, Atlanta 2 Denver 29, Pittsburgh 23, OT Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 14 New Orleans at San Fran., 4:30 Denver at New England, 8 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 15 Houston at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Green Bay, 4:30 Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 22 TBD Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 29 At Honolulu NFC vs. AFC, 7 p.m.

Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 5 At Indianapolis NFC vs. AFC, 6:20 p.m.

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BULLETIN BOARD

Luckey is Romney delegate The campaign of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has slated delegates for the state of Ohio, including a local resident.

Luckey Shelby County resident and member of the Shelby County Republican Central Committee Robert J. Luckey has been named as Romney’s delegate for Ohio’s 4th Congressional District. Luckey will also be coordinating the grassroots efforts for the Romney campaign during the primary election in Ohio’s 4th District.

“Mitt Romney has a detailed and specific plan for economic growth, and I agree with Romney’s telling voters (on the federal budget), ‘We have a moral responsibility not to spend more than we take in,’” Luckey said.

The Ohio primary election will be March 6.

For more information, contact Luckey at (937) 726-9433.

Financial aid event set CELINA — Wright State University Lake Campus will host a statewide college financial aid event, “College Goal Sunday,” on Feb. 12 at 2 p.m.

The free event, presented by the Ohio Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators and endorsed by the Ohio Board of Regents, assists students and parents with completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. The FAFSA is the federal application that is required to receive federal financial aid including the Federal Pell Grant and student loans as well as the need-based state grants.

Due to the great demand expected for assistance in completing the FAFSA, families are encouraged to register for the free event at www.ohiocollegegoalsunday.org or by calling (800) 233-6734. The FAFSA is the key to funding a college education and helping families to overcome financial barriers that otherwise prevent students from attending the institution they want to.

Studies show that a student is 50 percent more likely to attend college when they complete the FAFSA. While walk-ins are welcome, registration is encouraged. Record numbers are expected to be in attendance.

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She lives to make God smile SHS grad becomes foreign missionary

BY JIM JOHNSON She was bitten by a bug when her family, the Thomas Wards, of Sidney, went to Great Britain when she was 15.

It wasn’t the kind of bug that carries influenza. It was the travel bug. And, as April Ward was looking at graduation from Wright State University in 2007, it was to lead the 2003 Sidney High School grad to consider something she couldn’t do in Sidney, be a foreign missionary.

As a college student, she studied teaching English as a foreign language, hoping that she would be able to land a job overseas when she graduated. She also attended Urbana 2006, a major youth missions conference. And she also spent a year abroad as a foreign exchange student in Costa Rica.

She studied Spanish and Latin American culture at La Universidad Nacional (The National University) in Heredia, Costa Rica. She recalls staying with a “fantastic host family where I was immersed in Costa Rican culture in full color, up close and personal.”

It was love at first sight for the young woman. And the Russell Road Church member experienced faith in a foreign culture, “stumbling through the colorful, upbeat praise and worship in Spanish.”

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JONATHAN AND April Abarca and their daughter, Summer Elizabeth, shop at a farmer’s market in Costa Rica.

In September 2008, the Sidney woman packed her belongings to start a totally different life. She took all she could in two suitcases and moved to her Missions group new home in Costa Rica. When she arWhen she earned her bachelor’s derived, Abarca officially proposed and gree, she spent the following summer they were married in his home church, working with a missions group in Union Church, in Spanish, which was Guatemala. She worked in a low-ininterpreted for her family members. come village school near Antigua. It When they married, “Jonathan wasn’t a life of Bible studies and prayer worked at IBM,” she noted, “but our as much as “breaking up land to cultihearts yearned to serve the Lord in vate a school garden to improve the missions.” nourishment of the children, serving A few months later, they were asked meals and planning recreational activi- to take a position at Union Church as ties.” pastoral assistants, which included reThere was also another ministry she sponsibilities as head of the missions never studied about before. She and department, youth pastors and Bible other volunteers helped the povertyteachers at the church’s K-12 bilingual stricken students get rid of head lice. school.

“We weren’t the gentlest with the nit While they would have liked it to be combs,” she recalled, but “the children like the movie “happily ever after” endloved coming outside to be pampered by ing there, they were about to learn that our head washings.” sometimes there are challenges in minPhoto provided During this time, a friend told her istry. about Youth With a Mission (YWAM), a APRIL AND Jonathan Abarca and their ‘Discipline measures’ missions opportunity for young people. daughter, Summer Elizabeth, pose for a They seriously began teaching their As she researched YWAM options on Christmas photo.

Bible classes in August 2010, “but the the Internet, she found an opening in and fried plantains. salad students were not accustomed to our Heredia, Costa Rica. And it was there Produce is bought at a weekly serious approach to the class and our that her life would forever change. farmer’s market. discipline measures,” she said.

The young missionary remembers And, she noted, “Traffic is ridiculous!

“The students chose to resist,” she that time as “one of the best memories I Cars dart in and out of traffic, while igsaid. “They disliked a formal Bible have to date.” class. They disliked memorizing verses, noring speed limits in most areas and Part of what YWAMers learn is that dodging the abundant holes in the studying Scriptures for testing, being ministry is service. Serving God and poorly patched roads.” unable to chatter throughout class others was in the heart of all those at While the couple enjoy their youth time. They disliked us.” that missions base. ministry, they are sensing a calling to By the end of their first quarter, they “My days were filled with laundry asked the school director to remove the the fields of hospitality and service. duties, breakfast cleanup, kitchen duMy husband and I love hosting visicouple from the classroom as well as ties and random tasks,” she recalled. tors,” she said. their cafeteria work.

They had taken It was also there that she learned to Since they have been married, they cook native foods, “often tweaking them the second job on for extra money. have also sensed a calling to Italy and Parents were also “angry that their to suit my healthier standards.” darling children had failed such a triv- dream about running a bed and breakTraining in Switzerland fast. To that end, they have decided to ial subject,” she recalled. Fortunately, During her initial three-month serv- they kept both positions. go to Pescara, Italy, on the Adriatic ice with YWAM in Costa Rica she deCoast, in March to help staff a YWAM She remembered how God helped cided to continue serving the Lord them persevere, even though at the end school. through that group. She signed up for a “We consider it our time to spy out of each week they were “exhausted discipleship training school (DTS) in the land, as Joshua and Caleb spied out from the emotional and spiritual warSwitzerland. Before she left, however, the Promised Land,” she said. “We want fare we fought at Liberty Christian there was another decision she had to to be certain that this is the place God Academy.” make.

The couple were thankful they didn’t is calling us for long-term missions.”

While in Costa Rica, she had met a The couple believe that this is the give up. The following year they had denative young man named Jonathan place God wants them to plant their veloped a positive relationship with Abarca. It looked like it was to become ministry. It is also the same place that their students. more than just a casual friendship.

YWAM has looked at as a place for a ‘Stick it out’ Each sensed an attraction to the other. youth hostel and café.

She credited God with making it “We had similar beliefs in courtship ‘Back to Italy’ happen as “the fruit of our having folrather than dating, making our intenShe believes, “If everything works lowed the Lord’s leading to stick it out tions clear that we were interested in out as we hope, and God clearly leads teaching Bible, despite the adversity, marriage and not wasting one another’s us back to Italy, this is where we hope and choosing to love the students detime,” she said. to be for the next five years or more While she followed her heart to serve spite their difficult attitudes.” welcoming visitors and sharing Christ’s She has thought about some of the God and went to Europe, a part of her love.” differences between Ohio and Costa remained in Latin America. The two What does the young couple perceive Rica. For one thing, bath tubs are a luxkept in touch by email and occasional as God’s message to people today? ury and most bathrooms and kitchens phone calls.

“I feel that God is presently calling After her Swiss DTS, she went to Ro- only have cold water, subject to periodic his people to stand up and to step out outages. mania and worked with gypsies. It was There is no air conditioning or indoor in their Christian faith, to stop leading a drastic change for her. lives of mediocrity and to live according heating, except in the homes of the She worked with elementary-age to the Bible,” she stated. wealthy. Most people have low-paying children “who were often victims of “The Lord wants us to stop falling jobs. abuse and deprivation due to the exThe state controls gasoline prices. All under the influence of the world and treme reality of alcoholism in the area.” sharing in the same interests,” she said. stations charge the same price.

When she returned to Switzerland “Christians must have a heart after Medicine is socialized. There are for the YWAM graduation, her parents God’s heart, living to please him with a local clinics that are free, good, tidy and flew over from Sidney. It was there that true desire to follow the Bible — not reefficient. She did, however, choose to they first met the young man who ligion. We mustn’t section our daily achave a certified midwife deliver her would become their son-in-law. tivities into ‘Christian’ and ‘secular’ baby, Summer Elizabeth Abarca, on After graduation, the couple did tasks, but live dedicating our entire exOct. 3, 2011, because there is a high some sightseeing before heading to istence to making God smile.” their respective homes, “content in the rate of cesareans at the government To contact the Abarcas in Costa Rica, knowledge that we would soon be mar- clinics. email them at miTypical meals include rice, black ried, though he’d still not proposed,” siones@iglesiaunion.net. beans, a piece of beef, chicken or fish, she said.

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