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February 24, 2012

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A county pioneer Priscilla Wilt wins Zenith Award BOTKINS — Priscilla Wilt, of Sidney, was awarded the 2011 Zenith Award for community service by the SidneyShelby County Chamber of Commerce Thursday night at the group’s annual meeting at The Palazzo.

The award is presented each year to a local citizen who has made significant contributions to the Shelby County community.

In introductory remarks, Marian Spicer, executive director with the Community Foundation of Shelby County, likened Wilt to pioneers who ventured into areas where others like her had rarely gone.

“As a woman participating in community leadership positions many years ago, Priscilla gave others the confidence and inspiration to venture into similar leadership situations,” Spicer said.

In nominating Wilt for the award, Spicer noted Wilt “may have been born with her graceful demeanor, but she gained her wisdom through the many roles she’s undertaken both professionally and in the community. She brings to the table a wealth of knowledge because she stepped forward to serve on a board of education, a park board, a committee to host a See ZENITH/Page 10A

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PRISCILLA WILT, of Sidney, gets a hug from Sidney-Shelby County Chamber of Commerce President Jeff Raible after she was presented the Zenith Award at the Sidney-Shelby County Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner and Awards Banquet Thursday.

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State files response to Kimpel motions

Obituaries and/or death notices for the following people appear on Page 3A today: • Lenora M. Liette • Philip E. “Pete” Taylor • Ruth Puckett Howard

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WAPAKONETA — The state of Ohio has filed a response in suspended Shelby County Sheriff Dean Kimpel’s sexual assault case in A u g l a i z e County.

Anthony Kendell, counsel for the state Kimpel of Ohio, filed motions Tuesday in Auglaize County Common Pleas Court.

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MUNICIPAL COURT In Sidney Municipal Court Thursday morning, Judge Duane Goettemoeller fined Thomas Schroer, 55, 1300 S. Main Ave., $375 and costs, sentenced him to five days in jail and suspended his driver’s license for six months on a charge of driving while under the influence. Jail may be reconsidered if he completes an alcohol intervention program and pays fines and costs in full.

• Verlon J. L. Bennett, 24, of Lima, was fined $250 and costs and ordered to serve 20 days in jail for driving while under restrictions. Jail may be reconsidered if fines and costs are paid in full. He was also fined $25 for using unauthorized license plates.

• Brittany M. Barga, 18, 612 N. Main Ave., Apt. B, was fined $150 and costs and sentenced to five days in jail for driving while under suspension. Jail may be reconsidered if fines and costs are paid in full. On a separate charge of driving while under restrictions, she was also fined $150 and costs and sentenced to five days in jail with jail to be reconsidered if fines and costs are paid.

In Municipal Coiurt Wednesday afternoon, fined Goettemoeller Matthew D. Story, 22, 844 1/2 S. Walnut Ave., $100 and costs and sentenced him to 10 days in jail for discharging a firearm in the city. He will be permitted to complete a gun safety course in lieu of five days jail and if fines and costs are paid in full, five days may be reconsidered.

• John E. Little, 47, 219 S. West Ave., was fined $100 and costs and sentenced to five days in jail on a criminal trespassing charge. If fines and costs are paid in full, jail may be reconsidered.

• Sarah E. Rust, 27, 7410 Wright-Moyer Road, was fined $75 and costs for failing to confine a dog.

• Andrew E. Davis, 22, 310 Park St., was fined $75 and costs and sentenced to serve 11 days in jail on a disorderly conduct charge. He will be permitted to be evaluated for drug/alcohol abuse in lieu of five days jail and if fines and costs are paid in full, five days jail may be reconsidered. He will receive credit for one day served on the charge.

• Cindy J. Pulfer, 48, 1225 Garfield Ave., was fined $75 and costs for failing to stop for a school bus.

• Richard A. Larger, 28, of Fort Recovery, was assessed court costs only on a speeding charge that was amended to driving without taillights.

• Dustin S. Poole, 18, 730 Fourth Ave., was fined $30 and costs, a total of $116, for a seatbelt violation.

• Laura A. Moses, 27, 4662 Hardin-Wapakoneta Road, was fined $30 and costs, a total of $135, for speeding.

Court fines These people recently paid fines and costs totaling $136 (unless noted) for various violations as follows: Lori L. Batton, 43, 9864 Pasco-Montra Road, failure to confine a dog, $130.

Christopher P. Blumenstock, 27, 12392 Luthman Road, Minster, speeding, $125.

Casey M. Shaner, 26, 120 E. Park St., Fort Loramie, speeding, $135.

Brian Douglas, 29, 420 Jefferson St., traffic light.

Tonya M. Wooten, 26, 205 E. Main St., Anna,

speeding, $135.

Paul J. Williams, 36, 55 W. Seventh St., Minster, speeding, $135.

Gabriel J. Sherrill, 36, 505 County Road 25A, failure to file registration, $130; seatbelt, $116.

Christian A. Schmidt, 26, 615 N. Main Ave., speeding, $135.

Shelbie Egbert, 19, 312 E. Spring St., New Knoxville, seatbelt, $116.

David R. Jones, 16470 Wenger Road, Anna, speeding, $135.

Steven P. Eilerman, 58, 08443 State Route 66, New Bremen, speeding, $175.

Melissa S. Perkins, 41, 11701 State Route 29W, Anna, child restraint system, $122; reasonable control, $25.

Doyle K. Iiams, 83, 53 Eastview Drive, Fort Loramie, right of way.

Christopher D. Warner, 35, 5951 Brown Road, Versailles, speeding, $135.

Kathryn J. Brautigam, 30, 22722 Maplewood Road, Maplewood, right of way.

Karen R. Stockstill, 63, 562 N. Wagner Ave., right of way.

Richard L. Fleckenstein, 57, 5100 Cecil Road, reasonable control.

Autumn D. Stager, 26, 436 E. Hoewisher Road, Apt. D2, expired license plates.

Ronald R. Rose, 74, 1377 Russell Road, right of way.

James L. Overton, 47, 732 S. Main Ave., improper backing.

Rosemary E. Knouff, 58, 6676 Dawson Road, speeding, $135.

Jill M. Hein, 30, 283 Stallo Road, Minster, speeding, $135.

Kevin M. Helman, 42, 10655 Russell Road, speeding, $141.

Elizha D. Roth, 32, 821 S. Ohio Ave., no rear view mirror.

Taylor L. Berning, 22, 405 W. South St., Botkins, seatbelt, $116.

Conily Hawkins, 81, 1301 S. Main Ave., right of way.

Theresa L. Haynes, 50, 3535 River Road, speeding, $135.

Franklin D. Noe, 79, 819 S. Miami Ave., failure to control, $136; expired license plates, $25.

Rex L. Purtee, 55, 460 S. Main St., DeGraff, seatbelt, $116.

Miles J. Cole, 21, 1302 Garfield Ave., expired license.

Kayla T. Starkey, 19, 13975 Harmon Road, speeding, $135.

Donita J. Paulus, 53, 2181 Redmond Road, Russia, seatbelt, $116.

Donald E,. Schmerge, 80, 19043 Sidney-Freyburg Road, Botkins, stop sign, $130.

Krysta J. Ball, 18, 5880 State Route 29E, lot 40, speeding, $135.

Forfeitures The following people forfeited bonds of $135 (unless noted) on a variety of charges.

Harley M. Ludwig, 30, 6081 Jackson Road, speeding, $181.

Sherry L. Skeens, 45, 7741 Hughes Road, Houston, speeding.

Matthew T. Comer, 30, 2744 Andrew Court, speeding, $162.50.

Armilda F. Napier, 35, 330 Enterprise Ave., child safety restraint, $141.

Civil cases Village of Jackson Center v. Ryan and Cindy Roser, 610 Jackson St, $541.23.

Dismissals Lima Radiological Associates v. Stewart and Jennifer Lewis, 1701 Wiles Road. Dismissed without prejudice at plaintiff’s costs.

Lima Radiological Associates v. Charles and Melody Kitchen, 14811 State Route 119 E, Anna.

Dismissed without prejudice at plaintiff’s costs.

Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Derrick and Billie Jo Basil. Dismissed without prejudice at plaintiff’s costs.

Kettering Anesthesia, Dayton, v. Harry J. Worley, 701 S. Main Ave. Plaintiff’s judgement must be satisfied.

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Couple arrested in Maryland, girls OK HANCOCK, Md. — Two people were taken into custody on Wednesday evening following an Amber Alert which originated in Tennessee and involved a couple with ties to the Shelby County area.

Jeremy Knasel, 32, and Ashely Norberg, 24, both of Spencer, Tenn., were taken into custody on Interstate 70 near mile marker 3 just outside of Hancock, Md. The two children, a 3-yearold girl and 4-year-old

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Police log WEDNESDAY -8:23 a.m.: contempt. Sidney police arrested Tonya R. Horne, 31, 300 Miami Ave., on a warrant out of Sidney Municipal Court.

Fire, rescue THURSDAY -6:57 a.m.: medical.

Sidney paramedics responded to the intersection of Clay Street and Main Avenue for an unknown medical call.

WEDNESDAY -8:52 p.m.: medical.

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nessee on Wednesday at midnight and the FBI was involved for the search as it expanded into Ohio.

The alert said the children were taken from Knasel and Norberg because they were manufacturing methamphetamine in a house while the children were present.

Knasel and Norberg were transported to the Washington County Detention Center in Maryland.

Medics responded to the intersection of Ohio Avenue and Main Avenue on a medical call.

-6:19 p.m.: medical.

Medics responded to a medical call on the 300 block of Buckeye Avenue.

-5:42 p.m.: assistance.

Medics responded for lift assistance on the 800 block of County Side Street.

-2:37 p.m.: medical.

Medics responded to a medical call on the 1300 block of St. Marys Avenue.

-2:21 p.m.: medical.

Medics were called to the 200 block of West

Pinehurst Street on a medical call.

-11:36 a.m.: injury.

Medics responded to a report of an injury on the 1000 block of Clem Road.

-11:13 a.m.: medical. Medics responded to the 600 block of Gronlund Place on a medical call.

-10:35 a.m.: medical. Medics responded to the 300 block of Russell Road on a medical call.

-7:54 a.m.: medical.

Medics responded to a medical call on the 700 block of Buckeye Avenue.

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Fire, rescue Mowing bids opened WEDNESDAY -4:35 p.m.: fire.

Houston Fire and Lockington Fire responded to a report of a chimney fire at 3635 LoramieWashington Road.

-1:33 p.m.: medical.

Anna Resuce and Jackson Center Rescue responded to a medical call on the 200 block of North Sycamore Street.

Shelby County Commissioners opened bids for roadside mowing Thursday morning and sent the quotes to County Engineer Bob Geuy for his evaluation.

A contract will be awarded the best bidder next week by commissioners.

Commissioners also

authorized a search for quotes for asphalt and liquid bituminous materials and aggregate materials for road work.

Bids must be received by March 22 at 11 a.m.

By resolution, county bills totaling $914,435.40 were approved for payment.

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DEATH NOTICES Ruth Puckett Howard PIQUA — Ruth Puckett Howard, 84, of Piqua, died Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012.

Her funeral arrangements are pending through the Jamieson and Yannucci Funeral Home, Piqua.

Council to go on retreat Sidney City Council will conduct its bi-annual goal setting retreat Saturday morning at the Shelby Public Transit building, 415 S. Vandemark Road. coffee, Following doughnuts and juice at 8 a.m., Interim City Manager Tom Judy and new City Manager Mark Cundiff will open the work session.

Public Works director Chris Clark will present a street resurfacing update and Finance officer Ginger Adams will provide a financial outlook for 2012, 2013 and beyond.

Following a 10 a.m. break, council will review progress of goals set in previous retreat sessions in 2006, 2008 and 2010.

Current goals, as well as five-year and long term goals, will be discussed with Terry Naas as facilitator with results to be tabulated following a working lunch at noon.

The session, as have past retreats, will produce a council-endorsed set of goals and priorities for the year ahead and beyond.

The session will wrap up at 12:45 in time for a 1 p.m. adjournment.

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Phillip E. “Pete” Taylor, of Sidney, passed away Nov. 22, 2011.

He was born Feb. 1, 1956, in Pleasant Hill to the late Ellsworth and Evelyn Taylor.

In addition to his parents, Phillip was preceded in death by his brothers, Orville, Herman, Joe and James Taylor; and sisters, Bessie, Frieda and Bernice Taylor, and Mary Holfinger.

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She loved crocheting, playing bingo and gardening in her truck patch and canning. Lenora also loved raising flowers, baking and reading.

Lenora was an excellent speller and won second place in a championship spelling bee in 1919 at Tri-County Schools. She also was a two time winner at the Garbry Ridge spelling bee at the age of 100. Lenora won a first place trophy at Koester Pavilion for Noodle Ball at the age of 103. She was a loving homemaker and loved to spend time with her family and friends.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. on Monday at St. Mary Catholic Church, Piqua with Rev. Angelo the Caserta as celebrant.

Burial will follow in St. Louis Catholic Cemetery, North Star.

Friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday at MelcherSowers Funeral Home, Piqua.

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PIQUA— Lenora M. Liette, 103, of Piqua, died at 8:05 a.m., on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012, at Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy.

She was born in Russia on June 24, 1908, to the late Henry and Emma (Paulus) Marchal.

On Nov. 11, 1930, in Russia, she married Bernard C. Liette. He preceded her in death on Nov. 1, 1973.

Lenora is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Edwin and Jean Liette and Ron and Sharon Liette, all of Piqua; two daughters and sons-in-law, Roberta “Joan” and Walter Lee Elsas, of Russia, and Marilyn and Robert Tegtmeyer, of Clayton; 15 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren and nine great-greatgrandchildren.

She was preceded in death by one daughter, Eileen Bertellotti; one sister, Wilhelmina Marchal; and one brother, Raymond Marchal.

Lenora attended Greenwood Elementary School and Russia High School. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church, Piqua. Lenora was a former member of St. Remy Catholic Church, Russia, where she was a member of the Young Ladies Sodal-

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Attorney files entry of appearance

BY WILL E SANDERS Ohio Community Media wsanders@dailycall.com TROY — An attorney for an elderly Sidney resident who led authorities on an unusual s l o w s p e e d c h a s e f r o m Piqua to Sidney on Kratt Feb. 12 filed an entry of appearance at the man’s court arraignment in Municipal Court Wednesday.

George C. Kratt, 84, had pleas of not guilty entered on his behalf by Judge Elizabeth Gutmann on the charges of failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and assured clear distance.

Kratt’s attorney, Louie Kindell, filed the entry and Kratt is due

back in court March 28 for a pretrial conference.

Kratt has been released on his own recognizance.

Officers in Piqua attempted to pull Kratt over in Piqua on Feb. 12, but instead he led police on a 15-minute chase that lasted 10 miles from north Piqua to Sidney, where stops sticks were used by Shelby County authorities to terminate the pursuit.

Kratt was not injured as a result of the chase, but a Shelby County sheriff ’s deputy cut his arm while breaking the glass of Kratt’s driver’s side window after the chase ended and received stitches.

During the pursuit, speeds averaged between 40 to 50 mph, though speeds reached as fast as 70 mph, authorities said.

Piqua police discontinued the chase once Kratt reached the outskirts of Sidney and stop sticks were employed to force Kratt’s vehicle to stop.

Suspects to appear in court on March 7

BY JENNIFER BUMGARNER jbumgarner@sdnccg.com F AY E T T E V I L L E , N.C. — Three suspects accused of murdering a former Sidney man will soon appear in court.

Amy Yarboro Collins, 35, LaQuin Lamar Corbin, 27, and Joseph Luther Lewis, 22, will all appear in Cumberland County Superior Court on March 7. The trio is facing charges of first degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon.

The charges stem from the murder of August Hosack, 72, of Fayetteville, N.C., and formerly of Sidney. Hosack was found by Fayetteville Police inside his 1994 Ford Taurus on July 25 after someone in the neighborhood called to report

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According to the autopsy report, Hosack had been shot once in the Collins leg and bled to death after the bullet cut his posterior tibial artery. The report also stated that he was suffering from cirrhosis of the liver and had cocaine in his system at the time of his death. A crack pipe was also reportedly found in his car.

Most wanted suspect appears in court

BY JENNIFER BUMGARNER jbumgarner@sdnccg.com

A man featured as one of Shelby County’s most wanted appeared in Shelby County Common Pleas Court on Bennett Lee Thursday for his argene Lee, was also arraignment.

Verlon J. Bennett, 24, raigned on Thursday.

He pleaded not guilty of Allen County, pleaded not guilty to one count to three counts of trafof theft, a felony of the ficking in drugs, two are fourth degree. On Dec. listed as felonies of the 23, 2011, Bennett al- fourth degree and the legedly had a prescrip- other is listed as a tion filled at the Sidney felony of the fifth deWalmart for Hy- gree.

In April of 2011, Lee drocodone and left without paying for it. He allegedly sold cocaine to turned himself into po- a confidential informlice earlier in the week. ant, twice in the vicinity BITUARY POLICY Bond was set at of juveniles.

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Tornado season looms

Post office: Expect big cuts starting in mid-May

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tornado season is starting, but don’t ask meteorologists how bad it will be this spring and summer.

They don’t know.

They’re having a hard enough time getting a fix on the likely path of storms expected in the next 48 hours, from the Ohio Valley to the Southeast coast.

The very nature of tornadoes makes them the wildcard of weather disasters. It’s just hard to figure when and where they’ll appear.

On Wednesday night, one hit Rome, Ga., the National Weather Service said, with winds of 95 mph, leaving a 3-mile swath of destruction.

It’s not the first one of the year. In January two people were killed by separate twisters in Alabama.

Preliminary reports showed 95 tornadoes struck last month, compared with 16 in January 2011, a particularly stormy year.

The season usually starts in March and then ramps up for the next couple of months, but forecasting a seasonal outlook is even more imprecise than predicting hurricane seasons. Tornadoes are too small and too short-lived. They don’t develop like blizzards and hurricanes, which are easier to project.

They pop in and pop out. The storms that give them birth may last only a few hours. Hurricanes and blizzards are lumbering beasts that spend days moving across the satellite maps. When a hurricane approaches, coastlines get days to evacuate. With a tornado, if the weather service can let people know 20 minutes in advance, it’s considered a victory.

The deadly Joplin, Mo., tornado “wasn’t violent until just about the time it got to the hospital,” said Harold Brooks, a research scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Severe Storms Laboratory, in Norman, Okla.

“Even when you’re in the field, there are still times when you’re surprised by the intensity of the event and how quickly it started.”

The federal storm center says 158 died in that storm; local officials count 161.

If a forecast for a hurricane or blizzard is off by a mile, it’s still bad weather. But a mile difference means no damage in a tornado, Brooks said: “It’s so much finer in time and space on the tornado, it does make it a harder problem.”

It takes a piece of debris only a few seconds to fly around an entire tornado; it takes hours to circle a hurricane. Yet tornadoes, though smaller, can have stronger winds. Since 1950, there have been 58 tornadoes in the United States with winds exceeding 200 mph; six last year alone. Only three hurricanes have made U.S. landfall with winds more than 155 mph.

And forecasters are telling the Southeast and Midwest to get ready again.

“It looks like this week we’re moving into a slightly more active dynamic pattern,” said warning meteorologist Greg Carbin at the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center, also in Norman, Okla.

WASHINGTON (AP) — With no financial relief in sight, the U.S. Postal Service is pushing ahead with planned cuts to more than 260 mail processing centers around the nation, part of a billion-dollar cost-cutting effort that will slow delivery of first-class mail.

In a statement Thursday, the cash-strapped agency said it had completed a review of closings to mail processing centers it had proposed last fall.

Based on community input and other factors, the post office said, it will move forward with consolidations involving virtually all of the 252 facilities on the list, as well as up to 12 new locations, beginning in mid-May. Of the 264 facilities, roughly 41 won’t be closed or consolidated right away as the post office conducts additional reviews.

The consolidations are expected to result in a loss of roughly 35,000 jobs, which the post office hopes to achieve mainly through attrition. The agency described the move as a necessary costsaving measure because of declining mail volume

9 postal processing sites to be eliminated CLEVELAND (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service said Thursday it has decided to move mail processing operations from nine Ohio facilities to other sites, mostly in Cleveland or Columbus, but spare the Cincinnati facility from consolidation.

The financially struggling postal service had been studying the possible elimination of 10 processing facilities in Ohio, prompting protests and picketing by postal workers in the state who said the closures would hurt mail delivery.

The postal service announced Thursday that it plans to move operations from Athens, Chillicothe, Dayton and Ironton to a Columbus facility. Its Cleveland facility will handle processing previously done in Akron, Canton and Youngstown. Steubenville’s processing operations will go to Pittsburgh. The work from Toledo will be split among the Columbus facility and two in Michigan.

The study found consolidating processing work from Cincinnati wouldn’t significantly boost efficiency or service, according to the postal service.

“The decision to consolidate mail processing facilities recognizes the urgent need to reduce the size of the naas people and businesses continue switching to the Internet in place of letters and paper bills.

The 12 locations added

tional mail processing network to eliminate costly underutilized infrastructure” and keep the postal service viable, Chief Operating Officer Megan Brennan said in a statement.

The consolidation would depend on a proposed revision of delivery standards.

Terry Grant, state president for the American Postal Workers Union, estimated the consolidations would affect about 2,000 jobs in Ohio. It would leave the state with only its three largest processing operations — in Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati, he said.

“It’s going to really delay service to the citizens, not only in the state of Ohio, but everywhere that they’re planning on doing this,” Grant said.

A date for the changes isn’t set, so the targeted Ohio facilities will continue operations for now. The postal service previously agreed not to consolidate or close facilities before midMay to give Congress more time to address the service’s financial troubles.

The postal service has found more than 200 mail processing centers nationwide are feasible for consolidation, a move that would save an estimated $2.6 billion, David Van Allen said.

to the list include those in Owensboro, Ky.; Washington, Pa.; Cardiss Collins (Chicago), Ill.; Gaylord, Mich.; Staten Island,

New York; Mankato, Minn.; Champaign, Ill.; Atlanta, Ga.; Corpus Christi, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; Mid-

Florida, Fla.; and Butte, Mont.

“The steps we are taking now will put the Postal Service on a strong financial footing for decades to come,” the agency said in a statement.

The estimated $3 billion in reductions are part of a wide-ranging effort by the Postal Service to quickly trim costs, seeing no immediate help from Congress. It is seeking to close or consolidate more than half of its nearly 500 mail processing centers.

Because the consolidations typically would lengthen the distance mail travels from post office to processing center, the agency also would lower delivery standards for first-class mail that, for the first time in 40 years, will eliminate the chance for stamped letters to arrive the next day.

Last week, the Postal Service warned it will lose as much as $18.2 billion a year by 2015 unless Congress grants it new leeway to eliminate Saturday delivery and raise the price of a postage stamp by as much as 5 cents.

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Obama apologizes KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — President Barack Obama apologized to Afghans on Thursday for the burning of Qurans at a U.S. military base, trying to assuage rising antiAmerican sentiment as an Afghan soldier gunned down two American troops during another day of angry protests.

The U.S.-led military coalition says the Muslim holy books were sent by mistake to a garbage burn pit at Bagram Air Field and the case is under investigation. The explanation and multiple apologies from U.S. officials have yet to calm outrage over the incident, which has also heightened tension between international troops and their Afghan partners.

Suburbs, St. Louis clash ST. LOUIS (AP) — Sometimes the men emerge from out-of-town police cruisers that stop at homeless shelters and then quickly drive off. Others turn up still wearing gowns from suburban hospitals.

Surrounding communities have long been accused of using downtown St. Louis as a dumping ground to dispose of homeless men with nowhere else to go. But as the weak economy and foreclosures push more people onto the streets, overwhelmed city officials say enough is enough. They want outsiders to start taking care of their own.

“It’s a big problem,” said the city’s human services director, Bill Siedhoff. “It’s one we’ve talked about for a long time. There’s just been no response from these surrounding areas.

They think it’s fine for the city to pick up this responsibility and for them to contribute nothing.”

55 killed BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombs and deadly shootings relentlessly pounded Iraqis on Thursday, killing at least 55 people and wounding more than 225 in a widespread wave of violence the government called a “frantic attempt” by insurgents to prove the country will never be stable.

Cars burned, school desks were bloodied, bandaged victims lay in hospitals and pools of blood were left with the wounded on floors of bombed businesses after the daylong series of attacks in 12 cities across Iraq.

OUT OF THE BLUE

Unpaid bill leads to donation MURRAY, Ky. (AP) — A Chicago businessman who insisted on paying an unpaid bill dating back some 25 years has instead donated the money to a Kentucky hospital.

Zee Enix once ran a home furnishings business in Murray, Ky. He says the man called him and said he wanted to pay a $600 bill he had found.

The Paducah Sun reports that Enix told the man — who did not want to be identified — that he didn’t owe anything. But the businessman persisted.

So Enix agreed that the man could instead make a charity donation to the Murray-Calloway Endowment for Healthcare, which is working to build a hospice.

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Higher gas prices cloud Obama’s re-election hopes WASHINGTON (AP) — Soaring gasoline prices are threatening to undercut President Barack Obama’s re-election prospects and offering Republicans an easy target.

With prices pushing $4 a gallon and threatening to go even higher, Obama sought Thursday to confront rising public anxiety and strike back at his GOP critics.

“Only in politics do people root for bad news, do they greet bad news so enthusiastically,” Obama said of Republicans. “You pay more; they’re licking their chops.”

Obama said dismissively that all the Republicans can talk about is more drilling — “a bumper sticker … a strategy to get politicians through an election” — when the nation’s energy challenges demand much more. In a speech in Miami, he promoted the ex-

pansion of domestic oil and gas exploration but also the development of new forms of energy.

For all the political claims, economists say there’s not much a president of either party can do about gasoline prices. Certainly not in the short term. But it’s clear that people are concerned — a new Associated Press-GfK poll says seven in 10 find the issue deeply important — so it’s sure to be a political issue through the summer.

“Right now, we’re experiencing yet another painful reminder of why developing new energy is so critical to our future,” the president said. At an average of $3.58 a gallon, prices are already up 25 cents since Jan. 1, and experts say they could reach a record $4.25 a gallon by Memorial Day. Those higher prices could hurt consumer spending and

unravel some of the recent improvements in the economy.

And they could also be a daily reminder to voters to question Obama’s contention that he’s making the nation — and them — more secure.

While motorists are already starting to complain, many economists see the $4-agallon mark as a breaking point above which the economy starts to suffer real pain.

Analysts estimate that every one-cent increase is roughly a $1.4 billon drain on the economy.

Obama’s Republican challengers aren’t letting it all slide by. They have stepped up their attacks on his energy policies, including his rejection last month of a pipeline to carry oil from Canada to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast.

And they’re full of promises.

“I’ve developed a program

for American energy so no future president will ever bow to a Saudi king again, and so every American can look forward to $2.50-a-gallon gasoline,” former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said in the Wednesday night GOP debate in Mesa, Ariz. He calls his strategy “Drill Here, Drill Now.” At the same event, former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania — who has warned of $5-a-gallon gas — asserted that “we have a lot of troubles around the world, as you see the Middle East in flames and what’s going on in this country with gas prices and the economy.” And former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney suggested that even more troubling than rising gasoline prices was Iranian President Mahmoud “Ahmadinejad with nuclear weapons.”

Stepmom gives birth after arrest in girl’s death

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THIS VIDEO framegrab image provided Thursday by ABC15.com-TV shows an aerial view of a crash site where two U.S. Marine helicopters collided Wednesday over a training site in the desert near Yuma, Ariz. The crash killed seven Marines, in one of the deadliest military training accidents in years.

Crash was 1 of deadliest for Marines in years SAN DIEGO (AP) — A collision that killed seven Marines in one of the Marine Corps’ deadliest aviation training accidents in years occurred over a sprawling desert range favored by the U.S. military because its craggy mountains and hot, dusty conditions are similar to Afghanistan’s harsh environment.

Officials were scrambling Thursday to determine what caused the AH-1W Cobra and UH-1 Huey to crash during a routine exercise Wednesday night when skies were clear and the weather was mild.

There were no survivors in the accident near the Chocolate Mountains along the California-Arizona border.

It was the fifth aviation accident since March involving the 3rd Marine Aircraft

Wing headquartered at Miramar Marine Corps Air Station in San Diego.

Throughout the Navy and Marine Corps, there have only been two other aviation training accidents in the past five years involving seven or more deaths, according to the military’s Naval Safety Center.

“It’s an unfortunate consequence of the high tempo of operations,” said retired Marine Col. J.F. Joseph, an aviation safety consultant.

“They’re out there working on the edge trying to exploit the maximum capabilities of the aircraft and their tactics. Just by the virtue of that, in becoming combat ready, these unfortunately are not uncommon occurrences.”

The Marine Corps and Navy, nonetheless, stand out

in their efforts to mitigate that risk and make training as safe as possible, he said.

With 17,500 Marines and sailors, including personnel stationed at Camp Pendleton and Marine Corps Air Station Yuma in Arizona, the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing conducts hundreds of aviation training exercises a year so troops can get as much experience as possible before they go to war.

The number of Marines killed in the latest crash shook the military community. Chaplains and counselors were called in to talk to troops. Six of the Marines killed were from Pendleton — the West Coast’s largest base — and one was from the base in Yuma.

Their identities will not be released until their families have all been notified.

Cries of ‘tragic’ plight heard in Syria BEIRUT (AP) — Medics stitch wounds with thread used for clothing. Hungry residents risk Syrian government sniper fire or shelling to hunt for dwindling supplies of bread and canned food on the streets of the besieged city of Homs.

The opposition stronghold was being destroyed “inch by inch,” by government forces, with collapsed walls and scorched buildings, according to accounts Thursday, while Western and Arab leaders hoped to silence the guns long enough to rush in relief aid.

The pressure for “humanitarian corridors” into the central Syrian city of Homs and other places caught in President Bashar Assad’s crushing attacks appeared to be part of shifts toward more aggressive steps against his regime after nearly a year of bloodshed and thousands of deaths in an anti-government uprising.

In back-to-back announcements, U.N.-appointed investigators in Geneva said a list for possible crimes against humanity prosecution reaches as high as Assad, and international envoys in London — including U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton — made final touches to an expected demand for Assad to call

a cease-fire within days to permit emergency shipments of food and medicine.

Washington and European allies remain publicly opposed to direct military intervention. But there have been growing signs that Western leaders could back efforts to open channels for supplies and weapons to the Syrian opposition, which includes breakaway soldiers from Assad’s military.

In a sign of the international divide, however, key Assad ally Russia said Moscow and Beijing remain opposed to any foreign interference in Syria. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev spoke by telephone with the president of the United Arab Emirates and emphasized that “foreign interference, attempts to assess the legitimacy of the leadership of a state from the outside, run counter to the norms of international law and are fraught with the threat of regional and global destabilization,” the Kremlin said.

“It is a deeply frustrating situation,” British Foreign Secretary William Hague told BBC radio ahead of the London talks. He said that the Assad regime “has continued to act seemingly with impunity.”

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama woman is under guard at a hospital Thursday after giving birth hours after her arrest in the death of her 9-year-old stepdaughter, who authorities say was forced to run for three hours as punishment for lying about eating a candy bar.

Jessica Mae Hardin, 27, was transferred from the Etowah County Detention Center to a hospital on Wednesday, sheriff’s office spokeswoman Natalie Barton said. Etowah County District Attorney Jimmie Harp confirmed that Hardin had given birth hours after she was arrested. He said he didn’t know whether the newborn was a boy or a girl.

Hardin and her mother-inlaw, 46-year-old Joyce Hardin Garrard, were charged with murder on Wednesday in the death of Savannah Hardin.

Roger Simpson, who lives up the hill from the doublewide trailer where Savannah lived with Jessica and her father Robert Hardin, said he saw the girl running in the yard. When emergency vehicles arrived at the home hours later, he said he thought they were there for the pregnant woman.

Alabama law requires people who are arrested to be informed of the charges against them in an initial appearance within 72 hours. Barton said Jessica Hardin’s hearing will likely be held once she is released from the hospital.

The Birmingham News reports that Hardin has been appointed Morgan Cunningham as a public defender. Cunningham did not immediately return calls from The Associated Press.

A defense attorney for Garrard said the woman has been falsely accused.

“It is my belief Ms. Garrard will be vindicated … and found not guilty of the allegation against her,” attorney Dani Bone wrote in a statement.

“Even then, Joyce Garrard and her family will continue to grieve over the loss of their beloved Savannah.”

The Alabama Department of Human Resources has been called in to create a safety plan for Jessica’s newborn, as well as the couple’s 3-year-old son, Harp said.

Department spokesman Barry Spear says the older child has been placed with a relative, and the plan is for the infant to be given to the same relative when it leaves the hospital. Speak said he could not reveal with whom the children were placed.

Savannah had a bladder condition common to young girls that meant she shouldn’t have chocolate because of the caffeine content, Harp said.

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This Evening • Hope in Recovery, similar to traditional 12-step programs to confront destructive habits and behaviors, meets at the First Presbyterian Church, 114 E. 4th St., Greenville, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. For more information, call (937) 548-9006.

• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Staying Clean for the Weekend, meets at 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 230 E. Poplar St.

Saturday Morning • Temperance 73 Masonic Lodge hosts a recycling event at the Sidney Transfer Station from 8 a.m. to noon.

• Agape Mobile Rural Food Pantry Distribution, in Lockington, 9 a.m.-noon.

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

Saturday Evening • The Sidney-Shelby County Chess Club “Checkmates” meets at 7 p.m. at the library at the Dorothy Love Retirement Community. All skill levels are welcome. For more information, call 497-7326.

• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Saturday Night Live, meets at 8 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 120 W. Water St. • Catholic Adult Singles Club meets in Fort Recovery for a Right to Life dance. For information, call (419) 678-8691.

Sunday Evening • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Never Alone, Never Again, meets at 6:30 p.m. at First Christian Church, 320 E. Russell Road.

Monday Afternoon • Sidney Rotary Club meets at noon at CJ’s Highmarks. For more information on activities or becoming a member, contact Scott Barhorst at 4920823.

• The New Knoxville Community Library will hold story time from 1 to 1:30 p.m. for children 3, 4 and 5. Stories, songs and more.

Monday Evening • Versailles Health Care Center offers a free Total Joint Replacement class at 6 p.m. in the Rehab Clinic at the center, to provide information about preparation, hospital procedures, risks and rehab to people considering joint replacement. For information, call Shannon Condon at (937) 526-0130.

• 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.

Tuesday Morning • Wagner Manufacturing and General Houseware Corp. retirees meet at 8:30 a.m. for breakfast at Bob Evans.

• Local 725 Copeland retirees meet for breakfast at 9 a.m. at Clancy’s. Retirees and spouses are welcome.

• 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. • Parkinson’s Support Group meets at 2 p.m. at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. (419) 394-8252.

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Susan takes a turn at the column Our I hope all you trained. readers are miniature pony, doing great.

Tiger, was the This is Susan, first. Tiger is a Lovina’s secbigger kind of a ond-oldest miniature pony. daughter, and I He is a stallion am 16 years old. and was a lot Last week I deharder to train Amish cided that I than Minnie. He Cook wanted to write is also a lot more the column Susan Eicher stubborn and since my brothnot as gentle as ers and sisters will be Minnie. I would not home on Friday and trust Tiger around chilMonday, which is their dren like I do Minnie. mid-winter break. Mom Every pony or horse has usually writes her col- a different attitude. I umn on Monday morn- learned that really ings, but I thought that quickly after I was with all of the children kicked in the leg by our being home it might be big mare, Ginger, one extra noisy and busy. So time. It scared me very I thought I’d give her much and taught me to some help by writing the always be careful becolumn! I am not much cause a horse can hurt of a writer, but I will try you. I really enjoy workmy best. ing with ponies and I just came inside horses. It is my most faafter working with Min- vorite hobby. My dream nie. Minnie is a minia- is to have a big horse ture pony, which I am ranch someday. It might training for a family in never happen but it does our church. The family not hurt to dream. God has three little boys. I has a plan for everyone, want to tame Minnie so and it might not be what that they will be able to we want. I want to acdrive her. Minnie is a cept whatever His plan very small pony, but she is for me. is strong. She pulls our Editor’s Note: A photo little pony wagon with- of Minnie and a video of out a problem. I really Susan’s school work enjoy working with her, from last year has been so it will be hard to see posted at amishcookonher go back to her own- line.com/susan. ers after she is fully I will try to write trained. Minnie is the about something else, second pony that I have but talking about horses

is always a favorite topic for me. Sometimes I help my younger brothers Benjamin and Joseph throw hay down from the hay loft. One time after I hadn’t been up to the loft in awhile, Joseph told me, “We don’t need a flashlight.” I told him, “Yes, we do because there are small holes in the floor in some parts of the loft.” I told him if we don’t have a light we could fall and hurt ourselves. Our hay loft doesn’t have windows, so it is sort of dark even in the daylight. Joseph said it is easy to see the holes because you can see the daylight shining up through the floor.

I was a little doubtful but followed Joseph up the ladder without a flashlight to the hay loft.

It was pretty dark up there, but Joseph acted like he knew his way around pretty well so I stayed close behind him.

Benjamin wasn’t up there yet.

Meanwhile, Joseph took off, and I lost track of where he was. I stopped in my tracks not sure where all the holes were. Then I heard something behind me, so I called for Joseph. I screamed as someone grabbed me from behind, it was Benjamin. Turns out that Benjamin had snuck up there in the

dark to scare me. They sure had a good laugh about it. When I work with my little brothers I never know what they are going to come up with.

Older Sister Elizabeth is at her babysitting job today. Mom is sewing, and I am getting ready to bake a batch of chocolate chip cookies. It is Monday now already, and Mom is enjoying the break from writing the column, but she will be back next week. She let us all sleep in since the children are home from school today. She had breakfast burritos ready for us when we woke up.

The recipe I’ll share is what I usually fix when I have to make breakfast for my family. I usually triple it for our size family.

FRENCH TOAST 2 eggs 1/2 cup milk 1 teaspoon sugar 1/4 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 2 tablespoons butter 6 pieces of bread Combine the first five ingredients, and stir with whisk. Coat skillet with butter. Dip bread into the egg mixture just enough to coat. Fry in a skillet until golden on both sides.

Girl Scouts launch leadership plan LIMA — Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA), the national Girl Scout orLIMA — Girl Scout cookie booth sales ganization, celebrates its 100th anniversary in started Friday at area businesses, including 2012 and recently local stores, retail businesses and banks.

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The ToGetHerThere Campaign kicked off formally Jan. 31 in New York with a panel event at the TimesCenter. Chávez and female and male leaders from a variety of fields including media, finance and sports discussed leadership issues facing girls today, as well as the new research findings. Girl Scouts took the ToGetHerThere Campaign to Washington, D.C. Feb. 1 and asked congressional leadership to get involved and to stand with Girl Scouts in support of girls.

These national events are the start of Girl Scouts’ larger effort.

GSUSA has also started an online initiative for those who want to help girls achieve their leadership potential or wish to have more information. This new website is ToGetHerThere.org.

Barbara J. Bonifas, CEO of Girl Scouts of Western Ohio said, “The time is right for this initiative. It is imperative that girls have more opportunities to learn how to lead. The Girl Scout Leadership Experience provides this opportunity and we hope that others — both individuals and organizations — will offer resources, coaching assistance and support to girls for the ToGetHerThere Campaign.”

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Chartered by Girl Scouts of the USA, Girl Scouts of Western Ohio builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. For information, to volunteer or make a donation, visit www.girlscoutsofwesternohio.org or call (800) 962-7753.

LOCALIFE WEDDING Broerman, Reardon wed

ALBERS FORT LORAMIE — Aaron and Joyce Albers, of Fort Loramie, announce the birth of a daughter, Addison Kay Albers, Jan. 24, 2012, at 6:38 p.m., in the Copeland-Emerson Family Birth Center at Wilson Memorial Hospital in Sidney.

She weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces, and was 19 inches long.

She was welcomed home by her brother,

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Mr. and Mrs. Broerman brothers of the bride, Ben Bey, Dustin Shadoan, Craig Stammen and Ted Bergman.

Adam Groff, Nick Schellhase, Kyle Fleck and Craig Schweiterman were ushers. The ring bearers were Nolan Roscoe and Braxton Overmyer, nephews of the bridegroom.

A reception with 300 guests at the Cleveland Marriott East in Warrensville Heights followed the ceremony.

The couple honeymooned in Tahiti and reside in Hudson.

The bride is a graduate of Hudson High School and Miami University. She is employed

by KeyBank in Cleveland.

The bridegroom graduated from Versailles High School and Bowling Green State University. He is employed by Associated Materials in Cuyahoga Falls.

BIRTHS BRUNSON Mark and Kelli Brunson, of Sidney, announce the birth of a daughter, Sophia Michelle Brunson, Feb. 11, 2012, at 12:36 a.m. in the Copeland-Emerson Family Birth Center at Wilson Memorial Hospital. weighed 7 She pounds, 5.2 ounces, and was 20 1/4 inches long.

She was welcomed home by her sister, Emma, 5, and her brother, Ethan, 2.

Her maternal grandparents are Sharon Phlipot and Andy Phlipot, both of Sidney.

Her paternal grandparents are Steve and Bonnie Brunson, of McCartyville.

Her great-grandparents are Virginia Brunson, of Jackson Center, and Nick Phlipot, of Osgood.

Her mother is the former Kelli Phlipot, of Sidney.

Allen DeLoye, 14, and her sister, Rachel DeLoye, 10.

Her maternal grandparents are Paul and Patty Timmerman, of Fort Loramie. Her paternal grandparents are William and Deborah Albers, of Fort Loramie.

Her great-grandparents are Jean Timmerman, Angie Albers and Charlene Hess, all of Fort Loramie.

Her mother is the former Joyce Timmerman, of Fort Loramie.

BARHORST FORT LORAMIE — Jason and Elizabeth Barhorst, of Fort Loramie, announce the birth of a son, Nolan Mark Barhorst, Feb. 4, 2012, at 5:01 p.m., in the Copeland-Emerson Family Birth Center at Wilson Memorial Hospital in Sidney.

He weighed 6 pounds and measured 18 inches.

His maternal grandparents are Mark and Therese Borchers, of Versailles. His paternal grandparents are Mark and Kathy Barhorst, of Fort Loramie.

His great-grandparents are Orville Borchers Sr., of Versailles, Mary Lou Eilerman, of North Star, and Jeanette Barhorst, and Eugene and Irene Berning, all of Fort Loramie.

His mother is the former Elizabeth Borchers, of Versailles.

The Shelby County United Way Board of held its Trustees monthly meeting on Feb. 15 at the agency’s new location.

The board had recently approved to relocate agency offices to 232 S. Ohio Ave., the site of Peoples Federal Savings and Loan drive-up facility.

Suzanne Cline, board treasurer, presented a recommendation from the executive committee to approve funding for 2012-13 fiscal year.

The amounts approved were $935,000 for agency and program allocations; $60,000 for special projects; and $35,000 for community impact projects.

The total of this funding equals $1,030,000.

That total is the largest amount of gifts ever approved to be available to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations in Shelby County.

Hovestreydt, Deb chairwoman of the Special Projects Committee recommended two projects to the board.

A request from Agape Distribution for $2,961.30 to equip its mobile pantry with an installed generator was approved.

Next, a gift of $150 was also approved to be paid to the Sidney City Schools Job Club for shredding old United Way records.

This service is being conducted by students at the Sidney Middle School, under the direction of Karen McRill.

Pierce Meyer, 11, of Botkins, looks at a dragon sculpted from silverware.

Meyer visited the sculpture exhibit at the Gateway Arts Council gallery recently with his sixth-grade class. Pierce is the son of Julie and Bruce Meyer.

Clearing up wrong ideas about vaccines Many misconceptions about vaccines have persisted for decades because of a poor understanding of how vaccines work.

Perhaps the most common misconception is that a child’s immune system can be “overloaded” if the child receive multiple vaccines at once. This concern first began to appear as the recommended childhood immunization schedule expanded to include more vaccines, and as some vaccines were combined into a single shot. However, studies have repeatedly demonstrated that the recommended vaccines are no more likely to cause adverse effects when given in combination than when they are administered separately. Children are exposed to many foreign antigens every day. An antigen is known as a part of a virus or bacteria. Eating food introduces new bacteria into the body, and numerous bacteria live in the mouth and nose,

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Some parents decide to “spread out” the time period during which their children receive vaccinations “just in case.”

There is no scientific evidence to support this approach, and delaying vaccinations puts children at risk of contracting any of these preventable diseases.

Some people argue that immunity gained from surviving a natural infection provides better protection than that provided by vaccines. While it’s true that natural immunity lasts longer in some cases than vaccine-

induce immunity can, the risks of natural infection outweigh the risks of immunization for every recommended vaccine.

For example, will measles infection causes encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) for one in 1,000 infected individuals and kills two of every 1,000 infected individuals. The combination MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine, however, results in encephalitis or a severe allergic reaction only once in every million vaccinated individuals, preventing while measles infection. The benefits of vaccine-acquired immunity extraordinarily outweigh the serious risks of natural infection, even in cases where boosters are required to maintain immunity.

Protect you and your family from vaccine preventable diseases by vaccinating. Contact the Sidney-Shelby County Health Department for more information.

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HUDSON — Jennifer Lynne Reardon, of Hudson, and Jacob Michael Broerman, of Yorkshire, were united in marriage Nov. 12, 2011, at 2 p.m. in the St. Mary Catholic Church in Hudson.

The bride is the daughter of Patrick and Peggy Reardon, of Hudson. She is the granddaughter of Ruth Rose, of Canfield.

The bridegroom is the son of Richard and Mary Lou Broerman, of Yorkshire.

The Rev. Kevin Elbert officiated the ceremony.

Escorted by her father, the bride wore a Blush by Jim Helm, tissue taffeta, princess gown with a unique keyhole back and sweep train. The graceful jewel neckline draped into the natural gathered waist adorned with a floral and crystal detail. She carried a bouquet of white roses and ranunculus.

Shawna Sharie was maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Jodi Overmyer, Jaclyn Roscoe and Jenna Subler, all sisters of the bridegroom, Harrington, Emily Aimee Spuller and Sara Ison. Ava Subler and Madelyn Roscoe, nieces of the bridegroom, were the flower girls.The attendants carried bouquets of red roses and ranunculus.

Jason Broerman served as his brother’s best man.

Groomsmen were Michael Reardon and Christopher Reardon,

Sidney Daily News, Friday, February 24, 2012

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OPINION Friday, February 24, 2012

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LETTERS

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.

TO THE EDITOR

Impressed by Sell

To the editor: As a former law enforcement officer and investigator, I would like to commend attorney Tim Your hometown newspaper since 1891 Sell. I was appointed by the Shelby County Common Pleas Court to assist Tim and his staff in Frank Beeson/Regional Group Publisher preparing for the defense of an indigent defenJeffrey J. Billiel/Editor and Publisher dant.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of The case was complex and the defendant was religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridg- charged with aggravated manslaughter. Tim Sell’s ing the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the dedication and persistence in reviewing every depeople peaceably to assemble, and to petition the governtail of the file was impressive. ment for a redress of grievances.

Sell and his staff worked weekends and evenings on this case and they spent countless hours away from their families in an effort to proETTERS TO THE EDITOR vide excellence to their client. The expertise, dedication and professionalism exhibited by Tim Sell and his staff are not always found in public servants.

Again, I have been impressed by Tim Sell’s To the editor: work and I anticipate that upon election he will Tim Sell is one of the most caring and compas- be a highly motivated and successful Shelby sionate people I have ever met. He has been County prosecutor.

Shelby County’s public defender for 18 years and Wayne E. Miller when I found out he was running for county prosLegal Investigation Services ecutor, I asked if I could serve on his election com237 E. Fourth St. mittee, as I think highly of his work.

Greenville I assumed that Tim had never been a prosecutor before and would have to learn the job, like so many others who were prosecutors in the past.

But early on in the campaign I learned that Tim To the editor: had served five years in the U.S. Air Force JAG The New Bremen School District is proposing a service as a prosecutor. $13.7 million levy and a $19.7 million K-8 buildThat really impressed me that he first served ing to be on the March 6 primary ballot. our country and secondly that he has extensive Recently, discovery has revealed issues NBS experience as a prosecutor. should bring to the voters, with answers, before Sometimes people will ask me if I can recomthis levy is voted. mend an attorney to them and my answer is alThe Ohio School Facilities Commission apways the same. Call Tim Sell. I know he will work proved $6.8 million from Ohio, $6.8 million from hard for you. I know he will be prepared. I know the community. NBS is proposing a $13.7 million he will represent you in a professional manner, levy and a $19.7 million structure. Why and and I know he will finish the job. Those are the where is $6 million going? Calculations of cost per same characteristics that he will bring to the ofsquare foot suggest a $13.7 million structure figfice of Shelby County prosecutor. ure is rational.

Tim has my vote. I hope you will join me and The building was sited — as if deliberately — vote for Tim Sell. to cut off entry/egress to the present football facilDavid McKay 3168 Thompson-Schiff Road ity. Is NBS planning, surreptitiously, to build another football/sports facility without prior voter disclosure?

NBS has spent the better part of four years on this project, but proposed an education building To the editor: plan that is not 21st century thinking, coming I am writing today to ask the citizens of Shelby closer to retro mid-20th century concepts.

County for their support of my father, candidate for Why, given the lead time, has there been little Shelby County Commissioner Robert A. Guillozet. transparency in the design process, and restricted My dad has worked in public service since 1974 input, excluding both public input and input from as a volunteer firefighter, deputy sheriff, deputy fire resources with greater education expertise?

Why has NBS now brought the proposition, bechief for the city of Sidney and is currently in his latedly to the point of venality, to a primary election second term as Clinton Township Trustee. Along with those duties he has also found the time to do- ballot, where voter turnouts are generally low, and were the levy actually passed, would likely be withnate his talents in many leadership roles for nuout approval of an actual majority of the district’s merous organizations, including the VESPA registered voters? A repeat performance.

Quarterback Club, president of the Sidney High What did NBS assume about population School Athletic Boosters, Sidney Kiwanis and the Sidney Knights of Columbus. He has also found the change in the age groups that would employ this facility? Trend calculations for those age groups in time for memberships with the Shelby County Right to Life, Sidney Elks, Sons of the American Le- New Bremen, after release of the last U.S. Census gion, Shelby County Vets to DC, Sidney Moose and data, indicate that population sector is declining at roughly 6-7 percent per year. the Shelby County Trustees Association.

The proposed levy will raise New Bremen propI could sit here and write about how all of these erty taxes over 20 percent for most residents, activities make my dad the most qualified candipresent taxes already dominated by NBS, and date to be your next county commissioner but I higher than places many times our population would rather talk about the man he is. Recently and school infrastructure. Did NBS consider the while discussing the upcoming election with a trusted public official, this official spoke about how repressive effect on attracting families to the comsome people say they care about our community be- munity?

What is the proposed disposition of the present cause it is what the people want to hear, but after working with my father recently he told me that he k-8 building, and what deals have been made regarding its disposition? could tell from how my dad conducted himself and The likely view of many New Bremen residents spoke about our county that he really does care is that this project will improve learning. In fact, about the community. He told me that he can hear it is a prescription for less contemporary learning it in my dad’s voice when he speaks that it is evifor their children, and a barrier to needed 21st dent that he wants to make our county a better place for everyone to live. He described him as “just century K-12 thinking.

Take this project off the March 6 ballot, do coma really good man.” petent homework to create a contemporary K-8 I know that he is not alone in that belief and that there are many other citizens of Shelby County structure plan and put the proposition back on that have the same opinion of my father. This mind- the November ballot where district voters may be fairly represented. set of leadership and dedication to our community Dr. Ronald Willett that this official speaks about is what I have been 29 Canterbury Drive exposed to for the past 28 years with my father. I New Bremen know him as a tireless worker, a great family man and a dedicated and vigilant public official.

My father has lived his life by the Golden Rule and will work tirelessly to serve the citizens of Shelby County to the best of his abilities. Please To the editor: join me in supporting Robert A. Guillozet, “a really This letter is to urge Shelby County Republicans good man,” for Shelby County Commissioner. to vote for Tim Sell for Shelby County prosecutor in Robert “Frank” Guillozet the March 6 primary.

323 E. Main St. Shelby County deserves a dedicated public serPort Jefferson vant who will aggressively prosecute criminals and protect its residents. Tim has the necessary mix of legal experience and community involvement to serve as the legal voice of our county. Currently serving as Shelby County public defender, Tim has an inTo the editor: timate working knowledge of our community and I recommend Timothy Sell for county prosecu- the stresses and concerns of its residents. tor. Tim is experienced, dedicated and reliable. As Mr. Sell also serves as the volunteer legal adviser a longtime member of our community, he knows for the highly successful Sidney High School Mock and understands the issues and concerns we are Trial Program. For nearly a decade, as the teacher facing. He will pursue justice and work hard to adviser for the mock trial team, I have had the privipreserve fairness for all. lege to witness the countless hours, late nights and R. Michael Puckett early mornings that Tim dedicates to our students 1113 E. Hoewisher Road and their success. Tim is a passionate advocate for our community and instills that passion and respect for the law in the students that participate in mock trial.

Your vote for Tim Sell in the upcoming primary would give the citizens of Shelby County a strong The deadline for submitting letters to the edvoice and determined advocate for the law. itor relating to candidates and issues in the Brett Bickel March 6 primary election is today at 5 p.m.

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Election letters

Sell is right choice To the editor: When Tim Sell told me that he was running for Shelby County prosecutor, I knew immediately that he was the right choice. I have known the man and the lawyer for more than 20 years and have the highest respect for him as a personal friend and as a professional.

What impresses me the most about Tim is how extremely prepared he is for every case he works on. When he has done work for me I have always had great confidence that he would finish the job and represent me in a most professional manner.

Tim does not back down from his responsibilities.

He is the exact person that we need for the office of county prosecutor, I hope you will join me in voting for Tim Sell in the primary election on March 6.

Bruce Dickman 1131 E. Parkwood St.

Bauer tough on crime To the editor: I have been a resident of Sidney for 56 years. I have seen our streets and homes become unsafe because of drugs and crime. The last few years I have felt safer because we have a prosecutor, Ralph Bauer, being tough on criminals.

During Ralph Bauer’s term he has prosecuted 1,817 cases of crime with 98 percent convictions.

This is what is needed to keep our families safe.

Ralph Bauer is also a member of the Right to Life. He is very concerned on this issue.

I have seen Ralph Bauer coaching Little League baseball and the attention he gave the kids as individuals or as a team was over the top.

I also noticed these kids admired and had a lot of respect for him because of the concern he had for each individual person.

Ralph Bauer also coached junior high track and cross country at Houston and Lehman with the same results from these young people. These young people always listen to him because he has always brought out the best in them, promoting them to become the best they can be on the field as an individual or as a team.

This is the type of prosecutor we need who cares about our young people and our town, keeping our streets safe.

Please join me in voting for Ralph Bauer for Shelby County prosecutor.

Paul Gordon 7910 Wright-Puthoff Road

Sell is dedicated To the editor: I have had the opportunity and privilege to work with Tim Sell for the past 13 years as his legal assistant and have worked in the Shelby County legal community for more than 27 years.

I have the utmost respect and admiration for Tim Sell both as a person and employer.

You will not find a more compassionate, forthright, honest and professional individual to be elected as the prosecutor of our county. Tim is undeniably a leader and does not back down to opposition.

Tim and his wife, Kathy, have strong moral and family values. Without exception, Tim is dedicated to his family, his community and his career.

Please join me in voting for Tim Sell as our county prosecutor.

Janelle Rindler 109 Village Green Drive

Vote for community To the editor: I am writing to ask the New Bremen community to support the construction of a new K-8 building by voting “yes” on March 6. My wife and I moved to New Bremen nearly 19 years ago, in part to raise our kids. Our youngest will graduate from New Bremen High School in the spring; no one in my family will directly benefit from a new school building. Nevertheless, I support the building of a new K-8 building because it is the best use of our tax dollars to do so.

Seven months ago, like many of you, I questioned if leaving our existing K-8 building and building new was the right choice. $13 million is a lot of money. I got involved. I attended the two informational meetings last fall, toured the building and learned the facts. Let’s face it, we may be able to put some off for a few years, but there are a lot of repairs and updates on the horizon for our current K-8 building, especially so when you look at a 30-year time frame. It soon became obvious that remaining in the current K8 building will cost our community far more than $13 million over the next 30-plus years. With historically low interest rates, $6.8 million in building assistance from the state and $13 million in local dollars, our community can have a state-ofthe-art K-8 school building, and for less money long term than remaining in the current building. I repeat, voting “yes” will save this community money over the next 30 years.

At minimum, attend one of the upcoming informational meetings, see what I saw and crunch the numbers. I am confident you too will come to the same conclusion I did; voting “yes” for New Bremen Schools is what’s best for the community.

Mark Barhorst 15 S. Franklin St. New Bremen

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Friday, February 24, 2012

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NEWS

Spoons N’ Spools JACKSON CENTER — Spoons N’ Spools held a meeting on Jan. 13.

The first topic of discussion was the club’s educational trip. All club members decided on a trip to Marmon Valley Farms on Aug. 11 for a summer fun day of horseback riding and other fun activities afterwards stopping by for ice cream. There is also an upcoming 4-H/FFA Scholarship breakfast on March 4 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Jackson Center School Cafeteria. All club members have tickets available for purchase. Tickets are $6 for adult and $4 for children under 12. People can also call advisers Kristi Bayhan at 638-9577 or Krista Wildermuth at 638-1325 for advanced tickets.

Also any member that is at least a freshman that is interested in run-

ning for Junior Fair Board, Jackson Township has a seat open this year.

The club decided on Wheel of 4-H for its fair booth theme. All members were asked to be thinking of details.

Two demonstrations were given at the meeting. Katelyn Bayhan did a demonstration on “How to make Playdoh,” and Tiffany Bayhan did a demonstration on “Corn Plastic.”

The club’s next meeting is March 12 at 7 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Church. Fundraising for Avon and 31 Gifts will start. Katrina McGowan will be providing snacks, and MaKayla VanHook with be providing Photo provided drinks. Demonstrations will be given

by Riley Jackson, Kennedy Jackson, DR. PAUL Mullen speaks to Jackson Center students about following their Katie Clark and Hope Booser. New dreams. members are always welcome.

Speaker encourages students Guest breaks family harmony to follow their dreams DR. WALvery selfish. I’m semester and later on in

LACE: Please sorry this guy is give me your blind, and I’m honest opinion. pleased that my I’m 17 and live parents are with my parents helping him, but and a 15-yearI think they old sister. Our have gone too family was very far. harmonious I feel like ’Tween until about six moving in with months ago, 12 & 20 my girlfriend’s Dr. Robert when my mom family. They alWallace started helping a ready said I’d be blind fellow (age welcome, but I 28) finish his doctor’s the- don’t want to leave my sis. At first, everything sister. Please give me was fine. He would come your thoughts. — Hanover once a week and nah, Boston, Mass. stay for about three HANNAH: It’s wonhours. Then he was com- derful to be someone’s ing over twice a week, helper, but not at the exthen three times a week pense of family harmony. and finally my parents Your parents should lisallowed him to move into ten to your concerns our house because we about their houseguest have a spare bedroom. and ask him to leave if Both of my parents his presence continues to like this guy and really be disruptive. Dismissenjoy his company. But ing your concerns as my sister and I have “selfish” shows misgrown to dislike him very placed priorities. much. He is opinionated and often rude. Also, our DR. WALLACE: I’m privacy has been violated in the eighth grade, and and we hardly have any I’m a very good student. time alone with our own Last semester, I got all A’s parents. I’ve talked with except for one B on my remy parents about the sit- port card. I should have uation, but they say the had all A’s. The teacher subject is not open for who gave me a B said he discussion. They said my did it because he wanted sister and I are being me to work harder this

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life I’d thank him. He said I really had earned an A. I transferred out of this teacher’s class, and I’m now getting A’s in all of my classes. But I feel cheated. I should have had straight A’s last semester, too. Is there anything I can do to get this teacher to change my grade, or is it already too late? — Cheated, Las Vegas, Nev. CHEATED: It’s never too late to correct an error.

Students should be given the grade they earn. Have your parents set up a meeting with your principal so the error can be corrected. Your teacher might have been trying to inspire you to do better, but his method was unacceptable.

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.

Email 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.

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, Feb. 25, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) What a difference a day makes! Today you have a warm feeling in your tummy. Even if nothing has changed, you feel better, and you know it.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Enjoy schmoozing with others today. All interactions, especially in group situations, will be upbeat and pleasant.

Furthermore, someone could encourage you to dream bigger!

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You make a wonderful impression on bosses, parents, teachers and VIPs today. Milk this for all it’s worth. You look fabulous, darling.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Suddenly, travel plans look exciting and adventurous. You’re going places. Others can explore avenues in publishing, the media, higher education, medicine and the law.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22)

Yahoo! Gifts, goodies and favors from others easily can come to you today. Keep your pockets open, and be receptive to the generosity of others.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Even if relations with partners and close friends have been strained, today you can go a long way toward smoothing troubled waters. Enjoy the company of others!

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Thankfully, relations with co-workers are friendly today. In fact, job opportunities and just plain joy from what you do will bless you.

(What a nice change!)

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Romance, love affairs, vacations, playful activities with children and sports events all are big plusses today. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to have fun!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Invite the gang over for pizza and beer. Enjoy good times with family and friends at home.

This is an excellent day for real-estate dealings.

In some way, you can feel richer at home, or you can expand your living situation.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Today, you truly feel

the power of positive thinking. You’re optimistic about your future, and this positive energy gives a lovely boost to your conversations with everyone. Yay! AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) This is an excellent day for business and commerce.

There’s money in them thar hills. Look for ways to boost your income. Foreign markets or foreign currency could be profitable for you.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Today, you feel happy, hopeful and optimistic.

Get out and schmooze with friends. Enjoy yourself, because life is good.

You definitely will benefit from interactions with others — no question.

YOU BORN TODAY You multitask and are quick to see the big picture. Your own personal philosophy, which is quite idealistic, underlies everything you do.

You’re a direct communicator, and you think fast on your feet. You strive to do the right thing (according to your own ethics). A major change could take place, perhaps something as significant as whatever occurred around 2003.

Birthdate of: Chelsea Handler, TV host/author; George Harrison,musician; Nancy O’Dell, TV host.

BY TERRY PELLMAN

JACKSON CENTER — Rows of small children struggle to sit still on the Jackson Center School gymnasium’s floor as the speaker prepares to begin. After all, they are waiting to hear a man talk about dreams.

Dr. Paul Mullen, based in Upper Sandusky, knows a thing or two about dreams. He has a doctorate in engineering management, was a baseball player, and his daughter is now a star athlete in her own right. Now Paul Mullen writes books and visits schools to inspire students to pursue the quests forming in their own imaginations.

When he begins speaking, Mullen

quickly has the rapt attention of his young audience. He asks if the students have dreams of his or her own, and moves on to asking some of them to tell what their dreams involve. Some want to be athletes, while an occasional dream will involve securing sufficient candy.

Mullen promotes the use of a child’s imagination. For example, he tells a story to take the children on a guided fantasy involving a magic eye. He has captured the gazes of the children suddenly, the until magic eye appears in his hand.

He has written many books, some of which are centered on a Major League baseball team.

He also authored a picture book in partnership with the daughter of

famed singer and actress Julie Andrews, star of the film “The Sound of Music.” Mullen is also the author of a self-help guide titled, “Some Things I have Learned Along the Way.” Mullen found his calling when he took time off from his work as an aeronautical engineer to work at a school in a Florida junior high school. There he began working with eighthgrade students who were struggling with reading.

Mullen operates a literacy campaign for children called “Every Child Dreams of Greatness.”

The effort emphasizes the Importance of children believing in their own dreams. His goal is to influence the education of 1 million students.

New maintenance manager addresses school board JACKSON CENTER — The members of the Jackson Center Local School Board of Education heard from the newly hired maintenance manager during their recent meeting.

Maintenance manager Ted Rostorfer introduced himself and updated the board on the need for a Building Operator Certification, as well as an opportunity through Hillyard, Cleaning and Facilities Supply Co., to complete an efficiency assessment.

The board also discussed the declining bank balances from a loss of Tangible Personal Prop-

erty (TPP) Hold Harmless revenue and a recent reduction in state foundation revenue. The board agreed to closely monitor the situation and to have further discussions on potential solutions after more assessments on the impact to the five-year forecast.

The board also: • Approved an extended day field trip to the Columbus Zoo for second graders.

• Approved an extended day field trip to COSI for third graders.

• Approved an overnight field trip to Camp Woodhaven for sixth graders.

• Approved an extended day trip to the Wright State Lake Campus Scholastic Bowl for high school students.

The board entered into executive session to discuss the employment of public employees.

When the board members returned, they approved the employment of Ron Perkey as varsity assistant baseball coach, Dwayne Sosby as varsity assistant softball coach, and Kylan Booser as high school and junior high assistant track coach.

The next meeting will be held on March 19 at 7 p.m.

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ELECTION Ohio Human Services Director for his work in welfare reform. He served two terms on Sidney City Council and is the author of three fiction books. He is a member of several local organizations.

Guillozet is a lifetime resident of Shelby County and has worked in public service since 1974 when he began as a volunteer firefighter. He served as deputy fire chief for Sidney and is currently serving his second term as a Clinton Township trustee.

In 1995 he was named firefighter of the year for Sidney. He is a member of various organizations as well.

Current Shelby County Prosecutor Ralph Bauer is a graduate of Houston High School, attended Wittenberg University and graduated from the University of

Cincinnati College of Law. At the present time Bauer is a full-time prosecutor and no longer is engaged in private practice.

During his time in the prosecutor’s office, Bauer has handled numerous cases of all kinds.

Tim Sell graduated from Tippecanoe High School, Marietta College and the Ohio State University College of Law. He served in the U.S. Air Force as a chief prosecutor. From 1994 to the present, Sell has served as Shelby County public defender. He is a senior partner in the law firm Sell, Hegemann & Zimmerman Co., LPA. Adams is currently serving his third term as representative from the 78th District. Due to redistricting, he is now running for the 85th District.

He is the majority whip in

KIMPEL sexual assault of former Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputy Jodi Van Fossen are without merit.

Dean Kimpel, 57, of the Botkins area, has been charged with sexually assaulting Van Fossen at her Wapakoneta-area home in July 2010.

The basis of Kimpel’s request to dismiss/suppress deals with the socalled Garrity warning.

Kimpel contends that as an elected official for the county, what he said during the investigation to investigators from the Licking County Sheriff’s Office should be suppressed and/or dismissed.

“The defendant (Kimpel) cites language in Garrity which indicates that the holding in the matter extends to all public employees whether ‘… they are policeman or other members of our body politic,’” Kendell said in the motion. “Further, although the defendant cites no case which involves the extension of the protections to an elected official, he makes his leap of faith to his conclusion that ‘…Garrity itself makes aid protections available to all public employees, including those who are elected officials such that they could be removed from office.

“Although the plaintiff (state of Ohio) does not contest the assertion that an Ohio sheriff is a public officer and employee, it is the contention of the plaintiff that the conclusion of the defendant as to his protection under Garrity are unwarranted and unsupported.”

Kendell further explained that Kimpel, in the context of his interview with the officers from the Licking County Sheriff’s Department, which investigated the case, falls within the Garrity protection.

“It is evident that officers of the Licking County Sheriff’s Department had no authority or privilege to terminate Sheriff Kimpel, as an elected officer of Shelby County, or otherwise to discipline him,” Kendell wrote in the motion. “The defendant suggests, however, that there are statutory suspension and removal processes which apply to Ohio elected officials which are applicable to this situation and are akin to the threats of termination incident to Garrity and its progeny.”

Kendell said Kimpel’s motion referred to the Ohio Revised Code, which “indicates suspension procedures were initiated as to him and that he ultimately agreed to his suspension from of-

From Page 1 the House. Adams serves on the Commerce and Labor Committee and the Rules and Reference, Insurance, and State Government and Elections committees. He resides in Sidney.

Easton is a graduate of Sidney High School and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He is an engineer; quality trainer, programmer and consultant; as well as an entrepreneur. He is involved in several local organizations.

Each candidate will have the opportunity to speak to the group and to answer questions. Unopposed candidates have been invited to attend and meet attendees before or after the organized event. There is no admission charge and the VFW will offer snacks for sale.

From Page 1 fice as a result of the same.

“Section 3.16 applies, however only to cases in which an elected official ‘… is charged with a felony in a state or federal court …’ Clearly the refusal of the defendant to subject himself to the interview process or to answer the questions of the detectives did not and could not rise to the level of a felony violation which would justify his suspension from office under this enactment.”

The process for removal of an Ohio elected official from office, wrote Kendell, “requires that the officeholder ‘… willfully and flagrantly neglects to enforce the law or to perform any official duty imposed upon him by law, or is guilty of gross neglect of duty, gross immorality, drunkenness, misfeasance, malfeasance or nonfeasance …’ so as to constitute ‘misconduct in office.’

Removal on any such grounds can be effected only by a filing supported by the signatures of electors equal to 15 percent of the voters in the most recent gubernatorial election within the jurisdiction, or, in the case of a sheriff, a prosecutor or a municipal mayor, executed by the governor and a judicial determination after proper hearing rendered by a judge or, at the choice of the official, by a jury.”

Kendell continues that Kimpel’s being charged with a felony offense has led to his suspension from office, and may include his removal from his elected position.

“The issue here is not the repercussions of the defendant’s being so charged and potentially convicted, but the potential results of his refusal to provide information to the criminal investigators. Only the real threat of termination and forfeiture of employments and benefits creates the unacceptable conundrum which renders any nonimmunized stated constructively coerced and inadmissible.

“Clearly, in spite of their representations in the Garrity warning, the detectives enjoyed no authority to terminate the sheriff of Shelby County from his position or otherwise to discipline him for his refusal to engage in the interview process.”

The motion continues, “It seems evident that had the defendant simply declined to engage in the interview process or to answer the investigators’ questions, his conduct would not have constituted his willful and flagrant exercise of his authority or power not

authorized by law, his refusal or willful neglect to enforce the law or to perform any official duty imposed upon him by the law, or gross neglect of duty, gross immorality, drunkenness, misfeasance, malfeasance or nonfeasance.

Kendell states in the motion that Kimpel “knew full well the options and he was not constructively coerced to make statements to the investigators. It is inconsistent, however, with the requests which he now makes to the court that his indictment be dismissed or his statements be suppressed. As such, the defendant is not entitled to the privilege and protections of Garriety, and his statements made to the investigating officers need not and should not be suppressed or taint the criminal processes herein.”

In dealing with the motion about suppressing the grand jury testimony, Kendell states that Kimpel testified voluntarily before the grand jury.

“Well subsequent to his making statements to the Licking County criminal investigators, the defendant requested the opportunity to present his sworn testimony before the grand jury as part of the indictment process incident to these proceedings.”

Kimpel, said Kendell, was represented by counsel during the grand jury proceedings and “waived his right to self-incrimination and testified giving evidence substantially consistent with this statements made to the investigators. His testimony was offered to the grand jury prior to the submission of evidence related to his earlier statement. The assumption is inescapable that he did so in the hopes that his testimony would work to his advantage and might induce the grand jury to decline to hand up an indictment against him so that he might avoid the perils of criminal prosecution all together.”

In answer to Kimpel’s motion to have the indictment dismissed, Kendell wrote that the motion is without merit.

Auglaize County Common Pleas Court Judge Fred Pepple has scheduled a hearing on April 2 at 9 a.m. on the motion to dismiss/suppress the charges. The trial is set for May 7.

Kimpel also faces charges in Shelby County of unauthorized use of the Ohio Law Enforcement Gateway computer system. That trial is scheduled for April 3.

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Deadline is March 2 to vote an absentee ballot The Shelby County Board of Elections announced that March 2 at 6 p.m. is the final date and time for an “in person” voter to vote an absentee ballot.

The Board of Elections office is open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. On Friday, the office is

open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Voted absentee ballots sent back to the Board of Elections office via U.S. mail must be postmarked no later than March 5 and be received by March 16.

The Shelby County Board of Elections is located at 230 E. Court St. and the phone number is 498-7207.

ZENITH sculpture invitational, the Chamber of Commerce board and so many more organizations.”

“Priscilla truly cares about her community,” Spicer continued. “She lends her time to a wide range of local events to gain different perspectives and learn about our community’s needs.”

She noted that Wilt’s dedication to the community reflects the intent of the Zenith Award.

Echoing many of Spicer’s observations, Heather Neer, superintendent of the Shelby Educational County Service Center, wrote in a letter of support that Wilt “is a visionary — always looking for ways that most people wouldn’t even imagine to meet the needs of or to better the greater Shelby County community. (She is) also capable of following through with amazing detail on the projects and activities in which she is involved.”

Connie Schneider, superintendent of the Botkins Local Schools, also wrote a letter of support, lauding Wilt for “her commitment to the youth in Botkins … most exemplified by the contributions she made to our school system while a member of the Botkins Local School Board of Education.

During her tenure on the board, she was instrumental in the passage of two bond levies — one for a high school gymnasium in 1990 and a renovation/addition in 1995.”

Schneider noted Wilt

From Page 1 was also instrumental as a member of the Botkins Park Board in developing the village park, complete with ball fields, basketball courts, tennis courts, a putting green and a playground.

She also cited Wilt’s support of the arts and her promotion of the Botkins Sculpture Invitational for two years.

Besides serving on the Botkins school board, Park Board and Shelby County Educational Service Center Board, Wilt also worked with the Botkins Community Club for 20 years, helped organize the Shelby County Farm Tour for 10 years and served on the Chamber of Commerce board for six years, including a year as chairwoman, and as a trustee of the Chamber Foundation.

Among other involvements, she was on the board of the Tennis Collectors of America, worked with the Shelby County Youth Tennis Program, served as an Ohio Reads Volunteer at Central Elementary School, was on the Botkins Library Advisory Board and was a Shelby County United Way campaign volunteer for 20 years. She also helped found the Shelby County Community Tennis Association, served on the board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Shelby and Darke Counties, was on the board of the Community Foundation of Shelby County and is a member of the Shelby County Historical Society.

She has been active

in the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Botkins and also St. Jacob Lutheran Church in Anna, doing volunteer work in both parishes.

She and her husband, Greg, have children and grandchildren.

A number of beautification awards were also presented at the Chamber banquet, recognizing properties that underwent improvements in 2011.

Winners include: • Advanced Composites, Inc. — 25-year exterior renovation.

• Al’s Pizza — exterior and interior renovation.

• The Bridge Restaurant — exterior and interior renovation.

• Dorothy Love Retirement Community — interior renovation.

• H&R Block — exterior and interior renovation.

• Holy Angels Catholic Church — interior renovation.

• Hometown Urgent Care — exterior and interior renovation.

• Little Caesars — exterior and interior renovation.

• Poplar Street Thrift and Emporium — interior renovation.

• Rotary Compression Technologies, Inc. — exterior renovation.

• Sidney Body Carstar — new addition.

• Sidney First Methodist United Church — exterior and interior renovation.

• Wilson Memorial Hospital — New construction and interior renovation.

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• Brittany M. Barga, 18, 612 N. Main Ave., pleaded guilty to perjury, a felony of the third degree. On May 27, 2011, Barga testified in a preliminary hearing in the Sidney Municipal Court in the case of the State of Ohio vs. Nathan Jelks.

She testified that she was robbed by Jelks when in fact she was not.

She was sentenced to five years of community control sanctions, fined $200 and 90 days in the Shelby County Jail.

• Kristopher Fischbach, 20, 417 1/2 Adams St., Piqua, pleaded guilty to the amended charge of receiving stolen property, a first degree misdemeanor. He was placed on community control sanctions which will not exceed five years, must serve 60 days in jail, must successfully complete drug and alcohol counseling and pay the

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Judge William Zimmerman Sr. of the Shelby County Juvenile Court recently handed down the following traffic sentences: • Lena Kellerman, 17, of Sidney, speeding, $35 fine plus costs.

• Miaya Foy, 16, of Sidney, temporary permit violation, $35 fine plus costs.

• Brittany Aufderhaar, 17, of Anna, assured clear distance, $35 fine plus costs.

• Bryce Perea, 16, of Sidney, improper starting/backing, $35 fine plus costs.

• Kaitlin Whitt, 16, of Botkins, failure to yield

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when turning left, $35 fine plus costs.

• Patrick Kiernan II, of Botkins, speeding, $35 fine plus court costs.

• Tiarra Stewart, 17, of Sidney, failure to yield stop sign, $35 fine plus costs.

• Benjamin Barhorst, 18, of Minster, speeding, $50 fine plus costs.

• Haley Wolfe, 17, of Sidney, obediance to traffic control devise, $35 fine plus costs.

• Bradley McMaken, 17, of Russia, failure to yield stop sign, $35 fine plus costs.

• Andre Spillers, 16, of Sidney, seat belt violation, $30 fine plus costs.

Garmann elected MINSTER — Brad Garmann was elected president and Linda Kitzmiller vice president as the Minster Zoning Board of Appeals reorganized for 2012 recently.

The board also approved a home occupation conditional-use permit request by Brett Steinke to operate an Internet-based firearms dealership from his resi-

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dence at 76 S. Jefferson St. The request was granted for one year on condition there be no federal firearms license permit transfer and that a copy of a letter of approval from the apartment’s landlord be provided the board.

A conditional-use permit is necessary to allow occupational activities in a residential district home.

costs of prosecution. If he violates community control sanctions, he could face up to 180 days in the Shelby County Jail.

• Bruce A. Schneider, 50, 333 E. North St., entered a plea of guilty to petty theft, a misdemeanor of the first degree. Ht was sentenced to serve 60 days in the Shelby County Jail and fined $100 plus court costs. The sentence is suspended on the condition that all fines and costs are paid within 30 days.

• Jerry L. Wheat, 52, at large, entered a plea of guilty to attempted failure to provide a change of address, a misdemeanor of the first degree. He was placed on community control which will not exceed five years, must pay for his presentence investigation drug test and fined $200 plus court costs. If he violates community control, he must serve 180 days in the Shelby County Jail.

• Johnny Adams, 39, 406 Oak St., pleaded guilty to one count of possession of drugs, a felony of the fifth degree.

On Oct. 21, 2011, Adams had heroin in his posses-

sion. One count of possession of criminal tools was dismissed. He was sentenced to five years of community control sanctions, fined $200, must complete treatment at WORTH Center, restitution of $125 and driver’s license suspension for six months.

• Harold W. Gilmore III, 46, 873 Crescent Drive Apt. 3, pleaded guilty to one count of passing bad checks, a first degree misdemeanor. On June 20, Gilmore issued a check to Bowman Rentals and it was returned for nonsufficient funds. He was sentenced to 150 days in jail, ordered to pay court costs and restitution to Bowman Brothers in the amount of $660.

• Charles R. Rose, 33, 1007 Juniper Way, entered a plea of guilty to one count of operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a felony of the fourth degree.

He was sentenced to five years of community control sanctions, fined $1,350, must complete treatment at the WORTH Center and a driver’s license suspension for three years.

Highest Honors

8: Jared Grade Rachel Goubeaux, Heuing, Rudy Langenkamp, Connor Monnin, Cassandra Pleiman, Harley Supinger, Jordan Swartz and Gunnar Young.

Grade 9: Emily Borchers, Derek Busse, Bryce Cordonnier, Taylor Daniel, Julia Drees, Leah Francis, Nolan Francis, Allison Gariety, Alex Herron, Gavin Hoying, Kelsey Koverman, Ryan Magoto, Hannah Sherman and Mitchell Stone.

Grade 10: Jacob Cook, Magdalene Kearns and Savanna Lavy.

Grade 11: Casey Albers, Autumn Bergman, Ashley Borchers, Treg Francis, Bethany York, Brandon Barlage (JVS), Abbie Goubeaux (PSEOP), Josh Meyer (PSEOP) and Angie Muhlenkamp (PSEOP).

Grade 12: Andrew Art, Corey Bremigan, Drees, Blake Ryan Gehret, Kaitlin Francis (JVS), Felicity Tillman, (JVS), Lindsay Ball (PSEOP) and Lexi Schoessow (PSEOP).

4.0 Grade 7: Madison Borchers, Samuel Cook, Dylan Cordonnier, Brant Shaelyn Coverstone, Goubeaux, Maria Herron, Alex Seger, Drew Sherman, Emma Vallandingham and Audrey Voisard.

Grade 8: Elizabeth Adams, Andrew Ball, Jordan Ball, Kara Barlage, Lukas Busse, Ellie Fiessinger, Amanda Frazier, Erin Gaerke, Alicia George, Lauren Heaton, Molly Kearns, Weston Lavy, Mark Siefring and Karissa Voisard.

Grade 9: Nicholas Colby, Corrina Francis, Adam Hoying, Jordan Kremer, Jason Magoto, Lindsay Meyer, Claudia Monnin, Jacob Pleiman, Claire Sherman and Kylie Wilson.

Grade 10: Taylor Borchers, Nicole DeLoye, Honors Bailey Francis, Emilie 3.2-3.599 Frazier, Dean Lan7: Kevin Grade genkamp, Joshua Monnin, Rachel Pinchot, Drees, Faith Magoto, Camille Puthoff, Jaclyn John Moorman and Siefring and Kirstin Tyler Robinson.

Grade 8: Caleb Ball, Voisard.

Grade 11: Gina Bar- Hannah Cohee, Samanlage, Alexa Counts, Kayli tha Monnin, Trevor MonDues, Ethan Hoying, Re- nin, Zachary Sherman, becca Meyer, Shana Evan York and Joshua Meyer, Olivia Monnin, York.

Grade 9: Trevor AlEthan Paulus (JVS), Lauren Francis bers, Rebecca Art, Han(PSEOP), Trevor Sher- nah Bornhorst, Jordan man (PSEOP) and Gariety, Justin Gariety, Vanessa Stang (PSEOP). Hannah Poling, Max Grade 12: Victoria Voisard and Vanessa Borchers, Danielle Fran- Westfall.

Grade 10: Isaiah cis, Jacob Monnin, Macy Monnin, Elijah Puthoff, Counts, Aaleeyah Daniel, Daugherty, Jessica Schafer (JVS), Morgan Colin Ball (PSEOP), Emily Fairchild, Cole on April 10, 2013 and reKaila Alexis Magoto (PSEOP) McEldowney, turning April 13, 2013. and Eric Magoto Pleiman, Travis Simons, • Approved a right of (PSEOP).

Stickel and Steven way on Parkwood School Austin Tebbe.

Special Honors property allowing the Grade 11: Emily 3.6-3.999 city of Sidney to install a Francis, Austin Gariety, Grade 7: Drew Alt, right turn lane from Kate Cook, Noah Drees, Taylor Magoto and Sara Russell Road onto Wa- Christina Gaerke, Au- Young. pakoneta Avenue.

Grade 12: Tyler drey Gariety, Clay • Approved a utility George, Kelsey Magoto, Francis, Katelyn Herron, easement through Ethan Monnier, Julia Dakotah Huffman, Kyle Northwood School prop- Monnin, Trenton Mon- Paulus, Ethan Schafer, erty for the city of Sid- nin, Chloe Sherman, Whitney Wallace, Cody ney to connect the storm Katie Swartz, Cole Tebbe Turner (JVS) and Mary Stickel (PSEOP). sewer from Wapakoneta and Rachel York.

Avenue to St. Marys Road.

• Approved contract for mowing, trimming and broadleaf spraying services to Larry Schroer, doing business as L.D.S Landscape Maintenance, for $37,869.

The next board meeting will be held on Miami Valley Centre Mall, Piqua March 5 at 6 p.m. at Monday-Saturday 10-9, Sunday 12-6 Emerson Elementary.

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Board takes action on personnel The Sidney City Schools Board of Education acted on several personnel items during its meeting Tuesday night.

The board employed Donna Long, Stephanie Noffsinger and Angela Weidner on as needed contracts as substitute teachers at $87.53 per day.

The board also: • Employed Deb Wyer on a one-year limited, as needed contract as a substitute cook at $8.81 per hour.

• Approved Francis Spangler as a volunteer softball coach.

• Approved an out-ofstate trip during the 2012-13 school year for Sidney High School choir students to attend a choral competition in Nashville, Tenn., leaving

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Donnie Waldroop Sr., 58, 826 Spruce Ave. Apt. C, entered a plea of guilty to the amended charge of attempted rape, a felony of the second degree, recently in Shelby County Common Pleas Court. Waldroop was originally charged with the rape of a juvenile in September and October of 2010. He was sentenced to seven years in prison and ordered to pay court costs. *Lamone E. Upkins, 43, 338 Linden Ave., was found guilty of four counts of trafficking in drugs, felonies of the fifth degree.

On Oct. 14 and Oct. 19, 2010, Upkins sold Clonazepam, a Schedule IV drug, to a confidential informant. He was sentenced to nine months on each count to run consecutive for a total of 36 months in prison, restitution of $830 and driver’s license suspension for six months.

RUSSIA — Russia Local School has released the list of students who earned a place on the honor roll for the second grading period of the 2011-12 school year.

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Bluffton University has announced the dean’s list for the Bluffton Co-hort Based Organization Management program (BCOMP) for the fall term.

BCOMP is an accelerated degree completion program. Students who complete the program demonstrate commitment to personal development and profession advancement within the area of organizational management.

Students with a GPA of 3.6 are eligible for the dean’s list. Students whose cumulative GPA of at least 3.75 based on 20 semester hours received distinction for continued high achievement, indicated by *.

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Friday’s sunset . . . . 6:22 p.m.

Saturday’s sunrise . 7:17 a.m.

Saturday’s sunset . . 6:23 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.

A strong cold front moves through the area earlytoday.

Much colder air arrives for the end of the week and the start of the weekend.

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She’s already had more than her share.

On the upbeat side, about 80 percent of people will make a substantial recovery in a few weeks to a month. Some are left with a lingering weakness of those muscles and must enter a rehab program.

Treatment is a bit controversial. Some doctors prescribe one of the cortisone drugs early in the course of the illness. The affected eye has to be protected with a patch at night or with paper tape to keep the lid closed. Artificial tears are needed during the day.

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have tinea versicolor on my neck, shoulders and forehead.

My husband got it from me. The doctor gave us Selsun Blue cream. It

worked the first two times, but it always comes back. What makes it go for good? — R.S. ANSWER: Tinea versicolor is a fungal infection of the skin. Infected skin loses its color. The result is pale patches of skin next to normal skin.

When normal skin tans, the pale patches are very obvious. Selenium sulfide, the main ingredient in Selsun Blue, used daily for two weeks, gives good results. However, you have to continue to use it for a protracted period once weekly, or the fungus returns.

Ketoconazole cream and ciclopirox gel also work. They require a prescription. They, too, should be used for extended periods. The skin remains depigmented for many months after treatment. Don’t take that as a sign that treatment failed.

Resentful husband’s lies have broken marriage DEAR ABBY: tervention” to I have been marsave their dad, ried to “Roman” and Roman went for 13 years. He along with them. has always been He cleared out a man of few our bank acwords who didn’t counts, hid initiate much on money and assets his own, so I and filed for distepped up to bat vorce.

I was Dear and did everystunned.

Abby thing. I took over Abby, he went Abigail all aspects of our along with the married life — Van Buren charade for a from bill paying to home week — until his guilt maintenance to romance. got the better of him, and He would tell me how he admitted he had grateful he was to me for made it all up. He claims doing it. he doesn’t want to diHis adult daughters vorce me after all. He from a previous mar- said he made up the storiage have always been ries to get his daughters’ cold to me, and I recently attention. found out why. It turns Roman and I are now out Roman made up hor- going through counselrible, untrue stories be- ing, and I am assuming hind my back. He responsibility for my painted himself as the part in this mess. He victim of abuse! His harbors strong resentdaughters staged an “in- ment toward me and re-

sorted to passive-aggressive revenge. We’re both doing our best to establish forthright, honest and open lines of communication.

The problem is his daughters still believe the lies. They hate me and won’t speak to their father unless he divorces me. I’m not sure what to do. Roman has lost his family and he may lose me, too. The damage is so widespread I don’t know what can be regained.

Have you any advice for me? — OLDER, WISER AND HEARTBROKEN DEAR OLDER, WISER AND HEARTBROKEN: Your letter made me furious. It proves that with your husband no good deed goes unpunished. Had you not taken on the functions your husband avoided, your credit

Feb. 24, 1912 A special dispatch from Columbus today indicates that officers of the various companies of the First, Second and Third regiments, Ohio National Guard have been ordered to recruit as many men as possible and hold their respective companies in readiness for an emergency. It has also been reported that the orders for the call of men means that all regiments may be called to the Mexican border any day. Adjutant General Weybrecht declined to affirm or deny if this was the reason for the mobilization.

––––– J.C. Heintz, the well known auctioneer, of Montra, says that it took him over five hours to reach the Charles Cozad sale yesterday from his home. He reports that for stretches of road 300 feet in length, the snow drifts ranged from four to six feet, and that frequently he was compelled to chase around in the fields in order to get through. He says the public highways are in worse condition right now than he has seen in the last 25 years.

would be shot, your house would be a wreck and your sex life nonexistent. And for this your husband slandered you?

That he would lie to his daughters about you is disgusting. That he then made a money grab and hid assets is appalling. What have you to gain from continuing this marriage? If I were you, I’d contact a divorce lawyer AND a forensic accountant, divide the assets and let the daughters take care of their ingrate of a father.

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.

Feb. 24, 1937 Youthful tap dance artists trained by Mrs. Charles Kruse presented the program for the Mason and Son banquet last evening at the Masonic Temple. Hugh Albers was master of ceremonies with Mr. Emil Brunner the accompanist. Others taking part included: Ruth Busse, Jean H a r n e y, K a t h e l i n e Dearth, Jeanne Kruckenberg, Marylin Beck, Mary Jo Crusy, Bobby Stunp, and Virginia Stump. Charles Collier, W.M. was the toastmaster with the program arranged by Harry Binkley.

––––– The Shelby County Chapter of the American Red Cross reported today that the total amount raised here during the recent flood relief campaign amounted to $6,750.

––––– For the first time in the history of athletics at Sidney High School a Yellow Jackets basketball team battled through an undefeated season. This achievement was marked up at Celina last night when the Sidney squad defeated the Bulldogs 34 to 32 in a torrid overtime struggle. At the half the local team was down 23 to 9.

50 years Feb. 24, 1962 Sidney and Shelby County residents today were digging out from under the worst storm of the winter that dumped six to eight inches of snow throughout this immediate area. The storm which moved in from the southwest about midafternoon,.

continued until early midnight. practically paralyzing highway traffic, and resulting in a number of accidents.

Snow shovels and snow plows were in vogue this morning as residents sought to “dig out” from beneath the snow blanket.

––––– Mrs. Nora Holder has returned home from Columbus where she was a business guest in interest of the millinery department of the Uhlman store.

––––– Harold Simon gained the “250” Club at Del Win Lanes in Versailles today after blasting out a sizzling 253 and a 627 series, to pace the frontrunning Shep’s Place to a 4-0 sweep of its Fireball series with Voisard’s Plumbing and Heating.

25 years Feb. 24, 1987 Meters on downtown streets were bagged Monday as a month long experiment in non-metered free parking began. Sidney City Council Monday night introduced an ordinance that would, if adopted in March, lead to the removal of the meters and the establishment of two-hour per day, per space, free parking. City Manager Steven Husemann told council that little comment from the public has been received in the brief time the paper bags have been place on the meters.

––––– The Salvation Army will be providing free meals for anyone interested this week at the Salvation Army Citadel, 419 North Buckeye Avenue. The service is geared to help ease the end of the month financial strain on those on low or limited income.

––––– More than 300 Cub and Boy Scouts, leaders and parents attended the 1987 Cub Scout Klondike Derby held Saturday at Tawawa Park in Sidney. All 11 Cub Scout packs in the county were represented for the 12 games.

The 12 games, which were designed only for fun not competition, consisted of citizenship, growth in character and development of physical, mental and emotional fitness.

––––– 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

Sudoku puzzles also appear on the Sidney Daily News Web site at www.sidneydailynews.com.

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First team Hoying

J. Meyer

Wilson

A. Meyer

Phlipot

Second team Francis

Reier

Elchert

Zimpfer

Everett

JC’s Hoying repeats as Player of the Year As expected, Jackson Center senior standout Andy Hoying was named the County Player of the Year in boys basketball after leading the Tigers to the league title and a perfect 2-0 regular season.

It’s the second year in a row Hoying has won the honor.

The 6-foot-5 standout averaged 17.1 points and 7.6 rebounds for the Tigers, and even led the team in assists with 71.

He shot 57.6 percent from the field and 77.1 percent from the line.

“One stat that doesn’t show up is his defense,” said Jackson head coach Scott Elchert.

“He might be the best defender I’ve ever coached. He can just lock down an opponent. He’s a good post player, a good perimeter player and has great instincts.”

He was one of three Tigers to be named to the first two teams.

• Anna senior guard Jay Meyer was the second-highest vote-getter, earning him firstteam honors. He averaged 16.0 points and 4.3 rebounds per game for the Rockets, who finished second in the final County standings. He shot well from the field, 45.7 percent, but was phenomenal at the line, hitting 75 of 86 for 87.2 percent.

• Brandon Wilson, Russia’s 6-foot-9 post player, was also named to the first team. He averaged 14.7 points for the Raiders during the regular campaign, hitting 52 percent from the field and 71 percent from the line. He also corraled 8.0 rebounds per game and blocked 63 shots.

• Alex Meyer gave league champion Jackson Center two on the first team. He averaged 14.1 points and 5.6 rebounds per game for the Tigers. He shot 44.6 percent from the

All-County Boys Basketball FIRST TEAM Ht. Yr. PPG Andy Hoying, Jackson Center . . . . 6-5 Senior 17.1 Jay Meyer, Anna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3 Senior 16.0 Brandon Wilson, Russia . . . . . . . . . 6-9 Senior 14.7 Junior 14.1 Alex Meyer, Jackson Center . . . . . . 6-2 Jesse Phlipot, Houston . . . . . . . . . . 6-4 Sophomore 13.1 SECOND TEAM Treg Francis, Russia . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 Junior 13.3 Nick Reier, Anna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Senior 11.4 Junior 7.7 Trey Elchert, Jackson Center. . . . . 5-9 Ethan Zimpfer, Botkins . . . . . . . . . 6-1 Senior 10.8 Trey Everett, Fairlawn . . . . . . . . . . 6-0 Junior 12.8 Player of the Year — Andy Hoying Honorable Mention — Maverick Long, Anna; Tyler Egbert and Heath Geyer, Botkins; Anthony Gillem, Fairlawn; Jake Cordonnier, Seth Guillozet, Fort Loramie; Bryce Rittenhouse, Russia. field and 79.5 percent from the line.

• The fifth and final firstteam selection was Houston’s 6-4 sophomore Jesse Phlipot, who averaged 13.1 per game.

He shot 54 percent from the floor and 68 from the line, and also pulled down 7.8 rebounds per game.

Second team Russia junior Treg Francis led the second team after scoring at a 13.3 clip for the Raiders. He shot 41 percent from the floor and had 38 three-pointers. He also hit 73 percent from the line.

•Anna’s Nick Reier was also a second-team selection after a good senior year. He averaged 11.4 for the Rockets and also led the team in rebounding at 5.9 per game. He shot a healthy 51.7 percent from the field and 66 percent from the line.

• Trey Elchert was named to the second team and gives Jackson Center three on the first two squads. A capable scorer, he spent most of his time running the show out front for the Tigers while av-

eraging 7.7 per game. He finished with 39 three-pointers and also averaged 3.2 assists.

• Ethan Zimpfer of Botkins was a second-team selection.

He averaged 10.9 points per game along with four rebounds, and also was second on the team in assists with 45.

He shot 45 percent from the field and 70 from the line.

• The fifth player named to the second team was Fairlawn junior Trey Everett, who averaged 12.8 per game for the Jets. At just six feet tall, Everett used his great jumping ability to finish as the team’s second-best rebounder at 6.1. He also dished out 4.8 assists per game, tops on the team.

Honorable mention There were more players recognized on the honorable mention list.

That list included two from Botkins in Heath Geyer and Tyler Egbert, two from Fort Loramie in Jake Cordonnier and Seth Guillozet, as well as Anthony Gillem of Fairlawn, Maverick Long of Anna, and Bryce Rittenhouse of Russia.

Tiger loses to Watney MARANA, Ariz. (AP) — The roar resonated across Dove Mountain from fans packed around the 18th green as Tiger Woods, needing a birdie on the last hole to stay in his match, hit a shot that dropped out of the Arizona sky and landed 5 feet from the hole.

That was followed by silence.

Woods missed the putt so badly that it never even touched the hole.

No one was more surprised than Nick Watney, who removed his cap to shake hands with Woods after a 1-up victory Thursday in the Match Play Championship. It was the third straight time in this fickle event that Woods failed to get out of the second round, and it raised more questions about his ability to make key putts that once seemed so automatic.

“I was fighting the blocks all day with my putter,” said Woods, who missed three putts inside 10 feet on the last six holes. “Left-to-right putt, I took it slightly shut right

there, and I knew it ‚Äî and blocked it open.”

Watney was so sure that Woods would square the match that he already had his yardage book out, checking the hole location on the first green (the 19th hole of their match), trying to decide if 3-wood was the right club off the tee.

“The old adage is to expect your opponent to make it,” Watney said. “And when it’s Tiger Woods, you really expect him to make it.”

Just not this Tiger Woods.

“I didn’t miss a single shot coming in, which is good. And that was fun, to hit the ball that well,” Woods said. “Unfortunately, I just didn’t make a putt when I needed it.”

Two weeks ago, Woods couldn’t buy a putt at Pebble Beach and closed with a 75, which was 11 shots worse than playing partner and eventual winner Phil Mickelson. He also struggled to make putts in Abu Dhabi, when he failed to win despite being tied for the 54-hole lead

Reds’ Cozart healed from two surgeries GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — Zack Cozart spent the offseason recovering from two significant surgeries, trying to get his elbow and ankle to work properly again. Now, he’s back to full health, ready to compete for the Cincinnati Reds’ shortstop job.

Cozart is one of the Reds’ biggest questions in camp because of his lack of experience in the majors and his offseason rehabilitation on his left elbow and right ankle. So far, he’s having no problems with what ailed him.

“I’ve been going hard at it for three weeks, taking ground balls, running. Everything feels good,” Cozart said on Thursday, a day before the rest of the position players report for camp.

The Reds have questions about the left side of the infield. Cozart tore a ligament in his non-throwing elbow while trying to make a tag and had reconstructive surgery in August. He also had his right ankle cleaned out.

Third baseman Scott Rolen is coming off surgery on his left shoulder last August. He and Cozart are expected to start if they have no lingering health problems.

Cozart was one of the Reds’ biggest surprises last season, playing very well in his first promotion to the majors. With Paul Janish and Edgar Renteria struggling at shortstop, the Reds called up Cozart on July 7 after he hit .310 at Triple-A Louisville.

He made an impact immediately, batting .324 with two homers in 11 games. In that 11th game, he tore up his elbow and was done.

Even though he had so few games in the majors, the Reds are giving him a chance to be the starter.

“He did well at Triple-A,” manager Dusty Baker said.

“He wasn’t rushed through the system. He’s gotten better. I like his play at shortstop, his deceptive speed and relative power. I wish we could have seen him longer.”

Last spring, Cozart was among the last players cut because of his .394 batting average.

“Last year, my goal was to open eyes, to show (general manager Walt Jocketty) and Dusty that I could play,” Cozart said. “You can’t put too much stock in spring training, but I had a pretty good spring. I thought I made them at least think

AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

CINCINNATI REDS manager Dusty Baker watches his players train during a spring training baseball workout, Tuesday in Goodyear, Ariz. about it.”

When he hurt his elbow, doctors told him he would have enough time to heal for spring training.

“The elbow was harder to rehab, but I knew my elbow would come back 100 percent,” Cozart said. “For me, the ankle was more important. I didn’t want to get held back on defense, going side to side, stealing bases or anything like that. I couldn’t do any of that the way I wanted to.”

Cozart said the ankle started bothering him occasionally during spring training last year.

“Once the season started, it would bother me pretty bad,” he said. “It was something I could play through. But I wasn’t 100 percent the whole year.”

Baker will give him a chance to bat second in the order, the place he hit during his brief stay last year.

“It’s an important spot,” Baker said. “Age is a small part of the factor, ability, aptitude, unselfishness. That’s where the most unselfish player, the smartest player bats. You have to take pitches that could put you in the hole.”

with Robert Rock.

And now the Match Play Championship, where he lost his only lead by missing a 5foot par putt on the seventh hole, and made only one putt longer than 5 feet all day.

“I’m very happy to move on.

I feel a bit fortunate, as well,” Watney said. “We don’t see him miss putts like that very often. And there were a few of them.”

Watney next plays Lee Westwood, the former world No. 1 whom Watney has beaten at Dove Mountain each of the last two years.

Westwood had no trouble against Robert Karlsson of Sweden, advancing to the third round for the first time in 12 tries at this fickle event.

“Need more clothes. Didn’t pack for long enough!” Westwood jokingly tweeted.

England has won this World Golf Championship the last two years — Luke Donald AP Photo/Jae C. Hong and Ian Poulter — and Westwood is its last hope to make CINCINNATI REDS starting pitcher Homer Bailey during a spring training baseball workout in Goodyear, Ariz., Tuesday. it three in a row.

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Speedweeks in Daytona SPRINT CUP SERIES Wednesday, Feb. 22 Practice Sessions: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST (SPEED) 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm EST (SPEED) Thursday, Feb. 23 Gatorade Duels: 2:00 pm EST (SPEED) 60 laps/150 miles each Friday, Feb. 24 Practice Sessions: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST (SPEED) 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EST (SPEED) Saturday, Feb. 25 Happy Hour: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm EST (SPEED) Sunday, Feb. 26 The Daytona 500 RaceDay on SPEED (pre-race): 9:00 am EST (SPEED) NASCAR Pre-Race: 12:00 pm EST (FOX) The 54th Annual Daytona 500: 1:00 pm EST (FOX)

Daytona 500 At A Glance: Track: Daytona International Speedway Location: Daytona Beach, Fla. Specs: 2.5-mile tri-oval; Banking/Turns: 31°; Banking/Tri-Oval: 18°; Banking/Backstretch: 3° Length: 500 miles/200 laps 2011 Winner: Trevor Bayne Qualifying Record: 210.364 mph (Bill Elliott, 1987) Race Record: 177.602 mph (Buddy Baker, 1980) Crew Chief’s Take: “Daytona typically conjures images of speed, but a winning racecar is one that handles well. Although the track won’t lose grip like it did on the old surface, it’s still a relatively narrow track, which will force drivers to mind their manners — whether they’re running in a pack or in two-car tandems. NASCAR’s rules discouraging two-car drafting may work for much of the race, but when it’s ‘money time,’ those guys will pair up, and the duo with the most momentum on the final lap will win the 500.”

NATIONWIDE SERIES

CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES

Race: Drive4COPD 300 Track: Daytona International Speedway When: Saturday, Feb. 25 TV: ESPN (12:00 pm EST) 2011 Winner: Tony Stewart

Race: NextEra Energy Resources 250 Track: Daytona International Speedway When: Friday, Feb. 24 TV: SPEED (7:00 pm EST) 2011 Winner: Michael Waltrip

Daytona International Speedway

Fantasy Stall

Four Turns CHANGES COMING? 1 MORE NASCAR Vice President of Competi-

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tion, Robin Pemberton, intimated on Monday that tweaks to the Cup Series’ cars could be made throughout the week leading up to the Daytona 500. Many teams found their cars to be overheating (or near it) by the end of Saturday’s 187.5mile Bud Shootout. The Shootout was run at night in cooler temperatures, while Sunday’s forecast calls for 70-degree weather. The easiest fix to allow for engines to run cooler would be to expand the grill opening on the cars’ noses.

STAR POWER The Nationwide Series race at Daytona, Saturday’s Drive4COPD 350, will have plenty of Cup talent to go along with NNS regulars such as Danica Patrick, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Elliot Sadler, Austin Dillon and Kenny Wallace.

Sprint Cup regulars who are entered in the event are: Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Denny Hamlin, Kasey Kahne, Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano, David Ragan and Tony Stewart. Keselowski is also entered in Friday’s Truck Series race. He’ll pilot his self-owned No. 19 Dodge Ram. INJECTING TECHNOLOGY The carburetor has been a staple of NASCAR engines since the sport debuted in 1949. However, beginning this season the Cup Series engines will shift to fuel injection, aligning the sport more closely with today’s technology. NASCAR, McLaren Electronic Systems and Freescale Semiconductors, Inc., which will partner with the sanctioning body to provide the components, claim the devices will be tamper-proof. While EFI will not bring any noticable on-track changes from a fan perspective, teams will focus on fuel mileage and efficiency. Crew chiefs, you’ve been dared.

HISTORY ON HIS SIDE? Winning the pole for the Daytona 500 does not necessarily guarantee success in the race. The last driver to sweep the pole and the win was Dale Jarrett in 2000. Carl Edwards will look to break that trend on Sunday.

Kyle Busch wins Shootout; Edwards on pole for 500 Busch edges out Stewart, Edwards beats teammate Biffle in qualifying

By MATT TALIAFERRO Athlon Sports Racing Editor

Kyle Busch won a crash-filled Budweiser Shootout on Saturday evening, kicking off Daytona Speedweeks in spectacular fashion.

Busch’s .013-second win over Tony Stewart (right) was the closest finish in the Shootout’s 34-year history. En route to the win, Busch found himself completely sideways on two occasions, but was able to save his Toyota — itself a backup car rolled out after an accident in practice — each time.

“I was trying to push (Ryan) Newman and hook up with him, then he was hooked up with whoever was in front of him,” Busch said of his final charge to the front. “I’m like, ‘All right, fine.’ The hole opened up behind Stewart. I ducked in behind there knowing he had a fast car, (and) pushed him.

“We got up through there. He made the way to the outside and everything. Coming to the line — I’ve been in that situation in reverse before with Tony (and it) hadn’t ended up so well. This time it turned out all right. We made it past him and beat him to the line, so it was cool.”

Busch earned nearly $200,000 for the victory.

While the ending came down to Busch and Stewart teaming up in a tandem draft to separate from the field, the majority of the race witnessed “pack racing.”

Fan displeasure with the two-car tandem drafts that had become the norm at Daytona and Talladega prompted NASCAR to make changes to the cars’ plate, grill and spoiler sizes as well as the max radi Chad Knaus (left), crew chief of Hendrick Motorsports’ No. 48 Chevy, is in hot water once again. NASCAR confiscated the “C-posts” of the 48 team’s Daytona 500 entry prior to technical inspection last Friday.

The C-posts connect the roof of the car to the rear deck lid and quarterpanels. That area of the car is delicate in that air passes over and around the posts and onto the spoiler. By redirecting that air, substantial gains can be made in downforce, drag and speed.

Car owner Rick Hendrick stated prior to the Bud Shootout on Saturday that the car had run

ASP, Inc.

Kyle Busch (18) slings past Tony Stewart as the two come to the finish of Saturday’s Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway.

ator pressure. The result was cars bunched together in three-wide packs.

“It was definitely a lot more fun and you felt a lot more eager to be engaged in the race this way than in the two-car deal,” Stewart said. “I actually had fun racing at Daytona again which I haven’t had for a while, so I’m really, really appreciative to the work that NASCAR has done in the offseason and the test session and even after the test of the changes that they made to try to make it better for us out there.”

Marcos Ambrose, Brad Keselowski and Deny Hamlin rounded out the top 5.

An eight-car wreck with eight laps remaining resulted in Jeff Gordon on his roof. That incident, which also included Jimmie Johnson, AJ Allmendinger, Kurt Busch and Carl Edwards, sent the event into a greenwhite-checker finish. Busch and Ambrose were also involved, but continued after minimal repairs.

“It was just getting down to the end of the race and it was time to go,” Gordon said. “Me and Jimmie were looking good there. We knew those guys were coming, and once Kyle got in front of me, I was just trying to

in four restrictor plate races with the same roof and C-posts and that none had been altered.

The car is the same one Jimmie Johnson drove in October’s Talladega event. An in-car feed prior to that race picked up audio of Knaus telling Johnson that, if he won, Johnson needed to “crack” the back of the car — meaning he needed to damage it.

The car has never failed inspection, and even passed two trips to NASCAR’s Research and Development Center in 2011.

NASCAR president Mike Helton

keep Jimmie on me and trying to stay with Kyle.

“Every time I got to Kyle’s bumper, he just started getting so sideways, like he was a lot tonight.

And I thought he was going to wreck.

I saw him start to spin, so I went wide, not knowing someone had gotten to my outside. That got me into those guys and into the wall and along for a ride.”

Edwards on Pole Carl Edwards will lead the 43-car field to green in Sunday’s Daytona 500. Edwards topped Sunday’s qualifying session with a fast lap of 194.738 mph (46.216 seconds). Edwards nipped his Roush Fenway Racing teammate, Greg Biffle, by .155 seconds. Both are locked into the front row.

It was Edwards’ first Daytona 500 pole.

Positions 3-39 will be determined in Thursday’s Gatorade Duel races.

Four additional spots will be awarded to the fastest qualifiers on Sunday that did not qualify via the Duels. The 43rd spot will likely go to a past champion, although if all former champions qualify in the Duels or on speed, the final spot will be awarded to the fifth-fastest Sunday qualifier not already in.

said there is a “high likelihood” that Knaus will face penalties, though they would not come until after the Daytona 500.

The 2013 Bud Shootout will have a different look — although the look won’t be new, but old.

Next season’s exhibition race will consist of the 2012 pole winners and past Shootout winners who have attempted at least one race in the 2012 season. This format was used from the premier race in 1979 (then known as the Busch Clash) until 2008.

A convoluted system of Shootout inclusion muddied the waters from 2009-2012, when

more emphasis was placed on awarding each manufacturer relatively equal representation.

With a new car on the way next year that will place more attention to brand identity, NASCAR has gone back to a format that is fan-approved.

“Fans have expressed their desire to see this event return to its original eligibility rules,” Steve O’Donnell, NASCAR senior vice president of racing operations, said. “We listened and decided it would be best to return to the eligibility rules of years past adding further meaning to pole qualifying for each NASCAR Sprint Cup race.”

Looking at Checkers: Tough to say, as a winning driver appears to be whoever is running second on the final lap. As Kyle Busch demonstrated in Saturday’s Bud Shootout, drafting by the leader in the trioval is the key to victory. Tony Stewart will keep that in his memory bank, turning the tables on Sunday.

Pretty Solid Pick: Plenty to choose from, among them Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick and Jeff Gordon.

Good Sleeper Pick: Kurt Busch has never won a points-paying race at Daytona (although he’s been close), and he’s teamed up with the underfunded Phoenix Racing team. However, the Hendrick-supplied engines and chassis should be all Busch needs to excel.

Runs on Seven Cylinders: Surprisingly, Brad Keselowski has a 26.8-place average finish in five Daytona points-paying starts.

Insider Tip: Ford has shown a lot of torque exiting the turns, but that won’t be what wins this race. A smart driver on the plate tracks outweighs a fast car ... but not by much.

Classic Moments Daytona International Speedway Before there was Trevor Bayne, before there was Derrike Cope, there was Greg Sacks.

Sacks scored one of the most unlikely wins in NASCAR’s Modern Era when he drove DiGard Racing’s R&D car to a win in the 1985 Pepsi Firecracker 400.

The initial plan for the No. 10 team was to test new shock packages throughout the race. But when it was apparent that DiGard’s Chevy was racier than most, crew chief Gary Nelson made the decision to race for the win. And in a time and place when Bill Elliott’s No. 9 Thunderbird was all but unbeatable, that was quite a gamble.

When Elliott ducked onto pit road for fuel with nine laps remaining, Sacks inherited the lead. However, with a faulty radio, he believed he was racing the lapped car of Terry Labonte for the win. Only after he got past Labonte on the final lap and pulled into Victory Lane did he realize differently.

Highs & Lows TONY STEWART The reigning Sprint Cup champion had an equally victorious offseason. Stewart won the Indy Karting Classic in December, the Rumble in Fort Wayne indoor midget race on New Year’s Eve and the Winter Freeze at Screven Motor Speedway earlier this month. He was also named the National Motorsports Press Association’s 2011 Driver of the Year, Eastern Motorsport Press Association Driver of the Year and was named Driver of the Year by an exclusive panel of journalists and broadcasters. Stewart was also awarded the Mario Andretti Trophy as the SPEED Performer of the Year for 2011.

SHOOTOUT POLE WINNERS On Saturday, Martin Truex Jr. continued a dubious streak for drivers starting first in the Bud Shootout: The point man hasn’t won the event since 1989, when the race was known as the Busch Clash. Starting positions for the race are determined by a blind draw, and the last man to cash in on the up-front position was Ken Schrader. Schrader led 15 of the 20 laps in ’89 en route to a three car-length victory.

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MATT KENSETH (17) passes Greg Biffle (16) during the second of two NASCAR Gatorade Duel 150 qualifying auto races in Daytona Beach, Fla., Thursday.

Stewart, Kenseth win Daytona twin 150s NASCAR has created.

“It’s a mess out there,” said Menard, who was also wrecked in the Shootout. “NASCAR is trying to dictate physics.

Physics says two cars are going to push and they’re trying to make rule changes to keep us from doing it, so it’s kind of hybrid pack racing and tandem racing. It’s causing a pretty unsafe situation.”

On the last lap of the race, with Stewart trying to hold off Dale Earnhardt Jr. in a race to the checkered flag, Danica Patrick was wrecked as the pack raced down the backstretch.

Patrick was hit by Aric Almirola as they raced along the backstretch.

The contact sent her car sliding across the track and into an inside retaining wall. Her Chevrolet lifted off its wheels as it hit the SAFER barrier, which noticeably softened the blow.

She was not injured and will make her Daytona 500 debut on Sunday.

“It happened really quick,” she said. “We were just looking to finish, to be honest, and unfortunately that wasn’t the case. It felt pretty big. I don’t know what it looked like.”

Stewart, who owns Patrick’s car, said he tried to watch her race from his rearview mirror.

“I got to see a replay of it, but I didn’t see how it started,” he said. “The little bit I could see, I

thought she did a good job. There wasn’t any doubt in my mind she would do that. It’s hard for her now because she’s trying to gain the confidence of the guys around her that she’s solid and is going to make good decisions.

“She’s trying to gain the other drivers’ confidence.”

The second race was caution-free and had very little action until the end, when Kenseth AUTO RACING passed Biffle for the win.

It made it unclear what NASCAR the Daytona 500 will look like, but Stewart, NASCAR Sprint Cup-Gatorade Duel 1 Results who is 0 for 13 in this The Associated Press Thursday race, said he’s not been At Daytona International holding back during Speedway SpeedWeeks and will Daytona Beach, Fla. Lap length: 2.5 miles race hard on Sunday. position in parentheses) “I think we showed (Start 1. (6) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, the rest of the field that 60 laps, 135.3 rating, $55,725.

2. (2) Dale Earnhardt Jr., we have a car that has Chevrolet, 60, 85.8, $40,725. good speed,” he said. “I 3. (3) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 60, want those guys to see 80.4, $35,725.

4. (13) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, that we’ve got strength. I 60, 97.7, $30,725. think it’s an advantage 5. (1) Carl Edwards, Ford, 60, to do that at this point of 66.9, $28,725.

6. (21) Michael McDowell, Ford, the game, showing that 60, 87.6, $26,325. guys around you are 7. (12) Kevin Harvick, Chevrogoing to hopefully want let, 60, 108.6, $25,225.

8. (10) A J Allmendinger, Dodge, to be around you, and 60, 90.3, $24,225.

9. (25) Robby Gordon, Dodge, know that you’ve got a $24,200. car that can stay up 60, 56.2, 10. (16) Jamie McMurray, there, so they want to Chevrolet, 60, 83.6, $24,175.

11. (4) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., stay with you.” $24,150.

Stewart, who hasn’t Ford,12.60,(5)101.2, Trevor Bayne, Ford, 60, missed a beat since clos- 76.6, $24,125.

13. (11) Brad Keselowski, ing out last season’s title Dodge, 60, 59.3, $24,100. run, picked up his first 14. (9) David Ragan, Ford, 60, victory with new crew 53.3, $24,075.

(7) Aric Almirola, Ford, 60, chief Steve Addington, 91.8,15.$24,050. who was hired to replace 16. (17) Danica Patrick, ChevroDarian Grubb after let, accident, 59, 65.7, $24,025.

17. (20) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, Stewart’s championship 59, 92.9, $24,000. run.

18. (19) Michael Waltrip, Toy“We took care of busi- ota, accident, 51, 59.6, $23,950.

19. (15) David Stremme, Toyota, ness today,” Stewart vibration, 27, 32.1, $23,925.

20. (24) Mike Wallace, Ford, ensaid.

Daytona 500 lineup Daytona 500 Lineup The Associated Press After Thursday qualifying; race Sunday At Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Fla. Lap length: 2.5 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 194.738.

2. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 194.087.

3. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 193.607.

4. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 193.245.

5. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 194.028.

6. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 191.063.

7. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 193.999.

8. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 193.449.

9. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 192.777.

10. (33) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet, 191.27.

11. (98) Michael McDowell, Ford, 190.99.

12. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 192.868.

13. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 192.914.

14. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 191.873.

15. (22) A J Allmendinger, Dodge, 193.121.

16. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 193.803.

17. (7) Robby Gordon, Dodge, 188.229.

18. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 193.224.

19. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 191.84.

20. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 192.583.

21. (6) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 193.665.

22. (55) Mark Martin, Toyota, 193.503.

23. (2) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 192.992.

24. (36) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 191.506.

25. (34) David Ragan, Ford, 193.249.

26. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 193.665.

27. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 193.382.

28. (51) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 191.363.

29. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 191.738.

30. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota.

31. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 191.127.

32. (47) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 190.022.

33. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 190.046.

34. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 191.16.

35. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 192.6.

36. (13) Casey Mears, Ford, 193.844.

37. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 193.374.

38. (93) David Reutimann, Toyota, 189.235.

39. (83) Landon Cassill, Toyota, 190.605.

40. (21) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 193.615.

41. (26) Tony Raines, Ford, 192.534.

42. (30) David Stremme, Toyota, 191.963.

43. (32) Terry Labonte, Ford, Past Champion.

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Roush Fenway Racing will have three cars at the front of the season-opening Daytona 500.

Matt Kenseth won the second of the twin 150-mile qualifying races Thursday with a bold pass of teammate Greg Biffle. The victory gave Kenseth a spot on the second row for Sunday’s race ‚Äî right behind teammates Carl Edwards and Biffle.

Tony Stewart, the defending NASCAR champion, won the first race and will line up next to Kenseth at Daytona International Speedway.

Biffle was leading headed into the final lap, but he tried to block Kenseth, who dove to the inside and used a push from Jimmie Johnson to take the lead.

“Well, we were going so much faster that we were going to go by him regardless,” Kenseth said. “I think that was his only hope, is to try to get up the track, try to line my front bumper up where I had to push him. The problem was, I was going too fast. Even if I wanted to slow down, which I didn’t want to on the last lap, I couldn’t have.”

Robby Gordon and McDowell Michael earned the two spots up for grabs in the first race, while Joe Nemechek and Dave Blaney each raced their way into the 500 in the second qualifying race.

Two-time Daytona 500 winner Michael Waltrip failed to qualify for the race after wrecking as he tried to return to the track surface after a late pit stop. The accident means it will be the first time since 1972 neither Darrell Waltrip or Michael Waltrip will be in NASCAR’s biggest race of the season.

“I just went the wrong way and lost the car,” said a dejected Waltrip.

“I feel like I let everybody down. I don’t know what to say. It’s just sad.”

The two qualifying races could not have been more different, and both were far calmer than Saturday night’s exhibition Daytona 500.

That race was the first display of new rules NASCAR implemented to break up the two-car tandem racing that fans vehemently opposed.

But the return of pack racing led to three multicar accidents and a sling-shot pass at the end of the race that gave Kyle Busch the win over Stewart.

The first race on Thursday had one early five-car accident that began when McDowell ran into David Gilliland, who shot directly into Juan Pablo Montoya and Paul Menard.

Menard then questioned the style of racing

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Botkins Wrestling D-I District at Fairfield D-III District at Fairmont —— SATURDAY Girls basketball Sidney D-IV Sectional finals Noon — Fort Loramie vs. Troy Christian 2:00 — Lehman-Houston winner vs. Russia-Jackson Center winner Winners to district Coldwater D-IV Sectional finals 6:15 – Minster vs. Fort Recovery-St. Henry winner 8:00 — Marion Local vs. New Knoxville-New Bremen winner Tipp City D-III Sectional finals 3:30 — Anna-Dunbar winner vs. Tri-County North-WL Salem winner.

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gine, 23, 34.2, $23,900.

21. (18) Terry Labonte, Ford, vibration, 12, 31.7, $23,850.

22. (23) David Gilliland, Ford, accident, 8, 36.3, $23,825.

23. (14) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, accident, 8, 37.1, $23,775.

24. (8) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, accident, 8, 41.8, $23,750.

25. (22) Landon Cassill, Toyota, vibration, 3, 24.9, $23,725.

Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 159.104 mph.

Time of Race: 0 hours, 56 minutes, 34 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 0.209 seconds.

Caution Flags: 3 for 8 laps.

Lead Changes: 8 among 5 drivers.

Lap Leaders: C.Edwards 1; T.Stewart 2-3; C.Edwards 4; D.Earnhardt Jr. 5-9; M.Ambrose 10-14; D.Hamlin 15; T.Stewart 16; D.Hamlin 17-42; T.Stewart 43-60.

—— Gatorade Duel 2 Results 1. (7) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 60 laps, 120 rating, $56,726.

2. (18) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 60, 103.7, $41,713.

3. (6) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 60, 117.6, $36,713.

4. (16) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet, 60, 97.2, $31,713.

5. (1) Greg Biffle, Ford, 60, 130.9, $29,713.

6. (9) Joey Logano, Toyota, 60, 101, $27,313.

7. (12) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 60, 93.4, $26,213.

8. (3) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 60, 86.6, $25,213.

9. (8) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 60, 75.2, $25,188.

10. (10) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 60, 71.7, $25,163.

11. (5) Mark Martin, Toyota, 60, 67.5, $25,138.

12. (14) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 60, 72.9, $25,113.

13. (4) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 60, 66.3, $25,088.

14. (15) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 59, 62.7, $25,063.

15. (24) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 59, 50.4, $25,038.

16. (19) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 59, 47.4, $25,013.

17. (17) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 59, 51.4, $24,988.

18. (2) Casey Mears, Ford, 59, 48.6, $24,938.

19. (22) Robert Richardson Jr., Toyota, 58, 36, $24,913.

20. (20) Bill Elliott, Toyota, 58, 37.5, $24,888.

21. (13) Kenny Wallace, Toyota, 57, 45.3, $24,838.

22. (11) Tony Raines, Ford, vibration, 9, 29.1, $24,813.

23. (21) David Reutimann, Toyota, vibration, 6, 29.9, $24,763.

24. (23) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, engine, 4, 23.5, $24,738.

Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 194.175 mph.

Time of Race: 0 hours, 46 minutes, 23 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 0.209 seconds.

Caution Flags: 0 for 0 laps.

Lead Changes: 5 among 4 drivers.

Lap Leaders: G.Biffle 1-3; M.Kenseth 4-12; J.Logano 13-17; Ky.Busch 18-22; G.Biffle 23-59; M.Kenseth 60.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): G.Biffle, 2 times for 40 laps; M.Kenseth, 2 times for 10 laps; J.Logano, 1 time for 5 laps; Ky.Busch, 1 time for 5 laps.

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Lotz elected president of board PIQUA — The Upper Valley Career Center Board of Education recently received new members and elected officers in the annual organizational Lotz meeting.

Ty Lotz, of Anna, was elected president of the board for the term of 2012. Lotz is serving his eighth year on the board as a representative of the Shelby County Educational Service Center (ESC). Andy Hite, of Piqua, was elected vice president. He has been a Piqua Schools representative on the board since 2004. Randall Sailor, of the Shelby County ESC, will serve as the board’s legislative liaison.

The officers are joined by returning members Dr. Robert Allen, Miami County ESC; Maria Brewer, Bradford Schools; Darrell Spangler, Sidney City Schools, and Doug Trostle, Troy City Schools. New board members are Steve Smith, Sidney City Schools; Robert Luby, Piqua City Schools; Joyce Reives, Troy City Schools; and Lee Harmon, Covington.

“We benefit every day from the time and energy devoted by our local elected school board members,” said Upper Valley Career Center Superintendent Dr. Nancy Luce. “These public servants are dedicated individuals who are committed to the continuing success of our schools and our students.

We appreciate their capable and willing service.”

Toves goes to Scotland Tristine Toves, a member of the class of 2014, of Sidney, is experiencing life in Scotland during the spring 2012 semester as a participant in Marietta College’s Education Abroad program.

Toves is majoring in English.

Students are encouraged to incorporate an Education Abroad experience while at Marietta. The college offers faculty-led programs, exchange programs and partnerships and affiliations with overseas universities and institutions.

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Lockington links its future to structures from its past Hopes to restore historic locks continue

BY PATRICIA ANN SPEELMAN pspeelman@sdnccg.com LOCKINGTON — It’s been a long, long time since mules plodded their way through Lockington, towing boats along the Miami and Erie Canal. But that doesn’t mean there’s not still a stubborn streak in the tiny Shelby County village.

The hope of restoring the locks that once took those boats through a 67-foot rise and fall in the canal has stubbornly clung to life for almost 30 years.

There are five locks in Lockington within a span of about a half mile. That was an anomaly when they were built in the late 1830s and is still unusual today. The uniqueness of the structures, now owned by the Ohio Historical Society (OHS), attracts some 10 cars of visitors per day, according to Mayor Jerry Keener. But he feels strongly that were they restored, even more tourists would come to the village and that’s important to Lockingtonians.

‘Not forget’ “If people start coming through, people will not forget that Lockington is here,” he said.

The OHS presided at a public meeting last April to discuss plans for work on Lock No. 1. The society has partnered with the village to win a federal grant of $1.9 million, 80 percent of the amount needed to fund the restoration.

At that time, OHS personnel theorized that work would start in July this year. The timeline had to be revised, said Fred Smith, manager of Architectural Services at OHS and the project architect.

“Funding has been delayed,” he said recently. “We’re hoping for a start date in early 2013, weather and funding permitting.”

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THE LOCKINGTON locks today are in danger of collapsing. Efforts have continued over the past 30 years to restore the historic structure. when the money may be released,” Smith said.

Until funding is fully in place, the project cannot be put out for bid. Smith hopes that step will happen in October.

“Getting the money for this project has been going on for a long time,” he said.

The Miami and Erie Canal opened from Toledo to Cincinnati in 1845 and Lockington, then called Lockport, became a boom town. The canal was the main thoroughfare for passengers and freight. Canal boats would back up when they got to Lockington because there were so many locks to go through. It could take as long as six hours to get from one end of the village to the other.

So, boatmen and passengers would disembark to while away the time in Lockington’s saloons, taverns, brothels and shops.

flour, paper and lumber, a general store, grain elevators, a brick-making factory and an ice-cream shop. Alas, that was not to be. Lockington’s 2012 population is 141.

By 1860, railroads replaced mule trails and the locks in Lockington ferried mostly local farmers’ grain harvests to elevators downstream. There are conflicting reports about just when all traffic ceased in Lockington but all historians agree that the 1913 flood destroyed the canal. Some published sources say the locks fell quiet as early as the 1860s. Andy Hite, site manager at the Johnston Farm in Piqua, said the last boat went through the Piqua locks in 1912 and probably went through the Lockington locks then, as well.

Great flood

It is written in yet another published source that the locks Immigrant labor were in disrepair in the early The locks had been built by years of the 20th century and $1.9 million grant mostly German, French and an effort was made then to reThe $1.9 million is a Trans- Irish immigrants, many of store them. But the great flood portation Enhancement grant whom settled in Lockport. It washed away the restoration administered by the Ohio De- was they who constructed the efforts along with an aqueduct partment of Transportation, massive side walls of limestone that carried the canal over LoDistrict 7. Plans call for the re- blocks weighing 500 pounds ramie Creek, and the canal maining 20 percent of the con- apiece. It was they who laid gave way. Since that time, the struction cost to come from the white oak planks at the only water going through the appropriations by the state bottom of the trenches. The locks is runoff from heavy through a capital bill. Capital wood held the blocks in place rains. bills are submitted to the Leg- and the wood wouldn’t rot as “When water is removed islature every other year. long as there was water in the from the locks, you get an in“We were anticipating a locks. ward lean from the walls,” said capital bill in 2010, but there Residents of Lockport wrote Hite. Because his is the closest wasn’t one. We have asked that, soon, their town would be operational OHS site to the again this year, but we don’t as populous as Cincinnati. It locks, he has been responsible know when it will be passed or already boasted six mills for for maintaining the grounds

around the locks. “It was the water that kept the walls upright,” he said. After the flood, with the canal standing empty, the stones in the walls began to shift.

The ditch that was the canal filled with trash in the 1950s and ’60s. That was cleaned up in the early 1970s and at that time, the village put in a culvert and filled in the canal. A public park now stands where the canal once was. The culvert under the park handled drainage.

Then, in the mid-1980s, the Civilian Conservation Corps erected wooden supports in Lock No. 1 to keep its walls from total collapse.

Drainage concern “There was no direction of drainage,” said Shelby County Engineer Bob Geuy. “The canal was an open ditch. The culvert still carries drainage from the Sidney Feeder Canal and it drains through the locks.

Drainage is still causing concern.”

His office recently completed a feasibility study that was submitted to OHS. The study looked at ways of rerouting drainage away from the locks.

“We suggested two or three routes, including going through the locks, and gave them to OHS, including costs,” Geuy said. All the routes would take water south and southwest of the locks to Loramie Creek. The cost estimates ranged from nothing (continuing to let water drain through the locks with no changes) to $430,000.

OHS has engaged McMullan and Associates, of Vienna, Va., as consulting engineer for the new restoration project.

The firm has experience in the rehabilitation and preservation of historic structures, including canals and aqueducts.

25 houses still stand Were the boatmen and mules of yore to step through a time warp and visit Lockington now, they’d miss the foot traffic in town and the busyness of the canal. But much of the village would look the same. Keener said 25 houses from the Miami and Erie period still stand.

“We have the old tavern and the blacksmith house,” he said.

The lockkeepers house is there, too. And the Village Council meets in one such building that still does not have indoor plumbing. Keener is hopeful that restoring the locks will increase tourism and Illustration provided revenue.

“Whatever they do will A DRAWING from the time illustrates the building of locks along the Miami and Erie Canal in 1845. It is an accurate interpretation of a lock construction site, according to Andy Hite, site bring more money in and help the village,” he said. manager at the Johnston Farm in Piqua.

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NOW HIRING PRODUCTION TEAM MEMBERS For our manufacturing facility in Sidney, Ohio Currently hiring production employees for all shifts. We are seeking dependable and highly motivated individuals that can excel in a team environment. The ideal candidate will be willing to work any shift, available for overtime, and have good attendance.

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Positions for production employees at Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc. 2259350

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Trupointe Cooperative is now taking applications for a seasonal (April-July), part-time position at the Maplewood location.

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or apply at 711 South Walnut St, New Bremen.

For more information, call 419-977-2711

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Local Masonry company looking for Mason Tenders/ Hod Carriers. Experience strongly preferred. Must have reliable transportation. We are an EOE and drug free workplace.

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Driver's: $8.00 hr EMT-B:up to $13.75 +/hr EMT-I: up to $15.75 +/hr Paramedic's: up to $17.75 +/hr

or email resume to: sales@ kinningerwelding.com

Growing company has immediate opening for 1st & 2nd shift. Applicant must be able to read blue prints and experience is required. We offer competitive wages and excellent benefits.

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PART TIME BOOKKEEPER. For Sidney restaurant. Must be proficient with Peachtree software.

Hourly wage of $10 to $13 based on experience.

Send resumes to: khar vey@ngcpa.com (937)335-0672

Area manufacturer of welded, steel tubing is seeking a:

Quality Assurance TECHNICIAN

FT Program Specialist Position Working with DD Population

CODER JTDMH currently has an opening for a full time Coder. Medical Terminology and Anatomy/Physiology course completion required or five years of relevant experience with medical terminology and anatomy/ physiology. Three years of current hospital coding experience preferred.

CCS or CCA certification preferred.

On-site coding of inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory surgery, and emergency room visits a plus. Must have knowledge of ICD-9 and CPT coding knowledge of Evaluation and Management coding a plus.

Please apply online at:

Immediate 3rd shift opening

CRSI has immediate openings for a Program Specialist in Miami County.

Responsibilities include supervision, service coordination and operation of designated programming and services for individuals with Developmental Disabilities.

Must have experience with community agencies providing services appropriate for individuals with DD and ensure that all standards and regulations are met.

Position requires a minimum of 4 years experience with an Associates Degree in Special Ed, Social Work, Psychology, Rehabilitation, Human Development, Nursing, Developmental Disabilities or other related field.

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To apply stop in our office or send application or resume c/o Diane Taylor 405 Public Square Suite 373 Troy, OH 45373 or email: dtaylor@crsi-oh.com Applications available online: www.crsi-oh.com

CASUAL DRIVERS Drivers needed for casual work. Help especially needed on the weekends. Must have CDLA and prior tractor trailer experience, preferably OTR. Apply in person at: Continental Express 10450 St Rt 47 Sidney, OH Or call 800/497-2100

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Qualified candidates must have ASQ, CMI/ CQT or five years experience in Quality "Testing" position. Applicants must be well versed in all aspects of Quality Assurance, dependable and able to work in a Team Environment.

Qualified individuals may send resume' to: JACKSON TUBE SERVICE, INC. PO BOX 1650 Piqua, OH 45356 or to: www.hr@jackson-tube.com

Benefits include: matching 401(k) plan, inclusive health care package with medical, dental, vision, Rx, Health Savings Accounts, Flexible Spending Accounts, paid life/ AD&D/LTD insurance, uniform program and personal days.

Repairing industrial equipment, Mechanical, Electrical trouble shooting, Hydraulic/ Pneumat ic repair, PLCs required.

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EMBROIDERY MACHINES, Husqvarna Scandinavian 400, $500 OBO. Husqvarna Topaz 20 embroidery machine, $1750 OBO. Husqvarna Topaz 30 embroidery machine, $1750 OBO. Will sell separately. wehrman32@gmail.com.

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TICKETS, Bristol Race, 4 sets. Each set includes 1 Nationwide March 17th, $30. 1 Food City March 18th, $60. (937)492-0804

LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the 2011 Financial Report for the Sidney-Shelby County Board of Health has been completed and is available for public inspection at the office of the Shelby County Auditor, 129 E. Court St., Sidney, Ohio.

Denny York, Shelby County Auditor Feb. 24

BUYING: 1 piece or entire estates: Vintage costume or real jewelry, toys, pottery, glass, advertisements.

Call Melisa (419)860-3983 or (937)710-4603.

LEGAL NOTICE LORAMIE TOWNSHIP BOARD OF APPEALS Loramie Township Board of Zoning Appeals will meet to consider a request from Zachary Wones 5384 Smith Rd, Houston, Ohio, for a Variance to the zoning regulations for a front and side yard, to add a porch. The hearing for this variance will be on March 24, 2012 at 4:00 PM. The meeting will be held at the township building located at 3505 Russia-Versailles Rd, Russia, Ohio 45363 The meeting is open to the public.

Larry Phlipot, Zoning Enforcement Officer, 937-7733720 Feb. 24 2261088

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Village of Kettlersville Kettlersville Storm Sewer Improvements Sealed Bids for the Village of Kettlersville Storm Sewer Improvements will be received by the Village of Kettlersville at Choice One Engineering, 440 E. Hoewisher Road, Sidney, Ohio 45365, until Friday, March 2, 2012 at 11:30 A.M. at which time they will be publicly opened and read.

In general, this project consists of the replacement of an existing storm sewer line within the Village of Kettlersville.

The Bidding Documents which include drawings and specifications may be examined and obtained at the office of Choice One Engineering Corporation, 440 E. Hoewisher Road, Sidney, OH 45365. Cost for the Bidding Documents is $40.00 and is non-refundable.

Bids must be signed and submitted on the separate bidding forms included in the Bidding Documents, sealed in a properly identified envelope, and shall be accompanied by either a Bid Guaranty Bond in the amount of 100% of the Bid amount or by a certified check, cashier’s check, or letter of credit on a solvent bank in the amount of not less than 10% of the amount of the Bid, subject to conditions provided in the Instructions to Bidders.

The successful BIDDER will be required to furnish a satisfactory Performance Bond in the amount of 100% of the Bid. The Contractor shall be required to pay not less than the minimum wage rates established by the Federal Labor Standards Provisions and Davis-Bacon Wages. Attention of the BIDDER is called to the various insurance requirements and various equal opportunity provisions.

No BIDDER shall withdraw his Bid within 60 days after the actual opening thereof.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, waive irregularities in any Bid, and to accept any Bid which is deemed by Owner to be most favorable to the Owner.

Village of Kettlersville Eric Kaminsky Feb. 17, 24

LEGAL NOTICE The Trustees of Orange Township, Shelby County, OH will accept bids for mowing the township cemeteries and township house lawn for 2012.

All bids must be submitted to the township clerk at 1801 Bulle Road, Sidney, OH, 45365 by 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Bids will be opened at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at the township house in Kirkwood, OH. The trustees reserve the right to refuse any and all bids. The trustees will award the bid deemed to be in the best interest of the township.

Details may be obtained from Eric Voress Township Clerk at 1801 Bulle Road, Sidney, OH, 45365. Telephone 937-498-4375.

By order of the Trustees of Orange Township of Shelby County, OH. Eric Voress Clerk Feb. 24

2012 Baby Album (Babies born January 1, 2011 – December 31, 2011)

St. Rt. 66

2252011

Midway Between New Bremen & Minster

419-629-2171 • 866-507-5310 www.rindlerautomotive.com

Publication Date:

April 19, 2012 Deadline: March 26, 2012

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

(937)498-4747 Carriage Hill Apts. www.1troy.com

2012 KIA SEDONA,

One FREE Month!

white/charcoal cloth, 10,600 miles, cd, keyless, warranty...................................................................

21,650 or $371 mo.

2011 CHEVY IMPALA LS,

$

19,550 or $335 mo.

$

black/gray cloth, 5,400 miles, lots of factory warranty, keyless, cd, fwd, rear ac, pwr. locks.mirrors

2011 DODGE RAM 1500 SLT QUAD CAB,

$

4 dr., silver/charcoal cloth, 11,000 miles, cd, keyless, power seat, side air bags, warranty ...........

2011 FORD E350 VAN XLT,

The album will be published in the April 19 edition of the

16,150 or $277 mo.

2010 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SXT,

$

fwd, silver/charcoal cloth, 23,300 miles, bucket seats, alloy wheels, pwr. hatch, rear ac, factory warranty

2010 KIA SPORTAGE LX,

17,595 or $301 mo.

$

16,595 or $284 mo.

$

4x4, black/charcoal cloth, 33,000 miles, factory warranty, side airbags, alloy wheels, cd, keyless

white/tan cloth, fwd, 60,600 miles, keyless, cd, pwr. locks/mirrors, 8 pass., alloy wheels ........................

16,000 or $274 mo.

2007 KIA SEDONA LX,

$

$

fwd, red metallic/gray cloth, 86,000 miles, rear seat stow-n-go, cd, keyless...................................

10,150 or $174 mo.

2004 BUICK RENDEZVOUS CX,

$

cranberry red/gray cloth, 80,500 miles, keyless, v6, cd, 5 pass., new tires.........................................

7,750 or $133 mo.

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2012 Baby Album

all payments based on 66 month loan 0 down plus tax and title, with approved credit. • we sell new SCOOTERs, atv’s, utv’s and electric cars!

1975 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE Restored with fuel injection, sun roof, rack and pinion steering, sold new at Piqua Volkswagen, garage kept.

(937)295-2899

Pare el Martin blin & Rach m a H ld Haro Sidney ts ren ra G ndpa Steve Simons & io g ie Denise Cirrman Hamblin He

* Twins are handled as Two photos * Enclose photo, form and $21.75

OVER 90 VEHICLES IN STOCK!

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22,650 or $388 mo.

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white/gray cloth, 7,800 miles, pwr. locks/windows, cd, 12 pass., factory warranty....................

2007 HONDA ODYSSEY EX,

2006 HARLEY DAVIDSON XL1200C SPORTSTER Vance Hines, Shortshots, Staggered, H-D bike cover, 19,250 miles, Tons of chrome!

(937)710-4403

Cash paid for junk cars and trucks. Get the most for your junker call us (937)732-5424.

2258999

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

(937)498-4747 www.1troy.com

*Hundreds of Boats* *3 Huge Display Areas*

WEIMARANER PUPPY AKC, 8 weeks old, vet checked, tails, nails and have been wormed. First shots, ready for good homes. (2) Blues, (5) Silvers, (2) females, (5) males, Parents on premises. $600. (937)658-0045

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One FREE Month!

PRIVATE SETTING 2 bedroom townhouse.

No one above or below!

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

March 2nd, 3rd & 4th

METAL. Wanting anything that contains metal.

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

INCOME TAX SPECIAL REDUCTION

Pool

56th ANNUAL INDIAN LAKE BOAT SHOW

(937)497-7763

Get $500 - $1000 at move in!

• Pet Friendly

2002 FORD Ranger, Automatic, air conditioning, 4 new tires, runs great, (937)498-9770

Call (937)492-0781

FEBRUARY RENT FREE!

• Close to 75 • Toddler Playground • Updated Swimming

Females each,

SPAY and NEUTER special during the month of January at Woodland View Equine Service. Call for details.

(937)492-2451

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YOUR CHOICE:

54.95 A MONTH $59.95 A MONTH

ONE NEWSPAPER $ ALL THREE NEWSPAPERS

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*Child’s Name ________________________________________________________ *City ______________________________________ *Birthday _________________ *Parents’ Names ______________________________________________________ **Grandparents’ Names _________________________________________________ **Grandparents’ Names _________________________________________________ (*Required Information) **Due to space constraints, only parents and grandparents will be listed.

K Please mail my photo back. SASE enclosed. (Not responsible for photos lost in the mail.)

K I will stop by and pick up my photo (we will only hold them for 6 months) Name ______________________________________________________________ Address _____________________________________________________________ City __________________________________ State _________Zip ______________ Phone ____________________________________ Extra copies are available for $100. You may have them held in our office or mailed to your home. There is a delivery fee of $4 for postal delivery + $100 per copy.

Number of copies___________

K Pick up in office K Mail

Bill my credit card#_________________________________ Expiration date _________ Signature___________________________________________________

K Visa K Mastercard K American Express K Discover Mail or bring information to:

AMOUNT ENCLOSED____________

Attn: Baby Album 1451 North Vandemark Road Sidney, OH 45365

Paul Sherry’s 1 DAY Knockdown SALE! ONLY!

Sidney Daily News, Friday, February 24, 2012

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Classifieds That Work • 877-844-8385

Paul Sherry’s Big Knock Down Sale is Back for 1 DAY ONLY!!

Area auto buyers will save thousands on Cars, trucks, SUVs, Vans and RVs. Some will drive away with a $99* car.

On Saturday, February 25th, Paul Sherry Chrysler will knock down prices on every used vehicle with some vehicles being knocked down to $99!

Hundreds of people are expected to attend the large vehicle sale going on at Paul Sherry Chrysler this weekend.

Over three million dollars in inventory will be available. The dealership has set low prices starting at $99* and payments as low as ninety nine dollars a month* in an attempt to clear the lot.

Over 150 new and used vehicles are on the lot, and Sherry Chrysler is attempting to sell them all.

There will be an enormous selection of vehicles on hand including the $99* cars. At approximately 8 a.m. Saturday, February 25th, The Big Sale Begins!

Channel 7 will be broadcasting live from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and during that time we will knock down prices on approximately 28 vehiIn order to accomplish their task, the dealership cles then at 10:30 a.m., The Sale Continues! has lined up extra staff to handle the anticipated We will then begin knocking down prices on abundance of people. They have also arranged for the remainder of Paul Sherry’s 3 million dollar more financing experts in order to get as many inventory. Whoever is sitting behind the wheel people as possible approved and into one of their of the vehicle when the price is knocked down automobiles or RVs. The experts are also available will be given the first opportunity to purchase to assist with financing, so people can get low rates the vehicle at that price. and lower payments.

THIS WILL BE A 1 DAY EVENT! SATURDAY, FEB. 25TH ~ 8:00 A.M. *Vehicles example: ‘00 Dodge Durango, Stock #26279B. Based on $0 down and $99 a month @ 7.99% for 66 months, plus tax, title and license fee. With approved credit.

OPEN SUNDAY 12-5 P.M. 8645 N. Co. Rd. 25A PIQUA, OHIO (I-75 to Exit 83) Credit Problems? Call Mike Reynolds 1-877-594-2482 2060360

1-800-678-4188 www.paulsherry.com