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DEATHS Obituaries and/or death notices for the following people appear on Page 3 today: • M. Winona Valentine
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Republican plan promises deep cuts BY ANDREW TAYLOR The Associated Press
vored budget for next year that would shrink the government by another $4.6 trillion over the next decade. The spending authorization on its way to the White House for President Barack Obama’s signature leaves in place $85 billion in spending cuts to the Pentagon and domestic pro-
grams. The result will be temporary furloughs for hundreds of thousands of federal workers and contractors over the next six months and interrupted, slower or halted services and aid for many Americans. The nonbinding GOP budget plan for 2014 and be-
yond calls for a balanced budget in 10 years’ time and sharp cuts in safety-net programs for the poor and other domestic programs. Thursday’s developments demonstrated the split nature of this year’s budget debate. Competing nonbinding See HOUSE/Page 3
GREAT FLOOD OF 1913 HIT AREA 100 YEARS AGO Biggest weather disaster in Ohio’s history NOTE — EDITOR’S March 23-27 marks the 100th anniversary of the most devastating flood to hit Ohio in recorded history. Sidney and Shelby County were among communities impacted by the deluge. Although no deaths were recorded locally, there was tremendous damage to homes, businesses, bridges and roads and other property. The Great Flood of 1913, as it was known, resulted in creation of a series of dams under auspices of the Miami Conservancy District, including one in Lockington. During the nation’s bicentennial in 1976, the Sidney Daily News ran a series of articles focusing on local history. Among them was a story on the flood of 1913, written by Clarence B. Raterman of McCartyville and based on interviews with local survivors who still lived at that time. The following account includes some of those interviews and additional research by Raterman. Also included is information researched by Scott Trostel, historian and author from Miami County.
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flooded and 2,220 homes destroyed. Total loss in 1913 dollars was $133,662,918. Locally, 6 percent of Sidney was flooded. Three homes were destroyed and 230 inundated. About 230 people lived in the flooded area, with 25 ending up homeless and 125 needing aid. Total property The Great Flood of 1913 loss in Sidney was estimated claimed 467 lives in Ohio, at $35,000 in 2013 dollars. In with 40,637 residences Shelby County, according to
county commissioners at the time, damage totaled $120,000 to highways and bridges alone, compared to $58,000 in Auglaize County, $38,500 in Logan County and $555,000 in Miami County. A total of 43 bridges were damaged or destroyed in Shelby County. As bad as the flood was in Shelby County, it could not compare to what happened in counties to the south.
Some 56 people drowned in Miami County and many more in Dayton and Montgomery County. In comparison, Shelby County escaped with property damage. The drama began on Easter Sunday, March 23, when a total of 1.37 inches of rain fell in Shelby County. After midnight the rain began in earnest with a total of 3.5 See FLOOD/Page 10
Sidney man arrested in drug bust CELINA – An investigation by the Grand Lake Task Force resulted in the indictment and arrest of 12 people. One of the suspects arrested is from Sidney. The Task Force is a combined effort of law enforceHaskell ment agencies in Mercer and Auglaize coun-
ties. The Celina Police Department and the Shelby County Ohio Sheriff ’s Office assisted with these apprehensions. Those arrested were: • Mickey Haskell, 29, 10999 Little Turtle Way, Sidney, four counts of trafficking in heroin, fifth-degree felonies, two counts of trafficking in heroin, fourth-degree felonies. Haskell was apprehended in Sidney by the Shelby County Sheriff ’s Office.
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sponded to Airstream Inc., 419 W. Pike St., on a report of a man being exposed to propane gas. No other information was available. -7:58 a.m.: medical. The Jackson Center Rescue Squad responded to 300 Clay St., Unit 12. -7:45 a.m.: medical. The Anna Rescue Squad responded to 202 E. State St., Botkins. -3:45 a.m.: medical. The Anna Rescue Squad responded to 764 E. Mason Road.
Director: Preserve the Bowery NEW YORK (AP) — Famed director Martin Scorsese wants New York’s mean streets to keep some of their grittiness. The “Gangs of New York” director has joined an effort to curb redevelopment of the Bowery. That’s the former skid row near where Scorsese grew up. Scorsese wrote to New York City Planning Commission Chairwoman Amanda Burden last week. He praises the neighborhood’s grittiness, ambience and vivid atmosphere. Scorsese is backing a plan that would limit the height of new development on the east side of the Bowery to eight stories. The plan also calls for preservation of several historic buildings. Planning Department spokeswoman Rachaele Raynoff tells the Daily News the agency has not made a ruling.
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felony charge A against a Sidney man who was subdued by Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers with a Taser earlier this month was dismissed without prejudice Wednesday in Sidney Municipal Court and he pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges. Diomedes Solomon Cavazos, 29, no address given, was stopped by troopers at the intersection of Russell Road and Ohio 29 shortly after 11:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9, after he was observed driving erratically. Troopers reported Cavazos resisted arrest and a Taser was used to subdue him. The two loaded guns,
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fore the hearing that there was a lack of documentation that Cabazos had been convicted of a prior felony in Miami County. Heath Hegeman with the Shelby County Prosecutor’s Office explained that the having weapons under a disability charge requires a prior felony conviction. He said if it is confirmed Cavazos has a prior felony conviction, the charge could be refiled against him in the future. Cavazos pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of driving under the influence and failure to comply with an officer. Two other misdemeanors, endangering children and drug
abuse, were dismissed. Cavazos will be sentenced April 3. He remains in the Shelby County Jail in lieu of posting $15,000 bond. In Municipal Court on Monday, Eric L. Cato, of Louisville, Ky., was bound over to a Shelby County grand jury during a preliminary hearing. Cato was charged with trafficking in drugs after 5.4 pounds of marijuana and $1,200 in cash were found in his van during a March 9 traffic stop on Interstate 75. Shelby County Sheriff’s Office’s K-9 unit “Colt,” was brought to the scene of the traffic stop and detected the presence of drugs in the vehicle.
MUNICIPAL COURT In Sidney Municipal Court on Wednesday, Judge Duane Goettemoeller sentenced Heather N. Lawson 23, 425 Ave., to 10 days in jail and fined her $150 and $18 court costs on an attempted assault charge, which was amended from assault. Five days of the jail sentence were suspended. • Rodney Kesler, 55, 116 Highland Ave., was fined $250 and $191 costs on a theft charge. • Brian J. Detrick, 28, 5354 Smith Road, Houston, was fined $25 and $118 costs for a confinement restraint dog violation. An identical charge was dismissed. • Corey Arbogast, 40, 987 Arrowhead Drive, Apt. G, was fined $150 and $138 costs on a criminal trespass charge. • Kayla E. Sherman, 24, 210 Mary St., Botkins, was fined $30 and $105 costs for speeding. During court proceedings on Tuesday, Judge Goettemoeller fined Neil Mallow, 19, 1125 Hilltop Ave., Apt. C, $150 and $138 costs on a disorderly conduct charge. • Julie A. Ressler, 36, 673 W. Parkwood St., was fined $25 and $111 costs for a turning at intersections violation. • Tod E. Belt, 58, 2752 State Route 29, Apt. 4, was fined $100 and $118 costs on an inducing panic charge. • Kenneth M. Davis, 27, 625 Addy St., was fined $75 and $111 costs on a display of license violation. • Justin L. Prenger, 19, 13319 Luthman Road, Minster, was fined $30 and $86 costs on a seatbelt violation. • Julia M. Rethman, 49, 18095 Linker Road, Jackson Center, was fined $30 and $105 costs for speeding. • Tara K. Pellman, 24, 2805 Wapakoneta Ave., Lot 73, was fined $30 and $86 costs on a seatbelt violation. Civil cases Midland Funding LLC, San Diego, Calif. v. Michael L. Dailey, 326 Sycamore Ave., $2,241.67. Midland Funding LLC, San Diego, Calif. v. Jennifer Crisp, 768 Spruce Ave., $1,367.41. Wilson Memorial Hospital, 915 W. Michigan St. v. Douglas Goins, 509 Montrose Drive, $380. Wilson Memorial v. Greg Birkemeier, 1009 Comanche Drive, $255.64. Wilson Memorial v. Josie A. Bell, 1614 Catalpa Place, $2,013.35. Wilson Care Inc., 915 Michigan St., v. Mark Tucker, 430 Belmont St., $163.88. Lima Radiological Associates v. Mark Dershem, 6688 State Route 66, Apt. B, Fort Loramie, $645. Lima Radiological Associates v. Bret L. Pitts,
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DEATH NOTICES M. Winona Valentine PIQUA — M. Winona Valentine, 98, of Piqua, died at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday March 20, 2013, at the Ohio Masonic Home, Springfield. A service to honor her life will be held Saturday, March 23, 2013, at the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home, Piqua.
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The curtain was raised Thursday evening at the Sidney High School Auditorium as the stage came alive with Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man”. The classic musical tells the story of a con man Harold Hill, who poses as “The Professor,” a boys’ band organizer and leader, and sells band instruments and uniforms to naive townsfolk before skipping town with the cash. SHS’s Jordan Miller, the Music Man himself, lights up the stage and fills the audience with delight from the moment he appears on stage. Trouble comes “Professor” Harold Hill’s way when the local librarian and music teacher Marian Paroo, Taylor Busse, sees through him. However, when Hill helps her younger brother come out of his shell, Marian begins to fall in love with Harold. This piece of Americana includes such memorable songs as “Ya Got Trouble,” “Seventy-Six Trombones,” “The Sadder-But-
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ecknie Shinn; Victoria Smedley as Zaneeta Shinn; Lauren Boyd as Gracie Shinn; Lauren Heaton as Alma Hix; Emily Fulk as Maud Dunlop; Meaghan Cain as Ethel Toffelmier; Carylie Mosely as Mrs. Squires; Dylan Zerkle as Constable Locke; and Matt Schwartman as Farmer. The chorus includes Alli Fair, Ann Imke, Autumn Neville, Bethany Yinger, Brenna Elmore, Celine Rice, Colleen Brunswick, Danielle Cooper, Emily McCroskey, Emily Reid, Evan Burden, Gloria Arthur, Hannah Brown, Heather Gold, Joey Boldman, Kacey Swiger, Kara Boze, Kathryn Saunders, Kayla Frick, Kiersten Sprague, Kylie Stanley, Laura Brady, Lorah Bontrager, Marie Butts, Rodney Campbell, Tehya Bockrath, Tiara Hicks and Tori Heffner. Crew members are: Raven Edwards, Mitchell Davis, Robin Daily, Levi Shoffner, Kiersten Yinger and Mitchel Martin.
Texas shootout may tie to prison chief death DECATUR, Texas (AP) — A man who may be linked to the slaying of Colorado’s state prison chief led authorities in Texas on a harrowing, 100-mph car chase Thursday that ended after he crashed into a semi and then opened fire before being shot down by his pursuers, authorities said. The man is still unidentified and is “basically legally deceased” while still hooked up to equipment for organ
harvesting at a Fort Worth hospital, Wise County Sheriff David Walker told an afternoon news conference in Decatur. The possible link to the Tuesday night slaying of Colorado prison director Tom Clements is tentative but intriguing enough to put Colorado investigators on a plane to Texas. The black Cadillac the man drove, with Colorado license plates, matches the description of a car spotted
outside Clements’ home just before the Department of Corrections chief was fatally shot while answering his front door. “We don’t know yet exactly whether this is the guy,” Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper told reporters Thursday afternoon. “There’s some indication. I hope it is.” A deputy in Montague County, Texas, tried to pull the Cadillac over at about 11 a.m. Thursday on a routine traffic stop, though officials wouldn’t
HOUSE `budget measures by each party provide platforms for political principles; at the same time Capitol Hill leaders forged a bipartisan deal on carrying out the government’s core responsibilities, in this case providing money for agencies to operate and preventing a government shutdown. The GOP budget proposal, similar to previous plans offered by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., demonstrates that it’s possible, at least mathematically, to balance the budget within a decade without raising taxes. But to do so Ryan, his party’s vice presidential nominee last year, assumes deep cuts that would force millions from programs for the poor like food stamps and Medicaid and cut almost 20 percent from domestic agency budget levels assumed less than two years ago. Ryan’s plan passed the House on a mostly partyline 221-207 vote, with 10 Republicans joining Democrats against it. Meanwhile, the Democrat-controlled Senate debated for a second day its first budget since the 2009 plan that helped Obama pass his health care law. A vote on the Senate measure is ex-
counts of unlawful purchase or receipt of pseudoephedrine product, first-degree misdemeanors. He was arrested Monday. • April Lindeman, 32, 138 Meyer Road Celina, three counts of trafficking in heroin, fifth-degree felonies, two counts of trafficking in heroin, fourth-degree felonies. • Carolyn Snyder, 51, 422 E. Livingston St. Celina, three counts of trafficking in marijuana, fourth-degree felonies. • Amanda Lockwood,
elaborate on the reason. The driver opened fire on the deputy, wounding him, Walker said. He then fled south before crashing into a semi as he tried to elude his pursuers. Walker says Colorado investigators are heading to Texas to determine whether the man is connected to Clements’ killing. The wounded deputy was wearing a bulletproof vest and is at a Fort Worth hospital, authorities said.
From Page 1 pected late Friday or early Saturday. The dueling House and Senate budget plans are anchored on opposite ends of the ideological spectrum in Washington, appealing to core partisans in warring GOP and Democratic tribes long gridlocked over how to attack budget deficits. The GOP plan caters to tea party forces while Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray, D-Wash., crafted a measure designed to nail down support from liberal senators like Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Tom Harkin, DIowa, who vehemently oppose cuts to safety net programs, like Medicare and Social Security. What the Ryan and Murray budgets both fail to do is reach out to the political middle, where any possible bargain would have to be forged. “At least we’re moving closer to an opportunity for agreement,” said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. “I know we’re worlds apart when it comes to philosophy and how we go forward.” The sharp contrast over the 2014 budget and beyond came as the House cleared away last year’s unfinished fiscal business — a sweeping, government-wide bill to keep Cabinet agencies running through the
2013 budget year, which ends Sept. 30. The House passed the bipartisan 2013 measure by a sweeping 318-109 vote. The Senate had approved the measure on Wednesday. The measure would authorize money for the day-to-day operations of every Cabinet agency through Sept. 30, provide another $87 billion to fund overseas military in operations Afghanistan and Iraq and maintain a pay freeze for federal workers. Automatic spending cuts of 5 percent to domestic programs and 8 percent to the Pentagon are left in place, leaving hundreds of thousands of federal workers facing job furloughs. But the bill eases the effect of the trims on food inspections and college assistance for active duty military and relieves the Pentagon from a cash crunch in accounts for training and readiness. Veteran health programs will get their scheduled increases and there are big boosts to modernize the Pentagon’s nuclear arsenal. It also ensures full funding for a food program for pregnant women and their babies. Federal agencies have thus far borne the brunt of the spending cuts hammered out in a hard-
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fought 2011 budget pact that set spending “caps” and increased the government’s borrowing limit. Congress’ failure to follow up with another deficit bargain set the automatic spending cuts in motion. They are just beginning to bite, and Republicans insist they remain in place until Democrats agree to cuts to rapidly growing entitlement programs, which are funded automatically as the “mandatory” portion of the budget. But Democrats were denied additional money to implement Obama’s signature first-term accomplishments on overhauling the health care system and tightening regulation of Wall Street. The long-term, nonbinding GOP budget plan authored by Ryan, the party’s failed 2012 vice presidential nominee, makes lots of promises about “reforming” costly benefits programs like food stamps, Medicare and Medicaid, but it’s often scant on details about the cuts. And while pledging a tax reform plan that would lower the top income tax bracket from 39.6 percent to 25 percent, it doesn’t say which tax breaks, deductions and credits it would eliminate to replace almost $6 trillion in lost revenue over a decade.
From Page 1 21, 1119 Princeton Drive Celina, two counts of trafficking in heroin, fift- degree felonies. • Christopher Steinbrunner, 42, 2620 Sawmill Road Fort Recovery, two counts of illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs, third-degree felonies, two counts of unlawful purchase or receipt of pseudoephedrine product, first-degree misdemeanors. • Elizabeth Craw, 25, 416 W. Anthony St.
Celina, one count of illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs, third-degree felony, one count of unlawful purchase or receipt of pseudoephedrine product, first-degree misdemeanor. • Dustin Gross, 31, 7570 State Route 219 Celina, two counts of trafficking in heroin, fifth-degree felonies. • Alyssa Ridder, 18, 632 W. Anthony St., Celina, three counts of trafficking in heroin, fifth-degree felonies.
• Mirranda Gates, 30, 565 E Market St. Celina, two counts of trafficking in drugs, fourth-degree felonies, one count of offenses involving unapproved drugs, fourth-degree felony. She is currently being held in the Montgomery County Jail on contempt charges. During the raid law enforcement officers seized a 1997 Pontiac Grand Prix and a 2000 Ford Truck. They also seized drug paraphernalia, cash, suspected heroin and marijuana.
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Ohio conservatives reject GOP, cite Portman shift COLUMBUS (AP) — A group of self-identified Ohio conservatives says it’s parting ways with the state Republican party because of recent events including U.S. Sen. Rob Portman’s policy shift in favor of same-sex marriage. More than 80 signed an open letter sent Thursday, including former state legislators, tea party leaders and issue advocates. They cite Republican Gov. John Kasich’s support for Medicaid expansion under President Barack Obama’s federal health care law and the 2004 misdemeanor conviction of the man in line to be the party’s chairman, Matt Borges. Portage County tea party director Tom Zawistowski said Ohio’s Republican leadership is betraying the party platform and alienating fiscal and social conservatives as well as rank-and-file GOP voters. Borges said he and the party have strongly supported both conservative candidates and principles.
Motion alleges village violating court order CINCINNATI (AP) — A lawyer representing motorists ticketed for speeding as a result of a village’s traffic cameras wants the southwest Ohio village found in contempt for allegedly continuing to issue the tickets after a judge said to stop. Attorney Mike Allen filed the motion against the village of Elmwood Place on Wednesday in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court. Allen also asked for class action status for the original complaint by motorists trying to get their money back from tickets they have already paid. The judge ruled this month that the village must stop using the cameras he called a scam. The cameras have generated more than $1 million for the village, which is appealing the judge’s ruling. Village officials did not immediately return a call Thursday seeking comment on the latest filings.
Special judge to handle Ohio rape investigation COLUMBUS (AP) — The chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court has appointed a special judge to oversee the work of a grand jury investigating possible new charges related to the rape of a 16year-old girl last summer. Thursday’s appointment follows a request by Jefferson County judge Joseph Bruzzese (bruh-ZEES’) Jr. for an outside judge because of ongoing local controversy over an alleged cover-up of the initial rape report. Bruzzese says “nameless bloggers” who made unproven allegations of a cover-up have a strong following that makes appointing a judge from outside Steubenville necessary. Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor responded by appointing retired Summit County Judge Patricia Ann Cosgrove to handle the grand jury, which meets in April. Two football players were convicted Sunday of raping the girl after an alcohol-fueled party in August.
Court disbars attorney LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — An Ohio attorney known as the godfather of the modern class-action lawsuit was disbarred Thursday by the Kentucky Supreme Court, which said Stanley Chesley acted unethically in a $200 million settlement involving the makers of the diet drug fen-phen. The high court concluded that Chesley, who was based in Cincinnati, crossed the ethical line in settling a dispute over health effects stemming from use of the drug. The court concluded that Chesley also refused to acknowledge his conduct was wrong or that he had dishonest or selfish motives. The decision could result in Chesley being removed as a lead attorney from multiple cases across the country, including pending suits against Toyota. “While the good reputation he has enjoyed and his generosity serves to exacerbate the tragedy of his fall, they cannot atone for the serious misconduct he has committed in connection with this matter,” Chief Justice John D. Minton wrote for the court. The justices opted not to order Chesley to pay $7.5 million in restitution to the former fen-phen clients, but docked him $88,579 for the cost of the investigation leading to the decision.
Science, tech groups target youth innovation COLUMBUS (AP) — A new scholarship program is being launched to encourage Ohio students to become high-tech inventors and entrepreneurs. Believe in Ohio will be a youth commercialization and entrepreneurship program offering incentives for achievements in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The new program was previewed Thursday at a breakfast reception in Columbus. Ohio has been working to encourage students into the high-paying, employee-hungry fields of math, science and technology. A Board of Regents report in June found the state has below average success in commercializing university research. The Ohio Academy of Sciences, NorTech and Entrepreneurial Engagement Ohio say their Believe in Ohio program will promote the board’s goals by increasing the pipeline of graduates in science, technology, engineering and mathematics over the next decade.
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Health insurance company drops lawsuit COLUMBUS (AP) — An Ohio health insurance company dropped its lawsuit Thursday against state and federal officials over confusion in rules for a program for patients with pre-existing medical conditions. At issue is a high-risk insurance pool created by President Barack Obama’s health care law targeting patients turned away by insurance companies because of such conditions as cancer or heart disease. The pool is meant to act as a temporary patch until 2014, when the federal law will require insurers to accept all applicants, regardless of medical history. Medical Mutual of Ohio sued last year in federal court to force clarification over who has the final say in eligibility for enrollment in the program — state or federal officials. The company said it was getting conflicting opinions from government agencies that regulate it and needed the court to settle the issue. An attorney at Medical Mutual said the lawsuit was dropped after the company reached an agreement Wednesday with state and federal officials for handling eligibility and appeal decisions. David Fogarty, who also is the director of regulatory relations at Medical Mutual, said the parties have agreed that the Ohio Department of Insurance will have the
final say in appeals regarding eligibility determinations, after the insurer has followed U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ criteria. “We were just looking for clear rules to follow and now we have them,” Fogarty said in an interview Thursday. Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor, who is the state’s insurance director, said in a statement, “I am pleased that the agreement we have reached protects Ohio consumers while upholding the Department’s ability to make determinations on these issues without federal interference.” Messages seeking comment also were left with the Health and Human Services Department. The Obama administration began quietly winding down the program last month, announcing the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan would stop taking new applications. Ohio was among the states that opted to run its own high-risk insurance pool, while the federal government runs the program for other states. Ohio selected Medical Mutual, a nonprofit insurance company, to administer the program. The company filed its lawsuit Dec. 24 in Columbus federal court against Taylor and Obama’s Health and Human Services secretary, Kathleen Sebelius.
The complaint was prompted by a dispute over whether 14 people should receive health care coverage under Ohio’s program, which serves about 3,500 residents. Taylor, the state’s most vocal critic of the federal health care law, was surprisingly on the side of keeping the residents in the program; the federal overseers of the overhaul initially said their coverage should be canceled. Under the law, the program is open to people who have not been covered under a “creditable” insurance policy for at least six months. Applicants also must provide a certified medical record that proves a pre-existing condition. In September, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid directed Medical Mutual to cancel coverage for 14 individuals, according to the lawsuit. The federal agency found the enrollees’ previous policies creditable, and thus not eligible for coverage. Thirteen of the enrollees appealed the decision to the state’s Department of Insurance, which found them eligible. But at the end of November, the federal agency again told Medical Mutual the individuals’ coverage should be terminated. Still, the state’s insurance department said it expected the company to comply with its ruling and reinstate the enrollees.
Judge: Man can’t withdraw plea TOLEDO (AP) — A former Marine who admitted setting fire to an Ohio mosque because he wanted revenge for the killings of American troops overseas won’t be allowed to withdraw his guilty plea, a judge ruled Thursday. Randy Linn had asked to take back his admission to hate crime charges in January, a month after he explained in detail how he drove from his Indiana home to the suburban Toledo mosque and burned a prayer rug, causing extensive damage in the building. Linn, 52, said he was in an emotional and depressed state when he pleaded guilty. His attorney asked the judge to throw out the plea so Linn could undergo a competency exam. U.S. District Judge Jack Zouhary rejected the request, saying there was nothing indicating Linn was a candidate for an insanity plea and that he clearly was competent when he pleaded guilty in December. Linn said at the time he decided to start the fire after seeing images of wounded soldiers in the news. Prosecutors maintained that Linn did not act on impulse and pointed out that he told his son two weeks before the fire that he wanted to burn down the mosque. In opposing the withdrawal, prosecutors noted that Linn drove two hours from his home in St. Joe, Ind., to the mosque and that he stopped on the way to fill three gas cans to start the fire. Assistant U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan said Linn was asked at least four times before entering his guilty plea if he understood what he was doing. “He’s just having second thoughts,” she told the judge. A deal between prosecutors and Linn calls for him to receive a 20-year sentence. He’s scheduled to be sentenced next month. Prosecutors said Linn had several firearms in his car and carried a gun into The Islamic Center of Greater Toledo, which was empty at the time,
before he started the fire on Sept. 30. Linn estimated at his plea hearing that he had drunk 45 beers over several hours before he decided to drive to Ohio. “Maybe that helped explain his conduct,” the judge said Thursday. Linn’s new attorney, John Thebes, did not at-
tempt during the hearing to deny that Linn was responsible for the fire. Instead, he told the judge that a competency exam would allow him to determine whether an insanity plea was warranted. A sprinkler system extinguished the blaze, leaving smoke and water
damage in much of the facility, whose golden dome is a landmark along Interstate 75 just south of Toledo. No one was hurt. Members of the Islamic center have been unable to use the building since the fire and hope that repairs will be finished sometime next month.
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NATION/WORLD TODAY IN HISTORY BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Today is Friday, March 22, the 81st day of 2013. There are 284 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 22, 1963, The Beatles’ debut album, “Please Please Me,” was released in the United Kingdom by Parlophone. On this date: • In 1312, Pope Clement V issued a papal bull ordering dissolution of the Order of the Knights Templar. • In 1638, religious dissident Anne Hutchinson was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for defying Puritan orthodoxy. • In 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act of 1765 to raise money from the American colonies, which fiercely resisted the tax. (The Stamp Act was repealed a year later.) • In 1820, U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur was killed in a duel with Commodore James Barron near Washington, D.C. • In 1894, hockey’s first Stanley Cup championship game was played; home team Montreal defeated Ottawa, 3-1. • In 1933, during Prohibition, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure to make wine and beer containing up to 3.2 percent alcohol legal. • In 1941, the Grand Coulee hydroelectric dam in Washington state went into operation. • In 1943, the Khatyn Massacre took place during World War II as German forces killed 149 residents of the village of Khatyn, Belarus, half of them children. • In 1958, movie producer Mike Todd, the husband of actress Elizabeth Taylor, and three other people were killed in the crash of Todd’s private plane near Grants, N.M. • In 1978, Karl Wallenda, the 73-year-old patriarch of “The Flying Wallendas” high-wire act, fell to his death while attempting to walk a cable strung between two hotel towers in San Juan, Puerto Rico. • In 1988, both houses of Congress overrode President Ronald Reagan’s veto of the Civil Rights Restoration Act. • In 1993, Intel Corp. unveiled the original Pentium computer chip. Ten years ago: Anti-war activists marched again in dozens of cities, marshaling well over 100,000 in Manhattan and sometimes trading insults with backers of the U.S.-led war on Iraq. U.S. forces reported seizing a large weapons cache in Afghanistan.
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Deer bolts from trunk KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Talk about junk in the trunk. A public safety officer checking a suspicious car parked behind a southwestern Michigan motel early Tuesday was more than a little surprised when a deer climbed out of the trunk, stumbled onto the road and bolted into nearby woods. TV stations WWMT, WZZM and WOOD report that the driver told Kalamazoo officer David Miller he hit the deer on the road thought he had killed it and was taking it home for his family to eat. Squad car dashboard camera footage shows Miller opening the trunk, then quickly trying to close it as he spots the deer. The animal escapes from the trunk, rear first, stumbles and rolls, then dashes off. Lt. Stacey Geik says the collision probably just stunned the deer.
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Syria: Bombings kill top pro-Assad Sunni preacher BEIRUT (AP) — A suicide bomb ripped through a mosque in the heart of the Syrian capital Thursday, killing a top Sunni Muslim preacher and outspoken supporter of President Bashar Assad in one of the most stunning assassinations of Syria’s 2-year-old civil war. At least 41 others were killed and more than 84 wounded. The slaying of Sheikh Mohammad Said Ramadan al-Buti removes one of the few remaining pillars of support for Assad among the majority Sunni sect that has risen up against him. It also marks a new low in the Syrian civil war: While suicide bombings blamed on Islamic extremists fighting with the rebels have become common, Thursday’s attack was the first time a suicide bomber detonated his explosives inside a mosque. A prolific writer whose sermons were regularly broadcast on TV, the 84-yearold al-Buti was killed while giving a religious lesson to students at the Eman
Mosque in the central Mazraa district of Damascus. The most senior religious figure to be killed in Syria’s civil war, his assassination was a major blow to Syria’s embattled leader, who is fighting mainly Sunni rebels seeking his ouster. Al-Buti has been a vocal supporter of the regime since the early days of Assad’s father and predecessor, the late President Hafez Assad, providing Sunni cover and legitimacy to their rule. Sunnis are the majority sect in Syria while Assad is from the minority Alawite sect — an offshoot of Shiite Islam. “The blood of Sheik al-Buti will be a fire that ignites all the world,” said Grand Mufti Ahmad Badreddine Hassoun, the country’s top state-appointed Sunni Muslim cleric and an Assad loyalist. Syrian TV showed footage of wounded people and bodies with severed limbs on the mosque’s blood-stained floor, and later, corpses covered in white body bags
lined up in rows. Sirens wailed through the capital as ambulances rushed to the scene of the explosion, which was sealed off by the military. Among those killed was al-Buti’s grandson, the TV said. The bombing was among the most serious security breaches in the capital. An attack in July that targeted a high-level government crisis meeting killed four top regime officials, including Assad’s brother-in-law and the defense minister. Last month, a car bomb that struck in the same area, which houses the headquarters of Syria’s ruling Baath party, killed at least 53 people and wounded more than 200 others in one of the deadliest Damascus bombings of the civil war. A small, frail man, al-Buti was well known in the Arab world as a religious scholar and longtime imam at the eighth-century Omayyad Mosque, a Damascus landmark. State TV said he has written 60 books and religious publications.
Alcatraz marks 50 years since closure ALCATRAZ ISLAND, Calif. (AP) — The black-and-white photographs show a line of prisoners — some with heads bowed, others with eyes staring forlornly at the camera — as a guard leads them to a boat for their final trip off The Rock. The striking images were taken on March 21, 1963, the day the infamous prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay was closed after holding the likes of gangsters Al Capone and Mickey Cohen. Swarms of reporters chronicled the single-file line of departing inmates. On Thursday, however, the National Park Service unveiled an exhibit of newly discovered photos that depict new details about the final hours of Alcatraz. The ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the closing was attended by former guard Jim Albright, who can be seen in the photographs in a light gray suit and dark tie, walking the shackled prisoners past reporters. He had been a guard during two escapes, including the one made famous in the movie “Escape from Alcatraz,” and was keeping an eye open for any funny business involving the prisoners and reporters. “What I was worried about was that one of these goddarned fools was going to give the inmates something that they could get out of their cuffs with,” Albright, now 77, said. “These were all the worst bad guys. If you messed up somewhere else you came to Alcatraz.”
Alcatraz started as a fortress and became an Army disciplinary barracks before the Bureau of Prisons took it over in 1934 to house America’s most notorious criminals. U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy signed an order in 1962 to close the prison due to its expensive upkeep and its prime location in the bay. Nine years later, Alcatraz became a national park and one of California’s most popular tourist attractions with about 1.5 million visitors a year. The new exhibit at Alcatraz features photos made by Los Angeles-based freelance photographer Leigh Wiener for Life Magazine. Wiener’s son discovered the negatives in a manila envelope in his father’s archive that was titled “Alcatraz Prison’s Closing Day March 21, 1963.” “Before I even opened the envelope I recognized the historical significance,” Devik Wiener said at the unveiling. He called the parks service shortly after his find, which led to the exhibit and a new book. The images will be on display for at least the next three months. The exhibit evoked a swell of emotion for people who lived on the island during its days as a prison. Jan Peters, 62, was the last child to leave the site of the island prison. His father Arnold Peters had been in charge of relocating the inmates to other federal prisons.
Anniversary finds two Americas WASHINGTON (AP) — Three years, two elections, and one Supreme Court decision after President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, its promise of health care for the uninsured may be delayed or undercut in much of the country because of entrenched opposition from many Republican state leaders. In half the states, mainly led by Democrats, officials are racing deadlines to connect uninsured residents to coverage now only months away. In others it’s as if “Obamacare” — signed Mar. 23, 2010 — had never passed. Make no mistake, the federal government will step in and create new insurance markets in the 26 mostly red states declining to run their own. Just like the state-run markets in mostly Democratic-led states, the feds will start signing up customers Oct. 1 for coverage effective Jan. 1. But they need a broad cross-section of people, or else the pool will be stuck with what the government calls
the “sick and worried” — the costliest patients. Insurance markets, or exchanges, are one prong of Obama’s law, providing subsidized private coverage for middle-class households who currently can’t get their own. The other major piece is a Medicaid expansion to serve more low-income people. And at least 13 states have already indicated they will not agree to that. “It could look like two or three different countries,” said Robert Blendon, a Harvard School of Public Health professor who studies public opinion on health care. “The political culture of a state is going to play an important role in getting millions of people to voluntarily sign up.” Civic leadership — from governors, legislators, mayors and business and religious groups — is shaping up as a huge factor in the launch of Obama’s plan, particularly since the penalty for ignoring the law’s requirement to get coverage is as low as $95 the first year.
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IN THIS March 21, 1963, file photo the last prisoners depart from Alcatraz Island federal prison in San Francisco. The National Park Service on Thursday celebrated the 50th anniversary of Alcatraz Island’s closure as a federal penitentiary with an exhibit of newly discovered photos of the prison's final hours. The new display opened five decades after the last shacked prisoners were taken off the infamous prison in San Francisco Bay that once held the likes of gangsters Al Capone and Mickey Cohen.
Average jobless claims at fresh 5-year low WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment aid barely changed last week, while the average over the past month fell to a fresh five-year low. The decline in layoffs is helping strengthen the job market. Weekly unemployment benefit applications rose just 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 336,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. Over the past four weeks, the average number of applications has dropped by 7,500 to 339,750. That’s the lowest since February 2008, just three months into the recession. Separately, sales of previously occupied homes rose last month to their highest level in more than three years, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday. And a measure of future U.S. economic growth increased in February for the third straight month, according to the Conference Board, a business research group. The three reports Thursday supported other recent data that show the economy is improving after stalling at the end of last year. Economists pay close attention to the four-week average of applications because it can smooth out week to week fluctuations. The steady decline in unemployment claims signals that companies are laying off fewer workers. That suggests many aren’t worried about economic conditions in the near future. The four-week average has fallen nearly 15 percent since November. The trend has coincided with acceleration in the job market. “Improvement in labor market conditions continues,” Julia Coronado, an economist at BNP Paribas, said in a note to clients. Applications spiked in the recession as companies slashed millions of workers from their payrolls. The number of people seeking benefits averaged only 320,000 a week in 2007, before the recession began. That figure soared to 418,000 in 2008 and 574,000 in 2009.
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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 • Agape Mobile Rural Food Pantry Distribution, in Lockington, 9 to 11 a.m. • Agape Mobile Rural Food Pantry Distribution, in Pasco, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Saturday Afternoon • The Piqua Public Library, 116 W. High St., hosts the Lego Club from 2 to 4 p.m. Advance registration is necessary by calling (937) 773-6753.
Saturday Evening • Lumber Company Baseball hosts fundraising bingo to support the children on the teams. Doors open at 4 p.m. and games begin at 7 p.m. at Sunset Bingo, 1710 W. High St., Piqua. $20 to play all night. For information, call (937) 543-9959. • The Sidney-Shelby County Chess Club Checkmates meets at 7 p.m. at the library at the Dorothy Love Retirement Community. All skill levels are welcome. For more information, call 497-7326. • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Saturday Night Live, meets at 8 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 120 W. Water St.
Sunday Evening • Lumber Company Baseball hosts fundraising bingo to support the children on the teams. Doors open at 4 p.m. and games begin at 7 p.m. at Sunset Bingo, 1710 W. High St., Piqua. $20 to play all night. For information, call (937) 543-9959. • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Never Alone, Never Again, meets at 6:30 p.m. at First Christian Church, 320 E. Russell Road.
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Recipe of the Day A delicious treat that was submitted for competition in the 2012 Shelby County Fair. CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
Cream together 1 cup brown sugar, 1 cup white sugar and 1 cup butter. Add 2 eggs together and 1 tablespoon hot water. Sift together 2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon soda and a pinch of salt. Add to mixture and mix well. 1 tablespoon vanilla, 2 cups quick oats, and 1 package of milk chocolate chips. Mix and drop on cookie sheets. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Luann Pellman
National champions! The Fairlawn Junior High Cheerleaders recently competed at the Midwest Cheer and Dance 2013 National Competition in Dayton and were declared national champions in their division. Pictured are (front row, l-r) Beth Weigandt and Grace Hageman; back row (l-r) Alex Osbourne, Brittney Morris, Ciera Driskell, Tristan Heffner, Carrie Nuss and Chelsie Brautigam. Their coach is Kambra Heffner.
400 hamburgers now in freezer A nice sunny rendered and day in March, the meat will although the be cooked from thermometer the bones in the shows 25 debig black kettle grees this a.m. outside. We have all We will also the meat from make our pon our beef either hoss in one of Amish in cans or in the big black Cook the freezer. kettles. My husband, Lovina Eicher I don’t think Joe, was home we will make several days last week. liver pudding this year. On Thursday night and Joe is the only one that Friday, he made over eats it around here and 400 hamburger patties I still have some to put in the freezer. We canned from other put freezer paper be- years. tween each hamburger It will be so good to so they will pull apart have sausage again. We easier. have been out of Now they can go sausage in the freezer. I from the freezer to the still have some canned, grill without needing but for sausage gravy, time to thaw first. we like it fresh or from I cooked the meat off the freezer. from the beef bones and Spring is almost made 28 quarts of veg- here, which we will look etable soup. That will forward to. be an easy meal on a I am glad it stayed busy day. cold so far as it makes I made this soup it easier to get the meat thick enough with veg- done. It would have etables and meat so I been nice to get the can add tomato juice beef and pork done earand it will make twice lier this year, but the amount when I money-wise it was not open a quart. possible. Kevin, 7, told me he Tonight we will atreally loves that soup. tend the eighth-grade One day when he came portfolio presentation home from school, he which includes daughasked me if he could ter, Verena, 15, and heat up some of that re- niece, Emma, 15. The ally good soup in jars. eighth-graders are A year ago, we put preparing a dinner for up solar panels to run a all of their families freezer from the sun- tonight. Verena menlight with back-up bat- tioned that some of the teries. things on the menu are We are still glad we mashed potatoes, gravy, invested in that. Since dressing and turkey. then, we have not paid This will be the secanything for running ond night this week the freezer. All winter, that I did not have to it has charged really prepare supper. well, with maybe one or Tuesday evening, we two days when the bat- attended family fun tery light has shown night at the school. A low. lot of activities going on After a few days of but the highlight of the having a break from night was the wildlife the beef, we will dress presentation. two hogs tomorrow The children could night. Plans are to cut see and touch insects up the pork on Satur- from the rainforest in day. The lard will be Africa.
The scariest thing there as a python snake. Lovina, 8, does not take after me and petted the snake, while I went as far away from it as possible. We enjoyed pizza, chips, and punch in the cafeteria, furnished by the school. Monday, we take daughter Loretta, 12, to the children’s hospital to have some heart tests done. I have been taking son Kevin, 7, to therapy twice a week. As much as we would like to deny the symptoms, he has also been diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. With God’s help we want to accept this as his plan for us. Prayers are greatly appreciated. May God bless each of you richly. Try this recipe, which is enjoyed around here.
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WET BURRITO CASSEROLE 1 small onion, diced 1 1/2 pounds hamburger 1 package taco seasoning 1/2 cup green peppers, diced 16 ounces sour cream 2 cans cream of mushroom soup 2 cups cheese of your choice 8 small flour tortillas Brown hamburger, onion, and green peppers. Add taco seasoning. Cut tortillas into small bite sized pieces. Mix sour cream and cream of mushroom soup together. In a 9-inch by 13-inch pan, layer hamburger mixture, tortillas and sour cream mixture in layers. Top with the cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Toppings can be chopped tomatoes, lettuce, salsa, and ranch dressing.
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SDN columnist in fiction anthology Christina Ryan Claypool has been a journalist for decades. But until she won a recent national OakTara Publishers’ contest, she had never been published in the inspirational romance genre. Now, her Christian short story, “Not Just Another Casserole Lady,” has been included in OakTara’s new anthology, “I Choose You.” The Sidney woman is a columnist for the Sidney Daily News, and also writes the Inspirations column for Generations Magazine, a Lima News publication. She has freelanced for many newspapers and magazines, along with being a former broadcast journalist with WTLW TV 44 in Lima. Ryan Claypool has also authored the Christian recovery books, “Seeds of Hope for Survivors for everyone who has ever been brokenhearted, addicted, or a victim” and “Forgiven.” Her fictional tale is
about a late-40s hair stylist, Trish Delaney, who loses her husband in a tragic accident. Trish has Ryan Claypool a special gift for helping women with hair loss issues due to cancer. Ryan Claypool was one of 37 authors whose entries were selected for what OakTara Publish-
ers refer to as, “The bestof-the-best romance short story contest winners from across the globe.” “It’s a beautiful book and I am thankful to be one of the writers included,” said Ryan Claypool who is also a seasoned speaker and has been featured on Joyce Meyer Ministries’ national TV program and CBN’s 700 Club. “This past October I lost my close 41-year-old friend, Kimberly Winegardner, to cancer after a threeyear battle, and I wrote the piece in her honor,” said Ryan Claypool. Released in December 2012, “I Choose You” is through available w w w. o a k t a r a . c o m , www.facebook.com/oaktara, www.amazon.com” www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.co m among other outlets. There is also a link on Ryan Claypool’s website at www.christinaryanclaypool.com. The book will be available as an ebook soon.
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FRANCIS FRYER, played by Sebastian Harshbarger (left), 16, and Susan, played by Cassie McKnight, 12, dance during a dress rehearsal of “Calamity Jane,” at Fairlawn High School Wednesday. The musical will open tonight and run through Sunday. Harshbarger is the son of Doug and Kelli Harshbarger, of Anna. Susan is the daughter of Mike and Amy McKnight, of Sidney.
Fairlawn’s ‘Calamity Jane’ opens tonight Fairlawn Drama Club will present the musical, “Calamity Jane,” tonight at 7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for students, available at the door. The plot concerns the misadventures of Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickock in the Black Hills of the Dakota territory. In the cast are Hanna Gold as Calamity Jane, Zeb Sharp as Wild Bill Hickock, Bobby Ostendorf as Lt. Danny Gilmartin and Hugh Kingsley, Madison Guinther as Katie
Brown and a townsperson, Brendan McKnight as Henry Miller and a Johnny, stage-door Cassie McKnight as Susan and a townsperson, Sebastian Harshbarger as Francis Fryer, and a stage-door Johnny, Zoe Shipman as Adelaid Adams and a townsperson, Bobby Hageman as Rattlesnake, the manager, a stage-door Johnny and a townsperson. Also Richard Ostendorf as Doc Pierce, the doorman and a stagedoor Johnny, Amy Bellmer as Joe and a chorus girl, Emily
Bodiker as a chorus girl, Buck, a townsperson and an Indian, Abbey Goins as a chorus girl, a townsperson and Hank, Annie Stemen as a chorus girl, a squaw, a townsperson and Pete, Kelsey Zircher as the old prospector and a townsperson. Also Elizabeth Pestke as the old lady and a townsperson, SarahRenee Keller as a chorus girl and a townsperson, and Madison Huelskamp, Jessica Wright, Rachel King and Mya Elsas as townspeople. The musical has been directed by Shelly Mann.
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Kilts, sporrans and a record crowd Father Son and Friends perform at Dorothy Love Retirement Community Saturday in a St. Patrick’s Day concert that attracted more than 200 people. The audience enjoyed green cookies, green punch and Irish beer after the performance. The Dorothy Love Variety Series features monthly performances from fall through early spring. They are free and open to the public. The series will begin again in October.
The Shelby County Coalition on Aging determined during its February meeting that David McKay, who had represented the Senior Center on the board, could remain a member of the coalition even though he has retired from the senior center. The group heard reports from McKay; Lu Ann Presser, of Dorothy
Love Retirement Community; Eileen Wiseman, of the Senior Center; Marianne Helmlinger, of NAMI; Angie Hoschour, of Goodwill/Easter Seals; and Terri Frick, of Jackson Towers. Also reporting were Jane Eckels, of the Alzheimer’s Association; Connie Kinsella, of the Council on Rural Serv-
ices; Casey Allen, of the Area Agency on Aging, PSA 2; Gary Carter, of Shelby County Common Pleas Court; Robin Burleson, of Fairhaven Adult Day Service; Elizabeth Lawrence, of the Tri-County Community Action Commission; and Scott Barr, of the Shelby County United Way. The coalition’s next meeting will be May 15.
Rainbow Gardeners learn about Johnny Appleseed, spring planting tips with him at all times was his Bible. This Bible is now one of the artifacts at the Johnny Appleseed Museum. Before Chapman died, his friend and fellow New Church member, John James, donated a large tract of land to what would later become the Urbana University campus. One stipulation was that a portion of the land be retained and maintained as an apple orchard in honor of Chapman. Johnny Appleseed died in 1845 in Fort Wayne, Ind. He never married. He owned thousands of acres of land in several states, but was not close to his family, so no one really knows what became of much of his property.
Urbana University was founded in 1850 and was the second post secondary school in Ohio to admit women. The university still maintains an informal connection with the Swedenborgian religion based on Chapman’s missionary work in the area and on James’s land donation. Today, the Johnny Appleseed Society and the Educational Center and Museum work in conjunction with the Ohio Association of Garden Clubs to revitalize the Johnny Appleseed Trail which runs from the Ohio River near Marietta to Lake Erie. The Johnny Appleseed Educational Center and Museum is open to the public. During the business
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Cheryl Ogden, director of education at the Johnny Appleseed Education Center and Museum in Urbana, presented a program about the historic tree planter to members of the Rainbow Gardeners, when the latter group met in March. The museum contains the world’s largest collection of letters, books, manuscripts, and memorabilia surrounding the life and work of John Chapman. Chapman was born in Leominster, Mass., in 1774. At the age of 18, Chapman moved west with dreams of becoming a wealthy landowner. According to the Northwest Ordinance, prospective landowners had to plant fruit trees on their property in order to stake claims. Having little money, Chapman was able to convince landowners throughout the midwest to allow him to plant seedling apple trees (not seeds) on their property and later care for and harvest most of the crop. The rest of his family soon followed to Ohio and were content to farm the land they settled. Chapman, however, saw that there was profit to be made, not in owning land, but in turning apples into hard cider and applejack, since clean water was often hard to find. Early in his career, he converted to a Christian religion that is little known today: Sweden-
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Most not their execu- are about 63 percent of Ohioans would tives, nor their GDP. They now have be surprised to shareholders, twice the combined asknow that the nor their regu- sets of the rest of the Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of same Wall lators — truly top 50 U.S. banks. religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridg- Street megaunderstand I’ve visited several ing the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the banks which retheir financial community banks people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the governceived bailouts health. Should throughout Ohio rement for a redress of grievances. from taxpayers these institucently and have talked in 2009 also retions fail, they to community bank exBrown ceive taxpayerwould take the ecutives about the disreports funded rest of the econ- advantage they face Sherrod Brown omy with them. competing against Wall advantages U.S. Senator today simply But instead of Street megabanks. Milbecause of their “too big failure, these megalions of families and to fail” status. This tax- banks would ask taxsmall businesses depayer-supplied subsidy payers to cover their pend on their commuis wrong, and it puts losses, to bail them out nity banks for their community banks in as we did five years ago. savings accounts, home Ohio at a competitive When even the architect mortgages and business disadvantage. of the “too big to fail” loans. Community This gives them acbanking model, former banks help create cess to cheaper funding Citigroup CEO Sandy countless jobs and proIt occurred “What is it?” and more favorable bor- Weill, agrees that the vide safe and reliable fito me the other a rude kid rowing terms than debiggest banks should be nancing options to day just what a might ask. pendable Main Street broken up, we should all Ohio’s families. blessing it is to That’s when institutions — like realize it’s time to act. 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Just about the only And now the all-im- reach the point of colWe could all use coot are the result of 37 people who will not benportant Lesson Three: lessons. lapse. banks merging 33 efit from my plan are a Never let them pin you Yes, the enigmatic A few Wall Street times. In 1995, the six few Wall Street execuold coot in every small down on ideas. Oh, we megabanks have bebiggest U.S. banks had tives. town like ours has wis- know they’re right. The come so large and so assets equal to 18 perThat’s why my Reproblem is, some coldom corralled, knowlcomplex that no one — cent of GDP. Today, they publican colleague, Sen. edge tucked away for a lege-trained punk will pepper us with facts rainy day, and is espeand make us look bad. cially mysterious. So Here’s an example of here are some coot lesCoot Tact. sons. Young punk – “The Lesson One: Look world’s heading for cacolorful. Wear a hat tastrophe.” that was found buried Coot – “Son, that’s at Gettysburg or Thermopylae. 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These include and you will be credited the hook for the excessive with bringing civilizaBuchy spending of today, which is Ohioans. whittling, rope tricks, tion to the world, inunsustainable by anyone’s esTo strengthen the bond of sharpening pocket reports the solenoid, venting timation. accountability between govknives and sleight of Jim Buchy rescuing fair maidens long ago, Ohio was actand taxpayers, legisNot ernment hand. You get extra State Representative and discovering fire. ing in much the same way as lation was introduced early 84th District points for playing And if you do this the federal government. By in the General Assembly that something recognizable long enough, you’ll out- the end of 2010, the state was staring would strictly penalize wrongdoing by on the harmonica. A live anyone who can at an $8 billion budget shortfall. The local fiscal officers. It also would put jaw harp is good. All call you a liar. reserve fund — which is in place to in place a uniform removal provision you have to do is twang help the state during fiscal emergenand due process for government offiit, because no one can The writer is a vetcies — contained 89 cents. In other cials, such as county auditors and recognize a tune on it eran newspaperman words, if Ohio faced a fiscal crisis, the treasurers. anyway. If you play and outdoorsman who state could maybe have afforded to In the past 30 years, I have had the piano, deduct 10 points. is a registered outfitter buy a cup of coffee and simply watch opportunity to call many local fiscal As to the whittling, and guide. He has writ- the events unfold. officers friends, but in other places in you just keep your ten novels and nonficFortunately, a lot has changed since Ohio some bad eggs have revealed the knife sharp and shave tion books based on then. Under Republican leadership, need to increase accountability for fissticks thinner and thin- rural living and he has we balanced the state’s budget withcal officers. As voters you need the ner. Hold it up to the also been an awardout raising anyone’s taxes and the re- ability to call leaders to tasks for their light and turn it. Extra winning columnist for serve fund now holds about $1.4 actions. Just as Congress retains the points for a notch or the largest daily news- billion, according to the administraoption to call out President Obama or two carved in it. Then papers in Alaska and tion. I was very pleased to hear about any other president for shortcomings, you hand it to a kid to New Mexico. He lives in the governor’s proposal to further cut our local governments need the ability Albuquerque. keep. income taxes on individuals and busi- to demand your tax dollars are being nesses. There are still a number of handled appropriately. questions that need to be answered It is important for government at about his budget, and they will be all levels to be responsible. That infully vetted in the House and Senate cludes being accountable to taxpayers ETTER TO THE EDITOR over the next couple months. and being smart with their budgets. Another part of the governor’s plan Like Gov. Kasich said in his State of is to expand the sales tax to cover the State address, “If a government more services, although at the same can’t manage its budget, then what time reducing the rate from 5.5 percan it manage?” Frank Beeson/Regional Group Publisher Jeffrey J. Billiel/Editor and Publisher
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To the editor: The FISH Food Pantry/Thrift Shop appreciates the citizens of Sidney and Shelby County for your generosity. The food drives from the numerous organizations, churches that support us, the donations of clean, gently used clothing and other items, or monetary donations, enables us to keep our doors open and help feed and clothe the less fortunate. The demands for our services grow daily and without your help, we couldn’t accomplish this need. FISH is a “small place with a big heart.” We receive no funding from local, state or federal agencies. Everyone that works at our shop is a volunteer, no one receives a salary. If you would like to join our FISH family, please come to our shop and talk with one of our volunteers. We welcome you. Becky Gillman, Chairman FISH
David Vitter from Louisiana, and I are working on bipartisan legislation to address this “too big to fail” problem. We have pressed regulators to require the biggest banks to have more of their own capital on hand to cover their losses, so taxpayers won’t be asked to do so again. We have asked the government watchdog group GAO to quantify the annual subsidy that megabanks receive from the U.S. government. And now we are taking action to prevent economic collapse and taxpayer-funded bailouts in the future. American taxpayers don’t want us to wait until another crisis develops. They want us to ensure that Wall Street megabanks will never again monopolize our nation’s wealth or gamble away the American dream. We cannot restore Americans’ faith in the financial markets and in representative government until we ensure that taxpayers are not paying for Wall Street’s failures.
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Scout program a success To the editor: On behalf of all the Scouts and leaders of Shelby District of the Boy Scouts of America, we would like to express our appreciation to our communities for their generous help and support of our “Scouting for Food” program. It was a major success in helping provide our local food banks with much-needed food and supplies! Tom Frantz Scout Leader Shelby District Boy Scouts of America
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I did not know BY MAURINE ZIMPFER I did not know the time would soon be gone When I could share a thought, a word, or song With you. I did not know the morning would not come When I could say good-bye and see you home At eventide. I did not know your ship had sailed and gone Without final adieu, just setting sun, Then darkness. So now I know to trust in time no more, To be aware that some have destinies Beyond the shores of earth. The writer lives at 102 Back Forty Drive, Jackson Center.
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Police officer appointed JACKSON CENTER — The appointment of Charles Wirick as a new police officer was approved by Jackson Center Village Council on Monday night. Wirck, who began work earlier this week, was sworn in by Solicitor Mike Burton. The salary for the position is $35,000, according to Chief Joe Cotterman. Council gave first reading to an ordinance
to increases the employee contribution to the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund. The employee contribution would increase from 10 t0 10.75 percent this year and would rise in each of the next two years. The employer contribution of $19.5 percent remains the same. A second reading also was given to a salary ordinance, which would adjust some village positions.
At the request of some village residents, council member Karen Woodruff suggested making the alley between People’s Bank and Dee’s Beauty shop one way because of possible accidents involving people leaving the bank drive-through. Bruce Administrator Metz said he will take a look into the issue. Metz also said he will investigate the possibility of people being able
to make mayor’s court payments online. Mayor Scott Klopfenstein declared March to be American Red Cross month in the village. In her safety committee report, Council memLeisha Elchert ber reported the Jackson Center Fire Department will have its fish fry on April 13 and the department will conduct a gun raffle since it was successful last year.
School board approves trips JACKSON CENTER — The Jackson Center Local School Board of Education approved several student field trips and accepted the annual donation from Lacal during Monday evening’s meeting, among a variety of other regular business. The board approved the following field trips: • Second grade extended day to Columbus Zoo, April 19; • Third grade extended day to COSI (Center of Science and Industry) in Columbus, May 3; • Sixth grade overnight to Camp Woodhaven in Lima, May 1-3; • FCCLA overnight to Columbus for the state competition, April 18-19; and • FFA to state convention in Columbus, May 2-3. The board accepted a $16,000 donation from
Student achievements noted JACKSON CENTER — Jackson Center student achievements were highlighted during Monday night’s board of education meeting. Christen Ware and Haley Rogers earned the opportunity to move on to the regional competition on Saturday, following the district competition held Feb. 9 at Botkins. The Math Counts Team competed Feb. 1 at the Apollo Career Center, placing seventh out of 12 teams. Participants were Emme Farlye, Haley Rogers, Camryn Hoehne, Vanessa Winner and Abby Nash. On Feb. 23, Nicole Fogt and Abby Meyer participated in a speaking Lacal Equipment, marking the sixth year in a row the company has made such a donation. The board expressed its appreciation for the company’s continued support. A variety of additions and modifications to board policies recom-
contest at the Elks Lodge in Wapakoneta. Fogt placed third in the competition. This was the first year of participation in this contest for Jackson Center. The board learned Emma Regula was awarded her State FFA degree, and she will receive it this May. The Jackson Center FCCLA students participated in regional competition on March 2, with three teams consisting of seven students receiving a gold rating, and one team with two students receiving a silver rating. In all, seven of the 11 teams, consisting of 13 students, qualified for the state competition to be held April 18 and 19.
mended by the Ohio School Boards Association were approved. Superintendent Bill Reichert reported that assessment continues of the Shelby County ESC Cooperative Learning Center options for the next school year. An overview of the
plan for starting a high school soccer program was provided by Reichert at a youth sports meeting. Reichert also reported village Police Chief Joe Cotterman is to begin spending variable hours in his satellite office at the school.
Pregnant women should never drink WALDR. wine shouldn’t LACE: I’m 20 cause any proband pregnant lems for the with our first baby. Your child. Our thoughts, — daughter will be please. born in early Michelle, Lake June. I know Charles, La. that a pregnant MICHELLE: woman should’Tween I contacted five n’t smoke, use doctors at two 12 & 20 local drugs or drink medical Dr. Robert alcohol, but I’ve centers in OrWallace been told that ange County, it’s all right if and all five said the mom-to-be has an oc- that a pregnant woman casional glass of red should not drink alcohol, wine. It’s supposed to be period. Alcohol is alcohol. beneficial to both the It doesn’t make any difbaby and the mom. I ference if it’s beer, hope this is true because whiskey or wine. All alcoI need a glass of wine hol consumed by an exonce in a while just to pectant mother passes unwind from all of my from her bloodstream to self-made pressures. that of her unborn baby I talked with my doc- and therefore increases tor and she said she the risk that the baby will would feel better if I did- be born with fetal alcohol n’t consume any alcohol syndrome. Such babies at all, but she said an are often underweight “occasional” glass of and could have various
physical deformities. Why take that chance? I’m sure you can find other ways to unwind. Perhaps a glass of cranberry juice with a splash of sparkling water might become an excellent and healthy substitute. DR. WALLACE: I’m 16 and will soon be released from juvenile hall. I will have spent 14 days in the hall for getting into a fistfight with my stepfather because of the way he was talking to my mother. I have to select where I want to live when I’m discharged. I can return home or move in with my grandparents. What do you think I should do? — Nameless, Dallas, Tex. NAMELESS: Move in with your grandparents for the time being. This is a time when you can think about your future and how you will react if you do decide to return home. While you are with your grandparents, keep in close contact with your mother.
shelter to get a kitten, but my grandmother has told my mom that animals in the shelters are sickly and full of fleas. Is this true? — Sissy, Orange, Calif. SISSY: Grandmothers are usually correct but not this time. Animal shelters throughout the U.S. and Canada are homes to stray and unwanted animals and provide superb care and lots of love to future family pets. Invite Grandmother to go with you and your parents to pick out your kitty. She’ll be pleasantly surprised and will immediately become a supporter of animal shelters.
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 sounds and smells as DR. WALLACE: I Creators Syndicate webthey stroll through sta- want to go to the animal site at www.creators.com. tions that will begin with Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem and end with the stark contrast of death and the grave, promotors said.. More Than Just A Cosmetic Issue No reservations are Pain Phlebitis required, and there is no Heaviness/Tiredness Blood Clots charge for the journey. Ankle Sores Burning/Tingling /Ulcers Swelling/Throbbing Bleeding Tender Veins
Public invited to ‘Journey with Jesus’ JACKSON CENTER — Grace Lutheran Church in Jackson Center invites the public to take a 30-minute “Journey with Jesus” on Good Friday. South doors will be open from 3 to 6 p.m. Those who attend will experience sights,
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HONOR ROLL Jackson Center Schools JACKSON CENTER — Jackson Center Local Schools has announced the following lists of students on its merit and honor rolls for the second quarter: Merit Roll: 12th grade: Nathan Wahrer; Upper Valley Career Center (CC) 12th grade: Andrew Cole11th grade: man; Svenja Zumkley; 10th grade: Josie Mann, Alexis Regula, Tyler Rogers, Levi Schmitmeyer, Megan Thomas, Gavin Wildermuth; ninth grade: Katrina McGowan; eighth grade: Abby Dickman, Miranda Hickey, Camryn Hoehne, Cassie Meyer, Abby Nash, Christen Ware, Vanessa Winner; seventh grade: Emme Farley, Braden Heitkamp, Allan Nash, Kennadie Resse, Bryce Sosby; sixth grade: Maelee Enochs, Chloe Reese, Madison Yarkosky and George Younker. Honor Roll: 12th grade: Trey Eichert, Jalen Harshbarger, nathan Hensley, Madilyn Himmeger, Bryant Hodge, Alex Meyer, hannah Meyer, Tabatha Myers, Madison Reese, Emma Regula, Jessica Wren; Upper Valley CC 12th grade: Ryan Harris, Robbie Irwin, Saharrah Market, Eric Ryder, Zach Ruark and Levi Winner; 11th grade: Kaylee Courtney Copeland, Gies, Michaela Leininger, Shawn Parson, Elizabeth Sailor, Kaneta Schaub, Hannah Starkey, Jackie Tidd, Brandon Ware; Upper Valley CC 11th grade: Tiffany Bayhan, Jerry
Butler, Cory Chrisman, Jacob Frieders, Ivan Winner; 10th grade: Jonathon Back, McKenzie Blair, Ryan Booser, Alison Burt, Morgan Dickman, Haley Elchert, Dalton Faulder, Gabby Fogt, Kayla Gates, Meredith Himmeger, Seth Regula, Sieara Rotroff, Christopher Tutand Courtney tle Zimpfer. Ninth grade: Brooke Davidson, Alexis Dearwester, Peyton Esser, Mikayla Fagen, Nicole Fogt, Courtney Gasson, Samantha GobleCopeland, Kelsea Jones, India Martin, Erin Metz, Lauren Metz, Abby Meyer, Pauline Meyer, Jaclyn Schmiesing, Wyatt Shaffer, Drew Sosby, Erynn Sosby, Shelly Thomas, Ethan Zorn; eighth grade: Joshua Coe, Kasey Copeland, kamryn Elchert, Rhett Fogt, Brady Wildermuth and Celeste Winemiller. Seventh grade: Maissen Akers, Andrea Gavin Allenbauth, Booser, Frederick Bunke, Jeremy Burch, Olivia Clark, Christian Enochs, Elizabeth Maples, Daija Martinez, Connor Pipke, Cassy Reese, Haley Rogers, Dailyn Shaffer, Madison Wisen; sixth grade: Avery Allison, Skyler Christman, Griffin Davis, Aaron Dunn, Caroline Frieders, Joey Irwin, Riley Jackson, Deanna Lowry, Levi Mabry, Sean March, Sarah Maples, Allyson Russo, Morgan Shaffer, Isaiah Snider, Katelyn Sosby, Kennady Tooke, Wagner, Cheyenne Olivia Welly, Devan Winemiller and Jarrett Yinger.
Students bring ‘Big Bucks’ to stage JACKSON CENTER — Jackson Center High School will present the play, “Big Bucks,” by Pat Cook, Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. This is a southern comedy, which might make the audience recall the TV series, “The Beverly Hillbillies” or “Dukes of Hazard.” Cast members are
Dalton Faulder, Arielle Haynes, Seth Regula, Brooke Davidson, Madison Reese, Clay Wagner, Halee Lyme and Katie Braun. Understudies and crew are Trace Poppe, Danielle Glick, and Alexis Dearwester. Tickets cost $4 for adults and $2 for students.
Blood drive planned JACKSON CENTER — The Women of Grace Lutheran Church will sponsor a blood donation drive April 2 from 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Jackson Center American Legion. Appointments are encouraged and can be made by calling (800) 388-4483 and online at www.donortime.com.
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Sidney Daily News, Friday, March 22, 2013
FLOOD more inches being recorded for the 24th. By 8 a.m. of the 27th a total of 8.8 inches of rain had fallen. This was in addition to numerous rains prior to Easter Sunday that had filled all the ditches, basins and streams. There was no snow on the ground; the surface soil was unfrozen and saturated with water. When interviewed in 1976, in Sidney, George Wagner remembered serving Mass at Holy Angels Catholic Church in hip boots; seeing Judge Barne’s auto on South Main with just its top sticking out above the water, and the destruction to gravel streets. He also recalls the gas was cut off and people were asked to boil water they drank. Wagner estimated the flood covered an area north of Court Street, bounded on the west by Miami Avenue, and the Bellefontaine-Sidney Railroad to the east. East Sidney was not affected. From Court Street south, the water angled past Holy Angels Church towards the canal, with all of Crescent Drive under water. Wilbur Piper remembered three feet of water covering the Crescent Drive area. He also recalled the rescue of Robert Anderson from a tree along the river. Jacob Mentges recalled standing at Main Avenue and Clay Street and watching the foundations of their new home across the street cave in and fill with water. He missed school for a week and remembered Damon Quinn using his wagon and horses to rescue people. Above all, Mentges remembered the Conley family. He said the family lived in one of four Oldham houses on Enterprise Avenue. “The Conleys were very religious people,” Mentges said. “Mr. Conley refused to leave his home, saying the Lord would take care of them. The Conley house swayed back and forth and finally broke loose, lodging against other houses. Several people risked their lives trying to rescue them.” Historian Scott Trostel noted that Sidney was fighting the flood on two fronts:at the Miami River plus the Sidney Feeder of the Miami and Erie Canal. Both electric plants in Sidney were under water, so there was no electric. A gas pipe broke west of town and so there was no gas. To make matters worse, the water plant wells were inundated by contaminated flood waters so any municipal water had to be boiled before use. Ohio National Guard Col. William T. Amos of Sidney played an active role in rescue operations. The armory at Sidney was on East Poplar Street and was reportedly under water. Newly elected Gov. James M. Cox, called the entire Ohio National Guard about 10:30 p.m. on March 25. Some 9,000 guardsman were ordered to Dayton, but flooding was so severe that all trains had been shut off and
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THIS WAS the front page of The Sidney Daily News on March 25, 2013, heralding the worst flood to ever hit the city and the biggest weather disaster in Ohio’s history. bridges washed away. Col. Amos was ordered to find a way to get the troops to Dayton, That proved to be a difficult task. On the 26th the first ONG troop train could get no further south than Rush Creek, the site of today’s Piqua Country Club. There were no railroads. interurban lines or highways open into Dayton. On the 27th they were able to get to the north side of Troy and he, with an expeditionary group, started walking south, finally reaching Dayton on
March 28. In doing his research, Trostel was impressed by the humanitarianism of people looking out for their neighbors in need during the flood. People gathered food and other relief supplies and sent it to Sidney; when the people in Sidney felt they could take care of the residents rendered homeless in the flood, the extra supplies went on to Piqua for use there. When the railroad was opened to the north side of Troy, much food and supplies were sent in there. In Sidney
the churches opened to serve food and provide lodging for those displaced. A relief committee was immediately established and business owners donated services, cash and goods; the civic clubs stepped up to help in every way they could. While there were no drownings in Shelby County, one did occur east of Jackson Center in Logan County. One Big Four passenger train was held in Sidney for three days while the railroad was repaired near DeGraff. Adding
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AN EARLY model car sloshes its way down Queen Street.
to the perils faced by Sidney and Shelby County were two reservoirs: Lewistown (Indian Lake) at the headwaters of the Great Miami River, which covered 6,134 acres and with a watershed of 100 square miles; and Lake Loramie, the backed-up water of the Loramie River, near Fort Loramie, with a drainage basin of 70 square miles and draining 1,900 acres. A collapse of either would bring havoc and devastation to the towns below - Indian Lake to Port Jefferson, Sidney, and Kirkwood; and Lake Loramie to Fort Loramie, Newport, Houston, Mt. Jefferson, and Dawson. Lockington would get the full force of both. Fortunately both reservoirs held. The Sidney Daily News was full of articles relating to the alarm of Sidney residents in regard to Lewistown Lake. To add to the confusion, telephone lines had been broken to Lewistown, and no communication was possible. This led to wild rumors that produced a false alarm, with the fire bell sounding an alarm in Sidney on the 25th. The Loramie Reservoir held except for a break at the south end of the lake. This area had been a critical one and had been reinforced with burlap bags filled with dirt, to build a wall 100 feet long. Later this was reinforced by two big trees 30 feet long, and 18 inches thick. Rural towns in Shelby County were not spared. According the Sidney Daily News of that time: —“The town of Lockington is submerged, with the Dinsmore home washed away. The entire Western Ohio trestle, together with filling and abutments, is gone. The aqueduct on the canal gave way and the raceway to the old Rasor mill is about gone. The Landman and Lucus covered bridge between Piqua and Lockington is washed away.” Jefferson was —Port flooded from one end to the other. “From the Davis farm, this side of Port, clear through Port, with the exception of about a mile in the west end, is a sheet of water, the canal and river being together. Half the land north of the canal bridge is submerged.” Continuing, the paper stated, “The big iron bridge at the north end of Port Jefferson, known as Staley Bridge, and the Vandemark bridge, about two miles and a half south of this city, have been washed away. Reports up there are that the Dresback home had floated down the canal and the family had not been located. The canal feeder near the ice house in Sidney has also been reported broken and pouring its waters into the Miami River.” — “At Dawson the Aiken Bridge east of town is a foot under water and the covered bridge between Houston and Dawson is two feet under water. At Barney Blues, near Dawson, the culvert has broken out under the canal. The See WEATHER/Page 11
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SOUTH MAIN Avenue, near Holy Angels Catholic Church, was under water. Mass servers reportedly wore hip boots.
LOCAL NEWS
Sidney Daily News, Friday, March 22, 2013
WEATHER canal bank near Block’s farm has also broken. Dawson is cut off.” —Houston is completely isolated from the outside world except through one telephone line. The roads are all under water, and the water is over the bridges from six inches to six feet. The “Nine Mile Bridge” cannot be approached within an eighth of a mile on the north side.” — “The upper Loramie River near McCartyville is over its banks on all For photo reprints, visit www.sidneydailynews.com SDN Photo/Luke Gronneberg sides. Bill Siegel, who THE LOCKINGTON Dam in Shelby County is one of several created as part of lives near the Loramie the Miami Conservancy District following the devastating flood of 1913. The Creek bridge, has two dams have been effective in preventing another flood the scale of that a cen- feet of water in his dwelling and was forced tury ago. to vacate. Arthur Siegel overturned in his boat on the swollen stream but managed to reach shore.” — At Fort Loramie, according to Frank Willman (103 years old at the time of being interviewed in 1976), the south side of Elm Street was under
Flood spawns series of dams, including one at Lockington
As a direct result of the Flood of 1913, the state of Ohio passed the Vonderheide Act, also known as the Ohio Conservancy Law, in hopes such devastating floods would never again take such a high toll. The flood was recorded as the greatest natural disaster in Ohio history. Although rivers in Ohio tended to flood every spring, heavy rains in March 1913 exacerbated the flood conditions. Most located communities along rivers in the state experienced flooding, even those that had not had problems in the past. The most severe flooding occurred along the Great Miami River, and conditions in Dayton were particularly bad. When the flood was
over, Ohioans began to assess the damage. At least 428 people died and more than 20,000 homes were destroyed. Property damage was extensive, as many other homes were seriously damaged. Factories, railroads, and other structures also faced major losses. After the floodwaters receded, hydrological engineer Arthur Morgan was hired to come up with an extensive plan to protect flood protection. Morgan recommended construction of a series of earthen dams on the Great Miami River and its watershed, as well as modifications to the river channel in Dayton. The plan included construction of the Lockington Dam, which still serves
water to the middle of the road.The school ground was flooded. The church parking lot was full of water as well as the entire area north of Elm Street. At the old swinging bridge on Elm and Maine, the water was even with the Kirner home, and extended as far north as one could see. The canal and the Loramie Creek were one body of water. Fred Arkenberg, another oldtime resident, recalled that the old tile mill owned by Gregor Fleckenstein, west of Fort Loramie, was under water, with all the drying boards gone with the flood. — Arthur Short, a Newport resident, recalled seeing Leighty Lake go out, scattering big timbers 60-feet long and 14 inches wide. “Most of us,” Short said, “moved everything up to the second floor because we were afraid the Lo-
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From Page 10 ramie Reservoir was going to break.” The Sidney Daily News of that time carried many reports of daring rescue attempts and the banding together of people to help others in need. A relief committee was formed by Mayor Duncan of Sidney at the Business Girl’s Rooms. And with Shelby County’s own needs taken care of, according to old-timers interviewed, Shelby County responded to the needs of its less fortunate neighbors to the south — Piqua, Troy and Dayton — shipping them clothing, food and other necessary supplies. For more information on the flood’s impact on Shelby County and the Miami Valley, visit Scott Trostel’s website at www.1913floodbook.com. He has also written two books on the subject, “And Through the Black Night of Terror” and “Letters from the Attic.”
today. Gov. James M. Cox supported the plan, helping to gain passage of the Vonderheide Act in 1914. The law gave the state the authority to establish watershed districts and to raise funds for improvements through taxes. In 1915, the Miami Conservancy District was created. It became the first major watershed district in the nation. Over the next seven years, the district completed approximately $39 million in improvements. The Miami Conservancy District became the model for the Muskingum Conservancy and the eventual development of the Tennessee Valley Authority, a New Deal project, during the A CANOE makes its way down a heavily flooded Dallas Street. Great Depression.
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THE WAGNER and Sons Brewing Company became an island in a sea of ATTEMPTS are made to get a canoe to stranded residents at this house in southeast Sidney. water during the flood.
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A THRONG of umbrella-carrying residents inspect the rising water levels along East Court Street.
LOCAL NEWS
Sidney Daily News, Friday, March 22, 2013
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Mascho plans to continue as he is Fairlawn Local Schools Superintendent Steve Mascho has decided to forgo the retirerehire option that he had previously announced and will remain in his present capacity. The Board of Education met recently and discussed Mascho’s status. The board also rescinded approval of a volunteer assistant softball coach. Board members, who had previously approved a retirement letter from Mascho, were asked to rescind their approval at Mascho’s request. The board originally accepted the retirement letter effective April 30 and was planning a public hearing on the issue of Mascho’s re-employment with the district on April 11. Mascho asked the board to rescind the letter and plans for the hearing, telling the Sidney Daily News that he originally asked for the retire-rehire option “because of recent changes in the State Teacher’s Retirement System retirement laws, not because I do not want to continue as the superintendent of Fairlawn. There are still two years remaining on my contract.” Mascho said he has changed his mind because he doesn’t want “anyone in our district to be the least bit concerned about the retirerehire issue. Our district has been able to make significant achievements over the last 14 years. I want the atmosphere in our community to continue to be nothing but positive. Therefore, I decided it was in the Board of Education’s best interest and my best interest if my original request (was) rescinded. By doing this, there will not need to be a public meeting about the issue next month. I am looking forward to continuing as the superintendent.” The board has a levy on the ballot this spring, following its rejection by voters in November. The board rescinded approval of Toby Tyler as
a volunteer assistant softball coach for the 2012-13 school year. Mascho stated, “Mr. Tyler was approved as a volunteer assistant coach in January. The BOE decided that it was not in the best interest of our softball program to have him as a volunteer coach and will have our girls continue to work only with their current varsity and assistant varsity coaches.” The board also heard a presentation by Sheriff John Lenhart regarding an offer to evaluate safety of the Fairlawn building and firearms training for teachers. Mascho said Lenhart discussed “the same issues with the BOE that he has been discussing with other boards of edin Shelby ucation County, including his willingness to have his people get to know our buildings, help us evaluate the safety of our buildings, and train our staff on school safety issues — including training related to firearms.” “The BOE is having two people go through concealed-carry/gunhandling training. However, the BOE has not made a decision to allow a weapon in the building by trained school personnel. They have not voted on this issue and it is not scheduled for a vote at this time. The sheriff also told us that he could supply trained auxiliary deputies for our building at the school district’s cost. Our district already has a resource officer, (Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputy) Bill Booth who is in the building part of the day. Bill has been in our building for many years serving in this capacity,” Mascho stated. The board heard an update from Nathan Sailor, a Fairlawn science teacher, regarding the Science Olympiad projects Fairlawn students are working on. In other business, the board: • Approved waiver days for the 2013-14 school year, including Jan. 31, Feb. 14 and
April 16, 2014. • Heard an update on the Race to the Top program and a building safety review. The board also discussed promoting the tax levy renewal. • Approved a motion to change all one-hour early dismissals on the 2013-14 school calendar to two-hour early dismissals. • Approved construction of a greenhouse and storage barn at Fairlawn Local Schools. • Authorized an appropriation increase in general capital outlay in the amount of $45,000. • Approved Melissa Noble of Wilson Memorial Hospital as an authorized medical provider to evaluate student athletes who have been pulled from a game because of a suspected concussion. There are new rules regarding concussions that go into effect on April 26. The board took personnel action as follows: • Nonrenewed Emily Ginn’s teaching contract at the end of the 2012-13 school year. Mascho noted, “Emily has done a good job for our district. This is not a performance issue. We had a teacher on military leave. He has notified us that he will be returning next year. When Emily was hired last summer, she was told about the teacher on military leave and that she would be filling in for that position. She was also advised that she would be nonrenewed when that person returned.” • Approved Mark Ward as a volunteer coach with the track program for the 2012-13 school year. • Approved employing Hannah Ankrom as a substitute teacher for the 2012-13 school year at a rate of $80 per day. • Approved Roberta Zehender as a substitute aide for the 2012-13 school year at the rate of $8.20 per hour. The next board meeting will be April 11 at 6:30 p.m. in Room 123 at the Fairlawn School.
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Snowed in Kids watch a production of Snow White at the Cameo Theater Saturday.
Board discusses levy The Fairlawn Local Schools Board of Education at its recent meeting discussed a tax levy scheduled to appear on the May ballot. According to Fairlawn Superintendent Steve Mascho, “The Fairlawn Local Schools had a renewal tax issue on the ballot in November. Unfortunately, it failed by 19 votes. The official results were 532 for the tax levy and 551 against the tax levy. The proposed tax levy would have renewed an existing tax levy that will expire at the end of 2013. The tax issues raises $150,000 a year for the operation of our school district. This is not a new tax.” The levy, which will appear on the ballot in the special election scheduled for May 7, will be for the renewal of a 2.98-mill tax, which will to raise continue $150,000 per year. Mascho wanted to make sure the public understands this is “not a new tax. It will not raise your taxes.” “This tax was first approved 36 years ago in 1977. Since that time, it has been continuously renewed on six separate occasions by the voters of the Fairlawn Local Schools. The tax must be renewed every five years. This tax has always been used by the
Board of Education for the general operation of the schools,” he said. The tax “does not raise new money for the schools. The school district is continuing to operate within its means and is not looking for any additional tax dollars from the residents of our school district. The renewed tax will take effect in 2013 when the current tax issue expires,” Mascho stated. According to information provided by the school district, the levy will continue to cost the owner of a $100,000 home $93.87 per year or $7.82 per month. It was noted that the state average cost to educate a student is $10,696. The average cost to educate a child in Fairlawn Local School District is $8,244. The average cost to educate a student in the other seven Shelby County school districts is $8,755 per student. Fairlawn’s cost is $2,452 less per student than the state average and $511 less than the county average. Currently, Fairlawn’s employees are working with a threeyear pay freeze. The district employees did not receive an increase in pay last year or this year and they will not receive an increase in pay next year. In addition to being rated as an excellent school, Fairlawn offers
students college programs from Urbana University that are taught at Fairlawn. The courses are free for Fairlawn students and they are able to earn college credit. Fairlawn students have the latest technology available to them, including the new iPad program. Fairlawn does not restrict busing to students within a certain distance of the school. Parents do not have to drive their children to school. In addition to an allday kindergarten program, Fairlawn has a free academic preschool program for all Fairlawn 4year-olds. In information provided by Fairlawn to district residents it stated, “No matter what career or college choice a Fairlawn student pursues, the Fairlawn Local Schools will always work hard to give its students an excellent education that will prepare them with the 21st century skills that they will need to be successful.” “The Fairlawn Local School District is rated excellent by the Ohio Department of Education. If this tax issue is passed by the voters on May 7, the money will continue to be used by (the) Board of Education to continue to provide an excellent education to the students of our school district,” Mascho said.
Board discusses funds, budgets BY KATHY LEESE TROY — The TriCounty Board of Recovery and Mental Health Services met recently and heard about funds now available for highrisk youth and heard updates on how the governor’s budget will potentially impact the agency’s services. Executive Director Mark McDaniel reported he is hopeful Gov. John Kasich’s budget proposals will include funds for new behavioral health funding. While there have been ongoing discussions regarding the way in which funding is distributed as of July 1, McDaniel noted that it appears the state may be leaning toward a per-capita approach, which would potentially result in reductions for the local board. McDaniel reported that Ohio Department of Mental Health (ODMH) officials believe that any transfer of funds from one area of the state to another would be “destabilizing” for agencies. The plan currently is
for the way funding is distributed to stay in place for existing funding and new funding would be distributed partially to the boards that are receiving “disproportionately low amounts of per capita funding with the balance of new funding distributed on a per-capita basis.” According to McDaniel, Kasich has announced that there will be $5 million available for the care of high-risk young people. The details of the funding are not yet available, but officials from ODMH and the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities (ODODD) are working together to decide how the funding will be used. The funding will assist young people who are too old for the traditional juvenile programs, but who are at high risk of having problems in the community. There has been discussion about a crisis-stabilization process that would be similar to Project Aware, a federal program. There should be
information released soon about the one time funding. It is not expected to be released directly to local programs. McDaniel noted that a Health Policy Institute bipartisan study was released recently regarding the impact of Medicaid expansion and that report indicates that Ohio will savings from the expansion over the next four biennium budgets and then will be in a “break-even situation.” McDaniel said he has concerns with the study since it indicates the state will be able to see savings by being able to cut funding to local behavioral health programs in the future and he is concerned that Medicaid does not cover a lot of needs. The board heard about a report titled, “Statewide Law Enforcement Mental Health Effort,” that was published by the Council of State Governments Justice Center. McDaniel said Jodi Long, a Tri-County Board member, and Amanda Brown, formerly the communica-
tions official for TriCounty Board, were quoted in the document. McDaniel said the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also knon as Obamacare, is the board’s top preference for training and he will be working on training regarding ACA. McDaniel told board members that ODMH and the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services (ODADAS) will merge this summer and it may change the number of board members that are serving locally. He noted that the local board will have to decide if it wants to have 14 or 18 board members. He reported that the proportion of state and county appointees will remain the same and reductions in membership will happen through attrition. A decision will not be made until January 2014. The board reviewed the Agency Monitoring Reports for the Shelby County Counseling Center, Darke County Mental Health Clinic and Shelby County Recovery. It was reported that the
agencies are up to date with required reporting. The Shelby County Counseling Center has drawn down the balance of $175,000 in approved transitions and stabilization funding. It was reported that the revenue generation is below projections in several areas, so the agency will need to monitor revenues, service projection and expenditures in order to have a positive cash flow. McDaniel told the board that the Miami County Auditor’s Office is currently updating accounting software and that will impact the board. He noted that as a result of some highprofile cases in Miami County, the board “may come under increased scrutiny both locally and during audits.” McDaniel said that is why the board is “always diligent” with documentation from its agencies, although it may some bothersome to some agencies. He said that since the board must handle taxpayers’ money, it has to properly
document expenditures. McDaniel discussed the board’s strategic planning process and said resources for clients will remain “scarce” and more changes will be necessary. As a result, McDaniel stated, an inventory of all agencies will be completed and then the board will prioritize and realign services and funding. The board was presented with a proposal for Brown Consulting to help in assessing the board’s programs. The project will be completed in four steps: project planning, phase one; assessment, survey interviews and analysis, phase two; strategic planning (including a possible one-day retreat), phase three; and present the final plan, phase four. The board approved the project by the consulting firm, which will cost $14,850. The board went into executive session to discuss the purchase of property and pending litigation. No action was taken.
COMICS
Sidney Daily News, Friday, March 22, 2013
MUTTS
BIG NATE
HAGAR THE HORRIBLE
DILBERT
BLONDIE
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE
HI AND LOIS ZITS
BEETLE BAILEY FAMILY CIRCUS
DENNIS the MENACE
ARLO & JANIS
HOROSCOPE BY FRANCES DRAKE For Saturday, March 23, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is a playful, flirtatious day. Enjoy social outings with others. This also is an unusually creative day, so look for ways to enjoy arts and crafts. (Aries is the artisan of the zodiac.) TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You’ll love relaxing at home today or just puttering around where you live. This is an ideal day to just goof off and avoid making important decisions. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You’ll enjoy talking to neighbors, siblings and relatives today, because people are laid-back, social and friendly. However, this is a poor day to shop or make important decisions. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You’re focused on money; nevertheless, this is a poor day to shop for anything except food. Postpone important financial decisions until tomorrow. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) You feel unusually warm and friendly to everyone today. This is a great day to socialize or just relax. However, it’s a poor day to make major purchases and big decisions. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Enjoy solitude in beautiful surroundings today. Let yourself have a relaxing, pleasant holiday if possible. Don’t push the river. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Conversations with others, especially in group settings, will be surprisingly frank and open. People are relaxed today and are willing to divulge personal information. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Secrets about your private life can come out today, especially in the eyes of bosses, parents and VIPs. By nature, you’re a private person; therefore, be on guard. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) This is a lovely day to enjoy philosophical discussions and meet people from different backgrounds. You’re eager to expand your horizons. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) This is a poor day to make important decisions about shared property, insurance matters or inheritances. Just do research in these areas, but don’t make a decision. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Be easygoing and friendly, and just go along with others today, because really, that’s your only choice. Fortunately, it will be easy to do, because you’ll enjoy the company of others. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) This is a goofy day, which makes work a bit difficult. You would rather play. Knowing this, you don’t have to push too hard, right? Better to work when you feel like it (if you have the choice). YOU BORN TODAY You are curious about everything, because at heart, you’re a pioneer. You’re not superficial. You’re intrigued by the big questions in life — the meaning of existence, mortality and how we should best live our lives. You love meeting people from all walks of life. In your year ahead, a major change will occur, perhaps something as significant as what took place around 2004. Birthdate of: Sir Roger Bannister, physician/runner; Hope Davis, actress; Kenneth Cole, fashion designer. (c) 2013 King Features Syndicate, Inc.
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Exercise won’t help sagging skin DEAR DR. men are more ROACH: I am a likely to have 62-year-old man plastic surgery who is starting on their neck to get a sagging than women are. neck. Is there There are newer, any exercise I nonsurgical apcan do to pull proaches, such as ultrathis skin back? I focused just don’t want To your sound to stimuto have a turkey late growth of good neck. I do 150 collagen under pushups a day, health the skin. and I work on DEAR DR. Dr. Keith the treadmill. ROACH: My Roach I’m not overhusband was a weight. Is there any- heavy smoker for most thing you can think of? of his life. He is 60. — D.C. Though he has finally ANSWER: Loose quit, he has an elecskin around the neck is tronic cigarette that he very common as we get enjoys. The years of older. Exercise isn’t smoking have taken likely to help, since for their toll on his lungs, most people the issue is and when he contracts a not weak muscle but cold, the inevitable loosened skin. The best cough becomes almost cosmetic result comes incapacitating, somefrom plastic surgery. You times to the point of him may be surprised that passing out. My ques-
tion is, What effect does inhaling the vapor from the e-cigarettes have on someone with limited lung capacity due to colds or COPD? — T.R.Z. ANSWER: Electronic cigarettes are batterypowered nicotine-delivery devices. Although they are sometimes marketed to help people quit smoking, it sounds like your husband is using them to satisfy his addiction to nicotine. The health effect of ecigarettes is debated, but I think it is clear that they are safer than regular cigarettes — but not safe. They do increase carbon monoxide levels in the blood, which is bad for people with COPD. They also cause lung function to deteriorate, at least a little, in the short term. Very little is known
about long-term use. I am concerned, hearing your story about coughing so hard that he is passing out and that his COPD is quite severe. In an ideal world, he would quit all nicotine products, but I think he needs very aggressive treatment of his COPD, if this is not being done already. The booklet on COPD explains both emphysema and chronic bronchitis, the two elements of COPD, in detail. Readers can obtain a copy by writing: Dr. Roach — No. 601, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Can. with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery.
Elderly mom dishes out abuse to daughters DEAR ABBY: from her. — My 87-year-old R E A C H E D mother is narcisWIT’S END IN sistic, self-abLOMA LINDA, sorbed and CALIF. extremely cruel. D E A R Her physician REACHED has consulted WIT’S END: Bewith my sister cause your and me and verimother is behavDear fied these chaling the way she Abby lenging traits. always has, her Abigail When she says unpleasantness Van Buren can’t be blamed something or acts out, she’ll say, “I am on old age. The next time who I am, so don’t expect she acts out and tells me to change.” you, “I am who I am, so How can my sister don’t expect me to and I deal with the change,” respond by sayneeds of an elderly par- ing: “That’s right. You ent who continues to are who you are, but I verbally and emotionally don’t have to subject mymistreat us and others? self to this. If it happens My sister is beginning to again, I’m out of here.” react in a defensive, Then follow through. angry manner (rightIf that doesn’t disfully so), and all I do is courage her unpleasant cry and feel guilty for behavior, consider hiring wanting to get away a social worker or li-
censed caregiver to see her needs are attended to. That’s not abandonment; it’s self-defense. DEAR ABBY: I recently came out to my family as transgender (male to female). However, they still call me “gay.” I have told them repeatedly that “transgender” and “gay” are not the same, but they won’t listen. They accept and love me “as I am,” and I’m grateful for that. But I need them to accept me — the REAL me — as I am in my heart. I am biologically male and there are people in my life who don’t care about that; they care about me as a human being and want to spend their lives with me. It hurts when my parents keep calling me “gay” and their “son.” Please
help me, Abby. My heart is hurting. — GIRL NEEDING ADVICE DEAR GIRL: Believe it or not, your parents may need as much or more help than you do. Although you have told them you are transgender, they do not appear to fully grasp that gender identity and sexual orientation are two different things. A terrific educational resource for them would be PFLAG. It’s an organization made up of parents, families, friends and straight allies united with gay, bisexual and transgender people. Part of their mission is education, and there are chapters in all 50 states. Contact them at www.pflag.org. Their literature will help your parents understand.
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100 years March 22, 1913 The Sidney Telephone Co. filed an action in the Common Pleas Court of Franklin County this morning asking that the order of the Public Service Commission in the case of the Sidney Telephone Co. vs. The Farmer’s Telephone Co. be set aside. The court granted the application to suspend the commission order until the case could be heard and determined. The filing of these actions puts the matter at a standstill until final action is taken concerning the order by the court. ——— The Sidney Canning Co. announced today that it will not open its canning factory this season. The announcement said that the company had found that it would be impossible to properly handle the canning of tomatoes without the erecting of a new building and it had been decided to abandon the plan this season. ——— Frank Hughes, of Jackson Center, recently caught a large eagle of the baldheaded variety at their farm southeast of that community. It measures eight feet from tip to tip. The eagle was caught in a trap which It had managed to drag a considerable distance from its original location. The bird put up a fight. Mr. stubborn Hughes plans to tender the bird to the National Soldiers Home at Dayton.
75 years March 22, 1938 Dredge operations and many improvements at Lake Loramie will get underway April 14, according to word received from John Sunderland, superintendent of the lake, after Governor Davey this week approved a bill appropriating an additional $3,500 for operating the dredge at the lake in 1938. In addition to the dredging operations, a new park is being built at the spillway, consisting of 15 acres of state land, which has been named Kaser Park. A well is also being drilled at the park and a trailer camp will be established there together with other facilities for the convenience and use of the general public. ——— Members of the cast who will present the comedy, “Doin’s in the Backwoods Store,” at Jackson Center on March 24 include: Daniel Gross, John Davis, Susie Platfoot, Chester Roode, Louise Fink, Edward Smith, Esther Helmlinger, Kathryn Fogt, Ruth Kloppfenstein, Adrian Klopfenstein and Raymond Mann. An ama-
teur hour will also be held as a part of the program, all under the sponsorship of the Future Farmers and Homeof Jackson makers Center.
50 years March 22, 1963 ANNA - The Gene Schnippel Construction Co., of nearby Botkins, has been awarded the general contract for the construction of a new addition and other remodeling work at the Anna High School. Bids were tabulated by the local school board at a meeting Thursday night. Of a $250,000 bond issue approved by voters last November, $218,000 was assigned to the Anna school addition and the balance to improvements at the McCartyville elementary schools. The Anna project calls for a new kitchen and cafeteria, industrial shop and classroom, two new general classrooms and a new home economics room. ——— George Burrey took over the duties of chairman of the Salvation Army advisory board at the annual meeting Thursday night in the Parkwood Elementary cafeteria. Burrey will serve with E.E. Rees, vice chairman, Joseph Belser, treasurer, and Hugh Meyer, secretary.
25 years March 22, 1988 There was a tragic murder-suicide in the county. Law enforcement officials were called to a residence at 2133 Miami River Road. One resident and one visior were dead of a gunshot wounds. It appeared that the resident arrived home from a management party at Wagner Manufacturing. He was shot, then the other individual committed suicide. ——— The Dayton Power and Light Company recently sponsored a Conservation Fair in the McCartyville Schools. Jack Toomey was the judge. The top winners were Tim Gehret who created a project titled “Solar Energy.” The other two first place awards went to Mike Carity (“Ways to Insulate Your Home”) and David Heitkamp, whose proposal was titled “Solar Energy Heating Water.”
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Tigers one win from title Dominate second half to win in semi’s 64-52 BY ROB KISER Civitas Media COLUMBUS — Versailles junior Damien Richard was “feeling it” before the game ever started. Leavittsburg LaBrae was feeling the effects of the Tigers’ 2-3 zone defense by the end of the second half. As a result, Versailles will be playing for their first boys state basketball championship Saturday morning after a 64-52 win over LaBrae Thursday afternoon at the Schottenstein Center. Versailles will return to Columbus Saturday to play Ottawa-Glandorf for the D-III title at 10:30 a.m. “I knew there would be a lot of nerves out there at the start,” Versailles coach Scott McEldowney said. “We were here for the second time, but the last time was nine years ago. And this was LaBrae’s first time, so I knew they would be nervous.” The only nerves Richard felt after his 21-point, five rebound, three assists performance was in the interview room afterwards. “What do you want to say,” Richard said after being asked about his 11-point first quarter that matched his scoring average on the season, drawing a number of laughs. “I could tell I was pretty dialed in.” But the real story became the Tigers’ switch to a 2-3 zone defense at halftime. That was after 6-foot-7 junior Peyton Aldridge had scored 13 points in the second quarter to lead the Vikings back from a 26-16 deficit to a
37-33 lead. “I figured we would try it to start the second half,” McEldowney said. “If it didn’t work, we had time to go back to the man. Basically, we just wanted to get a body on him. When he was running free off the pick-and-roll with momentum, he was hard to stop.” Instead, the Viking offense came to an abrupt half. After scoring 23 points in the second quarter, the Vikings managed just eight points in the third quarter — and with 31 seconds remaining in the game — LaBrae had only two points in the final quarter and 10 in the half, before scoring five meaningless points late after the game had been decided. A three by Chad Winner and a jumper by Ahrens had given Versailles a 49-45 lead going to the fourth quarter. After an Aldridge jumper with 7:00 to go got the Vikings within 49-47, LaBrae would miss their next 10 shots and two free throws as Versailles went on a 13-0 run over the the next 6:29 to put the game away. Evan Phlipot had four points and an assist in the run, while Ahrens had four, Richard three and Nick Campbell two. “It just seemed like we were able to spread the floor and make them chase us, and we were able to get some easy shots,” McEldowney said. Now the Tigers find themMike Ullery/Civitas Media selves just one game from a state title. CHAD WINNER of Versailles goes up for a shot against John Richards of Leavittsburg LaBrae in Division III state semifinal action in Columbus Thursday. The Tigers rolled in the second See TIGERS/Page 19 half to beat LaBrae 64-52 and advance to the state championship game Saturday.
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EVAN PHLIPOT (20) and Jace Barga (11) of Versailles battle JACOB WENNING of Versailles heads to the bucket in Division III state semifinal action in Leavittsburg LaBrae players for a rebound in Division III state Columbus on Thursday. The Tigers won 64-52 to advance to the state championship game semifinal action Friday in Columbus. The Tigers won 64-52 to advance to the state championship game Saturday. Saturday morning. Mike Ullery/Civitas Media
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TIGERS “I expected us to have a really good season,” Richard said. “I am not sure I ever expected anything like this.” But the Tigers looked right at home on the Value City Arena floor. “This is just the best place you could ask for to play a basketball game,” Ahrens said. And he would get no argument from Richard, who came out on fire in the first quarter. Richard was 4-for-6 from the floor in the opening quarter, with one of those misses being a tip that he got back and scored on. He had the range from everywhere, including a 3-pointer. “I could just tell when I was warming up that I was going to have good game,” Richard said. Ahrens had the other 10 points in the opening
quarter as Versailles opened a 21-14 lead. He ended the firstquarter scoring with authority, turning a steal at mid-court into an acrobatic slam-and-one, converting the free throw for a 21-14 lead after bringing the Value City crowd to their feet. “I knew I was going to dunk it there,” Ahrens said. “It felt great.” The Tiger lead reached 26-16 in the secquarter, before ond Richard injured his knee going for a loose ball. When he went out, so did Versailles’ momentum. “I thought it was bad when it happened,” Richard said. “But the more I walked on it, the better it felt.” But Aldridge was 6for-7 from the floor to lead his team back to the lead, including a 3-
From Page 18 pointer. And the Vikings were a scorching 10-for13 in the quarter. But the 2-3 zone put LaBrae in a cold freeze, and sent the Tigers on to the championship game. Richard finished eight of 12 from the floor and two of three from 3-point range in racking up some big numbers. Ahrens also scored 21 while dishing out three assists and pulling down five rebounds. Winner added eight points, seven rebounds and five assists. Aldridge had 23 points and nine rebounds for the Vikings. Versailles was 25 of 53 from the floor for 47 percent, including six of 17 from 3-point range. The Tigers converted eight off 11 free throws. LaBrae was 21 of 49
from the floor for 43 percent, including seven of 24 from behind the arc. The Vikings converted just three of eight free throws. Versailles won the battle of the boards 3526. LaBrae (52) Clevenger 3-0-7, Aldridge 10-0-23, Brown 1-2-4, Middleton 1-0-2, Richards 2-0-6, Richardson 1-1-3, Shiamone 20-4, Hall 1-0-3. Totals: 21-352. Versailles (64) Campbell 2-0-4, Richard 83-21, Winner 3-0-8, Ahrens 83-21, Barga 1-0-2, Phlipot 3-0-6, Rutschilling 0-2-2. Totals: 25-8-64. Score by quarters: LaBrae . . . . . . . . . 14 37 45 52 Versailles . . . . . . . 21 33 49 64 Three-pointers: LaBrae 6 (Aldridge 3, Richards 2, Hall); Versailes 6 (Richard 2, Winner 2, Ahrens 2) Records: LaBrae 24-4, Versailles 23-5. Next game: Saturday, 10:30 a.m. at the Schottenstein Center, state championship game vs. Ottawa-Glandorf.
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OHIO STATE head coach Thad Matta talks with his players during practice at the NCAA college bas-
ketball tournament Thursday in Dayton. Ohio State plays Iona on Friday.
Buckeyes looking to get out of Dayton this time They have a losing record at UD Arena under Matta DAYTON (AP) — Thad Matta loves the University of Dayton Arena. Really. Even though Ohio State hasn’t fared all that well in Dayton since he’s been the head coach — never made it through the opening weekend of the NCAA tournament intact —it’s still the place for his fondest college basketball memory. “When I was a player, I may have had my grandest game ever in this building,” Matta said, being interviewed in a room just up a walkway from the court. “Yes, I say that jokingly, but I hit a last-second shot.” That left-handed shot for Butler — coming out of a timeout in which his coach listed the other four players as scoring options — is still clear in Matta’s mind. So are those less-joyful days in front of the 13,409 blue and red seats, when he was calling plays during timeouts for the Buckeyes. Second-seeded Ohio State (26-7) is only 1-2 in Dayton during the NCAA tournament under Matta. Still, when it comes to bad moments in the building, those Buckeyes have nothing on Iona (20-13), their opponent on Friday. The Gaels had the biggest meltdown in
“This is amazing. We practiced in our own gym, which is great, got on the bus and got over here really quickly.” Aaron Craft Ohio State guard NCAA tournament history on that court last year. Iona pulled out to a 25-point lead over BYU late in the first half in a First Four game, then squandered all of it and lost 78-72 for a place on the wrong side of tournament history — biggest blown lead. Only four players remain from that team, and they tried hard not to let those bad feelings creep back when they returned to the arena on Thursday. “It’s not something that I try to think about,” senior Lamont Jones said. “At that point in time, we lost. I took what I could from it. But it’s not something that fuels my fire. It’s a totally different team, totally different identity, personalities, nine new players.” They couldn’t forget about it completely. Their coach won’t let them. When the new-look Gaels were struggling to
come together early in the season, coach Tim Cluess reminded them of that NCAA disappointment and what they needed to do to get a chance to go back to the tournament and give a better showing. “We used last year’s game as motivation to drive us toward this year,” Cluess said. “It gave us a chance to return. Had that not happened, I don’t think we’d be sitting here right now.” Iona doesn’t really have a good NCAA tournament memory. The Gaels are 1-8 in the tournament, but the lone victory — 84-78 over Holy Cross in 1980 — was later vacated because of NCAA violations. An upset of the Buckeyes on their close-tohome court would be one of the biggest in a season that’s been full of such surprises. “The way I said it to them is basically: Somebody here, more than one team in this tournament are going to pull off upsets and going to be the team that everyone is speaking about a week, two weeks down the road,” Cluess said. “Why not us? Why not all of us dream a little bit right now?” The Buckeyes would settle for a nondescript win in an arena that felt
pretty cozy on Thursday. They started the day with a practice on their home court back in Columbus. They got on a bus for the one-hour, 15minute drive west on Interstate 70 and south on Interstate 75. Hundreds of fans at UD Arena were waiting to watch their public workout — yes, one of them started the O-H-I-O cheer even before the Buckeyes took the court. All the comforts of home. “Yeah, this is amazing,” guard Aaron Craft said. “We practiced this morning in our own gym, which is great, got on the bus and got over her really quickly. It was quicker than I thought it was going to be, too. “We’re just really excited to see what kind of crowd we can get out there.” A couple of wins would make for a nice, short bus ride home on Sunday and give Matta another UD Arena story to tell, along with the one about a last-second, left-handed shot in a Butler uniform. “Please don’t make a big deal out of that,” Matta said. “That’s my one shining moment in college basketball. We can talk about my high school career. I was a better high school player.
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Cueto roughed up in 10-9 loss GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — Johnny Cueto insists there’s still enough time to get set for opening day. Derek Norris homered as the Oakland Athletics roughed up Cueto and beat the Cincinnati Reds 10-9 Thursday. Cueto allowed five runs on five hits and two walks in 1 2-3 inning. The Reds have not announced their opening day starter, but Cueto’s turn would come up then. He blamed his mechanics for the tough outing. “My fastball was up and out over the plate,” Cueto said. “I was flying open. I knew what was happening but couldn’t correct it. In the bullpen all my pitches were down.” Cueto said he had no concerns about being ready for the opener against the Los Angeles Angels on April 1. “I’m ready,” Cueto said. Norris added a single to increase his spring average to .379. Josh Reddick and Chris Young hit doubles in the A’s fiverun second inning. Jed Lowrie had two hits for Oakland. Mark Prior, trying to make another comeback, pitched a scoreless inning for the Reds. He struck out one and hit a batter. “It was good to be out there. It was fun,” Prior said. “I was trying to throw strikes. I was a little up, a little rushed.” “It was the first time doing it in a big league environment in a couple years. It was good. Two years ago when I was in camp with the Yankees, I
got to face hitters in spring, nine outings that went pretty good. It was a good test for me to see if I could get big league hitters out,” he said. The 32-year-old who hasn’t righty, pitched in the majors since 2006, was in Triple-A for Boston last year. “After pitching in minor league games in minor league camp and last year in Pawtucket, you still want to know does your stuff still play,” Prior said. “My location wasn’t as good as it’s been in the minor league camp, but I’m sure it was adrenaline and anxiety.” Prior starred in Chicago a decade ago when Dusty Baker was the manager. Now managing the Reds, Baker helped Prior get this chance. “I’m fortunate to have the opportunity to be in this position. I’m here because of Dusty. Maybe I can surprise some people by doing something,” Prior said. Said Baker: “He’s not far off from where he was before.” “His fastball had good zip on it. His breaking pitches will come in time. He hasn’t been here that long. I’m glad for him. It’s a matter of staying healthy. It was nice for me to shake his hand when he came off the mound.” Todd Frazier and Derrick Robinson homered off Anderson. It was the third of the spring for Frazier. NOTES: Reds OF Shin-Soo Choo put in full workout. He’s missed five games with back spasms.
SCOREBOARD BASEBALL Spring training Spring Training Glance The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE L Pct W Kansas City . . . . . 18 6 .750 6 .714 Baltimore . . . . . . . 15 Seattle . . . . . . . . . . 17 7 .708 9 .625 Cleveland . . . . . . 15 .583 Tampa Bay . . . . . . 14 10 Detroit. . . . . . . . . . 14 11 .560 .524 Chicago . . . . . . . . . 11 10 Boston . . . . . . . . . . 13 12 .520 .500 Texas . . . . . . . . . . . 12 12 Minnesota . . . . . . . 11 12 .478 .455 Oakland . . . . . . . . 10 12 Houston. . . . . . . . . 10 13 .435 Toronto . . . . . . . . . 10 14 .417 .400 New York. . . . . . . . 10 15 Los Angeles . . . . . . 6 13 .316 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct .593 Atlanta . . . . . . . . . 16 11 Colorado . . . . . . . . 11 10 .524 St. Louis . . . . . . . . 12 11 .522 .481 San Diego . . . . . . . 13 14 Arizona . . . . . . . . . 12 13 .480 .478 Philadelphia . . . . . 11 12 Washington . . . . . . 11 12 .478 .476 San Francisco . . . . 10 11 Miami . . . . . . . . . . 10 12 .455 New York . . . . . . . . 9 11 .450 Chicago . . . . . . . . . 12 15 .444 Los Angeles. . . . . . 10 14 .417 Pittsburgh. . . . . . . 10 14 .417 Milwaukee . . . . . . . 9 13 .409 Cincinnati . . . . . . 8 15 .348 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not. Wednesday's Games Washington 7, Miami 5 Baltimore 7, Toronto 5 Atlanta 18, Pittsburgh 9 N.Y. Yankees 4, Boston 0 L.A. Angels 6, Cleveland 5 San Francisco (ss) 0, Milwaukee 0, tie, 10 innings San Francisco (ss) 6, San Diego 4 Kansas City 7, L.A. Dodgers 2 Arizona 4, Chicago White Sox 2 N.Y. Mets 7, Houston 5 Tampa Bay vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., ccd., Rain Thursday's Games Toronto 3, Tampa Bay 1 St. Louis 3, N.Y. Mets 2 Chicago White Sox 8, Milwaukee 3 Oakland 10, Cincinnati 9 L.A. Dodgers 5, Chicago Cubs (ss) 4 Cleveland 5, Arizona 4 Houston 7, Detroit 2 Atlanta 4, Washington 3 Friday's Games Baltimore vs. Tampa Bay (ss) at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (ss) vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Boston vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 1:05 p.m. St. Louis vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Atlanta vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Detroit vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee at
Phoenix, 4:05 p.m. Kansas City vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. Colorado (ss) vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. San Francisco vs. Colorado (ss) at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 7:05 p.m. Arizona vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 10:05 p.m. Seattle vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 10:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox vs. Oakland at Phoenix, 10:05 p.m. Saturday's Games Atlanta (ss) vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 1:05 p.m. St. Louis vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Minnesota vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Houston vs. Atlanta (ss) at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Philadelphia vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Washington vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 1:10 p.m. Pittsburgh vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:35 p.m. Cleveland vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. Oakland vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. Arizona vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (ss) vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. Milwaukee vs. L.A. Angels (ss) at Tempe, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. Texas vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
BASKETBALL NCAA tourney EAST REGIONAL Second Round Thursday, March 21 At Lexington, Ky. Butler 68, Bucknell 56 Marquette 59, Davidson 58 SOUTH REGIONAL Second Round Thursday, March 21 At Auburn Hills, Mich. Michigan 71, South Dakota State 56 MIDWEST REGIONAL Second Round Thursday, March 21 At Lexington, Ky. Louisville 79, N.C. A&T 48 At Auburn Hills, Mich. Michigan State 65, Valparaiso 54 Memphis 54, Saint Mary's (Cal) 52 At San Jose, Calif. Saint Louis 64, New Mexico State 44 Oregon 68, Oklahoma State 55 WEST REGIONAL Second Round Thursday, March 21 At Salt Lake City Wichita State 73, Pittsburgh 55 Gonzaga 64, Southern 58
SPORTS
Sidney Daily News, Friday, March 22, 2013
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2012-13 Big 10 Tournament Champions
2+,2 67$7( RECORD Overall: 26-7 Big 10: 13-5
Home: 16-2 Away: 5-5 Neutral: 5-0
DESHAUN THOMAS (1) 6-7, Junior; 19.5 ppg Hometown: Fort Wayne, Ind.
SCOREBOARD NOV.
11 (h) OSU 82, Albany 60
Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off at Uncasville, CT 17 (a) OSU 69, Rhode Island 58 18 (a) OSU 77, Washington 66
REGULAR SEASON NOV.
DEC.
23 (h) OSU 91, UMKC 45 28 (a) Duke 73, OSU 68 1 (h) OSU 70, Northern Kentucky 43 8 12 15 18
(h) OSU 89, Long Beach State 55 (h) OSU 85, Savannah State 45 (h) OSU 90, Asheville 72 (h) OSU 65, Winthrop 55
22 (h) Kansas 74, OSU 66 29 (h) OSU 87, Chicago State 2 (h) OSU 70, Nebraska 44 5 (a) Illinois 74, OSU 55 8 (a) OSU 74 , Purdue 64 13 (h) OSU 56, Michigan 53
JAN.
19 22 26 29 FEB.
(a) Michigan State 59, OSU 56 (h) OSU 72, Iowa 63 (a) OSU 65, Penn State 51 (h) OSU 58, Wisconsin 49
2 (a) OSU 63, Nebraska 56 5 (a) Michigan 76, OSU 74 (OT) 10 (h) Indiana 81, OSU 68 14 17 20 24 28
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OSU 69, Nortwestern 59 Wisconsin 71, OSU 49 OSU 71, Minnesota 45 OSU 68, Michigan State 60 OSU 63, Northwestern 53
MARCH 2 (a) OSU 67, Indiana 58 10 (h) OSU 68, Illinois 55
BIG TEN TOURNAMENT At Chicago MARCH 15 MARCH 16 MARCH 17
OSU 71, Nebraska 50 OSU 61, Michigan State 58 OSU 50, Wisconsin 43
AARON CRAFT (4) LENZELLE SMITH JR. (32)
6-2, Junior; 9.9 ppg Hometown: Findlay
6-4, Junior; 9.5 ppg Hometown: Zion, Ill.
SAM THOMPSON (12) 6-7, Sophomore; 7.4 ppg Hometown: Chicago
2012-13 ROSTER 4 33 2 34 55 30 14 10 3 32 1 12 23
AMIR WILLIAMS (23) 6-11, Sophomore; 3.8 ppg Hometown: Detroit
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Aaron Craft Amedeo Della Valle Andrew Goldstein Jake Lorbach Trey McDonald Evan Ravenel Alex Roger LaQuinton Ross Shannon Scott Lenzelle Smith Jr. Deshaun Thomas Sam Thompson Amir Williams
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COACH THAD MATTA Overall record: 323-96 (13 seasons) Ohio State: 247-72 (9 seasons)
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