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BY JOHN SEEWER Associated Press With a half-billion-dollar multistate lottery jackpot up for grabs, plenty of folks are fantasizing how to spend the money. But doing it the right way — protecting your riches, your identity and your sanity — takes some thought

and planning.

Making sure you don’t blow the nation’s largest-ever lottery jackpot within a few years means some advice is in order before the Mega Millions drawing Friday, especially if you’re really, really, really lucky.

Q: What do I do with the ticket?

A: Before anything else, sign

the back of the ticket. That will stop anyone else from claiming your riches if you happen drop it while you’re jumping up and down. Then make a photocopy and lock it in a safe. At the very least, keep it where you know it’s protected. A Rhode Island woman who won a $336 million Powerball jackpot in February hid the ticket in her Bible be-

fore going out to breakfast.

Q: What next?

A: Relax; breathe; take time to think about your next move.

Don’t do anything you’ll regret for the next 30 years, like calling your best friend or every one of your aunts, uncles and cousins. It doesn’t take long to be overwhelmed by long-lost See MILLIONS/Page 4A

Dimes for Dogs & Cats Fundraiser to benefit humane society Spring sports preview • The annual spring sports preview is in today’s newspaper. 1-8B

DEATHS Obituaries and/or death notices for the following people appear on Page 3A today: • Geneva Smith • Jane Davis Zwayer • Nova M. Wright • Peggy Sue Houser

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BY PATRICIA ANN SPEELMAN pspeelman@sdnccg.com Do you have spare change rattling around in the bottom of your purse or rubbing a hole in your pants pocket?

The Sidney Daily News and WMVR/Hits 105.5 radio hope you’ll put all that change into the dog house.

The two local news media have teamed to support a fund raising campaign of the Shelby County Humane Society. Dimes for Dogs & Cats will run through April.

“Change a pet’s life with your spare change,” said Joe Laber of Hits 105.5. “Everybody’s giving a little can help a lot.”

“It’s a small sacrifice for a big cause,” echoed Jeff Billiel, executive editor of the Daily News. “Just as food pantries in the county serve hungry humans, Dimes for Dogs & Cats will make a difference for needy animals.”

The humane society has placed small, plastic banks, shaped like dog houses, in 30 See DIMES/Page 2A

TODAY’S THOUGHT

Ohio cities not prepared for baby boomer flood

“A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.”

— William G.T. Shedd, American theologian (1820-1894) For more on today in history, turn to Page 5C.

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A PAIR of puppies up for adoption enjoy the attention of Joe Laber, of Hits 105.5; Mike Lescowitch, of the Shelby County Humane Society; and Patricia Ann Speelman, of the Sidney Daily News. The three organizations will open Dimes for Dogs & Cats, a fundraiser for the humane society, April 1. The dog house banks will be in businesses throughout the county, awaiting donations of spare change to support the society’s operating expenses.

BY RITA PRICE Associated Press COLUMBUS (AP) — A little more than a decade ago, the 60-or-older population hadn’t topped 25 percent in a single Ohio county. But the big kid in the demographic pool is revving up for a cannonball.

Just eight years from now, researchers say, a quarter of all residents in half of the state’s 88 counties will be 60 or older. In some areas, the tally will be closer to one in three.

“The bottom line is, the baby boomers are hitting,” said Chuck Gehring of LifeCare Alliance, an agency serving seniors in central Ohio.

“Are communities prepared for this? No.” Beset by immediate concerns about tight budgets in a bad economy, few have started to think long-term about how to best plan for the aging baby-boom population as it moves out of the workforce and into retirement.

“Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to be as much of an issue with them as it ought to be,”

said Kathleen Rodi, transportation director of the Eastgate Development and Transportation Agency in the Youngstown-Warren area, where more than a quarter of the population is projected to be older than 60 by 2020.

“They’re focused on maintaining their police and fire and emergency-response folks,” Rodi said Boomers, however, drive up demand for plenty of other services and amenities.

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Although the task looms large, communities that address these issues now could reap benefits that reach beyond the boomer bubble. Recent college graduates, who are leaving Ohio at a rapid clip, actually have similar tastes to seniors when looking for a place to live, coveting walkable communities with easy access to shopping, entertainment and transit.

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locations throughout the county. The organization hopes that people will drop their quarters, nickels, pennies and dimes into the banks.

The money will be Cans for Canines under way used for operating costs.

The humane society colThe Sidney City Schools have joined a Cans lects stray animals and for Canines recycling campaign that is an ongokeeps them until homes ing fundraising effort of the Shelby County Hucan be found for them. mane Society.

“We are absolutely a According to Superintendent John Scheu, a 55-gallon drum has been placed outside each no-kill facility unless an school building and school employees have been animal is so injured or ill encouraged to donate aluminum cans by taking that it would be hard for them to school and depositing them in the it to be alive,” said Hudrums. The cans are recycled mane Society President and the monies raised will and Chief Humane Offisupport operating costs of the cer Mike Lescowitch. society.

When an animal arrives, it is vaccinated, neutered, wormed and microchipped at a cost of $150. Dogs remain at the facility from a day to a year, he added.

Currently, he is not placed. The business tle a month’s bills for accepting animals be- that raises the most veterinary services. cause all the spaces are money will win the conQuarters, nickels, full. test and get on-air con- pennies and dollars will Cheri Dalton, a soci- gratulations and a photo be welcome donations, ety trustee, said, “We rely on the Facebook page too. Find the doghouse completely on donations from WMVR and be rec- banks to make your doand all of the animals ognized in an article in nations at the following are at Mike’s house. In the Sidney Daily News businesses beginning the future, we hope to about results of the cam- April 1: Hits 105.5, Sidhave a larger drive for a paign. ney Daily News, Jack’s building.” There is no “Loose change is Pets, Culver’s, The specific goal for the cur- something most of us Styling Company, The rent campaign. would never miss,” said Spot, Sidney Body “We ordered 36 banks Billiel. “Think of how Carstar, Marco’s Pizza, and it cost $650,” Laber much we spend daily on Panache Day Spa, Lee’s said. “We hope to get coffee or pop. A few Famous Recipe Chicken, enough donations in the dimes, quarters or even Regal Trophy. first week to pay for the dollars will make such a Also Farmstand Pizza banks. After that, every- difference and help feed & Carry Out, The Puzzle thing we get is for the hapless animals that fall Garden, Alcove Restauanimals.” under the Humane Soci- rant, Believe Art from Laber will feature the ety’s care.” the Heart, C R Designs, campaign on his daily “Just three dimes can Clancy’s Restaurant, Ivy radio programs and the purchase a pound of Garland, Cruizer’s Bar Sidney Daily News will food,” Laber noted. The & Grill in Russia, Ron & publish photos and cam- organization uses 700 Nita’s, Davis Meats, paign updates through- pounds of food each Poplar Street Thrift & out the month. Both month.

Emporium. media’s websites will inIt will take 3,000 Also Flinn Veterinary, clude links to info on dimes to cover a month’s Perkins Restaurant, Facebook pages and vir- cost for gasoline to fuel School’s Locker Stocker, tual tours of where the animal rescue trips; Super Subby’s, Bel-Mar banks are placed.

1,500 dimes to pay for Lanes, Medicine Shoppe, Perry-Port-Salem ResIn addition, there will air conditioning and China Garden, Jackson cue responded to the be a friendly competition heat for the porch where Center Grocery and Tri19000 block of Ohio 706 among the businesses ailing animals reside; County Veterinary ServTUESDAY WEDNESDAY on a medical call. where the banks are and 15,000 dimes to set- ice in Sidney and Anna.

-11:22 a.m.: hit and -10:28 a.m.: injury. skip. Shelby County Jackson Center Rescue Sheriff ’s deputies, responded to the 7600 Botkins police and block of Ohio 708 on a Jackson Center police report of an injury. responded to 501 N. -8:14 a.m.: medical.

Main St. on a report Anna Rescue responded on a fire alarm. It was a -11:55 a.m.: medical. block of Country Side that a large white car to the 13500 block of alarm. responded to the Street. false Medics had driven into the Sharp Road on a med-1:05 p.m.: injury. 700 block of Buckeye Av-8:31 a.m.: medical. yard and then left the ical call.

TUESDAY Medics responded to a enue on a medical call.

Medics responded to a scene.

TUESDAY -8:43 p.m.: arrest. report of an injury on the -10:51 a.m.: medical. medical call on the 700 -4:34 p.m.: accident.

Sidney police arrested 2500 block of Michigan Medics responded to a block of Buckeye AvAnna Rescue, Jackson Julio Cesar Callejas- Street. medical call on the 800 enue.

Center Rescue and Hernandez, 24, 231 W. Botkins Fire responded Poplar St., on an immiTUESDAY to the 16000 block of -3:42 p.m.: burglary. Ohio 274. The Shelby gration warrant.

-5:37 p.m.: operatFort Loramie Police re- County Sheriff ’s Office sponded to 22 Green- is handling the accident ing a vehicle while inback Road on a report of and it is still under in- toxicated. Howard E. Myers, 53, 16875 Deam the theft of two pistols, a vestigation.

Road, was arrested for wallet and keys.

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In Sidney Municipal Court Wednesday morning, Judge Duane Goettemoeller fined Donald Strunk, 21, 710 Michigan St., $150 and costs and sentenced him to 20 days in jail on a domestic violence charge that was amended to disorderly conduct. He will be permitted to complete an anger/rage program in lieu of 10 days jail and if fines and costs are paid in full, the balance of the jail sentence may be reconsidered. A companion assault charge was dismissed at the request of the law director.

• A criminal mischief charge against David Slagle, 23, 812 Park St., Apt. C, was dismissed by the state after a witness for the prosecution became unavailable.

• Jeremy R. Myers, 34, at large, was fined $150 and costs and sentenced to 22 days in jail, with credit for two days served, on a disorderly conduct charge. Ten days jail will be suspended if he follows rules of probation and if fines and costs are paid in full, 10 days jail may be reconsidered.

• Kara M. Mullen, 30, 709 S. Main Ave., was fined $375 and costs, sentenced to five days in jail and her driver’s license was suspended for six months for driving while under the influence. Jail may be reconsidered if she completes an alcohol intervention program and pays fines and costs in full.

• Kevin Stone, 21, 109 N. Highland Ave., Apt. 1A,

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was fined $50 and costs on a charge of failing to stop after an accident that was amended to failure to maintain reasonable control.

• Jesse White, 23, 320 Franklin Ave., was fined $75 and costs on a driving while under restrictions charge.

• Matthew L. Maier, 27, of Covington, was fined $250 and costs and sentenced to 20 days in jail on a driving while under suspension charge from a previous driving while under the influence case. He will be permitted to complete 40 hours of community service in lieu of seven days jail and if fines and costs are paid in full, 10 days of the sentence may be reconsidered.

• William Murphy, 41, 4623 State Route 47, Fort Loramie, was fined $100 and costs for driving with expired license plates. A driving while under suspension charge was dismissed at the request of the law director.

• Michael E. Daniels, 54, of Warsaw, Ind., was fined $25 and costs on a reasonable control charge that was amended to driving without lighted headlights.

• Beth C. Berning, 40, 8910 Buening Road, Fort Loramie, was fined $30 and costs for speeding.

In Sidney Municipal Court Tuesday morning, Goettemoeller fined Austin R. Selee, 21, of Oregon, $35 and costs on a drug abuse charge that was amended to disorderly conduct.

• James C. Hiltibran, 30, 8182 Crowl Road, DeGraff, was fined $250 and costs and ordered to serve 20 days in jail on a driving while under restrictions charge. Ten days of the jail sentence may be reconsidered if fines and costs are paid in full and he may serve 10 days in house arrest in lieu of the balance of the jail time.

In Municipal Court Monday, Goettemoeller fined Michael E. Book, 21, 330 Linden Ave., $150 and costs and sentenced him to 10 days in jail on a theft charge. The court suspended five days of the sentence and if fines and costs and restitution to Waffle House are paid in full, five day jail may be reconsidered.

• Nicholas R. Meyer, 19, 216 Washington St., was fined $20 and costs for an open container violation.

• Derrick Fleming, 23, 719 Broadway Ave., was fined $25 and costs on a disorderly conduct charge.

Michael L. Spencer Jr., no age given, 602 N. Wagner Ave., was fined $250 and costs and ordered to serve 40 hours of community service on a driving while under suspension charge. If fines and costs are paid in full, community service may be reconsidered.

• Jajuan E. Jones, 25, 315 Charles St., was sentanced to 87 days in jail previously imposed for a probation violation in a driving while under the influence case. He may participate in a jail work release program if requirements are met.

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DEATH NOTICES Jane Davis Zwayer PIQUA — Jane Davis Zwayer, 92, formerly of 1615 Washington Ave., died at 8:45 a.m., Wednesday, March 28, 2012.

A private memorial service will be held at the convenience of the family. Arrangements are being conducted through the Jamieson and Yannucci Funeral Home, Piqua.

Nova M. Wright PIQUA — Nova M. Wright, 76, 225 First St., died on Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at 10:14 p.m.

The body will be cremated and there are no services.

Salm-McGill and Tangeman Funeral Home is handling the funeral arrangements.

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Geneva Smith M A P L E WOOD — Geneva Smith, 78, of 10411 Fiebiger Drive, went to be with her Lord at 6:25 p.m., on Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at Dorothy Love Retirement Center, Sidney.

She was born in Pineville, Ky. on Aug. 28, 1933, to the late James and Mary Bell (Green) Wilson.

She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Shelva Smith on July 24, 1990.

Geneva is survived by two children and their spouses, Grant and Vicki Reed, of Maplewood, and Timothy Wayne and Vicki Smith, of Cincinnati; one sister, Betty Ellis, of Harlan County, Ky.; and four grandchildren, Matthew Reed, Daniel Reed, Cody and Kaylee Smith Smith.

In addition to her loving husband, Geneva was preceded in death by four siblings, Margaret Wilson, Cecil Wilson, Carter Wilson and Josie Ellen Wilson.

Geneva was of the Pentecostal faith. She was a factory worker prior to her retirement.

Geneva was also a nurse’s aide and retired from the Children’s Home for Cincinnati where she worked as a cook. She loved going to church, singing and playing piano.

Geneva was very active in her church.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday at Adams Funeral Home, 1401 Fair Road, Sidney, with the Rev. Keith Mathews officiating.

Burial will be in Pierce Township Cemetery, Cincinnati.

Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Dorothy Love Retirement Center, 3003 W. Cisco Road, Sidney, OH 45365.

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Edison dean to speak at conference

PIQUA — Edison session as part of the Community College AQIP Colloquium on Friday when the conferDean of ence begins. Generally, Instituonly one proposal is actional cepted from each instituPlanning tion, and those & Effecpresenting in previous tiveness years are not given first M o n a consideration, allowing Wa l t e r s be others an opportunity to will participate.” presentApproximately 4,000 ing at the Walters people are expected to 2012 Annual Conference for the attend this year’s conferHigher Learning Com- ence, which will begin Friday and run through mission in Chicago.

This will be the sec- Tuesday. The sessions ond successive year Wal- and presentations proters has presented at the vide opportunities for HLC annual conference. learning and gathering Her topic this year will resources from a wide be “CQI Processes: variety of sources and Keeping the Myriad of networking.

In 2000, Edison ComProcesses on Target and on Task.” At the 2011 munity College adopted conference, Walters pre- the continuous quality sented “Breakeven improvement approach Points: Course Planning (CQI) to organizational and Program Viability.” performance, and in “Presenting at the an- 2001 the college joined nual conference is an the Continuous Quality honor and a privilege. Improvement Network The commission re- (CQIN) and the Acaceived more than 390 demic Quality Improveproposals for the 150 ment Program (AQIP) of slots available in this the HLC. Edison is acyear’s conference pro- credited by the Higher gave to mom a few years grams,” said Walters. Learning Commission of before she passed away “My presentation will be the North Central Assowas, “If you find Peggy, a 30-minute breakout ciation of Colleges and and she is not alive and I am not here no more, bring Peggy home and bury her beside me.”

And at 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 3, 2012, a graveside service will be held at Forest Hill The cause of a fire on March 22 at 120 N. Pomeroy Cemetery, Section 5, Ave. has been listed as undetermined electrical. with Pastor Dan Sidney Department of Fire and Emergency The Hathaway of Piqua Services Investigation unit investigated the structure Apostolic Temple officiating. Peggy will be fire at the vacant home. Firefighters were dispatched laid to rest inches at 3:56 p.m. and found smoke coming from the structure’s basement. Entry was forced and the entire from our mother.

Peggy attended structure was searched for extension of fire. All offTampa City Schools and duty personnel were recalled to assist in efforts. No Piqua City Schools. She injuries were reported. Damage was estimated at enjoyed life to the fullest. $1,000.

She was sweet, soft-spoken, and free-spirited with compassion towards life, but she had the strength to hold her COLUMBUS (AP) — the victims. two feet on the ground Federal prosecutors The indictment filed when she needed. She have charged an addi- late Wednesday in fedgave smiles and laugh- tional four women with eral court in Cleveland ter and joyful times. We involvement in beard- also charges alleged were grateful to have cutting attacks on fel- ringleader Sam Mullet Peggy for a short time low Amish in Ohio.

Jr. with lying to federal and we will never forget The charges also agents during their inher. She was our friend, add new allegations vestigation. our sister, and our that suspects hid or The new allegations daughter. She was stolen tried to destroy evi- bring to 16 the number from our lives, but not dence, including a dis- of people charged in the from our hearts. posable camera, shears attacks on other Amish “Peggy you are home!” and a bag of hair from last year.

Peggy Sue Houser PIQUA — Peggy Sue Houser was born Sept.

19, 1962, and was murdered in the summer of 1981.

Her mother, Hattie M. Oglesbee of Piqua, died in 2001, and her stepfather, Donald P. Oglesbee of Piqua, who died in 1997.

She is survived by her father, Steve T. Houser Sr., of Tampa Bay, Fla.; two brothers, Larry D. Houser and Stevie T. House, both of Tampa, Fla.; two sisters, Sandra Houser-Prieser, of Tampa, Fla., and Karen Houser-Wood, of Sidney and formerly of Piqua. In addition she leaves behind many nieces, nephews, great-nieces great-nephews, and which she wasn’t given a chance to enrich their lives.

“Mom, can I come home?” were the last words our mother heard from Peggy. “Yes, come home, I love you,” was her answer. As mom waited, minutes became hours, then days and now over the 30 years it took to bring Peggy home. A promise us kids

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Easter cantata, ‘We Have Seen the Lord’ to be performed Sunday ANNA — Voices in Anna will be raised together in praise as they prepare for Easter with a musical performance titled, “We Have Seen the Lord.”

The cantata will be presented Sunday at 7 p.m. at St. Jacob’s Lutheran Church, 101 W. Main St.. Refreshments will be available following the cantata in the church basement.

The presentation is free and open to the public.

The cantata will include a choir composed of individuals from seven different churches: Anna and Botkins United Methodist churches; St. Jacob’s Lutheran Church in Anna; Sacred Heart Catholic Church, McCartyville; Immanuel United Church of Christ, Kettlersville; New Knoxville United Methodist Church; and West Liberty Presbyterian Church.

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RANDY LOCKER, of Anna, directs his singers Sunday in preparation for an Easter cantata at St. Jacob’s Lutheran Church in Anna. come a very special way for us to begin Holy Week, helping us focus once again on Christ’s ultimate sacrifice,” the Rev. Randy Locker, director of the choir said.

Locker is the pastor of Anna and Botkins

United Methodist churches.

Clarence Pfaadt, choir director at St. Jacob’s, will serve as accompanist for the cantata.

“I thoroughly enjoy working with Clarence because he always puts

so much of himself into his playing,” Locker said.

“There is no greater joy than when the Body of Christ, regardless of denomination, come together to praise God,” Locker said.

STATE NEWS

Sidney Daily News,Thursday, March 29, 2012

New federal resources available for Grand Lake WASHINGTON, D.C. — New federal resources awarded Wednesday will help improve water quality at Grand Lake St. Marys.

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, announced $1 million in USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) funding for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) efforts in the Grand Lake St Marys watershed.

“A healthy Grand Lake St Marys is critical to Ohio’s prosperity — and achieving this goal requires a comprehensive

strategy. These new resources will allow agricultural producers to utilize the best conservation practices and demonstrate how farmers can contribute to revitalizing the Grand Lake St Marys and the recreation, tourism, and boating industries that it supports,” Brown said. “We know how important these conservation efforts are for improving the water quality at Grand Lake St. Marys — a major economic anchor of Mercer and Auglaize counties. I remain committed to pursuing all possible solutions to restore it.”

COLUMBUS (AP) — A bill repealing sweeping changes to Ohio’s 2011 elections law cleared the state Senate on Wednesday after a debate so fierce one Democrat urged stopping because lawmakers were “about to draw blood.”

With election-year politics flaring, Republicans and Democrats accused each other of playing political games with the battleground state’s voting rules at the expense of Ohio voters and the democratic process.

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According to NRCS Chief Dave White, there is a sizable waiting list of agricultural producers with pending applications for EQIP resources.

EQIP offers technical assistance for farmers to plant cover crops, build manure storage facilities, install filter strips, and complete other conservation measures that keep phosphorus out of Grand Lake St Marys. Studies on Grand Lake St. Marys have shown that excess phosphorus loading of the lake has been the primary reason for toxic algae blooms during the past two summers.

Sentate votes to repeal bill The original bill retooling the state’s election laws passed last summer. It’s been on hold since September, when opponents gathered enough signatures to qualify a repeal question for November’s ballot.

The legislation shrunk the early-voting period that was viewed as helping Democrats drive the turnout that helped President Barack Obama win the critical battleground state, and it made a host of other changes.

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The Akron Beacon Journal reports the fullcolor border mural features strip characters and students throughout their college careers. It was unveiled Tuesday by artists Tom Batiuk of Medina and Chuck

MILLIONS friends, charities and churches wanting to share your good fortune.

You’ve waited a lifetime to hit the jackpot; you can wait a few days before going on a spending spree.

Q: So whom should I tell first?

A: Contacting a lawyer and a financial planner would be a lot wiser than updating your Facebook status. Make sure it’s someone you can trust and, it’s hoped, dealt with before. If you don’t have anyone in mind, ask a close family member or friend. Oklahoma City attorney Richard Craig, whose firm has represented a handful of lottery winners, says it’s essential to assemble a team of financial managers, tax experts, accountants and bankers.

Q: Remind me, how much did I win?

A: As it stands now, the Mega Millions will pay out a lump sum of $359 million before taxes. The annual payments over 26 years will amount to just over $19 million before taxes.

Q: How much will I pay in taxes?

A: This partly depends on where you live.

Federal tax is 25 percent; then there’s your state income tax. In Ohio, for example, that’s another 6 percent. And you might need to pay a city tax depending on the local tax rules. So count on about a third of your winnings going to the government.

Q: Should I take the cash payout or annual payments?

A: This is the big question, and most people think taking the lump sum is the smart move. That’s not always the case. First, spreading the payments out protects you from becoming the latest lottery winner who’s lost all their money. Don McNay, au-

thor of the book “Son of a Son of a Gambler: Winners, Losers and What to Do When You Win the Lottery,” says nine out of 10 winners go through their money in five years or less. “It’s too much, too fast,” he says. “Nobody is around them putting the brakes on the situation.”

Q: But what if I’m good at managing the money?

A: Invested properly, the lump sum option can be a good choice. There’s more planning that you can use to reduce estate taxes and other financial incentives.

Others, though, say that with annual payments, you are taxed on the money only as it comes in, so that will put you in a lower tax bracket rather than taking a big hit on getting a lump sum. And you still can shelter the money in tax-free investments and take advantage of tax law changes over the years.

Q: Should I try to shield my identity?

A: Absolutely. This will protect you from people who want you to invest in their business scheme or those who need cash in an emergency. Lottery winners are besieged by dozens of people and charities looking for help. “There are people who do that for a living. Unless you understand that, you can become a victim very quickly,” says Steve Thornton, an attorney in Bowling Green, Ky., who has represented two jackpot winners.

Q: So how can I protect myself?

A: Again, it somewhat depends on where you live. In Ohio, you can form a trust to manage the money and keep your winnings a secret.

In other states, you can form a trust but still be discovered through public records. And a few states require you to

Ayers of Akron.

Batiuk’s “Funky Winkerbean” debuted March 27, 1972. Ayers joined him as illustrator in 1994.

The strip at first focused on gags about teenagers at the imagi-

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Tornado drill Students take part in a tornado drill Wednesday morning at Emerson Elementary School in Sidney. The exercise was part of statewide effort during Severe Weather Week. Tornado warning sirens throughout Shelby County and Ohio were activated at 9:50 a.m. Wednesday as part of the drill. Marc Burdiss; Shelby County Emergency Management Agency director (seen in the background walking down the hallway); inspected Emerson during the drill. Emerson and other schools regularly conduct the drills to prepare for possible emergencies.

‘Funky’ mural donated to Kent State KENT (AP) — The men behind the “Funky Winkerbean” comic strip celebrated its 40th anniversary by donating a 96-foot mural for a new student lounge at their alma mater, Kent State University.

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GREENVILLE— Jeanne Morris, 76 of Greenville was fatally injured in an accident Wednesday morning on Ohio 49 South.

At approximately 10:37 a.m., emergency crews responded to the scene of a serious crash on Ohio 49 South, just south of Folkerth Road in Darke County.

According to Darke County Sheriff Deputies, a white straightline truck, driven by Joshua Leybourne, 23, of Huber Heights was northbound when he traveled into the southbound lane, striking Morris’ vehicle.

The Darke County Coroner was dispatched to the scene and confirmed that Morris died as a result of the crash.

Darke County Prosecuting Attorney was also requested to the scene to inspect the crash. Leybourne was transported for a blood test as standard procedure when involving a commercial vehicle. No charges have been filed at this time, according to deputies.

HONORING OUR DOCTORS

nary Westview High School. Over the years, it explored sensitive topics National Doctor’s Dayy such as dyslexia, alcoholism, teen suicide and March 30th cancer.

The unveiling also c by sending was the kickoff of the Tell your doctor you care first volume of Batiuk’s them an online expression expression. sion. book, “The Complete Funky Winkerbean.”

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Thornton set up a corporation in the late 1990s to protect the identity of a client in Kentucky who won $11 million. “No one had done this before, and there were legal questions about whether a corporation can win,” he says. “We were able to hide their names.”

Q: Is it OK to splurge a little?

A: Sure, it’s why you bought a ticket, right?

“Get it out of your system, but don’t go overboard,” McNay says. But remember that if there’s a new Mercedes-Benz in the driveway, your neighbors will probably be able to figure out who won the jackpot.

Q: How much should I help my family and others?

A: It’s certainly a natural desire to help relatives in need and take care of future generation. But use extreme caution when giving out your money. Jack Whittaker, a West Virginia contractor who won a nearly $315 million Powerball jackpot in 2002, quickly fell victim Bring your quarters, nickels, dimes and pennies to scandals, lawsuits and personal setbacks. His to any one of the following fine businesses: foundation spent $23 Hits 105.5 Alcove Restaurant School’s Locker million building two Stocker Sidney Daily News Believe Art from churches, and he’s been the Heart Super Subby’s involved in hundreds of Jack’s Pets legal actions. “If you win, CR Designs Bel Mar Lanes Culver’s just don’t give any Clancy’s Restaurant Medicine Shoppe The Styling Company money away, because the Ivy Garland China Garden The Spot more money you give Curizer’s Bar & Grill Jackson Center Grocery Sidney Body Carstar away, the more they in Russia Marco’s Pizza Tri-County Veterinary want you to give. And Ron & Nita’s once you start giving it Service in Sidney Panache Day spa Davis Meats away, everybody will and Anna Lee’s Famous Recipe label you an easy touch Poplar Street Thrift & Regal Trophy and be right there after Emporium Farmstand Pizza & you. And that includes Flinn Veterinary Carry Out everybody,” Whittaker Perkins Restaurant The Puzzle Garden said five years ago.

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Earl Scruggs dead at 88 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Bluegrass legend and banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs, who helped profoundly change country music with Bill Monroe in the 1940s and later with guitarist Lester Flatt, has died. He was 88.

Scruggs’ son Gary said his father died of natural causes Wednesday morning at a Nashville, Tenn., hospital.

Earl Scruggs was an innovator who pioneered the modern banjo sound. His use of three fingers rather than the clawhammer style elevated the banjo from a part of the rhythm section — or a comedian’s prop — to a lead instrument.

His string-bending and lead runs became known worldwide as “the Scruggs picking style” and the versatility it allowed has helped popularize the banjo in almost every genre of music.

The debut of Bill Monroe and The Blue Grass Boys during a post-World War II performance on The Grand Ole Opry is thought of as the “big bang” moment for bluegrass and later 20th century country music.

Sidney Daily News,Thursday, March 29, 2012

Pope urges greater openings in vast Cuban Mass HAVANA (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI demanded freedom for the more Catholic Church in communist-run Cuba and preached against “fanaticism” in an unusually political sermon Wednesday before hundreds of thousands at Revolution Plaza, with President Raul Castro in the front row.

Before the pope’s departure, he met with the president’s brother, revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. Castro grilled the pontiff on changes in church liturgy and his role as spiritual leader of the world’s Catholics, a Vatican spokesman said.

Benedict’s homily was a not-so-subtle jab at the island’s leadership before a vast crowd of Cubans, both in the sprawling plaza and watching on television. But

he also clearly urged an end to Cuba’s isolation, a reference to the 50-year U.S. economic embargo and the inability of 11 American presidents and brothers Fidel and Raul Castro to forge peace.

“Cuba and the world need change, but this will occur only if each one is in a position to seek the truth and chooses the way of love, sowing reconciliation and fraternity,” Benedict said. The remark built upon the famed call of his predecessor, John Paul II, who said in his groundbreaking 1998 visit that Cuba should “open itself up to the world, and may the world open itself up to Cuba.”

With the country’s leadership listening from front-row seats, Benedict referred to the biblical account of how youths persecuted by the

Babylonian king “preferred to face death by fire rather than betray their conscience and their faith.”

He said all people share a desire for “authentic freedom,” without which the truth that Christianity offers cannot be found.

“On the other hand there are those who wrongly interpret this search for the truth, leading them to irrationality and fanaticism; they close themselves up in ‘their truth’ and try to impose it on others,” he said from the altar, backed by an image of Cuba’s revolutionary hero Ernesto “Che” Guevara.

Still, it was unclear how much the pope’s message resonated with ordinary Cubans.

Many in the crowd had trouble hearing him over the

Pilot’s saga RICHMOND HILL, Ga. (AP) — JetBlue Airways captain Clayton Osbon showed up unusually late to fly Flight 191 to Las Vegas. The plane was in midair when he eerily told his co-pilot they wouldn’t make it there.

Osbon started rambling about religion. He scolded air traffic controllers to quiet down, then turned off the radios altogether, and dimmed the monitors in the cockpit. He said aloud that “things just don't matter” and encouraged his co-pilot that they take a leap of faith.

OUT OF THE BLUE

Lunch has a beat STOCKHOLM (AP) — Some workers in Sweden have found a rather offbeat way to spend their lunch hour. Actually, on-beat is more like it.

Dripping with sweat and awash in disco lights, they dance away to pulsating club music at Lunch Beat, a trend that started in Stockholm and is spreading to other cities in Europe.

Then they go back to work.

“It is absolutely fantastic!” exclaimed Asa Andersson, 33, who broke away from her job at a coffee shop to bust some moves last week. “It is the first time I'm here, I’m totally happy and ecstatic, totally covered in sweat and I’m full of energy. It does not get any better than this.”

loudspeakers, and others said it was hard to understand the dense biblical message delivered by the pope in a soft voice.

“I don’t understand this Mass at all. I don’t have an education in these things and I know nothing about religion,” said Mario Mendez, a 19-year-old communications student. “On top of that, I can’t hear anything.”

Benedict’s comments were an unmistakable criticism of the Cuban reality even if the pope didn’t mention the government by name, said the Rev. Joseph Fessio, a former student of Benedict’s. As his U.S. publisher, Fessio knows well the pope’s message and how he transmits it, particularly the watchwords of his pontificate: truth and freedom.

Romney edges into mop-up phase of campaign

Lawmaker chastised WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Bobby Rush donned a hoodie during a speech on the House floor Wednesday deploring the killing of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, receiving a reprimand for violating rules on wearing hats in the House chamber.

The Illinois Democrat spoke out against racial profiling and, as he removed his suit coat and pulled the hood on the sweatshirt he was wearing underneath over his head, saying “just because someone wears a hoodie does not make them a hoodlum.”

Rush was interrupted by the presiding officer, Mississippi Republican Gregg Harper, who reminded him that the wearing of hats was not allowed and “members need to remove their hoods or leave the floor.”

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TALIBAN MILITANTS, who were arrested by Afghan intelligence forces, are presented to the media at the Afghan intelligence department in Mehterlam, Laghman province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday. Afghan Intelligence forces arrested seven Taliban militants in Qarghayi district of Laghman province, Afghan intelligence officials said.

NATO: Afghans to take lead in majority of country MONS, Belgium (AP) — Afghan forces will soon start taking charge of security for three-quarters of the nation’s 28 million people, NATO’s top military commander said Wednesday, a milestone as the country assumes the lead for protecting the majority of its population.

Adm. James Stavridis also insisted the training of the Afghan army and police was proceeding very well, despite attacks in which Afghan soldiers have turned their weapons on their U.S. and NATO partners.

“Very shortly we will announce further transition that will encompass 75 percent of the population,” Stavridis said in an interview with The Associated Press. He did not elaborate further on the exact timing of the announcement.

NATO leaders are meeting in Chicago in May to map out a strategy to support the Afghan security forces after the withdrawal of most allied troops at the end of 2014.

NATO forces have already handed over authority for about half the population, including the capital, in the first two tranches of a transition that started last year.

This is the first public pre-

Lawyer: Afghan suspect had ‘depression’ after Iraq OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The U.S. soldier accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians suffered a traumatic incident during his second tour in Iraq that triggered “tremendous depression,” his lawyer said Wednesday.

Lawyer John Henry Browne said he could not discuss the details of the matter because it remains classified.

But he expects the issue to become a focal point in the case against Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales.

“It caused him tremendous depression and anxiety,” Browne said.

The lawyer previously said Bales experienced other major dangers in his deployments, including a serious foot injury and head trauma.

In addition, a fellow soldier’s leg had been blown off days diction that after the third phase occurs Afghan security forces will be assuming the lead for protecting the majority of the population.

The war has been increas-

before the Afghanistan massacre, he said.

Bales was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder and other crimes. He is being held at a U.S. military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. A defense team is now in Afghanistan to collect evidence and interview other U.S. soldiers who knew Bales.

“Everyone they’ve spoken to in the military has nothing but amazingly positive things to say about him,” said Browne, who is not part of the team in Afghanistan.

Due to security concerns, Browne doesn’t think the team will visit the villages where the killings occurred.

The investigators are likely to stay in Afghanistan a few more weeks. ingly unpopular in both the United States and Europe, where governments are focused on cutting defense expenditures as part of wider austerity measures.

Arab summit divided over Syria BAGHDAD (AP) — Arab leaders gathering here Thursday will call for Syria to implement a cease-fire, but there’s little faith that President Bashar Assad will do anything to halt his crackdown on the year-old uprising.

That could set the stage for Gulf Arab nations, eager to see Assad’s downfall, to take stronger action on their own.

Arab governments are divided over how strongly to intervene to stop the bloodshed in

Syria, and their divisions illustrate how the conflict has become a proxy in the region’s wider rivalry — the one between Arabs and powerhouse Iran.

Sunni-led nations of the Gulf such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar — hoping to break Syria out of its alliance with Shiite Iran — are believed to be considering arming the Syrian rebels to fight back against Assad’s forces. But other Arab nations are reluctant to openly call for that step yet.

WASHINGTON (AP) — After a three-month struggle, Mitt Romney edged into the mop-up phase of the race for the Republican presidential nomination on Wednesday, buoyed by Newt Gingrich’s decision to scale back his campaign to the vanishing point and Rick Santorum’s statement that he would take the No. 2 spot on the party ticket in the fall.

Romney campaigned by phone for support in next week’s Wisconsin primary while he shuttled from California to Texas on a fundraising trip, praising Gov. Scott Walker, for “trying to rein in the excesses that have permeated the public services union.” The governor faces a recall election in June after winning passage of state legislation vehemently opposed by organized labor.

Romney aides eagerly spread the word that former President George H.W. Bush would bestow a formal endorsement on Thursday, although they declined to say whether former President George W. Bush has been asked for a public show of support.

Seven months before Election Day, there was ample evidence of a preparation gap with the Democrats.

A spokesman at the Republican National Committee said the party had recently opened campaign offices in three states expected to be battlegrounds this fall and would soon do the same in seven more.

By contrast, Obama’s reelection campaign has 18 offices in Florida, nine in Michigan, a dozen in Ohio, 13 in Pennsylvania and seven in Nevada, according to officials.

While Romney was campaigning in last winter’s Iowa caucuses, Democrats claimed to have made 350,000 calls to voters as part of an early organizational effort.

And while Romney is still raising money for the second half of the primary campaign, Obama recently reported $84 million in the bank for the general election.

Not that Romney was leaving the primary wars behind. He and Restore Our Future, a super PAC that supports him, were outspending Santorum and his allies on television by a margin of more than 4-1, with an attack-heavy diet of television ads.

In addition, Romney’s campaign attacked Santorum in a recorded message called into thousands of homes.

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Thursday Evening • The Narcotics Anonymous group, All in the Family, meets at 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 230 Poplar St.

Friday Morning

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• A.J. Wise Library in Fort Loramie hosts story time for children 3 1/2 and older at 10:30 a.m. To Dear Heloise: When register, call 295-3155.

I’m having a dinner p a r t y, Friday Afternoon some of • Sidney Gateway Hi 12 Club No. 482, meets at t h e noon at the Sidney American Legion on Fourth Avg u e st s enue. All Master Masons are invited. invariFriday Evening a b l y • Hope in Recovery, similar to traditional 12-step a s k , programs to confront destructive habits and beW hat “ haviors, meets at the First Presbyterian Church, can I 114 E. Fourth St., Greenville, from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Hints do to For more information, call (937) 548-9006. help?” from • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Staying I ’ v e Clean for the Weekend, meets at 7 p.m. at First Heloise f o u n d United Methodist Church, 230 E. Poplar St. Heloise Cruse t h a t Saturday Morning i t ’ s • Temperance 73 Masonic Lodge hosts a recy- good to take them up on cling event at the Sidney Transfer Station from 8 the offer. I have small a.m. to noon. tasks listed on sticky Saturday Evening notes and have the • The Sidney-Shelby County Chess Club “Check- notes attached to a cupmates” meets at 7 p.m. at the library at the Dorothy board door. Those offerLove Retirement Community. All skill levels are ing to help can choose welcome. For more information, call 497-7326. what they’d like to do.

• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Saturday They pull the note off Night Live, meets at 8 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran the cupboard, complete Church, 120 W. Water St. the task and throw away the note after.

Sunday Morning Here are some exam• Catholic Adult Singles Club meets in Maria Stein for a benediction. For information, call (419) ples: • Put ice in the water 678-8691. glasses.

Sunday Afternoon • Pour water into • Shelby County Deer Hunters holds its monthly glasses.

Sunday Rifle Shoot at 7988 Johnston-Slagle Road • Put rolls in the beginning at 1 p.m. Program — one round at five oven and watch them. different targets, pays three places. Points awarded • Open the wine. to members for end-of-the-year trophy. Open to the • Place butter on public. table.

Sunday Evening The possibilities are • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Never Alone, endless. The hostess is Never Again, meets at 6:30 p.m. at First Christian sure the details aren’t Church, 320 E. Russell Road. forgotten, and those offering to help really do Monday Afternoon • Sidney Rotary Club meets at noon at CJ’s help. — Peggy D., via Highmarks. For more information on activities or email We love this hint in becoming a member, contact Scott Barhorst at 492Heloise Central! — 0823.

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

New Bremen Public Library Tween Club will the greatest gift that you can give people in a meet at 3:30 p.m. nursing home: Plan a Monday Evening • Minster Historical Society meets at 6:30 weekly or occasional p.m. at the Minster Historical Society Museum, visit to the home. You need not know even one 112 Fourth St., Minster. resident.

Go from room • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Vision of to room with a smile Hope, group meets at 7 p.m. at Russell Road and say “Hello” to each Church, 340 W. Russell Road. patient as though she or • Overeaters Anonymous, a 12-step program he were the one you for anyone desiring to stop eating compulsively, came to visit. All you meets at 7 p.m. at Hillcrest Baptist Church, 1505 need to bring is your S. Main St., Bellefontaine. smile. The vast majority • Sidney Boy Scout Troop 97 meets at 7 p.m. of nursing-home paat St. Paul’s United Church of Christ. All new tients are the forgotten members are welcome. For more information, ones. — Arlene S., call Tom Frantz at 492-7075.

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The finer points of fine art Scott Lloyd Anderson demonstrates techniques during a workshop for adult artists at Botkins High School Tuesday evening. Anderson, of Minneapolis, Minn., has won numerous awards and grants for his en plein air paintings of current urban scenes; most recently, a $10,000 Artist’s Initiative grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board.

Amos Library to show two movies Tuesday Night Movies at the Amos Memorial Public Library will continue with “Footloose” Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.

Admission is free and popcorn will be served.

The plot involves Ren who MacCormack, moves from Boston to the small town of Bomont, where he experiences a heavy dose of culture shock. A few years prior, the community was rocked by a tragic accident that killed five teenagers after a night out.

Bomont's councilmen

and the beloved Reverend Shaw Moore responded by invoking ordinances that prohibit loud music and dancing.

Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizes the town, and falls in love with the minister's troubled daughter, Ariel.

This movie is rated PG-13 and is for mature audiences 13 and over unless accompanied by a parent.

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ORAN — The Oran Christian Church Women met in February and in March to plan fundraisers and discuss upcoming projects.

President Rosemary Knouff presided at both meetings. Joni Robinson and Margie Replogle shared devotions. Winners of mystery gifts were Cheryl Chappie and Judy McCorkle. Joyce Biza presented the February program.

Becky Jelley presented the March program. The hostess for the former meeting was Amy Ayers. Knouff served as hostess in March.

It was announced that deadline for RADA orders is May 13 and delivery will be June 3.

The group has scheduled a mother/daughter banquet for May 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Houston Community Center. Tickets are $7.50 for adults, $3 for preschool children.

The next meeting will be April 11 at 6 p.m. The program will be an auction. Kathy Borland will share devotions and Biza will serve as hostess.

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TODAY • Versailles Towne & Country Players presents “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” today through Saturday at the Stillwater Golf Course on Seibt Road in Versailles. Tonight and Friday, 7:30 p.m., $12; Saturday, 7 p.m. dinner with show to follow, $22.

(937) 526-5590.

• Famous Old Time Music, 20322 U.S. Route 33, Wapakoneta, presents Bluegrass Cafe at 7 p.m. Tickets: $5. (419) 568-1220.

• The New Knoxville Community Library hosts a bingo bash from 3 to 4 p.m. All ages are welcome.

• The New Bremen Public Library offers an adult craft at 1 p.m.: “There’s an App for That.”

FRIDAY • The Human Race Theatre Co. in Dayton presents “Gem of the Ocean” by August Wilson tonight and running through April 15 at the Loft Theatre in downtown Dayton. An August Wilson symposium will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at the theater. Tickets: (937) 228-3630.

• The Dayton Theatre Guild, 430 Wayne Ave., Dayton, presents “Going to St. Ives” today through Sunday. Today at 8 p.m., Saturday at 5 p.m., and Sunday at 3 p.m. No one under 7 will be admitted. Tickets are $17 for adults, $15 for seniors and $10 for stuReservations: dents. w w w. d a y t o n t h e atreguild.org, or (937) 278-5993.

SATURDAY • The Springfield Symphony Orchestra will present Tchaikovsky International Cello Competition Narek winner Hakhnazaryan in a performance of the Haydn “Cello Concerto in D Major” at 8 p.m. in Kuss Auditorium at the Clark State Performing Arts Center in Springfield.

Tickets: $24-$48 adults/$12-$36 students.

(937) 328-3874 or online at www.springfieldsym.org.

• Vanguard Concerts presents the Modigliani Quartet from France, performing on at 8 p.m. in The Dayton Art Institute’s NCR Renaissance Auditorium. Tickets: $20 adults, $15 students at www.d ay t o nar t i nst i tute.org or (937) 4360244 and at the door.

• The Senior Center of Sidney – Shelby County hosts a smorgasbord from 5 to 7 p.m.

Tickets may be purchased at the Senior Center. Advance sale is $7 and $8 at the door.

Tickets for children 10 and under are $4. There will be a 50/50 raffle and a small boutique. This event is open to the public of all ages.

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costal Church, 2745 State Route 29 N, hosts an Easter egg hunt from 1 to 2:30 p.m. for children 12 and younger who should take their own baskets for the and presents eggs, Michael Combs in concert at 7 p.m. There is no charge for the egg hunt.

Tickets to the concert are $15.

• Vanguard Concerts presents the Modigliani Quartet in concert at the Dayton Art Institute at 8 p.m. Tickets: $20 adults, $15 students, at w ww.d ay t o nar t i nst i tute.org/vanguard or (937) 436-0244.

• The Little Art Theatre in Yellow Springs presents “The World According to Monsanto” as part of its Environmental Film Series at 3 p.m.

Free.

SUNDAY • Gateway Arts Council presents “Oh What a Night!” at Sidney High School at 7 p.m. Tickets: 498-2787.

• The Little Art Theatre in Yellow Springs presents “Arctic Son” as part of its Environmental Film Series at 3 p.m.

Director Tom Irons will attend and answer questions following the film.

Tickets: $6 MONDAY • The “Lord of the Dance” tour will perform one show only at the Benjamin & Marian Performing Schuster Arts Center in downtown Dayton on at 7:30 pm. Tickets start at $40 and are available online www.ticketcenterat stage.com, or by phone at (888) 228-3630.

• The New Knoxville Community Library will have an Easter craft session from 3 to 6 p.m. All ages are invited.

• The New Bremen Public Library will have an Easter craft session at 6 p.m. for all ages.

Register at the library.

TUESDAY • Tri-Moraine Audubon Society presents Rita Thelen who will give a talk titled, “A Naturalist’s Look at Costa Rica,” at 7:30 p.m. in the meeting room of OSU-Lima’s Visitor and Student Services Center, 3900 Campus Drive, Lima. The program is free and open to the public.

• The New Bremen Public Library will have an Easter craft session at 6 p.m. for all ages.

Register at the library.

• The Francis J. Stallo Memorial Library in Minster will host an Easter party for children in kindergarten and first grade from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. Advance registration is required.

• Amos Memorial Public Library, 230 E. North St., screens “Footloose” at 5:30 p.m. Free.

APRIL 5 • Amos Memorial Public Library, 230 E. North St., screens “Tin Tin” at 1 p.m. Free.

Easter eggs will be hidden all over the area during the next 10 days and children will have many opportunities to find them.

The following is a list of egg hunts that will take place in the Sidney Daily News circulation area: • The Solid Rock Pentecostal Church, 2745 State Route 29 North, will hide 1,000 eggs for children 12 and under to find Saturday, beginning at 1 p.m. A prize egg in each age group will get the winners age-appropriate Easter baskets. Children should take their own bags or baskets.

•The Fort Loramie Community Fire Company will begin its egg hunt for children preschool through third grade at 1 p.m. Sunday in Youth Park. Prizes will be awarded in each of four age groups. If it rains, candy and eggs will be distributed in the parking lot and

Megan Elizabeth Dial, of Sidney, and Scott Daniel Santucci, of Cincinnati, were united in marriage Nov. 26, 2011, at noon, in Holy Angels Catholic Church in Sidney.

The bride is the daughter of David and Rebecca Dial, of Sidney. She is the granddaughter of Ruth Dial, of Heath, and the late James C. Dial and the late Donovan and Gloria Myers.

The bridegroom is the son of Patrick and Gretchen Santucci, of Cincinnati. He is the grandson of Kenneth and Colette Santucci, of Long Beach, Calif., and the late Rudy and Connie Kohlruss.

The Rev. Daniel Schmitmeyer performed the ceremony. Sarah Collier was the organist, and Daniel Malneritch and Andrew Hauge provided vocal music.

Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore an A-line, white satin gown with a chapel train and sheer, bell sleeves.

The gown was made by Marilia Pedroza. The bride wore a waist-length veil which had been borrowed from her godmother. She carried a round bouquet of 18, pinktipped, white roses.

The maid of honor was Emily Trygstad. Bridesmaids were Andrea Dial, sister of the bride; Faith Ann Santucci, sister of the bridegroom; and Grace Wilson. Teresa Dial, sister of the bride, was the flower girl.

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• The Hardin United Methodist Church will begin its hunt at 10 a.m. April 7 at the Crossroads in Hardin.

Children 2-11 are invited to participate for prizes and candy.

• The New Bremen New Knoxville Rotary Club and the Village of New Bremen Parks Dept. invites children in grades six and younger to look for eggs in Jaycee Park in New Bremen beginning at 1 p.m. April 7. Prizes will be awarded to the top three finishers in each

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• The Minster Journeyman’s Club will open its annual egg hunt Sunday at 1 p.m. in Four Seasons Park in Minster.

• The New Knoxville Community Library offers an egg hunt, library style, throughout the month of April.

Those who find all the Easter eggs hidden in the library will win prizes.

• The New Bremen Public Library will award prizes to anyone who finds 10 eggs during its Find the Easter Eggs game, which runs

WEDDING

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SHAFFER CHICAGO, Ill. — Lucas and Jana Shaffer, of Chicago, Ill., have announced the birth of a son, Benton James Shaffer, born Jan. 24, 2012, at 5:37 a.m. in the Evanston Hospital, in Evanston, Ill. He weighed 7 pounds and was 20 inches long.

His maternal grandparents are Christy and Mike Finch, of Blacklick,

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floor-length, cornflower blue satin dresses with white satin sashes. The flower girl wore a tealength, white satin dress.

The bridesmaids carried round bouquets of 12, pink-tipped, white roses.

The flower girl carried a bouquet of six, pinktipped, white roses.

Frank Santucci served as his brother’s best man.

Groomsmen were John Santucci and Leo Santucci, both brothers of the bridegroom, and Zachary Hillaker. Altar servers were Stephen and Patrick Blenman.

The mother of the bride wore a tea-length, royal blue dress. The mother of the bridegroom wore a tea-length dress with a pattern of black, royal blue and teal. Both wore wrist corsages of miniature white roses.

A reception at the VFW Post No. 4239 hall followed the ceremony.

The couple reside in Cincinnati.

The bride graduated

Mr. and Mrs. Santucci from Seton Home Study School in 2007 and earned a Bachelor of Arts in journalism and theology from Franciscan University in Steubenville in 2011.

The bridegroom is a 2007 graduate of Mother of Divine Grace School and a 2011 graduate of Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, where he earned an Associate of Applied Science in software engineering.

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of five age groups.

• The Anna Community annual Easter egg hunt will be April 7 at 2 p.m. at the elementary school in Anna. Children 1-8 are invited and will be divided into four age groups by organizers with the Anna Civic Association.

• The Versailles Christian Church, 105 W. Ward St., will stage an egg hunt at 10 a.m. on Easter Sunday, April 8. Children should take their own Easter baskets.

• The Sidney First United Methodist Church will scatter 9,000 eggs on the front lawn of Sidney High School for an egg hunt for children in the sixth grade and younger. The hunt will begin at approximately noon on Easter Sunday, April 8,, immediately after the church’s holiday service, which begins at 11 a.m. in the high school.

Some of the eggs will contain prizes.

Free computer classes PIQUA — Working with Connect Ohio and its “Every Citizen Online” campaign, the Piqua Public Library will offer free basic computer and broadband training classes to adults. Connect Ohio has donated laptop computers and supplied an instructor from Clark State University to the library for these classes.

Each class will meet in either a single, sevenhour session with a break for lunch, or two, sessions. three-hour There is a limited number of openings available in the April classes, which meet in a single session on April 14 from 10:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.; or in a split session on April 16 and 23 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Classes are open to adults 18 and older. Registration is required and the classes are limited to nine attendees. Call (937) 773-6753 to register.

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Volunteering is a family affair Brown attends ANNA — For 7-yearold Ava Bertke and her brother, 4-year-old Ricky, volunteering and giving back to the community have started at an early age. These two siblings are part of a family match through the Big Brothers Big Sisters program.

When Jeff and Jennie Bertke, of Anna, decided to become volunteer mentors through the program, Ava and Rickey were all for it.

The family became matched with Little Brother Phillip Beck, of Sidney, in December 2009 and have made great strides in forming a lasting and positive relationship, BBBS officials said. Phillip is the son of Clarissa Smith.

Jeff and Jennie, as well as their children, treat Phillip as part of their family. Phillip is also getting the opportunity to be a “big brother” because he is the youngest child of three in his own home. Although some activities are done one-on-one, the family of five can be spotted all over Ohio exploring and visiting local attractions, both fun and educational. Many activities take place in the Bertke’s home, as well, but the highlight of these outings is the relationship that is forming and all the memorable photos that are taken.

Each year the family works on a scrapbook of their outings and then it is given to Phillip as a keepsake of the treasured outings the family has shared.

Ricky and Ava are learning valuable life lessons, too. Not only do they share the attention of their parents with Phillip but their toys as well. Jeff and Jenny are busy parents who both work full time and are

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PAM BERNING, of Anna, and Little Brother Dennis “DJ” Couchot, of Sidney, make cookies. Berning and DJ will soon celebrate three years of their match relationship in May of this year.

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PHILLIP BECK gives Ricky Bertke a boost on a swing. Phillip is the Little Brother of the Jeff and Jennie Bertke family, of Anna, which is involved in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program.

active within their com- have made a commitmunity. However, they ment to be volunteer mentors, one that will ultimately touch the life EAL ESTATE TRANSFERS of Phillip forever, said BBBS officials.

The real estate trans- Third Addition Kloeppel Clarissa reports that fers listed below have Subdivision, exempt. she sees so many posibeen recorded at the ofDiane and Thomas tive changes in Phillips fice of Shelby County Kloeppel to Allison Aselife as a result of this Recorder Jodi L. Siegel. lage, lots 133-135, Secmatch. His behavior and Transfers listed also ond Addition Kloeppel social skills have iminclude tax-exempt prop- Subdivision, and lot 143, proved as a result of the erty transfers in which Third Addition Kloeppel positive role models he no dollar amount is Subdivision, $73,350. has with Jeff and Jennie listed. Shelby County Stacy C. Pettit to Fedand their family.

Auditor Denny York said eral Home Loan Mort“I like to see our ‘Litthe exemptions normally gage Corp., lot 5823, tle’ get a chance to be a involve transactions Eagle Glen Subdivision ‘big brother’ to our within a family and Phase IV, $146,000. younger children,” Jeff therefore no public Daniel and Carly said. “He is learning rerecord of the dollar Platfoot to Mark E. sponsibility in that role. amount is recorded.

Haynes and Amanda M. We are glad to have Phil Anna North, lot 1466, $93,000. in our lives, and hope we Secretary of Veterans Gary R. Berner, Kevin have a positive impact Affairs to Allan and Brit- P. Berner, Molly L. on his life like he has tany Riethman, Linden Berner and Robin R. made in ours.”

Park Addition, lot 231, Berner to Gregory D. and Another successful exempt.

Krista L. Meyer, Section match is that of Big SisBotkins 6, north 1/2 northwest ter Pam Berning, of Joyce Heinl to An- 1/4, exceptional, 77 acres, Anna, and Little Brother drew K. Paul, lot 9, $281,250.

Dennis “DJ” Couchot, of $47,000.

Van Buren Township Franklin Township Joseph B. and Rose M. Kloeppel Livestock Schemmel to Joseph B. Inc. to Diane Kloeppel, and Rose M. Schemmel, section 6, lots 133-135, Section 28, part southSecond Addition Kloeppel west 1/4, 5.001 acres, exSubdivision, and lot 143, empt.

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Sidney. DJ is the son of Tanya Couchot, of Sidney. Pam and DJ will soon celebrate three years of their match relationship in May of this year.

Berning, a secretary for the Shelby County Board of Developmental Disabilities, working at Shelby Hills Early Childhood Center, is a busy mother of three very active teenager sons. However, when she heard about the need for more volunteers mentors for BBBS, her busy life didn’t stop her from stepping up to be a Big Sister, BBBS officials said. Berning is not only impacting the life of DJ, she states, “the life lessons my family and I are learning from our relationship with DJ have been incredible! My family loves DJ’s sense of humor and watching him interact with our friends and family, neighbors.”

Tanya reports that she also likes that they can help him with his homework and encourage him in his academics. She states that DJ is “more positive” since being matched with Berning.

While many of the activities are one on one, DJ is not a stranger to the home environment of three busy teenage boys.

DJ is included in many of their family activities.

Berning and DJ have enjoyed outings, such as a pool party, high school volleyball games and climbing into farm tractors and a combine. A highlight was attending a Cincinnati Reds baseball game. DJ is not only being impacted by having a positive role model in his life, he is getting to experience being a part of a family environment, BBBS officials said.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Shelby and Darke County is a nonprofit United Way member, social service agency. Lisa Brown is executive director of the agency. The program specializes in matching children facing adversity with adult volunteer Big Brothers and Sisters. These adults provide children with positive role models, as well as new educational and social activities. For people who would like to make the difference in the life of a child but are unable to volunteer at this time, Big Brothers Big Sisters has many other opportunities throughout the year for others to become involved. Learn more about the agency by logging onto www.bigbrobigsis-shelbydarke.org or calling (937) 547-9622 or 492-7611.

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There will be two more Brown will be memo- readings before the ordirialized by the council nance can be passed. with an engraved brick Brown’s final action paver which will be before council was to placed on the memorial present the annual apparkway in the down- propriation ordinance. town part.

The ordinance is some“He has done a won- thing done every year derful job for the village and was passed as an of Botkins,” said mayor emergency.

Steve Woodruff. “He will The council met in exbe missed.” ecutive session at the Brown will be re- end of the meeting to placed by fiscal officer discuss the purchase of Teresa Featheringham. property.

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Sidney Daily News,Thursday, March 29, 2012

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FLOOD Creative planners like to envision neighborhoods that appeal to those who are young and, increasingly, old.

According to the Scripps Gerontology Center at Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio, the number of older Americans is expected to increase by 80 percent by 2030, to 72 million. They will comprise at least 19 percent of the nation’s population.

“Even Franklin County is going into the 18-percent range soon, which is where Florida used to be,” said Cindy Farson, executive director of the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging.

“It’s stunning.”

Bonding with a home Edward Elberfeld has dedicated 37 years of his life to making his German Village house in Columbus just so.

He and his wife, Barbara, replaced the windows and furnace and plumbing, hung new wallpaper and painted rooms. They repaired the plaster, restored the woodwork, added a bedroom, two bathrooms and even built a garage.

“Over that time, you do bond to your house,” he said.

So the retired Columbus schools art teacher, who turns 65 this year, and Barbara, 63, plan to stay in their home as long as they can. Mr. Elberfeld has been working with neighborhood residents to form a group of volunteers to help other seniors do the same.

The “aging in place” effort is based on similar projects in affluent neighborhoods of cities such as Boston and Washington, D.C., where private, nonprofit corporations formed to provide services and social activities so seniors don’t have to move.

When residents are no longer able to drive, or walk down steep basement stairs, volunteers would be on hand to ferry people around, check on a basement furnace, or help landscape the yard.

“This whole idea of having people stay in their homes is that people in German Village have a real strong sense of community,” said Carolyn McCall, a resident helping to coordinate the effort.

Residents would pay an annual membership fee, maybe $500, McCall said.

It’s not cheap, but it hardly compares to average Ohio nursinghome costs that run more than $60,000 a year, according to the Ohio Department of Aging.

Minnie FigartBraden, 63, said it’s best for people to realize now that good plans and quality care might call for sacrifice.

“The boomers have to learn to give,” she said.

“They have to be responsible enough to give back to the community, to see what’s going on.”

Figart-Braden, who oversees production in the LifeCare Alliance meals-on-wheels kitchen, moved back to Columbus from Nashville, Tenn., several years ago to care for her 90-year-old mother. The two share a home, and the daughter intends to keep it that way.

Helping seniors Ohio taxpayers already give more than most to help seniors stay in their communities.

The Scripps center said that in 2009, more than $166 million in property taxes were col-

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RETIREE BOB DeWitt, 62, works out in the clubhouse at Tremont Club where he lives in Hilliard on Monday. Beset by immediate concerns about tight budgets in a bad economy, few have started to think long-term about how to best plan for the aging baby-boom population as it moves out of the workforce and into retirement. lected through local rural areas, especially, levies that help pay for are in deep trouble.” meals, transportation Although Ohio taxand in-home care. That payers generously suptotal is highest among port senior levies, many the 15 states using tax communities don’t have levies for those services. the tax base to raise Federal funding much. The disparity is the Older staggering: While Butthrough Americans Act, however, ler County, north of hasn’t kept pace with Cincinnati in southinflation, let alone the western Ohio, has a levy spike in the elderly pop- that generates an anulation, Scripps re- nual average of $231 for searchers said. each person 60 or older, “The pot is shrink- voters in southeastern ing,” Gehring, of Life- Ohio’s rural Vinton Care Alliance, said of County bring in just $3 the public funds. “The per capita, according to

the Scripps report.

Advocates say those local taxes are crucial because they help many Ohioans who aren’t poor enough to qualify for Medicaid but can’t afford to pay for homebased services on their own.

Despite all the challenges, the default option costs much more.

Ohio’s Medicaid tab for nursing-home care was $4.7 billion, Scripps reported in 2009, accounting for about 42 percent of the state’s total outlay for Medicaid expenses.

“If we’re going to get upstream of this, prevention is key,” Gehring said. “What we’re trying to do is go out and say, ‘Before you need us, how can we help you stay healthier?’”

Aging programs Nearly 21,000 times last year, drivers for the Licking County Aging Program took elderly residents in communities east of Columbus to or from medical appointments. The gasoline bill has more than doubled in the past four years, topping $7,000 a month.

“With federal funding for these programs very flat, the burden is on local communities,” said Dave Bibler, executive director of the agency based in Newark.

Transportation usually tops the list of unmet needs in local aging-agency surveys, advocates say. Public transit routes and stops sometimes aren’t flexible enough; volunteer transportation networks are popping up in a few places but remain rare.

“How do we keep people involved in the community once they stop

driving?” said Farson, of the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging. “It’s one of those bottomless pits of need and demand. It’s going to take a lot of creative thinking.”

Community housing stocks also will need boomer makeovers.

State Reps. Mike Stinziano, D-Columbus, and Cheryl Grossman, R-Grove City, introduced legislation last year that would provide a $2,500 tax credit to install features — bar handles, light switches and ramps — to improve accessibility in new homes and $1,000 to update existing homes.

Such initiatives can save money, Stinziano said, because fall-related hospitalizations for Ohioans cost $298 million a year in private and taxpayer-funded medical costs.

Communities can do some preparations on the cheap, said Henry Cisneros, the former mayor of San Antonio and the secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Clinton administration.

Cisneros, now executive chairman of Los Angeles-based CityView, an institutional investment firm geared toward urban real estate, said communities can be creative, taking a tack such as Upper Arlington, with zoning for denser housing and what he called “granny flats” next to houses.

In Dublin, officials plan to transform the Columbus suburb’s core to create a more urban feel, with dense housing aimed at empty-nesters

who want to walk to dinner or catch live entertainment nearby.

Robert DeWitt and his wife, Connie, both 62, moved from a typical four-bedroom home on the northwest side to a smaller Hilliard condominium three years ago.

He is retired, and she still works. But they plan to stick around central Ohio because of family and friends.

They’re active, using the pool and fitness center, taking spontaneous weekend trips. And although they can’t easily walk to shopping centers, they’re not far away.

“It’s a pretty good community when I step back and think about it,” Mr. DeWitt said.

But Doug Spitler, chief executive of the nonprofit Episcopal Retirement Homes in the Cincinnati area, said many communities face a growing demand for low-income senior housing, too.

“The reality for the baby boomer population is they’re not good savers,” he said. Plus, many have faced unemployment, frozen pensions, illness and retirement accounts that tanked with the economy.

“They find themselves in a very challenged financial position,” he said.

So, too, do the communities they call home.

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I plan to change my name DR. WALmany people LACE: I’m a 17today chose to year-old guy and keep their origiwill attend colnal names, even lege this fall. My if they are diffischool days have cult to probeen marred benounce.

But cause of my unsome wellusual first and known personlast name. Peoalities including ’Tween ple who don’t Denver, John know me find it 12 & 20 Doris Day, Endifficult to prog e l b e r t Dr. Robert nounce. A lot of Humperdinck, Wallace people who the late great know me make fun of it. Walter Matthau and I plan to legally change Academy Award-winmy name as soon as I ning Karl Malden chose turn 18. This bothers my to change their names. family. They show me dif- Actor and director ficult names to pro- Woody Allen was once nounce of movie stars, known as Allen Konigsmusicians and even berg. politicians. They say that no one today changes a DR. WALLACE: I’m name. I hate my name really confused and need and will change it. your advice even though I have read your col- I might not take it. I’m umn regularly for quite 19 and engaged to Jerry, some time, and I know who is 22. We set the that you encourage teens date on July 21, his 23rd who dislike their names birthday. to legally change them. I Before we met, Jerry know that you will agree was going with a girl with me, but I’d be named Colleen. Last happy if you would print week, Jerry told me that my letter so I can pres- Colleen was five months ent your answer to my pregnant and admitted family so they might see that he was the father. I things my way. — Name- went to where she was less, East Chicago, Ind. working to see for myself NAMELESS: I to- if she was pregnant, and tally agree that a change it was obvious that she of your name is in order. was.

It would be unwise to Jerry wants to go suffer just because your ahead with our marfamily wants you to keep riage, but now I’m not so your name. It’s true that sure I want to go

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through with the ceremony at this time. What is your suggestion? — Nameless, St. Louis, Mo. NAMELESS: Cancel the wedding. Jerry has a legal obligation to his baby, and it may be more than a marriage could endure.

DR. WALLACE: I’m 18, and my girlfriend is 17. We haven’t had sex yet (She’s a virgin), but it is inevitable that it will happen, even though I’m not pushing for anything. My question is, should we plan our first sexual encounter or should we just let it happen when the right moment comes along? My girlfriend, at this moment, is afraid that having sex will mess up our relationship. I’m sure she will eventually change her mind, even though she says she won’t. — Devin, Columbus, Ohio.

DEVIN: You are fortunate that you have such a wise girlfriend.

She speaks the truth. It is not inevitable that teens going together will have sex. It’s obvious that sex is on your mind, and it’s also obvious that if you don’t get it off of your mind, you and your girlfriend will spend a lot of time disagreeing over something that probably won’t happen.

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BY FRANCIS DRAKE you will be delighted. You also might expand You also might travel via your place of work in What kind of day will books, film or meeting some way today. tomorrow be? To find out people from other culPISCES what the stars say, read tures and different coun- (Feb. 19 to March 20) the forecast given for tries.

Flirtations, parties, your birth sign.

SAGITTARIUS vacations and fun events (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) are the order of the day.

For Friday, March 30, Favors from others, Yes, there are a few 2012 plus gifts and goodies, snags, but by evening might come your way everything is cozy!

ARIES today. That’s because it YOU BORN TODAY (March 21 to April 19) appears the world owes Like most Aries, you are This is a lovely day to you a favor! Keep your very focused on what entertain at home or to pockets open. you want, and you go explore real-estate deals.

CAPRICORN after it full steam ahead!

Whatever you do will (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Nothing will make you make your home and Discussions with stop once you’ve decided family life feel richer. and close what you want. Because partners TAURUS friends will be rewarding you want to do things (April 20 to May 20) and uplifting today. Even your way, self-employThis is a very good exchanges with mem- ment or freelancing is day for those of you in bers of the general pub- preferred. Whatever you sales, marketing, teach- lic will be satisfying. Get do, you’re intense! In the ing and writing. Your en- out and meet people! year ahead, partnerthusiasm and positive AQUARIUS ships and close friendframe of mind will carry (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) ships will be your the day!

Anything that is job- primary focus.

GEMINI related will just get betBirthdate of: Vincent (May 21 to June 20) ter and better as the day Van Gogh, artist; Celine Trust your money- wears on. In fact, work- Dion, singer; Warren making ideas today. This related travel is likely. Beatty, actor. is a good day for business and commerce.

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Hollywood Nights dance set for Saturday at UVCC PIQUA — Upper Valley Career Center has announced candidates for its Hollywood Nights Court Saturday. The annual event will be held from 7:30 to 11 p.m. in the center’s dining commons.

The dance is being sponsored by the school’s Student Senate, directed

by Jennifer Weaver. The crowning ceremony will begin at 10 p.m.

Candidates for queen are: • Jessica Rayl, of Fairlawn, daughter of Nance Conatser and Scott Rayl.

• Nicole Dunne, of Troy, daughter of Peg and Steve Dunne.

• Crysta Louise Clegg, of Sidney, daughter of Francine and Kenneth Clegg.

• Mary Stickel, of Russia, daughter of Renee and Phil Stickel.

• Brianna Overbey, of Sidney, daughter of Monica Schulten and

Jason Overbey.

• Alyse Saine, of Troy, daughter of Leah Mason and Anthony Saine.

King candidates are: • KJ Geise, of Fort Loramie, son of Angie and Kevin Geise.

• Matthew Rohrer, of Fairlawn, son of Sharon and Jamie Rohrer.

• Josiah St. Myers of Houston, son of Bonnie and Larry Davis.

• Nathan Tufts, of Piqua, son of Jennifer Tufts.

• Timothy Burch, of Jackson Center, son of Holly and Timothy Burch.

• James Allen Stoner, of Newton, son of Stephanie and Tod Stoner.

Princess candidates are: • Megan Hunt, of Bradford, daughter of Lori and Dave Hunt.

• Ashley Vanchure, of Troy, daughter of Lisa

and Tony Vanchure.

• Haley Martin, of Piqua, daughter of Sherri and Anthony Martin.

• Jessica Dye, of Bradford, daughter of Vicki Dye. • Starr Osborne, of Anna, daughter of Anita Adams.

• Lindsey Coverstone, of Fort Loramie, daughter of Tracy Holt and Danny Coverstone.

Prince candidates are: • Tyreese Spann, of Piqua, son of Elaine Spann and William Spann.

• Cody Jones, of Houston, son of Rachel and Jason Jones.

• Gabriel Cole, of Troy, son of Angie Beam and Doug Cole.

• Damien Kettering, of Tippecanoe, son of Jill Burnett and Chris Kettering.

• Sam Schulze, of Fort Loramie, son of Pat and John Schulze.

Time Warner adds Disney Junior; moves Nick Too COLUMBUS — Time Warner Cable has announced it will add Disney Junior to its digital cable lineup on Channel 110. Nick Too, which is currently on Channel 110, will move to Channel 119.

Disney Junior, a new 24-hour channel for

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Partly cloudy with 30% chance of showers, t-storms Low: 35°

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Mostly cloudy with 50% chance of showers, t-storms High: 62° Low: 45°

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Partly cloudy High: 58° Low: 45°

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Cool today, rain Friday

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24 hours ending at 7 a.m. .none Month to date .....................2.27 Year to date ........................6.89

March 29, 1912 A special program has been arranged by the Odd Fellows lodge for the meeting to be LOCAL OUTLOOK opening held on March 29 to which the entire community has been invited.

Henry Berger will direct the orchestra with several numbers to be presented by a ladies quartet comIt will be sunny and cooler posed of Miss Allinger, today, with high pressure Miss Spence, Miss Kelly keeping things and Miss Schneeberger. dry. The The principal address will n e x t be given by Hon. James s t o r m E. Way. system ––––– has sped up a bit James Ringelspaugh — n o w has accepted a position will bring with the Leader Clothing in some and Shoe Store and inrain for Friday, with a pretty vites his friends and acdecent weekend forecast. quaintances to call on him.

Sunrise/Sunset Thursday’s sunset ......7:59 p.m.

Friday’s sunrise ..........7:23 a.m.

Friday’s sunset.................8 p.m.

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

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Artery issue causes headache DEAR DR. walls with cells DONOHUE: of the immune What Last summer I system. was diagnosed triggers this inwith temporal vasion is not arteritis. I was known with certreated with titude. prednisone, Temporal arwhich stopped teritis has anthe temporal ar- To your other name: teritis. I had giant cell arterigood many side effects tis. from prednisone health Temporal arand am being Dr. Paul G. teritis is an illtreated for them. ness of older Donohue I developed diapeople, hardly betes and glaucoma. My ever occurring before 50 dose of prednisone has and with the average been cut down. My doc- age of onset in the 70s. tor continues to graduOne feature of this ally lower the dose but illness is the headaches doesn’t know if I ever it causes. Fever is anwill be completely off it. I other sign. The scalp beknow this illness has comes tender to touch. something to do with the Some patients are afimmune system. What flicted with jaw pain can you tell me about it? when they chew, and — J.S. some find it difficult to ANSWER: Temporal talk because of jaw pain. arteritis got is name be- By far, the most dangercause of inflammation ous complication is inof the temporal artery, flammation of the the artery at the sides of artery that supplies the the head, at the tem- eye. Unless treatment is ples. However, it’s not started promptly, blindthe only artery affected. ness can result.

The immune system is Temporal arteritis involved. The artery in- has a twin illness, and flammation comes from frequently, both occur an infiltration of artery simultaneously. That ill-

ness is polymyalgia rheumatica.

Treatment is with the cortisone drug prednisone. Somewhat-high doses have to be used to prevent the catastrophe of vision loss. Symptoms respond quickly, but prednisone must be continued. A gradual reduction of the dose is possible. Complete cessation of prednisone can take two or more years.

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Four years ago, I contracted polymyalgia rheumatica. I took prednisone and got rid of the pain. Recently I have been feeling some of the old PMR pain. How do you suggest I deal with it? — R.T. ANSWER: Deal with it by checking with your doctor. If it has come back, you need to go on prednisone again. But don’t do that on your own. Polymyalgia, like temporal arteritis, is an illness of older people.

Its salient signs and symptoms are stiffness and aching pain of the shoulders, neck, hips, thighs and lower back.

People also may lose their appetite, experience weight loss, become easily fatigued and have a low-grade fever.

One simple lab test, the sedimentation rate (sed rate), has a high reading in both illnesses.

It furnishes a big tip-off to what’s going on. A specially calibrated tube is filled with blood, and the distance that the red blood cells descend from the top of the tube toward the bottom (sediment) in one hour is the sed rate.

A high sed rate with a return of PMR symptoms will have to be retreated with prednisone.

Dr. Donohue regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible.

Readers may write him or request an order form of available health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.

Readers may also order health newsletters from www.rbmamall.com.

March 29, 1937 Winding up its first group of a series of programs dealing with “Know Our Industries,” the Sidney Kiwanis Club, following its regular weekly luncheon meeting yesterday, made a tour of inspection of the C.D. Beck Company, makers of bus bodies. In connection with this visitation, plant officials revealed plans for a proposed expansion program which will mark the local company as one of the leading bus body factories in the country.

These plans call for the development of the new all steel coach body.

––––– Plans for a new church structure for the Sts. Peter and Paul congregation at Newport have been approved by Archbishop John T. McNichols of Cincinnati, according to the announcement made

by Rev. Otto Hermann, pastor of the church.

The proposed new structure will have a seating capacity for about 400 persons and will be of the Norman architecture. The estimated cost is placed at from $40,000 to $50,000. The present church, which will be razed, was constructed in 1856.

50 years March 29, 1962 Mr. and Mrs. Huey McClellan, Chestnut St., and Mrs. And Mrs. W.E. Zimpfer, Wilmar Place, Sidney recently returned from a cruise aboard the S.S. Bahama Star to Nassau. They went overnight

by ship from Miami, Florida with the ship docking at Bay Street in that tropical island. Two days and a night were spent in colorful Nassau.

––––– Shelby County property owners paid nearly $1,200,000 in real estate and public utility taxes in the “first half” period recently ended, leaving a delinquency of $18,381.72 This was reported today by County Treasurer Wilda Pepper who expressed pleasure over ability of taxpayers to meet the largest charge in the history of the county, $1,215,884.24

25 years March 29, 1987 Andrew McRill, the son of Arlen and Cynthia Mc Rill, won first place in the Daughters of the American Revolution (“DAR”) program and speech contest. The topic was, “My heritage and my responsibility to preserve it.” He will now compete at the state level.

––––– Plans are being announced by tours of the Monumental Building.

The trustees of the building are placing a levy on the ballot to raise funds to preserve the building.

The announcement was made by Stanley Shuster, chairman of the trustees.

––––– Dick Riedl is enjoying retirement. The former president of Stolle from 1975-1980 commented on his time in Sidney recently. He came here with Leroi Dresser Industries in 1970 and worked there before going to work for Ralph Stolle.

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

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

Wife suspects husband didn’t vacation in Vegas by himself DEAR ABBY: “Darrel” and I have been married 28 years. I thought we had an easy, comfortable relationship. We have no children; it’s just the two of us Dear with a large famAbby ily of furry aniAbigail mals. We don’t Van Buren take vacations together because one of us has to be home to care for the animals.

Last year Darrel took four trips to Las Vegas — two for

business and two for special sporting events. I’m beginning to get little nagging signals that he may not have been on these trips alone.

He shuts his phone off for hours at a time and changed the password on his computer after I had to get on it for a security update. The last time he went, he told me he had won two tickets in Las Vegas to a show, so I asked him to bring the extra one home so I could see it. When he returned, he didn’t have it. He said he had misplaced it.

There are other things, too, and I don’t know what to think. I don’t want to hurt his feelings if there isn’t anything going on, but I need to know.

What do I do? — WHAT HAPPENED IN VEGAS? DEAR WHAT HAPPENED IN VEGAS: If your intuition is telling you that something is wrong, listen to it. Tell Darrel you’re feeling insecure and why. Start going with him to Las Vegas. Hire a pet sitter if necessary. It will be money well spent. If your husband isn’t open to it, hire a private investigator to tell you what’s going on. Clearly,

something is up.

DEAR ABBY: My 7-yearold son, “Kenny,” is being bullied at school. He was punched so hard in the stomach that I had to get him medical care. I have called the school board and no one has done anything about it. What else can I do? Kenny is small for his age and weighs only 40 pounds. I’m worried for him.

— WORRIED ABOUT MY BOY IN TULSA DEAR WORRIED: Assuming that you have already spoken to your son’s teacher and the principal of Kenny’s

school, as well as having contacted the school board, your next step would be to discuss this with a lawyer. The fact that your son was hit so hard he needed medical attention should be all the proof he or she needs to help you deal with this.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

SPORTS

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HORSESHOE Jimmie 1 JOHNSON’S Johnson was saved by the rain in California. As the skies opened up and with the field turning laps under caution, his oil cooler began leaking.

When the cars were parked on pit road a puddle of oil formed beneath his No. 48 Lowe’s Chevy. Luckily for Johnson, the race was called moments later and instead of a dismal finish courtesy of a blown engine, the five-time champion was credited with a 10th-place showing.

SPRINT CUP SERIES Race: Goody’s Fast Relief 500 Track: Martinsville Speedway Location: Martinsville, Va. When: Sunday, April 1 TV: FOX (12:30 p.m. EST) Layout: .526-mile oval Banking/Turns: 12 degrees 2011 Winners: Kevin Harvick/Tony Stewart Crew Chief’s Take: “Racing at Martinsville is similar to the type of racing most of the drivers grew up doing. Tight quarters usually leads to beating and banging. There aren’t as many incidents as at Bristol because the pace is slower. The faster you run, the more you’re on the edge of grip. When you lose grip, you make more contact. It’s inevitable, but a driver has to keep cool. The ones who don’t like to be touched don’t do well here.”

Raining on a Parade

Tony Stewart wins second 2012 race in rain-shortened Auto Club 400

Stewart’s Auto Club 400 2 ONvictoryA ROLL was his seventh in the last 15 Sprint Cup races dating back to last season. The last time a driver put together as impressive a streak was in 2009-10 when Jimmie Johnson won seven of 14 races while winning championships Nos. 4 and 5. Prior to that, Kyle Busch (with Steve Addington as crew chief) won seven of 14 in the summer of 2008.

THE TREND Joey Logano 3 BUCKING became the first non-series regular to win a Nationwide race this season when he took checkers in the Royal Purple 400 at Auto Club Speedway.

Elliott Sadler (2), James Buescher and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. notched the first four NNS wins of the 2012 season.

KNOW HOW Martin Truex Jr. 4 NAPA is off to his best start to a season in the Sprint Cup Series. Truex and his No. 56 Michael Waltrip Racing team have recorded three top-10 finishes in the first five races and sit eighth in the point standings. Truex has enjoyed runs of seventh (Phoenix), third (Bristol) and eighth (Auto Club). He also has showings of 12th (Daytona) and 17th (Las Vegas) for an average finish of 9.4.

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Tony Stewart (right) celebrates his win in the Auto Club 400 with crew chief Steve Addington.

By MATT TALIAFERRO Athlon Sports Racing Editor

In its 15-year history, Auto Club Speedway in Southern California has never been known for its exciting brand of stock car racing.

A wide two-mile, moderately banked behemoth of a race track, ACS typically plays host to drawnout, parade-style competition. And when it’s nestled between shorttrack favorites Bristol and Martinsville — as it is this season — most fans simply want to get it over with as quickly as possible so everyone can move on.

Sunday’s Auto Club 400 obliged that line of thinking, as heavy rains cut short the scheduled 200 laps to 129, and just over one and a half hours after the green waved, Tony Stewart was declared the winner.

To his credit, the weather-stained victory was anything but a fluke for Stewart. Many rain-shortened races witness a litany of strategies as the weather approaches, but Stewart and crew chief Steve Addington were steadfast.

Far and away the fastest car on the track, Addington kept Stewart on point when the rains hit, bypassing

pit road. Within minutes the red flag was displayed, and shortly thereafter — with no relief from the weather in sight — NASCAR called the event with Stewart the leader.

“Steve (Addington, crew chief) said, ‘Stay out,’” Stewart explained.

“I didn’t question it. The drops kept getting bigger and bigger. Obviously, when we pulled on pit road, they had definitely lost the track by that point.

“You hate to have them end with rain like that, but I’ve lost some that way. The good thing is we didn’t back into the lead because we stayed out, the leaders came in. I mean, we were leading the thing and had earned that spot. (I’m) proud of that.”

Not every crew chief made the same call. Stewart’s former pit boss, Darian Grubb, brought Denny Hamlin in for fuel and tires, gambling that the race would resume. When it did not, Hamlin — who started on the pole and ran in the top 5 all day — slipped from second to 11th in the finishing order.

“This is the strategy you make,” Hamlin said. “We were planning on the race going back green. Otherwise, you lose a chance to win in the grand scheme of things.”

I The NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race set for Saturday, May 19 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, will consist of four 20-lap segments, concluding with a 10-lap sprint and a $1 million payout to the race winner. This year’s format will place a higher premium for drivers who win one of the four segments, however, as the winners of those segNationwide Standings ments will move to the front of the field and line up 1-4 prior to the field coming to pit road for a final mandatory pit stop.

DRIVER (WINS) POINTS BEHIND Wherever the drivers are positioned as they come off pit road 1. Elliott Sadler (2) 214 — after that pit stop is where they will line up to start the final 10-18 2. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (1) 196 lap segment.

3. Austin Dillon 187 -27 4. Trevor Bayne 180 -34 “This new addition to the format is going to provide even greater 5. Sam Hornish Jr. 160 -54 incentive for the drivers to go all out to win one of the four seg6. Cole Whitt 151 -63 ments,” said Robin Pemberton, NASCAR vice president of com7. Michael Annett 148 -66 petition. “It also puts even more focus on the pit crews and how 8. Taylor Malsam 144 -70 they perform during that final pit stop.”

9. Justin Allgaier 126 -88 10. Mike Bliss 119 -95 The eligibility standards for the All-Star Race remain the same:

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Hamlin’s teammate, Kyle Busch, remained on the track and finished second. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick and Carl Edwards rounded out the top 5.

“I was surprised that everyone didn’t stay out,” Earnhardt said. “I was pretty certain by watching the weather and studying the weather all night long and all day today that once it began to rain, it wasn’t going to stop. I was surprised that some guys came down pit road and gave up track position.”

The Stewart/Addington combination have now enjoyed two trips to Victory Lane this season as well as a win in one of the Daytona qualifying races. And after five wins in last season’s Chase — albeit with a different crew chief — momentum is clearly on Stewart-Haas Racing’s side.

“It was a long offseason,” Stewart said. “To watch these guys work that hard, it’s nice to end the year on a high note like we did, and to be able to come out of the box and carry that momentum with a new competition director and new crew chief. I think it shows the depth of our program and our group of guys back at our shop.”

race winners from either the 2011 or 2012 season through May 12 or any past champions of the all-star event or Cup Series over the previous 10 years are eligible for the race. In addition, the top-two finishers in the Sprint Showdown, a 40-lap preliminary race and the winner of the Sprint Fan Vote, all advance into the All-Star Race lineup.

Drivers currently eligible for the event (as of March 27) include: Marcos Ambrose, Trevor Bayne, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Clint Bowyer, Carl Edwards, Jeff Gordon, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne, Matt Kenseth, Brad Keselowski, Mark Martin, Paul Menard, Ryan Newman, David Ragan, Regan Smith and Tony Stewart.

The eighth annual NASCAR Sprint Pit Crew Challenge returns to kick off the all-star week’s competition, Thursday, May 17 at 7:00 p.m. at the Time Warner Cable Arena. The event’s finishing order determines pit selection for the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.

NATIONWIDE SERIES Race: O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 Track: Texas Motor Speedway Location: Fort Worth, Texas When: Saturday, April 13 TV: ESPN2 (8:00 p.m. EST) 2011 Winners: Carl Edwards/Trevor Bayne CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES Race: Kroger 250 Track: Martinsville Speedway When: Saturday, March 31 TV: SPEED (1:00 p.m. EST) 2011 Winners: Johnny Sauter/Denny Hamlin

Classic Moments Martinsville Speedway The media in attendance for the 1960 Virginia 500 are treated to a luxury unheard of in the formative years of stock car racing: An air-conditioned press box — a NASCAR first.

It’s another NASCAR first as well, as Richard Petty wins his first of a series-best 15 races at Martinsville Speedway.

Petty leads laps 316 through 333, but relinquishes the lead to Bobby Johns, who takes over for the next 48 laps until he suffers a rear-end failure.

Jimmy Massey assumes the lead but is overtaken by Petty one lap later. The King leads the final 116 circuits to capture his second career Grand National win. Petty wins three races in the 1960 campaign and finishes second in the standings. It is another four years until he breaks through for his first title.

Athlon Fantasy Stall Looking at Checkers: In 20 Cup starts, Jimmie Johnson has six wins and 18 top 10s.

Pretty Solid Pick: Hard not to like Tony Stewart’s momentum. The fact he won at Martinsville last fall is icing on the cake.

Good Sleeper Pick: Jamie McMurray’s 10 top 10s in 18 starts bode well for your starting lineup.

Runs on Seven Cylinders: Greg Biffle may be the points leader, but he has only two top 10s at Martinsville since 2003 (average finish: 22.4).

Insider Tip: Johnson, Stewart and Denny Hamlin have combined to win 11 of the last 12 Martinsville Cup races.

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1. Tony Stewart

Stewart and crew chief Steve Addington already have scored two wins this season — and in only five races. Hey, wins count above all else here.

2. Greg Biffle The points leader’s only misstep — and it was a only a small hiccup at that — was a 13th at Bristol.

He’s been sixth or better in the other four events.

3. Kevin Harvick Harvick and his retooled No. 29 team have been nearly as good as Biffle. Their worst performance thus far are a pair of 11th-place runs. Otherwise, they’re seventh or better every week.

4. Jimmie Johnson Things couldn’t look better for Johnson and Team 48. Not only have all suspensions and point penalties been rescinded, but they’re rolling through top 10s even with blown engines.

5. Matt Kenseth Kenseth is either top 3 by day’s end or forgotten somewhere in the mid-teens. Still, this is one of a handful of teams that can win on any given weekend.

6. Brad Keselowski See: Kenseth, Matt. The only thing that kept either from a top-10 result at Auto Club Speedway was pit road penalties and a rain-shortened event.

7. Carl Edwards Edwards and the No. 99 gang have two fifth-place runs in the last three weeks. Inexplicably, though, this group has yet to lead a single lap all season. That needs to change.

8. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Yes, Earnhardt is still mired in a winless skid that dates back to 2008, but top-15 finishes in every race this season — including second- and third-place runs — find him trending in the right direction.

9. Clint Bowyer Bowyer’s solid start with the surprising Michael Waltrip Racing operation shows an average finish of 12.8 with sixth- (Vegas) and fourth-place (Bristol) runs highlighting the early spring.

10. Denny Hamlin Hamlin had the same look on his face after the California race that he did after Phoenix 2010.

11. Kyle Busch The Gibbs cars are showing some impressive muscle on the big intermediates.

12. Martin Truex Jr. Truex has a 9.4-place average finish thus far. It’s amazing what a contract year will do for an athlete.

13. Ryan Newman Three consecutive performances of 12th or better aren’t as splashy as his teammate, but not bad.

14. Mark Martin When he’s in MWR’s No. 55 — and even when he’s not — the team is showing serious growth.

15. Paul Menard Quietly hanging tough at 10th in the standings with three top 10s.

Just off the lead pack: Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Kasey Kahne, Joey Logano, Jamie McMurray

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ELLIOTT SADLER Sadler’s stint with Richard Childress Racing in the Nationwide Series is off to a flying start. Sadler, who finished second in the NNS point standings last season, has two wins, two third-place runs and a ninth through five races.

RICHARD PETTY MOTORSPORTS RPM drivers Aric Almirola and Marcos Ambrose sit 21st and 23rd in points with zero top 10s among them.

Compiled and written by Matt Taliaferro.

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REPLAY 50 years ago March 29, 1962 Versailles’ Tigers opened their spring baseball treke by handing Arcanum’s by handing Arcanum’s invading Trojans a 6-3 setback on the local diamond Wednesday. Dick Francis, Larry Prenger and a freshman, Bob Mangen, limited the Trojans to three hits, while the Tigers collected eight.

Francis hurled the first three innings, with Prenger pitching the next two, while Mangen finished the game for the Tigers.

25 years ago March 29, 1987 Tom Brandewie of Fort Loramie was selected the most valuable player of the Class A boys basketball state championships after leading the Redskins to the title. A 6foot-7 sophomore, Brandewie scored 20 points and had 15 rebounds in leading his team to a 68-50 win in the championship game over Bucyrus Wynford. He also had 17 points and 16 rebounds in the semifinal win over Old Washington Buckeye Trail. He was joined on the Class A All-Tournament team by teammates Dan Hoelscher and Todd Gaier.

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Despite success, OSU hoops still in shadow of goal posts COLUMBUS (AP) — Spring football practice began Wednesday as Ohio State’s basketball team prepared for its second trip to the Final Four in the last six years.

Perfect symmetry there.

The basketball team is usually playing in the shadow of goal posts on the Ohio State campus, where fans love to pack the football stadium and watch the band spell out “Ohio” in script at halftime.

Football is the overriding talk of the town, even when it involves the program’s recent scandals.

In the last few months, the city has been consumed by the hiring of Urban Meyer to resurrect a program that’s banned from bowl eligibility for 2012.

All-America forward Jared Sullinger knows that even during March, most Ohio State fans would rather talk about TDs than 3s.

“We’re never going to beat

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LOYOLA OF Maryland’s Shane Walker, left, guards Ohio State’s Jared Sullinger during the NCAA tournament secondround game in Pittsburgh. coach Urban Meyer,” Sullinger said. “He brought the most buzz to Columbus, Ohio, in a long time.”

Lately, the basketball team is generating a little of its own.

The Buckeyes will play

Kansas in the national semifinals on Saturday night. They won their only national basketball title in 1960, part of a run of three straight trips to the title game.

For at least one week, hoops is grabbing its share of the at-

tention around town, even though Buckeye sports websites still count down the number of days until the annual football game against Michigan.

“The buzz we brought, being known not only as a football school but as a basketball school, is great,” Sullinger said. “But at the same time, we don’t want the train to stop at this particular moment. Hopefully we can keep it rolling.”

The Final Four timing is perfect for a school still recovering from last fall.

The football program brought the school notoriety last season. Coach Jim Tressel was forced out in May for lying about his players breaking NCAA rules. The team went 6-7 and dropped its last four games, including a loss to Florida in the Gator Bowl.

The program was banned from a bowl in 2012.

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ON THIS DATE IN 1940 — Joe Louis knocks out Johnny Paychek in the second round at Madison Square Garden in New York to retain the world heavyweight title.

1982 — Michael Jordan's jump shot with 16 seconds remaining gives North Carolina a 63-62 victory over Georgetown for the NCAA men's basketball championship.

1984 — The NFL Colts leave the city of Baltimore in the early hours of the morning, headed for Indianapolis.

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TYLER FRANCIS of Russia competes in the 110-meter hurdles during the Joe Ward Memorial Invitational held at Sid-

Russia girls win Ward Memorial The annual Sidney Invitational, renamed the Joe Ward Memorial in honor of a longtime volunteer coach at Sidney, was held Tuesday, and despite four first places from Sidney’s Jasmine Glover, the Russia girls edged the Lady Jackets for the team title.

Russia had 97 and Sidney 84. There were 14 teams in all.

Troy won the 13-team boys field with 120, 11 more than Stebbins. Sidney was third with 80.

Glover won the 100 hurdles in 15.98, the 100 dash in 13.37, the 200 dash in 27.28, and the high jump at 5-feet, 4inches.

Sidney also got a first from Brandi Johnson in the long jump at 15-4.

Russia’s Emily Borchers won the 1600 in 5:48.77, Jackie Siefring won the 300 hurdles in 49.32, and Becca Meyer won the 3200 in 13:15.74. Borchers and Meyer also ran on the run-

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ner-up 3200 relay team, and Siefring took second in the 100 hurdles.

For the boys, Sidney’s Travis West won the pole vault at 14 feet, Lehman’s Brad Montgomery was first in the discus at 136-8, and Sidney’s 800 relay team of Zane Lewis, Kaleb Martin, West and Anthony Yates won in 1:31.71.

Complete results from the meet have been posted at www.finishtiming.com.

Girls team standings: 1.

Russia 97; 2. Sidney 84; 3. Piqua 68; 4. Bellefontaine 66; 5. Tecumseh 65; 6. Trotwood 62; 7.

Greenville 56; 8. Stivers 38; 9.

Troy 36; 10. New Knoxville, Bradford 26; 12. Stebbins 20; 13.

Lehman 16; 14. Sidney B 3.

Boys team standings: 1.

Troy 120; 2. Stebbins 109; 3. Sidney 80; 4. Bellefontaine 75; 5.

Tecumseh 64.5; 6. Piqua 55.5; 7.

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SIDNEY’S JASMINE Glover clears a hurdle in the 100-meter Lehman 24; 10. Bradford 22.5; 11. event at the Joe Ward Memorial Invitational held Tuesday at New Knoxville, Stivers 19; 13.

Sidney. Glover won four events in the meet.

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Reds like chances of NL Central title JOE KAY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Reds manager Dusty Baker sat back in his chair at the start of spring training in Arizona and considered that it’s his final season under contract.

Worried? No. How a manager does usually comes down to the depth of talent on his roster.

And Baker likes what he has to work with this time around.

“It boils down to the more talent you have, the better your chances are,” Baker said. “I genuinely like this team.”

The Reds have done a philosophical about-face.

After winning the NL Central in 2010, they kept the roster virtually intact to make a run at another title. Instead, they fell to third place.

That prompted a much different approach this past offseason. They changed closers and added a setup man. They traded some of their best young players for a starting pitcher.

No staying pat in 2012. This is a team that thinks it has a legitimate chance to win a second NL Central title in three seasons.

They know there’s a lot riding on this year.

“I’m excited about this season,” said outfielder

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CINCINNATI REDS’ Mat Latos pitches against the Los Angeles Angels in a spring training game in Goodyear, Ariz.

Jay Bruce, whose gameending home run secured Cincinnati’s title in 2010. “Right now it’s all just on paper, and we’re getting used to playing together. But if we stay healthy, we can do some really special things.

“We’ve improved our bullpen. We’ve improved our starting pitching.

Management has

brought in some options for the bench. We have a chance to improve in every aspect.”

There’s a lot to like.

The Reds have one of the best groups of young players in the division, built around Bruce, 2010 MVP Joey Votto and outfielder Drew Stubbs. The offense is never an issue — they score enough runs to be a contender

Houston’s Kristi Elliott BUCKS was only the footto play at Heidelberg ballItteam’s second losing HOUSTON — For Houston girls basketball standout Kristi Elliott, it was as simple as a visit to the Heidelberg College campus.

T h e daughter of Elliott Tom and Nancy Elliott knew immediately that was where she wanted to

season since 1988.

Meyer was hired in November, overshadowing the start of basketball season on campus.

No surprise. Even when the Buckeyes were on top of college basketball in the early 1960s, the basketball team still took a seat in the second row.

“Maybe during our period we elevated it a little bit, but I think everybody knows the case is that football is predominant there,” former Buckeye basketball star Jerry Lucas said in a phone interview on Wednesday.

Lucas, a member of Girls basketball the Ohio State teams MVP: Haley Slonkosky that won the national Most Improved: Alchampionship in 1960 lisonWatkins and lost to Cincinnati in Coach’s Award: Kylene Bailey Captain’s Award: Kylene Bailey Best Defensive: Abbie Roe CASSTOWN — The Most Assists: Haley Lehman baseball and Slonkosky softball teams had no Best Free Throw success in a trip to shooter: Haley Miami East on ThursSlonkosky day, the baseball team Best Field Goal losing 16-6 and the softshooter: Olivia Cumball team 15-0. mings Both were five-inning Most 3-pointers: run rules.

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Vondenheuvel. VondenCheerleading Captain’s Award: McKenzie Hirschfeld Coach’s Award: Samantha Morris Spirit Award: Cheyenne Driskell Most Improved: Cheynne McGough

spend the next four years.

“It felt just like home,” she said with a smile Monday as she signed her letter of intent at HHS. “I just felt really comfortable with all the players and coaches.”

She averaged 13 points as a junior, before averaging 14 points last season.

“I am really happy with what I was able to do,” Elliott said about the last two seasons.

Everett, Slonkosky named Most Valuable at Fairlawn Fairlawn held its annual winter sports awards night at the school recently, honoring participants in basketball and cheerleading.

Following are the special awards: Boys basketball MVP: Trey Everett Most Improved: Travis Wells Jet Award: Luke Meyer Coach’s Award: Matt Rohrer Captain’s Award: Ben Brown Best Defense: Jesse Hughes Most Assists: Trey Everett Most 3-pointers: Anthony Gillem Best Free Throw shooter: Anthony Gillem Best Field Goal shooter: Travis Wells Most Rebounds: Travis Wells Most Steals: Jesse Hughes

every year.

The rotation let them down last season, when injuries and illness were a major issue. Righthander Johnny Cueto developed a sore shoulder during spring training. So did right-hander Homer Bailey. And righthander Bronson Arroyo came down with mononucleosis that left him even thinner than usual and tired well into the season.

With the constant changes in the rotation because of injury, the club never got on a good, long streak.

General manager Walt Jocketty decided the Reds needed another top-of-the-rotation starter, and got Mat Latos from San Diego for a package of players that included two former first-round draft picks and starter Edinson Volquez.

With Arroyo fully recovered from his mono and his bad season — a club-record 46 homers allowed — the rotation seems solid.

“I think we’re in a better position because there is not as much riffraff — meaning, we don’t have 10 guys competing for five spots,” Arroyo said. “We’re pretty solid with six, maybe seven guys.”

The bullpen had the biggest makeover. Closer

Francisco Cordero left as a free agent, so Jocketty signed former Phillies closer Ryan Madson, who was 32 of 34 in save chances last season. He traded with the Cubs for Sean Marshall, a lefthanded setup man who had a 2.26 ERA last season.

Jocketty also restocked his bench, which was thin at times last season. Baker’s toughest job during spring training was figuring out who to keep.

“We have a lot of options for the bench,” Baker said. “They’re a very important position on this team. These final cuts are usually the toughest. It’s definitely tougher on a good team.

If it’s a bad team, you don’t have this many options.”

The biggest questions are the left side of the infield and the sharing arrangement at catcher.

Zack Cozart impressed during an 11game stint as a rookie that ended when he tore his non-throwing elbow and needed reconstructive surgery. He also had his right ankle cleaned out. He’ll get to start as long as he’s healthy and isn’t overwhelmed by the promotion to everyday player.

Third baseman Scott Rolen turns 37 on April 4 and is coming off sur-

gery on his non-throwing shoulder, which limited him to 65 games last season. If he’s healthy, it’ll be a huge boost for a team that looks to him for leadership.

The Reds allowed catcher Ramon Hernandez to leave as a free agent. They’re replacing him with the tandem of Ryan Hanigan and 23year-old Devin Mesoraco, a first-round pick in June 2007 who is known for his hitting.

“Mesoraco has been concentrating more on catching,” Baker said.

“Their No. 1 job is to catch, to put the right fingers down, to block balls in the dirt, to throw runners out and to be my general on the field.”

The returning players like the way the front office has been aggressive about improving every part of the team.

“The front office did a tremendous job,” Votto said. “It seems to be a trend. We took a lot of chances, but we’ve got a pretty good return. I’m very happy about it.”

The Milwaukee Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals lost sluggers Prince Fielder and Albert Pujols as free agents in the offseason, which also would seem to improve Cincinnati’s chances.

“I don’t care about that,” Votto said. “I think we have enough.”

From Page 13 the 1961 and 1962 title games, thinks football has never loosened its grip on the campus.

“Obviously, there’s a lot more interest at Duke in basketball,” Lucas said. “Football at Duke hasn’t been very successful. I think it’s the fact that historically Ohio State has been very successful in football. Basketball is kind of a Johnny-comelately.”

It’s a fact that every basketball coach has to accept.

“I’ve always felt we could have the best of both at Ohio State,” coach Thad Matta said.

“I know with all the trials and tribulations that have gone on with football over the past year, I’m elated for the university probably most im-

portantly that we’ve got some great things happening. With coach Meyer coming in, things are really stepping up in that regard.

“For (basketball), over the course of the last few years, this program has identified itself. I’ve always said this: There is no greater feeling than being on the field when 105,000 people are cheering for the Buckeyes to come out and you’ve got a couple recruits with you.

“That is the ultimate right there.”

Matta has returned the basketball program to national prominence.

The Buckeyes hadn’t reached the Final Four since 1999 when he took over. He led them to the Final Four in 2007, when they beat Georgetown

before losing the title game to Florida.

Reaching another Final Four should help the program get a little bit more of its own identity.

“It kind of puts a spotlight on the program because we’re the last four teams playing in the NCAA tournament,” Sullinger said. “I know recruits want to win.

That was the biggest thing for me.

“For fans, hopefully people don’t say we’re a football school — just a football school. Now they can switch that and say we’re a basketball school and a football school.”

Could Ohio State be known just as much for basketball as football?

“I probably doubt that will happen,” Sullinger said.

LHS baseball, softball lose to Miami East heuvel drove in three runs.

East scored eight times in the third, with all eight runs being unearned.

The Cavs drop to 3-1 heading to Riverside today.

The linescore: Lehman .........000 33_ 6 8 3 East ...............308 05_16 12 3 Copella (LP), Proffitt (1), Westerheide (4), Hemm (5) and Proffitt, Copella (1), Proffitt (4); Mitchell (WP), Bowling (5) and

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Owner will change Bristol BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Bristol Motor Speedway owner Bruton Smith said Wednesday he’ll make changes to the track after spending a week reviewing input from fans.

Smith did not reveal what exactly he’ll do to the track, but said in a statement an announcement could come in about two weeks.

“The race fans have spoken,” Smith said. “We had input that included a wide range of opinions.

But the majority we heard from said they wanted to see changes made. The question we wanted to answer as quickly as possible was ‘Is something going to be done?’ The answer to that is ‘yes.’ We will have the details in two weeks as to what that ‘something’ is.”

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2007, on a 1.7-mile course set up in the massive parking lots adjacent to the stadium.

The race was cancelled when Champ Car merged with the IndyCar circuit in 2008.

Roger Penske and three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves joined officials from Harris County and Shell to make the announcement.

Penske said Houston is a major market that is ideal for IndyCar’s plans for ex-

pansion in the U.S. “We need to have date equity, we need to be in places in cities that will support it,” Penske said.

“Racers give a lot back, and the opportunity to support many of the venues within the city will also be important.”

The announcement was made at Redstone Golf Club, site of this week’s Houston Open, also sponsored by Shell.

The oil company and Penske entered into a cross-business alliance

before the 2011 racing season.

IndyCar chief executive officer Randy Bernard said the circuit is not only looking for more American venues, but specific markets that will make a “big difference” to sponsors, team owners and television partners.

This year’s schedule has 16 events, and Bernard said the circuit wants to add up to three more races by next year, all in American cities.

SCOREBOARD New York. . . . . . . . . . 13 10 .565 Kansas City . . . . . . . 14 11 .560 Minnesota . . . . . . . . . 15 12 .556 High school Boston . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 10 .545 Baltimore . . . . . . . . . 10 11 .476 High school sports Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . 11 14 .440 This week Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 16 .333 TODAY Tampa Bay . . . . . . . . . 7 15 .318 Baseball Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . 6 17 .261 Sidney at Russia NATIONAL LEAGUE Lehman at Riverside W L Pct Fort Loramie at Anna St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . 14 7 .667 Houston at Botkins San Diego . . . . . . . . . 17 12 .586 New Bremen at Marion Local San Francisco . . . . . . 15 11 .577 Minster at Spencerville Los Angeles . . . . . . . . 12 10 .545 Miami East at Versailles Colorado . . . . . . . . . . 13 11 .542 Softball Houston. . . . . . . . . . . 13 12 .520 Lehman at Riverside Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . 14 14 .500 Fort Loramie at Anna Milwaukee. . . . . . . . . 11 13 .458 Fairlawn at Jackson Center Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 11 .450 Houston at Botkins Philadelphia . . . . . . . 11 14 .440 Russia at Coldwater Cincinnati . . . . . . . . . 11 16 .407 St. Marys at New Bremen Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . 10 15 .400 Waynesfield at Minster Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 14 .391 Miami East at Versailles Washington . . . . . . . . 8 14 .364 Track Anna, New Knoxville at Ver- Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . 8 15 .348 New York . . . . . . . . . . 6 16 .273 sailles NOTE: Split-squad games Fairlawn at New Bremen quad count in the standings; games Riverside at Triad against non-major league teams do Boys tennis not.

Wapak at Lehman Tuesday's Games Bellbrook at Sidney Minnesota 5, Baltimore 0 —— Philadelphia 5, Pittsburgh 4 FRIDAY Miami 3, Washington 1 Baseball Houston 14, Detroit 7 Tecumseh at Sidney Atlanta 7, N.Y. Mets 5 Anna at Minster Boston 8, Tampa Bay 0 Jackson Center at Ridgemont San Diego (ss) 6, L.A. Dodgers 5 New Knoxville at Fairlawn Texas 10, San Diego (ss) 9 West Liberty at Riverside Chicago Cubs 7, Cincinnati 4 Houston at Miami East Kansas City 9, Milwaukee 7 Celina at New Bremen Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland Piqua at Versailles 1 Softball L.A. Angels 5, San Francisco 3 Bethel at Anna Arizona 7, Colorado 3 West Liberty at Riverside Toronto 4, N.Y. Yankees 3 Minster at Houston Wednesday's Games Fort Loramie at Jackson Center Toronto 9, Baltimore 3 Russia at Coldwater St. Louis 9, Detroit 5 St. Marys at New Bremen Minnesota 11, Philadelphia 7 Waynesfield at Minster Atlanta 5, N.Y. Yankees 5, tie, Miami East at Versailles 10 innings Boys tennis Houston 6, Miami 3 Greenville at Lehman Washington 3, N.Y. Mets 2 —— Chicago Cubs 2, Cleveland 0 SATURDAY Cincinnati 5, L.A. Angels 4 Baseball Milwaukee 7, Arizona 1 Sidney at Lima Bath (2) San Francisco 4, L.A. Dodgers 1 Lehman at Covington (2) San Diego 13, Chicago White Fairlawn at Riverside (2) Sox (ss) 2 Houston at New Bremen (2) Thursday's Games Franklin-Monroe at Russia (2) Tampa Bay vs. Philadelphia at Minster at St. Marys (2) Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Versailles at Graham (2) Atlanta vs. Washington (ss) at Softball Botkins JV at Christian Acad- Viera, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

St. Louis vs. Miami at Jupiter, emy Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Sidney at Graham (2) Minnesota vs. Pittsburgh at Urbana at Riverside Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Fort Loramie at St. Henry (2) Toronto vs. Boston at Fort Russia at Minster (2) Crestview, Shawnee, Myers, Fla., 1:35 p.m.

Chicago Cubs vs. San Diego at Spencerville at New Bremen Peoria, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Versailles at Newton Cincinnati vs. Milwaukee at Track Phoenix, 4:05 p.m.

Lehman at Tipp City Inv. Kansas City vs. L.A. Angels at Jackson Center, Houston, Fort Tempe, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Loramie, Russia, Minster at VerChicago White Sox vs. L.A. sailles Inv. (boys) Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

ASEBALL Colorado vs. Cleveland (ss) at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Spring training Cleveland (ss) vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.

Spring Training Glance Washington (ss) vs. Detroit at The Associated Press Lakeland, Fla., 6:05 p.m.

All Times EDT Houston vs. N.Y. Mets at Port AMERICAN LEAGUE St. Lucie, Fla., 6:10 p.m.

W L Pct Baltimore vs. N.Y. Yankees at Toronto . . . . . . . . . . . 21 4 .840 Tampa, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

Oakland. . . . . . . . . . . 14 5 .737 San Francisco vs. Texas at SurDetroit . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 6 .714 prise, Ariz., 9:05 p.m.

Los Angeles . . . . . . . . 15 10 .600 Friday's Games Seattle . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 8 .600 Boston vs. Minnesota (ss) at

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Fans of University of Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt are leaving best by wishes signing a billboard dedicated to her.

T h e Knoxville News Sentinel reported that dozens showed up Wednesday to sign a large orange “We Back Pat” billboard, sponsored by Alzheimer’s Tennessee Inc. The legendary coach announced in August that she had been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s. Her announcement has raised public awareness of dementia-causing diseases.

AP Photo/Autostock, Brian Czobat Summitt and former Tennessee football coach GREG BIFFLE waits for his team to make adjustments during practice for Phillip Fulmer are co-chairs of a walk on April 14 to Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Food City 500 auto race in Bristol, Tenn., honor families coping with Alzheimer’s.

Friday. variable banking in the race. The speedway says “Bristol Motor Speedcorners. It opened up it seats 160,000, and the way has been voted the lanes for two-and-three grandstands appeared most popular race track COLUMBUS (AP) — The lawyer whose email wide racing, and fans half empty during that in the country more than tips about Ohio State players trading memorabilia preferred tight lines that race. a half-dozen times, even for tattoos triggered a far-reaching scandal wants a lent to bumping and Smith said any one of the 10 things you disciplinary board to reconsider his punishment. banging. changes will be com- need to see before you The Ohio Supreme Court’s Board of CommisSmith became open to pleted before NASCAR die. We aim to keep the sioners on Grievances and Discipline previously changes after poor atten- returns to Bristol in Au- status as the fans’ fa- recommended that Christopher Cicero lose his law dance at the March 18 gust. vorite.” license for six months and pay $2,800 in court costs.

IndyCar adds race in Houston HOUSTON (AP) —IndyCar added a race in Houston for the first weekend of October 2013, a step toward expanding the circuit’s reach in the United States.

The Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston will be run on a temporary street course on the parking lots near Reliant Stadium, the home of the NFL’s Houston Texans.

Champ Car hosted a race there in 2006 and

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At The Superdome Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

New Orleans Minnesota (ss) vs. Toronto at National Semifinals Dunedin, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Saturday, March 31 Detroit vs. Baltimore at SaraKentucky (36-2) vs. Louisville sota, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay vs. Pittsburgh at (30-9), 6:09 p.m.

OHIO STATE (31-7) vs. Kansas Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets vs. St. Louis at (31-6), 8:49 p.m.

National Championship Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Monday, April 2 Arizona vs. L.A. Angels at Semifinal winners, 9 p.m.

Tempe, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

—— L.A. Dodgers (ss) vs. Chicago NCAA Women Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

DES MOINES REGIONAL Milwaukee vs. L.A. Dodgers (ss) Regional Championship at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Monday, March 26 Cleveland vs. Cincinnati at Baylor 77, Tennessee 58 Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

RALEIGH REGIONAL Miami vs. Washington at Viera, Tuesday, March 27 Fla., 6:05 p.m.

Regional Championship Houston (ss) vs. Atlanta (ss) at Notre Dame 80, Maryland 49 Kissimmee, Fla., 6:05 p.m.

KINGSTON REGIONAL Atlanta (ss) vs. Houston (ss) at Regional Championship Kissimmee, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

Tuesday, March 27 Philadelphia vs. N.Y. Yankees UConn 80, Kentucky 65 at Tampa, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

FRESNO REGIONAL Chicago White Sox vs. Kansas Monday, March 26 City at Surprise, Ariz., 9:05 p.m.

Stanford 81, Duke 74 San Francisco vs. San Diego at FINAL FOUR Peoria, Ariz., 10:05 p.m.

At Pepsi Center Texas vs. Colorado at ScottsDenver dale, Ariz., 10:10 p.m.

National Semifinals Sunday, April 1 ASKETBALL Notre Dame (34-3) vs. UConn (33-4), 6:30 p.m.

Final Four Baylor (38-0) vs. Stanford (351), 9 p.m.

NCAA Tournament Glance National Championship The Associated Press Tuesday, April 3 All Times EDT Semifinal winners, 8:30 p.m.

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The recommendation is now before the Ohio Supreme Court, and on Wednesday Cicero asked the court to send the case back to the board to be reconsidered.

At issue is whether Cicero violated professional rules of conduct that prohibit revealing information from meetings with a client or a prospective client.

Cicero argues the board relied on a faulty transcript of its November hearing and that a corrected quote in the updated transcript weakens the board’s case.

Bearcats won’t play at PBS CINCINNATI (AP) — The University of Cincinnati won’t play any games at Paul Brown Stadium next season, a change in philosophy for a school trying to make itself more attractive to fans and recruits.

The Bearcats played one game at the 65,500seat stadium in 2010 and two Big East games there last season, trying to give themselves a bigger profile.

The two-year experiment didn’t meet expectations, prompting the school to schedule seven home games in 2012 at 35,000-seat, on-campus Nippert Stadium. Coach Butch Jones and Bearcats players said last season that they preferred playing on campus than having to travel to the NFL stadium downtown.

Whit Babcock, who took over as athletics director last year, told The Associated Press in an interview on Wednesday that the two-year experiment with games at Paul Brown Stadium didn’t work out financially as well as the school had hoped.

Babcock said the crowds weren't large enough to justify playing more games there.

Thomson’s cap up for auction LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (AP) — The cap Bobby Thomson wore for his famed “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” is being put up for auction.

SCP Auctions said Wednesday it will take bids from April 30 until May 19.

Thomson’s three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning for the New York Giants won the deciding third game of a 1951 playoff for the National League pennant. His drive off Ralph Branca beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 5-4.

Bernard Davies, a fan watching the game at the Polo Grounds, ran on the field and took the cap from Thomson’s head during the celebration.

Davies’ grandson, Jeff Eskin, is selling the cap on behalf of the family.

The hat had been displayed from 1984 until last January at the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.

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Softball coach New nearing 100th victory Sidney spring athletes are looking to improve on last season, with the softball players out to get coach Wade New his 100th career victory this season.

Baseball Tony Metzler is back as the Jackets’ head baseball coach after seeing a 7-19 mark a year ago, when the team was plagued by key injuries.

“We lost seven two and three-year varsity players,” said Metzler.

“There’s a lot of earlyseason competition for starting spots. We will rely heavily on Kyle Gray and Alex White to lead this team, and Nick Lauth will be the ace of the staff, being the only returning pitcher with more than five innings.”

Metzler has just six lettermen returning from last season. In addition to the three listed, also back are junior Jacob Lochard, junior Kaleb Dotson and sophomore Ryan Penley.

Lauth was 0-3 with a 5.73 ERA last season, and Gray was his batterymate and hit .262.

Dotson will play at short and hit .243 last year and Lochard will be at first and brings back a .238 average. White is a senior who was secondteam all GWOC North as a sophomore, but injuries plagued him last year. He hit .258 when he was able to play.

Penley will man one of the outfield slots.

Among the top newcomers are senior Trent Branam, juniors Jimmy Davis, Preston Heath, Brian Fischbaugh and Dalton Scoggin, sophomore Bobby Benshoff

and freshman C o n n o r Echols.

Softball Wade New begins his ninth season as the head coach of the Lady Jackets and he’s just five wins shy of reaching 100 for his coaching career.

His team was 7-16 last s e a s o n against an always-difficult schedule, and he has 10 letSDN File Photo t e r- w i n n e r s JASMINE GLOVER was a state returning to qualifier in two events last season. help improve and sophomores Taylor on that mark.

“I am very much look- Busse, Rachel Heckaing forward to this sea- mann and Josie Raterson,” he said. “We have man.

Thornton was the top had a couple of rough years of late and we are pitcher last season and looking to get the ship finished 6-12 with a 5.59 righted again. We have a earned run average. She very balanced offensive was strong at the plate, lineup this season with hitting .435. Walker hit speed at the top and bot- .353. Non-letter-winner tom of the order and Madison Barker, a sophgood power in the mid- omore, will also pitch.

Behind the plate will dle. With 10 returning letter-winners and a be Raterman, who hit very experienced senior .486 last season, and she class, I believe we have will be backed up by as good a shot as anyone sophomore Holli James, to strongly compete for who hit .308.

Davis will play at the GWOC North title.”

He said Greenville short, where not much will again be the fa- got past her last season, vorite, but other teams, and at second will be including his own, have Lindsey, backed up by a shot to slip in with con- Grace Lochard, a sophomore. sistent play.

At first will be RaterThe returnees include seniors Allie Walker, Re- man, who hit .486 last becca Thornton, Crystal season as a freshman.

Davis, Natasha Van- James will back up at Hoose and Karey Lind- that spot, too.

Walker has the inside sey, juniors Stephaine Davis and Ashley Doak, track at third base,

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The Sidney softball team has seniors Crystal Davis (sitting) and (l-r) Natasha Vanhoose, Tiffany Lowe, Karey Lindsey, Allie Walker and Rebecca Thornton. bringing back a .385 average.

In the outfield, the top candidates are Doak, S. Davis, Busse, VanHoose and Barker. Davis hit .314 last season and Busse .314.

All the letter-winners had fielding percentages of .838 or better.

Boys track Coach Jason McGarahan welcomes back a long list of lettermen from last season, 12 in all that has him optimistic for the upcoming season.

“We have good numbers this year and look to be very balanced across the board,” the coach said. “We revamped our schedule this season and hope to remain competitive throughout. If we can remain healthy, I look for strong relay teams and some great individual performances as the season progresses. The GWOC North is always a challenging division and this year will be no different. We are going to train hard, give it our best and see what happens.”

The lettermen include seniors Travis West, Adam Neth, Zane Lewis, John Clinard, Dillon

Gold, Dillon Barhorst and Kenneth Powers, juniors Alex Bowman, Kaleb Martin and Andre Spillers, and sophomores Blake Steenrod and Jake Selanders.

Girls track Joe Huwer has eight letter-winners returning in girls track at Sidney this season, led by high jump/hurdles standout Jasmine Glover, who qualified for the state meet in both events last season.

“We are looking forward to a successful year,” said Huwer. “We have a lot of returning letter-winners from last year, and a good group of coaches and athletes that have been working hard in preparation for the season. We have solid athletes in sprints, field events, relays and throws and I’m excited to see what we can accomplish this year. If we work to our potential and stay healthy, I think we have a good shot in the GWOC North this year.”

The other returnees include seniors Jamie Stevens and Kenleigh Immel, juniors Heather West, Kristin Beigel and Aaliyah Wise, and sophomores Bria Foy and

Kylee Watercutter.

The top newcomers will be freshmen Brandi Johnson, Morgan Knasel and Keylie Murphy.

Boys tennis Sidney lost only three players off last year's squad, so coach Tony Brown says “hopefully, this is the year we finally turn it around.”

The returning player list is led by Austin Folck and Dan Temple, who were GWOC Silver flight winners last year, and will likely play at first and second singles.

“With the great numbers (25 out for the team) and the weather this year, they have been playing since the nets were up,” said Brown.

“We are very optimistic about our season.

They’re hitting the ball well and it seems we’re in midseason form, and we’ll hit the ground running in our first match.”

He said there are some sophomores playing well in Oakk Wynn, Drew Vonderheuvel and Connor Bowers, along with juniors Jacob Colley, Frank EnYart and Neil Dev, and there are also seniors challenging in Sean Brown, Ryan Adkins, Zack Goins and Tyler Olson.

VERSAILLES

Lady Tiger softball team has new coach Baseball Mitch Hoying enjoyed a lot of success with the Tigrs last year, just as he did when he was the head coach at Sidney, and in nine seasons as a head coach, he’s averaging an impressive 16 wins per season.

Last year’s Tigers were 19-7-1, and took second in the Midwest Athletic Conference.

He has some excellent pitchers returning, and that’s always a good place to start. Zach Niekamp was 5-2 last season with a 4.50 ERA, Dominic Richard was 21 with a 3.10 ERA, and Ethan Bruns 1-1 with a 1.20 ERA. He also has junior Lee

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Ruhenkamp, seniors Lee Kindell and William Borchers, and sophomores Michael Davidson and Jacob Wenning ready to challenge for some innings.

Mike Rutschilling will compete with Damien Richard at the catcher position. Richard hit .363 last season with six doubles, and Hoying says Rutschilling is a solid thrower.

Niekamp will play short and be pushed by Wenning. Niekamp hit .402 last year with three homers and 10 doubles.

Dominic Richard will play at first and also hit .402 last year with 14 doubles, and at second, Kyle Niekamp will be pushed by Borchers, Wenning and Kindell.

At third will be Bruns, who hit .383 last season with 12 doubles.

In the outfield, the top candidates are Kindell, Borchers, Aaron Mc-

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Neilan and Mitch Gigandet.

“We will look to improve our second-place finish in the MAC last year,” said Hoying.

“We’re looking for players to step up and establish themselves in the outfield, and we have a lot of good candidates.

Finding a utility man is also an area of interest.

Most of our front line pitchers also play infield, so we need someone versatile to fill in all over the infield. And we have multiple players capable of filling this role.

“Overall, we feel really poised to challenge for the league title and make a deep run in the tourney,” he added.

Softball Former Versailles standout Mechelle (Pothast) Heitkamp will be the softball coach this season, and is excited about it.

“I’ve loved softball all

of my life and I am thrilled to be coaching high school softball,” she said. “It’s an awesome sport.”

She was an assistant under Ron Mescher, and still holds school records for lowest ERA (0.97) most strikeouts in a season and most home runs in a season. She was also a first-team All-Ohioan.

She inherits 10 players off a team that was 13-13 last season and placed second in the MAC. Those players include seniors Danielle Langston, Kori York, Joanna Cruz, Kristen Morris, and Abbie Monnin, juniors Madison Monnin, Allie Grilliot and Hannah Knopp, and sophomores Kayla McEldowney and Rachel Kremer.

York is solid behind the plate and Langston, McEldowney and Kremer all have varsity pitching experience.

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Experience returns for baseball, softball

Softball Jan Davidson is back for her seventh season as the head coach of the Lady Tiger softball squad and has a right to be quite optimistic, considering there are nine letterwinners returning from last year’s 7-14 squad.

Only one senior is in that group in Katelyn Bayhan, who will pitch and catch, and hit .313 last season.

Also back are juniors Ashley Coe, Madilyn Himmeger, Hannah Meyer, Tabatha Myers, Emma Regula and Anna Wagner, and sophomores Tiffany Bayhan and Erin Poppe.

Coe will also pitch for the Lady Tigers, and Tiffany Bayhan will be behind the plate.

Meyer hit .323 last season and is back at short, and Regula will play first and brings back a .314 average.

Poppe and Himmiger will share time at second, and Poppe and T. Bayhan will be at third.

Poppe hit .250 last season.

Myers and Wagner will likely hold down two of the outfield spots.

Three freshmen are also in the mix in Meredith Himmeger, Gabby Fogt and Morgan Dickman.

“With only one returning senior, some of our juniors and sophomores are going to be expected to step up and be leaders,” said coach Davidson. “Right now, they’re doing a great job of that but we need to carry that throughout the season. We’ve got a good core of girls on this team.

“The middle infield is solid with Hannah and either Madilyn or Erin bringing experience to second base,” she added.

“Emma played first for us last year and has worked hard on her fielding. She was also one of our leading hitters. Katelyn returns behind the plate and brings a quick bat and speed on the bases, too.

Ashley will need to prove that she’s durable pitching, and Madilyn, Katelyn and several other girls will need to throw innings for us as well.

“Several girls are expected to see some innings at third,” she went on.

“Tiffany brings toughness to the position and Erin will see some time there as well.

Meredith (Himmeger) will start in center and

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BACK FOR the Jackson Center baseball team this season are seniors (l-r) Andy Hoying, Steven Dearwester and Troy Opperman.

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THERE IS only one senior on this year’s Jackson Center softball team, and she is coming off an excellent year last year. She is Katelyn Bayhan. be surrounded by returning letter-winners Tabatha and Anna.

Meredith also swings a good bat and gives us added speed. Morgan and Gabby will also see time and Samantha

RIVERSIDE

Pirates have talent returning The Riverside spring teams are looking for continued success after both the baseball and softball teams finished with winning records a year ago.

Baseball Scott Mann is back as the head coach of the Pirates, last year’s team finishing with a 12-8 record to give Mann 94 career wins going into his 10th season.

He has seven players back but only six will be available. Dustin Proffitt, a junior who was the Northwest Athletic Conference’s Player of the Year last year after hitting .415, is out for the season after needing Tommy John arm surgery.

But back and playing are seniors Kyle Hurley and Scott Schreve, juniors Dallas Daniels, Jake Herron and Kenny Guthrie, and sophomore Dalton Bollinger.

“I think we will be very competitive this year,” said Mann. “We have a lot of talent coming back and some promising players to replace the three seniors we lost. We’re looking to repeat as conference champions.”

Hurley, Shreve,

strongly individually.”

The top newcomers are sophomores Justin Weeks and Sean Perkins, and a host of freshmen in Luke Lowery, Levi Stapleton, Kyler Klingler, Zach Shaw and Ben Rappold.

The girls are also low in numbers, with just one returning player in senior Hillary Jackson.

The top newcomers will be junior Meagan Lattimer, and freshmen Ella Jackson, Brook Hickey and Kerri Meade.

“We have a very small team this season so we will be concentrating on PRs and individual wins,” said Lump. “Our Boys, girls track girls will be competitive The Riverside boys on an individual level.” placed second in the Softball league meet last year The Lady Pirates and have three return- were 15-8 last season, ing in senior Zach bringing coach Andy Courter, junior Craig Phelps’ career record to Boling and sophomore 34-16. And with six playRyan Davidson. ers returning from that “We have a small squad, Phelps is expectteam but are going to be ing another strong year. working hard to grow Back are seniors Erin our program,” said coach Krishner, Paige AtterChad Lump. “I’m looking holt and Whitney Jenkforward to working with ins, and juniors Karli each runner to break Castle, Taylor Anderson personal records and and Heather Comer. meet goals. I think many The top newcomers of our boys will compete are four sophomores Daniels, Guthrie and Bollinger will all see action on the mound for the Pirates this spring.

Bollinger, who hit .308 last spring, is solid behind the plate and backed up by Andrew MacConnell, and Hurley will be at short when he’s not pitching. MacConnell will also play at third, while Luke Greene and Jed Carter are battling for the second-base spot. Daniels, who hit .389 and is the top hitter returning, and Schreve will both play at third, and the outfield candidates are Shreve, Guthrie, Chris Cox, freshman Tanner Lane and Herron.

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that Phelps says will see a lot of action this season in Madison Manahan, Christen Wietholter, Taylor Nichols and Jessica Davis.

Atterholt will be the main pitcher, backed up

by Oliver and Kayle Smith.

Jenkins is behind the plate and brings back a .375 average from a year ago. Taylor Anderson is her backup.

At short will be Castle and Wietholter, and at first will be Taylor Goings, Smith and Davis Heather Comer is the lead at second, backed up by Dana Bell, and Erin Krishner will handle the hot corner.

The outfield candidates are Oliver, Cherish Lauderback, Bell and Manahan.

“We lost six seniors from last year’s district runner-up so we have some holes to fill this year,” said Phelps. “But the girls are working hard and we should be very competitive in every game this year.

The last two years it has been a battle with Fairbanks and Perry, and I think we can compete again for the title this year.”

ship,” said Hoover. “The team is focusing on individual events and relays, and our goal is to improve on our league perBoys track Many of them will be formance of last year.” first- or second-year athGirls track letes in boys track, but Hoover has just one they number 23 strong experienced athlete back for longtime coach Steve in track in sophomore Hoover at Jackson.

Michaela Leininger, who Among them are 10 will run the sprints, reletter-winners, including lays and compete in the seniors in long jump. seven Matthew Tussing in the Among the top new1600 and 3200, Joseph comers will be Kaneta Forsythe in the 100, 200 Schaub, Riley Morris and long jump, Troy Op- and Chelsea Finkenbine, perman in the 200 and all sophomores, and a the relays, Timmy Burch pair of freshmen in in the 400 and the re- McKenzie Blair and Alilays, Steven Dearwester son Burt. in the 800 and the re“This is a young team lays, Ricky McGowan with little track experiand Nathan Wahrer in ence,” said Hoover. the 400 and relays, and “Michaela is our most Kyle Rasawehr in the experienced and the other girls will be look400 and 800.

We’ll be a young team, ing to her. We’re just counting on our seniors looking to improve for guidance and leader- throughout the season.”

Thomas and Paris Martin will probably pinch hit and play in the outfield.”

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Th returnees include pitchers Andy Hoying, Joey Frye and Alex Meyer, outfielders Trey Elchert and Steven Dearwester and first baseman Brandon Ware.

Hoying, Frey and Meyer will be joined by Gavin Wildermuth to make up the pitching staff, while Meyer and Wildermuth will share duties behind the plate,.

Meyer hit .250 last season.

When he’s not pitching, Hoying will be at short, along with Wildermuth. Hoying had an outstanding season a year ago, with a .500 average that included 29 runs and 22 RBIs. Ware and Tyler Rogers will play at first, with Troy Opperman and Zach Davis at second. Frye and Meyer will also see action at third.

In the outfield with Elchert and Dearwester will be Davis, Rogers, Fred Martin and Dalton Hughes.

“Andy will be a guy we lean on for pitching

and hitting,” said Pulfer.

“I’m hoping for a few guys that have played a lot over the last season or two to come into their own as upperclassmen.

We need to be more consistent with our offense and have quality at-bats.

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HOUSTON

New track highlights Houston spring It’s a big year for spring sports at Houston. The building of a new school also brought construction of a new track, something Houston runners haven’t had the luxury of.

Baseball Glenn Brown is back as the head coach baseball team and is looking for improvement over last year’s 2-16 mark.

He has five lettermen returning this season, including seniors Brandon Clack, Adam Mullen and Gary Phipps, and sophomores Chase Foster and Jamie Riffell.

Mullen and Clack will do the brunt of the pitching for the Wildcats this season, with Mullen catching when he’s not on the mound. Riffel is also behind the plate and will play some third base as well.

Clack will be at short when he’s not pitching, and at second will be Chase Foster, who hit .240 last season. Phipps is penciled in at first and Andrew Roberts is in the outfield.

Among the newcomers looking for playing time are junior Tyler Davis, and freshmen Quinten Pence, Tommy Reister, Justin Bertsch, Justin

Steele, Adam Gillem and Robert Crawford.

“We return five lettermen so we will need to rely on the returning players,” said Brown.

“We will be very inexperienced on the mound, with only two pitchers with more than seven innings of varsity experience. So we will need to step up and replace the pitching lost to graduation. I’m looking for the younger players to continue to improve offensively and defensively.

“I think the league race is wide open this year, with Anna, Loramie and Russia being the frontrunner,” he added.

Softball Last season was a building year for the team that has dominated County softball over the years.

The Lady Wildcats had an off-year, finishing 9-14, but those nine wins brought longtime coach Brent New’s career total at the school to 230. He’s been the coach for 15 years now.

This year, he has five letter-winners returning as the Lady Wildcats try to turn around their fortunes from a year ago.

“We are going to be

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HOUSTON GIRLS track will be led by these seniors (l-r) Jill Jolly, Allison Roeth and Megan Phyillaier. young, with only one seniors, but we have girls who have experienced, and I think the younger girls will make an impact for us,” New said. “I think we will be much improved and I’m anxious to get started.”

The returnees include senior Ashley Wilson and juniors Nicolette Holthaus, Taylor Kortney Willoughby, Phipps and Alyssa Stang.

New will be counting on two freshmen to do the majority of the pitching. They include Jade Piatt and Hannah Trent.

Willoughby hit .212 last season and is back behind the plate, and Holthaus is back at short, returning with a .301 batting average from last year.

Phipps will play at first and is looking to better her .200 average from a year ago, and Stang will anchor third.

She hit .242 last season.

Second base is still open, as is an outfield spot. The lone senior, Wilson, is firmly anchored out there after she hit .369 last season.

And sophomore Sonya Peltier is penciled in as well.

In addition to Piatt and Trent, who can “play anywhere,” according to New, the top newcomers include juniors Aspin Crowder and Madison Schaffner, sophomore Rachel Slater, and freshmen Brianna Wells and Taylor Brock. “They should all contribute and see a lot of playing time,” New said.

Boys track State qualifier Brandon Ike (pole vault) returns for the Wildcats this season.

He’s one of 10 lettermen back for longtime coach Ron Boeke, whose team was an overall 7619 last season and fin-

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BACK FOR Houston’s baseball team are (l-r) Adam Mullen, Gary Phipps and Brandon Clack. ished second in the County Meet. And this season, the Wildcats haven’t had to wait as long on the weather, with the addition of a new all-weather track.

Also back for him this spring are seniors Dalton Cook, Curtis Hughes, Mason Yingst, Justin Yingst and David Loraine, juniors Chris Abbott and Tyler Davis, and sophomores Jacob Braun and Nathan Ritchie.

“With the 10 lettermen returning and a lot of hard work, we hope to finish in the top three in all invitationals this season. It’s been nice to have an all-weather track to train on this year,” Boeke said.

The top newcomers this season will be senior Luke Winner in middle distance, junior Levi Barga in the sprints and freshman Devon Jester

in the distance events.

In the County this year, Boeke thinks Anna and Russia are clear-cut favorites.

Girls track There are nine letterwinners returning in girls track this season.

The list includes seniors Meg Phyillair and distance standout Allison Roeth, junior Jenna Hooks, and sophomores Monique Booher, Heidi Cox, Bri Garber, Angela Gilkeson, Katie Huffman and Amy McKee. Two freshmen, Ashley Keller and Emily Creech, are also in the mix.

“This is an exciting year for us,” said coach Sandy Heitkamp. “We have a lot of new firsttime runners and throwers and we are all pumped to have a real track to run on. We are working hard and hoping for a warm, dry and successful season.”

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Russia has a new and veteran coach in baseball this season in Rick Gold, who has some holes to fill from last season’s graduation.

Roger Hammonds is back for his 10th year at the helm of the softball team and has the County Player of the Year returning.

Both teams are looking to continue their success of last year, which ended with a couple of individual state champions (Katie Borchers and SDN Photo/Luke Gronneberg Luke Pohlman), who KEY PLAYERS back for Russia softball are (l-r) have since graduated.

Katelyn Herron, Lindsay Bal and Tori Borchers.

Baseball Herron, a pitcher, was the County Player of the Year Rick Gold has been a successful coach every- last season. where he’s gone, and he love for baseball and has “Our young players are hopes to bring the same always done well,” said outstanding and exciting to the Russia baseball Gold. “I’ve been very im- to watch. The basketball team this season as he pressed with the enthu- players were late to takes over the program. siasm and the skill of practice and they will The Raiders were suc- the players. But many of make up most of our cessful last season under the starters, especially pitching staff. So we’re coach Bill Shoffner, but the top pitchers, were going to have to be cauthere are just four letter- lost to graduation. So tious with their arms. men returning off that there will be a lot of new We don’t want to rush team in seniors Colyn faces on the diamond anyone too fast.”

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Roger Hammonds is and Trevor Sherman.

“Practice has been back for his 10th year as “Russia has a great going well,” he added. the head softball coach

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Back are seniors Katelyn Herron and Tori Borchers, juniors Olivia Monnin, Alexa Counts and Heidi Petty, and sophomore Taylor Borchers. Borchers, however, will be unable to play because of an injury, and she was the Lady Raiders’ leadoff hitter.

Herron is the key returnee, having been named the County Player of the Year last season because of her pitching. She had a 1.82 ERA in 127 innings, with 227 strikeouts. She also hit .406, tops among the returning players.

“Our goal as always will be to win the league and have a strong tournament run,” said Hammonds. “It was tough losing Taylor. I think the league will be even stronger this year, with Fort Loramie the team to beat.”

Track (Boys and girls) Marti Phelan is back for her second year as girls track coach and has nine girls who lettered last season, including three state qualifiers.

They include Lauren Francis, Taylor Magoto, Becca Meyer, Macy Monnin, Bethany York, Kayli Dues, Jacki Siefring, Abby Drees and Kirstin Voisard.

Francis is a three-year letter-winner.

Siefring competed in the 100 and 300 hurdles at state, York in the high jump and those two joined Voisard in the 1600 relay at state.

“After winning the league meet last year, we are looking forward to another strong showing this year,” said Phelan.

“We have returning state qualifiers in Jackie, Bethany and Kirstin. So we are hoping to continue the success we had last year.”

Dan Schafer has six lettermen back this season from a team that placed in the top five in most invitationals and took third in the County meet.

Returning are seniors Colin Ball, Tyler Francis, Dakotah Hufffman and Ethan Schafer, and sophomores Steven Stickel and Nick Paulus.

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LEHMAN

Baseball team returns two All-Ohio players Lehman came within a couple outs of getting to the state tournament in baseball, and with three key players back, the Cavs may challenge for that again.

The softball team has a lot returning from a squad that won 10 games last season, so head coach Bill Booth is excited going into the campaign.

Boys tennis has 25 out this season, but numbers will be a problem in track.

Baseball Last year was an enjoyable season with an agonizing ending for the Lehman Cavaliers, who couldn't get the ball over the plate in the late innings in losing in the regional championship to eventual state champion Minster.

The Cavaliers finished 19-7 under veteran coach Dave King, who now has 455 career victories in 31 years as a head coach. He begins his fifth season at Lehman.

Although King says a lot of players will be getting their first taste of varsity action, there are some key players returning from last season, led by pitcher Alex Smith, and a pair of All-Ohioans in first baseman DJ Hemm and outfielder Ben Weber.

Smith is a fireballer, with 124 strikeouts in 711/3 innings last regular season. He finished

9-2 with a 2.73 earned run average, establishing himself as one of the top pitchers in the area his junior year.

Hemm, meanwhile, in addition to playing solid defensively at first, hit .481 for the Cavs and finished up among the leaders in most offensive categories last season.

And Weber hit .432 a year ago, in addition to finishing 2-2 on the mound with a 4.74 ERA. “A lot of players will be getting their first taste of varsity action,” said King. “Overall, we will be fairly young but hopefully competitive.

Improvement heading toward tournament time will be our goal. There are a lot of good teams out there, and the teams in this area to watch are Minster, Anna, Russia and Loramie.”

The Cavs have seven players returning from last year’s district champions in Hemm, Weber and Smith along with senior Joe Vondenheuvel, juniors Andrew Gilardi and John Copella and sophomore Drew Westerheide.

King lists the top newcomers as AJ Hemmelgarn, Cole Proffitt and Greg Spearman, all freshmen.

In addition to Smith and Weber, the pitching staff will also include Proffitt, Hemmelgarn, Westerheide Copella, and Hemm.

Copella will be behind

the plate, backed up by Proffitt, and at short will be a couple of freshmen in Hemmelgarn and Spearman.

A first, Proffitt will back up Hemm, and at second, the candidates are Proffitt, Spearman, Westerheide and senior Kane Pickrell.

Vondenheuvel and Spearman will see action at third, and the outfielders will be Weber, Gilardi and Westerheide.

Softball Bill Booth has been Lehman’s head softball coach for an amazing 24 years now, and he’s excited about his latest team, which is coming off a 10-11 campaign of a year ago and has six letter-winners returning.

“I’m really excited about this team and this group of girls,” he said.

“We were hit hard by graduation but I have a good group of girls that should fill those shoes.

This team will be very athletic and I think we will have a very good season.”

The returnees include three-year letter-winner Meghan Bennett, who was outstanding last year in hitting .484; twoyear letter-winner Ellie Waldsmith, who will play in the outfield, and Lindsey Bundy, Julia Harrelson, Emily Smith and Andrea Thobe.

Bundy will do the most pitching, having finished with a 3.33 earned run average last

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LEHMAN HAS three seniors back off a team that played for a regional championship last season. From the left, they are Ben Weber, DJ Hemm and Joe Vondenheuvel. season along with hit- Sherman.

Sarah Tittterington and ting .380.

The Cavs finished last Madeleine Franklin, Smith hit a healthy season with an 11-5 who ran on the 800 relay .407 last season and will record and have four let- in Columbus. catch, being backed up termen returning in senAlso back for the boys

by Hayley Baker and iors Dan Sehlhorst, Matt are Nick Elsner, Joe Harrelson, who hit .338. Ulrich and David Frey- Fuller, Brad MontShe will also play in the tag and junior Pierce gomery and Gabe Bernoutfield.

Bennett., ing, who along with At short will be Lind“We have a big team Stewart are all sophosey Spearman, and at again this year,” she mores. And also back for first will be Brooke said. “Not only have we the girls are seniors Jones. added eight freshmen, Sarah Davidson and Ava Schmitz and we also have two sopho- Stephanie Ulbrich.

Katie Rossman will play mores and two seniors Top newcomers for at second and Thobe will new to the team this the boys will be five hold down third base. year. It is very exciting to freshmen in Eric JackAlso outfield candi- have so many guys who son, Teddy Jackson, dates are Sarah Gravun- want to be a part of the Mitch Slater, Ben Montder, Ally Schmidt, Katie program We have a gomery and Grant GleaAdams and Alyson Van- tough season ahead of son. On the girls side, derhorst. us, but the guys worked the top newcomer is senSpearman and Thobe hard during the offsea- ior Haley Spicer. are newcomers that son and are ready for the “We have low numBooth is looking for big challenge.” bers this year but will be contributions from, and very competitive in the Track Schmitz and Jones are sprints and relays,” said (Boys and girls) both freshmen.

Coach Dwane Rowley the coach. “We're looking Boys tennis has three state qualifiers for great results from The Cavaliers again back in track for boys our young but talented have a big tennis team, and girls, including sprinters, and we're with 25 boys out this Justin Stewart, who was going to focus on staying season for coach Kristy third in the 400, and healthy and positive.”

NEW BREMEN

Seven players returning from 9-11 Cardinal squad man in middle distance, Jacob Swiger and Matthew Travis in the sprints, Garrett Westerbeck in the hurdles and sprints, Elliott Westerbeck in middle distance and Simon Yang in the throws.

Chaney, Kramer and Westerbeck were on the 8th place state 1600 relay team, and Swiger and Travis were both regional qualifiers.

"We are very excited about this season," said Jones. "We have 12 re- THERE ARE seven senturning lettermen, and iors for Bremen basefeel we have a very good ball. In the front are senior group.

Our Aaron McCollum (left) strength should be our and Alec Frideger. In the Boys track sprints and second row are (l-r) The New Bremen longer Aaron Clune, Brent boys track team is once shorter distance runs.” again coached by Gary Jones, who is in his 18th season.

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Frideger, Kremer, Clune and Feltz.

He expects the MAC to be strong again, and led by defending D-IV state champion Minster.

"We'll be a scrappy team and hopefully finish in the upper half, if we can stay healthy and focused," Cox said.

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Greg Cox is in his fifth year as the head coach of the Bremen baseball team, and he has seven players back from a team that was 911 last season.

Six of the seven are seniors in Alex Frideger, Cody Wendel, Aaron Clune, Aaron McCollum, Brent Bertke and Doug Kremer. The other is junior Clay Bertke. Frideger was a second-team allMidwest Athletic Conference pick last season after hitting .368, with 15 RBIs The top newcomers will be seniors Ethan Elshoff, Alex Feltz and David Zirkle.

"We have a lot of shoes to fill," said Cox. "But we have six seniors and a junior that saw enough playing time to earn letters last year. We hope Alec's experience will solidify the infield from the shortstop position.

"Offensively, we will not have a power-hitting or speedy lineup," he added. "We have kids that can put the ball in play and we will try to manufacture runs any way we can. So it will be important for us to be aggressive at the plate but disciplined. And we need to be smart on the bases, too.

He said Brent and Clay Bertke will vie for third base, with Brent and Elshoff at first. At second, Feltz and Luke Schwieterman will play and McCollum will be behind the plate. Clune will be joined in the outfield by David Zirkle and Doug Kremer.

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BOTKINS

Groves takes over Trojan baseball program There is one new head coach in spring sports at Botkins this year, Phil Groves in baseball. And he hopes to turn around a team that had just three wins last season.

and freshmen Trent Henry in the throws, Austin Jones in distance, Taylor Vangundy in the sprints, John MichaelHaught in the throws, Lucas Buehler in the distance, Alex Adams in the springs, and Seth Zimpfer in the sprints.

Baseball Botkins has a new head coach this season in Phil Groves, who is hoping to improve on last year’s 3-15 mark.

To do that, he will turn to six lettermen back from last season in senior outfielders Troy Fisher and Jacob VanGundy, junior third baseman Evan Dietz, junior pitcher/infielder Seth Hoying, junior first baseman/pitcher Josh Schwartz and junior outfielder/second baseman Heath Geyer. Hoying missed most of last season with a torn ACL. The pitching staff will include Hoying, Roger Miller, Dietz, Schwartz and Christian Hoskins, said Groves.

Behind the plate will be Zach Greves, at short will be Hoskins, at first will be Schwartz, Spencer Stutsman and Mitchell Goubeaux, at second will be Miller and Hoying, at third will be Dietz, and the outfield candidates include Geyer, Alex Roberts,

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Troy Fisher, VanGundy, offensive production. If Stutsman and our starting pitching can Goubeaux. keep us in games, we’ll “We have a talented be more competitive.” core of seniors and junBoys track iors who started the reThere is just one letbuilding process over the terman returning in past two seasons and are boys track in Dustin solid at their positions,” Kohler in the pole vault. said Groves. “I believe But there are a lot of that when we combine new faces that the Trothese upperclassmen jans and coach Ryan with some of our Gutman are banking on younger players, we will this season in senior be more competitive this Kyle Bird in the sprints, season and in the future. junior Lance Miller in Our success in the the sprints, sophomore league will depend on Nic Wagner in the our pitching and overall sprints and high jump,

Counts and Allison Guckes in the throws, Bailey Schnippel in distance, Corrine Woodruff, Hannah Wagner and Lakota Running Haw in the sprints, and Brandi Landreth, Josie Steinke and Taylor Weatherhead.

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Softball

The girls are looking for big things thanks to a host of returning letter-winners off last year’s third-place County team, and a big freshman class.

Brittany Bailey leads the way among letterwinners. She’s a senior and ran in the state 1600 as a sophomore.

Also back are senior Liz Knoop in distance, senior Haley Billing in the high jump, senior Kaitlin Underwood in the throws, junior Colleen Greve in the sophomore throws, Becca Knoop in the sprints and sophomore Bethany Christman in the distance.

The top newcomers are all freshmen in Kaitlyn Barhorst in the sprints, Whitney Barhorst in the sprints and hurdles, Brook Bornhorst in the sprints, MacKenzie Brown in middle distance, Jocelyn

Coach Bryan Trego is back for his 11th year as the softball coach and has nine players back from a team that finished 6-12 last season, leading him to believe the Lady Trojans will have success this season.

“We have the players returning from last season, but the three seniors we lost were all four-year starters and led us in almost every offensive category,” said Trego. letter-winners The are juniors Jill Schneider, Jessica Dietz, Anna Platfoot, Lakeya Parks and Faye Kennedy, and sophomores Erin Place, Vicki Grillot, Emily Brown and Haley Dietz.

J. Dietz is back for her third year on the mound.

“She’s started since she was a freshman and has looked very good in preseason,” Trego said.

Cameron Middleton, a

sophomore, will back her up.

Behind the plate will be Haley Dietz and Platfoot, and at short will be Schneider and Place.

Schneider hit .294 last year and Place .259.

At first will be Parks, Maria Goettemoeller and Jenna Christman, and at second, the candidates are Goettemoeller, Christman and Kennedy.

At third will be Schneider and Place, and in the outfield, the candidates are Brown, Grillot, Platfoot, Courtney Kohler, Kennedy, Goettemoeller and Christman.

“Jill Schneider is making a move from second to short. She has also started since she was a freshman and worked very hard in the offseason to improve her skills,” said Trego. “She looked very strong in the preseason and we expect her to be an offensive threat this season.

“Erin Place was our leadoff hitter last year and was honorable mention all-league. She is a great defensive player and can play anywhere for us. And Haley will make the move from first base to catcher.

She’s adjusted very well to the change.”

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New coaches greet Jet spring athletes

Baseball The Jets were 7-13 overall last season and 48 in the County, and with eight lettermen returning this season, they are looking for more wins under coach Brad Bishop.

The players returning include Aaron Watkins, Ben Brown, Luke Meyer, Zach Rogers, Trey Everett, Ryan Lessing, Grant Covault and Brad Caudill.

Everett hit .404 last season and stole 15 bases, Rogers hit .368 with 16 RBIs and 11 stolen bases, Meyer hit .327 and stole 17 times, Brown hit .292 with seven doubles, and Caudill hit .273.

“We return the nucleus from last year’s team, which lost six games in our opponents’ last atbat,” said Bishop. “And we have added a good freshman class for depth.”

The pitching staff will include Caudill, Watkins, Everett, Rogers and Seth Bishop.

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The catcher will be Rogers, in his third year on varsity, Bishop and Caudill, and at short will be Everett and Caudill.

Watkins, Covault and Mack Knupp will share time at first, and at second will be Meyer, Wesley Bolton and Everett.

At third will be two freshmen in Bishop and Jacob Marvin, and in the outfield will be Brown, Lessing, Bishop and Spencer Anderson.

“I think our guys are ready to challenge,” said the coach. “Our staff and players are real excited to see what we have to offer for all of those top teams on our schedule.”

Softball Dave Jones takes over the Fairlawn softball program and there’s nowhere to go but up after the Jets failed to win last spring.

He has three letterwinners back in shortstop Abby Stemen, pitcher Samantha Forman and catcher Emry Bernardi.

“Last year was a tough year for us,” said Jones. “We are looking for good things to happen this year. The girls have been working very hard at practice. We’re a young team but we have 21 girls out this year.”

Only three are seniors and three more are juniors, so the rest are all underclassmen.

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Forman and Madeline Fogt will do the pitching, and Bernardi and Dana Stanley will be behind the plate.

At short will be Stemen and Bernardi, and at first will be Megan Dudgeon and Fogt. At second will be Paxton Edwards and Brianna Hayden, and at third will be Alisa Fogt and Madison Guinther. The outfield candidates are Emily Boerger, Mikayla Bockrath and Guinther.

JESSICA RAYL (left) and Paxton Edwards hope to help turn around the Fairlawn softball fortunes this season.

man Joey Cockroft.

“We’re just hoping to build the program up,” said Cummings. “And be competitive. Sometimes Boys track Boys track coach Tim kids can’t shoot or hit a Cummings has three re- ball, but they can run.” turnees this season, and Girls track he’s hoping to build the Tracy Nuss takes over Jets’ program. the Lady Jets track proThe three returning gram and hopes to see are sophomore Trey improvement over last Fetcher, junior Cole year’s seventh place Cummings and senior County Meet finish.

She has five letterRuben Cooper.

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the shot and discus; and junior runners Marie Rose and sophomore Emily Brautigam.

Cummings heads the list after qualifying for the state meet in both the shot put and discus last season. She finished 11th in the shot and 12th in the discus at state.

The top newcomers, says Nuss, are freshmen Cheyenne Driskell, Cheyenne McGough,

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“They all have great potential because they are willing to go the extra mile and commit to practice and workouts,” said the coach. “They have some experience behind them as junior high track members. Haley is a new track member as well and has great potential as an athlete.”

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A lot of returnees should help the Fairlawn baseball team see some more wins this season, if the Jets can withstand late-inning rallies.

The softball team has a new coach and nowhere to go but up after failing to win last season.

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MINSTER

Seven return for state baseball champs Minster brought home a state championship in baseball last season, and it appears all the spring teams are poised for a lot of success this year.

Baseball Minster reached the pinnacle last season, capturing the Division IV state championship for longtime coach Mike Wiss, who is entering his 18th year at the helm.

Last year's team finished 23-8, winning 17 of its last 18 games after starting the season at 67. It brought the coach's career win total to 284.

He has some excellent talent returning off the team that won it all a year ago, with seven lettermen in all back, five of whom hit over .300, with four of them being named to the All-Midwest Athletic Conference team.

The lettermen include senior Doug Huber, who pitches and plays first, and does both very well. He hit .314 last season while going 6-1 on the mound with a 2.45 earned run average in 60 innings.

Ryan Hoying is a senior outfielder who hit .375 last season with 17 RBIs, and Austin Knapke

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MINSTER IS looking for more success in track, with these senior returnees (l-r) Jake Winner, Francis Slonkosky, Ryan Will, Derek Collins and Chris Baker. is a senior pitcher/in- play at short.

Niemeyer was firstfielder who hit .278. He was 5-2 with two saves team All-MAC last seaand a 2.40 ERA last sea- son, Huber second team and Poeppelman and son in 33 innings.

Rob Wente is a Ryan Hoying honorable catcher/DH who hit .333 mention. last season, and Drew Softball Elson is a senior returnThe Lady Wildcats ing in the outfield. were 9-18 last season in Two juniors are also coach Scott Robinson's back in Adam Niemeyer first season, and nearly and Devon Poeppelman. the entire team returns, Niemeyer hit .426 last led by the area's top reseason, scored 35 runs and drove in 23. He was turning hitter from last also 6-0 when he pitched, season in Hanna Floyd, with a 1.17 ERA and 61 who rapped the ball at a strikeouts in 48 innings. .547 clip.

The returnees include Poeppelman hit .326 and scored 30 times, Floyd, fellow seniors Jaywhile driving in 17. He den Hahn, Lauren Jutte, also pitches and will Megan Timmerman and

Megan Hanankratt, junior Allison Jutte, and sophomores Kayla Richard, Nicole Brandewie, Sara Hosey and Kathy Prenger.

Richard, Brandewie and Alexis Robinson will be the pitchers. Richard had a 1.95 ERA last season and also wielded a strong bat, hitting .373 Behind the plate, freshman Regan Hahn and Prenger are solid, with Prenger hitting .275 last season.

At short will be Floyd, and at first will be Hahn, who hit .277 a year ago.

Second base will be manned by Robinson, a freshman, and third base belongs to Marissa Conrad, who is returning from an injury last season.

The outfield candidates are L. Jutte, Hosey, freshman Michaela G o e t t e m o e l l e r, Stephanie Albers and Timmerman, who hit .290 last season.

Girls track Minster is always formidable in girls track and this year should be no different, with 14 letter-winners returning.

Among them are three members of the state champion 1600 relay team in senior

Samantha Hoelscher, junior Natalie Fausey and sophomore Olivia Enneking.

Also back is Kayla Wuebker, a senior who placed third in the state meet in the pole vault last season, Hannah Butler, a junior who was on the sixth-place 3200 relay team at state, and sprinters Sarah Dahlinghaus (junior) and Hannah Barga (sophomore) who were on the sixth-place 800 relay team at state.

Boys track Last year was an outstanding one for the Minster boys track team, which finished the season 90-0 in all meets, then went on to capture district and regional titles. They capped it off with an eighth place finish in the state meet.

Head coach Larry Topp is back for his 25th season, and has now racked up 1,907 wins in his career against just 245 losses.

This year, there are 16 lettermen returning from last season, including several state qualifiers and placers.

Senior Derek Collins was sixth in the long jump at state and was

part of the 1600 relay team that finished first at state. He also qualified in the 800 relay.

Ryan Will is a senior thrower who won the MAC in the shot and discus and finished sixth in the shot at state, and Jake Winner is another senior thrower who qualified for state in the discus.

Francis Senior Slonkosky and sophomore Andy Albers both ran on the state sixthplace 3200 relay last season, and three members of the state champion 1600 relay team are back in Collins, Troy Kaufman and Korey Schultz, the latter two both juniors.

Also back are juniors James Borges in the sprints, Eric Dahlinghaus in distance, Josh Spieles in the sprints, and Alan Tebbe in the pole vault and sprints. He was a state qualifier in the pole vault last spring.

The sophomores returning are Paul Dues, who was an alternate on the 1600 relay to state last season; Wes Hegemony in the shot and discus, AJ Huelsman in the pole vault and sprints, Scott Sekas in the hurdles and Dominic Slonkosky in distance.

FORT LORAMIE

Another good spring ahead for Redskins Baseball

Last year was an outstanding one for coach Brad Turner, who has quickly transformed the Fort Loramie softball program into one of the area’s best.

Last season, the Lady Redskins finished with a 27-5 record, won the County title with a perfect 12-0 mark, and then added a district championship before falling in the regional to eventual state tournament participant Covington.

Turner, entering his fifth season, has a good group of letter-winners returning off that team, leading him to think it’s going to be another excellent campaign for his girls.

Back are seniors Katie Eilerman and Macy Turner, juniors Danielle Wehrman and Paige Ordean, and sophomores Darian Rose and Julie Hoying, although Hoying won’t be able to play this year because of an injury.

Ordean is a key this season, because pitching is so important in softball. She had an outstanding year last year, going 14-3 with a 1.90 earned run average.

“As a sophomore, she established herself as one of the area’s better pitchers,” said Turner.

“She throws hard and has very good command.”

Behind the plate will be a couple of newcomers in Taylor Timmerman

Bill Sturwold has known nothing but success as Fort Loramie's baseball coach, including last season when the Redskins were 16-9, with an 11-1 County mark. That gave Sturwold 359 career victories against just 155 losses, a healthy 70 percent winning percentage.

Back off last year's squad are seven lettermen, so Sturwold will no doubt add to his career win total this season.

Returning are seniors Jared Albers, Kyle Bollheimer, Brent Goldschmidt, Joel Hilgefort and Kyle Miracle, junior Seth Guillozet and sophomore Zach Brandewie.

“We have six solid seniors with some very good underclassmen playing supporting roles,” said Sturwold. “We expect to contend for league and district titles.”

Albers and Guillozet give the Redskins a good one-two punch on the mound. Albers was 3-2 last season with a 3.37 ERA and Guillozet was 4-1 with a 2.41 ERA. Goldschmidt is back behind the plate and Bollheimer will play at short.

Brandewie and Albers will both play at first.

Brandewie hit .326 last season and Albers .316.

Josh Frilling will handle second and hit .231 last seas, and at third will be Guillozet (.237) and Dillon Fleckenstein.

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and Ashley Ordean, both “Both sophomores. played a lot over the summer and we’re confident in their abilities,” said Turner.

At first, Ashley Ordean and junior Reggi Brandewie will likely see playing time.

First is where Hoying would have been if not for her knee injury. It’s a big loss because she hit .293 last season.

At second will be Wehrman, who hit .261 and drove in 21 runs last season.

Talented Darian Rose will handle the third base duties. As a freshman, she hit .348 with 30 runs scored, a school-record 29 RBIs and 10 doubles.

At short will be Turner, a junior who also had a great year last year, hitting .358 with 27 runs, 26 RBIs, 11 doubles and three homers.

In the outfield, there are two returnees in Long and Eilerman, a pair of seniors. Long hit .293 last season and Eilerman hit a healthy .343 with 29 runs scored, and also stole 12 bases.

The other outfield spot is up for grabs, and the candidates include junior Megan Bollheimer, sophomore Elizabeth Barhorst, and freshmen Hallie Benanzer and Janell Hoying. Sophomore Tony Berning may also help out as a pitcher.

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VICTORIA LONG (left) and Katie Eilerman are senior returnees for the Fort Loramie softball team, which won the County title last season.

Track (Boys and girls) Kevin Wrasman has six lettermen back for boys track in his first season as the head coach.

The six are seniors Ben Barhorst and Kyle Fullenkamp, juniors Qwinton Scheer and Jacob Siegel and sophomores DeLaunte Thornton and Garrett Eilerman.

“This is my first year so all the athletes are newcomers to me,” said Wrasman. “I am looking forward to getting to know each one of them and their strengths. I see Ben Barhorst, Jake Cordonnier and Brett Quinter do well in middle distance and distance, and Kyle Fullenkamp will lead us in the hurdles and high jump. Brian Luttmer will be a great leader in the shot and discus.”

There are 10 letterwinners back in girls track, and four of them competed in the state

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They include sophomores Tara Luebke and Meg Westerheide, junior Selene Waters and senior Katie Plas.

The other returnees include seniors Kylie Drees and Julia Holthaus, junior Alaina Schulze, and sophomores Megan Imwalle, Tara Luebke, Hannah Meyer

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“I'm excited about the girls team and I expect to them to do well,” said Wrasman. “I look for our seniors to lead the way.

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ANNA

Reason for optimism Anna returns seven lettermen in baseball from a team that won 21 games last season.

There are also good numbers and experience back in track, and seven back in softball.

Baseball Mike Coach Muehlfeld’s team was outstanding last season, going 21-3 with a 10-2 County mark, good enough for runner-up.

The Rockets also played in the district championship game.

With seven lettermen returning, Muehlfeld is looking for another good year.

“We’re cautiously optimistic,” said the coach.

“We have six everyday players returning, we should be solid defensively, and we have decent pitching depth. How successful we will be is going to depend on how consistently we hit the ball and manufacture runs.”

Wes Wolters is back at short after an excellent junior year that saw him hit .321 with 29 runs and 14 stole bases.

Senior Luke Kindelin is back in the outfield after hitting .366 last season with 27 RBIs, and Jake Counts, another senior, returns after hitting .407 last season with 32 runs and 16 stolen bases. He will play center and also pitch, and last season he was 3-0 on the mound with a 0.82 ERA in 17 innings.

Caleb Maurer is a senior catcher who hit .370 last season and 26 RBIs, and Dustin Poeppelman is a junior outfielder who hit .250.

Brad Boyd will play first and pitch, and Derek Wilson is a sopho-

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ANNA HAS a lot of experience back in baseball, including (front, l-r) Wes Wolter, Jake Counts and Luke Kindelin, and (back) Nick Reier, Lukas Wenrick and Caleb Maurer. strong the last couple years. And Ryan GutSDN Photo/Luke Gronneberg man has been making ASHLEY ASELAGE (left) and Samantha Riffell are some great strides in the two seniors on the Anna softball team. program at Botkins and has key people back.” more who will play third Eilerman in the shot, Boys track and pitch. He was 5-0 as Amy Albers in the 800 Longtime coach Dean a freshman, with a 1.27 and Marie Gaier in the Stewart hopes for ansprint relays.

ERA over 28 innings. other year as successful Locker says his top as last, when his Rockets “We think we can will be were 161-4 overall, won compete for the league,” newcomers Muehlfeld said. “Lo- Shawnie Rump, who was the County and district ramie and Russia are al- injured most of last sea- championships, then ways strong and Jackson son; Ashley Littlefield, went on to finish runnerhas a strong nucleus of Jennifer Larger and up in the regional and players returning and Bonnie Altstaetter, all of state meets. will be decent. Fairlawn whom had “great cross He has reason to be could be the surprise country seasons” as optimistic, too, because team with a nice group freshmen. there are 16 lettermen “Nikki is the mainstay returning for the Rockof players returning.” of a good group of dis- ets, including three state Girls track Longtime coach tance runners,” Locker qualifiers in Maverick Randy Locker has good said. “Cassie showed Long, and senior Cole numbers, but many of great improvement in Furgason and sophothem are youngsters, so the shot and is looking to more Brady Cates, who it’s a wait-and-see for build on that, and Kelli both ran on two state the Lady Rockets right has come close two years champion relays (400 in a row to making it in and 800). now.

“We have good num- the regionals in the 100 Also back are seniors She and Jeremy Bensman, Jacob bers, especially from the hurdles. freshman class (17),” Shawnie are two of the Berning, Brandon experienced Christman, Kyle DerLocker said. “But with most that lack of experience vaulters in the county. shem, Ryan Gehret, “The league should be Daniel Gepfrey, Derek at the high school level, we’ll have to wait to see a good battle this year Gephart, Dustin Noffhow they develop over with several teams,” he singer and Jonathan the course of the season.” added. “Loramie is al- Rickert, juniors Keavash The returning letter- ways strong and Russia Assani, Randolph Kiser winners are Nikki Al- has been steadily im- and Ryan Spicer, and bers in distance, Kelli proving and could be sophomores Corey AbEhemann in the hurdles hard to beat with their bott and Adam Larger. and pole vault, Cassie junior high teams being Combine them with

some talented newcomers like junior Nate Bollheimer in the sprints, Matthew freshman Bruce in the long jump, freshman Luke Gaier in distance, freshman Jonathan Berning in distance, junior Gage Uderman in the sprints and senior Eric Schlagetter in the pole vault.

“We should again be strong as a team in 2012,” said Stewart. “In the throwing events, senior Maverick Long returns after finishing 5th in the discus at the state meet in 2011. Ryan Spicer finished the season strong last year and will give us a strong presence in the throwing events. We return Cole Furgason and Brady Cates. Cole was consistently one of the top 100 and 200 meter sprinters in the area last year.”

“We also return Kyle Dershem, who ran on the sprint relays early in the year in 2011. He is an outstanding sprinter.

Jeremy Bensman has already jumped over 22 feet indoors and is competing in the Indoor Track & Field championships on March 17th.

Our distance events will be led by Adam Larger,

a state qualifier in crosscountry last fall. Two seniors will lead our hurdlers. Jonathan Rickert and Jacob Berning both placed at the league meet last year.”

Anna will be going for its eighth County championship in the last nine years.

Softball The Lady Rockets were 9-15 last season and coach Tim McMahon has seven girls returning this season.

“We are still very young, with six sophomores and a freshman starting,” he said. “But I think we will be very competitive.”

The returnees are Kylie Keener, Haley Steinbrunner, Amanda Rickert, Chloe Egbert, Ashley Aselage, Julie Gephart and Samantha Riffel.

Keener and Riffell will be doing the pitching, and Egbert the catching.

Rickert will be at short, Gephart and Courtney Esser at first, Asleage at second and Allison Harris at third.

Morgan Clark, Rebecca Bensman and Steinbrunner will man the outfield.

NEW KNOXVILLE

Rebuilding in baseball It’s a rebuilding year in baseball at New Knoxville, and the boys and girls track teams will have to deal with low numbers.

There is no softball at New Knoxville.

At short will be Tyler Shreve and at second will be Porter. Shane Topp, a freshman, is penciled in at third, and the outfield is wide open.

“It’s a rebuilding year,” said Reineke. “We’re looking to compete and Baseball Coach Ron Reineke work at getting better calls it a rebuilding year throughout the year.”

Track after the Rangers lost six (Boys and girls) players to graduation off Low numbers will a 10-10 team.

He has four lettermen hurt New Knoxville’s returning, however, in chances in bigger track Lucas Leffel, Jake Allen, and field meets, but the Spencer Wolf and Rangers hope to compete well in individual events.

Michael Porter.

The boys have 15 out Leffel hit .306 last season and will be at for the team this year, first along with fresh- with no seniors.

There are two letterman Adam Howe.

Allen is the mainstay men returning in Anof the pitching staff and drew Mackie in the will also catch. He was 6- jumps and 400 and soph4 last season with a 3.25 omore Isaac Kuntz in the 800, 1600, 3200 and earned run average.

high jump.

“We’ll compete well in some individual events but with low numbers we can’t really compete in team competition,” said coach Nick Wirwille.

Isaac went to state in cross country last fall so I look for him to have a great year in distance.

Andrew competed well at the league meet and was able to score points in the long jump and the 100 dash. And I’m sure we’ll have some young guys step up and help us out.”

He said freshman Parker Stone will contribute as a pole vaulter.

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You are twice God’s A young boy shopkeeper that spent many the boat was his. hours building a The man told little sailboat, him the only way crafting it down he could get the to the finest deboat was to buy tail. He then it.

The boy took it to a wanted it back so nearby river to badly that he did Your sail it. When he exactly that. put it in the As he took the pastor water, he boat the speaks hand offrom couldn’t keep up the shopThe Rev. with it. The keeper, he looked strong wind and Chad J. Wilson at it and said, boat, current carried “Little the boat away. The heart- you’re twice mine. I made broken boy knew how you and I bought you.” hard he would have to And this paints a great work to build another sail- picture of what Easter is boat. all about! Through Jesus’ Farther down the river, death and resurrection, a man found a little boat, you, too, are twice God’s. took it to town and sold it Our Father in heaven to a shopkeeper. Later created you the way you that month, as the boy are on purpose, with was walking through much precision and care. town, he noticed his boat Whether you want to acin a store window. Enter- knowledge him or not, he ing the store, he told the is your Creator. You are owner that the boat be- his. longed to him. It had his Out of his great love for own little marks on it, but you and because of his dehe couldn’t prove to the sire to be willingly loved

by you, he gave you the liberty to either love him or to reject him — to follow him or to walk away from him.

The truth is that we’ve all walked away and rejected God at one time or another — in one way or another. The Bible says in Romans 3:23 that “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” This means that at one time or another, we’ve all been caught up in the distractions that our world has to offer and our own selfish desires; and the result was that we drifted away from God in sin.

Some end up drifting so far away and get so caught up in the filth and muck of our world that they don’t know how to get back, or if God would still want them even if they could. But the Good News of Easter is that Jesus said that he didn’t come to earth looking for righteous people, but to “seek and to save the lost.”

That means that regardless of who you are, what you’ve done or where you’ve been — God didn’t give up on you! He not only created you on purpose, but through faith in Jesus Christ, he also deliberately redeemed you and bought you back! So if you will give your life to follow Jesus, not only will he be your Lord and Savior — you will be twice his! Praise the Lord!

“For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth … yet all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God … But God demonstrated his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

So we are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.” (Colossians 1:16; Romans 3:23; Romans 5:8; Romans 3:24) The writer is the pastor of Sidney First Church of the Nazarene.

Easter week services planned Solid Rock Pentecostal Church of God, 2745 State Route 29 North, has announced a series of services to take place during Easter week: • An Easter egg hunt for children up to 12 will take place Saturday from 1 to 2:30 p.m.

• Nationally known Christian singer Michael Combs will perform in concert at the church Saturday at 7 p.m. Tickets will be available at the door for $15. Combs sings southern gospel and is known for the song, “Not for Sale.”

• Emilie Dotson will perform a dance to “I Will Rise” during the Palm Sunday service at 11 a.m.

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• The youth of the church will perform to the music of “Amazing during the Grace” Maundy Thursday service at 7 p.m. April 6.

• The church will hold a special “sonrise” service at 7 a.m. Easter, April 8.

At the regular 11 a.m. service on Easter, the youth will perform to “Behold the Lamb.” There will be no evening service on Easter.

Easter egg hunt set April 8 HARDIN — Hardin United Methodist Church will hold its annual Easter egg hunt April 7 at 10 a.m. at the Crossroads in Hardin for ages 2 through 11. Many prizes and candy will be included.

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Abundant Life Apostolic Church 607 Sycamore Ave., Sidney, Ohio Phone: 937-492-2484 Pastor Michael Garber Worship Times Wednesday 7:30 PM Sunday School 10:30 AM Sunday 5:30 PM ___________________ Sidney Apostolic Temple 210 S. Pomeroy St., Sidney www.satemple.com Phone: 937-492-7456 Pastor: Mark L. Hina Jr. Bishop: Robert Fries Worship Times Sunday 10:00 AM, 6:00 PM Tuesday Prayer 7:30 PM Wednesday 7:30 PM

ASSEMBLY OF GOD Cornerstone Assembly Of God 1028 Park St., Sidney Phone: 937-498-1328 www.sidneyag.org Senior Pastor Harry Peterson Worship Times Sunday 10:30 AM, 6:30 PM Sunday School 9:30 AM Kid’s Church 10:30 AM Mini Church 10:30 AM Children’s Mininstry, Adult Study & Royal Ranger/Missionates Wednesday 7:00 PM

BAPTIST Calvary Chapel Baptist Church 71 N. Hamilton St., Minster Phone: 419-628-3717 Fax: 419-628-3457 Worship Times Sunday 10:30 AM, 7:00 PM Sunday School 9:30 AM Wednesday 7:00 PM ___________________ Calvary United Baptist Church 9480 N. Co. Rd. 25A Phone: 937-492-5662 Pastor David Shepherd Worship Times Sunday 10:45 AM, 6:30 PM Sunday School 10:00 AM ___________________ Emmanuel Baptist Church 920 Sixth Avenue, Sidney Phone: 937-492-0077 Pastor Brent Howard Worship Times Sunday 11:00 AM, 6:00 PM Sunday School 9:45 AM Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 PM ___________________ Christian Faith Baptist Church 608 S. Miami, Sidney Clarence Cox - Pastor Lee Ellis - Assistant Pastor Worship Times Saturday 7:00 PM Worship Sunday School 10:00 AM ___________________ Faith Baptist Church 2555 Millcreek Rd., Sidney Pastor R. Chad Inman Worship Times Sunday Servants with a Testimony 10:00 AM Sunday 11:00 AM Sunday Evening 6:00 PM Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible Study & King’s Kids ___________________ Favorite Hill Baptist Church 1602 South St., Piqua Phone: 937-773-6469 Pastor Larry Hanyes Worship Times Sunday 10:30 AM, 6:00 PM Sunday School 9:30 AM Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 PM ___________________ First Baptist Church 309 E. North St., Sidney Phone: 937-492-4909 Reverend George Gnade Worship Times Sunday 10:30 AM Sunday School 9:15 AM ___________________ First Baptist Church 53 S. Norwich Rd., Troy Phone: 937-339-3602 Senior Pastor Dale R. Christian Worship Times Sunday 9:00 AM, 6:00 PM Sunday School 10:30 AM ___________________ First United Baptist Church Corner Miami Conservancy & Fair Rd., Sidney Pastor Tom Jones Asst. Pastor Rev. Leamon Branscum

Worship Times Thursday 7:00 PM Sunday 11:00 AM Sunday School 10:00 AM ___________________ Good Shepherd’s Baptist Church 1069 Fairington Drive, Sidney Phone: 937-498-4409 Tim Small, Pastor Deaf Ministry Worship Times Sunday 10:30 AM Sunday School 9:30 AM ___________________ Grace Baptist Church 137 W. Edgewood, Sidney Phone: 937-492-9061 Pastor James Alter Worship Times Sunday 10:30 AM, 5:30 PM Sunday School 9:30 AM www.gracebaptistsidney.com ___________________ Indian Lake Baptist Church 225 West Lake Ave., Lakeview Pastor Don Faulder Worship Times Sunday 10:45 AM, 6:00 PM Sunday School 9:45 AM Wednesday Evening 6:00 PM www.indianlakebaptistchurch.webs.com Email: lbc@embarqmail.com

___________________ Jackson Center Baptist, S.B.C. 109 E. College St., Jackson Center Phone: 937-596-5858 Pastor Reverend Keith Wisecup Worship Times Sunday 11:00 AM, 6:00 PM Sunday School 10:00 AM ___________________ Mt. Vernon Baptist Church 606 Park St., Sidney Phone: 937-492-5009 Pastor David D. Wynn Worship Times Sunday 11:00 AM Sunday School 9:30 AM Wednesday 12:00 & 7:00 PM Prayer/Bible Study ___________________ New Life Church PJBC 329 W. Main St., Port Jefferson Pastor Ernie Jones Worship Times Sunday School 9:15 AM (all ages) Sunday Praise Worship 10:30 AM Sunday Bible Study & WAKE Teens 6 PM Wed. Bible Study & YOGI Kids 6 PM ___________________ Old Fashion Baptist Church 824 Second Ave., Sidney www.oldfashionbaptist.com

Phone: 937-489-3901 Pastor Duane Hatfield Worship Times Saturday 7:00 PM, Sunday 11:00 AM Sunday School 10:00 AM ___________________ Pemberton Baptist Church Palestine St., Pemberton Phone: 937-523-5489 Pastor Terry Walters Worship Times Sunday 10:30-11:30 AM ___________________ Rumley Baptist Church Hardin Wapak Rd. (off 29), Anna Pastor Bill Cantrell Worship Times Sunday 11:00 AM Sunday School 10:00 AM ___________________ Sidney Baptist Church 1322 E. Court St., Sidney Phone: 937-492-7722 Reverend David Moran Worship Times Sunday 11:00 AM, 6:00 PM Sunday School 10:00 AM Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 PM ___________________ Springcreek Baptist Church 15333 Miami-Shelby Rd., Piqua Phone: 937-773-4215 Reverend Fred Peterson Worship Times Sunday 10:30 AM Sunday School 9:30 AM Wednesday Bible Studies 7:00 PM

BRETHREN Trinity Church of The Brethren 2220 N. Main Avenue, Sidney Phone: 937-492-9937 Pastor Brent K. Driver Worship Times Sunday 10:30 AM Sunday School 9:15 AM

CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST) First Christian Church 320 E. Russell Rd., Sidney Phone: 937-492-5025 Senior Pastor Philip Chilcote Worship Times Traditional Worship 10:15 AM Children’s Sunday School 10:30 AM ___________________ Oran Christian Church 6424 Dawson Road Phone: 937-489-3670 Reverend Dale Ritts Worship Times Sunday 10:30 AM Sunday School 9:30 AM

CHURCH OF GOD First Church Of God 1510 Campbell Rd., Sidney Phone: 937-492-0094 Pastor Vern Allison Worship Times Sunday 10:15 AM Sunday School 9:00 AM Wednesday Evening 7:00 PM ___________________ Freedom Life Church 9101 N. Co. Rd. 25A, Piqua Phone: 937-773-8710 Pastor Michael Myers (Rhema Graduate) Worship Times Sunday School 10:00 AM Sunday 11:00 AM, 6:00 PM Wednesday Evening 7:00 PM www.freedomlifepiqua.com ___________________ Northtowne Church Of God 2008 Wapakoneta Ave., Sidney Phone: 937-498-1476 Pastor Tim Bartee Worship Times Sunday 11:00 AM, 6:00 PM Sunday School 10:00 AM Wednesday 7:00 PM ___________________ Rail Road St. Church Of God 602 Railroad Street Pastor Charles Henry Jackson Phone: 937-497-9760 Worship Times Thursday 7:00 PM Sunday 6:00 PM

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints 475 W. Loy Road, Piqua Phone: 937-773-8904 Bishop Randall S. Frisby Worship Times Meetings 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

CONGREGATIONAL CHRISTIAN Houston Congregational Christian Church 4883 Russia-Houston Rd., Houston Phone: 937-492-5025 Pastor James Manuel Worship Times Sunday 10:30 AM Sunday School 9:30 AM

EPISCOPAL St. Mark’s 231 N. Miami, Sidney Phone: 937-492-8584 Worship Times Sunday 9:30 AM Christian Formation Sunday 10:15 Family Worship Wednesday 6:30 PM Holy Eucharist Father Aaron Gerlach

FULL GOSPEL LightHouse Ministries of Sidney 514 Michigan St., Sidney Phone: 937-419-2180 Pastor Paul Pearson Worship Times Sunday 10:00 AM Wednesday 7:00 PM ___________________ Full Gospel Community Church 950 S. Children’s Home Rd., Sidney Phone: 937-492-9438 Pastor Jeff Hill Worship Times Sunday 11:00 AM, 6:00 PM Sunday Children’s Church 11:00 AM Sunday School 10:00 AM Wednesday 7:00 PM

INDEPENDENT Blessed Hope Assembly Located in the Sidney Inn, Room 104

Pastor Ray Barnett - 937-564-3106 Asso. Pastor William Stem - 937-622-0972 Worship Times Sunday 11:00 AM, 6:00 PM Sunday School 10 AM Wednesday Bible study - 7:00 PM ___________________ Buckeye Gospel Barn 8291 St. Rt. 235, Quincy Phone: 937-585-6090 Pastors Jerry & Bobbi Allen Worship Times Sunday 10:00 AM, 6:30 PM Home Bible Study Fri. 6:30 PM Come As You Are ___________________ Central Bible Ministries 113 Kossuth St., Sidney centralbibleministries.org Phone: 937-498-1958 Pastor John Spencer Worship Times Sunday 10:00 AM & 6:00 PM Wednesday 7:00 PM ___________________ Christ The King Church 17570 St. Rt. 274, Jackson Center Phone: 937-492-8251 Pastor John Settlage Worship Times Sunday 9:00 AM Christian Education 10:15 AM Worship Service Prayer & Praise Wednesday 7:00 PM ___________________ Church of Jesus 421 Wood St., Piqua Pastor Brian Hamilton Phone: 937-773-4004 Worship Times Sunday School 9:30 AM Worship 11:00 AM Wednesday Prayer 6:30 PM Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 PM ___________________ Faith Alliance Church 6670 Knoxville Ave., New Bremen Phone: 419-629-3688 Reverend Tom Sager, Pastor Worship Times Sunday 8:30 AM Traditional Service 10:45 AM Contemporary Service with Kids’ Church Sunday School 9:45 AM Wednesday 6:30 PM Jr. High Bible Study and Children’s Programs (K-5) 7:00 PM Adult Bible Study 8:30 PM Youth Discipleship Training (Nursery available at all services) ___________________ Glory Bound Pentecostal Church of God 1106 N. Main, Sidney Phone: 937-4982272 Pastor Timothy Young Worship Times Sunday School 11:00 AM Praise &Worship 12:00 NOON ___________________ Lockington New Beginnings Church 10288 Museum Trail, Piqua, OH 45356 (in Lockington) Worship Times Sunday 9:30 AM ___________________

Manna Church at the Sidney Inn, Sidney Phone: 937-498-1790 Michael Brideweser, Pastor Celebration Service Sundays 10:30am at the Sidney Inn Cell Groups: Tuesdays 6:30pm in homes ___________________ North Broadway Church of Christ 2655 N. Broadway, Sidney Phone: 937-492-1500 Brent Wright, Evangelist Worship Times Sunday 10:30 AM, 6:00 PM Sunday School 9:30 AM Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 PM ___________________ Northland Church Corner of 25A and Sharp Rd. South of Anna Worship Times Sunday Bible Study 2:00 PM Worship 4:00 PM Special Gospel Singing first Saturday of every month 7:00 PM ___________________ Only Believe Ministries Christian Center 13815 Botkins Rd., Botkins Phone: 937-693-3554 Pastors Peter & Phyllis Doseck Worship Times Sunday 10:00 AM ___________________ Piqua Christian Church 3969 W. St. Rt. 185, Piqua Phone: 937-773-8143 Sr. Minister Travis Mowell Worship Times Sunday 10:30 AM Sunday School 9:30 AM Wed. Family Gathering 7:00 PM ___________________ Port Jefferson Church of Christ 217 Wall St., Pt. Jefferson Phone: 937-339-5007 Evangelist Jim Witt Worship Times Sunday 10:30 AM Sunday School 9:30 AM ___________________ Salvation Army Church 419 N. Buckeye Ave., Sidney Phone: 937-492-8412 Pastors Majs. Herb & Angie Carter Worship Times Sunday 10:00 AM ___________________ Springcreek Christian Church Miami Shelby at Wiles Rd., Sidney Phone: 937-498-4209 Pastor David E. Clem Worship Times Sunday 10:00 AM Sunday School 9:00 AM ___________________ Word of Life Ministries, International 451 Second Avenue, Sidney Phone: 937-710-4777 Pastors Jim & Janice Johnson Worship Times Sunday 10:30 AM and 6:00 PM

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Versailles church plans Palm Cancer is theme Sunday, Easter week services of prayer service VERSAILLES — The Christian Versailles Church, 105 W. Ward St., has announced Palm Sunday and Easter week services.

The community is invited to celebrate Palm Sunday at the church this Sunday.

Services will be at 9 and 10:30 a.m. and will include the Parade of Palm Branches with children, music, a media presentation, Communion and a Palm Sunday message, “Undeserved,” by Pastor Dennis J. Wheeler.

From 10 to 10:30 a.m.,

Cafe 105 will serve freshly brewed specialty coffee, homemade snacks and juice in The Gathering Place at the church.

People are invited to arrive early or stay after the services to stroll through the Palm Prayer Walk in the church courtyard. On each palm, people will find the name of a person who needs Jesus Christ in his or her life.

People are invited to pause and pray for these individuals.

Nursery care for children through age 2 and children’s ministries for

those 3 years old through sixth grade will be provided at both services.

A candlelight communion service will be April 5 at 7 p.m. It will focus on the Lord’s Supper and will include appropriate music. Wheeler will conduct the service.

On Easter Sunday, breakfast will be served in the fellowship hall from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. The menu includes casserole, pecan rolls, biscuits, gravy, ham and fruit.

There will be two identical services at 9 and 10:30 a.m. Wheeler’s mes-

sage will be “Jesus Is Alive!” The ceremony will include Easter songs, praise music and a story and treats for children.

Nursery care for babies through age 2 and the Kingdom Kids Worship for children in preschool through fourth grade will be available for both services. An Easter egg hunt will begin at 10 a.m.

Cafe 105 will serve coffee, homemade snacks and juice in The Gathering Place from 10 to 10:30 a.m.

For more information, see www.versaillescc.com.

Church plans fundraiser Easter services set VERSAILLES — Living Waters Ministries Community Church, 102 W. Main St., will hold its annual drive-through-only barbecue chicken dinner fundraiser April 14 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Dinners are $6.50 each and include half a chicken, dinner roll, chips, applesauce and juice.

All proceeds will support the LWM Youth Ministry and local children wishing to attend Solid Rock Church Camp this summer.

Only a few extra dinners will be ordered, so people are encouraged to guarantee themselves a meal by preordering tickets by April 7 from any church member, or contact Cindra at 526-9358. People also may leave a message at the church office at 526-4567.

FLETCHER — Fletcher United Methodist Church has announced Easter activities.

The Children’s Community Easter Celebration will be held Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m. for children in preschool through sixth grade.

The Holy Week schedule is: • Palm Sunday — wor-

ship services, 8:15 and 10:45 a.m.; healing service, 6 p.m.

• Maundy Thursday service — April 5, at 7 p.m.

• Community Good Friday service — April 6, 7 p.m.

• Easter Sunday, April 8 — sunrise service, 7 a.m., followed by breakfast, 8 a.m.; blended service, 9:30 a.m.

MARIA STEIN — The public is invited to an hour-long prayer service for anyone with cancer, family members and caregivers at Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics.

The “Cancer Prayer” is scheduled for 1 p.m. and will be repeated at 4 p.m. on April 15. Refreshments and conversation will follow each service.

The prayer service will include Scripture, music and one or two witnesses who will relate the experience of cancer to their faith. The relic of St. Peregrine, patron of those with

cancer, will be available to look upon, to touch or to hold during the service.

All ages are welcome.

All faiths are welcome.

Praying together with others in the same situation can be a great source of strength and courage, event organizers said.

Maria Stein is located at 2291 St. Johns Road, just beyond St. John Church in Maria Stein.

For more information, visit the shrine’s website: www.mariasteinshrine.or g, call (419) 925-4532 or email info@mariasteinshrine.org.

Churches to perform Easter cantata Sunday Members of several area churches will join their voices to perform the Easter cantata, “I Know My Redeemer Lives,” Sunday at 7 p.m. at New Hope United Methodist Church, at the corner of Mason and PattersonHalpin roads.

The choir will be under the direction of Larry

Ludlow. The public is invited.

Churches participating are Houston Congregational Christian, Oran Christian, Hardin United Methodist, New Hope United Methodist, Lockington United Methodist.

St. Michael Catholic and Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic.

WORSHIP DIRECTORY LUTHERAN Emmanuel Lutheran Church 17714 Montra Road, Montra Phone: 937-596-6462 Pastor Shannon Vogelezang Worship Times Sunday 10:30 AM Sunday School 9:45 AM __________________ Grace Ev. Lutheran Church 607 S. Main St., Jackson Center Phone: 937-596-6516 Pastor Kent Hollis Worship Times Sunday Traditional 8:00 AM Sunday School 9:15 AM Sunday Contemporary 10:30 AM __________________ Montra Lutheran Parish 17716 High St. R.R.#1, Anna Phone: 937-596-6509 Pastor Shannon Vogelezang Sunday Worship Times Emmanuel 8:30 AM St. Jacobs 9:45 AM St. Mark, Clay Township 11:00 AM __________________ Redeemer Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod) 300 W. Mason Road, Sidney Phone: 937-492-2461 Pastor Ken Castor Worship Times Saturday 5:30 PM Sunday 9:00 AM Sunday School 10:30 AM __________________ St. Jacob’s Lutheran Church 18280 Pasco Montra Road, P.O. Box 547, Jackson Center Phone: 937-693-3119 Pastor Shannon Vogelezang Worship Times Sunday 9:45 AM Sunday School 8:45 AM __________________ St. Jacob Lutheran 101 W. Main, Anna Phone: 937-394-4421 Pastor Michael Althauser Worship Times Sunday 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM Sunday School 9:00 AM __________________ St. John’s Lutheran Church 120 W. Water Street, Sidney Phone: 937-492-8047 Rev. Jonathan W. Schriber Worship Times Saturday 6:00 PM Sunday 8:30 AM Contemporary Sunday 9:30 AM Sunday School Sunday 10:30 AM Traditional __________________ St. Paul Ev. Lutheran Church 301 E. State St., Box 508, Botkins Phone: 937-693-3261 Pastor Robert Carter Worship Times Sunday 10:00 AM Sunday School 9:00 AM __________________ Trinity Lutheran Church (Southern Ohio Synod) 204 East Wood Street, Versailles Phone: 937-526-3091 Reverend Keith Falk Worship Times Sunday 10:30 AM Sunday School, Sept.-May 9:15 AM

METHODIST Anna United Methodist 201 West North St., Anna Phone: 937-394-4221 website: www.annaumc.org Pastor Randy Locker Worship Times Sunday 10:00 AM Christian Education/all ages 10:45 AM Worship __________________ Botkins United Methodist 111 E. State Street, Botkins Pastor Randy Locker Worship Times Sunday 9:00 AM Adult Bible Study and Children’s Sunday School, Sunday 8:00 AM __________________ Bradford United Methodist Church 112 E. Church Street, Bradford Phone: 937-448-6116 Pastor Darcy Boblit-Dill Worship Times Sunday 9:00 AM Prayer Sunday School 9:30 AM Sunday 10:45 AM Worship _________________

DeGraff United Methodist Church 1839 County Road 24 South, DeGraff Phone: 937-585-5511 www.degraffumc.org Rev. Carolyn Christman Worship Times Sunday School 9:30 AM Worship 10:30 AM Youth Group 2nd & 4th Sun. 6:30 PM __________________ The Family of Grace U.M.C. 9411 N. County Rd. 25-A, Piqua Phone: 937-773-8232 www.thefamilyofgrace.com Rev. Mike Carnevale Worship Times Sunday 8:15 AM Traditional 10:00 & 11:15 AM Contemporary 10:00 AM Sunday School for all ages Youth Ministry Sunday Nights Children’s Ministry Wed. Nights __________________ Fletcher United Methodist 205 S. Walnut, Fletcher Handicapped accessible Phone: 937-368-2470 www.fletcherchurch.org Pastor Andy Perry Worship Times Sunday 8:15 & 10:45 AM Sunday School 9:30 AM Nursery Care & kids church available Wednesday Prayer Group 7 PM __________________ Hardin United Methodist 6073 Hardin-Wapak Road, Sidney Phone: 937-492-4595 Pastor Jack Chalk Worship Times Sunday 10:00 AM Sunday School 9:00-9:45 AM __________________ Jackson Center United Methodist 202 Pike St., Jackson Center Phone: 937-596-6919 Pastor Sylvia Hull Worship Times Sunday 10:00 AM Sunday School 9:00 AM __________________ Lockington United Methodist Corner Miami Conservancy & Fair Rd. 2190 Miami Conservancy Rd. Phone: 937-497-0777 Pastor Don Trumbull Worship Times Sunday 10:00 AM Sunday School, All Ages 9:00 AM Youth Night & Kids Night Blast!

Wednesday 7:00 PM __________________ Maplewood United Methodist 21310 Peach St., Maplewood Phone: 937-596-8155 Pastor Bill Halter Worship Times Sunday 10:00 AM Sunday School 9:00 AM __________________ New Hope United Methodist Corner of Mason Rd. & Patterson Halpin Rd., Sidney Phone: 937-493-0065 www.sidneynewhope.org Pastor John Leighty Worship Times Sunday 10:30 AM, Fellowship 9:15AM/Sunday School 9:30 AM __________________ New Knoxville United Methodist 109 S. Main St., New Knoxville Phone: 419-753-2427 Reverend Dennis Gaertner Worship Times Sunday 10:15 AM Sunday School 9:00 AM __________________ Pasco United Methodist Church 17483 St. Rt. 706, Sidney Phone: 937-492-4986 Reverend David Brisker Worship Times Prayers 9:00 AM Sunday 10:30 AM Sunday School 9:30 AM __________________ Pemberton United Methodist 6541 Main Street, Pemberton Phone: 937-497-1007 Pastor Don Burley Worship Times Sunday 10:00 AM Sunday School 11:00 AM Email: dburley@pembertonumc.org www.pembertonumc.org __________________ Quincy United Methodist Phone: 937-585-5114 Pastor Matthew Wright Worship Times Sunday 10:30 AM Sunday School 9:30 AM

__________________ Russell Road Church 340 W. Russell Road, Sidney Phone: 937-492-6412 Email:rrcc@bright.net Pastor Fred Gillenwater Worship Times Saturday 7:00 PM, Church Campus Sunday 10:30AM, Christian Academy (2151 W. Russell Road)

Nursery/Children Ministries at Both __________________ Sidney First United Methodist 230 E. Poplar Street, Sidney Phone: 937-492-9136 Reverend David Chivington Worship Times Sunday 9:00 & 11:00 AM Sunday School 10:00 AM Webster/Versailles United Methodist Webster - 8847 Seibert Rd., Bradford 122 West Wood St., Versailles Phone: 937-526-3855 Pastor Linda Dulin Worship Times Webster - Sunday 9:15 AM Sunday School 10:30 AM Versailles - Sunday 10:30 AM Sunday School 9:15 AM __________________ J.O.Y. Church at the Alpha Center 330 E. Court St. Phone: 937-492-9136 Reverend Barbara Staley Worship Times Sunday 9:00 AM

MISSIONARY World Missions for Christ Church 231 Doering St., Sidney Phone: 937-498-1166 Worship Times Saturday 7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM, 6:00 PM Wednesday 7:00 PM

MOUNT ZION HOLY UNION CHURCH OF GOD Mt. Zion Church of God House of Prayer 324 Grove Street, Sidney Phone: 937-497-3511 Elder Ernst Wilson Worship Times Sunday 10:30 AM Sunday 6:00 NOON Tuesday 6:00 PM Thursday youth Service 6:00 PM Thursday Bible Study 6:00 PM

NAZARENE First Church of the Nazarene 1899 Wapakoneta Avenue, Sidney Phone: 937-492-4492 Reverend Chad Wilson Worship Times Sunday 10:30 AM, 6:00 PM Sunday School 9:30 AM

PENTECOSTAL Full Gospel Lighthouse Church 825 W. Ohio Ave., Sidney Pastor Ron Cassidy Worship Times Sunday 6:30 PM Sunday School 7:00 PM __________________ House of Prayer 600 Wilson (off Park St.), Sidney Phone: 937-492-7443 Pastor Joretta Hughes Worship Times Saturday 6:00 PM Sunday 2:00 PM __________________ Mount Zion Church of God 324 Grove Street, Sidney Phone: 937-492-3511 Bishop, Pastor Ernest L. Wilson Worship Times Sunday School, 10am-11:30 AM Sunday Worship: 11:30 AM Midweek Service: Tuesday, 6 PM Bible Study: Thursday, 6 PM __________________ Pathway Open Bible Church 326 N. West Street, Sidney Phone: 937-239-2489 Pastor Matt Thomas Worship Times Sunday 10:00 AM, Wednesday Bible Study 7 PM __________________ Sidney Church of God 321 N. Wagner Ave., Sidney Phone: 937-492-0185 Pastor Shane Jackson Worship Times Sunday 11:00 AM, 6:00 PM Sunday School 10:00 AM Wed. 7:00 PM Family Training

__________________ Solid Rock Pentecostal Church of God 2745 St. Rt. 29N, Sidney Phone: 937-492-0770 website: www.solidrck.com Reverend Anthony Krummrey Worship Times Sunday 11:00 AM, 6:00 PM Sunday School 10:00 AM Thursday Evening 7:00 PM Sunday broadcast on FM105.5

PRESBYTERIAN First Presbyterian Church 202 N. Miami Avenue, Sidney Phone: 937-492-4597 www.sidneyfirstpres.org Reverend Dr. Lee Dorsey Worship Sunday 9:15 AM Adult Christian Ed Sunday Morning Service 10:30 AM Child Care (Communion 1st Sunday of the month)

QUAKER Religious Society of Friends Amos Chapel at Dorothy Love Retirement Comunity 3003 Cisco Rd., Sidney Phone: 937-497-7326 or 492-4336 Worship Times 2nd & 4th Sunday 10:30 AM

ROMAN CATHOLIC Church of the Holy Redeemer 120 Eastmoor Drive, New Bremen Phone: 419-629-2543 Pastor Reverend Thomas Mannebach Worship Times Saturday 5:00 PM Sunday 8:00 & 10:00 AM Holy Days 7:30 PM Vigil 12:05 & 5:30 PM Holy Day ___________________ Egypt St. Joseph Church Reverend Rick Nieberding Worship Times Sunday Mass 8:45 AM ___________________ Holy Angels Catholic Church S. Main & Water St., Sidney Phone: 937-498-2307 Reverend Daniel Schmitmeyer Masses Saturday 5:30 PM Sunday 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM, 10:30 AM, 12:00 PM ___________________ Holy Family Catholic Church 140 South Findlay St., Dayton Ft. Mark Wojdelski, Pastor Mass Schedule Sunday 8:00 AM, 10:30 AM Holy Days of Obligation 7:00AM, 7PM Monday - Friday 7:15 AM Saturday 9:00 AM ___________________ Sacred Heart of Jesus Church 9333 St. Rt. 119W. McCartyville Phone: 937-394-3823 • 419-628-2502 Reverend John W. Tonkin Masses Saturday 5:00 PM Sunday 8:00 & 10:00 AM ___________________ St. Augustine Parish 48 N. Hanover Street, Minister Phone: 419-628-2614 Reverend Rick Nieberding Worship Times Saturday 5:00 PM Sunday 8:00, 10:00 & 11:30 AM Holy Day Masses 6:30 PM evening before 8:00 ___________________ AM, 7:00 PM on Holy Day St. Lawrence & Immaculate Conception Churches 116 N. Main Street, Botkins Phone: 937-693-2561 Reverend Patrick L. Sloneker Worship Times Saturday 5:30 PM Sunday 10:30 AM Sunday at St. Lawrence Church in Rhine 9:00 AM ___________________ St. Remy Church 108 E. Main Street, Russia Phone: 937-526-3437 Reverend Frank Amberger Masses Saturday 5:00 PM Sunday 7:30, 9:00 & 11:00 AM ___________________ St. Michael’s Church 33 Elm Street, Ft. Loramie Phone: 937-295-2891 Reverend Steven L. Shoup Worship Times Saturday 5:00 PM Sunday 8:00 & 11:00 AM

___________________ St. Peter & Paul Catholic Church 6788 St. Rt. 66, Newport Phone: 937-295-3001 Reverend Steven L. Shoup Worship Times Saturday 6:30 PM Sunday 9:30 AM

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST Piqua Seventh-Day Adventist Church West Bremen & St. Marys Streets New Knoxille, Ohio Phone: 937-778-0223 Pastor Don Byard, 419-236-1172 Worship Times Saturday Song Service 9:30 AM Saturday Bible Study 10:00 AM Saturday Worship 11:00 AM

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST First United Church of Christ West Bremen & St. Marys Streets New Knoxille, Ohio Phone: 419-753-2446 Pastor David A. Williams Worship Times Sunday 8:00 AM Sunday Family Worship 10:15 AM Sunday School 9:00 AM Sunday Services broadcast on WIMT (FM) every Sunday 10:15 AM __________________ Greenview United Church of Christ 3041 Leatherwood Creek Rd., Sidney email: greenviewucc@hughes.net Phone: 937-492-9579 Pastor Larry Grunden Worship Times Sunday 10:00 AM __________________ Immanuel United Church of Christ 888 St. Rt. 274 , Kettlersville email: immanuelucc@centurylink.net Phone: 937-693-2853 Pastor Charles Moeller Worship Times Sunday 10:00 AM Sunday School 9:00 AM Deaf Worship Services on the 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays of each month __________________ St. Paul United Church of Christ 119 N. Franklin St., New Bremen Phone: 419-629-2502 Pastor Becky Erb Strang Worship Times Saturday 5:00 PM Spirit Safari Club Sunday 9:00 AM Sunday 10:15 AM __________________ St. Paul’s United Church of Christ 707 N. Ohio Avenue, Sidney Phone: 937-492-8540 Rev. Dr. Bob McCann, interim minister Worship Times Adult Sunday School 9:00 AM Worship Sunday 10:15 AM Children’s Church 10:30 AM Kids’ Club 2nd & 4th Wed. 6:30 PM __________________ St. Peter’s Church 303 Franklin St., New Bremen Phone: 419-629-2175 Pastor Steve Wills Worship Times Sunday 9:15 AM Handicapped Accessible

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Wednesday Youth & Adult 6:30 PM Contact __________________ www/forministry.com/USOHWESLCSWCSW Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam Mosque 637 Randolph St., Dayton, OH 45408 Phone: 937-268-0279

JEWISH Temple Anshe Emeth 320 Caldwell Street, Piqua Mailing address: 3808 Beanblossom Rd., Greenville, OH 45331 For Schedule, contact: 937-547-0092 or elitchfield@woh.rr.com 2247033

YOUTH

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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Volume IV

Disproving the Mayan Calendar

Spring is in the air: The Spring Equinox

Most people are freaking out over this world "ending" on December 21, 2012. But did you know that the Mayans didn't even count the leap years? The leap year came after the Mayans came up with the ending of the world. The first leap year was 1752. If there were not any leap years, then it would be summer of 2013 right now. That means we would all be gone by now, but were not. The world is still here.

The ending of the world only one event that has been disproved on the Mayan calendar. Many other predicted events really did happen.

March 20th was the first day of spring this year. Also known as the spring equinox, but what happens on this day? Well the sun is passing over the equator and this is called the vernal equinox to the northern hemisphere, to the southern hemisphere its called autumnal equinox. Vernal means spring in Latin and equinox means equal in night. All over the world the length in day and night are pretty much equal to each other so this is why we use the word equinox. So what does spring bring with it? New life as the trees and flowers start to bloom and colors starts to spread through the northern hemisphere. Hope you all have a wonderful Spring Equinox.

BY TIARA JEAN BRANSCUM

BY CHELCIA CRISS

SIDNEY HIGH SCHOOL Proudly Presents

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HAPPENINGS AT THE HIVE!

A quick peek at some upcoming events!

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Are you ready for April 1st? Do you have all your pranks ready? Well here are some fun and safe April fool pranks to play on your friends.

Are you thirsty? You will be for this prank. Fill up a bunch of plastic cups half way full of water, and then set them on your friend’s desk, or office desk. It’s a time waster, but your friend has to poor out all the water and throw away the cups.

Want to have a buzzing time? Take your friends phone then tape it under a chair, or even their own chair. Have the phone set to vibrate then start calling them.

This might take some time but is truly worth the sight on your friend’s face. Find a park bench and then find paint that matches the color of the bench. Paint some stripes on old sweat clothes or an old t-shirt. Have you friend meet you at the park and invite them to sit next to you. Finally stand up and reveal the fake wet paint sign.

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Editor: Nick Boshonek Reporters: Nick Boshonek Lexie Froning Kennedy McIver Amy Watercutter Maria Yannucci Adviser: Elaine Schweller-Snyder

Issue #26 - March 29, 2012

He just wants to play ball

Attitude is key BY: KENNEDY MCIVER This time of year brings some things to mind, such as spring and the school year coming to a close. If you are anything like junior Sarah Titterington, you know this time of the year brings training, conditioning and hard work to mind. That’s right, it’s track season.

Most people dread the idea of early morning practices, training and giving up weekends, but Titterington always has the right attitude. “I love running track” says Titterington. She runs the 200 and the 400 which are both fast-paced sprints. Her fastest time in the 200 is 26 seconds and in the 400 is 59 seconds. These times have drawn the attention of Denison University. “The possibility for a scholarship has really pushed me to train harder this year,” stated Titterington.

Titterington made it to state last year with her relay team. Hopefully all this hard work and dedication will pay off this year. We are all wishing her and the rest of the Lehman track team the best of luck this season.

Year-booking yahoos BY: AMY WATERCUTTER Taking pictures, interviewing, writing articles, and putting together yearbook pages are just a few of the tasks that members of the journalism class have been working on this quarter. Members of the journalism class include Madilyn Brown, Julia Harrelson, John Husa, Kennedy McIver, Abby Ciriegio, Emily Bensman, Amy Watercutter, Maria Yannucci, Lexie Froning, Colleen Kinninger, Nick Boshonek, and Meghan Bennett.

Each student is assigned at least one two-page spread of the yearbook that they are responsible to design and create for each quarter of the year. The student must come up with his or her own creative design as to how to put the pictures together, while making sure that it is in keeping with the yearbook theme.

As well as designing the yearbook, the journalism students are also hard at work writing pieces for the Cavalier Crier and the Lehman Spotlight. As the year progresses to the final months of school, nothing is slowing down in the classroom for these students. Pictures need to be taken and selected, and the writing continues.

One project that the students are looking forward to is the end of the year exam. Yes, you read that correctly. As part of the final exam, the students are assigned a photography project in which they use the acquired skills they have learned throughout the year to take pictures from different perspectives and using different techniques.

These newly found photography skills will surely make their way into the 2012 edition of the Lehman yearbook – “iLehman: Connections”.

It’s a boy!

BY: LEXIE FRONING During the last week of February, Lehman’s English teacher, Mrs. Maxson, returned to school after maternity leave. On January 18 at 9:41 a.m., the Maxson family welcomed home their second child, Isaac Harold Maxson. He was 21 inches long and weighed 6 pounds and 10 ounces.

Mrs. Maxson’s first child, Darcy, who is 6 years old, could not be more excited about Isaac. After she gets home from school, all Darcy wants to do is hold her baby brother.

When asked how she decided on a name for her new baby boy, Mrs. Maxson explained, “I had never had a student named Isaac and I wanted his name to be unique. Isaac has a great grandpa on both sides with the middle name Harold, so we chose the same for him.”

BY: NICK BOSHONEK You rarely find an athlete dedicated to a sport the way DJ Hemm is dedicated to baseball. Hemm is a rare talent at Lehman and has a great respect, passion, and love for the game of baseball. “I love baseball because it’s very enjoyable and I’ve always been good at it,” said Hemm. “There is nothing better than a day at the ballpark. I love the game and play it with a lot of passion.” Lehman is not Hemm’s only team; he also plays for Troy’s Legion team during the summer.

Hemm has started all four years for the Lehman varsity baseball team and has proven why with his annually high batting average and his ‘golden glove’ at first base. The reason Hemm is so remarkable at baseball is because of his great work ethic. During the offseason, Hemm is constantly practicing hitting in his batting cage. His batting cage is quite the facility. It is located in the Dan Hemm Body Shop in Piqua, which is part of his father’s old car dealership, and is the size of a very large garage. The whole team has access to this facility in the winter.

Lehman has been successful in the tournament over the last several years and Hemm has expectations for this team to do the same. “My goals for the team are to win as many games as possible and to go deep in the tournament. My personal goals are to hit 0.500 and to be named All-State first baseman,” said Hemm.

“The best part about Lehman baseball is playing ball with my classmates and friends.”

Hemm is taking his talents to Ohio Wesleyan University, a private college lin Delaware, Ohio, to play baseball at the collegiate level. “I feel I deserve to start at first base for Ohio Wesleyan because I work my bottom off and I am their best option at first base in the near future,” said Hemm. “It is going to take many hours in the batting cage and a lot of working out, but they love me for my glove and bat, and I will show them why they wanted me on the team in the first place.”

“While at Ohio Wesleyan I hope to go as far as I can in the game of baseball, as well as academics. I am majoring in accounting because I am good with numbers.” Hemm will have a familiar face as a roommate, Lehman’s very own Ben Thieman. Thieman will be playing golf for Ohio Wesleyan.

Hemm knows what it’s going to take to be successful this year and in the future.

As he said, “The road to success is always under construction.”

Tennis boys getting ready for another big season BY: MARIA YANNUCCI Four district qualifiers and a state contender. With a season like last year’s, it is easy to see why the Lehman Boys Tennis team is excited for their upcoming season. In addition to two returning coaches, head coach Kristy Sherman and assistant coach Jo Davidson, the team gains coaches Scott Greve and former player Troy Baker.

Leading the team will be returning seniors Dan Sehlhorst, David Freytag, Matt Ulrich, and Michael Comer. Joining the team for the first time are seniors Alex Baker and Sean Looney. Freytag explains, “We graduated Christian Henderson, who went to state last year. He is a big loss, but we have such a talented team, we should be able to make up for it.”

As the boys begin their practices, they anticipate a very successful season. Freytag says, “With four returning district qualifiers and the depth of our team, we have a shot to get to districts as a TEAM in the state tournament. So come out and watch us!” The first match is Monday, March 26, so come root the Boys Tennis Team to victory!

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TERMS: 10% Buyers Premium. Call all for full terms.

CHAIRS, Chocolate brown rocker/ recliner with matching Chocolate brown chair and a half, both for $150, (937)497-7965 COUCH with matching chair, $250. Swivel rocker, $75. 2 round cherry end tables, $200. Maple end table. Small desk with chair, $25, (937)394-2545.

LIFT TABLE with drawers, oak, brand new, $400 or best offer.

(937)214-1239 after 4pm TV HUTCH, Flat panel, glass front cabinet, espresso, fits tv up to 50", 2 years old, 225, (937)492-9531

TILLER, Ariens 20 inch, rear tine, two speed, like new! with small trailer! $650 OBO. (937)676-2652 home or (937)214-2953 cell.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO NO. 12CV000049 JUDGE: JAMES STEVENSON LEGAL NOTICE IN SUIT FOR FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Plaintiff vs.

Lina F. DeMarcus aka Lina Demarcus, et. al., Defendant The Unknown Heirs, Devisees, Legatees, Executors, Administrators, Spouses and Assigns and the Unknown Guardians of Minor and/or Incompetent Heirs of Billy J. DeMarcus aka Billy DeMarcus, whose last known address is unknown, and cannot by reasonable diligence be ascertained, will take notice that on the 14th day of February, 2012, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association filed its Complaint in the Common Pleas Court of Shelby County, Ohio in Case No. 12CV000049, on the docket of the Court, and the object and demand for relief of which pleading is to foreclose the lien of plaintiff's mortgage recorded upon the following described real estate to wit: Property Address: 840 Port Jefferson Road, Sidney, OH 45365, and being more particularly described in plaintiff's mortgage recorded in Mortgage Book 1295, page 204, of this County Recorder's Office.

The above named defendants are required to answer within twenty-eight (28) days after last publication, which shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks, or they might be denied a hearing in this case.

LERNER, SAMPSON & ROTHFUSS Attorneys for Plaintiff P.O. Boox 5480 Cincinnati, OH 45201-5480 (513)241-3100 March 22, 29, April 5

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1979 AIRSTREAM 31', Excellent condition! $7500.

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1987 CHEVROLET K10 4 wheel drive, overdrive transmission. 79,295 babied miles, always garaged, no rust. $10,500.

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

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

FINE CHINA, service for 12 and 8. 400 day clocks.

Depression glass. Morton Salt girl doll. Bed quilts Call (937)778-0332.

LEGAL NOTICE Jane Doe, Unknown Spouse, if any, of Michael G. Warnecke whose last place of residence is P.O. Box 123, Port Jefferson, Ohio 45360, and 435 State Route 47, Port Jefferson, Ohio 45360, and 435 West Main Street, Port Jefferson, Ohio 45360 but whose present place of residence is unknown will take notice that on February 14, 2012, Bank of America, N.A. filed its Complaint in Case No. 12CV000047 in the Court of Common Pleas Shelby County, Ohio alleging that the Defendant Jane Doe, Unknown Spouse, if any, of Michael G. Warnecke have or claim to have an interest in the real estate described below: Permanent Parcel Number: 42-19-16-228-003; Property Address: 435 State Route 47, Port Jefferson, Ohio 45360. The legal description may be obtained from the Shelby County Auditor at Shelby County Annex, Floor 3, 129 East Court Street, Sidney, Ohio 45365, 937-498-7202.

The Petitioner further alleges that by reason of default of the Defendants in the payment of a promissory note, according to its tenor, the conditions of a concurrent mortgage deed given to secure the payment of said note and conveying the premises described, have been broken, and the same has become absolute.

The Petitioner prays that the Defendant named above be required to answer and set up their interest in said real estate or be forever barred from asserting the same, for foreclosure of said mortgage, the marshalling of any liens, and the sale of said real estate, and the proceeds of said sale applied to the payment of Petitioner’s Claim in the proper order of its priority, and for such other and further relief as is just and equitable.

THE DEFENDANT NAMED ABOVE IS REQUIRED TO ANSWER ON OR BEFORE THE 10TH DAY OF MAY, 2012.

By: REIMER, ARNOVITZ, CHERNEK & JEFFREY CO., L.P.A. Richard J. LaCivita, Attorney at Law Attorney for Plaintiff-Petitioner P.O. Box 968 Twinsburg, Ohio 44087 (330) 425-4201 Mar. 29, Apr. 5, 12 2270471

ADULT MOVIES, still in factory seal, great selection, $4 each.

Call (567)356-0272.

FREE HAULING! Refrigerators, freezers, batteries, washers, dryers, tanning beds, water heater, metal/ steel. JunkBGone. (937)538-6202 HANDICAP RAMP system, aluminum with platforms $4500 new asking $1500; Victory 4 wheel scooter, used 5 hours, $1300; Hoveround power wheel chair, never used, bargain priced $1950, OBO (937)773-4016 POSTS used and treated, 4Xappox.8, 15, $45 for all.

(937)492-3000 RACING BIKE 27", many extras! Like new. over $1000 value, asking $600 or trade for moped or scooter.

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OBEDIENCE CLASSES

by Piqua Dog Club Starts April 9th at Piqua Armory.

Bring current shot records No dogs on first night www.piquadogclub.com (937)663-4412

TICKETS 2 Final Four tickets, New Orleans.

March 31st & April 2nd.

Section 649 Row 3. Face value $320.

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BUYING: 1 piece or entire estates: Vintage costume or real jewelry, toys, pottery, glass, advertisements.

Call Melisa (419)860-3983 or (937)710-4603.

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

Thanks for calling (937)719-3088 or (937)451-1019 WANTED TO BUY: old glassware, fishing, pottery, tools, jewelry, contents of estates, garage, or sheds, guns, anything old! Call (330)718-3843.

SEWING MACHINE, Console, White brand name, excellent condition, manual included, $75, call (937)492-0357 STORM DOORS, 2, used.

36X80, brown $50.

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1993 CADILLAC Seville STS, Northstar, V-8, loaded, fair condition, $3,000 OBO. (937)541-1272

TELEVISION, RCA color floor model $100, Discovery Wonderwall Projector NIB $65, Obama limited xl jacket 419 of 500, $100, (937)638-0581

1994 LAND Rover, Range Rover, county long wheel base, loaded, fair condition, $4000 obo.

(937)541-1272

WEIGHT MACHINE, $200. Treadmill, $200.

Dehumidifier, $100.

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YORKIE/ JACK RUSSELL Mix, 1 year old female, $150, cathyc2288@yahoo.com, (937)339-1788.

CATS, Tiger cat, spayed & declawed, $50, Gray cat free to good home, (937)492-6322 HUSKY, all white with blue eyes. Turns 1 on April 24th, AKC. Moving cant take her with me.

She is up to date on shots and everything. Call if interested. $600. rameychris84@gmail.com.

(401)297-6916.

SIBERIAN HUSKY, female, ACA, dob 10-12-11, black & white, blue eyes, cage, $800 obo, (937)570-2972

City of Sidney Sidney Municipal Airport On-Site Wastewater Treatment System Pre-Bid Meeting on April 9, 2012.

Bids accepted until April 12, 2012.

Complete details at www.SidneyOH.com or 937-498-8142 Mar. 22, 29, Apr. 5

2000 GMC Sonoma, extended cab, 4.3 V6, 81,400 miles, CD player, electric windows/locks, Alloy rims, newer tires.

Bought new. $7250.

Excellent condition. ( 9 3 7 ) 4 9 8 - 1 5 9 9 (937)726-3398 Serious inquiries only 2002 SATURN SL1, black, 124,000 miles.

Auto, body in good shape, AC, power windows, doors, $2500, (937)493-4631

2005 YAMAHA V-STAR, 1100cc, windshield, saddle bags. 1 owner: bought brand new! Reason for selling: retiring from riding, $4500, (937)658-1946.

2006 HONDA Shadow Aero.

750CC, 6,936 miles. Near mint condition. $3500.

(937)638-7340 4-9pm.

2006 HONDA Shadow VT600 $3000 OBO (937)570-6267 2010 HONDA Stateline (VT13CRA) Black, 1,900 miles.

1 Owner "press" bike. Lots of extras such as custom grips, saddlebags, tank cover, blvd. screen, and bike vault.

Like new! $9500.

(937)658-0320 chadmcclain@me.com.

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LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the 2011 Financial Report for Shelby MHA has ben completed and is available for public inspection at the office of Shelby MHA, 706 N. Wagner Ave., Sidney, OH. Judy Wells, Ex. Director March 19, 2012 Mar. 29 2270470

LEGAL NOTICE The Shelby County Family and Children First Council 2011 calendar year end report is complete. It is available for review by contacting Jodie Brewer at 937-498-4981 ext 257.

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1998 HONDA GL1500 GOLDWING ASPENCADE 90,306 miles. New seat in summer 2011. Comes with 1 full cover, 1 half cover and trailer hitch. $7500 OBO. (937)596-5474 fetss5@hotmail.com

2001 COACHMAN 24', Very Clean! $5500.

(937)497-9673

2001 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS LS Loaded with accessories. Very good condition. Only 75,300 miles. $5000 (937)339-8352

2005 SUZUKI BURGMAN 6,107 miles, good condition, runs excellent $3500 OBO. Call after 4pm or leave message.

(937)339-2866

2007 CADILLAC STS AW drive, 6 cylinder, 51,500 miles, sunroof, heated & cooled seats, keyless entry, Gold, showroom condition, excellent gas mileage, 100,000 warranty, $19,500 (937)492-1501