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Vol. 121 No. 72

Sidney, Ohio

April 11, 2012

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COLUMBUS (AP) — Military officials say they want the remains of three Ohio soldiers killed in Afghanistan flown back into the state together from Delaware’s Dover Air Force Base. Maj. Gen. Deborah Ashenhurst of the Ohio National Guard said Tuesday that officials aren’t sure when they’ll return the remains of 36-year-old Capt. Nicholas Rozanski of

Dublin, 45-year-old Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Rieck of Columbus and 44-year-old Sgt. 1st Class Shawn Hannon of Grove City to Ohio. Rieck, a native of Sidney, was the son of the late Jayne Rieck and the late Jim Rieck. He was a 1984 graduate of Sidney High School. He was 1994 graduate of Sinclair Community College.

The soldiers were killed in a suicide bomber attack Wednesday in Afghanistan. At least 13 people died. Ashenhurst said the soldiers were working with the Afghan National Army to transport radios. At least four more members of the same Ohio unit were injured. One member of the Washington National Guard also was wounded.

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DEATHS

MICHAEL BLANKENSHIP (right) appears with his attorney Mark Triplet before judge Jim Stevenson in Shelby County Common Pleas court for sentencing Monday.

Obituaries and/or death notices for the following people appear on Page 3A today: • Richard G. Schulz • Linda M. Watson • Charles D. “Doug” Parker Sr. • Madella F. Schnippel • John “Ron” Bickel Jr.

INDEX Business ...........................10A City, County records........3-4A Classified.........................3-6B Comics ...............................2B Fort Loramie .......................9A Hints from Heloise ..............7A Horoscope........................12A Localife ............................6-7A Nation/World.......................5A Obituaries ...........................3A Sports .........................14-16A State news..........................4A ’Tween 12 and 20.............12A Weather/Sudoku/Abby/Out of the Past/Dr. Donohue ..13A

TODAY’S THOUGHT “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” — Kurt Vonnegut (19222007) For more on today in history, turn to Page 2B.

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Former officer sentenced to community control sanctions BY JENNIFER BUMGARNER jbumgarner@sdnccg.com Former Port Jefferson police officer Michael Blankenship was sentenced in Shelby County Common Pleas Court on Monday for one count of vandalism, a felony of the fifth degree, and improper use of a firearm in motor vehicle, a felony of the fourth degree. The charge of inducing panic was dropped. Blankenship, 31, of Bellefontaine, was sentenced to community control sanctions for five years and will pay restitution to the village of Port Jefferson in the amount of $8,000 and restitution to the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office in the amount of $2,268.27 plus court costs. He is to continue mental health counseling and will have to forfeit his firearm used in the crime. Before the sentencing Blankenship stated he was “very remorseful” for his actions and

“also very sorry for the dark cloud I placed on local law enforcement” because of the actions. His lawyer also commented on the circumstances which led to the incident. “I think it’s fair to say his actions were committed during circumstances that are unlikely to recur,” said Marc Triplett. “He was operating under a level of stress as he had recently separated from his wife and he has now reconciled with his family.” According to Triplett, Blankenship sought counseling at Consolidated Care in Bellefontaine and is employed as a dump truck driver. The charges, filed Sept. 12, stem from an incident in which Blankenship damaged a police car and filed a false report with sheriff’s deputies. Blankenship called sheriff ’s dispatch and reported an incident in which he claimed the See OFFICER/Page 2A

The fate of Central Elementary School is now in the hands of an unknown bidder. Members of the Sidney City Schools Board of Education voted to place the elementary school on the auction block June 2 during a work session Monday night held at Longfellow Elementary School. The vote was 4-0 in favor of the action. Board member Kelly Rees was not present. The board has discussed what to do with the building during several meetings. “It will cost us between $150,000 to $400,000 to demolish it,” said Superintendent John Scheu. It has been appraised at over $10,000, which means we must sell it at public auction. “We’ve talked to the city (of Sidney) and they can’t help us with the demolition of the building,” said Scheu. “I’ve had several people who have expressed an interest in the building.” Each board member voiced their opinion about the issue. “We’ve look at this from every angle and at all the opSee CENTRAL/Page 4A

Council prepares to sell, buy land by airport BY TOM BARNETT tbarnett@sdnccg.com Sidney City Council Monday night introduced ordinances authorizing the sale of 37.74 acres of land adjacent to the municipal airport and the purchase of an 8.5-acre Sidney-Plattsville Road tract for an airport runway expansion. Both ordinances will receive second readings and action at Council’s April 23 meeting. The land being offer for sale was originally purchased by the city to extend the airport’s southwest-northeast runway, a project that has since been abandoned at the recommendation of the Fed-

eral Aviation Authority. Law director Jeffrey Amick told council the proposed sale process will be accomplished by sealed bids and is contingent upon receipt of required approval by the FFA. The proposal was submitted to the agency in February, but the requisite approval has yet to be received or the funding grant approved. Purchase of the SidneyPlattsville Road acreage is necessary for the airport’s current east-west runway extension. The land at 15045 Sidney-Plattsville Road would be purchased from James and Mary Frances Darwin for $45,000. The Orange Township land

is part of a 60.4-acre parcel currently used for agriculture. Council also adopted resolutions authorizing advertising for bids to relocate the city’s wastewater lagoon discharge and authorizing an agreement with Clinton Township Trustees to mill and pave a portion of Vandemark Road. Public Works director Chris Clark told council the lime lagoon legislation is the first step in the city’s compliance with an Ohio EPA directive to pipe the wastewater treatment plant lagoon’s discharge to Tawawa Creek. Clark said the project’s estimated $93,200 price tag will come from the Water Reserve

Fund. The resolution authorizes the city manager to initiate design of the project, advertise for bids and award a contract. The road paving resolution accepts township trustees’ commitment to pay 50 percent of the cost of paving Vandemark Road from Fair Road north to its east-west railroad crossing. The west side of the roadway project is situated in the township. The township share is estimated at $60,158 plus $3,500 for repair of catch basins and curbing. Township trustees approved the project at their March 21 meeting. The city will be See LAND/Page 3A

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Dates set for final arguments Kimpel’s attorney seeks dismissal of Auglaize County charges Attorneys for suspended Shelby County Sheriff D e a n Kimpel and prosecutors held a p h o n e confere n c e T u e s d ay afternoon Kimpel w i t h J u d g e Frederick Pepple regarding the Auglaize County sexual battery case pending against Kimpel and the continuance of a hearing from April 2 regarding the dismissal/suspension of the case. A hearing was held on April 2 in Auglaize County Common Pleas Court regarding Kimpel’s pending sexual battery trial. Kimpel’s attorneys argued Kimpel believed he had been granted immunity when he spoke to investigators as part of an internal affairs investigation by Licking County Sheriff’s Office investigators regarding sexual harrassment and hostile work environment allegations by former Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputy Jodi Van Fossen. Kimpel felt that same immunity applied in the criminal investigations that followed. Kimpel’s attorney, Michael

OFFICER From Page 1 driver of a passing car pointed a gun at him on Ohio 47 outside Port Jefferson and he had given chase, had been shot and returned fire through the cruiser’s windshield. He also said he had been involved in a crash and was injured. More than a dozen deputies, state troopers and rescue personnel responded to his calls and he was transported to Wilson Memorial Hospital. After deputies interviewed Blankenship, it was determined his reports had been fabricated. Blankenship had been a part-time police officer in the village for five years.

Rumer of Lima, requested the sexual battery charge be dismissed and testimony be suppressed. Kimpel was read his Miranda rights during the criminal investigations and acknowledged that fact during the hearing on April 2. During the hearing, Miami County Assistant Prosecutor Anthony Kendall, also a special prosecutor in the case, requested Pepple grant a continuance for the hearing due to the fact that Miami County Prosecutor Gary Nasal, special prosecutor in the Kimpel cases, had a medical emergency on March 30 and Kendall would need to consult with him regarding the April 2 testimonies. Pepple granted a one week continuance and held a phone conference with both sides Tuesday regarding a decision on continuing the hearing for additional testimony and final arguments. Tuesday’s During phone conference, Nasal said, it was decided that attorneys for both sides will file their final arguments in the dismissal/suppression hearing with the Auglaize County Common Pleas Court in writK i m p e l ’ s ing. attorneys are required to file their final arguments by April 12 and Nasal’s

Attorneys provide witness lists BY KATHY LEESE Attorneys for suspended Shelby County Sheriff Kimpel and Miami County Prosecutors Gary Nasal and Miami County Assistant Prosecutor Anthony Kendall have filed witness lists with the Auglaize County Common Pleas Court in preparation for the upcoming sexual battery trial. Kimpel’s attorneys filed a total of 40 witnesses with the court, who may take the stand when Kimpel’s trial gets under way May 7. Among the names listed as witnesses for Kimpel are Shelby County Sheriff ’s Office employees and former employees: Van Fossen, Detective Cori Steiner, Lt. Det. James Frye, former Capt. Michael Eilerman, Sgt. Aaron Steinke, Lori Wick, Sgt. Karla Pleiman, Sgt. Mike Wick, Deputy Cami Frey and former Capt. Tim Morgan. Sidney Police Officers and employees listed as witnesses include: Officer Chris Burmeister, Capt. Jerry Tangeman, Chief Kevin Gessler, Sgt. Rob Jameson, Officer Kevin Macke, Capt. Rod Austin, Officer Greg Cruse, Officer Jim Jennings, Officer Warren Melerine and office must file their final arguments by April 13. No more testimony is scheduled in the dismissal/suppression hearing. “We’ll be awaiting the judge’s decision,” Nasal

Dispatcher Pam Goins. Other law enforcement officers named as witnesses are Licking County Detectives Chris Barbuto and Jay Cook and Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) Agents Charles Stegglemire and Dwight Aopacher. Also named as witnesses are Shelby County Prosecutor Ralph Bauer and Sidney Attorney Jon Richards. Kimpel’s attorneys are also expected to call Van Fossen’s family members including Logan Winkeljohn, Tony Winkeljohn, Cameron Winkeljohn, Cory Winkeljohn and Chris Edwards. Other witnesses listed by Kimpel’s attorneys are Robert A. Moore, Joni Burmeister, James Dunn, PhD., Katie Brown, Madonna Eisnagle, Mark Mankowski, West Milton Police Chief Gary Kimpel, brother of the suspended sheriff, Liquor Control Agent Thomas Eisnagle and Michael W. Feister. Witnesses for the prosecution include Van Fossen, Tony Winklejohn, Cory Winklejohn, Cameron Winklejohn, James Daum, PhD. and BCI Special Agent Todd Brown.

said, noting he is not able to discuss the matter further. During the April 2 hearing, Pepple ruled in favor of a motion from Nasal regarding the rape shield law and Nasal’s re-

quest that Pepple “limit the evidence” presented by Kimpel’s attorneys during the sexual battery trial. Nasal had told the court in his motion on the matter that “review of the discovery with the

Police search for robber 24 HOUR TOWING

Sidney police are still searching for a man who robbed the Michigan Street Speedway April 2. Police released surveillance camera footage of the suspect. He is described as a black man wearing a white T-shirt and a black hooded sweatshirt. The suspect approached the counter and asked for a pen. The suspect then pulled out a revolver and demanded money. The suspect ran out the front doors and south toward Reliable Castings. Officers searched the area and did not locate the suspect. Officers brought in a K-9 to help track the robbery, but could not track a scent.

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defense, and review of the defense’s witness list, lends to the conclusion that the defense wishes to present evidence at length regarding the victim’s alleged prior sexual history which has absolutely nothing to do with the case presently before the court.” Kimpel’s trial on the sexual battery charges is scheduled for May 7-10 in Auglaize County Common Pleas Court. A final pretrial in the sexual battery case is scheduled for April 16. Kimpel’s trial on the Ohio Law Enforcement Gateway (OHLEG) charges in Shelby County is scheduled for July 30 in Shelby County Common Pleas Court. Kimpel’s attorneys reand were quested granted permission to file a motion to dismiss the charges in Shelby County. Miami County Judge Robert Lindeman, who was appointed as judge in the Shelby County case, has given Kimpel’s attorneys until May 7 to file a motion to dismiss the charges. If Kimpel is convicted in Auglaize County, he faces up to five years in prison and/or a $10,000 fine. He would also have to register as a sex offender. If he is convicted in Shelby County on the five charges involving misuse of OHLEG, he faces up to one year in jail on each charge.

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Richard G. Schulz PIQUA — Richard G. Schulz, 85, of 1009 Washington Ave., died at 1:38 p.m., Monday, April 9, 2012. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday at St. Boniface Catholic Church. Arrangements are being handled by the Jamieson and Yannucci Funeral Home, Piqua.

Linda M. Watson JACKSON CENTER — Linda M. Watson, 55, 223 Robb St., passed away at 2:28 p.m. on Monday, April 9, 2012. Arrangements are pending at the Adams Funeral Home, Sidney.

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BELLEFONTAINE — Charles D. “Doug” Parker Sr. 58, of Bellefontaine, passed away Saturday afternoon, April 7, 2012, at the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, Columbus. Doug was born in Bellefontaine, the son of the late Earl Morris and Bertha Geraldine Johns Parker Sr. on May 22, 1953. He was also preceded in death by his sisters Wanda Tuttle and Vickie Billups; brothers Joe, Jim, Bob, Leland and Bob Parker. Doug retired from ODOT as a supervisor and enjoyed fishing and hunting. He was a member of the Bellefontaine Moose Lodge 2563 and VFW Post 1080. Doug is survived by his sons Earl M. (DeeMeta) Parker, of Lakeview, Jason Lee Parker, of Reno, Nev. ,and Charles Douglas Parker, Jr., of Lakeview; grandchildren: six Cayne, James, Evin,

Ella, JR and Aubri Parker; his fiancee Judy Brewster Weber, of Bellefontaine; brothers Fred Parker, of Peoria, Ill. and Larry (Hellyn) Parker, of Bellefontaine; sistersin-law Marilyn Parker, of DeGraff, Sue Parker, of Roundhead, Bev Parker, of Charlestown, W. Va. , Linda Parker, of Crowne Point, Ind., Liz Parker, of Bellefontaine; and brothers-in-law Lee Tuttle, of Bellefontaine and Milliam Billups, of Columbus. Visitation will be on Thursday, April 12, 2012 at the Myron Van Horn Chapel of Smith-Eichholtz Funeral Home, Lakeview, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Burial will be at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to family, in care of the funeral home. Online condolences may be expressed at w w w . s m i t h eichholtz.com.

John ‘Ron’ Bickel Jr. John “Ron” Bickel Jr., 55, of 127 W. Parkwood St., passed away Saturday, April 7, 2012, at 4:08 a.m. at Wilson Memorial Hospital. He was born on Dec. 10, 1956, the son of the late John E. and Doris (Meeker) Bickel Sr. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Ricky (Regina) Elson of Houston; six grandchildren, John Bickel, Allen Daniels, Jadelyn Lorton, Indika Lorton, Andrew Elson and Issac Elson, all of Houston; one brother, Doug Elsner, of Sidney; and four sisters, Mrs. Craig (Cindy) Clayton, of Sidney, Mrs. Tim (Sue) Hobgood, of Springboro, Mrs. Barry (Pam) Arehart, of Xenia, and Mrs. Mike (Sharon) Wess, of Winter Springs, Fla. He was preceded in death by one brother, Mike Nichols. John was a avid stamp collector and a member of a local stamp club. He was a member of the Jaycees and loved to ride his bicycle, play bingo and spent his summers at the local ball fields watching his grandchildren play soft-

ball. He was an umpire and coach for the IUTIS softball league and he announced softball games at Custenborder Field during the summer. John occasionally called bingo at the Clancy’s Restaurant and volunteered as a bell ringer for the Salvation Army. He was a member of the Sidney Apostolic Temple. Ron was a tissue donor, and in doing so will be remembered as a hero to many families that he will help give life to. A celebration of life will be held at a later date, which will be announced. There will be no public visitation held prior to his service. Funeral arrangements are in the care of the Cromes Funeral Home and Crematory, 302 S. Main Ave. The family would sincerely appreciate donations made to Cromes Funeral home to help with funeral expenses. Condolences may be sent to the Bickel family through the funeral home’s website at cromesfh.com.

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Daughter of unclaimed veteran steps forward COLUMBUS (AP) — The daughter of an Ohio veteran whose remains lay unclaimed for years alongside almost a dozen other servicemen at a funeral home said she finds closure in knowing several groups want a burial for him that includes full military honors. Julie Dickerson, daughter of Staff Sgt. Russell Andrews Jr., said Tuesday her family recognized the Air Force veteran’s name during a local news telecast. She

said she’s pleased with the efforts of The Missing in America Project to have Andrews laid to rest with nine other veterans during a May 22 burial at Dayton National Cemetery. Andrews’ cremated remains were found among others in November at the Cook & SonPallay Funeral Home in Columbus. Project volunteers had little success before Tuesday in finding next of kin for the servicemen.

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Madella F. Schnippel WAPAKONETA — Madella F. Schnippel, 79, of Wapakoneta, died at 4:30 a.m., Sunday, April 8, 2012, at St. Rita’s MedCenter, ical Lima. She was born Oct. 13, 1932, in Carthagena, the of daughter Adolph and Theresa (Wuebker) Severt, who preceded her in death. On June 11, 1955, she married James C. “Jim” Schnippel, and he died Aug. 15, 2007. Other survivors include six children, Deb and Dave Heitz, Jerry and Janet (Schipper) Schnippel, Sue and Denny Shroyer, Tony and Melanie (Dubois) Schnippel, all of Wapakoneta; Brian Schnippel, of Botkins, and Janet and Jim Heitkamp, of New Bremen. She is also survived by 16 grandchildren, Darian (Jairan) Heitz, Denise (Brian) Oberhaus, Diane (Chris) Harrod and Jeff (Rebecca) Schnippel, Juli (Keil) Donelson, Joann, Jason, Kaylee, Amber and Lucas Schnippel, Adam, Ashley and Abby Shroyer, Jamie, Jodi, Justin and Jenna Heitkamp; six great grandchildren, Alyssa and Emily Harrod, Blake Harrod, Aria and Kamden Heitz and Ethan Oberhaus; and siblings David (Emma) Severt, of Wapakoneta, Loretta (Robert) Westerheide, of Mount Vernon,

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and Sarah Dotson, of Lima. She was preceded in death by a brother, Roman Severt and two sisters, Edna Greve and R o s e m a r y Shawhan. A homemaker, Madella helped in the family business, Schnippel Electric Plumbing & Heating, Wapakoneta. She was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church, Wapakoneta, and sang in the Resurrection Choir. A member of the K of C, Council 1272, Auxiliary, she was a member of the former Catholic Ladies Sodality. She was active with the St. Joseph Sewing Ladies and enjoyed playing cards. She was also a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 691, Wapakoneta. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, April 12, 2012, at the St. Joseph Catholic Church, Wapakoneta, by the Rev. Matthew Lee. Burial will follow in the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Wapakoneta. The family will receive friends from 2 to 8 p.m., Wednesday at the Bayliff & Eley Funeral Home, Ohio 501, Wapakoneta. Memorials may be directed to the St. Joseph Catholic Church Renovation Fund. Condolences may be expressed at www.bayliffandeleyfh.com.

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Sheriff’s log SUNDAY -11:30 p.m.: larceny. Shelby County Sheriff ’s deputies responded to 8550 Lehman Road on a report of the theft of a chainsaw, socket set and other items taken from a garage. -7:16 p.m.: burglary. Deputies responded to 22464 Wise Road on a report of a burglary. Several televisions and other electronics were reportedly stolen.

Village log TUESDAY -7:51 a.m.: complaint. Botkins police responded to Botkins Local Schools, 208 N. Sycamore St., on a report that someone had gone into the school who shouldn’t have been there. According to police, the school went on lock down as a standard procedure but there was no major problem. MONDAY -1:40 p.m.: assault. Jackson Center police responded to a report of a rape in Jackson Township. -10:23 a.m.: vandalism. Anna police responded to 205 E. Walnut Street on a report of vandalism. -8:12 a.m.: vandalism. Anna police responded to 208 Emerald Court on a report of vandalism. SUNDAY -9:31 p.m.: burglary. Anna police responded to a report of a burglary at

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Fire, rescue TUESDAY -7:28 a.m.: medical. Anna Rescue responded to Interstate 75 and Ohio 119 on a medical call. MONDAY -11:58 p.m.: medical. Fort Loramie Rescue responded to the 10600 block of Ohio 364 on a medical call. -7:09 p.m.: medical. Anna Rescue responded to the 200 block of South Linden Avenue on a medical call. -4:05 p.m.: fire. Port Jefferson Fire responded to the intersection of Fort Loramie- Swanders Road on a report of a field fire. -3:40 p.m.: medical. Russia Fire and Houston Rescue responded to a medical call on the 100 block of Fessler-Buxton Road. -6:37 a.m.: medical. Houston Rescue responded to the 3700 block of Freeman Drive on a medical call. -3:19 a.m.: medical. Fort Loramie Rescue responded to the 6100 block of Cisco Road on a medical call. SUNDAY -11:25 p.m.: medical. Anna Rescue responded to a medical call on the 10900 block of Dixie Highway. -3:56 p.m.: fire. Anna Fire responded to 607 E. Main St. on a report of a mulch fire. -12:24 p.m.: medical. Anna Rescue responded to the 10300 block of County Road 25A on a medical call.

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lice responded to Walmart, 2400 Michigan St., on a report of the MONDAY theft of 93 Blue Ray -8:06 a.m.: break- movies valued at ing and entering. Sid- $2,190.73. ney police responded to 449 Riverside Drive on a report of someone breaking into a City of Sidney Parks DepartTUESDAY ment building and -2:19 a.m.: medical. two Stihl Sidney paramedics restealing chainsaws. sponded to the 100 block -1:59 a.m.: ob- of Tranquility Court on structing official a medical call. business. Police arMONDAY rested Auttie Shayne -9:31 p.m.: medical. King, 18, at large, for Medics responded to the official 200 block of Doorley obstructing business. Road on a medical call. SUNDAY -7:16 p.m.: medical. -4:14 a.m.: animal Medics responded to the bite. Sidney police offi- 600 block of Ardiss Place cer Joshua Divens, was on a medical call. allegedly attacked by a -6:09 p.m.: medical. dog at 718 Arrowhead Medics responded to a Drive. medical call on the 1800 SATURDAY block of Glenn Place. -12:05 p.m.: arrest. -5:28 p.m.: injury. Police arrested Laron Medics responded to a Coleman, 23, of Dayton, report of an injury on for unauthorized use of the 700 block of Fulton a motor vehicle. He al- Street. legedly took a vehicle -3:10 p.m.: medical. owned by Brittney Medics responded to the Johnson, 755 Park St., 300 block of Sycamore without her permission. Avenue on a medical The vehicle was call. stopped north of Van-9:05 a.m.: medical. dalia by the Ohio State Medics responded to the Highway Patrol. 1100 block of Constitu-2:36 a.m.: trespass. tion Avenue on a medPolice responded to the ical call. Waffle House, 317 FolkSUNDAY erth Ave., and arrested -11:54 p.m.: medAshley Elsass, 22, for ical. Medics responded criminal trespass. to the 300 block of West -1:24 a.m.: criminal Russell Road on a medtrespass. Police re- ical call. sponded to Walmart, -8:05 p.m.: medical. 2400 Michigan St., on a Medics responded to the report of criminal tres- 400 block of Holmes pass and arrested Jes- Place on a medical call. sica Ward, 27, of Piqua. -4:32 p.m.: fire. FireFRIDAY fighters responded to -8:36 p.m.: con- 247 W. Court St. on a retempt. Police arrested port of a mulch fire. The Mark A. Wood, 26, of fire was extinguished Piqua, on a contempt with no loss or injuries. warrant. -4:08 p.m.: fire. Fire-9:45 a.m.: con- fighters were dispatched tempt. Police arrested to 2260 Michigan St. for Matthew Royse, 32, on a mulch fire. The fire a warrant for contempt. was extinguished with -9:43 a.m.: theft. Po- no loss or injuries. lice were called to Wal-1:24 p.m.: medical. mart, 2400 Michigan Medics responded to the St., on a report of the 2400 block of Michigan theft of 10 computer Street on a medical call. hard drives valued at -11:31 a.m.: medical. $930. Medics responded to the -6:11 a.m.: arrest. 700 block of Spruce AvPolice arrested Hector enue on a medical call. Negron III, at large, on -11:21 a.m.: medical. a probation violation Medics responded to the warrant and obstruct- 500 block of North Main ing official business. Avenue on a medical -1:30 a.m.: theft. Po- call.

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BY ANN SANNER Associated Press COLUMBUS (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Months before Ohio authorities were forced to kill dozens of dangerous wild creatures let loose from their cages last fall, an animal owners group had been working with officials to help write proposed regulations on exotic animals in the state. But now that the legislation is before state lawmakers, the Ohio Association of Animal Owners is gunning for the billâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s demise, saying itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unfair. The group boasts more than 8,000 members, whose pets range from domestic cats to Bengal tigers. They and other pet owners have packed Senate hearings on the bill and plan to keep urging state lawmakers through phone calls and letters to scrap the proposal. Ohio has some of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weakest restric-

tions on exotic pets. Efforts to strengthen the regulations took on new urgency after owner Terry Thompson let 56 animals â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including black bears, mountain lions and Bengal tigers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; escape from his eastern Ohio farm before committing suicide on Oct. 18. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After Zanesville, things just kind of blew up,â&#x20AC;? said Polly Britton, a lobbyist for the owners association. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our strategy has had to change.â&#x20AC;? So-called casual ownership of exotic animals would no longer be easy in Ohio. The measure would ban new ownership of exotic animals, allowing current owners to keep their pets by obtaining a new state-issued permit by 2014 and meeting other conditions. Permit fees for keeping boas or venomous snakes would start at $100, while fees for lions, tigers and other dangerous animals would

begin at $500. Insurance policies for dangerous animals could reach as high as $1 million, depending on the number kept. Owners would be required to pass a background check, obtain liability insurance, implant microchips in their pets and show inspectors that they adhere to care standards and have taken safety measures such as fencing property. Facilities accredited by some national zoo groups and licensed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture would be exempt, along with sanctuaries and research institutions. The owners association sees the bill as unworkable because it says zoos and private owners arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t operating on the same playing field and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the same financial resources. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for a bill thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fair and consistent,â&#x20AC;? Britton said in a recent interview.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everybody from the public zoos to the private, non-commercial owner should have to meet the same requirements, so that these animals canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get out and hurt anybody.â&#x20AC;? The group also wants to see all federally licensed facilities exempted from the permit fees and rules in the bill, among other changes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The list of amendments would be so long, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think all of them would get passed,â&#x20AC;? Britton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And if they arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t all passed, then the bill is still unacceptable.â&#x20AC;? Janet and Gary Campbell are among the dozens of owners who have called on lawmakers to roll back the restrictions. The couple lives in Logan, which is about 50 miles southeast of Columbus, with three capuchin monkeys and a black-handed spider monkey.

CENTRAL tions,â&#x20AC;? said Board President Melanie Cook. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The time has come to put it up for auction to see if it sells.â&#x20AC;? Members Bill Ankney, Steve Smith and Darrell Spangler all supported Cookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s statements. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our plan B was to work with the city to tear it down,â&#x20AC;? said Ankney. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to see if we can sell it.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have that kind of money (to tear it down),â&#x20AC;? said Spangler. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we can sell it for $1, means weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re that $151,000 ahead,â&#x20AC;? said Smith. An auction had already been scheduled for June 2 for the contents of the building. That auction will now include the building itself. During the public participation portion of the meeting, Russell Cook, of Sidney, questioned by the athletic director is paid $81,000 a year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The athletic depart-

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ment doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bring in that much money,â&#x20AC;? said Russell Cook. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Each head coach should be their own athletic director and we could take the $81,000 and hire three more teachers.â&#x20AC;? Melanie Cook responded to the comments by stating, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The average athletic director in the area receives $500 less that our current AD. Our former AD left because he could make $20,000 more. We pay a competitive wage. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our athletic director, depending on the season, works 60 to 80 hours a week,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He takes care of schedule and eligibility requirements.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The diversity of the athletic program is so much broader than when I was in school,â&#x20AC;? said Spangler. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There were no girls athletics then. And now you also have junior

high schools. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big responsibility.â&#x20AC;? Melanie Cook added that even if the ADâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s responsibilities were divided up among the coaches it might cost the district more in the long run. The Phonics First Program was presented by Andrea Kimmel, a Title I teacher, Kathy Gillman, a kindergarten teacher, and Winona Axe, an intervention specialist. All three received extension training for the program, which will be implemented in kindergarten

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Show and tell leads to arrest BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A 5-year-old boy found dozens of bags of heroin inside a jacket he had taken to school and showed them to his kindergarten classmates, the school superintendent said Tuesday. Bridgeport Superintendent Paul Vallas said he believes the boy took his stepfather’s jacket to school on Monday without knowing the drugs were inside it. “Children bring to school what they find at home,” he said. Police have told the Connecticut Post the boy took 50 packets of heroin out when it came time for a show-and-tell presentation, but Vallas said the boy only waved the heroin around at his cubicle. Police did not respond to messages seeking comment Tuesday. The boy’s stepfather, 35year-old Santos Roman, went to the school and recovered the jacket, but police had already seized the drugs, officials said. He was arrested when he returned to the school after apparently discovering the heroin was missing, Vallas said.

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Santorum drops out BY KASIE HUNT Associated Press GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Rick Santorum cleared the way for Mitt Romney to claim victory in the long and hardfought battle for the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, giving up his “against all odds” campaign as Romney’s tenacious conservative rival. Santorum’s withdrawal sets up what is sure to be an acrimonious seven-month fight for the presidency between Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, and Democratic President Barack Obama, with the certain focus on the still-troubled economy. In a preview of the personal attacks that lie ahead, Obama’s campaign manager declared that Americans neither like nor trust Romney, and the Romney camp said the fight had always been about defeating Obama, not GOP rivals. “This game is a long, long, long way from over,” Santorum said as he bowed out of the con-

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SURROUNDED BY members of his family Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum announces he is suspending his candidacy effective today in Gettysburg, Pa., Tuesday. test with Romney. “We are campaign planned nearly $3 going to continue to go out million in ads against him. there and fight to make sure Whether or not there are linthat we defeat President gering hard feelings, Santorum Barack Obama.” didn’t mention Romney, who Santorum had been facing a has been the front-runner for loss in the April 24 primary in months and was far ahead in Pennsylvania, the state he rep- the race for the 1,144 delegates resented in Congress for 16 needed to clinch the nominayears, and where the Romney tion at the party’s convention in

3 winners keep jobs BALTIMORE (AP) — Some lottery players might fantasize about resigning from the rat race in a spectacular way if they win. An anonymous trio of Maryland educators who will split a share of the record $656 million Mega Millions jackpot say they’re staying on the job for the children. Maryland lottery officials said Tuesday that the state’s winning ticket was held by two women and a man calling themselves “The Three Amigos.”

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Rooster crows at restaurant COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Every day a colorful character visits a fried chicken restaurant outside Memphis and loudly announces his arrival — with a crow. Nobody seems to know where the red rooster came from, but The Commercial Appeal reported he first showed up about three months ago and has been a daily fixture ever since at Gus’ Fried Chicken in Collierville. He’s been known to cross a busy street, but most often crows from a fenced field across the street from the restaurant. Collierville Animal Services has been trying to catch him. Shelter manager John Robinson says he doesn't want the cocky fowl to meet an untimely end at the paws of a raccoon or other predator.

August. Romney has tried to ignore his GOP rivals and campaign against the president since he first entered the race last year with a pitch focused on the recovering but still frail economy. But Romney was forced to go after Santorum and former house Speaker Newt Gingrich after Santorum showed strength in Iowa and Gingrich in South Carolina early this year. Then Santorum kept on, memorably winning three Southern primaries. Romney’s campaign has long been the best funded, the best organized, and the most professionally run of the GOP contenders. Despite Santorum’s refusal to get out of the race earlier — and Gingrich hasn’t officially dropped out yet — Romney had already begun looking ahead with a unifying message. He told Pennsylvania supporters last week that “we’re Republicans and Democrats in this campaign, but we’re all connected with one destiny for America.”

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Trial may be delayed FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — A military judge is considering whether to postpone the trial of the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly Fort Hood shooting rampage. Maj. Nidal Hasan’s attorneys asked during a Tuesday hearing that the trial be delayed from June until October. It’s unclear when the judge, Col. Gregory Gross, will decide on the request. Gross previously delayed the court-martial from March until June after a request by defense attorneys.

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LAURIE AND Dan Castaneda, from Long Beach, Calif., toast with their welcome glass of champagne as they board the Titanic Memorial Cruise, aboard the Azamara Journey, bound for for Halifax, Nova Scotia, in New York, Tuesday. Passengers will visit a cemetery where 150 victims of the Titanic are buried. The ship will also feature lectures about life on board the doomed ocean liner and hold a memorial service at sea.

‘Titanic’ ship sets sail from NYC NEW YORK (AP) — Passengers dressed in fur coats and wide-brimmed hats strolled the decks of a memorial ship as it began its journey to Canada to visit the spot where the Titanic sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean a century ago. The ship was packed on Tuesday with history aficionados who have long been obsessed with the doomed ocean liner. Quite a few wore old-fashioned costumes, and one boy in a fake white beard was dressed up as Captain Edward John Smith. The cruise ship Journey, operated by Azamara Club Cruises, was carrying 440 passengers when it departed a pier on New York’s West Side on Tuesday evening, 100 years after the Titanic left Southampton, England. After stopping in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where more than 100 Ti-

tanic victims are buried, the cruise will continue on to conduct a memorial service at the spot in the Atlantic where the Titanic sank. Along the way, passengers will listen to lectures about life on board the Titanic and dine at a costume-themed dinner. Ticket prices dropped in recent weeks from about $5,000 per person to $1,000 per person. “It’s just such a human tragedy that just resonates through the years,” said Carol Owens Campbell, 61, of Long Grove, Ill., who was on board with her husband. “What would any of us do if that happened to us?” There was a festive atmosphere above deck as passengers sipped champagne and explored the ship, which was not decorated in any way to resemble the Titanic and looked like

an ordinary cruise liner. Another ship operated by the same British travel agency is retracing the route of the Titanic. The memorial cruise aboard the MS Balmoral set sail from southern England on Sunday and made a brief stop in the Irish town of Cobh on Monday before continuing on its journey to New York. The Balmoral had to interrupt its journey on Tuesday because of a medical emergency on board. At least one person on board the Journey had a very personal connection to the tragedy. Sharon Lee Willing, of Tucson, Ariz., bought a ticket to honor her great-grandfather Herbert Chaffee, a farming magnate from North Dakota who perished in the sinking. Family lore has it that Chaffee and his wife were in Europe on their second honeymoon, Willing said.

Lawyers withdraw from case SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — The Trayvon Martin case took a bizarre turn Tuesday when George Zimmerman’s attorneys quit, complaining that they have lost all contact with him and that he called the prosecutor and talked to a TV host after they told him not to speak to anyone. The lawyers portrayed the former neighborhood watch captain as erratic and his mental state as shaky, and they expressed fear for his health under the pressure that has been building in the month since he shot and killed Martin, an unarmed black teenager. “As of the last couple days he

has not returned phone calls, text messages or emails,” attorney Craig Sonner said at a news conference outside the courthouse. “He’s gone on his own. I’m not sure what he’s doing or who he’s talking to. I cannot go forward speaking to the public about George Zimmerman and this case as representing him because I’ve lost contact with him.” The split came as special prosecutor Angela Corey neared a decision on whether to charge Zimmerman with a crime in the Feb. 26 shooting. That decision could come later this week, as Corey released a brief statement late

Tuesday saying she would make an announcement about the case within 72 hours. She did not specify what new development in the case would be released. Sonner and colleague Hal Uhrig said they had not spoken with Zimmerman since Sunday. Since then, they said, they had learned that he spoke to Corey’s office and to Fox TV host Sean Hannity without consulting them, in an attempt to give his side of the shooting. They said Corey refused to talk to Zimmerman without his attorneys’ consent and Hannity wouldn’t tell them what was discussed.

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops defied a U.N.-brokered cease-fire plan on Tuesday, launching fresh attacks on rebellious areas, but special envoy Kofi Annan said there was still time to salvage a truce that he described as the only chance for peace. More than a year into the Syrian uprising, the international community has nearly run out of options for halting the slide toward civil war. On Tuesday, Annan insisted his peace initiative remains “very much alive” — in part because there is no viable alternative. The U.N. has ruled out any military intervention of the type that helped bring down Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi, and several rounds of sanctions and other attempts to isolate President Bashar Assad have done little to stop the bloodshed. “If you want to take (the plan) off the table, what will you replace it with?” Annan told reporters in Hatay, Turkey, where he toured a camp sheltering Syrian refugees. Facing a Tuesday deadline to pull back its tanks and troops, the Syrian government had said it was withdrawing from certain areas, including the rebellious central province of Homs. But France called the claims a “flagrant and unacceptable lie,” and activists said there was no sign of a withdrawal. Residents of Homs reported some of the heaviest shelling in months. “Hundreds of mortar rounds and shells were falling around all day,” resident Tarek Badrakhan told The Associated Press. He said a makeshift hospital housing wounded people and dozens of corpses was destroyed in the shelling. “It’s now on the ground,” he said. In a letter to the U.N. Security Council, obtained by The Associated Press, Annan said Syria has not pulled troops and heavy military equipment out of cities and towns, and that the regime’s last-minute conditions put the entire cease-fire at risk. The council strongly backed Annan, with all 15 members — including Syrian allies China and Russia — urging Syria’s leaders to halt all military action so a cease-fire can take effect at 6 a.m. on Thursday, as called for by Annan’s plan. It also called on the opposition to stop all violence if the Syrian forces halt attacks.

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This Evening • Lima Chronic Pain Support Group meets from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on West High Street, Suite 150, in the Outpatient Rehabilitation Center/Conference Room, the meeting is free and family members are welcome. For information, call (419) 226-9802 or email at lechartrand@health-partners.org. • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Labor of Love, meets at 6:30 p.m. at First Christian Church, 320 E. Russell Road. • Ladies Auxiliary VFW meets at 7 p.m. at the VFW Hall, 2841 Wapakoneta Ave. • The Miami-Shelby Ostomy Support Group meets at 7 p.m. at the Cancer Care Center in the lower level of the Upper Valley Medical Center, 3130 N. Dixie Highway, Troy. The group will provide information and support to ostomates and their families. For information, call (937) 440-4706. • Stokes Lodge 305, Free and Accepted Masons, meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Port Jefferson Lodge, Port Jefferson. All Master Masons are welcome. • The Highly Recommended Book Club will meet at the New Bremen Public Library at 8 p.m.

Thursday Morning • Heritage Manor Skilled Nursing and Rehab in Minster offers free bingo and lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Thursday Afternoon • Shelby County Toastmasters meets at noon at the Sidney-Shelby County YMCA. Guests are welcome. For information, call 498-3433. • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Addicts at Work, meets at noon at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 120 W. Water St. • The Amos Memorial Public Library offers homework help from 3:30 to 5 p.m.

Thursday Evening • The Narcotics Anonymous group, All in the Family, meets at 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 230 Poplar St. • Minster Garden Club meets at 7 p.m. at the Old Minster Council Chambers, Minster. • Shelby County Coin Club meets at 7:15 p.m. at First Church of God on Campbell Road. There is a business session, program, awarding of attendance prizes for members, refreshments and a coin auction. • The Fort Rowdy Gathering committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the covington City Building, 1 S. High St., Covington. The public is welcome. • Temperance 73 Masonic Lodge at the corner of Miami Avenue and Poplar Street meets at 7:30 p.m.

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

Friday Afternoon • Sidney Gateway Hi 12 Club No. 482, meets at noon at the Sidney American Legion on Fourth Avenue. All Master Masons are invited.

Friday Evening • Maplewood Grange will sponsor a euchre card party at Maplewood Grange Hall at 7 p.m. The public is welcome, and refreshments will be served. • Hope in Recovery, similar to traditional 12-step programs to confront destructive habits and behaviors, meets at the First Presbyterian Church, 114 E. 4th St., Greenville, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. For more information, call (937) 548-9006. • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Staying Clean for the Weekend, meets at 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 230 E. Poplar St.

Saturday Morning • Agape Mobile Rural Food Pantry Distribution, in Botkins, 9 to 11 a.m. • Agape Mobile Rural Food Pantry Distribution, in Anna, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Saturday Afternoon • Women Walking in the Word meets at 1 p.m. at the Mt. Zion House of Prayer, 324 Grove St. Use the rear entrance.

Saturday Evening • Shelby County Deer Hunters holds its monthly Saturday Night Trap Shoot at 7988 Johnston-Slagle Road beginning at 6:30 p.m., 10 birds. Program starts at 8 p.m., 50 birds, long run, handicapped and Lewis class. Open to the public. • The Sidney-Shelby County Chess Club “Checkmates” meets at 7 p.m. at the library at the Dorothy Love Retirement Community. All skill levels are welcome. For information, call 497-7326. • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Saturday Night Live, meets at 8 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 120 W. Water St.

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TIARRA STEWART (left) as Aunt Eller, Victoria Wilver as Laurey and Riley Rosengarten as Curley enjoy “the bright golden haze on the meadow” during a dress rehearsal of “Oklahoma” at Sidney High School Monday. The musical opens Thursday and runs through Saturday. Stewart is the daughter of Terah and Dracena Stewart. Wilver is the daughter of Mark and Belinda Wilver. Rosengarten is the son of Mike and Kim Rosengarten.

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Sidney High School will present “Oklahoma,” the iconic musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, Thursday through Saturday in the high school auditorium, 1215 Campbell Road, at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $10 for adults, $8 for students and senior citizens, and are available at the door. Directed by Kevin Frazier-Jones and Brittany Moore, with choreography by Liz Maxon and orchestral direction by John Streb, the musical tells the story of farmers and ranchers at the beginning of Oklahoma’s statehood. It includes familiar songs: “Oh What a Beautiful Morning,” “I’m Just a Girl Who Can’t Say No,” “The Surrey with the Fringe on Top,” “People Will Say We’re in Love” and the title song. The cast comprises Riley Rosengarten as Curly, Victoria Wilver as Laurey, Tiarra Stewart as Aunt Eller, Hunter Smedley as Andrew Carnes, Nikole Hoover as Ado Annie Carnes, Rob Holloway as Will Parker, Sam Clendenin as Jud Fry, Ryan Gates as Ali Hakim and Taylor Busse as Gertie Cummings. Also, Rachel Huston as Vivian, Emily Fulk as Ellen, Carrie Stratton as Kate, Ashley Miller as Sylvie, Victoria Smedley as Armina, Polly Lawson as Aggie, Heaven Schmidt as Jospehine and Brhiannon Riddle as Jessie. Also, Jack Martin as Slim, Alec Batton as Ike Skidmore, Zane Travis as Cord Elam, Frank En Yart as Mike, Zack Spence as Fred, Joey Boldman as Tom, Matt Schwarzman as Joe, Jordan Miller as Chalmers and David Young as Jess. Olivia King dances Laurey’s Shadow in the dream ballet. Alex Blosser

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Local couple raise Chinese daughter Cultural Revolution survivor to speak at library, Ross Center day, Lucas will L a u r a talk to high Richards, a 1911 school students Sidney High about her School graduate mother’s experiwho founded a ences growing up Chinese orphanin the orphanage age and will be and her family’s inducted posthuexperiences durmously into the ing the Cultural school’s Hall of Lucas Revolution. Honor April 20, The historical will be remembered by her distant society will host an open cousin, Becky Powers, house in honor of Lucas during two events culmi- and Powers from 6 to 8 nating a current reading p.m. April 19 at the Ross project of the Shelby Historical Center, 201 N. County Historical Soci- Main Ave. The public is ety and Amos Memorial invited. Also invited as special Public Library. Powers wrote “Laura’s guests are local resiChildren” about her dents who have adopted cousin’s struggles in Chinese children. Susan China, and the two or- and Brian Kramer, of ganizations are encour- Sidney, will be among aging a county-wide them. The Kramers had two reading of the book. Powers and Xiaomei Lucas, biological children when the daughter of one of they decided to adopt a the orphans Richards Chinese baby girl in saved, will be in Sidney 2004. “We had talked about for special events in advance of the induction adoption when we were ceremony, which they first married,” Susan said. “We did overseas will attend. Lucas and Powers will mission experiences in give a talk at the library, Asia, in China, and had 230 E. North St., April visited orphanages in 18, at 1 p.m. The discus- Thailand. But then we sion is free and open to just went on with our the public. Earlier in the lives, and had the two boys.” Brian is a physical therapist with Alternate Solutions. Susan is a full-time mom. Their sons, Josiah, 12, and Garrett, 10, were barely more than toddlers when Brian and Susan attended a Christian marriage conference in Columbus. The music was provided by wellknown Christian performer Steven Curtis Chapman, who has adopted three Chinese children of his own and is a proponent of foreign adoption. “He showed a video ABBY KRAMER today clip and as we sat there,

God just touched us,” Susan said. Within a week of the conference, the Kramers had decided to adopt. They did Internet research and settled on America World Adoption Association as the agency to help them with the arrangements. The process took 13 months and cost about $20,000. “Now it takes more than two years because China got stricter on regulations,” Susan said. Officials in China chose the girl who would become Abigail Kramer. The only boys available for adoption in China are special-needs children. When all the legal paperwork had been filed, Brian and Susan traveled to China with 11 other couples who were adopting at the same time. “They told us the Fuling Social Welfare Institute in Chongqing is one of the best orphanages,” Susan said. They found 20-30 babies in each of 10 rooms of wall-to-wall cribs. They ranged from newborns to toddleraged children. But all of them were in cribs. There was one nanny per room to care for them. A line of filthy baby walkers in the hallstood opposite way shelves for toys that were empty save for a couple of ratty teddy bears. “Dirty shoes were piled in a sink. They looked like they had been there forever. But the nannies really, really loved those babies,” Susan said. “When we went there, our group’s babies had been gone for just two days, but the came and nannies grabbed them out of our

Edison offers writing talk PIQUA — Edison Community College will host a public lecture focusing on the importance, power and effect that writing has on daily life Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Edison Theater of the Piqua campus. The lecture, titled, “Writing as Magick: Words, Reality and Responsibility,” will be presented by Edison faculty member Stephen Marlowe, esq. Marlowe is a writer, teacher and lawyer who holds degrees from the University of Toledo and Miami University. He currently teaches composition at Edison and was the recipient of

a Studio Fellowship while studying under Frank Conroy at the University of Iowa’s Writer’s Workshop. “Some linguists have held that language creates perceived reality. But rather than being only passive viewers of what language allows us to see, we are in fact constant, active and dynamic participants in the creation of our environment through agreement to the terms describing it — much as a magician’s audience agrees to be fooled or a svengali’s disciples agree to believe,” said Marlowe. “Once recognized, this fact of life has moral

consequences for everyone involved and we must take great care that language is not misused, or allowed to be misused, to create negative outcomes.” Marlowe’s fiction has been published in various journals, including Metazen and Emic. He has been a feature essayist for Chapati Mystery since 2004. In 2005, his series, Religion in America, received a nomination for Best of the Web from the History News Network. The series is sponsored by The Arts & Sciences Division of Edison Community College.

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BRIAN AND Susan Kramer meet Abigail for the first time in a Chinese agency office in 2004. arms and made them laugh. That was something we hadn’t been able to do.” The Kramers learned that it’s illegal in China to put children up for adoption. Couples there are permitted to raise only one child and many couples want a son. So, when a daughter is born to them, they leave her in a public place — on the steps of the police station, at the gate of an orphanage, or in a shopping center. When the baby is found, it is taken to an orphanage with no indication of who the parents are or how old the baby really is. “They analyze the umbilical cords to determine the age,” Susan said. The Kramers’ little girl had been found at the entrance to a super-

market in Fuling when she was just a day or two old. She celebrated her first birthday in the hotel room with her new parents. She could sit up but could not crawl. The name given to her in China was Fu Ai Wei. Fu was her last name. The Kramers kept her given name when they christened her Abigail Ai Wei Kramer. Within two months of her arrival in the U.S., the baby was walking, but she didn’t begin to speak until she was 2. Now 8 and an inquisitive second-grader, she is known as Abby. Her mother said that Abby is a perfectionist and wants to please and is becoming as rambunctious as her older brothers.

There are several other local families who have adopted Chinese children. Tilda Phlipot, director of the historical society, hopes they will attend the reception April 19 and the library discussion April 18. “I think it will be really interesting to hear the stories Ms. Lucas will tell that she heard from her mother about what it was like to be raised in Laura Richards’s orphanage and to compare them to what our local area families found in the modern orphanages they visited when they adopted their daughters from China,” Phlipot said. “I have a feeling that not much has changed through the decades.”

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April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month

April is Nato nearly 1,770 tional Child children — Frank Beeson/Regional Group Publisher Abuse Preventhat’s five daily, Jeffrey J. Billiel/Editor and Publisher tion Month. It or one child every five Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of serves as a rehours. religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridg- minder that In Ohio, being the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the tragically not all Ohio chiltween 2005 and people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. dren grow up in 2009, 160 chilDeWine dren — 85 persafe and loving homes. cent of them reports Take, for exunder the age Mike DeWine of 5 — died ample, the case Ohio Attorney General of Makayla Norfrom abuse and man — the 14-year-old, neglect. special-needs student These numbers are from Dayton who, bemore than sobering stacause of gross neglect, tistics. Each one repreDown at the Doc. Bert weighed only 28 pounds sents a young and sale barn Satgrinned and when she died of starva- fragile life, cruelly cut urday, the nodded. tion. Makayla’s death is short. That’s why it’s think tank had “Yep. That a horrific reminder that imperative that we do coagulated was good too. too many children sufall we can to protect the there with cofDewey?” fer at the hands of those most vulnerable among fees to go to “The best Home who should be protectus — our children. celebrate of the ferpart Country ing them. Since my days as a spring. Doc and tilizer busiDeaths from child county prosecutor, I Randles Slim Dud had their ness,” Dewey abuse and neglect are have focused on protectdogs with them, while said, “is seeing the difon the rise. Fifteen ing families and chilBert and Dewey and ference it makes in the years ago, about 1,200 dren. And, as the parent Steve went stag. flower gardens around children every year — of eight and the grandDud tried to start a town. Maybe it’s just or three children every parent of 17, I know conversation, but the my imagination, but I day — were dying firsthand that nothing loudspeaker soon drove kinda like to take a litacross the country at matters more. them outside, where tle credit for a prettier the hands of their parIn the U.S. Senate, I they arrayed themtown.” ents or caretakers. authored language in selves on dropped tail“You deserve it, Today, the annual toll the 1997 Adoption and gates and waited to Dewey,” Doc said kindly. from abuse and neglect Safe Families Act clarihear what Dud had in “Well, with me it’s a litnationwide has jumped fying laws that in issues mind. tle different. I have doc“I thought about it a toring skills, of course, lot,” Dud said, “and I and it’s good when I can wondered what the fahelp someone, but these vorite part of my job days the most satisfywas, and wondered if ing part of my job is to you fellas ever gave check someone out thorthat any thought, too.” oughly and find there’s They nodded. Yes, by absolutely nothing mutual consent a worwrong with them. Now thy subject. that’s special.” “With me,” Dud conThey looked at the tinued, “it wasn’t so tall cowboy, Steve. much my job as my “Digging postholes,” hobby. Writing that he said. book. I’m claiming it as “What? That’s your the best part of my job, favorite?” anyway.” “Sure,” and Steve The assembled were grinned. “That’s the still waiting to read only job a cowboy has “Murder in the Soggy where he can start at Bottoms,” as it had yet the top and work to see print, and was re- down.” ally a work in progress. “Of course I’m retired The writer is a vetnow,” said Bert, “but eran newspaperman when I was running the and outdoorsman who pawn shop, my favorite is a registered outfitter part of the job hapand guide. He has writpened when a customer ten novels and nonficfound something in tion books based on there he really needed rural living and he has and ended up paying also been an awardmuch less for it than he winning columnist for thought he’d have to.” the largest daily news“And you made more papers in Alaska and on it than you thought New Mexico. He lives in you would, too,” said Albuquerque.

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Family seeks Minton’s Market van To the editor: I am writing in hopes someone can help me. I have been trying to track down an old Minton’s Market delivery van. My father-in-law was John Minton. He owned Minton’s Market, which opened in 1938 and was located on North Main Avenue. He also managed Sidney Paint and Wallpaper downtown a number of years ago. A family member heard that a few years ago one of the old Minton’s Market delivery vans was still sitting in an old barn somewhere around DeGraff. I would really like to track it down to purchase, rebuild and keep in the family. I was a combat medic in Vietnam and am disability-retired with post-traumatic-stress disorder. I would love to have a family-related project to keep my mind occupied. My wife, Kathy, and I both loved John very much and would love to have this reminder of him. If anyone is interested in contacting us, either about the delivery van or memories of Minton’s Market, we can be reached at rkholodnak@embarqmail.com or (360) 598-4645. Ray Holodnak 16165 Tukwilla Road N.E. Poulsbo, Wash. 98370-8724

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of family reunification when a child has been removed from an abusive home, the best interests of the child must always come first. Since taking office as attorney general, I have worked on several fronts to keep Ohio children safe. For example, my office is conducting a series of Child Safety Summits across the state to review the foster care system in Ohio. Too many children are not being placed in permanent, loving homes and are “aging out” of the system, meaning they grow up without ever having a real family. In addition, my office sponsors the Ohio Human Trafficking Commission, which is pursuing ways to help victims — who are often underage kids who have been turned in to modern day sex slaves — as well as to help investigate and prosecute those who profit from sex trafficking. And, to go after those who prey on our chil-

dren, I announced the formation of a “Crimes against Children” initiative at our Bureau of Criminal Investigation, which is going after sexual predators who lurk in the shadows and target Ohio kids. While all of these initiatives help provide a vital framework for ensuring children’s safety and well-being, they work best when combined with a community and a personal response. I encourage you to help protect vulnerable children, whether as foster parents or mentors; court-appointed special advocates or Big Brothers Big Sisters; or simply as trusted adults who help them heal and navigate their paths to adulthood. Never underestimate the power of your support or your ability to change a child’s life for the better. To learn more about preventing child abuse and human trafficking and helping victims, visit www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov or call (800) 282-0515.

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COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Every day a colorful character visits a fried chicken restaurant outside Memphis and loudly announces his arrival — with a crow. Nobody seems to know where the red rooster came from, but The Commercial Appeal reported he first showed up about three months ago and has been a daily fixture ever since at Gus’ Fried Chicken in Collierville. He’s been known to cross a busy street, but most often crows from a fenced field across the street from the restaurant. Collierville Animal Services has been trying to catch him. Shelter manager John Robinson says he doesn’t want the cocky fowl to meet an untimely end at the paws of a raccoon or other predator.

Resilience to the rescue for stressed employers, employees

Feeling stressed? We stress and physical or Other all experience it. A modmental health issues. voices est amount of stress — The good news is that Mike Merk usually cyclical and offstress is manageable. set by periods of relative Consider the following calm and security — can be nor- four categories of stress relievmal. But sustained high levels ers: of stress can be hazardous to • Biological reactions — reyour health, leading to hyperlaxation, meditation, and imtension, strokes, heart attacks, proved diet, exercise and sleep diabetes, ulcers, and neck or habits. low-back pain. • Environmental conditions In the workplace, stress can — better time management, also affect work performance, conflict management and delepersonal and professional relagating responsibilities at work tionships, and even the emand home. ployer’s bottom line. According • Individual actions — asto the Centers for Disease Con- sertiveness training, accepting trol and Prevention’s National criticism without overreacting Institute for Occupational and avoiding substance abuse. Safety and Health: • Workplace changes — hav• 40 percent of job turnover is ing a well-defined job, being due to job stress. clear about goals and priorities, • 60 percent to 80 percent of being involved in worthwhile on-the-job accidents are stress work, and adequate staffing. related. The goal of these practical • Health care costs are 50 steps is to create “resilience” in percent greater for employees individuals and in the workwith high stress levels. place, or having strength in the Ohio residents apparently midst of change and stress, and know a thing or two about being the power to spring back and restressed. According to United cover readily from adversity. Health Foundation’s 2011 Amer- Support from friends and colica’s Health Rankings, Ohio leagues is also important, while ranks 41st among all 50 states avoiding people and environwhen it comes to poor mental ments that drive negative attihealth days — days in which an tudes also help. employee is physically at work, Research has shown that but not fully productive due to humor is another very effective

mechanism for coping with acute stress. Keeping a sense of humor during difficult situations is a common recommendation from stress-management experts. Laughter not only releases the tension of pent-up feelings and helps keep perspective, but it appears to have actual physical effects that reduce stress hormone levels. According to the American Cancer Society, laughter can increase breathing, oxygen use, and heart rate, and also cause short-term changes in hormones and certain neurotransmitters. Psychologically, laughter also may act as a coping mechanism to reduce stress and psychological symptoms related to negative life events. In short, laughter can improve self-esteem and mental health while lowering levels of loneliness and depression. So, consider infusing some healthy, happy dose of laughter into your daily routine to reduce stress and improve your physical and mental health. For more tips on living healthy and to find laughter, check out “Laugh Rx” comedy segments at www.uhc.tv. The writer is managing director of Health Strategies, UnitedHealthcare of Ohio.

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Student to attend Ohio Business Week FORT LORAMIE — Seton Home Study School junior Bridget Bulcher, of Fort Loramie, has been accepted to attend Ohio Business Week (OBW) 2012 at Ohio Dominican University. OBW is a weeklong residential summer opportunity for high school students from around the state to gain valuable hands-on experience with business and entrepreneurship in a fun college setting. “OBW provides an experience beyond what students can learn in a conventional high school classroom,” said Ohio Business Week Foundation Executive Director John Davis. At OBW students are assigned to a “company” with 10 to 12 other students from across the state as they embark on the Emerging Entrepreneur Project. Each company elects officers; researches and writes

terials. Students are asked to pay a $350 commitment fee. Financial aid is available to those who cannot afford to pay the full fee. The application deadline is April 30. The Ohio Business Week Foundation is a statewide nonprofit organization founded in 1988 to provide high school students from across Ohio with handson experience in the American free enterprise system. At the conclusion of the program educational scholarships are awarded to students who display exceptional leadership, community service and entrepreneurial skills. Ohio Business Week 2012 will be held at Youngstown State University (June 24-30) and Ohio Dominican University (July 8-14). For more information visit the Foundation’s website at w w w. o h i o b u s i n e s s week.org.

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Osgood • The Osgood Rescue Squad will hold a benefit dance Saturday from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. at the Silver Spur. People must be at least 18 years old to attend and 21 to drink. No carry-in alcohol will be allowed. Raffle tickets are available at area businesses or from squad members. There will be 76 prizes. The event also will include karaoke and a 50-50 jar. • The Osgood American Legion will sponsor a dance April 21 from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. The Fred Bruns Band will provide the music. Square-dance music will be played. • The mother-daughter banquet for St. Nicholas and St. Louis parishes will be held May 6 at noon. Lunch will be served. People attending should bring a covered dish. Donations are needed for entertainment and prizes. Mothers, daughters, sisters, grandmothers and granddaughters are welcome. Sign-up sheets are in the entrances of both churches. People should sign up before April 27.

Pleiman, section 27, east 1/2 northeast 1/4, except undivided 1/2 interest, 80 acres, $216,075. Lance E. and Kristina L. Soliday to Craig A. and Melinda L. Dues, section 25, part northeast 1/4 northwest 1/4 plus easement, 2.662, $29,000. McLean Township National Federal Mortgage Association to Michael L. and Kimberly R. Busse, section 10, part northwest 1/4, 7.136 acres, $149,350. Juliana M. Weigandt, Richard Weigandt, Bar-

bara Thieman and Mark Thieman to Larger Family Cabin LLC, section 31, part northwest 1/4 northwest 1/4, 4.59 acres, exempt. Mid Valley Pipeline Co. to American Towers Inc., section 19, part southwest 1/4, 2.2 acres, $10,000. Ramona R. Rose to David K. Rose, Amy J. Rose, Michael J. Rose, Cynthia J. Moore, Richard C. Rose, Ronald E. Rose and Brad R. Rose, section 7, part southeast 1/4, 1.5 acres, exempt.

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Loramie resident inspires Little Sister The grandparents of 12-year-old Kylie Williams originally enrolled her in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program to enable her to do more activities outside the home. Williams is the daughter of Ken Williams and Kimberly Reynolds, both of Sidney. She is matched with volunteer “big sister” Julia Pleiman, of Fort Loramie. The two will celebrate their two-year anniversary in May. Pleiman is a health and fitness professional at the Honda Wellness Center in Anna. She first became interested in the program as she wanted

the opportunity to give back to her community. She is inspiring Kylie to become active in the community. The two have enjoyed a activities including volunteer work out not only for Big Brothers Big Sisters, but for other worthwhile organizations, as well. One favorite activity of Pleiman and Williams is volunteering at the

local animal shelter. The pair have logged many hours at the shelter walking the dogs and exercising the cats. Additionally, these two have raised funds for Big Brothers Big Sisters through the Bowl for Kids Sake event and have helped out at various other events hosted by the local agency. Pleiman said, “It has been fun helping Kylie find ways to expand her skills outside of the school setting.” Pleiman also said Williams is doing well in school this year and often asks her when the next time will be that they can go out and volunteer.

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Walmart, ConAgra among partners in anti-hunger campaign NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The anti-hunger movement got some major backing when representatives from Walmart and the Walmart Foundation, The Band Perry, Kimberly Williams-Paisley and four of the nation’s largest food companies — General Mills, Con-Agra Foods, Kraft Foods and Kellogg Company — announced they have come together to fight hunger this spring. At an event in Nashville, leaders of this effort launched a campaign that will enable millions of Americans the opportunity to get involved by shopping at Walmart or visiting the company’s Facebook page through April 30. Spring traditionally brings a decrease in donations to food banks, leaving them unable to meet the needs of nearly 49 million Americans who at some point this year will be uncertain where their next meal will come from. To help bridge this gap, Walmart is inviting customers to visit one of its 3,854 Walmart stores and NeighMarkets borhood nationwide and purchase products from participating suppliers that will help provide meals

to families struggling with hunger. In-store signs will help direct customers to participating products and onpackage labels will advise customers how to generate meals by entering product codes online, sharing a hashtag on Twitter or scanning a QR code. Through this effort, more than 42 million meals will be donated to Feeding America food banks and Action for Healthy Kids. Customers can also visit Walmart’s Facebook page to vote for one of 200 communities hardest hit by unemployment. The community with the most votes will receive $1 million to help fight hunger. The next 20 communities will each receive $50,000 for hunger relief. The Facebook campaign will also provide information on how users can donate or volunteer with hunger fighting organizations in their local communities. “No one in America should go hungry and we are proud to partner with Walmart in this effort,” said Vicki Escarra, president and CEO of Feeding America. “Through this program, Walmart and its part-

ners are making a powerful impact that will not only address hunger this spring, but will have a lasting effect on the issue of hunger in America.” As the nation’s largest grocer and largest retailer, Walmart is uniquely positioned to help end hunger in America. In 2010, the company committed $2 billion through 2015 to fight hunger. As a part of this commitment, Walmart pledged to donate more than 1.1 billion pounds of food from Walmart stores, distribution centers and Sam’s Club locations, valued at $1.75 billion, as well as $250 million in grants to support hunger relief organizations. The company is also lending its expertise to help food banks operate more efficiently. Thus far, Walmart has contributed more than 594 million pounds of food and $122 million in grants to hunger relief programs. To participate in the Facebook campaign visit www.facebook.com/walmart. To learn more about the program, including details on participating products, visit www.walmartstores.com /fightinghunger.

Shred Day set April 21 TROY — Minster Bank and Shred-it, an on-site document destruction company, will sponsor a free Community Shred Day April 21 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. (or until the truck is full) to safely dispose of sensitive materials. The event will be held at the Troy office of Minster Bank, 1280 Experiment Farm Road. Community Shred Day is free and up to five bags of paper will be accepted. Binders, staples and paper clips do not have to be removed. When papers are dropped off at site, you do not have to leave your car. Shred-it staff will remove the papers and shred them while you watch. The paper is then recycled. Items to be shredded include bank statements; credit cards and application forms, pay stubs, old bills, tax documents, medical records, floppy disks, CDs, DVDs or other documents that might make people a victim of identity fraud. As the fastest-growing form of fraud, identity theft and corporate espionage threatens to destroy personal credit ratings as well as a person’s reputation and security, event organizers

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STOCK MARKET Listed are Tuesday’s stock market prices at closing for firms in the Sidney-Shelby County area traded on the major markets. NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE This Week Chng. -0.28 Alcoa Inc...............9.32 (PF of Alcoa Building Products, Stolle Machinery) Appld Ind. Tech..38.32 -1.34 BP PLC ADR......42.30 -0.96 -1.11 Citigroup ............32.86 Emerson Elec. ....49.64 -0.70 (PF of Copeland Corp. Division) Griffon Corp. ........9.54 -0.45 (PF of Clopay Corp.) H&R Block Inc...16.66 -0.10 Honda Motor .....35.62 -0.51 Ill. Toolworks .....54.75 -0.76 (Parent company of Peerless) JC Penney Co.....33.21 -0.67 (Store in Piqua) JP Morgan Chase42.96 -0.93 (Former Bank One, Sidney) Kroger Co. ..........23.27 -0.23 (PF of Kroger) Meritor .................6.98 -0.46

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE This Chng. Week Lear Corp ...........43.11 -1.41 (PF of C.H. Masland) McDonalds Corp.97.67 -1.21 -0.22 Radio Shack .........5.84 -2.84 Sherwin-Wllms 108.99 Sprint ...................2.66 -0.09 Thor Industries..30.72 -0.92 (PF of Airstream Inc.) Time Warner Inc.35.41 -0.62 (PF of Time Warner Cable) U.S. Bancorp ......30.34 -0.67 (Former Star Bank of Sidney) Walgreen Co.......32.31 -0.35 Walmart Stores .59.93 -0.20 Wendy’s Int. Inc. ..4.80 -0.13 YUM! Brands.....68.48 -1.52 (PF of Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut) OVER THE COUNTER Bob Evans ..........36.06 -0.67 Fifth Third ........13.90 -0.41 Peoples Bank .......9.21 0

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Board elects members PIQUA — Pioneer Rural Electric Cooperative retired $3.6 million in capital credits to members and elected board members and trustees for 2012 during its annual Cooperative Spirit Day 76th annual meeting recently at Edison Community College. “Our trustees and management recognize the difficulties economic situations have created for our members and we’ve been committed to more aggressively retuning capital credits to help them,” said Ron Salyer, president and CEO of Pioneer. Capital credit refunds have exceeded previous levels the past three consecutive years. With this year’s record retirement, Pioneer has refunded more than $30 million to its member-customers since 1981. The cooperative also

introduced its new SmartHub web and mobile application which allows member-consumers to securely access and maintain account information, view their bills and see their payment history. Members may also make payments, set up recurring payments and report power outages all from their smart phones or tablet devices. They may also monitor their electric use graphically. The morning’s business session included remarks by Board Chair Ron Clark and Treasurer Ron Bair. Clark highlighted the cooperative’s energy efficiency programs, scholarships for graduating high school students, advanced technology applications and renewable and clean energy investments. The chairman also honored retiring Pioneer

Board member Donald D. DeWeese, of Miami County, a Pioneer member for 51 years and a board member since 2000. Re-elected to threeyear terms on the Pioneer board were Paul R. Workman, of Shelby County, and Douglas A. Hurst, of Champaign County. Duane L. Engel, of Miami County was elected to his first term on the board. Shelby County Board members are Roger Bertke, of Fort Loramie; John A. Geise, of Sidney, Thomas A. Kremer, of Anna, and Terri Lenhart ,of Sidney. During its reorganization, the board re-elected the following officers for 2012: Ron Clark, chairman; Ed Sanders, first vice chairman; Paul Workman, second vice chairman; Doug Hurst, secretary; and Ron Bair, treasurer.

E-business seminar offered PIQUA — The Small Business Development Center at Edison Community College is sponsoring a free web-presence workshop Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The workshop is designed for people who are starting a web-based business from scratch or

who want to develop a web presence for their small business. Business name registration, domain registration, Pay Pal, online credit card processing, keyword tools, Google Analytics and more will be covered in this workshop. The presenter for this session

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Geuy promoted to SHS principal Finke to take reins at Northwood BY MELANIE SPEICHER mspeicher@sdnccg.com Two administrators in the Sidney City Schools were promoted to new jobs during Monday night’s Board of Education work session at Longfellow Elementary School. Jon Geuy, who is currently the principal at Sidney Middle School, was named the new principal at Sidney High School. He received a two-year limited contract effective Aug. 1 at $97,475 per year. He will also receive a per diem salary of $374.90 per day from July 9 to July 31. “Jon’s middle school principal contract ends on July 5,” said Superintendent John Scheu. “He will need those extra days to prepare for his new job.” Geuy graduated from Sidney High School in 1981 and from Bluffton College in 1985, where he received his bachelor’s degree. He went on to earn his master’s degree from the University of Dayton in 1996. Geuy has 26 years of experience in education, four of which are in the Sidney City School District. He replaces Greg Gooding as principal. He left the job in March after purchasing a summer camp in Pennsylvania. Jerry Harmon is serving as interim principal. Also receiving a new job for the 2012-13 academic year was Eric Finke. The current assistant principal at Northwood Elementary School, Finke received a two-year contract to be principal of Northwood. He will receive $81,729 per year. His contract begins Aug. 1. Finke, a teacher with 14 years of experience, was previously a fourth-grade teacher at Northwood Intermediate for eight years. Prior to his tenure at Northwood, Finke held teaching

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positions at St. Marys City Schools and the Auglaize County Educational Service Center. “I have great confidence in both of them,” said Scheu. Finke replaces Greg Johnson, whose contract was nonrenewed by the BOE. In other personnel items, the board: • Accepted the resignations for retirement of Phil Kocher, psychologist, effective June 30; Deanna Steiner, elementary principal effective June 30; Margo Bush, high school special education teacher, effective May 29; and Mary Jannides, high school social studies teacher, effective May 31. • Accepted the disability retirement of Gloria Watercutter, cook, as determined by SERS with her last day of employment being Oct. 31, 2011. • Employed the following on one-year limited, as-needed contracts: Dan Allen, Opportunity School aide from April 9 to April 19 at $12.54 per hour; Dexter Tobie, substitute teacher, effective April 10 at $87.53 per day; Steve Smith, substitute bus driver, effective Feb. 22 at $14.08 per hour; and Jeremy Landrey, substitute maintenance, effective April 3 at $13.30 per hour. The funds to pay Allen are through a grant with the Shelby County Educational Service Center. Board member Steve Smith pointed out that it is

not him being hired as a substitute bus driver. • Approved Kylee Close and Blake Thomas as volunteer interns in the IT Department for 70 hours each beginning April 2. Both are students at Rhodes College, Lima. Longfellow Principal Fran Dembski honored the community members who volunteer their time to help the Longfellow students with reading, math and other subjects. Recognized were Dodie New, classroom aide/coordinator of the volunteer program; and volunteers Ann Bennion, Carol Bodenhorn, Cindy Cable, Jeff Cable, Alice Clune, Ginny Collier, Mitch Fehle, Betsy Gosciewski, Anita Heap, Bobbie Holthaus, Jennifer Ivey, Willa Kamerer, Charity Klopfenstein, Sue Krites, Dale McEldowney, John McKelvey, Dan McSweeney, Chris Mullennix, Larry Roettger, Bob Rybarczyk, Mary Stahlman, Karen Turner, Bonnie Watkins and Rob Zielsdorf. The board heard the first reading for new/revised, replacement policies dealing with administrative, professional staff, classified staff, finances, property and operations. Also approved was a waiver from the Body Mass Index Screening requirement for the 2011-12 and 2012-13 school year. The board also entered into an agreement with the Montgomery County Educational Service Center to provide special education services for fiscal year 2013 in the amount of $110,437.81. This is an annual agreement and is $20,000 less than this year’s contract. “We have a bus that goes there every day,” said Scheu. “We can’t provide these services at Sidney.” The board’s next meeting will be April 23 at 6 p.m. at the Board of Education Building.

Yaeger takes plea deal BY JENNIFER He also faces charges BUMGARNER in Logan County. He jbumgarner@sdnccg.com was indicted in A Jackson Center t w o man entered a change B e l l e of plea on Monday in f o n t a i n e Shelby County Com- robberies mon Pleas Court. and a Christopher Yaeger, burglary 34, pleaded guilty to of his sisone count of breaking t e r ’ s and entering, a felony of home. Yaeger the fifth degree. He was He is originally charged with suspected in robbing one county of burglary, the Huntington Naa felony of the second tional Bank, 201 E. degree. Columbus Ave., BelleYaeger reportedly en- fontaine on Dec. 9, tered a home at 20015 2011. He reportedly deState Route 119, Maple- manded $900 from the wood, and took jewelry teller. Also on Dec. 9, and a firearm on Nov. 2011, he allegedly 29, 2011. Sentencing for broke into the home of Yaeger has not yet been Ashley Savage, 850 E. scheduled. Sandusky Ave. He al-

legedly took a television, jewelry and a 20gauge shotgun. Yaeger is also accused of robbing the Dollar General Store, 884 E. Sandusky Ave., Bellefontaine on Nov. 4, 2011. While at the Dollar General, he allegedly tried to get a clerk to open the safe. The clerk was unable to open the safe and Yaeger allegedly demanded money from the cash register. He was arrested on Jan. 30 in Indianapolis by U.S. Marshals from Dayton and Indianapolis along with a deputy from the Shelby County Sheriff ’s Office. He was listed by the Shelby County Sheriff ’s Office as one of Shelby

Dan Freytag met with commissioners to discuss exterior masonry work at the county jail. Commissioners took his recommendations under advisement. Permissive auto license tax fees totaling $13,174.95 were released to the village of Anna and first quarter funding of $16,000 was released to the county’s Emergency Manage-

ment Agency. Commissioners presented Shelby County 911 dispatchers a proclamation observing National Public Safety Communicators Week Tuesday at the county jail. The meeting included an executive session with John Bruns of the Shelby County Sewer District, County Engineer Bob Geuy and attorney Jeff Beigel.

Japanese Zero to visit Urbana URBANA — The largest gathering of B25s since World War II will be joined by the last remaining airworthy Japanese Zero fighter plane Saturday, Sunday and Monday for the

Grimes Gathering of B25s at Grimes Field in Urbana. About two dozen B-25 bombers will gather in Urbana in preparation for observance of the 70th anniversary of the Doolit-

tle Raid on Tokyo. The B-25s will depart from Grimes Field at 7 a.m. Tuesday for the Doolittle Raiders Reunion at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton.

1ST SGT. JOHN BERNARDI (right) with 1st Sgts. Duane Funk and Michael Coss (l-r) as the men were preparing for a logistic convoy at Camp Deh Dadi 2, Mazar-E-Sharif Afghanistan.

Bernardi deployed to Afghanistan John Bernardi, of Sidney, is currently deployed to Mazar-E-Sharif Afghanistan. He is serving in the U.S. Army and is the company 1st Sergeant. In that position he is the senior noncommissioned officer responsible for the welfare of Headquarters Company 237th Brigade Support Battalion out of Cleveland. In his 23 years of service this is his third deployment to the Middle East dating back to Desert Storm. “The people of this country (Afghanistan) have been very supportive of our mission,” said Bernardi. “The one thing that stands out most for me is that the children of this country (Afghanistan) are no different than they are at home. They love to get out and just be kids.” On one mission Bernardi witnessed several kids playing stickball and watched part of a soccer match. “For those that wonder if we are making a difference, I believe we are,” said Bernardi. “We provide jobs for locals and allow them to come onto our installations to sell their goods. Who knows if things will ever get better over here. All I know is that if it was us, we could only hope someone would come and try to make a better life for the next generation.” Bernardi is a 1986 graduate of Sidney High School and is the son of the late Charles Bernardi, Betty Bernardi and Beck Bernardi.

County’s most wanted in January. Yaeger remains in custody at the Shelby County Jail.

2nd ANNUAL 5K RUN/WALK & 1-MILE FUN RUN Saturday, May 5, 2012 Tawawa Park, Sidney, Ohio Registrations will begin at 7:00 a.m. at the Geib Pavilion. 1-Mile Fun Run will start at 8:00 am. The 5K Run/Walk will start at 8:30 am and feature Speedy Feet. MALE & FEMALE DIVISIONS: 10 & Under, 11-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60 and over. Awards will be given to the Top 3 Male and Female runners and to the Top 3 Finishers in each category. 1-Mile Fun Run entrants will receive a participation ribbon upon completion. Trophies for fastest boy and fastest girl in the 10 & under division. ENTRY FEE: Pre-registration fee for either the 1-Mile Fun Run or 5K Run/Walk is $15.00 and includes a T-shirt. Registration fee on the day of the race for either the 5K Run/Walk or the 1-Mile Fun Run is $15 (T-shirts excluded for both races). Additional T-shirts may be available on race day for purchase. For additional registration forms or for more information on Compassionate Care of Shelby County, visit www.ccsccares.org

Commissioners to seek bids for road projects Shelby County Commissioners agreed to seek bids for three infrastructure improvement projects Tuesday. County Road 25A bridge replacement bids will be opened at 11 a.m. May 8 and bids for a Miami Conservancy Road culvert rehabilitation on May 3, both at 11 a.m. Hardin-Wapakoneta Road widening bids will also be opened on May 3.

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Council discusses sewer project resurface Ohio 274 and install handicapped ramps at 274 intersections in the village beginning in late April. Barrett Paving is contracted to work on Ohio 274. The county plans to reconstruct Kettler Avenue and pave Kettlersville Road north in the village. Kaminsky told council that Choice One and PAB Construction put in bids for the storm sewer project, with PAB being the lowest bidder. Council voted to award the contract to PAB Construction. Kaminsky is to check on easements with Choice One and has requested that Community Development Block Grant (CDGC) funds be released by the Shelby County Regional Planning Commission for the project. Kaminsky will be scheduling a preconstruction meeting for the project. Council reviewed a proposal from Miami Valley Lighting for street lights, but no action was taken. McMaster Nellie spoke with council about her 2012 custodian and mowing contract. Following a discussion, the lawn-mowing clause was removed from McMaster’s contract. The contract amount will not change. It will be $3,000 per year.

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Bart Shuster presented an ordinance in January to council members regarding where postal boxes could be placed in the village if the post office closes. The first reading of the ordinance was approved at the meeting. Old buildings that are not in good repair was also discussed at the meeting. Bart Shuster told council members that he contacted Dustin Buell, a district inspector for the State Fire Marshal’s office, regarding the issue. Shuster will give council members a form to be filled out from the State Fire Marshal’s website to file a request for inspection of the buildings and grounds. According to Bart Shuster, the State Fire Marshal can rule a property a hazard and the village can pursue legal action through the county law director to deal with the situation. Council discussed the old church building in the village and noted that the property owner is interested in residential zoning for the property and plans to tear down part of the building that is not in good repair. Kaminsky told council members that the Ohio Department of Transportation plans to

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KETTLERSVILLE — Kettlersville Village Council discussed the village’s sewer project, the possible closing of the post office and village buildings in disrepair during its recent meeting. Mayor Eric Kaminsky gave council an update on the progression of the village’s sewer project, noting that it is going forward and is expected to be completed by late summer. Once the sewer lines are tested, residents will have 90 days to hook up to the system. A public meeting is scheduled for Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Van Buren Township building to discuss the sewer project and financial aid for sewer hookup. John Bruns, director of the Shelby County Sewer District; Shelby County Engineer Bob Geuy; and Julie Ward, a representative with the Rural Community Assistance Program (RCAP), will all be present at the meeting. Kaminsky told council that discussion continues on the possible closing of the village’s post office. An appeal filed by Kaminsky was denied, but the mayor said U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown is working to keep the post office open. Council member

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Sudden death, heart condition linked DEAR DR. mal. The abnorDONOHUE: On mality is a Dec. 24, 2011, greatly enlarged my grandson, and overly musage 28, died in cled heart (“hyhis sleep of hypertrophy” is pertrophic car“overly large”; d i o m y o p a t h y. “ c a r d i o m y o p aCan you tell me thy,” ”affliction of what caused To your heart muscle”). this? He had two About one in 500 good children, ages 4 adults has it. and 6. Should health Such a heart they be tested? Dr. Paul G. presents two What is the best dangerous condiDonohue test? tions. One is an Dan played football, obstruction to the hockey and baseball, pumping out of blood beand was never sick or cause of the oversized short of breath. — C.L. heart muscle. The secANSWER: Your ond is development of grandson’s story is in- abnormal and potencredibly sad and tragic. tially fatal heartbeats, With hypertrophic car- the thing that most diomyopathy, heart ar- likely caused your teries, heart valves and grandson’s death. blood pressure are norAnother unfortunate

fact is that sudden death is often the first sign of this illness. Some patients do develop breathlessness with activity and chest pain. These are the luckier ones. Symptoms bring them to a doctor who can often hear a murmur that’s consistent with this condition. Genes are intimately involved in this illness. Your two grandchildren should be checked periodically. An echocardiogram is the best test. It’s a sound wave picture of the heart. Medicines that moderate the heartbeat are one aspect of treatment. Removal of the excess heart muscle is another treatment, and such removal can be accom-

plished in a number of ways. Furthermore, many of these patients are outfitted with a defibrillator that stops dangerous heart rhythms immediately when they start. You and your son’s family have my sincerest condolences. 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.

Comments on her hair make wild child feel blue social stigma atDEAR ABBY: tached to exotiWhat’s the best cally dyed hair? thing to do when And what’s the someone insults best way to react me for being mywhen someone self? My hair has insults me for been bright blue just being myfor the last two self? — NICE semesters of colPERSON IN lege. I like it. I’m Dear WALLAND, young, and my Abby TENN. family is letting Abigail DEAR NICE me express my “wild” side while Van Buren P E R S O N : Whether there’s a I’m in school. Six months ago I went stigma attached to lookto meet my ex- ing different depends on boyfriend’s mother, and who is doing the looking. the first thing she said to Some people — your exme was, “You’re one of boyfriend’s mother, for in— find it my son’s phases, right? stance Boys don’t actually bring off-putting. Did you tell girls with blue hair home her that it was with her son’s encouragement that to Mama.” Abby, it was with my you dyed your hair blue? ex’s encouragement that It would have been interI dyed my hair this esting to see her reaction. It would also be interestbright color. My family, my church ing to know what shade and most of my teachers his current girlfriend’s think it’s OK. Is there a hair is.

When others comment about the unusual color of your hair, instead of treating it as an insult, smile and say, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” Then change the subject. DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married for 26 years. I love him, but he’s a terrible listener. He’s not that way with everyone. When we’re out socializing, he’s a good conversationalist and a polite listener. It’s when we are home that he never lets me finish a sentence. When we’re alone, I can’t express a complete opinion or thought without being interrupted halfway through a word or sentence. He just cuts me off and starts talking on the subject. I’m an intelligent woman with valid opin-

ions, but he would rather hear the sound of his own voice than mine. How do I get him to let me speak and not interrupt? — SILENCED IN ILLINOIS DEAR SILENCED: Is your husband controlling in other aspects of your relationship? If not, the problem may be that you have been together so long he thinks he knows where your sentences are going, so he responds before you complete your entire thought. One way to handle this would be to tell your husband how patronized it makes you feel when he does it. Another would be to interrupt HIM by saying, “Excuse me! I wasn’t finished talking.” Or, “You finished my sentence, but that wasn’t what I was going to say. What I meant was …”

April 11, 1912 If anyone passing the Wagner House Barber shop today wonders why the big broad smile illuminates the handsome face of “Willie” Jackson, the corpulent tonsorial artist, and would-be postmaster, all that he has to do is read the returns from the presidential preference primary held yesterday in Illinois when ex-President Roosevelt swept the state, and he will know the reason why. But Jackson is not the only one that’s smiling. Another staunch Roosevelt supporter, Bailey DeWeese is also grinning at the discomfiture of the regular Republicans who have promised to deliver the county to Taft in return for the postmaster appointment. ––––– The distribution of campaign cigars or the purchasing of drinks for voters by a candidate for office is a violation of the corrupt practices act and subjects the donor or purchaser to the penalties provided by the laws, according to a ruling by Attorney General Hogan.

A new high-speed Frigidaire Rapid Drycleaning service will be inaugurated in Sidney today. Location of the new quick-clean drycleaning center will be at 115 South Ohio Avenue, formerly occupied by Canter’s and more recently by the Isle of Music. ––––– Mrs. Emmett Lerch, retiring president of the Sidney High Football Mothers turned over the gavel to newly elected president Mrs. Paul Parke, during a dinner meeting of the organization with the Jacket and their gridders coaches in the Senior High School cafeteria Tuesday night. During the evening, the mothers presented $730 for the purchase of black football pants for next season. The outlay rep75 years resents a part of $2,100 April 11, 1937 the Football Moms have Repair work on the contributed to the local St. Jacobs Lutheran school’s grid program in Church at Anna, seri- the last two year. ously damaged in the 25 years series of earthquakes April 11, 1987 last month, are proLehman High School gressing rapidly. The students will present north tower is almost the Rodgers and Hamcompleted and the dam- merstein musical “Oklaaged beam over the homa” Friday, Saturday archway has been re- and Sunday at the placed. school. Playing the lead ––––– role of Curly is junior The many friends of Steve Crist. Laurey is Miss Lela Arbogast will played by junior Amy be interested in learn- O’Leary. Lehman facing that the grocery at ulty members directing the corner of Grove “Oklahoma” are Gail Street and Oak Avenue, Brandewie and Elaine which she purchased in Schweller-Snyder. ––––– February from Mr. and A Dayton developer Mrs. Frank Woolley, is being redecorated and today announced plans restocked. Miss Arbo- to build a 158,000gast has long been asso- square-foot strip shopcenter at ciated with the business ping life of the community, Vandemark Road and having been employed Michigan Street. In conat the Kaufman store junction with the project, Vandemark Road for the past 13 years. would be extended 50 years north to Russell Road. April 11, 1962 RG Enterprises of DayThe job of removing ton plans a $9 million those unsightly tree investment in the land stumps in the area beand buildings near the tween the curb and side- northwest corner of the walk along the four intersection, said Randy sides of the public Gunlock, presidentsquare was being com- owner. The stores leaspleted today. The work ing space in the costing a reported $250 shopping center have was being done for the not been announced yet. city of Sidney by a crew ––––– with removal equipThese news items ment of Fitzwater Tree from past issues of the Service. The job was Sidney Daily News are started Monday and the compiled by the Shelby majority of the stumps County Historical Socifrom 20 former stately ety (498-1653) as a pubelms, all victims of the lic service to the Dutch elm disease, were community. Local hisground out and roots re- tory on the Internet! www.shelbycountyhismoved the first day. tory.org –––––

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Hemm belts three homers in 5-2 win WAYNESFIELD — DJ Hemm with his bat and Alex Smith with his arm led the Lehman Cavaliers to a 5-2 win over Waynesfield in high school baseball action here Tuesday. Hemm hit Hemm three solo home runs, including one inside the park. And Smith went the distance on the and mound added to his astonishing strikeout total with 13 more on a threeSmith He’s hitter. struck out 31 in three apppearances starting Saturday, one of them in relief. Lehman is at 9-3 with a trip to Lima Catholic today. Hemm put Lehman on the board in the top of the first when he hit a shot that was over the outfielder’s head. When the fielder fell down, Hemm motored all the way around for a 1-0 lead. He didn’t have to run that hard on his next two, a solo shot to right in the third and another to left-center in the seventh. He finished with three runs and three RBIs. “The pitchers did well,” said King of Smith and Waynesfield’s Frank, who struck out 11. “Considering the conditions, they really pitched good games.”

opened Midwest Athletic Conference play with a tough setback Tuesday, losing 3-2 on the road to Delphos St. John’s. Minster pitcher Doug Huber pitched well enough to win, going the distance on a four-hitter, allowing just one earned run while striking out six. Delphos scored in the first on a two-out single on an 0-2 pitch, then added a controversial run in the second when the umpire said Minster dropped the ball at first on a two-out grounder with runners on the corners. In the third, with two out and nobody on, a fly ball to center was dropped and the next two hitters singled for what proved to be the winning run. Minster got its two runs in the top of the sixth on a twoout, two-run homer by Adam Niemeyer.

New Knoxville 13-0 in five innings Tuesday. The Flyers got two hits each from Jordan Rethman and Adam Bertke. Kyle Mescher had a triple, and Craig Niekamp had a triple and drove in four runs. New Knoxville managed just one hit. The linescore: New Knoxville ...........000 00_ 0 1 1 MarionLocal...............302 8x_13 8 0 WP: Pierron; LP: Allen

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Bremen upsets Coldwater 4-3 NEW BREMEN — New Bremen scored all of its runs in the first two inings and made it stand up for a 4-3 victory in MAC action Tuesday. The Cardinals are now 5-5, and 1-0 in the MAC. For Bremen, Brent Bertke pitched his third complete SDN Photo/Todd B. Acker game of the season, striking RUSSIA’S EMILY Borchers leads a pack of runners in the 800 out eight and walking two. Aaron Clune was 2-for-3 at a five-team meet Tuesday at Fairlawn. and Doug Kremer drove in two runs for the Cardinals.

The linescore: Minster ...................000 020 0_2 4 3 Delphos ...................111 000 x_3 4 0 Huber (LP) and Wolf; Geise and Reindel The linescore: Records: Minster 8-2, Delphos 6- Coldwater ...............000 300 0_3 5 1 3. Newe Bremen .........310 000 x_4 5 2 —— WP: Bertke; LP: Schram Records: New Bremen 5-5, ColdSidney coasts water 7-3.

over Trotwood

TROTWOOD — Sidney beat hapless Trotwood for the second night in a row, 15-4 in Greater Western Ohio Conference North baseball action Tuesday. The Jackets had three fiverun innings and finished with 16 hits, including three each by Kyle Gray and Alex White.

The linescore: Sidney .......................505 50_15 16 1 The linescore: Trotwood ...................202 00_ 4 2 3 Lehman...................101 110 1_5 6 3 Dotson (WP), Lochard (3), Heath Waynesfield ............200 000 0_2 3 3 (5) and Gray; Denigar (LP), McGowan Smith (WP) and Proffitt; Frank (4) and Davis. and Little. Records: Sidney 4-8, Trotwood 0Records: Lehman 9-3. 5.

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MARIA STEIN — Marion DELPHOS — Defending Local got off to a winning state champion Minster start in the MAC, beating

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Tigers whip St. Henry 8-1 ST. HENRY — Versailles went on the road and posted an 8-1 victory over St. Henry in MAC action Tuesday. The Tigers, 9-3 on the year, got two hits each from Zach Niekamp and Kyle Niekamp. Both doubled, as did Ethan Bruns. Z. Niekamp went the distance on the mound, pitching a three-hitter while striking out four and walking none. The run was unearned. The linescore: Versailles ................102 221 0_8 7 1 St. Henry ................000 100 0_1 3 3 WP: Z. Niekamp Records: Versailles 9-3.

Bremen’s Julie Brown hits three home runs BOTKINS — New Bremen rode the big bat of Julie Brown to a 16-1 run-rule verdict over Botkins in non-league softball action here Tuesday. Brown went 3-for-3, with all three hits being home runs. She Brown finished with seven runs batted in. Gina Griesdorn and Rachel Parker both had two hits and two RBIs, and Haley Moeller had a home run for the Lady Cardinals. Sammy Luedeke added a triple. For Botkins, Erin Place was 2-for-2. The linescore: New Bremen.............200 95_16 10 0 Botkins.......................000 10_ 1 4 3 WP: Sprague; LP: Dietz Records: NB 4-7, Botkins 1-7.

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was 3-for-4, Madison Barker in losing 17-10 in action Tuessingled and homered, and day. Maddi Homan had two sinThe Lady Cavs, now 3-6, gles. got two singles and a double The linescore: from Ellie Waldsmith, three Sidney .......................365 17_17 15 1 Trotwood ....................100 00_ 1 2 5 singles from Emily Smith, a single and a double from WP: Barker; LP: Vinegar Records: Sidney 7-5, Trotwood 1-7. Lindsey Bundy and a single —— and a double from Lindsey Minster explodes Spearman.

for 24 hits ANNA — Minster erupted for 24 hits and rolled to a 26-0 victory over Anna in nonleague softball Tuesday. The Lady Wildcats scored nine times in the second for a 12-0 lead and added 14 more runs over the next three frames. Stephanie Albers homered for Minster, Kathy Prenger drove in four and Jayden Hahn and Sara Hosey both had three RBIs. The linescore: Minser.......................396 53_26 24 1 Anna...........................000 00_ 0 2 8 WP: Richard; LP: Keener Records: Anna 3-8.

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The linescore: Lehman................013 312 0_10 17 6 St. Henry..............207 360 x_17 8 1 WP: Rindler; LP: Bundy Records: Lehman 3-6

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Houston wins over Recovery FORT RECOVERY — Houston went on the road and came away with a 6-2 win over Fort Recovery Tuesday. The Lady Wildcats, 8-3, got three hits from Taylor Willoughby, a single and a double from Alyssa Stang, and Rachel Slater and Kortney Phipps both had two hits. Phipps drove in three and Willoughby two. The linescore: Houston .................240 000 0_6 11 2 Fort Recovery ........000 002 0_2 3 2 WP: Piatt; LP: Tobi Records: Houston 8-3.

Arkansas fires football coach Petrino FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas has fired Bobby Petrino, saying he “knowingly misled” and engaged in reckless behavior in a relationship with a female football employee half his age. The 51-year-old Petrino was injured in an April 1 motorcy-

cle accident. He was put on paid leave last week after admitting he lied about the presence of the 25-year-old employee, Jessica Dorrell, who had been riding with him. Athletic director Jeff Long says Petrino misled him and gave Dorrell $20,000 at one

point, though he said he couldn’t disclose what it was for. He says Petrino was fired “with cause” — meaning he will not receive a multimillion-dollar buyout — and there were no discussions about ways to keep Petrino at Arkansas.

Houston, Russia win 5-team meet Cummings sets two Fairlawn marks

In a five-team meet on Tuesday night at Fairlawn High School, the Houston boys and Russia girls track teams came away as the winners. On the boys side, Houston had 105 points, WaynesfieldGoshen had 90, Fairlawn had 81, Russia had 73, and Sidney Christian scored 2 points. On the girls side, Russia had 125 points, Houston had 85, Waynesfield-Goshen 69, Fairlawn 44, and Sidney Christian 10. For the Houston boys, Brandon Ike took first place in the pole vault at 12-6, Justin Yingst won the shot at 43-6. Nate Ritchie won the 110 hurdles at 17.75, Devon Jester won the 1600 run in 4:52 and the 3200 run in 10:41, nd the 3200 relay team took first in a time of 3:48. For the Fairlawn boys, Anthony Gillem was first in the 100 in 11.7 and the 200 in 24.4. Trey Everett won the long jump at 19-2 and the high jump at 5-10. The 800 relay team took first in a 1:38 and the 400 team set the school record in 46.8 seconds and also took first. For the Russia boys, Collin Ball won the 400 in 56.9, Tyler Francis won the 300 hurdles in 43.9 seconds, and the 3200 team won in 9:02. For the Russia girls, Emily Borchers won the high jump at 4-8 and the 800 in 2:40. Mary Monnin won the 3200 run in 12:45, Kiersten Voisard won the 400 in 1:08 and Jackie Seifring won the 300 hurdles in 48:5.

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FAIRLAWN’S OLIVIA Cummings heaves the shot put during a five-team meet at Fairlawn Tuesday. She set new school records in both the shot and discus. Russia also made it a clean sweep in all of the relays. For the Houston girls, Allison Roeth won the 1600 in 5:36 and Ashley Keller won the 200 in 29.9. Highlighting the meet for the Fairlawn girls was Olivia Cummings, who broke her own school records in the shot and discus with throws of 415 in the shot and 118 in the disc.

Reds lose again to Cardinals, 3-1 CINCINNATI (AP) — Carlos Beltran and David Freese homered again on Tuesday night, and Kyle Lohse provided another stingy performance, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. The defending World Series champions are 5-1 for the first time since 2008. Beltran, counted on to help make up for the loss of Albert Pujols, hit his third homer off Mike Leake (0-1). Freese, the World Series MVP, added a two-run shot off Leake — also his third. St. Louis came into the

game leading the majors with nine homers. Lohse (2-0) has made impressive starts in Florida’s summery warmth and Cincinnati’s April chill. The righthander beat the Marlins 4-1 last Wednesday. He gave up four hits and Joey Votto's sacrifice fly in six innings on Tuesday. The linescore: St. Louis . . . . . 100 002 000—3 9 0 Cincinnati . . . . 000 001 000—1 4 0 Lohse, Boggs (7), Motte (9) and Y.Molina; Leake, LeCure (7), Ondrusek (8), Marshall (9) and Mesoraco. W_Lohse 2-0. L_Leake 0-1. Sv_Motte (2). HRs_St. Louis, Beltran (3), Freese (3).

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Ordean allows Phillips signs 6-year deal just one hit in 1-0 victory HARDIN — Fort Loramie’s Paige Ordean limited Houston to one hit and one only baserunner in pitching Fort Loramie to a 1-0 County victory in Ordean high school girls softball action Monday. Ordean gave up a single to lead off the bottom of the first and that was Houston’s only baserunner of the game. She struck out 10 and outdueled Houston’s Jade Piatt, who fanned nine and allowed just five hits. Three of those hits were doubles, by Darian Elizabeth Rose, Barhorst and Reggi Brandewie. The lone run came in the fifth when Brandewie doubled with two outs and Barhorst, the No. 9 hitter, followed with a double to score her.

MONDAY of the seventh, but needed seven as Jackson Center escaped with a 12-11 victory n Cunty softball. For Jackson, Hannah Meyer tripled and homered and Katelyn Bayhan singled and tripled. For Botkins, Emily Brown drove in two and Jill Schneider scored twice. The linescore: JC..............230 301 3_12 13 0 Botkins .......021 200 6_11 3 7 WP: Himmeger; LP: Dietz Records: Botkins 1-6

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Sidney wins 15-1 Sidney rolled to a 15-1 victory over Trotwood in Greater Western Ohio Conference North action Monday. The two will meet again today at Trotwood. Sidney was led by Rebecca Thornton, who was 3-for-3 at the plate and was also the winning pitcher, striking out seven. Rachel Heckaman singled, tripled and scored three times and Allie Walker had a tworun homer.

CINCINNATI (AP) — With every big deal, the small-market Cincinnati Reds show that they’re serious about winning. The Reds made another significant financial commitment on Tuesday, giving All-Star second baseman Brandon Phillips a six-year, $72.5 million contract. That came only five days after former NL MVP Joey Votto got 10 years and $225 million added to his deal. They’re all-in for a run of playoff appearances. “I think this puts us in a pretty good position to build around two premier players on the everyday side, and with some of the pitchers we have to be a contending club for years to come, hopefully,” general manager Walt Jocketty said. “It’s not easy. A lot of things have to go right for you.

The linescore: Anna .............000 010 0_1 3 0 Russia ...........101 000 x_2 8 4 WP: Herron; LP: Keener Records: Russia 6-4, Anna 3-7.

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JC edges Botkins BOTKINS — Botkins scored six in the bottom

ington in girls softball action Monday. The Lady Wildcats managed just four hits. The linescore: Covington .....200 000 1_3 6 0 Minster.........000 000 0_0 4 2 WP: Yingst; LP: Richard

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Versailles falls 2-1 VERSAILLES — Versailles outhit St. Henry 9-03 but could produce only one run in losing 21 in Midwest Athletic Conference softball Monday. The Lady Tigers,now 2-7, got two hits each from Madison Monnin and Rachel Kremer, and a home run from Kayla McEldowney. One of Monnin’s hits was a double. The linescore: St. Henry......011 000 0_2 3 1 Versailles......000 001 0_1 9 2 WP: Rindler; LP: McEldowney Records: Versailles 2-7

County Fastpitch League coaches to meet April 25

Sidney coasted to an easy 12-2 win over Trotwood in Greater Western Ohio Conference baseball action Monday at the high school. The Jackets, 3-8, were led by Jacob Lochard, who had a single and two doubles in three trips. Preston Heath and Connor Echols both had two hits.

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Fort Loramie run-rules Houston HOUSTON — Fort Loramie needed just five innings to defeat Houston in County baseball action Monday, 14-0. The Redskins got a two-hit pitching performance from Gephart, who also had three hits. Kyle Bollheimer and Aaron Boerger both doubled for the Redskins, who are now 6-3 overall and 2-1 in the County. Houston is 3-6 and 14. The linescore: Loramie ..........531 23_12 10 0 Houston ...........000 00_ 0 2 7 Gephart (WP) and Goldschmidt; Clack (LP), Davis (3) and Mullen. Records: Loramie 6-3, Houston 3-6.

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Botkins edges Jackson Center BOTKINS — Botkins edged Jackson Center in County baseball action Monday 6-5. The Trojans, now 4-6, spotted Jackson two in

NOTE: The headline on this story in Saturday’s paper was in error. It said the meeting was April 21. It is actually April 25.

Fastpitch League coaches on April 25 at 7 p.m. at Sidney Middle School. The meeting is for high school and junior high divisions. —— Anyone with quesThere will be a meet- tions can contact Brent ing of Shelby County New at 492-8414.

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CINCINNATI REDS Brandon Phillips laughs with President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Walt Jocketty after anouncing his signing of a six year contract Tuesday. “But we’re getting deeper and deeper in talent. That’s what it’s going to take in a small market.” Phillips’ deal is the last major one for a while. It’s been in the works since last year.

The Reds couldn’t agree on the length of a new deal with Phillips, so they exercised the 2012 option on his old contract that is worth $12.5 million. They remained at odds until the Reds

Sidney rips Trotwood 12-2

The linescore: Loramie ......000 010 0_1 5 0 Houston ........000 000 0_0 1 0 The linescore: WP: Ordean; LP: Piatt Records: Loramie 6-5, Trotwood .....100 000 0_ 1 6 4 Sidney.......064 500 x_15 11 2 Houston 7-3. WP: Thornton; LP: Vinegar —— The linescore: Records: Sidney 6-5, Trot- Trotwood ...000 100 0_ 1 3 2 Russia edges wood 1-6. Sidney........047 010 x_12 10 0 Anna —— McCray (LP), Ford (3) and Davidson; White (WP), Gray RUSSIA — Russia reCovington (4), Fishbaugh (5) and Benmained unbeaten in blanks Minster shoff. County play at 3-0 with MINSTER — Minster Records: Sidney 3-8, Trota 2-1 victory over Anna was blanked 3-0 by Cov- wood 0-4.

in action Monday. The Lady Raiders got another dazzling pitching performance from ace Katelyn Herron, who pitched a three-hitter and struck out 11 Lady Rockets. Russia had eight hits and five of them were doubles, by Alexa Counts, Kennedy Metz, Olivia Monnin, Kately Herron and Lindsey Ball. Herron pitched out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the seventh on a strikeout, a line drive back to her, and another strikeout.

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agreed to a longer deal. “We originally had a certain number of years in mind that we were going to do the deal,” Jocketty said. “Then we realized that we’d probably have to extend another year, and that’s what we did. We went another year on the contract. We were able to get the deal done rather quick after that.” The Reds have gone on a spending spree to try to turn themselves into an annual contender. They gave right fielder Jay Bruce a $51 million, six-year deal after the 2010 season. Since then, they’ve given left-hander Aroldis Chapman a $20.25 million, six-year contract, Johnny Cueto a $27 million, four-year deal, and left-hander Sean Marshall a $16.5 million, three-year agreement.

MONDAY the top of the first, but came back with three in the second. Jackson tied it at 5-5 with two in the top of the sixth, but the Trojans got the winning run in the bottom of the sixth. Alex Roberts was 3for-3 for the Trojans, Christian Hoskins 2-for4 with two RBIs, and Josh Schwartz had a double. Andy Hoying and Troy Opperman both doubled for Jackson, and Opperman had two hits. The linescore: JC .................200 102 0_5 6 2 Botkins .........030 021 x_6 9 3 WP: S. Hoying; LP: A. Hoying Records: Botkins 4-6, JC 1-2

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Russia’s six-run first beats Anna RUSSIA — Russia scored six runs in the bottom of the first and that was enough in a 6-2 victory over Anna, which lst its third in a row Monday in County baseball action. Russia’s first inning was helped by Anna starter Jake Counts hitting two batters and walking three. And Brad Schafer delivered the big hit for the Raiders, a bases-loaded three-run double, one of only three hits in the game for the winners. Dustin Poeppelman had a double for Anna. Trevor Sherman went the first six for Russia and got the win. Treg Francis pitched the seventh and the two allowed just four hits.

The linescore: sissinawa on Saturday Anna .............000 200 0_2 4 2 by scores of 7-4 and 5-0. Russia ...........600 000 x_6 3 0 The linescore: Counts (LP), Berning (1) Fairlawn .....402 122 0_11 5 2 and Maurer; Sherman, Francis Newton .......002 200 1_ 5 7 8 (7) and McEldowney. Marvin (WP) and Rogers; Records: Anna 6-3, Russia Schwartz and Courtney. 5-3. Records: Minster 7-1.

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Minster gets by Covington MINSTER — Minster led 6-0 at one point, but had to survive in a nonleague game with Covington Monday, 7-6. The Buccs got four in the fifth and two in the sixth to tie the game up, but Minster pushed a run across in the seventh when Rob Wente walked and stole second with one out, and scampered home on a single by Andrew Knapke. Minster is now 7-1.

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Tigers win with 5-run 9th CELINA — Versailles broke a 2-2 tie with five runs in the top of the ninth and went on to beat Celina in nonleague action Monday 72. The Tigers got a big day from Zach Niekamp, who had four hits in five trips and drove in two runs. Aaron McNeilan had two hits and Dominic Richard also drove in two runs. Kyle Niekamp allowed just one earned run through six innings, and Richard got the win in relief.

The linescore: Covington ....000 042 0_6 4 1 Minster ........212 101 x_7 11 2 Deeter, Angle (6) (LP) and Biel; B. Hoying, R. Hoying (5), An. Knapke (6), Poeppelman The linescore: (6) (WP) and Wolf. Versailles...200 000 05_7 11 1 Records: Minster 7-1. Celina ......000 010 100_2 2 3 —— WP: D. Richard Records: Versailles 8-3. Fairlawn

routs Newton PLEASANT HILL — Fairlawn plated four in the first and went on to whip Newton 11-5 in non-league play Monday. The Jets were outhit 7-5 but Newton committed eight errors. Zach Rogers led the Jets with a single, a double, four runs scored and three stolen bases. Luke Meyer had two hits and Grant Covault coaxed three walks and scored three times. In earlier action, the Jets beat Bradford 8-6 on Friday, and swept a doubleheader from Mis-

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Easy win for Pirates DEGRAFF — Riverside rolled to an easy non-league win Monday, beating visiting Bradford 16-1. The Pirates, 7-3, were led by Dallas Daniels, who was 4-for-4 and drove in four runs. Dalton Bollinger and Tanner Lane both had three hits. The linescore: Bradford .........000 01_ 1 5 6 Riverside ........419 2x_16 16 0 Phillips (LP), Bennett (3) and Cline; Shreve and Bollinger Records: Riverside 7-3.

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Everett, Slonkosky get MVP awards at Fairlawn Fairlawn held its winter sports awards night recently, recognizing participants in boys and girls basketball and cheerleading. There were two Most Valuable Player awards handed out. The boys award went to Trey Everett and the girls award to Haley Slonkosky. Following were the special award winners: Boys basketball MVP: Trey Everett Most improved: Travis Wells Best defense: Jessie Hughes Most assists: Trey Everett Most 3-pointers: Anthony Gillem Best free throw percentage: Anthony Gillem Best field goal percentage: Travis Wells Most rebounds: Travis wells Most steals: Jessie Hughes

Jet Award: Luke Meyer Coach’s Award: Matt Rohrer Captain’s Award: Ben Brown Girls basketballl MVP: Haley Slonkosky Most improved: Allison Watkins Best defense: Abbie Roe Most assists: Haley Slonkosky Best free throw percentage: Haley Slonkosky Best field goal percentage: Olivia Cummings Most 3-pointers: Haley Slonkosky Most rebounds: Olivia Cummings Jet Award: Kelsey Oates Coach’s Award: Kylene Bailey Captain’s Award: Kylene Bailey Cheerleading Spirit Award: Cheyenne Driskell Coach’s Award: Samantha Morris Captain’s Award: McKenzie Hirschfeld Most improved: Cheyenne McGough

Lehman names three MVPs Lehman Catholic High School winter athletes were recently honored, including members of the swimming teams and the wrestling squad. Swim coach Scott Ellis presented the boys Most Valuable Award to junior Ethan Jock. Junior Mitchell Bosse received the Coaches Award. Coach Ellis presented Most Valuable the

Minster boys, girls first in Loramie JH invitational Kayla Heuker of Botkins wins three events FORT LORAMIE —‚ Minster was clearly the dominant school in the Fort Loramie Junior High track invitational, held recently. The Minster girls won with 185 points, winning by 100, and the boys won with 130.5 to 104.5 for Russia. In the girls competition, Kayla Heuker of Botkins had an outstanding meet, winning the 100, 200 and 400 dashes. Fort Loramie’s Olivia Quinter won both hurdles events, and Minster’s Mya Francis won the high jump and long jump. In the boys meet, Hunter Wilker of Marion Local won two events, the 100 and 200 dashes GIRLS Team standings: 1. Minser 185; 2. Fort Loramie 85, 3. Botkins 78, 4. St. Henry 52, 5. Russia 39, 6. Marion Local 37, 7.

Award for the girls to junior Sloane Glover. Junior Lauren Bosway received the Coaches Award. Wrestling coach Cam Haller presented the Most Valuable Award to junior Skylar Brown. Brown also received the award for the Most Lehman blanked Pins. Elida in high school boys The Varsity Coaches tennis action on Monday Award was presented to junior Quinton Malone. 5-0. At first singles, Pierce Bennett beat Ardie Soyota 6-0, 6-0, at second singles Dan Sehlhorst beat Christopher Ellison 6-2, 6-0, and at third sinmale and female. Medals gles Mitchell Shroyer will go to the top three beat Aric Thompson 6-2, males and females in 7-5. At first doubles, Matt each age group. All the proceeds go to- Ulrich and David Freyward the purchase of tag won 6-2, 6-1 over equipment and other Nick Kempton and Jorneeds for the children at Shelby Hills. Give the Gift that There will be door keeps on giving prizes. For more information, go to www.shelbyor county5ktour.com contact race director For Gift Subscriptions please call 937-498-5939 Amanda Seigle at 937or 1-800-688-4820 726-2838 or at ajseigle@watchtv.net

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Dan Temple won at first singles 6-2, 6-1, Frank Enyart won at second singles 6-1, 7-5, the first doubles team of Dean Brown and Neal Dev won 6-2, 6-4, and the second doubles team of Zach Goins and Jacob Colley won 6-3, 6-4. In junior varsity play, the team of Tyler Olson and Hunter Davis won 60 and the team of Wyatt Saylor and Ryan Adkins won 8-2. Drew Vonderand Trevor heuvel Thompson also won, 6-0.

Nathan Saintignon, Aaron Niefeld, Hunter Wilker) 50.52. 400 dash — Trevor Monnin, Russia, 56.29. 800 relay — Minster (Peter Ranly, Jared Thobe, Jason Schultz, Jacob Stechschulte) 1:47.2. 200 hurdles — Chad Stoner, Minster, 29.3 800 run — Caleb Ball, Russia, 2:15.66. 200 dash — Hunter Wilker, Marion Local, 24.9 1600 relay — Minster (Peter Falk, Ethan Monnin, Josh Otting, Ben Butler) 4:01.82. jump — High Nathan Wilker, Holy Rosary, 5-3. Long jump — Josh Otting, Minster, 16-4.5. Discus — Justin Rindler, St. Henry, 108-3. Shot put — Justin Rindler, St. Henry, 394.25. Pole vault — Collin Homan, Marion Local, 10-2.

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Holy Rosary 34, 8. Houston 32, 9. Lehman 30, 10. Bradford 4. Event winners hurdles — 100 Olivia Quinter, Loramie, 17.76. 100 dash — Kayla Heuker, Botkins, 13.94 1600 run — Katherine Burke, Minster, 5:38.66. 400 relay — Minster (Lindsay Roetgerman, Jordyn Heitbrink, LeAnn Huelsman, Katie Wuebker) 56.62. 400 dash — Kayla Heuker, Botkins, 1:04.57. 800 relay — Minster (Lindsay Roetgerman, Jordyn Heitbrink, Amanda Lehmkuhl, Jenna Collins) 1:59.31. 200 hurdles — Olivia Quinter, Fort Loramie, 31.98. 800 run — Chloe Flora, Botkins, 2:35.92 200 dash — Kayla Heuker, Botkins, 28.64. 1600 relay — Minster (Ali Borgerding,

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Painting classes set PIQUA — The Upper Valley Career Center Adult Division is collaborating with area artist Michelle Walker to offer Still Life in Oils classes. In the Still Life in Oils class, students will explore what makes an interesting still life and will learn techniques for using objects from around the home in dynamic still life paintings. The course will also explore composition, lighting and application of paints. When Walker is not working on commissioned art, she travels throughout Ohio with the Ohio Plein Air Society. She also enjoys traveling to Europe and Japan with other artists. “My work has evolved to explore the relationship between color and light in the environment around me. I am known for my ability to capture unique and vibrant color in a fresh and painterly manner,” she said. “I have learned so many things from painting such as becoming more aware of the world and people around me and seeing something beautiful in what is otherwise mundane. Art is more than just a pretty picture on the wall; it is also about the people you meet and the friendships you make.” Living in a small town, Walker is drawn to the vistas and rolling hills of Ohio. She said her greatest challenge is to find the perfect composition in a panoramic view of nature. Walker’s education in interior design and engineering has influenced the way she sees life around her. Both have given her an enriched view of spatial design and color. She has received numerous first-place artshow awards in oils, along with awards in watercolors. See www.walkerartgallery.com for more information about her recent work. “Students will enjoy this class whether it is just for fun or if they want to learn professional techniques from an accomplished artist,” said Annette Paulus, Adult Division coordinator. Still Life in Oils class will operate on four Tuesday Evenings May 15 to June 5 from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuition is $50. The training will be conducted at the Upper Valley Career Center ATC, 8901 Looney Road. For more information or to register, call Paulus at (800) 589-6963. Registrations will be accepted through May 8. Class size is limited. Supplies are not included in the cost of tuition. A list will be provided upon registration.

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With AgrAbility, farmers continue to do what they love BY MIKE SEFFRIN mseffrin@sdnccg.com Despite modern advances in agriculture, farming can still be a physically demanding occupation. But for farmers with disabilities or health problems, a free program can help. Ohio AgrAbility, which operates through Ohio State University, is part of a national program that promotes independence for people in agriculture who want to continue farming after experiencing a disabling condition. The program’s goal is to provide education, resources and technical assistance. OSU has partnered with Easter Seals to offer the program in Ohio. Kent McGuire, education program coordinator with Ohio AgrAbility, said the program is going into its fourth year at OSU and has been in existence nationwide about 20 years. Services are offered at no cost to farmers, McGuire said. The program is funded by a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant.

amples of this include: • Modified steps or handles. • Hand controls. • Lever extensions. • Outdoor mobility aids. • Motorized lifts. The program also promotes “universal design”— solutions that produce buildings, products and environments that make tasks easier for everyone, not just people with disabilities. Examples of this include: • Smooth ground surfaces of entryways — without stairs. • Large handles on buckets, utensils and tools. • Lever handles for doors rather than knobs that twist. 34 clients • Light switches with large, flat panThe state program currently has 34 els rather than toggle switches. clients “we work with on regular basis • Accessible cabinets, storage spaces providing site assessments,” McGuire and work stations. said. In addition, program personnel Farmers who have used the program last year worked with 180 people who contacted Ohio AgrAbility about solving appreciate it, McGuire said. specific problems. Currently the pro‘Very positive’ response gram does not have any clients in “The response has been very positive Shelby County. because we’re assisting them with inFor many clients, multiple assesscreasing their productivity and reducments are conducted because of the ing barriers and limitations they face wide variety of situations involved. because of a disability,” he said. “In the “There are environmental changes,” overall scheme of things, we’re helping McGuire said. For example, he said, them to be productive in doing somehow a farmer would perform a task thing they love, which is farming.” “when it’s sunny and 70” is different Disabilities that AgrAbility deals than how he would do the same job in with may be because of injury (farm January. and nonfarm), health issues or age isThe program offers “assistive techsues. nology” to help a person complete a job “We have an individual who is in a that otherwise might be difficult. Exwheelchair and has been for quite some

time. He still actively farms,” McGuire said. But he is starting to develop arthritis in his upper body. The program is flexible in the kinds of services it provides, McGuire said, which helps if a client is reluctant to accept assistance. “It all comes down to each individual. … To overcome that (reluctance), we provide them with resources they can use immediately,” he said. “The other key is we will do as little or as much as the individual wants. We really kind of keep it open to meet the needs and comfort level of the individual.” To make the public aware of the program, program representatives attend ag-related events such as the Farm Science Review and ag-safety days, McGuire said. They also work with other community organizations such as the Arthritis Foundation and Centers for Independent Living.

‘All the resources’ “It really helps to surround the individual with all the resources available to them,” he said. McGuire grew up on a farm and still lives in a rural community in Wyandot County. “I’ve seen over the years the impact an injury or illness can have on a family farm in a small, rural community,” he said. More information about the Ohio AgrAbility program is available on the website, agrability.osu.edu. McGuire may be contacted by phone at (614) 292-0588 and by email at mcguire.225@osu.edu.

Scholarships promote blood donations Vectren Corp. will again reward local high students for their energy, ingenuity and leadership in championing the cause of blood donations by funding the 2012 Community Blood Center and Vectren Lead the Way Scholarship Program. CBC’s mission with Lead the Way is to motivate the region’s young adults to become blood resource leaders of tomorrow. Vectren supports the program with an annual $5,000 donation to fund five $1,000 Lead the Way scholarships. “It is inspiring to see organizations like the Community Blood Center encouraging Miami Valley youth to get involved in our communities,” said Vectren Community Affairs Manager Lynda Hoffman, who presented the 2012 scholarship check to CBC Thursday. “Getting youth involved in giving back to their communities at an early age and taking steps to further their education helps lead to a future of strong community leaders and we are proud to support this effort.” “We are so proud of all our high school donors and thankful to their principals and staff who welcome us into their schools and support our drives,” CBC Chief Operating Officer Jodi Minneman said. “Lead the Way is a chance to help students who want to do even more, and Vectren is a wonderful partner in recognizing those students and supporting them.” Lead the Way is open to all graduating high school seniors in CBC’s 15county service area who are college-bound and whose high school hosted a CBC blood drive during the 2011-12 academic year. Applicants are asked to imagine themselves as the leader of their school’s blood drive and are challenged to create a winning donor recruitment campaign. Nathan Steinbrunner is a 2011 scholarship winner from Versailles High School. His award is helping him with tuition at the University of Dayton where he is a freshman chemical engineering major. An added reward for Steinbrunner was seeing the Tshirt he designed for his blood drive campaign inspire the “Gave, Saved, Touched a Life” T-shirt that is now a donor gift at all CBC high school and

college blood drives. “Financially, the scholarship was very beneficial,” Steinbrunner said. “But it also gave me a better appreciation of what Community Blood Center does, and it got me more involved on a daily basis. I was very active with blood drives in high school and I have continued that now in college.” All candidates for the scholarship should send their application and blood drive marketing campaign to CBC. Applications must be postmarked by April 20. Five winners will be announced in May. Application forms are available online at www.givingblood.org. For more information contact Education Specialist Cristina Pickle at (937) 461-3453. Future April Shelby County blood drives include: • Tuesday and April 18 — Plastipak, Jackson Center, 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., for employees. • April 21 — Sidney Masonic Temple, 9 a.m.-noon, for public. • April 24 — St. Remy Hall, Russia, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., for public. Appointments to donate are strongly encouraged and help the Community Blood Center plan for the appropriate amount of donors. Technology is making it faster and more convenient than ever to schedule blood donations, CBC officials said. Donor can use their computer or smart phone to make an appointment online at www.DonorTime.com., or donors can schedule with Kathy Pleiman at 2953100. Walk-ins are welcome as schedules permit. A picture ID with full name, such as a driver’s license, is necessary in order to donate. Donors should bring the CBC ID card if they have one. Donors should be in good health and eat their normal diet. It is suggested to drink a lot of water the day before and the day of donation. Donors must be at least 16 years of age (16-year-old donors must have parental consent; forms are available at www.givingblood.org or at CBC branch and blood drive locations), weigh a minimum of 110 pounds and be in good physical health. The Food and Drug Administration changes blood donor eligibility guidelines periodically.

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Candy! Adriana Gross, 5, of Sidney, unloads candy from plastic eggs she collected in front of Sidney High School Sunday. The eggs were placed by the Sidney First United Methodist Church. Adriana is the daughter of Paul Gross. For photo reprints, visit www.sidneydailynews.com

Fairlawn prekindergarten screening scheduled Fairlawn Local Schools have set May 22 and 23 as dates for prekindergarten screenings. Registration packets are available and need to be returned by April 20. Parents are asked to stop in or call the school at 492-5930 to obtain a packet. It is necessary to have the student’s registration complete with photo copies of the child’s birth certificate, Social Security card, immunization record and custody-decree-ruling papers, if applicable. Any child who will be age 5 on or before Aug. 1 will be eligible to attend kindergarten during the 2012-2013 school year. Kindergarten is mandatory by state law. Any child age 4 on or before Aug. 1 will be eligible to attend prekindergarten during 20122013. Screening session times are 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. on May 22 and 23. The children need to be present for the entire 1 1/2hour session.

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Missing one year old Black Lab mix puppy Female, White chest, Missing since Friday April 6th Last seen in Highland, Wagner and Past St. Answers to Loui Reward call (937)726-5132

Unemployed Parent receive Income Tax Return, $1500 for one child, $3000 for two children and $4000 for three children. Call now 1-800-583-8840. www.x-presstaxes.com

CONSTRUCTION

WELDER / PIPE FITTER

Based in Wapakoneta. Some construction knowledge helpful. Send a brief work history and references to:

ELECTRICAN / ASSEMBLER MAINTENANCE

DETAILER/ ENGINEER Degree Preferred Solid Edge or 3D Software Experience Autocad Mechanically Inclined

Buick-GM

HR@ims-spi.com IMS 700 Tower Drive PO Box 228 Fort Loramie, OH 45845

If you have questions regarding scams like these or others, please contact the Ohio Attorney General’s office at (800)282-0515.

PROJECT ENGINEER Experienced in project management supervise projects from concept to intervention to completion Associate or Bachelor Degree Strong Communication Skills Solid Edge - Auto Cad Experienced Send or email Resumes to:

211 E. Auglaize St., Downtown Wapakoneta No Phone Calls please! EOE 2273719

CAUTION Whether posting or responding to an advertisement, watch out for offers to pay more than the advertised price for the item. Scammers will send a check and ask the seller to wire the excess through Western Union (possibly for courier fees). The scammer's check is fake and eventually bounces and the seller loses the wired amount. While banks and Western Union branches are trained at spotting fake checks, these types of scams are growing increasingly sophisticated and fake checks often aren't caught for weeks. Funds wired through Western Union or MoneyGram are irretrievable and virtually untraceable.

Sales Associates Wanted Auto Dealership In need of sales associates in our busy environment. Sales experience helpful, but not necessary. Will train. Aggressive pay plan. 5 day work week. Paid holidays, vacation, 401K retirement plan. Drug free environment. Call or apply to:

Frank Ruggiero

Mike Swaney Buick-GM 211 E. Auglaize St., Downtown Wapakoneta

Email:

Motor routes are delivered Saturdays, Holidays and on an as needed basis by independent contractors. REQUIRES: Reliable transportation, working phone and state minimum insurance is required. You must also be at least 18 years of age.

Weigandt@nktelco.net

Mail: Weigandt Development 90 N. Main St. Minster, OH 45865

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SDNM160R - 99 papers Jackson Center Area SDNM270R - 140 papers Versailles, Fort Loramie, Houston, Osgood, Yorkshire Areas

If interested, please contact:

Jamie at 937-498-5912 Material Handler/ Forklift Operator

If no one is available to take your call, please leave a message with your name, address, phone number and SDNM number that you are interested in.

Forest Products Group, a wholesale lumber distributor, is looking for a material handler for our facility in Piqua, OH.

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Competitive wages Monday- Friday Major Medical Coverage/ Cafeteria 125 plan Long & Short Term Disability Life Insurance 401K & Profit Sharing Apply in person at our office: 9850 Looney Road, Piqua, OH Between 8am -4pm.

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is seeking applicants who have experience working with your children, the ability to lift 40 pounds and reliable transportation to fill the following positions:

Troy Kids Learning Place: Family Advocate This 40 hour per week position requires an Associate’s Degree in Human Services or a related field, liability insurance, valid Ohio driver’s license and the ability to work a flexible schedule. Responsibilities include recruiting eligible families for program enrollment, working with families to ensure attendance per Head Start requirements, developing Family Partnership agreements and serving as child and family advocate with other service agencies. Wage scale is $11.66 to $12.59 with Associate’s Degree and $12.93 to $13.96 with Bachelor’s Degree. Preschool Teacher Assistant This 30-40 hour per week position requires a CDA or Associate’s Degree in Early Childhood Education. Wage scale is $8.66 to $9.35 with CDA $9.60 to $10.37 with Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree.

Piqua Kids Learning Place:

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SIDNEY WALKING ROUTES Walking Routes Deliver Newspapers: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday

All AGES welcome to apply! SDN2006 – Miami, Enterprise, South St SDN1051 - E Lyndhurst, W Lyndhurst, N Main Ave, E Russell Rd, W Russell Rd SDN1094 - Freedom Ct, Independence Ct, Leisure Ct, Liberty Ct, Tranquility Ct, Viking Ct. MINSTER - E 3rd St, E 4th St, N Hanover, N Lincoln, S Main St

If interested, please contact: Jamie at 937-498-5912 If no one is available to take your call, please leave a message with your name, address, phone number and SDN number that you are interested in.

INTERESTED IN A STORE & RACK ROUTE FOR

THE SIDNEY DAILY NEWS?? The Store and Rack Route delivery person would deliver single copy newspapers to various vendors in Sidney and the Shelby County area. This route takes approximately 2.5 hours Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and 4 hours on Saturday. Pick up time at our Sidney dock facility is 4am.

If you are interested a great source of supplemental income, please call Jamie at (937)498-5912 2274441

419-738-2164

Must be experienced in all phases of residential & commercial construction. CDL & equipment experience a plus. Benefit package & incentives. Replies confidential.

Thurs - Weds @ 5pm Sat - Thurs @ 5pm

Mike Swaney

guttermanco@gmail.com

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POLICY: Please Check Your Ad The 1st Day. It Is The Advertiser’s Responsibility To Report Errors Immediately. Publisher Will Not Be Responsible for More Than One Incorrect Insertion. We Reserve The Right To Correctly Classify, Edit, Cancel Or Decline Any Advertisement Without Notice.

Infant / Toddler Teacher Assistant 30-40 hours per week. Requires a CDA or Associate’s Degree in Early Childhood Education. Wage scale is $8.66 to $9.35 with CDA $11.66 to $12.59 with Associate’s Degree. School Age Teacher Assistant This 40 hour per week position requires an Associate’s Degree in Early Childhood Education or related field. Wage is $11.66 to $12.59. Preschool Teacher Assistant This 30-40 hour per week position requires a CDA or Associate’s Degree in Early Childhood Education. Wage scale is $8.66 to $9.35 with CDA $9.60 to $10.37 with Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree. To apply please visit our website at www.councilonruralservices.org or send cover letter and resume to wmoorman@councilonruralservices.org and indicate specific position and location of interest. 2274108

DRIVER WANTED

LOST DOG: Long-haired black and white dachshund. Lost in Pasco, 2 weeks ago. Please call (937)605-4121 with any information.

MANUAL AND CNC MACHINIST

Mon - Fri @ 5pm Weds - Tues @ 5pm Fri - Thurs @ 5pm

for busy Auto Dealership. Aggressive flat rate pay plan, based on experience and/or knowledge. GM experience helpful, but not necessary. Drug free environment. Contact in person Rick Walls or Frank Ruggiero

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MATH TUTOR, experienced, (937)492-5992

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Currently accepting applications for: FULL TIME INSTALLER & PART TIME SALES POSITION

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HELP WANTED

GENERAL INFORMATION

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Wanted: Driver to deliver newspapers to local post offices. This position will also deliver newspapers to home via motor route delivery when post offices are not open (such as major holidays, etc.) Must have insurance Valid drivers license Reliable transportation For interview and more information contact

Jason at 937-498-5934 or Jamie at 937-498-5912

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OPEN INTERVIEWS Plastipak Packaging is a company of unlimited possibilities, providing packaging solutions through engaged hearts and minds.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES: MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS MACHINE OPERATORS QUALITY AUDITORS FORKLIFT DRIVERS Must have excellent work history. High School Diploma or GED Required

NOTICE Investigate in full before sending money as an advance fee. For further information, call or write:

Better Business Bureau 15 West Fourth St. Suite 300 Dayton, OH 45402 www.dayton.bbb.org 937.222.5825

Interviews will be held at the JC Family Life Center - 310 Davis St. Jackson Center, Ohio 45334

TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2012 7:00 am - Noon & 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm

FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2012 7:00 am -Noon & 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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Maintenance Technician Agrana Fruit US, Inc., the leading supplier of premium ingredients for the Food and Beverage Industries has an immediate 2nd shift opening for a qualified Maintenance Technician at our Botkins, OH manufacturing facility. Work for a clean, safe and quality oriented company. Responsibilities will include a variety of plant maintenance, repair and installation operations as assigned and directed by department and plant leadership. Ensure proper operation and operating capabilities of all equipment. Troubleshoot and determine appropriate repairs, replace defective parts as needed and perform scheduled PM’s. Assemble, install, test and inspect machines and equipment. Maintain and complete required maintenance/ inventory records of all repairs and materials. High level of engagement in the development of a positive safety culture through knowledge of maintenance practices and applicable safety standards. Qualified candidates must have a minimum of 2-4 years of relevant experience in a maintenance role. Strong troubleshooting experience in electrical, mechanical and pneumatics. Working knowledge of Allen Bradley PLC ladder logic and controls. Ability to follow electrical/mechanical and pneumatic schematics and drawings. Must be able to work a flexible schedule which will include weekends. Candidates must possess a minimum of a high school diploma or GED equivalent. Agrana Fruit US, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides a Drug Free Work Environment. Please submit resume to: Attention: Human Resources Manager P.O. Box 459 Botkins, OH 45306 ✰✰✰✰ ✰ ✰✰✰✰ ✰ ✰

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Full time position at 150 bed nursing home. Must be a professional with experience in sales, marketing and admissions. Responsible for various marketing functions, community events, working with families and processing referrals. Send or fax your resume to Elaine Bergman. Koester Pavilion 3232 North County Road 25A Troy OH 45373 Phone: 937.440.7663 Fax: 937.335.0095 EOE

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Food Service Supervisor Piqua Manor, a leader in health care, is seeking a highly skilled multi-talented Food Service Supervisor with management experience. This position will provide leadership to a dietary staff by directing and managing day-today operations and activities within the department. The duties will also include maintaining standards of sanitation and safety according to local, state and federal guidelines. Other duties include evaluation of staff, budget responsibilities and department goal setting. Applicant must be effective at working in a team environment and have abilities to use computer applications. One year’s experience in food service management required, HACCP/Serve Safe certification required, and dietary manager certification preferred. Successful candidate will receive a very competitive salary and benefit package which includes company matched 401K. If you want to join a winning team send your resume to:

Piqua Manor 1840 West High Street, Piqua Oh 45356 or fax to 937-773-4836.

1 BEDROOM, All Utilities included! Stove, Refrigerator. No Pets. $115 per week, Plus $200 Deposit. Call: (937)726-6348

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Medical Receptionist FT Program Specialist Position Working with DD Population CRSI has immediate openings for a Program Specialist in Miami County. Responsibilities include supervision, service coordination and operation of designated programming and services for individuals with Developmental Disabilities. Must have experience with community agencies providing services appropriate for individuals with DD and ensure that all standards and regulations are met. Position requires a minimum of 4 years experience with an Associates Degree in Special Ed, Social Work, Psychology, Rehabilitation, Human Development, Nursing, Developmental Disabilities or other related field. To apply stop in our office or send application or resume c/o Diane Taylor 405 Public Square Suite 373 Troy, OH 45373 or email: dtaylor@crsi-oh.com Applications available online: www.crsi-oh.com CRSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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Senior Director Patient Care Services Wilson Memorial Hospital, a successful community hospital located in Sidney, Ohio, is seeking a qualified individual who wants to be part of a warm, team oriented culture focused on patient care. The Senior Director Patient Care Services works in collaboration with the Vice President of Patient Care Services (CNO). As part of this position’s duties it will manage the Quality function; provide support in establishing goals, and operating policies and procedures in the following areas: Infection Control, Medical Staff Services, Risk Management, Patient Advocacy and Accreditation. Minimum requirement of a Bachelors of Nursing, Masters Degree preferred. Director of Nursing with responsibility for Nurse Managers, and Quality experience in a healthcare setting is required. We offer competitive wages and an excellent benefit package including medical, dental, vision, long term disability, life insurance and a generous 401(k).

needed for Medical practice. Please send resumes to: Dept. 3207 c/o: Sidney Daily News, 1451 Vandemark Rd. Sidney, OH 45365

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or send resume to Wilson Memorial Hospital, 915 W. Michigan Street, Sidney, OH 45365

To advertise in the Garage Sale Directory Please call: 877-844-8385

GOT WHAT IT TAKES? JACKSON CENTER 206 Robb Street. Friday April 13th 9-6, Saturday April 14th 9-? HOUSEHOLD SALE!! Some furniture, kitchen set with 6 chairs and extra leaf, kitchen appliances, Davenport and chair, and much more! Everything goes!

Then email your resume to: hiring@lepsco.com or call: 937-335-0237 to set up an interview

DRIVER WANTED Part time, class A CDL with tanker endorsement. 1 overnight trip per week. Please send resume to: 141 E. Third St. Minster OH 45865

NEW BREMEN, 20th Annual Community Garage Sales, Friday, April 13th and Saturday, April 14th. Listings are available for $1.00 on April 10th at Schwieterman's, Howell's IGA, Minster State Bank (New Bremen Branch), library.

manwellenterprises@gmail.com

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PIQUA, 4130 W. Miami Shelby Rd., (off St. Rt. 66 to the right), Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 9am-5pm. Moving Sale. Tools, household goods.

CDL Grads may qualify Class A CDL required Great Pay & Benefits! Call Jon Basye at: Piqua Transfer & Storage Co. (937)778-4535 or (800)278-0619 ★

RUSSIA St. Remy Hall. Thursday & Friday 9am-7pm and Saturday 9am-noon. VERY LARGE Shelby County Right to Life GARAGE SALE!!! Saturday all clothing sells for $3 per bag and all other items are half price. Children's clothing up to size 5 will not be sold on Saturday.

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FT TELEMARKETER Local company seeking goal oriented and results driven individual, with 2-3 years experience in telemarketing. $13/hour plus commission. Send resume to PO BOX 943 Troy OH 45373

(937)492-3450

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Your local Burger King in Tipp City, Troy & Sidney has openings in Management positions

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