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Sidney, Ohio

April 25, 2012

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Economy’s future brighter Gas, oil prices raise concern, speaker says BY TOM BARNETT tbarnett@sdnccg.com

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Family deals with autism • April is National Autism Awareness Month and for one family in Botkins, autism touched their lives and changed their outlook on everything. 12A

DEATHS Obituaries and/or death notices for the following people appear on Pages 2A and 3A today: • Dorothy C. Eggert • Betty J. Snapp • Evelyn Hope Smithey • Ann Landrum • Paul E. Grilliot • Greta L. Pepper • Lester D. Fergus • Patricia C. “Patsy Dean” Rank

INDEX Business.............................2B City, County records ...........2A Classified.........................5-8B Comics ...............................3B Fort Loramie .......................1B Hints from Heloise ..............7A Horoscope..........................9A Localife ............................6-7A Nation/World.......................5A Obituaries ...........................3A Opinion ...............................8A Sports .........................14-16A State news..........................4A ’Tween 12 and 20...............9A Weather/Sudoku/Abby/Out of the Past/Dr. Donohue....4B

TODAY’S THOUGHT “I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.” — Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born author (18991977) For more on today in history, turn to Page 3B.

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The U.S. economy is poised to accelerate, but headwinds from higher gas and oil prices are a concern, Dennis S. Walsh, president of Money Concepts International Inc., told listeners at Tuesday’s 2012 Economic Outlook luncheon. The 25th annual event, sponsored by Money Concepts, the Sidney-Shelby County YMCA and Sidney-Shelby Chamber of Commerce, drew nearly 300 people from business, industry and government agencies to the YMCA. “Growth outlook is better than 2011,” Walsh began his electronically enhanced presentation. “We’re cautiously optimistic, but employment gains are the key. Consumer confidence has been up the past three months and disposable income has increased. “Concerns, in addition to high gas and oil prices, are the winding down of U.S. fiscal stimulus, and slower emerging market growth. Benefits are becoming more expensive and salaries haven’t gone up. The good news is claims for jobless benefits are at the lowest rate since 2008 and the pace of layoffs is slowing.” Turning to real estate, Walsh said housing’s problem is supply and demand. “Even with foreclosures, and low interest rates, demand for older homes remains soft and tight lending standards are keeping market recovery on a slow track,” he said. Addressing the issue of debt, the speaker said federal spending has grown more than 10 times faster than median income. “Printing money is not a great strategy,” he said. “But the For photo reprints, visit www.sidneydailynews.com SDN Photo/Luke Gronneberg biggest danger now is European debt.” DENNIS WALSH, of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., president and He predicted Greece will leave the Euro group within two CEO of Money Concepts International Inc., speaks during the years. 2012 Economic Outlook luncheon at the Sidney-Shelby See ECONOMY/Page 4A County YMCA Tuesday.

Fired deputy back City to purchase, as reserve officer sell land by airport BY JENNIFER BUMGARNER jbumgarner@sdnccg.com A former Shelby County Sheriff’s deputy who was fired is now back working for the county as a reserve officer. Jeff Gillman, of Sidney, was fired in 2008 by former Sheriff Doug Gillman Schlagetter for insubordination, failure of good behavior and violations to the Code of Ethics and Standard of Conduct. Gillman filed a federal lawsuit contesting his termination but it was thrown out by a judge. In a separate action, he filed a union grievance against Schlagetter through the police union but an arbitrator upheld his termination. He had previously been cited for insubordination in 2006 and reduced in rank from sergeant to deputy sheriff. Gillman was also involved in an incident in which the husband of a female co-worker was reportedly looking for him with a loaded shotgun, having discovered the two were having an affair. Gillman claimed the Sheriff’s Office placed him in danger by not notifying him

that the irate husband was looking for him. Additionally, he claimed his termination was related to his support of Dean Kimpel for sheriff. Kimpel ran against Schlagetter and won. Gillman is now working part time as a reserve deputy. Current Sheriff John Lenhart said Gillman works at the county courthouse two half days per week at $12 an hour. He receives no benefits. “I got some push back from a few people and I understand that,” said Lenhart. “He’s (Gillman) given me 100 percent, has done what I’ve asked, and is honest. I don’t have any issues with him.” The hiring is entirely Lenhart’s decision. “He’s an elected official and he can hire people within his budget,” County Auditor Dennis York said. “As an elected public official he’s entitled to hire as he sees fit.” When Lenhart took over as sheriff last fall, after Kimpel stepped down due to criminal charges being filed against him, Lenhart said there were “some things that I felt needed to be straightened out.” He said he recognizes that some people are unhappy with his decision but believes it is the right one for the county. “I respect their opinion,” said Lenhart. “But I believe it is in the best interest of the Sheriff’s Office.”

BY TOM BARNETT tbarnett@sdnccg.com Sidney City Council Monday night adopted ordinances authorizing the sale of 37.74 acres of land adjacent to Sidney Municipal Airport and the purchase of an 8.5-acre Sidney-Plattsville Road tract for an airport runway extension. The land offered for sale was originally purchased by the city to extend the airport’s southwest-northeast runway, a project that has since been abandoned on recommendation of the Federal Aviation Authority. The ordinance authorizes the city manager to advertise and conduct the sale as part of overall airport expansion plan. The sale process is to be accomplished by sealed bids and is contingent upon receipt of approval by the FAA. Purchase of the 8.5-acre tract at 15045 SidneyPlattsville Road is necessary for the airport’s current eastwest runway extension. The ordinance ratifies an agreement with Frederick C. Smith III LLC to purchase the property for $45,000. The acreage, situated in Orange Township, is part of a 60.4-acre parcel currently being used for agriculture. Council introduced an ordi-

nance authorizing street lighting assessments Monday. Current rates of 31 cents per front footage for standard lights and $1.11 per lineal foot for decorative street lighting will be continued for the next two years. The street lighting ordinance will receive a second reading and action at council’s May 14 meeting. A resolution authorizing dedication of a Russell Road right of way to create a future right-turn lane at Wapakoneta Avenue was adopted by council. The land being dedicated is adjacent to Parkwood School. The dedication has been approved by the Sidney City Board of Education and was endorsed by Sidney’s Planning Commission last week. Council also adopted resolutions continuing enterprise zone agreements for five local businesses and approving a replat of two lots on Summerfield Trail, north of Bridlewood Drive, to create one new lot. Continuing enterprise zone agreements were approved for Reliable Castings, NK Parts. ITW (Peerless) Zielsdorf, Hexa Americas and Energizer Personal Care/Clinton Reality. Tax abatement agreements with Advanced Composites See CITY/Page 4A

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Ann Landrum Ann Landrum, 82, formerly of Hillsboro, passed away Friday, April 20, 2012 at her home in Sidney with her family by her side. She was born Aug. 11, 1929, in the heart of the Red Brush Country in Jackson County, the daughter of the late Kermit and Helen (Collard) Daugherty. She graduated from Jackson High School in 1947. She obtained her registered nursing degree from the Holzer Hospital School of Nursing in 1950. On Jan. 5, 1951, she married Evan Dwight “Ike” Landrum. They spent the majority of their lives together in Hillsboro. Ann worked at Highland District Hospital for many years where she fulfilled multiple nursing roles. She provided direct care to patients in various units of the hospital. She also held many nursing leadership positions including charge nurse, assistant director of nursing and director of nursing. Her entire career was spent at Highland District Hospital. She is survived by grandchildren, three Brian Thomas “BT” Landrum and wife Amy (Redding) of Piqua, Tammy JoAnne “TJ” LandrumBales and husband Mark

(Bales), of Sidney, and Tracey Amanda Landrum, of Sidney; three great-grandchildren, Adyson and Max Landrum-Bales and Brice Landrum; former daughter-in-law Tammy Anne (Fulton-Landrum) Heitmeyer, of Sidney; three nephews and four nieces, including a special niece, Mary Ellen Mathias, of and many London; friends. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Evan “Ike” Landrum on Aug. 17, 2004; her son, Brian Dwight Landrum; a brother, Dean Daugherty; and a sister, Betty Whaley. Friends and family are invited to a graveside service on Thursday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. at the Hillsboro Cemetery. The Rev. Phil Fulton will officiate. There will be no visitation. Memorial contributions may be made to Senior Independence, 6520 Poe Ave, Suite 100, Dayton, OH 45414. The Turner and Son Funeral Home in Hillsboro is serving the family. For more information or to send condolences to the family please visit w w w. t u r n e r f u n e r a lhomes.cc.

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COUNTY Sheriff’s log MONDAY -12:30 p.m.: tree down. Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the 5000 block of Rangeline Road on a report of a tree down across the roadway.

Village log MONDAY -8:23 p.m.: burglary. Jackson Center Police responded to 108 Redbud Circle on a report of a burglary. -5:16 p.m.: vandalism. Botkins Police responded to a report of

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Police log TUESDAY -2:01 a.m.: disorderly conduct. Sidney Police arrested Annette Smith, 43, 311 Enterprise Ave., on a charge of disorderly conduct. -12:44 a.m.: disorderly conduct. Police arrested Walter Richards, 50, 1430 Carrol St., on charges of disorderly conduct, obstructing official business and resisting arrest. MONDAY -9:38 p.m.: domestic violence. Police arrested Amy E. Gover, 26, 1505 Spruce Ave., on a charge of domestic violence. a.m.: con-8:19 tempt. Police arrested Daniel W. Downing II, 35, of Kettering, on a bench warrant. -7:33 a.m.: failure to appear. Police responded to 310 S. Wilkinson Ave. and arrested Matthew Williams, 25, for warrants out of Lima Municipal Court for failure to appear. -2:37 a.m.: operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Police responded to Taco Bell, 1752 Michigan St., and arrested Timothy Denning, 30, on a charge of OVI. SUNDAY -6:26 p.m.: menacing. Police arrested Jesse Wriston, 24, 891 Merri Lane, on a charge of menacing. -8:15 a.m.: breaking

and entering. Police responded to the Sidney Apostolic Temple, 210 Pomeroy Ave., on a report of the theft of a 37flat-screen inch television valued at $1,000. -3:16 a.m.: OVI. Police arrested Anthony Phelps, 44, 523 Fourth Ave., on a charge of OVI. SATURDAY -6:19 p.m.: arrest. Police arrested Daniel Vaughn Jones II, 33, 317 New St., on a charge of driving under suspension. FRIDAY -10:51 a.m.: found property. A blue boys bicycle was found on the 400 block of North Main Avenue and placed into the department’s garage for safekeeping.

Medics were called to the 1100 block of Cinnamon Ridge on a medical call. -6:42 p.m.: medical. Medics responded to the 500 block of Gearhart Road on a medical call. -5:28 p.m.: medical. Medics were called to the 600 block of Marilyn Drive on a medical call. -5:13 p.m.: medical. Medics responded to a medical call on the 600 block of Spy Glass Court. -4:38 p.m.: medical. Medics responded to the 800 block of Country Side Street on a medical call. -2:54 p.m.: medical. Medics responded to a medical call on the 100 block of Brooklyn Avenue.

TUESDAY -11:03 a.m.: assistance. Sidney firefighters responded to 402 E. South St. for public assistance. -9:38 a.m.: medical. Medics responded to the 500 block of Uhle Place on a medical call. -9:33 a.m.: medical. Medics responded to the 16000 block of Deam Road on a medical call. -3:14 a.m.: medical. Medics responded to a medical call on the 700 block of Bennett Circle. -2:12 a.m.: medical. Medics responded to the 700 block of Arrowhead Drive on a medical call.

-12:09 a.m.: injury. Medics responded to a report of an injury on the 400 block of North Miami Avenue. MONDAY -11:45 p.m.: medical. Medics responded to the 600 block of Westover Drive on a medical call. -8:24 p.m.: medical. Medics responded to a medical call on the 800 block of Country Side Street. -7:32 p.m.: medical. Medics were called to the 100 block of Tranquility Court on a medical call. -10:21 a.m.: medical. Medics responded to a medical call on the 900 block of Fair Road. -10:10 a.m.: medical. Medics were called to a medical call on the 400 block of South Ohio Avenue. -7:53 a.m.: medical. Medics responded to the 400 block of South Ohio Avenue on a medical call. -4:54 a.m.: medical. Medics responded to the 1100 block of Evergreen on a medical call. SUNDAY -8:47 p.m.: medical. Medics responded to a medical call on the 200 block of West Poplar Street. -7:14 p.m.: medical. Medics responded to the 3000 block of Cisco Road on a medical call. -6:59 p.m.: medical. Medics responded to the 200 block of Jefferson Street on a medical call. -6:42 p.m.: medical.

On Saturday, police responded to a report of an accident in the 1300 block of Sixth Avenue. The accident happened at 7:46 p.m. Donnie Ray King, 34, 109 N. Walnut Ave., Apt. 6, was southbound on Sixth Avenue and failed to see a parked vehicle in front of the residence at 1326 Sixth Ave. He struck the vehicle, owned by George Worden, 1325 Willow Place. The accident caused severe damage to King’s vehicle and moderate damage to Wordon’s vehicle. There were no injuries. King was cited with failure to control and was arrested on a charge of OVI.

an injury in the 100 block of Redbud Circle. -7:30 p.m.: medical. Houston Rescue responded to the 6600 block of Miami-Shelby

Road on a medical call. -7:09 p.m.: injury. Perry-Port-Salem Rescue responded to a report of an injury in the 3000 block of Cisco Road

on a medical call. -4:20 p.m.: medical. Perry-Port-Salem Rescue responded to a medical call in the 300 block of Broad Street.

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RECORD vandalism at 207 W. Perry-Port-Salem Rescue, Port Jefferson Fire, South St. Shelby County Sheriff ’s deputies and troopers from the Ohio State Highway Patrol reMONDAY sponded to an accident -7:53 p.m.: medical. in the 11000 block of Houston Rescue re- Pasco-Montra Road. sponded to the 3100 -10:55 a.m.: medical. block of Jason Way on a Fort Loramie Rescue remedical call. sponded to the 12000 -6:49 p.m.: alarm. block of Barbara Drive Lockington Fire re- on a medical call. sponded to 1886 Kuther -7:50 a.m.: medical. Road on a report of a fire Fort Loramie Rescue realarm. sponded to a medical call -6:48 p.m.: injury. in the 1100 block of Ohio Jackson Center Rescue 47. responded to a report of SUNDAY an injury in the 600 -7:42 p.m.: injury. block of Jackson Street. Jackson Center Rescue -1:48 p.m.: accident. responded to a report of

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Evelyn Hope Smithey, 91, of Sidney, went to be with the Lord on Monday, April 23, 2012, at the Dorothy Love Retirement Community. She was born on Nov. 12, 1920, in Miami County, the daughter of the late Carl and Gladys (Pence) Worthington. She is survived by two children and their spouses,, Judy Maxwell and her husband James, of Anna, and William Carl Brockman and wife Barbara, of Sacramento, Calif. Also surviving are four grandchildren, James (Jill) Maxwell Jr. and Tammy (Tom) Spicer, both of Jackson Center, Mark Maxwell, of Marysville, Sandra (John) Mansfield, of Sacramento, Calif.; seven great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Wilbur A. and William E. Worthington; and one sister, Neva (Worthington) Korn. Evelyn worked at United Bank of Nevada in Reno for six years before being transferred to First Interstate Bank of California in Sacramento, where she worked for the next 25 years. She served as bank officer and was coordinator and liaison between UCB HeadVitamins and quarters and California Herbs in Piqua. She ran this shop for more than 30 years. Greta L. PepPat and Paul square danced per, 92, of 3003 for many years W. Cisco Road, away and also danced passed at the Crystal Sunday, April Ball in Versailles. The 22, 2012, at 6:15 two of them traveled for p.m., at the many years in caravans Dorothy Love in their motor home. R e t i r e m e n t While camping, they Community. She was born on July loved to go mushroom 2, 1919, in Britton, hunting. Pat and Paul traveled the whole route Mich., the daughter of of Route 66 from St. the late John and MarLouis to Las Vegas in Oc- garet (Mason) DeRemer. She first married tober of 2011. It took them six weeks to com- Luther C. Baker on Feb. plete this trip. Pat loved 28, 1941, who preceded birds and other outdoor her in death. On Aug. 24, she married creatures, especially 1972, bluebirds and butter- Rudolph Pepper, who flies. As well as traveling preceded her in death. She is survived by five the country, Pat and children, Ellen Daleke Paul stayed in Fort Myers, Fla., for 18 years and husband, Dick, of Induring the winter cline Village, Nev., Emily months. Pat loved spend- Sorrell and husband, ing time with her chil- Earl, of Hamilton, Nick dren and grandchildren. Baker and wife, Rowena, She also loved to cook for of Wheeling, W.Va., Jerry many family and Baker and wife, Marsha, of Leetonia, and Clara friends. A Mass of Christian Inabitt, of Columbus; 17 Burial will be held at grandchildren and nu10 a.m. on Friday at merous great-grandchilSt. Teresa of the In- dren. She was preceded in fant Jesus Catholic Church, Covington, death by five sisters. Mrs. Pepper retired as with the Rev. Eugene Vonderhaar as celebrant. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Cemetery, Piqua. Paul E. Grilliot, 73, of Friends may call 1051 Knoop-Johnston from 4 to 7 p.m. on Road, passed away MonThursday at Melcher- day, April 23, 2012, at Sowers Funeral 7:30 a.m., at his resiHome, Piqua. dence. Memorial contribuHe was born on Aug. tions may be made to St. 31, 1938, in Dayton, the Teresa of the Infant son of the late Elmer and Jesus Catholic Church, Louise (Schultz) Grilliot. 6925 W. U.S. 36, CovingHe is survived by one ton OH 45318. sister, Betty Grilliot, of Condolences may be Sidney, who has taken expressed to the family at care of Paul since 1982, www.melcher-sowers.com. and Marilyn Lowell, of Cincinnati. There are numerous nieces and nephews and also greatApril corn .......................$6.51 1/4 nieces and nephews. May corn.........................$6.51 1/4 One brother, Billy Sidney April soybeans..............$14.61 1/4 Grilliot, preceded him in May soybeans...............$14.61 1/4 death. POSTED COUNTY PRICE Shelby County FSA Paul was a very spe820 Fair Road, Sidney cial person and was men492-6520 Closing prices for Tuesday: tally handicapped since (Richard) Bufof fenbarger, Wa y n e s f i e l d ; brothers, Carl (Wanda) Taylor of Lakeview, and Thomas (Kate) Smith of Landeck; and several nieces and nephews. She worked as a seamstress at Holloway Sportswear, Jackson Center, where she retired after many years. She enjoyed doing crafts and sewing and was a very good seamstress. A member of Grace Chapel Christian Union Church in Santa Fe, she was a Sunday school teacher and president of the Ladies Group. Pastor Scott Anderson will conduct a funeral service on Friday at 11 a.m. in the Myron Van Horn Chapel of Smith-Eichholtz Funeral Home, Lakeview where friends may call on Thursday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Burial will be in the Walnut Hill Cemetery, New Hampshire. Memorial contributions may be made to Grace Chapel Christian Union Church. Condolences may be expressed at www.smitheichholtz.com.

Patricia C. ‘Patsy Dean’ Rank — PIQUA Patricia C. “Patsy Dean” Rank, 78, of Piqua, died at 11:07 p.m., on Sunday, April 22, 2012, at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton. She was born on June 19, 1933, in Piqua to the late Ralph and Carmella (Ferrara) Dean. On June 14, 1952, at St. Boniface Catholic Church, Piqua, she married Paul R. Rank. He survives. Pat is also survived by two daughters and sonin-law, Paula and John Grubb, of Fletcher, and Pamela Rank, of Piqua; one brother and sisterin-law, Sam and Sue Dean, of Russia; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Betty and Hollis Criner, of Dayton, and Debbie and Rick Slough, of Troy; four grandchildren, Leshia (Helton) and Chris Lyman, Douglas and Ashley Cantrell, Jaymie (Anderson) and Jerry Obney and Jay Anderson; and six greatgrandchildren, Aidan Lyman, Harper Lyman, Madison Cantrell, Levi Smith, Gracie Anderson and Parker Obney. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Robert Dean and William Swartz; and two sisters, Vickie Dershem and Carol Baker. Pat graduated from Sidney High School in 1951. She was a member of St. Teresa of the Infant Jesus Catholic Church, Covington. Pat was the manager of Lord’s Dress Shop, Piqua. In 1976, she opened P.J.’s Boutique in Piqua. Pat later opened her own herb shop, P.J.’s

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Evelyn Hope Smithey State Treasurers Office. She was always involved in church work serving in different capacities as long as she was able. After retirement she moved back to Ohio and resided in Sidney for several years. During that time she did volunteer work at the Dorothy Love Retirement Center and the Salvation Army. Evelyn was a member of Christ the King Church in Jackson Center. A memorial service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Christ the King Church in Jackson Center with the Rev. Jesse McLeod officiating. A private family burial will be held at Pearl Cemetery prior to services at the church. The family will receive friends on Saturday at the church from 10 a.m. until the hour of services. Memorials may be made to Christ the King Church in memory of Evelyn Hope Smithey. Envelopes will be available at the church. Funeral arrangements are in the care of the Cromes Funeral Home, 302 S.Main Ave. Condolences may be expressed to the Smithey family at the funeral home’s website, www.cromesfh.com.

Greta L. Pepper a typist for the State Highway Department after more than 20 years of service. She was a member of the Sidney Senior Center, and a member of St. Episcopal Mark’s Church since 1975. A memorial service will be held Thursday, May 3, at 2 p.m., at St. Episcopal Mark’s Church, with the Rev. Aaron Gerlach officiating. Interment will follow at Cedar Point Cemetery in Pasco. The family will receive friends on Thursday from 1 p.m. until the hour of service at the church. Arrangements are in the care of Cromes Funeral Home and Crematory, 302 S. Main Ave. Memorials may be made to the Sidney Senior Center in memory of Greta L. Pepper. Condolences may be expressed to the Pepper family at the funeral home’s website, www.cromesfh.com.

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birth. He loved to take rides in the car, loved children, funny shows, animals and his dogs. Graveside services will be held at the convenience of the family. Burial will be in the St. Remy Church Cemetery Russia, with the Rev. Frank Amberger officiating. There will be no public visitation held prior to the graveside services. Arrangements are in the care of Cromes Funeral Home and Crematory 302 S. Main Ave. Condolences may be expressed to the Grilliot family at the funeral home’s website, www.cromesfh.com.

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STATE NEWS

Sidney Daily News,Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Justice Department won’t reopen Kent St. shootings case

Parties face off in court over legislative maps BY JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS (AP) — Justices asked tough questions of both sides Tuesday as they weighed a case that seeks to scrap Ohio’s newly drawn legislative map on the premise it was gerrymandered to favor Republicans. Lawyers sparring before the Ohio Supreme Court disagreed over the constitutionality of the new lines and the process by which they were drawn. The court must now make a ruling in the case, though it has said its decision will be timed not to impact the 2012 presidential race. Kevin Hamilton, representing Democrats who brought the challenge on behalf of a group of vot-

ers, said the five-member panel charged with drawing the new map intentionally sought political advantage as prohibited in the Constitution. That panel, the state Apportionment Board, is populated with four Republicans and one Democrat. “The record is rife with evidence that the board took into account political considerations, adding portion of counties that didn’t need to be split, for the purpose of assisting or increasing partisan advantage,” Hamilton told the court during oral arguments. E. Mark Braden, an attorney for the board’s Republican majority, said the state Constitution only asks that the board consider minimizing county, township, city

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and precinct splits — but it doesn’t contain an absolute rule as in some other states, such as Pennsylvania. “Absolutely one has to look at keeping counties whole, but it’s only part of a mosaic of other provisions that one has to look at,” he told the court. The litigation says the maps of 99 House and 33 Senate districts split cities, counties and other community units more than 250 times, seeking political advantage for GOP candidates. Hamilton said more neutral maps were produced that split only 30, rather than 50 counties. Justice Judith Lanzinger questioned Hamilton’s position that Ohio’s Constitution was firmly against splitting communities.

CLEVELAND (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department won’t reopen its investigation into the deadly 1970 shootings by Ohio National Guardsmen during a Vietnam War protest at Kent State University. A letter from an assistant attorney general says there are multiple legal hurdles to further prosecuting the case. The letter was addressed to Alan Canfora, who requested that the investigation be reopened. He was among the wounded students and now directs the Kent May 4 Center. The letter says a government review was inconclusive in determining whether a newly enhanced audio recording of the shooting provided evidence of extra gunfire and someone ordering people to fire on students. Four Kent State students died, and nine were hurt. Canfora tells The Plain Dealer in Cleveland the government’s decision is disappointing but not surprising.

Panel accepts changes to exotic animal rules BY ANN SANNER Associated Press COLUMBUS (AP) — Animal owners in Ohio continued to urge state lawmakers Tuesday to scrap a proposal to regulate dangerous exotic wildlife in the state, even as an Ohio Senate panel made changes to the measure and was scheduled to possibly vote on it. About 30 opponents of the bill were slated to speak against the measure at a Tuesday hearing.

Others, including the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, offered their support for the bill before the Senate agriculture committee. State Sen. Cliff Hite, chairman of the panel, said a committee vote on the measure is more likely on Wednesday although his goal is to get a vote by the full Senate this week. Ohio has some of the nation’s weakest restrictions on exotic pets. Efforts to strengthen the regulations took on new

CITY and Freshway Foods/Gilardi have expired. The lot replat, on behalf of Jason and Amanda Viapiano, was requested to construct a single-family residence. Council also adopted a resolution appointing C. Ward Cartwright to the Sidney Recreation Board. Street Superintendent Marty Keifer presented the city Tree Board’s urban forestry update, listing current projects, including street tree pruning, Arbor Day 2012 and establishment of an urban forestry link on the city’s website.

From Page 1 He reported 13 ash tree removals and the planting of 13 new trees to replace trees damaged by emerald ash borer infestation. Keifer said Sidney has about 400 street ash trees, which are being removed as funding permits. He also reported a new threat to street trees, the Asian long-horned beetle. Tree removal costs to date total $7,875 and $2,555 has been spent for tree purchase and planting. A total of $11,590 has been charged to grant funding, of which $5,795 has been received

ECONOMY Walsh predicted the stock market rally will continue, “even though it makes people nervous. We’ve seen a sideways market running in 10year cycles but with bank interest at less than 1 percent and taxable, the market is a better investment.” He offered the following additional positive signs: Industrial produc-

urgency after owner Terry Thompson let 56 animals — including black bears, mountain lions and Bengal tigers — escape from his eastern Ohio farm before committing suicide in October. Authorities were forced to kill 48 of the animals in an effort to protect the public. 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

tion is moving up, U.S. labor has a competitive advantage and treasury yields and corporate profitability are up. Walsh predicted more people will move into the middle class in the next 10 years than in the history of the world, “with Eastern Europe, China and India already leading the way and Africa not far behind.”

by the city. to Monday Prior night’s legislative session, Mayor Mike Barhorst read and presented a proclamation designating Friday as Arbor Day in Sidney. The proclamation was accepted by Tree Board member John Laws and the street superintendent. During his city manager comments, Mark Cundiff congratulated Chief Kevin Police Gessler for the Police Department’s swift resolution of Saturday’s Sidney Inn robbery.

other conditions. Permit 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. The Senate committee on Tuesday accepted

changes to the bill that would allow owners to obtain surety bonds in lieu of obtaining liability insurance to give more options to individuals. A revision also would allow the director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture to issue a temporary waiver to owners who are

trying to get accreditation to obtain a permit. Additional changes also eased proposed rules for snakes, such as exempting constrictors that less than 12 feet long, and owners of constricting snakes wouldn’t have to obtain liability insurance.

Shelby County Department of Job & Family Services Purpose Foster care provides a temporary home for children during times when they are unable to remain with their birth families and there are no available or appropriate relatives. Adoption provides a permanent family for children who are unable to return to their birth family.

Mission The foster care and adoption programs strive to find appropriate placements for children based on their physical, cognitive, social and emotional needs.

Adoption and Foster Unit Foster and adoptive caregivers complete Pre-service training and participate in a homestudy process in order to become a licensed provider. Foster and adoptive caregivers can be of any marital status, any level of education, and renters or homeowners. Caregivers must have a sufficient and stable income and be at least 18 to adopt and 21 to foster. Foster care provides a temporary home with the goal of reunification with the birth family. Adoption provides a permanent home and a lifelong commitment to a child. There are many foster to adopt families who start the process as foster parents, but end up adopting children if they become legally available for adoption. Our agency is currently recruiting foster and adoptive homes, specifically for older children, sibling groups, and children with special needs.

From Page 1 He also observed, “The Internet has democratized information in a way that hasn’t happened since the invention of the printing press.” The speaker was introduced by Sarah Boyer of Money Concepts of Sidney and Kurt Barhorst, president of the Sidney-Shelby County YMCA Board of Directors.

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Sidney Daily News,Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Romney posts wins

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Hudson leaves courtroom CHICAGO (AP) — The trial of the man charged with murdering three of Jennifer Hudson’s family members resumed Tuesday with the Oscar-winner shutting her eyes as a police officer described finding her dead family members and later leaving the courtroom before photos of their bodies were shown. Hudson watched much of the testimony before getting up and leaving shortly before prosecutors displayed pictures of her mother and brother’s bloodied bodies. Prosecutors often let family members know when they will be showing unsettling evidence.

Consumers remain confident NEW YORK (AP) — Americans’ confidence in the economy was resilient in April despite rising job cuts and falling home values. The Conference Board, a private research group, said on Tuesday that its Consumer Confidence Index is at 69.2, down slightly from a revised 69.5 in March. Economists were expecting a reading of 70, according to a FactSet poll of analysts. The current level is below February’s 71.6, which is the highest level it has been in about a year. Consumer confidence is widely watched because consumer spending accounts for 70 percent of economic activity. The current level is significantly below the 90 reading that indicates a healthy economy. But it’s well above its alltime low of 25.3 in February 2009.

Witnesses testify OSLO, Norway (AP) — After testifying for five days, Anders Behring Breivik listened silently as others described the mayhem caused by his bombing of Oslo’s government district, a scene one witness described as a “war zone.” Forensic experts explained the massive injuries to four of the eight victims killed by the 950kilogram (2,100-pound) fertilizer bomb on July 22. Breivik admits to the bombing and a subsequent shooting massacre at a Labor Party youth camp that left 69 people dead, most of them teenagers. “More than 100 body parts were found in the government district,” said Ole Morten Stoerseth, a police official tasked with identifying the blast victims.

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PRESIDENT BARACK Obama acknowledges the crowd as he finishes his speech on the campus of University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., Tuesday. Obama told thousands of students at the University of North Carolina on Tuesday that he wants Congress to keep the costs of a college education in check, reaching out to young people in a state expected to figure heavily in his re-election bid.

Obama pushes low-rate student loans CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama went after the college vote Tuesday, pitching cheaper student loans as he courted the one age group where he has a decided advantage over Republican rival Mitt Romney. The twist? Romney, too, has endorsed the idea, though it’s unclear whether deficit-leery Republicans in Congress will go along. In the race for the White House, both the Obama and Romney campaigns see huge opportunities to court younger voters. This week, their efforts are focused on the millions of students — and their parents — who are grappling with college costs at a time when such debt has grown so staggering it exceeds the totals for credit cards or auto loans. Trying to make it personal, Obama told students at the University of North Carolina that he and first lady Michelle Obama had “been in your

shoes” and didn’t pay off their student loans until eight years ago. “I didn’t just read about this. I didn’t just get some talking points about this. I didn’t just get a policy briefing on this,” Obama said. “We didn’t come from wealthy families. When we graduated from college and law school, we had a mountain of debt. When we married, we got poor together.” Obama’s emphasis on his personal experience set up a contrast with Romney, whose father was a wealthy auto executive. It’s a point the president is sure to return to during this summer’s campaigning. Though both Obama and Romney have expressed support for freezing the current interest rates on the loans for poorer and middle-class students, lawmakers are still exploring ways to pay for the plan. The timing is important because the rate will double

from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent on July 1 without intervention by Congress, an expiration date chosen in 2007 when a Democratic Congress voted to chop the rate in half. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has estimated about 15 percent of Americans, or 37 million people, have outstanding student loan debt. The bank puts the total at $870 billion, though other estimates have reached $1 trillion. About two-thirds of student loan debt is held by people under 30. The loan rate freeze Obama and Romney are championing amounts to a one-year, election-year fix at a cost of roughly $6 billion. Congress seems headed that way. Members of both parties are assessing ways to cover the costs and then gain the votes in the House and Senate. Both parties have a political incentive to keep the rates as they are.

Ex-BP engineer arrested NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal prosecutors brought the first criminal charges Tuesday in the Gulf oil spill, accusing a former BP (TSX:BP’U) engineer of deleting more than 300 text messages that indicated the blownout well was spewing far more crude than the company was telling the public at the time. Two years and four days after the drillingrig explosion that set off the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, Kurt Mix, 50, of Katy, Texas, was arrested and charged with two counts of obstruction of justice for allegedly destroying evidence. The U.S. Justice Department made it clear that the investigation is still going on and suggested that more people could be arrested. In a statement, Attorney General Eric Holder said prosecutors “will hold accountable those who violated the law in connection with the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history.” Federal investigators have been looking into the causes of the blowout and the actions of managers, engineers and rig workers at BP and its subcontractors Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) and Transocean in the days and hours before the April 20, 2010, explosion.

But the case against Mix focuses only on the aftermath of the blast, when BP scrambled for weeks to plug the leak. Even then, the charges are not really about the disaster itself, but about an alleged attempt to thwart the investigation into it. In court papers, the FBI said one of the areas under investigation is whether the oil company intentionally lowballed the amount of crude spewing from the well. In outlining the charges, the government suggested Mix knew the rate of flow from the busted well was much greater than the company publicly acknowledged. Prosecutors also said BP gave the public an optimistic account of its May 2010 efforts to plug the well via a technique called a “top kill,” even though the company’s internal data and some of the text messages showed the operation was likely to fail. An accurate flow-rate estimate is necessary to determine how much in penalties BP and its subcontractors could face under the Clean Water Act. In court papers, prosecutors appeared to suggest the company was also worried about the effect of the disaster on its stock price.

OUT OF THE BLUE

Meow is one fat cat ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Meow can’t help but waddle. He’s one super-sized cat. The 2-year-old orange and white tabby tips the scale at nearly 40 pounds, and the Santa Fe Animal Shelter is on a mission to get the feline back into shape. Meow’s 87-year-old owner could no longer take care of him, so the pet was turned over to a shelter in southeastern New Mexico that called the Santa Fe shelter for help. “The thing with this cat is when you look at it, certainly it’s obese. You see that. But it’s a sweet looking cat. His face is very sweet. It’s just incredibly fat,” shelter spokesman Ben Swan said Friday.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney laid claim to a fiercely contested Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night with a fistful of primary triumphs, then urged all who struggle in a shaky U.S. economy to “hold on a little longer, a better America begins tonight.” Eager to turn the political page to the general election, Romney accused President Barack Obama of “false promises and weak leadership.” He said, “Everywhere I go, Americans are tired of being tired, and many of those who are fortunate enough to have a job are working harder for less.” The former Massachusetts governor spoke as he pocketed primary victories in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware and Pennsylvania in the first contests since Rick Santorum conceded the nomination. New York was expected to follow. He delivered his remarks to a national television audience from New Hampshire, the state where he won his first primary of the campaign and one of about a dozen states expected to be battlegrounds in the summer and fall campaign for the White House. Six months before the election, opinion polls show the economy to be the top issue by far in the race. The same surveys point toward a close contest, with several suggesting a modest advantage for the incumbent. Obama won the presidency in 2008 in the midst of the worst recession since the Great Depression, and since then economic growth has rebounded slowly and joblessness has receded gradually while housing prices have continued to drop in many areas of the country. In an indication that Romney was treating the moment as something of an opening of the general election campaign, his speech seemed aimed at the millions of voters — non-conservatives and others — who have yet to pay close attention to the race for the White House. He blended biographical details, an attack on Obama and the promise of a better future, leaving behind his struggle to reassure conservative voters who have been reluctant to swing behind his candidacy. “As I look around at the millions of Americans without work, the graduates who can’t get a job, the soldiers who return home to an unemployment line, it breaks my heart,” he said. “This does not have to be. It is the result of failed leadership and of a faulty vision.” Romney spoke dismissively of the president’s tenure in office. “Government is at the center of his vision. It dispenses the benefits, borrows what it cannot take and consumes a greater and greater share of the economy,” he said.

Envoy: Syria situtation ‘bleak’ UNITED NATIONS (AP) — International envoy Kofi Annan told the U.N. Security Council Thursday that the situation in Syria is “bleak” and expressed alarm at reports that government troops are still carrying out military operations in towns where U.N. observers are not present. He expressed particular concern at media reports that government troops entered the central city of Hama on Monday after U.N. observers departed, firing automatic weapons and killing a significant number of people. “If confirmed, this is totally unacceptable and reprehensible,” he said. The joint U.N.-Arab League envoy said the speedy deployment of the 300strong U.N. observer force authorized by the council on Saturday is “crucial” to verify what is happening on the ground. The observer force also would provide a basis for moving toward a cease-fire by the government and opposition, he said. Annan briefed the Security Council

by videoconference hours after his spokesman, Ahmad Fawzi, told U.N. Television in Geneva that satellite imagery and other credible reports show that, despite its claims, Syria has failed to withdraw all of its heavy weapons from populated areas as required by the cease-fire deal it accepted. Fawzi also cited credible reports that “people who approach the observers may be approached by security forces or Syrian army and harassed or arrested or even worse, perhaps killed.” Annan did not mention either the satellite photos or the harassment and possible killing of people who talked to the observers in the text of his closed briefing, which was obtained by The Associated Press, but he stressed that “the government cannot cease action in one area to resume it in another.” He told the council the Syrian government had informed him on April 21 of the withdrawal of troops and heavy equipment from populated areas and

the handover of responsibility to police for maintaining law and order. He said he replied that this means troops should be back in barracks and weapons in storage “rather than operationally deployed,” and that civilians should not be endangered by police actions. The called the government’s pledge “encouraging,” but added: “It should be understood that the only promises that count are the promises that are kept.” Annan echoed U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who called the current situation “unacceptable” and urged the Syrian government to immediately implement his six-point peace-plan, which would culminate with Syrian-led talks that led to a peace settlement. “A cessation of violence and action on the six points is vital to sustain a political process,” said Annan. “Equally, a credible political process is required if we are to sustain any long-term calm on the ground.”


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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

COMMUNITY

Contact Localife Editor Patricia Ann Speelman with story ideas, club news wedding, anniversary, engagements and birth announcements by phone at (937) 498-5965; email, pspeelman@sdnccg.com; or by fax, (937) 498-5991.

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This Evening • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Labor of Love, meets at 6:30 p.m. at First Christian Church, 320 E. Russell Road.

Thursday Afternoon • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Addicts at Work, meets at noon at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 120 W. Water St. • The Highly Recommended Book Club will meet at the New Bremen Public Library at 1 p.m. • The Amos Memorial Public Library offers homework help from 3:30 to 5 p.m.

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• A.J. Wise Library in Fort Loramie hosts story time for children 3 1/2 and older at 10:30 a.m. To 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 • Hope in Recovery, similar to traditional 12-step programs to confront destructive habits and behaviors, meets at the First Presbyterian Church, 114 E. 4th St., Greenville, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. For more information, call (937) 548-9006. • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Staying Clean for the Weekend, meets at 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 230 E. Poplar St.

Saturday Morning • Temperance 73 Masonic Lodge hosts a recycling event at the Sidney Transfer Station from 8 a.m. to noon. • Agape Mobile Rural Food Pantry Distribution, in Lockington, 9 to 11 a.m. • Agape Mobile Rural Food Pantry Distribution, in Pasco, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Saturday Evening • The Lockington Volunteer Fire Department hosts dinner at the firehouse beginning at 5 p.m. Carry-out available. Breaded tenderloin or fish with french fries, barbecue chicken, applesauce, and drink. Cost: $7. • The Sidney-Shelby County Chess Club “Checkmates” meets at 7 p.m. at the library at the Dorothy Love Retirement Community. All skill levels are welcome. For more information, call 497-7326. • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Saturday Night Live, meets at 8 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 120 W. Water St.

Sunday Afternoon • The Catholic Adult Singles Club will meet at Carillon Historic Park in Dayton. Call (419) 678-8691 for information.

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

Monday Afternoon • Sidney Rotary Club meets at noon. For more information on activities or becoming a member, contact Scott Barhorst at 492-0823. • The New Knoxville Community Library will hold story time from 1 to 1:30 p.m. for children 3, 4 and 5. Stories, songs and more.

Monday Evening • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Vision of Hope, group meets at 7 p.m. at Russell Road Church, 340 W. Russell Road. • Overeaters Anonymous, a 12-step program for anyone desiring to stop eating compulsively, meets at 7 p.m. at Hillcrest Baptist Church, 1505 S. Main St., Bellefontaine. • Sidney Boy Scout Troop 97 meets at 7 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ. All new members are welcome. For more information, call Tom Frantz at 492-7075. • TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at 7 p.m. at Faith Alliance Church, New Knoxville Road, New Bremen.

“Crystalline Skies” will glow over Sidney High School students at the 2012 prom Saturday. The annual event will take place at Shelby Oaks from 8 p.m. to midnight. “Crystalline Skies” is the theme. An after-prom party will be at the high school from midnight to 3 a.m.

Candidates for prom queen are Abby Ball, daughter of John and Lori Grillot; Macey Cartwright, daughter of Steve and Kathy Cartwright; Abigail Eppley, daughter of Gail and Melody Eppley; Haylie Fogt, daughter of Kent and Julie Fogt; Bianca Gsimsl, daughter of Andy

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Anna Education Foundation honors leaders, alums, students at banquet ANNA — The Anna Education Foundation honored two alumni, presented two leadership awards and awarded scholarships to 19 students during its annual banquet Thursday at the Shelby Oaks Club. Motivational comedian Ralph Hood provided entertainment. Bill Elsass received the Adult McRill Leadership Award for his long-time dedication and support of school activities. The Student McRill Leadership Award went to Erik Angus, son of Doug and Kim Grewe and Chuck and Mindy Angus. Warren W. Loy, class of 1941, and Amy Moeller Scheeringa, class of 1988, were recognized as honored alumni. Loy lived all of his youth years in the Kettlersville area before entering the Army Air Force in January 1943. He had special training during his military service at the University of Iowa and Harvard University. After his military discharge in February 1946, he continued his education at the Northwestern

School of Commerce. Loy spent his entire career working for Provico. He was active on the American Feed Mfg. board, the Elevators Mutual Insurance Company board, and the Ohio Grain & Feed Education Committee. He retired June 30, 1989, as president of Provico and retired from its chairman of the board on Sept. 30, 1996. Loy was also very active in his community. He lived in Botkins for 35 years before moving to Indian Lake in 1984. He served on the Botkins Town Council as well as the Botkins Area Community Club. He extended his service into other areas by serving on the Wilson Memorial Hospital board and the Citizens Baughman National Bank board. He was married Sept. 21, 1947, to his wife, Jeanne Ferguson. They are the parents of five children and have nine grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. They are members of the Evangelical and Re-

form Church in Kettlersville. Scheeringa received her Bachelor of Science in nursing at University of St. Francis in Fort Wayne, Ind., in 1992 and her Master of Science Nursing in child/adolescent psychiatric clinical nurse specialist in 2008 from the Indiana University School of Nursing. Her nursing career began at the Upper Valley Medical Center in Piqua in 1989. She moved to Fort Wayne to work at the Lutheran Hospital of Indiana in 1990. She became charge nurse in 1995. In 2008, she became a private practice clinical nurse specialist at the Indiana Health Group in Carmel, Ind. Currently, Scheeringa is at the Northeastern Center in Kendallville, Ind., as a community mental health clinical nurse specialist. She belongs to several professional nursing organizations and has served as secretary, team leader, and unit presenter. Her most recent presentation was for the Northeastern Center on “The Interface Between Med-

ical and Psychiatric Illness.” She served as the alternate standard setting panelist for the ANCC CNS in child/adolescent psych and mental health nursing examination. She and her husband, Dan have been married 21 years and have two children. Scholarship winners were as follows: The $8,000 Marvin Staley Scholarship: Wes Walters, son of Ron and Kay Walters; the $8,000 Donald Bensman Scholarships: Devon Alexander, son of Jeff and Lori Alexander, and Allie Hohlbein, daughter of Paul and Lisa Hohlbein; the $1,500 Harshbarger Memorial Scholarship: Lukas Wenrick, son of Ron and Teresa Wenrick; the $1,000 Anna Education Foundation Scholarships: Angus, Kara Baker, daughter of Rick and Bev Baker, Jacob Counts, son of Andy and Michelle Counts, Cassie Eilerman, daughter of Lee and Tammy Eilerman, Drew Guisinger, son of Rob and Jenny Guisinger, and Kyleigh Overbey, daughter of Craig and Melanie

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OPINION Wednesday, April 25, 2012

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Write a letter to the editor. All letters must be signed, 400 words or less and include the writer’s phone number and address. Only one letter per writer per month will be accepted. Letters may be mailed to The Sidney Daily News, Jeff Billiel, publisher/executive editor, P.O. Box 4099, 1451 N. Vandemark Road, Sidney, OH 45365; e-mailed to jbilliel@sdnccg.com; or faxed to (937) 498-5991.

I N O UR V IEW Fighting ID theft, tax fraud

Identity turns later theft and tax during the tax fraud victims season and dis— like Michael cover their reYour hometown newspaper since 1891 Bucalo whom I turn has recently met in already been Frank Beeson/Regional Group Publisher — IdenCleveland claimed. Jeffrey J. Billiel/Editor and Publisher know that tity theft and Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of “there are peofraudulent tax Brown religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridg- ple out there refunds cost ing the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the (who) are so reports Ohioans time people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the governslick; they can Sherrod Brown and money. ment for a redress of grievances. steal your shoes HardworkU.S. Senator while you are ing Ohioans running.” For criminals have to spend time navwho prey on unsuspect- igating paper trails and ing taxpayers, tax sea- re-establishing their son is the time to cash identities — while in — on other people’s missing out on the tax hard-earned refund refunds they’ve earned. checks. According to the TaxWith more than 2 payer Advocate’s Office, million suspected the average tax refund fraudulent tax returns in 2011 was about currently under review $2,913. This is money that hardworking “Emily,” ally hard to do by the Internal Revenue Service, criminals Ohioans cannot afford Dewey said, “I something have a confesright, but the who steal identities to to have taken from sion to make to next thing you illegally obtain tax rethem by fraudsters. you. I don’t know the turns are creating a na- And our government have a neurotic truck’s in a tional epidemic. cannot afford to hand fascination mud hole or a Home According to the FBI, a out billions in illegal with manure.” cow’s in a tree, Chardon couple was tax returns each year. Country or I’ve vacci“You don’t?” charged with filing at That’s why I’m fightSlim Randles nated Dud for “No.” He least 35 false income ing to pass the Identity kissed her blackleg, or …” tax returns, resulting Theft and Tax Fraud again and they both “I’ll have to hear in a total of at least Prevention Act, which smiled. “It’s my busiabout that cow one of $155,000 in false IRS would protect Ameriness. I supply fertilizer these days.” claims. Reports also cans in three, simple to people’s gardens. “Anyway, I wanted show that Americans ways. That’s what I do. When you to know.” make about 50,000 First, it would inI told you I was in ma“Isn’t that why we’re identity theft claims to crease penalties for nure, I meant the malying here on the shoulnure business. They call der of the road, kissing the Federal Trade Com- people convicted of mission every week — committing identity me the fertilizer king, and smiling and why I regarding tax mostly theft and cashing actually.” have a rock in the small refund theft. fraudulent return She smiled. “Wow! of my back?” Here’s how it hapchecks. We can stop and That’s wonderful! I was “Yes.” pens: Criminals steal deter the networks of a bit concerned about “I kinda like it, taxpayers’ Social Secu- criminals who steal, falling for a guy who Honey.” had a … thing … for They tried to pull rity numbers and file trade, and cash-in on manure. You know. But apart to get more comfalse tax returns early other people’s identiit’s what you do!” fortable but something to steal refunds. Many ties, by imposing They kissed again. held them together. Americans may not tougher penalties. This “But won’t this mess They both looked down even realize that their bill would also increase up your doctoral thesis? at the fishing fly that personal information the civil and criminal I thought that was why had joined their shirts has been compromised penalties for improper you wanted to see me. together. It was that until they file their re- disclosure or use of taxYour tape recorder and stonefly nymph on a all that …” number 6 streamer that “Dewey,” she said. “I Marvin Pincus tied to have a confession to help Dewey find a girlmake to you, too. I’m friend. not writing a doctoral Sometimes there’s dissertation on you. I magic on a warm spring don’t want a doctorate. I night. want you.” In the last 40 lives. It will His index finger The writer is a vetyears, federal save taxpayers reached up and traced eran newspaperman spending on enmoney because each delectable cheekand outdoorsman who titlements, inhealthier senbone gently, and she is a registered outfitter cluding iors will have smiled at him some and guide. He has writ- Medicare, Medifewer doctor more. ten novels and nonficcaid and Social and hospital “I want you, too,” he tion books based on Security, has visits and fewer said. “But there is some- rural living and he has soared from chronic disthing else I need to con- also been an awardless than half of eases. Portman fess.” winning columnist for Washington’s Our program reports “There is?” the largest daily newsbudget to alchanges the “Yes. You see, I have papers in Alaska and Rob Portman focus of most twolittle … accidents. I’m New Mexico. He lives in thirds. This U.S. Senator Medicare from kinda clumsy. I’ll try re- Albuquerque. past year alone, dealing with Medicare spending topeople when they’re taled about $560 billion sick to promoting DITORIAL ROUNDUP — more than triple healthy behaviors. The what it was two decades program will be comExcerpts of a recent gas and other chemicals ago, even after inflation. pletely voluntary and it Over the next decade, shouldn’t increase coming to the surface, editorial from the as the population ages, Medicare’s cost because resulting in emissions Akron Beacon Medicare spending is the program will be of methane, plus toxic, Journal, April 22 projected to continue to added to annual wellcancer-causing pollugrow at rates far outness visits, which the The regulators at the tants such as benzene pacing inflation. government already is federal Environmental and hexane. Nearby resThis rate of growth is paying for. It works like idents, along with envi- simply unsustainable. If this: At the first annual Protection Agency listened to the concerns of ronmental groups, have not checked, it will wellness visit, Medicare the oil and gas industry. complained about eventually bankrupt the providers will assess Then, they made adjust- health problems and federal government. It’s patients across six tarother harmful effects. ments in proposed air critical, therefore, that get categories that recAgency officials, thus, Washington put these quality standards for ognize current health had an obligation to act, vital programs on a sus- challenges — blood the drilling process and to consult with the tainable path. known as hydraulic pressure, for example — fracturing. The result is industry in devising the One way to reduce and are consistent with costs and have healthier the best practices we’ve best way forward. … the balanced apseniors is to focus seen around the counThis is a national proached unveiled last Medicare more on pretry. Seniors will receive week, the industry gain- challenge, the 13,000 venting health probpoints for maintaining ing flexibility in the im- wells drilled each year and achieving progress requiring a uniform set lems. Along with my plementation, the Democratic colleague, in each of these areas. If of rules. … agency fulfilling the Sen. Ron Wyden of Orethey earn enough mandate of the Clean What the EPA has gon, I’ve introduced a points, they’ll earn fiAir Act, protecting pub- achieved isn’t simply a bill that begins to do nancial rewards in the lic health and making deft balancing act. It that — and it’s modeled second and third years. an advance in mitigathas orchestrated someon an innovative proI believe this fundaing climate change. thing consequential, no gram developed by our mental change of apless than one of the The process of fracstate’s Cleveland Clinic. proach will lower turing involves injecting country’s most producBetter Health Reoverall health costs siga combination of water, tive efforts to combat wards, as we’ve called nificantly over the long sand and chemicals into climate change. our legislation, will rerun. For now Sen. Online: underground shale rock. duce Medicare’s soaring Wyden and I give Better http://bit.ly/IrAwB costs by incentivizing This is followed by a Health Rewards a “flowback,” the natural W seniors to lead healthier three-year lifespan so

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payer information by tax-return preparers. Next, and perhaps most importantly, this bill would expedite tax returns for Ohioans whose identities have been stolen. Innocent Ohioans should not be doubly punished — having their identity stolen and their tax return delayed. Instead, this bill would give all identity-theft victims a unique personal identification number to include on their tax return to further prevent fraud and avoid tax-refund delays. Honest citizens should not have to wait months and months to get the money they’ve earned. Ohioans making less than the average gross income of $32,393 simply cannot afford to go without a refund — or wait longer than usual to receive a refund because a crime has been committed against them. Finally, this legislation would require the IRS, Bureau of Prisons and the Treasury Department to step up identity-theft taxfraud-prevention programs. We can do a better job of informing citizens how to keep their information safe. The IRS can do its part to protect taxpayer information by providing an annual report on the number of reported taxfraud cases and the actions taken in responses to these reports. The IRS and Bureau of Prisons can work together to reduce

prison-tax fraud. And the Secretary of the Treasury should have the authority to implement an identity-theft tax-fraud-prevention program to empower citizens. If this law had been in place when Michael realized he couldn’t access his tax refund, then he may not have had to mail the IRS a copy of his Social Security card, driver’s license, passport, utility bill and a copy of the police incident report — just to get the refund he deserved. Until we pass this legislation, Ohio taxpayers can help prevent fraud by taking a few extra steps: 1) Don’t carry your Social Security card or any document with your Social Security number. 2) Avoid sharing your Social Security number and other personal information — especially over the telephone, Internet or mail. 3) Check your credit report each year. Ohioans who suspect identity theft can contact local law enforcement officials or the IRS Identity Projection Specialized Unit at (800) 908-4490. With this legislation, we can protect taxpayers’ privacy and keep citizens safe. Ohio taxpayers, like Michael, deserve a government that fights to make sure citizens don’t fall prey to identity theft and tax fraud.

Better health care plan means better rewards for budget, patients

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we can see how it works and collect data and information to determine whether it’s sound and should be expanded as a way to help fix Medicare. There’s already evidence that Better Health Rewards will pay off. The Cleveland Clinic has a strong history of leadership on employee wellness. Their Wellness Institute brings in businesses from around the Cleveland area, helping those businesses set up wellness programs for their employees, so the businesses can see savings and healthier employees. It’s a twofer. Two years ago, the Cleveland Clinic saw that their own health care costs, around $300 million annually, continued to escalate despite the steps they’d taken to encourage their own employees to lead healthier lives. To tackle this problem, they decided to incentivize employees with chronic diseases to enter into disease management. The incentive they chose was a refund of the employee’s annual health care premium increase. Fast forward two years. The program has been highly successful, saving the Cleveland Clinic $15 million in 2011 and lowering hospital admissions for the participating employees. As Dr. Toby Cosgrove, the president and CEO, said on March 28

when he and chief wellness officer Dr. Mike Roizen came to Washington for our unveiling of Better Health Rewards, “for the first time we began to change the slope of the inflation of our health care costs.” But it’s not just about costs; it’s also about healthier, happier employees. Added Dr. Cosgrove, who says he’s regularly thanked by employees who’ve benefited from the program: “It has been probably one of the most gratifying things we’ve done, both from the standpoint of the health of the individuals, and also from the fact that we have wound up saving money from it.” The Cleveland Clinic is not the only Ohio advocate for the Better Health Rewards legislation. The Ohio Department of Health supports this bill. Its director, Dr. Theodore E. Wymyslo, said, “under this model, everyone wins.” Sen. Wyden and I and others are working on larger structural proposals to fix Medicare. But that should not keep us from implementing sensible programs that can help get to a more comprehensive solution. Promoting wellness and saving taxpayer dollars is a twofer Washington should get behind. Our Better Health Rewards legislation is the right start.


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Local royalty Anna High School and New Bremen High School crowned kings and queens during the annual prom Saturday night. Caleb Mauer (left photo) and Nicole Albers were crowned king and queen at Anna’s prom. Maurer is the son of Bill Maurer, of Kettlersville, and Diane Maurer, of Anna. Albers is

the daughter of Paul and Kathy Albers, of Anna. At the New Bremen prom, (right photo) Derek Bornhorst was crowned king and Gina Griesdorn was crowned queen. Bornhorst is the son of Christa Bornhorst and Mitchell Bornhorst. Griesdorn is the daughter of Craig and Diane Griesdorn.

Take back drugs day set for Saturday ST MARYS — Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, in conjunction with the Auglaize County Sheriff ’s Office is participating in 2012 National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day taking back unwanted prescription drugs. This event will be held on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Joint Township District Memorial Hospital and the Auglaize County Sheriff ’s Office will give the public another opportunity to prevent drug abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring your medications for disposal to Joint Township District Memorial Hospital., Main Front

Lobby Entrance. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked. This event is for residential/household medications only. Items for disposal cannot be accepted before or after these times Why Have a Medication Take Back Day? Such an event helps address two growing problems our communities face. Prescription drug abuse and prescription drug misuse and medications becoming part of our waste stream. Consider this: • Everyday, nearly 2,500 teenagers use a prescription drug to get high for the first time. • 96 percent of unintentional

poisoning deaths in Ohio are from drugs and medications. • In Ohio, more people die from unintentional medication poisoning, than from motor vehicle accidents. • Older people are prone to accidental poisoning. • Ohio’s rates of drug abuse and misuse are higher than the U.S. rate. • A vast array of pharmaceuticals - inclusive of antibiotics, anticonvulsants, mood stabilizers, hormones, acetaminophen, ibuprofen — have been found in drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans. • Pharmaceuticals also permeate underground water supply.

Beginning June 1, residents of Sidney will be able to add corrugated cardboard to the curbside recycling program as a result of a new city waste and recycling contract. Currently, residents can recycle newspapers, tin and aluminum cans, plastic bottles and glass bottles and jars. By volume, corrugated cardboard is the largest and bulkiest item in trash. (Corrugated cardboard is a three-layer cardboard that has a wafer-looking middle between its outside and inside layer). It is most commonly used in packing

or shipping boxes. To properly recycle corrugated cardboard, residents are asked to note the following guidelines: • Remove all packaging material and plastic wrap and flatten completely at seams, removing any tape. • Place nothing larger than the recycling bin of approximately 2 by 2 feet. • Bundle cardboard separately from other material. Do not recycle pizza boxes or any other box that has grease soaked in. Questions concerning the new service may be addressed to 498-8117.

Work planned on Ohio 274 Lane closures will be in effect on Ohio 274 in both directions between Ohio 29 and County Road 25A beginning Monday at 7 a.m. These lane closures will take place daily during daylight hours and are due to a contractor resurfacing Ohio 274 and working on a bridge deck in that area. The affected lanes are expected to reopen to motorists on June 30 at 6 p.m. The entire project is scheduled

for completion Aug. 10. One lane of traffic will remain open to motorists at all times through the use of flaggers. There will be a 24hour a day closure of Ohio 274 at the same location beginning on May 1 at 7 a.m. The affected section of Ohio 274 will reopen to motorists on May 8. The official detour during this road closure will be Interstate 75 to Ohio 119 to Ohio 29.

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Versailles prom set for Saturday VERSAILLES — The Versailles 2012 senior prom court has been chosen. The queen candidates are Tammy Berger, Andrea Schmitmeyer, Danielle Langston, Jacqueline Moorman, and Summer Condon. The king candidates are William Borchers, Jordan Luthman, Jacob Ahrens, Mitchell Campbell, and Brett Berger. Berger is the daughter of Dave and Mary Beth Berger. Schmitmeyer is the daughter of Joe and Linda Schmitmeyer. Langston is the daughter of Jeff and Cindy Langston. Moorman is the daughter of Ken and Jill Moorman. Condon is the daughter of Gary and Teresa Condon.

Borchers is the son of Mark and Therese Borchers. Luthman is the son of Jerry and Janet Luthman. Ahrens is the son of Kevin and Susan Ahrens. Campbell is the son of Rocky and Jane Campbell. Berger is the son of Steve and Linda Berger. The 2012 Prom, “Hot ‘N’ Cold: Embrace the Contrast” will be April th at the Versailles High School Cafetorium. The Junior Class has announced there will be a promenade again this year on the stage in the Cafetorium beginning at approximately 7:45. All are welcome to attend. Crowning of the king and queen will be approximately at 10 p.m.

Schwieterman helps at My Brother’s Keeper MARIA STEIN — Kayla Schwieterman, a sophomore from Maria Stein, traveled to Baltimore with fellow Marquette University students over spring break as a part of the Marquette Action Program (MAP). During the weeklong service trip, Schwieterman’s group volunteered at My Brother’s Keeper. Since 1977, MAP has offered students the chance to work and interact with people all over the United States.

Sponsored by Marquette’s Campus Ministry, the trips expose students to aspects of poverty, racism and the lives of the disabled in today’s society. Depending on the site, students may be doing anything from assisting in classrooms to preparing meals at homeless shelters to repairing houses devastated by storms. This year, over 180 Marquette volunteers traveled to 21 different sites in 14 different states.

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Downtown Association plans floral displays During last week’s Downtown Business Association meeting, Duane Gaier of the city of Sidney discussed downtown waste collections and scheduled collection dates. He said pickups should be made twice per week and referred service problems to Karen Berning, 4988118. Merchants again discussed placing flowers downtown around the courtsquare. Letters will be sent local businesses to ask for sponsorships. The DBA and city have agreed pots with flowers

will be the best solution and that it will be up to volunteers from DBA to plant, water and maintain flowers. Maureen Smelewski, director, reported meeting with City Manager Mark Cundiff concerning enforcement of twohour parking downtown. The city will be patrolling areas on a regular basis. Businesses’ cards listing store hours and locations will soon be made available. Each business interested in participating is asked to provide their information and

business logos to the DBA director. Mother’s Day promotion registration boxes are being delivered and registration forms for Kids Around the Square on June 23 are being made available. Easter Coloring Contest winning entries are being displayed in a window at Fifth Third bank. The contest received 330 entries. Tilda Phlipot of the Shelby County Historical Society reported meeting with the owner of Canal Place who will be providing an area to

set up an historical display. Juanita McCrum reported on the opening of Kids and Scubs on North Main Avenue and said she is planning a grand opening and ribbon cutting this fall. Michael Jannides said he is planning a 105th Anniversary celebration for The Spot and will again be providing pies for the Kids Around the Square pie-eating contest. The next DBA meeting will be held May 16 at Chamber of Commerce offices.

Child support information now available online COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) has announced a new website that will give families 24-hour access to their child support case information online, so they can look up information about their cases themselves, without having to call or visit a local office. “Our new Child Support Customer Service Web Portal gives families a quick, easy and secure way to find out information about their cases, and it also will help reduce administrative work at our county offices,” said

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way for families to communicate directly with their county child support enforcement agencies, and also a way for them to apply for services online, such as paternity establishment, support enforcement, or a request for a review and adjustment of a child support order. In Ohio, child support orders can be reviewed and possibly adjusted every 36 months. The amount owed could be reduced if the parent responsible for paying it becomes unemployed through no fault of his or her own for at least 30

days or experiences a 30 percent reduction in gross income. For more information about Ohio’s child support program or to access the new Child Support Customer Service Web Portal, visit www.jfs.ohio.gov/ocs or call or visit your county child support enforcement agency (CSEA). To find your local CSEA, go t o http://jfs.ohio.gov/county/ County_Directory.pdf. The ODJFS Office of Child Support collects and disburses nearly $2 billion annually to more than 1 million Ohio children.

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Free workshop offered PIQUA — The Small Business Development Center at Edison Community College is sponsoring a free “Buying/Selling a Business” workshop May 3 from 2 to 4 p.m. Buyers and sellers of existing businesses are advised not to “get caught in the rush.” Advance planning is the key to a successful transition and this comes from considering all the options before getting to the table. This workshop will address seller-assisted financing, regulatory considerations, defining what’s included in the sale/purchase, “qualified buyers,” noncompete and confidentiality agreements, and more, presented by Jerry Alexander, director of the Edison SBDC. This workshop will be in room 057 at 1973 Edison Drive. For further information or to register, contact the Edison SBDC at (937) 381-1525.

Realtor joins firm Realtor Rhonda Schemmel has joined the locally owned and operated Re/Max One office, 216 E. Poplar St. Schemmel was licensed in 2010 and received the “Realtor of the Year” Schemmel award from the Midwestern Ohio Association of Realtors in 2011. She will be associated with the Sidney office and will serve customers from Vandalia to Lima. Re/Max One in Sidney is owned and operated by Gay Smith and has just completed its 17th year of business. To reach a RE/MAX agent, stop by the office or call or call 497-7961.

Intern applicants sought WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Urbana, is accepting applications from area college students interested in interning in his Lima district office. Applicants should be permanent residents of the Fourth Congressional District, which consists of Allen, Auglaize, Champaign, Hancock, Hardin, Logan, Marion, Morrow, Richland and Shelby counties, and the western half of Wyandot County. Additional information and application forms may be requested by calling Jordan’s office in Lima at (419) 999-6455.

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Life goes on for Botkins family after autism diagnosis BY JENNIFER BUMGARNER jbumgarner@sdnccg.com BOTKINS — There are four words that a parent never wants to hear, “Your child has autism.” April is National Autism Awareness Month and for one family in Botkins, autism touched their lives and changed their outlook on everything. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in 88 children and one in 54 boys are affected by autism. There are over one million children in the United States who are directly affected by autism. The annual cost is estimated to be $126 billion which is more than three times the cost from six years ago. Recent research from Dr. Peter Bearman of Columbia University revealed that the increase is only partly explained by a broadening of the diagnosis, improved detection and more awareness. There is still a lot that is unexplained by the increase and researchers are looking into environmental factors which could play a role in the increase of cases. In 1999 the figure was one out of every 500 children. There is no definite cause and no cure for autism and families across the country are struggling to help their children. Jeanie and Ron Bergman, of Botkins, were faced with this problem 12 years ago when their son, Chad had started behaving differently. “For the first year of Chad’s life he could say momma, dada, baby, oof oof (for dog), his sister’s name Casie and ball,” said Jeanie. “Somewhere between December of 1998 and June of 1999, he became very distant from us.” He started throwing temper tantrums, wouldn’t let anyone touch him and stopped talking. His father, Ron, is a truck driver and Chad started to withdraw from him. “Ron would come home from a run and Chad wouldn’t even look at him or acknowledge his presence,” said Jeanie. “Ron could not even hold Chad.” The family started consulting doctors and took Chad to a hearing specialist.

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TWELVE YEARS ago the thought of Chad (left) sitting and laughing with his little brother Luke seemed like a dream to parents Ron and Jeanie Bergman. He passed the hearing test and was referred to Children’s Hospital in Dayton. There was a six-month wait to see the specialist in Dayton. “In the mean time, I was still in denial that nothing was wrong with our child,” said Jeanie. “He was just acting out in jealousy because of the birth of his little brother Luke in May of 1999.” Ron has three children from a previous marriage, Leslie, Brad and Brent, and the couple has four children together, Casie, Chad, Luke and Sarah. None of their other children had any kind of health problem like autism, and it was difficult for Jeanie and Ron to understand just what was wrong with their child. When Jeanie finally met with Dr. Duby in Dayton, she was surprised at what happened during the visit. The doctor asked her questions about her son’s behavior and social skills. One of the questions was if Chad flapped his hands up and down. What Jeanie thought was a personal habit was actually something very common that children with autism will do to calm themselves down or when they get excited. After more testing, it was determined that the toddler had a mild case of autism. While it was difficult to hear the word autism, the word mild gave the family hope that their child would be able to live a relatively normal life. The family was then referred to the local intervention program at Shelby Hills.

Kindergarten screening set for May 3 & 4 HOUSTON — Kindergarten screening is scheduled for children planning to attend Hardin-Houston for the 2012-13 school year. Children who will be 5 years old on or before Aug. 1 will be eligible for kindergarten Parents are asked to contact the school at 295-3010 to schedule a screening appointment as soon as possible. Screening will be held on May 3 and 4, at 8 a.m., 10 a.m., and 1 p.m. Parents will need to pick up a registration packet from the Elementary School Office, which will need to be filled out and brought back on the day of screening. During registration, children will have an opportunity to meet the kindergarten teachers as well as participate in screening for speech, hearing, vision and developmental readiness skills. While children are being screened, parents will have a chance to meet with the principal,

kindergarten teachers and school nurse. Along with the registration packet, parents need to bring a certified copy of the child’s birth certificate or other legal document verifying date of birth, immunization records, copy of legal documents, if custody is involved, and the child’s Social Security number. Parents who have younger children are encouraged to find a sitter during the appointment as parents will be listening to presentations, filling out paperwork, and talking with health nurses during the child’s assessment. Parents should be aware of legislation which mandates attendance in and successful completion of kindergarten before a child enters first grade. This law underscores the importance of children being ready for kindergarten before they enroll. Parents who have a concern about their child’s readiness should contact the building principal.

Jeanie believes that when Chad started to attend Shelby Hills it was one of the things that contributed to Chad coming out of autism. “Chad started there the same month he was diagnosed, March of 2000,” said Jeanie. “Shelby Hills and their staff helped bring Chad back to us. They taught him sign language so he could at least communicate to us until he learned to talk again. They did wonders with him. We owe them a lot.” Jeanie went to the school with her son once a week and observed the class. She tried to get Chad involved but the teacher told her “Don’t worry. He’ll come around.” After a few weeks the teacher was right and Chad started slowly joining the class during circle time and later would sit and listen to a whole book. By June of 2000 Chad was communicating with his mother through sign language. His first words to her were following the Botkins Carousel when they were leaving. Chad signed the word “more” to her. Like other parents facing this life-changing diagnosis, the Bergmans started to research different ways to help their son. The Bergmans believe immunizations given to Chad may have been a contributing factor, and the family sought out an herbalist to help counteract some of the effects of the shots. They also tried a gluten-free diet which is suggested for children with autism. She went to a health food store and purchased special foods for Chad. “I bought him cookies that were made with no flour and were suppose to be good for you,” said Jeanie. “I remember saying ‘Chad I bought you some cookies and these are all yours. The other kids can’t have them.’ Chad took a

bite from a cookie, turned around and headed for the bathroom door and threw the cookie in the bathroom and shut the door behind it.” The Bergmans starting speaking with other families who had children with autism, even attending a few Autism Support Group meetings. Jeanie would work with Chad on Applied Behavior Analysis. ABA is where a picture of an object like a duck would be shown to a child and the child would then pick up the object on the table that matched the picture. According to Jeanie, Chad was able to do this without hesitation which was a good sign. While things continued to improve, the Bergmans turned to their faith to help get through the diagnosis. “Ron’s sister Betty gave Chad a St. Jude necklace that her coworker Bob Wyen had bought,” said Jeanie. “He buys these necklaces whenever he hears of someone in need of a miracle or prayer.” The necklace hung on Chad’s bed post for three years and was still hanging there when Chad no longer needed his Individualized Education Plan at the school. The family also turned to prayer, taking Chad to healing masses at their church. “We took him to two healing masses offered in our church, two years in a row,” said Jeanie. “These healing masses were offered by Father James Trick and consisted on praying strictly for healing…We attribute God as the No. 1 factor that brought Chad back to us.” By the time Chad exited Shelby Hills and began kindergarten at Botkins, he no longer had any symptoms of autism. In his first year at Botkins, the transition coordinator from Shelby Hills visited the school to check on Chad’s progress. She was unfamiliar with Chad and the kindergarten teacher LuAnne Powell told the coordinator to observe the class and pick out the child with autism. After observing the class she was unable to figure out which child was Chad. Chad is now a healthy, active, normal 14-year-old. He’s active in basketball and baseball. He ran cross country, track and also played soccer. While his mother can’t stop talking about her “miracle child,” Chad is very modest about his past. “I don’t really remember a lot,” said Chad. “It’s shocking to me, like why would I ever do that.”

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Cases of accused robbers continued Felony charges against Sidney and Trotwood men accused of robbing the Sidney Inn on Saturday were continued Monday for preliminary hearings in Sidney Municipal Court. Felony charges of robbery, burglary and failure to comply with an officer against Joshua Bockrath, 21, 1117 Hilltop Ave, Apt. B, were continued to May For photo reprints, visit www.sidneydailynews.com SDN Photo/Jennifer Bumgarner 1 at 9:30 a.m. for a preANNA FIREFIGHTERS respond to a single-vehicle, rollover accident near the liminary hearing. Bond of 96-mile marker of Interstate 75 Monday afternoon. One person was trans- $15,000 was continued. ported to the hospital by Anna Rescue. The accident is under investigation by Two of the three the Ohio State Highway Patrol. charges are felonies of the third degree and one is a second-degree felony. Felony robbery charges against Eric J. Nevels, 18, of Trotwood, were continued to Monday at 9 a.m.

Road rage believed involved in crash

A Monday afternoon accident reportedly involving road rage sent a Piqua man to the hospital. The accident happened at 4:16 p.m. near the 97mile marker of southbound Interstate 75. William Daugherty, 42, of Piqua, was traveling southbound on I-75 in the left hand lane. According to eyewitnesses, there was a red vehicle behind him but no one was able to get a license plate num-

ber or make and model of the vehicle. That vehicle reportedly passed him and cut in front of him in the left lane and apparently hit his brakes, causing Daugherty to hit his brakes to try to avoid collision. Daugherty lost control and went off the left side of the road, went back across the roadway and went off the right of the road. His vehicle then rolled over and came to a stop. Daugherty had minor

injuries and was transported to Wilson Memorial Hospital by Anna Rescue. Anna fire and police were also on the scene to assist. The Ohio State Highway Patrol handled the accident. Eyewitnesses told troopers that the red vehicle had no reason to brake after passing Daugherty. It is believed road rage played a role in the accident. Daugherty was not cited for the accident.

Bockrath

Nevels

for the services of an attorney. Bond was set at $10,000. He is also charged with obstructing official business. Police were dispatched to the inn at 400 Folkerth Ave. about 6 a.m. Saturday on a report a man wearing a hooded sweatshirt had jumped the front lobby counter and escaped with money from the register. The individual fled

Weapons case continued A Sidney man appeared in Sidney Municipal Court on Tuesday to face charges following a search executed by Shelby County Sheriff ’s Cromes deputies and the

Sidney Police. Police searched the home of Justin Cromes, 33, 517 Fair Road, on Monday and reportedly seized three rifles from the residence. Cromes was arrested for three counts of having weapons under disability, all felonies of the third degree. He is prohibited from possessing or using firearms because of a conviction for

Commissioners authorize hearing date for street vacation Shelby County Commissioners authorized viewing and a hearing dates for a petition to vacate a portion of High Street in the village of Montra during their meeting Tuesday. Viewing will be held May 22 at 11 a.m. with a hearing to fol-

low May 29 at 10 a.m. Funds totaling $1,934.75 were released to Shelby County Victims Services as a match for grant money. Barrett Paving Materials Inc. was awarded the contract for the county’s 2012 road resurfacing

from the building and joined a second man near a waiting vehicle to lead police on a chase that ended in the area of Park Street and Linden Avenue after the vehicle’s tires were deflated by stop sticks. Nevels was taken into custody immediately, but the driver, allegedly identified as Bockrath, ran. A K-9 dog tracked the fugitive to 338 Park St. where Bockrath was found hiding in the basement. He was also found to have $255 in his pockets allegedly taken from Sidney Inn’s register. Police said Bockrath was employed as a maintenance man at the business.

program on its bid of $1,351,225. Commissioners also transferred $5,190.38 from fire equipment funds to workers’ compensation funding for the county’s Emergency Management Agency. Tuesday’s agenda included an

executive session with Ralph Bauer, county prosecutor. No action was taken following the session. Commissioners also attended the 2012 Economic Outlook luncheon at the Sidney-Shelby County YMCA.

drug trafficking in 2007. His case was continued to Monday at 9 a.m., for the services of an attorney. His bond was set at $10,000 cash or surety plus court costs. If released, he will not be allowed to have weapons. If convicted, Cromes could face a possible prison term of up to nine years and fines of up to $30,000.

Versailles board to meet VERSAILLES — The Versailles Board of Education will have a special board meeting Thursday at 6 p.m at the board office to discuss personnel.

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Minster edged 2-1 in 15-inning thriller

SDN Photo/Luke Gronneberg

SIDNEY’S RACHEL Heckaman tries to come up with a low throw as Vandalia’s Ashley McCray nears first base in action Tuesday at Sidney High.

Lady Jackets fall to Vandalia 13-0 For the second night in a row, Sidney was blanked by Vandalia in Greater Western Ohio Conference North Division softball. Vandalia won 3-0 on Monday, and 13-0 Tuesday at Sidney, limiting the Lady Jackets to just one hit. Sidney is now 10-10. The linescore: Vandalia.................20(11) 00_13 11 0 Sidney..........................000 00_ 0 1 8 WP: Whetstone; LP: Thornton. Records: Sidney 10-10, Vandalia 9-6.

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Russia edged 4-3 ROCKFORD — Russia took on Midwest Athletic Conference leader Parkway and lost a pitcher’s duel 4-3. Russia’s Katelyn Herron allowed only three hits and struck out seven. Alexa Counts had three hits and a walk, stole three bases and scored twice to lead Russia. The linescore: Russia......................101 100 0_3 4 3 Parkway ..................002 002 x_4 3 1 WP: Steinbrunner; LP: Herron Records: Russia 11-8, Parkway 15-4.

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Botkins wins 15-5 Botkins sprayed 15 hits around the diamond at Flanagan Softball Complex Tuesday and defeated Christian Academy 15-5 in non-league action. Botkins, 3-13, got three hits from Emily Brown and three from Lakeya Parks, and two hits from Jill Schneider and Grace Van Brocklin. Both of Van Brocklin’s hits were doubles, and Parks also had two doubles. Brown and Schneider had one each. For the Lady Eagles, A. Inman was 2-for-3 with a double and C. Inman scored twice.

WP: Dietz; LP: Inman. Records: Botkins 3-13.

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Ordean sets record NEW BREMEN — Fort Loramie rolled to an 18-1 win over New Bremen in nonleague play Tuesday. Loramie, now 14-5, for two hits each from Macy Turner, Darian Rose, Danielle Wehrman and Taylor Timmerman. Turner’s hits were a double and a triple, Rose’s hits were home runs, and both Wehrman had a double. Rose drove in five runs. For Bremen, Haley Moeller singled and tripled and Meagan Brandt doubled. Loramie’s Paige Ordean set the school single-season strikeout mark. She had five in the game, giving her 141.

Records: Anna 8-7, Riverside 13-6.

COLDWATER — Minster head baseball coach Mike Wiss told his kids after the game Tuesday, “you’ll never have a game like that again.” Minster’s Adam Niemeyer and Coldwater’s Schmackers threw BBs at opposing hitters for 10 innings, with neither team scoring. It wasn’t until the 15th inning that Coldwater ended it with three singles and a walk to claim a 2-1 victory in Midwest Athletic Conference play. The verdict left both teams at 3-2 in the MAC. Overall, Minster is 16-4 and Coldwater 13-5. Niemeyer struck out 14 hitters in 10 innings before giving way to Doug Huber. Minster broke the 0-0 deadlock in the top of the 13th when Drew Elson had an RBI double. But Coldwater got an RBI single in the bottom of the 13th to prolong it again. Minster went down 1-2-3 in the 14th and 15th innings, and Coldwater finally broke through in the 15th to win it. “We had opportunities,” said Wiss. “We had runners on third several times. It was a great game to be part of.” The Wildcats have a tough schedule coming up, playing at Lima Bath Tursday, then hosting Versailles on Friday in league play.

Records: Minster 16-4, Coldwater 13-5.

The linescore: Minster ....000 000 000 000 100_1 6 3 Coldwater. .000 000 000 000 101_2 6 1 Niemeyer, Huber (11) (LP) and Wolf; Schmackers, Klosterman (11) (WP) and Stammen

The linescore: The linescore: Anna ........................001 000 1_2 9 0 Riverside .................100 102 x_4 7 0 Marion ...................000 122 00_5 7 1 WP: Ordean; LP: Sprague.Bern- New Bremen .........012 011 01_6 9 3 WP: Bertke; LP: Niekamp ing (LP) and Maurer; Guthrie (LP), Hurley (6) (S) and Bollinger. Records: NB 10-6, ML 9-10

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Jackets fall 13-5 Sidney dropped its second game in as many nights to Vandalia, this one 13-5 in a game closer than the score shows. Sidney trailed just 8-5 after six innings. For the Jackets, Connor Echols, Jacob Lochard and Brian Fishbaugh all had two hits each.

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JC loses 15-14 WAYNESFIELD — Jackson Center scored five times in the top of the seventh to take a 14-10 lead, but Waynesfield came back with five in the bottom of the seventh to pull out a 15-14 win over the Tigers. Jackson, now 2-9, got a double and two singles from Alex Meyer and a single and a double from Trey Elchert. Elchert scored four times and Meyer three times.

The linescore: Vandalia ................021 212 5_13 15 3 Sidney......................121 100 x_5 9 2 The linescore: Sain (WP), Craine (3) and Straley; Echols (LP), Penley (6) and Lochard. JC ..........................003 330 5_14 15 5 Records: Sidney 5-18, Vandalia Waynesfield...........343 000 5_15 10 2 Records: JV 2-9. 10-9.

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Riverside wins over Anna 4-2

Bremen nips Marion

DEGRAFF — Anna was unable to snap out of its current slump, losing 4-2 to Riverside to fall to 8-7 on the season. The Pirates are now 13-6. For the Rockets, who outhit Riverside 9-7, Jake Counts was 2-for-3 with a double, Caleb Maurer doubled and Dustin Poeppelman was 2-for-4. For the Pirates, Dallas Daniels and Harford both had two hits, with Daniels getting a double and Harford driving in three runs. Kyle Hurley had a double.

NEW BREMEN — New Bremen edged Marion Local in an eight-inning MAC thriller Monday 6-5. The Cards are now 10-6 and Marion 9-10. For Bremen, Aaron Clune was 2-for-3 and drove in two and Brent Bertke had two hits. Both of Clune’s hits were doubles and Bertke also had a double. David Zirkle had a runscoring single in the bottom of the eighth to win it for the Cards, and get Bertke his sixth complete game win of the season. He struck out 10 and walked just one.

The linescore: Loramie ....................503 019_18 13 1 Bremen......................000 001_ 1 6 5 WP: Ordean; LP: Sprague. Records: Loramie 14-5, NB 9-11.

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Minster wins 13-3 SPENCERVILLE — Minster rolled to a 13-3 win over Spencerville Tuesday. Regan Hahn was 4-for-4 and drove in four runs for the SDN Photo/Luke Gronneberg winners, Alexis Robinson was 3-for-4 and Jayden Hahn SIDNEY’S CONNOR Echols slides safely into the plate to score a run for the Jackets against drove in three runs. Vandalia Tuesday. The catcher is Lance Straley. The linescore: Minster.......................533 02_13 16 0 Spencerville.................003 00_ 3 7 3 WP: Richard; LP: Warnecke. Records: Minster 17-5.

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Riverside tops Anna ANNA — Riverside won 8-2 over Anna in non-league play. For Riverside, Taylor Goins had three hits and Cherish Lauderback and Whitney Jenkins two each.

The linescore: Riverside .................141 10 0_8 11 2 The linescore: Botkins ..................250 150 2_15 15 2 Anna ......................000 101 0_2 4 6 WP: Atterholt; LP: Keener. Christian Aca. .......301 010 0_ 5 7 3

Reds whip Giants 9-2 CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Reds rolled to a 9-2 victory Tuesday night at Great American Ball Park, beating the San Franciso Giants. The big inning came in the seventh, when the Reds batted around and scored six times. Matt Latos was looking for

his first win of the season and pitched well enough to get it, allowing just four hits over seven innings, and striking out three. The Reds jumped on Giants’ starter Matt Cain for two in the first when Brandon Phillips belted a two-run homer, scoring Drew Stubbs

ahead of him. It stayed that way until the Reds broke out in the seventh. Ryan Ludwick started it with a solo homer. Phillips coaxed a bases loaded walk for the second run, then came back-to-back two-run doubles by Jay Bruce and Scott Rolen, making it 8-0.

Bengals: lot of chances to fill holes Two picks in first round of draft, which begins on Thursday CINCINNATI (AP) — Andy Dalton will be curious to see where the college quarterbacks land in the NFL draft this week, bringing back memories of how he went through the process a year ago before landing in Cincinnati in the second round. The receivers? Now, there’s a position that’s really got his attention. The Bengals still need help at receiver as they head into a draft that gives them a lot of options. They have two picks in the first round on Thursday, the 17th and 21st overall, and three in the fifth round on Saturday. There are other holes to fill. They could use an offensive guard and a cornerback, and might be in the market for a running back,

but none stands out more starkly than getting someone to catch the ball. Dalton and A.J. Green led the Bengals to the playoffs as rookies last season and made the Pro Bowl, but know they need help to pull off a postseason encore. There’s no other wide receiver on the roster who can take the pressure off Green. There are some available in the draft, though. Asked if he’s ruminating about college receivers wearing Bengal-striped helmets next season, Dalton gave an approving laugh. “Hah-hah, I think there’s a couple of guys out there that are pretty good,” Dalton said. “But, we’ll see.” The Bengals (9-8) reached the playoffs last season for only

the third time since 1990, getting a wild card that was partly a product of their favorable schedule. They lost to Houston in the opening round, leaving them 0-3 in the postseason since 1990. The emergence of Green and Dalton gave them something to build around. They got the extra firstround pick as part of the deal that sent quarterback Carson Palmer to Oakland during the season, a trade that didn’t help the Raiders as much as they would have liked. They could start up front with the offensive line. Nate Livings, who started at left guard each of the last two seasons, went to Dallas as a free agent. Right guard Bobbie Williams broke his right ankle in December. Williams

is an unrestricted free agent and turns 36 in September. They also need a cornerback. Leon Hall is recovering from a torn Achilles tendon. Nate Clements turns 33 during the season. The Bengals signed Terence Newman, who struggled in coverage with Dallas last season and turns 34 during the season. The running back position opened when the Bengals allowed Cedric Benson to leave as a free agent. They signed BenJarvus Green-Ellis from New England, but could draft a running back to add to the competition for the starting job. Dalton isn’t sure how the offense will change if GreenEllis gets most of the plays. “We’ll have to see,” Dalton said. “Obviously I haven’t seen

him play that much. I don’t know much about him but once we get these practices and get rolling, we’ll see what he’s able to do.” Another running back would be nice. They really need a receiver. Green emerged as one of the NFL’s most dangerous receivers as a rookie, catching 65 passes for 1,057 yards with seven touchdowns in the regular season. Jerome Simpson was second among Bengals receivers with 50 catches for 725 yards, but he’s an unrestricted free agent who pleaded to a drug-related charge in the offseason. Andre Caldwell, who finished third among Bengals receivers with 37 catches for 317 yards, left for Denver as a free agent.


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Sidney Daily News,Wednesday, April 25, 2012

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Fort Loramie notches key County win FORT LORAMIE – Fort Loramie notched a key County win in baseball action Monday, beating the Anna Rockets 8-3. The win puts Loramie at 6-1 in the league and leaves Anna at 5-2. The game was tight until Loramie scored three times in the sixth inning for some big insurance. Joel Hilgefort had two doubles for the Redskins and Arron Boerger and Zach Brandewie one each. Jake Counts had three hits and Brad Boyd and Wes Wolters had two hits apiece for the Rockets. Counts drove in two runs and Wolters scored twice. Seth Guillozet went the distance for Loramie, striking out nine. The linescores: Anna............101 100 0_3 9 1 Loramie.......310 103 x_8 10 4 Robinson (LP) and Maurer; Guillozet and Goldschmidt. Records: Loramie 12-7, Anna 8-6.

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Minster edged by Celina 3-2 CELINA — Defending state champion Minster saw Celina’s ace on Monday, and dropped a tough 3-2 verdict in nonleague baseball. Austin Minster’s Knapke was up to the challenge for the Wildcats, pitching an excellent game and scattering seven hits.

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The loss left the Wildcats with a 16-3 record with a big week of league games ahead. On Tuesday, they are at Coldwater, then take on Versailles at home Friday. Minster led 2-0 after scoring twice in the third, but Celina got single runs in the third, fourth and sixth innings to pull out the win. Adam Niemeyer had a triple and Ethan Wolf a double. • Minster won Fort the Loramie Invitational on S a t u r d ay, the and victory over Fort Wiss Loramie in the championship was No. 300 in head coach Mike Wiss’ career. Minster beat Covington 13-2 in the semifinals of the tournament.

Houston is now 5-9 on the year and Botkins 510. Botkins had just three hits but took advantage of Houston errors. Only one of the runs was earned. Evan Dietz had two of Botkins’ three hits, and for Houston, Brandon Clack, Adam Mullen and Gary Phipps all doubled. The linescores: Botkins.........102 000 0_3 3 1 Houston........000 000 2_2 7 3 Dietz (WP),Miller (7) (S) and Greve; Mullen and Riffell. Records: Houston 5-9, Botkins 5-10.

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JC tops Fairlawn Jackson Center notched its second win of the season Monday, beating Fairlawn 6-4 in County play. The Tigers are now 28 on the year and Fairlawn 6-9. For Jackson, Andy Hoying was the winner, pitching a complete game and striking out eight. For the Jets, Zach Rogers singled and homered and Grant Covault had a double and drove in two runs.

The linescores: Minster ........002 000 0_2 3 1 Celina ...........001 101 x_3 7 2 Au. Knapke (LP) and Wolf; Vogel and J. Luebke. The linescores: Records: Minster 16-3, JC .................300 001 2_6 5 1 Celina 13-6. Fairlawn.......102 000 1_4 8 1 —— WP: Hoying Records: JV 2-8, Fairlawn Botkins edges 6-9.

Houston 3-2

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Greater Western Ohio Conference North baseball Monday. The Jackets fall to 517 wth the loss and are at 2-5 in the North. Vandalia is 4-3 in the North. For Sidney, Bobby Benshoff had a double. The linescores: Sidney .............000 01_ 1 2 3 Vandalia ..........482 2x_16 12 1 Davis (LP), Heath (2) and Gray; Cherry and Mullins. Records: Sidney 5-17.

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Russia gets by Marion Local MARIA STEIN — Russia upped its record to 10-4 with an 8-6 victory over Marion Local in non-league action Monday. The Raiders scored all their runs in the first three innings and held off the Flyers, who scored four times in the sixth to tighten it up. For Russia, Treg Francis, Trevor Sherman and Eric Magoto all had doubles and both Francis and Sherman were 2for-4. Sherman drove in two runs. For the Flyers, Craig Niekamp, Adam Bertke and Dylan Thobe all had two hits each. Niekamp, Bertke and Troy Homan all had doubles. • Russia took two games from Springfield Catholic on Saturday to run its record to 9-4. The Raiders won the first game 4-3 and the nightcap 15-0. In the first game,

Springfield tied the game at 3-3 in the top of the fifth on a hit and three walks. Isaiah Counts entered for Russia and struck out a batter with the bases loaded to end the rally. Then in the seventh, the Irish again loaded the bases with two out and Counts again got a strikeout to end it. Treg Francis doubled to left center in the bottom of the fifth, and later scored on a ground ball by Colyn McEldowney for the eventual winning run. In the second game, Russia scored 10 times in the fourth and went on to win 15-0. Francis had two doubles and Trevor Sherman one, and McEldowney hit a home run. Francis drove in four runs.

Versailles routs Trail NATIONAL TRAIL — Versailles got a combined no-hitter from Lee Kindell and Craig Langenkamp and coasted to a 13-1 win over National Trail in non-league action Monday. The Tigers, now 14-5, were led by Mike Rutschilling and William Borchers, who had two hits apiece, and Kindell, who had three RBIs. Both of Borchers’ hits were doubles and Ethan Bruns also doubled. The linescores: Versailles ........225 22_13 9 2 National Trail ..000 01_ 1 0 5 WP: Kindell Records: Versailles 14-5.

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Pirates post league win DEGRAFF — Riverside scored five times in the second and went on to an 8-4 victory over Fairbanks in Northwest Central Conference play Monday. The Pirates are now 13-5 on the year. Scott Shreve threw a gem on the mound, scatering seven hits. Kyle Hurley had two hits and scored twice, Dalton Bollinger had two hits, Jed Carter two hits and two RBIs, and Luke Greene two hits.

The linescores: Russia ........413 000 0_8 11 1 Marion........200 004 0_6 9 0 Francis (WP), Counts (6) (S) and McEldowney; Pierron (LP), Thobe (5) and Niekamp. Records: Minster 16-3, Celina 13-6. — Saturday Springfield ...010 020 0_3 5 3 Russia ..........002 110 x_4 5 2 Paul, Garrity (5) (LP) and Fain; Sherman, Counts (5) (WP) and McEldowney. — Springfield .......000 00_ 0 2 3 Russia ..........311 (10)x_15 7 1 Woodman (LP), Morman (1), Besecker (3), Ellis (4), The linescores: Sowards (4), Horner (4) and Fairbanks....020 002 0_4 7 5 Fain; N. Francis and McEl- Riverside .....050 111 x_8 11 3 downey. Hackney (LP) and Jackson; Records: Russia 10-4, Shreve and Bollinger. Records: Riverside 13-5. Marion Local 9-11.

SC Alliance Shooters Fairlawn girls get first win win Columbus tourney SOFTBALL

The Lady Redskins had 13 hits, including two each from Paige Ordean and Elizabeth Barhorst. They both drove in two runs, as did Janell Hoying. Hoying and Barhorst had triples, and Katie Eilerman, Macy Turner, Darian Rose and Vicki Long all doubled. Ordean held Anna to just one hit while striking out eight and walking none. The linescores: Anna................000 00_ 0 1 1 Loramie..........115 12_10 13 0 WP: Ordean; LP: Keener Records: Fort Loramie 135.

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Sidney blanked by Vandalia 3-0 VANDALIA – Sidney was blanked by Vandalia 3-0 in Greater Western Ohio Conference North Division action Monday 3-0. The Lady Jackets had three hits and Vandalia just four. Rebecca Thornton had a double for Sidney.

The linescores: JC.........103 (11)00 0_15 11 3 Fairlawn...114 055 x_16 11 6 WP: Fogt; LP: Himmeger The linescores: Records: Jackson Center Sidney ..........000 000 0_0 3 2 Vandalia .......100 110 x_3 4 0 2-9, Fairlawn 1-12. WP: Whetstone; LP: —— Thornton

Houston wins over Botkins

HARDIN — Houston used an 8-run second inning to run-rule the Botkins Lady Trojans in County softball action Monday, 10-0. Houston is now 10-7 overall and 5-3 in the County. Botkins is 2-13 on the year. Nikki Holthaus had three doubles to lead Houston, Kortney Phipps had two hits and drove in three runs, and Brianna Wells had a double and two RBIs. The linescores: Botkins............000 00_ 0 3 2 Houston...........082 0x_10 10 1 WP: Piatt; LP: Dietz Records: Houston 10-7, Botkins 2-13.

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Russia girls in run-rule win RUSSIA — Russia rolled to a 12-2 victory over Bethel in nonleague softball action here Tuesday. The win put the Lady Raiders at 11-7 on the year. Katelyn Herron pitched a two-hitter and struck out 10 for Russia. She also had a double. Alexa Counts had two hits and drove in two, Tori Borchers had three singles, Kennedy Metz had a triple and drove in two and Hannah Sherman had two RBIs. The linescores: Bethel.........010 010 0_ 2 2 7 Russia ........307 110 x_12 8 3 WP: Herron; LP: Nesbitt. Records: Russia 11-7.

on the year after losing 13-5 to Arcanum Monday night. The Lady Cavs were only outhit 12-9, but the Lady Trojans had two five-run innings. For Lehman, Lindsay Bundy had three hits with a double, Lindsey Spearman had a single and a double, and Andrea Thobe had two singles. The linescores: Lehman ......000 320 0_ 5 9 4 Arcanum ...151 051 x_13 12 3 WP: Nealeigh; LP: Bundy Records: Lehman 6-9.

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Minster rallies past Coldwater MINSTER — Seventh-ranked Minster defeated Coldwater 13-8 in Midwest Athletic Conference play Monday. The Lady Wildcats fell behind 6-0 after Coldwater scored five times in the top of the third, but then came back with seven in the bottom of the third. Coldwater added two in the fourth to make it 8-7, but Minster came back with four in the bottom of the fourth and never trailed again. Stephanie Albers had two hits, one being a grand slam homer. Marissa Conrad was 2for-3 and drove in three runs. The linescores: Coldwater..015 200 0_ 8 9 3 Minster......007 420 x_13 10 6 WP: Richard; LP: Hosbach

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Bremen rallies for 15-12 win NEW BREMEN — New Bremen trailed 113 going to the bottom of the third, but used three in that inning and eight in the fifth to pull out a come-from-behind 15-12 win over Marion Local in

MAC action Monday. The Lady Cardinals are now 9-10 overall and 2-3 in the league. Marion is 10-6 and 1-2. For New Bremen, Gina Griesdorn, Julie Brown and Meagan Brandt all had three hits apiece. Griesdorn and Kirsten Miller drove in three runs apiece. Both had doubles and Miller also had a triple. For Marion, Puthoff, Kuether, Moorman and Wendel all doubled and Mescher was 3-for-4.

Members of the The Shooters won that Shelby County Alliance game 5-4. Shooters, an area girls The Shooters include U10 select soccer team, Ava Behr, Katelyn Burrecently brought home den, Adrienne Endsley, championship trophies Megan Heckler, Lyndafter winning the Nike sey Jones, Rylie McIver Challenge Cup tourna- and Olivia Monnin, all ment in Columbus. from Sidney, as well as Grunkemeyer The Shooters played Tayler in the girls U10 Premier and Emma Nees from division. Piqua. The girls went undeThe team is coached feated in the tourna- by Jill Burden, Cher Bill ment, tying their first Grunkemeyer, game on Saturday, 3-3, McIver and Ram Vega. against Club Ohio The Shooters play in The linescores: Rovers and then win- the Premier division of Marion.......506 100 0_12 12 5 ning their second game the Miami Valley Youth Bremen......303 081 x_15 18 3 Association WP: Sprague; LP: Puthoff against Heroes FC, 4-3. Soccer On Sunday morning, (MVYSA) are are curRecords: New Bremen 910, Marion 10-6. the Shooters beat WASA rently 4-0 in league play. —— Eagles Talons by a score They will also comof 8-1. The team ad- pete in the Sidney Versailles vanced to the tourna- Mayfest and Warrior falls to Celina CELINA — Versailles ment finals to face Soccer Classic tournadropped a 12-2 verdict to Michigan Legacy Black. ments later this spring. Celina in non-league softball action Monday. The Lady Tigers, now 7-12, had just five singles in the game. The Compassionate trainer with Wilson MeThe linescores: Care of Shelby County’s morial Hospital will be Versailles .......000 11_ 2 5 2 5K will be held at on site. Celina.............400 53_12 11 1 Tawawa Park on May 5. Runners can register WP: Kerr; LP: Langston Records: Versailles 7-12. There will also be a the day of the race for —— one-mile fun run which $15 and T-shirts will be will begin at 8 a.m. All available for purchase. Lady Pirates participants will receive a Register online at blanked 11-0 DEGRAFF — The ribbon and the fastest boy www-Speedy-Feet.com. Mail-in registration Riverside girls were hop- and girls 10 or younger will receive a trophy. and entry forms can be ing to keep Fairbanks The 5K will begin at printed at the Compasfrom winning the North8:30 a.m. Awards will go sionate Care website at west Central Conference championship on Monday, to the top three male www.CCSCcares.org.All but it didn’t happen, the and femle runners and proceeds from this event Lady Pirates falling 11-0. to the top three finishers go toward providing free medical, dental and preRiverside, now 9-10, in each category. Speedy Feet will time scription drug care couldn’t figure out Fairbanks pitcher S. Grunert, the 5K and a Stephanie through Compassionate who tossed a no-hitter. Swiger, certified athletic Care of Shelby County. She struck out 12 and did not walk a batter. SINCE 1935

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Bold trade last year has Browns primed TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns general manTom Heckert ager passed up on one of the top playmakers in last year’s NFL draft. He can’t afford to be so choosy this year. Cleveland needs offensive help. Desperate to improve a unit that scored just 218 points — one more than the 1999 expansion Browns — last season, Heckert has five of the top 100 picks (Nos. 4, 22, 37, 67 and 100) this year and it’s likely he’ll use at least three of them on offensive players — and maybe even a quarterback like Oklahoma State’s Brandon Weeden. “Everyone knows it, it’s not a secret,” Heckert said. “We need guys that can score points. Hopefully, we can add to that.” Heckert gambled last year, trading out of the No. 6 overall pick in the first round by making a deal with Atlanta. He acquired the Falcons’ top two picks in 2011 and a first- (No. 22) and fourthround round pick (No. 118) in this year’s draft, which begins Thursday night. Heckert could have taken Alabama wide receiver Julio Jones, but chose to drop before making another trade with Kansas City and selecting defensive tackle Phil Taylor with the No. 21 pick. The Browns wound up using the Falcons’ picks on wide receiver Greg Little and fullback Owen Marecic. Looking back, Heckert has no regrets about

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the bold move, one that received its share of criticism but has a chance to provide a handsome payoff. “I do think it was the right thing for our football team,” said Heckert, who will be armed with a league-high 13 selections, four of them compensatory picks he can’t trade. “The guys we drafted last year turned out to be pretty good players, which helps that. If they weren’t and everybody assumes we would have taken Julio Jones and that would have been the guy if we stayed, and I am not going to say ‘yes or no’ on that. “This year, we hope to get some more good players.” The Browns need offensive difference makers to support shaky incumbent quarterback Colt McCoy. Alabama’s Trent Richardson could be one. Although running backs have been devalued in recent years, Richardson is the class of the 2012 class. A punishing, physical inside runner who can also pop outside for a long gain, Richardson rushed for 1,679 yards and scored 21 touchdowns while helping the Crimson Tide roll to a national title last season. He would make an immediate impact on

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Cleveland’s offense and improve a rushing attack that sputtered last season when Peyton Hillis couldn’t stay healthy or drama-free. Richardson appears to be a safe pick for the Browns, who can’t afford to overreach on a player or take any unnecessary risks. Richardson’s passcatching ability — he had 29 receptions for 338 yards last season — is another plus for Cleveland as the Browns will be in their second season in a West Coast offensive system that utilizes short swing passes to the backs. With the ball in his hands and in space, Richardson can be a handful for any linebacker or defensive back to bring down. Heckert won’t hesitate to take a back as high as No. 4. He’s shown a willingness to take chances at the position in the past, trading two second rounders and a third rounder in 2010 to move up in round two and select Montario Hardesty, whose NFL career has been slowed by knee injuries. Cleveland’s other viable back is Brandon Jackson, a free agent who missed all of 2011 with a foot injury. Running back may not be a top priority for the Browns, but passing on a player as talented

as Richardson could haunt them. “This draft is not about the fourth pick, it’s about the draft,” Heckert said. “Montario, we do think he is going to be a lot better this year. We think Brandon Jackson is going to be good. All that stuff plays in to it, but needless to say, you are talking about a really good player.” Same goes for Justin Blackmon, regarded as the top wide receiver. The Browns’ lack of a No. 1 receiver — Little led the club with 61 catches but 12 drops as a rookie — combined with McCoy’s questionable arm strength allowed defenses to stack the line of scrimmage and stuff Cleveland’s ground game. Blackmon isn’t a burner, but the Browns could find one at No. 22 in either Georgia Tech’s

Stephen Hill or Baylor’s Kendall Wright, who caught 108 of Robert Griffin III’s passes last year. Another intriguing possibility is for Heckert, a renowned draft-day wheeler and dealer, to bundle picks and move up to select Notre Dame wide receiver Michael Floyd, who some experts believe is better than Blackmon and is expected to go in the Top 10. A Richardson-Floyd tandem would be ideal, but whose going to get them the ball? McCoy’s stock was already plummeting before the Browns tried and failed to trade for a shot at Griffin. Heckert tried to offset the club’s apparent dissatisfaction in McCoy during a news conference last week, saying “We like Colt” three times while an-

swering one question. There’s no doubt the Browns will take a QB. What’s not yet clear is if it will be one to compete with McCoy for the starter’s job this year or down the road. Weeden, the 28-yearold former minor league baseball player, will likely be available at No. 22, and it’s possible he’ll still be around at No. 37, assuming the Browns stay put. But based on last year, Heckert may not sit still. If there’s a player he covets, he has the means to put the Browns in a more favorable position. “We do have ammunition, which is nice,” he said. “If there is somebody we don’t think is going to get there we can move up and get them. That’s always a plus when you have extra picks.”

It’s official: Colts to take Luck INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — It’s official: Andrew Luck will be the No. 1 choice in Thursday night’s NFL draft. Rather than keeping the NFL’s worst-kept secret under wraps until Luck’s name rolled off the lips of Roger commissioner Goodell, general manager Ryan Grigson decided there was no reason to delay the inevitable: Luck will become the successor to Peyton Manning as Indianapolis’ quarterback and the new face of the franchise. “We didn’t the see the point in prolonging what the world already

knows,” Grigson told reporters Tuesday after a voluntary mini-camp workout. “It’s about Andrew and we wanted to do the right thing by him.” The decision is no surprise. Last Wednesday, Grigson said the Colts had made a decision about who to take with the first choice but declined to say whether it would be Luck, the Heisman Trophy runner-up, or Robert Griffin III, the Heisman winner. Less than 24 hours later, The Associated Press learned that the choice would be Luck barring an unforeseen accident. Indy has been prepar-

ing for Luck’s arrival for a while. Grigson said last week that the team made its decision a couple of weeks earlier and that was one reason they didn’t have Griffin come to Indy for an interview. The Stanford quarterback plans to have his entire family in New York on draft night. He’ll fly to Indianapolis on Friday, where he will take questions from local reporters and then meet fans at Lucas Oil Stadium, his new home field. The Colts have not had the first pick in the draft since 1998 when they selected Manning.

SCOREBOARD CALENDAR High school High school sports This week TONIGHT Baseball Lima Perry at Lehman Softball Lima Perry at Lehman —— THURSDAY Baseball New Bremen at Lehman Fairlawn at Anna Houston at Jackson Center Coldwater at New Knoxville Fort Loramie at Riverside Russia at Botkins Minster at Lima Bath Versailles at Wapakoneta Softball Fort Loramie at Sidney Fairlawn at Anna Houston at Jackson Center Russia at Botkins Minster at Versailles Track Lehman at Versailles Minster, New Knoxville at Parkway Houston at Covington —— FRIDAY Baseball Lehman at Jackson Center Riverside at Botkins New Bremen at Delphos SJ Versailles at Minster Softball Northmont at Sidney Lehman at Jackson Center Riverside at Botkins Anna at Waynesfield Troy Christian at Houston Coldwater at New Bremen TV South at Versailles Christian Aca. at Ridgemont Boys tennis Lehman at Beavercreek Track Fairlawn, Jackson Center, Riverside at Ben Logan Inv. —— SATURDAY Baseball Lehman at Anna Botkins at New Knoxville Mechanicsburg at Fairlawn (2) Houston at Ansonia (2) Russia at St. Henry (2) New Bremen at Arcanum Softball Lehman at Anna Fairlawn at Christian Aca. (2) Houston Invitational Parkway at Fort Loramie (2) New Bremen at Russia (2) Track Sidney, Lehman, New Knoxville, Russia at New Bremen Invitational Houston at Ken Beard Inv. (West Milton) Boys tennis Middletown Fenwick at Lehman

8. Medina 9. Northmont 10. Pickerington Central. Division II 1. LaGrange Keystone 2. Poland Seminary 3. River Valley 4. Woodridge 5. DeSales 6. Licking Valley 7. (tie) Ben Logan, 9. Greenville 10. Granville Unioto. Division III 1. Lucasville Valley 2. Liberty Union 3. Bloom Carroll 4. West Liberty Salem 5. Warren Champion 6. Milan Edison 7. NorthUnion 8. Clermont Northeastern 9. Wellston 10. Preble Shawnee. Division IV 1. Strasburg Franklin 2. Jackson Milton 3. Portsmouth Clay 4. New Riegel 5. Crestine 6. Covington 7. Arlington 8. Western 9. Portsmouth Notre Reserve Dame 10. (tie) Newark Catholic,

BASEBALL High school rankings Sycamore Mohawk. Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association State rankings Division I 1. Grove City 13-1, 2. Ashland 14-0, 3. Moeller 14-4, 4. Elder 14-4, 5. Centerville 14-1, 6. Jackson 12-1, 7. Mason13-3, 8. Avon 13-2, 9. Strongsville 13-2, 10. Norwalk 15-1. Division II 1. New Richmond 16-0, 2. Defiance 12-1, 3. Cambridge 17-2, 4. Bellevuew 15-3, 5. Jonathan Alder 9-3, 6. Edison 15-2, 7. Columbus DeSales 13-4, 8. Sheridan 13-3, 9. Canfield 10-2, 10. (tie) Wapakoneta 12-3, and Gallia Academy 16-5. Division III 1. Ontario 15-0, 2. Carlisle 16-2, 3. Summit Country Day 15-2, 4. Grand Valley 12-0, 5. Wheelersburg 14-0, 6. VERSAILLES 14-5, 7. Independence 12-4, 8. (tie) BloomCarroll 14-2, and Canton Central Catholic 13-3 10. Piketon 13-4. Division IV 1. Hopewell-Loudon 15-1, 2. Tinora 13-2, 3. Southern 16-0, 4. John F. Kennedy 12-0, 5. Bethel 132, 6. Newark Catholic 9-5, 7. Rittman 12-3, 8. Hiland 9-3, 9. Seven Hills 13-2, 10. Buckeye Central 14-4. ALSO: 11. MINSTER 16-3

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Contestants sought for Miss Independence FORT LORAMIE — Contestants are being sought for the 2012 Miss Queen Independence Pageant in conjunction with the Fort Loramie Liberty Days. This year’s festival will be held June 29-July 1. The pageant is open to all area girls ages 1618, as of July 4. Applications are due by May 31. Miss Independence will be awarded a $1,000 scholarship and the first runner-up, a $500 scholarship. There is no costume requirement again this year — a change made last year that was received positively. The contestants will be completing a “Patriotism Project” rather than a costume.

The project can either be a community service or research project, they’ve something learned about in school or any topic that the contestant can relate to patriotism. The project has purposely been left openended so contestants may develop and express their own ideas of patriotism. It can even be a project that has already been done in school the contestant will have an opportunity to share it with the community. There will also be a “Patriotism Award” presented for the best project. Each contestant will be asked to make a 35 by-46-inch tri-fold display board highlighting her project. The proj-

ects will be displayed in the Central Committee tent for the community to view throughout the duration of the festival. Contestants should wear a dress or a skirt — consistent with what would be worn to church or to a wedding. Applications can be requested by contacting Gina Boerger at 2959850 or via email at kevinandgina@nktelco.net . There is a $25 entry fee (checks made out to Fort Loramie Liberty Days). Community orclubs, ganizations, churches and businesses are encouraged to sponsor contestants. If a contestant is in need of a sponsor, the committee will provide one.

Annual youth fishing derby set for May 5 MINSTER — To promote fishing and encourage young anglers, Lake Loramie State Park, Lake Loramie Improvement Association, and Spillway Bait & Tackle will be hosting the 16th annual fishing derby on May 5 from 9 a.m.

to noon. The event is free to the public and open to youth age 17 and younger. Participants can pre-register at the Lake Loramie State Park camp office. Registration will also take place starting at 8:30 a.m. the day of the event at Earl’s Island Pavilion. There will be prizes awarded from each age group following the conclusion at noon. Age

groups are as follows: toddlers (0-5 years), children (5-10 years) and youth (11-17 years). The largest fish by length takes prizes for bass, crappie, bluegill, catfish, carp and king bullhead. In the event of a tie, winners will be determined by weight. For more information, call the Lake Loramie camp office at (937) 2953900 or Grand Lake St. Marys at (419) 394-3611.

FORT LORAMIE — The Fort Loramie Athletic Booster Club is selling tickets for barbecued chicken dinners for Mother’s Day, May 13. Tickets, priced at $7, will be on sale at Wagner’s IGA and Ernst BP through May 5. Residents may also contact Ellen Wehrman, 2952129; Jodi Siegel, 2952879; Greg Rethman, 295-2190; or Ryan Simon, 420-2254 for tickets. Student athletes will

also go door-to-door selling tickets. Dinners will include half a barbecued chicken, applesauce, potato chips and a roll. They may be picked up at Fort Loramie High School between 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on Mother’s Day. The Athletic Boosters sponsor several fundraising events each year. Money raised helps fund various projects for the high school’s athletic department.

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Keeping it clean Den leader Scott Rodeheffer, of Fort Loramie, organizes a garbage cleanup of Lake Loramie State Park by Fort Loramie Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts Saturday.

BOE approves no base increase for salaries FORT LORAMIE — During its April meeting, the Fort Loramie Board of Education approved a tentative agreement with the Fort Loramie Education Association with a zero base increase on salary schedules. The board also approved the early dismissal date of May 21 for the senior class at the end of the 2011-12 school year (at the discretion of the high school principal). Graduation rehearsal will be held that day. Junior-Senior Principal David Warvel reported junior high students will be taking the Ohio Achievement Assessment April 24-30. OAA testing for elementary students will be April 24 - May 4. He also reported the May 21 Academic Achievement event will not be serving a meal this year. The program will begin at 7 p.m. at the elementary school. Warvel also said a Holo-

caust survivor will be speaking to students on May 14. The time has not been set. Limited teacher contracts beginning with the 2012-13 school year were issued the following certified personnel: Elizabeth A. Brown, $36,015; Kathleen A. Butt, $53,139.13; Stephanie C. Holdmeyer, $32,570; Jana M. Hoying (half time), $18,577.97; Abby J. Lightle, $32,570; Kendra D. Wenning, $36,015; John T. Rodgers, $48,228; and Lora L. Vallandingham, $61,109.04. The board also issued one-year contracts to two substitute teachers for the 2011-12 school year at the rate of $80 per day. Erin Poeppelman was approved as Summer Intervention instructor. Four full-time summer students will be employed at the hourly rates of $6.75 for a firstyear employee; $7.25 for a second year of employ-

ment and $7.50 for a third-year employee. The board also adopted new, revised or replacement board bylaws, policies, forms and administrative guidelines as presented. The following donations were accepted by the board: Board of Education, scholarship fund, $250 and incentive fund, $127.84; Community Service Club, $200 for Power of the Pen; and Pioneer Rural Electric Inc., $50 for Power of the Pen. The monthly financial report indicated March general fund receipts of $809,750 and expenditures of $685,157. Anticipated carry-over balance for the end of the 2011-12 fiscal year is $2,712,856. The March lunchroom report showed a loss of $1,566.59. The average number of lunches served per day was 543. The board’s next regular meeting will be May 16 at 7 p.m.

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Contest winners announced The Downtown Sidney Business Association, Sidney-Shelby County Chamber of Commerce and downtown businesses again this year sponsored the annual Downtown Easter Coloring Contest. More than 330 entries were colored and displayed through-

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Store sells kids’ clothes, scrubs Juanita McCrum, of Ron & Nita’s Shoes and Work House, has opened Kids and Scrubs, at 128 S. Main St. in Sidney, a new division of the wellknown local business. The new store sells children’s toys, shoes and

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NANCY WYANDT, of Sidney, shows off some the children’s clothes for sale at the new store Kids and Scrubs where she is the manager. The store is located next to Ron and Nita’s in downtown Sidney. The store also sells medical scrubs, as its name suggests.

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BY PATRICIA ANN from Long Island, SPEELMAN N.Y., but has been pspeelman@sdnccg.com an Ohio resident since he was reMarco’s Pizza in Sid- cruited to play footney has a new owner. ball for Ohio State Cutillo Inc., doing University in the business as Marco’s 1970s. He was a dePizza, acquired the local fensive tackle and franchise from Kris three-year letterWasler, of Toledo. man under the coaching Daniel J. Cutillo, pres- of the legendary Woody ident of Cutillo Inc., said Hayes. He played in the that he approached 1973 and 1974 Rose Wasler and asked her if Bowls. she wanted to sell the “I was like every footbusiness and she agreed. ball player in college,” Cutillo Inc. is based in Cutillo said. “I wanted to Perrysburg and owns six get into the NFL. But other Marco’s Pizza fran- after I got cut out of chises in Genoa, three camps, I just went Woodville, Oak Harbor, on with my life.” AlClyde, Bellevue and Port though he has a BacheClinton. lor of Science in The Sidney purchase education, he has never is part of a general ex- worked as a teacher. pansion of the business, Marco’s Pizza, a Cutillo said recently. Toledo-based chain, is “We’re committed to “the fastest growing getting a store up and pizza chain in all the running in Delphos and land,” Cutillo said. He we hope to develop one plans to retain current in St. Henry,” he added. staff in Sidney. Buying the Sidney store “There are good peowas an opportunity to ple in place,” he said. “cluster some stores,” he “And we do all we can said. with and for churches Cutillo is originally and service groups. I

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TODAY IN HISTORY CROSSWORD HOROSCOPE Wednesday, April 25, 2012 Today is extremely Wednesday, April You could be fortunate in 25, theahead 116th of up 2012. whenday teaming with the year two people successful There arewho 250have days left intrack the records. Coupled with your talent and year. fresh outlook, it will make for a dyToday’s trio. Highlight in Hisnamic TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Even if tory: the is a25, bit 1862, more than you Onprice April during wanted to spend, now’s the time to acthe Union fleet that War, speciala item for which quireCivil you’ve long been It isn’t bysearching. Flag Officer commanded likely you’ll find anythingcaptured close to it David G. Farragut again. the city of New Orleans. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — The Onofthis date: types activities that you’re likely to are those you can map share find ■ enjoyable In 1507, a world with good friends and/or family. It produced by German cartogdoesn’t matter if it’s a game of cards rapher Waldor something Martin physically exerting — it’ll be to the good. seemueller contained the CANCER (June 21-July — term Being first recorded use of22) the both methodical and purposeful will “America,” in honor of Italian serve you well, making you far more navigator Amerigo Vespucci adept at handling your career or domestic responsibilities. Spend your (vehs-POO’-chee). time accomplishing a difficult task ■you’ll In come 1792, highwayman out ahead. and Nicolas Pelletier beLEO (JulyJacques 23-Aug. 22) — It’s to your advantage spendperson some time with came the tofirst under friends who ambitious than French lawaretomore be executed by frivolous. Even when they are at play, the guillotine. they’ll be looking for good opportunities. ■ In 1859, ground was broVIRGO 23-Sept. 22) — One of ken for (Aug. the Suez Canal. your most valuable assets is the abilthe United ity■to In turn 1898, meager beginnings into States formally declared war substantial products. You can easily take the crumbs that others leave beon Spain. hind and turn them into full, crusty ■ In 1901, New York Gov. loaves. Benjamin Jr. LIBRA (Sept. Barker 23-Oct. 23)Odell — The reason you’re to make an arduous signed anable automobile registask lookbill so simple your store of tration whichis imposed a valuable past experience from which 15 mph speed limit on highto draw. The more you learn, the easways. ier life gets. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Don’t ■ In 1915, during World deliberately put yourself in a position War I, Allied soldiers invaded of having to take on a job you’ve never the an doneGallipoli before, butPeninsula by the samein token don’t panic if youattempt are forced into such unsuccessful to take a thing. Seek out Empire an expert who the Ottoman outcan of offer guidance. the war. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Your for figuring the basic ■ ability In 1944, theout United motivation of certain friends be Negro College Fundcould was remarkably accurate and will serve founded. you well. Keep what you learn to your■ however. In 1945, during World self, CAPRICORN 19)forces — BeWar II, U.S.(Dec. and22-Jan. Soviet cause of your impressive input, trends linked up on the Elbe (EL’and conditions tend to favor you. Conbeh) meeting that tinue River, to devote asignificant effort toward the achievement of worthy dramatized the collapse of objectives. Nazi Germany’s defenses. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — ConDelegates from some 50 duct yourself with tolerance and concountries met in Sanof Fransideration for the frailties others, especially if you’re in anthe authoritative cisco to organize United position. Be both helpful and effective. Nations. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — You ■ benefit In in1959, the fromSt. could some manner a source that you normally think of to as Lawrence Seaway opened being merely a backup. It will prove to shipping. be not only a substitute, but also a ■ Ingrace. 1972, Polaroid Corp. saving ARIES (Marchits 21-April 19)folding — Your introduced SX-70 friends andwhich associates will knowselfthat camera, ejected you say what you mean and that you developing photographs. can be counted upon to come through Actor George was for them, even if it Sanders ends up inconveniencing you inin some found dead hismanner. hotel room COPYRIGHT 2012 United Feature near Barcelona, Spain; he Syndicate, Inc.

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Wednesday’s sunset..8:26 p.m. Thursday’s sunrise.....6:42 a.m. Thursday’s sunset......8:27 p.m.

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Immune system causes lupus DEAR DR. and organs. Why DONOHUE: it does so is an I’m a relatively unanswered young woman at question. The 43 years old. majority of vicUntil six tims are young months ago, I women between was the picture the ages of 15 of health. I have and 40. For three young To your every man that children, had a comes down good part-time job with it, six to 10 and exercised health women contract daily. Then I had Dr. Paul G. it. to put on the The diagnosis Donohue brakes. I had litis made by findtle energy to do any- ing four of the following thing. My hands signs: 1. Skin rash that started hurting. My appears on the cheeks husband thought it and bridge of the nose might be psychological. in a pattern suggesting I went to the family a butterfly; 2. Other doctor, expecting him to skin rashes of red, say it was all in my raised patches; 3. Senhead. He didn’t. He took sitivity to sunlight; 4. tests and told me I have Sores in the mouth; 5. lupus. How can I be Two or more swollen, sure his diagnosis is painful joints; 6. Inright? Is this a death flammation of the lung sentence? — A.C. covering (pleuritis), the ANSWER: Lupus re- heart covering (perisults from an immune carditis) or both; 7. Kidsystem that has gone ney malfunction with rogue. It makes anti- protein in the urine; 8. bodies that are destruc- Seizures; 9. A detive to many tissues creased number of red

blood cells (anemia) and white blood cells; 10. Peculiar antibodies in the blood; 11. Antibodies directed against the nucleus of body cells — antinuclear antibodies. Antibodies come from the immune system, and they’re part of our defense against infections. Here, they’re directed at body tissues and organs. Antinuclear antibodies target the body cells’ command center, their nucleus. I’m not going to bore you with the long list of medicines for lupus. Let me assure you that lupus is not a death sentence. Sixty years ago, the average survival of a lupus patient was five years. Now, 90 percent of lupus patients are living 10 or more years and are active throughout most of their lives. This is primarily due to the impact modern medicines have had on

this illness. DEAR DR. DONOHUE: You say older women need 1,000 to 1,200 mg of calcium a day. My pharmacist says our body cannot absorb more than 500 mg. — S.B. ANSWER: The body absorbs only 500 mg at one time. Take calcium in the morning, again in the afternoon and again in the evening, if need be, to reach the daily goal. All of it will be absorbed.

April 25, 1912 “Jimmie” Jackson has just received word from the Saturday Evening Post company that he is now the leader of his class - Class 14, cities from 6,000 to 8,000 and has enough percentage that he can’t be overtaken in his class, which insures him one of the 21 prizes. Now “Jimmie” says he is going after the big prize and wants to be the leader of the 21. He is a hustler and if he does not come out at the top of the list he won’t be far away from the leader. ——— An all day session of the Methodist Ladies Aid Society was held at the Methodist Episcopal Church yesterday. The usual form of business was transacted during the morning. The ladies spent the time in sewing carpet rags to make rugs which are to be sold to secure funds for the society. At the noon hour, to which the husbands were invited, a picnic dinner was served.

75 Years April 25, 1937 Fears of a drowning were in the air last night and this morning, following the discovery of some men’s clothing along the Miami River bank at the rear of the old Catholic cemetery on South Brooklyn Avenue. The clothes were found by Karl Martz and Mac McVay who were fishing along the river. They reported the discovery to the police who brought the clothing to the mayor’s office.

50 Years April 25, 1962 A Sidney airman had a “free day” from his Air Force and bowling team duties earlier this week and he was a visitor at the Seattle World Fair. He is A-2C Donald David Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Brown of 716 Chestnut Avenue. ——— COLUMBUS — More than four million Ohioans will lose an hour Sunday as 42 percent of the state’s population goes to Eastern Daylight Savings Time. In its annual survey of “fast time” communities, the Ohio Chamber of Commerce received re-

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.

ports from 192 cities, towns and villages that they will operate on Daylight Savings Time. The remainder of the state will remain on Eastern Standard Time.

25 Years April 25, 1987 The musical, “Kiss Me, Kate,” will be presented by Sidney High School students. The main characters in the production are played by Jason Bailey, Mollie Levin, Charles “Chuck” Rudy, Carolyn Valentine and Warren Davidson. Sidney High teacher Mel Wildermuth is directing the show. Assistant director is Christie Mazu. ——— JACKSON CENTER — “Heaven in Your Eyes” is the theme for this year’s Jackson Center High School prom to be held Saturday. One of the highlights of the prom will be the crowning of a prom king and queen. Seniors who are candidates for king are Brown, Christopher Patrick Dickey and Jason Huber. Vying for the position of prom queen are Deborah Shank, Amy Swank and Dawn Klopfenstein. ——— BOTKINS — The Rev. Peter Doseck has taken his message to the television airwaves, but the local minister doesn’t want to be lumped in with other TV evangelists who have come under fire lately. The services of Doseck’s Only Believe Ministries, 109 Lynn St., started airing on Channel 44 in Lima a few weeks ago and will be carried on Channel 26 in Springfield beginning in July. Doseck said he was told in a vision from God several years ago that he should take his ministry to television viewers. He said he didn’t want to go on television until funds were available to pay for the air time a year in advance

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Daughter asks if photo album should cover all of dad’s life D E A R died, and they ABBY: My faloved each other ther is turning very much. They 60 this year, and raised two chilI want to make dren together, him a photo and she was an album with picimportant part tures from of his life. throughout his At the same life. However, time, I have a Dear Dad is widowed feeling that inAbby and remarried, cluding pictures Abigail so I’m having a of Mom may Van Buren upset my stephard time deciding what to do mother. While I with respect to my am not close with her, I mother. don’t want to intentionThey were married ally hurt her feelings. 25 years before she What should I do? —

LAURA IN ST. LOUIS DEAR LAURA: You’re asking an intelligent question and I commend you for your sensitivity. If the photo album is intended to be a surprise for your father, consider talking to your stepmother about the idea. It will give you an indication of how such a gift would be perceived by her. DEAR ABBY: I’m 24 and love my parents. Mom confided to me that she has been see-

ing a high school flame behind my father’s back. She claims she loves this man and said she has slept with him, but she doesn’t want to leave the security my father provides for her. She swore me to secrecy about her affair. Meanwhile, my father has started talking to me about their marital problems. He doesn’t understand why Mother isn’t happy. I feel like I should tell him, but that would be-

tray my mother. At the same time, not telling him what I know is betraying him. What should I do? — CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE DEAR CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE: Your parents should not be confiding their marital difficulties to you. They should attempt to resolve them by communicating with each other — preferably with the help of a licensed marriage counselor. That your mother

would turn you into a co-conspirator in her affair is despicable. Give her a deadline to level with your father or tell her that you will. He deserves to know the truth. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.


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BOTKINS, 17975 Hardin Wapak Rd, Friday 8-5, Saturday 8-3, Evenflo Travel system, high chair, exersaucer, pack & play, baby swing, boys clothing newborn-18months, Little Tykes castle, maternity clothes, baby supplies, toys, flower arrangements, lamps, more MCCARTYVILLE, 13465 Renee Drive, Thursday, Friday, 8am-4pm, Saturday, 8am-Noon. EVERYTHING MUST GO! Grandfather clock, pool table, 50s style table set, chairs, vintage games, antique dishes, electric power tools, bookcases, bed, lamps, lots of clean miscellaneous. MINSTER, 183 Stallo, (south of bowling alley) Wednesday, 5pm-8pm, Thursday, 9am-6pm, Friday, 9am-?, Saturday, 9am-? Riding lawnmower, automobile, Minster steins/ buildings, OKTOBERFEST buttons/ mugs, New Idea items, antiques, old baseball cards, old Hot Wheels/ badges, 1950's toys, old LP/33 records, large-XL maternity clothes, 2 laptop computers, household items.

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In Loving Memory of PIQUA, 3045 Snyder Rd. Saturday Only, 8am-1pm. Horse tack, bridal's, blankets, and saddles, dressers, table and chairs, bed frame, snare drum, household items, and garden items.

TROY, 731 Market St, the old Hollywood Video Building, Thursday & Friday, 9am-5pm, Team Honda Garage Sale, all proceeds donated to American Cancer Society. Clothes, furniture, kitchen items, baby items.

Adam Kemp who passed away five years ago today January 3, 1975 - April 25, 2007 Don’t grieve for me for now I’m free, I’m following the path God laid for me. I took His hand when I heard Him call, I turned my back and left it all. I could not stay another day To laugh, to love, to work or play. Tasks left undone will stay that way, I found that peace at close of day. If my parting has left a void Then fill it with remembered joy A friendship shared,

a laugh, a kiss, Ah, yes, these things I too will miss. But not burdened with times of sorrow I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow. My life has been full, I’ve savored much. Good friends, good times, a loved ones touch. Perhaps my time seemed all too brief Don’t lengthen it now with the undue grief, Lift up your hearts and share with me, God wanted me now, He set me free.

Missed by his loving daughters, family and friends

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ANNA 10520 SidneyFreyburg Rd. Friday and Saturday 9-3. Very nice, name brand boys and girls clothes (newborn-14) toys, girl travel system, double jogger, single strollers, tools, kerosene heater, 220 volt air compressor, antiques, furniture, household items, old books, much more.

ANNA, 15550 County Road 25A, Thursday & Friday 8-4, Saturday 8-3, Nice girls clothes 7 thru teen, kids shoes, some womens clothes, lots of very good toys- Legos, Little People, dolls, stuffed animals, lots of good kids books, girls bikes, Barbie jeep, self climbing deer tree stand, some household items

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Hands On West Central Ohio Volunteer Coordinators Shelby and Logan Counties The Council on Rural Services is seeking Volunteer Coordinators to work 15 hours per week in each of our Sidney and/ or Bellefontaine locations. These positions require a high school diploma or GED. The applicant will be working with the public to recruit baby boomer and older adult volunteers. This is a great opportunity for a person to make a difference in local communities by matching volunteers, their skills and experience to high impact volunteer opportunities in local non-profits. Good communication and computer skills a must. Minimum starting wage is $8.34 per hour.

MACHINISTS

Sidney Daily News, Wednesday, April 25, 2012

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ENTRY LEVEL QUALITY ASSURANCE

Immediate Openings!!!!!! Due to our continued growth Concept Machine is seeking experienced individuals for 1st & 2nd shift positions: CNC Lathe & CNC Mill: Setups required. Multiple positions both lathes and mills. Tool Room Machinists Positions: Boring Mill, Manual Mill, Lathe & Grinders. Concept Machine & Tool, Inc. provides EXCELLENT wages and benefits including 401K, & uniforms in an AIR CONDITIONED facility. (Regular 2nd Shift Monday- Thursday 4:30PM3AM) Apply in person at: Concept Machine & Tool, Inc. 2065 Industrial Court Covington, Ohio

PARTS COUNTER SPECIALIST Koenig Equipment Tipp City, OH We are looking for a Parts Counter Specialist to assist customers with the purchase of replacement parts required to properly maintain their lawn and garden equipment. We seek a personable self-starter who has a solid memory for both customers and parts. Customer service experience in a parts environment and attention to detail skills are job requirements. Experience with John Deere equipment is preferred. For more information on the position or to submit a resume, visit: koenigequipment.com/ contact/careers

Reliable, Detail oriented, Capable of visual inspections, Test products, Ability to read blue prints. Minimum 2 years experience, Excellent time management skills, & Communications skills. Must have experience & knowledge using CMM for PPAP. Starting pay: $16 to $17 per hour.

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Benefits include: 401K Profit sharing Health insurance Submit Resume to: Office Manager PO Box 1777 Piqua, Ohio 45356

SHEET METAL FABRICATOR Laserfab Technologies, Inc. is seeking an individual with general metal fabrication experience including

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LASER PRESS BRAKE WELDING

Experienced candidates only. Benefits offered after 90 day probation. Submit resumes to: dmcclure@laserfabtech.com

or mail to: P.O. Box 4812, Sidney, OH 45365 No calls please

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INSIDE SALES REPRESENTATIVE

OPEN INTERVIEWS Thursday April 26th 12pm-3pm The Job and Family Services 227 S. Ohio St. Sidney, Oh Now Hiring for industrial positions. Immediate positions available for 2nd shift. Quality Inspectors needed-must be willing to work on short notice and on an on call basis.

Employment Plus www.employmentplus.com

A reputable distributor of Fertilizer application equipment & parts is looking for an inside sales representative to work in their store in west central Ohio. Seeking a motivated individual with agricultural and customer service experience that can help them service customers with their equipment and parts needs. Duties include but are not limited to: • Working directly with Farmers and Fertilizer Retailers on parts projects. • Providing product service and support in the store and over the phone. • Filling orders for UPS shipping. • Receiving incoming product for customer orders. • Assisting in the reordering process for stock parts. Salary range based on experience; benefits are full and comprehensive. Please send cover letter and resume to: P.O. Box 916 c/o Sidney Daily News 1451 N. Vandemark Rd Sidney, OH 45365

HS English Teacher

We are a machine tool rebuilder and repair service company for metal cutting machinery industry, We are rapidly growing and currently looking to fill the following positions. REPAIR TECHNICIAN Ambitious person with good mechanical knowledge, general machining ability and willing to learn the rebuilding trade. GENERAL CLEAN-UP PERSON

SUMMER EMPLOYMENT! Assist in summer programming for youth living in a group home setting. Opportunities for days as well as evenings and weekends. HS diploma or GED, a valid driver's license with insurable record, and minimum age 21 required. Send Resume To: SP, Adriel PO Box 188 West Liberty, OH 43357 Fax: (937)465-8690 E-mail: careers@adriel.org E.O.E.

Job will include parts cleaning, general inside shop cleaning and vehicle cleaning. MMR: offers competitive wages, benefits, uniforms, and a great work environment. Please send resume by email to: mmr@nktelco.net or by mail to: Master Machine Rebuilders, Inc. P.O. Box 32 701 W. Monroe St. New Bremen, OH 45869 Website: www.mastermachine rebuilders.com Phone (419)629-2025 Fax (419)629-3608

Upper Valley Career Center Administrative Assistant

Needed Immediately

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1st Shift/Full time only Health insurance package/Roth's available H o l i d a y / Va c a t i o n pay/Competitive wages Attendance bonus Certification not a requirement/ Drug free workplace

Please only Interested apply Apply within 8am-2pm

Mon-Fri

Elite Enclosure Co.,LLC 2349 Industrial Dr Sidney, Oh

Interested candidates can apply on the Dayton Area School Consortium by visiting www.uppervalleycc.org

and selecting the employment link.

NO PHONE CALLS

COUNTY : SHELBY The following applications and/or verified complaints were received, and the following draft, proposed and final actions were issued, by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) last week. The complete public notice including additional instructions for submitting comments, requesting information or a public hearing, or filing an appeal may be obtained at: http://www.epa.ohio.gov/actions.aspx or Hearing Clerk, Ohio EPA, 50 W. Town St. P.O. Box 1049, Columbus, Ohio 43216. Ph: 614-644-2129 email: HClerk@epa.state.oh.us DRAFT NPDES PERMIT RENEWAL - SUBJECT TO REVISION ANNA STP, 516 W MAIN ST, ANNA, OH ACTION DATE : 04/20/2012 RECEIVING WATERS: CLAY CREEK (AKA: APPLEGATE DITCH) FACILITY DESCRIPTION: MUNICIPALITY IDENTIFICATION NO. : 1PB00004*HD FINAL ISSUANCE OF PERMIT-TO-INSTALL AND OPERATE TRUPOINTE, 400 W WALNUT ST, BOTKINS, OH ACTION DATE : 04/18/2012 FACILITY DESCRIPTION: AIR IDENTIFICATION NO. : P0109926 PTIO Renewal permit for emissions units F010: GSI 5000 bushels/hour coulmn dryer, F011: 10,000 bushel/hour enclosed elevator leg and F012: 8,500 bushel/hour enclosed wet elevater leg. APPLICATION RECEIVED FOR AIR PERMIT TRUPOINTE, 400 W WALNUT ST, BOTKINS, OH ACTION DATE : 04/17/2012 FACILITY DESCRIPTION: AIR IDENTIFICATION NO. : A0044343 Renewal of emission units F010 GSI 5000 bushels/hour coulmn dryer, F011 10,000 bushel / hour enclosed elevator leg, F012 8,500 bushel/hour enclosed wet elevater leg. Apr. 25 2277785

RN SupervisorsCasual

LPN'sCasual

STNA's FT-PT-Casual We are looking for experienced skilled people. come in and fill out an application and speak with Beth Bayman, Staff Development. Koester Pavilion 3232 North County Road 25A Troy OH 45373 (I-75 at exit 78) 937.440.7663 Phone 937.335.0095 Fax Located on the Upper Valley Medical Center Campus EOE

MACHINE MAINTENANCE

2 BEDROOM, utilities included. Stove, refrigerator. No pets. (937)498-7474 or (937)726-6009 3 BEDROOM duplex, Sidney. Appliances, laundry room, NO PETS! $460 monthly. (937)394-7265

816 WEST Parkwood, Sidney. 2300 SqFt, 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, 2 car garage. $800 monthly plus deposit. (937)710-5471

2 BEDROOM mobile home for rent, first of June. Hardin-Houston school district. (937)492-4059

ASK ABOUT OUR MANAGERS SPECIAL 1 BEDROOM, In Sidney, UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT, clean, freshly painted, 13 security cameras, laundry facility on site, ample off street parking. Rent $375, Deposit $375 includes water & trash. Call (937)441-9923 ASK ABOUT OUR MANAGERS SPECIAL 2 BEDROOM, In Sidney, UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT, clean, freshly painted, security cameras, laundry facility on site, ample off street parking. Rent $425, Deposit $425 includes water & trash. Call (937)441-9923

MOVE IN SPECIAL FIRST MONTH FREE Sidney Village Apts.

OPEN HOUSE Friday April 27th, 11am-2pm, Saturday April 28th 11am-2pm, Sunday May 6th, 1pm-4pm, 2 Bedroom, 1 bath, with attached garage, 62 East 5th Street, Minster. (937)710-2346

4 BEDROOM, 2 1/2 car garage, with AC and Vinyl Siding, Newer Paint, Carpet, Windows, and Roof, 811 Clinton Ave. For Sale, or Short term Rent To Own Call (937)526-3264

DRIVERS WANTED

Call 937-492-0781

Wapakoneta Repairing Industrial Equipment, Mechanical, Electrical trouble shooting, Hydraulic/ Pneumat ic repair, (PLCs) required. Minimum 2 year’s experience. Benefits after 90 days.

STARTING WAGES $17.00 to $18.00 per/Hr Submit resume to: AMS 330 Canal Street Sidney, Ohio 45365 Email: amsohio1@earthlink.net

JOHNSRUD TRANSPORT, a food grade liquid carrier is seeking Class A CDL tank drivers from the Sidney/Piqua/Troy area. Home flexible weekends. 5 years driving experience required. Will train for tank. Great Pay and Benefit Package. For further info, call Jane @ 1-888-200-5067 Semi Truck Driver Class A CDL Laborer also needed Call Lambdin Hughes Trucking (937)492-4998 (937)538-6915

NICE 3 bedroom apartment, Minster, yard, 2 car garage, low utilities, $485 + deposit, (937)295-2063.

St. Marys Avenue Apartments Most utilities paid, off street parking, appliances, NO PETS! 1 bedroom, $425 month (937)489-9921

Village West Apts. "Simply the Best" (937)492-3450

PRODUCTION ASSOCIATES With our continued rapid expansion, we are actively seeking: Full-time and Part-time Production Associates

openings Immediate available for production line workers, supervisors, and several skilled positions. We offer flexible hours, a full benefit package including health & life insurance, dental, 401K etc. These are permanent positions with good prospect for advancement in a fast growing company.

1, 2 & 3 bedroom, appliances, fireplace, secure entry. Water & trash included, garages. (937)498-4747 Carriage Hill Apts. www.1troy.com 1 BEDROOM efficiency with utilities, stove and refrigerator. Lease and deposit. No pets. ( 9 3 7 ) 4 9 8 - 7 4 7 4 (937)726-6009. 1 BEDROOM, Northend Sidney, appliances, air, some utilities, laundry facility, NO PETS. $375, (937)394-7265

ANTIQUES for sale: Beautiful Hoosier cabinet by the New Bremen Klanke Cupboard Co., spinning wheel, dry sink, manaphone, ice box, sewing machine, ice cream maker, coffee pot. flowersforzoe@msn.com, (419)230-8127.

FIREWOOD, Houston, Ohio. You load and haul. $50 per pickup truck load. Ask about trailer and other size loads. Logs for sale, call while still available. $50, (937)726-7801.

SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE REVISED CODE, SEC. 2329.26 NO. 11CV000316 The State of Ohio, Shelby County. Union Savings Bank, Plaintiff vs. Joseph N. Lowry, et al., Defendant In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction, 215-217 West South Street, Sidney, OH 45365 in the second floor lobby of the courthouse, in the above named County, on May 2, 2012, at 10:00 am, the following described real estate, Situated in the City of Sidney, County of Shelby and State of Ohio, and being more fully described as follows: Being the East one-half (1/2) on Inlot Number One Hundred Thirty-nine (139) in said City of Sidney. Being the same premises conveyed by deed recorded in Volume 146, Page 43 of the Deed Records of Shelby County. Parcel No: 01-1836254.002 Said Premises Located at 215-217 West South Street, Sidney, OH 45365 Said Premises Appraised at $63,000 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. TERMS OF SALE: 10% down at time of sale, balance due in 30 days Sheriff John Lenhart, Sheriff Shelby County, OH Jeffrey A. Tobe, Attorney Apr. 11, 18, 25 2271920

Please stop in to fill out an application or call to schedule an interview. Confidentiality fully assured. EOE

Tastemorr Snacks A Division of Basic Grain Products Inc

300 East Vine Street Coldwater, OH 45828 (419)678-2304 ext 107

SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE REVISED CODE, SEC. 2329.26 United States of America, USDA vs. Shannon M. Rice, et al. Shelby County Common Pleas Case No. 12CV000035. In pursuance of an order issued from Common Pleas Court, within and for the County of Shelby, State of Ohio, and to me directed, I will offer for sale at Public Auction, on May 16, 2012 at 10:00 am of said day, the following Real Estate, to-wit: Situate in the City of Sidney, in the County of Shelby and State of Ohio, to-wit: Being Thirty-five (35) feet in front by One Hundred and Sixty (160) feet in depth with use of private alley nine feet in rear and extending North and South across said 35 feet off the South side on Inlot Number Seven Hundred Seventy (770) in the City of Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio. Parcel # 01-0825433.020 Located at 617 Broadway Ave., Sidney, OH 45365. Current Owners: Shannon M. Rice Said property has been appraised at $21,000 and cannot sell for less than two-thirds of appraisement. This appraisal is based upon a visual Inspection of that part of the premises to which access was readily available. The appraisers assume no responsibility for, and give no weight to, unknown legal matters, including, but not limited to, concealed or latent defects, and/or the presence of harmful or toxic chemicals, pollutants, or gases. Terms of Sale: Ten Percent (10%) day of sale, balance within 30 days. John Lenhart, Sheriff of Shelby County, Ohio Stephen D. Miles, Attorney 18 West Monument Avenue Dayton, Ohio 45402 937-461-1900 Apr. 25, May 2, 9 2276411

2 BEDROOM, Upstairs, recently remodeled, $385 monthly, 620 1/2 South Main, (937)638-1997

2 BEDROOM, NEW! Townhome, 962 Winter Ridge Sidney, 2 bath, 2 car, Air, Stove, Refrigerator, washer/ dryer hookup, lawn care, NO PETS, $895.00, (937)498-8000

2 & 3 BR Available Some Utilities and Appliances. No Pets

Positions available on all 3 shifts with shift differentials.

Position Announcement:

UVCC is seeking a motivated person to provide administrative support to the district Treasurer & Director of Business Operations. Applicant must be a self starter who can multi-task and problem solve. Candidate would be responsible for preparing financial reports for the district Treasurer as well as updating and maintaining employee records, administration of benefits and preparation of budgetary documents along with various additional responsibilities.

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Russia Local School has a full time HS English Position open for the 2012- 2013 school year. Contact Mr. Nick Wilker for more information at (937)526-3156

1 BEDROOM, Port Jefferson, all appliances included, most utilities paid, $385 monthly, plus deposit, (937)489-9921

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1997 FORD CROWN VICTORIA 69,900 miles, V8, 4.6 engine. Great gas mileage. Excellent condition. $4000 firm. Call (937)693-4293

1998 HONDA GL1500 GOLDWING ASPENCADE 90,306 miles. New seat in summer 2011. Comes with 1 full cover, 1 half cover and trailer hitch. $6500 OBO. (937)596-5474 fctss5@hotmail.com

1999 CHEVY TAHOE LT 2-tone grey body, great shape, must see. Rebuilt tranny, new parts (have receipts). Can email pics. (402)340-0509

2001 KEYSTONE 242 FW SPRINGDALE 5TH WHEEL 12 foot super slide, sleeps 6. Excellent condition! Stored inside when not used. $9000. (937)726-4580 Botkins, OH

2002 HONDA 1800 GOLDWING Illusion blue, 31,000 miles, Has CB radio, intercom, cruise control, etc., too many extras to list, $11,000. Call Steve. (937)726-7998

2004 CHEVY MALIBU LS V6 Very clean, 90,000 miles, $5900. Must sell! (937)776-9270

2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA LT Cloth interior, silver, great shape, new brakes, runs great. Asking $7800 (937)684-0555

2007 PONTIAC SOLSTICE Black on black. 5 speed transmission. 38,150 miles. Excellent condition! $16,000. (937)492-3000

2009 HARLEY DAVIDSON ULTRA CLASSIC Turquious & Antique White, security system, smooth rim, chrome spoked wheels, ABS brakes, below 4000 miles, Nice stereo, $18,000 Firm, Call Rod, (937)638-2383


Sidney Daily News, Wednesday, April 25, 2012 SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE CASE NO.: 11CV000253 Green Tree Servicing, LLC, Plaintiff vs. Dave Curtner, et al., Defendants COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO: In pursuance of an Order of Sale to me directed from said Court in the above entitled action, I offer for sale at public auction, to be held on the 2nd Floor Lobby of the Shelby County Courthouse on May 2, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. of said day, the following described premises: A copy of the complete legal description can be obtained at the Shelby County Recorder's Office, OR Plat Book 1656, Page 156. Said Premises Located at 616 MAXWELL PLACE, SIDNEY, OH 45365 Permanent Parcel No: 01-22-04-152-024 APPRAISED AT: $42,000.00 TERMS OF SALE: TEN PERCENT (10%) OF SHERIFF'S APPRAISAL DOWN AT THE TIME OF SALE. BALANCE TO BE PAID WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS. ANY SUM NOT PAID WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS SHALL BEAR INTEREST AT THE RATE OF TEN PERCENT (10.00%) PER ANNUM FROM THE DATE OF SALE. John Lenhart, Sheriff Shelby County, Ohio CARLISLE, McNELLIE & RINI CO., L.P.A. By: C. Scott Casterline, Attorney for Plaintiff 24755 Chagrin Boulevard, Suite 200 Cleveland, Ohio 44122 (216) 360-7200 Apr. 11, 18, 25

SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE CASE NO.: 12CV000018 Bank of America, N.A., Successor by Merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P., fka, Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, L.P., Plaintiff vs. Cheryl L. Wolaver, aka, Cheryl Wolaver, et al.,, Defendants COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO: In pursuance of an Order of Sale to me directed from said Court in the above entitled action, I offer for sale at public auction, to be held on the 2nd Floor Lobby of the Shelby County Courthouse on May 2, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. of said day, the following described premises: A copy of the complete legal description can be obtained at the Shelby County Recorder's Office, OR Volume ***, Page Said Premises Located at 524 North Main Avenue, Sidney, OH 45365 APPRAISED AT: $27,000.00 TERMS OF SALE: TEN PERCENT (10%) OF SHERIFF'S APPRAISAL DOWN AT THE TIME OF SALE. BALANCE TO BE PAID WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS. ANY SUM NOT PAID WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS SHALL BEAR INTEREST AT THE RATE OF TEN PERCENT (10.00%) PER ANNUM FROM THE DATE OF SALE. John Lenhart, Sheriff Shelby County, Ohio CARLISLE, McNELLIE & RINI CO., L.P.A. By: George J. Annos, Attorney for Plaintiff 24755 Chagrin Boulevard, Suite 200 Cleveland, Ohio 44122 (216) 360-7200 Apr. 11, 18, 25 2272243

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Sheriff’s Sale of Real Estate Revised Code, Section 2329.25 No. 11CV000465 The State of Ohio, Shelby County The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, fka The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. as Trustee for RAMP 2005RS7, Plaintiff vs. Wiley L. Jones, et al., Defendant In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction, in the second floor lobby of the Courthouse in the above named county, on Wednesday, the 2nd day of May, 2012 at 10:00AM the following described real estate, situate in the County of Shelby and State of Ohio, and Township of Sidney, to wit: Situate in the City of Sidney, County of Shelby and State of Ohio, to wit: Being lot Number 3323 in Edward Park Subdivision to said City, County and State as shown by Plat Number 43884 presented for recording on the 21st day of June, 1960 in the Office of the Recorder of Shelby County, Ohio, subject to the restrictions and easements as exemplified thereon. Said Premises Located at 532 South Brooklyn Avenue, Sidney, OH 45365 Said Premises Appraised at $60,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. TERMS OF SALE: 10% deposit John Lenhart, Sheriff Shelby County, Ohio Melissa N. Meinhart, Attorney Apr. 11, 18, 25 2272554

SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE REVISED CODE, SECTION 2329.25 CASE NUMBER 12CV000046 THE STATE OF OHIO, SHELBY COUNTY Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. -vsBrent E. Batton, et al. , Defendant In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction, in the second floor lobby of the Courthouse in the above named county, on Wednesday the 16th day of May, 2012 at 10:00AM the following described real estate, situate in the County of Shelby and State of Ohio, and Township of Sidney, to wit: Being 3.420 acres located in the Northwest Quarter of Section 10, Town 1 North, Range 7 East, Salem Township, Shelby County, Ohio and being further described as follows: Commencing at a monument box located at the Northwest corner of Section 10, also being the centerline intersection of Sharp Road and Pasco-Montra Road; Thence South 04 degrees 00' 00" East along the west line of Section 10 and centerline of Pasco-Montra Road, a distance of 670.00 feet to a railroad spike found and place of beginning for the parcel herein described; Thence North 83 degrees 49' 45" East along the North line of lands described in OR Vol. 1185, Page 218, a distance of 693.89 feet to an iron bar found; Thence South 06 degrees 39' 47" East, a distance of 226.53 feet to an iron bar set; Thence South 86 degrees 00' 00" West, a distance of 703.91 feet to a PK spike set in the centerline of Pasco-Montra Road and West line of Section 10, passing through an iron bar set at 268.31 feet an at 673.91 feet; Thence North 04 degrees 00' 00" West along said centerline and section line, a distance of 200.00 feet to the place of beginning. Containing in all 3.420 acres of which 0.138 acre is located within the existing road right of way. Survey and description prepared by Thomas W. Steinke, Registered Surveyor #6177 on this 16th day of December, 2004 and based upon existing recorded and found monuments. Basis of bearings, see Plat Book 28, Page 301. Said Premises Located at 9864 Pasco Montra Road, Sidney, OH 45365 Said Premises Appraised at $99,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. TERMS OF SALE: 10% deposit Andrew C. Clark Attorney John Lenhart Sheriff Shelby County, Ohio 2277168

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Sheriff’s Sale of Real Estate Revised Code, Section 2329.25 No. 11CV000390 The State of Ohio, Shelby County JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Plaintiff vs. Chad J. Remaklus, et al., Defendant In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction, in the second floor lobby of the Courthouse in the above named county, on Wednesday, the 2nd day of May, 2012 at 10:00AM the following described real estate, situate in the County of Shelby and State of Ohio, and Township of Yorkshire, to wit: Situate in the County of Shelby, State of Ohio, and in the Township of Cynthian, and bounded and described as follows: Situated in the Northwest Quarter of Section Twenty-Two (22), Township Eleven (11) North, Range Four (4) East, Cynthian Township, Shelby County, Ohio, being part of a 40 acre tract described in Deed Records Volume 146, Page 540, in the office of the Shelby County Recorder, and being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a spike found called over a stone at the Northwest corner of said Northwest quarter and in the intersection of Loy Road and Darke-Shelby Road; thence South 0 degrees 45' 15" East along the West line of said quarter and along DarkeShelby Road 380.00 feet to a spike set, being the true Point of Beginning for the tract herein described; thence North 89 degrees 15' 07" East along a new division line 621.40 feet to a point in the centerline of an existing ditch, witness an iron pin set South 89 degrees 15' 07" West 30.00 feet; thence South 28 degrees 30' 17" East along a new division line and along said ditch 186.46 feet to an iron pin set; thence South 5 degrees 45' 43" East along a new division line and along said ditch 227.87 feet to an iron pin set; thence South 55 degrees 35' 49" West along a new division line and along said ditch 93.84 feet to an iron pin set; thence North 83 degrees 18' 52" West along a new division line and along said ditch 231.95 feet to an iron pin set; thence South 89 degrees 15' 07" West along a new division line 420.00 feet to a spike set on the West line of said quarter and in said road; thence North 0 degrees 45' 15" West along said West line along said road 414.00 feet to the point of beginning, containing 6.715 acres, more or less. 6.563 acres exclusive of road right-of-way, being subject to legal highways and other easements of record. Bearings for the above description are based upon the North line of the Northeast quarter of Section 21 (North 89 degrees 15' 00" East) per prior survey. The above description was written and surveyed by James F. Stayton, Registered Surveyor #6739 from a survey plat made August 17, 2000. The above survey is recorded in Plat Book Volume 29, Page 51, in the office of the Shelby County Recorder. Said Premises Located at 7904 Darke Shelby County, Yorkshire, OH 45388 Said Premises Appraised at $120,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. TERMS OF SALE: 10% deposit John Lenhart, Sheriff Shelby County, Ohio Melissa N. Meinhart, Attorney Apr. 11, 18, 25 2272557

SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE REVISED CODE, SEC. 2329.26 CASE NO. 10CV000105 The State of Ohio, Shelby County. BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP fka COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP, Plaintiff vs. RODNEY L. RICKERT, Defendants. In pursuant of an Order of Sale in the above entitle action, I will offer for sale at public auction, at the 2nd Floor Lobby of the Courthouse, in Sidney, in the above named County, on Wednesday, the 16th day of May 2012, at 10:00 o’clock A.M., the following described real estate, situate in the County of Shelby and State of Ohio, and in the City of Sidney, to wit: BEING LOT NUMBER ONE (1) IN THE BELMONT HEIGHTS ALLOTMENT OF SAID CITY AS THE SAME IS KNOWN AND DESIGNATED ON THE PLAT OF SAID ALLOTMENTS RECORDED IN LARGE PLAT BOOK NO. 3 AT PAGE 18 OF THE RECORD OF PLATS OF SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO. Said Premises Located at: 1302 North Main Street, Sidney, Ohio 45365 Said Premises Appraised at $80,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. Terms of Sale: 10% down day of sale/Waive deposit of 10% if Plaintiff is successful bidder at sale. John R. Lenhart, Sheriff Shelby County, Ohio Erin M. Laurito (SC#0075531), Attorney for Plaintiff Apr. 25, May 2, 9 2276651

SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE REVISED CODE, SECTION 2329.25 CASE NUMBER 12CV000022 THE STATE OF OHIO, SHELBY COUNTY Fannie Mae, Plaintiff -vsPamela Castle aka Pamela J. Castle, et al. , Defendant In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction, in the second floor lobby of the Courthouse in the above named county, on Wednesday , the 16th day of May, 2012 at 10:00AM the following described real estate, situate in the County of Shelby and State of Ohio, and Township of Sidney, to wit: Situated in the County of Shelby, in the State of Ohio and in the Township of Washington Being Lot Number 200 in the First Addition to Arrowhead Hills located in part of the Southeast : Quarter, Section 8, Town 7, Range 6 East, Washington Township, Shelby County, Ohio and subject to the protective covenants, easements and restrictions set forth on said Plat recorded in Volume 12, Page 8, of the Plat Records of Shelby County, Ohio. Said Premises Located at 10801 Little Turtle Way, Sidney, OH 45365 Said Premises Appraised at $45,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount TERMS OF SALE: 10% deposit Andrew C. Clark Attorney John Lenhart Sheriff Shelby County, Ohio 2277168

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SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE REVISED CODE, SECTION 2329.25 CASE NUMBER 10-CV-70 THE STATE OF OHIO, SHELBY COUNTY U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Specialty Underwriting and Residential Finance Trust Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates Series 2006-BC4, Plaintiff -vsWilliam K. Pleiman, et al. , Defendant In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction, in the second floor lobby of the Courthouse in the above named county, on Wednesday, the 16th day of May, 2012 at 10:00AM the following described real estate, situate in the County of Shelby and State of Ohio, and Township of Fort Loramie , to wit: Parcel One: Situated in the County of Shelby, Township of Cynthian and State of Ohio: Situated in the Northeast part of the East half of the Southwest Quarter of Section Sixteen (16), Town Ten (10), Range Five (5) East, in the Township of Cynthian, County of Shelby State of Ohio and being more fully bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at a point in the center line of the Dawson-Ft. Loramie Rd. No. 24 on the North South half section line on Section Sixteen (16), Town Ten (10), Range (5) East, said point being North One Thousand Six Hundred Forty-Eight (1648) feet from a stone at the Southeast corner of the Southwest quarter of said Section Sixteen (16), same town and range; thence continuing North on said half section line, Two Hundred Four and Six tenths (204.6) feet to a point; thence West with an interior angle of Ninety (90) degrees and Thirty-Five (35) minutes, One Hundred Twenty-Three (123) feet to a point; thence South with an interior angle of Eighty-Nine (89) degrees and Twenty-Seven (27) minutes, One Hundred Thirty (130) feet to a point in the center line of said Dawson-Ft. Loramie Rd., thence Southeasterly with an interior of One Hundred Twenty-One (121) degrees and Forty (40) minutes, following the centerline of said Rd., One Hundred Forty-Four (144) feet to the place of beginning. Containing FiftyOne Hundredths (.51) acres, being the same more or less. Parcel Two: Ref# 10-503187/HMW A tract of land in the East half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 16, Town 10, Range 5 East, Cynthian Township, Shelby County, Ohio. The place of beginning for the following described premise is a harrow tooth in the East line of the S. W. Quarter of Section 16 and at the Northeast corner of the 0.51 of an acre tract in deed Volume 251, Page 229; thence N 89 degrees -37' -50" W, 122.88 feet along the North line of said 0.51 of acre tract to a point; thence S 0 degree -10' E, 129.86 feet along the West line of said 0.51 of an acre tract to a railroad spike in the center of the Dawson-Ft. Loramie Road (Road #24); thence N 58 degrees -30' W, 126.44 feet along the center of the Dawson-Ft. Loramie Road (Road #24) to a railroad spike; thence N 0 degree -12' -50" W. 87.14 feet to an iron pin; thence N 89 degrees -47' -10" E, 230.54 feet to an iron pin in the East line of the S.W. Quarter of Section 16; thence S 0 degree 12' -50" E, 25.00 feet along the East line of the S. W. Quarter Section 16 to the place of beginning. The above tract of land contains 0.366 of an acre more or less being subject to the legal rights of the public road concerned and any other legal rights of record and is part of the premise in deed Volume 212, Page 268 in the Office of the County Recorder, Shelby County, Ohio. The above-described premises is an add-on to the 0.51 of an acre tract in Volume 251, Page 229. This description was prepared September 14, 1991, by Norman Magato, Registered Surveyor #5671. Said Premises Located at 8344 Dawson Road, Fort Loramie, OH 45845 Said Premises Appraised at $81,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. TERMS OF SALE: 10% deposit Kelly A. Spengler, Attorney John Lenhart, Sheriff Shelby County, Ohio

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF FORFEITURE OF OIL AND GAS LEASE (Ohio Revised Code 5301.332) TO: The Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Gid E. Cyphers. Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code 5301.332, you are notified that the oil and gas lease dated October 5, 1927 (“Lease”) and entered into between W.R. Joslin and Pearl Joslin, as lessors, and Gid E. Cyphers, as lessee (“Lessee”), filed for record in the Office of the Shelby County, Ohio Recorder on October 20, 1927 and recorded in Volume 7, Page 186 of the Lease Records of Shelby County, Ohio, upon certain real property which includes 21.283 acres situated in Clinton Township, City of Sidney, County of Shelby, State of Ohio (“Real Property”), will be forfeited. The Lease will be forfeited because the term has expired and no production of oil or gas is being obtained from the Real Property. Trupointe Cooperative, Inc., an Ohio corporation and the current owner of the Real Property, intends to file for record an affidavit of forfeiture with the Shelby County, Ohio Recorder if your Heirs, Successors, or Assigns do not cause the Lease to be released of record within thirty days from the date this notice is published. TRUPOINTE COOPERATIVE, INC. Apr. 25 2277674

SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE REVISED CODE, SEC. 2329.26 NO. 11CV000294 The State of Ohio, Shelby County. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. successor by merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., Plaintiff vs. Trisha D. Herbert, et al., Defendant In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction, 12078 Brugeman Avenue, Minster, OH 45865 in the second floor lobby of the courthouse, in the above named County, on May 16, 2012, at 10:00 am, the following described real estate, Tract One: Situated in the Township of McLean, County of Shelby and State of Ohio: Being Lot Nos. 76, 77, 78, 79 and 80 in Filburn’s Island Subdivision including Lake Front Lots, McLean Township, Shelby County, Ohio, Section 1 Town 8 South, Range 4 East, filed on the 11th day of October 1963 and recorded as Instrument No. 52544 in Plat Book 5, Page 90. Tract Two: Situated in the Township of McLean, County of Shelby and State of Ohio: Inlot Nos. 81 and 82 located and platted on Filburn’s Island and being part of a tract of land now owned by Clara Filburn in the Northeast quarter of the Southeast quarter of Section 1, Township 8 South, Range 4 East. Tract Three: Being a portion of vacation Davidson Drive and being a part of the replat of Filburn’s Island in Section 1, Town 8 South, Range 4 East in McLean Township, Shelby County, Ohio, and more fully described as follows: Being all that portion of vacated Davidson Drive that is located between Lots 80 and 81 and between Lots 79 and 82, as shown on the replat of Filburn’s Island in Plat Book 5, Page 102 in the Shelby County Recorder’s Office. Permanent Parcel #: 30-07-01-403-012 / 30-07-01-403-013 / 30-07-07-403-014 / 30-07-01-403-015 / 30-07-01-403-016 / 30-07-01-403-018 / 30-07-01-403-019 / 30-07-01-403-023 / 30-07-01-403-024 / 30-07-01-403-025 / 30-07-01-403-026 Said Premises Located at 12078 Brugeman Avenue, Minster, OH 45865 Said Premises Appraised at $45,000 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. TERMS OF SALE: 10% down at time of sale, balance due in 30 days. Sheriff John Lenhart, Sheriff Shelby County, OH Jennifer Schaeffer, Attorney Apr. 25, May 2, 9 2276254

SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE CASE NUMBER 11CV000408 Green tree Servicing LLC, Plaintiff vs Danny Mullins, et al., Defendants Court of Common Pleas, Shelby County, Ohio In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction at the 2nd floor lobby of the Courthouse in the above county, on May 2nd, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. the following described real estate: Situate in the City of Sidney, County of Shelby and State of Ohio, and known as being Unit 107 of Carriage Hill Condominium as shown and described in the Declaration of Condominium recorded in Volume 272, Page 152 of the Shelby County Deed Records, and the drawings of said Condominium recorded in Plat Book 20, Page 46 of the Shelby County Plat Records. Together with an undivided percentage interest in the common areas and facilities appurtenant to said unit as set forth in said Declaration of Condominium. Subject to legal highways. Subject to the Declaration of Condominium for Carriage Hill Condominium filed for record at Volume 272, page 152 of the Shelby County Deed Records. Parcel Number(s): 01-18-24-251-032 Prior Deed Info: Warranty Deed OR Book 1089, Page 196, filed October 17, 2002 Said premises also known as 2360 Wapakoneta Avenue, Unit #107, Sidney, OH 45365 PPN: 01-18-21-251-032 Appraised at $45,000 and cannot be sold for less than twothirs (2/3) of that amount. TERMS OF SALE: A DEPOSIT OF A CERTIFIED CHECK, PAYABLE TO THE SHERIFF, OR CASH, FOR TEN (10%) PER CENT OF THE PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REQUIRED AT THE TIME THE BID IS ACCEPTED; EXCEPT WHERE THE BID AMOUNT IS $3,000.00 OR LESS, THE MINIMUM DEPOSIT SHALL BE $300 AND THE MAXIMUM DEPOSIT IN ANY CASE SHALL BE $10,000. THE FULL PURCHASE PRICE PAID TO THE SHERIFF WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF SALE, AND UNLESS PAID WITHIN EIGHT (8) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF SALE SHALL BEAR INTEREST AT THE RATE OF TE (10%) PER CENT UNTIL PAID, AND ON FAILURE TO DO SO, THE PURCHASER, SHALL BE ADJUDGED IN CONTEMPT OF COURT. John Lenhart, Sheriff Shelby County Ohio THE LAW OFFICES OF JOHN D. CLUNK, CO., LPA John D. Clunk #0005376 Ted A. Humbert #0022307 Timothy R. Billick #0010390 Robert R. Hoose #0074544 4500 Courthouse Blvd, #400, Stow OH 44224 PH: 330-436-0300 Fax: 330-436-0301 Apr. 11, 18, 25 2274335

SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE CASE NUMBER 11CV000422 U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Holders of the Specialty Underwriting and Residential Finance Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-BC1, Plaintiff -vsSherri Steinke aka Sherri A. Steinke aka Sherri Ann Steinke, et al., Defendants Court of Common Pleas, Shelby County, Ohio In pursuance of an Alias Order of Sale (without reappraisal) in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction at the 2nd floor lobby of the Courthouse in the above county, on the 16th day of May, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. the following described real estate: 112 Roth St., Botkins, OH 45306 Situate in the Village of Botkins, County of Shelby, and State of Ohio, and described as follows: Being Lot Numbered 184 in the Village of Botkins, Shelby County, Ohio as platted and surveyed by J.E. House, A.D. 1902. Plat Book 3, Page 62 Parcel Number: 11-02-32-84-003 Prior Deed Info: General Warranty Deed, OR Book 1547, Page 209, Filed August 22, 2005 SEE PRE-APPROVED LEGAL DESCRIPTION ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT "A" Said premises also known as 112 Roth St, Botkins OH 45306 PPN: 11-02-32-484-003 Appraised at: $85,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds (2/3) of that amount. TERMS OF SALE: A DEPOSIT OF A CERTIFIED CHECK, PAYABLE TO THE SHERIFF, OR CASH, FOR TEN (10%) PER CENT OF THE PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REQUIRED AT THE TIME THE BID IS ACCEPTED; EXCEPT WHERE THE BID AMOUNT IS $3,000.00 OR LESS, THE MINIMUM DEPOSIT SHALL BE $300 AND THE MAXIMUM DEPOSIT IN ANY CASE SHALL BE $10,000. THE FULL PURCHASE PRICE PAID TO THE SHERIFF WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF SALE, AND UNLESS PAID WITHIN EIGHT (8) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF SALE SHALL BEAR INTEREST AT THE RATE OF TEN (10%) PER CENT UNTIL PAID, AND ON FAILURE TO DO SO, THE PURCHASER, SHALL BE ADJUDGED IN CONTEMPT OF COURT. John Lenhart, Sheriff of Shelby County THE LAW OFFICES OF JOHN D. CLUNK, CO., LPA John D. Clunk #0005376 Ted A. Humbert #0022307 Timothy R. Billick #0010390 Robert R. Hoose #0074544 4500 Courthouse Blvd, #400, Stow OH 44224 PH: 330-436-0300 FAX: 330-436-0301 Apr. 25, May 2, 9 2276256

DINETTE SET Very good condition, double pedestal oak table and 6 high back oak chairs. Remodeling, must sell. (937)622-2916 or (937)622-2917 after 3pm FURNITURE - Sectional with chaise lounge and matching ottoman. Easily sits 4-6 people. Color is tan/ beige. Good condition. Glass top end tables with oak trim. Must be able to haul away and pay in cash. $450 (937)638-1761.

HORSE MANURE, Free. Call (937)554-6841 JOHN DEERE X340 riding mower. Like new, only 40 hours used. Striping kit and tire change included. $4250. (937)552-9553 RIDING LAWNMOWER YardMan, $400. (937)492-5329 TILLER, ECONO Horse,Troy built, 1999 used little $675, also Stihl FS44 brush cutter, $100. (937)615-9592

BICYCLE Mens 21 speed Schwinn 5'3" to 5'6" $200.00 obo, 30 gallon fish tank includes everything (saltwater) $50, Call (937)492-3079 FREE HAULING! Refrigerators, freezers, batteries, washers, dryers, tanning beds, water heater, metal/ steel. JunkBGone. (937)538-6202 LADDERS 1 Pair sion ladder, 40ft, duty, $250. 1 Pair sion ladder, 36ft, Good (937)492-2148

extenheavy exten$150. shape.

PORCELAIN DOLLS, $20. (937)492-7206 SECTIONAL SOFABED, tan. Bag Boy golf cart & bag. Call for details & email photos. Each $100, (937)295-2323. SWINGSET For Scrap only! $20.00 deposit will be returned when all is gone and cleaned up. call (937)638-1121

PIANO, 5 Foot Baby Grand, refurbished with new strings, $3000, (937)698-5140

BOSTON TERRIER, (fullblooded) mixed with full blooded Jack Russell puppies. Asking $50 each. (937)214-4318 DOG HOUSE custom built for large dogs, custom built dog deck, 100 ft chain link fence, $500, (937)606-0044

TOOLS for start-up shop. 13 hand power tools, numerous small hand tools, tool boxes, 8 drawer steel cabinet, levels, squares, sawhorses, ladders, shovels, maddox, axe, numerous sizes of screws, nails, bolts. Much, much more. One price $600. (937)448-0717

WE PAY cash for your old toys! Star Wars, GI Joes, He-Man, Transformers and much more. (937)638-3188.

2008 GMC Acadia SLT-2, White diamond tricoat with ebony interior; 40,000 miles, one owner, non-smoker, EC, $27,000 (937)667-4253

JOEY LIFT with Sonic Scooter, $1500 (937)417-4430 or (937)336-3083

2001 POLARIS, 250 Trailblazer, less than 10 hours on new top end rebuild, fun to ride, $1000 call Steve, (937)726-7998

HORSE TRAILER, 3 horse slant bumper pull, 1995 aluminum upgraded trailer with a "bulldog" electric a-frame jack along with a new "quickbite coupler" that couples to the tow vehicle automatically. $11,900 (937)667-4253


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