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Part of $112.8 billion workers’ comp plan Schools and local governments in Shelby County are in line for windfall payments if an Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation board approves a $112.8 billion plan recommended by Oho Gov. John Kasich and BWC Administrator Steve Buehrer. The proposal also includes a tripling of safety grants and a 4 percent reduction for public employers, according to
DEATHS Obituaries and/or death notices for the following people appear on Page 3 today: • Shirley Ledwith • Dorothy V. Hall • Okey Scott • Anthony J. Brown • Barbara Dale Williams • Judith K. Frederick • Ella M. Kuck
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A large crowd turned out for an informational presentation by opponents of the proposed development of area wind farms at Wednesday’s Sidney-Shelby County Board of Health meeting. Health Commissioner Steven Tostrick said 71 people signed in before the meeting began with a 10-to-15-minute presentation by area residents who are against wind farm projects. Dr. Stephen Corthell, former Shelby County health commissioner, and Joe Sargent, former director of environmental health of the local department, were among those who signed a letter distributed to board members. Aaron Sargent, who lives in See WIND/Page 2
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Badgered: Obama acts, but Republicans unsatisfied BY JULIE PACE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, seeking to regain his footing amid controversies hammering the White House, named a temporary chief for the scandal-marred Internal Revenue Service Thursday and pressed Congress to approve new security money to prevent another Benghazi-style terrorist attack. The efforts did little to satisfy Republicans, who see the controversies as an opportunity to derail Obama’s secondterm agenda. House Speaker John Boehner suggested the White House had violated the public’s trust, and he promised to “stop at nothing” to
hold the administration accountable. “Nothing dissolves the bonds between the people and their government like the arrogance of power here in Washington,” Boehner said. “And that’s what the American people are seeing today from the Obama administration — remarkable arrogance.” The targeting of conservative political groups by the IRS and new questions about the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year — along with the Justice Department’s seizure of journalists’ phone records — have consumed the White House for nearly a week. Of the three controversies, the president’s advisers
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receive the most money among local schools — $86,810. Across the state, schools would receive a total of $42.5 million, followed by cities with $37 million and counties with $16.5 million. “It’s much needed,” Shelby County Commissioner Julie Ehemann said of the possible rebate check. “We’ve got a lot of needs around the county,” she said, adding that she and fellow commissioners Tony
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see the IRS matter as the most likely to linger. At least three congressional committees are planning investigations into the agency that touches the lives of nearly every American. Obama, who was criticized by both opponents and allies for his measured initial response to the IRS targeting, vowed to ensure the agency acts “scrupulously and without even a hint of bias.” “I think we’re going to be able to fix it,” he declared during a joint news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Soon afterward, Obama appointed senior budget official Danny Werfel to temporarily run the IRS, one day after Acting Commissioner Steven
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$30 and $135 costs for speeding. • Constance B. Lewis, 80, 623 Westover Drive, was fined $25 and $111 costs for a turning at an intersection violation. • Rose E. Davidson, 37, 14076 County Road 225, Jackson Center, was fined $30 and $105 costs for speeding. In Sidney Municipal Court on Wednesday, Goettemoeller sentenced Dana Scholl, 30, 1209 Constitution Ave., to 30 days in jail and she was fined $100 and $128 costs for disorderly conduct. One day credit was given for time served in jail. Another disorderly charge was dismissed. • Tammy J. Harmon, 28, 434 N. Miami Ave., was fined $30 and $65 costs on a seatbelt violation. • Joseph Yelton, 27, 204 1/2 Forest St., was sentenced to 20 days in jail and was fined $150 and $138 costs for disorderly conduct. He was given credit for 10 days served. • Nathan D. Blackford, 28, 104 N. Pike St., Anna, was sentenced to 15 days in jail and fined $150 and $138 costs for disorderly conduct. He was given credit for one day in jail.
• Trent A. Branam, 19, 329 Sycamore Ave., was sentenced to 10 days in jail and was fined $150 and $138 costs for attempted which was theft, amended from theft. • John C. Kraus III, 23, 329 Sycamore Ave., was sentenced to 10 days in jail and was fined $150 and $138 costs for attempted theft, which was amended from theft. • Shawn D. Carey, 626 Foraker Ave., a charge of failure to pay income tax was dismissed. • Joshua A. Canatser, 22, Travel Inn, Room 305, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and was fined $200 and $161 costs for criminal trespass. • Solomon Arellano, 34, 3134 N. Ohio Ave., was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined $600 on a driving under suspension charge. He was ordered to pay $128 costs and another DUI charge was dismissed, as was a failure to reinstate license charge. • George E. Hesser, 41, 204 Forest St., was fined $250 and $105 costs for driving under suspension/financial responsibility assurance suspension.
• Bradley J. 31, 102 Folkringa, Meadow Drive, Botkins, was fined $25 and $105 costs for an obeying traffic control device violation. • Haley L. Fannon, 26, 223 N. Miami Ave., was fined $25 and $111 costs for a right of way while turning left violation. • Peggy L. Chaney, 2705 Leslie Lane, was fined $30 and $105 costs for speeding. • Jodi N. New, 28, 1310 Shroyer Place, was fined $30 and $111 costs for speeding. • Ivy C. Hughes, 30, 20111 Maplewood Road, Maplewood, was fined $30 and $86 costs for a seatbelt violation. • Miranda L. Slagle, 25, 4401 Hardin-Wapakoneta Road, was fined $30 and $111 costs for speeding. • Dylon M. Fair, 25, 216 Pike St., was fined 25 and $111 costs for an assured clear distance violation. • Robert R. Dumke, 44, 222 W. North St., was fined $30 and $105 costs for speeding. • Robin L. Brown, 52, 119 N. Wilkinson Ave., was fined $25 and $111 costs for an assured clear distance violation.
dence. Damage to the door was set at $200. WEDNESDAY -10:03 p.m.: driver arrested. Rachel L. Scott, 29, 502 N. Main Ave., was cited for driving under OVI suspension. The arrest was made at the intersection on North Main Avenue and North Street. -8:45 p.m.: arrest. Officer arrested a 15year-old girl at an Arrowhead Drive residence on an outstanding warrant out of Shelby County Juvenile Court. -8:14 p.m.: theft. Marlies E. Lee, 322 1/2 E. South St., reported the theft of a television, which was valued at $400. -6:52 p.m.: probation violation. Officers arrested Dillon R. Petty, 19, 987 Buckeye Ave., for a probation violation. -4:50 p.m.: burglary. Callejas Luis Alvetro, 214 Piper St., told offi-
cers someone entered his home and stole a television and laptop computer. Loss was set at $1,300. -2:33 p.m.: theft. Dennis J. Goings, 520 Second Ave., reported the theft of a handicapped parking placard from his unlocked car.
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-1:20 a.m.: medical. Medics responded to the 3000 block of Cisco Road. -12:38 a.m.: medical. Medics responded to the 100 block of Oldham Avenue. WEDNESDAY -5:31 p.m.: injury. medical. Medics responded to the 400 block of Riverside Drive on a report of an injury.
Police log THURSDAY -2:25 a.m.: probation violation. Michael Brown, 31, no address given, was arrested in the 2100 block of Michigan Street for a probation violation. -1:31 a.m.: criminal trespass. Officers arrested Shawn Gessler, 39, 1433 Garfield Ave., for criminal damaging and criminal trespass after he allegedly damaged a door and entered a Crescent Drive resi-
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Accident A Sidney teenager was cited for operating a vehicle without control after her van struck a parked vehicle in the 100 block of Clay Street at 9:51 p.m. Tuesday. Officers issued the citation to Samantha Sharpe, 17, 715 S. Ohio Ave. Reports state Sharpe was driving east on Clay Street when her van struck the side of a parked vehicle owned by Christopher E. Jones, 117 W. Clay St. Both vehicles sustained minor damage.
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perintendent of Sidney City Schools, said while the $86,810 would be appreciated, it wouldn’t represent a huge inflow of revenue. “One way it could be used is to help pay for additional security measures the board approved for our buildings,” Scheu said. Proposed rebates for Shelby County schools: • Anna, $21,370; Botkins, $6,720; Fairlawn, $10,270; Fort Loramie, $12,790; Hardin-Houston, $9,560; Jackson Center, $6,670; Russia, $5,830; Shelby Educational County Service Center, $18,280; and Sidney, $86,810. City, county and villages: Anna, $5,700; • Botkins, $5,720; Fort Loramie, $2,300; Jackson Center, $6,690; Kettlersville, $110; Port Jefferson, $170; Russia, $3,740; and Sidney, $143,090; and Shelby County, $211,720. Townships and library: • Amos Memorial Library, $1,550; Clinton Township, $870; Cynthian, $530; Dinsmore, $520; Franklin, $1,130; Green, $470; Jackson, $570; Loramie, $480; McLean, $530; Orange, $460; Perry, $820; Salem, $710; Turtle Creek, $710; Van Buren, $1,550; and Washington, $570.
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the Montra area, presented the group’s case at the meeting. Sargent said he and others who oppose the wind farms are seeking to educate the public on the issue. A similar presentation was given at the Sidney City Council meeting Monday night. In the letter to the board, the area residents asked the board to take action to abate the health risks posed by the wind turbines, “specifically in regards to the close proximity of the turbines to nonparticipating homes and properties. The Montra Hills Wind Farm being planned by Mainstream Renewable Power of Dublin, Ireland, will impact well over 1,000 Shelby County households in an approximately 50-squaremile area stretching from the Shelby Hills Golf Course north and east to the Auglaize and Logan county lines.” The opponents asked the board to mandate a halfmile setback between the wind turbines and the property line “to protect the health and well-being of Shelby County residents.” They also stressed health concerns arising from the wind farms. Tostrick said the board members listened to the presentation. “The board didn’t take any action,” Tostrick said. “The board hasn’t heard the other side of the issue.” Sargent said Thursday that his focus is on the facts surrounding the wind farms. “This isn’t about not liking the way they look,” he said.
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to provide umbrellas for Erdogan and himself, joking, “I’ve got a change of suits, but I don’t know about our prime minister.” The news conference marked Obama’s first comments on the government’s widely criticized seizure of telephone records of reporters and editors of The Associated Press in an investigation of news leaks. The president spoke of the importance of striking a balance between “secrecy and the right to know” but said he would make no apologies for trying to protect classified information that could put Americans at risk. “I’ve still got 60,000plus troops in Afghanistan, and I’ve still got a whole bunch of intelligence officers around the world who are in risky situations,” he said. “Part of my job is to make sure that we’re protecting
what they do, while still accommodating for the need for information.” The president said he continues to have confidence in Attorney General Eric Holder, who has been the target of intense criticism from lawmakers after the phone record subpoenas were made public. The IRS and Justice Department controversies have coincided with a revival in the GOP-led investigations into the September attacks in Benghazi, which claimed the lives of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans. Obama, who angrily cast the investigations as a “sideshow” earlier this week, tried to turn the focus Thursday to Congress. He urged lawmakers to provide more money to strengthen security at U.S. diplomatic missions around the world.
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-7:17 a.m.: vandalism. Botkins police responded to 106 THURSDAY Buckingham Place on a -10:13 a.m.: theft. Deputies were dis- report of vandalism. patched to 4801 Dormire Road on a report of a work bench being stolen. THURSDAY -8:28 a.m.: burglary. -5:08 a.m.: medical. Deputies responded to The Anna Rescue Squad Dorothy Love Retire- was called to Honda of ment Community, 3003 America, 12500 Cisco Road, to investi- Meranda Road. gate a possible burglary WEDNESDAY that occurred in the -8:07 p.m.: fire. The past. Van Buren Township Fire Department responded to the intersection of Ohio 119 and THURSDAY Thaman Road on a re-10:36 a.m.: theft. port of a fire. Botkins police re-6:28 p.m.: medical. sponded to 318 S. Mill The Anna Rescue Squad St. on a report of some- responded to the 17000 one stealing plants from Santa Fe Road, New a resident’s backyard. Knoxville.
Bornhorst and Bob Guillozet haven’t decided how the money would be used. Ehemann said that while the rebate would be helpful, it doesn’t offset the sharp reduction in state funds the county has received in recent years. “That doesn’t mean we’re going to let them (state officials) off the hook,” she said. “We’re still going to work with our state legislators to get the local government funds increased.” Sidney City Manager Mark Cundiff said he’s taking a wait-and-see approach to the proposed rebates. “I don’t get too excited about it until I get the check in my hand and cash it and it doesn’t bounce,” Cundiff said. If the money does come, he said the city will have to decide how the money will be used, noting there could be some limitations on how it is distributed. Sidney Finance Officer Ginger Adams said there is also concern that the BWC will switch to a prepay method of paying premiums, instead of the current system of paying based on the previous years’s claims. She said under a prepay system, the city might have to return the money to BWC to pay the premium. With a $32 million budget, John Scheu, su-
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ST. MARYS — Anthony J. Brown, 83, formerly of 11056 Ohio 364 in rural St. Marys, died 1:02 p.m. We dne sday May 15, 2013, at OtterbeinSt. Marys. He was born Nov. 5, 1929, in Auglaize County to Roy and Alodia (Oen) Brown. On Aug. 20, 1955, at Precious Blood Catholic Church in Chickasaw, he married Dorothy H. Homan, who survives. He also is survived by his children, Stanley (Deborah) Brown, of St. Marys, Gary Brown, of St. Marys, Jane (David) Huber, of St. Marys, Sharon (Rex) Hawkey, of Cattlesburg, Ky., Kevin (Sherri) Brown, of St. Marys, Julie (Jon) Roberts, of St. Marys, Thomas Brown, of St. Marys, Dale (Lori) Brown, of St. Marys, and Mary (Steve) Bargdill, of Laramie, Wy.; 26 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; siblings Francis (Ruth) Brown, of Botkins, the Rev. Harold Brown, of Bellevue, Alvin Brown, of New Bremen, Mary Yahl, of Botkins, Ann Leinweber, of New Bremen, Agnes (Cletus) Schmerge, of La Salle, Colo., the Rev. Joseph Brown, of Carthagena, John (Pamela) Brown, of Celina, David (Jeanette) Brown, of St. Marys, Dr. Virgil (Mary Ellen) Brown, of Wapakoneta, and Theresa (Richard) Ramga, of Wapakoneta; sisters-in-law, Ruth Brown, of Wapakoneta, Velma (Sylvester) Berning, of Sidney, Joan Homan, of New Bremen, Joann Homan of Chickasaw, and Lillian Homan, of New Bremen; brothers-in-law Donald Homan, of St. Marys, and Leo (Diane) Homan of Maria Stein; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Roy and Alodia Brown; brother, Paul Brown; sisters-in-law, Ruth
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Members of the Sidney Recreation Board learned last week that the new summer backpack program will be funded by Cargill. Currently, the Sidney Parks and Recreation Department receives a grant from the Ohio Department of Recreation to serve meals to local children at six sites Monday through Friday during the summer. The backpack program will enable the city to feed the children during the weekend, as well, according to Jennie Rogers, recreation specialist. She said Katie McMillan of Cargill informed her of the company’s participation in the backpack program. Food for weekend meals will be put in a backpack for the children to take home. During the meeting it was reported that the Born Learning Trail will feature 10 interactive signs and games for children. The trail will be set up along a walkway in Tawawa Park beside the play structure at Geib Pavilion. The trail will be funded by the Sidney-Shelby County United Way at no cost to taxpayers. The Women’s Initiative and a Boy Scout troop will be working to complete the trail. Mary Jannides will serve as board president for 2013-14 meetings and Ward Cartwright will be vice president. Through funding from Dr. Lisa Alvetro and Cargill, the city will offer free swimming lessons at the pool in July. The lessons will be held for two weeks. Parents can register their children by calling the Parks and Recreation office. Early-bird season passes for the pool went on sale May 1 and will be sold through May 31. Those who purchase the passes early will receive a $5 discount. The pool will open June 1 at 1 p.m. The Parks and Recreation Department has distributed 350 batting helmets received from the Play Hard Don’t Blink Grant to local baseball and softball organizations. The board learned that the process of hiring a new park ranger is continuing. Ranger Rodd Elliott has left to take a position with the city Water Department. Retired police officer Rod Austin is serving as interim park ranger.
Ella M. Kuck Ella M. Kuck, 101, a long-term resident of Sidney, passed away at 2:40 a..m. Thursday, May 16, 2013, at Dorothy Love Retirement Community where she had been a resident for the past three years. She is survived by her two sons, Joe A. Kuck, and wife, Carol, of Cortland, N.Y., and W. Theodore Kuck, and wife, Joan, of New York, N.Y. Mrs. Kuck was born Ella M. Hoge on March 5, 1912, in New Knoxville. She was the last surviving sibling of 12 children, born to H. Hoge, Herman founder of the Hoge Lumber Co. of New Knoxville, and the former Maria Sophia Oehlrich. Ella’s five brothers and six sisters preceded her in death. In addition to her two sons and their wives, she is survived by a sister-in-law, Mrs. Sue (Oliver) Hoge, of New Knoxville, and several nieces and nephews. Ella Kuck was a native of New Knoxville, where she was a member of the United Church of Christ. She graduated from New Knoxville High School in 1930 where she played on the high school basketball team. She was awarded the Auglaize County Foul Shooting Championship. She graduated from Miami University in 1934 with a dual major in physical education and biological sciences, and a minor in math and history. Following graduation from college, Ella taught physical education in Gibsonburg, and later in Wickliffe, at which time she was required, as was the custom for single female teachers, to surrender her teaching career when in August 1940 she married Kermit T. Kuck, her childhood sweetheart. Kermit Kuck was the former chairman and of the president Monarch Machine Tool Co. in Sidney. He died in 1989. Ella participated in many community activities in Sidney as teacher, instructor and philanthropist. As a den mother in Cub Scouting, she encouraged both of her sons to become Eagle Scouts. She was a 4-H Leader, teaching young women to sew, and later was a
member of the Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary where she taught sewing, and donated her time and talents to help those in need in the Sidney and Shelby County area. She also participated in various organizations both in her church and in the community, including a member of the Shakespeare Club in Sidney, the Gateway Arts Council, and the Book and Travel Club. Mrs. Kuck traveled extensively with her husband throughout Western Europe, Japan and the United States, including Alaska; and in later years, she still desired to see the fjords of Norway and made the trip. She was an avid golfer and a member of the Piqua Country Club, the Moose Club of Sidney and Shelby Oaks Golf courses, where she won honors several times for her flight and foursomes. A devoted Christian, member of St. John’s Lutheran Church and a Sunday school teacher, Ella supported various organizations and individuals financially, invarious cluding Christian charities, the Council for Religious Education, the Dorothy Love Life Care Fund, the Fair Haven Memorial Fund, Wilson Memorial Hospital, the Moody Church Hour, the Hour of Power, WEEC Radio, and her home New Knoxville church, the United Church of Christ, and many other organizations throughout the area, and around the world. The beloved mother of her two sons will be dearly missed. A private funeral service will be held for the immediate family, Monday, May 20, 2013. Burial will at Graceland be Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Sunday from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at Cromes Funeral Home, 302 S. Main Ave. Memorials may be made in her name to St. John’s Lutheran Church or to Wilson Memorial Hospice. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home. Guestbook condolences and expressions of sympathy may be made to the Kuck family at Cromes Funeral Home’s website, www.cromesfh.com.
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Pet of the Week Big Red is a coonhound. He is playful and loves attention. He is a recent addition to the shelter and is available for adoption. He shows indication of being outside a lot and was cared for upon entry to the shelter. He does enjoy interaction with people. While in the office, he enjoys putting his paws on the office chairs and pushing them around the office. He is very playful and loves attention. He will make a wonderful addition to a family looking for a family pet. Stop by the Shelby
County Animal Shelter, 1100 Clem Road, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and visit with Big Red and see if he would be a nice fit for you and your family. The shelter’s phone number is 498-7201.
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Tea party groups call IRS process a ‘nightmare’ BY STEVE PEOPLES The Associated Press
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THIS PHOTO taken Thursday in Cincinnati shows Ricardo Woods (left) sitting with attorney Wendy Calaway after he was found guilty in the shooting death of a man who authorities say identified his assailant by blinking his eyes while paralyzed.
Dying man’s eye blinks lead to guilty murder verdict BY LISA CORNWELL up to life in prison. The Associated Press During the trial, jurors viewed the videoCINCINNATI (AP) — taped police interview An Ohio man was found that prosecutors say guilty Thursday of fa- showed Chandler tally shooting a man blinked three times for who authorities say “yes” to identify a photo identified his assailant of Woods as his shooter. by blinking his eyes The defense had tried to while paralyzed and block the video, saying hooked up to a ventila- Chandler’s blinks were tor. inconsistent and unreliA jury convicted Ri- able. cardo Woods, 35, of murDefense attorney der and felonious Kory Jackson said assault for the death of Thursday there would David Chandler who be an appeal. was shot Oct. 28, 2010, “We’re disappointed as he sat in a car in in the verdict,” he said. Cincinnati. “We have said since the Police interviewed the beginning that the video Chandler should not have been al35-year-old after he was shot in the lowed into evidence.” head and neck. He was Jocelyn Chess, an asonly able to communi- sistant county prosecucate with his eyes and tor, said justice was died about two weeks served. later. “They looked at all Woods had no obvious the evidence, and the evreaction to the verdict on idence showed that Rithe third day of jury de- cardo Woods was guilty,” liberations as it was she said. read in Hamilton Judge Beth Myers, County Common Pleas who ruled that jurors Court. But as he was could see the video, said being led to jail, he said: Chandler’s identification “I’m innocent.” was made by proWoods’ sentencing is nounced, exaggerated set for June 20. He faces movement of the eyes. A
WASHINGTON (AP) — Anger over President Barack Obama’s policies drove businessman Tom Zawistowski to file paperwork with the Internal Revenue Service nearly three years ago to create the Ohio Liberty Coalition. His nonprofit organization largely attracted conservatives who were new to politics but concerned about the growth of government, fiscal isand perceived sues threats to Americans’ constitutional protections. It eventually swelled to more than 20,000 members, becoming one of the region’s largest groups affiliated with the national tea party movement that emerged in the early months of Obama’s first term. Over the next few years, the Ohio Liberty Coalition would raise thousands of dollars to bus activists to rallies, run phone banks, rent a tent at a local fair, and knock on roughly 40,000 doors across Ohio to challenge the president and his fellow Democrats in the 2012 elections. All the while, the organization was locked in a battle with the nation’s tax enforcement agency over whether it should be granted tax-exempt status. “They expected me to turn over the names of our members to the IRS. You’d have to kill me to get me to do that,” said Zawistowski, who was among the first tea party leaders to formally
Portman skeptical of Obama in IRS targeting CINCINNATI (AP) — Ohio’s Republican U.S. senator on Thursday questioned the suggestion by President Barack Obama that he didn’t know until recently that the IRS had been targeting conservative groups. Sen. Rob Portman, a member of the Senate Finance Committee, told Ohio reporters in a conference call that questions about the Internal Revenue Service practices were raised early last year so it’s “an issue that’s been kicking around for over a year.” Portman wrote to Obama on Thursday seeking information about whether the White House or the Treasury Department privately pressured the IRS about “standards for approving and monitoring tax-exempt organizations.” The letter requests any written communications from White House and Treasury officials to the IRS about such standards, tax compliance for certain tax-exempt nonprofit groups or those organizations’ political activity. The Democratic president has said he heard about the IRS practice last Friday when an agency official apologized publicly for “inappropriate” actions. Following the ouster Wednesday of the acting IRS commissioner, Obama said he was angry about the targeting and won’t tolerate such behavior. The Justice Department is investigating. Portman said that when the IRS was asked previously about complaints that tea party groups were being subjected to extra scrutiny, the agency wrote last year to senators that proper procedures were being followed.
doctor who treated Chandler later testified that Chandler was able to communicate clearly about his condition. In the video, police had to repeat some questions when Chandler failed to respond or when the number of times he blinked appeared unclear. But Chandler blinked his eyes hard three times when police asked him if the photo of Woods was protest the agency’s acthe photo of his shooter. tions last year. “I wouldn’t He again blinked three accept tyranny.” times when they asked It often takes “social him if he was sure. welfare organizations” a The defense argued year to get tax-exempt that Chandler’s condistatus, which requires tion and drugs used to them to prove they’re not treat him could have afprimarily devoted to polfected his ability to unitics. But the IRS acderstand and respond knowledged last week during the police interthat it inappropriately view. applied heightened Woods’ lawyer also argued that showing Chandler only one photo — that of Woods — instead of presenting a lineup of photos was “suggestive.” Jackson said the case against Woods was about misidentification and “a CLEVELAND (AP) — More than $480,000 has misguided investigabeen donated to help three Cleveland women who tion.” say they were kidnapped and held captive in a home for about a decade. Organizers say the money will go to trust funds for Gina DeJesus, Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry and Berry’s 6-year-old daughter, who was found with the women last week. Since then, donations have poured in from around the U.S. and several other countries for the Cleveland Courage Funds set up through the Cleveland Foundation and Key Bank. An attorney speaking on the women’s behalf says the donations can help cover counseling, medical care and other immediate needs. Attorney Jim Wooley says the women are grateful to their generous donors and to city council members who started the funds. ——— Online: Cleveland Courage Funds: www.clevelandfoundation.org/courage
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scrutiny to conservative groups even though it’s supposed to regulate the nation’s tax laws without political interference. The revelation drew criticism from Republicans and Democrats, sparked a Justice Department investigation and prompted Obama to call the allegations “outrageous” if true.
Dead teens remembered OTTAWA (AP) — More than 600 people turned out at a northwest Ohio church to mourn two teenage brothers who were found dead last week. Seventeen-year-old Blake Romes and 14year-old Blaine Romes were remembered in a funeral service Wednesday at a Catholic church in the village of Ottawa where they lived. The Lima News reports that the brothers, who were found dead May 9 after another teen told authorities where to find the bodies, were recalled as young men who cared for each other.
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Banded bird Bob Ford, Ohio Department of Natural Resources acting wildlife management supervisor, holds a falcon Thursday at the Wood County Courthouse in Bowling Green. Two baby Peregrine falcons, hatched in the Wood County Courthouse clock tower, were banded Thursday morning by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
NATION/WORLD TODAY IN HISTORY BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Today is Friday, May 17, the 137th day of 2013. There are 228 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 17, 1973, a special committee convened by the U.S. Senate began its televised hearings into the Watergate scandal. On this date: • In 1510, Early Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli died in Florence, Italy; he was probably in his mid 60s. • In 1792, the New York Stock Exchange had its origins as a group of brokers met under a tree on Wall Street. • In 1849, fire erupted in St. Louis, Mo., resulting in the loss of three lives, more than 400 buildings and some two dozen steamships. • In 1912, the Socialist Party of America nominated Eugene V. Debs for president at its convention in Indianapolis. • In 1933, U.S. News & World Report had its beginnings as David Lawrence began publishing a weekly newspaper called United States News. • In 1938, Congress passed the Second Vinson Act, providing for a strengthened U.S. Navy. The radio quiz show “Information, Please!” made its debut on the NBC Blue Network. • In 1946, President Harry S. Truman seized control of the nation’s railroads, delaying — but not preventing — a threatened strike by engineers and trainmen. • In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, unanimously struck down racially segregated public schools. • In 1961, Cuban leader Fidel Castro offered to release prisoners captured in the Bay of Pigs invasion in exchange for 500 bulldozers. (The prisoners were eventually freed in exchange for medical supplies.) • In 1971, “Godspell,” a contemporary musical inspired by the Gospel According to St. Matthew, opened off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre. • In 1980, rioting that claimed 18 lives erupted in Miami’s Liberty City after an all-white jury in Tampa acquitted four former Miami police officers of fatally beating black insurance executive Arthur McDuffie. • In 1987, 37 American sailors were killed when an Iraqi warplane attacked the U.S. Navy frigate Stark in the Persian Gulf. (Iraq apologized for the attack, calling it a mistake, and paid more than $27 million in compensation.)
OUT OF THE BLUE Photos upset New Yorkers NEW YORK (AP) — Residents of a New York luxury apartment building are livid over an exhibition of photos secretly snapped through their apartment windows. Photographer Arne Svenson pointed his camera at the oversized windows of the Tribeca building from his secondfloor apartment across the street. The images show residents doing mundane things like napping, cleaning and putting children to bed. The photos don’t reveal their faces. They’re on sale for up to $7,500 at the Julie Saul Gallery in Chelsea. The New York Post says some of the residents are considering legal action. One said she recognized her daughter’s bedroom.
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Texas tornado devastation includes Habitat homes BY JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press GRANBURY, Texas (AP) — Habitat for Humanity spent years in a North Texas subdivision, helping build many of the 110 homes in the low-income area. But its work was largely undone during an outbreak of 13 tornadoes Wednesday night that killed six people and injured dozens. On Thursday, authorities combed through debris in Granbury, while residents awaited the chance to see what was left of their homes. Witnesses described the two badly hit neighborhoods as unrecognizable, with homes ripped from foundations and others merely rubble. Granbury, about 40 miles southwest of Fort Worth, bore the brunt of the damage. The National Weather Service’s preliminary estimate was that tornado had wind speeds between 166 mph and 200 mph. Other tornadoes spawned from the violent spring storm damaged nearby Cleburne and Millsap. “I tell you, it has just broken my heart,” said Habitat for Humanity volunteer Elsie Tallant, who helped serve lunch every weekend to those building the homes in a Granbury neighborhood and those poised to become homeowners. Hood County Commissioner Steve Berry said Thursday he couldn’t tell one street from another in Granbury’s Rancho Brazos Estates neighborhood because of the destruction. Half of one home was torn away while the other half was still
standing, glasses and vases intact on shelves. Trees and debris were scattered across yards, and fences were flattened. Sheet metal could be seen hanging from utility wires. The weather service said the preliminary storm estimate for the Granbury tornado was an EF-4, based on the Fujita tornado damage scale. An EF-5 is the most severe. Of the homes in the Rancho Brazos Estates, 61 of them were built by Habitat for Humanity, according to Gage Yeager, executive director of Trinity Habitat for Humanity in Fort Worth. He said most of those homes were damaged, including at least a dozen that were destroyed. Raul Rodriguez was among the lucky ones: His Habitat for Humanity home was still standing. The 42-year-old mechanic rode the storm out in a closet with his wife and three children as he heard the windows shattering outside, but realized their fortune when they emerged to see a heartbreaking scene. “Injured people, bloody people, started coming to our house, asking us to call 911,” said Rodriguez, who has lived in the neighborhood for more than two years. He assessed his own home, finding only shattered windows, lost roof shingles and a collapsed garage. “My neighbors to the right, they lost everything,” he said. Habitat for Humanity volunteer Bill Jackson said the homes, built primarily for lowincome people, were insured
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HEAVILY DAMAGED homes are seen in Granbury, Texas, on Thursday. Ten tornadoes touched down in several small communities in north Texas overnight, leaving at least six people dead, dozens injured and hundreds homeless. and can be rebuilt. But that doesn’t alleviate Tallant’s pain. She’d gotten to know the people who had waited for years to become homeowners. “We were going to dedicate a house this weekend, and her home was destroyed,” she said. Hood County Sheriff Roger Deeds said Thursday afternoon
that two of the dead were women and four of them men; one man and one woman in their 80s. “Some were found in houses. Some were found around houses,” Deeds said. Six or seven people have not been accounted for, he said at a news conference.
Obama vows Justice Dept. faulted sustained effort on over terrorist identities military sex abuse WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday the nation’s military leaders told him they are “ashamed” of their failure to end sexual abuse in the armed services. Obama pledged to “leave no stone unturned” in the effort to halt the abuse, which he said undermines the trust the military needs to be effective. Obama also said he has asked Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey to lead a process to root out the problem. “They care about this and they are angry about it,” Obama said at the White House, after he summoned Hagel, Dempsey and other top defense leaders to discuss a problem thrust to the fore by recent misconduct cases and a Pentagon report showing that up to 26,000 military members
may have been sexually assaulted last year. “I heard directly from all of them that they are ashamed by some of what’s happened,” Obama said. Earlier Thursday, the Army’s top officer acknowledged that his service is failing in its effort to stop sexual assaults. Gen. Ray Odierno, the Army chief of staff, issued a public message to all soldiers in which he said the “bedrock of trust” between soldiers and their leaders has been violated by a recent string of misconduct cases. He said the Army demonstrated competence and courage through nearly 12 years of war. “Today, however, the Army is failing in its efforts to combat sexual assault and sexual harassment,” he wrote. “It is time we take on the fight against sexual assault and sexual harassment as our primary mission,” Odierno said.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government allowed “a small but significant number” of terrorists into America’s witness protection program and then failed to provide the names of some of them for a watch list that’s used to keep dangerous people off airline flights, the Justice Department’s inspector general says. As a result of the department’s failure to share information with the Terrorist Screening Center, some in the witness protection program who were on a government “no-fly” list were allowed to travel on commercial flights, the department’s watchdog said. The FBI-managed screening center is the clearinghouse for information about known or suspected terrorists. In a briefing for reporters Thursday, the Justice Department said it had remedied the problem with a restrictive travel policy that prohibits program participants with no-fly status from traveling on commercial flights. The department declined to say how many people in the program actually flew. While people involved in terrorism cases have long been eligible for federal witness protection, the Justice Department wouldn’t say how many have been in the program. The inspector general’s report said it was “a small but significant number.” The Witness Security Program, or WitSec as it is known, protects witnesses from the people and organizations against whom they have testified. The U.S. Marshals Service provides cooperating witnesses with new identities. Over the past two decades, the program has been significant in the government’s efforts to prosecute terrorists responsible for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, the 1995 bombing in Oklahoma City and the 2009 New York City subway suicide-bomb plot.
Obama, Turkish prime minister project united front on Syria BY JOSH LEDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan projected a united front Thursday on Syria, keeping stark differences about how much the U.S. should intervene behind closed doors as they looked to Russia and the global community to close ranks behind efforts to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad. Under a pair of umbrellas outside a drizzly White House, the two leaders offered no hints about new actions either country would take, but pledged to keep upping the pressure on Assad to leave. After a lengthy meeting focused on Syria, Erdogan sidestepped a question about what he wants Obama to do, even though the Turkish premier has publicly urged the U.S. to take further steps to hasten Assad’s departure. And Obama emphasized that if and when the U.S. takes further action, it won’t be alone. “I don’t think anybody in the region,
including the prime minister, would think that U.S. unilateral actions in and of themselves would bring about a better outcome inside of Syria,” Obama said. Erdogan, speaking in Turkish, called attention to where the U.S. and Turkey have spoken with one voice. “Our views do overlap,” he said. “We will continue to explore what we can do together.” Harmony in the White House Rose Garden obscured the intense debates both leaders are confronting at home and abroad about how to bring to an end a conflict that started in 2011 as a popular uprising and has escalated to claim more than 70,000 lives. Instead, Obama and Erdogan professed both impatience and optimism, hoping that unanimity among allies may compel other players in the conflict — namely, Russia — to get in line. “What we have to do is apply steady international pressure, strengthen the opposition,” Obama said. “I do think that the prospect of talks in Geneva involv-
ing the Russians and representatives about a serious political transition that all the parties can buy into may yield results.” Mindful that support from Russia, the Syrian regime’s most powerful ally, is a key factor allowing Assad to cling to power, the Obama administration is looking hopefully to a joint U.S.-Russian push to launch peace talks between the regime and the opposition, possibly in early June. But those hopes have been somewhat dampened by word that Russia was planning to sell an advanced air defense system to Syria that could complicate further military intervention, and by Russia’s demand that U.S. nemesis Iran be included in the talks. The State Department wouldn’t address the Iran demand Thursday, but said the U.S., Russia and others are still working to get talks underway. Secretary of State John Kerry next week will meet with foreign ministers representing America’s Arab and European allies in Jordan, while Syria’s opposition will discuss its plans at a meeting in Istanbul.
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This Evening • Free at Last, a program designed to break the chains of addiction, meets at the Lockington United Methodist Church, 2190 Miami Conservancy Road, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. For information, call 726-3636. • Hope in Recovery, similar to traditional 12-step programs to confront destructive habits and behaviors, meets at the First Presbyterian Church, 114 E. 4th St., Greenville, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. For more information, call (937) 548-9006. • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Staying Clean for the Weekend, meets at 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 230 E. Poplar St.
Saturday Morning • Agape Mobile Rural Food Pantry Distribution, in Russia, 9 to 10 a.m. • Agape Mobile Rural Food Pantry Distribution, in Fort Loramie, 10:30 a.m. to noon.
Saturday Afternoon • A support group for survivors of sexual abuse meets at 1:30 p.m. on the second floor of the TroyHayner Cultural Center, 301 W. Main St., Troy. For information, call (937) 295-3912 or (937) 272-0308.
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• Lumber Company Baseball hosts fundraising Logan Francis, 7, pets a baby goat held by Ollivia Hageman, 15, during Fairbingo to support the children on the teams. Doors lawn FFA’s recent Animal Farm Day at the Shelby County Fairgrounds. Acopen at 4 p.m. and games begin at 7 p.m. at Sunset tivities included making butter and ice cream, farm safety and watching a Bingo, 1710 W. High St., Piqua. $20 to play all tractor pot a marigold. Logan is the son of Jenny and Jeff Francis. Hagenight. For information, call (937) 543-9959. man is the daughter of Bill and Dawn Hageman. All are from Sidney. • 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 Our garden is full term twins back to its owner. Night Live, meets at 8 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran beginning to fill nine days apart. Tomorrow is AscenChurch, 120 W. Water St. up more and Itty Bit is Ginsion Day, so my husband Sunday Morning more. So far we ger’s mother, so Joe and daughter Eliza• The Lockington Fire Department hosts a potatoes, have both have they won’t have to go to beth chicken/pork chop dinner from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at onions, peas, letthe same genes. work. They are both glad the firehouse. Tickets: $8 (937) 0919 in advance. tuce, radishes, Can any of for the break. Elizabeth Sunday Afternoon red beets, caryou readers is working 10-hour days • The Catholic Adult Singles Club meets for rots and dill give us infor- again. The children will Amish lunch and putt-putt golf in St. Marys. for informa- planted. Hope to on stay home from school mation tion, call (419) 678-8691. Cook get time to plant horses’ having on Ascension Day, which • Shelby County Deer Hunters holds its monthly corn, green twins? What will be a relaxing family Sunday Rifle Shoot at 7988 Johnston-Slagle Road beans, and zuc- Lovina Eicher percentage of day in honor of our Savbeginning at 1 p.m. Program one round at five dif- chini this week yet. I’ll horses have twins and ior’s ascension to ferent targets, pays three places. Open to the pub- wait until next week to what percentage of them Heaven. lic. put out any tomato and will live? We attended church Sunday Evening pepper plants. The seeds Ginger was able to de- services Sunday at our • Lumber Company Baseball hosts fundraising we planted last year, liver hers without a neighbors’, Joe’s and bingo to support the children on the teams. Doors though, are up already. problem. Itty Bit is also Susan’s house. We were open at 4 p.m. and games begin at 7 p.m. at Sunset My husband, Joe, doing well since the de- invited back for the Bingo, 1710 W. High St., Piqua. $20 to play all planted potatoes in a dif- livery. evening meal. Our turn night. For information, call (937) 543-9959. ferent way this year. He Our miniature pony, to host church services • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Never Alone, laid them on top of the Little Prancer, is also will be June 2, Lord willNever Again, meets at 6:30 p.m. at First Christian soil and covered them doing real well. When ing. That day will come Church, 320 E. Russell Road. thickly with straw. From daughter Susan takes up fast, so we are trying what we have heard Minnie for a ride, the to get a lot of cleaning Monday Afternoon • Sidney Rotary Club meets at noon at the Sid- from people that do this, other children can keep done. Sister Emma and her ney Moose Lodge. For more information on activi- the potatoes do very him entertained enough Elizabeth, ties or becoming a member, contact Deb Barga at well. The straw, when so Prancer won’t follow daughter, watered down, will keep them. When Minnie came to help us clean 492-3167. a lot of moisture in dry comes back, it’s so cute the canning room in the Monday Evening weather. It also helps to see Prancer run up to basement yesterday. • The New Knoxville Public Library Moms Club keep the weeds down. her and start nursing Taking all the canned meets at 6 p.m. Friday evening, we before she has her har- jars off the shelves and • Art Study Group meets at 6 p.m. For informahad to get the veterinar- ness off. cleaning them and puttion, contact Starr Gephart at 295-2323. ian out here to help our Daughter Lovina, 8, ting them back on is • Overeaters Anonymous, a 12-step group offerhorse, Itty Bit, deliver spends hours with the time consuming. It reing strength and hope to anyone who suffers from twin foals, but both were miniature ponies. Susan ally does look refreshed an eating disorder, meets at 7 p.m. at Hillcrest Bapdead. We were disap- is training a pony named in there now. tist Church, 1505 S. Main St., Bellefontaine. Use pointed but glad we Sunny. Lovina can ride Daughter Susan the rear parking lot and door. could save Itty Bit. and drive Sunny now. It wants to clean out the • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Vision of This is rare that we won’t be long until cabinets in the baseHope, group meets at 7 p.m. at Russell Road have two horses having Sunny is ready to go ment today. While she Church, 340 W. Russell Road. • Sidney Boy Scout Troop 97 meets at 7 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ. All new members are welcome. For information, call 492-7075. • TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at 7 Dear Heloise: the suitcase. something on the comp.m. at Faith Alliance Church, New Knoxville Road, I read a hint When I got to puter — an email, placNew Bremen. flying the relative’s ing an order, etc. — To access the Community Calendar online, visit about house, I needed before we have comwww.sidneydailynews.com, click on “Living” and with wrapped gifts. I flew with only a half-hour pleted our entry. I now then on “Calendar.” a suitcase of to wrap the leave the address where birthday and gifts. I know it is being sent blank other gifts for from the note until last. I fill that in family. I began inside my suit- when my item is comHints the wrapping at case that the plete and ready to go. — from home, choosing Transportation Jean M. in Connecticut and cutting the PET STAIN Heloise Security Adpaper for each ministration Dear Heloise: I work gift. I wrote a Heloise Cruse had opened it, at a veterinary clinic as small descripbut nothing was a technician. I am altion (e.g., “Katie’s cook- disturbed. This worked ways holding pets, and book,” “Tommy’s shaving well for me. Next time sometimes, when they kit”) inside the edge of I’ll add a big plastic bag are nervous, they urieach paper and wrote to store the gifts until nate on me. Do you have out the gift tags. I they can be distributed. any hints for removing stacked the papers, — Pam, via email the stain and smell from rolled them up and put COMPUTER HINT my clothing? — A Friend them, some bows and Dear Heloise: As we in Utah, via email gift tags in a baggie with all are often in a hurry, Sure do, and I’m sure a roll of tape inside sometimes we send this happens a lot at veterinary clinics, as well as hospitals and nursing homes, too. Try to treat the area More Than Just A Cosmetic Issue as soon as possible, which can be hard when Pain Phlebitis you are at work. The Heaviness/Tiredness Blood Clots first thing you should do Ankle Sores Burning/Tingling is “soak,” rinse or pat the /Ulcers Swelling/Throbbing area with tap water. To Bleeding Tender Veins
YORKSHIRE — E&R Bar here recently raised $8,744.06 to benefit the St. Peter Neurological Center in Burkettsville. The bar’s annual duck races attracted more than 100 participants. The event also featured an auction. “We really appreciate everyone’s generosity and support,” said Joan Kiser, center director. The Center for Neurological Development offers out-patient neurological therapy Mondays through Fridays at no cost to clients. It has been in operation for 28 years.
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Tambourine players head to New York Ziti dinner planned at Salvation Army to benefit trip BY PATRICIA ANN SPEELMAN pspeelman @civitasmedia.com The Sidney Salvation Army’s timbrel group placed first in a competition in March and is now raising money to participate in the national competition in White Plains, N.Y. in June. The group comprises nine children 10-14 who play tambourines during choreographed routines and one alternate. Their goal is $4,500. To earn it, they are selling candy bars for $1 each and have planned a ziti dinner for May 24 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the center, 419 Buckeye Ave., and a rummage sale there on June 8. Tickets to the dinner cost $6 each or $30 for a table of six. The menu will include ziti and meatballs, garlic bread, desserts, assorted punch, water and coffee. The timbrel group will perform during the dinner. To buy dinner tickets, purchase candy bars
or make donations to the rummage sale, people should call 492-8412 and ask for Stacy McNeil, of Sidney, the Salvation Army Community Center outreach director, who coaches the team and developed the drill. “We’ve raised about $400 so far,” she said. The group has been rehearsing for three months, one hour a week. The drill will be performed to recorded music that has been selected by the tournament organizers and is required to be used by all teams: “Diamond Jubilee” played by the N.Y. Staff Band. The hardest part was learning the 3-minute, 45-second piece, said Makayla Kennedy, 12, daughter of Ray and Ann Wise, of Sidney. She and her teammates performed it just once for the March competition. At other times, during the day-long event in Dayton, the children played games outside, rehearsed and watched other teams perform,
said Seven Wise, 10, Kennedy’s sister. Two local dance teams also competed and placed third. Three judges made the decision to put the Sidney timbrel team in first place among five teams. “They said we were the best,” said Mariah McDonald, 14, a third Wise daughter. Paige Wise, 13, another of Ray and Ann’s daughters, was surprised the group won. But Amaya Matlock, 12, daughter of Jessica and Willie Johnson, of Sidney, said the best thing was performing. In addition to playing at contests, the timbrel team performs for church services on Sundays and has visited Longfellow Elementary School to play there. Team member Jace Blankenship, 13, son of Linda Blankenship, of remembers Sidney, when a local team competed in the national competition eight years ago.
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REHEARSING FOR an upcoming competition in New York are members of the Sidney Salvation Army timbrel group. They are (l-r) Ayla Shropshire, 13, daughter of Shonda Shropshire; Jace Blankenship, 13, son of Linda Blankenship; Amaya Matlock, 12, daughter of Willie and Jessica Johnson; Jacob Wheeler, 10, son of Jeff and Deb Wheeler; Mariah McDonald, 14, daughter of Ray and Ann Wise; Seven Wise, 10, daughter of Ray and Ann Wise; Paige Wise, 13, daughter of Ray and Ann Wise; Makayla Kennedy, 12, daughter of Ray and Ann Wise; and Kia Johnson-Taborn, 14, daughter of Susan Taborn. The rehearsal was in the church sanctuary in Sidney. “We went to New York,” he said. Others on the team are Jacob Wheeler, 10, son of Jeff and Deb Wheeler; Ayla Shrop-
shire, 13, daughter of Shonda Shropshire; Kia Johnson-Taborn, 13, daughter of Susan Taborn; and alternate Xavier Wise, 14, son of
Ray and Ann Wise, all of Sidney. McNeil’s husband, Shaun McNeil, assists and serves as production manager.
Hospice gives awards
Church initiates Ministry Fair
Hospice volunteers and guests attended the Wilson Hospice Volunteer Appreciation Banquet April 25 at Wilson Memorial Hospital. This year’s theme was “Cheers to you for all you do.” Volunteers were recognized for the time they give to the hospice program. Hospice volunteers were acknowledged for their service and were presented with certificates. Peggy Baker, Carla Schiffke and Sonja Watkins were recognized and received plaques for dedicating 15 years of service to the program. Ten-year award plaques were presented to Patricia Barlage, Beth Queener, Becky Roberts, Bob Romanowski, Jan Stockman and Carol Wolaver. Fiveyear award plaques were given to Linda Marchal and Martha Slagel. Volunteers and their guests enjoyed dinner prepared by Wilson’s dietary department followed by motivational speaker, Christina RyanClaypool. Other speakers were Joann Scott, director of Wilson Home Health and Hospice Care; Becky Roberts, Hospice volunteer; Terri Esser, Hospice volunteer coordinator; Linda Mauer, vice president of patient care services and the Rev. Phil Chilcote, Hospice chaplain. Wilson Hospice is part of the home care outreach arm of Wilson Memorial Hospital. For information call 498-9335.
VERSAILLES — The Versailles Christian Church, 105 W. Ward St., will host guest speaker Robert Brock, of Voice of the Martyrs, during worship services Sunday at 9 and 10:30 a.m. The services will be part of the church’s first Ministry Fair, from 8:30 a.m. to noon. More than 20 ministry displays will be exhibited in the church gym and leaders of various ministry teams will be available to answer questions. Brock has been with voice of the Martyrs since 1993. As one of its national speakers, he has given his multi-media presentation about the persecuted church in hundreds of churches and venues. Brock has ministered in Europe, Africa, Asia, South America and the Middle East. For information, call 526-4194 or visit www.versaillescc.com. For photo reprints, visit www.sidneydailynews.com
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Where’s the limbo bar? Javon Purk, 14, of Sidney, dances during the Sidney Middle School farewell dance recently. He is the son of Tamica Petty.
Facility honors volunteers VERSAILLES — In celebration of National Volunteers Week April 21-27, Versailles Health Care Center recognized and thanked volunteers for their hard work and dedication at a recent luncheon of pizza and salad at McBo’s Bowling Lanes in Versailles. Tokens of appreciation were given in the form of gift baskets filled with candy and Versailles Health Care Center specialty items. Recognition of volunteer service years was made to the following volunteers: Beulah Fine, 26 years; Adela Hoke, 21 years; Susan Fields, 20 years; Malvina Simon, 15 years; Fred Drees, eight years; Elsie Shappie, eight
Students visit Edison PIQUA — The Edison Community College Medical Assisting program recently hosted students in Upper Valley Career Center’s Medical Information Management program. The Upper Valley students toured Edison’s campus to view the medical assisting labs and to see the prospective educational opportunities offered by Edison. During their visit, students gained an understanding of the medical assisting program, watched demonstrations, and learned skills from Edison’s medical assisting students. Upper Valley students had hands-on experience with obtaining
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vital signs, EKGs and administering IM injections. Students also met with Edison admission councilors and reviewed program details. “This activity is a wonderful example of how we can make use of all resources to engage students in the learning process and assist them in understanding pathways for educational progression. We are very fortunate to have so many quality programs in our area and to have faculty and administrators who are willing to work collaboratively towards a common goal of quality education and student success,” said Gwen Stevenson, dean of Nursing and Health Sciences.
years; Audrey Monnin, five years; Karen Doseck, four years; and Diane Yakos, four years. “Versailles Health Care Center would not be what it is today if not for our volunteers! We appreciate your kindness and thank you for the profound impact you make in the
lives you touch every day,” said Activities Director Candy Stump. Versailles Health Care Center is a skilled nursing and rehabilitation center that offers short-term rehab services, outpatient therapy, and long-term care. To volunteer at the care center, call Stump at 526-5570.
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GEHRET FORT LORAMIE — Jerry and Meghan Gehret, of Fort Loramie, have announced the birth of a daughter, Eliza Christine Gehret, born April 25, 2013, at 3:30 p.m. in the Copeland-Emerson Family Birth Center at Wilson Memorial Hospital in Sidney. She weighed 8 pounds, 12 ounces, and was 21.5 inches long. She was welcomed home by her sister, Lydia, 3, and her brother, Liam, 2. Her maternal grandparents are John and Becky Francis, of Fort Loramie. Her paternal grandparents are Doug and Sandy Gehret, of Fort Loramie. Her great-grandparents are Hilda Francis, of Russia, Wayne and Beverly Wilt, of Anna, and Lawrence and Frances Gehret, of Fort Loramie. Her mother is the former Meghan Francis, of Fort Loramie.
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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, 1451 N. Vandemark Road, Sidney, OH 45365; emailed to jbilliel@civitasmedia.com; or faxed to (937) 498-5991.
Enabling local people to make I N O UR V IEW decisions at Grand Lake Once again it entific improve- ties to a port authority, may not be the only anis May and ment projects at but it will provide special swer for the lake, but it many people the lake, and to powers that are needed provides local people the Frank Beeson/Regional Group Publisher around Grand date has partfor the unique problems ability to make their own Jeffrey J. Billiel/Editor and Publisher Lake St. Marys nered with local at Grand Lake St. decisions. Along with the officials spendMarys. The ultimate Lake Facilities Authority, Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of have the recurring question on ing millions in goal: People will no state officials remain religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridgthe watershed longer wonder if the lake committed to continuing ing the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the their mind: Will the lake have and the lake to will remain open in the their projects at the lake people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the governBuchy toxic algal start the process summer. The Lake Facil- and assessing any new ment for a redress of grievances. blooms again of restoring the ities Authority would be ones that may benefit reports this year and lake. The longheaded by the county the lake. Jim Buchy how bad will term improvecommissioners of each The Lake Facilities State Representative they be? ments require impacted county and Authority is included in 84th District For smallongoing projects would be able to ask vot- the biennial budget bill, business owners, it is a that are directed by the ers if they support prop- HB 59, and remains submatter of the future of local people who know erty tax levies, excise tax ject to change. their family tree, and for the lake the best. Survey levies, and bonding on The local people lake enthusiasts it may data shows that the local future revenues. Ulticlearly understand the Those of us ber six, howpeople around the lake mately, the outcome will needs of the lake best. I who call this litever. I can only mean traveling to diswant the ability to deter- be left to local voters. appreciate hearing from tle valley home say, as I scrape tant lakes to enjoy the water. Even if you and mine the fate of the lake. The law is clear. The you regarding the most have a unique … out, out your family are not diBy request of local offiLake Facilities Authority important issues of the blessing in the damned spot! cials, Sen. Faber, Sen. is only applicable for day. Please inform me of form of Perry, Leave and take rectly connected to Home Grand Lake St. Marys, Hite, Rep. Burkley and I lakes such as Grand your opinion on current our dentist. Yes, with thee the topics by completing a when we go to Country spectre of decay! the health of the lake is have been working with Lake St. Marys where likely to have some type the governor and other algal blooms are causing survey at get the fangs Begone and Slim Randles tarry no more to of effect on your life. leaders in Columbus to high microsystin levels. tinyurl.com/buchymay. fixed up at For the state of Ohio, provide a provision in In addition, any money Thank you for your conO’Dontall Dental, down add to the misery of my this issue is about the Ohio law for a “Lake Fa- collected can only be tinued communication. in the old brick building boon companion!” maintenance of a state cilities Authority.” spent to directly impact Your feedback helps near the office of the Dr. O’Dontall somepark. The state is comThe Lake Facilities the restoration of Grand guide the legislative priValley Weekly Miracle, times uses his native mitted to supporting sci- Authority has similariLake St. Marys. This orities. the grinding and scrap- Irish accent to emphaing and numbing and lip size things, as well. shaking is accompanied “’Tis brushing after by … well … acting. every meal you be, DudYou see, Perry worked ley, my eyes tell me true his way through dental …” school by treading the “Errrrrt” boards … acting on “That’s right fine, lad, stage, that is. When all right fine. And thanking was said and done and you kindly for years to Although it is shocking so it’s clear that we are tient can receive prescriptions. It he received his final come your mouth will that the national death making strides in bring- does the same for pharmacies — mouth mirror, he’d bebe, for efforts now lead toll from prescription ing community awarecutting down on the “pharmacy come a darn fine dentist, to years of chewing free overdoses has doubled in ness — both to the hopping” and “doctor shopping” of and could quote Shake…” recent years, what is even problem of prescription high-risk patients who abuse or speare and others at the “Ahhhks,” Dud mum- more alarming is that in drug abuse and to the sell these powerful drugs. drop of a hat. And he’d bled. our state, it has tripled. methods available to stop This is important because the even drop the hat for “You’re welcome.” In fact, since 2007, more the epidemic. Although Government Accountability Office you. Perry doesn’t even Ohioans have died from the national Take Back (GAO) found some 65,000 cases in It was like that for charge extra for this. Brown accidental prescription Day has come and gone, which Medicaid beneficiaries visDud recently, when he drug overdoses than auto there are drug drop off lo- ited six or more doctors, and up to reports went in for his sixThe writer is a vetaccidents. This is unconcations throughout Ohio 46 different pharmacies to acquire Sherrod Brown month checkup and pol- eran newspaperman and scionable. Ohio families that operate all year. In prescription drugs. GAO also U.S. Senator ish job. outdoorsman who is a deserve help and they deorder to find a site near found that about 1,800 prescrip“Ah, Dudley,” Perry registered outfitter and serve answers. you, please visit: tions written for dead patients said, peering into his guide. He has written We know that easy access to http://www.brown.senate.gov/rxand some 1,200 prescriptions were mouth, “the years have novels and nonfiction prescription drugs has fueled the takeback. “written” by dead physicians. This favored you kindly in books based on rural liv- prescription drug epidemic that But beyond prescription take- is illegal, immoral, and has cost the mouth department. ing and he has also been engulfs communities in all of back programs, there’s even more the lives of far too many people. Very little cleaning to an award-winning Ohio’s 88 counties. But fortuwork we can do to protect famiThis must stop. do.” columnist for the largest nately, this problem does not have lies and the integrity of health Since 2011, I’ve worked to stop “Ahhhks,” Dud said. daily newspapers in to touch another family, or take insurance programs — especially this problem — by urging Attor“You’re welcome. Alaska and New Mexico. another life. Prescription pain as some bad actors use the Medi- ney General Holder to work with Here’s a scraper on num- He lives in Albuquerque. medications, such as Oxycodone, caid system to fuel their addicstate agencies to establish tactical morphine, and methadone — tions or obtain prescription drugs diversion squads and calling on which are largely responsible for to sell. We can save taxpayer dol- Governors to stop the “Oxy-ExETTER TO THE EDITOR increasing overdoses and deaths lars — and lives — by stopping press”, the prescription drug — can be disposed of safely. criminals and addicts from illepipeline from states like Florida to That’s why efforts, like Nagally using Medicaid cards to fill Ohio. tional Prescription Drug Takefalse prescriptions for addictive We cannot afford to let imBack Day, which was held this drugs. proper disposal, pharmacy-shopyear on the last Saturday in April, That’s why I will reintroduce ping, and doctor-hopping threaten are so important. The Ohio Attor- the Stop Trafficking of Pills Act, to the safety of Ohio families. Toney General’s office estimated that create a “Medicaid Lock-In”. This gether, we can move forward and To the editor: Ohioans disposed of more than 16 legislation would require national create safer communities by adIn 1933, Congress passed the Glass-Steagall Act to prevent banks from engaging in risky loans tons of unused prescription drugs adoption of Medicaid Lock-In pro- dressing the concerns of Ohioans on Take Back Day, this year. Last grams that limit the number of who are eager to end prescription and investments with depositors’ money. year, Ohioans disposed of 13 tons, doctors from which a high-risk padrug abuse — and save lives. In 1998, the big banks lobbied Congress and
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Don’t let banks put world into another recession
President Clinton to repeal the Glass-Steagall Act. Banks could again gamble with depositors’ money and made a tremendous number of loans with very little credit information, and sometimes no credit information, from the borrowers. In 2008, the United States and the world suffered from these bad investments and the result was the worst recession since the 1929 depression. In 2001, Goldman Sachs lent Greece 2.8 billion euros in secret dealings that allowed Greece to enter the European Union. By 2005, the 2.8 billion euro loan had mushroomed into 5.8 billion euros. For more information, see “Goldman’s Secret Greek Loans” on the Internet. In 2008 and 2009, the U.S. government loaned banks over $204 billion of taxpayers’ money and the government said it didn’t want to prosecute the banks because it could cause the American citizens to lose faith in the banks. As soon as the money was handed over to the banks without restrictions, many banks were again making highly speculative loans and investments. In 2010, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Act. Although it is not as restrictive as the Glass-Steagall Act, the banks are now required to have more reserve capital to make highly speculative investments with depositors’ money. Jim Jordan voted against the Dodd-Frank Bill and Goldman Sachs contributed $5000 to his 2010 campaign. Mitt Romney promised to repeal the Dodd-Frank Act and received over $1 million from Goldman Sachs for his 2012 presidential campaign, and Jim Jordan received $2,000 for his 2012 campaign. Goldman Sachs contributed over $3 million to candidates’ campaigns in the 2012 election and spent over $6 million lobbying Congress. When a congressman says we should let the free enterprise system work and get out of the way, remember that banks are part of the free enterprise system and we can’t give them the opportunity to put the world into another recession. Roy Sturwold 1363 Miami-Shelby Road Russia
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TO THE EDITOR
Community blessed by hero’s visit Support for To the editor: Our community was recently blessed with the appearance of a significant hero. I am speaking of 89year-old Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Hershel Woodrow Williams, affectionately known as “Woody.” Woody made presentations to students at Sidney High School, Fairlawn High School, and to community members at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ. The success of his visit could not have been accomplished without tremendous support from those involved. Obviously, we are sincerely grateful to Woody for his selfless act of “giving back,” which includes his valuable time and at 89 years old, very precious time. I wish to express my appreciation to Chuck Craynon, Sheriff Lenhart, Deputy Frank Bleigh, Lt. Jim Frye, Jon Geuy, Steve Mascho, Eric Barr, Rebekka Egbert, Congressman Jim Jordan, Pastor Jim Oates and the congregation of St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, Brownies and Cub Scouts of St. Paul’s, Dr. Charles Edelen, and the Sidney Daily News. Very special appreciation goes to our pilot, Jake Minesinger, who safely piloted his airplane in and out of the stormy weather to bring Woody and his family to Sidney. I also am grateful to Commander Gary Allen of the American Legion for providing lunch,
and for their honorarium to Woody. LeRoi Gas, Remax One Realty and Dale Peterson & Associates Inc., provided financial support to make this event happen. Woody put his life on the line at Iwo Jima for all of us in order that we may enjoy the precious freedoms we now take for granted. He speaks to the young people about this fact and to be proud to be an American. He tirelessly spends his time to do so, as evident of the 15-hour day he put in to visit Sidney. My granddaughter, Beth Weigandt, and her friend, Madison Allison, said in an email they both hope to “meet more people like him in their lifetime.” Beth went on to say, “We both agreed that we wished he could have talked longer today. It was very inspirational and made me very thankful. “ Fairlawn Superintendent Steve Mascho, also in an email stated, “I cannot thank you enough for putting together Woody’s visit to Fairlawn. His presentation was ‘way beyond my expectations.’ I know that he made a very deep impression on everyone that was in attendance. People are still talking. That will be a day that our students will long remember.” Proud to be an American … Dale Peterson President Dale Peterson & Associates Inc. 211 N. Ohio Ave.
food drive appreciated To the editor: Last Saturday, May 11, was the annual postal carriers food drive. The FISH food pantry was one of the five food pantries at the post office that day to benefit from this event. I appreciate Scott Barr and other employees from the United Way for coordinating this food drive; the mail carriers that collected the food as they delivered the mail; and the citizens of Sidney and Shelby County for their generous donations. It is always a struggle to keep our food pantry shelves filled, so events like these are greatly appreciated. This just proves again that the citizens of Sidney and Shelby County are the greatest. Becky Gillman Chairman FISH 1128 W. Michigan St.
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Hocking Valley train ride planned BRADFORD — The Bradford Railroad Museum, 312 N. Miami Ave., will sponsor a train ride June 1 in Hocking Valley. Participants will travel by motorcoach to Hocking Valley and enjoy a onehour train ride and dinner at the Golden Corral in Lancaster. Cost of the trip is $85 for adults and $65 for children. Pick up will be at the museum parking lot at 10 a.m. To purchase tickets, send checks, payable to Bradford RR Museum, to Sue Vickroy, 312 N. Miami Ave., Bradford, OH 45308. For more information, contact Vickroy at (937) 448-2844.
Arts Council offers class Gateway Arts Council will offer a fine arts class for students in grades K5 beginning June 11. The weekly, four-session course will include lessons in drawing, painting, 3D and collage. They will be taught by Lori Stallings. The fee is $50 and the registration deadline is June 1. Participation is limited to 10 students. For information or to register, call 538-8596 or email lstallings@embarqmail.com.
Contact Executive Editor Jeff Billiel with story ideas by phone at (937) 498-5962; email, jbilliel@civitasmedia.com; or by fax, (937) 498-5991.
Jackson Center to graduate 38 JACKSON CENTER — Jackson Center High School will graduate its senior 2013 class Sunday in 1 p.m. ceremonies in the high school athletic complex. Receiving diplomas were Meyer 38 graduates. Alex Meyer and Nathan Wahrer were named co-valedictorians. Trey Elchert was the salutatorian. Meyer is the son of Anthony and Nancy Meyer. Wahrer Wahrer is the son of Bryan and Lori Wahrer. Elchert is the son of Scott and Leisha Elchert. All are from Jackson Center. The 2013 senior class Elchert motto is “Together we have experienced life, separately we have pursued our dreams, and forever our memories will remain.” The graduates chose the tiger lily as their class flower and orange and silver as their
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The 2013 graduating class of Jackson Center High School. (l-r) First Row: Trey Elchert,vicepresident; Jessica Wren, secretary; Kerstin Gasson, president; Nathan Wahrer, treasurer. Second Row: Madilyn Himmeger, Tabatha Myers, Hannah Meyer, Brooke Gates, Rochelle Harshbarger. Third Row: Jalen Harshbarger, Madison Reese, Emma Regula, Brittany Foster, Isaac Yoder, Alex Meyer. Fourth Row: Bryant Hodge, Ryan Harris, Megan Hilyard, Ashley Coe, Samantha Thomas, Robbie Irwin, Christian Mabry. Fifth Row: Eric Ryder, Levi Winner, Jacob Glick, Nathan Hensley, Joey Frye. Not pictured: Steven Brenneman, Andrew Cotterman, Mia Crumes, Danielle Grise, Krista Jones, Saharrah Market, Jaryn McNeal, Brandon Poppe, Zachary Ruark, Dominic Smith, Rhyanna Wagner. class colors. The class adviser is Cathy Tenney. Also graduating are Steven Brenneman, Ashley Coe, AnCotterman, Mia drew Crumes, Brittany Foster, Joseph Frye, Kerstin Gasson, Brooke Gates and
Jacob Glick. Also Danielle Grise, Ryan Harris, Jalen Harshbarger, Rochelle Harshbarger, Nathaniel Hensley, Megan Hilyard, Madilyn Himmeger, Bryant Hodge and Robert Irwin. Also Krista Jones, Chris-
tian Mabry, Saharrah Market, Hannah Meyer, Tabatha Myers, Brandon Poppe, Madison Reese, Emma Regula, Zachary Ruark, Eric Ryder, Dominic Smith, Samantha Thomas, Rhyanna Wagner, Levi Winner, Jessica Wren and Isaac Yoder.
Kids free bowling available Instead of beating the heat this summer by lounging on the couch and watching TV, when school lets out for the summer, kids across America can bowl for free. 2013 marks the sixth year of Kids Bowl Free, which serves more than 1 million children and 700,000 families across North America each summer. More than 1,200 bowling centers, including BelMar Lanes in Sidney, participate in the program from coast to coast which provides children 15 and under with two free games of bowling every day all summer. The program is open to young bowlers at Bel-Mar Lanes Tuesdays through Fridays from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturdays from noon to 9 p.m. through Aug. 25. It is not open to day care outings, camps, business or club outings or birthday party celebrations. Participants must register online at www.kidsbowlfree.com and will receive vouchers via email every Sunday.
Geneaology workshop PIQUA — The Miami County Historical and Genealogical Society will host a lineage application workshop June 22 at the Piqua Library, 116 W. High St., in the Louis Room. The workshop, 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. with an hour for lunch, is free and open to the public. Teaching will be genealogist Deborah Carder Mayes. Attendees should take applications with them for assistance during the workshop. To register, call Stephanie at (937) 3077142.
Houston seniors to get diplomas HOUSTON — Houston High School seniors will walk across the platform to accept their diplomas before heading off to college, employment or the military following their graduation ceremony scheduled for Sunday. The Houston High School Class of 2013 will include 49 seniors who are scheduled to receive their diplomas during ceremonies at 3 p.m. in the Houston High School athletic annex. The speakers for this year’s graduation ceremony will be the valedictorian and salutatorian, who had not been named as of press time.
The seniors have chosen the class motto, “What is the answer to question No. 8?” and have chosen the class colors of blue and silver. The class song is “Seize the Day,” by Avenged Sevenfold. The class flower is bleeding hearts. Among those who will be receiving their high school diplomas are: Christopher Wayne Abbott, Jordon Thomas Acker, Levi Robert Eugene Barger, Raven Mikaila Bolden, Shane Michael Bowman, Ethan Charles Braun, Justin Edward Butt, Seth Anthony Clark, Aspin Rea Crowder,
Arlin Andrew Davis and Heather Lynn Davis. Also Tyler Thomas Davis, Megan Michelle Estes, Aaron Christopher Felver, Kayla Marie Ferreira-Stephenson, Gunnar Douglas Francis, Angela Marie Gilkeson, Mackenzie Lynn Goings and Justin Zachary Henry. Also Nicolette Renee Holthaus, Jenna Elizabeth Hooks, Amber Renee’ Huntzinger, Ashlan Luane Jester, Cody Wyan Jones, Corie Dawn Jones, Alexandria Crystal Loraine, Brittan Taylor Martin, Thomas John Martin and Shay Brooke Miller.
Also Leah Ann Mounts, Annie Grace Niswonger, Kyle Matthew Patterson, Kortney Michelle Phipps, Ericka Nicole Powell, Brice Allen Rehfus, Taidge Acatia Ritter, Andrew Chapman Charles Roberts, Samantha Lynne Runkle and Madison Nicole Schaffner. Also Kiaya Elizabeth Shellenberg, Fred Andrew Shoffner, Sara Nicole St. Myers, Alyssa Aubrey Stang, Alex Taylor Vondenhuevel, Ashley Elizabeth Dawn Welbaum, Bradley Marshall Wells, Taylor Lynn Willoughby and Dylan Michael Wilson.
Wright State student from Sidney wins scholarship WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Alisa Elliott, of Sidney, won a $2,500 scholarship as part of the Together We Care Nurse Practitioner Scholarship Program sponsored by MinuteClinic, the walk-in medical clinics inside more than 640 select CVS/pharmacy stores in 25 states and the District of Columbia, and Johnson & Johnson Family of Consumer Companies. Elliott is studying to be a nurse practitioner at Wright State University. The Together We Care Program awarded 30 scholarships to future nurse practitioners through the Foun-
dation of the International Scholarship and Tuition Services Inc. The scholarships help to cover tuition, books and academic fees for the 2013-2014 academic year. “Nurse practitioners are an important part of the MinuteClinic model as we grow and open 150 clinics nationwide in 2013. As the nation’s largest employer of nurse practitioners, we support the education of men and women to become nurse practitioners,” said Angela Patterson, chief nurse practitioner officer for MinuteClinic. “These dedicated professionals will play an essen-
tial role in helping to address the nation’s primary care shortage and make high quality, convenient and affordable health care services more accessible to the American public.” The scholarship winners are in programs leading to licensure as APRNs with a family nurse practitioner specialty or other special interest in community or public health at nationally accredited nurse practitioner master’s programs. High academic performance and strong community involvement was also considered when reviewing the applications.
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MUTTS
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HOROSCOPE BY FRANCES DRAKE Friday, May 17, 2013 Try to start setting aside a little seed money in the year ahead. There’s a strong possibility you’ll be offered a chance to join an exciting new business opportunity. Be sure it can deliver before you participate. TAURUS (April 20 —May 20) — Your leadership qualities will be quite evident to your colleagues. Don’t be surprised if they look to you for direction. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — This is a good day to nail down a financial arrangement that you’ve been working on. It should gratify all of your expectations. CANCER (June 21 — July 22) — You’ve got the right moves, whether you’re directing a group endeavor or independently launching a new project. Show your stuff. LEO (July 23 — Aug. 22) — Lady Luck has her eye on you, and she’s likely to pull some rabbits out of her hat just when you need them the most. Use this bit of good fortune to accomplish something big. VIRGO (Aug, 23- Sept. 22) — If you need to get approval for something, step up and make your pitch. Your audience is likely to be more receptive now than it will be tomorrow. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Nostalgia will be a tempting refuge, but don’t fall prey to its siren song. There are things in your current life that deserve and demand attention. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Even though an idea that works exceptionally well happens to be yours, you’ll let the group as a whole take the bows. This will make you more popular than ever. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec.21) — The best thing you can do right now is to settle in and do your work as well as you can. Your quiet achievement will not go unnoticed. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 — Jan. 19) — Good friends could prove to be of enormous emotional support. If you’re feeling down in the dumps, seek out the company of the people who know and love you. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 — Feb. 19) — You’ll be more motivated to do a good job if you keep in mind that your labors are not just for you, but mostly for those you love. PISCES (Feb. 20 — March 20) — Good news that will considerably brighten your spirits is forthcoming. It has to do with a relationship that you recently initiated. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — An aura of opportunity is embracing you, so make the most of it. Now is the time to go after something you’ve been hoping to accomplish. COPYRIGHT 2013 United Feature Syndicate, Inc.
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Delusions are real for sufferer DEAR DR. seen any paraROACH: I am sites, that makes writing on behalf me worry more. of my mother. For She has little red past 17 the dots on her butmonths she has tocks, legs and been experiencarms that look ing what she like insect bites. feels are paraShe says that the sites coming out To your parasite come out of her skin. She of her skin good has seen multithrough those ple doctors, in- health sores. I know she cluding skin does feel someDr. Keith doctors. They thing. Is it possiRoach have done blood ble that she does tests, X-rays and endo- have parasites living in scopies, and she has her body? Please help! been given several med- Thank you. — I.E. ications, such as permeANSWER: I have rethrin, melechion, ceived several letters stromectal, etc. similar to yours, and She has been treated have seen a handful of like she is crazy. She is similar cases as patients. 76 years old, and very The first and most imstrong-willed. She’s in- portant thing to do is telligent, which is why it gather a careful history is hard for me to accept and conduct a physical that she feels these para- exam to see if there is sites, and she is certainly any evidence for paranot the type to make up sites, such as scabies. any stories for attention. If parasites have been Although I have not ruled out, the most likely
diagnosis based on your story is delusional parasitosis. It’s very important to recognize that she is not making up stories for attention: She believes the parasites are real. A delusion always feels real to the person who has it. Many people with delusional parasitosis call exterminators, but obviously the exterminator can’t help the situation. Unfortunately, it doesn’t sound like the doctors she has seen have done such a great job, either. Making someone feel like he or she is “crazy” just makes things worse. So does prescribing medication for parasites when there are none present. This can be a very difficult condition to treat, and taking the person’s needs and concerns seriously is the first step in creating a relationship. Fortunately, there is
effective treatment: Both antidepressants and antipsychotic medications are used, and these usually are effective, not only to treat the anguish of the belief in the parasites, but also, they help the skin lesions clear up by themselves. The hard part is the development of rapport between the sufferer and the physician so that there is enough trust to try the medicine. Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but will incorporate them in the column whenever possible. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealthmed.cornell.edu or request an order form of available health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Health newsletters may be ordered from www.rbmamall.com.
RV’s on highways need extra room to roam DEAR ABBY: though we RVIt’s vacation time ers have mirrors again, time to hit and possibly rear the road in the video cameras, RV. Please make there are many your readers blind spots — esaware that people pecially if the car driving mobehind us is foltorhomes, towing lowing too close fifth-wheel trailor weaving in Dear ers and travel and out of lanes. Abby trailers CANNOT The bottom Abigail stop as quickly as line is: Be safe. a small car or Van Buren Be courteous. truck. Drive like your life and When people cut in the lives of others are in front of an RV or a large your control because it is truck and slam on their literally true. — HAPPY brakes, it puts many CAMPER, PASCO, people’s lives in danger. WASH. There is a reason we DEAR HAPPY leave that large space CAMPER: I’m glad you between our RV and the wrote because I have revehicle in front of us. It ceived several letters reprovides us room to stop cently, asking me to as well as the ability to alert my readers about see what’s happening in the risk of driving too the traffic ahead. close to RVs and fifthYour readers should wheel vehicles. Too also know that even many motorists don’t re-
alize that it’s impossible to stop suddenly while pulling a load that weighs several tons. A word to the wise … DEAR ABBY: A woman here at work constantly asks to borrow money. The first time she did it, she caught me off guard and I gave her $20. The second time she sent me an email asking for a loan, I replied that I only had a few dollars. I’m not the only person she asks. Five other people in our department have told me she has hit them up too. One of them reported her to our HR manager, but it hasn’t stopped her. To be fair, she did return the $20 I loaned her, but isn’t this akin to a hostile work environment? We all avoid her be-
cause we know she’ll ask for money, but we also have to work with her every day. Times are tough for everyone, and it’s irritating that she thinks she’s the only one with money problems. Is there anything we can do short of ganging up on her and telling her to leave us all alone? — ALSO FEELING THE PINCH IN UTAH DEAR ALSO FEELING THE PINCH: The next time the woman asks for a loan, tell her you’re not in the loan business, and that you’re not the only one who feels put upon. Suggest that unless she wants to become an outcast she will stop asking for money because it has made everyone uncomfortable. If she persists after that, report what she’s doing to HR as a group.
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100 years May 17, 1913 Mayor John Duncan today called a public meeting to be held the evening of May 20 in the commercial club rooms for the purpose of selecting five members to represent Sidney and Shelby county on the organization to be perfected in Dayton in the near future, to be known as The Miami Valley Flood Prevention Association. The organization is to be composed of a similar number of representatives from each county forming a part of the watershed of the Great Miami river. ––––– Mrs. Maud Robertson is spending a few days at Fort recovery, assisting F.S. Foster, landscape gardener for the Wagner Park Conservatories, in superintending the planting of the grounds around the monument there. This monument was erected by the government to commemorate the defeat by Gen. St. Clair’s army of the combined tribes of the Indians of the Northwest.
each of the new officers with a corsage. ––––– Miss Judy Brautigam and Darrel Brautigam received top honors as valedictorian and salutatorian respectively at Fairlawn High School for the 1963 year. They will graduate with their classmates on May 23. ––––– Applications for three Holy Angels graduates were approved by the Federal Bureau of Investigation this week with orders to report in Washington for work Monday, June 24. The three, Patricia McLain, 18, Lois McLain, 17 and Patricia Bensman, 17, will graduate June 2. They plan to rent an apartment approved by the FBI. They have been 75 years hired to do clerical work May 17, 1938 at the Washington office Newly-elected officers and their high school of the Alpha-Gamma curriculum has prepared chapter of the Delta them to do this. Theta Tau sorority were 25 years inducted when members May 17, 1988 held a business and soPIQUA — The Piqua cial meeting last evening East Mall has been sold with Miss Alma Schnei- to New York City-based der and Mrs. Harry El- partnership that intends sner as the hostesses. to double the size of the Mrs. Elsner was in- Uhlman’s department stalled for the second store within a year and year as president; Miss do renovation work Vera Ginn, vice presi- throughout the facility. dent; Miss Wilma Cur- “We’re going to pump rey, recording secretary; some money into the Mrs. Arthur Killian, cor- mall,” said Richard responding secretary; Luftig, vice president of Miss Dorothy Duncan, Redstone Real Estate treasurer; Mrs. Chalmer Corp., a subsidiary of IStocker, sergeant at 75 Associates, which arms; Miss Dorothy complete a deal to purMorrison, historian, and chase the mall Monday. Mrs. Paul Elsner, press The mall will be mancorrespondent. aged by the Redstone ––––– Management Corp. Mrs. Mary A. Martz, ––––– of Mound street yesterCentral Elementary day celebrated her 95th School kindergarten birthday, the occasion teacher Margaret Jones made a happy one with is understandably enmany remembrances thusiastic about a comfrom her friends. Mrs. puterized Writing to Martz is the oldest lady Read program being of the community and is used in her classes. In the oldest member of the early March, when the St. John’s Lutheran students first started Church congregation of using the computers and which she has been a other specialized readmember since early ing materials, some chilchildhood. dren were still
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May 17, 1963 Mrs. Weldon Dill was installed as president when members of the Modern Ways Home Demonstration Club met at Margaret’s Inn in Fort Loramie for the annual party. Officers installed with Mrs. Dill were Mrs. Charles Pitsenbarger, vice president; and Mrs. William Gaines, secretary-treasurer, Mrs. William Ganger retiring president, presented
struggling to learn the alphabet, even after six months in kindergarten. Now, about two months later, the pupils know their letters and are writing words such as “cat,” “apple” and “three.” ––––– These news items from past issues of the Sidney Daily News are compiled by the Shelby County Historical Society (498-1653) as a public service to the community. Local history on the Internet! www.shelbycountyhistory.org
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SIDNEY, 1115 Taft Street, Friday 9am-2pm, Saturday 8am12pm, Big 2 family yard sale!!!! Too much to list stop on by!!! SIDNEY, 1400 Stephens Road, Saturday only, 7-1. Christmas items, books, puzzles, Wii games, girl's clothes 6-12, shoes, set of golf clubs, treadmill, bicycles, adult clothes. SIDNEY, 14786 Sharp Road, Saturday 9-3. Infant items; brand new or very gently used girls clothing 0-2T; television; women's clothing; household miscellaneous. SIDNEY, 1504 Port Jefferson Road, Friday, May 17 & Saturday, May 18, 10am-4pm. Antiques, collectibles, furniture, jewelry. SIDNEY, 1531 Fair Oaks Drive, Thursday, Friday, 8-6 and Saturday, 8-1. Lots of crafts, lighthouse collection, lawn mower, many various items. SIDNEY, 1541 Westwood Drive, Friday & Saturday, 9-2. Men's, women's and boy's name brand clothes, household decor, Longaberger baskets and pottery, books, VHS tapes, 2 TVs, sewing machine, saxophone, boy's sizes 12M, 6 & 8.
SIDNEY, 18912 State Route 706, (1/2 miles east of Pasco) Friday & Saturday 9am-4pm, Tools, household items, china sets, toys, bikes, huge doll collection, riding lawn mower, Delta Crossbuck saw, Johnson outboard motor, craft supplies, infant-adult clothing and maternity, loveseat & other miscellaneous furniture, CD collection, Hoosier cabinet & other antiques, Something for everyone, New items added daily! SIDNEY, 1916 Broadway, Thursday, Friday & Saturday, 9-1. Kids bikes, space heaters, toddler girl's namebrand clothes/ shoes/ hair bows/ flowers, pictures, home decor, ball cleats, toys, perfumes, shelf, much more! SIDNEY, 2165 Westminster, Friday & Saturday, 8-2. Grill, dryer, queen bedding sets, girl's clothes 9M-6 years, boy's clothes 9M-3T, crib mattress, changing table, toys, books, car seats, strollers. SIDNEY, 2243 Westminster, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 8am-3pm, Multi Family, Boys clothes, 8-12, Girls 7-12, Formal Dresses Juniors 5/7, Womens Small-2xlarge, mens large-2xl vacuum, coffee, end tables, lawn equipment, Cherry dinette/ 8 chairs, Toys, Shoes, A/C, bikes SIDNEY, 2336 Collins Drive, Friday & Saturday 9am-4pm, Boys clothing, Adult clothes, toys, books, household goods & Miscellaneous, No early Birds!! SIDNEY, 285 Harvard Drive, Friday & Saturday 9am-3pm, Household goods, Rainbow cleaners, Banjo, Some antiques
Help Wanted General
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Lehman Catholic High School offers an employment opportunity for:
Qualified applicants need only apply. Please send resumes to Clean All Services Attn: James Sharp P.O. Box 4127 Sidney, Ohio 45365
Full Time and Part Time CUSTODIAN Send resume to: Kathy McGreevy 2400 St Marys Ave Sidney, OH 45365
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SIDNEY, 330 East Ruth Street, Thursday & Friday, 8:30-5:30, Saturday, 8:30-1. Perennial Flower Sale! Lavender, daisies, coreopsis, black eyed Susan's, day lilies, purple salvia, liatrus, coneflowers, garden phlox, iris, clemetis, feverfew, bee palm, sweet Williams, columbine, astillbes, heliopsis, buttercups, lupine, many more varieties!
SIDNEY, 489 East Hoewisher Road, Friday 10am-3pm, Saturday 10am-2pm, Multi family sale! custom made primitive furniture, new lighting fixtures, patio end tables, bakers rack, kitchen cabinets, end tables, household items, baby clothing 0 & up SIDNEY, 635 S Walnut Ave. Thursday & Friday 9am-2pm, Boys & girls clothing, figurines, stove, tires, shelves, baked goods, Crib, walker, infant & toddler carseats, stroller, Miscellaneous SIDNEY, 708 W Hoewisher Road, Thursday 10am-5pm, Friday 10am-2pm, Saturday, 9am-3pm, Boys clothing up to 4T, Girls up to 10/12, Baby stroller/carseat combo, swing, pack-n-play, Fisher Price Little People, riding toys, Home Interior, Kitchenware, Miscellaneous
Civitas Media, a growing leader in local news, is looking for full time experienced paginators with copy editing backgrounds for its Miamisburg, Ohio hub. Paginators will be expected to design pages for a variety of newspapers and special sections in InDesign while copy editing editorial content and writing headlines. Evening and weekend hours. Wages based on experience. Health, vision, dental, vacation. Email a resume, clips and references to: jmullen@civitasmedia.com
Accounting /Financial Payroll/ Administrative Coordinator Local janitorial company seeking full-time Payroll/ Administrative Coordinator. Hours are Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Candidates must have a High School diploma (GED) with secondary
Weigandt Development Ltd. 90 N. Main St. Minster, OH 45865 Weigandt@ weigandtdevelopment.com
Quality Control Manager
Visions One Visions Parkway Celina, OH 45822 Attn: HR Manager
CDL Grads may qualify Class A CDL required Great Pay & Benefits! Call Jon Basye at: Piqua Transfer & Storage Co. (937)778-4535 or (800)278-0619
Human Resources Director Koenig Equipment Inc. Botkins, Ohio
STORAGE TRAILERS FOR RENT (800)278-0617
Koenig Equipment Inc. is interested in individuals that bring experience, leadership & creativity to a culture of continuous improvement. We are a customercentric enterprise employing LEAN and Innovation to achieve Leadership in our industry. If you are a driven, enthusiastic professional, we welcome your application to join our dynamic team.
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CEMENT FINISHER Minimum 5+ years experience in cement finishing, References and drivers license required, Call (937)205-5094
You must possess a valid driver·s license (with fewer than 6 points) and a high school diploma/ GED. CRSI offers paid training. We have openings for afternoon, overnight and weekend shifts. Open interviews will be held at: Wapakoneta Church of the Nazarene 401 Court Street Wapakoneta, Ohio from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Monday, May 20th Applications are available on-line at www.crsi-oh.com or at the open interviews
Murotech Ohio Corporation has an opening for a Quality Control Manager. Responsibilities for this position include overseeing the day to day activities of the Quality Department to ensure that parts produced are within customer requirements. This position will work closely with customers and will coordinate activities within the department. Qualifications include 3-5 years of supervisory experience within a quality department, strong written and verbal communication skills, proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite, ability to lead others, ability to operate and use gauging tools and equipment, and must be able to read blueprints and product drawings. Benefits for full time employees include: Medical Insurance covered at 100%, Dental Insurance, Life Insurance, 401k, Paid Holidays, Paid Vacation, and more. Please send resumes with salary requirements to:
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CRSI is conducting open interviews for a full time Support Manager and part-time Support Specialists. These are very rewarding positions serving adults with developmental disabilities in Auglaize County. TROY Kensington Annual Garage Sales Thursday, Friday, and Saturday 8am-4pm Located off State Route 55 on the west side of Troy. Maps will be available at the State Route 55 entrance Kenton Way, the Nashville Road entrance Huntington Drive, the Swailes entrance Huntington Drive. This large subdivision will have 35-40+ sales on all three days with new ones opening on Friday and Saturday. Honda 4-wheeler, Silpada, Vera Bradley and Thirty-One purses, jewelry, computer equipment. This your subdivision will have several with baby furniture, strollers, car seats, kids Fold golf clubs, toys, children's movies, and children's clothing in all sizes, video game systems and video games, bicycles, pet items, household furniture, TV's entertainment centers, sports equipment, books, CDs, DVDs, VHS tapes,garden tools, hand tools, truck ramps, electric smoker, aluminum ladder, and more, too much to list
Resume can be sent to:
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SIDNEY, 781 & 783 Campbell Road, Thursday & Friday 9am3pm, Home decor, baby items, exercise bike, Lots of clothing, miscellaneous items
SIDNEY, 850 Merri Lane, Friday & Saturday 9am-5pm, Multi Families, Wood burning stove with cord of wood, four place setting Wedgewood China, cabinet, book shelves, dog house, Razor scooter, hand painted ceramic chimes, scanner, books
Visions Awards is seeking a Graphic Designer with project management skills. The successful candidate must have previous experience with Illustrator CS5. A Degree in Graphic Design and prior work experience in product design is required. Good organizational and communication skills are also required. Minimal travel may be needed.
Drivers & Delivery
For over 33 years, Weigandt Development Ltd. has been an independent design/ build contractor in the west central Ohio region. Our aggressive efforts have created a need for experienced laborers, carpenters, and equipment operators for commercial, industrial, and residential construction. The individual must have a working knowledge of the various aspects associated with building, remodeling, and repairs in all phases of construction. The job requires a positive attitude, sense of urgency, strong communication skills, and the ability to multi-task. We offer a liberal benefit package and opportunity for growth.
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Please send resume and salary history to:
SIDNEY, 722 Campbell, Saturday only, 9-2. Wicker furniture, headboard and dresser, 2 Razor scooters, miscellaneous furniture, home decor, household items, toys, clothing.
SIDNEY, 816 Clinton Avenue, Friday & Saturday, 8-5. LARGE Multi Family Yard Sale! Glassware, household items, collectibles, games, antiques, books, kid's stuff, toys.
Help Wanted General
LABORERS NEEDED
Creative/Design
SIDNEY, 414 Karen Ave. (across from High School) Saturday only!! 8am-2pm, Large assortment of decorative items, housewares, mens & womens clothing, paperbacks, jewelry, craft and ceramic items, many new items, lots of miscellaneous, Rain or Shine SIDNEY, 1033 E Parkwood Street, Friday 9am-4pm, Saturday 9am-1pm, PINING FOR CHRISTMAS? You wont want to miss a garage full of Christmas!! Large collection of Clothtique Possible Dreams Santas Ornaments, lights , trees, tree stands, decorations, and much more!
Accounting /Financial loma (GED) with secondary education in Business and/ or Information Technology and excellent organizational, communication, computer, and time management skills. The ability to work with all levels of management, staff, and vendors while prioritizing daily work will be necessary. Previous payroll experience will be given preference. We offer competitive pay, bonuses, paid vacation, and more.
PO Box 716 St. Marys, OH 45885 Attn: Plant Manager
SEASONAL ENGINEERING ACCOUNTANT
Mechanics
Trupointe Cooperative is now taking applications for a seasonal/internship accounting/ inventory assistant position at our Botkins Maintenance location. Candidates should have accounting experience or have completed accounting courses, and be able to efficiently use Excel, create budgets, track inventory, etc. The duties must be completed in a careful, accurate manner; schedule flexibility is also necessary.
Mechanic (Diesel) Needed Full Time, 1st shift, M-F. Tractor/ Trailer Preventive Maintenance. Pay based on experience. Full Benefits with low employee cost. Call Pat 888-588-6626 or email info@bulktransit.com
Send resume or apply at the Engineering Department: 400 W. Walnut PO Box 579 Botkins Ohio 45306 Remodeling & Repairs
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1175 Marvin Gene
Upscale 2007 all brick 1861 sq. ft. Townhouse. Full finished 1605 sq. ft. basement in Stone Bridge Estates. Association provides yard maintenance mowing, mulching, snow removal & window washing. Large open cathedral area of great room with floor-ceiling stone gas fireplace, custom cabinets on both sides, adjacent dining room and kitchen with two tier center island. Cathedral 16X15 sunroom with adjacent 12x16 deck & 16X18 paver patio with planters. Master bedroom, large bathroom, walk-in closet, special wooden shelves and drawers. Second full guest bathroom and second bedroom/office on main level. Wide open railed stairway to large 40X20 family-media room in lower level, 9' ceiling and full kitchen/bar, 12x17 extra multiple use room and third large full bathroom. Wooded backyard view, standby generator, security system.
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Miscellaneous VENDOR/CRAFT SHOW, May 18th, Sidney Inn and Conference Center, 400 Folkerth Avenue, 11am-6pm. 25+ vendors!
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Lost & Found LOST: Jackson is a Corgi/Jack Russell mix, about 5 years old, 10-12 lbs. Stand up ears, white around mouth and down chest, on feet, everything else is sable brown. Wearing a red collar. Very much missed. Please call (937)710-4540.
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RIDING MOWER, 2011 John Deere D110, 35 hours, 42" deck, used one season. Call (937)492-0764
CAVALIER KING Spaniels, 1 male, 1 female. 1 year, spayed/ neutered, all vaccinations, free to approved home, Call Jeannie (937)6580643 KITTENS, free to good home. Four adorable grey, 9 weeks old, litter trained, (937)4979373. Garden & Produce HORSE MANURE, free for hauling. Call (937)554-6841 Autos For Sale 1993 GEO Prizm, automatic, 4 door, 35mpg, $1995, gas saver, (419)753-2685
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Sport package, 2 door hatchback, auto, AC, power, silver, excellent condition, 50,000 miles, $8800
BATHROOM SINK, white porcelain with gold fixtures, like new condition, $85. Call (937)497-8171, CORRECTED NUMBER CEDAR CHEST, Lane brand, like new condition, would make great graduation present , $125, (937)394-2764 JUKEBOXES, slightly used, newer ones just have CDs, some have CDs and 45s in them, some have just 45s (937)606-0248
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Motorcycles 2007 HARLEY Davidson XL 1200 low, 10,129 miles, black cherry color, asking $7900. Too high? Make offer, (937)710-2331.
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BE AT THE LAKE!! CUTE, COZY, CLEAN cottage style house. Lake Loramie. Clean, fresh painted, new carpet new bath and kitchen. Lots of double pane windows for natural light and insulation.This has been a year around home for current owner but could be your weekend getaway place. $49,900.
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Automobile: 2000 Buick LeSabre LTD. Leather and Loaded with 3800 engine. One Owner car with 78,000 miles. Antiques & Collectibles: Hamilton pocket watch, Pressed and loop glass, Depression, oil lamps, Apollo glasses, Ft. Pickawillany nickel 1938, Royal Swirl China, “Let’s Kiss” Bobbleheads, salts, Austria Moose Creamer, marbles, Fire King, Montgomery County History 1882 (rough), Wagner and Griswold CI, Tootsie Toys, J.D. Tractor, J.D. Wagon NIB, J.D. Miniatures, Gilbert mantle clock, Stoneware mixing bowls, Army Compass, Costume Jewelry, Silver Plate, Quilts, treadle sewing machine, Vintage Buttons, Arvin Stereo, many other vintage items. Household Goods & Furniture: Amana Refrigerator, 30” Kenmore electric range, Whirlpool washer and dryer, Oak rocking chairs, Sofa and loveseat, end and coffee tables, 6 leg parlor table, recliners, modern dry sink (Hartzell Hardwood Kit), glass front bookcase, record cabinet, rose back chairs, Stainless cookware, Tupperware, small appliances, several sets of flatware, cookbooks, Kirby model 80, Rainbow chrome top sweeper, mirrors, metal utility cabinets, hall tree, table lamps, (2) full size beds, Large Ash table with several leaves, straight chairs, M/T, wash stand, M/T dresser, Chest of drawers, plant stands, er, vacuum cleaners, set of flatware in box, chest of drawers, general clean household and kitchen items. Garage & Tools: Shop Smith wood working unit complete, Craftsman cordless drill, hand power tools, SK 3/8 drive socket set, Craftsman hand tools, chisels, punches, bar clamps, wooden clamps, coolers, metal spring patio chairs, hand planes, 20’ aluminum extension ladder, step ladders, wheel barrow, garden hose, water cans, vintage fishing poles, yard trailer, battery charger, garden tools, electric edger, misc. garage items Auctioneers Note: Paul is 95 years old and has lived in this home since he was born. Paul retired from Hartzell fan in 1980 and has decided to move to smaller quarters. Please plan to attend this clean auction. Directions: Mainer Street is located behind Hartzell Hardwoods off of Roosevelt. Terms: All items to be sold to the highest bidder. Cash or Check. Credit Cards accepted with 3% buyer’s premium. Car title will be Notarized and possession granted the day of the auction if paid in cash. If paying by check title and possession will be granted upon verification of funds. Auctioneers: Justin Vondenhuevel, Tom Roll and David Shields. Apprentice Auctioneers Rick Reichenbacher DeLynn Cox
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“Paul Wirrig” Moving AUCTION
Sunday May 19th. 10:30 a.m.
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OPEN SAT. 1-3 105 BAY ST.
Fully restored Victorian brick with new kitchen, 2 new baths, new furnace, central air and front & back porches. Natural woodwork & open staircase. Possible seller financing. $108, 500. Pat Brown 935-2619
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2003 DODGE RAM 1500 6Cyl, 2wd, automatic, power steering, air, cruise, 71,600 miles, excellent condition, asking $6500. (937)726-7109 (937)492-5785
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1968 FORD Ranger, new transmission, tires & more! Runs good, $3000 OBO. Call (937)538-0457.
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SALES Busy Insurance Agency seeks a part-time (possibly full-time), experienced, professional and ambitious P&C licensed sales producer. If not licensed, must be willing to get licensed Computer experience & organizational skills required. Must have strong people skills and maintain professionalism. Send resume to: Sidney Daily News Dept. 0502SALES 1451 North Vandemark Road Sidney, OH 45365
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1957 Chevy Post, 4 door, Complete solid car, does not run, $3450, (937)335-9353 weekdays
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73K Miles, Fully loaded, automatic, with navigation, blue exterior, black leather interior, asking $16800 obo,
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PAYING CASH for Vintage Toys, GI Joes, Star Wars, Heman, Transformers, Pre-1980s Comics, and much more. Please call 937-606-0405
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MATTRESS/ BOX Springs, full size, excellent condition, $100, (937)419-9923 2007 FORD FOCUS SE
INERRANT CONTRACTORS: Why over pay general contractors to renovate your home? Self performing our own work allows for the best prices on skilled labor. Kitchens, baths, decks, roofs, doors, windows, siding, floors, drywall, paint. 5 year to Lifetime warranty in every contract! Licensed and insured. InerrantContractors@gmail.com, (937)573-7357.
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Windy Hill Campground. Get out of town. Enjoy camping and fishing around the pond. Daily or permanent monthly, electric and water sites. Call 937-726-9197 for details.
TABLE & CHAIRS, white Chromecraft table with leaf and 4 chairs on casters, $125. Call (937)492-5702.
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Seeking team members who want to build a career with our growing company. The ideal candidate should be highly motivated, excel in team environments and, have 3-5 years of manufacturing experience. The plant operates on a 12-hour shift basis with current openings on the 7pm to 7am shift. We offer a highly competitive wage and full benefits.
All Small Engines • Mowers • Weed Eaters • Edgers • Snowblowers • Chain Saws Blades Sharpened • Tillers
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MEDICAL BILLER Immediate opening for part time medical biller. Must have over 2 years of experience with claims, appeals and posting of payments. Must have knowledge of Medicare/ Medicaid/ Worker·s Comp and knowledge of MITS portal and Medisoft helpful.
ANY TYPE OF REMODELING
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CHIROPRACTIC OFFICE STAFF Busy chiropractic office seeking part time experienced individual for Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 7am-4pm. May also require some Saturday mornings. Duties include: insurance billing/ coding and patient care. Billing and coding experience necessary!
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Star Leasing is an equal opportunity employer
SOFA & LOVESEAT, Norwalk Sofa and Loveseat, tan with accents & oak trim, excellent condtion, $250, call (937)4922066 after 5pm
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Star Leasing Company East Liberty, OH is the shop/ office location Previous experience working on semi-trailers is required. Please visit our website at www.starleasing.com for an application. Fill out online or fax the completed application to (937)644-2858.
AMISH CREW Wants roofing, siding, windows,
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Semi-Trailer Mechanics Needed Shop and Mobile Trucks 2nd Shift: 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. 3rd Shift: 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.
Air Conditioners CENTRAL AIR UNIT, installed but never used, $500. 30lb can of freon, almost full, $100. Call (937)368-2290.
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Sidney Daily News, Friday, May 17, 2013
The Sidney Daily News is currently recruiting for Adult Carriers. Our Adult Carrier independent contractors will deliver our products five days per week (Mondays, Wednesdays – Saturdays) and on holidays. If you are over the age of 18 and interested in making some extra cash, please contact:
Jason 937-498-5934 or Rachel 937-498-5912 Please be prepared to leave a voicemail with your name, phone number, age and address.
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Competitive balance measure voted down OHSAA commissioner expects proposal for separate tournaments on next ballot RUSTY MILLER AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS (AP) — Coaches and administrators in Ohio have complained for years that non-public or parochial schools have an advantage when it comes to drawing students — in particular athletes. For the third time, Ohio High School Athletic Association member schools have declined to resolve the dispute. By a narrow margin,
they voted down yet another attempt at addressing the divisive issue of competitive balance. The OHSAA, the sanctioning body for prep sports in the state, announced on Thursday that the latest proposal was defeated by a vote of 327-308. Earlier measures addressing the issue went down 339301 and 332-303. The proposal would have determined the tournament divisions for football, soccer, volleyball, basketball, baseball
and softball teams. Rather than basing the teams’ assigned division only on enrollment, it would have factored in students who do not come from the immediate school district, geographic boundary or attendance zone. The measure would have affected private and parochial schools who draw students from a larger area than public schools do. “It’s disappointing that it did not pass because we believed this formula addressed the
main issue to which schools voiced concern: the impact on athletic success by students on a school’s team roster who are from outside that school’s geographic boundary or attendance zone,” OHSAA Commissioner Dan Ross said. He added that he anticipated a proposal for separate tournaments would likely be placed on the ballot next spring. The member schools were set to vote on separate tournaments this year, but that proposal
was pulled off the ballot in late march when those in favor of split tournaments agreed to back the measure put up for a vote this spring. So the complaints will continue, just as they always have. “I believe separation of our tournaments is not the best option,” Ross said. “Almost 50 percent of our member schools believe some type of change is needed, but no one seems to have the answer for what change would satisfy the most people. One thing
seems pretty certain, though: this issue is not going to go away. It’s something in which many, many other states are also struggling to find an answer.” The member schools did approve a significant change to the transfer bylaw. The existing rule is a transfer must sit out one year, but the membership altered that to 50 percent of the regular-season contests in any sports in which the student participated the previous year.
Penley hurls one-hitter, but loses 1-0
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RUSSIA’S TAYLOR Borchers puts the tag on a sliding Julia Harrelson of Lehman, as teammate Emily
Fairchild backs up the play in Division IV Sectional softball action Thursday at Fairlawn.
Bradford upsets third-seed Loramie in sectional softball FORT LORAMIE — The bats of third-seeded Fort Loramie were silenced by Bradford pitcher Haley Patty Thursday, and it led to an upset in Division IV Sectional softball action at Loramie. Bradford plated four runs in the top of the seventh and Patty took care of the bottom of the inning to give the Lady Railroaders a 4-0 victory in semifinal action. The loss ends Fort Loramie’s tourney run at 20-6. The Lady Redskins will play Anna in County action today. Patty outdueled Fort Loramie ace Paige Ordean, who pitched well again, allowing just four hits and striking out seven. Patty struck out 11 Loramie hitters and didn’t allow a hit until Darian Rose doubled in the seventh inning. “Patty pitched very well against us,” said Fort Loramie coach Brad Turner. “She simple overpowered us. Paige was very good, too, and held Bradford scoreless until the seventh.” Bradford’s first hitter in the seventh reached on an error and was able to get to second. The next batter reached on a fielder’s choice, and both runners came home on a single by Kylie Miller. Lindsey Rose added a two-run single later in the inning, scoring Miller and Mikayla Barga. “It’s a hard loss because it was our first tournament game,” said
Turner. “But the way their pitcher had her command tonight, they were going to be a tough team to beat.” The linescore: Bradford ......000 000 4_4 4 1 Loramie .......000 000 0_0 1 1 WP: Patty; LP: Ordean Records: Loramie 20-6, Bradford 15-12.
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Second-seeded Houston advances HOUSTON — Houston did its damage on the base paths and recorded a 5-0 shutout of Mechanicsburg in Division IV Sectional semifinal action Thursday. The Lady Wildcats, now 18-8, will play Botkins in County action today, then take on either Riverside or Triad Tuesday at West Liberty in the sectional finals. There wasn’t much offense, Houston having four hits and Mechanicsburg three. “We scored four times on steals of home or errors,” said Houston coach Brent New. “There wasn’t a lot of hitting.” There was plenty of pitching on Houston’s part as freshman Kayla New tossed the threehitter. Kortney Phipps had a double for the winners. The linescore: Mech’burg....000 000 0_0 3 3 Houston .......200 120 x_5 4 1 WP: New; LP: Hartzler Records: Houston 18-8.
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Russia ousts Lehman 13-5 Russia trailed 5-4 after three innings but rallied for six runs in the top of the fourth and went on to beat Lehman 13-5 in Division IV Sec-
tional semifinal play at Fairlawn. The Lady Raiders, the No. 10 seed, are now 1017 on the year and face the state’s No. 1-ranked team, Covington, on Tuesday at Tipp City in the sectional finals. Lehman, seeded eighth, is 8-12. Russia got four in the first but Lehman came back with three in the first and two in the third to take the lead briefly. In the fourth, however, Russia opened it up. After an out, Alexa Counts singled and all hands were safe on a fielder’s choice. Heidi Petty singled and Olivia Monnin then doubled. Sara Young then singled ahead of a three-run homer by Kennedy Metz. Russia then added three more runs in the fifth. Metz had a huge game, going 4-for-5 with two singles, a double and the big round-tripper. Petty was 3-for-3 and scored twice, Monnin had two doubles, Young had three hits and drove in two and Hannah Sherman had a double and two RBIs. Lindsay Bundy doubled and homered for the Lady Cavs. “Sara Young pitched well for us,” said Russia coach Roger Hammonds. “We gave them two unearned runs in the third but other than that, we played excellent defense behind her.”
Lehman 8-12.
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Riverside falls 8-0 to Triad NORTH LEWISBURG — No. 5 seed Riverside was beaten by fourth-seeded Triad 8-0 in D-IV sectional semifinal play Thursday. The loss ended Riverside’s season at 15-10. The Lady Pirates could muster just two hits. The linescore: Riverside .....000 000 0_0 2 2 Triad ............303 101 x_8 9 1 WP: Watkins; LP: Wietholter Records: Riverside 15-10.
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Botkins falls 15-0 COVINGTON — Botkins didn’t manage a hit in losing 15-0 to toseeded and top-ranked Covington in D-IV sectional softball Thursday.
—— JC closes with 14-4 win JACKSON CENTER — Jackson Center closed the softball season on a high note, beating the Fairlawn Lady Jets 14-4 in County softball action Thursday. The Lady Tigers finished the campaign with a 4-15 mark. Hannah Meyer was 2for-3 with two runs scored, two stolen bases and four RBIs for Jackson. Tabatha Myers was 2-for-2 with a double, three runs scored and two RBIs, and for Fairlawn, Dana Stanley was 2-for-3 with a three-run triple.
The linescore: The linescore: Russia .......400 630 0_13 17 2 Fairlawn .........003 01_ 4 3 1 Lehman ....302 000 0_ 5 8 2 JC....................605 21_14 12 0 WP: Gies; LP: Watkins WP: Young; LP: Bundy Records: JV 4-15. Records: Russia 10-17,
Troy managed only Troy 17-11. —— one hit, but took advantage of a costly misplay Anna plays in the outfield to score spoiler in County the only run of the game ANNA — Anna in a 1-0 victory over Sid- played the role of spoiler ney in Division I Sec- in the County baseball tional semifinal action race, edging Fort LoThursday at Sidney. The loss ends Sidney’s season at 1115. Troy is now 17-11 and advances to the sectional finals, p r o b a b l y against No. 1 seed Centerville. Ryan Penley was the hardluck loser for the Jackets, despite pitching a one-hitter. “Great pitching performSDN Photo/Luke Gronneberg from ance Ryan,” said SIDNEY’S RYAN Penley pitches Sidney coach against Troy in sectional tourney Bill Shoffner. play Thursday at Sidney. “He kept them off balance and we made ramie 4-3 in a 9-inning plays behind him. Ryan thriller Thursday to keep deserved a better fate the Redskins from wintoday, for sure. Troy’s ning an outright title. pitcher did the same Loramie finishes 10-2 thing, and our offense in the league and shared just wasn’t there tonight. the championship with “We made one mis- Russia. take and in big games, Anna finishes 7-5 in that’s all it takes.” the County and 12-14 Sidney had more op- overall. portunties than did the Anna’s Luke CumTrojans, who are seeded mings belted a dramatic eight to Sidney’s 12th. game-tying home run to The Jackets stranded lead off the bottom of the two runners in the seventh for the Rockets. fourth, and two more in They weren’t able to the sixth. score anymore that inIn the bottom of the ning, so it was extras. sixth, Penley hit the first Then in the bottom of batter, the No. 9 hitter, the ninth, Dustin Poepand then Dylan Casca- pelman plated the winden hit a long fly ball to ning run with a sacrifice left that was misplayed fly with one out. for a two-base error. Anna outhit the RedPenley did a good job skins 12-7. Carter Bensof limiting the damage, man led the Rockets but a sacrifice fly to cen- with three hits in five ter field produced the trips. Cummings, Craig only run of the game. Berning and PoeppelTroy brought in Zach man were all 2-for-4, and Kendall to pitch the top Ryan Counts led off the of the seventh, and Pen- ninth with a single and ley greeted him with a scored the winning run. base hit to center. But For Loramie, Ty the next three Sidney Frilling had two hits, hitters looked at called and both Aaron Boerger and Devin Braun stole third strikes to end it. “We’ve come a long two bases. Boerger also way as a program,” said scored twice. The linescore: Shoffner. “We won 11 Loramie ..101 100 000_3 7 0 games, we were in the Anna .......010 010 101_4 12 2 league race until the last Braun, Boerger (8) (LP) and week of the season, and Kitzmiller; Brinkman, Robinwent on the road and son (7) (WP) and Doseck. Records: Anna 12-14, Lobeat a very good Beaver- ramie 12-15. creek team in the tour—— nament. Even though Botkins whips we lost today, I’m excited Houston 14-4 about our future.” The linescore: BOTKINS — Botkins Sidney..........000 000 0_0 4 1 and Houston were tied Troy..............000 001 x_1 1 0 4-4 after five-and-a-half Penley (LP) and Niswonger; Wood (WP), Kendall innings. (7) (S) and Noldny. See BOTKINS/Page 17 Records: Sidney 11-15,
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Weeden is the starter, and he plans to keep it that way BEREA, Ohio (AP) — The way Brandon Weeden sees it, nothing’s changed. He’s still Cleveland’s starter. And he plans to keep it that way. Sure, Weeden was aware the Browns worked out several top college quarterbacks leading into April’s draft, but the team didn’t pick one. He’s also mindful that veteran Jason Campbell can beat him out if he’s not on his game. Weeden also knows there are those who doubt he’ll be an NFL success. It’s up to him to prove them wrong. “I want to be the guy,” he said. Weeden spoke Thursday after the Browns wrapped up their third and final day of organized team activities (OTAs), where all eyes were on the second-year QB, coming off an uneven rookie season. During a 10-minute session with reporters, Weeden talked about his improvement, his growing confidence in coach Rob Chudzinski’s offense and his comfort in working
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CLEVELAND BROWNS quarterback Brandon Weeden passes during off-season workouts Thursday. with new coordinator Norv Turner. As for the draft, Weeden said he didn’t worry about whether the Browns would take a quarterback to challenge or replace him. “I didn’t really read into it one way or the other,” he said. “I wasn’t too concerned with it. I was up here the days be-
fore the draft and the days after preparing just like I have every other day. That was probably my least concern. I was worried about this team getting better and getting back to work.” Weeden, who passed for 3,385 yards with 14 touchdowns and 17 interceptions last season, has been working hard on his craft. He’s spent extra time in the weight room, and these days, evenings at the Weeden household include he and his wife, Melanie, breaking down film and the Browns’ playbook. Weeden says he’s a very different quarterback than the one who was handed a starting job before camp last year. “I know how to relate to guys,” he said. “As far as an offense, even though we’re in Day 3 now versus Day 3 last year, I’m way ahead of the curve. This offense kind of makes more sense to start with. There’s a lot more up front as far as formations and stuff. But once you get it, you can hear a play and kind of piece
it together by the verbiage, plus me and my wife have spent too many hours studying. It’s been crazy. “I’ve been comfortable with what we’re doing and the guys are in the same boat.” Weeden believes he’s showing Cleveland’s new coaching staff that he can be a franchise QB, the one to finally end more than a decade of turmoil at the game’s most important position. The Browns have had a different quarterback start the opener in each of the past five seasons. With every throw, every meeting, every interview, Weeden is trying to impress his bosses. “I hope they see not only what I do out here, but how I’m handling myself working and doing all of those other things,” he said. “This means a lot to me. This is my job and I take it seriously. I want to be the guy. I want to build off last year. We’re going to be a better football team, and I want to be a part of it.”
Former NASCAR driver Trickle dead at 71 CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — There is that lasting image of D i c k Trickle in the Winston 500 lighting up a cigarette while driving his stock car Trickle with his knees during a caution lap. He places the cigarette through a hole he carved in his helmet for a quick toke and exhales. The green flag hits and out the window goes the cigarette butt and back to racing goes Trickle. “Dick always had a cigarette lighter in his car,” said fellow NASCAR driver Geoff Bodine. Trickle was unique driver with a unique
name that found cultlike status before his death Thursday. Trickle, whose largerthan-life personality and penchant for fun won him legions of fans despite a lack of success beyond the nation’s small tracks, died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said. He was 71. The Lincoln County Sheriff ’s Office said authorities received a call believed to be from Trickle, who said “there would be a dead body and it would be his.” Authorities tried to call the number back, but no one answered. Trickle’s body was found near his pickup truck at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Boger City, N.C., about 40 miles northwest of Charlotte. Sheriff’s Lieutenant Tim Johnson said foul play was not suspected.
“Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of Dick Trickle on his passing today,” NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France said. “Dick was a legend in the short-track racing community, particularly in his home state of Wisconsin, and he was a true fan favorite. Personalities like Dick Trickle helped shape our sport. He will be missed.” Trickle earned his reputation as a successful short track driver before joining the Winston Cup series and earning rookie of the year in 1989 at age 48. He competed in more than 300 Cup races. Although he never won a Cup race and won just two Busch Series races, Trickle earned cult status. His unique name
earned him a cult following in the 1990s. Former ESPN anchor Keith Olbermann would regularly mention where Trickle finished after talking about each NASCAR race. It caught on and drew snickers from race fans around the country. Bodine said there was only one way to describe Trickle, a native of Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. “Fun,” Bodine said. “Just plain fun.”
Reds win 5-3 in 10 MIAMI — The Cincinnati Reds completed a sweep of the Miami Marlins Thursday night, scoring three times in the top of the 10th and coming away with a 5-3 victory. The win pulls the Reds to within a gameand-a-half of the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Central standings. Reds starter Matt Latos gave up a solo home run to the first batter he faced, Juan Pierre, but started the
ninth inning hoping for a complete game. After getting an out, he gave up a triple and was lifted in favor of Aroldis Chapman. Chapman struck out the first hitter he faced, but he then gave up a triple to tie the score and send it to extra innings. In the top of the 10th, Donald Lutz opened the inning with a single and Shin Soo Choo walked on a full-count pitch. Zac Cozart sacrificed the runners to second
and third, and Joey Votto was intentionally walked to load the bases. Brandon Phillips scored the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly, then Jay Bruce added the insurance with a two-run double just inside the line in right field. Bruce had two hits for the Reds and drove in three runs, and Phillips had two more RBIs to bring his league-leading total to 36. Latos allowed just four hits in 81/3 innings.
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But Botkins put up 10 runs in the bottom of the sixth to end it on the run rule in County baseball Thursday at Botkins. The game ended on a three-run double by Christian Hoskins, who waz 3-for-4 and drove in five runs. Josh Schwartz had a two-run single. For Houston, Chase Foster and Jamie Riffel both had two hits, one of Foster’s being a double.
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SCOREBOARD San Francisco at Colorado, 4:10 p.m. Washington at San Diego, 4:10 Major Leagues American League National League East Division The Associated Press Pct GB W L East Division — New York . . . 25 15 .625 W L Pct GB Baltimore . . . 23 17 .575 2 — Boston . . . . . . 23 17 .575 Atlanta . . . . . 22 18 .550 2 1 Tampa Bay . . 20 19 .513 4½ Washington. . 21 19 .525 Philadelphia . 19 22 .463 3½ Toronto . . . . . 17 24 .415 8½ 6 New York . . . 15 23 .395 Central Division Miami . . . . . . 11 30 .275 11½ — Detroit. . . . . . 22 16 .579 Central Division Cleveland . . . 22 17 .564 ½ — St. Louis . . . . 26 14 .650 Kansas City . 20 17 .541 1½ Cincinnati . . . 25 16 .610 1½ Minnesota . . . 18 19 .486 3½ 3 Pittsburgh. . . 23 17 .575 5 9 Chicago . . . . . 17 21 .447 Chicago . . . . . 17 23 .425 West Division Milwaukee . . 16 22 .421 9 Texas . . . . . . . 26 14 .650 — West Division 7 San Francisco 23 17 .575 — Oakland . . . . 20 22 .476 7 ½ Seattle. . . . . . 19 21 .475 Arizona . . . . . 23 18 .561 11 2 Los Angeles. . 15 25 .375 Colorado . . . . 21 19 .525 San Diego . . . 18 21 .462 4½ Houston. . . . . 11 30 .268 15½ Wednesday's Games Los Angeles. . 17 22 .436 5½ San Diego 8, Baltimore 4 Wednesday's Games Cleveland 10, Philadelphia 4 San Diego 8, Baltimore 4 Houston 7, Detroit 5 Cleveland 10, Philadelphia 4 Chicago White Sox 9, MinArizona 5, Atlanta 3 nesota 4 Pittsburgh 3, Milwaukee 1 Toronto 11, San Francisco 3 Texas 6, Oakland 2 Cincinnati 4, Miami 0 Seattle 12, N.Y. Yankees 2 Chicago Cubs 6, Colorado 3 Toronto 11, San Francisco 3 St. Louis 4, N.Y. Mets 2 Boston 9, Tampa Bay 2 L.A. Dodgers 3, Washington 1 Kansas City 9, L.A. Angels 5 Thursday's Games Thursday's Games N.Y. Mets 5, St. Louis 2 Seattle at N.Y. Yankees, inc. Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, inc. Boston at Tampa Bay, inc. Cincinnati at Miami, 7:10 p.m. Detroit at Texas, inc. San Francisco at Colorado, inc. Chicago White Sox at L.A. AnWashington at San Diego, inc. gels, inc. Friday's Games Friday's Games N.Y. Mets (Harvey 4-0) at Houston (Lyles 1-1) at PittsChicago Cubs (E.Jackson 1-5), 2:20 burgh (J.Gomez 2-0), 7:05 p.m. p.m. Seattle (Maurer 2-5) at CleveCincinnati (Cingrani 2-0) at land (U.Jimenez 3-2), 7:05 p.m. Philadelphia (Lee 4-2), 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Hellickson 1-2) at Houston (Lyles 1-1) at Pitts- Baltimore (Hammel 5-1), 7:05 p.m. burgh (J.Gomez 2-0), 7:05 p.m. Toronto (Buehrle 1-2) at N.Y. Arizona (Cahill 2-4) at Miami Yankees (Kuroda 5-2), 7:05 p.m. (Slowey 1-3), 7:10 p.m. Detroit (Porcello 1-2) at Texas L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 4-2) at At(Tepesch 3-3), 8:05 p.m. lanta (Maholm 4-4), 7:30 p.m. Boston (Buchholz 6-0) at MinMilwaukee (W.Peralta 3-3) at nesota (Worley 1-4), 8:10 p.m. St. Louis (J.Garcia 4-2), 8:15 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Sale 4-2) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 4-1) L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 3-2), 10:05 at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 4-3), 8:40 p.m. p.m. Kansas City (Shields 2-3) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 3-2) at Oakland (Parker 2-5), 10:05 p.m. San Diego (B.Smith 0-0), 10:10 p.m. Saturday's Games Saturday's Games Seattle at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Chicago Cubs, 1:05 Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. p.m. Cincinnati at Philadelphia, Chicago White Sox at L.A. An4:05 p.m. gels, 4:05 p.m. Houston at Pittsburgh, 7:05 Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. p.m. Arizona at Miami, 7:10 p.m. Houston at Pittsburgh, 7:05 L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m. p.m. Boston at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m. Milwaukee at St. Louis, 7:15 Detroit at Texas, 8:05 p.m. p.m. Kansas City at Oakland, 9:05 San Francisco at Colorado, 8:10 p.m. p.m. Sunday's Games Washington at San Diego, 8:40 Seattle at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m. p.m. Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 Sunday's Games p.m. Arizona at Miami, 1:10 p.m. Houston at Pittsburgh, 1:35 Cincinnati at Philadelphia, p.m. 1:35 p.m. Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 1:35 Houston at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m. p.m. Boston at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta, 1:35 Chicago White Sox at L.A. Anp.m. Milwaukee at St. Louis, 2:15 gels, 3:35 p.m. Kansas City at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. p.m. Detroit at Texas, 8:05 p.m.p.m.
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• When Cincinnati’s Devin Mesoraco and ShinSoo Choo hit back-to-back home runs off Atlanta closer Craig Kimbrel, it was just the second time in 30 years that a team went yard back-toback with two outs in the ninth to win a game. Nick Green and J.D. Drew of the Braves were the last to do it, which was back in 2004. • On May 7, Tyler Chatwood of the Colorado Spring Sky Sox threw a nine-inning shutout. What’s the big deal, you ask? There have been 24 no-hitters since a Sky Sox pitcher threw a shutout at home. Cory Vance did it on August 15, 2003. • After the Braves defeated the Giants 6-3 behind the pitching of Julio Teheran on Thursday night, the rest of the weekend series shaped up for three pitching duels. Matt Cain and Tim Hudson on Friday, Madison Bumgarner vs. Paul Maholm on Saturday with Tim Lincecum and Kris Medlen going on Sunday. However, the Giants’ pitchers were the only arms doing any dueling. San Francisco bashed Atlanta pitching as the Giants outscored the Braves 23-4.
• Speaking of the Angels, when owner Arte Moreno signed former MVP Josh Hamilton for $125 million over the next five seasons just a year after signing Albert Pujols to a record deal, he probably expected a little more. Fans were excited too of the prospects of Hamilton hitting cleanup behind Pujols. But through Sunday, Hamilton had driven in Pujols just once this season.
Evan Longoria, Tampa Bay The Rays are beginning to perk up and it’s no surprise that Longoria has been carrying the offense. Last week he hit safely in all seven games, batting .464 with a 1,496 OPS. He had eight extra-base hits, three homers and drove in 11 runs.
Chris Sale, Chicago The lanky lefty’s gem on Sunday night against the Angels provided the highlight, but Sale was terrific in both starts last week. In addition to the one-hitter Sunday, Sale allowed just one run in 7.1 innings for a no-decision in a win at Kansas City. In 16.1 innings, Sale had a 0.43 WHIP and 0.59 ERA.
Jean Segura, Milwaukee The Brewers haven’t been very good recently, but their shortstop has been outstanding in the field and at the dish. Last week he batted .500 with four multi-hit games in the Brewers’ five games. Over the weekend at Cincinnati, he was 8-for-12 with a pair of homers, two doubles and four runs.
Shelby Miller, St. Louis The young righthander made just one start last week, but what an outing it was. Miller allowed a leadoff single to Eric Young in the first inning, then retired the next 27 in order. The one-hitter was the first shutout of his career.
Josmil Pinto, C, Minnesota The 24-year-old backstop from Venezuela is already a veteran of seven minor league seasons. Playing this season at Double-A New Britain, Pinto has hit safely in 28 of 36 games with 14 multi-hit games including six threehit games. For the season, he’s batting .336 with eight home runs and 34 RBIs. With two outs and runners in scoring position, his average increases to .467.
MAY 20, 1948 The Yankee Clipper, Joe DiMaggio hits for the cycle as the Yankees pound five White Sox hurlers for 22 hits, including nine for extra bases in New York’s 13-2 win at Comiskey Park in Chicago. DiMaggio has five hits on the day, including two home runs. Second baseman Snuffy Stirnweiss is the only Yank without a hit. MAY 10, 1967 Perhaps it was baseball karma, but the first-ever scheduled night game in major league history is rained out. The Philadelphia Phillies are slated to play the Cincinnati Reds at Crosley Field, but the weather doesn’t cooperate. The game would be played the following night.
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Rangers Scheppers-Ross-Nathan bullpen is tough to crack. Giants Matt Cain with back-to-back strong starts. Cardinals Even with sketchy bullpen, allowed fewest runs in majors. Yankees Won five straight, four by two runs or less. #MoreCloseGames Nationals Jordan Zimmermann leads NL with six wins. Red Sox Lost five of seven at the hands of Twins and Blue Jays. Orioles Only 6-5 in one-run games this season. Reds Just 6-13 against teams with winning records. Pirates Next 13 games vs. Brewers, Astros and Cubs. Tigers 19-3 when scoring 4+ runs; 1-12 when scoring fewer. Braves Justin Upton hasn’t homered since April 27. Diamondbacks Committed just eight errors this season. Rockies Won just seven of last 20 as bullpen innings mount. A’s Recent 3-7 road trip featured .210 batting average, 4.55 ERA. Rays Broke out with 52 runs to lead majors last week. Royals Alex Gordon is carrying the offense. Mariners Bats remain silent hitting just .211 in May. Indians Majors’ best record in May at 9-2. Phillies Right side of infield has 46 of team’s 82 RBIs. Twins Joe Mauer: .600 OBP, 10 runs last week. Padres Headley and Venable hitting .344 in May, rest of team, .176. White Sox Chris Sale toyed with history last Sunday. Cubs Kevin Gregg, yep, that Kevin Gregg, leads team with six saves. Mets Matt Harvey just keeps dealing. Blue Jays Led majors in home runs (15) and steals (10) last week. Dodgers Five of eight losses in May by one run. Brewers Carlos Gomez, Jean Segura are 1-2 in NL batting race. Angels On pace to lose 100 games. Marlins Have won just one series this season. Astros Opponents are batting .300.
Playoff Droughts With the Pirates currently in position to make the playoffs in the National League, and the Royals within a couple of games in the American League, it’s possible that Toronto could enter the winter with the majors’ longest playoff drought. There’s still too many games to play this season for any realistic projections, and the Pirates have faltered badly down the stretch the past two seasons, so Pittsburgh’s long drought could continue. Of the 15 droughts of three years or more, it’s safe to say that at least 10 of them will increase by another year or more. Here are the 15 longest current playoff droughts in baseball. Team (last playoff appearance) Drought Kansas City Royals (1985) 27 Pittsburgh Pirates (1992) 20 Toronto Blue Jays (1993) 19 Seattle Mariners (2001) 11 9 Miami Marlins (2003) Houston Astros (2005) 7 New York Mets (2006) 6 San Diego Padres (2006) 6 Cleveland Indians (2007) 5 Chicago Cubs (2008) 4 Chicago White Sox (2008) 4 Boston Red Sox (2009) 3 Colorado Rockies (2009) 3 Los Angeles Dodgers (2009) 3 3 Los Angeles Angels (2009)
2016 National League All-Stars With the 2013 All-Star Game still more than a month away, it’s difficult to project just who the players will be in New York at Citi Field. But that doesn’t stop me from looking into the future and predicting who the best players in each league will be. Last week we selected the American League squad, this week the NL. Here goes... STARTERS RF Bryce Harper Washington Introducing the leading vote getter in the National League, second only to Mike Trout of the Angels. CF Andrew McCutchen Pittsburgh The anchor of the Pirates lineup will have finally led the club to a winning record by 2016. 1B Joey Votto Cincinnati Another batting title and MVP trophy would be good guesses for the face of the Reds. LF Ryan Braun Milwaukee Still one of the premier hitters in the National League. C Buster Posey San Francisco The catcher is the proud owner of multiple MVP trophies. DH Giancarlo Stanton Miami Okay, so the chances of Stanton still residing in Miami in 2016 are slim, but he’ll be a good option for the manager’s choice for DH anyway. 3B David Wright New York Anthony Rendon’s numbers will overshadow Wright’s, but the fans will vote for the New York veteran one more season to give him the start. 2B Brandon Phillips Cincinnati With few choices at the position, the veteran wins the fans vote. SS Jean Segura Milwaukee With no real stars at the position, fans have begun to fall in love with Segura in Milwaukee. SP Matt Harvey New York Harvey continues to remind Mets fans of Tom Terrific from the 1970s.
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RESERVES C Yadier Molina St. Louis The 33-year-old Cardinals backstop makes his eighth and final All-Star appearance. C Miguel Montero Arizona Without Posey in the league, Montero may have an All-Star start or two by then. 1B Nolan Arenado Colorado The rising star in Colorado moves from third to first for 2016. 1B Paul Goldschmidt Arizona His power and average will steadily rise every season for the next several years. 1B Allen Craig St. Louis The hitting machine can’t seem to stay healthy enough to become the premier first baseman in the NL. 2B Starlin Castro Chicago Moved off of short by Javier Baez, Castro will struggle at third before finding a home at second. 3B Anthony Rendon Washington Ryan Zimmerman was moved to first base to accommodate Rendon who quickly becomes the best third baseman in the league. SS Didi Gregorius Arizona Best in the majors with the glove and his bat isn’t too shabby either. OF Jedd Gyorko San Diego Youngster Christian Yelich of Miami may have a better argument, but the Padres must be represented. OF Justin Upton Atlanta Justin upstages his brother in Atlanta to become the city’s latest fan favorite. OF Carlos Gonzalez Colorado The veteran Rockie is still putting up big numbers at Coors Field. OF Jason Heyward Atlanta Two-thirds of the Braves outfield will be represented.
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Buster Posey of the Giants (left) and Matt Harvey will lead the NL in the 2016 All-Star Game.
OF Oscar Tavares St. Louis The brightest rising star in the National League makes the team, but doesn’t get in the game. P Stephen Strasburg Washington Difficult to resist calling on Strasburg to start the game now that there is no innings limit, but Harvey is too good. P Tyler Skaggs Arizona Many fans in Arizona would argue that Skaggs has better numbers than Harvey and deserved to start. But his time will come. P Adam Wainwright St. Louis There are maybe four or five pitchers who deserve this spot, but the manager’s choice is the veteran from St. Louis. P Cole Hamels Philadelphia The Phillies have turned into an old, mediocre team, but Hamels is still tough to hit.
P Clayton Kershaw Los Angeles Now completely over a hip injury, Kershaw remains a Cy Young candidate. P Shelby Miller St. Louis The new ace of the Cardinals. P Jose Fernandez Miami Possesses nasty stuff, but rarely gets run support. P Madison Bumgarner San Francisco The lefty is part of one of the best 1-2 punches in baseball. P Craig Kimbrel Atlanta Still the best closer in the league. His career may rival Mariano Rivera’s without the postseason glory, of course. P Aroldis Chapman Cincinnati We see him as an All-Star whether starting or finishing. P Drew Storen Washington Back in closer role, he piles up saves and his resume looks good at All-Star time.
As of Sunday, Cincinnati second baseman Brandon Phillips and shortstop Troy Tulowitzki of Colorado were tied for the National League lead in RBIs with 31. Can you name the last middle infielder to lead the senior circuit in ribbies?
Seconds it took Dodgers shortstop Dee Gordon to score from first base on a double by Nick Punto last week. Outs made on the bases this season for Milwaukee, the most in the majors. Pitchers with an ERA below 2.00 so far this season. Atlanta Braves record in their last 16 road games. During that stretch, the Braves’ ERA has ballooned to 5.52. In the team’s first seven away games this season, the club was 7-0 with a 1.41 ERA. Batting average for B.J. and Justin Upton over the first 11 games of May. They have combined for no home runs and three RBIs for the month. Strikeouts per nine innings for the Cleveland Indians pitchers in the first 11 games of May. Fewest home losses for any team (Texas) and fewest road wins for any team (Houston). The Astros have yet to visit their division rival this season with nine games to play at Texas.
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TRIVIA ANSWER: Shortstop Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs was the last to accomplish that with 143 RBIs in 1959.
• For the first time in a long time, a .500 record was within reach for the Angels franchise. The team needs to win 87 games this season to finish the campaign over .500. It would be the first time the Angels’ franchise has been above the breakeven mark since winning its first game in 1961. However, after a 14-23 start, the Angels must go 73-52 the rest of the way. Looks like the Halos must wait until at least 2014.
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