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Shelby County officials say local government is being severely impacted by a 64 percent cut in revenue from the state, with more cuts anticipated. After receiving a financial update recently, county officials are expressing concern

over the situation, feeling that less taxpayer money should be going to Columbus and more staying in the county where it is badly needed. Shelby County Auditor Denny York said, “It is very frustrating to see our funding be cut by more than $1.1 million while the state’s spending See COUNTY/Page 11

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Misdirected mail sparks long distance friendship • A letter mailed 34 years ago and delivered to Anna is responsible for an international friendship that spans decades as well as oceans. Page 18

DEATHS Obituaries and/or death notices for the following people appear on Page 3A today: • Margaret D. Ault • Robert H. Wagner

INDEX Amish Cook ..........................6 City, County records..............2 Classified .......................14-17 Comics................................12 Hints from Heloise.................6 Horoscope ..........................12 Localife ..............................6-7 Nation/World.........................5 Opinion................................10 Obituaries..............................3 Russia/Houston ................8, 9 Sports............................19-20 State news ............................4 ’Tween 12 and 20 .................9 Weather/Sudoku/Abby/Out of the Past/Dr. Donohue ....13

TODAY’S THOUGHT “Where words leave off, music begins.” — Heinrich Heine, German poet and critic (1797-1856) For more on today in history, turn to Page 5.

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Earth Dream engine Jeff Holt, of New Carlisle, works on the first Earth Dreams engine made for mass production as it rolls down the Anna Honda Engine Plant’s assemly line Thursday morning. Behind Holt is Lou Ann Ellis, of Celina. The new engine will be put into Honda’s ninth-generation Accord. Because of the

Black Hawk crash kills 7 Americans BY HEIDI VOGT The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A U.S. military helicopter crashed during a firefight with insurgents in a remote area of southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing seven Americans and four Afghans in one of the deadliest air disasters of a war now into its second decade. The Taliban claimed they gunned down the Black Hawk. American service personnel in Afghanistan are dying at a rate of about one per day so far this year despite a drawdown of troops. That death rate has risen recently with the summer fighting season in full gear and a rash of attacks

by Afghan security forces on their foreign trainers and partners. NATO forces said they could not confirm what caused Thursday’s crash and stressed that it was still being investigated. The Black Hawk was operating in support of an ongoing assault on the ground but initial indications were that it was not shot down, according to U.S. officials who spoke anonymously because the investigation was continuing. Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi said insurgent fighters struck the helicopter in Kandahar province on Thursday morning. He declined to give further details in a phone call with The Associated Press. The Kandahar provincial government

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backed the Taliban claim. It said the helicopter was shot down in Shah Wali Kot district, a rural area north of Kandahar city where insurgents move freely and regularly launch attacks. Provincial spokesman Ahmad Jawed Faisal did not provide details or say how the province had confirmed the information. Kandahar is a traditional Taliban stronghold and the spiritual birthplace of the hardline Islamist movement, which ruled Afghanistan before being ousted in 2001 by the U.S.-led alliance for sheltering al-Qaida’s leaders. Thursday’s crash came less than a week after six American service members were gunned down, apparently by See CRASH/Page 11

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In Sidney Municipal Court Wednesday afternoon, Judge Duane Goettemoeller ordered Josey Rafferty, 27, 306 N. West Ave., held for action of the Shelby County Common Pleas Court on felony theft charges. Bond of $20,000 was transferred to the county court. • Otha H. Smith Jr., 48, 402 N. Miami Ave., Apt. B2, was held for Common Pleas Court action on felony possession of criminal tools charges. Bond of $2,500 was continued. • Cierra A. Daniel, 21, 502 N. Main Ave., was fined $150 and costs on a charge of furnishing false information that was amended to disorderly conduct. • Brittney Brooks, 19, 12471 State Route 274, Anna, was fined $150 and costs and sentenced to 10 days in jail on a theft charge that was amended to attempted theft. Jail may be reconsidered if fines and costs are paid in full. • Drug abuse charges against Mark A. Bogan, 48, 2009 Michigan St., Room 333, were dismissed at the request of the law director. • Lindsay B. Haynes, 24, 771 Campbell Road, was fined $150 and costs and sentenced to 10 days in jail on a theft charge amended to attempted theft. Jail may be reconsidered if fines and costs and restitution of $65.50 are paid in full. • Bradley C. Fair, 33, 212 Forest St., Apt. 3, was fined $375 and costs, sentenced to five days in jail, and his driver’s license was suspended for six months for failing a blood alcohol breath test. Jail may be reconsidered if he completes an alcohol intervention program and pays fines and costs in full. He was also fined $25 for driving without a lighted rear license plate. • Isaac Jenkins, 36, of Detroit, Mich., waived extradition to Richland County on a warrant for failure to appear in court on a felony forgery charge. • Marcy A. Looney, 42, 206 Franklin Ave., was fined $75 and costs on a domestic violence charge that was

amended to disorderly conduct. • A charge of failing to drive in marked lanes against Tandra M. Johnson, 27, of Dayton, was dismissed at the request of the law director. Civil cases Wilson Memorial Hospital. v. Michael A. Jacob, 7884 Denny Road, Mendon, $7,144.52. Adams Funeral Home, Sidney, v. Jerry Wheat. 432 E. Hoewisher Road, Apt. B1, $9,087. SAC Finance, Inc., Fort Wayne, Ind., v. Joshua Nulton, Carrizo, Texas, $6,714.57. Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Dana and Nathan Leckey, 1125 Evergreen Drive, $1,800.82. Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Justin D. Hines, 219 Third St., Piqua, $3,892.48. Memorial Wilson Hospital v. Kimberly J. Jaycock, 327 Seminole, Bellefountaine, $1,008.63. Memorial Wilson Hospital v. Timothy and Roxanna Maloney, 11748 Scenic Drive, Conover, $7,644.23. Memorial Wilson Hospital v. Megan and Jason Martin, 609 Ann Place, $2,532.95. Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Michael A. Montgomery, 1521 Marilyn Drive, $2,750.47. Douglas R. Bradley, Sidney, v. Al Lambert, 632 Third Ave., $1,000. Cashland Inc., Cincinnati, v. Sean O. Frew, 2400 Wapakoneta Ave., lot 3, $587. Portfolio Recovery Associates, Norfolk, v. Loretta Gibson, aka. Loretta A. Brown, 1775 Lindsey Road, $1,743.89. Cach LLC, Denver, Colo., v. Thomas L. Wheeler, 2660 Miami River Road, $5,275.20. Dismissals Unifund CCR Partners, Cincinnati, v. Debra Donaldson, 1133 Colonial Drive. Judgment has been satisfied. Creekside Country Meadows, Sidney, v. Mark Supinger, 1237 Cinnamon Ridge Lane. Judgment has been satisfied. Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Robert and Tracy Martin, 625 Lynn St. Judgment has been satisfied.

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Spicer returns to Holy Angels BY PATRICIA ANN SPEELMAN pspeelman@sdnccg.com Beth Spicer is not just the new principal of Holy Ang e l s Catholic School. She’s a new principal, period. But that doesn’t mean she’s a stranger Spicer

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Police log WEDNESDAY -5:35 p.m.: drug trafficking. Sidney Police arrested David Slagle, 23, no address given, for trafficking in drugs and possession of criminal tools after confiscating six wrapped bags of marijuana on his person at 812 Park St. -2:17 p.m.: theft. Victoria Barnes, 624 Fourth Ave., reported an unknown suspect had taken her 2006 Toyota sedan containing her purse, driver’s license and Chase Bank checkbook from 705 Fulton St. -10:23 a.m.: burglary. Katherine J. Boroff, 1000 Evergreen Drive, reported the theft of a wedding and engagement ring set valued at $800 from her residence. -8:38 a.m.: criminal damaging. Donald A. Deaton, 2436 Broadway Ave., told police his vehicle had been spray painted and egged at North Main Avenue and Lunar Street; SUNDAY -3:56 a.m.: theft. Police charged Moscoe Taylor, 26, at large, with the theft of two nail guns their owner, Daniel Williams, 824 S. Main Ave., had reported missing.

ical. Paramedics were dispatched to a medical call in the 200 block of Grove Street. 8:16 p.m.: medical. Medics responded to a medical call in the 1200 block of Spruce Avenue. -7:24 p.m.: medical. Paramedics were dispatched to the 1000 block of Hayes Street for a medical call. -6:43 p.m.: medical. Medics responded to the 1400 block of Carrol Street for a medical call. -12:07 p.m.: medical. Paramedics were dispatched to a medical call in the 1000 block of Michigan Street. -12:05 p.m.: open burning. Firefighters responded to 617 N. Main Ave. for an open burning complaint. It was an illegal burn and the resident was advised of the city ordinance. -10:55 a.m.: medical. Medics responded to a medical call in the 700 block of West Hoewisher Road. -9:25 a.m.: medical. Paramedics were dispatched to the 1500 block of East Court Street for a medical call.

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of the second-, third-, fourth-, fifth- and sixthgrades. So she brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to her new office in Sidney. And she already feels right at home there, because her self-proclaimed shrine to the Ohio State Buckeyes is already firmly installed along the north wall. After the Maplewood resident graduated from Holy Angels and Lehman Catholic High School, she earned her Bachelor of Arts at Ohio State University, and it doesn’t take a visitor long to recognize that she is an avid fan. “My students have given me all those things,” she laughed, looking at book shelves lined with toys, collectibles and posters, all in the familiar scarlet and gray. There’s even a mobile hanging from the ceiling. “I’m a Reds fan, too,” she said sheepishly. But when talk turns to the new school year at Holy Angels, Spicer beams. “I’m looking forward to working with parents, teachers and students,” she said. “And in an environment where I’m allowed to speak about God and to lead children. I felt a calling from God to make the move from teacher to principal. I had wanted to do it for a very long time.”

The school has hired four new teachers who started work at a faculty meeting Wednesday. The first day of school is Wednesday. The teachers are Jen Hebert, who will teach Nicole kindergarten; Pence, fourth grade; Andrea Greve, fifth grade; and Kate Steinemann, sixth grade. They and the returning Holy Angels teachers will instruct a slightly larger student body than was at the school last year. Enrollment has increased by a little more than 4 percent, to 239 students. Other new faces for students to welcome belong to Melissa Blenman, school nurse; Mary Bensman and Heidi Alexander, aides; Amanda Duritch and Annie Paulus, volleyball coaches; and Joe Vondenhuevel, football coach. During the summer, custodians installed new bathroom doors and painted the bathrooms. And Spicer discussed two programs planned for the fall that will help students to grow as good cyber-citizens. The first, by Merman Productions, concerns bullying and will illustrate what bullying is and how would-be perpetrators and victims can become bully-free. The second, from (ISC)2 and sponsored by the Sidney Daily News and the Shelby County Sheriff ’s Office, teaches students how to be safe and secure online. Students and parents can visit w w w . h o l y a n gelscatholic.com to see the supply list and school calendar for this year.

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Robert H. Wagner CELINA — Robert H. Wagner, 66, of 8420 Erastus Durban Road, Celina, died Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Celina. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Celina. Arrangements by Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Coldwater.

Man arrested BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Marshals Service says a man charged with raping a 13-year-old girl in Ohio has been arrested in Montana. The agency’s Montana Violent Offender Task Force arrested 38-year-old David Gordon Martin in Billings on Wednesday. A warrant charging him with unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and rape was issued June 12 from District Court in Morrow County, Ohio.

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The University of Toledo has announced its president’s list and dean’s list for the spring 2012 quarter. Local students named to the president’s list were: Diane Aufderhaar, of Botkins, an Early Childhood Education(Pre K-3) major. Alena Barga, of Versailles, a Bioengineering major and resident. April Dues, of Minster, a Special Education Intrvention Specialist major. Lauren Fausey, of Minster, a Middle Childhood Education (4-9) major. Deborah Huff, of New Knoxville, a Bioengineering major. Joel March, of Jackson Center, a Criminal Justice major. Erica Poeppelman, of Minster, a Speech Language Pathology major. Cale Spieles, of New Knoxville, a Nursing major and resident. Emily Winner, of Minster, a Speech Language Pathology major. The president’s list recognizes full-time undergraduate students who earn a 4.0 GPA for the semester. Local students named to the dean’s list were: Kerri Adkins, of Sidney, an Early Childhood Education (Pre K-3) major. Shonda Bensman, of New Bremen, a Nursing major. Stephanie Bensman, of Anna, a Recreational Therapy major. Megan Bohman, of Yorkshire, a Nursing major. Lei Bornhorst, of Min-

ster, an Exercise Science major. Alyssa Brown, of Minster, an Art major. Jarrett Brulport, of Sidney, a Pre-Accounting major . Steven Dapore, of Versailles, an Electrical Engineering major. Zachary Dillon, of New Knoxville, a Bioengineering major. Kyle Evers, of New Bremen, a Mechanical Engineering major. Jordan Gehle, of New Bremen, a Mathematics major. Aaron Heitbrink, of Minster, a Mechanical Engineering major. Bethany Howe, of New Knoxville, an Early Childhood Education (Pre K-3) major. Jay Hoying, of Anna, a Psychology major. Megan Hurley, of DeGraff, a Speech Language Pathology. Jacqueline Jones, of Maria Stein, a Pre-Social Work major. Abigail Knapke,of Minster, a Recreational Therapy major. Ian Nisonger, of Versailles, a Chemical Engineering major. Amanda Petry, of Sidney, a Doctor of Pharmacy major. Craig Phlipot, of Minster, a Pre-Finance major. Mitchel Poeppelman, of Minster, a Biology major. Rebecca Pulfer, of Anna, a Speech Language Pathology major. Nathan Shaffer, of New Knoxville, an Anthropology major. Tina Sherman, of Minster, a Speech Language Pathology major. Logan Sommer, of

Minster, an Accounting major. Abby Steinke, of Sidney, a Multi-Age Education (Pre K-12) major. Austin Tebbe, of Minster, a Mechanical Engineering major. John Timmerman, of Fort Loramie, a Mechanical Engineering major. Eric Trushaw, of Minster, a Biology major. Marc Warnecke, of Sidney, a Finance major. Ashley Wente, of New Bremen, an Exercise Science major. Claire Winner, of Minster, a Nursing major. Andy Yang, of New Bremen, an Information Technology major. Adam Zimmerman, of Sidney, a Marketing major. The dean’s list recognizes full-time undergraduate students who earn a 3.5 or above GPA for the semester. The University of Toledo, established in 1872, is a diverse, student-centered public metropolitan research university. The University is home to more than 22,000 students across 13 colleges and six Ohio campuses. UT offers more than 230 doctoral, professional, graduate and undergraduate programs. Nearly 350 student athletes comprise 15 Division 1 Rocket athletic teams. UT has earned national and international acclaim for its expertise in solar and advanced renewable energy, environmental sciences, astronomical research, translational research and biomarkers. For more information visit www.utoledo.edu.

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Lenhart said Thursday. “As county funds continue the trend, becoming further scarce, future personnel moves may become unavoidable.” The following operational assignments we announced by the sheriff: • Sgt. Brad Pleiman

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Shelby County Sheriff John R. Lenhart has announced recent personnel assignments the department has made to fine tune its current operations. “We are making these moves to meet the needs of the office and expand the deputies’ areas of expertise,”

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PIQUA – Margaret D. Ault, 79, of Piqua, died at 9:51 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, at Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday at St. Mary Catholic Church, Piqua. Arrangements by Janieson & Yannucci Funeral Home, Piqua.

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‘Iron Man’ star injured LOS ANGELES (AP) — Production on “Iron Man 3” is on hold after star Robert Downey Jr. hurt his foot during filming. Marvel Studios said Thursday that Downey was injured while performing a stunt and

“there will be a short delay in production while he recuperates.” The 47year-old actor is shooting the third installment in the superhero franchise in North Carolina. “Iron Man 3” is set for release next summer. Downey plays billionaire

playboy Tony Stark and Gwyneth Paltrow is his love, Pepper Potts. Guy Pearce and Ben Kingsley also star. Downey also appeared as his Stark/Iron Man character earlier this summer in “The Avengers.”

MINSTER — The Minster Board of Education will receive updates on Athletic Boosters’ preservation an enhancement of Memorial Field and an energy audit when it meets Monday at 8 p.m. in the elementary large group meeting room. The board will also review written reports from principals and the levy committee liaison and approve personnel recommendations. The future of Hanover Street School will also be discussed by the board.

Fort Loramie Board of Education FORT LORAMIE – The Fort Loramie Board of Education will approve bus routes and other items for the start of the new school year when it meets Monday at 7 p.m. The board will also consider the annual appropriation resolution, an energy conservation resolution and a waste disposal bid as well as certified and classified supplemental contracts for the 2012-13 school year. Reports will be heard from the superintendent and school building principals.

Hardin-Houston Local Board of Education HOUSTON — The Hardin-Houston Local Board of Education will approve fuel bids and personnel issues when it meets Monday at 7 p.m. in the school media center. The board will also approve monthly financial reports and expenditures for July 2012.

Olympian has cameo on ‘90210’ LOS ANGELES (AP) — Olympic champion Ryan Lochte put his toe in the acting pool for a cameo appearance on the CW drama series “90210.” The swimmer says it was his first acting gig and he was “really nervous” because he “didn’t want to mess it up.” He says “everyone was really nice. They helped me out,” adding: “Hopefully, I killed it through the end.” Lochte won five medals, including two gold medals, in swimming events at the London Olympics. The “90210” episode with Lochte will air at 9 p.m. EDT on Monday, Oct. 29. The show’s producers say there’s no water involved in the scene, adding that Lochte “deserves a little rest on dry land.” He attended the premiere of “The Expendables 2” in Los Angeles on Wednesday night. ——— Online: http://www.cwtv.com/

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BY WILL E SANDERS Ohio Community Media wsanders@dailycall.com TROY — A Piqua man accused of stealing a safe from a garage, a l o n g with its contents valued at $75,000, waived a Miami C o u n t y McReynolds g r a n d jury’s consideration of his criminal charges Thursday and entered a pleas of guilty. Terry L. McReynolds, 29, entered the guilty pleas in Miami County Common Pleas Court to the felony charges of attempted safe-cracking and receiving stolen property. Originally he also was charged with a felony count of breaking and entering. Judge Robert Lindeman set a sentencing date of Oct. 1. At the hearing McReynolds faces a maximum sentence of two and a half years in prison. A presentence investigation was ordered by the judge. McReynolds remains jailed on a $25,000 bond. The charges stem from a crime earlier this year where a safe was stolen from a garage in the 100 block of Cassel Street, police said. The Piqua Police Department began investigating the case after law enforcement agents in Shelby County recovered a safe in the Great Miami River on June 11. The contents of the safe were firearms, silver coins and jewelry, which had a combined value of $75,000, authorities said. Three other men have been charged with assisting McReynolds in the crime. Also charged are Erik T. Drzewiecki, 28; Christopher J. Scott, 51; and George M. Morrison, 24; all of Piqua. Each man has been charged with safe-cracking, breaking and entering and receiving stolen property. Their cases are pending in municipal court. “They all have been accused of unlawful entry into the garage, the theft of the safe and the unlawful entry into the safe,” said Piqua Deputy Chief Tom Christy.

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Happy retirement State Superintendent Stan Heffner says goodbye to employees at his retirement reception at the Department of Education building Wednesday in Columbus. A report last week by the state's inspector general found Heffner was on the payroll of a Texas-based testing firm when he lobbied state lawmakers last year on a bill that benefited the company. The report also found Heffner misused his state email, cellphone and staff to pursue the testing job.

Ohio officials to move forward after Aetna dispute COLUMBUS (AP) — A judge dismissed a lawsuit Thursday that had blocked Ohio from moving forward with certain Medicaid contracts, clearing the way for the state to proceed with the tentative agreements it has with five health plans, officials said. Aetna Better Health of Ohio had sued the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services in a dispute over the scoring of the contract applications. But a Franklin County Common Pleas judge dismissed the case. The eventual contract winners will provide health care services to more than 1.6 million poor and disabled people, or roughly two-thirds of the state’s Medicaid population. The contracts provide billions in government work to the companies. State officials had tentatively selected Aetna

for a contract in April and then revoked the decision in June. Aetna claimed the state retroactively changed the definition of certain requirements in its request for contract applications, and the company wanted its contract reinstated. An Aetna spokesman on Thursday wouldn’t address whether the company planned to appeal the court decision, but said it was disappointed. “Aetna has a substantial presence in the state and we remain committed to doing business in Ohio,” said spokesman Scot Roskelley. Ohio health officials praised the lawsuit’s dismissal. “The Court’s decision confirms what we’ve believed all along: we reached the right decision and we did it the right way,” Ohio Medicaid Director John McCarthy

Jesus statue to return MONROE (AP) — A southwest Ohio church says a giant Jesus statue is on schedule to be installed next month after the first was destroyed in a lightning fire. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports the new Jesus statue will be installed outside the Solid Rock Church in Monroe along Interstate 75 around September. It was originally scheduled for July. The first statue was destroyed more than two years ago after it was hit by lightning. It depicted a waist-up Jesus with arms uplifted, and had the nickname “Touchdown Jesus,” or “Big Butter Jesus” for its creamy color. The new concrete-looking statue, a full-bodied Jesus with arms reaching out, is being built at a factory near Dayton.

said in a joint written statement with Greg Moody, director of the Governor’s Office of Health Transformation. The health plans chosen were said to be the applihighest-scoring cants in the state’s Medicaid contract process. But five of six companies that lost bids for the contracts filed formal protests with Ohio officials in April, claiming flawed and inaccurate scoring. A state review of the applications contract changed how points were scored. And on June 7, state officials said Aetna Better Health of Ohio and Meridian Health Plan of Ohio would no longer get the contracts. Instead, Molina Healthcare of Ohio Inc., a subsidiary of Molina Healthcare Inc., and Buckeye Community Health Plan, a subsidiary of Centene Corporation, were picked.

An Ohio inmate set for execution next month for killing two men he didn’t know along a county road declined to ask for mercy from the state’s parole board during a hearing Thursday, a rare but not unprecedented move. Normally, attorneys argue for hours about why their client deserves a life sentence rather than the death penalty. But inmate Donald Palmer asked his attorney, David Stebbins, not to argue for clemency and not to comment publicly on why he made that decision, Stebbins said after a hearing before the Ohio Parole Board in Columbus. “It’s fairly rare and hasn’t happened for probably a couple years now,” Stebbins said. “Some inmates just don’t like to go through the process. You know, if they

are competent to make that decision, it’s something that we unfortunately need to respect.” Palmer is scheduled for execution Sept. 20, convicted of fatally shooting the two men in the head along a Belmont County road in eastern Ohio on May 8, 1989. The board still can recommend clemency for Palmer to Gov. John Kasich when it issues its decision next week, but Stebbins said he expects the execution to proceed and doesn’t plan on filing any further appeals. The last death-row inmate to decline to ask for mercy from the board was Marvallous Keene in June 2009, according to state corrections records. Keene was executed by lethal injection about a month after his hearing for the slayings of five people during a 1992 crime rampage in Dayton that became known as the “Christmas killings.”

Unemployment aid applications up by 2,000 WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits edged up slightly last week but remained at a level consistent with modest gains in hiring. Unemployment benefit applications rose by 2,000 to a seasonally ad366,000, the justed Labor Department said. The less volatile fourweek average fell by 5,500 to 363,750. That was the lowest level since late March. Applications have trended lower in the past two months, indicating companies are laying off fewer workers and hiring is picking up. When applications fall consistently below 375,000, it generally suggests hiring is strong enough to lower

the unemployment rate. “Claims so far in August have declined moderately compared to July, suggesting some improvement in the U.S. job environment. And that’s good news,” said Jennifer Lee, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets. The total number of people receiving some kind of unemployment assistance also fell, dipping to 5.68 million for the week ending July 28, 70,000 below the previous week. The decline in the number of people applying for weekly unemployment benefits has been one of several signs that the economy and hiring rebounded in July after falling into a spring slump.

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NATION/WORLD TODAY IN HISTORY BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Today is Friday, Aug. 17, the 230th day of 2012. There are 136 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 17, 1982, the first commercially produced compact discs, a recording of ABBA’s “The Visitors,” were pressed at a factory near Philips Hanover, West Germany. On this date: ■ In 1807, Robert Fulton’s North River Steamboat began heading up the Hudson River on its successful round trip between New York and Albany. ■ In 1912, the second movie inspired by the Titanic disaster, a German production titled “In Nacht und Eis” (In Night and Ice), was released. (Unlike the first, “Saved From the Titanic,” ”In Nacht und Eis” still exists.) ■ In 1915, a mob in Cobb County, Ga., lynched Jewish businessman Leo Frank, whose death sentence for the murder of 13year-old Mary Phagan had been commuted to life imprisonment. (Frank, who’d maintained his innocence, was pardoned by the state of Georgia in 1986.) ■ In 1942, during World War II, U.S. 8th Air Force bombers attacked German forces in Rouen, France. U.S. Marines raided a Japanese seaplane base on Makin Island. ■ In 1943, the Allied conquest of Sicily was completed as U.S. and British forces entered Messina. ■ In 1960, the newly renamed Beatles (formerly the Silver Beetles) began their first gig in Hamburg, West Germany, at the Indra Club. The West African country of Gabon became independent of France. ■ In 1961, the United States and 19 Latin American countries signed the Charter of Punta del Este in Uruguay, creating the Alliance for Progress aimed at promoting economic growth and social justice. ■ In 1962, East German border guards shot and killed 18-year-old Peter Fechter, who had attempted to cross the Berlin Wall into the western sector. ■ In 1969, Hurricane Camille slammed into the Mississippi coast as a Category 5 storm that was blamed for 256 U.S. deaths, three in Cuba. ■ In 1978, the first successful trans-Atlantic balloon flight ended as Maxie Anderson, Ben Abruzzo and Larry Newman landed their Double Eagle II outside Paris.

OUT OF THE BLUE No phone = meal discount BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — A Los Angeles restaurant is offering a deal to customers who agree to look at their fellow diners instead of their phone screens. Eva Restaurant is giving a 5 percent discount to customers who will leave their cellphones with staff when they are seated. Owner Mark Gold told KPCC radio on Tuesday that the policy isn't about other diners who might be annoyed by cellphone chatter or the glow of smartphone screens, but an attempt to create an environment where diners connect to each other instead of to technology. Servers make the offer to diners when they introduce themselves. Gold says nearly half take advantage of the discount, and many express gratitude at the opportunity to let go of their devices for a while.

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Ecuador grants asylum Deputies LONDON (AP) — He’s won asylum in Ecuador, but Julian Assange is no closer to getting there. The decision by the South American nation to identify the WikiLeaks founder as a refugee is a symbolic boost for the embattled exhacker. But legal experts say that does little to help him avoid extradition to Sweden on sexual assault allegations. Instead, with British officials asserting they won’t grant Assange safe passage out of the country, the case has done much to drag the two nations into an international faceoff. “We’re at something of an impasse,” lawyer Rebecca Niblock said. “It’s not a question of law anymore. It’s a question of politics and diplomacy.” The silver-haired Australian shot to international prominence in 2010 after he began publishing a huge trove of American diplo-

matic and military secrets — including a quarter million U.S. Embassy cables that shed a harsh light on the backroom dealings of U.S. diplomats. Amid the ferment, two Swedish women accused him of sexual assault; Assange has been fighting extradition to Sweden ever since. Interpol, the Lyon, France-based international police agency, issued a statement late Thursday saying Assange remains on the equivalent of its most-wanted list, the Ecuadorian decision notwithstanding. The convoluted saga took its latest twist on Thursday, when Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino announced that he had granted asylum to Assange, who has been holed up inside the small, coastal nation’s embassy since June 19. He said Ecuador was taking action because Assange faces a serious threat of unjust prosecution at the hands of U.S. officials.

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LAPLACE, La. (AP) — Two sheriff’s deputies in Louisiana were shot to death and two others were injured in an early morning shootout west of New Orleans, authorities said Thursday. Five people — both male and female — are in custody, and two of them are hospitalized, authorities said. They said both wounded deputies and both wounded suspects are expected to survive. Police would not identify the suspects, say when they might do so, or give any details about the number of weapons used. No charges had been filed against them as of late Thursday afternoon. “I had two officers ambushed — I even want to say assassinated,” St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff Michael Tregre said at an afternoon news conference. Earlier, Tregre said tearfully that the incident started about 5:30 a.m., when a gunman opened fire for unknown reasons on a deputy working an off-duty job along a highway that connects U.S. Highway 61 with the busy industrial corridor along the River. That Mississippi deputy was wounded. Tregre said someone called deputies with a description of a car fleeing the scene, and officers tracked it to a nearby mobile home park. When officers found the car, they handcuffed a suspect outside a mobile home, then knocked on its door. Tregre said someone with a dog answered. “Another person exited that trailer with an assault AP Photo/Andy Manis weapon and ambushed my two officers,” Tregre said. Two IN THIS photo taken Sunday, John Catlin talks about Repubdeputies were killed and a lican Vice Presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. in third was wounded. his front yard in Janesville, Wis.

Ryan’s hometown and the route back to prosperity JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — A defining moment for Paul Ryan’s hometown came at the height of the Great Recession: General Motors, after nearly a century of making Chevrolets on the banks of the Rock River, shut down its oldest assembly plant and erased 6,000 jobs. A defining question of the campaign Ryan joined this week as the Republican Party’s vice presidential nominee just might be what comes next for places like Janesville. In the election battleground states of middle America, this is one of the many not-quite-small-towns but hardly-big-cities struggling to find their future. They were among the last places where high school educations led to solid blue-collar jobs. They are home to once-thriving small businesses now staggering from big employers shutting down. For Republican Mitt Romney and his new running mate, the solution is lower taxes and fewer regulations. For President Barack Obama, it’s more resources for schools, job training and infrastructure. The policies couldn’t be much more different, even if they share the same goal: making America a more enticing place to do business. And even when there’s a hometown kid on the ballot, the election in cities such as

Janesville is largely a choice about which path is the right route to prosperity. “This town is in bad shape economically,” said Bill Westphal, 72, a retired businessman who lives across the street from Ryan and his family. “We’re out here on a limb. We have to make this town work.”

Janesville, a town of 60,000 roughly 40 miles southeast of the capital city of Madison, is one of a dozen communities nationwide rocked by the near-collapse of General Motors. The company survives today after cutting roughly 22,000 VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, blue-collar jobs and filing for Mich. (AP) — Police in Michibankruptcy in 2009. gan are looking into whether a man intentionally drove his car into another vehicle on an Indiana freeway after killing his wife and two young sons in their Detroit-area home. the town of Mishada, killing Authorities in Indiana say seven soldiers and wounding Michael VanDerLinden and a eight. Mishada is 30 kilome- second driver were killed ters (20 miles) north of Bagh- about 1:30 a.m. Thursday in dad. the crash on Interstate 94 Then, around 10 p.m., a near Michigan City. suicide bomber walked into a When officers went to Vanteashop and blew himself up DerLinden’s home seven in Tal Afar, some 420 kilome- hours later to notify relatives ters (260 miles) northwest of they found the bodies of his the capital. Mayor Abdul-Aal wife, 7-year-old son and 4Abbas and local police said year-old son in separate bedthat explosion killed seven rooms. and wounded 10. Police Capt. Gregory LauAnd in Kut, a Shiite city rain would not say how they southeast of Baghdad, a were killed. parked car exploded near a He says VanDerLinden market and several restau- may have tried to commit suirants late in the evening, cide and that investigators killing 7 and wounding 25 “have no other leads” on “any people, police and hospital of- other suspects” in the slayficials said. ings.

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Wave of attacks kill 59 in Iraq BAGHDAD (AP) — Insurgents in Iraq unleashed a relentless wave of attacks from before dawn until late at night Thursday, killing 59 people and wounding many more in a deadly show of force aimed at undermining the government’s authority. The bomb and shooting attacks made for the country’s deadliest day in more than three weeks, rattling nerves as families prepared to gather for a holiday weekend. More than 150 people have been killed in violence across the country since the start of August, showing that insurgents led by al-Qaida’s Iraqi franchise remain a lethal force eight months after the

last U.S. troops left the country. Five of the attacks accounted for more than half of the casualties. A morning car bomb in Baghdad’s northeastern and mostly Shiite neighborhood of Husseiniyah killed seven people and wounded 31. Around midday, another car bomb struck near the headquarters of local security forces in the northern city of Daqouq. As police rushed to the scene, a roadside bomb exploded, killing seven policemen. Another 35 people were hurt, police said. Shortly before sunset, gunmen in cars opened fire on an Iraqi army checkpoint near

Trial on hold over suspect’s beard FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — For the past two months, the military judge presiding over the high-profile case of the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage has said he wanted to avoid disruptions in court. So after Maj. Nidal Hasan showed up for a June pretrial hearing wearing a beard, a violation of Army regulations, Col. Gregory Gross banned him from the courtroom until he shaves. Now Hasan’s facial hair has become a bigger disruption than anyone might have foreseen. All hearings and the murder trial, set to start next

week, were put on hold Wednesday while an appeals court considers Hasan’s objections to being forcibly shaved. The delay is frustrating for many involved in the case, although some victims’ relatives say they have grown accustomed to waiting for the trial to start. It’s been almost three years since the shooting rampage left 13 dead and more than two dozen wounded on the Texas Army post. “I stopped holding my breath a long time ago as far as expecting to get any closure regarding the trial,” said Leila Hunt Willingham, whose brother Jason Dean “J.D.” Hunt was among those killed

Nov. 5, 2009. Gross has not allowed Hasan to stay in the courtroom, saying the beard is a disruption. However, in late July Gross said he wanted Hasan in the room during the court-martial to prevent a possible appeal on the issue if he is convicted. He said Hasan would be forcibly shaved before the trial if he didn’t shave the beard himself. Hasan, an American-born Muslim, won’t shave because the beard is an expression of his faith, defense attorneys have said. Hasan also has had a premonition that his death is imminent, his attorneys said.

“He does not wish to die without a beard as he believes not having a beard is a sin,” one of Hasan’s attorneys wrote in his appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. Hasan faces the death penalty or life in prison without parole if convicted. No military death-row inmates have been executed since 1961. Prosecutors have said Hasan grew the beard so trial witnesses would have a hard time identifying him. They have said they doubt religion is his motive, noting he was clean-shaven at the time of the shootings.

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• Hope in Recovery, similar to traditional 12-step BY VERENA used to little programs to confront destructive habits and beEICHER children. haviors, meets at the First Presbyterian Church, Age 14 Dad is going 114 E. 4th St., Greenville, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. For to grill some more information, call (937) 548-9006. I decided to pork chops and • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Staying write for Mom hot wings for Clean for the Weekend, meets at 7 p.m. at First this week. It our supper United Methodist Church, 230 E. Poplar St. has been awhile tonight. I always since I wrote like when he Saturday Morning Amish the column. I grills because it • Agape Mobile Rural Food Pantry Distribution, just came home is always so deliCook in Russia, 9 to 10 a.m. • Agape Mobile Rural Food Pantry Distribution, from de-tassel- Lovina Eicher cious. Mom is ing corn not too going to make in Fort Loramie, 10:30 a.m. to noon. ago. The long noodle soup to • Lockington UMC, 2190 Miami-Conservancy corn was extra wet this along with it. go Road, will hold “God’s Grocery Giveaway.” RegisFor Father’s Day we tration starts at 7:30 a.m., and the giveaway starts morning since we got all that rain. I don’t really gave Dad a new charcoal at 9. First come, first serve basis. mind de-tasseling corn grill. He was glad for it Saturday Afternoon unless it is really tall. because his old one was • A support group for survivors of sexual abuse August 11 will be our de- so worn out. He couldn’t meets at 1:30 p.m. on the second floor of the Troy- tasseling picnic because shut it down, so all the Hayner Cultural Center, 301 W. Main St., Troy. For we will be done. meat would want to information, call (937) 295-3912 or (937) 272-0308. Tonight I will help sis- burn. Mom was glad to Saturday Evening ter Susan take our see Dad get the new grill • The Sidney-Shelby County Chess Club “Check- miniature pony that she because he likes cooking mates” meets at 7 p.m. at the library at the Dorothy is training for a ride. She on it more often. We will Love Retirement Community. All skill levels are takes it down the road probably sit outside and welcome. For more information, call 497-7326. past tractors and big eat while Dad finishes • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Saturday trucks, so it gets used to the meat. It always Night Live, meets at 8 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran traffic and all noises. tastes best to eat it fresh Church, 120 W. Water St. Tiny Tim is her newest off the grill. pony that she is training. In September school Sunday Afternoon • Shelby County Deer Hunters holds its monthly He is doing pretty good, will start again. It seems Sunday Trap Shoot at 7988 Johnston-Slagle Road but he still likes taking the summer went too beginning at noon, 10 birds. Program starts at 2 us in the ditch once in fast. I will be entering p.m., 50 birds, long run, handicapped and Lewis awhile. I think it is neat eighth grade. This will to see how different all be my last year in school, class. Open to the public. the pony behaviors are. for which I am glad. I • The Catholic Adult Singles Club meets for Tim has to be won’t miss the school Tiny bowling and supper in Celina. For information, call trained, so it takes a lot work, but I will miss my (419) 678-8691 of working with him. friends. Sunday Evening She had let Lovina I am looking forward • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Never Alone, and Kevin go play with to cousin Albert’s wedNever Again, meets at 6:30 p.m. at First Christian the pony, so he could get ding. He is getting marChurch, 320 E. Russell Road. • Church Women United will hold its Bible study from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at First Christian Church, 320 E. Russell Road. Take Bibles.

Monday Afternoon • Sidney Rotary Club meets at noon. For more information on activities or becoming a member, contact Scott Barhorst at 492-0823.

Monday Evening • Art Study Group meets at 6 p.m. For information, contact Starr Gephart at 295-2323. • Women of the Moose meets at 7 p.m. at the Moose Lodge, on the corner of Broadway Avenue and Russell Road. • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Vision of Hope, group meets at 7 p.m. at Russell Road Church, 340 W. Russell Road. • Overeaters Anonymous, a 12-step program for anyone desiring to stop eating compulsively, meets at 7 p.m. at Hillcrest Baptist Church, 1505 S. Main St., Bellefontaine. • Sidney Boy Scout Troop 97 meets at 7 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ. All new members are welcome. For more information, call Tom Frantz at 492-7075. • TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at 7 p.m. at Faith Alliance Church, New Knoxville Road, New Bremen.

Tuesday Afternoon • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Addicts at Work, meets at noon at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 120 W. Water St. • The Springfield Regional Cancer Center in Springfield hosts a support and education group for cancer patients and their families from noon to 1:30 p.m. The groups are free and open to anyone who has a need for cancer education and support. For more information, call the cancer center at (937) 325-5001 or the American Cancer Society at (937) 399-0809.

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ried to Louanna. I will get to see all my cousins on Mom’s side of the family. We don’t see all of our cousins as often since we moved to Michigan. I hope they will all be able to make it to the wedding. It is always interesting to see how much everyone has grown. It is so nice to be sleeping upstairs in our bedrooms again since the fire. Susan and I share a bedroom. She painted our walls and ceiling a light green. I like aqua, and Susan likes green, so I let her choose the color. We still have some organizing to do. We have both been de-tasseling for over a month, so we didn’t have much time to do it yet. Loretta and Lovina share a bedroom, they both like the color lavender, so that is the color of their bedroom. The boys wanted their room blue, and Elizabeth’s is colored burgundy Uncle Jacob’s have been preparing for church services at their home, so we have been helping them whenever we can. This is now another day and I want to bake monster cookies and

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Speaker shares happiness of bluebirds The speaker at the recent Shelby County Genealogical Society meeting was Larry Dicke, of New Bremen, who led a program on his love for bluebirds. Larry is a member of the Shelby County Master Gardeners and is president of the Bremen Historical Society. When he retired his wife told him to get a hobby. A friend suggested that he get an interest in bluebirds. In studying the nesting habits of bluebirds he found that the nesting box needed to be kept a away from barns and trees. A good place to put a bluebird pathway is in a cemetery. Then you hope the bluebird pair likes the box and chooses it as a place to make their nest, he said. The first time he thought he had nesting bluebirds turned out to be a nest of sparrows. If the box is full of sticks you can be sure that the

Bridal show to be held Aug. 26

BY PATRICIA ANN SPEELMAN bird making the nest is pspeelman@sdnccg.com a wren, he said. Sparrows fill the box up to Call it an urban legthe top with grass and end, a medieval myth or feathers. Bluebirds take just plain wrong inforfrom two to five days to mation, but it’s entirely make their nests out of false that soon-to-be grass, and they only fill brides and their parents the box about half way. and fiances must spend The nesting box has a hours and hours of time door on the side that can and miles and miles of be opened to check out travel to organize the the nest. You should perfect wedding. knock on the door before All they have to do is opening the nesting box, visit the seventh annual he said. The mother or Weddings of Distinction father may fly out, but Bridal Show at the Fort they will return. The Piqua Plaza, 308 N. mother keeps the eggs Main St., Piqua, on Aug. at a 96 degrees faren- 26. heit, which she does The Sidney Daily easily with the heat News, Troy Daily News generated by the nest- and Piqua Daily Call ing patch in her chest. sponsor the event annuThe bluebird chicks ally as a one-stop-shop take six to 14 days to for wedding-planning hatch. The bluebird pair couples. This year’s show will make up to three runs from noon to 4 p.m. nests a year. The nest- on the fourth floor of the ing box needs to be cleaned out after the fledgling bluebirds leave the nest, because bluebirds like to start out with a clean box with COLUMBUS — Doueach nest. ble-checking your child’s vaccination records should be on the top of every parent’s back to school checklist. These important vaccines protect your children’s health, prevent downtown Tipp City school absence and save with free admission. parents from missed Registration cost is $5 workdays. “Parents aland is from 5 to 7 p.m. at ways associate note12 E. Main St. across books and pencils with from the Li- ‘back to school’, but imb r a r y . portant immunizations T h e are often forgotten,” first 250 said Melissa Wervey e n t r i e s Arnold, executive direcwill re- tor for the Ohio Chapceive dash plaques ter of the American and trophies will be Academy of Pediatrics. awarded. Activities until “We strongly encourage 9 p.m. include door parents to check in with prizes, shopping, a 50/50 their family doctor or raffle, and a DJ provid- health provider to make ing music at Third and sure their children are Main Streets. protected as they start For more information, the new school year.” call Sue (Trans Am Vaccinations are imClub) at (937) 667-4232 portant for students of or Steve (Downtown) at all ages, but parents (937) 667-3696. should be particularly mindful of kindergarteners, adolescents and college bound students. Parents of kindergarteners must provide vaccination records from their healthcare provider upon enrollment. Ohio law requires children starting kindergarten to be vaccinated against polio, chickenpox, measles, mumps, rubella, diphand a face painter. theria, tetanus, whoopThe Applefest Kids ing cough, and Stage will present a Hepatitis B. Safeguardwide variety of entering against these comtainment Sept.8, includ- municable diseases at a ing a YMCA tae kwon young age provides for do demonstration, en- a safer, healthier learntertainer Hugo Toast, ing environment. YMCA gymnastics team As children reach performance, a pie-eat- their teenage years, they ing contest, Shelby need another round of County Sheriff ’s De- vaccinations. Before sevpartment K-9 demon- enth grade students in stration, and an appearance by Ronald McDonald.

plaza. Admission is $5. Emmy’s Bridal, of Minster, will stage two different fashion shows, one at 1:30 p.m. and the second at 2:30 p.m., to showcase gowns, tuxedoes and accessories. More than 30 area vendors will be on hand to offer advice and information. And each one has provided something special as a door prize. The door prizes will be awarded throughout the event. “This year is going to be bigger and better than ever,” said Becky Smith, advertising manager of the Sidney Daily News and Classified Call Center. “There will be lots of give-aways. These are local businesses in

Miami, Shelby and Auglaize counties. Everything you need will be right at your fingertips to plan your wedding. There will be representatives of venues; shops selling attire for the bride, bridegroom, mother of the bride, bridesmaids, and honeymoon attire; photographers; florists; disc jockeys; limousine services and caterers. The caterers will have samples. And it’s all showcased in the beautiful Fort Piqua Hotel.” Businesses registered at press time to participate in Weddings of Distinction include the following: • Disc jockeys: Absolute Audio. • Attire and accessories: Emmy’s Bridal, Unseen Elegance, Bridal Emporium, Harris Jewelers, Ron & Nita’s, Jewelry

Barn, and April’s Bridal. • Venues: Fort Piqua Plaza, La Quinta Inn, So Serene, Comfort Inn and the Fairfield Inn & Suites and the Residence Inn by Marriott. • Caterers and bakers: Dobo’s Delights Bake Shoppe, Romer’s Catering, Lee’s Famous Recipe, Tin Roof Catering, Mrs. B’s Catering, Brittney’s Cakes, Catering by Michael, Heritage Event Catering and Perfect Party Catering. • Florists: Allisten Manor’s Flower Box and GeNell’s Flowers. • Photographers: My MC Studio, Candid Keepsakes Photo Booth, Photography Lane and Clou Studio. • Gifts and services: Journey Salon, Elder Beerman, Dunlap Limousine, Mary Kay-Jessica Williams and Genie Cleaners.

Immunization advice offered

Trans Am cruise-in set for Aug. 25 TIPP CITY — Tippecanoe Main Street hosts the 17th Annual Trans Am Nationals Cruise-In Aug. 25 from 5 to 9 p.m. Along with help from the Trans Am Club of America Dayton Chapter and the Ohio Firebirds of Cincinnati, owners of Firebirds, Formulas, Firehawks, Trans Ams, and GTA’s are urged to enter, but everyone is invited to view the entries and enjoy the fun. The event will take place in the Old Tippecanoe Historic District in

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Ohio are required to have booster shots for tetanus, diphtheria and— newly required this year— pertussis (whooping cough). Besides those vaccines required by state law, the Centers for Disease Control advises parents to protect teens with additional vaccines for influenza, human papillomavirus and meningococcal disease. College bound students are particularly at risk for potentially fatal diseases like meningitis that spread easily in shared living situations like dormitories. Ohio law does not specify immunization requirements for college enrollment, but the law does require students to disclose whether they’re immunized against meningi-

tis and Hepatitis B before they can live in oncampus housing. Additionally, many Ohio colleges do require newly enrolled students to have a meningococcal disease vaccine. “I think the meningitis outbreak that we saw on an Ohio campus in 2010 was a wake-up call to many parents and universities,” said Melissa Wervey Arnold. “It might seem like yet another errand to run in the hustle to get ready for college, but it is a critical one that can protect your child from a serious health threat.” Parents should check with their family doctor or healthcare provider to make sure their student’s vaccinations are up to date. Most medical providers and clin-

ics can access the statewide vaccination registry and easily retrieve that information. Many vaccines, including those required for school entry, are offered free of charge at local health departments for families who meet inrequirements. come Visit the Ohio Department of Health website at www.odh.ohio.gov to learn more and to find your local health department. August is typically recognized as National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM). This awareness month highlights the need for improving national immunization coverage levels and encourages all people to protect their health by being immunized against infectious diseases.

Applefest offers food, fun for kids The Applefest Kids Area, sponsored by the Community Foundation of Shelby County, will be full of free fun, food and games under two white tents on the south side of the courtsquare. The craft and game areas will be open Sept. 8 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sept. 9 from noon until 2 p.m. Children will enjoy making and decorating a variety of craft items for all skill levels. They can also pick up a quick, healthy snack after their craft fun. Just outside the craft tents will be a petting zoo, a balloon sculptor

Benefit planned PIQUA — A benefit will be held for Team Lisa, supporting Lisa Kendall-Maxson who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in August 2011. The benefit will be at The Learning Place, 201 RM Davis Parkway, Aug. 26 from noon to 5 p.m.

Activities include dinner, a basket raffle and an auction. The menu is spaghetti, garlic bread, assorted desserts and a beverage. Dinner is a $5 minimum donation. For more information, “like” Team Lisa on Facebook and check out the Team Lisa Benefit page.

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Champion Ayrshires Ohio State Fair Grand Champion and Junior Champion of the Open Class Ayrshire Dairy Show, 6-year-old and over, was exhibited by Mill Valley Farms and shown by Donna Greiwe, along with winning the National Ayrshire Futurity shown by Jeromy Greiwe. Pictured left to right are Garrett Hageman; Trevor, Blake, Jeromy, Lane, Donna and John Griewe, of 5965 State Route 29, Sidney; Tanner Topp, of Wooster, wins Reserve Champion and judge Bobby Griggs of Seminole, Okla.

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All American Youth Karate Demonstration ...11:10 am Hugo Toast .....................................................1:10 pm Shelby County Sheriff K-9 Demonstration ....3:10 pm YMCA Gymnastics Team ..............................4:10 pm Pie Eating Contest .......................................5:10 pm Ronald McDonald ........................................6:10 pm Sidney Dance Company and Sock & Buskin Community Theatre Flash Mob...............................???

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Contact Russia/Houston reporter Terry Pellman with story ideas by phone at (937) 492-0032; email, tpellman@woh.rr.com; or by fax, (937) 498-5991.

Russia students to return to classes BY TERRY PELLMAN

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RUSSIA SCHOOL band teacher Ronda Stammen (front) of Versailles, and other staff members, take mentary Guidance Coun- other three days each selor. Ahrens will spend week at Botkins School. Tuesday and Thursday She will also serve the at Russia School, and the Russia School as the

part in a faculty computer training session at Russia School Tuesday. Junior High cheerlead- specialist. Leah Fuling adviser. lenkamp will also be helpThe district will also ing the school with welcome a new media technology matters. Pre-

Russia School supply list Kindergarten One back pack, four sharpened # 2 pencils, one large pink eraser, One glue rag (old wash cloth, one watercolor paint set (16 count), one folder with pockets (no binders), one large plastic school box (11”x 6” approx. size) ( plastic shoe boxes with a snap-on lid work great). One paint shirt (large t-shirt works best), three glue sticks (large size), one blunt/round tip Fiskar scissors, One box Ziploc bags girls – gallon size, boys - quart size. Girls – one box tissues, and boys-one container of wet wipes; Glue and crayons are provided! Please put name on each item except Ziploc bags tissues and wipes. Grade 1 One back pack), three packs of sharpened #2 pencils, two large pink erasers, three Elmer’s Glue (4 oz. white only), one pointed Fiskar scissors, 3 boxes 24 count crayons, one Crayola watercolor paint set (16 count), one paint shirt, one clean white t-shirt (labeled with name). One glue rag (wash cloth size), six glue sticks (white only), one 1-subject spiral notebooknarrow lined (no wireless or perforated), two boxes of Kleenex, six dry erase markers, one yellow highlighter, one pencil bag or box big enough for supplies. And one pack of 100 3x5 index cards. Grade 2 One back pack, four #2 pencils, two pink large erasers, one 8 oz. Elmer’s Glue (white only), one pointed Fiskar scissors, one box 24 count crayons, one Crayola watercolor paint set, one folder with pockets (no binders), two boxes of 200 count tissues, one paint shirt (labeled with child’s name), one glue rag (wash cloth size), two glue sticks (white only), two 1-subject spiral notebooks (wideruled and no wireless or perforated), one set of colored pencils, two dry erase markers. Mrs. Rethman’s Class Only – one container wet wipes (disinfecting wipes). Grade 3 One school bag/back pack, ten sharpened #2 pencils & 2 large erasers, two large glue stick (white only), one pointed Fiskar scissors, one box of 24 count crayons, one set of colored pencils, four red ink pens, four dry-erase markers (fine point), two one-subject spiral notebook (wide-ruled) two boxes of 200 count tissues. One box sandwich size Ziploc bags, and one wash cloth. Grade 4 One school bag, eight #2 pencils, two large erasers, five large glue sticks, eight red ink pens, three packages sticky notes of any size, one 12” wooden ruler (standard & metric, no plastic or bendable), one set of 24 colored pencils,, two dry erase markers (fine point), two highlighters, two boxes of 200 ct. tissues, one washcloth, one box 24 count crayons, one pointed Fiskar scissors, two spiral notebooks,, one personal sized New Webster’s Edition Dictionary, two composition notebooks. Grade 5 One pencil bag, zippered (no boxes), 8-12 red pens, 24 #2 pencils, one eraser, four dry erase markers, two highlighters, one subject notebook for math, one box of colored pencils, one glue stick, two packages wide-ruled loose leaf paper, one scissors, one clear protractor. Four brown paper bags to

be used for book covers (no store bought fabric book covers please), two boxes of tissues. Two 1 ½ “ 3-ring binders with 5 or more index tab dividers (1 for language arts and 1 for math), three packs index cards 3” x 5 for Social Studies, math and Science, 3 two-pocket folders (2 for language arts and 1 for music). One plastic accordion folder with 6 or more tabs. Grade 6 One pencil BAG (zippered – no boxes), 8-12 red pens, 24 #2 pencils, one eraser, four dry erase markers, 2 highlighters, two 1-subject notebook (1 for math and 1 for science), one box of colored pencils, one glue stick, two packages wide-ruled loose leaf paper, one scissors, two boxes of tissues, one package index cards 3” x 5”. One 1 ½” 3-ring binder with 5 or more index tab dividers (for math), One Texas Instrument calculator (TI30XIIS) recommended to buy early, one plastic accordion folder with 6 or more tabs, two brown paper bags for book covers (no store bought fabric book covers please). JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL The school has purchased color-coded 3-ring binders for 7th graders that will be included in the book bill and given out the first day of school. No pocket folders or spiral notebooks will be needed. You will need loose-leaf notebook paper for the binders. 8th grade students are expected to use last year’s binders or purchase new colorcoded binders on their own; Math-black; Social Studies-grey; Science-green; English-red; Reading-blue. An assignment book is required for all junior high and high school students and will be provided by the school. A basic calculator is needed for science. Language Art supplies needed for the first day of school: blue, black & red pens: pencils; 2 highlighters in different colors; 1 package 2X5 ruled index cards; loose leaf paper; 12-ct. or more crayons, markers, or colored pencils; pencil bag, and 2 erasers, 1 box of tissues – 8th Gr. To Mr. Doseck & 7th grades to Mrs. Bensman. Gr. 7 General Music: 3 ring binder w/pockets on inside front & back cover, notebook paper and highlighter. Gr. 7 Math: 4 dry erase markers. Grades 8 & 9 Social Studies Classes: Bring the following supplies on first day of school and receive bonus points! Gr. 8 American History: 1” grey 3-ring binder. Gr. 9 World Studies: 1” 3-ring binder, solid color. Earth & Space Science, Chemistry & Physics Classes: 1 pack (25 pages) of graph paper; scientific calculator; and 1 notebook. Gr. 71-12 Art: All art students in grades 7-12 will have art notes and various handouts throughout the semester or year. Please purchase: 1 folder with pockets and fasteners for each Art class you are taking to hold three-hole punched papers; 2 #2 pencils (not mechanical) w/name on them; and 1 pionl or white eraser. All Computer Application 1 Students 1” red binder. Assignment Books Assignment books for the 2012-13 school year will be given to all students in grades 5-12 at no charge. No cloth book covers (book sox) are available through the school. Reminder: adhesive book covers will not be permitted!

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Protect kids from cyberbullies (StatePoint) — Most parents are familiar with traditional bullying that takes place at school and on the playground, but as life has gone digital, so has bullying. “Cyberbullying, bullying that occurs through technology like computers and mobile devices, is often harder to detect than traditional bullying. The bully isn’t immediately visible and may not even be known to the victim,” says pediatrician Dr. Gwenn Schurgin O’Keeffe of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and author of “CyberSafe: Protecting and Empowering in the Digital World of Texting, Gaming, and Social Media.” “Because of this, cyberbullying is often more upsetting to victims, with even more profound and long-lasting effects,” Dr. O’Keeffe said. While the anonymous nature of the digital world does pose a challenge to identifying cyberbullies, O’Keeffe notes, parents can take an active role toward combating this 21st century problem. Here are tips for parents to get a handle on cyberbullying, whether your child is a victim, a bystander or even participating in the bullying: • Monitor your child’s digital technology use. Be on the lookout for behaviors like quickly switching screens and having multiple passwords and accounts. • Teach your child to come forward if he or she knows a friend is bullying others or being bullied. Being a bystander helps perpetuate the cycle and continue someone else’s pain. • You may think your child is safely using a

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digital device in the next room, but any child online is at risk for being bullied. Not all children are going to let you know if there’s a problem, including teenagers. If your child is acting withdrawn, evasive or unusually sad — especially after using a digital device such as a computer, video game or mobile phone — ask if everything is okay. Regularly converse to open the line of communication. • Cyberbullies may think they are acting anonymously, but they can be tracked by authorities. If your child is a victim, save the offending emails, IMs, and texts, and get the school involved if possible. • If you worry your child is in serious danger, or the other parents refuse to help end bullying, call the police. • Find out what your child’s school’s policies are on bullying, cyberbullying and digital devices. If the rules are insufficient, talk to the teachers and principal about establishing sensible regulations. • Don’t raise a bully! Foster empathy by talking regularly about how actions and words affect others. Set a good example by always treating others with respect yourself, both online and offline. • Help children develop constructive strategies for getting what they want that don’t include teasing, threatening or hurting others. • Don’t assume that a normally well-behaved child is guilt-free. The faceless digital world makes it easy for even good kids to sometimes be mean. More information about cyberbullying can be found on the AAP parenting website, www.healthychildren.org.

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RUSSIA — The Russia School year for 2012 kicks off with Back to School Night for grades K-6, Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. The first day of school will be Wednesday. Students and parents will see several changes. First of all, the district welcomes a new faculty member in the high school English department. Fort Loramie native Jana Salisbury has taught for five years in the Piqua School District. Salisbury is a certified Advanced Placement teacher and is approved to teach Dual Enrollment classes. The new high school Spanish teacher is Bolivia native Luciano Tacuri. Fluent in three languages, Tacuri is also approved as a Dual Enrollment instructor. Hollie Ahrens, a resident of Versailles, will serve as the new Ele-

viously, Fullenkamp elementary taught classes at Parkway, and was the Technology Coach/Media Specialist at the Waynesfield Goshen School District. Over the summer, Fullenkamp has been updating the Russia School website. Students and parents will also soon become familiar with some schedule changes in an attempt to enhance academic achievement. In order to provide more contact time between students and teachers, first and second graders will have recess only on non-gym days. Third and fourth graders will not have a recess period. Scheduling changes will also result in students having art, music and gym just once a week. The district hopes that these adjustments will provide more time for intervention activities. In addition, the kindergarten day will now be 40 minutes longer.

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tendent Larry Claypool (left) listens.

Hardin-Houston schedule back to normal for 2012-13 BY TERRY PELLMAN HOUSTON — The Hardin-Houston School district will have a normal schedule this year, after having to adjust the previous school year to the construction of the new school building complex. The first day for students will be Aug . 22. An open house for pre-K parents and stu-

dents will be held on Aug. 20 from 5 to 7 p.m. The district will be hosting two new pre-K classes through Shelby Hills School. Another change is in the school day schedule. This year, students will be in class by 8 a.m. and the day will end at 2:54 p.m. There will also be some new staff and different assignments for familiar faculty. Andrea

Kittle will serve as the district’s new Title 1 teacher and coordinator. She has previously taught in the Bellefontaine School District. Samantha Sharp will be the new music teacher. She is a recent graduate of Wright State University. Nate Fridley, a recent graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University, will be a new third-grade teacher.

Dee Monnin will now be in charge of the gifted program, and will continue her role as the intervention specialist for the high school. In two other changes, Kelly Steineman will teach first grade, and Gwen Shoemaker will be a second-grade instructor. Finally, you may want to check out the district’s revised website.

Back to school Hardin-Houston School supply list Kindergarten One small plastic box (8”x5”), one box 24 count Crayola Crayons, one 4 oz. Elmer’s glue, four glue sticks, one Crayola Water Paints , one paint shirt (large old T-shirt), one book bag the student can open, four regular size containers of playdough, one box quart size zip lock bags (boys), One box gallon size zip lock bags (girls), one Fiskar pointed scissors, two pencils, one box tissues, two Chlorox wipes. First Grade One small school box , three boxes Crayola crayons (24 count), four Pink or green erasers, one book bag, two packs no. 2 pencils (12 count yellow), one Fiskar pointed scissors, one folder with pockets, one box 200 count tissues, two red plastic folders, two packs of 100 index cards (3 x 5, two (70 page) wide ruled notebooks, two yellow highlighters ,four dry erase markers. One box quart Ziploc bags, six Elmer glue sticks, and one canister Wet Ones or Clorox Wipes. Second Grade One small school box, two boxes Crayola Crayons (24 count), one 4 oz. bottle Elmer’s Glue, four glue sticks, two erasers, one box Crayola broad tip markers, one book bag, twelve no. 2 yellow pencils, one Fiskar pointed scissors, two boxes 200 count tissues, one canister Wet Ones or Clorox Wipes, two packages of index cards (plain 3x5), one box Ziploc sandwich bags (girls), one box gallon Ziploc freezer bags (boys). One package broad dry erase markers. Third Grade Eight fat EXPO dry erase markers, three containers of Wet Wipes, two boxes of Kleenex, multiplication cards (for home), three pink erasers, one pack wide-ruled notebook paper, one wideruled notebook, two boxes #2 yellow pencils, one pack 3 x 5 index cards, one box Crayola colored pencils. One small school box, three glue sticks, one 24 count crayons, one pocket folder and one box markers/. Fourth Grade One small school box, one Crayola Crayons (24 count), one stick glue, One set of colored pencils,twenty-four no. 2 pencils, four pocket folders, two packages wide-width loose-leaf paper, two composition notebooks, two boxes 200 count tissues, two pink or white erasers, two canisters Wet Ones, two pink or white erases two canisters Wet

Ones, one highlighter, one pack of skinny EXPO markers. One box Ziploc quart bags (boys), and one box Ziploc gallon bags (girls). Fifth Grade/ Sixth Grade Two highlighters, one box of markers, one pack colored pencils, five glue sticks, forty- eight no. 2 pencils, four black/blue pens, two red pens, one small school box, one pointed scissors, one pack index cards, two boxes tissues, two boxes crayons. Four book covers, two packages of paper, two package antibacterial wipes, four notebooks (red, blue, yellow and green), One 12” ruler (5th grade), 3x5 index cards (6th grade), Four vinyl folders (red, blue, green and yellow) and one composition notebook (6th grade). 7th and 8th grade science Pocket folder, highlighter, pencils and black or blue pens. Seventh Grade: Math One 1” 3-ring binder, loose-leaf paper, pencils. Health and Art Composition book, folder for art, folder for health and box of Kleenex. History Box of Kleenex and folder. Language Arts Two inch 3 ring binder blue or green for English. Two inch 3 ring binder red or black for reading, five tab dividers for each 3 ring binder, one composition book (journal), loose- leaf paper and red pens. Blue or black pens (no funky-colored ink, please), pencils, box of tissues or hand sanitizer and flash drive/memory stick, at least one GB or higher recommended. Eighth Grade: Math OGT Calculator issued in 7th grade, loose leaf paper, notebook. Pencils and erasers and small pack of graph paper. American History One 1½ inch 3 ring binder. Language Arts Two inch 3-ring binder (blue or green) for English, two inch 3-ring binder (red or black) for reading, five tab dividers for each 3-ring binder. Composition book (journal), loose-leaf paper, and red pens. Blue/black pens (no funky colored ink, please), pencils, box of tissues or hand sanitizer and flash drive/memory stick at least one GB or higher recommended.

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Get off to a good start with a healthy breakfast The necessity of eating a healthy breakfast to start the day off on the right foot can never be repeated often enough. If this is true for adults, you can imagine that it is even truer for children who are still growing. Children need to drink fluids to wash out metabolized wastes from the previous day and build up their energy before going to school. Children who eat a well-balanced breakfast have better concentration all morning. They are attentive and can assimilate the curriculum more easily because they have eaten the nutritional elements their brains need to function. However, it’s not always easy to convince children to eat their breakfasts. They may reluctantly swallow a mouthful of juice and a couple of bites of bread and then say they’ve had enough. A few tricks can help parents solve this problem. The night before, set the table with a colourful cloth, funny napkins, a bunch of flowers, or other things that will tempt them to sit down to the table. Set the alarm clock to go off a few minutes earlier so that children can wake up properly before sitting down. It is also important for parents to take the time to breakfast with their children. If you only rush through a cup of coffee without eating anything, your children will learn that habit. On the other hand, if you sit down for breakfast and chat with them, they will be much more motivated to empty their plates. Try and vary the menu. Serve different types of whole-grain bread or cereals, as well as their favorite fruits, and turn breakfast into the nicest time of the day.

Have a wonderful year to all students!

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DR. WALthere used to be. LACE: Our The percentage family consists of women havof my parents, ing just one grandmy child has inmother and me. creased from 18 Granny came to to 36 percent in live with us the past 20 after my grandyears, according father died six ’Tween to Family Planmonths ago. I ning Perspeclove Granny 12 & 20 tives. Make sure Dr. Robert very much, but Granny reads Wallace sometimes she’s this column. very stubborn and that can be a bit of a DR. WALLACE: My problem. I am an only mother isn’t fair. I was child. My mother was supposed to go to a skatalso an only child. My ing party this Saturday dad — Granny’s his night, but I can’t go bemother — has three sis- cause I’m grounded for ters and two brothers. two weeks. Tonight I got Granny isn’t happy that mad at my younger I’m an only child. She brother for going into my keeps telling our family room without knocking, that only children have a so I sort of yelled at him difficult time in life be- to keep out. Then my cause they lack the nec- mother told me to quit essary skills to be yelling and I said, “This flexible that can only be is yelling!” and screamed provided by being part of as loudly as I could. Then a large family. When I I said, “So you can see I discuss this with my only raised my voice to mother, all she says is, Matt.” Then my mother “Granny is full of beans.” informed me I was I feel very good about grounded for two weeks. being an only child. I do Do you think the “punwell in school, and I have ishment fits the crime”? I a lot of friends. I believe don’t even think I comGranny is wrong, but mitted a crime. — Marthere is a chance she is cie, Rock Island, Ill. correct. What do you MARCIE: Most people have to say about this get into trouble when disagreement? — Name- they open their mouths less, Goshen, Ind. too much and that was NAMELESS: Since your problem. Granny had a rather Yes, your punishment large family, she is a bit was justified because disappointed that her you were being exson and his wife had but tremely sassy. In fact, one child — you. But to you deserved to be set the record straight, grounded for an addionly children do just tional two weeks! fine. There is much evidence that they excel in Dr. Robert Wallace every area of life. For in- welcomes questions from stance, an extensive readers. Although he is study conducted by the unable to reply to all of American Institute for them individually, he Research found that “on- will answer as many as lies” had higher IQs. possible in this column. They also tested higher Email him at rwalin creativity, abstract lace@galesburg.net. To reasoning, mechanical find out more about Dr. reasoning, mathematics, Robert Wallace and read reading comprehension features by other Creand English skills. ators Syndicate writers Furthermore, there and cartoonists, visit the are a lot more kids in Creators Syndicate webyour situation than site at www.creators.com.

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

I N O UR V IEW Fighting for Ohio’s farms

There’s a lot drought this that farmers year, much of can plan for: Ohio farmers’ the type of production is in crops to grow; jeopardy. While Your hometown newspaper since 1891 how much this year’s Frank Beeson/Regional Group Publisher acreage those weather has Jeffrey J. Billiel/Editor and Publisher crops will cover; been particularly extreme, Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of and when to pick those farmers face Brown religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the crops. But this the prospect of reports people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the governyear, a widebad weather ment for a redress of grievances. spread drought Sherrod Brown every year. U.S. Senator has left many That’s why, Ohio farmers with an time and again — in unplanned disaster: roundtables and over fields dry as a bone and coffee, on farms and at minimal yields. forums — Ohioans have Severe drought told me that they need a strong farm bill. And According the U.S. Department of Agricul- I’m fighting for one. When the down, all the ture’s Economic ReFarm bill world is hot and way down. Fill search Service, Ohio In June, the Senate my skin is fried, our pores, and most of the U.S. are passed a bipartisan, scratching from smooth our in the midst of the most five-year farm bill that the constant skin, wash us severe and extensive includes a stronger and dry, let the free of dirt and drought in at least 25 more market-oriented clouds boil up, sin, with the Home years. What looked to be safety net, better crop boil up high, the a bumper crop this insurance, a streamCountry rain, and then shade cleansing, spring is now coming up lined package of conserSlim Randles blessing rain. the earth with dry. vation programs, and the darkening sky and Sink the water to the Agriculture and food provisions that save bring the secrets and core of the earth and contribute to more than taxpayers more than the smell of rain. The push it through the $107 billion dollars to $23 billion over the next coolness and the blessed dust, making it heavy our state’s economy 10 years. rain, again. and loath to leave the each year. And one out The bill also includes Our land is brown ground. of every seven Ohio jobs and makes permanent but blessed, stressed in When it’s done, when is connected to growing, disaster assistance for the heat, the shiny heat it’s over, when we’ve processing and distrib- producers who lose liveof day. The slender had our treasure and stock, trees, and fruit uting the food we eat. green of rivers slide the clouds have gone, and vegetable producBut with nearly 40 along, striving to conwhen it’s over, please, tion due to natural dispercent of agricultural tinue, to feed its own bring it again another asters such as drought, land — and 65 percent along the banks, the day. Another day of fire, and frost. Many of of farms across the banks where the dust clouds, of life, of rain, of country — experiencing these programs were inrises. Rises, powdery supreme love and comclomp by clomp as we fort, of one more treat walk, walk the shady for man and his animal way. friends. Wait until it’s And though the heat, right, but then, bring the dryness of heat, the big rollers in from pushes down our weary the west, and let us feet, we plod along. watch the world get its When the heat falls fiery drink, and drink in hard, on many days, un- the noise and think quenched by the dark of about cooler times, but night, we ask, in quiet know … let us know times, we ask. Bring us that there is nothing the clouds, the blackbetter than this. bellied clouds, the clouds that softly hold The writer is a vetthe heads of gods in eran newspaperman their moistening grasp. and outdoorsman who Let them come, with is a registered outfitter their silver tops and and guide. He has writtheir bellies black as ten novels and nonficnight and cool as fortion books based on giveness. The clouds, rural living and he has the rain, the respite also been an awardfrom the toil. To soak winning columnist for the thirsty soil. Let the the largest daily newsmagic come and stay, papers in Alaska and stay for a while, at least New Mexico. He lives in for a while, and wet us Albuquerque.

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cluded in the 2008 farm bill, but expired last year. Without action, critical risk management and disaster assistance programs like these won’t be there for farmers who need them. Providing farmers the assistance they need to get through the ongoing drought is a shared priority. But in Washington, there is currently a difference of opinion as to how to provide this assistance.

Five-year bill My preference is to pass a bipartisan fiveyear farm bill — like the Senate’s Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act — that includes substantial disaster assistance, farm program reform, investments in conservation and rural communities, while also reducing the deficit. Unfortunately, instead of passing the Senate’s bipartisan farm bill, the U.S. House of Representatives is opting for a disaster package that fails to provide producers with long-term certainty and the smarter, more efficient safety net they deserve. To add insult to injury, the House finances this temporary

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Wind turbines require independent study To the editor: I am writing to get your support and ask you to urge our state and local government to have full, sound monitoring performed from an independent company on current wind farms in the United States. The wind-energy lobbyists have been ignoring the fact that wind turbines can cause a noise vibration that can be felt, rather than heard, and some people have bad health effects. As reported in Noise Health 2011, the World Health Organization did a quality-of-life survey in a semi-rural area of New Zealand to residents in two adjacent areas (one group lived close to a wind farm, the other group lived farther away from the wind farm). The results from this survey showed a lower quality of life with the residents living within 1.24 miles of a wind turbine. Also, those exposed to turbine noise reported lower sleep quality, and rated their home as less restful. Other people in Canada and the U.S. have also reported negative health effects from living close to a wind farm. In the end, there is not enough evidence to find out how much this effects human health. Therefore, until further research is done, why not be careful and require at least one mile between a wind turbine and a residence. Currently, the state of Ohio only requires a distance of 950 feet (approximately one-fifth mile) from a residence. Please do your own research on wind turbine noise problems and support your rural neighbors and sign the Shelby County petition against placing these turbines in our area and write to your local and state officials regarding further sound testing in current wind farms. Kathy Monnin 18296 Southland Road Wapakoneta

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Golf outing benefits Vets to D.C. To the editor: On behalf of the Shelby County Vets to D.C. Committee, I would like to express our appreciation for the support given to our group recently by the organizers of the Dave Watercutter Memorial Golf Outing. In its third year, this outing has generated enough money to sponsor eight veterans on this year’s trip to D.C. to see their respective memorials. Mrs. Krista Rismiller should be congratulated for her efforts in organizing this event. What a way to remember her father, Dave Watercutter, an avid golfer and veteran. Kudos also go to Ashley Wilt, the pro at Arrowhead Golf Course, and his staff for their assistance and support. Having completed the World War II and Korean War veterans phase of this mission in Shelby County, the focus of this committee has now shifted to the Vietnam/Vietnam era veterans. Our initial trip for veterans of this war will take place Sept. 21 and is completely filled. In fact, we now have a list started for the trip scheduled for May 2013. We have been gratified by the response of these veterans, but even more so by the generous response of the donors

in Shelby County who have continued to support this mission and these deserving vets. If, by any chance, there are any WWII or Korean War vets in Shelby County who have not yet been to Washington and would still like to see their memorial, they should get an application and fill it out to get on the list for May. While the focus is now on the Vietnam/Vietnam era vet, and the trip would be a bit different from those of the past, we would still like to get all eligible Shelby County WWII and Korean War vets to D.C. If you have any questions about going or eligibility, call me or talk to any of our committee members. Based on continued financial support, the next trip is tentatively scheduled for May 17-19, 2013. If you live in Shelby County and are eligible to go but don’t have an application, call me at (419) 628-0012 and I will get you one so you can be put on the list. If you have an application (even an old one), mail it to “Mission to DC”, P.O. Box 408, Anna, OH 45302. Michael J. Bennett Vets to DC Committee 12070 McCartyville Road Anna

solution with significant cuts to long-term investments in soil, water, and wildlife conservation. Five Ohio counties — Fulton, Williams, Defiance, Paulding and Van Wert — were among the 1,300 counties nationwide that have been designated as disaster areas by the USDA. And although some USDA emergency loan programs are available today, farmers and livestock producers need certainty to plan and manage their businesses for the longterm.

Expires Sept. 30 The current farm bill is set to expire Sept. 30. We can’t let this happen. Ohio farmers and ranchers need a longterm bill to pull them through this summer’s drought, and assist them as they continue in the future. The 2012 farm bill must help Ohio’s rural communities to create jobs and strengthen our economy. That’s why I will continue to fight to pass a five-year farm bill. It’s the responsible thing to do and in the midst of drought, Ohio agriculture depends on it.

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Job incident shows age bias To the editor: My 53-year-old husband has been out of work for two years. He was released from his former job after 11 years, being replaced by a younger man. I would say to him, why don’t you go to the Shelby County Job and Family Services to see if they can help you get a job. He did not want to go. But, finally he went for an open interview. It was noon to 3, hosted by a local firm. He filled out the paperwork, and sat there in his dress clothes, waiting his turn. He watched as people came and went for their interview, wearing T-shirts and jeans, or T-shirt and shorts. They all had their turn. But two hours later he was still there waiting for his turn, that never came. Now I understand why he never wanted to go to Job and Family Services in the first place. He was very upset by this. Why do companies host open interviews if they do not even talk to each person who is there waiting for their turn? I think this was a case of age discrimination, but how do you prove it? Now, I see why he did not want to go. He certainly did not get any help at all with finding a job. I am sure there are other 50-plus people who feel the same way. Age discrimination, with no way to prove it. Sherri Clay 308 S. Miami Ave.

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unnecessary. It is a policy issue principally pushed by the governor with the Legislature failing to confront him on it,” York stated. “Unfortunately, the positive development in terms of a modest rebound in the local economy and the new revenue stream from the casino tax are more than offset by reductions in investment earnings and particularly by huge funding cuts by the state,” York said. “They are building surpluses at the state level based upon the money they have confiscated from local communities.” The auditor noted that state legislators replaced the personal property tax, which was a tax on equipment and inventory, with a commercial activity tax (CAT), which is a tax on gross business revenues. But they directed the revenue from that tax to the state general fund. State instead of local “All at once it was state money instead of local money. In order to compensate for that, they replaced that revenue for us from other state funding, including revenue from their CAT tax,” York said. He noted, however, that when Gov. John Kasich took office he eliminated the reimbursements altogether. York said he expects no revenue to find it’s way back to Shelby County in the forseeable future. “The state’s revenues are well ahead of their projections, but they are pocketing the money with no concern about what they have done to local communities all over Ohio,” he said. Budget concerns Shelby County Commissioner Julie Ehemann is also concerned over the budget situation. She said that while real estate taxes are at 51 percent and are expected to hit about 100 percent of projections, interest income is at approximately 38 percent. In 2007, it was more than $1 million. So far this year, $65,000 in interest income has been received. “We projected $170,000. We probably won’t get there,” Ehemann said. “Our general fund is in a negative at the moment until we get the last property tax settlement” and it will then be on track again, although, “at the end of July we had $180,000 in general fund (money). That’s not enough for payroll.” She said the commissioners “borrowed it from another fund. Things are very tight.” Ehemann expressed concern about the Shelby County Sheriff ’s Office, where she said Sheriff John Lenhart is facing “the biggest challenge right now” financially. The commissioner said Lenhart is “currently bandaging cruisers to keep them in operation” and noted that a boiler system

must be replaced before winter. “The whole system has to get replaced. There are two (boilers) basically not working.” The cost of the boilers will be approximately $150,000 to $200,000 that will need to come from the permanent improvement fund. At the end of July, the fund had $1.6 million on hand. But Ehemann cautioned, “Our reserve is our permanent improvement (fund).” Ehemann said Lenhart is looking for resources and has brought in $16,440 in federal prisoner funding this year. Not buying the idea While Kasich’s office continues to want local to use government shared services, Ehemann isn’t buying the idea. “If shared services was a brand-new idea, we’d be all over it. But we don’t see how it’s going to help with a loss of over $700,000. We can’t cut anymore until we cut people,” she said. But Ehemann said, there are “no plans to lay off or cut anybody” at this time. Ehemann is frustrated with the lack of communication with state officials. “We’re trying to speak to them one on one to get the message through, but I don’t know if they’ve got it. It’s kind of like jerking the rug out from under us.” Commissioner Larry Kleinhans is also concerned and wonders what will happen to 911 funding. “At the end of this year, it either has to be approved (by the Legislature) or it goes away.” He said it totals about $120,000 and is shared with the city of Sidney. “That’s the 28 cents that’s on everyone’s (home) phone bill.” He noted the county needs $60,000 to operate 911 and if they have to use permanent improvement funds, it takes away from the county’s infrastructure, including repairs needed at the jail, courthouse and other county-owned offices. “Along came our legislators and decided to take some more money away from us and we’re in a world of hurt.” So far, the commissioners have borrowed from the permanent improvement fund to make ends meet. Right now, there’s about $1.1 million in the fund. ‘Not real interested’ Kleinhans said state officials are “not real interested in helping us.” He said local officials are being told, ‘We’re fixing our problem, you go out and fix your own.’ They talk about shared services; the city and county have been sharing services for the last four or five years.” Kleinhans is especially unhappy with state Sen. Keith Faber, who he said “most of the time doesn’t give us the time of day.” He said the commissioners have invited Faber, state Rep. John Adams and Kasich to discuss the funding is-

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two members of the Afghan security forces they were training to take over the fight against the insurgency. House White spokesman Jay Carney said Thursday that the U.S. is prioritizing efforts to prevent more of these types of attacks. NATO says that 34 international service members have been killed in attacks by Afghan security forces or militants wearing their uniforms so far this year. The international force “is continually assessing and refining procedures in force protection so that we can both meet mission requirements and ensure the safety of our forces,” Carney said. The Taliban said Thursday that the insider attacks are part of a strategy to undercut the alliance between the Afghan government and international forces. have “Mujahideen cleverly infiltrated the ranks of the enemy according to the plan given to them last year,” the militants said in their annual statement ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month. The attacks on U.S. service personnel have stirred fresh doubts about the capability of Afghan security forces to secure the country in less than two years’ time. The majority of international combat troops are scheduled to exit the country by the end of 2014. With Thursday’s crash, at least 26 Americans have been killed so far this month and at least 219 so far this year. That adds up to fewer deaths than in 2011, when 233 U.S. service personnel had died by the end of July. But more than 100,000 U.S. forces were stationed in the country a year ago, and thousands of those have already left as part of the drawdown ordered by President Barack Obama. The military hopes to trim the force to 68,000 troops in Afghanistan by October. The Taliban, meanwhile, are not laying low. Insurgent attacks were up 11 percent in the three months of April through June compared with the

From Page 1 same period of 2011, according to NATO. And the U.N. reported last week that targeted killings of civilians were surging. Afghan police and army casualties have also been on the rise. And July has been the deadliest month of 2012 for U.S. troops, with 40 killed as a result of warrelated violence — slightly more than in the same month of 2011. But back home, Americans appear to be paying less attention to the war. Afghanistan has rarely come up in the presidential campaign as Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney focus on the economy, jobs and taxes as the key issues. Romney, a one-term Massachusetts governor who spent most of his career in the private sector, has said he disagrees with Obama’s timing to bring the last combat troops home at the end of 2014 but has offered few details of how he would change it. As U.S. forces decrease in Afghanistan, much more of the war is likely to be fought in the shadows by elite forces who issue few press releases or statements about their strategy. Three of the seven U.S. service personnel killed in Thursday’s crash were special operations forces — two Navy SEALS and a Navy explosives expert, U.S. officials said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to disclose the information. The crash killed all of those aboard — seven U.S. troops, three members of the Afghan security forces and an Afghan civilian interpreter, said Jamie Graybeal, a spokesman for the coalition. The downed helicopter was a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk, a mediumlift helicopter that has served as the U.S. Army’s workhorse since the 1980s. The U.S.-led NATO force in Afghanistan has relied heavily on utility helicopters such as the Black Hawk to ferry troops, dignitaries and supplies around the mountainous terrain, thus avoiding the threat of ambushes and roadside bombs.

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sues but with no success. He noted that Jim Buchy, candidate for representative, state “appears like he wants to be helpful.” Noting that Faber will be named Ohio Senate president next year, Kleinhans said, “maybe he’s got bigger fish to fry than little Shelby County.” shared Lenhart Kleinhans’ frustration. He said he cut $335,000 his first two weeks in office. “We get it. Local government is shrinking, but state government is growing. My (Ohio) Highway Patrol friends are expanding.That may be needed, but why is state government growing? They’re doing that on the backs of our counties, townships, villages, ” he said. ‘Bureaucratic mess’ said he Lenhart thinks the intent of state government is to starve municipalities and schools to force consolidation. He noted this doesn’t always work, however, citing a case in which five counties combined law enforcement resources and are using one jail. “It’s a bureaucratic mess. The people have very little input in how that’s run,” he said. Lenhart cited concerns over rising crime locally.”Heroin is totally out of control.” He said 70 to 80 percent of those in jail are there for drugrelated offenses or for stealing to support their drug habits. Without appropriate funding, those issues cannot be adequately addressed, he said. Local officials said they are still waiting on Kasich’s administration to provide a so-called “toolbox” of materials and programs they were promised to help them deal with the cuts. York believes it is not doing any good for Shelby County residents to elect legislators if they are only going to listen to the governor. Governor’s rhetoric “He (Kasich) wants to boast that he ‘balanced the budget without increasing taxes.’ If we let him get by with this rhetoric without holding him accountable for the state’s responsibilities to local communities, then we are not doing what we have been elected to do,” York said. “If this thing continues to roll the direction it is going, it will be legislators who will have their feet to the fire,” York said. “It is time for legislators to stand up and be counted if they understand the problem.” In response to a comment by Adams that he “sympathizes” with the “adjustments” that have to be made locally, York stated, “Sympathy will not substitute for real money.” York “encouraged county employees and concerned citizens to make their views known to legislators and the Kasich administration.

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continues to expand. Also, they are building surpluses at the state level based on money they have confiscated from local communities.” He said the surpluses in the state’s “rainy day fund” now exceed a halfbillion dollars and are expected to reach $1.5 billion by next year. It’s a move York calls “outrageous” as local governments struggle to provide necessary services. “Starting with 2013, Shelby County government, along with townships and municipalities, will receive more than $3 million less every year based upon the current formula,” York said. “This does not include any cuts to local schools. Continued cuts of this magnitude are undoubtedly going to result in a serious reduction of important local services and will have a generally negative impact on economic activity in Shelby County.” York noted that local government funds (LGF) will be cut by 50 percent and that tangible personal property (TPP) replacement funding will be eliminated at the same time, representing another half million in revenue reduction to the county. A dire picture York painted a dire picture for the county as a result of the budget cuts. While the county has “learned to exist” on current revenues, he noted additional cuts will affect a number of operations, including the Senior Center, the Agricultural Extension Service, the Soil and Water Conservation District and others. Currently, the County Annex building is closed Friday afternoons because of reduced hours being worked by employees, and most county employees have not seen a pay increase in four years, York said. “In addition to that, funds normally earmarked for maintenance and replacement of county assets have been needed just to pay our ordinary bills. Only the most critical repairs have been made in the past five years. We can continue to operate in this manner for now, (but) we have virtually no reserves in the event of a serious emergency, lawsuit or economic downturn,” York stated. “Under the present scenario, it is just a matter of time until the county reaches a situation where basic services, possibly including sheriff and court activities, will need to be stripped to a subsistence level.” Not happy Nor is York happy with state leaders. “Several times in recent months, the governor has publicly stated he does not think the state should share any revenue with local governments and he seems to be preparing to propose sacrificing our remaining LGF (funds) so he can propose another income tax decrease. Frankly, he has a total blind spot when it comes to understanding what is happening in communities like ours across Ohio,” York said. “If the governor does propose this final cut and the Legislature blindly goes along with him as they did last year, the emergency in Shelby County will become immediate, not just postponed as it is under the current scenario. The sad thing about all of this is that it is totally

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100 years Aug. 17, 1912 The post office inspector at Springfield is seeking to enter into negotiations with any perTuesday Wednesday LOCAL OUTLOOK Today Tonight Saturday Sunday Monday son or firm owning a room suitable for a post office here. The room or building must be within reasonable distance of Partly Mostly Mostly Partly Partly Partly Partly the main business area cloudy clear with sunny cloudy cloudy cloudy cloudy and the lessee is to furwith 20% northwest with north High: 72° High: 73° High: 81° High: 77° chance of winds 5 to winds Low: 57° Low: 53° Low: 59° We may see a few scat- nish the furniture and Low: 61° showers, 10 mph around 5 tered showers early this equipment necessary for the post office for a pet-storms Low: 52° mph morning howriod of five to 10 years. High: 73° High: 73° ever the Low: 55° sunshine ––––– returns for Two car loads of tools the afterfor the drilling of an oil noon and well were unloaded in temperaSidney today. The comt u r e s pany that was anTemperature Precipitation Sunrise/Sunset drop. nounced as projected High Wednesday . . . . . . . . 82 24 hours ending at 7 a.m.none Friday’s sunset . . . . 8:30 p.m. several weeks ago has Low Wednesday. . . . . . . . . 55 Month to date . . . . . . . . . 2.72 Saturday’s sunrise . 6:51 a.m. been formed and it is Year to date . . . . . . . . . . . 22.2 Saturday’s sunset . . 8:29 p.m. said that the well will be sunk soon. Many reports Source: The Sidney Wastewater Treatment Plant, official weather reporting station for have been circulated Shelby County, and the U.S. Naval Observatory. For current daytime conditions, low/high concerning the drilling temperatures, go to AccuWeather.com. site. Some say the promoters believe the vein of oil to be located diNational forecast City/Region rectly north of Kirkwood. Forecast highs for Friday, Aug. 17 Sunny Pt. Cloudy Cloudy High | Low temps Forecast for Friday, Aug. 17 Others believe that it underlies the river bed MICH. and the vicinity. Should Cleveland oil be found near Sidney Toledo 74° | 63° it will mean much. 77° | 63° ––––– Youngstown 76° | 63° Because of the gilding Mansfield PA. of the hands of the town 76° | 61° clock, the painters found it necessary to disconnect the hands today. Columbus Dayton The work will be fin77° | 59° 75° | 59° ished tonight so that the time can be indicated as Pressure Fronts Cold Warm Stationary Low High Cincinnati usual.

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Diagnosing shin splints the front part of DEAR DR. the leg between DONOHUE: the knee and This past spring I ankle. It’s the was on our high tibia bone, the school’s women’s bone you feel betrack team. I neath the knee. never did anyThree common thing athletic beconditions bring fore. My mom encouraged me. To your on tibial pain. Stress fracShe said I wasn’t good tures are one getting enough They’re exercise. I liked it health cause. and was good at Dr. Paul G. tiny bone cracks brought on by it. I developed leg Donohue overuse. A person pains. My coach said it was shin splints. I can point with one finger had to stop running. I’m to the painful site. Pain OK now and would like increases when the foot to run again. What are hits the ground, and it reshin splints, and how do mains as a dull ache I prevent them? — A.S. when the leg is at rest. ANSWER: It would Doing too much running be a great service to hu- with too little rest is the manity if the term “shin reason why these breaks splints” was banned from occur. It takes four to six use. It’s a meaningless di- weeks for stress fractures agnosis. The shin, accord- to heal. Next season ing to the American you’ll be fine if you start Heritage Dictionary, is out with a modest dis-

tance and a modest pace. Increase both gradually. Medial tibial stress syndrome is the most common cause of shin pain. The pain ranges from a dull ache to intense agony. Wrapped around the tibia is a tough covering called the periosteum. Inflammation of the periosteum is the basis of this syndrome. Again, it’s an overuse injury. Running on hard surfaces contributes to the inflammation. Look at your running shoes. If the bigtoe side of the shoe shows excessive wear compared with the opposite side, your foot turns too far inward when it hits the ground. That’s called pronation. It adds to the syndrome, too. An insert or a different shoe can correct that turning. The third shin condi-

tion is compartmental syndrome. The muscles of the lower leg are covered by tough tissues that separate them into distinct compartments. Inflamed muscles swell. The tough tissue forming the compartments doesn’t bulge in the face of swelling. That’s the cause of pain. This, too, is another consequence of overuse. Rest is the cure. Dr. Donohue regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible. Readers may write him or request an order form of available health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Readers may also order health newsletters from www.rbmamall.com.

Crush on teacher troubles college-bound student be with him. DEAR ABBY: I have never I’m a male who told anyone how I has graduated feel, and I know if from high school I ever told him, it and is about to would destroy start college in everything we another state. I’m have. I can’t forget ready for a new about him. challenge. The He’s on my only thing holding Dear mind constantly. me back is a roAbby Having to leave mantic attraction Abigail him soon is killing I have toward one of my high school Van Buren me. Do you have teachers. He and I are best any advice for me? — IT IN friends, but I love him DREADING LOUISIANA more than as a friend. DEAR DREADING I have bought him many meals and gifts IT: Yes. Go away to colsince he taught me, and I lege and open yourself to have found every oppor- new experiences and retunity available to be lationships. Correspond with him. I’m not sure if with this special person, he’s aware of my feelings, and when you return for although I wonder school breaks, continue whether I unconsciously the friendship. Your feelmake myself obvious. Re- ings may or may not be gardless, we have a great reciprocated, but it is imrelationship. It kills me portant that you let inside to know I can never some time — years —

elapse before trying to pursue anything closer with him. If you don’t wait, it could be damaging to his career. DEAR ABBY: Last Saturday, two days before my 75th birthday, I did something very uncharacteristic of me. I went to a tattoo parlor 25 miles away and had a flower put on my right buttock. I don’t intend to tell anyone. It was my birthday present to myself. This was not a spur-of-themoment impulse. I have told my husband many times that if I made it to 75, I might celebrate it with a tattoo. He just laughed it off. No one in our family has one, and in the past, I have been critical of them. But this one does not show. Now I have to find a way to tell my husband. He has an explosive tem-

per that goes on and on, and he never drops an issue — ever. I need advice, and soon. Help me, will you? — SITTING ON A SECRET DEAR SITTING ON A SECRET: How do you know you are the first in your family to get a tattoo? If someone else also got one in a place that doesn’t show, would they have told you after you told everyone you didn’t like tattoos? You can’t hide this from your husband forever, so don’t try. If he reacts badly, remind him that the buttock with the flower belongs to YOU and that at 75, you’re a big girl who didn’t need anyone else’s consent. Now it’s time to give yourself another birthday present: Refuse to listen to your husband’s verbal abuse, and you’ll be much happier.

Aug. 17, 1937 Overcast skies today brought some relief from the excessive high temperatures that have marked the present heat wave, although for the fourth successive day the mercury pounded past the 90 degree mark. At 2 o’clock this afternoon, the official reading was 91.5 degrees and indications were that it might go higher. ––––– The need for a more intensive effort in the control of tuberculosis was emphasized by Dr. Paul C. Bratten, Shelby County health commissioner, when he spoke at a meeting of the Shelby County Tuberculosis and Health Association. He pointed out that the death rate from the disease in the county was the same in 1936 as it was in 1926. New techniques in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis were outlined by Dr. Bratten.

50 years Aug. 17, 1962 JACKSON CENTER – Jerry Alexander reigns as a half-pint hero down Plattsville way today after leading the Green Township community’s Little League combination to the Western Ohio tournament title here on Saturday. The youthful Jerry southpawed Anna with a scoreless, one-hit delivery to help Plattsville to a 3-0 victory for the championship and accompanying trophy. The victory not only gave Plattsville its first

Western Ohio tournament title, but also avenged a setback at the hands of Anna by the same 3-0 count during the regular season. ––––– ANNA — Ray J. Seiter, personnel assistant of the Cincinnati regional office of the United States Post Office Department, will be speaker at the dedication of the Anna Post Office at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. The new building located on Second Street will be the site unless it rains. An open house will be held after the dedication ceremony.

25 years Aug. 17, 1987 A vacationing golfer from South Carolina captured the Sidney Electric Open Thursday at Shelby Oaks Golf Course after a local golfer let victory slip from his grasp. Tony Zender of Greenville, S.C., fired a 68 to win the championship by one stroke over Craig Seving and Mike Brecount. Zender, formerly of Carey, Ohio, is back in the state to play in the Inverness Club championship in Toledo and he entered the local tournament because he has friends in the area. ––––– Final plans for the proposed satellite workshop for S & H Products have been approved, clearing the way for construction of a 10,000square-foot facility in the Campbell Road Industrial Park. Approval came in the form of a letter to Dr. Robert Zimm e r m a n , of superintendent Shelby Hills School and S & H Products. The bidding process could begin on the $552,000 project. Approximately 80 percent of the facility will be used for warehouse space and the remainder will be used for production and classroom space. ––––– Pictured looking over a book of real estate listings are Neil A. Miller, Karen J. Thompson, Jennifer Firman and Carol Freisthler. The women have purchased the former Candelight Realty Inc. and opened Century 21 Candelite Reality Inc. with Joe Alexander as broker. ––––– 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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FIREWOOD, split, all hardwood. $115 cord, going fast, winter is coming soon!Ask about delivery: (937)726-7801. HUGE FLEA MARKET, August 18th, 8am-5pm at the Homestead, 3815 Rench Road, Covington, More than 20 booths will be set up with primitives, antiques, furniture, clothing, sporting equipment and much much more! FURNITURE, floral beige sofa, 4 solid color chairs, excellent condition. buy separate or together (419)628-4262

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MINIATURE DACHSHUND puppies, AKC, long haired, 8 weeks, shots, wormed, guaranteed, two chocolate, two red, two black/ tan, female $250 male $200.00 (937)667-0077

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FORT LORAMIE 6101 Fort Loramie Swanders Rd. (2 miles East of Loramie State Park) Thursday and Friday 10am-6pm, Saturday 9am-3pm. Ice cream parlor chairs, antique picture frames, Harley Tshirts 2x-3x, household and seasonal items

PIQUA, 3241 Sioux Drive, 8/17-8/18, 9am-6pm. HUGE GARAGE SALE!!! Electronics, appliances, sporting goods, clothes, and miscellaneous goods. Also a motorcycle in great shape! SIDNEY, 1012 Evergreen Drive, Saturday only 8-1. Baby stuff, baby boys clothes 0-9mos, girls 2T, car seat, high chair, bouncers, swings, computer desk, cedar chest, vanity, and misses/womens clothes.

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Misdirected mail sparks friendship that spans decades, continents BY PATRICIA ANN SPEELMAN pspeelman@sdnccg.com ANNA — Post offices all over the world endure public censure when mail gets lost or delivered late. But a letter mailed 34 years ago from Yugoslavia to Estonia, and misdirected to Anna, Ohio, is responsible for an international friendship that spans decades as well as oceans. “In December 1978, we received a blue airmail envelope in our mailbox that was not addressed to us,” said Janice Workman, of Anna. It had been written by a teenager, Barbara Kajfez, to a friend she had met at a choir festival, Anne Hiio. But when Kajfez addressed the envelope, she wrote the lines of the address in reverse order. The top line was the town and country, instead of the person’s name. The bottom line was the name, “ANNE HIIO.”

Yugoslavia “When the post office in Yugoslavia read the address, they thought it was Ohio when they saw Hiio,” Paul Workman, Janice’s husband, said. So, it was sent to Ohio. When it reached a central processing center in Ohio, “Anne” was read as “Anna,” and the letter was sent on. “And the postmistress in our Anna post office knew we had a foreign exchange student from Holland living with us and so she sent the letter to our mailbox,” Paul said. It was the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Paul wrote to Kajfez; she wrote back. The correspondence continued. In 1982, the Workmans visited Yugoslavia and the pen pals met in person. “Barbara lived in the city in a one-bedroom flat with her father, Stane; her mother, Yelka; and her sister, Stanka,” Janice said. “Their family did not speak English, so Barbara did all of the translating. They took us many places, including their unfinished chalet in the mountains on the Fourth of July.” Yugoslavia was still a Communist county in 1982. The singing of Slovenian songs was forbidden, but in the chalet in the mountains, on the most patriotic of American holidays, the Kajfez family sang those songs.

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ROK SEMENIK (left), of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and his cousin, Andreja Kovsca, of Velika Racna, Slovenia, enjoy sightseeing on Times Square in New York City. to the day from the fondly remembered visit in the central European Alps. The cousins had learned almost flawless English by watching the Cartoon Network and the Disney Channel when they were children. They had English classes in school beginning in third grade. “Hats off to the Cartoon Network,” said Slemenik, laughing. The Slovenians got to use their English in many places throughout their stay in the U.S. The Workmans took them to the Grand Canyon, Phoenix, Sedona and Tuscon, Ariz.; Columbus; Dayton; Washington, D.C.; and New York City. They also visited the Shelby County Fair as the guests of Alex and Allie Hohlbein, of Anna. The Grand Canyon was “out of this world,” Slemenik said. “You know you’re there —”

the plane, so he hadn’t bought one, but he had purchased shirts, pucks and pins. For her part, Kovsca fell in love with American chocolate. Her favorite New York shop had “M & M” over the door. “We were in there an hour and a half,” Janice said, laughing. “We have M&Ms in Slovenia,” Kovsca said, “but only the yellow and brown packages. Not all those different colors!” Not surprisingly, the American food she liked the best was candy buckeyes. She had never seen peanut butter in Slovenia. “Or barbecue sauce,” said Slemenik, who loved the ribs and cole slaw at Applebee’s. “He also likes his Bud Light,” Paul said of Slemenik. “We went to a bar in Jerome, Ariz. — an old-fashioned saloon. We just sat there, with

our feet on the brass rail of the old bar, the two of us, and enjoyed a tall beer.” Because the group was traveling throughout most of the Slovenians’ stay, they ate in lots of restaurants, something none of them does daily at home. It surprised no one that what Kovsca and Slemenik missed the most was home-cooked meals. “I’m gonna tell my mom she has to make a soup that takes three hours to make,” Slemenik added. Kovsca treated the Workmans by cooking one evening in Anna. In Velika Racna, she regularly cooks for seven people in her family. “In Arizona, we went to a restaurant. I got roasted chicken, potatoes, carrots and spinach. It was the best meal I had in my life. And it was so huge,” she said. When they finally had a couple of days of down time in Anna, Janice matched it with homemade dinners of her own. The Hohlbeins made sure Slemenik and Kovsca ate at the Spot while they were in Shelby County.

“It’s a different vibe here,” Slemenik said. “I was surprised that people are so nice. I really didn’t expect that. It was a shock to me. One day, I went out by myself (in Fairfax, Va.) and some (university) guys said, ‘Come with us.’” They went bar-hopping for the evening and he had a great time. “It was nice he had a chance to spend some time with young people,” Janice said. Despite having learned English via American TV, another surprise was watching it in the U.S. “You have five minutes of show and 10 minutes of commercials,” Kovsca said. “At home, there are 20 minutes of show and five of commercial.” They enjoyed seeing “The Dark Knight Rises” because they recognized many of the locations as places they had just been in New York. They also saw “The Amazing Spiderman.”

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“They went to see cows on the dairy farm that Alex works on,” Janice said. SleRode subway menik appreciated the opporIn New York, they took a tunity it gave him to take Circle Line cruise around the pictures of rural America to island, saw Times Square lit share with his grandfather. up at night and rode the sub“Grandpa will like farms way. more than New York City,” he And they shopped. The said. Kovsca’s father is in the cousins were taking back to Slovenian parliament. Her Slovenia gifts for their fami- mother operates the clock lies and friends, along with shop that has been in the an M&M pillow (“How will I family for generations. get it into the suitcase?!”), “We are very lucky that it dream catchers from the was the Workmans (who got desert, and a portrait drawn that long-ago letter),” Kovsca by a street artist in New said. “If it were someone else, York. There was also a we probably wouldn’t be here. stuffed toy penguin, won at This (trip) will be the biggest the county fair by Slemenk thing in my entire life.” for Kovsca. Paul and Janice feel lucky, Slemenik is a college stutoo. dent, studying computer pro“These people (the now-exgramming. Kovsca plans to tended Kajfez family) are the attend college to study intevery best of the best,” said rior design. In Slovenia, 90 Janice. “Their integrity, work percent of colleges charge no ethic and keen sense of histuition. Those that do, charge tory and national pride make less than $5,000. them some of the most speWhat else is different in cial people we will ever know. America? How fortunate for us that “We’ve been other places in Barbara addressed that enveEurope,” Kovsca said. lope upside down!”

‘It’s crazy’

“But you think it’s a painting,” Kovsca finished his sentence for him. “It’s crazy. In New York and the Grand Canyon, everything is huge. In a picture it’s big, but you can’t see it.” What may have impressed ‘Freedom’ “Paul and I sang our patri- Slemenik even more than the otic American songs with Grand Canyon was his visits tears running down our to hockey arenas in almost cheeks, cherishing our freeevery city they saw. A fan in dom,” Janice said. the extreme, he waxed poetic The Workmans visited the about the Nationwide in Kajfezes three more times Columbus, the Verizon in during the ensuing years. Washington and the JobBarbara and Stanka grew up, ing.com in Phoenix. married and had children of “At home, I get up at 2 a.m. their own. to see American hockey (on This year, the Workmans the Internet),” he said. “Then felt, it was time they rewe got to see the guys practurned the hospitality. They tice in person (in the Nationhosted Barbara’s son, Rok wide Arena)! And I got a Slemenik, and Stanka’s calendar and a poster and an daughter, Andreja Kovsca, for official puck of the Blue Jackthree weeks here in the U.S. ets.” Stopping in the NHL Slemenik, 21, of Ljubljana, store in New York was the Photo provided and Kovsca, 17, of Velika highlight of the whole trip, he Racna, arrived in America on said. He didn’t know how he’d PAUL WORKMAN (left) and Janice Workman, of Anna, pose for a photo at the Grand Canyon with their recent guests from Slovenia, Andreja Kovsca and Rok Semenik. July Fourth, exactly 30 years get a hockey stick home on

Council helps Ohio hospital at no cost to village PORT JEFFERSON — Port Jefferson Village Council approved an ordinance at its Aug. 6 meeting to help Bellevue Hospital, in Bellevue, Ohio, refinance. The village will use its municipal status to allow Fifth Third Bank to reduce the hospital’s interest rate. This will keep Fifth Third from having to pay tax on the interest from

Bellevue’s loan, thus lowering the hospital’s interest payments. There will be no cost to the village for its involvement in the refinancing process. In fact, law stipulates that when a municipality issues this kind of obligation, called a revenue obligation, there can be no taxes or excises issued in order to provide the funds. In accordance with Internal Rev-

enue Service stipulations, the village will issue tax-exempt lease obligations to the hospital not to exceed $10 million. The bank will pay that amount, which will go through the village and to the hospital. Bellevue Hospital is working to repay obligations issued by other municipalities for its construction in 2003 and the refinancing will allow the hospital to

hasten those transactions. According to Botkins Village Solicitor Stanley Evans, several nearby municipalities have been involved with similar programs. Botkins used its municipal status to help a nursing home, and Anna helped get $10 million to a hospital in Bluffton. The refinancing deal will close at the end of the month.

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‘Gentleman’ Yinger withdraws Zach Yinger did the last thing he wanted to do when he played in the U.S. Amateur TournaGolf ment recently in Denver, Colo. He withdrew after just nine holes. He felt it was the gentlemanly Yinger thing to do after a disastrous round of golf to open the tournament. On those first nine holes, he said he lost five balls, and during a four-hole stretch, he had to get several rulings from tournament officials. Because of his play, he said, his group was “put on the clock,” meaning they were being watched for slow play. “I couldn’t get anything going from the get-go,” Yinger said Thursday. “Our group was put on the clock because of me and that caused them to have to rush. I wasn’t going to post a very good score anyway, and I didn’t think it was fair for me to be a distraction. The other players were still playing well, and trying to compete, and I kinda just wanted to get out of their way and be a gentleman about the situation. So after nine holes, I told them I was done.” Though he’s okay with his decision, he admits to being “very disappointed” things turned out the way they did. “It was ugly,” said Yinger, who qualified for the Amateur just days after winning the Shelby County Open. “I lost five balls in those nine holes, so you can kinda do the match. It was very disappointing because it’s the biggest tournament for amateur golf in the world. That’s the biggest stage I’ve ever competed on and it was a bit of an eye opener. It was quite a bit of pressure and quite a bit of nerves, and I just didn’t go in relaxed.” Despite the way things turned out, he enjoyed the experience. “The course was pretty awesome, pretty much what you’d expect at a USGA event,” he said. “And John Elway was the guest speaker for the banquet, and he talked for about 15 minutes about mental approach and preparation. It was a very good experience and I had a lot of fun. I didn’t play good golf, but I got to play with a lot of good players, a lot of big-name people. And I really appreciate all my supporters, especially Rob Fridley (Shelby Oaks) and Mark Robart (Piqua Country Club).” Yinger is now preparing for the start of the college season at Ball State.

Bengals’ TE injures knee ATLANTA (AP) — Cincinnati Bengals tight end Jermaine Gresham injured his right knee late in the first quarter of a preseason game against the Atlanta Falcons on Thursday night. He was not expected to return to the game. Gresham, a Pro Bowl alternate pick last year in his second season, caught a 25yard pass from quarterback Andy Dalton to help set up a long field goal that gave the Bengals a 3-0 lead. He left the game before the drive ended. In the past two seasons combined, Gresham caught 108 passes for 1,067 yards receiving. His six touchdowns last year tied A.J. Green for second on the team. Gresham missed two games last year with a hamstring injury.

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IN THIS photo taken Aug. 7, new Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer watches over Ben Buchanan during a field goal

drill at practice in Columbus. Meyer is hoping to re-energize the Buckeyes after a dwn year in 2011.

Meyer injects new energy into Bucks after down year RUSTY MILLER AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — On the day he was introduced as Ohio State’s 24th head coach last November, Urban Meyer outlined a relatively simple list of expectations for his players, his staff and himself. “I want a bunch of coaches that coach like their hair’s on fire, and I want a football team that goes four to six seconds of relentless effort,” he said. “You do that, you have a chance to win in every game you play.” Meyer, winner of two national championships at Florida, returned from a oneyear coaching hiatus as an ESPN analyst to take over an Ohio State program mired in NCAA sanctions and beaten down by a year of negative headlines. So far, he’s injected some fresh thinking, a new offensive philosophy and renewed intensity into a program which had been consistently good in a decade under Jim Tressel, before he was bumped off his pedestal for covering up a scheme involving several top players trading memorabilia for tattoos and money. Among several other NCAA penalties, the Buckeyes are banned from going to a bowl after this season. So, with Meyer preaching he wants an “angry” team, they’ve taken it to heart by vowing to run the table and obliterate all the bad publicity from a year of suspensions, violations and sanctions. “Our goal’s to go 12-0,” running back Carlos Hyde said. “Even though we can’t go to a bowl game, we still have to play. So we’re just going to get out there and have a chip on our shoulders since we can’t go to a bowl game ‚Äî to let the world know who the Buckeyes are this year.” Meyer took over an Ohio

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OHIO STATE'S Braxton Miller, who played at Wayne High School, warms up during NCAA college football practice in Columbus. State team coming off a dreadful 6-7 season that included a four-game losing skid entering this season. Luke Fickell, the interim coach then, was retained as a defensive co-coordinator. The attitude was bad, someone was suspended for a violation almost every week and it seemed everyone was waiting for the NCAA to hand down the penalties that came just before the Buckeyes lost to Meyer’s former employer, Florida, in the Gator Bowl. “There was a lot of (NCAA and disciplinary) stuff going on last year. You can’t really point out what it was,” cornerback Bradley Roby said. “There was so much stuff going on, I feel like it really affected everybody.” Meyer has told his players to forget 2011 and concentrate on turning around the program. But he doesn’t have three multiyear starters on the offensive line, the top running back and best linebacker from a team whose seven

losses were the most for an Ohio State team since 1897. He has, though, instilled a lot of energy and optimism. “Expectations always are high,” said the focal point of Meyer’s vaunted spread attack, second-year quarterback Braxton Miller. “When I was in high school looking at Ohio State, I was like, ‘Man, they aren’t ever going to lose. They’re always going to be good.’ That’s the expectations of the fans.” Miller and the new offense are a radical change from the days of Tressel, who once famously called the punt “the most important play in football.” Meyer would prefer not to punt at all. His Buckeyes will play uptempo, throw the ball a lot to a lot of different receivers, and should prevent fans from leaving their seats for a bathroom break for fear they’ll miss a 70-yard pass play — or maybe a turnover. Jordan Hall would have been the H back in the offense, the guy around whom most plays revolve. But he’s out for the first couple of games after cutting a tendon while walking barefoot outside his apartment this summer. In his stead, Hyde, freshman Bri’onte Dunn (who sidestepped legal problems this summer) and Rod Smith also figure to be playmakers. Much depends on wideouts Evan Spencer, Verlon Reed, Devin Smith, Michael Thomas and converted tight end Jake Stoneburner. If one or more of them proves to be a threat to take a short pass the distance, it’ll make things considerably easier on Miller. The line needs rebuilding, with first-year players dotting the two-deep. On defense, the brutes up front will be a strength, with Meyer gushing about the play of John Simon, Johnathan

Hankins, Garrett Goebel and — when he returns from misurgery — crofracture Nathan Williams. The linebacker position is thin but talented, with a lot riding on the improvement of Ryan Shazier and Curtis Grant. Cornerbacks Roby and Travis Howard and safeties Christian Bryant, C.J. Barnett and Orhian Johnson anchor the secondary. “I feel that everybody has bought into coach Meyer,” said Shazier, a promising sophomore who sports a shaved head. “With everybody adjusting to it, I think we’re going to have a really good season.” Meyer, who twice quit the Florida job due to stress, health and family considerations, swears that he’s feeling reinvigorated and taking steps to make sure he doesn’t burn out again. His first Ohio State schedule won’t cause him any heartburn. The Buckeyes play their first four games at home against the likes of Miami (Ohio), Central Florida, California and UAB, and in a down year for the Big Ten almost every conference game is winnable. The toughest will be at Michigan State on Sept. 29, Nebraska at home a week later, and the 1-2 punch to close the regular season, at two-time defending champ Wisconsin and home against archrival Michigan. Then ... the season ends. With no bowl game, Meyer and his team will have to be content with whatever they can accomplish in 12 games. Meyer has no idea how everyone, including himself, will handle the abrupt end of the season. “We’ve never not played for a championship in November,” he said. “Ten years as a head coach, every November we were playing for a championship. Do we have to create our own championship? I don’t know. We’ll see how it goes.”

Mets avoid sweep, rout Reds 8-4 CINCINNATI — The New York Mets avoided a fourgame sweep by the Cincinnati Reds Thursday, winning 8-4 at Great American Ball Park. The Reds' lead in the National League Central dropped to six games after the loss, thanks to the Pirates beating the Dodgers earlier in the day.

The Mets got three in the fourth and three more in the sixth to chase Reds' starter Homer Bailey. The Reds got one back in the seventh on doubles by Brandon Phillips and Jay Bruce, but the Mets pushed the lead to 8-1 with two more in the top of the ninth.

The Reds didn't go quietly, scoring three times in the ninth. Ryan Ludwick led off with a solo home run and Bruce then doubled. After Todd Frazier walked on four pitches, Chris Heisey struck out and Devon Mesoraco flied out. But Miguel Cairo singled Bruce

home and Zac Cozart doubled Frazier home before the Mets got the final out. Matt Harvey (2-3), allowed one run and four hits in 7 2-3 innings for the Mets. He struck out eight, walked one and hit a batter. Harvey also doubled in two runs in New York's threerun fourth inning.

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SPORTS IN BRIEF Williams sisters advance Playoff expansion approved

MASON, Ohio (AP) — and Venus Serena Williams moved into the quarterfinals of the Western & Southern Open by handling the heat, humidity and wind. The conditions were too much for Andy Murray. Murray’s off-day turned into the biggest upset of the tournament, a straight-sets loss Thursday that left him with hardly any hardcourt experience heading into the U.S. Open. Murray lost 6-4, 6-4 to France’s Jeremy Chardy, an opponent he’d beaten easily the four previous times they’d played. Murray had trouble controlling his shots on a breezy, 85-degree afternoon. “I was a little bit uncomfortable with those balls bouncing extremely high,” said Murray, who

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JEREMY CHARDY, of France, reacts after beating Andy Murray, of Great Britain, 6-4, 6-4, in the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament Thursday in Mason, Ohio. left the court as soon as the match ended and headed directly to the interview room. “It was fairly hard to control.”

Roger Federer, Mardy Fish and Juan Martin del Potro also reached the quarterfinals Thursday. On the women’s side, Serena Williams won her 19th straight match by beating Urszula Radwanska of Poland 6-4, 63. Williams hasn’t lost a set since the Wimbledon final, which she won. She returned to Wimbledon and won the gold medal in singles and in doubles with sister Venus. Venus Williams needed a long break between sets while beating Sara Errani 6-3, 6-0. Williams had already played two long matches in the tournament. Murray left town with a little uncertainty. He won a gold medal in the Olympics at Wimbledon by beating Fed-

erer, the highlight of his career. He went to Toronto last week hoping to get in shape for the hard-court season, but had to withdraw from the Rogers Cup because his left knee started hurting. Murray felt good and moved well in an opening two-set win on center court Wednesday. Playing on the grandstand court a day later, the Scot never got into a rhythm and repeatedly wasted chances to break Chardy, who had won only one set against him in their four previous matches. Now, Murray heads to New York to practice for the U.S. Open, having played only three matches on hard courts since returning from Wimbledon’s grass.

Versailles 2nd in own invitational VERSAILLES — The annual Lady Tiger Tee girls invitational golf tournament was held at Stillwater on Thursday, and Tipp City won with a 361, 27 strokes ahead of runner-up Versailles. Brooke Wehrkamp led Versailles with an 87 and Elizabeth White added 89. Russia was fifth with 423 and led by Morgan Daugherty with a 98. Fort Loramie shot 436 for seventh and was led by Ashley Ordean with a 97, and New Bremen was 12th and led by Mackenzie Howell with a 101. Team standings: 1.

Tipp City 361, 2. Versailles 388, 3. Troy 397, 4. Indian Lake 409, 5. Russia 423, 6. St. Henry 423, 7. Fort Loramie 436, 8. Covington 444, 9. Bellefontaine 455, 10. Arcanum 459, 11. Marion Local 461, 12. New Bremen 468, 13. Versailles B 478, 14. Franklin-Monroe 489, 15. Parkway 549. Versailles — Brooke Wehrkamp 87, Elizabeth White 89, Danielle Cochran 105, Victoria Bulcher 107. Russia — Morgan Daugherty 98, Taylor Borchers 100, Angie Muhlenkamp 111, Gina Barlage 114. Fort Loramie —

Ashley Ordean 97, Alyssa Campbell 110, Ellen Turner 114, Morgan Pleiman 115. New Bremen — Mackenzie Howell 101, Rachel Parker 110, Sydney Holdren 122, Sara LaFluer 135. Versailles B — Hannah Niekamp 106, Madison Covault 112, Danielle Poor 125, Kaitlin Middendorf 135.

Boys Lehman edged Houston 194-196 in a dual golf match at Shelby Oaks Thursday. For Lehman, John Copella, Sam Dean and Mitchell Shroyer all shot 46. For Houston, Jaron

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Howard was match medalist with a 45 and Kyle Paterson added a 46. • Fairlawn topped Miami East 177-191 at Shelby Oaks Thursday. Anthony Gillem shot a 39, Trey Everett 43, Ryan Lessing 47 and Zach Rogers 48. • New Bremen shot a 168 to 173 for Delphos St. John’s at Arrowhead. Darin Bergman shot a 38 to lead Bremen, Alex Britton had a 40, Tyler Hagen 44 and Travis Bertelsen 46. Zach Hegemier and Jeff Trego added 48s. Nick Kayser of St. John’s shot a 34 for medalist honors.

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Preseason games By Associated Press Tonight Cleveland at Green Bay, n Cincinnati at Atlanta, n Friday, Aug. 17 Tennessee at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Buffalo at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Jacksonville at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Detroit at Baltimore, 8 p.m. Miami at Carolina, 8 p.m. Oakland at Arizona, 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18 N.Y. Giants at N.Y. Jets, 7 p.m. San Francisco at Houston, 8 p.m. Kansas City at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Washington at Chicago, 8 p.m. Dallas at San Diego, 9 p.m. Seattle at Denver, 9 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19 Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m.

Monday, Aug. 20 Philadelphia at New England, 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 23 Green Bay at Cincinnati, 7 p.m. Jacksonville at Baltimore, 7:30 p.m. Arizona at Tennessee, 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24 New England at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 7:30 p.m. San Diego at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Seattle at Kansas City, 8 p.m. Chicago at N.Y. Giants, 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25 Indianapolis at Washington, 4 p.m. Detroit at Oakland, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Houston at New Orleans, 8 p.m. St. Louis at Dallas, 8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26 San Francisco at Denver, 4 p.m. Carolina at N.Y. Jets, 8 p.m.

Sidney High School will be selling tickets for the football opener Aug. 24 at St. Marys all next week. The tickets will be sold at the high school only in the athletic office, room D102, from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Friday. The cost is $6 for adults and $4 for students, and all tickets at the gate will be $7.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Pioneer League champion will join 10 other conference winners as automatic qualifiers for the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs, beginning in 2013. The move is part of a plan, approved by the NCAA Division I Championships/Sport Management Cabinet this month, expanding the playoffs from 20 to 24 teams. The top eight teams will be seeded, receive firstround byes and host second-round games. The 16 other teams will bid to host first-round games. The 20-year-old Pioneer League is a football-only, non-scholarship league. It has never had an automatic bid, let alone a participant in the playoffs. The Ivy League and the Southwestern Athletic Conference play at the FCS level but choose not to participate in the playoffs. There are 124 FCS teams this year.

Young owes $1.7 million BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Quarterback Vince Young has been ordered to pay a loan company nearly $1.7 million after missing a payment in late May, shortly after signing with the Buffalo Bills. The ruling against Young was made in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan on July 2, according to court documents. Young took out a high-risk loan from Pro Player Funding for $1.877 million during the NFL lockout in May 2011, while he was still under contract with the Tennessee Titans. The loan — plus $619,000 in interest — was due to be paid back in January 2013 at an annual interest rate of 20 percent. That rate jumped another 10 percent if Young missed a payment. A ruling in the lending company's favor was made because Young agreed he understood the terms by signing what's called an affidavit of confession of judgment upon taking out the loan.

Sale of Padres approved DENVER (AP) — Major League Baseball owners approved the sale of the San Diego Padres on Thursday to a group that includes the O'Malley family and pro golfer Phil Mickelson. Commissioner Bud Selig announced the endorsement after the conclusion of the owners meetings in Denver. Under the deal, the group will buy the franchise from John Moores for around $800 million. The final closing of the sale will be on or before Aug. 31. The new ownership group includes Kevin and Brian O'Malley, the sons of former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Peter O'Malley. Peter and Tom Seidler — the nephews of Peter O'Malley — also will be involved in the deal. Two of the four are expected to move to San Diego.

Jays trade with Astros TORONTO (AP) — The Blue Jays shipped righthanded pitcher Kevin Comer to the Houston Astros on Thursday to complete a 10-player trade made last month. Toronto got pitchers J.A. Happ, Brandon Lyon and David Carpenter in the deal made July 20. Along with Comer, the Astros received Francisco Cordero and outfielder Ben Francisco, along with four minor-league players. The 20-year-old Comer is in his first professional season, having posted a 3-3 record with a 3.95 ERA in 10 games, including seven starts, for Bluefield in the Appalachian League.

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A U.S. Open Series event Thursday At The Lindner Family Tennis Center Mason, Ohio Purse: Men, $3.43 million Women, $2.17 million Singles Men Third Round Mardy Fish (10), United States, def. Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-3. Juan Martin del Potro (6), Argentina, def. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 7-6 (2), 2-6, 6-1. Jeremy Chardy, France, def. Andy Murray (3), Britain, 6-4, 6-4. Marin Cilic (12), Croatia, def. Pablo Andujar, Spain, 7-6 (4), 6-2. Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, def. Bernard Tomic,Australia, 6-2, 6-4. Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland, def. Kei Nishikori (14), Japan, 6-3, 6-3. Women Third Round Angelique Kerber (5), Germany, def. Andrea Hlavackova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 7-6 (5). Agnieszka Radwanska (1), Poland, def. Sloane Stephens, United States, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4. Petra Kvitova (4), Czech Republic, def. Peng Shuai, China, 6-2, 6-2. Serena Williams (2), United States, def. Urszula Radwanska, Poland, 6-4, 6-3. Sam Stosur (3), Australia, def. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, 6-1, 6-3. Venus Williams, United States, def. Sara Errani (7), Italy, 6-3, 6-0.