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Not ‘Easy’ getting home Isaac strands FL couple in New Orleans BY PATRICIA ANN SPEELMAN pspeelman@sdnccg.com NEW ORLEANS — The vacation of a Fort Loramie couple and their friends, who are Fort Loramie and Sidney natives, has turned into a never-to-be-forgotten adventure, but it’s not exactly the

trip they had planned. Craig and Cherie Drees, of Fort Loramie, and Judy Miller and Rick Wendeln, both of Russells Point, travelled to the Big Easy on Aug. 23 to do some sightseeing and to visit with Wendeln’s son, Brad. The younger Wendeln is stationed at a Naval base about a half hour from New Orleans.

Hurricane Isaac changed their plans. “(Brad) was called into action, so we couldn’t meet up with him,” said Drees by phone Thursday. “We were supposed to come home on Aug. 29. When we knew about the storm, we changed the reservation so we’d leave on the 28th. But that plane got

Hall of Fame • The Lehman Catholic High School Alumni Association recently held its sixth annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony to honor outstanding alumni, faculty and friends of Lehman Catholic. Honored were Eileen (Echemann) Myers, Sharon (Carey) Nerderman, Frank Neville and Cheryl Stifel-Francis. Page 20

Obituaries and/or death notices for the following people appear on Page 3 today: • Gerhard E. “Casey” Lier • Dennis C. Egbert • Marie E. Killian

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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Mitt Romney launched his fall campaign for the White House in a rousing Republican National Convention finale Thursday night, proclaiming America needs “jobs, lots of jobs” and promising to create 12 million of them in perilous economic times. “Now is the time to restore the promise of America,” Romney said in excerpts released in advance of his prime-time speech to a nation struggling with 8.3 percent unemployment and the slowest economic recovery in decades. He muted his criticism in the advance excerpts of President Barack Obama, his quarry in a close and unpredictable race for the White House. See ROMNEY/Page 5

Overflow crowd hears of potential problems with wind turbine project BY KATHY LEESE ANNA — Shelby Neighbors United (SNU), a local organization opposed to wind turbines in Shelby County, met this week to discuss their opposition, with several outside speakers taking the floor. An overflow crowd was in attendance at the Heiland American Legion Post to hear Milo Schaffner, a Van Wert area township trustee, and Don Rosenbeck and Aaron Sargeant, Jackson Center residents, discuss their opposi-

tion to wind turbines. Rosenbeck and Sargeant presented part of the program. According to SNU, 34 Shelby County landowners have signed leases to allow wind turbines on their property, totaling 5,984 acres. Reportedly, 108 land owners, who have 15,029 acres of farmland, have refused to sign. Jackson, Dinsmore and Franklin Township residents are among those who have reportedly signed leases. Schaffner is a compensated consultant for the local organ-

ization and has also spoken on the issue in Wells County, Ind., and in Auglaize County, among others. Schaffner owns 640 acres of farm land in Van Wert County and owns Schaffner Tool and Die. He originally supported wind turbines but no longer does. SNU organizers discussed their opposition to the Montra Hills Wind Project in Shelby County which seeks to locate turbines over a 10,000-acre tract. The area would include Southland Road to the north, the Logan County line to the

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Piqua Historical Area/Johnston Farm on Hardin Road in Piqua. Events include demonstrations of pioneer life, children’s games, a car show, historic encampments and food and craft sales. Hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday. Admission is $3. For inforvisit mation, www.piquaheritagefestival.com. Fryburg The St. John Catholic Church and Parish Hall will host its 122nd annual Fryburg Homecoming Saturday and Sunday. Saturday’s only event is a 5K race at 8 a.m. Sunday’s events run from 4 to 11:30 p.m. They include bingo, poker, raffles, rides, children’s games and food. For information, visit fryburghomecoming.com . Closings In observance of Labor Day, all schools, banks, city and county offices and the post office will be closed Monday. No mail will be delivered. The Mutual Federal Savings Bank

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Police log WEDNESDAY -4:51 p.m.: OVI. Sidney police charged David Spangler, 41, no address given, with driving while under the influence and trespassing following a incident at 700 Johnston Drive. -8:36 a.m.: theft. Precision Car Wash, 85 S. Vandemark Road, reported approximately $210 in quarters had been removed from the business.

Fire, rescue WEDNESDAY -11:44 p.m.: investigation. Firefighters responded to 222 Queen St. for a problem with animals in the residence. -3:01 p.m.: medical. Sidney paramedics responded to a medical call in the 100 block of High-

land Avenue. -2:40 p.m.: medical. Paramedics responded to the 2300 block of Armstrong Avenue for a medical call. -2:32 p.m.: open burning. Firefighters were dispatched to an open burning complaint at 629 East Ave. The fire was not permitted by ordinance. -10:08 a.m.: medical. Medics responded to a medical call in the 700 block of Foraker Avenue. -9:04 a.m.: medical. Paramedics were dispatched to a medical call in the 100 block of West Poplar Street. -5:00 p.m.: theft. Rose L. Cox, 805 Michigan Ave., told police her wallet, with contents valued at $1,500, had been removed from her parked vehicle. It was later located in a neighbor’s yard on a garage roof. No evidence was located.

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branch in the Kroger store will be closed also on Sunday. Some retail stores will be closed, including Woody’s Market, the Medicine Shoppe and Bunny’s. The Sidney-Shelby County YMCA, the Shelby County Historical Society, all branches of the Amos Memorial Public Library, the Salvation Army, the Alpha Center, the Gateway Arts Council galleries, FISH, Agape Distribution and the Senior Center of Sidney and Shelby County will be closed. When the YMCA opens Tuesday, it will begin new hours: Monday through Friday, 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday for adults only from 4 to 9 p.m. Garbage collection

will be delayed by one day during the week of Sept. 3. Kroger, CVS and Walmart will be open their usual hours; however, their pharmacies have reduced hours on Monday: the Kroger pharmacy will be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Walmart and CVS pharmacies will be open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sidney Foodtown will be open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Walgreen’s pharmacy will open at 9 a.m. and close at 5 p.m. The Sidney Daily News will be published as usual. However, the offices will be closed Monday except for customer service by phone for subscribers at 4985912, which will be available from 6 to 10 a.m.

City to assist county with program Shelby County Commissioners approved an agreement Thursday with the city of Sidney to assist the board of commissioners with administration of the state’s Moving Ohio Forward Program. The program, initiated by the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, provides funding for demolition or improvement of blighted vacant properties in the county. The city’s share of the $214,000 awarded Shelby County is $120,681. Commissioners also approved their annual

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agreement with the health department and Children’s Services for the Help Me Grow program. The agreement provides program funds from the Ohio Health Department. The board also approved a resolution advancing $7,500 in Ditch Construction funds for the Gaier Ditch project. County bills totaling $363,305.11 were also approved for payment. Following Thursday morning’s meeting, commissioners adjourned to Pasco to view a right of way vacation petitioned by a property owner there.

MUNICIPAL COURT In Sidney Municipal Court Wednesday afternoon, Judge Duane Goettemoeller fined Jeremy D. Shoe, 31, 604 S. Miami Ave., $150 and costs on an amended disorderly conduct charge. * Duane K. Smith, 25, 750 Marilyn Drive, was fined $375 and costs, sentenced to five days in jail and his driver’s license was suspended for six months for driving while under the influence. Jail will be suspended if he completes an alcohol intervention program and pays fines and costs in full. * Jeffery D. Scholl, 48, 9730 Pasco-Montra Road, was fined $375 and costs, sentenced to five days in jail and his driver’s license was suspended for six months for driving while under the influence. Jail may be reconsidered if he completes an alcohol intervention program and pays fines and costs in full. Breath test failure, driving on the wrong side of the highway charges and a seatbelt violation were dismissed at the request of the law director. Civil cases Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Dawn C. Applegate, 628 S. Main Ave., $267.80. Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Jody D. Carey, P.O. Box 86, Pemberton, $633.11. Wilson Memorial Hospital v. Jayson and Brandy Byrd, P.O. Box 675, Anna, $1,258.82.

Dismissals Wilson Care Inc., Sidney, v. Dustin F. Morris, 207 S. Vandemark Road. Judgment has been satisfied. Livingston Financial LLC, Columbus, v. Sarah Brown, 412 S. Main St., Jackson Center. Judgment has been satisfied. LLC LVNC Funding, Las Vegas, Nev., v. Charlene Polston, 613 Arrowhead Drive. Judgment has been paid. Asset Acceptance LLC, Warren, Mich., v. Jhan S. Gallagher, 603 Michigan St. Dismissed by plaintiff. Midland funding LLC, San Diego, Calif., v. Brenda R. Kipp, Kettlersville 16855 Road, Botkins. Dismissed due to lack of prosecution. Ohio Neighborhood Finance Inc., (Cashland), Cincinnati, v. Andrew Cox, 11695 Eilerman Road, Minster. Judgment has been satisfied. Ohio Neighborhood Finance Inc. (Cashland),Cincinnati, v. Vivian L. Paikai, 1078 Crestview Drive, Troy. Judgment has been satisfied. Ohio Neighborhood Finance Inc. (Cashland), Cincinnati, v. Joe L. Taborn, 621 St. Marys Ave. Judgment has been satisfied. Main Street Acquisition Corp., Cincinnati, v. William A. Leis, 420 Brookburn St. Dismissed without prejudice at plaintiff ’s costs.

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Sheriff’s log THURSDAY -7:14 a.m.: gunshots. A deputy responded to the 5000 block of Frazier-Guy Road in Perry Township on a report multiple gunshots had been heard in the area. WEDNESDAY -3:54 p.m.: tree down. A deputy was dispatched to the 5000 block of Ohio 29 in Green Township on a report a tree was down on the roadway.

Fire, rescue WEDNESDAY -6:46 p.m.: medical. Fort Loramie Rescue responded to the 4400 block of Fort LoramieSwanders Road for a medical call. -3:44 p.m.: medical. Jackson Center Rescue responded to a medical call in the 300 block of Clay Street in Jackson Township. -2:31 p.m.: medical. Houston Rescue was dispatched to a medical call in the 1300 block of Aiken Road in Washington Township.

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DEATH NOTICES Dennis C. Egbert WAPAKONETA — Dennis C. Egbert, 65, of Wapakoneta, died 12:30 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012, at Lima Memorial Health System. Arrangements are incomplete at the Bayliff & Eley Funeral Home, Wapakoneta.

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E N N I S , Mont. — Gerhard E. “Casey” Lier died following a long illness on Aug. 21, 2012, at the Madison Valley Medical Center at Ennis, Mont. Casey was born Feb. 20, 1949, at Sidney, to Gerhard E. Sr. and Jean (MacArthur) Lier. He was raised in Sidney and graduated from Sidney High School in 1967. While in high school, he played football and was on the Sidney High School track team and was a drummer for the band, The Nearby Noise. In the summers of 1965 and 1966, he worked as a ranch hand at the Diamond J Guest Ranch at Ennis, where he fell in love with Montana. He attended Montana State University in Bozeman, where he studied fine art and was also a member of the track team. Casey’s artistic talent first emerged when he was a child and was nurtured and inspired by SHS art teacher Richard Cromer. From the mid1970s through the 1990s, Casey worked as a paint and body technician in Arlington, Va., for Paul Newman’s Formula One race car company, and as a graphic designer at Amos Press Inc. (Sidney), Hammer Graphics (Piqua), and as an independent design consultant in Sidney.

In 1999, he fulfilled his lifelong dream of returning to Montana, working again as a seasonal trail guide at the Diamond J Guest Ranch and as owner-operator of Moto Pro, a small engine repair business in Ennis. He volunteered as a timer and statistician for Montana State University track meets. In 2008, his bold, abstract artwork was presented in a one-man show at the Emerson Center for the Arts and Culture in Bozeman, Mont.

Casey was proud of his Scottish and Swiss heritage and was known at the Longbranch Saloon in Ennis as an expert karaoke singer. He was admired throughout the Madison Valley (Ennis) for his warmth, wit and creativity. He was preceded in death by his parents. Survivors include his brother, Michael, of Tipp City; his sister, Karen Lisbeth “Kaeli” (Dennis) Schurr of Manteo, N.C.; and his foster brother, Roger Foreman, of Lima. Memorials may be made to the Madison Valley Medical Center Foundation or Friends of the Madison Valley Public Library, both at Ennis. K&L Mortuaries & Crematory of Ennis assisted with arrangements.

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Egypt leader in Iran: World must back Syria rebels TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — In a sweeping message that Iran is on the wrong side of Syria’s civil war, Egypt’s new president urged the world Thursday to support the rebels seeking to topple Bashar Assad and suggested that Tehran could risk a deepening confrontation with regional powers over the fate of the regime in Damascus. The stinging comments by President Mohammed Morsi — making his first visit to Iran by an Egyptian leader since the 1979 Islamic Revolution — was another blindside blow for Iran as host of an international gathering of so-called nonaligned nations. His speech, delivered while seated next to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, prompted Syria’s delegation to walk out of the gathering. Iran’s leaders have claimed that the weeklong meeting, which wraps up Friday, displayed the futility of Western attempts to isolate the country over its nuclear program. But Iran also was forced to endure criticism from Morsi and another high-profile guest, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who cited concerns about Iran’s

human rights record and called its condemnations of Israel unacceptable. It’s highly unlikely that Iran would abandon Assad as long as there is a chance for him — or at least the core of his regime — to hang on. Iran counts on Syria as a strategic outlet to the Mediterranean and a conduit to its anti-Israeli proxy Hezbollah in Lebanon. But the meeting highlighted how much Iran is out of step with the rest of the region over Syria. Other major rebel backers at the conference included Gulf states led by Iran rival Saudi Arabia. “The bloodshed in Syria is the responsibility of all of us and will not stop until there is real intervention to stop it. The Syrian crisis is bleeding our hearts,” Morsi told delegates at the 120-nation Nonaligned Movement, a Cold War-era group of mostly developing nations that Tehran seeks to transform into a powerful bloc to challenge Western influence. A major effort by Iran has been trying to showcase its nuclear narrative and cementing oil deals and trade with Asia and Africa to offset the hits from Western sanctions.

Amish woman: Ohio bishop coerced women into sex CLEVELAND (AP) — An Amish bishop accused of orchestrating hair-cutting attacks in Ohio coerced women at his settlement into having sex with him so he could turn them into better wives, one of the women testified Thursday. The woman said what started out as hugs turned into kisses and then sex. She said she resisted at first. “He would say things like, ‘I can’t understand why you won’t obey me, the other ladies can,’” the woman testified. “I always gave up. I was afraid not to.” Prosecutors say the alleged sexual “counseling” of married

ISAAC Drees said, “not because of flooding or power outages, but because they didn’t have staffing. They moved us to the St. Marie Hotel. The owner, daughter and granddaughter moved to the hotel from their homes. The whole second floor of the hotel is the staff and staff’s families.” No one was permitted to be on the streets of the city Wednesday. Drees said the police were patrolling and strictly enforcing a dawn-to-dusk curfew. “If you get caught looting, it’s a minimum three years of prison,” he said. The hotel, therefore, has been providing food for the 200 guests it moved from one hotel to the other. Drees noted that some of the meals have been strange because they’ve been based on what was available to the hotel. “One night, we asked them, ‘What are we having for dinner?’ and they said, ‘No idea,’” he laughed. “One night we had a choice of red beans and rice or hot dogs.” This trip is the

women shows the control Samuel Mullet Sr. had over followers at the Amish settlement he founded two decades ago. The 16 people accused of carrying out the hair-cutting attacks last fall all lived on Mullet’s settlement in eastern Ohio near the West Virginia panhandle. The government contends that the hair-cutting was motivated by a religious dispute between Mullet and other Amish bishops who had sought to limit his authority. Those accused of planning and taking part targeted the hair and beards of the Amish because of its spiritual significance in the faith, prose-

cutors said. Mullet has denied any involvement. His defense attorneys had tried before the trial began to bar any testimony about the alleged sexual “counseling.” They argued that there was no proof of such sexual conduct and that mentioning it would be highly prejudicial. U.S. District Judge Dan Aaron Polster told jurors after the woman took the stand that Mullet was not charged with any sex crimes and that they could only consider the testimony as it relates to charges in the indictment.

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RICK WENDELN (l-r) and Judy Miller, of Russells Point, and Craig and Cherie Drees, of Fort Loramie, smile even though they've been drenched by rain in advance of Hurricane Isaac. Their vacation in New Orleans was interrupted by the storm. friends’ first visit to New “We played a lot of knowledge, no one’s been Orleans, but they’re not cards. We’re texting a lot hurt. Life throws you disappointed at what’s of friends. We’re just curve balls. You just roll become of it. happy that, to our with it,” Drees said.

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Warning: Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t text and drive BY MITCH STACY The Associated Press COLUMBUS (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; People who text or fiddle with other hand-held electronic devices while driving anywhere in Ohio will be breaking the law beginning Friday. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when Ohioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s statewide texting ban for drivers goes into effect, but police and state troopers will issue just warnings â&#x20AC;&#x201D; instead of $150 tickets â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for the first six months. Teen drivers must especially take heed: While texting behind the wheel will be a secoffense for ondary adults â&#x20AC;&#x201D; meaning they have to be pulled over for speeding or some

other offense before they can get a ticket for texting â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it will be a primary offense for those 18 and under, so they can be more easily ticketed. The law, which was passed by the state legislature this year, restricts juvenile drivers from using cellphones, iPods, laptops or other electronic devices. They canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make calls or browse the Web while driving. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We believe the biggest impact will be in the public awareness that this is now against the law,â&#x20AC;? said Jay McDonald, president of the Ohio Fraternal Order of Police, which supported the measure. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going

to be a law thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be hard to enforce, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hoping people will now realize itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s against the law, and the deterrent that comes with that will lead to a decrease in the people who do text and drive.â&#x20AC;? Ohio becomes the 39th state in the country to ban texting while driving, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association. Many Ohio cities already have their own texting-while-driving bans, and the state law wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t trump those ordinances if they are tougher. The measure does allow all drivers to text and use their cellphones in cases of an emer-

gency and when the vehicle is stopped and off the road. Other exemptions include using a hand-held device for navigational purposes. Hands-free devices are allowed, but they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be manipulated while driving. Adults can still talk on the telephone while driving, but juveniles canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. Ebony Johnson, 35, of Cincinnati, said she was aware that the law was going into effect and thinks itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good one. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t text while I am driving,â&#x20AC;? the mother of seven said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have babies, and you never can be sure what other drivers are going to do. You have to stay alert all the time.â&#x20AC;?

The law makes texting while driving a misdemeanor, with possible fines of $150. Minors can be fined $150 for the first offense and have their license suspended for 60 days. Repeat teen offenders can be fined $300 and have their license taken away for a year. The Ohio FOP would have preferred that texting be a primary offense for all drivers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not just teens â&#x20AC;&#x201D; because it would have been easier to enforce. Still, the group likes it because it gives officers an avenue to investigate whether texting has played a role in a traffic accident. State Rep. Rex

Damschroder, one of the sponsors of the bill, said he plans to introduce legislation in the future that makes texting while driving a primary offense for adults, too, not just juveniles. Mary Allen, 38, of Cincinnati, said she thinks the same restrictions should apply to adults. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Adults can make the same mistakes as kids, if they are texting and driving,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Press Associated writer Lisa Cornwell in Cincinnati contributed. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Follow Mitch Stacy Twitter at: on http://twitter.com/mitc hstacy .

Apollo veterans to promote Armstrong charity BY DAN SEWELL The Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Two Apollo astronauts who flew on lunar missions will promote the Neil Armstrong childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health memorial fund ahead of a private service Friday in Cincinnati for the late astronaut. Eugene Cernan and James Lovell will be at Cincinnati Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital Medical Center on Friday morning to talk about the new Neil Armstrong New Frontiers Initiative. The family of the first man to walk on the moon has suggested contributions in his name to that benefit or to two scholarship funds. Cernan flew two moon missions and is the last man to have walked on the moon. Lovellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s four space missions included commanding the harrowing Apollo 13 flight that was recounted in his book and depicted in the popular movie, in which Tom Hanks played Lovell. Armstrong died Saturday at age 82. The

service Friday will be at a private club. A complete list hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been released, but other attendees will include astronaut Apollo William Anders and current NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, will eulogize Armstrong. A family spokesman emphasized that Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s service is by invitation only, closed to the public and news media. A public, national memorial service in Washington is being planned â&#x20AC;&#x153;in the next two weeks,â&#x20AC;? according to a statement Thursday. Cincinnati Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spokesman Jim Feur said the hospital hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t decided yet where to target the Armstrong fund, but on Friday morning, Cernan and Lovell will be joined patient Shane DiGiovanna, age 14. He has a rare tissue disease and received a cochlear implant that allows him to hear. The cochlear device was developed by a NASA scientist. The Armstrong family asked that instead of flowers, memorial con-

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tributions go to the childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health initiative, a Telluride Foundation scholarship in his name or to a scholarship fund in his name at The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Astronaut Gregory Johnson was among speakers Wednesday night at a memorial service in Armstrongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s western Ohio hometown of Wapakoneta. The evening service was at the Armstrong Air & Space Museum. service Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comes the same day of a rare â&#x20AC;&#x153;blue moon.â&#x20AC;? It occurs when thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a second full moon in one calendar month, and wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen again until July 2015. The moon wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t actually be blue. Armstrongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family requested, when announcing his death, that when people â&#x20AC;&#x153;see the moon smiling down at you, think of Neil Armstrong and give him a wink.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Contact the reporter a t For photo reprints, visit www.sidneydailynews.com SDN Photo/Luke Gronneberg http://www.twitter.com LIGHTS IN the shape of Neil Armstrong on the moon welcomed visitors to the /dansewell Neil Armstrong memorial service in Wapakoneta Wednesday night.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Today is Friday, Aug. 31, the 244th day of 2012. There are 122 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 31, A.D. 12, Caligula, who was Roman Emperor from A.D. 37 to A.D. 41, was born. On this date: ■ In 1886, an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.3 devastated Charleston, S.C., killing at least 60 people, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. ■ In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an act prohibiting the export of U.S. arms to belligerents. ■ In 1941, the radio program “The Great Gildersleeve,” a spinoff from “Fibber McGee and Molly” starring Harold Peary, debuted on NBC. ■ In 1954, Hurricane Carol hit the northeastern Atlantic states; Connecticut, Rhode Island and part of Massachusetts bore the brunt of the storm, which resulted in nearly 70 deaths. ■ In 1962, the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago became independent of British colonial rule. ■ In 1972, at the Munich Summer Olympics, American swimmer Mark Spitz won his fourth and fifth gold medals, in the 100meter butterfly and 800meter freestyle relay; Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut won gold medals in floor exercise and the balance beam. ■ In 1980, Poland’s Solidarity labor movement was born with an agreement signed in Gdansk that ended a 17-day-old strike. ■ In 1986, 82 people were killed when an Aeromexico jetliner and a small private plane collided over Cerritos, Calif. The Soviet passenger ship Admiral Nakhimov collided with a merchant vessel in the Black Sea, causing both to sink; up to 448 people reportedly died. ■ In 1991, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan declared their independence, raising to ten the number of republics seeking to secede from the Soviet Union. ■ In 1992, white separatist Randy Weaver surrendered to authorities in Naples, Idaho, ending an 11-day siege by federal agents that had claimed the lives of Weaver’s wife, son and a deputy U.S. marshal. ■ In 1997, Prince Charles brought Princess Diana home for the last time, escorting the body of his former wife to a Britain that was shocked, griefstricken and angered by her death in a Paris traffic accident hours earlier.

OUT OF THE BLUE

Rancher kills bear GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana rancher shot and killed a black bear that broke into his house along the Rocky Mountain Front and raided the pantry. Lane Yeager told the Great Falls Tribune he returned home near Choteau at about 9 p.m. Monday when he saw a bear run in front of him as he went to turn on the lights. The bear broke through a screen and entered an open window, wrecked a Lazy Susan and tore off a door to get to the trash. It also ate peanut butter and flour. Fish, Wildlife and Parks grizzly bear management specialist Mike Madel says the bear had probably been in the house for an hour. Madel says Yeager had the right to shoot the bear to protect himself and his property.

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FLOODING IN Lafitte, La., causes residents to travel by boat on Thursday a day after Hurricane Isaac hit the area near New Orleans.

Isaac hovers over La. BY MICHAEL KUNZELMAN The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Isaac hovered over Louisiana for a third day Thursday, shedding more than a foot of additional rain that forced authorities to hurriedly evacuate areas ahead of the storm and rescue hundreds of people who could not escape as the rapidly rising waters swallowed entire neighborhoods. The huge spiral weather system weakened to a tropical depression as it crawled inland, but it caught many places off guard by following a meandering, unpredictable path. The storm’s excruciatingly slow movement meant that Isaac practically parked over low-lying towns and threw off great sheets of water for hours. “I was blindsided. Nobody expected this,” said Richard Musatchia, who fled his water-filled home in LaPlace, northwest of New Orleans. Inside the fortified levees that protected New Orleans, bursts of sunshine streamed through the thick clouds, and life began to return to normal. But beyond the city, people got their first good look at Isaac’s damage: Hundreds of homes were underwater. Half the state was without power at the one point. Thousands were staying at shelters. And the damage may not be done. Even more rain was expected in Louisiana before

Drought-weary farmers await Isaac’s remnants ST. LOUIS (AP) — Indiana farmer John Kolb normally would welcome storms that could provide his crops with badly needed water in this summer of drought. Instead, he and other Corn Belt farmers are nervously watching the forecast as Hurricane Isaac’s remnants slog their direction, concerned they could end up getting too much of a good thing. The reason for their worry: Strong winds could topple corn stalks already severely weakened by the nation’s worst drought in two generations, and a possible deluge could muddy the fields and slow bringing in whatever crop is still salvageable. “We could really use the moisture, but I don’t want wind,” Kolb, 41, said from the 2,000 acres of corn and soybeans he farms with his dad and uncle in southeastern Indiana’s Franklin County and the adjacent Butler County in Ohio. “The corn is just so weak. It’s been so dry that it kind of cannibalized itself. It fed off itself to try to stay alive and it wouldn’t take a whole lot to blow it down. “That would make it a tangled mess, and that’s pretty hard to harvest.” Isaac has lost strength since coming ashore late Tuesday as a Category 1 hurricane, with 80 mph winds near the mouth of the Mississippi River. But it’s still expected to provide a dousing for much of the nation’s midsection — from Arkansas north to Missouri and into a corner of Iowa, then east through Illinois and Indiana to Ohio — in coming days. Rainfall totals could reach up to 7 inches, according to a U.S. Drought Monitor weekly update Thursday. the storm finally drifts into Arkansas and Missouri. Isaac dumped as much as 16 inches in some areas, and about 500 people had to be rescued by boat or high-water vehicles. At least two deaths were reported. Five feet of water poured into Musatchia’s home before

a neighbor passed by with a boat and evacuated him and his 6-year-old boxer, Renny. He piled two suitcases, a backpack and a few smaller bags onto the boat and said that was all he had left. He abandoned a brand-new Cadillac and a Harley-Davidson.

ROMNEY “I wish President Obama had succeeded because I want America to succeed,” he said. “But his promises gave way to disappointment and division.” “This isn’t something we have to accept ,” he said, appealing to millions of voters who say they are disappointed in the president yet haven’t yet decided to cast their votes for his Republican challenger. “Now is the moment when we can stand up and say, ‘I’m an American. I make my destiny. And we deserve better! My children deserve better! My family deserves better! My country deserves better!” Romney’s remarks came after other speakers filled out a week-long portrait of the GOP nominee as a man of family and faith, savvy and successful in business, savior of the 2002 Winter Olympics, yet careful with a buck. A portion of the convention stage was rebuilt overnight so he would appear surrounded by delegates rather than speaking from a distance, an attempt to soften his image as a sometimes-stiff and distant candidate. “He shoveled snow and raked leaves for the elderly. He took down tables and swept floors at church dinners,” said Grant Bennett, describing Romney’s volunteer work as an unpaid lay clergy leader in the Mormon church. Following him to the

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani intelligence officials confirmed Thursday that a U.S. drone strike last week near the Afghan border killed the son of the founder of the powerful Haqqani militant network, a major blow to one of the most feared groups fighting American troops in Afghanistan. Badruddin Haqqani, who has been described as the organization’s day-to-day operations commander, was killed Aug. 24 in one of three strikes that hit militant hideouts in the Shawal Valley in Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal area, said two senior intelligence officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media. A U.S. official confirmed that Badruddin Haqqani was killed in a CIA drone strike. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the drone program publicly. The presence of the mostly Afghan Haqqani network in North Waziristan has been a major source of friction between Pakistan and the U.S. The Obama administration has repeatedly demanded that Pakistan prevent the group from using its territory to launch attacks in Afghanistan, but Islamabad has refused — a stance many analysts believe is driven by the country’s strong historical ties to the Haqqani network’s founder, Jalaluddin Haqqani. The Pakistani intelligence officials didn’t specify which strike on Aug. 24 killed Badruddin, but said he was leaving a hideout when the U.S. missiles hit. The confirmation of his death came from their sources within the Taliban, which is allied with the Haqqani network, and agents on the ground, they said. But neither the officials nor their sources have actually seen Badruddin’s body. Pakistani intelligence officials previously said they were 90 percent sure Badruddin was killed in a drone strike in a different part of North Waziristan on Aug. 21. It’s unclear what caused the discrepancy. Afghanistan’s intelligence agency said several days ago that its operatives had confirmed Badruddin’s death. A senior Taliban commander has also confirmed the militant’s death.

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CRAIG ROMNEY, son of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday. podium, Ted and Pat one-on-one debates with DeOparowski tenderly recalled mocrat Obama — in a race for how Romney befriended their the White House that has been 14-year-old son David as he close for months. In excess of was dying of cancer. “We will $500 million has been spent on be ever grateful to Mitt for his campaign television commerlove and concern,” she said. cials so far, almost all of it in Beyond the heartfelt per- the battleground states of sonal testimonials and politi- Florida, North Carolina, Vircal hoopla, the evening ginia, New Hampshire, Ohio, marked one of a very few op- Iowa, Colorado and Nevada. portunities any presidential Romney holds a fundraising challenger is granted to appeal advantage over Obama, and to millions of voters in a single his high command hopes to exnight. pand the electoral map soon if The two-month campaign to post-convention polls in Penncome includes other big mo- sylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin ments — principally a series of and perhaps elsewhere indi-

cate it’s worth the investment. In a speech that blended the political and the personal, Romney talked in his excerpts of the importance of the love he felt from his parents and that he and his wife Ann have sought to give their children and grandchildren. “All the laws and legislation in the world will never heal this world like the loving hearts and arms of mothers and fathers,” he said. As for Obama, he said, “Many Americans have given up on this president, but they haven’t ever thought about giving up. Not on themselves, Not on each other. And not on America.” The economy is issue No. 1 in the race for the White House, and Romney presented his credentials as the man better equipped than the president to help create jobs. Speaker after speaker testified to the help their received from Bain Capital, the private equity firm that he created — and that Democrats argue often took over firms, loaded them down with debt and then walked away with huge fees as they slid into bankruptcy. “When I was 37, I helped start a small company,” he said. “That business we stated with 10 people has now grown into a great success story. Romney knows the value of dollar, delegates were assured.

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Friday, August 31, 2012

CALENDAR

This Evening • Hope in Recovery, similar to traditional 12-step programs to confront destructive habits and behaviors, meets at the First Presbyterian Church, 114 E. 4th St., Greenville, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. For more information, call (937) 548-9006. • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Staying Clean for the Weekend, meets at 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 230 E. Poplar St.

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

Saturday Evening • The Sidney-Shelby County Chess Club “Checkmates” meets at 7 p.m. at the library at the Dorothy Love Retirement Community. All skill levels are welcome. For more information, call 497-7326. • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Saturday Night Live, meets at 8 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 120 W. Water St.

Sunday Afternoon • Shelby County Deer Hunters holds its monthly Sunday Rifle Shoot at 7988 Johnston-Slagle Road beginning at 1 p.m. Program — one round at five different targets, pays three places. Points awarded to members for end-of-the-year trophy. Open to the public.

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

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

Monday Evening • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Vision of Hope, group meets at 7 p.m. at Russell Road Church, 340 W. Russell Road. • Overeaters Anonymous, a 12-step program for anyone desiring to stop eating compulsively, meets at 7 p.m. at Hillcrest Baptist Church, 1505 S. Main St., Bellefontaine. • Sidney Boy Scout Troop 97 meets at 7 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ. All new members are welcome. For more information, call Tom Frantz at 492-7075. • TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at 7 p.m. at Faith Alliance Church, New Knoxville Road, New Bremen. • Women of the Moose meets at 7 p.m. at the Moose Lodge, on the corner of Broadway Avenue and Russell Road. • Anna Civic Association meets at 7:30 p.m. at the Anna Library. New members with new ideas always are welcome.

Tuesday Morning • The Ohio Music Teachers Association Middle West District will meet at the home of Karen Heath, 471 Hickory St., St. Henry, at 9:45 a.m. Mary Lu Anthony will present a program on recital themes, awards and scheduling. An open discussion will follow. (419) 678-0113. • The regular meeting of the Auglaize County Public Employee Retirees Inc. No. 9 will be at American Legion Post No. 330, 1108 E. Benton St., Wapakoneta. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m. For information, contact Janet Ott at (419) 657-6765.

Tuesday Afternoon • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Addicts at Work, meets at noon at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 120 W. Water St.

Tuesday Evening • Head, Neck and Oral Cancer Support Group for patients and caregivers meets at St. Rita’s Regional Cancer Center in the Garden Conference Room from 5 to 6:30 p.m. For more information, call (419) 227-3361. • PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) meets at 6 p.m. in the second floor board room of the Public Service Building on the OSU/Rhodes campus, 4240 Campus Drive, Lima. For more information, call (419) 581-6065, email pflag_lima@yahoo.com. • Asthma Awareness educational classes will be held at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Registration is not required and the class is free. For more information, call Stacy Hilgefort at (419) 394-3335, ext. 2004. • Minster Veterans of Foreign Wars meets for lunch at 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion Hall on South Cleveland Street, Minster.

Author creates ghost for PJ BY PATRICIA ANN the Port Jefferson Fire SPEELMAN Department and will have pspeelman@sdnccg.com books for sale during the department’s upcoming PORT JEFFERSON Labor Day block party — The novella just pub- Saturday. lished by Patti Laughlin “When I made this a Fogt, a local author best ghost story for the party, I known for her children’s pictured a young lady that books, is a departure from was the ghost of Port Jefher usual genre. ferson,” Fogt said. “When “Thistledown Tears I started to write, all these and Bagpipes Dancing” is other characters came in. a ghost story for people no It got wider. She was the younger than 12. Her center of the wheel and other books, “Aaron’s Lit- spokes developed from tle Sailboat,” “The Tell- her.” Tale Turtle,” “The Suddenly, Scotland and Amazing Ugly Umbrella,” New York came into play. and “The Normal Gar- The lady’s mother and faden,” were written for ther entered the picture. much younger readers. And fictional events Set mostly in Port Jef- began to happen in other ferson, the new, 37-page area canal towns, includnarrative grew out a Hal- ing New Bremen, Minster, loween party given by the Fort Loramie, Piqua and writer three years ago. Lockington. “I made up a story,” “I’d like to be invited to Fogt said. “Everybody do book signings in those walked through the woods towns,” Fogt said. “Then and I told the story. Every- I’d give $1 of each sale to a body got scared, so I elab- benefit of their choice.” orated on it. (The novella) So far as the author is about the Miami and knows, there is not a real Erie Canal and Civil War ghost in Port Jefferson, alhistory and romance.” though she said some of She self-published the her neighbors have book and sells it at her claimed to have a ghost in business, the Odd Duck their house. Gallery, 438 W. Main St., But the ghost of “Thisfor $6 per copy. She do- tledown Tears and Bagnates $1 of each sale to pipes Dancing” is pure

It is a nice, prefer Serrano for sunny, Thursday canning. forenoon. So far We use the banights have nana peppers by been cool, which taking the seeds makes for some out and stuffing nice sleeping them with cream weather. It has cheese and shredbeen getting ded Colby cheese. Amish chilly enough at Then we wrap night that most bacon around Cook of our windows Lovina Eicher them and use were closed and toothpicks to keep it was still comfortable in the bacon in place. Put the house. Sunday morn- them on the grill until the ing our thermometer bacon is done. I have done showed 49 degrees. I the same with jalapenos, wouldn’t be surprised if but they are a lot hotter we had an early frost. than the bananas. With the drought we’ve Saturday, Elizabeth’s had, I can’t imagine that friend, Timothy, and our canning jars will be Susan’s friend, Mose, filled like other years. I helped Joe and the boys canned some more dill butcher our 14 old laying pickles and made three hens. I cooked the meat off more gallons of freezer the bones, which I then pickles. Since we hold put into broth. It did not church services at our take the men long to do house twice next spring, I the butchering. I think want to make sure we this is the first time the have plenty. We made girls and I got out of some fresh pickles for sis- butchering chickens. We ter Emma’s church serv- appreciated their help. ices. I think my Joe and daughter Elizcucumbers have produced abeth are both working at the most out of my gar- the factories today. Susan, den. I have tomatoes but 16, and Verena, 14, are not like other years. I have weeding in the garden. canned 32 quarts of The weeds took over with tomato juice so far and all the rain we had, but we one batch of salsa. Today, I won’t complain. It was a have enough tomatoes to much-needed rain. Benmake more salsa. I jamin,13, Joseph, 10, and canned 15 pints of Ser- Kevin, 6 are doing some rano peppers. Emma gave me the peppers because I was unable to get the Serrano plants this year. We do have banana and jalapeno peppers, but I

fiction. The most difficult part of creating the book was doing the historical research, Fogt noted. “I wanted to get it right. I know Rich Wallace (a Sidney historian) is going to read this and I don’t want him to correct

me,” she laughed. “I hope the people who read my book have a new love for our local history.” For information, to purchase a book or to arrange for Fogt to do a book signing, call her at (937) 5386083.

cleaning out in the barn that Joe wanted done. Loretta, 12, and Lovina, 8, are washing the dishes and sweeping the floors. They are all trying to get their jobs before lunchtime so they can have free time this afternoon. Our local apple farms will not have apples or cider to sell this year, due to the late frost. There is a shortage of fruit here in Michigan this year. Still haven’t heard if there will be many grapes. The boys dug up our storage potatoes and it is our smallest crop ever. Loretta wanted me to teach her how to use the treadle sewing machine yesterday afternoon. She seems to be catching on fast. Pushing the treadle back and forth takes more effort for her, but it almost seems like therapy. She is getting eager to learn how to sew. I told her if I get time today, I will help her cut out a dress for herself and she can learn how to sew it. She will have surgery on Sept 10 to have her heel cords lengthened on both feet. I hope and pray it will be a success. She is so limited in what she can do. I bought new shoes for her this week. Finding a pair of shoes

that work well for her can be a challenge. We did find out a shoe with a wide heel to it gives her more support where her heel cannot touch the floor. Some shoes work for awhile and then start hurting her feet. We will put everything into God’s hands and see what results the surgery brings. May God bless all you readers for your support and encouragement. It helps knowing others care. This week I will share a tomato soup recipe. HOMEMADE TOMATO SOUP 1 tablespoon finely chopped onion 2 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons flour 2 teaspoons sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon pepper 2 cups tomato juice 2 cups cold milk Saute onion in butter. Stir in flour, sugar, salt, and pepper. Cook until smooth and bubbly, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Gradually stir in tomato juice. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil 1 minute. Stir hot tomato juice mixture gradually into the cold milk. Heat rapidly to serving temperature and serve immediately.

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QUICK READ Community picnic in Port Jeff PORT JEFFERSON — There will be a community picnic at the Port Jefferson Roadside Park Sunday at 2 p.m. Those attending are asked to take a lunch, a drink, a lawn chair and any yard games they may want to play. People will be asked to share stories they may have of the park or canal. The rain date for the event is Sept 23.

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powder deterDear Readgent, pour some ers: Many stuin a sock or zipdents across the per-top bag. country are now Stains, stains back at college and more stains or heading that seem to be what way. Laundry happen to stucan be a big dents while at problem! This Hints college. Removmay be the first ing a stain can time some are from a favorite doing their own. Heloise save shirt or jeans. Here are some Heloise Laun- Heloise Cruse To learn how to get rid of stains, dry 101 hints including coffee, grass, for laundry newbies: • Sorting is vital. lipstick, ketchup, soda Wash same-colored fab- and many more, send $5 rics together: darks, and a long, self-addressed, stamped (65 whites, etc. • Don’t stuff the ma- cents) to: Heloise/Stain, chine too full! The P.O. Box 795001, San clothes won’t get clean. Antonio, TX 78279-5001. • If doing laundry at a FYI: Clothes left in the self-service laundry fa- dryer too long? To recility or dorm laundry move wrinkles, add a room, check the ma- damp towel in the dryer chines BEFORE putting and run on low for 10-15 in your clothes. Someone minutes. — Heloise CAN OPENER may have left a red sock Dear Heloise: Many of that will turn your whole your readers have writload of whites pink! • Pin socks together ten about pop-top cans to keep from losing one. and how they have a Fasten bra hooks to- hard time opening them. gether to prevent snag- I will tell you what I do: I ging, and turn jeans turn the can upside inside out to prevent fad- down and open it with a ing. * Read the care in- can opener. — A Reader structions for clothes. in Virginia BATTERY LIFE They will last much Dear Heloise: Why do longer if cared for propbatteries — AA, AAA, C, erly! • Don’t carry a whole etc. — have expiration bottle or box of deter- dates? Can they be used gent. If using liquid, put beyond the date, and if only what’s needed in so, how long after? — clean yogurt cups. Or for Sharon in Illinois

Sharon, yes, you can, but be aware that there is a chance the battery might leak, and if it does, it can ruin the device. The batteries also could not work or might not last very long if used after that date. Depending on the battery, it can have a shelf life of between five and 10 years. Batteries made today are not like your grandmother’s. They are manufactured to last longer. If it is in an appliance, check regularly for signs of wear, and replace when needed. I hope this helps you keep ticking! — Heloise BIRD BLUNDERS Dear Heloise: We have a large picture window in our house that birds are constantly running into. We used those peeland-stick decals to decorate the window. The birds no longer mistake it for an opening and hurt themselves. — A Reader in Washington Great idea! You can hang sun catchers or ribbon on the window as well. We have a lot of birds and darling “buzz bombers” (humming birds) that sometimes hit the window. I taped several strands of thin ribbon (about 6 inches long) on the glass, and it seems to deter them. — Heloise

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Jack and the tomato stalk? Francis Thobe, of Sidney, looks up at this 9-foottall tomato plant Sunday. Thobe bought the plant as a starter at Walmart. He has harvested 24 tomatoes from the plant. For photo reprints, visit www.sidneydailynews.com

Writers to sign books at Applefest, train display returns This year’s Applefest will showcase the return of the Applefest Author Fair for the third consecutive year and will feature 20 Ohio writers who will be on hand to sell and autograph their books. The event will offer the reading public a vari-

ety of subjects and content. One of the writers who will be in attendance is Terry W. Ervin II, who is the author of the fantasy novel, “Flank Hawk.” Ervin is an English instructor and editor of the fiction magazine, Mindflights. Ervin’s short sto-

ries have been published in a variety of publications. Also participating will be comic and graphic novel author Stephen Hines, of Troy; and bestselling romance author Tim Smith, of Dayton. The event will take place Sept. 8 on the ground floor of the

Shelby County courthouse. Also returning this year in conjunction with the Applefest Author Fair is the Dayton N-Track Model Train Club, who will have several portable train displays in the courthouse as they did at the 2011 Applefest.

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plained about cheerleaders’ being awarded varsity letters! In many cases, the cheerleaders have more athletic ability than some of the players on the coach’s team. DR. WALLACE: This summer I spent a month in France attending a school to learn how to speak and write the French language. I had a great time, and I learned a lot. I also picked up the

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DR. WALHe thinks we LACE: At our should just be school, cheergiven plaques to leaders have hang on the wall. always been To make things awarded varworse, those of us sity letters for who earned a varour participasity letter in prior tion in athletyears can no ics. Now, for ’Tween longer wear it. the first time, fellow cheer12 & 20 My the board of leaders and I Dr. Robert education has think this is a Wallace voted to ban very stupid and varsity letters an unkind rule. for us because the ma- Please give us your opinjority of the members ion. — Nameless, Somedecided that we were where in Calif. not athletes. This upsets NAMELESS: School my fellow cheerleaders boards should have their and me very much. Dr. hands full dividing up Wallace, we are athletes. the district budget, hirWe practice the year ing quality teachers and around, attend cheer- providing the best possileader camps and per- ble education for every form acrobatic skits as single student under well as cheerlead at all their direction, and basketball and football leave the awarding of games. We make up all varsity letters up to the our own cheers and local school administrachoreograph all of our tors who are much more routines. In fact, we qualified to make this sometimes practice our decision. In my high routines longer than the school varsity basketathletes. The reason ball-coaching days in why the board voted Kirkland, Ill., Phoenix, against awarding us let- Ariz., and Garden ters was due to one of Grove, Calif., varsity the school coaches, who cheerleaders were complained about us re- awarded varsity letters ceiving varsity letters at all three high schools because we are not and rightfully so. Shame “competitive” athletes. on the coach who com-

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I N O UR V IEW Clemmie’s colorblind love Your hometown newspaper since 1891 Frank Beeson/Regional Group Publisher Jeffrey J. Billiel/Editor and Publisher Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Voting will be uniform, accessible for all Ohioans Labor Day become increasmarks the offiingly popular cial end of sumin Ohio. It’s mer and gives both convenient us an opportuand secure. nity to celebrate Completed balthe enduring lots can be American work sealed and ethic. It also mailed back to means the elecbe included in Husted tion season is in the Election reports full swing. This Day tally, or, if Jon Husted year, I am you prefer, you Ohio Sec. of State proud of the can drop them steps we are taking in off at your local board of each of the state’s 88 elections (no later than counties to ensure busy Election Day on Nov. 6, schedules won’t keep 2012). hard-working Ohioans If you are a voter from participating. In who prefers going to the fact, starting on Oct. 2, polls, there is also you can vote any hour of plenty of opportunity the day and without for you to cast a ballot ever leaving your both prior to, and on homes. Election Day. Just after the Labor Starting Oct. 2, all Day holiday, registered boards of elections will voters should keep an be open for voting Moneye out for an official day through Friday, inabsentee ballot applica- cluding extended hours tion in the mail. This on Oct. 9 (until 9 p.m.) election marks the first and until 7 p.m. during time applications will the last two weeks bebe sent to all voters fore the election to acacross the state. You’ll commodate working know it by the official schedules. This provides Secretary of State seal for a total of 230 hours of and because it will have voting time prior before your name and address Election Day. You can pre-printed, just as it find a complete schedule appears in the voter online at www.Myfile. OhioVote.com. And let’s By simply completing not forget about Election the three security fields Day itself, when polls and mailing it back to will be open between your county board of 6:30 am and 7:30 p.m. elections in the envelike always. lope provided, you’ll be This Labor Day, jobs slated to receive your are the No. 1 issue on ballot in the mail. No the minds of Ohio votjuggling schedules. No ers. We have important waiting in line. Your choices to make on the kitchen table can be individuals who will your voting booth, and best lead us to economic you’ll have more than prosperity. In the mean750 hours to complete time, my job is to make your ballot at the time the voting process for that works best for you. electing those leaders Though many suruniform, accessible, fair rounding states don’t and secure for all offer this method of vot- Ohioans. Learn more at ing, voting by mail has www.MyOhioVote.com.

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Know whom you serve To the editor As I read most of the lengthy coverage of the Liberty Group, several things stood out. First, they espouse, “We are a non partisan group.” That is an untruth. Mr. Jordan started by invoking the Holy scripture. I need to remind Mr. Jordan of John 8:32. Mr. Mandel said, “Ohioans are blessed to have Mr. Jordan in Congress.” What has Congress done to bless us so? Also, we go on to Mr. Jordan on scripture. His favorite was 2 Tim. 4:7.

Might I suggest to both of you the entire chapter of 1 Tim. 6. It’s one thing to quote scripture, but living it – that’s a commitment. There’s a lot of hypocrisy in our land. Beware of wolves in sheep’s clothing. I know my Shepherd’s voice (John 10:). All this rhetoric is election theatre. Beware and know your Bible (2 Ch. 7:14 and on), I do include myself in remarks made about scriptures. “I know whom I serve.” Girstene Bateman 1372 S. Kuther Road

Philadeleverything phia’s Valley would be all Swim Club right. made national What I headlines again didn’t know recently. The then was that a now-bankrupt Civil Rights organization movement was gained notoriety being birthed over a 2009 inThe road out of the fruscident when tration regardless Black and Hising injustices traveled that Africanpanic children Christina from a nearby Americans like Ryan day camp were Clemmie could Claypool subjected to no longer bear. racial remarks Not yet a first from club members. grader, I couldn’t imagThis happened, even ine anyone hating such though the Creative a wonderful woman, Steps camp had legally simply for the color of contracted for its chilher skin. My mother dren to swim there. eventually regained her “Seventy-three mem- health, so Clemmie no bers of the camp will longer came to care for share a settlement of us. Yet her colorblind $700,000 to $1.1 millove, which was based lion, pending approval on her faith in the from a federal bankGospel’s message, ruptcy court judge,” ac- “…Love one another, as cording to an Aug.19 I have loved you…” had Philadelphia Inquirer made a lasting impresarticle titled, “Campers sion. hope swim-club settleA few years later, on ment will help fight June 11, 1963, Presiracism.” dent John F. Kennedy As for racism, during gave his memorable the racially turbulent civil rights address call1960s, as a Caucasian ing for an end to the acchild growing up in ceptance of segregation west central Ohio, I did- in educational institun’t know anything on tions, retail establishthe subject. Therefore, it ments, restaurants and seemed natural when hotels. He also deClemmie came to take manded that Africancare of me and my sibAmericans be able to lings, while my mom vote without the fear of was seriously ill. harmful consequences. Clemmie was an exJust hours after tremely overweight Kennedy’s eloquent Black woman who had a speech, Medgar Evers, a heart as large as the Black Mississippi civil girth that surrounded rights leader was bruit. My financially strug- tally gunned down by a gling family couldn’t white Ku Klux Klan have paid her much of a member. Evers, a World salary, yet she lovingly War II Army veteran looked after us. With had survived the Battle Clemmie there, I inof Normandy, but that stinctively knew that June night he lay bleed-

ing to death in his own driveway. Fifty minutes later, he died at a local hospital. Although I’ve never been grievously wounded like Evers, I do know what it feels like to lie on cold asphalt too hurt to move. As an 8-year-old girl walking to school, I tripped and fell so hard that it momentarily knocked the wind out of me and scattered my science project everywhere. Blocks from my home, a middle-aged woman heard my cries, and rushed down her porch steps to care for me. I didn’t know my Good Samaritan, who shared Clemmie’s mahogany complexion. My grandmotherly rescuer tended my cuts and then carefully helped me to put my science project back together. She smiled with maternal satisfaction when she finally sent me off to school. That beautiful smile is a treasured memory, as is the remembrance of Clemmie’s massive arms hugging me to her bountiful chest. It’s important to remember the selfless acts of compassion of others. Because whatever our race, everyday society gives us the choice to tolerate racism based on the justification that someone of another ethnicity probably once mistreated us. Jewish Holocaust survivor Liesl Sondheimer, of Lima, often shared a profound truth regarding racial forgiveness. Like Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal, Mrs.

Sondheimer spent decades sharing her painful account of the extermination of more than six million European Jews during World War II. Unlike Wiesenthal’s quandary concerning forgiveness outlined so poignantly in his book, “The Sunflower,” my late friend Liesl always maintained that, “You must forgive, but never forget, or Hitler has won.” Christian apologist C.S. Lewis once wrote, “…if we really want to learn how to forgive, perhaps we had better start with something easier than the Gestapo.” But Mrs. Sondheimer didn’t have that choice. Twelveyear-old Mikkel McKinnie made his choice not to let the prejudice of others destroy his dreams, either. One of the claimants named in the Valley Swim Club lawsuit, Mikkel has earmarked his possible settlement for higher education. He hopes to someday be a physician. We all have a daily choice about permitting racism, which continues to be just as deadly to our society as Hitler’s gas chambers once were. But sadly, not everyone has a Clemmie or a Liesl to teach them what compassion for their fellow man is all about. Christina Ryan Claypool is an Amy Award winning freelance journalist and inspirational speaker. She lives in Sidney. Contact through her website at www.christinaryanclaypool.com

Connecting veterans with new employment opportunities Ohio is home veterans seekto more than ing work. 890,000 veterHowever, as ans, making the program is our state the limited to nation’s sixth99,000 particilargest populapants through tion of March 31, 2014 veterans. De— and with spite their the first wave Brown service, an unof enrollment reports acceptably closing at the high number of Sherrod Brown end of SeptemU.S. Senator veterans strugber — it’s crugle to find cial that Ohio’s work. Just as we invest veterans apply quickly in our servicemembers for these vital benefits. while they’re on the It’s our duty to Ohio’s battlefield, we should heroes that we spread do the same when they the word to all eligible return home. participants. That’s why it’s imEligible veterans perative that we do a must be at least 35 but better job of connectno more than 60 years ing veterans with the of age; unemployed, resupport resources they ceived an other than deserve. dishonorable disAmong them is the charge; not eligible for Veterans Retraining any other VA educaAssistance Program tion benefit program; (VRAP), a joint Depart- not receiving VA comment of Veterans Afpensation due to being fairs (VA) and unemployed; and not Department of Labor enrolled in a federal or training initiative that state job training prois a component of the gram. recently passed VOW to Veterans can also Hire Heroes Act. VRAP find work through the provides unemployed Justice Department’s veterans between the new initiative, “Vets to ages of 35 and 60 the COPS” (Community opportunity to pursue Oriented Policing training for new caServices). This proreers in high demand gram, which is a comoccupations. From ponent of the welders, to paralegals, Department of Justo teacher’s aides, tice’s Cops Hiring ProVRAP offers wide rang- gram (CHP), requires ing opportunities for that all new officers

hired through the program must be military veterans that have served at least 180 days of active military service, any part of which occurred on or after Sept. 11, 2001. While too many police departments across our state have had to lay off police officers due to budget challenges, too many recently returned veterans have struggled to find work. These men and women who fought to keep our country safe shouldn’t have to fight for a job when they come home. “Vets to COPS” is a critical investment in the people who devote their lives to protecting Ohioans — both as members of our armed forces and as law enforcement officers. Finally, it’s crucial that word spreads regarding the U.S Department of Transportation and VA’s new websites designed to help military veterans find jobs in the transportation industry. The websites will link to the Veterans Transportation Career Center, where veterans can enter their specific military work experience and see how it translates to jobs in

the civilian transportation industry. The site will guide veterans to jobs in five positions from aviation pilot, aviation maintenance technician, air traffic controller, commercial motor vehicle driver, and emergency medical services. Veterans seeking work can find what training and certification is needed for civilian jobs, determine what career fits best with their background, and search for available jobs in their field. The portals are available at www.dot.gov and www.va.gov. Our servicemembers and veterans deserve our nation’s full support. And at the very least, they deserve elected officials who are willing to put partisan battles aside to ensure that returning veterans have jobs to ease their transition into civilian life. My constituent services office — which you can reach by calling (216) 522-7272 — stands prepared to help Ohio veterans receive the support they need. As a member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, I’m committed to ensuring veterans have the tools they need to find employment.

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Girls track born in 1969 BY TERRY PELLMAN HOUSTON — Young female athletes may not be aware of the long journey that is the history of girls high school athletics. Gone are the days of GAA (Girls Athletic Association), when girls in Shelby County schools were limited to volleyball and a special version of basketball. Some of those barriers were brought down at the initiative of some Houston High School girls who wanted to expand the athletic opportunities for themselves and the students who would follow them. The result of that dream was the first girls’ track meet in Shelby County, held at Houston High School in May 1969. There were only two other county schools able to field a girls track team. Jackson Center and Fairlawn sent teams to compete with the Houston girls on that storied old cinder track that had been the home of so many boys’ county championship teams. Records of the event are nearly nonexistent, and no photographs of the event are at hand. Even the yearbooks from that school year do not have a photo of the girls track teams. However, those who took part have some very fond memories. Paula (Webb) Coder was a senior at Houston that year, and was among a group of girls who wanted to compete in a wider array of sports. GAA had already established games between schools in basketball and volleyball, so track and field was viewed as a natural next step. The group asked typing teacher Margaret Glenn to coach them,

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MEMBERS OF the 1970 Jackson Center High School Girls track team are pictured above. Sue Kaufman, third row, third from right, was one of the members of the squad who took part in the first Shelby County Girls track meet in May 1969 at Houston. and once it was established that a team would be formed, other schools were contacted. Coder explained that the girls had often attended the boys track meets, and decided to try to have one of their own. The boys ended up assisting them at the meet with some of the logistics such as serving as timers and holding the finish line tapes. Most of the spectators were parents of the team members. Coder ran the 100yard hurdles, learning from her father Delmar Webb, who ran hurdles at Sidney High School. She notes that she endured many cinders in her knees and elbows. She also ran in the 440 yard and 880 yard relays. At that time, the girls were not permitted to have a mile run. Also on the fledgling Houston squad was Coder’s twin sister, Pamela (Webb) Branning. She competed in the high jump, 100-yard dash, the 220-yard dash and was a member of the relay teams. In addition, she represented Houston in the softball throw. The meet also included long jump and shot put.

Branning recalls how it was the practice at the time for high jumpers to have to land in sawdust “…..which was not very comfortable,” in contrast to the more shock absorbing and protective materials used today. Branning’s memories of the event are of enthusiasm and excitement, even during the practices leading up to the meet. Much of her practice took place at the family farm, in the barn, landing on straw and hay bales after her practice jumps. Practices at the school took place just one evening per week. She also recalls how the team members had to make their own uniforms. Red varsity letters were applied to white shirts. Coder went on to the Ohio State University, and competed there as a hurdler. After graduating from OSU, she went on to a career in teaching, at Sidney and Milton-Union, but also coached track and served as a volleyball and track and field official for 39 years. Branning coached softball and volleyball during a teaching career, all of which was in the Urbana

City School District. Sue Kaufman competed for Jackson Center, as a relay runner. The coaches were Carol Rader and Charlene Perrine, who later became an administrator at the school. Kaufman recalls that the Jackson Center team was well in the lead in the 4x100 relay but lost ground when a baton transfer went wrong. The Jackson Center group still managed to finish in second place in the race. She was also a competitor in the 220yard dash. Fairlawn High School did not have any formal records of the track meet, but several graduates from that year listed track as an activity. Those athletes were Elaine Brautigam, Jacqueline Elliot, Carolyn Pennington, Patti Scholl and Jane Kinninger. Now many colleges and universities offer wide-ranging athletic programs, and standout female high school athletes can go on to a higher level of competition. High school girls athletics are now highly completive, and the days of half-court GAA basketball is a memory. Branning is pleased to have been one of the pioneers in establishing interscholastic sports for girls. Shelby County girls teams now compete well in many sports. They have inherited the solid spirit of the girls from three local schools who were willing to take the initiative start something new over four decades ago. Ironically, the track at Houston High School is no longer sanctioned for official meets. An organization is in the process of raising funds to complete a new outdoor athletic complex.

School board approves personnel Special meeting HOUSTON — The Hardin-Houston Local School District will hold a special board meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. in the school’s media center to discuss building and grounds issues. salary of $1,534.35, and Traci Milanese was approved as the eighthgrade volleyball coach for $1,228.28. A maternity leave request was accepted from Christi Grolnic.

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HOUSTON — The Hardin-Houston Local School Board of Education approved some personnel employment matters during its recent meeting. The board employed Joel Supinger as a bus driver at the rate of $20.09 per hour, and Sandra Thobe and Dan Roberts as substitute bus drivers at $18 per hour. Vernon Seger was employed as a substitute OBI bus instructor at $20 per hour. Michelle Holsinger was approved as the varsity volleyball coach at a

The board voted to accept the agreement with the Hasrdin Houston Education Association from July 1, 2012, through June 20, 2013. The board also entered into an agreement with the Shelby County Educational Service Center for program services for the current year, as well as for providing an intervention specialist teacher. Tom Elliott was appointed delegate and Joel Knouff alternate

delegate for the OSBA convention in November. The board also approved the following: • Athletic season pass fees — $25, Spirit Mob member; $30, all other students; and $75, adults. • Bus routes for the current year. • All EPC vendors for purchasing. • Burke Petroleum for the fuel bid. • Northern Ohio Wholesale for the propane bid.

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Russia Homecoming this weekend BY TERRY PELLMAN RUSSIA — It is time once again for the annual Russia Homecoming. The Festival will begin Friday evening. The head chairwoman for the festival is Kristy Kuck. Co-chairmen are Darryl Sherman and Ken Francis. The sole event for that first evening will be the Texas Hold ‘Em tournament commencing at 6:45 in the Lunch Tent. For this poker event, there is a $40 entry fee, and the games are limited to 64 players. More details and rules are available at the festival website. On Saturday, festivities kick off at 1 p.m. with the Elementary Cornhole Tournament. That competition is open to students in grades three through six. Also at 1, the Fire safety Trailer will be on display, and will be open until 3. That event is courtesy of the Russia Fire Department. The traditional Outdoor Mass at the Grotto is scheduled to begin at 4:30, and at 5, the lunch stand opens. At 5:30 the rides open, provided by C&S Amusements of Dayton. The rides will operate until 11:30 p.m. Ride bracelets will be good for an entire day, and are $15 for a presale ticket. The cost at the festival will be $20. Individual ride tickets will be sold at the festival only, for $1 each, but most rides will require 2-3 tickets. Booths and other tents also open at 5:30. The Russia High School band will perform at 6 p.m. and Feel ‘N Lucky the Clown will be on the scene at the same time. The clown will be around until 8:30. The Early Bird attendance drawing will take place at 6:30. Also at 6:30, the face-painting stand will open and operate until 8:30. At 7, you may want to take in the Kids’ Strawpile Hunt. More music will be on tap beginning at 8:30, when Cracker Jax will take the stage. And at 10, the Night Owl Attendance Drawing will occur. Another day of fun and activity begins on Sunday morning at 9 a.m. with the 9th Annual Running Raider 5K Run. Applications are available at the festival website. This is a 3.1 mile run, complete with a blast of the cannon to signal the start. Immediately following will be a 1-mile Fun Run. In addition, if running or watching othes run

makes you hungry, the lunch stand will open for business at noon. Also at noon, you can watch the Junior High and High School Dodgeball Tournament. There are three divisions by age, and the cost per team is $15. There will be cash prizes awarded. There is no limit on the number of teams that can enter. For something really different, check out the 3rd Annual Diaper Derby at 12:30. That event features races of crawling babies. Sign-ups end at noon Sunday. Contact Lynne at Dapore e v i n k lynne@roadrunner.com or Amy Monnin at bmonnin3@roadrunner.com to register. Immediately following the Diaper Derby will be the Water Balloon Toss. The Russia Fire Department will begin giving demonstrations of the new fire truck beginning at 1 and will be on hand until 3. Rides will open at 1:30. They will operate until 10. At 2, the Kiddie Tractor Pull will take place. This free event is for children ages 3 through 10. At 3 on Sunday will be the Adult Cornhole Tournament. Please sign up by 12:30, and there is a $10 entry fee. There will be cash prizes. Beginning at 3, you can get your barbecue chicken dinners. They are available for dine-in or drivethru, until sold out. Also at 3 will be the Lip Sync Contest on the west side of St. Remy Hall. The fee is $5 per act, and the entry deadline is Saturday. Music should be on a CD, and all music and content is expected to be appropriate. If you are interested in taking part, contact Brandi Phlipot at franbucket@hotmail.com or Chelsea Hoying at chelsea81002@hotmail.co m. All booths and tents will open at 3:30. The facepainting booth will be open from 4 until 6. The high school cornhole tournament will take place at 6:30 at the north side of St. Remy Hall. Cash prizes will be awarded. Music will fill the air at 8:30 with a performance by Karma’s Pawn. Then there will be the 9 raffle table drawing. There will be a Cutest Baby Contest, for babies under 12 months who are the children or grandchildren of St. Remy parishioners. First, second and third place winner will be announced at 9 p.m. on Sunday night.

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PIQUA, 1720 PattersonHalpin Rd., (Shelby County), Saturday and Sunday 9am-5pm. Baby items and miscellaneous items.

PIQUA, 2321 Aiken Rd. (1st road off 66, north of Miami Shelby Line) From Sidney to Patterson Halpin to Taylor to Aiken. Thursday, Friday and Saturday 9-5. New bunk bed, over 300 books, ladies clothes size 12 (some never worn), jewelry, cookbooks, furniture, miscellaneous household, much more! Rain or Shine PIQUA, 6901 Miami Shelby West (1 mile west of St Rt 66, close to Johnson Farm), Saturday, 9am-4pm, Sunday, 9am-3pm. Nice and clean sale with lots of miscellaneous. Good stuff: no junk!

PIQUA/HOUSTON 5555 Fessler Buxton Rd. Thursday and Friday 9:30-3:30. MOVING SALE! Antique tractor (parade ready), blue stained glass light fixture, household items, Christmas and other yard and seasonal decorations. LOW prices! Priced to sell.

SIDNEY, 1302 Westwood Drive. Thursday, Friday 10am-4pm, Saturday 9am-?, Table/ chairs, doghouse, birdcage, bookcases, dishes, bandsaw, cookbooks, violins, clarinet, dresser, Junior/ Ladies plus size clothes, prom/ dance dresses, 2 pcs Carnival glass, knick knacks, playpen, cuckoo clock, free piano, Much more, Priced right!!

SIDNEY. 14250 Sharp Road, Thursday & Friday 8am-3pm. Piano, front load washer, waterbeds, bookshelf, junior to adult clothing, bicycle and miscellaneous items.

SIDNEY, 1840 North Cisco Rd. (off 29) Thursday, Friday and Saturday 8am-4pm, MOVING SALE! Couch, computers, bar stools, dressers, fishing/hunting, antiques, shelves, knick-knacks, Cat Collectibles, Interior window boxes, concrete bird bath, antique tables and chairs.

SIDNEY 1973 Fair Oaks Dr. Thursday, Friday and Saturday 9-5. Refrigerate, freezer, dressers, racing collectibles, clothes, and miscellaneous.

SIDNEY, 2104 Broadway. Saturday 8-1. Wood entertainment center, wooden gun cabinet, generator, soccer goal nets, TV, boys bike, household items and clothes.

SIDNEY, 2517 Oakmont, Friday 9-4, Saturday, 9-12. Baby/ toddler items! Pumpkin seat, stroller combo with base, monitors, clothes 0-24M, glider with footrest, walkers, toys, bouncy seats, gates and more. Also lawn equipment, furniture, tools, clothes, jewelry, humidifier, dog cage, books and more!

SIDNEY, 2647 Bridlewood Drive, Thursday 4pm-7pm & Friday 9am-4pm, Ikea barstools, Guitar for Wii, Miscellaneous home decor, bedding, rugs, pottery dishes, and more!!

SIDNEY, 320 1/2 S. Miami (in Alley). Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 9amnoon, Yard sale! Whirlpool clothes dryer, womens clothes large-xlarge, shoes, purses, books, puzzles, magazines, sports cards, quilts, fishing poles, Hot Wheels, Christmas items, Leather (Hooters) golf bag, baked goods, Playstation 2 games, and lots of other stuff

SIDNEY, 740 Dingman Street. August 30-31 9am-5pm. Window AC, fan's, old truck, vibrating belt, silver coins, knives, cameras, binoculars, fishing tackle, guns, Mustang wheel covers, O.S.U. stuff, tools, coffee pot, Indian head pennies, Makita drill, massage cushion. SIDNEY, 904 Michigan Street (Rear). Thursday, Friday, Saturday 9am-5pm. Air compressor, electric drill, golf clubs (LH), TV, air purifier, creeper, walk board, kitchen items, teen clothes, roller blades, CD player, CD's, scooter, CB scanner, radio, exterior door. Other miscellaneous items.

SIDNEY 9750 Pasco Montra Rd. Friday, Saturday 9am-5pm, Estate came from Dayton, Dishes, pots & pans, soldiers figures, music figures, records, blankets, yarn, cookbooks, plus size clothes, Avon bottles, jello molds, 32in tv with stand, card table/ 4 chairs, knick knacks, too much to list!!! TROY, 1489 Skylark Drive, Saturday through Monday, September 1-3, 9am-3pm. Multi family garage sale. Washer and dryer, Vera Bradley bags, Yankee candle sets, weight set and weight bench, boy and girl baby clothes, some adult female and male clothing and shoes, and miscellaneous household items.

TROY 700 Westlake Drive Friday and Saturday 9am-2pm Large Schonek crystal chandelier and sconces, couch, household goods, garden tools, carpet cleaner, tree trimmer, Nelson tractor sprinkler, and silver pieces

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The City of Piqua, Ohio is accepting applications for the position of Associate Engineer for the Municipal Power Depart ment. The Associate Engineer performs engineering and planning for the Power System. Responsibilities include but are not limited to working with engineering staff to complete a variety of projects, assisting meter technician and warehouse keeper as needed, maintaining GIS and mobile mapping program, and implementing distribution and transmission maintenance policy. Qualifications include experience in the power utility industry or related business, management experience, and an Associate Degree in Engineering/ Engineering Technology. Individuals with demonstrated related work experience may be considered with bachelor degrees in other disciplines. Please send letter of interest, 3 business references, and application to: 201 West Water Street Human Resources Dept. 2nd floor Piqua, Ohio 45356

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3-Bedroom, 2-Bath 1Car Garage, W/D, C/A., Dishwasher. Available August 1st. 2727 Kristy Way. $700/month (937)564-1125

3 BEDROOM, 2 bath, appliances, washer/ dryer hookup, off street parking, 625 N. Ohio, $550 monthly, plus deposit, (937)489-9921

3 BEDROOM, 844.5 South, Walnut (near Chestnut) NO PETS!!. Washer/ dryer hook-up, $475, Deposit, (937)492-0829 JACKSON CENTER, 1/2 double, 3 bedrooms, appliances included, washer/dryer hook-up, No pets, $575, (937)726-0832.

DISCOVER PEBBLEBROOK Village of Anna. 2 & 3 Bedroom townhomes & ranches. Garages, appliances, washer & dryer. Close to I-75, Honda, 20 miles from Lima. (937)498-4747 www.1troy.com

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GARAGE for rent. Across from Walmart 2451 W Michigan St. 580 Square Feet. 1-800-468-1120 2 BEDROOM, Basement, gas heat, CA, wood floors, pets ok! 716 St. Marys, $550 plus deposit, (937)441-1220

2-3 BEDROOM, Homes for rent, $475-$575 call (937)492-0966.

OFFICE SPACE, 956 sq ft, located on St. Marys Avenue, Kitchenette, bathroom, most utilities paid, ample parking, $495 monthly plus deposit, (937)489-9921

3 BEDROOM, Brick ranch, attached garage, new flooring/ paint, No pets, $625 plus deposit, (937)638-3748 3-4 BEDROOM, double, 210 East Grove (off St. Mary's), stove, refrigerator. $500 rent/ deposit. (937)658-2026

833 SOUTH Walnut. 2 - 3 bedroom home, full basement, garage, quiet neighborhood, $575 monthly (937)492-4038

909 PORT Jefferson Road. 2 bedroom home, new bath, new floor, full basement. $550. (937)492-4038

LARGE 2 car garage, 1278 North Kuther Road, appliances not included, 3 bedroom, 1 bath, ranch, brick. $650. david.wilson.bxyt@statefarm.com, (937)638-0475. SIDNEY, 3 Bedroom, fenced yard, garage, no pets, available 9-15, $600, Deposit, 1yr lease, (937)726-0832

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OFFICE OR RETAIL SPACE Across from Walmart, 2451 W Michigan St. 1000 square feet. (800)468-1120

7 NIGHTS on Ft Myers Beach 9-14-12 to 9-21-12. Sleeps 6. $550 firm. (937)492-0297

RENT TO OWN! Remodeled 3 bedroom, garage, fenced yard, 519 West Avenue, Sidney, (937)526-3264.

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Bengals want to change history Want to stop being one-year wonders CINCINNATI (AP) — Throughout their 44-year history, the Cincinnati Bengals have rarely been more than a one-year playoff wonder. The Bengals have gone to the playoffs in back-to-back seasons only once. They went to the Super Bowl for the first time and lost to San Francisco during the 1981 season, then made the playoffs again the following year. That’s it. It’s even worse by another measure. Only twice in their history have they followed a playoff appearance with so little as a winning record the following season. This is a franchise short on staying power. And that’s the first thing they want to change coming off their 2011 playoff loss to Houston. “That’s definitely the next challenge,” offensive tackle Andrew Whitworth said. “And

PREVIEW: BENGALS what does that take? It takes being a consistent team every week and playing our style no matter who we play. That’s what it’s going to take for us to take the next step.” They’re not getting off on the right foot. The Bengals had an inordinate number of injuries during training camp and the preseason games. Both running backs ‚Äî BenJarvus Green-Ellis and Bernard Scott ‚Äî missed games. Starting left guard Travelle Wharton tore up a knee, and center Kyle Cook had a foot and ankle injury that could end his season, too. Cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick, their top draft pick, hurt a knee and missed all the preseason games. “You can get an onset of injuries that happen right away; you can get injuries that hap-

pen throughout the year,” Cook said. “Every team is different. Hopefully with the injuries we’ve had and the guys that are able to come back, it kind of stops the floodgates per se. Hopefully we’re done for the year and everybody stays healthy and people can come back.” They need to stay healthy ‚Äî and have a lot of other things go right ‚Äî if they’re going to go to the playoffs again this season. And that starts with their two young stars. They went 9-7 and won a wild card berth last season with rookies at quarterback and receiver. Andy Dalton and A.J. Green made the Pro Bowl together in their first goaround. There will be a lot more on them this time around. Green found himself getting tougher coverage as the

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CINCINNATI BENGALS quarterback Andy Dalton warms up prior to agame against the Packers. Dalton and A.J. Green made the Pro Bowl together in their first go-around. There will be a lot more on them this time around. season went along. Defenses tried to figure out Dalton’s weaknesses and take advantage of them. With an entire offseason to analyze the duo, opponents ought to be able to do even more this season. Green expects it. “Yeah, definitely,” he said.

“Toward the end of the season, they started rolling coverage to my side a lot. But (now) I’m used to that stuff. Now I just have to be able to execute and not get as frustrated as I did last year about it.” See BENGALS/Page 18

Lady Jacket spikers post first victory

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SIDNEY’S MORGAN Knasel (right) tries to win the ball from a Wayne defender in girls soccer action at Wayne. Sidney won 2-0 for its first-ever win over Wayne, and Knasel had both Lady Jacket goals.

Sidney girls notch 1st win ever over Wayne HUBER HEIGHTS — The Sidney High girls soccer team reached a milestone this week, defeating Wayne for the first time in school history. The final was 2-0 and it gave the Lady Jackets their second win against as many losses, and snapped a twogame losing streak. “I’ve been telling the girls all season if we could put together 80 minutes of good soccer, instead of just playing well for one half, we would do some great things,” said Sidney coach Stacey Goffena. “From the start we controlled the game. We held possession for much of the first half. Wayne did have some close encounters, but the defense was quickly able to regroup. “ The half would be tied 0-0 even though Sidney had many more opportunities. “That’s the scary thing about soccer — you can control the ball for most of the half and one slip-up or breakdown and you could be down,”

Goffena added. “I told the girls we needed to finish more of our shots and give ourselves the opportunity to win.” The second half was more back and forth. Finally, with 18:50 remaining in the game, Lauren Elmore made a run up the middle and found Morgan Knasel, who finished with a shot from the top of the 18. “The entire buildup of that goal was great,” Goffena said. “We played the ball out of the back, transitioned up the middle and Morgan finished.” Goffena credited the defense of Kaitlyn Davis, McKenzie Anderson, Clara Snavley and Konner Harris for standing up to the expected attacks of the Lady Warriors and maintaining composure under big pressure from the hosts. “Our goalie also had a great game,” said Goffena of Lindsey Sturwold. “She stopped a few very close attempts from Wayne.”

Just five minutes after the first Sidney goal, Harris found Knasel and she again finished to make it 2-0. That ended Wayne’s momentum. “I think once we got the second goal it took some of the fight out of Wayne, and our girls calmed down a little more and finished the game,” said Goffena. “This was an entire team victory. We played well in every position tonight and really worked as a team. We were supporting each other on runs and helping on defense. “The girls really needed this win after two tough losses to Beavercreek and Springboro. I told them it was their turn to beat someone good, and they did tonight.” The Lady Jackets are back in action Saturday at West Carrollton. The junior varsity also played well, finishing in a 1-1 tie against Wayne. The JV team will play at Lima Bath Saturday.

The Sidney Lady Jackets County got on the winning side after volleyball opening the season with some Standings tough losses. League All They defeated Wayne for W-L W-L the first win of the season Thursday 25-11, 25-22, 25-16 Russia . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 4-0 Anna . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 3-0 to go to 1-4. Fort Loramie. . . . . . . 1-0 3-2 The Lady Jackets got a big Jackson Center . . . . . 1-1 1-1 game from Morgan Clark, Botkins . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 1-2 who had nine kills, 14 digs, Houston. . . . . . . . . . . 0-2 1-2 five ace serves and five solo Fairlawn . . . . . . . . . . 0-2 1-3 blocks. Allison Neu added five kills and eight aces, Ashley Doak was big on defense with 11 digs, and Kristin Beigel had 10 assists and a solo block. Wayne is now 1-2 on the year. The Sidney junior varsity also won, taking care of Wayne in two games 25-18, 25-10. • Russia went to 4-0 overall and 2-0 in the County with a 25-15, 25-9, 25-23 victory over Jackson Center Thursday at Russia. The Lady Raiders had a balanced attack, with Olivia Monnin, Ashley Borchers and Bethany York all finishing with seven kills. Borchers added 13 assists and Emily Francis led with 16 assists. Monnin also had 18 digs and Abbie Goubeaux 12. SDN Photo/Eric Castle Kylie Wilson JACKSON CENTER’S Haley Elchert (oradded five kills and ange 5) tries to hit past the blocks of Rusthree aces, and Camille Puthoff fin- sia’s Ashley Borchers (5) and Bethany ished with four kills. York in volleyball at Russia Thursday. For JC, Courtney Reggi Brandewie added four. Geis had seven kills and BritHallie Benanzer had 15 astany Foster and Colleen sists and Julie Hoying 14, and Meyer four each. Jayel Frye Danielle Wehrman had 16 had 15 assists and eight digs, digs, with Janell Hoying Haley Elchert had 11 digs, adding eight. Courtney Zimpfer nine digs Benanzer was amazing on and Foster eight. serve, with 11 aces. Kelly Russia won the JV game Turner had eight ace serves. 25-19, 21-25, 26-24, and also For the Lady Jets, Olivia won the freshman game 22- Cummings had nine kills and 25, 25-12, 25-19. 15 digs, Abby Stemen 10 as• Fort Loramie beat Fair- sists and 10 digs, Haley lawn in three games in County Slonkosky 16 digs and Kelsey play 25-17, 25-16, 25-10. Oates added four kills. The Lady Redskins got Fort Loramie also won the seven kills from Darian Rose JV game in two. and five each from Ashley Pleiman and Kelly Turner. See VOLLEYBALL/Page 18

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Sidney boys up record SCOREBOARD to 3-0-1 with 5-0 shutout CALENDAR

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Sidney’s boys soccer team added another win to their fast start to the season, shutting out visiting West Carrollton in a Greater Wesern Ohio Conference crossover game Thursday night at the high school. The Jackets will return to action with a 3-01 record on Tuesday at Springboro. It took the Jackets a while to get untracked against an overmatched West Carrollton squad, which trailed just 1-0 at the half. The goal came with 27:24 remaining when

Brady Gaylor sent a corner kick in and Preston Heath headed it in. “Just like we practice it,” said Sidney coach Eric Harlamert. But that’s how the half ended, despite Sidney dominating the action. “We struggled in the first half,” said Harlamert. “But I think the kids relaxed and played much better in the second half. I was happy to see that.” The final half was the Dustin Lorenzo show. After Heath scored again off Jacob Davis’

free kick, Lorenzo ticked off the final three goals of the game. Assists came from Heath and Gaylor, and the third goal was unassisted. On his first, he scored off a throw-in, and the second game off a corner kick. It was a combined shutout for the Jackets, with Ben Snavley playing the first half and Sam Clendenen the second. They combined with the back four of Blake Steenrod, Joel Fannon, Jordan Perkins and Davis to pitch the

shutout. West Carrollton drops to 1-3 on the season. The Jackets have a big week ahead, with two strong opponents on the road. On Tuesday, they travel to Springboro, and follow that up with a trip to Kettering Alter on Thursday. The junior varsity upped its record to 2-2 on the year with a 2-1 victory over West Carrollton. Bradley Burden had both goals for the Jackets, with assists from Kyle Mann and Austin Epperly.

High school sports TODAY Football Bellefontaine at Sidney Lehman at Minster Brookville at Anna Fort Loramie at New Bremen Gaham at Versailles Triad at Riverside Boys golf New Knoxville at Botkins Loramie-Bremen at Arrowhead Girls golf Loramie-Bremen at Arrowhead —— SATURDAY Volleyball Anna, Minster at Lehman Inv. Botkins at Sidney Riverside at Fairlawn Versailles at Mercer Health Inv. JC, Troy Chr. at New Bremen Cross country Botkins, Minster, Anna at Columbus Grove Inv. Boys soccer New Knoxville at Fairlawn Lehman at Dayton Christian Girls soccer Botkins at Riverdale Lehman at Dayton Christian Sidney at West Carrollton

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NK’s Shreve sets school record New Knoxville’s Tyler Shreve set a new school record in boys golf a c t i o n Thursday, shooting a 36 in the Rangers’ 183-196 loss to St. Henry at Shreve the Mercer County Elks. St. Henry was led by Brian Kremer with a 44 and Alex Evers with a 45. New Knoxville is now 3-3 overall and 2-3 in Midwest Athletic Conference action. • Fort Loramie beat Houston in a County golf match at Arrowhead

Thursday 193-213. Loramie got a 46 from Josh Koppin, 48 from Jordan Meyer, 49 from Kyle Pleiman and a 50 from Tanner Rosengarten. Houston was led by Anton Wehrman with a 50. • Fairlawn defeated Riverside by a lot, 162205. Anthny Gillem and Trey Everett both shot 39, Ryan Lessing 41 and Zach Rogers 43. Landon Kelsey had a 49 for Riverside. • Russia defeated Anna 164-171 in action at Shelby Oaks. Treg Francis was medalist with a 37 to lead Russia, Bryce Dues shot a 40, Austin Tebbe

42 and Zach Sherman 45. Mike Omlor shot a 39 to lead Anna, and Andy Linkmeyer, Zach Zimpfer and Ryan Smelewski all shot 44. • Minster and New Bremen met in a battle of two strong Midwest Athletic Conference golf teams at Arrowhead Park Thursday, Minster winning 158-166. Austin Brackman led Minster and was match medalist with a 38, and Xavier Francis, Freddy Purdy and John Burke all shot 40. For New Bremen, Darin Bergman shot a 39, Travis Bertelsen 41, and Alex Britton and Tyler Hagen 43. • In a girls match at

Arrowhead, Minster shot 203 to New Bremen’s 215. For Minster, Claire Fischer led with a 43, Marissa Conrad had a 45, Abby Hausfeld 56 ad Taylor Trego 59. For Bremen, Mackenzie Howell had a 48, Sydney Holdren 49 and Rachel Parker 56. • The Botkins boys beat Jackson Center at the Oaks 163-198. Connor Bornhorst and Roger Miller both shot 40 for Botkins and shared medalist honors. Seth Hanna added a 41 and Nate Cisco 42. Trey Elchert led JC with a 45 and Levi Schmitmeyer and Drew Sosby both shot 50.

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Honoring Armstrong Wapakoneta native Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, will be buried today after passing away Saturday at the age of 82. Back in 1969, Sidney HIgh School honored Armstrong with this program cover the week of the game with Wapak.

• Anna ran its record to 3-0 overall and 2-0 in the County with a 26-24, 25-19, 25-22 verdict over Houston in action Thursday. The Lady Rockets were led in kills by Natalie Billing with 10 and Rachel Noffsinger with nine. Megan Fogt and Courtney Landis both added seven. Slonkosky Haley handed out 39 assists to go with nine digs and four aces. Summer McCracken had 14 digs and Avery Bensman three aces. No individual statistics were available for Houston. • New Knoxville took on Minster in Midwest Athletic Conference volleyball and won over the Lady Wildcats 26-24, 2523, 25-19. New Knoxville goes to 3-2 overall and Minster 2-1.

For the Lady Rangers, Haley Horstman had nine kills and Taylor Niemeyer and Paige Lehman six each. Kalyn Schroer led the defensed with 20 digs, and Meg Reineke and Lammers Madison added 12 and 10 respectively. Abby Rohrbach chipped in eight. Horstman, Lammers and Reineke all served three aces, and Horstman and Reineke had 17 assists each. The Lady Wildcats were led by Claire McGowan, who had 12 kills and 13 digs. Sara Hosey added eight kills and Allison Jutte six kills. Cassie Jutte and Alisha Monnin had eight digs apiece, Regan Hahn had three aces, and A. Jutte and Madeleine Eiting had four block assists. Minster won the JV game 25-22, 25-15.

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defense remains intact, with top cornerback Leon Hall back from a torn Achilles tendon. Nate Clements starts at the other spot, with Kirkpatrick hoping to move into some role early in the season when he’s recovered from his knee injury. “It’s a long season,” Kirkpatrick said. “I’m not worried about if I’m starting, or am I going to get to play. I can contribute on special teams. I feel like I do a great job on special teams.” The Bengals realize they’re

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beat the many subpar teams on their schedule but couldn’t measure up against the best. This season will provide a better chance to see where they stand. “Teams that are good year-in and year-out are probably your most consistent teams,” Whitworth said. “Every week, they kind of play the same way. That’s what it takes to be that kind of team. “And this team has the potential to do that, but it’s going to have to prove that first.”

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The Bengals hoped to get a proven complement to Green, but head into the season with a lot of young, unproven receivers. The one advantage over last season is that they’ve been together for a year now. “It’s completely different,” Dalton said. “Guys have been in this system a long time. They know what they are doing. “We’ve installed the offense several times. Everyone knows it by now. We can move guys around.” The core of the

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National League The Associated Press East Division W L Pct GB — Washington . . . . 78 51 .605 Atlanta . . . . . . . 74 57 .565 5 Philadelphia . . . 62 69 .473 17 18 New York. . . . . . 61 70 .466 20 Miami . . . . . . . . 59 72 .450 Central Division Cincinnati . . . . . 80 52 .606 — St. Louis . . . . . . 71 60 .546 8½ Pittsburgh . . . . . 70 60 .538 9 Milwaukee. . . . . 62 68 .477 17 29 Chicago . . . . . . . 50 80 .385 Houston . . . . . . . 40 90 .308 39 West Division San Francisco . . 73 57 .562 — Los Angeles . . . . 70 61 .534 3½ Arizona . . . . . . . 64 67 .489 9½ 13 San Diego . . . . . 61 71 .462 Colorado . . . . . . 53 76 .411 19½ Wednesday's Games L.A. Dodgers 10, Colorado 8 Cincinnati 6, Arizona 2 San Diego 8, Atlanta 2 N.Y. Mets 3, Philadelphia 2 Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 0 Washington 8, Miami 4 Milwaukee 3, Chicago Cubs 1 San Francisco 6, Houston 4 Thursday's Games Philadelphia 3, N.Y. Mets 2 Chicago Cubs 12, Milwaukee 11 Washington 8, St. Louis 1 San Francisco at Houston, 8:05 p.m. Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. Friday's Games San Francisco (Bumgarner 148) at Chicago Cubs (Volstad 1-9), 2:20 p.m. St. Louis (Wainwright 13-10) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 16-7), 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Dickey 16-4) at Miami (Eovaldi 4-9), 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Halladay 8-7) at Atlanta (Minor 7-10), 7:35 p.m. Cincinnati (Leake 6-8) at Houston (Abad 0-1), 8:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Karstens 5-3) at Milwaukee (M.Rogers 2-1), 8:10 p.m. San Diego (Richard 11-12) at Colorado (White 2-6), 8:40 p.m. Arizona (Cahill 9-11) at L.A. Dodgers (Harang 9-8), 10:10 p.m. Saturday's Games San Francisco at Chicago Cubs, 1:05 p.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta, 4:05 p.m. St. Louis at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Houston, 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Miami, 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m. San Diego at Colorado, 8:10 p.m. Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 9:10 p.m. Sunday's Games N.Y. Mets at Miami, 1:10 p.m. St. Louis at Washington, 1:35 p.m. Cincinnati at Houston, 2:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m. San Francisco at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. San Diego at Colorado, 3:10 p.m. Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta, 5:05 p.m. American League East Division W L Pct GB New York. . . . . . 75 55 .577 — Baltimore . . . . . 72 58 .554 3 Tampa Bay . . . . 71 59 .546 4 Boston . . . . . . . . 62 69 .473 13½ Toronto . . . . . . . 58 71 .450 16½ Central Division Chicago . . . . . . . 72 58 .554 — Detroit . . . . . . . . 69 60 .535 2½ Kansas City. . . . 58 71 .450 13½ Cleveland . . . . . 55 76 .420 17½

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B Buck uck EEyes yes An A n iinside nside look look at at Ohio Ohio State Sta t te football football ARE NOW? WHERE W HERE A RE TTHEY HEY N OW?

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Urban Meyerr his first coaching job? Answers: A nswers: 11.. Missouri; Missouri; 22.. Atlanta Atlanta Braves; Braves; 33.. Shortstop; Shortstop; 44.. Germany; Germany; 5. 5. S t. X avier. St. Xavier.

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Jalin Marshall, Jalin Marshall, a 2013 2013 verbal verbal ccomommitment to to Ohio Ohio State State from from Middletown Middletown mitment rushed for for 312 312 yards yards in in a 43-39 43-39 loss loss rushed to Cincinnati Cincinnati St. St. Xavier Xavier last last Friday Friday night. night. to The senior senior quarterback quarterback had had touchdown touchdown The runs of of 74 74 yards, yards, 65 65 yards yard ds and and 64 64 runs yards. yards. Ohio State State 2013 2013 verbal verbal commitcommitt-Ohio ments Joey Joey Bosa Bosa (No. (No. 25), 25), Cameron Cameron ments Burrow ws (No. (No. 27) 27) and and Marshall Marshall (No. (No. Burrows 27) are are listed listed on on rivals.com’s rivals.com’s top top 100 100 27) list. B osa is is a d efe ensive end end from from Fort Fort list. Bosa defensive Lauderdale, Fla. Fla. Burrows Burrows is is a defendefe enLauderdale, sive b ack ffrom rom Trotwood-Madison. Trotwood-Madison. All All sive back are rrated ated a 4-star prospects. prospects. are ass 4-star Tyquan Lewis, Lewis, a 2013 2013 prospect prospect at at Tyquan defensive e nd from from Tarboro, Tarboro, N.C.,, N.C.,, defensive end rreportedly eportedly has has narrowed narro owed his his choices choices to to O hio S tate, N orth C arolina and and LSU. LSU. Ohio State, North Carolina

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Braxton M iller w ost o hio S tate’s o ffense llast ast sseason. eason. O ore a ccuEver y harsh harsh word word coach coach Urban Urban Meyer Meyer had had for for the the Braxton Every as m Miller was most off O Ohio State’s offense Or,r, m more accurately, Buckeyes’ rately, his his feet feet were were most most of of OSU’s OSU’s offense. offense. After After the the freshman freshman was was forced forced into into Buckeyes’ receivers receivers group group — and and he he has has had had a lot lot of of the brutally the lineup lineup ahead ahead of of schedule, schedule, he he passed passed for for 1,159 1,159 yards yards and and led led the the Buckeyes Buckeyes brutally honest honest things things to to say say about about them them — was was probprobin ably more in rushing rushing with with 715 715 yards. yards. OSU’s OSU’s coaches coaches say say they they want want him him to to become become a quarquarr-ably deserved. deser ved. No No OSU OSU receiver receiver caught caught m ore than than 14 14 terback passes terback who who is is an an athlete athlete instead instead of of an an athlete athlete playing playing quarterback. quarterback. passes last last season. season. Devin Devin Smith, Smith, Corey Corey Brown Brown and and Zac Michael Zac Dysert Dysert is is second second to to Ben Ben Roethlisberger Roethlisberger in in career career yardage yard dage and and completion completion Michael Thomas Thomas have have made made Meyer Meyer feel feel a little little better better percentage percentage at at Miami. Miami. The The senior senior QB QB threw thre ew w for for 3,513 3,513 yards yards and and 23 23 touchdowns touchdowns about about his his receivers receivers and and Jake Jake Stoneburner’s Stoneburner’s move move from from tight tight end end to to wide wide last last season season and and says says he he has has spent spent more more e time time than than ever ever watching watching film film leading leading receiver receiver could could increase increase his his production. production. up Miami’s up to to this this season. season. Miami’s Nick Nick Harwell Harwell (97 (97 catches catches for for 1,425 1,425 yards yards last last season) season) is is a deep deep Advantage: threat Advantage: Even Even threat and and Andy Andy Cruse Cruse had had 43 43 catches. catches. Advantage: Advantage: Ohio Ohio State State

OFFENSIVE LINE LINE OFFENSIVE Tackle JJack ack M ewhor t a nd gguard uard A ndrew N orwell a re Tackle Mewhort and Andrew Norwell are tthe he o nly rreturning eturning sstarters tar ters ffor or O SU. C enter C orey LLinsley insley only OSU. Center Corey h as b ecome a ffavorite avorite o he ccoaching oaching sstaff taff a fter a n has become off tthe after an u ndistinguished career career until until now. now. undistinguished Guard B rad B ednar is is M iami’s most most experienced experienced linelineGuard Brad Bednar Miami’s man. Brandyn Cook att the m an. FFreshman reshman B randyn C ook will will start start a the other other guard. guard. C enter JJoJo oJo W illiams lleft eft p ractice Tuesday Tuesday w ith an an injury. injury. Center Williams practice with Advantage: Advantage: Ohio Ohio State State

DEFENSIVE LINE LINE DEFENSIVE John Simon Simon and and Johnathan Johnathan H ankins are are two two of of tthe he John Hankins B ig Ten’s Ten’s b est defensive defensive llinemen. inemen. Michael Michael Bennett Bennett a nd Big best and G arrett Goebel Goebel could could h ave breakout breakout sseasons. easons. If If Nathan Nathan Garrett have W illiams ccan an get get back back on on the the ffield ield a fter knee knee surgery surger y Williams after a nd ffreshmen reshmen Noah Noah Spence Spence and and A dolphus W ashington and Adolphus Washington up llive ive u p tto o ttheir heir rrecruiting ecruiting reputations, reputations, tthis his ccould ould be be a d ominant u nit fo or O SU. dominant unit for OSU. Defensive Brown Mike D efensive tackles tackles Austin Austin B ro own and and M ike Johns Johns combined combined for for 15 15 tackles tackles for for llosses osses llast ast sseason. eason. M iami w as 2 5th nationally nationally in in rushing rushing defense defense last last year. year. Miami was 25th Advantage: Ohio State A dvantage: O hio S tate

LINEBACKERS LINEBACKERS O hio State’s State’s sstarting tarting llinebackers inebackers d on’t h ave a llot ot of of Ohio don’t have experience and have none. experience a nd ttheir heir backups backups h ave almost almost n one. Etienne Etienne Sabino (five (five sstarts) tarts) a nd R yan Shazier Shazier (three (three starts) starts) a re Sabino and Ryan are the only Buckeyes backups the o nly B uckeyes with with a start start iin n ccollege. ollege. The The b ackups are three three true true freshmen freshmen and and a redshirt redshirt freshman. freshman. are Miami byy M iami hopes hopes tto o sstrengthen trengthen iits ts llinebacker inebacke er group group b moving moving Pat Pat Hinkel Hinkel there there from from safety. safety. Advantage: Advantage: Ohio Ohio State State

BRAXTON MILLER The 6-foot-2, 220-pound sophomore quarterback from Huber Heights has received high praise from new coach Urban Meyer and fans alike for his tremendous athleticism and ability to lead the Ohio State offense.

DEFENSIVE BACKS D EFENSIVE B ACKS TThe he d efensive b ackffield is is one one o he most most experiexperidefensive backfield off tthe enced areas Cornerback Bradley e nced a reas ffor or OSU. OSU. C ornerback B radley Roby Roby tied tied for for tthe he tteam eam llead ead iin n iinterceptions nterceptions with with three. thre ee. Safety Safet ety C.J. C.J. Barnett was with 2011. B arnett w as tthe he ttop op ttackler ackler w ith 75 75 iin n2 011. Miami had only 10 pass M iami h ad o nly 1 0 p ass interceptions interceptions last last season. season. Cornerback Nunley had C ornerback Dayonne Dayonne N unley h ad tthree hree of of tthose hose and and has has nine n ine ffor is ccareer. areer. his or h Advantage: Ohio A dvantage: O hio State State

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C arlos H yde ((566 566 yyards ards llast ast sseason) eason) a nd ffreshman reshman Carlos Hyde and SPECIAL SPECIAL TEAMS TEAMS Bri’onte off the B ri’onte Dunn Dunn will will get gett most most o the carries carries at at running running back back Drew D rew Basil Basil returns returns after after hitting hitting 16 16 of of 19 19 field field goal goal u ntil JJordan ordan H all rreturns eturns ffrom rom ffoot oot ssurgery. urgery. FFullback ullback Z ach until Hall Zach attempts attempts for for OSU OSU last last season. season. Ben Ben Buchanan Buchanan (41.3 (41.3 Boren 20 pounds B oren has has dropped dropped around around 2 0p ounds and and could could be be more more yards yards per per punt) punt) should should be be solid solid again, again, even even though though the the offense. iinvolved nvolved iin n tthe he o ffense. punt no punt is is n o llonger onger the the most most important impor tant play play in in football. football. Miami M iami ranked ranke ed last last nationally nationally last last sseason eason in in rushing rushing at at Meyer M eyer has has spent spent a lot lot of of time time working working with with special special 73.8 averaged 7 3.8 yards yards a game game and and a veraged 2.4 2.4 yards yards per per running running teams and teams a nd has has loaded loaded up up the the punt punt block block team team with with play. Semmes p lay. Starting Starting tailback tailback Justin Justin S emmes rushed rushed for for 170 170 off tthe ome o he fastest fastest Buckeyes. Buckeyes. yyards ards last last season. season. Look Look for for ffreshman reshman Jamire Jamire Westbrook Westbrook to to get get some some carries, carries, too. too. ssome Miami Mason Krysinski Miami kkicker icker M ason K r ysinski sstruggled truggled last last season season when when he he was was only only Advantage: Ohio State A dvantage: O hio S tate off 6 o on 2o n ffield ield ggoals. oals.

BIG B IG TTEN EN SSTANDINGS TANDINGS LLeaders eaders Division Division Big Overall B ig Ten Ten O verall W L W L Wisconsin 11 Wisconsin 6 2 1 1 3 Penn 6 2 9 4 Penn State State Purdue 4 4 7 6 Purdue Ohio 3 5 Ohio State State 6 7 Illinois 2 6 7 6 Illinois Indiana 0 8 1 11 Indiana 11 Division LLegends egends D ivision Big Overall Big Ten Ten O verall W L W L Michigan 11 M ichigan State State 7 1 1 1 3 Michigan 6 2 1 11 M ichigan 1 2 Nebraska 5 3 N ebraska 9 4 4 4 IIowa owa 7 6 Northwestern 3 5 6 7 N orthwestern Minnesota 2 6 3 9 M innesota

WEEKEND W EEKEND SCHEDULE SCHEDULE BIG B IG TTEN EN SATURDAY SATURDAY M iami a HIO S TATE, n oon Miami att O OHIO STATE, noon N orthwestern a yracuse, n oon Northwestern att S Syracuse, noon O hio a enn S tate, n oon Ohio att P Penn State, noon W ichigan a llinois, n oon W.. M Michigan att IIllinois, noon E entucky a urdue, 3 :30 p .m. E.. K Kentucky att P Purdue, 3:30 p.m. IIowa owa a orthern IIllinois, llinois, 3 :30 p .m. att N Northern 3:30 p.m. N owa a isconsin, 3 :30 p .m. N.. IIowa att W Wisconsin, 3:30 p.m. S ississippi a ebraska, 3 :30 p .m. S.. M Mississippi att N Nebraska, 3:30 p.m. A labama-Michigan a allas, 8 p .m. Alabama-Michigan att D Dallas, p.m. IIndiana ndiana S tate a ndiana, 8 p .m. State att IIndiana, p.m. T OP 2 5 TOP 25 M arshall a est V irginia, n oon Marshall att W West Virginia, noon B owling G reen a lorida, 3 :30 p .m. Bowling Green att FFlorida, 3:30 p.m. H awaii a SC, 7 :30 p .m. Hawaii att U USC, 7:30 p.m.

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Passing P assing Yards Yards Braxton B raxton Miller Miller ........................1159 ......................1159 Rushing Yards R ushing Y ards Braxton B raxton Miller Miller ..........................715 ........................715 Dan D an Herron........................... Herron........................... .675 .675 Carlos Hyde C arlos H yde ............................566 ..........................566 Receiving Yards R eceiving Y ards Devin D evin Smith Smith ............................294 ..........................294 Corey Brown C orey B rown ...........................205 ...........................205 Field Goals F ield G oals Drew D rew Basil Basil...........................16/19 ......................... 16/19 Punting P unting Ben B en Buchanan.......................41.3 Buchanan.......................41.3 Tackles T ackles C.J. C .J. Barnett Barnett .............................75 .............................75 IInterceptions nterceptions Bradley Roby...............................3 B radley R oby...............................3 Orhian O rhian Johnson...........................3 Johnson...........................3

Sept. 1 ................ Sept. .............. Miami Miami of of Ohio, Ohio, noon noon Sept. S ept. 8 ................Central ..............Central Florida, Florida, noon noon S ept. 1 5 ..................... ................... California, California, noon noon Sept. 15 S ept. 2 2 ...............................UAB, .............................UAB, TTBA BA Sept. 22 S ept. 2 9 .............. ............ Michigan Michigan State, State, TBA TBA Sept. 29 O ct. 6 ...................... .................... Nebraska, Nebraska, 8 p.m. p.m. Oct. O ct. 1 3 ....................at ..................at Indiana, Indiana, 8 p.m. p.m. Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Purdue, O ct. 2 0 ............................ .......................... P urdue, TTBA BA O ct. 2 7 .............. ............ at at Penn Penn State, State, 6 p.m. p.m. Oct. 27 N ov. 3 ............................... ............................. Illinois, Illinois, TTBA BA Nov. N ov. 1 7 ....................at ..................at Wisconsin, Wisconsin, TBA TBA Nov. 17 N ov. 2 4 ........................Michigan, ...................... Michigan, noon noon Nov. 24

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Oakley tours offered VERSAILLES — The Versailles Area Historical Society will sponsor two motor coach trips through the back roads of Darke County Sept. 8. The trips will give participants the chance to learn about Annie Oakley and her early years. A family-friendly trip will depart from the organization’s museum on West Street at noon and return at about 3 p.m. The cost is $15 for society members, $18 for nonmembers. A trip for adults, 21 and older, will depart from the Versailles Winery at 4 p.m. and end at the winery with a dinner during the winery’s Thrill of the Grill event. The dinner comprises a choice of strip steak, marinated chicken breast or salmon and baked potato, mixed vegetables, dessert and a bottle of wine per couple or two glasses of wine per person. The cost is $39.95. Reservations may be made by calling (937) 5264222 and leaving a message.

Cruise-in planned OSGOOD — The sixth annual Cruise in for Cures Classic Car Show benefit for Breast Cancer Awareness will be Sept. 9, at the Osgood Community Park. Registration will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a $10 registration fee. Awards will be given for top 25, plus awards for the best Mopar, best Ford, best GM, best truck, and the Breast Cancer Survivors Award. Cars, trucks and bikes are welcome. Dash plaques will be given to the first 100 entries. Awards will be presented at 4 p.m. All proceeds go to Breast Cancer Awareness. A disc jockey will be there and concessions will be available. For information, call Jim Arling at (937) 467-1623 after 5 p.m.

Soldier deployed VERSAILLES — Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Brian J. Hemmelgarn, of Versailles, has been deployed with the 323rd Military Police Company from Toledo Hemmelgarn to Qatar. An employee of Francis Manufacturing Co. of Russia, Hemmelgarn was deployed in 2003 to Iraq. Friends can write to him at the following address: SSGT Hemmelgarn, Brian J, 323rd MP CO, Box No. 516, APO-AE 09898.

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Four inducted into Lehman Hall of Fame The Lehman Catholic High School Alumni Association recently held its sixth annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony to honor outstanding alumni, faculty, and friends of Lehman Catholic. The four honored at this year’s ceremony were Eileen (Echemann) Myers, a 1964 graduate of Holy Angels High School; Sharon (Carey) Nerderman, also a 1964 graduate of Holy Angels; Frank Neville, former faculty member at Piqua Catholic High School, Holy Angels High School and Lehman High School; and Cheryl Stifel-Francis, a 1982 graduate of Lehman. The ceremony included a nominating speech and a response by the inductee. Eileen Myers and Sharon Nerderman were present in the school’s front office and halls for more than 30 years, first as members of the class of 1964 and then as coworkers in the front office at Lehman for the past 26 years, until their retirement this past June. Nominated by Gail Brandewie (2011 Hall of Fame inductee) and Sister Ginny Scherer (2009 Hall of Fame inductee), Myers and Nerderman served as secretary and bookkeeper, but in reality they were responsible for so much more than those titles evoke. “From my point of view as a staff member, Eileen and Sharon were the hub of the wheel whose spokes reached out to every area of the school,” said Brandewie. “They coordinated the work of administrators, organized the records of thousands of students, synchronized mountains of paperwork for faculty members, listened and fulfilled the requests of thousands of parents, greeted almost every visitor to the school, answered countless phone calls, and listened to endless student excuses of why they were late to school. Their work never made headlines, but they were the cogs that helped keep the day-today wheel of activity turning. They are the unsung heroes.” Frank W. Neville was the band director at both Piqua Catholic and Holy Angels High School in the early 1960s and continued directing the band through the

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LEHMAN CATHOLIC Hall of Fame inductee Frank Neville (l-r) talks with former Piqua Catholic Drum Major John Ferman and former Lehman Marching Band Member Steve Wagner about the plaque that will be added to the Alumni Hall of Fame following the induction ceremony. merger of the two schools in 1970. He is well known for uniting students through the difficult moments that sometimes existed during the school year when Piqua Catholic and Holy Angels came together to form Lehman. He was responsible for composing the Lehman Alma Mater and taught at Lehman until 1972. Nominated by Steve Wagner (LCHS ’72) and Jeff Wagner (LCHS ’73), Neville was always respected by his students for the discipline he established inside and outside the classroom. “Frank demanded excellence in performances. The result was students filled with pride, teamwork and a sense of responsibility to each other,” said Steve Wagner. Wagner recalled how Neville would move his family to Camp Wakonda for two weeks in the summer to operate back-to-back band camps for the two schools. “The band camps helped in the transition of two rival schools combining into one,” said Wagner. “There were number of students who attended the others’ camp, thus quite a few of us went into

the consolidation knowing each other which aided in the camaraderie of the new school. Mr. Neville worked tirelessly to ensure that the transition went as smoothly as possible.” Working tirelessly is a good description for Hall of Fame inductee, Cheryl Stiefel-Francis. Stiefel-Francis serves as executive director of the Miami County Foundation and has long contributed to the Piqua community through her involvement in numerous civic organizations. Nominated by her sister, Kathy Stiefel Sherman (LCHS ’81) and past Lehman High School Foundation Trustee John Brown, StiefelFrancis is the epitome of Cavalier compassion. She serves her organization and the communities who rely on it with zeal and determination. “Lehman Catholic has benefited from Cheryl’s continued support as she served with pride on the Lehman Foundation Board. Her enthusiasm for the high school that provided her such an invaluable education shines through time and again,” said Sherman.

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Vets’ help offered PIQUA — The nonprofit Disabled American Veterans (DAV) and the HarleyDavidson Foundation have teamed to offer help to military veterans. The DAV Mobile Service Office will be at Gover Harley-Davidson, 1501 E. Ash St., from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sept. 15, to provide counseling and claim-filing assistance. The event is part of the nationwide Harley’s Heroes tour and is free to all veterans and members of their families. For further information, call David Bilinovich at (216) 522-3507.

Stiefel-Francis promotes many community organizations ranging from the Piqua Chamber of Commerce to the Rotary Club, where she served as the first female president. “I have witnessed her pour her heart into helping organizations who need to learn the ropes of fundraising. You can just see Jesus reaching out to other people through her hands and heart,” said Scott Greve, Lehman Development Director. The induction ceremony followed dinner and was presided over by Alumni Association President Zack Bosslet. The four new inductees join 17 Hall of Fame members whose impact on the school as graduates, teachers, coaches, administrators and supporters has been previously recognized and applauded. Bosslet announced that the Lehman Alumni Association is currently accepting nominations for the 2013 Hall of Fame induction class. For more information or to download a nomination form, visit the Alumni section at www.lehmancatholic.com or contact the Lehman Development Office.

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Hoisting the banner Hoisting the United Way banner at Emerson Climate Technologies Wednesday are (l-r) vice president of Emerson Climate Technologies human resources, Tom Sheehan, of Troy, Emerson vice president of human resources, Cathy Bevan, of Troy, 2012 Emerson United Way chairwoman, Natalie Grothause, of Wapakoneta, United Way Executive Director Bob Parker, of Troy, 2012 United Way Chairman and Sidney City Schools Superintendent John Scheu, of Sidney, and Emerson senior vice president of Emerson operations and United Way large manufacturing chairman Randy Rose, of Sidney.

Malinda Lovett, of Sidney, the granddaughter of Ed and Tammy Lovett, has been selected to compete in the 2012 Miss Jr. Teen Cincinnati pageant Sept. 16. The Miss Jr. Teen division is one of four Lovett in the pageant, which is open to girls 7-19, who compete in modeling casual and formal wear. A panel of judges will also evaluate contestants’ interviewing skills and personalities. The winner of the Cincinnati pageant will compete in the national pageant in Orlando, Fla., from a share of $30,000 in prizes and awards. Community businesses, organizations and individuals are invited to sponsor Lovett’s participation. To donate, call (800) 279-0976.

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