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Troops leave Iraq AT THE IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER (AP) — Outside it was pitch dark. The six American soldiers couldn’t see much of the desert landscape streaming by outside the small windows of their armored vehicle. They were hushed and exhausted from an all-night drive — part of

the last convoy of U.S. troops to leave Iraq during the final moment of a nearly nine-year war.

As dawn broke Sunday, a small cluster of Iraqi soldiers along the highway waved goodbye to the departing American troops.

“My heart goes out to the

Iraqis,” said Warrant Officer John Jewell. “The innocent always pay the bill.”

When they finally crossed the sand berm that separates Iraq from Kuwait, illuminated by floodlights and crisscrossed with barbed wire, the mood inside Jewell’s vehicle was subdued. No cheers. No hugs.

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DEATHS Obituaries and/or death notices for the following people appear on Page 6 today: • Joushua Lawson • Barbara Jane (Funk) Starrett • Jacob Michael Magoto • Dorothy Jane Wesbecher • Elodie M. Sollman

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Mostly just relief.

His comrade, Sgt. Ashley Vorhees, mustered a bit more excitement.

“I’m out of Iraq,” she said.

“It’s all smooth sailing from here.”

The final withdrawal was the starkest of contrasts to See IRAQ/Page 7

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American Profile • ’Twas the night before Christmas, and Officer Michael D. Harrison is patrolling the streets of Conovor, N.C., just as he has for most Christmas Eves during his 25-year career in law enforcement. Harrison is among thousands of workers who do not take a holiday break, but still find moments of the Christmas spirit on the job. Inside

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Santa tears Connie Monnin hands Santa her grandson Julius Monnin, 1, both of Russia, during Breakfast With Santa at St. Remy Hall in Russia Saturday. Julius was not thrilled to sit on Santa's lap but quickly calmed down when he was taken away and given a treat. Pancakes, eggs and sausage were served at the event. Julius is the son of Craig and Cameo Monnin.

House GOP leaders want new payroll tax cut bill

BY ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Top House Republicans rebelled Sunday against a bipartisan, Senate-approved bill extending payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits for two months, reigniting a politically fueled holiday-season clash that had seemed all but doused.

The House GOP defiance cast uncertainty over how quickly Congress would forestall a tax increase otherwise heading straight at 160 million workers beginning New Year’s Day. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said it

could be finished within two weeks, which suggested that lawmakers might have to spend much of their usual holiday break battling each other in the Capitol.

A day after rank-and-file House GOP lawmakers used a conference call to spew venom against the Senate-passed bill, Boehner said he opposed the legislation and wanted congressional bargainers to craft a new, year-long version.

“The president said we shouldn’t be going anywhere without getting our work done,” Boehner said on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” reSee PAYROLL/Page 7

COLUMBUS (AP) — When Ohio changed the way it regulated utility rates more than a decade ago, lower prices were promised to consumers.

However, a newspaper investigation shows that prices have instead gone up and the state’s one-of-a-kind mix of traditional regulations with free-market elements creates an environment that favors the industry over consumers.

A typical Columbus household pays 41 percent more for electricity now than it did five years ago, an investigation by The Columbus Dispatch shows. For small businesses, that’s even higher — they pay 51 percent more now than in 2006.

Those rates climbed three times faster than the rate of inflation over the same period.

The investigation also found that utility companies have a disproportionate amount of political power compared with the consumers they serve.

“The consumer needs to be protected from increasing rates and monopolistic utilities,” said Bruce E. Johnson, former lieutenant governor and Republican state senator who co-sponsored the law that changed the way Ohio regulates utilities.

“You would think that people would be more outrages, considering that it’s (their) money — lots of money.”

Before Johnson’s 1999 law was enacted, electricity bills were tied to the price of service. If it cost $1 to generate power and deliver it to the See BENEFITS/Page 6

Farmers use ‘hoop houses’ for winter growing WESTERVILLE (AP) — You can expect something more than snow to dot Ohio farmland this winter. Increasingly, domed plastic structures are popping up on farms around the state, aimed at keeping local produce flowing even when weather turns nasty.

Inside those structures, everything from salad greens to herbs will grow, warmed by the winter sun.

The domes, called hoop houses, stand as testament to the “eat local” movement that

has sparked increasing demand for locally grown foods.

Val Jorgensen will have an entire crop of kale, spinach, lettuce, Swiss chard and herbs growing outside this winter on her 65-acre organic farm in Westerville.

With demand up for the products grown by Jorgensen Farms, she invested several thousand dollars this fall to build five hoop houses. The 20feet-by-96-feet enclosed plastic structures will allow her to extend her growing season.

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Homecoming royalty Houston High School seniors Megan Phyillaier and Luke Winner smile after being crowned king and queen at Friday night’s homecoming game against Jackson Center. Saturday night’s homecoming dance at Houston High School had the theme “Behind the Mask.” Phyillaier is the daughter of Ken and Tina Phyillaier and Winner is the son of Ted and Jodie Winner.

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to a medical call on the The Ohio State Uni15200 block of County versity Alumni Club of Road 25A. Shelby County is offerSATURDAY ing five scholarships to -10:21 p.m.: CO. Fort 2011-2012 high school Loramie Fire responded seniors living within the to 11655 State Route 362 county, who plan to aton a report of a carbon SUNDAY dioxide detector alarm.

-9:36 a.m.: vandal- tend The Ohio State -6:51 p.m.: medical. ism. Shelby County Sher- University. Applications Perry-Port-Salem Rescue iff’s deputies responded to are now available at all responded to a medical a report of a mailbox high school guidance call on the 7800 block of damaged and a window counselor offices.

Eight students Johnston-Slagle Road. shot out of a van and res-3:50 p.m.: medical. idence at 1481 Russia- presently attending Ohio State earned a total of Perry-Port-Salem Rescue Houston Road. responded to a medical -9:24 a.m.: vandal- more than $9,000 during call on the 17200 block of ism. Deputies responded the application and inOhio 47. to 6556 Smith Road on a terview process in 2011.

-1:16 p.m.: medical. report of a damaged mail- More than $255,000 has Anna Rescue and Jackson box and a hole shot in a assisted 70 students with their collegiate edCenter Rescue responded storm window. ucation since the club was organized, making it one of the top OSU Alumni Clubs worldThe approval of indoor track as a club sport will wide both in number of be discussed during the Sidney City School Board scholarships and total of Education meeting tonight at 7 p.m. The board dollars awarded. will also discuss the 2012-13 school year calendar The Ralph J. Stolle as well as personnel issues.

Academic Scholarship to The Ohio State University has been awarded annually since 1992.

JACKSON CENTER cilities Commission This four-year, partial— The Jackson Center planning and will also tuition stipend will be ofLocal School Board of meet in executive ses- fered again to this year's Education will meet sion to consider the em- applicants. Stacie Seger, today at 7 p.m. and will ployment of public Fort Loramie, Hayley discuss Ohio School Fa- employees.

Hooks, Houston, Derek McCracken, Anna, and HOW MAY WE HELP YOU? Michael Seeger, Sidney, are utilizing the award at OSU this school year.

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Katherine Beigel, Sidney, and Brandon Colby, Rusboth received sia, awards for the present school year.

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Online exchange matches needs with donations DELPHOS (AP) — An online charitable exchange is enabling people to obtain items and services they need and donate their own items and services to others in an area of northwest Ohio.

The “Pay it Forward” Facebook page already includes more than 900 participants, and its rapid growth has elated Nicole Davis-Glass, who started the site just two months ago.

“I swear I’m going to bust with joy,” Davis-

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The exchange is based on the idea that if one person does a good deed for another, that person repays them by doing something kind for someone else, and on and on.

A participant might post information about needing an item such as jeans for their child or firewood for the winter, while others with those items or others can post information about what they are willing to donate.

Participants also exchange ideas, sharing craft projects and local bargains. Some offer rides and other services for shut-in neighbors.

Davis-Glass got the idea from a similar Facebook-based exchange started by a woman in Mercer County who encouraged her to start a similar group in Van Wert County.

“I started inviting my friends, and they invited their friends, and it’s grown — it’s growing every day,” Davis-Glass

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Facebook users from across the area can participate, and those who don’t have a computer can access the group through friends who do, Davis-Glass said.

Davis-Glass said she has benefited from the generosity of others and wanted to do something to encourage people to help each other.

“I know the need of not having things when you need them and not being able to get them,” she said.

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• Around 26,000 kilograms (57,000 lb) of diamonds are mined around the world every year. They are worth billions of dollars to the powerful companies that control their production.

• Discovered in the Kimberley Mine in South Africa, the Tiffany Yellow Diamond weighed an amazing 287.42 carats (57.484 g) when discovered. It was later sold to a New York jeweler named Charles Tiffany who had it cut into a cushion shape of 128.54 carats (25.708 g) with 90 facets to show off its beauty.

• The word diamond comes from the Greek word meaning unbreakable.

• The carbon atoms in diamonds are arranged in a strong, tetrahedral structure.

• Diamond is the hardest natural material known

and is often used for industrial cutting and polishing tools.

• Diamond has a hardness of 10 on Mohs scale of mineral hardness, with 1 being the softest (talc) and 10 being the hardest.

• Diamond is the best known thermal conductor (heat transfer) among naturally occurring substances.

• Under the normal pressures and temperatures we experience on the Earth’s surface, diamonds are actually thermodynamically unstable, slowly transforming into graphite.

Yes, you read that correctly, diamonds are indeed turning into graphite, but thankfully for all those diamond owners out there it’s a process that is far too slow for humans to notice.

• Diamonds have often been a source of conflict and controversy, the term blood diamond refers to a diamond mined in an unstable area and sold to finance war. This issue was brought to public attention in the 2006 movie named Blood Diamond (starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Connelly).

• Most of the Earth’s natu-

• Diamond is the world’s most popular and sought after gemstone. They are frequently worn as part of jewelry such as rings and necklaces. As well as their rarity, they are also well suited to jewelry because they polish well and can only be scratched by other diamonds.

• Diamonds are cut with considerable precision to optimize the luster and attention gathering shine of each specific diamond.

• Diamonds are valued according to their cut, color, carat and clarity.

• Over the years there have been many famous (and very expensive) diamonds. The following are four well known examples: • The Koh-i-Noor diamond was found in India and once thought of as the largest diamond in the world. It is now part of the British Crown Jewels in the Tower of London.

• The 45.52 carat Hope Diamond appears blue because of boron in its crystal structure and is

• After being originally found by a slave in an Indian mine, the now 140.64 carat (28.1 g) Regent Diamond has been through an epic history including an English sea merchant and French royalty. It is now on display at the Louvre, where it has been on display since 1887.

• Naturally occurring diamonds are formed over billions of years under intense pressure and heat.

They are often brought to the Earth’s surface by deep volcanic eruptions.

• The technology for synthetic diamonds was researched in the 1940s and the first synthetically created diamond was produced in the 1950s.

• There are a number of techniques for producing synthetic diamonds, these include high-pressure high-temperature synthesis, chemical vapor deposition and detonation synthesis (literally blowing up carbon with explosives to create extremely small diamond grains).

• The synthesized material known as cubic zirconia is a crystalline form of zirconium dioxide (ZrO2). It is at times in competition with diamond because as well as being hard, optically flawless and colorless, it is also durable and cheap.

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That was replaced by a hybrid system that combines traditional regulations with aspects of an open market and is something unique to Ohio.

The agency that enforces utility laws is the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. It is structured to ensure that its decisions can’t be influenced by politics, but former employees tell the newspaper that the agency has a culture that defends the interest of utilities, sometimes at cost to the consumer.

The commission is governed by a five-member board. Despite a docket full of tough judgment calls, it supports most proposals unanimously without any debate, the newspaper reported.

Since 2005, 99 percent of all approvals have been by unanimous vote, according to the newspaper’s review of records.

An exception came last week when it cut in half a $600 million base rate increase requested by American Electric Power.

Commission chairman Todd Snitchler said he wanted to balance the needs of all customers, and he had concerns that parts of the proposal could have violated state law. He said the agency strives for fairness.

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Barbara Jane (Funk) Starrett, 73, of 346 FrazierGuy Road, passed away Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011, at 10:03 p.m. at her home.

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2, 1938, in Greenville, the daughter of the late Solomon G. and Helen (Rex) Funk.

She married Frank “Shorty” Starrett, who preceded her in death in 1999.

She is survived by three daughters, Fran Starrett, Teresa Holthaus, both of Sidney, and Becki Starrett and Dave Pederson, of Sequim, Wash.; three brothers, Leonard Funk, of Sidney, Willard “Jess” Funk, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Jerry Funk, of Sidney; eight grandchildren, Abbi Frederick, Megan Frederick, Darrin Wilson, Corey Holthaus and Danielle Saunders, Miranda Pederson, Chris Pederson, Ashley Leavelle and husband Chance, and Lyndie Holthaus; four great-grandchildren, Gunner and Triton Austin Holthaus, Leavelle, and Aiden Pederson; and special friend, Jeffrey “Sam” Epley, who

she considered her son.

She was preceded in death by one brother, William Funk; and one sister, Shirley Funk.

Mrs. Starrett retired from Alcoa in 1993 after 25 years of service. She loved embroidery and made several pillows and blankets for the ones she loved. Her grandchildren and great-grandchildren brought much joy to her life.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Cromes Funeral Home and Crematory, 302 S. Main Ave., with the Rev. Philip K. Chilcote officiating. In keeping with Mrs. Starrett’s wishes, following funeral services, her body will be cremated.

The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 5 p.m. until the hour of service.

Memorials may be made to Wilson Hospice Care, in memory of Barbara Jane (Funk) Starrett.

Condolences may be expressed to the Starrett family at the funeral home’s website, www.cromesfh.com.

Dorothy Jane Wesbecher Dorothy Jane Wesbecher, 93, Dorothy Love Retirement C o m m u n i t y, 3003 W. Cisco Road, died at the retirement community on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011, at 7:55 a.m.

She was born Oct. 24, 1918, in Wapakoneta, the daughter of Harry and Edith (Meyer) Miller and they are deceased.

She was married to John Wesbecher on Nov. 24, 1937, and he died March 13, 1997.

Surviving are two daughters, Carol Covault, of Sidney and Lois Gallo, of Fort Myers, Fla.; a son, Tim Wesbecher and his wife Diane, of Sidney; 11 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and four g r e a t - g r e a t grandchildren.

One son, Jacque, two sisters and two brothers are deceased.

She was a homemaker and also had worked at several grocery stores over the years. She enjoyed sewing, reading

and the grandchildren.

She was a member of Holy Angels C a t h o l i c Church.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Angels Catholic Church, Sidney, with the Rev. Daniel Hess. Burial will follow at Graceland Cemetery.

Friends may call at Salm-McGill and Tangeman Funeral Home, Sidney, on Wednesday from 9 to 10 a.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to Dorothy Love Retirement Community, 3003 W. Cisco Road, Sidney, OH 45365. Envelopes will also be available at the funeral home.

Condolences may be expressed to the Wesbecher family on SalmMcGill and Tangeman Funeral Home’s web site, www.salmmcgillandtangemanfh.com.

Elodie M. Sollman NEW BREMEN — Elodie M. Sollman, 96, of New Bremen, died on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011, at 9:40 a.m., at the Otterbein of St. Marys.

She was born on Sept.

13, 1915, in New Bremen. She was the daughter of Joseph W. and Josephine G. (Bruns) Lanfersieck.

On Sept. 12, 1981, she married Lendor Sollman who died on Feb. 8, 2001.

She was preceded in death by her parents and an infant sister.

Mrs. Sollman was a member of the Church of the Holy Redeemer in New Bremen. She was also a member of the Woodmen of the World Camp 149 of New Bremen and a member of the New Bremen Senior Citizens where she and her husband organized and lead a number of group tours. She enjoyed and was an avid traveler.

She was a 1933 graduate of the New Bremen High School. After working in several offices, namely

the New Bremen Rubber Co., the New Bremen Broom Co. and Bremco Mills, she retired from the First National Bank of New Bremen as a cashier in 1980 after 35 years of service.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be on Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Church of the Holy Redeemer in New Bremen with the Rev. Thomas Mannebach officiating.

Burial will follow in the German Protestant Cemetery, New Bremen.

Calling hours will be on Wednesday from 9 to 10 a.m. at the church at which time the Rosary will be prayed.

Memorial contributions may be directed to the New Bremen Emergency Squad or to the charity of the donor’s choice.

Gilberg-Hartwig Funeral Home of New Bremen is handling the arrangements.

Jacob Michael Magoto GREENVILLE — Jacob Michael Magoto, 2 1/2 year old son of Jamie M. and S. Amanda (Gillespie) Magoto, of Greenville, passed away Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, in the Republic of Panama.

Jacob was born July 29, 2009. He was a member of the Greenville Church Missionary where he attended with his family.

Jacob won over the hearts of all he came in touch with. He was blessed with the most loving and caring family and friends.

In addition to his parents he is survived by his brothers and sisters, Tyler, Victoria, and Aubrey Landis, all at home and Paige Magoto, of Japan; his grandparents, Mike (Rhonda) Magoto, of Greenville, Mary Dixon, of Arcanum, Jay (Mandy) Gillespie, of Sidney, Pamela Gillespie and Dawn Capps, of

Greenville, and Hazel Mercer, of Greenville; great-grandmothers, Lova of Clark, Greenville, Emma Carpenter, and Georgia Gillespie, both of New Carlisle; and several aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday at the OliverFloyd Funeral Home, 1000 N. Broadway St., Greenville, with Pastor Gary Oser. Burial will follow in the Greenville Cemetery.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday, from 3 to 8 p.m.

The family requests that memorial contributions be given to the Center for Neurological Development, 78 W. Main St., Burkettsville, OH 45310.

Condolences may be left for the family at www.oliverfloyd.com.

FARMERS “The demand is greater than the supply right now. Even with the hoop houses, I won’t be able to meet all of the orders I’ve gotten for local organic foods,” Jorgensen said. “Ohio farmers are able to produce enough for local farmers markets, consumers and retailers during the summer months, but often have to rely more on shipping in foods grown in other areas to meet demand in the winter.”

The increased crop is key for her to meet her increased customer demands, which includes Jeni’s Ice Cream and several catering companies and restaurants.

One reason for the increased demand is that grocers are embracing “buy local” based on growing consumer demand.

Meijer in August announced that it plans to increase by 5 percent the amount of locally grown fruits and vegetables it sells in its stores. The goal is to ensure that nearly one-third of all produce Meijer sells this season comes from local producers, said Scott Calandra, a produce buyer for the Grand Rapids, Mich.based chain.

And Kroger (NYSE:KR) and Giant Eagle both obtain a majority of their produce from local sources, as do other grocers, including Whole Foods.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture projects that demand for local and organic foods is soon going to overtake supply, said Sharon Sachs, an owner of Women Farm, a Columbus-based company that helps women start or expand farms.

“As farms get smaller and local foods emphasis grows, there is more opportunity to get more people into the farming business, particularly women,” she said. “The expansion of farmers markets coupled with a growing demand by restaurants and chefs to work directly with growers and producers has resulted in the need for growers to expand their growing capacity and growing season.”

Hoop houses, especially in climates such as Ohio’s, are one way of doing that, Sachs said.

Hoop houses, also called high tunnels, are similar to greenhouses but are less expensive

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and require no artificial energy source, according to the Agriculture Department. The structures are typically made using wood or metal covered in layers of plastic, which trap daytime air inside and minimize heat loss at night.

Depending on the size of the high tunnel, the cost can range from about $2,000 to $15,000, Jorgensen said.

There are those who’d be glad to see more of those hoop houses pop up.

Michael Jones, who owns the Greener Grocer, a local organic food store, said farmers who are able to continue supplying produce beyond the usual central Ohio growing season are in strong demand.

“We could sell five times more local foods than what we are getting from growers,” he said.

“The issue is being able to fill the demand for orders.

“It’s taken awhile for farmers to see that there is a strong demand for local foods, and it takes more time to get production up to meet that demand.”

Jones, also a spokesman for Local Matters, a central Ohio nonprofit group that supports local food, said the goal for many retailers is to sell more local foods.

“As you grow it, we’ll sell it,” he said.

As more retailers espouse that sentiment, more growers are realizing the benefits of expanding their growing season through the use of hoop houses, especially in colder states such as Ohio, said Ferd Hoefner, policy director for the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, a Washington-based trade group.

“More younger and new farmers are getting into agriculture and are finding that with the addition of hoop houses, they don’t need a lot of land to grow fruits and vegetables. They not only can get a farm up and started this way, they can also earn additional money and expand their operations.”

That was the case for Mike Laughlin, who operates the 20-acre Northridge Organic Farm in Johnstown. Laughlin has two hoop houses, which he uses to get a head start on spring planting of greens, broccoli, cabbage and other cold-tolerant crops.

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Dissident dead at 75 PRAGUE (AP) — The end of Czechoslovakia’s totalitarian regime was called the Velvet Revolution because of how smooth the transition seemed: Communism dead in a matter of weeks, without a shot fired.

But for Vaclav Havel, it was a moment he helped pay for with decades of suffering and struggle.

The dissident playwright spent years in jail but never lost his defiance, or his eloquence, and the government’s attempts to crush his will ended up expanding his influence. He became a source of inspiration to Czechs, and to all of Eastern Europe. He went from prisoner to president in 1989, the year the Berlin Wall fell and communism crumbled across the region.

Havel died Sunday morning at his weekend home in the northern Czech Republic. The 75-year-old former chain-smoker had a history of chronic respiratory problems dating back to his time in prison.

Sidney Daily News, Monday, December 19, 2011

U.S. aid a step toward Korea nuke talks

BY JEAN H. LEE Associated Press The United States is poised to announce a significant donation of food aid to North Korea this week, the first concrete accomplishment after months of behind-the-scenes diplomatic contacts between the two wartime enemies. An agreement by North Korea to suspend its controversial uranium enrichment program will likely follow within days.

A broad outline of the emerging agreement has been made known to The Associated Press by people close to the negotiations.

Discussions have been taking place since summer in New York, Geneva and Beijing. They already have yielded agree-

ments by North Korea to suspend nuclear and ballistic missile testing, readmit international nuclear inspectors expelled in 2009, and resume a dialogue between North Korea and South Korea, according to the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of sensitivity of the negotiations.

Suspension of uranium enrichment by North Korea had been a key outstanding demand from both the U.S. and South Korea of the North, which has tested two atomic devices in the past five years.

Food talks in Beijing yielded a breakthrough on uranium enrichment, they said.

The announcement of the food aid, expected to take place as early as Monday in Washing-

ton, not only would be welcome news for North Korea, but also pave the way for another crucial U.S.-North Korea meeting in Beijing on Thursday.That meeting in turn could lead within weeks to the resumption of nuclear disarmament talks that would also include China, Japan, Russia and South Korea.

The so-called six-party talks were last held three years ago, and resuming them would amount to a foreign policy coup for the Obama administration.

The U.S. would provide 240,000 tons of high-protein biscuits and vitamins — 20,000 tons a month for a year — but not much-wanted rice, according to reports in the South Korean media. It would be the first food aid from the U.S. in nearly three years.

Oil platform capsizes MOSCOW (AP) — Rescue workers are searching for 49 men in freezing, remote waters off Russia’s east coast after their oil rig capsized and sank amid fierce storms.

By nightfall Sunday, four men had been confirmed dead, 14 others had been plucked alive from the churning, icy waters by the ship that had been towing the Kolskaya drilling platform. But the search for the remaining men was hampered by freezing temperatures, a driving blizzard and strong winds.

Woman set on fire, dies NEW YORK (AP) — A man charged with dousing a woman in flammable liquid and tossing a Molotov cocktail on her in an elevator told police he set her on fire because he was angry that she owed him $2,000, authorities said Sunday.

Jerome Isaac, of Brooklyn, was arrested Sunday on murder and arson charges in the death of 73year-old Deloris Gillespie.

The 47-year-old Isaac reeked of gasoline when he entered a police station overnight and implicated himself in Gillespie’s death, New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said.

Gillespie was ambushed in the elevator of her Brooklyn apartment building on Saturday afternoon, Browne said.

Negotiators have sought for two decades to convince North Korea to dismantle its plutonium-producing nuclear reactor at Yongbyon, which the government insists exists to generate much-needed power.

But plutonium can be used to make atomic bombs, and North Korea also stands by its right to develop missiles to defend itself against the nuclear-armed United States.

In 2009, North Korea tested a missile capable of reaching U.S. shores, earning widespread condemnation and strengthened U.N. sanctions.

An incensed North Korea, which insisted the rocket launch was designed to send a satellite into space, walked away from ongoing nuclear disarmament talks in protest.

N.C. soldier last U.S. troop killed in Iraq

More than 650 killed ILIGAN, Philippines (AP) — As a storm that killed more than 650 in the southern Philippines raged outside the store where she works, Amor Limbago worriedly called home to check on her parents, but their cellphones just kept ringing and later went dead.

Limbago, 21, rushed home as soon as the flash floods receded and confirmed her worst fear: Her parents and seven other relatives were gone, swept away from their hut by the river. They had eagerly planned a small Christmas dinner in that hut just days earlier.

“I returned and saw that our house was completely gone,” a weeping Limbago told The Associated Press from Cagayan de Oro city. “There was nothing but mud all over and knee-deep floodwaters.”

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THE LAST vehicles in a convoy of the U.S. Army's 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division crosses the border from Iraq into Kuwait, Sunday. The brigade's special troops battalion are the last American soldiers to leave Iraq. The U.S. military announced Saturday night that the last American troops have left Iraq as the nearly nine-year war ends.

IRAQ the start of the war, which began before dawn on March 20, 2003. That morning, an airstrike in southern Baghdad, where Saddam Hussein was believed to be hiding, marked the opening shot of the famed “shock and awe” bombardment.

U.S. and allied ground forces then stormed from Kuwait toward the capital, hurtling north across southern Iraq’s featureless deserts.

The last convoy of heavily armored personnel carriers, known as MRAPS, left the staging base at Camp Adder in southern Iraq in Sunday’s early hours. They slipped out under cover of darkness and strict secrecy to prevent any final attacks. The 500 soldiers didn’t even tell their Iraqi comrades on the base they were leaving.

The attack never materialized. The fear, though, spoke volumes about the country they left behind — shattered, still dangerous and containing a good number of people who still see Americans not as the ally who helped them end Saddam’s dictatorship, but as an enemy.

From Page 1 About 110 vehicles made the last trip from Camp Adder to the “berm” in Kuwait, the long mound of earth over which tens of thousands of American troops charged into Iraq at the start of the war.

The roughly five-hour drive was uneventful, with the exception of a few vehicle malfunctions.

Once they crossed into Kuwait, there was time for a brief celebrations as the soldiers piled out of the cramped and formidable-looking MRAPs. A bear hug, some whooping, fist bumps and fist pumps.

The war that began eight years and nine months earlier cost nearly 4,500 American and well more than 100,000 Iraqi lives and $800 billion from the U.S. Treasury. The bitterly divisive conflict left Iraq shattered and struggling to recover. For the United States, two central questions remain unanswered: whether it was all worth it, and whether the new government the Americans leave behind will remain a steadfast U.S. ally

or drift into Iran’s orbit.

But the last soldiers out were looking ahead, mostly, and not back. They spoke eagerly of awaiting family reunions — some of them in time for Christmas — and longing for Western “civilization” and especially the meals that await them back home.

The 29-year-old Vorhees was planning a Mexican dinner out at Rosa’s in Killeen, Texas. Her favorite is crispy chicken tacos.

Another joy of home, she said: You don’t have to bring your weapon when you go to the bathroom.

Spc. Jesse Jones was getting ready to make the 2 1/2 hour drive from Fort Hood, Texas, where the brigade is based, to Dallas. His quarry: an In & Out Burger.

“It’s just an honor to be able to serve your country and say that you helped close out the war in Iraq,” said Jones, 23, who volunteered to be in the last convoy. “Not a lot of people can say that they did huge things like that that will probably be in the history books.”

PAYROLL ferring to President Barack Obama’s oft-repeated promise to postpone his Christmastime trip to Hawaii if the legislation was not finished.

“Let’s get our work done, let’s do this for a year.”

A spokeswoman for House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., said the House would vote Monday to either request formal bargaining with the Senate or to make the legislation “responsible and in line with the needs of hard-working taxpayers and middle-class families.”

Cantor spokeswoman Laena Fallon did not specify what those changes might be, beyond a longer-lasting bill.

Boehner, though, expressed support for “reasonable reductions in spending” in a House-approved payroll tax

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — As the last U.S. troops withdrew from Iraq on Sunday, friends and family of the first and last American fighters killed in combat were cherishing their memories rather than dwelling on whether the war and their sacrifice was worth it.

Nearly 4,500 American fighters died before the last U.S. troops crossed the border into Kuwait. David Hickman, 23, of Greensboro was the last of those war casualties, killed in November by the kind of improvised bomb that was a signature weapon of this war.

“David Emanuel Hickman.

Doesn’t that name just bring out a smile to your face?” said Logan Trainum, one of Hickman’s closest friends, at the funeral where the soldier was laid to rest after a ceremony in a Greensboro church packed with friends and family.

Trainum says he’s not spending time asking why Hickman died: “There aren’t enough facts available for me to have a defined opinion about things. I’m just sad, and pray that my best friend didn’t lay down his life for nothing.”

He’d rather remember who Hickman was: A cutup who liked to joke around with friends. A physical fitness fanatic who half-kiddingly called himself “Zeus” because he had a body that would make the gods jealous. A ferocious outside linebacker at Northeast Guilford High School who was the linchpin of a defense so complicated they had to scrap it after he graduated because no other teenager could figure it out.

Hickman was these things and more, a whole life scarcely glimpsed in the terse language of a Defense Department news release last month.

From Page 1 bill and for provisions that blocked some Obama administration anti-pollution rules.

Democrats leaped at what they saw as a chance to champion lower- and middleincome Americans by accusing Republicans of threatening a wide tax increase unless their demands are met. If Congress doesn’t act, workers would see their take-home checks cut by 2 percentage points beginning Jan. 1, when this year’s 4.2 percent payroll tax reverts to its normal 6.2 percent.

“They should pass the two month extension now to avoid a devastating tax hike from hitting the middle class in just 13 days,” said Dan Pfeiffer, the White House communications director. “It’s time House Republicans stop play-

ing politics and get the job done for the American people.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said by opposing the Senate bill, “Tea party House Republicans are walking away once again, showing their extremism and clearly demonstrating that they never intended to give the middle class a tax cut,” said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

Adam Jentleson, spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, said the Nevada Democrat would be “happy to continue negotiating a yearlong extension as soon as the House passes the Senate’s short-term, bipartisan compromise to make sure middle-class families will not be hit by a thousand-dollar tax hike on January 1.”

Keeping this year’s 2 percentage point payroll tax cut in effect through 2012 would produce $1,000 in savings for a family earning $50,000 a year. The two-month version would be worth about $170 for the same household.

On Saturday, the Senate voted 89-10 for its legislation, which was negotiated by Senate Republican and Democratic leaders and backed by solid majorities of senators from both parties. It would provide a two-month extension of the payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits and prevent scheduled 27 percent cuts to doctors’ Medicare reimbursements during that period, reductions that could convince physicians to stop treating elderly patients covered by the program.

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COMMUNITY

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This Evening • The New Knoxville Community Library hosts Storytime for children 3, 4 and 5 and not yet in kindergarten from 6 to 6:30 p.m.

• Art Study Group meets at 6 p.m. at CJs HighMarks. For information, contact Starr Gephart at 295-2323.

• Women of the Moose meets at 7 p.m. at the Moose Lodge, on the corner of Broadway Avenue and Russell Road.

• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Vision of Hope, group meets at 7 p.m. at Russell Road Christian Center, 340 W. Russell Road.

• Overeaters Anonymous, a 12-step program for anyone desiring to stop eating compulsively, meets at 7 p.m. at Hillcrest Baptist Church, 1505 S. Main St., Bellefontaine.

• Sidney Boy Scout Troop 97 meets at 7 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ. All new members are welcome. For more information, call Tom Frantz at 492-7075.

• TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at 7 p.m. at Faith Alliance Church, New Knoxville Road, New Bremen.

Tuesday Morning • The F.J. Stallo Memorial Library of Minster will host Storytime for children 3, 4 and 5 from 10:30 to 11 a.m.

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

Tuesday Evening • Head, Neck and Oral Cancer Support Group for patients and care givers 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.

• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Living the Basics, will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Apostolic Temple, 210 Pomroy Ave. • The New Bremen Public Library will hold Storytime at 6:30 p.m. All ages are invited to join in for stories, songs and more.

• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Living the Basics, meets at 6:30 p.m. at the Apostolic Temple, 210 Pomroy Ave. • The Brain Injury Support Group meets at 7 p.m. in conference rooms A and B at the Upper Valley Med Center, N. Dixie Highway, Troy. This group meets to support the caregivers and see the progress of survivors. For more information, call Shirley Whitmer at (937) 339-0356 or Margie Luthman at (937) 394-8681.

• Shelby County Genealogical Society meets at First Church of God, 1510 Campbell Road, at 7 p.m. For more information, call 492-2402.

• Jackson Center Masonic Lodge meets at 7:30 p.m. at the lodge on North Main. Brethren are welcome.

For more information, call Walter Hull at 596-8123.

• Pleaides Chapter 298 Order of the Eastern Star meets at the Masonic Temple at the corner of Miami Avenue and Poplar Street at 7:30 p.m.

• The Miami-Shelby Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society meets at 7:30 p.m. at the Greene Street UMC, 415 W. Greene St. at Caldwell Street. All men interested in singing are welcome and visitors are always welcome. For more information, call (937) 778-1586 or visit www.melodymenchorus.org.

• The Al-Anon Sidney Group, for friends and relatives of alcoholics, meets from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church on the corner of North Street and Miami Avenue. All are welcome.

Wednesday Morning

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Tripping the light fantastic Becky and Lee Smith, of Sidney, share a turn together during the Christmas dinner dance at the Senior Center of Sidney and Shelby County recently. The 60 attendees enjoyed a “Charlie Brown’s meal” before taking to the dance floor to boogie to the music of Bill Corfield. Throughout the evening, door prizes were awarded.

There was also a 50/50 drawing.

For photo reprints, visit www.sidneydailynews.com

NEW BREMEN — New Bremen Senior Citizens will host its annual Christmas party and carry-in dinner Wednesday at the Senior Citizens Center, 700 E. Monroe St., New Bremen.

The children from the YMCA Learning Center will open the program at noon with entertaining songs. The dinner will follow. Ham will be furnished by the organization and all members are asked to bring their favorite dishes.

Grand Lake Health nurses will also be there before the meeting for a glucose screening and blood pressure check beginning at 11 a.m. Serving on the lunch committee are Eileen, Suzanne, Harold, and Ed Heuker. The afternoon will conclude with door prize drawings and entertainment by Nancy Niekamp.

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MINSTER — LLC was formed Heritage Manor in 2001 by a has announced group of profesthat employee sionals with Ann Miller has varying work successfully comand personal expleted requireperiences in the ments to become field of dementia a certified demencare. The council tia practitioner was formed to (CDP). promote stanMiller has Miller dards of excelserved as the director of lence in dementia and the Renaissance Unit, a Alzheimer’s education to s p e c i a l i z e d professionals and other A l z h e i m e r / d e m e n t i a caregivers who provide unit, since 2001. She services to dementia completed her training clients. with the National CounAs the number of decil of Certified Dementia mentia cases continues Practitioners in Novem- to increase nationally Wednesday Afternoon • Jackson Center Senior Citizens ber 2011. The National and worldwide, there is a meets at 1 p.m. at the Jackson Center Council of Certified De- necessity to insure that mentia Practitioners caregivers are well Family Life Center.

• The Downtown Business Association meets at 8 a.m. at TWT Shirts, 115 E. North St. • Dayton Area ALS (Amoyotropic Lateral Sclerosis/Lou Gehrig’s Disease) support group meets from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the West Charleston Church of the Brethren, 7390 State Route 202, Tipp City. This meeting will be a sharing format. Attendees are encouraged to bring a brown bag lunch; beverages will be provided. For more information, call (937) 339-4571 or e-mail wtaverna@alsohio.org.

• The Sidney Kiwanis Club meets at 11:30 a.m. at the Moose Lodge.

Lunch is held until noon, followed by a club meeting and program.

trained to provide appropriate, competent, and sensitive direct care and support for the dementia patient. Certification requires specialized education, experience and continuing education.

Certification also requires the individual to stay current with trends, ethics, regulations, medications and new developments that pertain to dementia. Health care professionals who have completed this comprehensive training in Alzheimer’s and dementia care have the necessary background and tools to provide care to Alzheimer’s and dementia patients.

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Sidney Daily News, Monday, December 19, 2011

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ANNIVERSARY

Davidson, Sturm wed Gooders to celebrate 60th anniversary

Natalie Ann Davidson and Adam Francis Sturm, both of Sidney, were united in marriage Aug. 6, 2011, at 3:30 p.m. in the First United Methodist Church in Sidney.

The bride is the daughter of Mark and Ginger Davidson, of Sidney. Her grandparents are Vernon and Rita Gilfillen, of Sidney, and Ralph and Janice Davidson, of Pemberton.

The bridegroom is the son of Joseph and Bonnie Sturm, of Sidney.

The Rev. David Chivington performed the ceremony. Aaron Cox was the vocalist.

Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a Jasmine Collection gown in taffeta. It featured a deep V-neck and spaghetti straps with Swarovski crystal beading and Robinson Anton, platinum embroidery at an empire waist and back waist gathers to create the look of a full train. She carried a bouquet of white gerbera daisies, roses and stephanotis.

Courtney Davidson, sister of the bride, was the maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Anne Speakman, Jenny Riehle, Mindy Cox, Molly Heath and Stacey Huelskamp. Myla

Cox, Haley Cox, Lonna Heath and Cassie Heath were flower girls.

The attendants wore Alfred Angelo, black, floorlength, strapless gowns that laced up the back.

They carried white gerbera daisies.

Andy Sturm served as his brother’s best man.

Groomsmen were David Alexander, Benjamin Smith, Bryan Blakeman, Robert Guillozet and Jake Patton.

The mother of the bride wore an Alfred Angelo, cap-sleeve, satin top with detailed belt at the waist and a fit-and-flair, floorlength skirt in teal. The mother of the bridegroom wore a black, floor-length gown with an A-line chiffon skirt and an intricately beaded and sequined, fitted bodice.

A reception in Winner’s Harvest Barn in DeGraff followed the ceremony.

The hall was decorated with white gerbera daisies and candles and teal and black accents.

The wedding cake was five tiers with teal fondant ribbon and black, scrolldesign piping. The bridegroom’s cake looked like a construction site to reflect the bridegroom’s passion for the family’s construc-

Mr. and Mrs. Sturm tion business.

The couple honeymooned in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, and reside in Port Jefferson.

The bride graduated from Fairlawn High School in 2005 and from Wittenberg University with a degree in biology in 2009. She earned a Master of Environmental Science at Miami University in 2011.

She is employed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as an environmental scientist.

The bridegroom is a 2002 Sidney High School graduate. He is employed

by Sturm Construction.

Albert “Gene” and LeRue Gooder, of Sidney, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary Dec. 23, 2011.

Gene and the former LeRue Engelhaupt were married Dec. 23, 1951, in St. Paul’s Evangelical Church in Botkins by the Rev. J.C. Pilch. Ruth Egbert, sister of the bride, was the maid of honor. Roger Ruese, uncle of the bridegroom, was the best man. Ushers were Gary Gooder, brother of the bridegroom, and Don Shatto.

The Gooders honeymooned in New York.

LeRue is the daughter of the late Carl and Zelma Engelhaupt. She has two sisters and a brother-in-law, Treva Weymer, of Bowling Green, and Ruth and Orville Egbert, of Vandalia. She has three deceased brothers, Emerson, Eugene, and William Engelhaupt.

Gene is the son of the late Leslie and Lorene Gooder. He has a sisterin-law, Betsy Gooder, of Franklin, N.C. He has a

Mr. and Mrs. Gooder Wedding Day 1951 deceased stepmother, Vivian Gooder, and a deceased brother, Gary Gooder.

The couple are the parents of one son and daughter-in-law, Kevin and Janet Gooder, of Vienna, Va., and one daughter and son-inlaw, Karen and Edward Gariety, of Sidney.

They have six grandchildren: Lindsay (Zach) Geuy and Nick Gariety, all of Sidney, and Ginnis, Valerie, Mason and Lillian Gooder, all of Vienna, Va. Gene served in the

U.S. Army and is retired from the Baumfolder Corp. He has enjoyed fishing and hunting, especially deer.

He is an avid Ohio State Buckeyes fan, enjoying both football and basketball.

LaRue has enjoyed playing bridge and traveling over the years. She enjoys reading, doing crossword puzzles, setting up at flea markets, and, according to her son-in-law, “makes an awesome strawberryrhubarb pie.”

Kiwanians learn of West Ohio Development Council The Kiwanis Club of Sidney learned about the Western Ohio Development Council when Mike Dodds, its executive director, was the guest speaker at a recent meeting.

The WODC, established in July 1983, is a nonprofit organization comprising business and community leaders dedicated to maintain the economic growth and stability of West Central Ohio, Dodds said.

The main goal of the WODC is to create job

opportunities. Its mission is to do “whatever it takes” to help new businesses in the area, according to Dodds. At the same time, the council remains dedicated to retaining industry, service, retail and health care businesses already established in this region of Ohio.

The Council works with the Ohio Department of Development and Jobs Ohio.

Shelby County has many assets to promote, Dodds told the group.

Among them are a good supply of available land, access to I-75 and major railroad lines, a fivecounty labor force of 235,000 workers, nonunion labor and local government support.

One interesting fact Dodds shared with the club is that Shelby County is number one in the state with the percentage of manufacturing jobs to the overall number of jobs.

Prior to Dodds’s remarks, President Heather Pollard called

the meeting to order. The invocation was given by Phil Warnecke and the group was lead in song

by Ralph Bornhorst, accompanied by DiAnne Karas on the piano.

Karen Tennery led the fun and games activities which involved answering various trivia quesrelating to tions Christmas.

It was reported that two cribs were recently delivered to families assistance. needing Members volunteered to assist in delivering din-

ners for the Community Christmas Dinner. Also, a sign-up sheet was passed around to ring the Salvation Army bell on Dec. 17. Russia High senior Tori School Borchers was named the Teen of the Month. She was accompanied by her parents Doug and Beth Borchers.

A donation of $250 was made to the United Way and a $100 donation was made to the Lehman High Harvest Auction.

Kiwanis is a global or-

ganization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time.

The Sidney Kiwanis meets at noon every Wednesday at the Sidney Moose Lodge. This club is always looking for new members who want to serve their community.

For information, contact Secretary Mike Tangeman at mjtangeman@hotmail.com, any club member or visit a meeting.

Local OSU alums offer scholarships

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Five generations Five generations of an Anna family gathered recently for a photo. They are, from left, father Matthew Noffsinger, great-grandmother Elaine Noffsinger, great-great-grandmother Marie Wrigley holding Conner Noffsinger and grandfather Dod Noffsinger.

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stipend will be offered again to this year’s applicants.

Stacie Seger, of Fort Loramie, Hayley Hooks, of Houston, Derek McCracken, of Anna, and Michael Seeger, of Sidney are utilizing the award this year.

The OSU Alumni Club of Shelby County also offers the Emerson Climate Technologies/Copeland Scholarship, established in 2006.

Joel Meyer, of Russia, received the award for 2011-2012.

The Elaine Laughlin Buckeye Scholarship, created to recognize Laughlin’s untiring support of Buckeye youth,

was awarded for the third time this year to Jack LanRussia’s genkamp.

Club membership dues and the organization’s activities provide money for the Shelby County Alumni Scholarship Fund endowment.

Katherine Beigel, of Sidney, and Brandon Colby, of Russia, both received awards for the present school year.

To apply for the scholarships, students must have already applied for admission to OSU, preferably be ranked in the top 10 percent of their classes, and be recommended by principals, counselors and/or teachers based on scholastic ability and

character.

Candidates should have strong records of performance in activities both in school and in the community.

To receive any of the scholarships, the student must be accepted by The Ohio State University.

Completed application forms must be postmarked by Jan. 15 and mailed to: OSU Alumni Club of Shelby County, P.O. Box 42, Sidney, OH 45365.

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Informal dress is expected. For information, call 526-4194 or visit www.versaillescc.com.

The Ohio State University Alumni Club of Shelby County is offering five scholarships to 2011-2012 high school seniors living within the county, who plan to attend The Ohio State University. Applications are available at all high school guidance counselor offices.

Eight students attending Ohio State earned a total of more than $9,000 in 2011.

More than $255,000 has assisted 70 students with their collegiate educations since the club was organized, making it one of the top OSU Alumni Clubs worldwide both in number of scholarships and total dollars awarded.

The Ralph J. Stolle Academic Scholarship has been awarded annually since 1992. This four-year, partial-tuition

Contact News Editor Melanie Speicher with story ideas and news releases by phone at (937) 498-5971; email, mspeicher@sdnccg.com; or by fax, (937) 498-5991.

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Monday, December 19, 2011

Maintaining grain quality

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JIM BORNHORST plants a chestnut tree in the Bornhorst Woods in Shelby County. Bornhorst recently planted several chestnut trees here, hoping to re-establish the trees in this area.

County gets chestnut trees Shelby County recently got its first chestnut trees since about 1925.

Jim Bornhorst, of Miamisburg, obtained some small chestnut trees from Miami University. He planted two of the trees in the Bornhorst Woods and two at the woods of his father, Ralph Bornhorst, at 10200 Fort Loramie-Swanders Road. He also gave two trees to the Sidney Tree Board. Jim Bornhorst is a member of the Tree Board in Miamisburg.

The variety of chestnut tree that Bornhorst planted is crossed with a China chestnut tree, which is resistant to the fungus disease that earlier killed all the chestnut trees in the United States.

West Ohio Agronomy Day planned Jan. 9 FORT LORAMIE — The Jan. 9 West Ohio Agronomy Day hosts speakers from both Purdue and Ohio State University Extension as well as a top soil scientist and an aerial application expert.

Daytime and evening sessions offer a comprehensive crop production agenda while providing private pesticide applicator recertification credits, as well as Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) credits. The location is the same as last year at St. Michael’s Hall in Fort Loramie.

Dr. Fred Whitford from Purdue wrote the book, “The Impact of Water Quality on Pesticide Performance,” and will be one of the speakers. Speaking on the future of guidance technology will be Dr. Scott Shearer, chairman of Ohio State’s Food, Agriculture and Biological Engineering Department, who plans to provide insight that might challenge one’s thoughts that the biggest equipment is best for one’s farm.

OSU Extension entomologist Dr. Andy Michel will share research that should help farmers better allocate their investment dollars in corn hybrid traits and soybean insecticide applications. George Derringer, USDA-NRCS soil scientist, plans to dig deep into the subject of microbe feeding to enhance the health of farmers’ soil. Pilot Ray Cunningham, of Agriflite, will share tips on how to choose one’s next aerial applicator.

To start each session, the 8:30 a.m. or 5:30 p.m., grain-marketing presentations kick off the programs. Area Extension personnel and other experts are also on the program to share details on weed-resistance strategies, weather-data systems, an update on Grand Lake St. Marys and the four R’s of fertilizer use. Registration and attendance also includes a free OSU Extension publication, Purdue Extension bulletin, additional handouts and food.

More than 20 agricultural businesses supported the program in 2011.

Farmers who want to attend the program but do not want to recertify should preregister by Jan. 5 for $5; Jan. 6 and after for $10; all to be paid at the door on Jan. 9. A call to 498-7239 or email to bender.5@cfaes.osu.edu saves $5.

Registration for farmers who want to recertify their private pesticide licenses should go online at http://pested.osu.edu to either register with a credit card or download the registration form to pay by check. Those registration forms can also be picked up at all Ohio Extension offices. Forms must be completed and mailed in to the address on the form

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SURE program A sign-up for Supplemental Revenue Assurance (SURE) program benefits for losses incurred during crop year 2010 due to natural disasters continues through June 1. All crops on a farm must have been enrolled in a crop insurance program during that period.

Other SURE program provisions include: • Farms in counties with secretarial disaster declarations, including contiguous counties that have incurred crop production or quality losses, or both, and includes all crops grown by a producer nationwide, except grazed crops. Shelby County is a “contiguous County” as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture.

• Any farm in which, for the crop year, the actual production on the farm because of disaster-related conditions is 50 percent or less than normal production of the farm.

• Eligible producers who suffered losses during the 2010 crop year are encouraged to contact the FSA office for complete details.

Unshorn lamb LDPs Eligible producers have until Jan. 31 to apply for Loan Deficiency Payments (LDP) for unshorn pelts produced during the 2011 crop year.

Eligible producers must have beneficial interest in the pelts, owned the lamb for at least 30 calendar days before the date of slaughter and sell the unshorn lamb for immediate slaughter. Producers must also comply with wetland conservation and highly erodible land conservation provisions on all lands they operate or have interest in.

To qualify for payment, pelts must have been produced by an eligible producer from live unshorn lambs of domestic origin in the United States.

Season’s greetings On behalf of the county committee and office personnel, we extend to each of you our best wishes and greeting for this holiday season. May each of you enjoy a prosperous and successful New Year!

The writer is executive director of the Shelby County Farm Service Agency.

Ecological Food and Farm conference set GRANVILLE — Registration is now open for the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association’s 33rd annual conference, “Sowing the Seeds of Our Food Sovereignty,” Feb. 18 and 19 in Granville.

The state’s largest sustainable food and farm conference, the event draws more than 1,000 attendees from across Ohio and the Midwest, and has sold out in advance the past two years. This year’s conference will feature keynote speakers Woody Tasch and Andrew Kimbrell; more than 70 workshops; two featured pre-

conference events on Feb. 17; a trade show; a kids’ conference and child-care area; locally sourced and organic homemade meals; and entertainment.

“Our conference title says a lot about what we believe and what we’re trying to accomplish,” OEFFA Program Director Renee Hunt said. “Farmers, businesses, chefs and consumers are working together to reclaim our food sovereignty — rebuilding local food systems and Ohio’s rural farming communities, demanding access to healthy, organic food and information about how that food is

produced, and relearning sustainable agriculture practices that nourish our bodies, our communities, and the environment.”

To register or for more information about the conference, including maps, directions, workshop descriptions, speakers and a schedule, go to http://www.oeffa.org/conference2012.php. For additional questions, contact Renee Hunt at (614) 421-2022, ext. 205, or renee@oeffa.org. The 2010 and 2011 conferences sold out in advance, so early registration is encouraged to guarantee a spot.

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Heavy spring rains last year delayed planting in parts of the Midwest, raising concerns about the impact a cover crop may have on the insurability of a subsequent spring crop.

Restrictions limited insurance coverage on crops that followed a

cover crop that was harvested or reached the budded stage in the same crop year.

For 2012, crops planted following a cover crop are insurable as long as the cover crop is killed on or before June 5. Whether the cover crop has headed, budded or has been harvested no longer effects insurability. These changes affect corn, popcorn, sweet corn, hybrid seed corn, pumpkins, soybeans, grain sorghum and processing beans. The cover crop practice is defined as a crop planted within 12 months of planting the insurable crop and is

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Stop smoking and Board learns about Explore here’s what happens Careers event

me that he was DR. WAL“thinking” about LACE: Some quitting his totime ago, you bacco habit. Will wrote a column you please print about the the positive changes that body changes a take place once a person experismoker decides ences when a he to stop smoking.

It was informa’Tween or she stops smoking. I want tive, but it wasn’t impor- 12 & 20 to share this information with tant for our famDr. Robert — Corey. ily. Now it is.

Wallace M o t h e r , About a year ago, our 20-year-old son Youngstown, Ohio.

MOTHER: I’m sure started working at a steel mill located in our city. that Corey is addicted to After a month on the job, nicotine, so it will take a dedicated effort on his he started smoking.

My husband and I part to eliminate his were upset with his deci- smoking habit. I hope sion, but we didn’t lec- this information will enture him on the evils of courage him to do just tobacco. It was his deci- that! Once Corey decides sion to start smoking, to stop smoking, here’s and it had to be his deci- what will happen: • Twenty minutes sion to stop. Last week, he told my husband and after smoking his last cig-

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arette, his blood pressure and pulse rate drop to normal.

• Within eight hours, the carbon monoxide and oxygen levels in the blood return to normal and smoker’s breath disappears.

• Within three days, he’ll start to breathe easier.

• Within one to nine months, he’ll feel more energetic and cough less, and the cilia that sweep debris from his lungs will grow back.

• Within two years, his risk of heart attack drops to near normal.

• And finally, within five years, the lung cancer risk drops by half.

• You might mention to Corey that besides being healthier, he will also be wealthier when the smoke is gone.

HOROSCOPE

BY FRANCIS DRAKE What kind of day will tomorrow be?

To find out what the stars say, read the forecast given for your birth sign.

For Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) People in authority — bosses, parents, teachers and VIPs — are very impressed by you today. In fact, some of you will strike up a flirtation or romance with the boss or someone who is older or richer.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Travel for pleasure sounds exciting today. You are thrilled to explore new ideas and meet people from different backgrounds. You want to do things in a big way!

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Keep your pockets open, because gifts, goodies and favors from others definitely can come your way today. If you’re sharing something with others, be cautious about going overboard.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Relations with partners and close friends are upbeat and joyful today.

Both you and others are tempted to overdo things. Perhaps too much food or drink? (Forewarned is forearmed.)

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Make sure you are realistic in whatever demands you might agree to at work today. Don’t volunteer for something or agree to more than you can deliver. (You likely will be tempted to do this.)

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) This is a wonderfully playful day!

Get out and enjoy yourself. Sports events, parties, playful times with children and, of course, romance will make your day. Travel will appeal.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) You’ll enjoy entertaining at home

BY FRANCIS DRAKE What kind of day will tomorrow be?

To find out what the stars say, read the forecast given for your birth sign.

For Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) In the month ahead, the Sun will be very high in your chart, acting like a spotlight on you. This makes others notice you more than usual, especially authority figures. Use this to your advantage!

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Travel opportunities and chances to explore higher education, publishing, the media and the law look very favorable in the month ahead. Expect some exciting adventure!

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) The next six weeks are a wonderful time to settle matters about shared property, inheritances and insurance issues. Things very likely will go in your favor.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Do get more sleep during the next month, because the Sun is far away from you now. Expect to focus on partners and close friends more than usual as well.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Do whatever you can to get better organized, because you want to be as efficient as possible in the next six weeks. Get the proper materials to do a good job.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) The next six weeks are a perfect time to take a vacation. You want to party, enjoy good times with others, watch or participate in sports and delight in playful times with children.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Your attention definitely will turn

today. Invite everyone over for laughter and good times. Be cautious with real estate deals, because you might bite off more than you can chew.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) You are optimistic and enthusiastic about something today. In fact, your positive attitude makes everyone else want to be on your team. (You might try to do too many things today. Caution.)

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Be careful with financial deals today. Although this is a good day for business and commerce, you might overextend yourself in some way. Be careful.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You feel happy and easygoing today.

Unexpected invitations promise good times and pleasure. Be careful not to overextend yourself.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) You feel quietly content with yourself today. You’re pleased about something.

Things at home are getting better and better, which is a welcome relief.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) A popular day! Accept all invitations. Enjoy interactions with clubs, groups and associations. This is a good day to meet new friends or partner with someone.

YOU BORN TODAY You are intelligent and never hesitate to express your opinions. You’re very firm about your beliefs and equally firm about defending them. People admire your decisiveness. You’re persevering, plus you think and act quickly. You’ll love your year ahead because it is a fresh start — the beginning of a new cycle.

Be open to new avenues of action and thinking.

Birthdate of: Lara Stone, model; Billy Bragg, musician/activist; David Cook, singer/songwriter. to home, family and domestic matters in the month ahead. Many of you will spend more time with a parent.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Fasten your seat belt! The next six weeks will be busy with short trips, errands and conversations with siblings and relatives. Start running.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Cash flow, earnings and anything having to do with your financial scene will be your primary focus in the month ahead. You’ll be dreaming up moneymaking ideas and thinking about major purchases.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Once again, the Sun is in your sign, promising to re-energize you and recharge your batteries for the rest of the year. This is great news.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Take a backseat during the next month, and start to contemplate what you want your new year (birthday to birthday) to be all about. Any ideas?

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Increased popularity will make you smile during the next six weeks.

Everyone wants you to be on his or her team. Enjoy making new friends.

YOU BORN TODAY You’re physically involved with the world around you. You’re ready to roll up your sleeves and dig in. Animal rights are important to you. Although you’re private about your own life, you are outspoken about your beliefs. Others know that they can depend on you, especially family members to whom you have a strong loyalty. In the year ahead, partnerships and close friendships will be important.

Birthdate of: Samuel L. Jackson, actor; Benjamin Disraeli, politician/novelist; Jane Kaczmarek, actress.

DR. WALLACE: I went with Kenny for a year before we broke up six months ago. I have been trying to get over him, but I can’t. We occasionally see each other, but he is now dating another girl. Even though I have never met this girl, I hate her. I love Kenny so much that I cry myself to sleep almost every night. I try to tell myself that he is a jerk and will hurt me, but this just doesn’t work. It’s just not fair that one human being can love someone so much and that someone couldn’t care less.

You can see the fix I’m in.

I really need some advice.

— Lynnette, Erie, Pa. LYNNETTE: You’ve got to let Kenny go. By staying home and feeling sorry for yourself, you’re just prolonging the agony. Start getting involved in activities at school, at church or in your community. Stay busy and meet new friends. When you get your life back, you’ll be happy to say, “Kenny who?” when you are asked about your ex.

Dr. Robert Wallace welcomes questions from readers. Although he is unable to reply to all of them individually, he will answer as many as possible in this column. Email him at rwallace@galesburg.net. To find out more about Dr. Robert Wallace and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

PIQUA — Supt. Dr. Nancy Luce spoke about the 2011 Explore Careers Day/Open House at the Upper Valley Career Center Board of Education meeting Dec. 13.

According to the minutes from the meeting, the events were very positive and well-attended this year. There was a 63 percent increase in students participating in spite of fewer students being in enrolled as sophomores in associate schools.

Luce also presented revised Policy JECD-Assignment to Classes/Waiting List Procedures for a first reading. The revisions recommended are designed to clarify how eligible students who apply to over-enrolled programs after the primary application deadline are placed on the waiting list.

The board also took the following actions: • Noted that Dr. Nicholas Weldy and Margaret Zimpher will be leaving the board.

• Approved the outof-state travel of Tony Trapp and Scott Naill to the East Valley Institute

of Technology in Mesa, Ariz., from Jan. 8 through 12 to share information about the Upper Valley Career Center’s HVAC/R program and partnerships.

There is no cost to the district.

• Approved the following Board Policies: Policy IIAA-Textbook Selection and Adoption Replacement and Policy JN-Student Fees, Fines and Charges Revision • Appointed Douglas Trostle to preside over organizational the meeting Jan. 10 until a board president is elected.

• Approved the OSBA Legal Assistance Fund Membership for the 2012 school year.

• Accepted the retirement of Keith Culley, effective Feb. 29.

• Approved the employment of Jane Eberly, Homemaking and Consumer Education substitute, for the 2011-12 school year.

• Approved the employment of Jeannette Weaver as ABLE clerical aide at $13.09 an hour.

The next board meeting will be held Jan. 10 at 6 p.m.

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Sharing the Christmas spirit

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FAIRLAWN STUDENTS put on a snowflake themed pageant Friday.

HUNTER GOSHORN, 7, of Fort Loramie, plays a wiseman during a "Night in Bethlehem" held at New Hope United Methodist Church Saturday.

Christmas stories and carols were presented at the event. Goshorn is the son of Joe and Ashley Goshorn.

Downey dips, ‘Sherlock’ slips with $40M debut year, overall business was down again, about 12 percent lower than the same weekend in 2010 as Hollywood struggles to interest audiences in its big yearend releases.

Paul Dergarabedian, an analyst for box-office tracker Hollywood.com, estimated that the number of tickets sold domestically in 2011 will come in below 1.3 billion.

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Robert Downey Jr.’s sequel “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” debuted on top with a $40 million weekend, off 36 percent from the first installment’s $62.3 million opening two years ago, according to studio estimates Sunday.

The first movie opened over Christmas weekend, one of the busiest times for movie theaters.

Distributor Warner Bros. predicts the “Holmes” sequel, which pits Downey’s detective against archrival Professor Moriarty, will make up the lost ground over the holidays.

“The pattern is different,” said Dan Fellman, the studio’s head of distribution. “What you can put in the bank those nine days before the official Christmas play time, that’s the difference between our opening with a bigger number on Christmas day and opening early this time.

At the end of the holiday period, we should be in the same place.”

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HOROSCOPE TODAY IN HISTORY Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 Getting involved with large groups Today is Monday, Dec.or organizations in the year ahead could the 353rd day of 2011.

19, produce a number of excellent, peThere 12 for days ripheral are benefits you,left suchinas the manyyear. new friends. This is an especially good time to become a joiner.

Today’s Highlight in SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — If History: you don’t appear to be overly anxious 1843,be “A On aDec. or eager buyer,19, you should able Christmas Carol,” to negotiate a much better priceby for what you Dickens, want. Don’twas hesitate Charles firstto dicker like thein dickens. published England.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — BeOn this date: cause you’re full of new ideas and es■ Ingood 1777, Gen. George pecially at conceptualizing what to do with them, led there’s little doubt Washington his army you’ll implement in a of about 11,000your menplans to Valsober, prudent and feasible manner. ley Forge, Pa., to camp for AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Don’t the winter. hesitate to remind someone of his or In 1813,ifBritish her■obligations it seems forces like this person is ignoring them.Niagara If you don’t, captured Fort your chances of receiving what is during the War of 1812. owed you will be slimmer than a su■ In 1910, the artificial permodel. fiber was first PISCESrayon (Feb. 20-March 20) —comSomething that you’re hoping toby obtain mercially produced theis in your grasp Viscose if you are able American Co. toofregroup and try again when necessary.

Marcus Hook, Pa. Don’t give up on the first go-around.

■ In 1946, war broke ARIES (March 21-April 19) — To your out in Indochina as troops credit, you have the stick-toitiveness necessary to face Minh and conunder Ho Chi quer the most widespread challenging situations, launched atmostly because of your persistence tacks against the French. and ability to think on the fly.

■ In (April 1950,20-May Gen.20) Dwight TAURUS — Follow the Eisenhower same game planwas that named led you to D. sweet victory before, because there’s commander of the military no reason why it wouldn’t work again. forces of the North AtThere’s an old saying: “When it isn’t lantic Treaty Organizabroke, don’t fix it.” tion.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — In endeavors you former are tryingU.S. to de■ Inwhere 1961, velop a second source of income, Ambassador Joseph P. operate along familiar lines where Kennedy Sr., 73, suffered a you know you have a chance for sucdebilitating cess. Stick to whatstroke you know.while CANCER 21-July 22) — Of all in Palm(June Beach, Fla. the■ signs, you are the who usually In 1971, “A one Clockwork derives the greatest benefits from Orange,” Stanley Kubrick’s being protective of those who mean a controversial movie lot to you. This is likely to beadaptrue for tation of the Anthony you once again.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) —had Adopt an Burgess novel, itsindustriouspremiere attitude, because your earnworld in the U.S. ing potential is especially strong at In and 1984, a fire the this■time, it should be at taken adWilberg Mine near Orvantage of. Operate along your usual lines and you’llUtah, have success. angeville, killed 27 VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

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Britain and China tunities exist for you to revitalize an signed an accord returning old relationship that once meant a lot Hong to Chinese sovto you. Kong Don’t ignore this chance, beereignty on July 1, 1997. cause who knows how long it’ll be before■you’ll get it again.

In 1986, Lawrence E. LIBRA (Sept.

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■ toIn 1998, President SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Treat Bill Clinton was iman important situation with the seripeached by the Republiousness it deserves, especially when can-controlled House for you know reorganization is called for.

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Rain today, Tuesday Temperatures will rise into the middle 40's for the first half of the w o r k week as a s t o r m system h e a d s this way.

It looks like we’re going to add to our already wet year. Rain will develop today and become steady on Tuesday. We do dry out for the end of the week.

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Dec. 19, 1911 The Buckeye Churn Co., of this city, has taken the entire United States agency for a cream separator manufactured in Stockholm, Sweden, which after thorough investigation it is willing to back to the limit as the best cream separator ever made. The firm expects to sell 10,000 of the machines next year. To handle the transaction, the churn company plans to increase its capitalization by $50,000 with the additional stock to be offered to the general public.

——— R.N. Robinson, driving a Reo car, collided with Salm’s furniture wagon on the children’s Home Road southeast of the city today. Ed and Louis Salm were driving to the home of John Blackford and they met the auto coming just as they were making the turn into the Children’s Home pike. Both drivers attempted to avoid the collision, but the auto struck the rear wheel of the wagon. Both vehicles were damaged but the occupants escaped injury.

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ThunderIce Flurries Cloudy storms The vote was 303 for the Partly bond issue and 290 Rain Showers Snow Cloudy against. The proposal reWeather Underground • AP quired a 65 percent faAccuWeather.com forecast for daytime conditions, low/high temperatures vorable vote at the special election.

Mrs. E.W. Laughlin again entertained a group of residents from the Dorothy Love Presbyterian Home with a Christmas party at her should constitute 50 per- tact the American Diahome. cent to 55 percent of your betes Association, whose 50 Years total daily calories. Fruits website is www.diaDec. 19, 1961 (yes, you can eat them), betes.org. Or call 1-800Allenbaugh, William vegetables, cereals, 342-2383. The association breads, crackers, pastas will provide you with tons R.R. 1, Anna, was reand similar foods are car- of information on diet elected president and bohydrates. You have to and on diabetes in gen- Urban Borchers, R.R. 1, get a book that lists the eral. If you don’t have a Houston, re-named vice calorie content of foods computer, you must know president of the Shelby and their protein, fat and a friend or relative with County Holstein Club at carbohydrate makeup. one. That person can a meeting Monday night These guides in all book- make a connection for in the courthouse asstores, and they’re cheap. you. Be there when he or sembly room. William Becker, R.R. 1, Botkins, Breakfast shouldn’t be she does. was elected secretarya problem. You can drink orange juice if you like it, Dr. Donohue regrets treasurer and Robert of the have cereal, have toast that he is unable to an- Brautigam, and drink coffee or what- swer individual letters, Tawawa area in Green ever. but he will incorporate Township was chosen as You need a coach in them in his column when- reporter.

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Diabetic diet can be daunting DEAR DR. drates by using DONOHUE: artificial sweetenWhat should I eat ers. with type 2 diaWeight reducbetes, high blood tion, if applicable pressure and to you, is the best high cholesterol? way for you to All the advice I control blood get tells me what sugar. A 5 percent I cannot eat — no To your to 10 percent potatoes, no weight loss is a good bread, no cracksure way to keep ers, no cereal, no health blood sugar fruit. Since break- Dr. Paul G. where it should fast is the most be. For high blood Donohue important meal of pressure, limit the day, I don’t know salt. You ought not to eat what to eat. — C.L. more than 1,500 mg a ANSWER: The diet day of sodium. Read the for type 1 and type 2 dia- sodium content of foods betes is not as restrictive on their nutrition labels. as it once was. You can For cholesterol control, eat all the foods you men- cut back on fatty meats tioned. Sugar also can be and whole-fat dairy prodeaten, something that ucts. You can use low-fat was strictly prohibited in dairy. the past. You have to use Carbohydrates are an it in moderation, and it’s issue with diabetes. Carbest to save sugar calo- bohydrates are sugars ries for other carbohy- and starches.

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“While the time to talk about ‘mail early for Christmas’ has passed,” Postmaster William B. Swonger said today, “last minute mailers can help us tremendously to avoid serious pile-ups of Christmas mail if they’ll get all of their Christmas cards and gift packages on their way within the next 24 hours. He suggests that you use airmail for every Christmas card and gift package going to distant places.

25 Years Dec. 19, 1986 LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — A federal jury that found NBC guilty of defaming Wayne Newton by linking him to mobsters awarded the entertainer a record $19.3 million in a decision a network lawyer said could “chill investigative reporting.” Jurors decided Wednesday after a week of deliberations and eight weeks of testimony that NBC knew three 1980 and 1981 reports were false, and that it and reporters Brian Ross and Ira Silverman and producer Paul Greenberg intended to injure Newton.

——— DETRIOT (AP) — John DeLorean says his second victory over federal prosecutors, acquittal of embezzling $8.5 million from his failed sports-car company, will make the 20 civil suits against him fall “like dominoes.” DeLorean, 61, wept and cried “Praise God!” as the jury foreman read the verdicts Wednesday on each of the 15 counts of racketeering and fraud.

——— Stanley Evans of Sidney says of his role as Big Brother to eightyear-old Michael Wilson, “I enjoy spending time with Mike. We have similar interests. He is my friend as much as I am his.” Evans, 31, is an attorney with Elsass, Schmitt, Wallace and Co. He also officiates football and basketball.

Boyfriend’s mom isn’t ready to give up tradition DEAR ABBY: change. Any sugMy boyfriend gestions for dealand I have been ing with this living together potential future for nine months. mother-in-law?

We have decided — FREE SPIRIT to host ChristIN PHOENIX mas dinner at DEAR FREE our house and inSPIRIT: First of vited 20 people all, don’t plan on Dear — 10 from each your boyfriend’s Abby of our families. parents attendAbigail His mother, uning your Christfortunately, is Van Buren mas dinner, and having a hard don’t take it pertime accepting that her sonally if they don’t. She 27-year-old son is grow- may be unwilling to ing up. change their Christmas She says she feels tradition. “awkward” and that If and when a wedtheir family has had its ding date is set, or your traditions for many boyfriend makes clear to years. (My boyfriend has her that your arrangespent every Christmas ment will be permanent, Eve and Christmas the three of you can then night at his parents’ come to an agreement to house since birth.) alternate these holidays I come from a family so you and your parents that is adaptable to are able to also host

these gatherings. This is how new families establish their own traditions and in-laws aren’t made to feel that one side is favored.

DEAR ABBY: I have been with my fiance for two years. Lately he’s been having trouble controlling his anger. His outbursts are becoming more frequent, and he feels like they’re justified. He says if I didn’t “nag” him so much there wouldn’t be any arguments.

I love him and want to spend the rest of my life with him, but I’m becoming frightened by the level he allows his anger to reach. Can you help a man like this deal with his anger? — NEEDS HELP IN NORTH CAROLINA

DEAR NEEDS HELP: No, and neither can you, as much as you might wish to. Only he can do that, and it would take willingness on his part and counseling.

Blaming you for his outbursts indicates he’s not ready to do that. The smartest thing you can Sudoku puzzles also appear on the Sidney Daily News website at www.sidneydailynews.com. do is leave before he escalates to hurting you physically. Without professional help, the beSTOCKTON, Calif. his home. Ray says Herhavior you have (AP) — A California rera was trapped near the described will only get teenager has learned the chimney bottom for about worse. hard way that he's no 90 minutes before emerSanta Claus. gency crews were called Dear Abby is written The Stockton Record around 10:15 a.m. When

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FURNITURE, excellent condition, Lane plaid sofa/ loveseat, oak tables, sewing table for 2 machines, computer desk/ file, bar stools Troy, priced to sell.

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2 antique plant hanger, metal, each has a bird in design, $35 each.

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BEAGLE PUPPIES, AKC, Champion bloodline, males & females, great hunting dogs or pets, $200. Ready for Christmas. (937)473-3077.

BICHON FRISE, Cairn Terriors, Yorkie, Shichons, Malti-poo, NonShedding. $100 and up.

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KITTEN, 18 Week old grey/ white, male, litter trained, very friendly.

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COURT OF COMMON PLEAS SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO Case No.: 11CV000148 Fifth Third Mortgage Company, Plaintiff -vsWilliam D. Shepard, et al., Defendants.

LEGAL NOTICE IN SUIT FOR FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE Judge: James Stevenson William D. Shepard, whose last known address is 747 Southeast Balboa Drive, Madison, FL 32340, and the unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, executors, administrators, spouses and assigns and the unknown guardians of minor and/or incompetent heirs of William D. Shepard, all of whose residences are unknown and cannot by reasonable diligence be ascertained, will take notice that on the 1st day of April, 2011, Fifth Third Mortgage Company filed its Complaint in the Common Pleas Court of Shelby County, Ohio in Case No. 11CV000148, on the docket of the Court, and the object and demand for relief of which pleading is to foreclose the lien of plaintiff's mortgage recorded upon the following described real estate to wit: Property Address: 13041 Luthman Road, Minster, OH 45865, and being more particularly described in plaintiff's mortgage recorded in Mortgage Book 1356, page 205, of this County Recorder's Office.

The above named defendant is required to answer within twenty-eight (28) days after last publication, which shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks, or they might be denied a hearing in this case.

LERNER, SAMPSON & ROTHFUSS Attorneys for Plaintiff P.O. Box 5480 Cincinnati, OH 45201-5480 (513) 241-3100 attyemail@lsrlaw.com Dec. 12, 19, 26 2242608

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Village of Fort Loramie Sawmill Road and Hickory Drive Reconstruction Sealed Bids for the Village of Fort Loramie Sawmill Road and Hickory Drive Reconstruction will be received by the Village of Fort Loramie at the Village Council Chamber, 14 Elm Street, Fort Loramie, OH 45845 until Thursday, January 5, 2012 at 2:00 P.M., at which time they will be publicly opened and read.

In general, the work consists of the improvements to Sawmill Road and Hickory Drive. The improvements shall include curb and gutter, asphalt and catch basin replacement.

The Bidding Documents which include drawings and specifications may be examined and obtained at the office of Choice One Engineering Corporation, 440 E. Hoewisher Road, Sidney, OH 45365. Cost for the Bidding Documents is $60.00 and is non-refundable.

Bids must be signed and submitted on the separate bidding forms included in the Bidding Documents, sealed in a properly identified envelope, and shall be accompanied by either a Bid Guaranty Bond in the amount of 100% of the Bid amount or by a certified check, cashier’s check, or letter of credit on a solvent bank in the amount of not less than 10% of the amount of the Bid, subject to conditions provided in the Instructions to Bidders.

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All contractors and subcontractors involved with the project will, to the extent practicable, use Ohio products, materials, services, and labor in the implementation of their project. Additionally, contractor compliance with the Equal Employment Opportunity requirements of Ohio Administrative Code Chapter 123, the Governor’s Executive Order of 1972, and Governor’s Executive Order 84-9 shall be required.

DOMESTIC STEEL USE REQUIREMENTS AS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 153.011 OF THE REVISED CODE APPLY TO THIS PROJECT. COPIES OF SECTION 153.011 OF THE REVISED CODE CAN BE OBTAINED FROM ANY OF THE OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. BIDDER must comply with the prevailing wage rates on Public Improvements in Shelby County and the Village of Fort Loramie, Ohio as determined by the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services, Wage and Hour Division, (614) 644-2239.

No BIDDER shall withdraw his Bid within 60 days after the actual opening thereof.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, waive irregularities in any Bid, and to accept any Bid which is deemed by Owner to be most favorable to the Owner.

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Contact Sports Editor Ken Barhorst with story ideas, sports scores and game stats by phone at (937) 498-5960; e-mail, kbarhorst@sdnccg.com; or by fax, (937) 498-5991.

SHS girls Bengals grind down Rams reach finals Win despite off day for Dalton

ST. LOUIS (AP) — All but counted out near halftime, A.J. Green re-emerged and reached a nice rookie milestone. Helped the Cincinnati Bengals get off the mat, too.

The rookie wide receiver had six catches for 115 yards to top 1,000 yards and the Bengals held an offense led by a quarterback still learning his own team’s personnel to 2 for 13 on third down in a 2013 victory Sunday, allowing them to keep pace in the AFC playoff race.

Green had been questionable to return with a sprained right shoulder from getting tripped up on a pass interference play. He had only two catches after the break, but both were for first downs.

“Just a mild sprain,” Green said. “It’s nothing serious. I wouldn’t miss these games for my life.”

Brandon Tate’s 56-yard punt return set up Bernard Scott’s go-ahead touchdown run late in the third quarter and Cedric Benson added a short scoring run in the fourth for the Bengals (8-6), who won for only the second time in six games.

Cincinnati was among three teams that entered a game behind the New York Jets, who were playing at Philadelphia, for the final AFC wild-card berth. The Bengals closed it out when Tate fielded Josh Brown’s onside kick with 1:08 left and are at home the rest of the way against the Cardinals and Ravens.

“If we finish strong, we’ll give ourselves a chance,” cor-

of tourney

AP Photo/Jeff Roberson

CINCINNATI BENGALS wide receiver A.J. Green, right, catches a 55-yard pass as St. Louis Rams safety Quintin Mikell looks on during the first quarter of an NFL football game Sunday in St. Louis. nerback Nate Clements said.

“Guys are going to be focused on the opponent at hand.”

Green caught a 55-yarder from Andy Dalton to set up a field goal for the game’s first score. He has 1,006 yards receiving, leaving him 3 shy of Cris Collinsworth’s franchise rookie record in 1981.

Kellen Clemens was 25 for 36 for 229 and a late touchdown pass to Danario Alexander for the Rams (2-12), who have lost five in a row.

Clemens made his first start in two years after joining the Rams last week. Starter Sam Bradford (ankle) missed his fourth start after not practicing all week and backup A.J. Feeley (broken thumb) was out

for the second straight week.

“Third down was obviously an issue,” Clemens said. “Very unacceptable. So, I’ll start there and I’ll stop.”

Coach Steve Spagnuolo is 10-36 winding down his third season. He had only positives for Clemens, who has had only seven practices.

“I know all the offensive guys,” Clemens said. “I literally have gone home at night and just looked at a roster because I think that’s important from a leadership standpoint.”

The Rams totaled 6 yards on third down, and didn’t convert until late in the fourth quarter. Plus, they were whistled for 109 yards on 10 penalties, including a handful of

critical calls in the second half. The teams combined for 21 penalties for 210 yards.

Tackle Harvey Dahl was whistled for consecutive penalties in the fourth quarter, one for holding and another for unsportsmanlike conduct for complaining after barging in during referee Jerome Boger’s call on a live microphone.

“I made a bad situation worse,” Dahl said. “Obviously, you’ve got to stay composed there. I didn’t know the microphone was on.”

Cincinnati won despite an off-game from Dalton, who was 15 for 26 for 179 yards with an interception and no touchdowns.

Russia nips Loramie to go 5-0 Raiders, JC meet Tuesday for 1st place FORT LORAMIE — The stage is set for a huge earlyseason matchup of County unbeatens Tuesday night, after the Russia Raiders eeked out a 50-49 thriller over Fort Loramie on the road Saturday night.

The win puts the Raiders at 5-0 on the season and 3-0 in the County, and two of those wins have come on the road. They will try to do it again Tuesday night when they travel to unbeaten Jackson Center.

Fort Loramie led nearly the entire game, and was on top with the final seconds ticking down. But Russia used pressure to get the ball back, and Treg Francis, who had only one field goal the entire game, nailed a three-pointer with 10 seconds remaining to give the Raiders a 50-49 lead, which held up at the end.

The Raiders found themselves in quite a hole early on after the Redskins, now 0-3, outscored them 14-5 in the first quarter. Russia was able to cut it down to a four-point game at the half, and then knotted it up after three periods.

For the Raiders, 6-foot-9 post player Brandon Wilson was unstoppable, scoring all but 20 of the Raider points in finishing with 20. With him doing all the damage, no other Raider scored more than four points.

“We really had a tough time with him,” said Loramie coach Karl Ratermann. “They just kept dumping the ball inside to him and he finished.

CENTERVILLE — Sidney participated in a new tournament at Poelking Lanes South in Centerville Saturday.

Bowlers bowled on three sports shots similar to the sports shots that the pros bowling for Team USA bowl on. One pattern was 44 feet long, the medium pattern was 40 feet long and the shots pattern was 34 feet long.

“A sports shot has less differentiation across the pattern,” said Sidney coach Angie Mentges. “ The oil pattern is flatter across the lanes and thus leaves little room for error or recovery.

“The first pattern we rolled on was the long pattern,” she continued. “Most bowlers had to play an inside line that they don’t normally play. The second pattern took us to the opposite extreme, a short pattern. We expected to have to move outside and we were able to stay in around the 10 board. On the medium pattern the lanes had already dried up and we simply moved left.

“Scores on a sports shot run much lower than scores on a house shot,” she added. “The mental game becomes very important. You can’t get frustrated or count yourself out.”

Shelbie Anderson took fourth place to earn all-tournament team honors with a 231 on the long pattern and a 151 on the short pattern.

After the first two games, Sidney was in seventh place out of 22 teams. The top eight advanced to the championship round.

At the end of the five baker games, Sidney had moved up to sixth, and faced off against third-seed Troy in a best-ofthree baker playoff. Troy won 176-126 and 216-150.

The boys team was 14th after the first two regular games, 40 pins out of eighth.

Sidney was able to improve to ninth, and finish just 15 pins shy of making the championship round.

“It was a good experience bowling on three completely different and challenging patterns,” said Mentges. “Bowlers got to bowl on parts of the lane that they rarely roll on.

The sport shot reminds you of the importance of good targeting and spare shooting.”

Sidney is at Miamisburg Thursday.

Friday The Sidney girls defeated both Centerville and Xenia on Friday at Bel-Mar Lanes. SidNey had 2266, Centerville 2075 and Xenia 1957.

Bethany Pellman had games of 226 and 206 for Sidney, Ally Kittle rolled a 235 after starting the game with seven straight strikes, Anderson rolled a 232 and Michelle Abbott a 213.

The girls were up on Centerville by just 59 pins after two complete games, but Sidney put together an excellent baker game, including eight strikes, for a 235 to Centerville’s 158.

The girls are now 7-1.

The Sidney boys threw their highest scores of the year in finishing second with 2379 to 2476 for Centerville and 1922 for Xenia.

Jacob Blankenship led the way with games of 268 and 204, Zach Cole had a 220 and SDN Photo/Luke Gronneberg Trent Knoop 206 and 211.

RUSSIA’S COREY Bremigan looks to get past Fort Loramie’s Seth Guillozet in County boys Sidney led both opponents basketball action Saturday night at Fort Loramie. The Raiders pulled out a 50-49 victory to re- after the first game but missed main unbeaten on the year. a number of spares in game two for a 922 to Centerville’s “We’re playing hard,” he For Fort Loramie, Seth Hoying 3-1-7; Luebke 2-3-7; Miracle 1086. Sidney, down 110 pins, 2-0-6. Totals: 17-12-49. added. “We can’t be unhappy Guillozet finished with 14. bowled well in baker with Score by quarters: Russia (50) with that. But we’re not playgames of 220 and 190, but Russia ..................5 17 35 50 Francis 1-1-4; Rittenhouse 2-0-4; Fort Loramie......14 21 35 49 ing well. We have to take care Centerville rolled 215 and 182.

Schafer 3-2-9; Sherman 1-1-3; Wilson Three-pointers: Russia 2 (Franof the ball and we have to 12-6-30. Totals: 19-10-50.

Sidney’s boys are now 2-6. cis, Schafer); Fort Loramie 3 (Miracle shoot free throws better. We’re In junior varsity play, SidFort Loramie (49) 2, Albers). under 50 percent from the line Albers 1-3-6; Cordonnier 2-1-5; Records: Russia 5-0, Loramie 0- ney’s Trent Branam rolled a Fullenkamp 2-0-4; Guillozet 5-4-14; 3. right now.”

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3rd quarter keeps Jackets Elmore leads from posting their 1st win Lady Jackets to first win

Sidney hung tough with a high-scoring Xenia squad on Saturday night at the high school, but a rough third quarter was the difference in an 82-69 loss.

The setback leaves the Jackets at 0-5 on the year with another stiff test on Tuesday when Trotwood comes to town.

Sidney jumped to an 18-15 lead after a quarter and was down just 33-32 at the half. But in the third quarter, Xenia outscored the Jackets 23-8 to take a 56-40 lead into the final period.

That was too much to overcome, despite a 29point final period by the Jackets.

Xenia is averaging 81.3 points per game after three outings this season.

“It’s progress,” said Sidney coach Greg Snyder of the weekend, which included a loss to Vandalia on Friday.

“We’re certainly not where we want to be yet.

But it’s like the old saying, you have to crawl before you can walk. To the kids’ credit, they kept their heads up the entire night. We just didn’t have enough clean possessions.”

Sidney had its best balance of the season in terms of scoring, with four reaching double figures. Dezmond Hudson and Patwaun Hudson had 15 points each, Zyler White added 14 and Tyree Manley finished with 10. P. Hudson had 11 of his points in the fourth quarter.

“The third quarter was tough,” said Snyder.

“I think we tried to do a little too much with the dribble. We missed some shots around the bucket, but Xenia is very athletic and can make that happen. But the kids battled hard.”

Xenia (82) Sanford 0-2-2; Lane 1-1-3; Greene 9-4-22; Brumley 3-0-7; Roberts 7-2-17; Culpepper 2-48; Lee 2-0-5; Graham 4-1-9; Tucker 3-3-9. Totals: 31-17-82.

Sidney (69) Heath 2-0-4; D. Hudson 3-915; Manley 3-4-10; Herd 3-0-6; White 6-0-14; Barnes 1-3-5; P. Hudson 6-3-15. Totals: 24-1969.

Score by quarters: Xenia...................15 33 56 69 Sidney.................18 32 40 69 Three-pointers: Sidney 2 (White 2); Xenia 3 (Brumley, Roberts, Lee).

Records: Sidney 0-5, Xenia 3-1.

—— Jets win third straight game The Fairlawn Jets posted their third straight victory after two losses to open the season, defeating visiting Bradford 46-36 in nonleague boys basketball action Saturday.

The Jets were forced to play without point guard Trey Everett, who injured his ankle in Friday’s big win over Anna.

“Troy not playing had an affect on us,” said Fairlawn coach Derek Alexander. “We can’t pressure the ball as much, and Bradford slowed the game down.

And we had a big win Friday. But it was a good win, and Bradford played well. I was just happy with the way we found a way to win.”

Anthony Gillem came up big for the Jets again, pouring in 23 points, including four three-pointers. He averaged 25.5 in the two weekend wins.

Bradford (36) Hafer 2-0-5; Rank 1-2-5; Swabb 2-0-4; Arnett 2-0-5; Yohey 2-3-7; Yount 1-1-3; Sell 3-0-7. Totals: 13-12-36.

Fairlawn (46) Hughes 0-2-2; Brown 1-0-3; Gillem 7-5-23; Wells 1-0-2; Cox

big A game from Lauren Elmore led the Sidney Lady Jackets to their first win of the season Elmore S a t u r d ay, 47-29 over rival Piqua in Greater Western Ohio Conference North Division action.

The Lady Jackets are 1-4 on the season.

“Our first win could not have come at a better time than when we’re playing Piqua,” said first-year coach Megan Mummey. “We never trailed, and everyone stepped up and did what I asked them to do. We didn’t make silly mistakes that allowed them to close the gap late in the game. And Lauren really lit it up for us.”

Elmore poured in 24 points for over half her team’s total. Monique Hanayik added nine for Sidney.

“I told the girls we needed to win on the boards in order to keep their top player from second and third opportunities,” she added.

“Lindsey Sturwold and Kia Perrin really responded to the challenge and combined to grab 21 of our 32 rebounds on the day. And Lauren not only scored, but also had five assists and five steals.”

NOTE: Sidney hosts Troy Wednesday and it will be Junior Jacket night. All junior high and five-star players will be introduced at halftime of the varsity game.

In addition, five Ohio State women’s basketball tickets will be raffled off during the game.

SDN Photo/Chris McDonagh

LEHMAN’S SOLOMON King-White goes airborne to spilt two Riverside defenders in action at Lehman Saturday. King-White had a double-double to help the Cavaliers to a lopsided victory.

County basketball Boys standings League All W-L W-L Russia . . . . . . . . . . 3-0 5-0 Jackson Center . . . 2-0 3-0 Botkins. . . . . . . . . . 1-1 3-1 Anna. . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 2-2 Fairlawn. . . . . . . . . 1-2 3-2 Houston . . . . . . . . . 0-2 2-2 Fort Loramie . . . . . 0-2 0-3 Saturday’s games Russia 50, Fort Loramie 49 Non-league Fairlawn 46, Bradford 36 New Bremen 59, Anna 42 Tuesday’s games Fairlawn at Fort Loramie Houston at Anna Russia at Jackson Center 2-2-7; Cummings 3-3-9. Totals: 14-12-46.

Score by quarters: Bradford ..............8 21 23 36 Fairlawn.............13 21 34 46 Three-pointers: Bradford 4 (Sell, Hafer, Rank, Arnett); Fairlawn 6 (Gillem 4, Brown, Cox).

Records: Fairlawn 3-2, Bradford 1-4.

Reserve score: Fairlawn 59, Bradford 57.

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Rockets drop 2nd in a row NEW BREMEN – Anna dropped its second straight game Saturday, losing 57-42 to the New Bremen Cardinals on the road.

The loss leaves the Rockets at 2-2 on the year while New Bremen goes to 3-1 with the victory.

“We’re struggling on offense right now,” said Anna head coach Nate Barhorst. “We have to be able to break pressure and put the ball in the hole.”

Jay Meyer continued to be Anna’s main offen-

sive threat. He tossed in 18 to lead the Rockets, but was the only one in double figures. Nick Reier finished with nine.

For the Cardinals, Troy Williams had 17 and Elliott Westerbeck finished with 14. Westerbeck was 6-for-6 from the line, all in the final period, and Williams 5for-6. Aaron Clune was 4-for-4 from the line.

Bremen was 17-for-21 from the stripe in all.

Anna (42) Gephart 1-4-7; Seger 1-1-3; Reier 4-1-9; Williams 2-0-4; Meyer 6-3-18; Long 0-1-1. Totals: 14-10-42.

New Bremen (57) Bornhorst 2-2-7; Clune 2-48; Manger 2-0-5; Heitkamp 20-4; Frazee 1-0-2; Williams 6-5-17; Westerbeck 4-6-14. Totals: 19-17-57.

Score by quarters: Anna ....................7 17 29 42 New Bremen......12 25 37 57 Three-pointers: Anna 4 (Meyer 3, Gephart); NB 2 (Bornhorst, Manger).

Records: Anna 2-2, NB 31.

Reserve score: Anna 42, NB 35.

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Cavs bounce back, Baker gets 32 Another sensational effort by senior Alex Baker and a solid allaround game from Solomon King-White led the Lehman Cavaliers to a bounce-back 87-59 victory over the Riverside Pirates in boys basketball action Saturday at Lehman.

The Cavs, who suffered their first loss of the season on Friday, go to 3-1 on the year.

Lehman won a firstquarter shootout 28-21, but head coach Isaiah Williams knew he had to shore up his defense.

“The first quarter was wild,” he said. “We had to make some defensive adjustments, and once we did we were okay. We played much better tonight than we did Friday night.”

Baker went for 32 points and rang up seven three-pointers to lead the Cavaliers. KingWhite, meanwhile, benefitted from Baker’s shooting in finishing with a double-double that included 13 assists.

He had 19 points, with 8of-11 at the line, and also added eight steals and seven rebounds to flirt with a quadruple-double.

Dalton Bollinger had 18 to lead the Pirates, and teammate Justin Worrell added 13 points and 10 rebounds.

Piqua (29) Mowery 1-0-3; Deal 1-0-2; Yount 2-0-5; Allen 1-0-2; Hilleary 1-5-7; Groves 3-1-8; Vogler 1-0-2. Totals: 10-6-29.

Sidney (47) Foy 0-2-2; McBride 2-0-4; Hanayik 4-0-9; Elmore 9-4-24; Perin 3-0-6; Sturwold 1-0-2.

Totals: 19-6-47.

Score by quarters: Piqua..................11 13 23 29 Sidney ................18 25 36 46 Three-pointers: Sidney 3 (Elmore 2, Hanayik); Piqua 3 )Mowery, Yount, Groves).

Records: Sidney 1-4, Piqua

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Lady Cavs fall to St. Henry ST. HENRY – Lehman was without leading scorer Lindsey Spearman, and was unable to stay with the St. Henry Lady Redskins in girls action Saturday here, 55-26.

The loss leaves Lehman at 2-4 on the season. St. Henry is 2-3.

St. Henry led by just eight at the half but outscored Lehman 19-4 in the second quarter for a 40-17 lead after three periods.

Kandis Sargeant finished with 15 to lead Lehman.

Lehman (26) Slagle 1-0-2; Schmitz 1-0-3; Hatcher 2-2-6; Sargeant 3-915. Totals: 7-11-26.

St. Henry (55) Heitkamp 2-5-9; Ka. Siefring 1-1-3; Lefeld 2-0-6; Lange 2-1-5; K. Koesters 2-2-6; Moeder 5-1-11; Ke. Siefring 20-6; Clune 1-2-5; Mikesell 1-24. Totals: 18-14-55.

Score by quarters: Lehman ................7 13 17 26 St. Henry............16 21 40 55 Three-pointers: Lehman 1 (Schmitz); SH 5 (Ke. Siefring 2, Lefeld 2, Clune).

Records: Lehman 2-4, SH 2-

Riverside (59) Hurley 1-2-4; Green 2-3-7; Shreves 1-0-3; Egbert 3-1-7; Boling 1-0-2; Mechling 2-1-5; Worrell 6-1-13; Bollinger 9-018. Totals: 25-8-59.

Lehman (87) Goins 3-0-6; Richard 1-0-3; Thieman 2-1-5; Husa 0-2-2; Jacob 2-0-4; Hall 1-0-2; Westerheide 2-0-4; Rego 5-0-10; Baker 11-3-32; King-White 5-8-19.

Totals: 32-14-87.

Score by quarters: Riverside ............21 31 41 59 3.

Lehman..............28 49 69 87 —— Three-pointers: Lehman 9 (Baker 7, Richard, KingMinster edges White); Riverside 1 (Shreves).

Loramie 44-43 Records: Lehman 3-1, MINSTER — BackRiverside 1-4.

Reserve score: Lehman yard rivals Minster and Fort Loramie hooked up 62, Riverside 38.

Rose

in a thriller S a t u r d ay, with Minster pulling out a 44-43 victory over the Lady Redskins in non-league girls bas-

ketball.

The win puts Minster at 3-2 and drops Loramie to 3-3 on the season.

The game was close throughout, with Loramie leading by one at the half and trailing by two after three periods.

For Minster, Tara Clune had 14 points and Bridget Geiger added 12.

Loramie sophomore standout Darian Rose had 21 with only three field goals. She toed the line 16 times and hit 14 of them.

As a team, Loramie was 20-for-22 from the free throw line, compared to just 5-for-17 for the Lady Wildcats.

Fort Loramie (43) Hoying 3-0-6; Drees 1-2-4; Rose 3-14-21; Holdheide 2-4-8; Brandewie 1-0-2; Meyer 1-0-2.

Totals: 11-20-43.

Minster (44) Albers 2-1-6; Hoelscher 1-02; Fischer 1-2-4; Schmiesing 10-2; Geiger 6-0-12; Wuebker 1-2-4; Clune 7-0-14. Totals: 195-44.

Score by quarters: Fort Loramie......10 22 31 43 Minster ..............12 21 33 44 Three-pointers: Loramie 1 (Rose); Minster 1 (Albers).

Records: Loramie 3-3, Minster 3-2.

Reserve score: Minster 39, Loramie 36.

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Christian Academy posts easy win Christian Academy rolled to an easy 43-22 victory over East Dayton Christian in girls basketball Saturday.

The Lady Eagles once again got a big effort from Holly Spencer, who finished with 22 points.

Freshman Betsi Ford added 10.

East Dayton (22) Childers 4, Stephen 3, Miller 10, Braceros 5.

Christian Academy (43) Curlis 2, Dietz 1, Spencer 22, Jenkins 4, Milks 4, Ford 10.

Score by quarters: East Dayton.........6 11 13 22 Christian Aca.....13 23 33 43 Records: Christian Academy 3-1.

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New Bremen tops Jefferson NEW BREMEN – New Bremen fell behind 12-9 after a quarter and still trailed after three periods, but regrouped and dominated the final quarter to pull out a 4944 non-league win over visiting Delphos Jefferson Saturday.

The Lady Cardinals outscored the visitors 18-11 in the final period to post the victory.

Kylie Otting had 14 and Haley Moeller 13 to lead New Bremen. Otting also had four assists and Moeller eight rebounds. Julie Brown had four blocked shots.

Delphos Jefferson (44) Boggs 20, Gilden 9, Stockwell 9, Lewis 3, Schoskor 2, Sensibaugh 2.

New Bremen (49) Otting 14, Moeller 132, Brown 8, Jones 5, Brandt 5, Thieman 4, Paul 2.

Score by quarters: Jefferson.............12 25 33 44 New Bremen ........9 23 31 49 Records: New Bremen 4-3.

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Browns SCOREBOARD fall in OT C 20-17 ALENDAR

High school

High school sports TONIGHT Girls basketball Ansonia at Houston Botkins at Waynesfield —— TUESDAY Boys basketball Trotwood at Sidney Russia at Jackson Center Houston at Anna Fairlawn at Fort Loramie Girls basketball Spencerville at New Knoxville —— WEDNESDAY Girls basketball Sidney at Lebanon —— THURSDAY Boys basketball Lehman at Minster Lima Shawnee at New Knoxville Girls basketball Lehman at St. Marys Anna at Russia Fort Loramie at Houston Jackson Center at Botkins Wrestling Sidney at Troy tri Bowling Sidney at Miamisburg —— FRIDAY Boys basketball Sidney at Miamisburg Lehman at Versailles Anna at Russia Minster at Spencerville St. Marys at New Bremen Fort Loramie at Houston Jackson Center at Botkins

Comp-Att-Int . . . . 15-26-1 25-36-0 3-19 Sacked-Yards Lost . . . . 1-6 Punts . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33.8 7-42.9 1-0 Fumbles-Lost . . . . . . . . 3-0 Penalties-Yards . . . 11-101 10-109 Time of Possession. . 30:03 29:57 —— INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Cincinnati, Benson 22-76, Scott 7-20, Peerman 2-8, Hawkins 1-8, Dalton 2-(minus 2).

St. Louis, S.Jackson 18-71, Williams 3-16, Clemens 2-9, Norwood 1-(minus 1).

PASSING_Cincinnati, Dalton 15-26-1-179. St. Louis, Clemens 2536-0-229.

RECEIVING_Cincinnati, Green 6-115, Gresham 3-16, Simpson 2-14, Benson 1-11, Hawkins 110, Whalen 1-7, Cochart 1-6. St. Louis, S.Jackson 9-72, Lloyd 5-42, Pettis 4-38, Alexander 3-52, Kendricks 3-19, Williams 1-6.

MISSED FIELD GOALS_St. Louis, Jo.Brown 45 (WR).

Fitzgerald 3-65, Doucet 3-37, Taylor 3-17, Stephens-Howling 2-18, King 1-24, Wells 1-10, Stuckey 1-7, Sherman 1-6.

MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.

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Thursday, Dec. 22 Houston at Indianapolis, 8:20 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 24 Oakland at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

Denver at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Carolina, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at Washington, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

Miami at New England, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.

Arizona at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

San Diego at Detroit, 4:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Seattle, 4:15 p.m.

Philadelphia at Dallas, 4:15 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 25 Chicago at Green Bay, 8:20 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 26 Atlanta at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m.

mont 20 Centerville 67, Springfield 23 Coldwater 46, Van Wert 43 Day. Carroll 56, Middletown Fenwick 10 Day. Christian 61, Yellow NFL standings Springs 30 Day. Northridge 65, New National Football League Lebanon Dixie 41 The Associated Press Day. Thurgood Marshall 44, All Times EST Trotwood-Madison 36 AMERICAN CONFERENCE Ft. Recovery 54, Jay Co., Ind. East 49, OT W L T Pct PF PA Greenville 61, W. Carrollton 44 y-New England113 0 .786 437 297 Jamestown Greeneview 52, MeN.Y. Jets . . . . . 8 6 0 .571 346 315 chanicsburg 48 Miami. . . . . . . 5 9 0 .357 286 269 Kalida 52, Ft. Jennings 38 Buffalo . . . . . . 5 9 0 .357 311 371 Kettering Fairmont 54, Clayton South Northmont 43 y-Houston . . . 10 4 0 .714 343 236 Lima Sr. 38, Lima Cent. Cath.

Tennessee . . . 7 7 0 .500 279 278 36 Jacksonville . . 4 10 0 .286 207 293 Lockland 72, Day. Jefferson 36 Indianapolis. . 1 13 0 .071 211 395 Miamisburg 59, Lebanon 54 North Minster 44, Ft. Loramie 43 x-Baltimore. . 10 3 0 .769 320 202 N. Lewisburg Triad 52, S. x-Pittsburgh . 10 3 0 .769 282 198 Charleston SE 25 Cincinnati . . . 8 6 0 .571 305 283 New Bremen 49, Delphos JefCleveland. . . . 4 10 0 .286 195 274 ferson 44 ASKETBALL West Tri-Village 54, Covington 34 Denver . . . . . . 8 6 0 .571 292 343 National Trail 57, Mississinawa High school Oakland . . . . . 7 7 0 .500 317 382 Valley 48 San Diego. . . . 6 7 0 .462 324 299 Saturday's Scores Ottoville 75, Spencerville 42 Kansas City . . 6 8 0 .429 192 319 The Associated Press Sidney 47, Piqua 29 NATIONAL CONFERENCE Boys Basketball Spring. Cath. Cent. 55, Spring.

East Carlisle 70, Newton Local 40 NE 40 Celina 50, Marion Local 45 Spring. Kenton Ridge 100, W L T Pct PF PA Convoy Crestview 53, Rockford Riverside Stebbins 33 Dallas. . . . . . . 8 6 0 .571 348 296 Springboro 69, Xenia 21 N.Y. Giants . . 7 7 0 .500 334 372 Parkway 36 Day. Christian 61, Cin. Hills St. Henry 55, Lehman 26 Philadelphia . 6 8 0 .429 342 311 St. Paris Graham 40, LewisWashington . . 5 9 0 .357 252 300 Christian Academy 56 Day. Dunbar 85, Cle. Hay 65 town Indian Lake 35 South Defiance 65, Bryan 49 Tipp City 66, Spring. Shawnee 50 x-New Orleans113 0 .786 457 306 Findlay Liberty-Benton 63, Troy 42, Vandalia Butler 36 Atlanta. . . . . . 9 5 0 .643 341 281 Urbana 62, Spring. Greenon 55 Carolina . . . . . 5 9 0 .357 341 368 Lima Bath 50 Xenia Christian 40, Day. Ponitz Haviland Wayne Trace 45, Van Tampa Bay . . 4 10 0 .286 247 401 Tech. 30 Wert Lincolnview 42 North Kalida 63, Delphos Jefferson 37 y-Green Bay . 13 1 0 .929 480 297 Ohio State box Lafayette Allen E. 55, McGuffey Detroit . . . . . . 9 5 0 .643 395 332 Scioto Valley 46 Upper OHIO ST. 74, S. CAROLINA 66 Chicago . . . . . 7 7 0 .500 315 293 Lima Cent. Cath. 54, OttawaOHIO ST. (10-1) Minnesota . . . 2 12 0 .143 294 406 Glandorf 42 Sullinger 1-2 1-1 3, Thomas 13West Lima Perry 44, Ada 42 16 2-3 30, Craft 1-3 2-5 4, Smith Jr. y-San Fran.. . 10 3 0 .769 307 182 Milton-Union 62, Arcanum 52 2-6 4-4 9, Buford 5-14 5-5 17, Sibert Seattle . . . . . . 7 7 0 .500 284 273 New Bremen 57, Anna 42 0-2 0-0 0, Scott 0-0 0-0 0, Thompson Arizona . . . . . 7 7 0 .500 273 305 New Lebanon Dixie 62, Lewis- 0-0 0-0 0, Weatherspoon 0-0 0-0 0, St. Louis. . . . . 2 12 0 .143 166 346 burg Tri-County N. 20 Williams 3-6 0-0 6, Ravenel 2-5 1-2 x-clinched playoff spot New Madison Tri-Village 72, 5. Totals 27-54 15-20 74. y-clinched division SOUTH CAROLINA (4-6) Greenville 34 Thursday's Game Gill 4-6 3-3 11, Cooke 6-10 9-10 Ridgeway Ridgemont 59, Atlanta 41, Jacksonville 14 21, Harris 2-4 0-0 4, Smith 2-5 0-0 Cedarville 52 Saturday's Game Riverside Stebbins 76, Piqua 48 5, Jackson 3-7 0-1 6, Williams 0-0 0Dallas 31, Tampa Bay 15 0 0, Richardson 0-1 0-0 0, Ellington Russia 50, Ft. Loramie 49 Sunday's Games Sidney Lehman 87, DeGraff 3-7 0-0 8, Leonard 2-6 1-2 7, SlawNew Orleans 42, Minnesota 20 son 1-2 0-0 3, Geathers 0-0 1-2 1.

Riverside 59 Seattle 38, Chicago 14 Totals 23-48 14-18 66.

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GLENDALE, (AP) — These overtime victories seem almost routine for the Arizona Cardinals.

Patrick Peterson returned a punt 32 yards and John Skelton threw 32 yards to Larry Fitzgerald to set up a 22yard field goal by Jay Feely for a 20-17 victory the Cleveland over Browns on Sunday in Arizona’s third overtime Browns-Cardinals win in seven games.

Browns-Cardinals Stats The Cardinals (7-7), Cleveland..............7 3 7 0 0 —17 winners of six of their last Arizona ...............0 7 0 10 3 —20 First Quarter seven, trailed 17-7 enterCle_Hillis 1 run (Dawson kick), ing the fourth quarter.

11:33.

They have been behind in Second Quarter Cle_FG Dawson 44, 11:33. the second half in all six Ari_Roberts 9 pass from Skelof their recent victories. ton (Feely kick), :19.

Third Quarter The win pulled AriCle_Little 76 pass from Wallace zona to .500 for the first (Dawson kick), 3:01. time since week two and Fourth Quarter Ari_Wells 1 run (Feely kick), kept alive its long shot 8:33. hopes for the playoffs.

Ari_FG Feely 33, 5:40.

Both teams were Overtime Ari_FG Feely 22, 10:56. without their starting A_60,443.

F OOTBALL quarterbacks because of —— Cle Ari concussions. Skelton, in Bengals-Rams First downs . . . . . . . . . 16 24 relief of Kevin Kolb, com363 Total Net Yards . . . . . 333 Bengals-Rams Stats pleted 28 of 36 for 313 Cincinnati ...............3 0 10 7—20 Rushes-yards . . . . 29-120 24-74 289 yards with a touchdown St. Louis ....................0 6 0 7—13 Passing. . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Punt Returns . . . . . . 3-40 3-33 First Quarter and interception.

Kickoff Returns . . . . 3-83 4-98 Cin_FG Nugent 21, 8:59.

Seneca Wallace, start0-0 Interceptions Ret. . . . 1-5 Second Quarter Comp-Att-Int . . . 18-31-0 28-46-1 StL_FG Jo.Brown 26, 4:18. ing for Colt McCoy, was Sacked-Yards Lost . . 2-13 4-24 StL_FG Jo.Brown 43, :26.

18 of 31 for 226 yards, inPunts . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39.7 7-44.6 Third Quarter cluding a 76-yard TD play 0-0 Fumbles-Lost . . . . . . . 1-1 Cin_FG Nugent 41, 10:22.

2-13 Cin_Scott 1 run (Nugent kick), Penalties-Yards . . . . 9-74 to rookie Greg Little.

Time of Possession . 31:22 32:42 Little caught five :12. Fourth Quarter —— passes for a career-best INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Cin_Benson 4 run (Nugent RUSHING_Cleveland, Hillis 131 yards in the Browns’ kick), 9:14.

StL_Alexander 25 pass from 26-99, Wallace 3-21. Arizona, Wells fourth straight loss and Clemens (Jo.Brown kick), 1:08.

15-51, Skelton 2-7, Roberts 1-7, A_56,431. seventh in eight games.

Stephens-Howling 3-6, Taylor 2-3, —— Smith 1-0.

Peyton Hillis gained 99 Cin StL PASSING_Cleveland, Wallace yards in 26 carries for First downs . . . . . . . . . . 19 18 18-31-0-226. Arizona, Skelton 28Total Net Yards . . . . . .

283 305 46-1-313.

Cleveland (4-10). . . . . . 34-110 24-95 RECEIVING_Cleveland, Little Skelton, a second- Rushes-yards 210 5-131, Massaquoi 3-42, Norwood 3Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 year pro out of Fordham, Punt Returns . . . . . . . 2-71 0-0 21, Cameron 3-8, Hillis 1-9, Smith improved to 7-2 as a Kickoff Returns . . . . 4-101 4-83 1-9, Cribbs 1-3, Ogbonnaya 1-3. AriInterceptions Ret. . . . . 0-0 1-30 zona, Heap 7-69, Roberts 6-60, starter, 4-1 this year.

That doesn’t count the previous week’s 21-19 victory over San Francisco, when he came in after Kolb took a knee to the head on the Cardinals’ third play. Todd Heap caught seven passes for 69 yards.

Arizona’s offense, so slow to start even through the team’s recent success, scored the final 13 points of the game.

Skelton completed 5 of 7 for 82 yards in the 11play, 87-yard drive that culminated in Beanie Wells’ 1-yard touchdown run that cut the lead to Buckeye Ford Lincoln 17-14 with 8:33 remaining in regulation.

A holding penalty on Cleveland’s subsequent kickoff return pinned the Browns to their 10 and O’Brien Schofield got Arizona’s first sack of the day on the elusive Wallace to push Cleveland back to its 5. Schofield got through on the next play as well, grabbing Wallace by an ankle and spinning him to the ground as the quarterback lost the ball.

Initially, Wallace was ruled down on the play, but Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt challenged and the call was reversed. Replays showed the ball coming loose well before Wallace fell backward onto the turf.

The Cardinals took over at the Cleveland 5 needing only to punch it in to take the lead.

But Jabaal Sheard got his second sack, and Cleveland’s fourth of the game and Arizona settled for Feely’s 33-yard field goal that made it 17-17 with 5:40 to play.

Cleveland won the coin toss to get the ball first in overtime, but the Browns managed only one first down before Buckeye Ford Lincoln having to punt. Brad 2343 W. Michigan St. Maynard had artfully Sidney, Ohio 45365 kicked the ball away from Peterson.

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