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WEEKEND EDITION - AUGUST 6, 2017

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Pen pals meet in person 52 years later LINDA MOODY

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ANSONIA – Jane Christman and daughter Lisa Mayo were going to surprise Richard “Dick” Christman, their husband and father, respectively, with a combined birthday and Father’s Day gift…a trip to Florida so he could meet with his pen pal of 52 years. The surprise ended when Christman had to ﬁrst get permission from his employer, Ansonia Auto Parts, where he has worked the past 14 years. The couple and their daughter, Lisa, and one of their sons made the trip and spent four days in Port Orange, Fla. Jane and Lisa pitched in on airline tickets and secured a vacation rental near the beach. Christmas and his family visited with 63-year-old

Karen DeStefano, who followed through on a school assignment 52 years ago. Eleven at the time, DeStefano wrote to 22year-old Christman for a New Jersey Middle School project to follow through on an initiative to spread holiday cheer for troops in Vietnam. Her ﬁrst letter was sent to him in December 1965. And, he responded. “After our ﬁrst few letters, it was our choice to keep writing,” she said in an interview in the Daytona Beach News-Journal that was penned while they were in Florida. “He teased me like a big brother would. He told me about his wife and newborn baby he’d left behind in Ohio and how anxious he was to get home.” The letters that formed a foundation of friendship amounted to about six letters over six months until summer, when boys proved

too strong a distraction for her. “I kind of regretted not writing her after I got out of the service,” Christman said. As for DeStefano, she moved at least 10 times over the years and eventually relocated in Florida, yet she saved his letters. She said it was a few years ago that she tried to track down her pen pal. She was concerned whether he made it back from Vietnam or not. “If he didn’t make it home, I ﬁgured his wife or daughter would like those letters,” she said. DeStefano searched social media and, once she was certain she found the right family, she looked up their phone number and made the call. That was on Sept. 30, 2014. Christman’s home phone rang with a Florida number on his caller ID. He said he normally

wouldn’t have answered it, but he did. DeStefano was on the other end and was asking him questions that would indicate if she had the right party before she introduced herself. Before that phone call ended, they were Facebook friends. After talking, texting and Facebook messages were made for a couple of years, they wanted to meet in person. “I wanted to meet her one day and give her a big hug,” he said. Christman was a colonel’s driver with the 1st Calvary Division in Vietnam, so he was not in any action, but DeStefano did not know that. Christman, a 1963 graduate of Franklin Monroe High School, was in the military from 196466 and served in Vietnam

for 13 months. The Christmans, who will celebrate 53 years of marriage in December, went on to become parents three more times, when children, Kelly, Rodney and Kevin were born. They now also have 13 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Christman, who worked at Union City Body Company for 36 1/2-years after returning from the military, said he and

his family spent a lot of time with DeStefano during the visit, which was the highlight of Christman’s life. But, the real surprise was when she ﬁrst called him. “I enjoyed it. She is a nice lady, just like I thought she’d be,” he said. This was a dream come true for the Ansonia man, who turned 74 on Friday. The letters? Christman said they are in his possession.

Karen DeStefano and Richard Christman are shown with the Daytona News Journal article that talked of their rekindled friendship.

Rhoades ﬁred-up over city’s questions RYAN BERRY

MANAGING EDITOR editor@earlybirdpaper.com

GREENVILLE – After discussing the change-over to MARCS with Greenville City Council on Tuesday night, Greenville Safety Service Director Curt Garrison approached the Darke County Commission on Wednesday afternoon with a mission of getting information. Garrison was tasked with learning what the city’s responsibilities would be if a .45 mill levy for communications equipment, services and facilities passed or failed. Trying to clarify his understanding of what the emergency communication committee has discussed was accurate, he stated if the levy is approved, the county commission is committed to paying installation and user fees of the radios, purchasing pagers and in-car

repeaters. Garrison asked, “Is what I’ve said thus far correct?” Commissioner Mike Rhoades shot back, “Yes. You’ve been to all of those committee meetings. You know that’s correct.” However, the city must prepare its police, fire and dispatch for the possibility the levy will not pass. “The city of Greenville along with other entities need the guidance of county commissioners of what exactly will be the financial responsibility of each entity,” Garrison stated. Will the county be financially responsible for the programming, installation and user fees of the ODNR radios? Will the county purchase pagers for fire and EMS? Will the county purchase in-car repeaters, which are necessary for all emergency responder vehicles, per the plan of the communications committees as far as quantities?

Rhoades said, “You and Chief Thompson have been in these communication meetings, have you not? Have you not heard the answer to all of these questions?” Garrison responded, “No, I have not.” Rhoades exclaimed, “Yes, you have!” The safety service director asked Rhoades to reclarify the answer. “You’re not going to trap me in this Curt because you’ve been through it,” said a heated Rhoades. “I’m not trying to trap…” Rhoades interrupted, “We have told this story over and over again. You’re the representative and so is Chief Thompson and Scott Ross. You’ve been in all of these committee meetings.” If the levy is not approved, the Sheriff will still switch over to the MARCS radio system in April 2018. Fire department, EMS and law enforcement agency would be responsible for their own installation and

user fees, pagers and incar repeaters. Garrison expressed to council he was uncertain if the commissioners would take out a loan if the levy failed to pay for the fees and equipment. Rhoades expressed his disappointment that Garrison did not share with council the answer to these questions. “The loan is to take care of start up costs if the levy passes,” said Rhoades. “Nothing has ever been discussed in any of the committee meetings (regarding the county paying the fees for all entities) and you were in every damn one of them. You should have answered them last night.” Garrison responded, “Why are you so upset.” “Because you should have been able to answer these questions last night. You’re just trying to…,” said a frustrated Rhoades. “What am I trying to do?” asked Garrison. “Normal. You’re normal

stuff. I’m stopping. I’m stopping before I say any more against your or about you.” Garrison said, “I apologize for my ineptness. Based on my phone call with Chief Deputy Whitaker prior to the council meeting, he was not able to provide me with that clariﬁcation. I’m not trying to be adversarial.” He explained he asked if the commission meeting was the proper venue or if they would rather have this discussion in private. “No. I want it out in the public,” said Rhoades. “If the levy doesn’t pass, everybody is on their own,” said Rhoades. Garrison asked, “For all fees.” “Yeah,” said Rhoades. “That’s what the whole levy is about. To give county-wide support for everybody, all of the entities, not just Greenville, but EMS, ﬁre and law enforcement.” The commission has

11 times, GFOA award 18 times and Association of School Business Ofﬁcials award 16 times. However, she remembers the lean years when she ﬁrst started at Greenville. There was instability in the position and the district was in a considerable amount of trouble. “I came in cancelling POs (purchase order),” she said. She believes she is leaving the district in a better place. “The district runs very well, now,” she added. “It was a great place to be for me.” She credited her staff for helping to make the school district successful. Her goal, whether it be

at Greenville or Bradford, is to make the lives of those working with the children a little easier. She sees the

not determined if the levy be placed back on the ballot if it fails in November. It also is unclear that if the levy fails in November and is eventually if the entities will be reimburses for their start-up costs. The commission did make one concession, with a caveat. Garrison asked if the commission would pay for at least one of the city’s dispatch consoles if the levy is approved. Rhoades said the communication committee would need to determine that answer. Garrison said, “The committee can’t spend the commissioner’s money.” Rhoades concluded, “They are the committee that we listen to. We need to listen to what they have to say because they know much better what they need out there. My personal gut feeling would be to get one for you.”

Carla Surber takes new job in Bradford RYAN BERRY

MANAGING EDITOR editor@earlybirdpaper.com

BRADFORD – On Monday, Carla Surber, CPA, was in her ofﬁce at St. Clair Memorial Hall; a place where she had gone to work nearly every day for the past 23 years as the Greenville City Schools’ treasurer. On Tuesday, Surber had a new employer and a new ofﬁce in a different town, but doing the same exceptional work she has been doing for the past two decades. She traded the green and white of Greenville for the orange

and black of Bradford. In order to retain a certain amount of retirement, Surber had to retire this year, but felt the school board would reach out to her after they held a retire/rehire public hearing. Because there is a speciﬁc timeline that must be adhered to regarding rehiring a retiree she wasn’t sure of the board’s intentions. “They may not have fully understood the process,” she said. With her position at Greenville in limbo and Bradford realizing Surber was not under contract, they reached out to her and Dr. Lucille P. Hosfeld CCC-A

asked if she would be willing to come in for an interview. She went in on July 26 and by that afternoon she was offered the position. “This was not a planned moved,” she stressed. “It seemed like a good ﬁt,” said Surber of her new position. “I’m probably needed here.” She is going to a district that has a new superintendent and many new staff members. She feels the district has been very welcoming. Surber is proud of everything she was able to achieve at Greenville City Schools, including the Auditor of the State Award

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Suspect cited for trespass, criminal damaging and stolen vehicle On Aug. 1, an officer responded to 403 1/2 N Gray Ave. on a trespass complaint. The officer spoke to Faith and Jesse faller, who live at 403-1/2 N Gray with their two young Children. They said they heard a knock on the door. Faith answered it and saw it was Letisha Ford. Letisha was looking for Jesse’s friend, Bailey Hardin. Faith told her he wasn’t there, but she didn’t believe her. Jesse yelled an expletive from the bathroom. Letisha entered the apartment into the living room area. She was at the doorway that leads to the bathroom and rear living areas. She was angry and swung her hand down striking a wooden bill holder that was hanging next to the doorway. Faith got around her and went into a living area just past the bathroom where one of her children was at. Letisha flicked a lit cigarette at Faith. It went over her shoulder and landed on the carpet where it made a small mark. Faith got the cigarette butt and put it out in an ashtray in the bedroom. Jesse came out of the bathroom and confronted Letisha and told her to leave. Faith called police and she fi-

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nally did leave. Faith gave a written statement. Jesse said he wasn’t able to but gave his verbal statement, which is on cruiser video. The officer took photos of the scene. Letisha did not touch anything other than the letter holder. Citations for criminal trespass and criminal damaging will be prepared and served when she is located. STOLEN VEHICLE On Aug. 1, an officer responded to 301 Riffle Ave. in reference to a stolen vehicle complaint. The victim, Dustin Sonner, and his live-in girlfriend, Kailee Miller, were at 301 Riffle Ave. The suspect, Letisha Ford, arrived and started beating on the door. She had been acting “like a fool” and “crazy.” They slammed the door in her face. She was screaming and threatening to take Dustin’s vehicle. Dustin said the key is broken off in the ignition so it can be started at any time. She went over to his car. She got into the vehicle. He opened the door to the house and yelled at her not to steal the car. She sat in the car for about five minutes. Dustin heard the car start up. He went back out and watched as she drove off in the car. The Darke County Sheriff’s Office checked her residence in Wayne Lakes and didn’t find her or the vehicle. Dustin said she goes to the area of E. 3rd St., E. Water St., and from an earlier burglary call 304 Harrison Ave. Officers checked all those areas and didn’t find the vehicle. Dustin said the car was on empty so she

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couldn’t get too far without running out of gas. He said they are friends with Letisha but she has done this before so he wants charges pressed. The vehicle was entered into LEADS. A DWOC citation will be prepared. On July 31, around midnight, the officer also took a burglary report involving Letisha Ford. Images of Letisha were given to another officer and were taken to the two Speedways to see if she got fuel at either. North said maybe and will check video. At around 7:30 a.m., the victim located the stolen vehicle at Colonial Lot 57. It checked and nothing was missing. While the officer was with the victim, the suspect called. The officer took the phone and spoke to Letisha. She denied taking the vehicle and wouldn’t talk to the officer until Dustin was put back on the phone. She was attempting to get him to drop charges, which he would not. The officer got back on the phone and told her to come in or he would seek a warrant. She ended up hanging up on the officer. ASSAULT On July 28, 2017 around 11:48 p.m. an officer was dispatched to the alley behind 119 Sweitzer St. in reference to a fight. The officer spoke with the victim. The victim advised that she was assaulted by the suspect, Kailie Ivy. Kailie had left the area. Kailie was located approximately a block away by an officer and detained. Through the investigation, the officer found prior to the assault, the victim was watching Kailie’s child while Kailie was looking for her boyfriend, Michael Penka, who had been stabbed from a previous incident. Kailie came back to get her child. When Kailie went to get the child an argument ensued between the victim and Kailie. Kailie got her child and both the victim and Kailie went out to the backyard. The argument continued and victim said she made the comment that Kailie should not raise her child in the garage behind a certain address. The victim turned her back to Kailie and at that

point Kailie rushed over to the victim. Kailie grabbed the victim by the hair and pulled her to the ground causing her to be injured. The victim said that she had some of her hair pulled out but there did not appear to be any noticeable injuries that could be photographed. The officers spoke to the neighbors. Both parties advised that Kailie grabbed the victim from behind and was pulling her hair. The officer was also told that Kailie tried to kick and punch the victim, but it is unclear if she made contact. Kailie advised that she was arguing with the victim, but they were separated before any fighting occurred. Kailie did not wish to fill out a statement. Kailie was cited for assault and transported to her grandmother’s home. SHOPLIFTING On July 29, and officer was dispatched to Wal-Mart, 1501 Wagner Avenue, in reference to a theft that occurred and the suspect was still in the asset protection office. Upon arrival the officer spoke to a witness who advised the suspect, Rachel Henninger, pushed a grocery cart out of the north entrance without paying for the items. Rachel passed all registers, both entrance doors to Wal-Mart and pushed her cart into the parking lot. Rachel proceeded to load the groceries into her van. Once confronted Rachel admitted to stealing the items and returned them because it was the right thing to do. Rachel was very cooperative and told the officer she was aware what she had done was wrong. All items that were taken from the store were recovered in the parking lot. A total of 72 items were taken with a grand total of $278.23. Wanted On July 29, an officer received information that Lonnie Pugalee would be in the 100 block of Montgomery St. around noon to pick up his child. It was known to the officer that Pugalee had an active warrant out of the Darke County Sheriff’s Office for FTA on inducing panic. At 11:58, the officer observed

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Pugalee sitting in a car in the 100 block of Montgomery St. Pugalee was told to exit the vehicle and was taken into custody. Pugalee was transported to the Darke County jail with a $1,025 bond. On Aug. 1, and ofﬁcer was dispatched to 214 N. Gray Ave. in reference to a keep the peace type call. Upon arrival the listed person was found to have three active arrest warrants through Greenville Police Department. Albert Reed was arrested and transported to the Darke County jail on three active arrest warrants from GPD for failing to appear on Drug Paraphernalia, Theft and Misuse of a credit card charges. Bonds are $525, $8,025, and $8,025. On Aug. 2, an ofﬁcer was dispatched to 407 East Fourth St. in reference a keep the peace incident. Prior to arrival it was learned that Rickie Hess Jr. had an active ar-

rest warrant through Trotwood PD and may be at the residence. Rickie Hess Jr. was contacted, arrested and transported to the Darke County jail to await pickup from Trotwood PD. The active arrest warrant through Trotwood PD is for failure to appear on Drug Abuse charge with a bond amount of $5,000. EARLY BIRD POLICY The Greenville Police Beat is prepared from public records available at the Greenville Police Department. Every effort is made to balance the public’s right to know with the rights of the individuals involved. Readers are encouraged to contact Greenville Police if they have information or concerns regarding these or any other incidents they see. The Early Bird notes all suspects are innocent until proven guilty and welcomes comments and concerns regarding this community service.

Ryan Hunt pleads guilty to May police chase BY CLINTON RANDALL STAFF WRITER crandall@earlybirdpaper.com

GREENVILLE – After the judge chose not to accept a plea agreement on Monday, 22-year-old Ryan Hunt was back in court Wednesday morning to plead guilty to a May police chase in Darke County. On Monday, Darke County Common Pleas Court Judge Jonathan P. Hein would not allow the change of plea after receiving letters from the defendant in which he felt there was not probable cause by officers to initiate the traffic stop in the first place. Hunt also voiced his concern about his defense attorney, David A. Rohrer, in a letter to the judge. Additionally, the judge did not want Hunt to feel he was “bulldogged” into accepting the plea bargain from the state. Once all the issues were

resolved the case was brought back before the court Wednesday morning – where Hunt entered the plea of guilty to one count of failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer, a felony of the third degree. Hunt was charged as a result of failing to pull over and taking officers on a high-speed chase through Darke County on May 14 for nearly 30 minutes. Eventually he was stopped after troopers used stop sticks to disable the vehicle. Hunt faces up to 36 months behind bars and a $10,000 fine at sentencing, scheduled for Aug. 18. Judge Hein accepted a motion by defense and elected to lower the original bond amount from $25,000 to an own recognizance (OR) bond – since Hunt has been in jail since the offense occurred.

Piqua man dies in US 36 motorcycle accident DARKE COUNTY- A male motorcycle rider lost his life after a truck pulled into his path on US 36 Thursday. Preliminary investigation revealed that 2007 Chevrolet Silverado, driven by Darla E Rench (57) of Arcanum, was southbound on Stahl Rd. Rench stopped at the stop sign at US 36 before pulling into the intersection, attempting to make a left turn onto US 36. Rench’s vehicle was struck by a 2006 Harley Davidson, driven by David L Wray (54) of Pi-

qua, which was westbound on US 36. Wray was treated at the scene by Gettysburg Rescue and was transported to Miami Valley Hospital by CareFlight where Wray succumbed to his injuries. Rench was treated at the scene, but refused treatment from Gettysburg Rescue. The Darke County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce Accident Reconstruction team was called to the scene. The accident remains under investigation by the Darke County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce.

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– Stewart Thacker, 81, of Rock Island, Tenn. and formerly of Covington, passed away Monday, July 31, 2017, at his home. He was born April 26, 1936 in Floyd County, Ky., to the late Willie and Mamie Sheperd Thacker. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Dimple Hawkins Thacker of Rock Island; daughter, Susan (John) Hartley of Troy; son, Greg (Patricia) Thacker of Rock Island; two foster children David (Kathy) Brown of Yankton, S.D., and Karen (the late John) Brown Schneider of Spokane, Wash.; grandchildren, Mandy (David) Lack of Rock Island, Maria (Fernando) Rodriguez of Whittier, Calif., Laura (Daniel) Willis of Worthington, Carolyn (Ricky) Kailiponi of Rexburg, Idaho, and Stewart (Jessie) Thacker of Nashville, Tenn.; nine great-grandchildren, Victoria Shown and Olivia and Lydia Lack; Liam, Levi, and Kenai Kailiponi; Maylin McDaniel; Nicholas Willis; and Mateo Rodgriguez. He is also survived by foster grandchildren, Jackie (Dan) Cook, Jessica (Brandon) Grimmett, John and Jacob Schneider all of Spokane, Wash., and David & Michael Brown of Yankton, SD, and three foster great-grandchildren Lucy, Calvin, and Olive Cook. Stewart is also survived by siblings, Elizabeth Smith, Clarence, Clyde, Curtis (Laura) Thacker, and Ida (Jim) Pecqueux all of Dayton, and sister in-law Cheryl Smith Thacker of Moraine. He was preceded in death by granddaughter Maggie Thacker McDaniel; brothers, John and Ray Thacker; and sisters,

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OBITUARIES Lou Ella Erwin, Mary Ellen Shockley, and Cora Jane Mattox. Stewart was a building contractor for 50 years, building homes, churches, and other structures in the Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky areas. After retiring, he drove a school bus for more than 10 years, retiring from Van Buren County in May of this year due to illness. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving in many capacities including Bishop of the Piqua Ward in Piqua. The funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the McMinnville Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Sutter was stillborn on July 26, 2017. A private memorial service will be held at a later date.

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– Alfred L. Henry, 95, formerly of Veteran V e r s a i l l e s , died Friday, July 28, 2017. A Mass of Christian Burial was held Friday, Aug. 4, 2017 at St. Denis Catholic Church, Versailles. Burial is in the St. Valbert Cemetery, Versailles.

GASQUEZ – Billie Jo

“BJ” Gasquez, 66, of Greenville, died Friday, July 28, 2017. A Celebration of Life service was held Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017 at Lighthouse Christian Center, Greenville. Burial is in Greenville Cemetery.

SNIDER – Rosalee I. Snider, 78, died Thursday, July 27, 2017. A funeral service was held Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017 at the Bridges-Stocker-Fraley Funeral Home. Burial is at Miami Memorial Park

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RISMILLER – Rhonda L. Rismiller, 53, of Versailles, died Saturday, July 29, 2017. A service was held Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church, North Star. Burial is in the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, North Star. WORTHEN – Harold William “Bill” Worthen, 66, of Algonac, Mich. and formerly of Greenville, died Sunday, July 30, 2017. Funeral Services were held Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017 in the Zechar Bailey Funeral Home, Greenville. Burial is in the Greenville Township Memorial Gardens. SEASE – Lois Louise Sease, 96, formerly of Arcanum, died Sunday, July 30, 2017. A funeral service was held Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017 at Hale-Sarver Family Funeral Home, West Milton. Burial is in Mote Cemetery, Pitsburg. BUNGER – Laura Marie (Price) Bunger, 78, of Arcanum, died Monday, July 31, 2017. Services were held Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017 at Zechar Bailey Funeral Home, Greenville. Burial is in Ithaca Cemetery. HARLEMAN – David E. Harleman, 58, of Arcanum, died Monday, July 31, 2017. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017, at Zechar Bailey Funeral Home, Greenville. Burial will follow in Ithaca Cemetery. THOMPSON – Helen Thompson, 91, of Arcanum, died Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Funeral services were held Friday, Aug. 4 at Grace United Methodist Church, Arcanum. Burial is in Mote Cemetery.

Surber hit with ‘severe’ penalty; asks council to reconsider ordinance BY RYAN BERRY MANAGING EDITOR editor@earlybirdpaper.com

GREENVILLE – Should a simple oversight that is rectiﬁed as soon as the error is found be penalized to the same degree as willful neglect? Carla Surber, former treasurer for Greenville City Schools doesn’t think so and addressed Greenville City Council on Aug. 1 to urge them to change some of their rules regarding income tax withholding. According to the City of Greenville Municipal Income Tax Ordinance, if a business or another entity is a day late in submitting their withholding tax they can be charged a fee of 50 percent of the withholding tax. For an organization like Greenville City Schools, that could be a large amount of cash. In fact, it’s over $8,000. This past spring the school district was 11 days late in submitting their withholding tax to the city. Even though the error was corrected, Surber soon received a letter from the city stating she could personally be held responsible for the error – meaning she would be personally held accountable for paying the penalty.

While she admits her office was in the wrong for not meeting the city’s deadline, she pointed out it was not without an explanation. Surber thought she had everything prepared for her staff prior to taking time off in May for a medical procedure that would keep her out of the office for several weeks. The withholding tax checks were ready for her office to send, but they were overlooked and not sent by the city’s deadline. When she returned to work the checks were found and immediately sent to the city. In regards to the 50 percent penalty, Surber said, “That penalty is extremely harsh, extremely harsh. I’m coming to you tonight, since I’m no longer treasurer and since there has been some indication I may be personally responsible and my husband may be personally responsible for this fee, I think that there is something that you need to look at as far as a council and looking at how that should work.” She further stated, “This is occurring with other taxpayers and this penalty is very severe.” She explained the penalty is not business-friendly, especially for those that aren’t willfully neglecting

their duty to pay the withholding tax. Robin Henry, tax administrator for the city, explained the ordinance does allow for an abatement or partial abatement for extraordinary circumstances, however, the ordinance merely states, “The Tax Administrator may, in the Tax Administrator’s sole discretion, abate or partially abate penalties or interest imposed under this section when the Tax Administrator deems such abatement or partial abatement to be appropriate.” Henry did point out she has to be fair in assessing any type of abatement. The penalty was appealed on July 27. If the board rules against Surber, she could take the case to Board of Tax Appeals in Columbus or Common Pleas Court. According to Surber, the state is already changing some of its rules pertaining to the penalties. Council President John Burkett expects to assign the issue to the law committee, but wants to meet with Surber and the city law director to determine the scope of the assignment. “I want to get it right,” he said.

Welbourn honored as Farmer of the Year BY LINDA MOODY CORRESPONDENT lmoody@earlybirdpaper.com

UNION CITY, Ind. – Although he was unable to attend Thursday’s State Line Heritage Days luncheon, John Welbourn was presented this year’s State Line Heritage Days Farmer of the Year plaque. Accepting the award on his behalf was his son-inlaw, Ward Hunt, who received it from John Fraze, who presents it each year. In the spring of 1949, Welbourn was born into a farming environment. He did not know that when he became old enough he would be helping out on the farm of his parents. At the age of 10 and in ﬁfth grade, it was time to help. At the time, his parents were farming 400 acres, 200 of their own and 200 of his grandfather’s land. In addition to farming, they decided to start a dairy operation with 70 cattle in 1963. John continued to work at his parents’ farm until he graduated from Mississinawa Valley High School in 1967. He remained on

Ward Hunt receives the Farmer of the Year Award for his father-in-law, John Welbourn, from John Fraze.

the farm and helped with milking and farming. They discontinued mixing cattle in 1976, when they, as a family, decided to expand their farming operation to 2,400 acres of land. John has lived his entire life in Union City and still lives in the same area of his family’s farm today. He and his wife, Jimmie, have been married for 47 years and have three children, Billie, Ashley and Johnnie.

To carry on the family traditions, sons-in-law Wade and Cody, work full-time on the farm helping with the daily duties. The luncheon was held to a full house at the Elks Lodge on North Columbia Street, launching the three-day festival which ended Saturday. As always, there were plenty of activities for the entire family during the festival.

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Detling and Brown Art Guild hosts art announce engagement show Sept. 23-26 GREENVILLE – M. Lynne Hawley and Jim Detling, of Greenville, announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Elyse Marie Detling, to Joseph Alan Brown. Elyse is a 2008 graduate of Greenville High School, a 2013 graduate of Wright State University, and is enrolled in the MBA program at Wright State University. She is currently a Business Manager at Wright State University in the Molecular Imaging Physics Laboratory. She is also in the Air National Guard, based out of Springﬁeld. Joe is the son of Alan and Luann Brown, of Tuppers Plains, Ohio. He is a 2001 graduate of Reedsville Eastern High School and a 2014 graduate of the American Military University. After serving seven

Elyse Detling – Joseph Brown

years active duty in the United States Air Force, Joe is now a civilian employee with the National Air and Space Intelligence Center, located at WrightPatterson Air Force Base. The couple is planning a September wedding in Greenville. The couple will reside in Centerville.

GREENVILLE – The Greenville Art Guild will hold its 42nd annual art show Sept. 23-26 at Shawnee Prairie Nature Center, 4267 State Route 502, Greenville. All area amateur, professional or student artists (age 1422) are invited to exhibit their original artwork in the following categories: drawing media, (graphite, charcoal, colored pencil, pen and ink), oil, acrylics (executed in the manner of oils), pastel, water media (transparent watercolor and aquatic medium), mixed media, photography, miniatures (4”x6” or smaller not including frame and subject must be smaller than reality) and three dimensional (pottery, sculpture, jewelry, textiles, stained glass and art in the round or relief format). Entries must be postmarked by Friday, Sept. 8 and each artist is limited to three entries. Art may

Pumpkin Show vendors BRADFORD – The Bradford Pumpkin Show is taking vendors for their Craft Show that will be held on Saturday, Oct. 14. Vendors can choose to set up under the big tent (space is limited) or outside the tent area. The show starts at noon. Interested parties can visit bradfordpumpkinshow.com for registration forms and further contact information.

Camel rides will be available during the Union City Arts Festival.

Union City prepares for Arts Festival UNION CITY, Ind. – Mark your calendars for the fourth annual Union City Arts Festival. The Arts Festival begins Sept. 8 and runs through Sept. 10. Be prepared to enjoy a variety of artist demonstrations, great musical entertainment, culinary events (including a gourmet cooking class and beer tasting), children’s activities, camel rides and much more. This fun event kicksoff Friday, Sept. 8 with an art show juried by Hector Perez at the Art Depot. The theme of the show is “DREAMS” and opens to the public at 5 p.m. with judging to occur at 6 p.m., followed at 7 p.m. by a jazz concert from Indianapolis duo, Sandy Lomax and Greg Bacon. There is a fee for this event. Across the street at Artisan Park, look for a lot of local area talent. Beer, food and wine vendors will be at the festival Friday through Sunday. Schedule of events on Friday, Sept. 8 includes an Area Talent Showcase at 5:30 p.m., Password Reset featuring Union City’s Roxie Farias at 8:30 p.m. and the Chris Hawkey Band, another Union City hometown talent at 10 p.m. There is a fee for this concert. On Saturday, Sept. 9, Arizona chef Josh Wolosonovich is offering a gourmet cooking class at 10 a.m., followed by a beer

tasting event at 4 p.m. by David Nilsen (required pre-registration on Eventbrite). There is a fee for both events. Union City’s downtown will be populated with plein air artists led by Union City’s renowned artist Carol Strock-Wasson, art demonstrations in downtown stores and children’s art activities, including rock painting. Camel rides begin at noon by the Depot! The cost is $1 for children and $5 for adults. Saturday’s line-up for music includes John Beatrice at 6:30 p.m., City of Glass at 8 p.m. and Hotel California (an Eagle’s tribute band) at 10 p.m. There is a fee for this concert. On Sunday, Sept. 10, events at Artisan Park include a 50/50 rafﬂe drawing at 11:45 a.m. (need not be present to win) and a concert by Jesus Painter at noon. There is a fee for this concert. Pete Mercer will be in concert from 1:30-3 p.m. There are no alcohol sales on Sunday. One concert event ticket, $25, will allow the holder to access all three days of concert events. These tickets may be purchased at the Union City City Building, 115 N. Columbia, Union City, Ind. or by visiting Eventbrite website and look for: unioncityartsfestival.org. You can also visit them on Facebook at Union City Arts Festival.

GHS Alumni meet Aug. 7 GREENVILLE – The next meeting of the Greenville High School Alumni Association will be Aug. 7, at Dick Brown’s house, 5480 Requarth, 6:30 p.m. There will be light refreshments. Bring along any alumnus that you think might like to add to the organization or has new ideas. Homecoming ideas will be discussed. It is early and coming quickly, Sept. 15.

BLESSED EVENT DARKE COUNTY – Michael and Gwenn Barga are happy to announce the arrival of Callan Joseph born June 16, 2017. Callan was 8 pounds, 11 ounces and measured 21.5 inches. He is welcomed home by siblings Noah, Delaney, Levi, Eden, and Liam. His grandparents are David & Thelma Barga, Leo & Linda Wehrkamp, and greatgrandfather Alvin Spraley, all of North Star.

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be delivered to the nature center on Sept. 20, 2-6 p.m. They are excited to announce that Lori Stallings, an accomplished artist from Sidney, will be our judge this year. Lori’s medium of choice is watercolor. She attends local workshops and classes to improve her painting skills. She said, “I love to paint and color makes me happy!” She is inspired by “the contrast of light and dark, the vivid colors of nature and any living creature” The awards presentation and reception will be Sept. 22 at 7 p.m. and the show will open to the public beginning with Prairie Days on Sept. 23 and ending on Sept. 26. All artwork must be picked up between 5-6 p.m. on Sept. 26. For more information and/or an entry form, call Guild President Marilyn Banks at (937) 423-0630 or Show Advisor Carolyn Armstrong at (937) 526-4192. Entry forms will also be available at WWW.GREENVILLEARTGUILD.COM.

Help Center plans dance GREENVILLE – The Addiction Information & Help Center will present its I Think I can Feel a Dance Coming On. The dance will be held Aug. 12, 8-11 p.m. at 200 Martin St., Greenville. Snacks and fun will be provided.

Scavenger hunt approaching UNION CITY, Ind.-The Union City Chamber of Commerce will be hosting its third annual Golf Cart Scavenger Hunt from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 12 at the Union City Pizza Hut, 340 W. Deerﬁeld Road. “Anybody with a golf cart can come out,” said Pizza Hut Owner Ron Pruitt.

Solid Rock & Boom Event BRADFORD – Solid Rock Apostolic Church, 8991 US Route 36, Bradford, is excited to announce their inaugural Solid Rock & Boom Event. This event will be held Labor Day, Sept. 4. The craft/vendor show will be from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. They are looking for vendors/crafters to join them for this event. The cost is $20 to reserve a 10x10 spot. Call or text Gina at (937) 467-6355 for more information.

Dance at the Eagles

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Name: Ellie Klaus Age: 3 Years Birthday: Aug. 7, 2014 Parents: Elizabeth and David Klaus Grandparents: Johnny and Ginger Klaus and Joe and Shirley Delaplane

GREENVILLE – A Memory Lane Seniors Dance is held every Monday at the Eagles 2177, 113 E. Third St., Greenville. On Monday, Aug. 7, they will be featuring a Summer Luau from 1-4 p.m. Entertainment is provided by Tom Everhart. Admission is $3 and food and beverage is available. For more information, call (937) 547-1905.

Cat rescuer giving away kittens BY LINDA MOODY CORRESPONDENT lmoody@earlybirdpaper.com

UNION CITY, Ohio – Gertie VanDePitte, a 94year-old Union City, Ohio, woman recently helped a family in need and now has six kittens to give away. “Some woman asked me to keep her pregnant cat because her (possibly soon-to-be ex-) husband threatened to drown her (the mother feline) into a river,” said VanDePitte, who came to the rescue. “I said, ‘Of course’.” She plans on keeping the seventh one for herself. It’s a Calico and those are her specialty. This gesture may have been a lucky decision on VanDePitte’s part for those who believe in numerology. “At 7 a.m. on 7-17-17, said mother kitten and midwife, Amanda, delivered the kittens,” VanDePitte said. “Now I have eight cats that belong to

Gertie VanDePitte holds up the Calico she is keeping from the litter; the other six will hopefully go to good homes. (Linda Moody photo)

someone else. They are taking up my living room. The big boy weighed 3-ounces and the other six were 2-ounces.” VanDePitte indicated the mother cat will be going back home, and noted that her litter, with the exception of the Calico, will go to whomever wants to give them a good home. “Whoever wants one of the kittens can stop by my house at 517 E. Elm St., or call me at 937-899-0123,” she said.

Narcan training coming to Greenville GREENVILLE – Project DAWN, a communitybased overdose education and Naloxone distribution program, will be coming to Greenville on Aug. 17 for a program at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 131 E. 4th St., Greenville, 7-8:30 p.m. The program is sponsored by FOA (Families of Addicts) Greenville. RSVP is required so they have enough Narcan kits available. Call or email Jackie by Aug. 10, (937) 467-1484 or FOA.jackiew@gmail.com. Jordan Phillips works at Miami County Health Department who has written her own grant to get Miami County Project Dawn started. She has been gracious to come into Darke County and offer training and distribution with the permission of the Darke County Health Department. Phillips can be reached at (937) 573-3500 or by email at jphillips@miamicountyhealth.net. Project DAWN participants receive training on recognizing the signs and symptoms of an overdose, distinguishing between different types of overdoses, performing rescue breath-

ing, calling emergency medical services, administering intranasal Naloxone and leaving each participant with a Narcan kit. FOA rebuilds families and transforms lives through the 3 E’s; educate, empower and embrace. Through weekly meetings in various Ohio counties, navigation, one-on-one phone support and outreach opportunities, FOA is a sought after and respected resource in the Miami Valley. FOA is gearing up for its fourth annual FOA Rally 4 Recovery to be held at Courthouse Square on Aug. 27 from 3-6 pm. Details about meetings, the Rally and updates on the organization can be found on facebook.com/ FOAfamilies or FOAfamilies.org.

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Brown nominating students for academies WASHINGTON, D.C. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) recently encouraged Ohioans to seek nomination from his ofďŹ ce to U.S. service academies for 2018 admission. Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ofďŹ ce will accept completed application packets until the deadline, Sept. 22. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ohio students have the integrity, courage, and knowledge needed to enroll in our nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prestigious service academies and I am honored to nominate students for this high honor,â&#x20AC;? said Brown. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These academies develop the skills of the young men and women who will serve our country as military ofďŹ cers and national leaders.â&#x20AC;? Each year, Brown nominates up to 10 students for each service academy requiring congressional recommendations: the U.S. Air Force Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and the U.S. Merchant Marine Acade-

my. Students interested in applying to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy do not need a congressional recommendation. Student applicants are reviewed by a committee of active and retired military and community leaders appointed by Brown. Selected students are provided with the required congressional recommendation upon applying for admission. Interested students who meet the eligibility requirements should mail their completed application packet to reach Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cleveland ofďŹ ce no later than Sept. 22. For more information or to request an application, please visit Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s https://www. website,

brown.senate.gov/services/students/academynominations. Inquiries can also be directed to Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Academy Coordinator at the Cleveland ofďŹ ce (888) 896-6446.

Protecting Ohioans from Wall Street scams Always read the ďŹ ne print. Almost a year after millions of fake bank SHERROD accounts BROWN were unU.S. SENATOR covered, Wells Fargo is still using ďŹ ne print â&#x20AC;&#x153;forced arbitrationâ&#x20AC;? clauses to cheat those customers out of the justice they deserve. Ohioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s consumer cop, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is trying to put a stop to this shady practice used by predatory payday lenders and big Wall Street banks. In July, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ďŹ nalized a rule that would block ďŹ nancial institutions from using forced arbitration to stop customers from seeking justice through the court system after theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been cheated. But President Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Comptroller of the Currency, a former Wells

Fargo lawyer, and Republicans in Congress are trying to overturn that rule. Overturning the Consumer Bureauâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arbitration rule will help banks and payday lenders continue to get away with cheating customers, and I intend to put up one hell of a ďŹ ght. Wall Street banks and payday lenders have armies of lobbyists and lawyers on their sides. Our job is to ďŹ ght for the servicemembers, student borrowers, seniors, and hardworking Americans who depend on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to look out for them. Over the past six years, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has secured $12 billion in relief for more than 29 million American consumers whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been ripped off by debt collectors, for-proďŹ t schools, payday lenders, and huge banks like Wells Fargo. Folks in Washington who want to dismantle the bureau may have amnesia about the devastation that Wall Street greed wreaked on communities across the country, but most Ohioans donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have that luxury â&#x20AC;&#x201C; theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still recovering. The last thing Ohioans need is for politicians to turn back the clock to the days when Wall Street was free to prey on working families, wreck the economy, and hand taxpayers the bill.

Public hearing at Ansonia BOE

ANSONIA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ansonia Local School District announces a public hearing to discuss the use of federal Special Education IDEA part B funds and Title I funds to be held prior to the Board of Education Meeting on August 21, 2017 at 6 p.m. in the library. The interested general public is welcome to attend to hear a presentation of the intended use of the funds and to have an opportunity to comment on the proposed district plan. The regular meeting of the Ansonia Board of Education will begin at 6 p.m. 425 Memorial Dr. Greenville, OH 45331

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ARCANUM â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Arcanum-Butler Local Board of Education will meet Aug. 10, 7 p.m. for their regular meeting and a public hearing to discuss funds received related to special education IDEA Part B.

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GREENVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Green Wave football team held its ďŹ rst day of practice with veteran Coach Aaron Shaffer and his staff at the helm. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always great to get out here, get to running around and start getting a day closer to being able to do it in full pads,â&#x20AC;? said Shaffer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what the kids want to do. They want to get out and play football. Acclamation stuff is obviously very important â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the bodies get used to the rigors of a regular practice.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not to say that our summer camp is not â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;go get itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, but when you get to day one, mandatory camp,

then it does get a little bit more difďŹ cult,â&#x20AC;? added Shaffer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always a great day. It was a little hotter early and then it cooled off a bit and then we ďŹ nished under the lights tonight.â&#x20AC;? OHSAA does not permit full pads for early new season practice but does not limit a coach from all aspects of the game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We can work on just about anything,â&#x20AC;? noted Shaffer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some of the hard things that are hard to work on when you are like this, your offensive line being able to block.â&#x20AC;? Team equipment on the ďŹ eld ďŹ lls in for players in several of the team drills until full pads are permitted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The blocking shield gives you a different feel

than when you are blocking a man,â&#x20AC;? Shaffer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do a lot of shield blocking through the year, but early on itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to get the feel for where hand placement and body placement go, but the number one thing that a lot of people may think you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work on that you can, would be tackling.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can work on the fundamentals of tackling where its low speed, there is no impact,â&#x20AC;? continued Shaffer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body placement, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leverage, its hand placement, so there is really nothing you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work on other than the actual hitting â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that comes in time.â&#x20AC;? Coach Shaffer will use the late summer practices to build on the work spent

with the team during limited OHSAA approved summer workouts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were able in the summer to get a lot of what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing offensively and defensively into their minds,â&#x20AC;? Shaffer shared. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They understand what they are doing so now we just continue to ďŹ ne tune and ďŹ x the fundamentals.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;As we go along our mantra is kind of like â&#x20AC;&#x201C; better the next practice,â&#x20AC;? added Shaffer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had our three practices today. Hopefully we get better from the ďŹ rst one, the second one to the third one, then we can turn that around again tomorrow from fourth to ďŹ fth and on and on and on. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what we look at.â&#x20AC;?

Greenville head football coach Aaron Shaffer throws a pass to a Wave receiver at 2017 opening day practice. (Gaylen Blosser photo)

Former GHS Coach Horvath FM soccer teams hold coaching at Amherst Marion Steele season opening practices BY GAYLEN BLOSSER SPORTS WRITER gblosser@earlybirdpaper.com

GREENVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Former GHS head varsity football coach Frank Horvath was in town for the second consecutive year supporting the Green Wave football program attending the Fourth Annual Football Golf Outing and Hog Roast. Coach Horvath ďŹ rst came to Greenville in 1990 teaching health and physical education while taking over the head varsity football coaching job, a position he held until 2003. Three-time Super Bowl Champion Matt Light played for Horvath as well as current GHS head football coach Aaron Shaffer. Others playing for Horvath included Jon McGreevey, Jake Cook, Mark Willman and the Eldridge â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I coached a number of those guys pointed out Horvath as he looked over the golf course. Horvathâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coaching career has seen head coaching stops at Wellington, Greenville, Tri-County North and Vermillion on the shores of Lake Erie. After retiring from a teaching career, Coach

BY GAYLEN BLOSSER SPORTS WRITER gblosser@earlybirdpaper.com

Former Greenville football Coach Frank Horvath tees off at GHS football golf outing. (Gaylen Blosser photo)

Horvath stepped away from the rigors of head coaching, accepting an assistant coaching position as offensive coordinator with Firelands High School in Oberlin, Ohio. Coach Horvath starts the 2017 football season with Amherst Marion L. Steele High School, coaching quarterbacks for the Green and Gold Comets. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No,â&#x20AC;? responded Horvath when asked if he just canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give up coaching. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is my 40th year.â&#x20AC;? The Comets have made eight OHSAA football playoffs with the last coming in 2008. The team is coming off a 3-7 season and looks to improve in 2017. GolďŹ ng with Horvathâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

foursome at the GHS outing was son, Eric. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eric lives in South Lebanon and works downtown Cincinnati,â&#x20AC;? said Horvath. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My daughter works downtown Cleveland, lives in Lakewood.â&#x20AC;? The always pleasant coach had but a few words of advice for young athletes with a desire to help with their teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They just have to develop a good work ethic, stay with it,â&#x20AC;? stated Horvath. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect things to be given to them. They have to earn it.â&#x20AC;? And advice for parents from Coach Horvath, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Have faith in the coaches they have â&#x20AC;&#x201C; just let them coach.â&#x20AC;?

PITSBURG â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Jets soccer teams held their ďŹ rst day of practice with 14 boys and 12 Lady Jets taking the ďŹ eld. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the best time of the year,â&#x20AC;? said veteran Jets boys coach Danny Diceanu, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was excited for this day.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was excited to see the kids and get the girls out here,â&#x20AC;? Diceanu said of his new added roll as varsity girls coach. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have on the girls side one senior Nichelle Cool and on the boys side I have a big core group coming back,â&#x20AC;? Diceanu noted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By big, I mean for us we are only at 14 players but I have three or four seniors and then I have four freshmen which is nice to have.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Next year Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m supposed to get another big class and the year after that another big class. A big class for us is ďŹ ve or six,â&#x20AC;? Diceanu said of the boyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s squad. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are not the size of other teams around. We are pretty small.â&#x20AC;? Nychelle Cool, a senior

Franklin Monroe boys and girls soccer teams hold ďŹ rst ofďŹ cial practice of the new season. (Gaylen Blosser photo)

enters her fourth season of play for the Lady Jets. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking forward to my senior season,â&#x20AC;? said Cool. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we are going to be pretty decent.â&#x20AC;? Cool is excited to play her ďŹ nal season under new Lady Jets Coach Diceanu. â&#x20AC;&#x153;DeďŹ nitely looking forward to it,â&#x20AC;? Cool said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He has been coaching me since I was little and I have been wanting him to coach me since I started the program and this year he ďŹ nally got the job.â&#x20AC;? On the boyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side, Bryce Robison takes the ďŹ eld for his fourth and ďŹ nal season with the Jets. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking for our

younger players to step up a bit and help out the load for us upper classmen,â&#x20AC;? said Robison. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hopefully they can do the role and come in and help us out. I am really looking forward to being a leader and help out the younger kids.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really excited to play for Coach Diceanu, but I am kind of sad because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my last year,â&#x20AC;? added Robison. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been up since 5 a.m.,â&#x20AC;? concluded Diceanu. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Went to bed pretty late last night â&#x20AC;&#x201C; just excited. Opening day I usually donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sleep very good because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m ready to go.â&#x20AC;?

Jets cross country team holds opening day practice BY GAYLEN BLOSSER SPORTS WRITER gblosser@earlybirdpaper.com

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PITSBURG â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Franklin Monroe cross country team held its ďŹ rst practice of the 2017 season with Coach Rick Ingold putting the runners through the paces. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an exciting day always when August ďŹ rst rolls around,â&#x20AC;? said Ingold. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You get a chance to get everybody together again and see what the season is going to bring.â&#x20AC;? Coach Ingold looks to have â&#x20AC;&#x153;somewhere in the 3035 rangeâ&#x20AC;? between junior high and high school athletes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just looking for us to go out and compete,â&#x20AC;? stated Ingold. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we can build on what we did last year. High school boys wise Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking for some boys to step up and ďŹ ll the shoes of the graduating seniors. We were pretty senior strong last year.â&#x20AC;? Coach Ingold looks for a good year from the Lady Jets young veteran squad. â&#x20AC;&#x153;High school girls we were pretty young and have

Franklin Monroe cross country team stretches as it opens the 2017 ďŹ rst day of practice. (Gaylen Blosser photo)

some pretty solid talent,â&#x20AC;? Ingold said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have an opportunity to build off what we did last year and continue our third place conference (Cross County Conference) ďŹ nish.â&#x20AC;? Coach Ingold also serves as the Jets head track and ďŹ eld coach in the spring and is familiar with most of his cross country team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have one or two of them that actually donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t run track,â&#x20AC;? noted Ingold. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Like 99 percent of them are going to come out and run track for me in the spring so

there is a lot of overlap and continuity between the two programs.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;You build a bond with the kids,â&#x20AC;? Ingold said of his appreciation for both track and cross country. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think cross country more than track, you really get a family feel. A really closeknit team oriented kind of feel throughout the season. We get some of that during track bit itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably not quite to the extent you get during cross country.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Go Jets,â&#x20AC;? concluded Ingold.

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Diceanu ďŹ lls soccer need coaching both FM girls and boys teams BY GAYLEN BLOSSER SPORTS WRITER gblosser@earlybirdpaper.coms

PITSBURG â&#x20AC;&#x201C; FM boys soccer Coach Danny Diceanu has doubled his responsibilities for the 2017 soccer season taking on the vacant Lady Jets soccer coaching position while retaining the boys job. A recipient of multiple State of Ohio Coach of the Year soccer coaching awards, the Romanian born Diceanu is up to the challenge. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just saw it as a need for this program,â&#x20AC;? said Diceanu. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think there are some good possibilities, the talent here and I like a challenge.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like to beneďŹ t from having to work with kids, to teach them the game, teach them about skills,

to ďŹ ght for what you want,â&#x20AC;? continued Diceanu. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Things donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always come easy to you in life. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think kids realize how hard they can be pushed and still succeed. Even when they are working hard on their thoughts there is always another level they can reach. I like to think I can do that to these programs.â&#x20AC;? Diceanu has built a winning soccer program instilling a strong work ethic and high morals on and off the ďŹ eld that will last a lifetime for athletes coming though the soccer program and brings the same expectations, philosophies and coaching techniques to the Lady Jets including believing athletes can exceed their playing expectations on the ďŹ eld. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I expect dedication, I

expect a ďŹ ght and not willingness to accept defeat,â&#x20AC;? Diceanu stated. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You are always going to have defeats and losses but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how you approach them and how you take them on that makes you successful or unsuccessful.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to walk on the ďŹ eld and lay down for a team,â&#x20AC;? continued Diceanu. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They might be better than us but there is something that we are better at than them. We just have to build and catch up on the other things. That is what I try to draw on the boyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side and hopefully I can adapt and do that on the girlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Free the mind and the body will follow,â&#x20AC;? explained Diceanu. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s another one of my mantras. If you stop thinking about it and just allow it to happen and you push yourself your

140 golfers support Green Wave football program BY GAYLEN BLOSSER SPORTS WRITER gblosser@earlybirdpaper.coms

VERSAILLES â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Green Wave Football program held its Fourth Annual Golf Outing and Hog Roast with 140 golfers taking to the course. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have 35 teams playing today,â&#x20AC;? said Greenville Head Coach Aaron Shaffer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just a good day to come out and see some people we havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen for a while. Saw Coach Horvath, Coach Powers is playing with us today, varying ages of alumni. We have guys who played on the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;92 playoff team and we have guys who played on the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;96 playoff team, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a nice day to see some of the old guys.â&#x20AC;? Six GHS football coaches, Head Coach Aaron Shaffer, Defensive Coordinator Adam Eberwein, Defensive Line Coach Eric Hanes, Defensive Backs Coach Bart Schmitz, Offensive Line Coach Nathan Stuchell and Quarterback Coach John Table also took to the course under perfect skies. Funds raised from the Saturday event will go to help the Green Wave compete in the always tough

Greenville Mayor Steve Willman swings away at the Green Wave Golf Outing and Hog Roast. (Gaylen Blosser photo)

Greater Western Ohio Conference (GWOC). â&#x20AC;&#x153;This year we were able to raise enough money to get ourselves an end zone camera,â&#x20AC;? noted Shaffer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Helps us with our personal analysis game nights. In high school we are allowed to use sideline video. We watch the game on the sideline in real

time with our players so it gives us an extra angle.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of the GWOC schools that we play against â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I did a little informal survey with other schools that we play, and last year eight of the 10 teams that responded to my little informal email, they use it, so that is something that we are going to be able to use.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We also are able to purchase new uniforms for our junior high kids,â&#x20AC;? continued Shaffer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In any program typically the junior high team gets the hand-medown stuff, the high school uniforms where adult size uniforms are too big for our junior high kids, so I thought it was time for us to take care of our young guys and get them a set of uniforms that ďŹ t them appropriately.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have also bought some travel bags and things like that that we can use for our varsity guys,â&#x20AC;? added Shaffer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The funds from today are in general helping our program grow and continue to grow the way that we want to, and the way that we have been able to do for the last three years.â&#x20AC;?

Youth soccer players learn from GHS soccer team BY GAYLEN BLOSSER SPORTS WRITER gblosser@earlybirdpaper.coms

GREENVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Greenville boys high school soccer team teamed up with GHS head boys soccer coach Mark Coppess and varsity assistant coach Jason Snyder on the Green Wave practice soccer ďŹ eld working with the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;under 12â&#x20AC;&#x2122; boys youth soccer program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It gives them a different perspective and allows them see it from our view a little bit,â&#x20AC;? Coppess said of the learning experience for the instructing high school players. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You hear them say

things or try to teach them some things they have been learning from us â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what is good.â&#x20AC;? The local U12 soccer program is coached by Jason Snyder and has 14 boys participating, including 10 Greenville players, two Franklin Monroe boys and one each from Arcanum and Tri-Village. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The U12 select soccer team is being trained by the high school players,â&#x20AC;? said Snyder. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is like a feed off of that camp we did a couple of weeks ago with Marcel (Matis). Matis, a former Roma-

nian soccer player was in town several weeks ago instructing at the week-long GHS boys soccer camp. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to get the younger kids into what the high schoolers do so when they step into high school itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just another day for them,â&#x20AC;? noted Snyder. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are instructing the kids so that that way they can know what they are looking for when they get out on the ďŹ eld,â&#x20AC;? Snyder said of the Wave high school soccer players. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They have a better idea maybe of what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re asking them to do.â&#x20AC;?

body will respond. You will be surprised how much your body can take even when you are exhausted. You can push a little more and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be alright. We are made to adapt.â&#x20AC;? Coach Diceanu is a strong proponent of athletes supporting team concept as well as abiding by team and school rules without exception. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have to follow rules â&#x20AC;&#x201C; they are there for a reason,â&#x20AC;? stated Diceanu. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are there to keep us in line and to have boundaries. Just like in a game, you have boundaries. You have to stay within them. You have rules of the game you have to stay within.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;In life you have rules, you have ethics,â&#x20AC;? Diceanu added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have your own moral ethics and so forth and as long as you try to do the right things usually things work out pretty well.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Absolutely there should,â&#x20AC;? Diceanu said of the necessity for consequences when rules are broken. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why we have them. There wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be any order in this world if we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have consequences for things we do.

Franklin Monroe boys and girls varsity soccer coach Danny Diceanu. (Gaylen Blosser photo)

Ultimately one day we will be all judged.â&#x20AC;? Coaching girls soccer is not new to Diceanu having many years of girls coaching experience as well as coaching multiple teams at the same time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Over spring I started coaching down in Cincinnati for Alliance Club, I have two girlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teams down there that I coach,â&#x20AC;? said Diceanu. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I also coached

the Hooligan Girls along with the Hooligan boys many years ago and that kind of got my feet wet to be able to do multiple teams and to also coach girls because they are a little bit different. I think I can relate to them pretty good having two daughters. I understand them a little bit and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see how they react to me and my coaching style.â&#x20AC;?

GHS alum Kyle Bruner enters ďŹ nal season at Wittenberg BY GAYLEN BLOSSER SPORTS WRITER gblosser@earlybirdpaper.coms

GREENVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; GHS alum Kyle Bruner, a former Green Wave starting lineman was supporting his former coach and the Green and White at the Fourth Annual Golf Outing and Hog Roast this past Saturday. Bruner, a 2014 Greenville graduate has earned two rings playing for the Wittenberg University Tigers football team and hopes to get the third one his senior season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Two rings so far, league championships,â&#x20AC;? said Bruner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hoping to win a third. We have a lot of places to ďŹ ll up this year for the Tigers. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hoping that we have another good season under Coach Fincham.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coach Fincham reminds me of Coach Shaffer a lot,â&#x20AC;? stated Bruner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coach Shaffer coaches the same way, they use the same lingo, that type of talk and it was easy to transition because of that for an offensive lineman.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I spent six years as a coach under Coach Fincham, four years as a player under him so naturally a lot of what I know in the football game I learned from coach Fincham,â&#x20AC;? said GHS football coach Aaron Shaffer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I learned a lot from Coach Fincham,â&#x20AC;? added Shaffer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He is one of the guys that helped mold me into who I am. Obviously he is very successful coach at Wittenberg and has done a lot of great things over there. I have a lot of love

Greenville alum Kyle Bruner tees off at Green Wave Golf Outing and Hog Roast. (Gaylen Blosser photo)

and respect for coach Fincham.â&#x20AC;? Playing football at the college level does not always come easy but the rewards make it worth the time and effort. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard over there because you play behind a lot of great guys,â&#x20AC;? noted Bruner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They recruit the best, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of fun over there.â&#x20AC;? Except for an early freshman ankle twist, Bruner enters his senior season mostly injury free with the Tigers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I twisted my ankle my freshman camp and that set me back a little bit but beside that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been pretty healthy,â&#x20AC;? Bruner said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have been on the traveling squad for a couple years now so thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a lot of fun, get to go to a whole group of different places.â&#x20AC;?

Bruner is studying Middle School Education at Wittenberg and is pleased with the path he has chosen to reach his educational goals and encourages other high school students in their selection of a college. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be at the DI level,â&#x20AC;? stated Bruner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are a lot of great things you can do at the DIII level, not even playing football or other sports. It just offers a great classroom experience with a small classroom. Your professors really know who you are, they know your name.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you work hard itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of those things where your professors have a great relationship, like a good relationship with a coach and they will help you out,â&#x20AC;? added Bruner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The small Liberal Arts Institution is a great experience.â&#x20AC;? Bruner gives credit to his experiences in the Greenville City Schools system helping him to prepare for life after high school. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am really proud to be a Green Wave,â&#x20AC;? shared Bruner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had our tough stretches here and there. That taught me a lot of perseverance and work ethic. Now, being a Tiger is great, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great transition just from the way Coach Shaffer coaches and the way Coach Fincham coaches the same way â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot fun.â&#x20AC;?

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Complaints prompt parking enforcement BY RYAN BERRY MANAGING EDITOR editor@earlybirdpaper.com

GREENVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The City of Greenville has been taking a lot of heat for handing out parking tickets on South Broadway prior to and during the annual Annie Oakley Days Sidewalk Sales. While many local residents have been putting blame squarely on the backs of the Greenville Police Department and City of Greenville, that isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily the case. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Someone had to complain for an ofďŹ cer to respond,â&#x20AC;? said Greenville Safety Service Director Curt Garrison. Parking in the downtown area, including South Broadway and portions of Third, Fourth and Fifth Streets, is patrolled when an individual calls Greenville dispatch and makes a complaint. According to Garrison, more than one complaint was made from Wednesday through Friday; resulting in 15-20 parking tickets being issued from the GPD. Garri-

son stressed there is a 90minute parking ordinance for those areas and when a complaint is ďŹ led the city will enforce that ordinance. Two of the tickets were issued to vehicles parked in front of a ďŹ re hydrant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This was not a parking blitz by the City of Greenville,â&#x20AC;? said Garrison. Most of the tickets were issued in the 300 block of South Broadway from the TrafďŹ c Circle to Third Street because that is where the complaints originated. Garrison has heard comments the city was using the â&#x20AC;&#x153;blitzâ&#x20AC;? as a way to ďŹ ll the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coffers. The safety service director explained that

nothing could be further from the truth. Each ticket, if paid within 10 days, is $10. Combine that income with the cost of employees handling calls in dispatch and an ofďŹ cer spending two to three hours on the scene and the city didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make money. Crysta Hutchinson, executive director of Main Street Greenville (MSG), said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is my understanding that this is the ďŹ rst time there has been an issue with parking tickets being issued during Annie Oakley Sidewalk Sales, and since I have started in this position we have not had any problems or complaints about

the availability or duration of downtown parking under normal circumstances.â&#x20AC;? Hutchinson encourages businesses that have a problem or want to express a concern to contact her at MSG. She concluded, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The vast majority of the business owners I have been able to speak to are excited by the number of people the sidewalk sales bring to downtown Greenville and see a beneďŹ t to their business.â&#x20AC;? MSG is looking at the possibility of creating way-ďŹ nding signs for the downtown district that would point visitors to public parking lots.

Commission reduces tax levy millage; opens bids for airport BY RYAN BERRY MANAGING EDITOR editor@earlybirdpaper.com

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it would be seeking a .5 mill county-wide tax for a much-needed upgrade to the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s public safety communications system. On Monday, commissioners revealed .5 mill was too much and revised their request to .45 mill. According to Auditor Carol Ginn, the revised levy would raise approximately $572,350 each year. Commission President Mike Rhoades noted after meeting with the 9-1-1 commission, they felt the .5 mill would have been too much and .4 mill would have been too little. Unless a property undergoes additions or rehabilitations or a new structure is built, the cost to the taxpayer will remain the same even if property values increase. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what the future is going to hold, but at the same time we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have enough to operate to replace the equipment down the road,â&#x20AC;? Rhoades said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Technology in 10 years may not be anything like what we have today.â&#x20AC;? The funds will be used to replace public safety communication equipment, including MARCS radios. The commission moved a step closer to completing its airport project at the Monday meeting. Bids to complete the Runway Pavement Rehabilitation and Extension (Section A) and Runway Lighting (Section B) were opened. The Darke County Engineer estimated the cost to complete both projects at nearly $1.8 million. Section A would include resurfacing the current runway and building a turn-around for larger aircraft at the end of the landing strip. The current

runway is long enough to handle bigger aircraft, but in order for the airport to accept those planes they must build up an area of dirt at the end of the runway for emergency situations. The cost to complete section A was estimated at over $1.4 million. All of the bids for Section A came back between $1,454,668.04 and $1,490,474.05. Section B would change over the current runway lighting to LED lights. The engineer estimated the cost to be approximately $333,000. The bids ranged from $336,000 to $357,095.16. US Senator Sherrod Brown recently announced the US Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration awarded the county $1,933,543 for upgrades to the airport. The county will be required to pay ďŹ ve percent of the cost. Brown stated, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Darke County Airport supports tourism and commerce in Darke County. This funding will improve the safety and efďŹ ciency of the airport so it can remain a reliable option for the county.â&#x20AC;? In other business, Chief Deputy Mark Whittaker announced the Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ofďŹ ce has come to an understanding with Mississinawa Valley (MV), Franklin Monroe (FM) and TriVillage (TV) school districts to provide a Student Resource OfďŹ cer (SRO) in all three schools. MV will have a full-time SRO and FM and TV will share a SRO. The cost to MV is $59,404.12 and the cost to FM and TV is $29,702.06 each. This will be the ďŹ rst year for the sheriff to provide a SRO at TV.

Can you help AWTHS identify the young ladies pictured in the Pitsburg Lion Club Queen Contest?

Dr. Heiser to speak at Coffee & Conversation ARCANUM â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Dr. Jesse Heiser will be guest of the Arcanum Wayne Trail Historical Society, 123 W. George St., on Aug. 12, 10 a.m., for the ďŹ nal Coffee and conversation session for this year. Joining Dr. Heiser will be his daughter, Esther Hoover as well as Gregg and Patty Spencer, all who will be sharing stories of living in Pitsburg. The Historical Society invites everyone to come join them for an hour to reminisce about living in the southern Darke County village. They want you to tell your stories. Maybe you remember when the Pitsburg branch of the Arcanum National Bank was robbed. Did you know there were two

Old school house open to tour Sept. 10 ARCANUM â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Arcanum Wayne Trail Historical Society (AWTHS) along with the Jackson family will be sponsoring an â&#x20AC;&#x153;old school houseâ&#x20AC;? open house and tour on Sept. 10, from 2-4 p.m. rain or shine. Center School is located on the farm of Tom and Barbara Jackson, 6891 Grubbs Rex Road, near Arcanum in Twin Township. Jackson has been working on the old school for several years in an attempt to help preserve our educational history and buildings. Class starts at 2 p.m. with a brief history lesson of the school followed by student stories and tour. Afterwards, participants may drive the self-guided driving tour of the other schools on the brochure in the area. Information will be available onsite or can be downloaded from the AWTHS website or Facebook event page. The school is also a designated historic site by the

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other names for the village before it was voted on to be called Pitsburg? Were you crowned as a Pitsburg Lion Club Queen? Maybe you rode the train from Pitsburg to neighboring Arcanum. There are many events to talk about. AWTHS has a great photo of a Pitsburg baseball team dated 1948, which reads â&#x20AC;&#x153;E. Indian & W. Ohio League.â&#x20AC;? They would love to have help in identifying the 10 players. Bring stories and photos to share. AWTHS staff will be on-hand to scan your photos for their ďŹ les. AWTHS can be contacted at contact@arcanumhistoricalsociety. org or Barb Deis, 6620119.

AWTHS earlier this year. In reading the plaque you can see the start of this particular location as 1884. In Twin Township minutes they ďŹ nd the school mentioned as early as 1839. However, at this point they are not certain if this was the exact location today as back in earlier days. In September 1884, the present school was completed for $1,284 and the old brick from the ďŹ rst school was used in the project. The school was also known as #4. In 1864, Center averaged 58 students at the school, which were grades 1-8. In later years, once eighth grade and graduation was completed, students then had the option of going to high school by attending where those grades were established. The school in Arcanum would have been an option. In talking to some past students of the school they can speculate that classes ended here around mid to late 1930â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. If you attended here as a student or had family who attended or taught, join them with your stories and photos. Information from the AWTHS reference library will also be on display. If you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t attend but would like to contribute, email contact@arcanumhistoricalsociety.org or contact Annette Stewart, tour and school brochure coordinator. Memorabilia will be on display of the other 10 points of interest in this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s driving tour which include: Arcanum School, Nealeigh, Tar Bucket, Oakland, Poplar Ridge, Ninevah, #9, Delisle and West Point. A map of these and all old schools in area will be available. As always, they are seeking info such as start, end, and selling dates on the schools; if building was taken down as well as students and teachers names or photos. Sites for more information: http://www.ohio. org/events/old-schoolhouse-tour; https://www. facebook.com/events /1962315907336797; and www.arcanumhistoricalsociety.org.

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Free diabetes program set GREENVILLE – Join Karen Droesch RD, LD, CDE at Wayne HealthCare for the program “Diabetes and Your Eyes”. The program will focus on how diabetes can impact your vision.

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Mote & Associates awards scholarship

GREENVILLE – Mote & Associates, Inc., Engineers and Land Surveyors of Greenville, is pleased to announce their 2016-2017 scholarship award winners. The ﬁrm established a scholarship in October 2002 at a celebration to honor the founder of the ﬁrm, Richard Mote, for his 30 years of dedicated leadership and his passion for engineering and surveying.

Commendable students seeking a post high school education in the field of engineering, surveying, architecture, or a closely related field of study are eligible to apply for the scholarship. College students currently pursuing a degree in the aforementioned fields are eligible to apply along with high school seniors. Two $1,000 scholarships were awarded this year. Receiving the Mote

& Associates’ Scholarships for the 2016-2017 academic year at the ofﬁce of Mote & Associates, Inc., 214 West Fourth Street, Greenville, were Peyton Harrison, a 2017 graduate of National Trail High School who is heading off for his ﬁrst year of college to study civil engineering and applied science at the University of Cincinnati, and Isaiah Winhoven, a 2017 graduate of Lehman Catholic

High School, who will also be pursuing a civil engineering degree at the University of Cincinnati. They would like to thank all of the applicants for taking the time to complete an application and wish them all the best of luck. For more information regarding the Mote & Associates Scholarship, please contact the ﬁrm at (937) 548-7511 or at www.moteassociates. com.

Final Bow announces registration dates GREENVILLE – Final Bow Center for Children’s Performing Arts, entering into their fourth year, is pleased to announce our winter season. Dance classes will begin Sept. 5, and Final Bow Company, our theatre troupe, will begin rehearsals for their Christmas play, A Seussiﬁed Christmas Carol on Sept. 7. A Seussiﬁed Christmas Carol is a whimsical reinvention of Dickens’ most beloved Christmas story in wacky rhymed couplets. Anyone in Grades K-12 may audition. Everyone who auditions will receive a part. Performances are Dec. 1 and 2 at Memorial Hall. This September, Final Bow will again be offering dance classes in Ballet, Pointe, Lyrical, Pre-Ballet, Tap, Jazz/Contemporary, Hip Hop and Tumbling. The dance season runs from the Tuesday after Labor Day until the week of Dec. 11, ending with an in-studio performance. Hip Hop classes will begin learning the choreography for their very own mu-

sic video. This year’s Hip Hop 3 and 4 classes have partnered up with Tangle’s Salon. Stay tuned for their video to be released around the end of November. Co-directors Hillary Holzapfel and Becky Hootman are pleased to announce two new additions to their class schedule this season. Darke County Board of Developmental Disabilities and Final Bow have partnered to bring the performing arts to adults and children with disabilities and current Final Bow students. Artistic Variations, an integrated class for Final Bow students age 12 and up and adults with disabilities, has already performed twice for July and August’s First Friday events. They are also adding a children’s version of this called Kendall’s Music Crew. About three years ago, a little girl named Kendall Rogers registered for classes. Kendall was just like all three-yearold little girls; into Hello Kitty, the color purple and sparkle! But there was one difference; Kendall used

a wheelchair. Kendall adapted the class to ﬁt her needs and with the help of another student she danced and moved around the stage just like the rest of the girls. This inspired them to include all children in a class; encouraging them to work together. Final Bow was so inspired by Kendall, they named a class after her and Kendall’s Music Crew was born! This class is for any current Final Bow student age six and up and children with disabilities up to the age of 18. These classes are free to all students, children and adults; however, class space is limited. Final Bow is looking for sponsors for these programs to help keep the cost low. For information on how to donate or sponsor these groups, call Hillary at 937459-8078. Final Bow is located at 107 West Main Street, Greenville. An Open House and registration for new and current students will be held Aug. 7, 8, and 9 from 4-7 p.m. at their downtown studio. Richmond’s Uptown

Tesh to headline Holiday Evening PIQUA – The Edison Foundation at Edison State Community College has named James and Ginny Thompson the co-chairs of the 20th annual Holiday Evening event. This year’s event will feature fourtime Emmy Award winner and two-time Grammy nominee John Tesh on Nov. 29 at the Piqua Campus. The Holiday Evening event is held annually to support student scholarship opportunities. “We’re honored to be named co-chairs of this year’s Holiday Evening event. Ginny and I have always appreciated the great cause this event supports,” said Thompson. Before serving as the chairman of Edison State’s Board of Trustees and a member of the Foundation Board, James served in the United States Navy and spent a signiﬁcant portion of his career in law enforcement for the Botkins and Sidney communities. Ginny, who spent 26 years as a schoolteacher, was selected twice as teacher of the year at Anna Local Schools and is a co-founder of the Shelby County Black Achievers Scholarship Foundation. “Ginny and I have always been aware of the value of education,” said Thompson. “Keeping in touch with students through the years, she and

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Ft. Recovery’s Laura Fortkamp receives her pin during the nursing school graduation.

School of Nursing celebrates success PIQUA – Nineteen students from the Upper Valley Career Center Adult Division Practical Nursing program turned the dream of graduating from nursing school into a reality on July 25. The graduation event was attended by Upper Valley Career Center staff members, family, and friends. Scott Naill, Upper Valley Career Center Adult Division Director, welcomed those in attendance and extended congratulations on behalf of the Upper Valley Career Center Board of Education and Superintendent Dr. Nancy Luce. “Take a moment, reﬂect, and enjoy this monumental accomplishment,” says Naill. Class Advisor, Paula Strebig, commended the graduates on their accomplishment and offered words of inspiration. “You entered this program with the goal

of becoming a nurse. Over the past 11 months you have grown tremendously through hard work and dedication and I am so proud of each of you. It is my honor to welcome you to the nursing profession,” says Strebig. Lori Ludwig, Program Director, paid special tribute to Cathy Muir of Union City, IN for perfect attendance. Brittany Palmer and Kathleen Wheat of Piqua were recognized for superior attendance. Instructors Paula Strebig, Dan Stuart, and Barb Heckman pinned the graduates and Adult Division Director Scott Naill awarded the diplomas. Local 2017 School of Nursing graduates are: Fort Recovery - Laura L. Fortkamp; Union City, Ind. - Cathy Jo Muir; and Versailles - Brook Harrison and Logan Adkins.

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GREENVILLE – The Darke County Commissioners, who receives funds from the State of Ohio Developmental Services Agency (ODSA) Ofﬁce of Community Development (OCD), which provide federal funds by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, have partnered with Darke County Citizens with low to moderate incomes for over 20 years to assist in the repair and rehabilitation of their homes. Funds from the Darke County Commissioners are available for either extensive Rehabilitation Projects or limited Home Repairs. Generally, Home Repair Projects are limited to $13,000, which involves 1-2 repairs and is provided in the form of a 100% Grant. Applications are currently being accepted for the projected Program Year 2018 Homeowner Grant cycle waiting list. This article is focusing on the Rehabilitation Projects, which are generally limited to $40,000. Assistance is provided in the form of a Zero Interest (O%) Deferred Loan that

has no monthly payments, 75% of the amount borrowed will be forgiven over a five-year period. The remaining 25% will remain as an interest free loan and ONLY needs repaid when the owner sells, rents, vacates, refinances, or otherwise transfers ownership of the property. Terri Wehrly-Pyles is a Darke County resident that is benefiting from this local loan program. According to the Darke County Grants Coordinator, Tammy Bergman, Terri qualified for this program based upon the criteria for the Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP) and has been a great partner in the process from day one. The process, once approved, has the home being inspected by the Housing Specialist, contractors selected by the home owner that are listed or are eligible for the Darke County and CHIP approved contractors list, bids are submitted, contractors are awarded the job, construction is completed and the job is completed by passing all required inspections.

Terri Wehrly-Pyles has taken advantage of funds available through the county for home rehabilitation.

According to Terri Wehrley-Pyles, “We really appreciate the opportunity to receive this loan. It’s something that we could have not done ourselves. Our family sees this as a blessing. Strobel Construction does very good work and we are thankful that they offered their services to the CHIP program.” Applications are being processed and accepted for the current CHIP Homeowner Loan Program. Ms. Bergman, Grants Coordinator, stated that all homes must be owner occupied, must be located in Darke County, and furnish proof of insurance against the loss of the property. CHIP funds must be ca-

pable of fixing all health and safety violations and bring the property up to the Rehabilitation Standards (RRS) for the State of Ohio CHIP program. Ms. Wehrley-Pyles stated that “the CHIP program staff are easy to work with and encourages other to pursue this type of loan, or Grant, that they may qualify for.” Any Darke County resident who qualifies for this low to moderate income program may receive the application and program information from the Darke County Commissioners Grants Department by stopping by the office located at 520 South Broadway or by calling the Grants Office at (937) 5477368 or (937) 547-7362.

Knapp gives support to Empowering program GREENVILLE - Dave Knapp, of Dave Knapp Ford Lincoln, has been active and supportive of community programs and services for the 23 years he has been in business. His support ranges from providing vehicles for parades to donations to organizations such as Gathering at Garst, Cancer Association of Darke County and more. He has recently added Empowering Darke County Youth to his community support, noting the work the organization does is important to Darke County. The Empowering Board, volunteers and kids they serve appreciate his support. Empowering Darke County Youth provides

After School and Summer Tutoring programs to assist students in the areas of language arts and math with the goal of Strong Students for a Strong Community. Empowering is wrapping up summer programs soon and preparing for its second year working with students after school. The After School Program served 79 students in the inaugural 2016-17 year, with many of them achieving Merit and Honor Roll or otherwise improving their academic skills. Nearly 60 students were helped to maintain or build on their academics this summer. Community volunteer and funding support is constantly needed. If you would like to help, please

Bob Robinson, Empowering Program Coordinator, is shown with Dave Knapp, owner Dave Knapp Ford Lincoln.

contact Empowering on its Facebook page, email: empoweringdarkecountyyouth@gmail.com or P.O. Box 1113, Greenville 45331.

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HEAP Summer Crisis Program ends Aug. 31 GREENVILLE – The Ohio Development Services Agency and Community Action Partnership will help income-eligible Ohioans stay cool during the hot summer months. The Home Energy Assistance Summer Crisis Program provides eligible Ohioans assistance paying an electric bill or assistance paying for central air conditioning repairs. The program runs through

Aug. 31. “July and August can be two extremely hot months in Ohio, and that can take a toll on older Ohioans and Ohioans with breathing conditions,” said David Goodman, director of the Ohio Development Services Agency. In 2016 more than 131 families in Darke County were assisted through the Home Energy Assistance Summer Crisis Program. Community Action changes people’s lives, embodies the spirit of hope, improves communities, and makes America a better place to live. We care about the entire community and we are dedicated to helping people help themselves and each other. The Summer Crisis Pro-

gram assists low-income households with an older household member (60 years or older), or households that can provide physician documentation that cooling assistance is needed for a household member’s health. Conditions can include lung disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or asthma. Eligible households can receive up to $300 if they are a customer of a regulated utility, or $500 if they are a customer of unregulated utilities such as electric cooperatives and municipal utilities. The assistance is applied to their utility bill or applied to central air conditioning repair costs. Ohioans must have a gross income at or below 175 percent of the

federal poverty guidelines to qualify for assistance. For a family of four the annual income must be at or below $43,050. Ohioans enrolled in the Percentage of Income Payment Plan Plus Program (PIPP Plus) are not eligible for bill payment assistance through the program, but are encouraged to work with Community Action Partnership to identify other opportunities for assistance. For more information about the features of the Summer Crisis Program locally, contact Community Action Partnership at 937-548-8143. Additional information can also be found at www.energyhelp.ohio.gov or by calling (800) 282-0880.

City prepares for annual paving projects GREENVILLE – The City of Greenville has initiated its annual paving of roadways throughout the city. This paving program prioritizes streets to be resurfaced based upon the condition of the asphalt under criteria set forth by the Ohio Department of Transportation. Walls Brothers Asphalt, located on HollansburgSampson Road, Greenville, was the awarded contractor who will be milling and repaving the streets. The milling operation consists of removing approximately 1 1/2- to 2-inches of old pavement and replacing it with new asphalt. It is anticipated there will be some interruptions to the regular ﬂow of trafﬁc

where these paving projects will take place. Those interruptions will be appropriately marked with signs to alert motorists, and residents in these areas impacted will receive adequate notice prior to the project commencing. Motorists are asked to use caution as they travel through these construction zones. The paving is to be completed by Sept. 30. The proposed projects will not impact any cultural resources, suspect hazardous waste sites or result in substantial impacts to ecological resources. The proposed projects will not result in substantial impacts to the environment either individually or cumulatively.

The complete list of streets to be planed and resurfaced include: Buckeye Drive, Chestnut Street, Childrens Home-Bradford Road, Euclid Street (Pine – south terminus), East Harmon Drive, Hickory Drive (E. Main - Eastwood), Highland Drive (Russ - Sugarmaple), Jackson Street (Sater - Fair), Oak Street, Oak Tree Drive (Russ - Highland), East Russ Road, Walnut Street (E. Main – north terminus), and East Water Street. In addition to these paving projects, miscellaneous curb ramp updates conforming to Americans with Disabilities Act standards will be occurring in areas preceding new pavement throughout the City.

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The Quintessentials plan Aug. 12 concert VERSAILLES â&#x20AC;&#x201C; There is still time to get your tickets to see The Quintessentials in concert on Aug. 12. They will be performing two shows at 3 and 7 p.m. at the Versailles Performing Arts Center. There will be a variety of songs from the 1950s to the 1980s, including music from Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, the Beach Boys, Jackson Five, and Billy Joel. Reserved seating is avail-

able by going to TowneAndCountryPlayers.com and clicking on The Quintessentials link. Tickets are $5 each. Print out your receipt. That is your ticket to get in. Additional seating will be sold at the door on a ďŹ rstcome, ďŹ rst-served basis. If you need assistance, call Michele at (937) 5264710. Come out and support the boys as they prepare for Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Got Talent!

Poverty ďŹ ght comes to end for Donnellan DAYTON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; John â&#x20AC;&#x153;Timâ&#x20AC;? Donnellan retired on Aug. 1 from the Community Action Partnership of the Greater Dayton Area (CAP), where he served as president and CEO since January 1978. Committed to eliminating poverty and promoting self-sufďŹ ciency and serving as an advocate for low income and poverty stricken individuals and families, CAP provides programs such as Utility Payment Assistance and Weatherization Services, A Legal Clinic, Transitional Housing, a Homeless Shelter, Emergency Services, Youth programs, Computer Literacy courses, the Earned Income Tax Credit program, management of two Housing Authorities and ownership and operation of three elderly and one multi-family apartment complexes. The agency also provides services unique to the nine counties in its service area. Donnellan served on the Board of Directors of the National Community Action Partnership for 13 years, including four years as Board Chair, was a member of the Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies (OACAA) Board of Directors for over 25 years, and served on many local nonproďŹ t boards. In 2014, Donnellan was the recipient of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Human Service Award presented by the National Community Action

Partnership board in recognition of his commitment to the Community Action mission to help low-income people achieve economic stability. He was presented with the Spirit of Community Action Award by the National Community Action Foundation in 2009. He was also the recipient of the 2012 Access to Justice Award presented by Legal Aid of Western Ohio and Advocates for Basic Legal Equality. Donnellan served on active duty with the US Army for four years, one year of which was with the 101st Airborne Division in Viet Nam, and this service included the TET Offensive. He then served 26 years with the Ohio Army National Guard retiring with the rank of full Colonel. Donnellan has a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in history and is a graduate of the US Army Command and General Staff College and the US Army War College. He has three sons and four grandchildren. He is also an avid runner and has completed 16 Marine Corps Marathons. Having fought in both Viet Nam and the War on Poverty he continues to believe that â&#x20AC;&#x153;we need to win the only war we should have been involved with in the ďŹ rst place, the War on Poverty.â&#x20AC;? On Aug. 2, 2017 Cherish L. Cronmiller, Esq. will become the new President and CEO of CAP.

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the patient experience and create efďŹ ciencies for clinicians and providers. In May, nearly 300 old exam tables from various Mercy Health locations, including Cincinnati, Lima, Lorain, SpringďŹ eld, Urbana, TifďŹ n, Toledo and Youngstown, as well as Irvine and Paducah, Ky., were removed and shipped to Zimbabwe, Zambia, Rwanda and other regions in Africa in desperate need of medical equipment. The remaining tables that were replaced were recycled within the Mercy Health system for new projects, replacements and the like. Amy Hausfeld, executive director of multispecialty practices, Mercy Health Physicians - Cincinnati, commented, â&#x20AC;&#x153;While working to improve the experience of our patients with updated exam tables and other equipment, we were delighted to learn that we could partner with Midmark to donate

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our former exam tables to areas in dire need of medical equipment. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very pleasing to know that the exam tables have continued purpose and a new life helping with patient care in Africa. This is right in line with Mercy Healthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission to help the poor and underserved.â&#x20AC;? To ship and distribute the used equipment, Midmark worked in collaboration with World Vision, a humanitarian organization dedicated to assisting children, families and their communities worldwide. Midmarkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collaboration with World Vision dates back to 2005 when it began donating quality, easy-to-use medical and dental equipment to clinics in remote areas of developing countries. Midmark also partners with World Vision to assemble caregiver kits with basic medical and safety supplies to help volunteers care for patients with

diseases such as HIV and AIDS. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At Midmark, we believe all people deserve quality healthcare, and we are committed to doing our part to make this happen by helping get equipment where it is needed most,â&#x20AC;? said Mitch Eiting, global community relations manager for Midmark. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are very grateful to World Vision for helping us make this possible.â&#x20AC;? World Vision National Director for Corporate Engagement, Larry Noble states, â&#x20AC;&#x153;World Vision communities are so grateful for donors like Midmark who practice innovation business solutions with providers like Mercy Health. They enable us to demonstrate compassion, commitment and quality of service to communities on the margins. When we come together to solve a business need AND provide for those in need itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a true WIN-WIN-WIN.â&#x20AC;?

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bus tour throughout the festivalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 3-day run. The Boys and Girls Club requested funds to provide a trip to an out-of-town arts event for their members, offering a learning and growing opportunity to youngsters who might not otherwise experience the rewards of such exposure; the request was granted contingent upon actualization of the planned activity. Darke County Park Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prairie Days event celebrates our communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s natural and cultural heritage. Artists performing during the festival in Shawnee Prairie Preserveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outdoor amphitheater will be compensated in part by funds granted by DCEA; performers include bluegrass group Silver Grass, singer/songwriter/storyteller Steve Madewell, and Thien Snipps, a classic country string group, plus performances by Darke County Civic Theatre. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Art at the Millâ&#x20AC;? in the Clark Gallery at historic Bearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mill received assistance from the Endowment; this series of art exhibits gives local residents the opportunity to view and possibly purchase the work of ďŹ ne artists who are eager to display their talents to a broad audience. Additionally, photographer and graphic artist C. J. Jasenski received funding for materials needed to prepare and mount his upcoming â&#x20AC;&#x153;Art at the Millâ&#x20AC;? exhibit. The Friends of the Cardinal Center who are working to preserve the historical and educational heritage of Get-

tysburg School will host a free arts camp this summer; Endowment funds will help offset the cost of materials, instruction, and facilities. Greenville Municipal Bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s popular annual concert series in Greenville City Park has provided free entertainment to generations of local residents. The funds granted by the Endowment will be used to help cover operating costs including musiciansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fees so that this summer tradition can continue to ďŹ ll summer nights with music for Darke Countians of all ages. DCEA is a non-proďŹ t organization that receives and manages charitable gifts that are invested to produce income beneďŹ tting the arts in Darke County. In addition to the General Fund from which grant monies are allotted, the Endowment maintains other funds, one speciďŹ cally dedicated to assisting Darke County Center for the Arts in their mission to culturally enrich our community, and the Memorial Hall Fund to help preserve and maintain historic Henry St. Clair Memorial Hall. For more information about how you can become involved in keeping the arts alive in our community, contact DCEA at P.O. Box 155, Greenville, OH 45331 or get in touch with a member of DCEAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s governing board. In addition to Mrs. Delk trustees are Gary Brown, Suzi Brown, Roberta Feltman, Barbara Greiner, Becky Hartnagle, and Andrea Jordan. Julie Strait serves as DCEA treasurer.

Shown are family members of William Byers with township trustees and DAR members at Abbottsville Cemetery.

Revolutionary War Patriot honored ARCANUM â&#x20AC;&#x201C; In honor of William Byers, an American Revolutionary War Patriot, Fort GreeneVille DAR and VFW Post 7262 dedicated an â&#x20AC;&#x153;in memory ofâ&#x20AC;? marker at Abbottsville Cemetery and placed near his sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stone. Besides eight DAR members and ďŹ ve township/cemetery ofďŹ cials, there were 19 descendants (4th-5th-6th great) of Byers in attendance. Byers descendants in attendance were Duane Byers Sr. and wife Pat, Duane Byers Jr. and wife Shelly with children Dustin, Brad and Chasity, Kathryn (By-

ers) Taylor and husband Jay with children Joshua and Victoria, Bryan Byers and wife Amy with children Dane, Brynn and Vaughn, Jason Byers and wife Erica with child Braylon. Township Trustees in attendance were Kent Thompson, Jed Smith, David Delk, and Tim Warner and Cemetery Superintendent Terry Rench. Fort GreeneVille DAR members in attendance Caroline Petitjean, Drema Wetzel, Helen Wright, Brenda Arnett, Linda Riley, Linda Bundy, Debbie Nisonger and Corinne Zwiesler.

Athletic passes available ARCANUM â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Arcanum High School Department of Athletics would like to announce athletic pass prices for the 20172018 fall and winter seasons. Student passes are $35 for both fall and winter seasons and $20 for fall or winter. Adult passes are $100 for both seasons and $85 for one. Family passes will also be available for individuals who reside in the same household and can be purchased at $200 for both seasons and $150 for one season. Persons 65 or older will receive free admission to events. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pass Plusâ&#x20AC;? passes will be available again this year. Fall â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pass Plusâ&#x20AC;? includes admission into the high school football game and reserved seating. Fall â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pass Plusâ&#x20AC;? for an individ-

ual is $30, $15 for age 65 or older, and $15 per person for a family. Winter â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pass Plusâ&#x20AC;? for high school boys and girls basketball will not be available until after Nov. 8. Prices are $80 for an individual, $40 for age 65 or older, and $40 per person for family. Athletic passes will be available to purchase on the following dates: * Aug. 14, from 6:308:30 p.m., in the high school cafetorium. * Aug. 18, from 6:308:30 p.m., at the football stadium main gate. * Aug. 28, from 5-7 p.m., at the ticket gate of the high school volleyball match vs. Houston. For more ticket information, contact the Arcanum Athletic Department at (937) 692-5174.

DARKE COUNTY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The YMCAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Child Development Center in Versailles has recently become star rated under Ohioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Step Up to Quality rating system. Both Darke County locations of the Yâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Child Development Centers have now achieved one star and are continuing to work toward additional stars. Step Up to Quality (SUTQ) is a voluntary quality rating and improvement system administered by the Ohio Department of Education and the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. SUTQ recognizes and promotes learning and development programs that meet quality program standards that exceed licensing health and safety regulations. The program standards are based on national research identifying standards which lead to improved outcomes for children. Standards include: low child to staff ratios, higher staff education, onâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;going specialized staff training,

and utilization of a research-based curriculum that aligns to Ohioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Early Learning and Development Standards. Families and children attending our program will beneďŹ t from: highly trained teachers; emphasis on the development of school readiness skills; assurance that the program is committed to continuous improvement; and a focus on family engagement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our Child Development Center works hard to provide our children and families with a quality early learning experience and it is wonderful to see our hard work recognized through this Step Up To Quality Star Rating,â&#x20AC;? said Child Development Center Site Director Patty Gehret. For more information on the Child Development Centers, stop by either the Greenville location at 301 Wagner Avenue, Versailles location at 10242 Versailles-Southeastern Rd, or call 548-3777 or 526-4488 to schedule a tour.

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Reser hangs it up after more than 20 years of public service CLINTON RANDALL

STAFF WRITER crandall@earlybirdpaper.com

(Clinton Randall photo)

Annual 127 Yard Sale going on now DARKE COUNTY – The World’s Longest Yard Sale is once again going on in Darke County this weekend across US 127. The annual 690-mile garage sale frenzy began Thursday and will run through Sunday – spanning from Michigan to Alabama.

Everything from antiques, furniture, clothes, toys and much more will be available for bargain shoppers and treasure hunters alike. For information about the event visit the ofﬁcial website at www.127yardsale.com.

Ansonia brothers donated old bikes CLINTON RANDALL

STAFF WRITER crandall@earlybirdpaper.com

ANSONIA – Ansonia brothers, Kingston and Ripley, recently donated their old bikes to be used by the Mission of the Body and Blood in Minster. The mission group accepts locally donated bikes to ﬁx up to be presented to less fortunate individuals, both domestic and abroad. Kingston (9) and his brother Ripley (12) handed over their old bikes Tuesday afternoon to Mitch Eiting, Global Community Relations Manager of Midmark Corporation and member of the mission group. The Mission of the Body and Blood, founded in 2011, currently has six board members and six volunteers. Originally serving in Tanzania, the group now helps out in Haiti and domestically. According to Eiting, the

Kingston (left) and his brother Ripley (right) of Ansonia donated handed over their bikes to Mitch Eiting (center) to be used by the Mission of the Body and Blood group. (Clinton Randall photo)

mission group has donated several bikes locally and quite a few to a St. Peter’s Catholic parish in Monticello, KY – who use the bikes for their Hispanic population who live below the poverty level for transportation and the prison release program in Somerset, KY with Fr. Jay’s prison transition program. Learn more about the mission group and how you can help at www.missionofthebodyandblood.org.

Local heroes, veterans to be honored at festival LINDA MOODY

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BRADFORD— Among new events at this year’s 89th annual Bradford Pumpkin Show will be a show expressing gratitude to all ﬁrst responders, ﬁremen, EMS, law enforcement personnel and veterans in Darke and Miami counties for their service with its “Salute to America.” Chairman Glenna Marshall Curry of the Pumpkin Show committee, who came up with this idea, said anyone who would like to show their thanks to these heroes is welcome to attend or participate. “This very special program will be Sunday, Oct. 8, at noon at the entertainment stage of the Bradford Pumpkin Show, located at the corner of Oakwood Street and Miami Ave.,” she said. The program will feature thanks expressed in music

and recitations. “We want them all to realize just how much we care,” she said. “The invitation is expressed to all to attend this much-needed event. To all heroes, sheroes and families and area communities, please attend. We want you at this day for remembering and honoring.” Curry said the program will feature two of her grandsons reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, a high school band student who will perform Taps and several speakers. Also featured will be a 10x15-foot ﬂag that she acquired for the occasion. She also reported that the Community Club will host an inexpensive breakfast from 8 to 11:30 a.m. that day, and in the evening will be the judging of the Pumpkin Show home and business decorations. Curry can be contacted by calling (937) 448-2897.

PALESTINE – After more than 20 years Tim Reser has decided to step away from the public service life and focus on his new career and family. Monday was Reser’s final shift with the Liberty Twp Volunteer Fire Department, after spending nearly 10 years at the station in Palestine. He retired under the rank of Training Officer. “It is bitter-sweet leaving everyone here and the comradery,” Reser told The Early Bird. “The fire department has been my life for so many years… most of the time putting it ahead of my family.” “Dedicated volunteers like Tim are hard to come by,” added Liberty Twp Fire Chief Mark Loy. “He will be truly missed by all of us at the station and of course the entire community.” Reser says since suffering a heart attack in 2011, he is just not able to do as many physical parts of the job as what he once could. He firefighting career began in the military after graduating from Greenville High School in 1982. Since leaving the US Army, Tim has served his community as not only a firefighter, but an EMT as well. Along with Liberty TWP, he has been with the Arcanum

FD, Butler Twp FD, Union City, Ohio FD, and as an EMT with Arcanum Rescue and Tri-Village Rescue in his 22-year public service career. His most memorable fire was in 2011 when his station responded to assist with a Spartansburg, Ind. school fire. “You could see the flames for miles…had to be at least 70-foot in the air,” Reser noted. With public service, also comes days of tragedy. Reser recalls one of those exact days as his worst ever… responding to two fatal crashes where four people, including three juveniles, lost their lives in October 2012. “Doing this job you just can’t let things get to you, but that was a tough one to witness,” Reser remembered. With all of Reser’s experience, he walks away with skills as being a Level 1 Firefighter, EMT, Hazmat Technician and has helped educate and train others as an Asst. Fire Instructor and EVOC Instructor. He is the past president and secretary/treasurer of the Darke County Association of Fire Chiefs and the Central Western Fireman’s Association. One of his most prestigious honors was with Butler Twp FD, where the station was awarded a Life Saver of the Year award. With leaving his career

Tim Reser (left) with Liberty TWP. Fire Chief Mark Loy (right). (Clinton Randall photo)

in public service, Reser says he and his wife Kim plan to downgrade from their big home and move closer to his new job with SVG Motors in Dayton and their grandkids. Tim and Kim together have six adult kids and three grandchildren. Two of Tim’s boys – Nathan (23) and Stephen (20) are with the Liberty Twp FD and are training to be EMT

certiﬁed. “I’m very proud of my boys for following in my footsteps,” Reser concluded. Though his pager is now silent, and his wife is happy with that he noted, Reser says he will still keep the scanner on at home and think about his boys and lifelong friends as they continue to help save lives each and every day.

Butt selected as SLHD parade marshal LINDA MOODY

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UNION CITY, Ohio— Neil Butt usually participates in the Stateline Heritage Days parade each year, driving his 1979 MGB auto which followed the A&W Root Beer mascot Rooty operating a scooter ahead of him. That may change this year, as Butt has been named parade marshal. “They are to furnish a car for me,” said Butt, owner of the local A&W which is in its 44th season under his ownership. As of this writing, he was unsure how he was going to handle his part in the parade. “I should have time to do both,” said Butt, who also has a ﬂoat in the parade. “I will be in front so I will be out early and can get back down here.” He said it’s all right that he was selected grand marshal. “I’ve lived in this town all my life,” he said. “I was raised on Central Avenue and a block away from Elm Street, the location of his business. He used to have a restaurant in Florida for two years, which saw him working down there and his wife, Deane, working locally. So, he sold that one. Butt helps support the annual festival. “I used to give away free vacations in a drawing,” he said. “This year, on Friday, there will be a root beer drinking contest

here, starting at 6 p.m. We usually have someone different win each year. They drink through a straw and can’t lift it off the table. There are generally 30 or 40 regulars as well as guest spectators as well.” Butt, in addition to owning the drive-in restaurant, has done other things for the community. He has gone to both schools in Union City for 30 years with Rooty, talking to fourth and fifth graders about staying off of drugs. “I hand out books provided by merchants,” he said. “With leftover books, I have taken them to Ansonia and Greenville and passed them out. A&W will be celebrating its 100th anniversary in June 2019. It has been in town since 1959, when it was built by Gene and Laveda Smith. It features car hops and also offers inside dining. The 81-year-old, a 1953 graduate of Union City East Side, is one of five children of the late Leo and Bernice Butt. He has two sisters and a brother living. The couple will celebrate their 34th wedding anniversary in December. There are a total of five children, 12 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren between them. He had bowled in leagues for 60 years but retired last year. He sold insurance for 12 years after he quit a factory job and before he bought A&W. His hobby, he said, is

Deane and Neil Butt will be participating in the Stateline Heritage Days parade as he is the grand marshal. They are owners of the A&W Root Beer drive-in restaurant in town. Linda Moody photo

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Green DeVilles join concert band Sunday GREENVILLE – Concerts in the park will continue on Sunday, Aug. 6 with a concert scheduled by the Greenville Municipal Concert Band. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. at the Marling Band Shell area of the Greenville City Park. This week, the band will perform a fantastic concert of Motown favorites. Featured performers for the evening will be the Green DeVilles. The Green DeVilles is a local band that covers a variety of music and artists such as Etta James, the Beatles, the Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Ozzy Osbourne and Elvis to name a few. The bands will perform

together on Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) and Baby I Need Your Lovin’ from the Four Tops and My Girl and Get Ready from the Temptations. Please plan to attend this wonderful show of Motown hits. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. with limited park bench seating available. You are welcome to bring your own lawn chair or blanket to enjoy the concert as well. Food trucks will be on hand to satisfy your pre-concert appetites. The concerts are always free of charge and a great family date night. Plan to arrive early for good parking.

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Nashville United Methodist 5984 Palestine Union City Rd. Greenville 548-1421 New Madison United Methodist 149 N. Main St., New Madison 937-996-5341 Rossburg United Methodist 117 Ross St., Rossburg, 937-338-4765 Trinity United Methodist Church 112 West South Street Arcanum, OH 692-8530 Versailles United Methodist 122 W Wood St, Versailles 937-526-3855 Webster United Methodist Church 8849 Seibt Rd., Versailles 526-3855

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Mississinawa Valley FFA is the 2017 Grudge Match Blood Drive Champion.

MVHS tops Ansonia in annual Grudge Match UNION CITY - Mississinawa Valley High School lifted up the winners’ trophy after registering more donors than rival Ansonia High School in the eighth annual “FFA Grudge Match Blood Drive” June 22. But everyone deserved thanks during a summer of heavy lifting to maintain the blood supply. The “home team” usually wins the annual Grudge Match, and the MVHS FFA kept that record intact by reclaiming the trophy with a resounding 18-5 victory margin. The votes came from everyone who registered to donate in the blood drive and the overall result was 26 donors and 20 donations. The Grudge Match is a summer tradition that brings together the rival high school communities to help boost the blood supply before the challenging July 4th holiday period. It’s never an easy task, and this year’s Grudge Match was a particular challenge because of conﬂicting FFA and 4-H summer camps. “It’s been difﬁcult,” admitted MVHS FFA co-advisor and blood drive coordinator Gwen Bergman. “Melinda (CBC’s Melinda Frech) told us the numbers were down. But we’ve been

texting, the schools did a one-call, and we posted it in on Facebook. This is a good group of FFA members and ofﬁcers.” Ansonia FFA members faced the same challenges. “This is a horrible time to get a hold of people,” said AHS FFA co-advisor Zane Fessler. But FFA coadvisor Emily Williams reasoned that with both rivals facing the same summer challenges, Ansonia had hope of defending the Grudge Match title. “It’s summer time – you never know,” Emily said. Dave Priebe is a retired Greenville music teacher and choir director who now volunteers as an English tutor at Ansonia Elementary School. He wore his Ansonia orange t-shirt as he helped the Grudge Match cause with his 20th lifetime donation. “I always donate when it’s at Ansonia and then come here,” he said. Ansonia could not overcome the historical “home gym” advantage. Rossburg’s Ariana Graf has a couple of “Future FFAers” in her family and was inspired to make her ﬁrst lifetime blood donation to help Mississinawa Valley. Learn more at www. GivingBlood.org.

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SIDNEY – On July 27, the Ansonia FFA traveled to the Shelby County Fair to help run the gilt and barrow hog show. Members had fun while assisting the showmen in penning their hogs and keeping them from being trapped in the many corners of the show ring. They used a plastic red board, called a hurdle, to push the pigs and make them cooperate while being judged in the ring. This is an annual event and an opportunity to volunteer outside of their county fair. Shown are (front row) Ethan Fischer, Katelyn McKenna, Amber Bergman, Olivia Wright, Aleesha Gates, (back row) Mark Mayo, Ross Dapore, and Isaac Oswalt.

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Cancer survivor gives back through CADC GREENVILLE – Recently, Josh Chaney contacted the Cancer Association of Darke County and expressed his desire to donate a recliner to a local cancer patient. The association coupled this with their yearly BBQ sales.

Any patient who received services in the past ﬁve years was eligible to enter the drawing. John Greendyke entered his name and was very happy to learn his name had been drawn the day of the sales.

Chaney stated, “In May 2016 when I heard ‘Its cancer,’ it shook me to the core. It’s a tough pill to swallow. Fast forward to October 2016 my cancer is in remission. I made a promise to myself that if my six-month scan came

Still time to get back-to-school immunizations GREENVILLE – School will be starting again soon. The Darke County Health Department is encouraging all parents of children entering kindergarten, seventh grade, or 12th grade to get the needed immunizations prior to the start of the new school year. The Health Department Immunization clinic hours are every Tuesday, 8-10:30 a.m., and 2-5 p.m., no appointment needed, located at 300 Garst Ave., Greenville. Typical kindergarten immunizations are: MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella), Chickenpox, DTaP (Diptheria, Tetanus, Pertussis—whooping cough) and IPV (Polio). These are the requirements for school entry, provided the child is currently up-to-date with infant vaccinations. Ohio law requires children entering seventh grade to have Tdap (Tetanus, Diptheria, Pertussis) and Meningococcal (MCV4) vaccines; one dose of each. For all 12th grade students this fall, the minimum requirement for school entrance is one dose of Meningococcal (MCV4) vaccine, after age 16 years. For the adult population, the Darke County Health Department continues to offer needed immunizations. Vaccines available are Tdap, Zostavax (Shingles), Meningococcal B, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis

B, HPV9 (Gardasil), MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella), Prevnar 13, Pneumovax 23, and Varicella (Chickenpox). The nursing staff at the Health Department will assist in determining if someone may qualify for these vaccines, provided

at a reduced cost. Contact them with questions concerning this program, and how it may be of beneﬁt to you. The Health Department phone number is (937) 548-4196, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.—4 p.m.

back clear I wanted to celebrate by giving back.” He continued, “Unable to sleep ﬂat in a bed anymore due to the aftermath of cancer, my recliner was my salvation through treatments and even now into recovery. I am grateful for all the love and support I received from family, friends, co-workers, employer and medical staff. Understanding and surviving the struggles of treatments, I wanted to offer a local cancer ﬁghter or survivor their choice of a new recliner. Thanks to partnering with Christine Lynn at Cancer Associa-

tion of Darke County and my employer at Furniture Express, I was able to make a difference. Not only for the winner of the recliner, but also myself. Helping another person affected by cancer helped make my journey come to full circle.” He concluded, “Again, thank you so much for making this possible.” Cancer Association wishes to express a big thank you to Chaney for helping make this event a very special day. It is generous people like him who help to make a difference for those patients ﬁghting the battle of their life.

Josh Chaney, a cancer survivor, presents John Greendyke, cancer ﬁghter, with a new recliner.

Versailles FFA members assisted with the Darke County Relay for Life.

Versailles FFA helps with Relay for Life VERSAILLES – On July 21, members of the Versailles FFA Chapter helped assist in the Relay for Life Survivor Tent by helping serve a meal to the survivors and their caregivers. Versailles FFA Members that helped serve were Franklin Shimp, Isaac Gilmore, Cody Williams, Elliott George, Noah Gilmore, Sam Gilmore,

Tori Wuebker, Emma Gasson, Kylie Lyons, Cassie Pearson, Deanna Hesson, Caitlyn Luthman, Grace McEldowney, Lauren Grilliot and Zach Warten. On July 20, Versailles FFA members Shelbie Schmitmeyer, Marcus Berger and Cole Luthman helped put out the HOPE sign for the Relay for Life Committee.

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Edison State honors military student PIQUA – With July celebrating America’s independence, it’s an especially important time to recognize the sacriﬁces made by the men and women who’ve helped to preserve freedoms we all enjoy today. One Edison State Community College class did just that. Students in April Schmidlapp’s Fundamentals of Communications class, consisting of a diverse

student population, came together to turn one classmate’s disappointment into a positive experience. “Interpersonal communication is a skill set taught in the course, and my students have been very engaged demonstrating signiﬁcant bonding and self-disclosure,” said Edison State Instructor April Schmidlapp. “One student, who has demonstrated signiﬁcant

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life experience, particularly in the military, disclosed that not only had he been in Iraq and Afghanistan on active duty, he also was a prison guard at Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp in Cuba.” Since his time in Iraq and Afghanistan, John Rickert of New Carlisle completed Edison State’s Basic Peace Ofﬁcer Academy in 2014. Rickert is currently a police ofﬁcer in Arcanum, and working towards a Criminal Justice degree at Edison State while also continuing to serve as an active military reservist. It was during a class exercise when Rickert was presenting his Personal Identity Shield, a contemporary version of a family crest, when he remarked that had the instructor brought a gold colored marker to class instead of all the regular blue, green, black, and red markers, he could have drawn a bright gold badge on his shield to represent his police work.

“John had military duty one day so he couldn’t be in class; I asked the other students how we could turn John’s disappointment into a positive exercise in raising self-esteem, a topic covered in the course,” said Schmidlapp. “Everybody was in full agreement to embrace the idea offered: create a replica of the Personal Identity Shield he presented to the class, but enhance it with a bright gold police badge and handwritten notes thanking him for his 18 years of service and counting.” On June 27 in front of classmates, faculty, and staff, Rickert was presented with an enhanced Personal Identity Shield adorned with notes of recognition from his classmates and a bright gold badge. Edison State President Dr. Doreen Larson expressed gratitude for students like Rickert noting, “This was an excellent opportunity to honor and thank one of the many students at Edison State who have served our country through military service. John Rickert’s classmates and instructor April Schmidlapp took steps to highlight John’s story to the campus. I am grateful for the special opportunity to demonstrate our support for our veterans and reservists in a very meaningful way.” Edison State recognizes the tremendous contribution that veterans and reservists make as citizens and students, and appreciates of the level of diversity, experience, and academic excellence they bring to campus. The College’s Ofﬁce of Veterans Services provides veterans with a single point of contact for academic, referral, and personal support services to help ease access to higher education, foster success, and build community. For more information regarding the veteran services available at Edison State Community College, visit www.edisonohio.edu/ Veterans.

Stacy Boomershine of Greenville is congratulated by Upper Valley Career Center Superintendent Dr. Nancy Luce.

Scott Gaich of Greenville receives his diploma from Upper Valley Career Center Adult Division Director Scott Naill.

Upper Valley CC Aspire students receive GED PIQUA – Thirteen students from the Upper Valley Career Center Aspire program (formerly known as ABLE) turned the dream of graduating into a reality on June 3. The annual event was attended by Upper Valley Career Center and Aspire staff members, family, friends, and guest speaker, Gabrielle Enright, Channel 7 News. Sarah Thomason, Aspire program director, welcomed those in attendance and commended the graduates for their strong self-discipline and perseverance in achieving this milestone accomplishment. Enright, guest speaker, congratulated the graduates on their achievement and offered words of inspiration. “I know how hard you have worked to get here today and I am so proud of each of you,” Enright said. She went on to challenge the graduates to turn this achievement into the start of a pathway

to lifelong success. “This is just the beginning, keep setting goals for yourself and no matter where you end up you will have a story to share about your journey,” says Enright. Dr. Nancy Luce, Upper Valley Career Center superintendent, and Scott Naill, Upper Valley Career Center Adult Division director, awarded the diplomas. The 2017 Aspire local graduates are: Ansonia – Margaret Daugherty; Arcanum – Stefanie Nichols; and Greenville – Stacy Boomershine, Scott Gaich, Haley Kimmel, Sarah Oostra, and Aaron Worthen. Individuals lacking a high school diploma or looking to refresh academic skills are encouraged to contact the Upper Valley Career Center Aspire program at (937) 778-1078 or email Sarah Thomason at thomasons@uppervalleycc.org to enroll. Classes are offered in Piqua, Troy, Sidney, and Greenville.

Pictured at the 2017 YMCA National Gymnastics Championships is YMCA of Darke County gymnastic team members Kyrie Unger, Sophie Mills, Claire Royer and Alia Hunt, Level 3; Lydia Knepshield, Level 4; Samantha Short, Level 7; and Kristen Short, Level 8. (Not pictured is Raquel Jasso).

Y gymnastics team brings home medals DARKE COUNTY - The YMCA of Darke County gymnastics team recently traveled to Savannah, GA, and competed in the 2017 YMCA National Gymnastics Championships. The YMCA National Gymnastics Championships began in 1938 and welcomes more than 2,000 Y gymnasts from across the country annually for this three-day event. This is, by far, the largest meet of the season, and it is something these gymnasts prepare for year-round. Competing athletes represent USAG levels 1 through Championship (levels 9 & 10). In order to participate, each athlete must be a YMCA team member and must qualify with a speciﬁed all-around score at a competition with a USAG sanctioned judge. The YMCA of Darke County had 12 team members qualify for championships. Eight girls made the

trip to Nationals, and three brought home medals. Kristen Short, Level 8, earned seventh place with her ﬂoor routine. Samantha Short, Level 7, earned sixth place in vault, and Lydia Knepshield, Level 4, earned seventh place in vault. “The Y’s gymnastics program has been an important part of our youth programming for many years, not just for physical ﬁtness, but to integrate the YMCA core values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility,” said Tyler Roberts, program director for the YMCA of Darke County. “The team has worked hard all year and we are very proud of their success, both within the program and as far as character development.” Learn more about the YMCA of Darke County by visiting their Greenville or Versailles locations or their website at www.ymcadarkecounty.org.

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Camp Encourage helps kids grieve and grow

DAR continued its program to honor Revolutionary War Patriots in Versailles by honoring Richard Brandon.

Brandon honored with new marker VERSAILLES – In honor of Richard Brandon, an American Revolutionary War Patriot, Fort GreeneVille DAR and VFW Post 7262 dedicated a new marker at Brandon’s gravesite located at Black Swamp/Greenlawn Cemetery, Versailles. In addition to DAR members and cemetery ofﬁcials, there were seven descendants of Brandon in attendance. (Some were meeting for the ﬁrst time.) Richard Brandon contributed supplies to the war cause in Pennsylvania. He was born in Pennsylvania on Feb. 28, 1751 and died in Darke County Ohio on Oct. 20,

1835. In attendance were DAR members Mary Jane Dietrich, Debbie Nisonger, Shirley Hughes, Helen Wright and Caroline Petitjean; Cemetery Board Members HB Hole and Betty Armstrong; Cemetery Superintendent Brian Gehart; and family members - fourth generation great grandchild Beth Flora, ﬁfth generation great grandchildren Janie Overley, Mary Brandon, and Brenda Arnett, sixth generation great granddaughter Jodie Shumaker Robinson, seventh generation great grandson Joel Robinson, as well as Jonas Robinson.

MARIA STEIN – Camp Encourage, State of the Heart’s annual grief camp for children, was held July 16-18 at the Spiritual Center of Maria Stein. The focus of the weekend camp is to create a safe space for children who have lost a loved one, while also teaching the children how to channel their feelings and what to expect while grieving. “Most of the kids who are coming to camp for the ﬁrst time are hesitant, nervous, and closed when it comes to sharing their feelings,” Camp Director Ashlee Slavin said. “Watching them open up and realize that how they feel is okay and normal is one of the most rewarding experiences to be part of.” Through various activities, campers learned not only about their fellow campers, but about themselves, as well. Through hiking, crafting memory boxes and calming jars, participating in trust exer-

Local libraries and BRC beneﬁt from DCRW GREENVILLE – After sharing dinner with John Warner, president/ CEO of the Brethren Retirement Community, the Darke County Republican Women’s Club President JoEllen Melling presented Warner with a check for $400 to be used for the BRC Resident Aid fund. President Warner in-

Alexa Clark, assistant vice president/loan ofﬁcer, donates to Empowering programs on behalf of Second National Bank. Representing Empowering Darke County Youth is Krista Stump, treasurer.

SNB supports Empowering programs GREENVILLE - Second National Bank joins community organizations, businesses and individuals in supporting Empowering Darke County Youth’s goal to provide needed educational support to the county’s young people. SNB actively supports the community it serves through ﬁnancial support for local non-proﬁt organizations. Serving Darke County for more than a century, SNB is part of the Park National Family of Community Banks. Check it out on Facebook: Second National Bank. Empowering Darke County Youth, a United Way Partner Agency, offers tutoring support for students, K-6, through a variety of programs, ranging from the After School Program in fall and spring to Reading and Tutoring Programs in the summer. “We are not currently taking new tutoring applications,” said Program Coordinator Bob Robinson, “however we invite parents

to bring their children to our Summer Reading Program at Edison State College, Darke County Campus.” Empowering is still working on scheduling over 70 requests for one-on-one tutoring, but students can receive help from volunteers in the Reading Program, not only for reading but also grammar and math. The program sessions are held Mondays from 3:30 to 5:30 and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The 501c3 organization is still short of its budgeted goal for the summer. Donations would be appreciated to Empowering Darke County Youth, PO Box 1113, Greenville 45331. Volunteers to the Reading program on the Edison campus are always welcome. The Empowering Mission: Empowering Darke County Youth provides After School and Summer Tutoring programs to assist students in the areas of language arts and math with the goal of Strong Students for a Strong Community.

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GREENVILLE – Brianna Hartle, a recent graduate of Greenville Senior High School, has enrolled at Bluffton University in the fall. While at GHS, Hartle participated in cross country, track, several instrumental music groups and was a member of the Wavaires. Hartle received the Bluffton Centennial Academic Scholarship, Bluffton Opportunity Award and a Darke County Foundation Scholarship. She will be joining her brother, Bailey, a thirdyear-student majoring in secondary mathematics education. Hartle plans to pursue a study in the medical ﬁeld.

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cises, and attending a balloon launch and memorial service, the campers were able to discover why they grieve the way they do and that their grieving process is entirely individualistic. “The best part of camp this year was to see the growth from the campers from Friday night into Sunday afternoon when the camp is ﬁnished,” Slavin continued. “We have so much fun throughout the weekend, so it’s really neat to learn more about the kids and their stories.” State of the Heart relies on donations from the community in order to present Camp Encourage every year. This year, $8,985 was donated by the public. “It’s truly amazing that so many people and organizations can see the importance of Camp Encourage,” Bereavement Consultant Sarah DePoy says. “Everyone is always willing to give in order to beneﬁt children who have

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dicated it would be put to good use. The DCRW has purchased six hard cover books written by Condoleezza Rice titled “Democracy.” The ﬁrst book was presented to Warner to add to the library of the BRC. The other ﬁve books have been presented to Greenville Public Library, Arcanum Public Library, New Madison Public Library, Worch Memorial Library, and Bradford Public Library Their hope is for everyone wanting to read this new release “Democracy” by Condoleezza Rice will now have it available in their local libraries.

gone through the difﬁcult experience of losing someone close to them.” State of the Heart would like to thank everyone who donated toward Camp Encourage and all the volunteers who gave up their weekend to be camp buddies for the campers. “Camp is always successful because of our outstanding volunteers, parents and campers. This year in particular, all of our volunteers seem to support not only the campers, but each other throughout the weekend. Camp can be

emotionally challenging for the adults involved and they seemed to connect and support each other even more,” says Slavin. “Our campers are always so brave and show a lot of courage to come to a grief camp and share their feelings and thoughts about their loved ones and how their lives are impacted because of it,” Slavin shared. When asked what changes should be made for camp, most campers said camp is great the way it is, but all had one request: a swimming pool.

Arcanum’s McAllister earns gold at FCCLA ARCANUM – Samantha McAllister recently competed in a STAR Events (Students Taking Action for Recognition) at the National FCCLA Conference in Nashville, Tenn. Her project was entitled - LeadershipOperation Gratitude. McAllister was awarded first place GOLD at the FCCLA State Leadership Conference back in April, which qualified her to present her project in Nashville. With her project, she evaluated herself as a leader and then set goals for herself to become a better student leader in her chapter. While in Nashville, McAllister attended National and State meetings, presented her project and was a room consultant for other judging events. She along with her adviser, Mrs. Carroll, met a lot of new faces from all over the United State FCCLA-Family Career Community Leaders of America is a nonprofit national Career and Technical Student Organization for young men and women in Family and Consumer Science education in public

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For more information call 937-547-4603 or go to www.darkecountysheriff.org Sheriff’s Sale of Real Estate Revised Code, Sec. 2329.26

Sheriff’s Sale of Real Estate Revised Code, Sec. 2329.26

Bank of America VS. Mary Ann Sonner, et al. No. 16CV00648

PNC Bank VS. Steven Gates, et al. No. 16CV00635

Union Savings VS. Pamela Bradfield, et al. No. 16CV00525

Second National Bank VS. David Burke, et al. No. 17CV00199

Pursuant to an Order of Sale, I will offer for sale at public auction, in the meeting room of the County Commissioners Building in Greenville, on Friday, August 25, 2017, at 10:00 A.M., the following described real estate, in the City of Greenville in Darke County to-wit:

Street Address: 530 E. 4th St. Greenville, Ohio Parcel Number: F27221235010311700

Street Address: 200 W. Weller St. Ansonia, Ohio Parcel Number: C15221322020212400

Street Address: 422 E. Water St. Greenville, Ohio Parcel Number: F27221235040110600

Street Address: 1183 Main Dr. Greenville, Ohio Parcel Number: L80221133040211000

The complete legal description of the parcel may be obtained from the county auditor. Property was appraised at $40,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. Appraisal did not include any interior examination. If any parcel does not receive a sufficient bid, it shall be offered for sale the same time of day and same place on Friday, September 8, 2017. There will be no minimum bid set for this sale according to ORC Section 2329.21. The purchaser shall be responsible for costs, allowance, and taxes that the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to cover. TERMS OF SALE: Deposit required for this property: $5,000.00 Balance due within 30 days after Confirmation.

The complete legal description of the parcel may be obtained from the county auditor. Property was appraised at $79,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. Appraisal did not include any interior examination. If any parcel does not receive a sufficient bid, it shall be offered for sale the same time of day and same place on Friday, September 8, 2017. There will be no minimum bid set for this sale according to ORC Section 2329.21. The purchaser shall be responsible for costs, allowance, and taxes that the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to cover. TERMS OF SALE: Deposit required for this property: $5,000.00 Balance due within 30 days after Confirmation. Toby L. Spencer, Sheriff 8/6, 8/13, 8/20 3T

The complete legal description of the parcel may be obtained from the county auditor. Property was appraised at $55,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. Appraisal did not include any interior examination. If any parcel does not receive a sufficient bid, it shall be offered for sale the same time of day and same place on Friday, September 8, 2017. There will be no minimum bid set for this sale according to ORC Section 2329.21. The purchaser shall be responsible for costs, allowance, and taxes that the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to cover. TERMS OF SALE: Deposit required for this property: $5,000.00 Balance due within 30 days after Confirmation. Toby L. Spencer, Sheriff 8/6, 8/13, 8/20 3T

The complete legal description of the parcel may be obtained from the county auditor. Property was appraised at $10,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. Appraisal did not include any interior examination. If any parcel does not receive a sufficient bid, it shall be offered for sale the same time of day and same place on Friday, September 8, 2017. There will be no minimum bid set for this sale according to ORC Section 2329.21. The purchaser shall be responsible for costs, allowance, and taxes that the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to cover. TERMS OF SALE: Deposit required for this property: $2,000.00 Balance due within 30 days after Confirmation. Toby L. Spencer, Sheriff 8/6, 8/13, 8/20 3T

Sheriff’s Sale of Real Estate Revised Code, Sec. 2329.26

JPMorgan Mortgage VS. Megan Gilbert, et al. No. 16CV00663

JPMorgan Chase VS. Unknown Heirs of Peter Sarris, et al. No. 17CV00178

Second National Bank VS. David Burke, et al. No. 17CV00199

Donald McGhee VS. Stephen Gilliland Jr. , et al. No. 16CV00675

Street Address: 505 N. Main St. Arcanum, Ohio Parcel Number: P59230804020110500

Street Address: 7398 St. Rt. 49 N. Greenville, Ohio Parcel Number: F24021222000040700

Street Address: 3299 St. Rt. 503 Greenville, Ohio Parcel Number: L82021134000030100

Street Address: 101 S. Jefferson Pitsburg, Ohio Parcel Number: K43240707040511400

The complete legal description of the parcel may be obtained from the county auditor. Property was appraised at $104,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. Appraisal did not include any interior examination. If any parcel does not receive a sufficient bid, it shall be offered for sale the same time of day and same place on Friday, September 8, 2017. There will be no minimum bid set for this sale according to ORC Section 2329.21. The purchaser shall be responsible for costs, allowance, and taxes that the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to cover. TERMS OF SALE: Deposit required for this property: $5,000.00 Balance due within 30 days after Confirmation.

The complete legal description of the parcel may be obtained from the county auditor. Property was appraised at $25,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. Appraisal did not include any interior examination. If any parcel does not receive a sufficient bid, it shall be offered for sale the same time of day and same place on Friday, September 8, 2017. There will be no minimum bid set for this sale according to ORC Section 2329.21. The purchaser shall be responsible for costs, allowance, and taxes that the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to cover. TERMS OF SALE: Deposit required for this property: $5,000.00 Balance due within 30 days after Confirmation. Toby L. Spencer, Sheriff 8/6, 8/13, 8/20 3T

The complete legal description of the parcel may be obtained from the county auditor. Property was appraised at $7,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. Appraisal did not include any interior examination. If any parcel does not receive a sufficient bid, it shall be offered for sale the same time of day and same place on Friday, September 8, 2017. There will be no minimum bid set for this sale according to ORC Section 2329.21. The purchaser shall be responsible for costs, allowance, and taxes that the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to cover. TERMS OF SALE: Deposit required for this property: $2,000.00 Balance due within 30 days after Confirmation. Toby L. Spencer, Sheriff 8/6, 8/13, 8/20 3T

The complete legal description of the parcel may be obtained from the county auditor. Property was appraised at $51,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. Appraisal did not include any interior examination. If any parcel does not receive a sufficient bid, it shall be offered for sale the same time of day and same place on Friday, September 8, 2017. There will be no minimum bid set for this sale according to ORC Section 2329.21. The purchaser shall be responsible for costs, allowance, and taxes that the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to cover. TERMS OF SALE: Deposit required for this property: $5,000.00 Balance due within 30 days after Confirmation. Toby L. Spencer, Sheriff 8/6, 8/13, 8/20 3T

Toby L. Spencer, Sheriff 8/6, 8/13, 8/20 3T

Toby L. Spencer, Sheriff 8/6, 8/13, 8/20 3T Sheriff’s Sale of Real Estate Delinquent Lands Revised Code, Sec. 5721.191

Sheriff’s Sale of Real Estate Delinquent Lands Revised Code, Sec. 5721.191

Notice of sale under judgment of foreclosure of liens for delinquent land taxes: In the Common Pleas Court of Darke County, Ohio, Case No. 17CV00134, in the matter of foreclosure of liens for delinquent land taxes Scott J. Zumbrink, County Treasurer of Darke County, Ohio, Plaintiff, vs. Liza Cox, et al., Defendants. Whereas, judgement has been rendered against certain parcels of real property for taxes, assessments, penalties, interest, costs, and charges as follows: $28,997.90 (Twenty Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety Seven and 90/100)

Notice of sale under judgment of foreclosure of liens for delinquent land taxes: In the Common Pleas Court of Darke County, Ohio, Case No. 17CV00235, in the matter of foreclosure of liens for delinquent land taxes Scott J. Zumbrink, County Treasurer of Darke County, Ohio, Plaintiff, vs. Jean Eastridge, et al., Defendants. Whereas, judgement has been rendered against certain parcels of real property for taxes, assessments, penalties, interest, costs, and charges as follows: $1,325.27 (One Thousand Three Hundred Twenty Five and 27/100)

Notice of sale under judgment of foreclosure of liens for delinquent land taxes: In the Common Pleas Court of Darke County, Ohio, Case No. 17CV00234, in the matter of foreclosure of liens for delinquent land taxes Scott J. Zumbrink, County Treasurer of Darke County, Ohio, Plaintiff, vs. Terry Westfall, et al., Defendants. Whereas, judgement has been rendered against certain parcels of real property for taxes, assessments, penalties, interest, costs, and charges as follows: $4,609.76 (Four Thousand Six Hundred Nine and 76/100)

Notice of sale under judgment of foreclosure of liens for delinquent land taxes: In the Common Pleas Court of Darke County, Ohio, Case No. 17CV00214, in the matter of foreclosure of liens for delinquent land taxes Scott J. Zumbrink, County Treasurer of Darke County, Ohio, Plaintiff, vs. William Stephens, et al., Defendants. Whereas, judgement has been rendered against certain parcels of real property for taxes, assessments, penalties, interest, costs, and charges as follows: $27,216.45 (Twenty Seven Thousand Two Hundred Sixteen and 45/100)

Notice of sale under judgment of foreclosure of liens for delinquent land taxes: In the Common Pleas Court of Darke County, Ohio, Case No. 17CV00233, in the matter of foreclosure of liens for delinquent land taxes Scott J. Zumbrink, County Treasurer of Darke County, Ohio, Plaintiff, vs. Wesley Meyer, et al., Defendants. Whereas, judgement has been rendered against certain parcels of real property for taxes, assessments, penalties, interest, costs, and charges as follows: $7,906.30 (Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Six and 30/100)

Lot #38 Walnut St. New Weston, Ohio B11421403020111900

604 E. North St. Union City, Ohio H33211329030612900

116 S. Main St. New Madison, Ohio G31411013010210600

104 Auld St. Gettysburg, Ohio A05431025020113200

Whereas, such judgement orders such real property to be sold by the undersigned to satisfy the total amount of such judgment; Now, therefore, public notice is hereby given that I, Toby L. Spencer, Sheriff of Darke County, Ohio, will sell such real property at public auction, for cash, to the highest bidder of an amount sufficient to satisfy the judgment against each parcel at the County Commissioners Building in Greenville, in the above named County, on Friday, the 25th day of August, 2017 at 10:00 o’clock A.M., and continuing from day to day thereafter, if any parcel does not receive a sufficient bid, it shall be offered for sale, under the same terms and conditions of the first sale and at the same time of day and at the same place, on Friday, the 8th day of September, 2017, for an amount sufficient to satisfy the judgment against the parcel. TERMS OF SALE: Deposit required for this property: 15% of purchase price Balance due within 30 days after Confirmation. PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ALL SUCH REAL PROPERTY TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION MAY BE SUBJECT TO A FEDERAL TAX LIEN THAT MAY NOT BE EXTINGUISHED BY THE SALE, AND PURCHASERS OF ANY SUCH REAL PROPERTY ARE URGED TO SEARCH THE FEDERAL TAX LIEN INDEX THAT IS KEPT BY THE COUNTY RECORDER TO DETERMINE IF NOTICE OF A FEDERAL TAX LIEN HAS BEEN FILED WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH REAL PROPERTY.

Toby L. Spencer Sheriff, Darke County, Ohio 8/6, 8/13, 8/20 3T

208 S. Ohio St. Greenville, Ohio F27221235020210300

General Information The Sheriff is issued Orders of Sales from the Clerk of Courts Office. Sales are advertised in The Early Bird once every week for three consecutive weeks. The Sheriff’s Office does not mail or give away a list of properties or information about purchasing foreclosed property. The properties are not available for tour or inspection as the Sheriff’s Office does not have keys to any properties. Prior to the sale, most properties are appraised from the outside only. The property is sold “as is”, caveat emptor (let the buyer beware). The Sheriff’s office does not have information on liens or taxes.

Real estate tax information can be found at the following web site: darkepropertymax.governmax.com real estate appraisal database. All sales are held in the meeting room of the County Commissioners Building, 520 South Broadway, Greenville. All sales begin promptly at 10:00 a.m. Bidding information Bidding starts as directed in each sale ad. Successful bidders must deposit in the following: If appraised value of property is less than or equal to $10,000 the deposit is $2,000.00; $10,001 - $200,000 the deposit is $5,000.00; greater than $200,000 the deposit is $10,000.00.

Personal check (proper ID, local check signed in our presence), cashier’s check or cash is accepted. The buyer will be required to sign a disclaimer that relieves the Sheriff and appraising agents of liabilities of hazards, or past due bills, as it it the responsibility of the buyer to look into these matters before the sale date. The unpaid balance of the purchase price is due within 30 days after confirmation of sale is filed. More Information You may contact Abby Wilson at (937) 547-4603 if you require further information. A listing of properties can be viewed at darkecountysheriff.org.

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In the Matter of Issuance Of A Certificate of Title For Phillip Middlestettler Case No. 17CVT00337 Notice of Hearing

LEGAL NOTICE

To John Christopher Cave, or other persons having interest in the following described motor vehicle: you will take notice that an application for issuance of titles has been filed by Phillip D. Middlestettler for the following motor vehicle: 1965 Ford Mustang Serial No. VIN5F07C356225 The application will be considered by Judge Johnathan P. Hein, Darke County Common Pleas Court, On August 21, 2017, at 9:30am. Any persons having interest in said motor vehicle should appear at the hearing and prove their interest therein or the title issuance will be granted as requested. Phillip D. Middlestettler, Applicant Johnathan P. Hein, Judge

CITY OF GREENVILLE

On August 1, 2017, the City of Greenville, Ohio adopted the following legislation: • Ordinance #17-89 supplemental appropriations • Ordinance #17-90 transfer appropriations • Ordinance #17-91 amend the Municipal Income Tax Ord. #15-119 as it relates to penalties for certain tax violations. This ordinance has an emergency clause. • Resolution #17-92 authorizing the S/S Dir. To enter into contract with Don Miller for HVAC Professional Engineering Services • Ordinance #17-93 to amend Ord. #78-52 in order to establish a Waterworks Surplus Fund • Ordinance #17-94 amend Ord. #15-107 in order to establish a Wastewater Reserve Fund • Ordinance #17-95 amend Ord. #92-180 in order to establish a Wastewater Replacement & Improvement Fund This legislation can be read and examined in its entirety at the office of the City Auditor, Room 200, Municipal Building, Greenville, Ohio, between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., Monday through Thursday and 8:00 A.M. and 1:00 P.M. on Friday. Approved: Eric Brand, Law Director Vicki Harris, Clerk Greenville City Council 8/6, 8/13, 2T

IN THE COMMON PLEAS COURT OF DARKE COUNTY, OHIO PROBATE DIVISION CASE NO. 15-1-134 SHANNON MILLER, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF JIMMY LEWIS v. SHANNON MILLER, et al.

THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ADMINISTRATORS, EXECUTORS & ASSIGNS OF BETTY KATHERINE LEWIS, whose last place of residence is unknown, and whose present place of residence is unknown will take notice that on June 29, 2017, Shannon Miller, Administrator of the Estate of Jimmy Lewis filed a Complaint for Authority to Sell concerning certain real property known as 2813 US Route 127, Greenville, Ohio 45331, approximately 6.467 acres in the Township of Butler and real property known at 110 East Cross Street, Palestine, Ohio, 45352, Lot No. 31 in the Village of Palestine. Plaintiff prays for authority to sell free of the claims and interests and liens of all persons to this action against all Defendants the real estate described below: Situate in the Township of Butler in the County of Darke and State of Ohio. Being a 6.467 acre tract situated in the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section Two (2), Township Ten (10) North, Range Two (2) East, and beginning at the intersection of the center line of U. S. Route 127 and the South line of the Northwest Quarter of Section 2: thence North 2° 34’ East, 940.00 feet on and along the center line of said U. S. Route 127; thence North 89° 50’ East, 300.00 feet to an iron pin; thence South 2° 34’ West, 940.00 feet to an iron pin; thence South 89° 50’ West, 300.00 feet to the point of beginning, containing 6.467 acres, more or less, but subject to all legal highways and easements of record. Parcel No.: D160-21002-00-00-404-00 (6.467 acres) ALSO: Situated in the County of Darke in the State of Ohio and in the Village of Palestine: Being Lot Number Thirty-One (31) in Palestine, Darke County, Ohio. Parcel No I-2-111-1403-01-12300 (Lot 31) All Defendants herein are required to file an answer to this Complaint within 28 days after the publication of this notice. GARBIG & SCHMIDT, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff Arcanum, OH 45304

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VILLAGE OF NEW MADISON, DARKE COUNTY, OHIO NORTH MAIN STREET RECONSTRUCTION Sealed bids will be received by the Village of New Madison, Ohio at the Village Office located at 124 South Harrison Street, New Madison, Ohio 45346 until 1:00 P.M. (local time), on Thursday, August 17, 2017 for furnishing all labor, materials, and equipment necessary to complete the project known as North Main Street Reconstruction. The bids will then be publicly opened and read aloud. The work for which proposals are invited consists of installation of storm drainage along with replacement of sidewalk, driveway approaches, curb and gutter on North Main Street from Washington Street to Fairview Street. The Contract Documents including Specifications may be examined or obtained from the Issuing Office of the Consulting Engineer, Mote & Associates, Inc., 214 West Fourth Street, Greenville, Ohio 45331 (937.548.7511). A non-refundable charge for the Contract Documents will be required in the amount of $85.00 per set, payable to Mote & Associates, Inc. An additional non-refundable handling charge of $15.00 will be required if documents are to be shipped. An electronic version of the Contract Documents is also available for a non-refundable charge of $25.00. The Owner and/or Engineer will not be responsible for full or partial sets of Bidding Documents, including Addenda if any, obtained from sources other than the Engineer. Proposals will only be accepted from bidders who have purchased the Contract Documents from Mote & Associates, Inc. and are registered as a planholder. Each bidder is required to furnish with its proposal, a Bid Guaranty and Contract Bond in accordance with Section 153.54 of the Ohio Revised Code. Bid security furnished in Bond form, shall be issued by a Surety Company or Corporation licensed in the State of Ohio to provide said surety. Each Proposal must contain the full name of the party or parties submitting the Proposal and all persons interested therein. Each bidder must submit evidence of its experiences on the projects of similar size and complexity, and a complete listing of all subcontractors to be used. The Owner intends and requires that the project be completed no later than November 15, 2017 or an optional date of June 30, 2018. No bidder may withdraw his bid within sixty (60) days after the actual date of the opening thereof. All contractors and subcontractors involved with the project will, to the extent practicable, use Ohio products, materials, services, and labor in the implementation of this project. Additionally, Contractor compliance with the equal employment opportunity requirements of Ohio Administrative Code Chapter 123 is required. Bidders must comply with the prevailing wage rates on Public Improvements in Darke County as determined by the Ohio Department of Commerce, Bureau of Wage and Hour Administration. DOMESTIC STEEL USE REQUIREMENTS AS SPECIFIED IN OHIO REVISED CODE SECTION 153.011 APPLY TO THIS PROJECT. COPIES OF SECTION 153.011 CAN BE OBTAINED FROM ANY OF THE OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES OR THROUGH HTTP://CODES.OHIO.GOV/ORC/153.011. The Village of New Madison reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals, to waive any informalities in the bidding, and to enter into a contract with the bidder whom in their consideration offered the lowest and best proposal. VILLAGE OF NEW MADISON Lisa Garland, Mayor

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304 S. Locust St, Arcanum MLS 736715 Host: Dave Fine 7 Parkdale Dr, Arcanum MLS 730517 Host: Lyle Bixler _________________________________ A LOT OF HOUSE FOR THE MONEY! 2-ST vinyl sided home. 3 BR. LRM & DRM. Enclosed back porch. 2-car garage. MLS 725729 #4528 ROOM TO ROAM! 2-ST home in Ithaca. 5 BRs! LRM, FRM & DRM. 1-car attached garage. MLS 736153 #4541 FM SCHOOL DISTRICT! 4 BR 2-ST brick home. LRM has fireplace. Built-in china cabinet in DRM. FRM. 22x34 barn for workshop, garage + storage loft. MLS 420278 #4544

OPEN HOUSES Sunday, Aug. 13th 1:00-2:30 P.M. 108 Woodside Dr., Pitsburg If you are looking for a house on a quiet street with lots of trees, this one is for you. The lot is just shy of 1/2 acre, set at the end of the street. You get the feel of country living but the convenience of town. House needs some updating. Close proximity to city park. 189 Marrett Farm Rd., Englewood Looking for less work and more pleasure time? Check out this spacious 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo/ attached home in Northmont School District. Call today for your personal tour.

NEW LISTING 1358 Radcliff Dr. Greenville Enjoy the open and spacious atmosphere of this well maintained 3 BR, 2 bath home located on Greenville’s north side of town. Enjoy all 1,996 sq ft of living space with the kitchen, dining room & family room open to each other. The split bedroom design which features a large master bedroom with walk in closets plus a walk in shower and a Whirlpool tub for your relaxation. Kitchen features custom cabinets with lots of counter space. The home also includes a heated & cooled attached 2+ car garage, not to mention the multi level deck to relax on.

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Have 10K in Debt? National Debt Relief is rated A-Plus with the BBB. You could be debt free in 24-48 months. Call 1-888-998-4967 now for a free debt evaluation. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY For Sale by Owner: Hair Salon property in Greenville. 4 chairs, 2 shampoo bowls, 4 dryer chairs, pedicure chair. New flooring throughout shop. Can purchase with or without equipment. Occupied apartment upstairs. If interested 937-459-8825 or 937-417-3254 WANTED TO BUY Cars/Trucks, running or not UP TO $500. Free pick-up. 937-423-2703 or 937-621-5809 BUYING OLD GUITARS, Banjos, Mandolins & Amplifiers. ALSO buying Flutes, Saxophones, Trombones, Trumpets in good condition, Yamaha, Selmer, King, Conn. Bring them to Bach to Rock Music, 334 S. Broadway, Greenville, OH for an offer. 937-547-1970, email: bachtorock@ earthlink.net WANTED Wanted: Used house trailers in good condition. Please call 937448-2974 PETS 2 Cocker Spaniel puppies for sale. Call/text 937-478-9678 LIVESTOCK Brown egg laying pullets. 937-526-4541 2 baby doll sheep for free. 937-478-9678 call/text SPECIAL NOTICES SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS. Unable to work? Denied benefits? We Can Help! WIN or Pay Nothing! Contact Bill Gordon & Associates at 1-800-208-6915 to start your application today! FOR RENT 2 BR, 2 bath lower apt in Greenville. Recently remodeled. No Smoking or Pets. $625/mo. Call with questions 548-9400 COMMERCIAL SPACE for rent. Great location on E Main St, high visibility. For more details 548-5264 Storage for personal & business use. Penske Truck Rentals. Call Greenville Stor & Lock. 548-1075, 5328 Michelle St Willow Place Apartments - We’re better than ever! 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. Call 937316-8489. Equal Housing Opportunity 1BR apt. in Arcanum. Range & Refrig. Furnished. No Pets. 937417-8630 1 BR apt, 511 W Canal St, Ansonia. $300/mo + deposit. 419-852-9146

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Take a look at this spacious 2 Story Home located in the Gardenwood Estates built in 1970 with 4 Bedrooms, 3 Full Baths with over 3,100 Square feet of living space. Possible 5th Bedroom on Main ﬂoor. This home has an enclosed sunroom and an 8x10 Shed. Located 2 blocks to Greenville High School, the city park, close to all amenities and shopping. Great home for a family expanding. Many updates within the last 3 years. Please call 937-564-6340.

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827 DOROTHY LANE Updated throughout this 3 bedroom, 2 bath brick ranch is ready for a new family! Fireplace and cathedral ceiling in Family Room; eatin kitchen; 24x28 deck wired for hot tub and sound system! CORNER LOT with mature trees! $155,000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------IN ANSONIA this brick ranch double at 405 & 409 E. Weller has 2 bedrooms each unit; total electric; vinyl windows; washer/ dryer hookup; appliances included! Low 90s CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN this 2-story home at 407 E. Fourth has over 2700 sq. ft. of living area! Maintenance-free exterior; 2 car detached garage! Mid 70s JUST EAST OF GREENVILLE this 3 bedroom home at 5882 Culbertson Road has lots of kitchen cabinets; newer furnace; 50x12 carport PLUS 50x30 barn with metal roof and metal siding! $105,000 DUPLEX at 500 E. Main has lots of updates! 3 bedroom apartment down; 2 bedroom apartment up, owner occupied. One car garage for each apartment. Upper 80s IN SOUTH END OF GREENVILLE at 617 Fair Street is a 2-story home with 1 car detached garage. Low 40s ZONED LIC these 2 lots at corner of W. Park and St. Rt. 49 have plenty of possibilities! $25,000 4 ACRES M/L ZONED COMMERCIAL on Wagner Avenue across from LOWE’S! Can be divided! Call Joe for additional information!

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GREENVILLE 605 E. Water St. NEW LISTING $72,000. 2 Bed, 1 bath, 1 car garage, fenced in yard, skylights & fireplace. (743312) 2437 St. Rt. 571 $124,900. 3 Bed, 2 bath, 1 car att. Garage, walk out basement, small barn, on .45 of an acre. (737501) OUT OF GREENVILLE 4004 Elroy Ansonia Rd. Ansonia NEW LISTING $139,500. 3 Bed, 2 bath, 2 car att. Garage, family room, above ground pool. (743937) 2241 Rush Rd. New Madison NEW LISTING $48,000. 4 Bed, 1 bath, 1 car det. Garage, ½ acre on edge of town. (744205)

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FOR RENT ARCANUM: LAND CONTRACT OR RENT. Remodeled 3 BR home w/oversized 2 car garage. $2500 down, $659.23/mo OR rent $685/mo. 548-5053 benanzer.com

2 BR apt for rent. Water, sewer & trash removal included. Deposit required. No Pets. Call 548-5264 or 423-2161 G’Ville, very nice 1 BR ground floor apt. W/D hookup, a/c. No Pets or Smoking. $390/mo. 548-5053 Cement block building & floor, 38’Lx30’W, 12’ double garage doors. For boats, RVs, cars, etc. Work building. 937707-0469 Wayne Lakes, very nice 2 BR duplex. W/d hookup. Appliances. Central air. $465/mo. 548-5053 benanzer.com 3 BR brick ranch, exc. location in Greenville. New carpet & paint. NO PETS. $650. Must have exc. credit. 417-7494

2 BR upstairs apt, Union City, IN. Stove, refrig furnished. $145/ weekly, $400 deposit. 937-968-6804, 937423-5397 WANTED TO RENT FARMGROUND TO RENT: $260/acre, SPRING PAYMENT, FERTILITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. 937-622-2735 AUTOMOTIVE 2007 Ram Crew 4x4, 31,000 $13,995. 2003 Honda CR-V, 117,000 $5995. 2008 Torrent $7495. 2005 Equinox $4495. 2007 Impala $4495. 2007 Mountaineer $6995. 2005 Envoy $5995. 2004 Colorado Crew 4x4 $7995. 2006 Dakota Crew 4x4 $7995. Buy - Sell - Trade! CountryAutoSalesGreenville. com 548-1337 HOUSEHOLD Peaceful Dream 11” Pillow Top Mattress Set. $249 full; $269 queen; $379 king. New in plastic with warranty. We deliver. 937-8845455

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE SHOPPE, 901 E. Elm, Union City, OH. Hrs: 11:30-4 MonFri or by appointment 937-968-6804, 937423-5397. Used Appliances for sale MISC. FOR SALE Brown love seat, 62”x37”, no insects $25. Business/home computer desk w/storage, 78”x78”x24”, no scratches $900. HP LaserJet printer $50. HP OfficeJet 5600 all-in-one printer $40. 423-2404

Cub Cadet riding mower, 3 yrs old, 42”, good shape $625. 937-459-9646 Safe Step Walk-In Tub Alert for Seniors. Bathroom falls can be fatal. Approved by Arthritis Foundation. Therapeutic Jets. Less Than 4 Inch Step-In. Wide Door. Anti-Slip Floors. American Made. Installation Included. Call 1-800-906-3115 for $750 Off PROFESSIONAL SOUND SYSTEM Rental, Sales & Installation. Free quotes to your business, church or home for sound system updates & improvements. JBL, EAW, QSC, PEAVEY, CROWN. Bach to Rock Music 547-1970, email: bachtorock@ earthlink.net. Also Renting sound systems for Weddings, Graduations, Business Meetings, or any other engagements! SPECTRUM TRIPLE PLAY TV, Internet & Voice for $29.99 ea. 60 MB per second speed. No contract or commitment. We buy your existing contract up to $500! 1-800806-5909

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GARAGE SALES ARCANUM/PITSBURG 110 S Main, Arcanum; Aug 10, 4-8; 11, 9-5; 12, 9-2; Infant-adult clothes, household, shop/lawn equip

GREENVILLE 743 Birchwood Dr., Aug. 10,11; 9-4. Leather coats & chaps, new DVD, Bose radio, baked goods, holi7917 Delisle Fourman day décor, luggage & Rd; Huge Multi-Family much more Barn Sale; Aug 9-10, Huge Back to School 8-5; Aug 11, 9-12; Sale; 8192 St Rt 121 Very Clean! Boys’ & North, go towards girls’ clothes size 4 & Versailles; Thurs eve, up, men’s & women’s Aug 10, 5p-8p; Aug clothes, toys, bikes, 11, 9a-5p; Aug 12, booster seat, DVDs, 9a-12. Tons of men’s, exercise machine, women’s, kids’ Under rolltop desk, entertain- Armour, Nike, North ment centers, curio Face, American Eacabinet, hutch, dining gle, Victoria’s Secret room table, dishes PINK, many Buckle & other household jeans (Miss Me, etc) items, attachments to Other jeans, hoodies, Dyson vacuum shirts, all types athletic Garage/Estate Sale; clothes, men’s Harley5124 Hollansburg- Davidson shirts. All Sampson, Arcanum; sizes, great condition! 8/10-11-12; 9-5; Misc Most items at least furniture, large farm- half off retail. Lots of house table w/6 chairs, Mary Kay makeup washer, gas dryer, cheap!

household items, 55 gal aquarium w/stand, women’s, men’s & children’s clothes, 12’ Kewanee disc, Ford 3-bottom plow & other misc farm machinery, nice organ. 937-6233753 207 Westview, off W. South St.; Aug. 9,10; 9-?. Boy’s toddler/ Jr., men’s, women’s clothes; household, toddler bed, toys, name brand tennis shoes GREENVILLE 1302 Highland Dr; 1 Day Only, Thurs Aug 10; 8-5; Nice girls’ clothes size 10-12, lots of misc. MultiFamily Sale Multi-Family; 1101 Nottingham Dr; Aug 9-11; 9-6; Clothes, dishes, baby stuff, Xmas stuff, lamps, curtains, end tables, rugs, china cabinet, TVs, tower fan, shoes, too much to list 733 Birchwood, Aug. 10,11; 9-5. Paperweights, collectibles, children’s clothes, toys. Too much to list

3424 Bechtol Rd; 8/10-11; 9-5; Name brand clothes, adult & kids. Toys, Radio Flyer wagon, Home Interiors, misc 1332 Hillside Dr; Aug 10-11; 9-4; Boys’ clothes, baby walkers, car seat, Radio Flyer, bike, women’s clothes, household items, toys, juicer, tea set, lots of misc 694 N. Ohio St.; Aug. 10,11, 9-5; Aug. 12, 9-noon. Tools, automotive & boat items. Books, magazines, household items.

3746 West Dr, Wayne Lakes; Thur-Fri, Aug 10-11; 9-?; Camper, oven, home décor, more! 1230 Greenmoore Dr; Aug 11-12; 10-5; Huge Sale! Ebay store closeout - Over 1000 items marked cheap. Women’s, jrs’ designer clothes, all sizes. Tons of shoes, hair products, tools, furniture, art prints, household goods. Don’t miss it! 1062 E 4th St; Aug 10-11; 9-6; Nice clean kids’ clothes, most 50¢, boys’ size 6-8, girls’ size 6-12. Shoes, toys, books, women’s clothes, household items, misc VERSAILLES 49 W Main St; Aug 9-12; 9a-7p; File cabinets, clarinet music instrument, kiddies’ tables & chairs, 20 artist paintings, 40 puzzles, glassware, 6 boxes children’s books, nightstands, much more OUT OF COUNTY BARK ANIMAL RESCUE EXTRAVAGANZA! 3192 State Road 32, Winchester, IN. AUGUST 10-11-12; ThurFri 10-3, Sat 9-12; $1 Bag Sale on Saturday. Come on out Support the Animals! You won’t want to miss this one. ALL Proceeds go to the animals & the new building being put up. Info, call 423-9300

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GREENVILLE – Lauren Henry and Wayne Deschambeau, Wayne HealthCare served as award presenters at the annual Track and Field Event in May for the Darke Co. Special Olympics. Wayne HealthCare supported the event and all year-round programming for the special athletes with a donation. They are shown here with two student athletes, Noah Rasor and Lane Grant.

OUT OF COUNTY Potsdam Church of The Brethren; 22 Cross St, Potsdam; Aug 11-12; 9-5; HUGE! Use The Early Bird Order Blank To Place Your Ad

TRI VILLAGE 212 & 216 N. Main St.; Palestine. Aug. 10-13; 9-5. Kitchen appl., furniture, housewares, tools, clothing, windows/decking boards & car

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Directions: Approx. 30 miles NORTH of Dayton, Ohio. From the intersection of S.R. 49 and U.S. 127 Bypass, take U.S. 127 NORTH approx. ¼ mile to Sebring-Warner Rd. and turn RIGHT or EAST to auction site, just 2 buildings EAST of the “Early Bird”. (WATCH FOR AUCTION SIGNS ON SALE DAY) VEHICLE 1989 Buick Park Avenue, 1-Owner, 54,792 Actual Miles, 4 Door, P. Windows, P. Seats, P. Locks, Tilt, Cruise, AM/FM Cass., Sold New at Hamilton Buick, Lady Owned & Driven, Champaign Exterior, Tan Cloth, Don’t Miss This One! LAWN TRACTORS Craftsman GT Lawn Tractor, 50” Deck, Hydrostat Drive, Kohler Pro 22 HP V-Twin Motor; John Deere LT133 Lawn Tractor, 38” Cut, 13 HP Motor, Rear Bagger System, 42” J.D. Front Blade, 42” J.D. Snowblower. ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES Oak Rush Btm. Chairs; Early Rocker; Early Drop Front Secretary w/Pigeon Holes (Walnut); Oil Lamps; Dresser Set; Early View Finder; Wood Butter Mold; Galv. Wash Tub; Early Ice Skates; (2) Sprinkling Cans; #10 Wagner Iron Skillet; Green Jadeite Bowl; Granite Ware; Early Sellers Jar; Wood Canes; Hat Boxes; Gone With The Wind Style Lamp; American Pattern Fostoria. FURNITURE & APPLIANCES 3 Pc. Bedroom Suite, Dbl. Bed, Dresser, Chest of Drawers; China Cabinet; Westinghouse Stacking Washer & Dryer (Nice); Precision Sew-Tec Cabinet Sewing Machine; Formica Top Kitchen Table & Chairs; Sharp Microwave Oven; Dirt Devil Sweeper; (2) Mantle Clocks; (2) Wood Bookcases; numerous Lamps; Oak Pedestal Dining Table, Claw Foot w/(6) Chairs; 4 Pc. Oak Bedroom Suite including Dbl. Bed, Serpentine Front Dresser w/Wishbone Mirror, 5 Dr. Chest of Drawers & Night Stand; (2) Maple Single Beds; Camel Back Trunk; Rod Iron Glass Top Sofa Table; Oak Lamp Table; 5 Pc. White Wicker Patio Set, Sofa, (2) Chairs, (2) Lamp Tables & Coffee Table; 3 Pc. Waterfall Bedroom Suite, Dbl. Bed, Chest of Drawers, Dresser w/Mirror & Stool, Nice Mattresses; 4 Pc. Blonde Bedroom Suite, Dbl. Bed, Dresser w/Mirror, Chest of Drawers, Night Stand & Nice Mattresses; (2) Single Maple Beds w/Nice Mattresses; Tan 3-Cushion Floral Hide-A-Bed Sofa (Nice); Tan Floral Love Seat 3-Cushion (Nice); Dk. Brown La-Z-Boy Rocker Recliner; Tan La-Z-Boy Rocker/Recliner; sev. Wood Lamp Tables; Dbl. Drop Formica Top Table; 2 Pc. Wood China Cabinet w/Glass Doors; 2 Pc. Wood Storage Cabinets; Formica Top Dining Table & (4) Chairs; Pedestal Wood Plant Stand; Wood Record Cabinet; Conn Elec. Organ & Bench; Oak Bookcase; Wood Computer Desk; (4) Rush Folding Chairs; Riccar 777 Cabinet Sewing Machine; 50’s Metal Storage Cabinet; Frigidaire Refrigerator/Freezer (White); Westinghouse 30” Elec. Range (White); Frigidaire Elec. Washer & Dryer (White) Very Nice; Amana Radar Ranger; Toshiba Color TV; JVC TV & Stand; Eureka Upright Sweeper; Tank Sweeper; Sony VCR; Complete Sony Stereo System w/Speakers. GLASSWARE & POTTERY Cobalt Blue Shirley Temple Pitcher; Carnival Fluted Top Vase; Fenton Basket; Hand Painted Deep Bowls; 8” Roseville Dbl. Handle Wall Pocket #1296; Hull Art Dbl. Handle Vase “Magnolia”; Hull 6 ½” Dbl. Hndl. Vase “Dogwood”; (2) Weller Horns-A-Plenty (Green & Cream); Gordon Green Planter; Press Glass Items; Cullinair & Wood Stomper; Hanson Scales; Alum. Pitcher & Cups; H. Crank Grinder; Early Hat Box & Hats; Wood Doll Bed; Wicker Picnic Basket; Wood Crate; Granite Ware Items; Box of Early Newspaper Auction Advertisements 1930’s, 1940’s & 1950’s; sev. Porcelain Dolls; Cellouise Dresser Set. TOOLS & GARAGE ITEMS Wood Extension Ladder; Alum. Ext. Ladder; 5’ & 6’ Alum. Ladders; McCullogh Elec. Blower; Wheel Barrow; (2) Tool Boxes; misc. Hand Tools; Axe; Hatchet; Block Plane; Level; Tree Saws; Garden Claw; Long Handle Yard Tools; Water Hoses; Fuel Cans; Craftsman Wrenches. HOUSEHOLD & MISC. Paper Shredder; Nordic Trak Treadmill; Plant Stands; Luggage; Radios; Minolta 7x35 Binoculars; Sm. Elec. Kitchen Appliances; (2) Card Tables & Chairs; sev. Metal Shelves; Costume Jewelry; Blankets; Bedding; Sheets; Board Games; Record Albums; Cassettes; Canning Jars; Cups; Glasses; (2) Lg. Glass Measuring Cups; T-Fal Pots & Pans; Cookbooks; Corning Baking Dishes; Revereware Pots/Pans; Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer & Acc.; Tupperware; Microwave Dishes; Corelleware Dishes; Granite Roaster; Kitchen Utensils; Aprons; Decorative Plates; Cosco Step Stool; Silver; Tea Set; Early Avon Candle Holders; N.O.S. Early Greeting Cards; Covered Bridge & other Pictures; Knick Knacks; Collector Pictures w/Stamps; Cannon, Olympus & Fuji Cameras; Wood TV Trays; Alum. Folding Table; Elec. Lott Rotary Print Dryer; Box Fan; several Tea Pots; Bowl & Pitcher; B. Hubler Painting; China Tea Set; SS Bowls; Stemware; Cosco Step Stool; Power Tools.

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Attendance up at Annie Oakley Festival BY RYAN BERRY MANAGING EDITOR editor@earlybirdpaper.com

ANSONIA – “The numbers are up. The people are mingling around and we’ve heard a lot of compliments,” said JoEllen Melling, president of the Annie Oakley Festival Committee. She also credited great weather for an increase in attendance. While the weather cooperated for the festival and parade, the unusually rainy July kept one the ﬁelds at the festival grounds underwater until the day before the festival; forcing the committee to cancel the horse shows. Longtime tradi-

tional events combined with new events seemed to please festival goers at the York Woods location. The National Fast Draw Competition pits the best fast draw artists against each other and the Ohio Western Arts Showcase (presented by GLD Enterprises Communications LTD) give visitors a glimpse of the shows the festival’s namesake may have participated in. This year’s melodrama, The Devious Dentist, consistently drew big crowds under the big tent. Darke County Civic Theater actors thoroughly impressed audiences as they

portrayed the villainous Dr. D.K. Molar and Nurse Nova Cain, heroine Flossy Bailey, hero Phil de Tooth, as well as Ima Paine and Polly Dent. The audience cheered, booed, hissed and laughed throughout the entire performance. Several festival goers also enjoyed testing their inner Annie Oakley and participated in the Annie Oakley Marksmanship Shoot-Out 50/50. Contestants got a chance to compete in the format used for the Miss Annie Oakley Shooting Contest. With a BB gun in hand, contestants tried

The Dachshunds created a lot of laughs during the inaugural Annie Oakley Wiener Races.

to shoot a balloon. Those who made it through their round by hitting the balloon within two shots moved back an additional ﬁve feet. Another familiar

favorite for festival goers is the annual car show. Classic cars from nearly every era came out in force and eclipsed the number of cars from the previous year.

New to the festival this year was the 2017 Annie Oakley Wiener Races. Seven to 10 wiener dogs and their families competed to see who was the fastest Dachshund. Well,

maybe not the fast, but the best trained. Well, maybe not the best trained, but the one that wanted to get to their loved one the quickest. The races created a lot of laughs for participants and onlookers. K9 Search & Rescue, based in Miami County, provided demonstrations throughout the weekend. Sharon Karns said their dogs do trailing, human remains detection, area search and evidence recovery. The group has 10 handlers and four ﬂankers to work with the dogs. Being at the festival gives the group a chance to show the

public what their dogs can do. One of the most attended events of the festival is the annual Annie Oakley Days Parade that stretches from the Darke County Fairgrounds to the Trafﬁc Circle on South Broadway in Greenville. Thousands of parade goers lined the parade route to enjoy approximately 100 units. Melling commented, “The one Corvette Club almost took almost the whole street.” In addition to local participants, the hour-long parade also welcomed the Antioch Shrine with their popular parade attractions.

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Kayla Bruns receives National FFA scholarship from Taylor Tyo receives National FFA scholarship from the the North Star Hardware and Implement Scholarship American Farmers Grow Ag Leaders- Monsanto Fund. from Ben Selhorst.

Three earn National FFA Scholarships VERSAILLES – Kayla Bruns, Maggie Hedrick and Taylor Tyo were all generously awarded National FFA scholarships by National FFA Organizations from various local companies. Bruns was awarded the AGCO Dealer/ Scholarship through North Star Hardware and Implement Scholarship. She received a $1000 scholarship and thanked North Star Hardware

Maggie Hedrick

and Implement for sponsoring the scholarship and to Ben Selhorst for coming in to present the scholarship.

Built Ford Tough through Buckeye Ford Lincoln, Inc. of Sidney awarded a $1000 scholarship to Hedrick. A special thanks to Buckeye Ford in Sidney through sponsoring this National FFA scholarship. Tyo received a $1500 scholarship presented by America’s Farmers Grow Ag Leaders/ Monsanto Fund Scholarship. All three scholarships were awarded

REAL ESTATE AUCTION

WED., AUGUST 16, 2017 6:00 PM 209 WESTMINSTER DRIVE, GREENVILLE, OHIO (WATCH FOR AUCTION SIGNS ON SALE DAY)

Located in the North End of Greenville This Sharp Brick Ranch Home Has Many Features Including a Full Basement with Poured Concrete Walls, Large Foyer, Lg. Great Room with Vaulted Ceilings and Stone Fireplace, Lg. Open Concept Kitchen with Oak Cabinets, Center Island, Newer Stainless Steel Appliances, Dining Area. Large Master Bedroom with Full Bathroom and Dbl. Closets, (2) Additional Nice Size Bedrooms, Full Bath, 18’x18’ Enclosed Florida Room, Laundry Room, 2 Car Attached Garage w/Opener, Central A/C, Wood Patio Deck w/Enclosed Privacy Fence, Large Concrete Patio Area, Newer Roof, Nice Mature Landscaping, 10’x16’ Hip Roof Storage Building and Much More!

Inspect This Property Make Financial Arrangements Be Prepared to Buy on Auction Day Shown by appointment…

Call: Kirby Lyons (937) 316-8400 Everett Hocker (937) 417-0748

Terms: $5,000.00 Down on Day of Auction. Complete Balance Due Within 30 Days of Auction. Taxes will be figured short term pro-ration to closing. Possession at closing.

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to graduating seniors with Bruns majoring in ag business, Tyo in animal science and Hedrick majoring in Biology.

VERSAILLES – Two Members of the Versailles FFA attended the 2nd session of FFA Camp Muskingum in Carrollton. Members attending representing Versailles FFA included Colleen Gehret and Courtney Batten. While at camp, students participated in leadership, communications and cooperation focused workshops as well as many recreational and teamwork activities. Members also participated in various activities to increase their understanding and awareness of the environment. FFA Members also had the opportunity to learn and share from the 2017-18 State FFA Ofﬁcers.

Arcanum Garden Club beautiﬁes town ARCANUM – You may have noticed how nice the Village of Arcanum looks. The Arcanum Garden Club is and has been at work making the town and community colorful with ﬂowers they have planted. Large pots at the corners on Main and George Streets are in shades of orange. Also, the urns at their Generation Square are showing the same orange, along with roses. The fountain makes the area very peaceful. The Gazebo at Ivester Park is showing off the large ferns again this year. Also, there are various planting areas around the park done by individual members of the club. It is their hope to further this idea next year. Very Good

This year’s ofﬁcers are President Anita Troutwine, Vice President Amy Jeffers, Secretary Kornelia Barnett, Treasurer Vickie Brown, Program Pauline Cates, Connie Norris, Carolyn Furlong, Vickie Brown, and Barb Byrne; Beautiﬁcation – Tasha Anderson, Vickie Brown, Linda Schwieterman, and Connie Norris; Ways & Means – Jenny Quigney, Linda Schweiterman, Sue Stammen and Amy Jeffers. A trip to Stockslagers Garden Center was informative and enjoyable. Luncheon was at Jacks. They also made a trip to the Garden Center at Meadowview. Lots of ideas were gathered. Recently, a trip to Verona to see the Baltimore

ANTIQUES – COLLECTIBLES – COINS – INDIAN ARTIFACTS – TOOLS – TOYS – JOHN DEERE LAWN TRACTOR

BROOKVILLE, OHIO

At 316 Hay Ave. From I-70 take Exit 21 south on Arlington Rd, then at the Chevrolet dealership, turn east on Wolf Creek & just east of the Central Business District, turn north on Hay to sale site. Our private consignors have rented the ground level hall of Flory’s Antique Depot to disperse their collections. This is a climate controlled facility w/ off street parking.

THURS., AUG. 10 ~ TIME: 9:30 AM ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES: Variety of country antiques, incl crocks, jugs, pitchers & mixing bowls; fodder cutter & other farm items; kitchen collectibles; duck decoys; fishing items; nice craftsman brass & stained glass chandelier. 30 oil lamps & other lighting; etc. INDIAN ARTIFACTS lncl bird stones, not all perfect; 2 slate gorgets, frames of flint points & more; FLOW BLUE (60 pcs); OTHER CHINA & GLASSWARE; TOYS & COLLECTIBLES; TOOLS: Leather maker’s vise; #2 Siegley & #55 Stanley planes & other vintage tools; Soo Hdwe brass gauge. JOHN DEERE LA125 w/ lawn tractor, chains & 46” snow blade, plus mower deck. COSTUME JEWELRY; COINS at 11:00 AM: 14 silver dollars; silver coins; Indian Head cents & more! Note: This is a good weekday event, although rather eclectic, I am sure you’ll find it interesting. Please plan to be with us to see what unfolds. Photos & details at www.stichterauctions.com.

House and lunch at the Bank House Café. A new feature is a report by a member on ﬂowers by color. Kornelia Barnett started the ﬁrst feature on the color

purple. She showed unusual ﬂowers and information on their care. Kathy Fout showed table settings using ﬂower color with orange as her focal point. Since they

were holding a dinner meeting on the patio at the Bank Café, other patrons seemed to enjoy the discussion. The colors pink, yellow and red will be discussed in the future.

REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AUCTION SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 2017 10:00 AM

8536 COLETOWN LIGHTSVILLE RD, GREENVILLE, OHIO 45331

We will be offering at public auction a 3 bedroom, 1 bath brick ranch style home with attached 1-car garage. Home located on 1.26 acres with a 2400 square foot Quonset building at rear of property, building has electric service and water. Home is selling with owner’s right of confirmation of final bid. Seller will pay January 2018 installment of the property taxes. Open House July 23, 1:00-2:30 PM and shown by appointment. Terms: $5,000.00 earnest money deposit day of auction with balance due at closing within 45 days. Possession at closing. Real Estate sells at Noon Tractors and Equipment 1957 John Deere 520 Propane (project tractor); John Deere 110 w/cab and front mount snow blower; GE E14 tractor w/forklift attachment; GE E16 tractor; GE E16 tractor w/front mount mower; GE E15 tractor w/snow blade; GE E20 tractor; Avco New Idea ECT 120 tractor; Dixon 4515 ZTR mower; Atlas front tine tiller; JD rotary hoe section; 14.9-36 tires and rims; yard sprayers; snow blade; lawn roller; lawn aerator; lawn seeder; V plow; Lambert lawn sweeper; small disc; Brinley 1 bottom mounted plow; 3 JD mower decks; 2 electric front mount snow blowers for GE tractors; electric tiller for GE tractors; electric mower decks for GE tractors; JD lawn tractor wheel weights; misc. tires and chains; tandem axle trailer. Shop Equipment and Tools Foley saw sharpening equipment; Craftsman box and openend wrenches; impact sockets; pipe wrenches; Craftsman blower-vac; Lincoln 225 welder; drill press stand; new Magnum sandblast cabinet; JD chainsaw; Remington electric chainsaw; hedge trimmer; battery charger; circular saw; Milwaukee angle drill; 2-2ton floor jacks; bench grinder; portable air tank; portable air compressor; Hyd lift platform; lift table; Ready heater; propane weed burner; Coleman gas lantern; 8’ Werner stepladder; extension ladder; propane tank on wheels; 500 gal propane tank; saw horses; hose and reel; scrap pile; still going through barn, more items too numerous to mention. Household 2-leather recliners; antique dressers; Tonka toys; electric bed; metal folding chairs; Rainbow sweeper; Sony stereo; Jehovah’s Witness Yearbooks 1954-1977; small safe; camping tripod; Warm Morning coal stove; player piano rolls; Lionel trainstrack-transformers-villages.

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Versailles Eagles donates to CADC VERSAILLES – Versailles Eagles recently presented $3,000 to the Cancer Association of Darke County (CADC). The Eagles donate to

many other community causes, including Versailles Area Charity Foundation, school functions, Children’s Shrine Hospital, Versailles Area Historical Society,

Center for Neurology Development and Versailles Community Fund. The Eagles routinely donate to the local cancer organization and the Cancer

Association is most appreciative of the continued donations. The association provides beneﬁts to cancer patients living in Darke County. Corporate Sponsors for 2017 (so far this year) are: American Legion Post 140, Ansonia Lumber, Bible Fellowship Church, Dave Knapp FordLincoln, Diane Evans Insurance, Farmers State Bank - New Madison, First Assembly of God, Greenville

National Bank, Greenville Memorial Auxiliary 7262, Greenville Technology, Inc., Hittle Buick, GMC, Kiwanis Club of New Madison, Ray and Bettye Laughlin, Lowdy Ofﬁce Machines, Mercer Savings Bank, Ramco Electric Motors, Second National Bank, Sisco, VFW Post 7262, Wayne Health Care, Women of the Moose, and Williamson Insurance, LLC.

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CAB, 4X4 P.U., 5.3L V8, one owner, all power, super nice, brown, 25,663 miles .................................................................................................... $27,995.........$26,500 2012 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN, 3.6L V6, Stow & Go seating, all power, super nice, black, 61,716 miles ........................................................................................................................ $16,995.........$15,900 2011 FORD FLEX SEL FWD, 3.5L V6, all power, one owner, nice, blue, 205,198 miles ......................... $7,995...........$6,500 2011 CHEVY TRAVERSE LT FWD, 3.6L V6, one owner, all power, very nice, blue, 111,816 miles ........................................................................................................................ $15,995.........$14,500 2008 CHEVY EQUINOX LT FWD, 3.4L V6, loaded, very nice, white, 249,777 miles ............................... $5,995...........$4,900 2008 CHEVY AVALANCHE LS 4WD, 5.3L, V8, loaded, exc. cond., blue, 61,039 miles ....................... $20,995.........$19,500 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK XR FWD, 3.6L V6, leather, sunroof, loaded, nice, light blue, 168,584 miles .................................................................................................................. $8,995...........$7,500 2006 CHEVY ½ TON SILVERADO LT CREW CAB 4X4 P.U., 5.3L V8, all power, very nice, black, 102,187 miles ...................................................................................................................... $13,995.........$12,500 2005 GMC YUKON SLT 4X4, 5.3L, V8, leather, sunroof, DVD system, loaded, exc. cond. silver, 161,046 miles......................................................................................................................... $9,995...........$8,900 2005 BUICK TERRAZA CXL VAN, 3.5L, V6, leather, DVD player, loaded, good cond., blue, 202,472 miles .......................................................................................................................... $3,995...........$2,900 2005 CADILLAC SRX AWD, 3.6L V6, leather, sunroof, loaded, exc. cond., diamond white, 150,250 miles ....................................................................................................... $10,995...........$9,500 2004 CADILLAC SRX AWD, 4.6L V8, leather, loaded, good cond., beige, 105,466 miles ...................... $7,995...........$6,900 2004 CHEVY COLORADO REG CAB 2WD P.U., 2.8L 4 cyl., 5 speed, air, sharp, yellow, 166,455 miles ....................................................................................................................... $7,995...........$6,500 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER LS 4WD, 4.3L, V6, all power, exc. cond., blue, 148,224 miles ................. $6,995...........$5,900 2003 DODGE DURANGO SLT 4WD, 5.9L, V8, leather, loaded, good cond., black, 191,714 miles................................................................................................................................... $5,995...........$4,500

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1.99

ZUCCHINI AND YELLOW SQUASH

LB SLICED SANDWICH PEPPERONI

AR KRETSCHM YLE T S IS U O L ST. S IB R

N 1/2 GALLOO O M TRU TE MILK CHOCOL A

1.99 LB 22.75-30 .75OZ PKG CULINARY CIRLCE PIZZA PUB STYLE

4.49

RED AND GREEN GRAPES

PORK STEAK

SUTTON’SE SIGNATURL AD A POTATO S

ICE USDA CHOUND O R EYE OF STEAK ROAST OR

SUTTON’SE SIGNATURING D DIRT PUD

2/ 1 $

LL GREEN BES PEPPER

USDA D INSPECTEIBEYE R S S E L E N BO

WE HONOR OHIO FOOD STAMP CARDS AND WIC VOUCHERS

CUCUMBE

JUMBO IA AL SWEET VIDS N ONIO

OPEN MON.-SAT. 6AM - 10PM SUN. 7AM - 10PM

Hours: MON-SUN. 7:00A.M.-10:00P.M.

PRICES EFFECTIVE THE WEEK OF AUGUST 7-13, 2017

L ESSENTIAIGINAL R O EVERYDAYD BACON SMOKE

SUTTON’S FUEL CENTER

2.99

16OZ BTL ESSENTIAL EVERYDAY SALAD DRESSING

2/$3

4PK 160CT BOX KLEENEX FACIAL TISSUE

5.99

BOX 15.4-20OZEREAL QUAKER C

2.49

8 PK S GTON BUN IN N N E P

1.09