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WEEKEND EDITION - SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

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Family Health to roll out XChange program SUSAN HARTLEY

STAFF WRITER shartley@earlybirdpaper.com

GREENVILLE – Representatives of Family Health, the Darke County Health Department and the Darke County Coroner’s ofﬁce met with county, city and village ofﬁcials Thursday to introduce a new program aimed at combating drug abuse. According to Jean Young, executive director, Family Health has received a $100,000 grant from Cardinal Health in Columbus to fund aspects of the program. Family Health submit-

ted the following press release concerning the program on Thursday: Family Health Services of Darke County, a Federally Qualiﬁed Health Center operating since 1972, will launch a new initiative designed to address some of the community health concerns created by the opioid epidemic. The program, called XChange, helps men and women who are struggling with drug misuse by offering clean needles, education and referrals to addiction treatment services. “People with addiction often inject drugs, and often share needles,” said Dr. Hannah Hatic,

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Smith wins Early Bird’s fair gift basket GREENVILLE – The Early Bird/Bluebag Media is pleased to announce its winner of the gift basket drawing from the 2018 Great Darke County Fair. Blain Smith, of Greenville, had his name drawn from approximately 1,500 entries. The gift basket was valued at over $500 with gift certiﬁcates and merchandise from local merchants and restaurants. The Early Bird/Bluebag Media thanks every-

one that stopped by our booth during the fair and shared how much you enjoy reading the newspaper when it comes to your door or reading us online. Many of you also mentioned your appreciation for the thousands of pictures we publish on our Facebook Page. If you haven’t Liked The Early Bird on Facebook, you are missing out. We posted over 3,000 photos from this year’s fair.

WHC hosts Women’s Night Out on Sept. 13 GREENVILLE – Women’s Night Out – An Evening of Wellness & Pampering will take place on Thursday, Sept. 13, 5:30-8 p.m., in the Wayne HealthCare Lobby. Attendees will have the opportunity enjoy shopping, wine tasting by the Winery at Versailles, cooking demonstration by The Merchant House, massages and fashion show courtesy of Youniques and Sadie Grace. The event will focus on health prevention and screenings, cancer services, bone density

scan for osteoporosis, tour of the Lifestyle Enhancement Center and Women’s Center. Wayne HealthCare physicians and professional staff will be present to answer questions regarding cancer treatment and prevention, women’s health, orthopedic surgery, sports medicine and more. Women of all ages are welcome to attend this free event. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Karen Droesch at (937) 5475750 or karen.droesch@ waynehealthcare.org.

DO, Family Health Services’ Clinical Director of Medication, Assisted Treatment Programs and a specialist in internal medicine and addiction medicine. “Sharing needles puts people at risk of contracting Hepatitis and HIV.” According to the National Harm Reduction Coalition, needle exchange programs “are one of the most effective methods of disease prevention among injection drug users. “Over a decade’s worth of scientiﬁc research concludes that syringe exchange programs play an essential role in reducing the spread of bloodborne illnesses such as HIV and Hepatitis B and C.” XChange will provide a one-to-one exchange, Hatic said. “Anyone who comes in with a dirty needle will get a new needle, and will have access to basic medical supplies, education about misuse and addiction and refer-

rals to addiction treatment services.” XChange has widespread support throughout the community, Hatic said, including from the Darke County Sheriff’s Office, the Coalition for a Healthy Darke County, the Darke County Health Department and the Darke County Coroner’s Office. “We support XChange because it will connect the folks who are struggling with addiction to healthcare providers who can work with them and help them get treatment,” said Chief Deputy Mark Whittaker of the Darke County Sheriff’s Office. “The program also will help reduce needle stick injuries to law enforcement officers and first responders.” XChange opens Oct. 12, and will run every month on the second and fourth Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Family Health Dental Clinic, 5735 Meeker Road, Greenville.

For general information about the program, email: xchange@familyhealthservices.org The public is invited to attend an informational meeting concerning the XChange program from 5:30-7 p.m. Tues-

day, Sept. 25, at Family Health in Greenville. Information concerning how the program works for individuals dealing with addiction will be available. For more information, call Family Health at 548-3806.

Residents urged to get involved to change culture RYAN BERRY

MANAGING EDITOR editor@earlybirdpaper.com

GREENVILLE – Tired of what she was seeing around her business and in her community, Youniques owner Hala Knapke called for a meeting to learn what residents of Greenville can do to combat the drug problem. She invited Darke County Sheriff Chief Deputy Mark Whittaker, Greenville Police Chief Steve Strick, Greenville Police Lt. Eric Roberts and Darke County Recovery and Wellness’ Kelly Harrison to address a group of approximately 35 interested residents. Knapke shared an incident that shook her to where she could no longer sit idly by. She said she was walking the bike trail between Alice Bish Park and the Greenville City Park and saw boys on bikes and “they weren’t just putting needles in their arms; they were desperate,” she said. They were no more than 10-feet away and they seemed not to care about her, but were ﬁxated on getting their drug. “This is not okay. That is not okay. When is it normal to see that on a bike path at 8 o’clock in the morning,” Knapke said. Chief Whittaker did not bring good news and was blunt in sharing, “Don’t think for a minute that Greenville has developed

into a terrible place and that it’s only happening here because that is not true at all.” He said the things you’ve seen or heard about are also happening in other communities. “We think of Greenville of the way it was in our youth. We have an issue and it’s changing right in front of our face. This perception that it happened overnight is not true.” The Sheriff’s Office has been tracking the numbers for a long time and they first noticed an issue more than a decade ago. They began seeing an increase in the number of overdose deaths in 2005 and 2006. In the 80s and 90s they would record an average of two overdose deaths a year. Since 2015, Darke County has recorded 62 overdose deaths with a high of 24 last year. There have been 11 overdose deaths this year – already making it the second most deadly year. Whittaker pointed out there isn’t a village in the county that has escaped this problem. The problem, according to Whittaker has not come from just one change, but several. Where we are at today is a result of the crackdown on prescription drugs and addicts looking elsewhere to fill their cravings, the state reducing funding to prisons, local courts choosing

Chief Deputy Mark Whittaker shares information with approximately 35 area residents at a meeting formed by Hala Knapke.

community control sanctions or treatment in lieu of prison, and an immunity law when an overdose is called in. All of these reasons and more are fueling the problem. The answer from Chief Whittaker, Chief Strick, Lt. Roberts and Greenville Safety Service Director Curt Garrison – get involved, form neighborhood watch groups, make phone calls to the police department when you see something suspicious, write down license plate numbers if you can do so safely, clean up your home, lock your house and car doors, light up your house – don’t sit idly by. The law enforcement ofﬁcers agreed this will not change overnight and will not change if residents choose not to get involved

and report suspicious activity. Whittaker warned it may seem like ofﬁcers aren’t doing anything, but nothing could be further from the truth. In some instances, it can take several months to build an iron-clad case to take to the prosecutor. Someone who is making a difference is Kelly Harrison who works in prevention at Darke County Recovery & Wellness. Harrison is taking the message to the schools that the majority of kids are not drinking or doing drugs. She is showing there is an alternative to the lifestyle that gets so much attention. Whittaker believes the prevention message will make a difference, but it may be 10 years or longer before we see those results.

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School ofﬁcials, police to review surveillance video for suspects Vandalism

On Aug. 27 an officer met with a Greenville City Schools official at the rear of Memorial Hall on West Fourth Street. The school official said when he arrived at work that morning he found several of the windows on the building had been broken sometime during the past several days. Maintenance workers had cleaned up and boarded up two of the windows prior to that morning. The cost to repair the five windows is around $150, however, the school of official said they will just board them up because all of the windows are going to be replaced in October. School officials will look

at the surveillance video and get Greenville Police a copy if necessary. SHOPLIFTING

On Aug. 27 ofﬁcers released a report from June 8 concerning a theft from Eikenberry’s IGA. The complainant/witness told the ofﬁcer she was approached by another employee/witness about a male wearing a red shirt and khaki shorts, who was in the store acting weird. The complainant decided to watch the male on camera and said she saw him in the snack aisle, taking a bag of Combos from the shelf. He continued walking around the store, then put a container of Eikenberry’s brand cookies inside the front of his

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shorts. The man ran out of the store towards Speedway on Sweitzer Street. The officer watched the video and identified the male as Vincent Arnold. Arnold passed all points of sale without paying or attempting to pay for the items and left the store. The officer located Arnold sleeping under the Broadway Street bridge. The officer also saw the blue-colored bag of the Combo’s package lying beside Arnold. When the officer told Arnold he was under arrest, Arnold replied “all this over a bag of Combos?” The officer also saw an empty box of pastry and Arnold said he “didn’t steal the honey buns.” When the officer told him he isn’t supposed to steal even a bag of Combos, Arnold said if he didn’t, he wouldn’t eat. Arnold was transported to the DCSO jail, where he was booked on a charge of theft. The of officer did not locate the package of cookies and Arnold would not say where they were, but did admit to stopping at a friend’s house to change shirts after leaving Eikenberry’s. Arnold would not say who the friend was. WANTED PERSON

On Aug. 24 an officer was dispatched to Darke County Municipal Court in reference to a known male with an arrest warrant. Upon arrival, the officer made contact with Corey Johnson. Dispatch confirmed Johnson had two active warrants. The first was from GPD for a CPO violation and the second was from Miami County for a failure to appear on the original charge of driving under suspension. Johnson was placed under arrest and informed of his warrants. Johnson was transported to the Darke County Jail, where he was incarcerated and held with no bond, to serve 29 days at the court’s discretion. On Aug. 28 an officer was called to the 200 block of West Main Street on the report of a wanted subject with an outstanding warrant. Upon the of officer’s arrival, a detective had the subject. Jamie Keown detained. The of officer transported Keown to the Darke County Jail. The warrant was for failure to appear for a disorderly conduct charge with a bond of $525. On Aug. 27 officers responded to the 100 block of East Third Street on the report of a male subject dressed only in underwear acting strange. Officers found Dwight Lee Karnehm dressed in boxers acting in a manner that indicated he was under the influence of drugs. Karnehm was thrashing about and would not stand or sit still. He would roll on the ground, stand up, sit down, and move constantly. Officers requested Green-

ville Rescue to respond to the scene. Karnehm was placed in the back seat of a police cruiser until the squad arrived. While in the back of the car, Karnehm would thrashed about, standing on his hands and feet and crawling around. Once Greenville Rescue arrived, he was given two doses of a sedative, which had no effect on his behavior. It took approximately eight police officers and medics to secure Karnehm to the cot, with an officer and medics riding along to hold him down as he was being transported to the emergency room. Karnehm had no idea where he was or what was going on. Once in the emergency room, Karnehm was strapped to the bed and given numerous sedatives for more than three hours, while being held down by officers until he fell asleep. Karnehm was later admitted to the ICU at Wayne Healthcare. On Aug. 28, GPD was dispatched to Wayne ER on a separate issue, but while there, they were requested in ICU due to Karnehm being disorderly. Karnehm was strapped to the bed and was yelling loudly. A nurse administered six doses of a powerful sedative over about 90 minutes and it had no effect. Karnehm head butted one of the nurses and was trying to break the restraining straps, chew the tape off his arm, kicked the foot of the bed, and was yelling profanity. Officers warned Karnehm numerous times for yelling profanity and trying to break the straps. Twice officers warned him they would use the Taser on him if he didn’t stop. Of Officials attempted to make arrangement to release Karnehm, but nobody would take him due to his drug use and erratic behavior. Officers eventually made arrangements for him to be housed at the Darke County Jail. He was taken into custody for disorderly conduct. On Aug. 29 officers responded to the 200 block of River Street in reference to an argument that was taking place in the backyard of a residence. The officer was told two of the people involved in the argument had left the area. The officer went to the backyard of the residence and located the defendant, Robert Wentz II, who said he had been staying in a camper and around 4:20 a.m. he was awaken by two people pounding on his camper door and reaching inside. Wentz said the two suspects left the area and he believes they stole a black mountain bike and his push lawn mower. Wentz said he did not want to press charges against the two subjects and told the officer the situation was over a bad business deal. The officer ran Wentz’s

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information through the BMV ﬁles via LEADS and he was found to have an active bench warrant out of the Darke County Sheriff’s Department for failing to appear on a driving under suspension charge. Wentz was arrested on the warrant and transported to the Darke County Jail, where he was incarcerated with a $1,025 bond. Another ofﬁcer attempted to locate one of the reported subjects at his home, who Wentz said stole his lawnmower, but was told by a resident she believed he was in jail in Florida and could not have been involved. DUI

On Aug. 25 an officer was called to McDonald’s on Wagner Avenue on the report of an assault complaint. The complainant reported male subjects in a black vehicle had just assaulted a McDonald’s employee. When officers arrived, they saw the vehicle leaving McDonald’s then pulling into the parking lot at Rural King. The vehicle was occupied by the driver, Aaron Bruss and a passenger. While speaking with both the subjects about the alleged assault, the of officer noticed both were slurring their words and were also very talkative, but kept repeating themselves. Both subjects also had bloodshot eyes and there was an odor of alcohol coming from both. An officer asked Bruss if he had anything to drink and he stated no. When asked to take field sobriety tests, Bruss performed poorly. The officer again asked Bruss if he taken any illegal drugs or consumed any alcohol and his response was still no. Since he performed poorly during the tests, Bruss was placed under arrest for operating under the influence. The officer asked Hunt why both of them were slurring their speech and had bloodshot eyes and he admitted they had been drinking rum. Bruss was transported to the Greenville Police department where he consented to

a breath. He was then placed under an ALS suspension and given a copy of his citation. Both subjects were released to the father of the passenger. DISORDERLY

On Aug. 26 an officer was dispatched to Danny’s Place on Broadway on the report of a disorderly male subject. The bartender told officers he asked suspect Michael Hammaker to leave because he had been throwing shot glasses on the floor and causing them to break. Hammaker refused to leave the business. An officer asked Hammaker for an identification but he would not comply and remained lying on the bar stools with his feet resting on the bar. Two officers assisted Hammaker to his feet and escorted him from the business. Hammaker then went to stand in the middle of the street. When one of the officers warned him to get out of the street, Hammaker asked “who do you think you are?” The officer turned on his mic in order to record the incident and Hammaker attempted to grab the mic. When the officer pushed Hammaker’s arm away from the mic, he walked back into the street, into the crosswalk closest to the traffic circle. A vehicle stopped to wait for Hammaker to move. When he refused to move, officers placed him under arrest and transported him to the Darke County Jail, where he was incarcerated on a $275 bond. EARLY BIRD POLICY The Greenville Police Beat is prepared from public records available at the Greenville Police Department. Every ef 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.

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Drug- and alcohol-related cases in court Union City Arts Festival is Sept. 7 & 8 BY SUSAN HARTLEY STAFF WRITER shartley@earlybirdpaper.com

GREENVILLE – The following appeared this week before Judge Jonathan P. Hein in Darke County Common Pleas Court: * Romona Miller, 47, of Dunkirk, Ind. appeared on charges of possession of meth, furnishing false information and driving under suspension. If convicted on all charges she could face two years in prison and a $4,500 ﬁne, as well as driver’s license suspension. Hein appointed Randall Breaden as Miller’s attorney and set a status conference for Sept. 24. Miller is currently serving time in Jay County, Ind. for offenses occurring there. * Jason Miller, 42, of Greenville faces a 12month sentence if he is found guilty for violating probation. According to court records, Miller failed to complete a Recovery & Wellness treatment program, failed a drug/alcohol test, failed to pay court costs, and was charged with another DUI. Hein appointed Dave Rohrer as Miller’s attorney and place Miller on

Romona Miller, who is currently serving time in the Jay County, Ind. jail, faces a two–year prison term if convicted on three Darke County charges. (Susan Hartley photo)

an ankle bracelet with an alcohol monitoring device. His next appearance in court will be Oct. 1 for a probable cause and disposition hearing. * Brandy Shappie, 40, of Yorkshire, appeared before Hein for an in lieu of conviction hearing for possession of drug charge stemming from April 23. Hein granted intervention so Shappie could seek treatment for her drug problem. She will serve up to 60 months probation, which includes 100 hours community service, treatment programs and random urinalysis. * Jesse Railsback, 36,

of Greenville appeared on violation of probation, including failing to report since November 2017, failure to complete treatment with Recovery & Wellness and failing to pass several drug tests. Hein appointed Randall Breaden as Railsback’s attorney and set a court date of Oct. 1. Hein also imposed a $12,500 bond. If Railsback posts bond, he is to follow the terms and conditions of his community control sanctions from his original charges of breaking and entering and possession of drug abuse instruments.

Dill Oil robber ordered returned to New York BY SUSAN HARTLEY STAFF WRITER shartley@earlybirdpaper.com

GREENVILLE – Anthony Felix, 26, of New York, was again found to be incompetent to stand trial during a competency hearing in Darke County Common Pleas Court on Monday. Felix was charged with the April 9 robbery at Dill Oil in Greenville. He was ﬁrst found incompetent in May and was sent for further evaluation to the Northwest Ohio Psychiatric Hospital in Toledo. A review of the hospital’s ﬁndings were explained Monday by the defendant’s attorney Nicole Pohlman, which included several concerns about his mental health, including developmental disabilities. “It’s my position Mr. Felix is incompetent to participate in his defense,” Pohlman told Judge Jonathan P. Hein. Darke County Prosecutor Kelly Ormsby agreed. “I think his competence is going to be problematic,” Ormsby said, adding Felix

Anthony Felix, with attorney Nicole Pohlman, has again been found incompetent to stand trial. (Susan Hartley photo)

was “easily led,” which was the case in the Dill Oil incident. “He is not really competent to go to trial.” Felix told Hein he had committed a number of misdemeanors in the past, including shoplifting, but that this was his ﬁrst felony. “The person told me to do it and I did it because I was scared of him,” he said, also telling Hein the name

of the man who urged him to rob Dill Oil. During a search of the car Felix was driving at the time of the robbery, police found a BB gun, which was used to threaten a station employee. Hein found Felix not competent to stand trial and ordered him to be returned to New York to continue treatment with his service providers.

UNION CITY, Ind. – The ﬁfth annual Union City Arts Festival will be held September 7 and 8. The 2018 Festival is shaping up to be the best ever. The festival opens at 6 p.m. on Friday evening featuring three well-known area artists this year, Denis Bruss, Springboro, Selena Burk from Darke County and Union City’s own Carol Strock-Wasson. The show opening will be held at the Union City Arts Depot. Beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, the festival will be featuring “Women in Sound” on the Main Stage at Artisan Crossing in Union City. Tickets are $5 per person or $3 admission with a football ticket from any local high school football game. From 6:30-8:30 p.m., enjoy Nightfall. After Nightfall performs, Union City’s McCoys’ mural (Hang on Sloopy fame), painted by Pamela Bliss, will be unveiled on the Main Stage at Artisan Park. The McCoys mural unveiling will occur between 8:30 and 9 p.m. prior to “Password Reset” with Union City native Roxie. Bring your lawn chairs and come enjoy an evening of music and art. Saturday is full of fun, art, music and theatre

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events, beginning at 10 a.m. The festival has more art vendors than ever. For the children, Alison McKcKenzie, the wife of graphic artist Mac Blackout, will be conducting the Children’s Art Workshop. She will be doing cool paper crafts with the kids. All ages are welcome. The children’s activities will be held from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., under the portico outside the Depot. Children ages 0-6 should be accompanied by their parents. Call the Depot at (765) 964-7227, if you have additional questions. For the adults, Pour Paint artist Mitchel Grisez, Greenville, will be conducting two workshops. He will be doing a “Make & Take” Pour Painting with you. These classes will be held at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday. The cost is $10 at the door. The class will be held at the UC Art Depot. The festival is providing two theatre events this year. At 6:30 and 7 p.m. the Purity/Clarity Minnetrista Theatre Preserve Outreach will be performing twice. These perfor-

mances are free. Another free theatre event occurs at 5:30 p.m. at Firehouse Pipes beginning with drinks and hors d’oevres. At this time, they will learn how Oscar nominated, full length animated film Loving Vincent, has ties to Union City. At approximately 5:30 p.m., Pamela Bliss, who painted the McCoys mural, will be featured. Ms. Bliss was involved in the Academy Award nominated animated film “Loving Vincent.” She will speak to the audience about her role in how this film was made. Saturday evening will culminate in three concerts beginning at 6:30 p.m. Admission for Saturday’s concerts is $5 per person. Bring your lawn chair to the Main Stage at Artisan Park. Zach Laffin will perform at 6:30 pm. He will be followed by Shannon Clark and The Sugar at 8:30 p.m. The final act to wrap up the festival will be Freakquency at 10 p.m. For more information, go to unioncityartsfestival. org or find them on Facebook at Union City Arts Festival.

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LaRose visits area to campaign for Secretary of State BY RYAN BERRY MANAGING EDITOR editor@earlybirdpaper.com

GREENVILLE – How important is the position of Secretary of State (SOS) in Ohio? According to Republican candidate Frank LaRose it is an important job that needs the right person to safeguard

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believes the right to vote is sacred. “It is fundamental to our way of life,” he said. The importance of elections took on a whole new meaning when he served in the military and was in Iraq and Kosovo when people got to vote for the first time. “Including risking their lives to do so,” he added. “When I was in southern Iraq, people would submit their ballot and dip their finger in ink and that was their way to keep people from voting twice,” he shared. The inked finger became a badge of courage. “The Iranian-backed terrorist groups that we were fighting against on a nightly basis said they would cut your finger off if they saw purple ink on it. Over 70 percent of those Iraqi men and women came out to cast a ballot. Meaning they were willing to risk their lives to have a voice in the future of the country. “ LaRose added, “If I get to work for eight years and protect that right to vote and do reasonable things to prevent fraud, but at the same time

Frank LaRose (center) met with Commissioner Mike Stegall (left) and Representative Steve Huffman during his visit to Greenville. (Gaylen Blosser photo)

guarantee the convenient access for every single Ohioan to cast their ballot then I’d be excited to go to work every day and do that job.” As for the current SOS, Jon Husted, LaRose believes he has done a great job. “He’s done too good of a job and hasn’t left me a lot to campaign on,” LaRose joked. “There are a mix of opportunities and challenges that face us,”

he said. “The real work of elections is done at 88 county boards of election,” LaRose said. He pointed out the secretary needs to be their partners. As a legislator in the Ohio Senate, LaRose introduced the opportunity for Ohioans to register to vote online. He is currently working on legislation to create more opportunities for

people to register to vote or update their address on voter registration anytime they interact with state government. “There is no reason why people are interacting with state government that we shouldn’t take the opportunity to say ‘hold on, let’s get you registered to vote or let’s update your voting address.’ By doing so we can keep people from being inactive.”

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GREENVILLE - The Greenville Business & Professional Women’s Club will feature two great speakers, Shadia Jallaq and Susan Manchester for their September meeting. The meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, in the Brick Room at the Brethren Retirement Community, located at 750 Chestnut, Greenville. Legislative committee members, Gail Snyder (Chair), Betty Kosier, Diane Delaplane, Peggy Foutz, Kasey Christian, and Jennifer Fleagle will host the meeting. Jallaq, a proud alumna of The Ohio State University, graduated cum laude with degrees in Political Science and International Studies. She manages Programs for Ohio Women

Empowered to Represent (POWER). The POWER initiative at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs includes NEW Leadership Ohio and Ready to RunCampaign Training for Women. She will discuss the importance of having political discussions without being divisive in order to find common ground so practical solutions can be found to move things forward. Manchester (R-Waynesfield) is running for state representative for Ohio’s 84th House District, and has received the endorsement of U.S. Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). Mancheseter is a pro-life, pro-second amendment fiscal conservative who believes in the power of people and communities to create opportunities for each other. She grew up on her family’s farm outside of

Shadia Jallaq, left and Susan Manchester will speak at the Sept. 13 BPW meeting.

Waynesﬁeld, attended The Ohio State University, and then worked for Congressman Jim Jordan in Washington, D.C. for nearly ﬁve years. Manchester is proud to be born and raised in the 84th House District and has the passion and experience to represent its voice in Columbus. She will

speak about her experiences working in Washington and what led her to run for state representative. The meeting is open to the public. The cost for the dinner is $12 per person. RSVP by noon on Monday, Sept. 10, by contacting Vicki Cost at vcost@coxinsurance.com.

Grand ﬁnale to a wonderful season GREENVILLE – The Greenville Municipal Concert Band will once again take the stage for the last time this summer on Sunday, Sept. 2 at the Marling Band Shell in the beautiful Greenville City Park. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. and is free and open to the public. The band is very proud to feature the piano talents of Terri Fryman. Terri is the organist/pianist at First Presbyterian Church in Greenville, a position she has held for 27-years. She was the accompanist for the Greenville High School vocal music department for 15-years. Terri also plays the keyboard for the Greenville Municipal Jazz Band. She will be featured on the very beautiful

The Seal Lullaby. The show promises to be entertaining for all ages as the band will perform the classic overture Light Cavalry. More Disney music will be performed from Star Wars and Beauty and the Beast. Pop and Rock favorites will ﬁll the park with a tribute to Eric Clapton and Dick Clark. John and Chelsea Whirledge will also be on hand to provide vocals for the evening’s concert. Make plans to attend the ﬁnal concert in the park for this season at the new Marling Band Shell in our beautiful city park. Park bench seating is available and you can bring your own chair or blanket to sit on and enjoy the show. Food Trucks will visit

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the park again this Sunday guaranteeing something wonderful to eat. The concert series is a great way to spend an evening listening to music, reading a book or just creating quality time with family and friends and enjoying the park.

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School Time, 4-H Time MOLLY E. HUNT

Ohio 4-H Teen of the Year

As September rolls around so does the start of school, and the start of opportunities for 4-H youth to get involved, build their resumes, create friendships, and have a blast. 4-H offers a lot of opportunities outside the typical club atmosphere, these are offered on a county, state, national, and international level. This month Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to highlight my top 10 things for teen 4-Hers to get involved with this school year! County Level: 1. 4-H Camp Counselors: Open to 4-H teens in high school. Counselors meet twice a month starting in January to plan and execute 4-H Camp in June. Applications come out in early fall and is one of most looked forward to experiences of a teen 4-Hers career! 2. Hands Across The Darke: A community service club for teens in grades 5th-12th, they meet the ďŹ rst Tuesday of every month at the Extension ofďŹ ce and do several community service projects throughout the county. 3. Darke County Junior Fair Board: This selective board consists of representatives from 4-H clubs, FFA chapters, and scouts. They represent the Darke County Fair and adjust the proceedings of the fair accordingly. This gives youth a great boost in public speaking and leadership skills! Applications are due before the fair each year. 4. 4-H CARTEENS: A vehicular safety course taught by 4-H teens and extension professionals to youth in Darke County. For dates, and how to get involved contact the extension ofďŹ ce. State Level: 1. Ohio 4-H Teen Leadership Council: (TLC) is a statewide group of 4-H teens and young 4-H alumni that provides a youth stakeholder perspective in the

planning, implementation, and evaluation of Ohio 4-H programming, and have a blast while doing it! 2. Ohio 4-H Health Heroes: 4-H Health Heroes promote healthy eating, encourage people to engage in physical activities, and promote positive community change, and have the opportunity to attend the National Youth Summit on Healthy Living in Washington D.C. Applications are due September 15th, 2018. 3. Ohio 4-H Fashion Board: Board members present at the Ohio 4-H Conference in March and prepare the State Fair 4-H Fashion Revue. Each county can nominate a member to apply. 4. Ohio Teen Institute: Ohio Youth Institute is designed to build awareness of global poverty and hunger issues through a writing competition. Students in grades 9-11, working under the direction of a teachermentor, select a developing country and research a key factor affecting food security. National Level: 1. National 4-H Congress/ Ohio 4-H Achievement Form: These 25 awards recognize a 4-H memberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s achievement in a speciďŹ c area, each achievement award winner will receive a trip to National 4-H Congress that is held in Atlanta, Georgia. Forms are due in January and The Ohio 4-H TLC is sponsoring two workshops on September 15, 2018, 5:00-7:00 p.m. in Columbus, and an online workshop TBD. International Level: 1. International Program: The international program gives 4-H teens the opportunity to travel abroad with other 4-Hers, and/or host 4-Hers from other countries. This opportunity gives 4-Hers a sense of culture, and global view. 4-H opportunities are broad and wide, all you have to do is search, apply, dedicate yourself, and Make the Best Better.

AG and BWC helping ofďŹ cers get body armor COLUMBUS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine recently announced a plan to create a new program to help Ohioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s local law enforcement agencies purchase body armor vests. The Ohio Bureau of Workersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Compensation has agreed to support funding the effort through a recent expansion of its safety grant program. The BWC currently offers its Safety Intervention Grant Program to Ohioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s private and public employers to purchase equipment to reduce or eliminate injuries and illness associated with a particular task or operation. A portion of the Safety Intervention Grant Program funds will be used to fund the new Ohio Law Enforcement Body Armor Program, enabling local law enforcement agencies to receive up to $40,000 per agency to purchase body armor vests with a local match of 25 percent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am pleased to be able to offer the new Ohio Law Enforcement Body Armor

Program in partnership with the Ohio Bureau of Workersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Compensation to help local law enforcement agencies with the costs associated with life-saving body armor vests,â&#x20AC;? said Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This new program will help our ďŹ rst responders get the latest body armor, helping to protect them while they do the important work of keeping their communities safe.â&#x20AC;? In June, BWC announced that it would dedicate a portion of safety grants to prevent injuries and fatalities among law enforcement ofďŹ cers. Under an agreement between the Attorney General and BWC, the Ohio Law Enforcement Body Armor Program will be eligible for these funds through June 2019. Ohioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s law enforcement agencies are now able to apply for the program through an application form that will be linked on the Ohio Law Enforcement Gateway (OHLEG).

It sure was an exciting fair

Never in my 50-plus years of going to work at the Great Darke County Fair have I embarrassed myself as I did this year. Starting quite a few years ago, I would park outside the fairgrounds and was smart enough to write in my notebook each time the address where I chose to park. I did the same thing this year on Sunday, the ďŹ rst day I had to be there. Jamie and I found a parking place, so I wrote the address down and then headed on foot to the fairgrounds, only to return several hours later--with aching feet and a sore knee-to ďŹ nd the car wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t there. So we began to walk from

street to street, hoping that it had not been towed. Former co-worker Steve Eberhard and his son knew of our plight when our paths crossed on one of the streets. So, they, minutes later, drove to where we were and told us to get in....that they would help us ďŹ nd it. We drove up and down several streets and ďŹ nally found it. Here, I had written down the right house number but not the right street. Boy, did I feel like a dummy. Is it because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not in Greenville all the time like I used to be and forgot the name of the street or am I getting confused in my old age? I am just hoping this doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen too often and that I start paying more attention. Thanks so much, Steve, and son Jamie. Both of you were trying to make me feel better the whole time of our search, even though it was a ditzy thing for me to do. This

Thank You Sen. Matt Huffman Superintendents across Ohio sincerely thank Senator Matt Huffman, SD12, for sponsoring and strongly advocating for the passage of Senate Bill 216, the Ohio Public School Deregulation Bill. The bill recently signed into law by Governor Kasich was in development for over a year and it represents countless hours of dedicated work on behalf of local school districts. Senator Huffman started this journey by offering to sponsor a bill written by leaders from local school districts to address numerous mandates that cost time and money, disrupt educational process, create barriers to putting the best teacher in front of children, take management control from locally elected boards of education, and do not contribute to the core purpose of education â&#x20AC;&#x201C; high quality instruction and student learning. Senator Huffman said this bill must be written by the leaders in the trenches; those that know how things work every day in their school buildings; and must

be designed to improve effectiveness, reduced wasted time, and cut paperwork and bureaucracy. He recognized so many unnecessary mandates created by top down, centralized government getting in the way of local school district educators who are closest to the work and charged with getting things done for students. A steering committee of eight local school leaders wrote the ďŹ rst draft. Additional issues and potential solutions were collected from almost all of the 42 districts in SD12 at a meeting requested by Sen. Huffman in May of 2017. Ultimately, nearly 180 local school boards of education sent board resolutions in support of SB216 and over 100 teachers and administrators across Ohio testiďŹ ed in support of the bill. Supporters ranged from Jefferson, Geauga and Muskingum counties; from Tri-Valley to Athens; from North Olmstead to Liberty Benton, from Coldwater to Centerville, to Mason and Wyoming (Cincinnati). The support advocated for a fo-

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Greenville dumps Eaton 40-7 in season opener GAYLEN BLOSSER

SPORTS WRITER gblosser@earlybirdpaper.com

EATON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Greenville looked in mid-season form opening the 2018 football season with an impressive 40-7 road win over the Eaton Eagles after losing the 2017 season opener to the Eaton team by a 24-19 score. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Really pleased with the way we played up front and the way our backs saw holes and ran physical,â&#x20AC;? said Greenville coach Aaron Shaffer. The Green Wave totaled 522 yards while limiting the Eagles to a total of 113 offensive yards. Unlike the 2017 season opening game, the Wave grabbed a lead that would continue grow and hold up until the ďŹ nal horn of the night. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have been focused on that both at the beginning of the game and at halftime,â&#x20AC;? Coach Shaffer stated. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have to be able to come out at the open of the game and do the things that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve worked on.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was really pleased with the way the kids came out in

the second half and continued to play hard, physical and fast,â&#x20AC;? added Shaffer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those are the things we have to be able to continue to do going forward.â&#x20AC;? Greenville took an early 6-0 lead with Landon Eldridge scoring on a 29 yard touchdown run with 7:37 showing on the ďŹ rst quarter clock. Eaton blocked the PAT kick. GHS quarterback Tyler Beyke completed a 34 yard TD pass to Marcus Wood at 3:35 in the ďŹ rst followed by an Ethan Flanery PAT kick giving Greenville a 13-0 advantage. Eldridge capped a 10 play 4:36 drive with a 1-yard TD carry and a Flanery PAT kick at 2:58 in the second period extending the GHS lead to 20-0. Greenville would ďŹ nd the end zone one more time before half with Eldridge racing 55 yards to the end zone with 0:42 showing. With Flaneryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extra point kick splitting the uprights, Greenville took a commanding 27-0 lead to the break. Eldridge and the Wave picked up in the third where they left off in ďŹ rst half play with the senior running

back scoring from 6-yards out in third quarter play to give Greenville a 33-0 lead. Eaton got on the board at 3:38 in the third with Tyler Gregory scoring on a 50 year run followed by a successful PAT Kick to trail the Wave 33-7. Greenville would get the ďŹ nal TD of the night with Diâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Maurye Ewing running the ball in from the 1-yard line at 9:56 in the fourth. With Flaneryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s PAT through the uprights, Greenville had a season opening 40-7 win. With the graduation of many offensive and defensive line players, Coach Shaffer was pleased with his line play. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our offensive line played really pretty well through most of the night,â&#x20AC;? said Shaffer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an 11man football game and it takes all 11 to be successful. Landon and Diâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Maurye both had good nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s running the ball, but a lot of that can be attributed to the guys up front who open holes and to that matter, some of it goes to the quarterback making good reads.â&#x20AC;? Greenville rushed for 375 yards in 49 carries while Eaton was rushing for

Landon Eldridge escapes a tackle on his way to one of his four touchdowns in Greenvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s win over Eaton. (Gaylen Blosser photo)

94 yards on 25 carries. Eldridge rushed for 215 yards on 19 carries for the Wave. Ewing carried 20 times, good for 103 yards. Through the air, Greenvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tyler Beyke was 10/14 good for 147 yards and a touchdown. Marcus Wood caught 6-passes for a total of 108 yards and a TD. Eaton was 3/11 passing good for 19 yards on the

Arcanum Lady Trojans volleyball takes downs Lady Blackhawks BY GAYLEN BLOSSER SPORTS WRITER gblosser@earlybirdpaper.com

UNION CITY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Arcanum Lady Trojans volleyball team defeated the Mississinawa Valley Lady Blackhawks 3-1 in a Tuesday night Cross County Conference match. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we want to win the CCC this year we have to play strong every match,â&#x20AC;? said Arcanum coach Macey Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Dell. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t lose focus at any game no matter what. That is something we talked about between the third and fourth set. They came out showed that they do have it.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am very proud of how we played,â&#x20AC;? said Lady Hawks coach Billie Hunt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was some emotions in the beginning, some nerves going on at the home opener game and knowing it was a tough team.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We knew going into it we were out-sized,â&#x20AC;? continued Hunt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was one

the ďŹ rst things I heard a couple girls saying â&#x20AC;&#x201C; they have some tall girls, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ok.â&#x20AC;? The Lady Trojans jumped out to a 10-0 lead on their way to a 25-8 ďŹ rst set win. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coming out ďŹ rst home game â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that ďŹ rst one deďŹ nitely was not us playing up to par,â&#x20AC;? Hunt noted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We worked our way back in.â&#x20AC;? MV would get its ďŹ rst lead of the night early in game two 5-4, their only lead of the set before falling 25-17 and trail 2-0. The Lady Blackhawks battle back to win the third set, a set that saw eight lead changes, 14 ties with the last coming at 20-20 before MV would close out the set on a 5-1 run and win by a 25-21 score. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We started off extremely strong tonight,â&#x20AC;? said Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Dell. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We really lost focus the third match. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what they were

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night while giving up an interception by Eldridge. On the defensive side for Greenville, Hadyn Sharp

and Tony Sells each accounted for 5-tackles, Colton McCartney four and John Butsch three.

Greenville boys defeat Xenia for ďŹ rst win of the season. (Gaylen Blosser photo)

Greenville boys golf tops Xenia BY GAYLEN BLOSSER SPORTS WRITER gblosser@earlybirdpaper.com

Arcanum freshman Taylor Gray goes up for a kill in CCC win over Mississinawa Valley. (Gaylen Blosser photo)

up to but we completely lost focus. I have no words for that third game.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play hard, then they are going to get beat,â&#x20AC;? Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Dell added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have to know we have to play hard every match no matter what and show everybody what we have.â&#x20AC;? The fourth and ďŹ nal set of the night went to Arcanum with the set tied at 1-1, 2-2, 3-3 and 4-4 before the Lady Trojans would real off

seven unanswered points to lead 11-4 on their way to a 25-13 win and earn a 3-1 conference victory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We came back strong and ďŹ nished,â&#x20AC;? Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Dell stated. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m extremely excited for the year.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a good group of girls,â&#x20AC;? said Coach Hunt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are good players, very good coachable girls and they want to do everything that I tell them to do.â&#x20AC;?

GREENVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Greenville boys golf team earned its ďŹ rst win of the season defeating Xenia 200-201 at Turtle Creek. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play well but a win is a win,â&#x20AC;? said Greenville Coach Bryan Stickel. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bryan (Day) and Jack (Marchal) pulled us through tonight.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;That is what is so interesting about this group,â&#x20AC;? continued Stickel. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One night it might be some others that play well and the next night it is somebody else.â&#x20AC;? Brayan Day led the Wave with a 48, followed by Jack Marchal with 49,

Evan Saylor 51, Andrew Kiryluk 52, Alex Kolb 52 and Warren Hartzell with a 54 score. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have had two matches â&#x20AC;&#x201C; lost both,â&#x20AC;? Coach Stickel noted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We lost to Troy over at their place, lost to Sidney over there, a match that I felt we probably should have won and just had some bad holes.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are starting to get better â&#x20AC;&#x201C; we are Starting three freshmen. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to have our ups and downs.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The kids are working hard this year,â&#x20AC;? added Stickel. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Very coachable kids and working real hard at the games trying to get better.â&#x20AC;?

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Greenville eighth graders crush Mad River football team 42-12 GAYLEN BLOSSER

SPORTS WRITER gblosser@earlybirdpaper.com

GREENVILLE – The Green Wave 8th grade football team earned their ﬁrst junior high

win, dating back to the opening of the 2017 season by soundly defeating Dayton’s Mad River Middle School by a 4212 score. “This a team that a lot of people doubted, that

Arcanum’s Camille Pohl drills a spike for the Lady Trojans in CCC win over the Franklin Monroe Lady Jets. (Gaylen Blosser photo)

Arcanum Lady Trojans squeak by FM Lady Jets GAYLEN BLOSSER

SPORTS WRITER gblosser@earlybirdpaper.com

ARCANUM – The Arcanum Lady Trojans outlasted the visiting Franklin Monroe Lady Jets in a Cross County Conference (CCC) volleyball match, defeating the visitor 3-2. “I was ecstatic,” said Arcanum Coach Macey O’Dell following the win. “I told my girls all week this match could decide the CCC. That is what we prepared for. We know it’s our big rival school.” “I told the girls we have to come prepared to win,” continued O’Dell. “This was for CCC – pretty much if we didn’t start here we couldn’t go on.” Going into the early season match between two of the top-tier CCC teams, each knew the night’s outcome could decide the 2018 CCC championship. The Lady Jets jumped out to an 8-3 ﬁrst set lead with Arcanum battling back to take a 12-10 lead before FM would take the opening set by a 25-20 score and lead 1-0. Set No. 2 had the score knotted at 19-19 with the

Lady Trojans making a 6-2 run to close out the game with a 25-21 win and even the match a one set apiece. “That is one thing I really love about my team this year,” noted O’Dell. “We can get down but we can still dig ourselves out.” The third game of the night saw eight ties with Arcanum holding the set’s largest lead at 21-16 only to have the Lady Jets charge back to knot the score at 22-22. Arcanum closed out the set 3-1 to win 2523 and move out to a 2-1 advantage. The FM girls had little trouble winning the fourth set taking a 17-8 lead on their way to a double digit 25-15 win sending the match to a fifth and final set. The fifth game opened with the score tied at 1-1, 2-2 and 3-3 before Arcanum would make it a 6-3 score and push its lead to 10-5 on their way to a 1511 win and take the CCC match by a 3-2 count. “I think we’re going to be a force to be reckoned with this year,” O’Dell stated. “I have a great team.”

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hasn’t won in basketball, they haven’t won in football and tonight they came out and won,” said Greenville Coach Chad Curtis. “They carried each other on each other’s backs – a team win.” “We talked this year about getting this monkey off their back and being a team,” added Curtis. “I am proud of them. Coach P (Plessinger) called a great offensive game. They executed and we won.” “These kids work so hard,” said Coach Bill Plessinger. “I don’t think they ever saw what a win was like, and to get that – to get it the way we did it, the teamwork, the blocking – they did it.” “It was the kids,” continued Plessinger. “We have great backs. If we block and give holes for them on offense, we’re going to get those wins because we have kids that are very hard to tackle.” The Greenville boys bolted out to a 42-0 lead with 4:48 to play in period No. 3 with 5’8” 135 pound running back Brock Short scoring his fourth touchdown of the night. Greenville took a 6-0 lead at 4:48 in the first with Short carrying 35 yards for a score. Short followed with a PAT kick splitting the uprights out of the hold of Noah Ellis to give the home team a 7-0 advantage. Short would pick up his second TD of the first quarter scampering from 11 yards out and making good on his PAT kick to give Greenville a 14-0 lead with 2:07 showing. Greenville moved out to a 20-0 lead with an AJ Shaffer quarterback keeper from two yards out. Short was again good on the PAT kick to make it a 21-0 lead at 6:26 in the second. With 3:33 on the second quarter clock, Short carried for a 22 yard score and connected on his fourth extra point kick of the night to extend Greenville’s lead to 28-0. Ty Bush, a 5’8” 170 running back got in the scoring column with a 1 yard run up the middle upping the Wave lead to 34-0 with Short nailing his fifth extra point of the night giving the local boys a 35-0 lead at 6:19 in the third. Under OHSAA rules, with the lead 30 points

Greenville’s Brock Short slips a tackle on his way to a long gain. (Gaylen Blosser photo)

or greater in second half play, the remainder of the game was played with a running clock. Short raced 59 yards for his fourth TD of the night at 2:06 in the third followed by his sixth consecutive extra point kick, keeping the eighth grader perfect on the night to give Greenville a 42-0 lead. The Wave starters would watch the balance of the contest from the bench while the entire team saw valuable playing time. “Everybody got in, everybody got quite a few plays, even some kids that didn’t know what their position was,” Plessinger said with a chuckle, “they were in there battling.” The visitors put two TDs on the fourth quarter board, but it was the Greenville boy’s defense stepping up to stop both two point conversion attempts. “I hope we can build on this,” concluded

Plessinger. “Got the monkey off the back, we got some momentum, we got some conﬁdence, now we go to next week and we get prepared for Butler.” Coaches Bill Plessinger and Chad Curtis share

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â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Lucille M. (Marshall) Monnin, 90, of New Weston, passed away at 9:26 p.m., Friday, August 24, 2018 at Mercer County Health, Coldwater. Born August 7, 1928 she was a daughter to the late Leonard & Marie Rose (Gigandet) Marshall. Lucille was a member of the St. Louis Catholic Church in North Star, as well as an auxiliary member. She was a member of the North Star Legion, enjoyed playing bingo, and loved to mow her yard. She will be missed by all who knew her. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by husband Lawrence Monnin in 2006: son Larry â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fishâ&#x20AC;? Monnin: brother Leonard â&#x20AC;&#x153;Juniorâ&#x20AC;? Marshall: sisters Mary Evelyn Adams and Thelma Speck: brother-in-law Ernie Adams: infant sister Suzie Marshall: son-in-law Ray Francis. Survived by children Dan Monnin; Velma Jean â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jeanieâ&#x20AC;? Francis; Ron & Jeannie Monnin: grandchildren Kevin Partin; Brian Partin; Mandy Hertzel: great-grandchildren Daemieon Davila; Nikko Davila; Joseph Partin; Autumn Partin; Cody Partin; Ella Partin; Sydney Partin; Heidi Hertel; Rubin Davila; Isaiah Monnin: siblings John Marshall & Karen Greeno; Gene & Linda Marshall; Joe & Joan Marshall; Luella & Rich Lockafelt; Marcella Klosterman & Bob Downing: as well as many more family members and friends. Mass of Christian Burial was held Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018 at the St. Louis Catholic Church, North Star, Ohio. There will be an hour of visitation prior to mass with Rev. Fr. Dave Zink presiding. Online condolences www.baileyzechar.com. Arrangements entrusted to Bailey Zechar Funeral Home, Versailles, Ohio.

BONER â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Velma Irene (Brown) Boner, 84, of Greenville, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018 at the Brethren Home Community, in Greenville. Born December 1, 1933, she was a daughter to the late Lauren & Esther (Stump) Brown. Velma loved the Lord, and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Greenville. She loved camping, ďŹ shing, gardening, traveling and drawing. Family was the most important thing to her, she

loved children and family gatherings and she worked very hard to make each one special for everyone. She enjoyed listening to music, especially Elvis; watching the Cincinnati Reds play ball; and of course her Mike Sells potato chips and eating ice-cream. She will truly be missed by all who knew her. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by husband John H. Boner; sisters and brother- in- laws Isabelle & Bob Fox and Frances & Rocky Neal; brothers and sister-in-lawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Charold & Olive Brown, Ronald &Pauline Brown, and Edward (Dutch) & Betty Brown; sister June Yount; brother-in-lawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dale Reeser and Jim Blankenship; grandchildren Christie Lynn Williams and Douglas William Barnes. She is survived by children Loretta & Wayne Bowman, Beverly & Doug Barnes, David Smith & Pam Obringer, Lauren & Wanda Smith, and Jody & Kevin Hoblit; sister Esther Reeser-Blankenship; and numerous grandchildren, step-grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. A funeral service was held Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018 at the Zechar Bailey Funeral Home, Greenville with Pastor Don Smith presiding. Burial is at Greenville Township Memorial Gardens. Online condolences can be made at www.zecharbailey.com. Memorial contributions may be made to State of the Heart Care, Darke County.

PADGETT â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Naomi C. Padgett, 93, of Greenville, and formerly of Preble County, passed away Monday, Aug. 27, 2018 at the Brethren Retirement Community in Greenville. She was born Jan. 29, 1925 in Preble County to the late Ross B. and Mabel (Wehrly) Fisher. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her ďŹ rst husband Roscoe Bowman;

second husband Sherman Padgett; infant daughter Phyllis Jean Bowman; son and daughter-in-law Daniel R. and Patricia Bowman; brothers Dale, Charles and Alfred Fisher; and stepson Bob Padgett. She is survived by her son Sherman Lynn â&#x20AC;&#x153;Skipâ&#x20AC;? Padgett (Becky Arthur) of West Manchester; daughters: Jane (Jack) Garwood of Arcanum, Betty (Frank) Pitman of Greenville, Darlene Strawser of Eldorado; Donna Upton of West Alexandria, Sandra Duke (Jim Stockslager) of Eaton and Nancy Taylor (Robert Johnson) of West Manchester; numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, great great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. A funeral service was held Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018 at the Girton Schmidt & Boucher Gard Funeral Home, 226 West Main Street, Eaton, with Chaplain Todd Reish ofďŹ ciating. Burial is in Twin Creek Cemetery in West Manchester. Memorial contributions may be sent to the State of the Heart Hospice, 1350 N. Broadway, Greenville, OH 45331. Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www. gsbfuneralhome.com.

RHOADES â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Thelma L. Rhoades, 90, of Greenville passed away at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, at State of the Heart Hospice Care Center, Greenville. Thelma was born April 8, 1928, in Franklin Township, Darke County to the late John & Grace (West) Bucholtz. In addition to her parents, Thelma was also preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth Rhoades; brother, Dale Bucholtz; and a sister, Arlene Kerr. Thelma is survived by her daughters & son-inlaw, Karen & Eldon Schultz of Versailles and Brenda Stuchell of Greenville; grandchildren, Eric (Beth) Schultz, Angie Lyme, Kyle (Stefany) Stuchell and Kendra (Chris) Phillips; great-grandchildren,

Logan Schultz, Lindsay Schultz, Levi Schultz, Jessica Lyme, Parker Stuchell, Dalton Stuchell, Lane Phillips and Holt Phillips; and a sister, Joan Williams of Greenville. Thelma was a homemaker, farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife and retired in 2005 from Community Action Partnership where she delivered meals on wheels. Thelma attended the EUM Church in Greenville. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018, at Bailey Zechar Funeral Home, Versailles with Pastor Bonnie Gerber ofďŹ ciating. Burial will follow in Gettysburg Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Saturday from 9-11 a.m. at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to State of the Heart Care. Condolences for the family may be expressed through www.zecharbailey.com.

ABNEY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mary Ann Abney, 86, of Bradford, died Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018. A funeral service was held Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018 at Stocker-Fraley Funeral Home, Bradford. Interment is at Oak Grove Cemetery, Ft. Jefferson. ASHTON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Joanna C. Ashton, 83, of Greenville, died Monday, Aug. 27, 2018. A memorial service was held Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018 at Solid Rock Apostolic Church, Bradford. RIFFLE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Kay E. RifďŹ&#x201A;e, 80, of Ansonia, died Aug. 28, 2018. A service will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. at Zechar Bailey Funeral Home, Greenville. Burial will follow in the Greenville Township Memorial Gardens, Greenville. Family will receive friends on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018 from 4-8 p.m. at Zechar Bailey Funeral Home, Greenville, as well as one hour prior to the 10:30 a.m. service at Zechar Bailey Funeral Home. HINKLE

â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Charles James Hinkle, 88, of Greenville, and formerly of Gettysburg, died Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018. A service will be held on Sunday, Sept. 2, 2018 at 4 p.m. at Pleasant View Missionary Church, 5231 Gettysburg Pitsburg Road, Gettysburg. Burial will follow in Gettysburg Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday at the church.

Pitsburg Cub Scouts to host informational meeting PITSBURG - Pitsburg Cub Scout Pack 185 is recruiting boys entering Kindergarten through Fifth grade. Pack 185 will be hosting an Informational Parent Meeting for any families interested in learning more about joining Cub Scouts. The meeting will be held

FROM 7-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, from at the Boy Scout Cabin, located in Ivestor Park in Arcanum. There will be organized activities for any kids attending the meeting. Cub Scouting helps to support local families by providing ready-made op-

portunities for parents and their son to do things together. Boys build self-esteem, have a sense of belonging and learn to get along with others. The Boy Scouts of America has been weaving lifetime values into fun and educational activities since 1910. Boys are taught

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Members of the SUNshine 5K committee of the Darke County Foundation wear the shirts that are included with early registration for the Sept. 15 event in Greenville Park. Shown are (front row) Susan Barker, Jean Young, Christy Prakel, (back row) Kent Zechar, Bill Baumann, Tom Guillozet and Dennis Baker.

Local groups beneďŹ t GREENVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Register now for the SUNshine 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, Sept. 15, at 8:30 a.m. in Greenville City Park. Visit www.darkecountyfoundation.org to register. Entry fee until Sept. 6 is $18 age 15 and over, $15 age 14 and under (includes long-sleeve tech t-shirt). After Sept. 6, entry fee is $25 (shirt not guaranteed); $5 age 14 and under (no shirt). Free kids 800-meter fun run is at 8:15 am. Runners and walkers in the SUNshine 5K will enjoy a scenic route with age-group awards, valuable door prizes, and a variety of post-race drinks, snacks and homemade cookies. Free childcare is available. Proceeds from the SUNshine 5K will beneďŹ t these local non-proďŹ t organizations: AddieGirl for Cancer Association of Darke Coun-

ty, Ansonia H.S. National Honor Society, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Shelby & Darke County, DeColores Montessori School, Edison Foundation and St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s School. Lead sponsors of the SUNshine 5K are Premier Health and Reid Health, and other major sponsors include Early Bird/Bluebag Media, Wayne HealthCare, Greenville Memorial VFW Post 7262, and Ray and Bettye Laughlin. The SUNshine 5K is part of the Darke County Wellness Challenge. The Darke County Foundation is a community foundation dedicated to improving the lives of Darke County residents by receiving, managing and distributing charitable gifts. For more information, call 548-4673 or visit www.darkecountyfoundation.org.

Orme Hardware plans re-grand opening ARCANUM â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Orme Hardware of Arcanum, 210 S. Main St., will hold a ReGrand Opening Celebration on Sept. 28-30. The event will be held to celebrate the remodeling of the hardware store. Join them on Friday, Sept. 28, 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 29, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, Sept. 30, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Orme Hardware of Arcanum has been working diligently for the past year to prepare the store for this day and look forward to an opportunity to share it with everyone. The ceremonial ribbon cutting will be held Friday,

Sept. 28, 11 a.m. Lunch will be provided from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on all three days. There will also be Boy Scout archery and Arcanum Fire Department demonstrations on Saturday. Visitors can register to win many prizes, including a 52-inch Snapper Zero Turn. There will be giveaways, food trucks and prizes all weekend. The large prize drawings will be held on Sunday at 4 p.m. All ages are welcome to come celebrate with them. For more information, contact Robert Bond, manager, (513) 673-9934 or rob.ormehardware@yahoo. com.

Reunion planned FORT RECOVERY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The John and Anna Borgerding Family Reunion will be held Sunday, Sept. 16. The event will begin with a Mass for Living and Deceased Family Members at St. Bernard Parish, Burkettsville, at 9:30 a.m. The reunion will follow at the Wendelin Sportsman Club, 2012 Erastus Durbin Road, Ft. Recovery with lunch at 12:30 p.m. There is a $5 donation per family to help cover the cost. Coffee, table service and meat will be provided.

Please bring your own drinks and a side dish to share. The hall is air-conditioned and there is plenty of room for outdoor games. They will be having a 50/50 rafďŹ&#x201A;e and a rafďŹ&#x201A;e for a handmade candy dispenser donated by Rosie and Ed McClurg with proceeds going to the reunion fund. For more information, contact Kelly Kunkler at (513) 253-3627, kkunkler13@gmail.com or Rosie McClurg at (419) 925-4757, rpmcclurg@gmail.com.

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Elizabeth Long

Name: Elizabeth Nian Long Age: 10 Years Birthday: Sept. 6, 2008 Parents: Lisa F. and Scott A. Long of Hilliard, Ohio Grandparents: Nina A. and the late Philip K. Leibfacher, Palestine, and Robert W. and Ruth E. Long, Durham, NC Late great-grandparents: Kurt and Martha A. Leibfacher, Dayton, Zean V. and Louise M. Teaford, Palestine, Edward and Ann Long, Morristown (NJ), Albert and Margery Musson, Morristown (NJ).

Special services at Anshe Emeth PIQUA – Congregation Anshe Emeth in Piqua will be observing the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Rosh Hashanah services will be held on Sunday, Sept. 9, at 8 p.m., and Monday, Sept. 10, at 10 a.m. The Kol Nidre service will be on Tuesday, Sept. 18, at 8 p.m. Yom Kippur services will be held Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 10 a.m. with Yizkor and afternoon services beginning at 4:30 p.m. All services will be conducted by rabbinic intern Rob Gleisser at the synagogue, 320 Caldwell St., Piqua. Please call (937) 7262116 with questions. Leave a message, if necessary, and someone will return your call.

Mary Seman

Mary Seman is turning 90 Name: Owen Alexander Long Age: 7 Years Birthday: Aug. 20, 2011 Parents: Lisa F. and Scott A. Long of Hilliard Grandparents: Nina A. and the late Philip K. Leibfacher, Palestine, and Robert W. and Ruth E. Long, Durham, NC Late great-grandparents: Kurt and Martha A. Leibfacher, Dayton, Zean V. and Louise M. Teaford, Palestine, Edward and Ann Long, Morristown (NJ), Albert and Margery Musson, Morristown (NJ).

Potsdam COB Kid’s Club POTSDAM – Potsdam Church of the Brethren Kid’s Club will begin Sept. 12 and will be every Wednesday from 6-7:30 p.m. through May 22. Children 3- to 18-yearsof-age are welcome. They will meet in the Activity Center, 22 E. Cross St., Potsdam. A community meal is served every Wednesday at the church at 5:15 p.m. and all are welcome. For more details, contact the church ofﬁce 937-947-1970.

Speaker will revisit St. Mary’s Parish

Left to right, Pastor Tim Pieper, wife RaeAnn and youngest daughter, Maria Pieper.

Pastor Tim Pieper retires from Arcanum Faith UMC

ARCANUM - Arcanum Faith United Methodist Church is announcing the retirement of Pastor Tim Pieper. He and his wife, RaeAnn have been ministering at Faith UMC for the past three years.

The Piepers are moving to Utah to be an important and integral part of their six young grandchildren’s lives. Faith Church thanks them for their ministry and wishes them much happiness and joy.

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GREENVILLE – Mary Louise Seman will be celebrating her 90th birthday on Sept. 4. Her family and friends are celebrating with a Card Shower. Please send cards to 750 Chestnut Ave. – JL273, Greenville, Ohio 45331.

BRADFORD - Solid Rock Apostolic Church welcomes the community to “Solid Rock & Boom” on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 3. The church is located at 8991 St. Rt. 36, Bradford. The family event is free for the community to enjoy. Events include a car cruise-in from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with free registration along with dash plaques, best car trophies and a 50/50 drawing. There will be many door prizes to win throughout the day as well. The kids will enjoy the free bouncy houses, amusement rides, games, and face painting. There

Old Fashion Hymn Sing PITSBURG – The Pitsburg Church of the Brethren will sponsor an Old Fashion Hymn Sing on Sunday, Sept. 2, 2018 at 6 p.m. This event is offered to the public in keeping with the church’s monthly Gospel Concert Series. The public is invited to come and request their favorite hymns be sung by the congregation. Whether you are a singer or a listener, it’s an evening of great music and fellowship. Feel free to come and challenge our pianist and enjoy some of the old hymns that are not necessarily sung in today’s services. The church is located at the west edge of Pitsburg at 8376 PitsburgLaura Road.

will be a special visit from the Gettysburg Rural Fire Department and the Darke County Sheriff’s Department offering safety information and Ident-a-Kid. There will be plenty for adults to enjoy, also, including splurging on a variety of food trucks including Tin Roof Mobile, Claybourne Grille, Crème de la Crème Cakery, and the Solid Rock Snack Shack. Spend time shopping with a variety of local craft vendors while you listen to the music. At dusk, Pyrotecnico Fireworks Inc. will be putting on a ﬁreworks show. For more information, visit the church’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/SolidRockAC or call 937-718-0351.

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Sherfy sings in Rosehill ROSEHILL – Rosehill Country Church will host a special gospel sing with Gene Sherfy on Sunday, Sept. 9, 4 p.m. Come and enjoy an evening of good gospel music. Sherfy is from Muncie, Ind. and will be joined by Sisters 3. A light supper will follow.

GREENVILLE – The Greenville High School Class of 1964 will meet for their monthly luncheon at noon on Thursday, Sept. 10 at the Maid Rite Shelter House. Come enjoy a fun time. Everyone is welcome. For more information, call Sue at 467-6894.

GREENVILLE – Father Daniel McCaffrey is returning to St. Mary Catholic Church. St. Mary’s parish welcomes everyone to come to 233 West Third St., Greenville, to hear Father’s message. Father is presently in the Marriage Apostolate and serves in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. During this visit, he will focus on the values of the teaching contained in the encyclical “Humanae Vitae”, written by Blessed Paul VI. As they celebrate the 50th anniversary of this document, Father will re-emphasize the Catholic Church’s stance on human life and family life as God intended.

Father McCaffrey was ordained in 1958. A year later he departed for the Moslem country of Pakistan where he served for seven years as a missionary. Father McCaffrey will be speaking at all of the weekend Masses: Saturday at 5:30 p.m. and Sunday during the 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Masses, and then in the evening will speak with a Q & A time from 7-8 p.m. in the church. Father Daniel McCaffrey will use the liturgy of the day, addressing the inherent goodness of Natural Family Planning. There will be refreshments in the school following his evening presentation.

GREENVILLE – The East Main Church of Christ will be holding a “Praise in the Park” worship service on Sunday, Sept. 9 at 10:30 a.m. at the Greenville City Park’s Marling Band Shell. The theme for the morning will be Breathtaking Praise. Praise will be led by a special worship team including Eli Parker, Mason Volters, Chris Meier and Nick Combs. The service will also include special music, communion and a meditation by Minister Jim Morehouse.

There will be a free will love offering taken during the program and childcare will be available. After the service, there will be a fellowship picnic held at Shelter #3 which all guests are invited to enjoy. After the meal, there will be a JAM (Jesus And Me) Session Kick-off for the church’s youth programs. The kickoff time will include an inﬂatable obstacle course and all kinds of fun for kids. For more information, you may call the church at 937547-1557.

Praise in the Park service is Sept. 9

Trinity Lutheran selling barbecue chicken dinners PITSBURG - Barbecue chicken dinner tickets are now being sold by the women of Trinity Lutheran Church in Pitsburg. The dinners are being sold for $7.50 and include half a chicken, chips, roll, applesauce, and a drink. The dinners, made by Romer’s, may be picked up from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, at Trinity’s drive-thru, located at 8520

Oakes Road, Pitsburg. Proceeds from the chicken dinners will go to FISH Food Pantry and Grace Resurrection Center of Greenville. To purchase tickets, call 937-423-2333 or the church at 937-692-5670 by Sept. 15. The dinners are a great option for all, but especially for farmers during the harvest season.

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Fall Cleanup Day is Sept. 5 PALESTINE – Rumpke will provide the Village of Palestine, Ohio’s Fall Cleanup Day on Wednesday, Sept. 5. Rumpke encourages residents to set out items for collection on Tuesday evening. The following is a list of items that will not be included in this fall cleanup: tires, liquids and/or hazardous waste, lead acid batteries, appliances containing CFCs (Freon), concrete, oil tanks, and large screen TVs (not manageable by one person). Loose materials (such

as carpeting, fencing, fence posts, etc.) must be bundled and tied. Each bundle should not exceed 4’ in length and 2’ in diameter or 75 pounds. Propane tanks must be empty and valves removed for collection. Large screen TVs must be manageable by one person to be collected. Appliances with CFCs removed, and clearly documented as such, will be acceptable for collection. A copy of the Refrigerant Recovery Statement must be attached to those appliances for collection.

TSC offers FFA shirts to support members GREENVILLE – Tractor Supply Company is funding grants with the National FFA Foundation by selling shirts celebrating the 91st National FFA Convention & Expo. Customers can purchase a limited edition FFA convention-themed shirt for $12.99 (plus tax) at Tractor Supply stores nationwide. Net proceeds from the shirt sale benefit the National FFA platforms Living to Serve and Alumni Legacy Grants. This year the annual fundraiser shirt features the 2018 FFA Convention theme “Just One.” According to the National FFA Of Officer Team, the theme was chosen to recognize the importance of each FFA member and each step they take toward growth—a reflection of the work completed by its members and the organization’s vision of developing leaders, building communities and strengthening agriculture. “Both the Tractor Supply team and our customers are dedicated to investing in the future of

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GREENVILLE – The Greenville High School Class of 1965 will meet for its luncheon on Wednesday, Sept. 12, noon, at the Maid-Rite. RSVP to Pam at (937) 902-5612.

GETTING IT RIGHT

ARCANUM – The Early Bird inadvertently left out a name in the article, Arcanum minors win league and tourney. The team also included Wyatt Lindsey. The Early Bird apologizes for any inconvenience this may have caused.

agriculture,” said Christi Korzekwa, senior vice president of marketing at Tractor Supply. “This annual fundraiser, and the FFA initiatives it supports, provides an opportunity to reinforce our commitment to the future leaders of the industry and the communities we proudly serve.” More than 380 Living to Serve projects in 45 states were funded since last year alone. The initiative provides opportunities for FFA chapters to seek funding to support four types of service projects: community safety; hunger, health and nutrition; environmental responsibility; and community engagements. Alumni Legacy Grants are fulﬁlled with the purpose of growing the number of local FFA alumni chapters, improving the quality of existing chapters and providing more opportunities for partnership between FFA chapters and chapters for alumni and supporters. Since 2017, more than 60 Alumni

Shown are the shirts currently offered at the Greenville Tractor Supply Company store.

Legacy Grants have been awarded to alumni and supporters chapters located in states across the nation. In 2017, Tractor Supply’s annual shirt fundraiser generated more than $215,000 for the National FFA Foundation, which inspires young adults to become active leaders in their communities through participation in agricultural programs and initiatives. In addition to in-store availability, the shirts will

be available at the 91st National FFA Convention & Expo, held Oct. 24–27 in Indianapolis, to beneﬁt “Give the Gift of Blue,” a National FFA program that awards personalized FFA corduroy jackets— articles of faith, honor and pride—to hard-working FFA youth members with ﬁnancial hardships. For more information on the shirt fundraiser, call your local store or visit www.tractorsupply.com/ FFA.

EMS/Firefighter Farm Safety Day VERSAILLES – The Versailles FFA Chapter will be sponsoring the ninth biannual EMS/Firefighter Farm Safety Day in conjunction with the local Versailles and North Star Firefighters/EMS’ to educate Firefighters/ EMS’ from Darke County and other counties on the current farm safety procedures that have been established. This educational event, which includes 3 rotational sessions and speakers for those who participate, will be held on Sept. 29, beginning at the North Star Community Center, 124 E Star Road, Rossburg, at 8:30 a.m. and

will transfer after lunch to Buschur Farms, 14393 Johnson Road, New Weston. The event is planned to end at approximately 3:30 p.m. Six CEU Credits will be given to those who participate. To show appreciation to those who participate in the event by attending, there will be a free donuts and juice and lunch provided. Guest speakers include Sam Custer as the Darke OSU Extension Agent on the topic of Ag Chemicals Beyond Anhydrous Ammonia, Darke County Hazmat, Justin Feltz with Weaver Brothers Eggs will address the modern structures of

today’s livestock buildings, followed by Dr. Dee Jespen of OSU focusing on manure storage and the hazards associated. This event is limited to the ﬁrst 100 participants. Please wear clothes appropriate for outside weather and no turn out gear is needed until at Buschur Farms. This event is free, but the deadline to register is Sept. 24. To RSVP, contact Dena Wuebker at: 937-5264427 ext. 3113 (Versailles High School Number), 937-423-2369 (Cell Phone Number after 3:05 p.m.), or by email at dena.wuebker@vtigers.org.

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Versailles FFA Color Run and Health Fair deadline set

VERSAILLES â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Versailles FFA ofďŹ cer team and Healthy Lifestyle Committee proudly present their fourth annual Color Run/ Walk 5K and Health Fair sponsored by the Versailles FFA on Saturday, Oct. 6. All proceeds beneďŹ t Making Strides Against Breast Cancer-American Cancer Society. The Color Run/Walk will kick off at 9 a.m. on the track behind Versailles Exempted Village School Board OfďŹ ce (old high school). Registration for the Color Run/Walk will open at 8 a.m. and will continue until the race starts at 9 a.m.; registration will take place near the track area. Colored chalk power will be thrown in the air to land on participantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; shirts to signify the beginning of the race and also near each mile marker. In order to participate in the Color Run each participant will be required to ďŹ ll out and turn in an entry

form and waiver. Pre-entry fees for the race will be $17 with a shirt or $10 without a shirt. All pre-entry registration forms and fees are due by Sept. 24. Participants can pay fees the day of the race, or after Sept. 24, for $22 with a shirt (limited supply after preentry date) or $15 without a shirt. The race and tshirt is free for breast cancer survivors (Current and past cancer patients). You can also register at https:// runsignup.com/Race/OH/ Versailles/VersaillesFFAColorRunWalk5K Please make all checks payable to Versailles FFA. Registration forms for the 5K are on the Versailles Exempted Village School website under high school at this website: http://hs.versailles. k12.oh.us/academics/ffa/. Color Run forms and Wayne Health Care paperwork is also located at John IGA, Versailles Ace, Ernst and inside Versailles Schools.

BBBS to beneďŹ t from SUNshine 5k Run/Walk GREENVILLE - The Darke County Foundation will be hosting their SUNshine 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, Sept. 15, at Greenville City Park starting at 8:30 a.m. Proceeds from the event will beneďŹ t Big Brothers Big Sisters of Shelby & Darke County along with other non-proďŹ t organizations. The run/walk is part of the Darke County Wellness Challenge. Pre-registration pricing is available until Thursday, Sept. 6, and includes a longsleeve tech T-shirt. Snacks will be available, as well as door prizes and free childcare. To register online go to https://www.goodtimesraces.com/Race/OH/ Greenville/SUNshine Big Brothers Big Sisters of Shelby & Darke County is excited to partner with the Darke County Foundation to help promote the SUN-

shine 5K. Big Brothers Big Sisters is a non-proďŹ t, United Way member agency. If you would like to become an event sponsor, donor, volunteer, or learn more about how you can make a difference in a childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life, contact our local agency at 937-492-7611, 937-5479622, or go to www.bigbrobigsis-shelbydarke.org for more information.

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In conjunction with the 5K, Versailles FFA will host a Health Fair in the gym of the Versailles Exempted Village School Board OfďŹ ce (old high school). Please enter the heath fair from the track side (rear entrance). The Health Fair will be open to the public from 8-11 a.m. with a special emphasis being placed on breast can-

cer. Health care vendors include: Brown Chiropractic, American Cancer Society, Kaup Pharmacy, Tracy Cordonnier -Versailles School Nurse on KNOW CPR, Versailles EMS-blood pressure checks, Carolyn Combs-Soothing Touch Massage, Versailles Health Care Center, Wayne Health Care will be at the Health

Fair offering blood work including: lipid panel and cholesterol screening, participants will need to fast 8 hours before. In order to participate in the Wayne HealthCare station, guests must complete the Laboratory Testing Order and Consent Form and pay for their own fees with this form.

Also this year, the Versailles FFA will be collecting shoes to beneďŹ t local families in need and Soles 4 Souls. Collection Barrels will be located at the registrations tables and at the Health Fair. For any questions, contact Dena Wuebker at dena. wuebker@vtigers.org or at 937-526-4427, ext. 3111.

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Dollar General updates and adds produce to local stores DARKE COUNTY – Dollar General is excited to announce it recently completed remodels of some its nearby stores. The local stores that now have an updated layout and design include New Madison, Ansonia and Lynn, Ind. The stores also offer a selection of pro-

duce and expanded frozen and refrigerated food offerings in addition to the same categories, brands and products customers trust Dollar General to carry. The New Madison store is located at 310 N. Main St. in New Madison. The Ansonia store is

located at 625 E. Canal St. in Ansonia. The Lynn, Ind. store is located at 419 N Main St. in Lynn. “Through our ongoing commitment to provide a pleasant shopping experience to our customers, we are excited to welcome the community to see our re-

cently remodeled located in Ansonia, New Madison and Lynn,” said Dan Nieser, Dollar General’s senior vice president of real estate and store development. “We hope our customers enjoy the fresh layout and design, as well as the new product assortment including produce

and expanded food assortments.” Dollar General gives its customers more than everyday low prices on basic merchandise. Dollar General is deeply involved in the communities it serves and is an ardent supporter of literacy and education. At the cash register of every Dollar General store, customers interested in learning how to read, speak English or prepare for their high school equivalency test can pick up a brochure with a postage-paid reply

card that can be mailed in for a referral to a local organization that offers free literacy services. Since its inception in 1993, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded more than $154 million in grants to nonproﬁt organizations, helping nearly more than 10 million individuals take their ﬁrst steps toward literacy or continued education. For more information about the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and its grant programs, visit www.dgliteracy.com.

Pictured left to right are Doug Knapke with son Henry Knapke, Alex Luthman 2019 Chairman, Rachel Durham, Lois Knapke, Megan Knapke with son Maxwell Knapke and Dereck Smith 2022 Chairman (Not pictured: Lisa DiRenzo and Emmy D’Antonio).

Knapke Family and Poultry Days recognized by CBC VERSAILLES – The Knapke family and Poultry Days were recently recognized by the Community Blood Center as a Platinum Partner by achieving 100 percent efﬁciency and collecting 121 units in 2017. This Blood Drive has been hosted by Poultry Days for 23 years and in 2017 the board began partnering with the Knapke family to make the Poultry Days Blood Drive a memorial drive for Steve Knap-

ke. Steve dedicated many years of his life to donating blood at Versailles blood drives. Poultry Days thanks the Knapke family for their partnership in the annual blood drive and looks forward to helping save lives though this year’s drive which will be held on Monday, Sept. 17 at the Versailles K of C Hall. Appointments are recommended and can be made at www.donortime.com.

BENEFITING: AddieGirl for Cancer Assoc. of Darke County Ansonia H.S. National Honor Society Big Brothers/Sisters of Shelby/Darke County DeColores Montessori School Edison Foundation St. Mary’s School Darke County Foundation scholarships

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SUNSHINE 5K ENTRY FORM AND WAIVER (received by Sept. 6 to guarantee shirt)

Name: __________________________________________________________________________ Street: __________________________________________________________________________

SATURDAY SEPT. 15, 2018 8:30 AM

GREENVILLE CITY PARK (FREE kids fun run at 8:15)

City: ____________________________________________________________________________ State:_______ZIP: ________________ Phone: __________________________________________ E-mail address: ___________________________________________________________________ Sex (circle): Male Female

Age as of 12-31-2018 __________________________

Total Amount Enclosed: _____________________________________________________________ T-Shirt size (circle): Adult: XS S M L XL XXL (add $2) XXXL (add $2) Youth: S M L

• Long-sleeve dri-fit shirt • Free homemade cookies, fruit & drinks • Quality door prizes • Free childcare

Team/Organization Name (if applicable):________________________________________________

ENTRY FEE: $18 by Sept. 6 (includes long-sleeve tech t-shirt) $15 age 14 & under by Sept. 6 (includes long-sleeve tech t-shirt) $25 after Sept. 6 (shirt not guaranteed) $5 age 14 and under (no shirt)

Child Care: _______________ I will need child care for _____________ children under the age of 9

REGISTRATION: Register online at www.darkecountyfoundation.org or mail this ad to: Darke County Foundation, P.O. Box 438, Greenville, OH 45331 Make checks payable to Darke County Foundation.

Emergency Contact Name: __________________________________________________________ Emergency Contact Phone:__________________________________________________________

WAIVER: In consideration of my entry in the SUNshine 5K, I am intending to be legally bound for myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators, and do hereby WAIVE, RELEASE, AND DISCHARGE The Darke County Foundation, Darke County Wellness Challenge, Good Times Event Services, organizers, volunteers, and sponsors; as well as their respective agents, parent subsidiaries, affiliates, successors and assigns; from ANY and ALL liability, all claims and damages, demands, actions whatsoever in any manner arising or growing out of my participation in this event. I also understand and agree that the event may subsequently use for publicity and/or promotional purposes my name, photographs, video or other records of me participating in this event without liability or obligation to me. REFUND: I also agree that my entry fees, once paid, are non-refundable. I have read the entry form and certify compliance by my signature. Participant Signature: ______________________________________________________________ Date: ______/______/______

(Signature of parent or legal guardian if child is under 18)

INFORMATION: Call 937-548-4673 or email dcf@darkecountyfoundation.org

WEEKEND EDITION, SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Barga makes Nashville music debut LINDA MOODY

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Dianna Wagner, Harry D. Stephens Memorial Trust President presents a check to Tom Bish of Darke County Crime Stoppers. (Gaylen Blosser photo)

Harry D. Stephens Memorial Trust donates to Crime Stoppers GAYLEN BLOSSER

SPORTS WRITER gblosser@earlybirdpaper.com

Greenville – The Harry D. Stephens Memorial Trust recently donated to the Darke County Crime Stoppers. The money is used for fugitive and case information rewards and to help promote the organization. “Darke County Crime Stoppers would like to thank the Harry D. Stephens Memorial Trust for donating to the Crime Stoppers as one of our major supporters,” said Tom Bish, Darke County Crime Stoppers board member. “We really appreciate their donation to our cause.” Harry Stephens retired from the banking industry and left a portion of his es-

tate for public beneﬁt of the residents of the Greenville area. Distributions of the interest income from trust are made semi-annually each year in June and December. Application forms may be obtained from the Darke County Chamber ofﬁce at 209 E. Fourth Street in Greenville. Application deadline for December distribution is October 1. The completed applications are to be returned to Gary L. Flinn Co., L.P.A. at 429 Memorial Drive in Greenville. To make donations to the Darke County Crime Stoppers, you can download a donation form and get more information at darkecountycrimestoppers.com

Above, Scott Family McDonald’s owners Benny Scott Jr. and Stacy Scott, along company representatives Cindy Franz, Denise Martin, Cledith Roosa, Freda Trittschuh, Warren Davidson, Ken Roosa, along with Denise Good, Early Bird advertising representative, gather around the new kiosk ordering station at McDonald’s North. (Gaylen Blosser photo)

McDonald’s North updates include a kiosk ordering station SUSAN HARTLEY

STAFF WRITER shartley@earlybirdpaper.com

GREENVILLE – Following a month of renovations and updates, the McDonald’s North lobby in Greenville is back open for business. On Tuesday, Benny and Stacy Scott of Scott Family McDonald’s, along with several of their company’s representatives, officially opened the newly updated restaurant, complete with a flag raising ceremony featuring a performance of the National Anthem by Greenville’s Scott Whirledge. Several new features have been added to McDonald’s North, including a modern façade, new seating inside and customer- friendly selforder kiosks – a feature the McDonald’s company is moving to nationwide. “It’s another option for customers,” said Stacy Scott of the kiosks. “All our McDonald’s will be modernized by 2020.” After ordering from the kiosk, customers will take a number and find a seat in the newly renovated dining area. Their food will be brought to their table by a server. Customers also may continue to order their favorite foods and beverages at the registers, Stacy Scott explained. Customers who are onthe-go will continue to enjoy double-lane drive-thru, enhanced with new digital menu boards. Another new feature in-

cludes table service and a friendly greeter, who will be able to assist customers ordering at the kiosk, if needed. “Customers are our ﬁrst priority,” Benny Scott Jr. said Tuesday. The Scott Family McDonald’s will begin a similar facelift at Greenville’s McDonald’s South location next week, Benny Scott said. Renovations will include a double drive-thru and updated facade, as well as a kiosk ordering station. Work should be completed by the end of September, he said. Even with the addition of kiosk ordering, Stacy Scott said no jobs will be lost. “We’re adding three to four more people per shift,” she said, to assist with the lobby and table service. Although McDonald’s restaurants are moving away from playland areas, there will still be some kidfriendly components, Stacy Scott noted, including light up tables inside the dining area and an outside patio with seating for those who want to enjoy eating in the outdoors. McDonald’s, she explained, is providing what today’s customers are asking for, not only with updated surroundings, but also with fresher food products and made-to-order selections. The Scott Family McDonald’s includes 16 properties in Darke, Miami and Shelby counties as well as in Fairborn and Huber Heights. The Scotts recently opened two new stores in Bellefontaine.

GREENVILLE – Sereena Barga, an artist, just released her debut song titled, “You Love Me,” this past month. “The song has been seeing positive feedback with over 19,000 streams on Spotify (not bragging - just shocked),” she said. Barga was born and raised in Greenville and shortly after college, moved to Nashville, Tenn., to pursue a career in music. “Scary, I know,” she said. “This summer has been nothing but recording in the studio, writing lyrics, working a million side jobs to pay my bills and more recording. The ofﬁcial full-length video is set to be released this Friday (Aug. 31) and I am so pumped to share it with everyone.” Barga said she wrote the entire song. “Yes, I wrote it and my producer built the track

that is heard behind my voice but I came up with the melody and lyrics,” she said. “I write all of my music. I love writing songs because it helps me to realize things about myself that I honestly didn’t even know. I have been writing a lot this summer and have truly grown spiritually and emotionally over the past four months.” She graduated from Ball State University in the summer of 2014, majoring in public relations and minoring in finance. “I have lived in Nashville for four years,” she said. “I didn’t like it at first because I was extremely lonely. I knew maybe two people here and they were always busy, so I had me, myself and I to keep me entertained. Now, it’s starting to get better. Now that I’m actively pursuing music full time down here, I’m feeling more fulfilled, happier and less anxious. It’s definitely all about the people you surround yourself with that makes the

Sereena Barga

difference.” What does the future hold for her? “Honestly, I just want to be able to inspire people listening to my sounds and lyrics,” she replied. “I want people to know that there is good news out there and that if we just open our hearts to love, our lives will be fulfilled. So many people try to fill their void with money, things, drugs, sex, food, gambling, etc., (I’m guilty of it too at times) but I have learned that when my heart is open to accept love, I am happier. I am fulfilled.” She concluded, “After this video is released, I will

be releasing my second single titled, Vibes, on Oct. 5. I’m so excited for it because it is ﬁnally the sound I have been looking for. There are low bass sounds, saxophone sounds and lots of blues guitar vibes. This song is very mellow compared to my others I have released in the past. This song is more me. I can’t wait for everyone to hopefully enjoy it. If anyone is visiting Nashville on Oct. 4, you can catch me performing with my band at a local Nashville venue called The End. Come see me!” Read more about Sereena Barga on www.bluebagmedia.com.

Burn Dog Poker Run to beneﬁt Filby family SUSAN HARTLEY

STAFF WRITER shartley@earlybirdpaper.com

GREENVILLE – The 11th annual Burn Dog Poker Run, set for Sept. 8, will beneﬁt a Greenville family whose 10-month-old son was born with a congenital heart defect along with other issues. John and Ashley Filby of Greenville say they are very grateful for the support they’ve received from the community since their baby’s birth last October. “He’s our miracle baby,” Ashley said. “We’ve had amazing community support. We are very humbled and appreciative of all the support we’ve had.” During the past 10 months, Knox has had several medical and surgical procedures, including a tracheotomy in June to assist with his breathing. Until he’s off the trach, his mother said, the family must have in-home nursing assistance every evening. Because of all the appointments and procedures, Ashley said she’s used up all her sick days, so proceeds from the Burn Dog Poker Run will come in handy when she has to take off work for Knox. The family also has made donations to the Ronald McDonald House at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, where they

stayed just prior to their baby’s birth and at times during the past year. The poker run was ﬁrst organized in 2008, by a group of friends, including Ben and Ashley Hoying, in honor of Louis “Burnie” Wimbley Jr. “Burnie was a good friend of mine who passed away in a motorcycle accident. The family didn’t have enough money to get him a headstone,” Ben Hoying said, explaining how the poker run was established in order to help the late Mr. Wimbley’s family with that purchase. The name of the poker run, Burn Dog, was chosen because it was Mr. Wimbley’s personalized license plate, Hoying explained. Since the beginning, the event has raised money to donate to several local causes. “Every year we pick a local family who needs help. Every year we have multiple families who are nominated,” Hoying said. “People look forward to this every year and about mid-year, people start asking” who the recipient will be. “We take all the nominations and discuss them with Bernie’s mom and sister, then pick a family and contact them to see if they want to be involved.” Hoying said past poker runs have brought in around 250 bikers. The event will begin and

Nearly 250 bikes participated in the 2017 Burn Dog Poker Run. This year’s event will take place Sept. 8 with kick off at 1 p.m. from Sloopy’s on Russ Road.

end at Sloopy’s, 1240 Russ Road, Greenville. Sloopy’s owners Michele and Mike Weaver, Ashley Hoying said, were planning on hosting activities as well as providing food for the event. “This year they were looking to do things bigger and better,” Ashley Hoying said, including bands to perform. According to Michele Weaver, Sloopy’s will serve a sausage, gravy and biscuit breakfast to poker run participants beginning at 8:30 a.m. “When they get back,” Weaver said, “we’ll have shredded chicken sandwiches and chips.” From 5-9 p.m., Weaver said, Big Ginga will perform on the patio, weather permitting, as an opening act for Whiskey Bizness, who will perform inside

Sloopy’s from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Then from 1-2 a.m., a party with the band will take place. The public is invited to attend the outside and inside band performances, Weaver said. “When they (the Hoyings) asked me if I would keep it going, I said ‘yes,’” Weaver said of the poker run. “To me what Ben an Ashley do is just a wonderful thing for the community.” Registration for the poker run is $20 for biker and $10 for passenger and will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8. with the ﬁrst bike out at 1 p.m. For additional information, check out the event’s Facebook page: Burn Dog Poker Run.

Zechar Bailey supports Darke County Veterans Services D.C. trip GAYLEN BLOSSER

SPORTS WRITER gblosser@earlybirdpaper.com

GREENVILLE – Greg Zechar of Zechar Bailey Funeral Home presented a check to the Darke County Veterans Services in support of the veteran’s 2018 Washington D. C. trip. “The importance of the veterans in our community, all the service they have given to the United States and sacriﬁces that they have endured for our freedom – we feel any little bit that we can do to help them is well worth it,” said Zechar. “Anything we can do to give our thanks to the veterans of the world, we are there to support them.” The 2018 Washington D.C. Trip is scheduled for September 27-30 for hon-

orably discharged Darke County veterans. “As always, we have so much support from the businesses in Darke County,” said Thomas Pitman, Darke County Veterans Services Department Head/CVSO. “It’s just another example of how giving this community is to its veterans.” Zechar Bailey Funeral Home has a Veterans Monument commemorating all branches of the United States military at its Greenville location to honor local veterans. “When we have a veteran that passes away, we have a plaque made that we can set out there for the visitation and then give it to the family,” noted Zechar. “It’s a nice marble plaque with their name, date of birth, date of pass-

(L-R) Jack Sloat; DCVS Commissioner, Tomas Pitman; DCVS Department Head and Greg Zechar; Zechar Bailey Funeral Home. (Gaylen Blosser photo)

ing and the emblem of their branch of service.” Darke County Veterans Services is sponsoring a spaghetti dinner along with door prizes, 50/50 and silent auction on Saturday, September 22 at American Legion Post 140,

325 North Ohio Street, Greenville. Proceeds from the dinner go beneﬁt the veterans of Darke County Washington DC trip. Tickets may be purchased at Darke County Veterans Services, 611 Wagner Avenue, Greenville, OH.

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Volunteers needed for Prairie Days DARKE COUNTY Prairie Days, Darke County Parksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; largest event of the year, canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen without the generous support of the community. Hundreds of volunteers give their time and resources throughout the year, and Prairie Days is no exception. On the weekend of Sept. 29 and 30, the Darke County Park District will host its annual Prairie Days festival at Shawnee Prairie Preserve, 4267 St. Rt. 502 West near Greenville. The park staff is still in need of help to make this festival run smoothly. As in the past, the festival will include childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crafts, horse and wagon rides, apple butter cooking demonstration, food and craft vendors, historical interpreters, a farm animal petting zoo and many other free, fun and family friendly activities. The park district is looking for individuals or groups who would like to help with parking the festival attendees. The childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s craft tent has many opportunities including dipping candles, making rag dolls, and more. The horse and wagon ride needs an attendant to help festival-goers on and off the wagon, and the sorghum press needs volunteers to help squeeze out the sweet juice. These are just a few of the volunteer opportunities available during this exciting

The cast of Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs performed at St. Clair Memorial Hall.

Volunteers are needed to help with Prairie Days activities, including the childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crafts.

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festival event. If you are interested in any of these jobs or need to log some community service hours before graduation, give Karan Hoschouer a call at (937) 548-0165 or email her at khoschou-

GREENVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DCCA recognizes the Darke County Endowment for the Arts for their support the Missoula Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theatre Residency and production of Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thanks to the Darke County Endowment for the Arts students in Darke County are able to experience every aspect of a musical theater production in one week, at no cost to the participants,â&#x20AC;? shared DCCA Executive Director Andrea Jordan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are absolutely thrilled to see the students in our community receive the beneďŹ t of their generosity and ensuring the opportunity to learn and grow through the arts.â&#x20AC;? In one short week the Missoula Directors cast, rehearsed and presented the musical Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs, featur-

er@darkecountyparks. org. For more information about Prairie Days in general, call the Nature Center at (937) 548-0165 or visit the website at www.darkecountyparks.org

Library t0 host Tomahawks & Guns GREENVILLE - The Greenville Public Library will host the second installment on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Native Americans from the Miami Valleyâ&#x20AC;? presented by Kathy Creighton of the Butler County Historical Society. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tomahawks and Guns: The Indian Wars and Leadersâ&#x20AC;&#x153; will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13. This is a free event but registration is required by calling 548-3915. Light re-

freshments will be served. From the late 1700s through the early 1800s, ďŹ ghting between the Native Americans and the white settlers was common throughout the Northwest Territory. This talk will explore some of the principal players on both sides, including Cornstalk, Little Turtle, Blue Jacket, Tecumseh, Arthur St. Clair and Anthony Wayne.

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Solid Rock Apostolic 8991 Old US 36, Bradford, 937-718-0351 CAC of Greenville 630 Pine, Greenville 937-730-1313 Greenville First Assembly of God 7219 State Route 118N Greenville, Oh 937-548-5445 Favorite Hill Baptist Church 1601 South Street, Piqua, 773-6469 First Baptist Church 7233 Ohio 121-North, Greenville 548-7616 Faith Baptist Church 740 E Russ Rd., Greenville, 548-1808 Greenville Baptist Temple 4689 Childrens Home Bradford Rd., 548-7283 Union City First Baptist Church 225 S. First St., Union City, OH 937-968-6163 Cornerstone Historic Baptist Church 933 N Howard St, Union City, IN 765-964-3119

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Beech Grove Church of the Brethren 3420 Harrison Rd., Hollansburg 937-997-4895 Bradford Church of The Brethren 120 West Oakwood St., 448-2215 Castine Church of the Brethren 624 State Route 127, Arcanum 678-9945 Cedar Grove Church 373 Love Rd., New Paris, 997-3675 Greenville Church of the Brethren 421 Central Ave., 548-3583

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Midmark announces new brand identity GHS CLASS OF 69 REUNION HELD DAYTON – Midmark Corp., a leading provider of medical, dental and veterinary equipment solutions, today launched a new corporate brand identity that captures the company’s commitment to a better care experience and the growing value Midmark offers customers as they focus on improving clinical outcomes. The new brand identity, which includes a new website, logo, tagline and more, mirrors the transformation of Midmark from an equipment manufacturer into a clinical environmental design company that enables a better care experience for caregivers and patients in medical, dental and animal health industries. By harmonizing the clinical space, technology, products and workﬂows, the company works closely with customers to contribute to better clinical outcomes. “Care providers are

always looking for new approaches, innovative technologies and proven solutions that can help enhance the patient and caregiver experience and improve the quality of care provided,” said John Baumann, president and CEO, Midmark. “At Midmark, improving the experience between the patient and caregiver is at the heart of everything we do. Whether we are talking about a doctor’s ofﬁce, dental practice or veterinary clinic, better care starts with a betterdesigned care environment, which leads to better outcomes.” The new tagline, “Designing better care,” estab-

lishes a new path for the company as it continues to strengthen its role in the care experience through advanced technologies, acquisitions, new markets and expanded service offerings. It elevates the importance of design in the customer’s mind; helping them understand it’s not just about the space, but also how it is used and the people interacting within it. Baumann continued, “Our goal is to help our customers provide more efﬁcient, effective and positive experiences that will enable them to focus on the quality of care and outcomes.”

GREENVILLE – The Greenville Class of 1969 held its reunion on Aug. 18 at Maid-Rite. Those attending were (front row) Roscoe Hinkle, Virginia Dohse Kagey ‘71, Cindy Thompson Spahr, Rob Cooper, Krista Fisher Lawhorn, Annie Eikenberry Myers, Judy Littman Whittaker, Mary Fitzwater Hutcheson, Becky Roll Phifer ‘68, Debbie Bing Bowers ‘70, Brenda Applegate Storck ‘68, Gerri Vandivier Moore ‘68, Claudette Baumgardner Flitman, Deidre Eve Dohse, Mary Benanzer Shrader, (back row) Kyle Kagey, Jim Bradley, Todd Oliver, Kathy Van Dine Daughtry, Doug Wetzel ‘68, Tom Trittschuh, Annette Fierst Wetzel, Raipee Riegle, Sam Edger, Doyle Arnett ‘68, and Kent Bowers ‘68. (Dick Brown photo)

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MVCTC welcomes students

ENGLEWOOD – The Miami Valley Career Technology Center (MVCTC) staff welcomed students for their 47th year of classes on Aug. 16. MVCTC Superintendent Dr. Nick Weldy, staff, and MVCTC student ambassadors greeted over 1,000 junior students from 27 partner school districts enrolled for the 20182019 school year. MVCTC is offering career technical programs for 2018-2019 in: Agriculture and Livestock Production, Animal Care Management, Architectural Design, Auto Collision, Auto Services, Automotive Technology, Aviation Maintenance Technician, Biotechnol-

ogy, Business Ownership, Computer Network Engineering, Computer Repair & Technical Support, Construction Carpentry, Cosmetology, Criminal Justice, Culinary Arts, Dental Assistant, Diesel Power Technologies, Digital Design, Early Childhood Education, Electrical Trades, Fireﬁghter/EMS, Game Programming & Web Applications, Graphic Commercial Art, Graphic Commercial Photography, Health Occupations, Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning, Heavy Equipment Operator, Hospitality Services, Media and Video Production, Medical Lab Assisting, Medical Ofﬁce Manage-

ment, Natural Resources Management, Precision Machining, Pre-Nursing, Retail Agriculture Services, Robotics and Automation, Sports Management and Marketing, Sports Medicine, Veterinary Science, and Welding Additionally, MVCTC is currently offering 23 satellite programs at 16 partner school district locations. On average, MVCTC serves over 4,000 middle and high school students in the Miami Valley through the main campus, satellite programs, and Youth Connections. For more information about MVCTC, visit www. mvctc.com.

GREENVILLE – The Greenville High School Class of 1988 held its 30-year reunion on Aug. 18 at the Elks. Those attending were (front row) Brian Gettinger, Dan Heaton, Lee Ann Jefferis Hritz, Amy Prosyk, Amee McCool Rose, Michele Miller, Pam Lyons, Kari Saylor Harter, Miranda Mote, Kris Rolfe Hurd, (row two) Craig Purtee, Julie O’Brien Hicks, Julia Smith Eastby, Ann House Allison, Gary Fort, Kevin Proﬁtt, Leslie Handshoe, Amy Pidock Eckel, Tammy Collette, (row three) Jeff Wappelhorst, Andrew Rivetti, Kirby Clark, Troy Foster, Bob Doss, Tim Hurst and Chris Fry. (Dick Brown photo)

Self-defense lesson offered in Winchester WINCHESTER, Ind. – Self-defense is important! Learn to protect yourself and attend this free Special Interest lesson sponsored by the Randolph County Extension Homemakers.

Major Art Moystner and Jeff Thornburg from the Randolph County Sheriff’s Department will be teaching a self-defense lesson on Sept. 10 at the Randolph County Fairgrounds. The

fun will begin at 6 p.m. This lesson is open to the public. Please call the Extension Ofﬁce at 765-5842271 to RSVP by Sept. 7 and for any questions.

Darke County Road Construction notice DARKE COUNTY – The Ohio Department of Transportation has issued the following notice for road construction and road closures in Darke County. SR 502 between State Line Road and West Main Street, daily lane closures

through Sept. 14 between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. One lane will remain open for travel in each direction using ﬂaggers. Sweitzer Street/West Fourth Street between Pine Street and Sycamore Street, ROAD CLOSURE

through May 31, 2019. The ofﬁcial detour is: Pine Street to Washington Avenue to Broadway. SR 121 between Edison and Martz Road, ROAD CLOSURE Sept. 4–14. The ofﬁcial detour is: US 36 to US 127 to SR 49.

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Versailles FFA hosts Fall Harvest Sale Reid donation helps Gateway Youth VERSAILLES – On Saturday, Sept. 22, the Versailles FFA will be hosting a Harvest Fall Sale/Farmers Market. Stands at the farmers market/fall harvest sale include FFA members Phillip and Nathan Grogean selling honey and

Tree lottery winners named

GREENVILLE – The City of Greenville held its tree lottery drawing on Aug. 27 and awarded trees to 15 local residents. The city will purchase the tree of the residents’ choosing and will also do the planting. Tree winners were Larry Snider, Shirley Stockslager, Melody Puterbaugh, Heather Werner, Kelly VanDeCorift, A. Dwight Emmons, Gary Venenga, Patty Riegle, Charlene Mikesell, Roger Class, JoEllen Melling, Mindy Saylor, Kim Claudy, Sondra White and CJ Jasenksi. Winners will be receiving ofﬁcial notiﬁcation and instructions by regular mail.

creamed honey as part of their SAE, Elise and Elliott George selling pumpkins as part of their SAE, Versailles FFA member Shiloh Hess will be selling apple dumplings and cinnamon rolls, Joan Grilliot will be offering an assorted of homemade pies, cookies, cupcakes and breads, Versailles FFA will have a stand featuring Downing Fruit Farm cider in gallon and 1/2-gallon containers as well as Downing Farm Apples and apple cider slushies. Several other vendor stands will also be available. Versailles FFA will have a lunch stand that will feature soup, sandwiches and baked goods to help support their trip to National FFA Convention and other FFA activities. The market is from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Versailles Schools, 280 Marker Road, in the Versailles Greenhouse and parking lot near the Versailles Auditorium. If you are interested in

being a vendor at this event, contact Dena Wuebker by email at dena.wuebker@ vtigers.org or by phone at (937)423-2369 for more information.

Karaoke at Coffee House

GREENVILLE – JC’s Coffee House is having Karaoke on Sept. 7 from 7-10 p.m. Get your singing voice in tune and come on out. They will have a lot of fun and there is plenty of seating if you bring your own groupies. The Snack Bar is always open and they will have walking tacos as well as hot dogs, soft pretzels, chips and salsa and popcorn. They are located in the U-Turn Building at the Lighthouse Christian Center complex on Sebring Warner Road, just off the US 127 bypass. For more information, call Janice at (937) 4175926.

GREENVILLE – Gateway Youth Programs, an entity of Council on Rural Services, was awarded $4,500 from the Reid Health Community Benefits grant to help fund their new fitness program and curriculum for their alternative education program. This is the first time that Gateway has received a grant from Reid Hospital and they could not be more excited to get this program up and “running.” With this grant, Gateway will be able to start a running program for the youth in the community during the spring and summer of 2019. The program will consist of teaching youth running form, nutrition and proper stretching, all while working on individual abilities and increasing stamina. This group will meet twice a week for 60-90 minutes for approximately 10 weeks. The end goal will be to have youth complete a 5k at the end of summer. Included in this program, youth will have access to nutrition classes

and other physical activities such as swimming, various sports and obstacle courses. Incentives will help students stay motivated and reach their own personal goals set forth in their individually developed ﬁtness plans. Gateway will contract with the Good Stuff Foundation to provide yoga sessions for students. Students attending the ACES (Achievement Center for Educational Services) program will receive yoga during school as part of gym class and stress reduction. This will assist with overall school performance. Support Specialist Ruth Barga commented the following about receiving the grant, “Our statistics report around 70 percent of the youth we serve are living a sedentary lifestyle. We have to get these kids up and moving, and now thanks to Reid Health we will be able to do that. This money will take away some of the barriers kids face such as not having money to purchase proper running gear and having

Pictured are Angela Cline (right), director of the Reid Healthy Community Beneﬁts program and Ruth Barga (left), support specialist at Gateway Youth Programs.

someone to encourage and push them. It will give students who are not active in sports the chance to get involved, as well as help students active in sports to improve their times and endurance. It will give all the students a chance to be a part of something bigger than themselves.” If you would like to learn more about Gateway Youth Programs, visit www.councilonruralservices.org or call Ruth Barga at 548-8002.

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Darke County Parks will host Seed Saving as the next session in its Backyard Gardening Series. Did you love your garden this year? Bring it back to life the next season by learning the methods for saving your seeds. You will also discover how to utilize the Growing Harvest Seed Library with Rachel Brock from the Greenville Public Library. Held on Sept. 11 at 6:30 p.m., this free program will occur at the Bish Discovery Center located at 404 N. Ohio St. Registration is required so call 937-548-0165 to register or if you have any questions.

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Arcanum-Butler gets help from Andersons ARCANUM – The Arcanum-Butler Local School District and Honorary Community Co-Chairs Janelle Brinksneader and Phil Garbig wish to thank The Andersons, Inc. for their support of schools and the community with their recent generous contribution of $25,000 to help fund an Agricultural

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Fun Bunch The Fun Bunch 4-H club held their monthly meeting on July 8th, 2018 at advisor Anita Hart’s house. The pledge was started by Bella Gulley and the 4-H pledge by Isaac Gulley. Roll call was done by Koryann Elliott with the question “What’s your favorite thing to do during summer?” Isaac Gulley approved June’s minutes. Cameron Clark gave the treasurer’s report. Aly Nelson gave her safety tip “Ride bikes with helmets and knee pads.” We had 4 demonstrations. Cameron Clark showed how to make Ooblevk. Aly Nelson taught us how to see a button on. Natalie Brewer showed us how to measure dry and liquid ingredients. And Christina taught us how to make a scarf out of a tshirt. The club worked on props for the booth. The advisors did club judging for those who brought their projects, and advisor Anita Hart entered club members poultry registrations online. The meeting was adjourned by Koryann Elliott. Next meeting will be on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 10 a.m., Youth Building for booth set-up. Isaac Gulley, Reporter ******************* Blue Angels The Blue Angels 4-H Club held a meeting on July 13, 2018. President Raylea Richards called the meeting to order. Pledges were led by Julia Raffle and Tyler McKinniss. Health and Safety Officer Julia Raffle presented fair safety tips. Old Business discussed was a reminder that Jr. Fair applications are due by August 1; the sign-up sheet for the Bake-o-Rama was still available; Revue Cards are due to the Senior Fair Office by Aug. 1 and Cloverbud Fun Day was cancelled. New business discussed included State Fair Revue, Stuff a Bus, and County Awards Night. Advisor Sharon Harpest congratulated Nic Colby on receiving third runner-up for Darke County Jr. Fair King. She congratulated all members chosen to receive State Fair and County Rosette awards. Names of members were read and recognized. The club had 16 State Fair delegates and seven County Rosette winners. A reminder was given to write thankyou cards to sponsored for trophies. Seven members, three advisors and two guests at-

4-H CLUB NEWS tended the meeting. The next meeting will be held Oct. 15, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. at Greenville National Bank and will be the Recognition of Members Banquet. Tyler McKinniss, reporter ******************* Ansonia 4-H The Ansonia 4-H Club met Aug. 7 at the Cottonwood Campground. Olivia Wright called the meeting to order and led the pledges. Roll call was taken and the secretary and treasurer reports were given. Health Officer Deanna Moody said that if you have sunburn, you can put Aloe on it to help it heal. In news, during the meeting the members were asked to sign up to read State Fair Review cards on the first Friday of the Fair. Also each family was asked to do a shift of Booth Supervision. The date and time for Booth setup and tear-down were both decided at the meeting. The parade at the fair starts at 10 a.m. but the people who are going to be on the Ansonia 4-H Club Float are asked to meet at 9:45 a.m. The date for the next meeting has not been decided yet. Allison Warner, reporter ******************* Osgood Jolly For the June 4-H meeting, the Osgood Jolly 4-H Club took an educational tour given by Nick Moeller to the Moeller Brew Barn. They were brewing beer that night, so we started our tour in the grain room. He showed us the basic grains that they use and their recipes. Mr. Moeller showed us step by step the process in making beer. We watched them add the hops and yeast to the cooked grains. We asked questions about how they started the business, picked names for the beer, and about their upcoming expansion. Afterwards, we headed back to the church basement for our meeting. We started off the meeting by saying the Pledge of Allegiance, lead by Kurt Meiring, and the 4-H Pledge, led by Caitlynn Schemmel. Also, Caitlynn gave a health and safety report, the importance of wearing helmet while riding a bicycle. Clarissa Hutchinson gave a treasurer report. We dealt with new business, and then started with the 4-H project demonstrations. Kurt Meiring showed us the safety equipment you need to wear while working on small motors. Clarissa Hutchinson taught us how to fill out a pedigree sheet and find sources. Caitlynn Schemmel taught the importance of stretching and warming up before exercise

and cooling down at the end. Lastly, Lauren Meiring showed how to find your pulse and how to find out your maximum heart rate while exercising. Finally, we had refreshments and recreation. Lauren Meiring, reporter ******************* Osgood Jolly The Osgood Jolly 4-H Club had their seventh meeting of the year on July 8th at the St. Nicholas Church basement. President Kurt Meiring started the meeting and Caitlynn Schemmel led the Pledge of Allegiance. The 4-H pledge was led by Clarissa Hutchinson. Caitlynn took roll call by asking each member’s favorite summer activity and Clarissa gave a treasurer’s report. Next, we discussed new business and upcoming events. We decided on our fair booth theme and passed out tickets for chicken dinners for our fundraiser. Afterwards, we finished up our 4-H project demonstrations. Jaimee Hoelscher taught us about the risk of using tobacco and health problems. Mallory Hemmelgarn taught us how to make a knot blanket. Jocelyn Tuente discussed what to eat before a sporting event and how it will affect your performance. Lastly, Hannah Rindler talked about My-Plate and proportion control from each food group. Next, we had our advisor project review, where our advisors, Patty Meiring and Courtney Schemmel, looked over our finished projects and gave suggestions. Also, we had two past advisors, Wanda Lange and Lisa Poeppelman, come in and interview us to prepare us for county judging. Lastly, we ate cookies and played Frisbee tag for recreation. We finished up by saying the 4-H motto and adjourning the meeting. Lauren Meiring, reporter ******************* Darke Co. Holstein The Darke County Holstein 4-H Club met Aug. 14. The club met at the Darke County Fair to lay sawdust down for the fair. The club wanted to thank Todd Schmitmeyer for picking up the sawdust and Jim Hicks, Charlie Henry for bringing their skid loaders and wagons to lay the sawdust down. Karen reminded members if you haven’t picked up

your Jr. Fair passes, you can pick them up at the Jr. Fair ofﬁce. Please don’t lose the passes there is a charge for a new one. There is a bunch of openings to work in the Cattleman tent if anyone can work please let Karen know. Karen asked if anyone entered applications for Jr. Fair Board. Reminder that you need to me on the fair-

grounds by noon on Friday. Our barn meeting will be Friday Night at 8 pm; make sure someone from your family is at the meeting to make scratches if any. Drug use forms need to be ﬁlled out Friday or Saturday and can be turned into your advisers or at the steer weigh in. Karen went over the

schedule for fair and a reminder to make sure you know when you show. The club decided if we wanted to have a September or October meeting decisions were still being made. The meeting was then adjourned and members enjoyed snacks. Alexis Barhorst, reporter

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Chamber hosts 56th annual golf outing VERSAILLES – Golfers participated in the 56th annual Chamber Golf Outing at Stillwater Valley Golf Club on Aug. 6. “The weather was perfect and the golfers had a great time,” commented Chamber Chairman Perry Walls. “Chamber members and prospective members enjoyed an opportunity to meet and exchange ideas. The 56th annual event was the most successful in the recent history of the chamber.” Gold sponsors for the 56th Golf Outing were Phelan Insurance Agency, Premier Health, Walls Brothers Asphalt and Zechar-Bailey Funeral Homes. Sil-

ver sponsors were Classic Carriers Inc., Graves-Fearon Agency Nationwide, JAFE Decorating Inc., Leis Realty Company, Mercer Savings Bank, Orthopedics Associates of SW Ohio, Ramco Electric Motors, and Second National Bank. The Luncheon and Dinner Sponsor was Wayne HealthCare. Shotgun start sponsor was Cope’s Distributing Inc. First place team: Edison State Community College Bruce McKenzie, Chris Spradlin, Mike Curtis, Chad Beanblossom Second place team: Cooper Farms - Dave Staugler, Bill Staugler, Jack Staugler, Bob

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Staugler Third place team: JAFE Decorating Randy O’Dell, Lisa O’Dell, Brad O’Dell, Taylor Brubaker “We want to thank the Chamber Ambassadors for planning the event, the sponsors and everyone that supported the Cham-

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Hoelscher in elite ag leadership program COLUMBUS – Jacob Hoelscher of Osgood is one of 17 farmers and agribusiness professionals selected to participate in the 2018-2019 AgriPOWER Institute, Ohio Farm Bureau’s elite training program designed to help participants become community leaders and advocates for agriculture. The yearlong program consists of multiple two-tothree-day training sessions that focus on public policy issues facing agriculture and the food industry. Hoelscher is a farm and agribusiness agent for Phelan Insurance Agency and has a hog and grain farm operation. He is a Darke County Farm Bureau member and active with the Osgood Volunteer Fire Department. Throughout the year, Class X participants will learn about public policy matters important to their communities as well as the state of Ohio, nation and world. Participants will develop important skills necessary to become effective leaders and advocates, including spokesperson and media training, etiquette training,

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Nationstar Mortage LLC VS. Meagen Sutter, et al. No. 17CV00518

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

Cenlar FSB VS. Shaun Crowe, et al. No. 18CV00086

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

Greenville National Bank VS. Kathy Hartzell, et al. No. 17CV00579

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, September 7, 2018, at 10:00 A.M., the following described real estate, in the City of Greenville in Darke County to-wit:

Street Address: 121 Ark Ave. Greenville, Ohio Parcel Number: F27221226040211400

Street Address: 408 W. George St. Arcanum, Ohio Parcel Number: P59230804030413500

Street Address: 3967 State Route 502 Greenville, Ohio Parcel Number: F24021233000010900

The complete legal description of the parcel may be obtained from the county auditor. Property was appraised at $65,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. Appraisal did not include any interior examination.

The complete legal description of the parcel may be obtained from the county auditor. Property was appraised at $84,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. Appraisal did not include any interior examination.

The complete legal description of the parcel may be obtained from the county auditor. Property was appraised at $15,000.00 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 21, 2018. 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.

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 21, 2018. 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 8/19, 8/26, 9/2 3T

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) 5474603 if you require further information. A listing of properties can be viewed at darkecountysheriff.org.

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

Angus Beef, Clermont County Farm Bureau, Coshocton County Farm Bureau, Farm Credit Mid-America, Ohio Beef Council, Ohio Cattlemen’s Association, Ohio Soybean Council, Pickaway County Farm Bureau, Shoup Brothers Farm, Southern Ohio Agricultural & Community Development Fund and Wayne County Farm Bureau.

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For more information call 937-547-4603 or go to www.darkecountysheriff.org

program has had in developing leaders over the past 10 years who truly make a difference not only in the ag industry but their local communities,” said Melinda Witten, AgriPOWER director. Partnering with Ohio Farm Bureau on AgriPOWER Class X are AgCredit of Mt. Gilead, Brown County Farm Bureau, Certiﬁed

AUG. 24, 2018-SEPT. 4, 2018 TOP QUALITY HOUSEHOLD FURNISHING & DECOR

PERSONAL PROPERTY BELONGING TO EUNICE STEINBRECHER

351 total lots – In addition to a JD Gator & Gravely Z-turn mower. Included in this auction are quality home furnishings consisting of living room and dining room furniture, wall & object art pieces, antique items, household goods, and appliances and more. All bidding ends at 5:00 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday, September 4th, 2018. But bidding is underway and open now! Easy sign-in and payment at www.proxibid.com. Pick up of purchases is available 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 5th & Thursday, September 6th. View all pictures & descriptions at www.midwest-auctioneers.com or www.proxibid.com

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Terms: A 10% buyer’s premium will be applied to all purchases. Payments by credit card with a 3% processing fee, unless other arrangements have been made with auction company prior to the close of the auction.

EUNICE STEINBRECHER, OWNER

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220 E. 4th St., Greenville, OH • 937-548-2640 • www.midwest-auctioneers.com

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Hill Brothers Inc. earns Case IH Pinnacle Excellence Recognition RACINE, Wis. Case IH is pleased to recognize Hull Brothers Inc. in Fort Recovery for achieving Pinnacle Excellence status in all six areas of their business – parts, operations, service, marketing, sales and AFS. Pinnacle Excellence Program is a company-wide initiative developed cooperatively by Case IH and the Case IH Dealer Advisory Board to help dealers deliver a best-in-class experience in today’s constantly changing agriculture landscape. It

recognizes dealerships for achievement in the key areas identiﬁed as important to success by both dealers and Case IH. The Pinnacle Excellence Program serves as the blueprint to help Case IH dealers evolve into bestin-class businesses to better serve customers and meet the increasing demands required to sell, service and maintain sophisticated agricultural equipment. The six areas where Case IH dealerships are evaluated are: Parts – Dealer-

ships are evaluated on customer satisfaction; retail selling environment; personnel competency and training; and inventory management processes. Operations – Dealerships are evaluated on leadership and team development; process improvement; business planning; commitment to a safe, well-organized work environment; professional career development; and standard operating policies and procedures. Service – Dealerships are evalu-

ated on their ability to support customer and product requirements; representation of a positive, professional brand image; commitment to high levels of technical competency; maintaining a safe, well-organized and wellequipped service environment; and competency and training of service personnel. Marketing – Dealerships are evaluated on their strategic marketing efforts; pro-

motion of the Case IH brand and individual dealership; proper retailing and merchandising environments; participation in advertising and promotions; and customer relationship management. Sales – Dealerships are evaluated on their retail sales environment; personnel competency and training; sales pursuance methodology and technology; and customer satisfaction process. AFS – Dealer-

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ships are evaluated and certiﬁed on their capability to deliver and support Case IH precision farming products. Hull Brothers Inc. has shown its commitment to serving customers’ needs by earning Pinnacle Excellence recognition, and we offer our congratulations. For more information on Case IH products and services, visit www. hullbros.com or www.caseih.com. Case IH is a global leader in agricultural equipment, committed to collaborating with its custom-

ers to develop the most powerful, productive, reliable equipment – designed to meet today’s agricultural challenges. Challenges like feeding an expanding global population on less land, meeting ever-changing government regulations and managing input costs. With headquarters in the United States, Case IH has a network of dealers and distributors that operates in more than 160 countries. Case IH provides agricultural equipment systems, ﬂexible ﬁnancial service offerings and parts

and service support for professional farmers and commercial operators through a dedicated network of professional dealers and distributors. Productivity enhancing products include tractors; combines and harvesters; hay and forage equipment; tillage tools; planting and seeding systems; sprayers and applicators; sitespeciﬁc farming tools and utility vehicles. Case IH is a brand of CNH (NYSE: CNH), a majority-owned subsidiary of Fiat Industrial S.p.A. (FI.MI).

The Former East & South Elementary School Sites

**Auction will be held in the Anna Bier Room at Memorial Hall, 215 W. 4th St. – Greenville, OH 45331

TRACT 1: – 701 Wayne Ave. - Former location of the South Elementary School. Vacant 1.832 acre lot with road frontage and zoned Special Use. Will sell with a minimum bid of $45,000. TRACT 2: 301 E 5th Street - Former location of the East Elementary School. Vacant 2.74 acre lot with road frontage and zoned Special Use. Will sell with no reserve or minimum bid. TERMS: There will be a 10% Buyer’s Premium applied to the final bids to establish the contract sales price. $3,000 will be required down on day of auction, with the balance due within 35 from date of auction. Please visit www.midwest-auctioneers.com for complete information and pictures.

GREENVILLE CITY SCHOOLS, OWNERS

220 E. 4th St., Greenville, OH • 937-548-2640 • www.midwest-auctioneers.com

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Saturday, September 8, 2018 @ 9:30 AM 5239 St. Rt. 49 South – Greenville OH 45331

Boat – Van – Fishing Equipment – Tools – Shop Items – Firearms 1993 Ford E150 conversion van w/leather seats, new brakes, newer tires, 177,000 miles 16’ Aluminum A craft boat w/25-hp Johnson motor, depth finder & EZ loader trailer Tools & Shop Items: Hobart 225 amp. welder; Puma vehicle 3.5 hp air compressor; KD 7-ton reversible gear puller; Guardian drill press; Craftsman elec. reciprocating saw; 4-ton portable power puller kit; 7-pc Porta-power kit; Legacy battery grease gun; Central Hydraulic 10-ton bottle jack; Craftsman 4.25 hp shop vac; Craftsman cordless drill kit; Delta 1” bench sander; Craftsman circular saw; David White transit & pole; Midland rechargeable 2-way radios; 56’ alum. ext. ladder; Wood ext. ladder; 10’ alum. step ladder; Various size/type welding rod; Used porta-power; Welding helmets; Bench grinder; Bolt cutter; 1” rachet wrench; Gas pressure line hose; New & used 12-volt elec. wrenches; road flares; Welding supplies; floor jack; Pneumatic tools; Body tools; Bone creeper & others; C clamps; Bench vise & stand; 21 pc SAE socket set; Copper motor wire; Bench grinder; 3/4” socket set; Manual grease gun; PM 3/8” deep socket set; Hardware & cabinets; Electrical supplies; Power tools; Hand tools & tool box; Router & table; Air hose; (2) 5 & 10 ton winches; Caution strobe light; Pressure washer; 10’ garage door; asst. shop & tool items. Firearms: Ruger 22 Lg. rifle w/ Bushnell scope; Ithaca Super Simple 12 ga.; 22 ammo; 50 cal. brass motor shell casing. Outdoor & HH: Fishing poles, boat equipment & supplies; 5 hp thatcher; 2-wheel push mowers; Lg. pull behind seeder; Billy Goat vac; Garden hose; Dorm loft; Coolers; North American charcoal grill; Ping Pong table; Oreck vacuum; 2 pc glass top display cabinet; New dry sink; Bedroom furniture; Kitchen cabinet; Card table & chairs; Rocking chair; Eden Pure heater; Coffee table, Book shelves; Kitchen table & chairs; Desk; (2) 4-drawer filing cabinets; Window frames; filing cabinets; Kitchen/Dinner/Cook ware; VCR tapes; Record albums; 1970s Open Wheel NASCAR magazines; Dog crate; asst. household items. Terms: A 10% Buyer’s Premium shall be applied to all purchases. Accepted payment is cash, check w/ID, and credit card w/ an additional 3% fee. Additional terms will apply to online bidders. Please visit our website www.midwest-auctioneers.com for complete information and pictures.

TIM BERTKE, OWNER

220 E. 4th St., Greenville, OH • 937-548-2640 • www.midwest-auctioneers.com

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DARKE COUNTY – The Darke County Swinging 8’s Square Dance Club recently graduated seven students. Pictured on the ends are Bob Jones, instructor and caller and his wife, Janice. Students in front are Adrian and Claire Miller. In the back row are Lila Foster, Braedin Dyre, Evelyn Sebring, Carolyn Sprowl, and Mercades Boegma. Lessons will begin again Sept. 10 from 7-9 p.m. in the basement of the Second National Bank on Wagner Avenue, Greenville. For more information, call Mike or Edna Carrico at 937-338-4311.

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325 E North St. – Union City, OH 45390 Thurs. – September 6, 2018 at 6:PM Showings by Appointment

This one and half story conventional style home includes just over 1200 square feet with 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, kitchen, and living room. Home features vinyl siding and a one car attached garage with alley access. Property located next to East Park on a corner lot. Terms: Property has been appraised for the estate at $20,000 and will sell with a minimum 2/3 of the appraised value or $13,333, subject to Darke County Probate Court. $3,000 will be required down day of auction with the balance due within 35 days from auction date. Please visit www.midwest-auctioneers. for more pictures and information.

The Estate of Warren S. Bowers James W. Bowers, Admin. James Detling, Atty Darke. Co. Probate Case #: 20141050

220 E. 4th St., Greenville, OH • 937-548-2640 • www.midwest-auctioneers.com

Todd Durham, vice president, and John Swallow, president, are shown presenting check to Gathering at Garst committee member, Katie Gabbard

SNB supports The Gathering at Garst GREENVILLE – Second National Bank has a long history of supporting many organizations, events, and projects in our community. Garst Museum thanks Second National Bank for its continued support of The Gathering at Garst. This July, The Gathering at Garst

drew approximately 15,000 people. With the generosity of sponsors like Second National Bank, the event continues to grow and bring visitors eager to learn about Darke County and its history. Our community is fortunate to have a bank that gives back in so many ways.

PUBLIC AUCTION

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 2018 10:00 AM 800 Sweitzer St. Greenville, OH 45331 Darke County Fairgrounds Beef Arena

Horses-Wagons-Horse Drawn Equipment-TackTruck and Trailer-Engines Truck and Trailer 2000 Ford F-350 Crew Cab dually, Lariat package, 7.3 Powerstroke w/Bullydog power chip, 4X4 with only 175, 250 miles; 2007 Titan 24’ on floor 7 ½’ tall gooseneck stock trailer, 7,000 lb axles, 12” cross members, Rumber floor. Horses 9 year old Belgian Gelding; 10 year old Percheron Gelding; 10 year old Percheron Mare; 15 year old Percheron Mare. Horse Drawn Wagons, Carts, and Equipment Draft horse 5th wheel parade hitch wagon; Capitol box bed wagon w/corn boards; nice bob sled; Steel breaking wagon w/tongue and shafts; Rubber tired flat bed wagon; Fore cart; 3 draft horse carts (1Raber cart); JD riding plow; New Idea manure spreader; 2 walking plows. Tack Bio Show harness for 4; Aluminum tack cart for 4-up harness; 4 sets Yankee harness; show halters, leads, show sticks; lines for single, team, tandem, unicorn, 4-up; lead ropes; line spreaders; several sets of harness (leather, nylon, bio); collars; hames; tack rack; 16” draft saddle; parade decorations; grooming supplies; hay bags; nylon cross ties; horse blankets; aluminum braiding bench; stall jack; farrier’s box and tools; 3 sets Oster clippers; several wagon tongues; shoeing stocks; miscellaneous items. Hit-Miss Engines IH 3-5 horsepower engine S/N 342996; Jaeger 2 horsepower engine.

OWNERS CHARLES AND NANCY HAPNER

Terms: Cash or good check w/proper ID. Discover, MC, Visa accepted w/3% fee. Lunch Stand by Heavy Smoker’s BBQ. www.auctionzip.com for pictures. Never a buyer’s premium.

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Cruizer’s Bar and Grill’s eighth annual car show beneﬁts Miami County Hospice RUSSIA - On Saturday, Aug.18, Cruizer’s Bar and Grill in Russia hosted its Eighth Annual Car Show to beneﬁt

Hospice of Miami County. Susan Hemm, marketing and development coordinator for Hospice, was

the grateful recipient of a $5308 donation. Hospice, being volunteer-driven, uses beneﬁts such as this to help maintain

J. Brogden Real Estate Land Auction Adams Twp. – Darke County SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 10:01 AM Location: At State Routes 185 & 721, Bradford, Ohio Two Parcels Approximately 127 Acres (+/-)

TRACT 1: Parcel # A01-0-409-09-00-00-10200 – Approximately 51.424 acres (+/-) contains approximately 9.7 acres (+/-) of woodland, previous 41.294 acres (+/-) of tillable and 0.398 acre (+/-) row. TRACT 2: Parcel # A01-0-409-09-00-00-10100 – Approximately 76.604 acres (+/-) contains approximately 43.9 acres (+/-) of previous tillable – 17.198 acres (+/-) woodlands – 10 acres (+/-) pasture – 5.004 acres (+/-) of wasteland some riverfront in floodplain and approximately 0.502 acre (+/-) of row. TERMS OF SALE: 10% down (non-refundable) day of auction. Closing to be held on or before November 15, 2018. Real estate taxes prorated to day of closing using short-term proration method. CAUV taxes will be the responsibility of the new owner. Purchaser’s financing must be approved prior to bidding on tracts. Property not being sold subject to financing. Must be preapproved or cash buyer. Property sells as-is. Each tract will be offered separately. After individual tract values are established, we will then offer as one parcel containing both tracts. If the combined bid exceeds the individual bids by $20,000 or more, then the property will sell as one. All offers are subject to approval of owner. Announcements the day of the auction take precedent over previous oral statements or advertised materials. There shall be no co-op with other realtors as this is an auction.

Owner: James M. Brogden

Jeanie Jordan Bates, Listing Broker 937-214-2445 Anthony Bayman, Realtor/Auctioneer 937-606-0536 Visit AuctionZip.com Bayman Auction Service ID # 6480

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the structure that it takes to keep the quality of assistance for those who require it. With the help and support of event sponsors, O’Reilly Machine Tool Service, Production Support, Custom Foam Products Inc., Key Guarantee, Bensman’s Garage, Francis-Schulze Company, A&M Pallet, Buschur’s Market, Goubeaux Excavating, Performance Powder Coating, Cardinal Ethanol, Fish Report, Frenchtown Trailers Sales & Supply Co., Phlipot Trucking, Bohman Trucking Inc., The Jewelry Barn, Koverman-Staley-Dickerson Insurance, Tooling Technologies and TC Sport and Design, this event was a huge success. Music was provided by DJ Kenny Ray who played some great tunes and kept the energy going. The trophies were designed by Lasting

Impressions in Piqua, and were all donated by Brian Bros Painting & Restoration in Piqua. There were 84 participants who brought cars, trucks and motorcycles. There were trophies for Best Original, Best Truck, Best Modiﬁed, Best Bike and a People’s Choice. There also were 20 trophies awarded to the top 20 overall participants. Thanks to the Shelby County Sherriff’s’ Department for coming out to spend the day. Chris and Lori Tomlian, and Steve and Barb Young, owners of Cruizer’s, put a lot of time and effort into organizing the event and obtaining many donations from numerous businesses in the surrounding areas and nationwide companies. All the food was donated by local businesses and grilled by volunteers, Kerry Marchal and Jenny Weber. Other volunteers included

Robert Monnin, Sara Young, Blake Ransdell and the team from Hospice (Bob Sommer, Jill Dermmitt, Heather Bolton, Todd Bolton and Anabelle Bolton) who helped throughout the day, as well as the Cruizer’s staff who worked diligently to kept things running smoothly inside throughout Proceeds from Cruizer’s event will assist Miami County Hospice. the event.

Outstanding Public Auction Personal Property of George and Thelma Neff Saturday Sept. 15th 2018 9:00am Auction will be held at the former Jim Wroda Greenville Auction Center Building Address is 5239 St Rt 49 Just South of Greenville Ohio Many Quality Items to be offered including a 1975 Honda GL1000 Motorcycle In excellent Condition - Ford Windstar - Yazoo Lawn Mower - Guns - Coins Gold and Silver Jewelry - Antiques - Furniture Utility Trailer and Much more. *Check next weeks Early Bird for complete listing and pictures or go to Auctionzip.com and search under Auctioneer ID # 41821 MATTHEW RISMILLER AUCTIONEER SERVICE 937-564-5676

SATURDAY, SEPT. 8, 2018 9:00AM VERY 9807 STUDER RD., VERSAILLES, OHIO LARGE PAX FAMILY AUCTION ON SITE ON THE FARM

**2 AUCTION RINGS** SALE WILL BE CONDUCTED INSIDE OF BUILDINGS IF THE WEATHER IS BAD. TRACTOR - FARM ITEMS - TOOLS - ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES FURNITURE & APPLIANCES - TOYS PERSONAL PROPERTY ITEMS FROM PREVIOUS OWNERS MARK & PAT PAX - PAX THIS & THAT, VERSAILLES, OHIO

Directions: From the Northeast side of Versailles, Ohio take S.R. 47 East approximately ¾ of a mile to Studer Road. Turn RIGHT at the curve. Then take Studer Road approximately ½ mile to auction site. (WATCH FOR AUCTION SIGNS ON SALE DAY) TRACTOR – FARM ITEMS – TRAILER - MOWER Ford 4000 Gas Utility Tractor with Dunham Lear #22 Hydraulic Loader, Hi/Lo Transmission, Remotes, good Rubber, Looks & Runs Great, less than 100 hours on complete overhaul, Don’t miss this one!; 125 BU Hopper Wagon with Steel Flip Up Top; Ford 3-Point 3-14’s 3-Bottom Plow; 5’x10’ H. Duty Utility Trailer with built in ramp tailgate (very nice), Heavy Duty Wood Floor; Walker 18 HP 48” Cut Zero-Turn Mower, super nice, only 168 Hours; Troy-Bilt 7 HP I.C. (Horse) Rear Tine Tiller with several attachments; 100 Gal. Yellow Poly Water Tank; 2-Wheel Metal Lawn Trailer; 16 Ft. Flat Bed Hay Wagon; Ranch King 10 C.F. Metal Dumping Lawn Trailer; Taylor Way 3-Point 2-Row Planter, Mdl. #46, Covington (like new); Early 1 Horse Drawn Potato Planter on Steel with Seat; Early 1 Horse Potato Plow; (2) Steel Wheel Garden Cultivators; NEW Roll of Field Fence; Early Syracuse 1-Horse Plow; Fairbanks 1000 Lb. Platform Scales; 3-Point Hamill Potato Plow; (3) Clipper Wood Seed Cleaners with Screens (nice); (1) Shelby Wood Seed Cleaner, made in Sidney, Ohio; International Harvester Hand Crank Corn Sheller (Wood); Dain Wood Hand Crank Corn Sheller. ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES Cast Iron International 856 Pedal Tractor, needs Steering Wheel & Pedal; Miami County Dairy Galv. Dbl. Milk Box; (2) Early Coal Buckets; (8) Early Wood Cash Register Money Drawers; (2) 10 Gal. Milk Cans; Snow Sled; 30 Gal. Union “76” Lube Can with Hand Pump; Early Ross Pressure Gauge; Stewart Elec. Sandwich Machine; sev. H. Crank Meat Grinders; Wood Rolling Pins; Early Roller Skates; sev. Gal. Wash Tubs; 20 Gal. Wood Barrel; (2) Wooden Nail Kegs; Hay Fork; Buck Saw; Wood Carpenters Box; 3 Footed Cast Pot with Handle; Military Helmet; Cast Iron Dutch Oven (marked Wagner & Griswold); (4) Early Steel Wheel Railroad Carts; Hand Crank Blower for Forge; Metal Advertising Box Model Dept. Store, Versailles, OH; Early Kitchen Utensils; Dietz Red Globe R.R. Lantern; (3) Deitz Red Lantern Globes; Early Glass Medicine Bottles; Early Roll of Tickets from the Versailles Theater; sev. Versailles, OH Poultry Days Posters; The Fur Mills Sack, Versailles, OH; Petersime Incubator Co., Gettysburg, OH, various Advertising, Posters & Related items; Atlas of Darke County Ohio 1875-1888; (2) Boxes of New Old Stock Gasson’s Poultry Farms, Stationery, Versailles, OH; #9 Favorite Piqua Iron Skillet; #8 Favorite Miami Iron Skillet; #9 Favorite Sidney Iron Skillet; #9 Wagner Sidney; Square Wagner, 30+ NEW Wagner Skillets, all sizes; (3) Coronado H. Crank Grinders; Wood Wheel Barrel w/Steel Wheel; Copper Wash Boiler; Laurel Crack Tin; 5 Gal. Focker Lard Tin; Wood Cookie Bucket; sev. Adv. Tins, Half & Half, Prince Albert & others; Glass Evenflo Baby Measures; (4) Jersey Cream Line Glass Milk Bottles; Elec. Football Game; Equity Oil Co. Adv. Thermometer, Ft. Recovery; Orr Felt & Blanket Co. Wood Adv. Crate, Piqua; Golden Age Wood Beverage Crate; sev. Kodak Wood Adv. Crates; Hydrol Embalming Fluid Wood Adv. Crate; Red Chief H. Crank Corn Sheller; Hop-A-Long Cassidy & Davy Crockett Mugs; (2) Early Sellers Jars; Sohio Picture Adv. Thermometer; Disney Character Cups; Cow Bells; 1 Qt. Glass Milk Bottles, Sidney Dairy & Sunnydale; Early Underwood Manual Typewriter; Early Brownie Target Six-20 Box Camera; Lg. Cast Kettle w/Bale; Lightning Rods & Accessories; Laurel Cracker & Cake Adv. Metal Box; sev. Wood Fishing Lures; lots of misc. Crocks & Crock Jugs, various sizes; Tobacco Lathes; Early 3 Ft. Hardware Paper Dispenser Machine; sm. Metal Blade Elec. Fan; #8 Crock; Rug Beater; Shoe Lathe; Wood Slaw Cutter; Cast Iron Apple Peeler; Cast Match Holder; Crock Deep Bowls; Cigar Boxes; Wood Cheese Boxes; Kodascopa Mdl. EE Made by Kodak Movie Viewer; Early N.O.S. Sohio Auto Wax in Glass Bottles; Cast Toledo Scales; (18) F&F Mammy S&P; Fry Glass Dessert Dishes & C&S; Pig & Clown Cookie Jars; Granite Pans; Sellers Sugar, Flour, Salt & Pepper; Versailles Yearbooks including: 1930, 58, 60, 62, 63, 67 & 68; Early Paper Advertising – Lambsdown Underwear, Butternut Bread, (2) Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Cures; Pitch Forks; Glass Insulators; NEW Graniteware Pans, Roasters, Strainers & Canners; Chicken Waterers; Canning Jars. EARLY TOYS Early Metal Pedal Car (Charger); Cast Iron, Horse & Milk Wagon, Horse & Ice Wagon; (4) Tonka Dump Trucks; Buddy L Mack Dump Truck; Tonka Crane & Road Grader; Tonka Hyd. Dump Truck; Horse Trailer; Volkswagen; Dune Buggy; Oliver Box Wagon; Hay Elevator; Pepsi Truck; Greyhound Bus; Matchbox Cars; Jarts; Beanie Babies; Stuffed Animals; Board Games; Dolls; Wood Toy Box; Child’s Card Table & Chairs; Fisher Price Toys; Gilbert’s Erector Set; (3) Bicycles; Tom Thumb Cash Register; H.O. Race Track Set; Trooper Cap Pistol; Puzzles; Cases of NEW Shooter Marbles (all colors); NEW Aggravation Boards. ANTIQUE FURNITURE Lg. Tiger Oak Sliding Glass Door Display Cabinet with 5 Lower Storage Bins (very ornate), very Rare, 12 Ft. Long by 3 Ft. Wide (Super Nice); 7 Ft. Walnut Knock-Down 2-Door Wardrobe; Early Roll-Up Door Sellers Type Cabinet (Painted); 8 Ft. Oak 15 Drawer Hwd. Store Counter; 8 Ft. Oak Wood Dept. Store Counter; 6-Leg Oak Square Table with 2 Leaves; 48” Oak Round Table with 4 Chairs & Leaves; 5-Leg Oak Square Table; Sellers Cabinet Top (Painted); (3) 5 Ft. Store Display Counters; Werner Oak Elec. Player Piano, Chicago, Il.; Oak Wash Stand with Towel Bar; 7 Ft. Pine Display Cabinet; 6 Ft. by 2 Ft. Oak Bookshelf; Vough-Waterloo, New York, Elec. Player Piano; Oak Serpentine Front Dresser. TOOLS & EQUIPMENT Milwaukee Saw Zall; Circ. Saw; Mikata Cordless Drill Set; Dremmel; Block Planes; 4 Ft. Level; Socket Sets; Early Wrenches; (2) 14 Gal. Wet/Dry Shop Vacuums; Organizer Units, Bolts, Nuts, Screws; Portable Air Compressor with Hose (Nice); Portable Air Tank; 5 Ft. & 10 Ft. Wood Step Ladders; (3) New Delphos 5 Gal. Metal Fuel Cans; 250 Gal. Portable Gas Tank with Pump; 5 Ft. Metal Work Bench with Drawers; Metal Shears; C-Clamps; Drill Bits; Pipe Wrenches; Bottle Jacks; Hammers; Hand Saws; Brass Letters & Numbers; NEW Tarps; Extension Cords; Water Hoses; Trailer Receivers; Roll of Elec. Wire; Early H. Duty Hand Crank Winch & Cable; Early Hand Post Drill; Long Handle Yard Tools; Craftsman 10” Radial Arm Saw; Covington Elec. Polishing Table; Sommer & Maca Glass Polishing Machine; Early Pump Jack; Lg. Buzz Saw Blades; Early Air Grease Pump. MODERN FURNITURE & APPLIANCES Kenmore 12 C.F. H. Duty Upright Freezer (White); Whirlpool Side-by-Side Ref./Freezer with Bottom Freezer (White); Leather Recliner (Tan); 3-Cushion Green Plaid Sofa Bed; 3-Cushion Blue Sofa with matching Chair; 6 Ft. Oak Library Table; Oak Sofa Table; Oak 4-Shelf Stand; Lamp Table; Glass Standing Display Cabinet; 3-Pc. Blond Bedroom Suite, Dbl. Bed, Chest, Dresser; 3-Pc. Lt. Oak Bedroom Suite, Dbl. Bed, Chest, Dresser. MISC. (3) Rubber Tire Wheel Barrows; (2) 4-Wheel Pull Yard Carts; 4’x8’ 2-Wheel Wood Utility Trailer; Yard Spreader; Garden Seeder & Planter Plates; misc. Lumber & Wood; Lg. Wood Boxes & Crates; Pair of Wood Loading Ramps; several Landscaping Rocks; several TV Tower Sections; 100’s of NEW 5 Gal. Plastic Buckets with Lids; (39) NEW 55 Gal. Steel Drums with Powdered Soybean Meal & Powdered Milk; (5) Potato Forks; Bushel Baskets; Plastic Milk Crates, Borden, Dean, M. Gold; sev. 6 Ft. & 8 Ft. Folding Tables; sev. Card Tables; 20 Metal Folding Chairs; 20 Wood Folding Chairs; sev. Desks; sev. Metal Shelves; misc. Lamps; Standing & Box Fans; Standing Scales; Bedding; Blankets; (10) NEW Wash Tubs; Cases of NEW Thermos Coolers; Cases of NEW Disposable Razors; Cases of NEW Lamp Oil; Cases of NEW Box Matches; Cases of NEW Liquid Candle Wax in 2 ½ Gal. Jugs. GLASSWARE & MISC. Beer Mugs; Pyrex Bowls; Graduated Deep Bowls; Corning Baking Dishes; Black/Amethyst Glassware; Lots of Glass Juicers; Lots of Press Glass; Carnival Glass items; Ruby Red Glassware; Crackle Glass items; Apollo Space Drink Set; old Bottles of all sizes and kinds; Wheat Pattern China; lots of S&P Shakers; Figurines; Cobalt Blue Glass; Silverware; Porcelain Bucket; old Books; (2) Child’s 45 Record Players; Kodak & other Cameras; misc. Radios; Fair Canes; sm. Porcelain Stove; Wicker Baby Basinet.

ESTATE OF PATRICIA A. PAX

Office: 937.316.8400 Cell: 937.459.7686 Michel Werner Auctioneer

Debra K. Kauffman ~ Executor Ryan Dynes ~ Attorney. Case #: 2016-1-299 ALL items must be paid for the day of auction. ALL items are sold as-is. TERMS: Cash or Good Check with Proper Photo ID; Visa / MC / Discover accepted with a 3% Clerk Fee added. Visit us online @ www.auctionzip.com and enter USER I.D. #8673 for photos and information. Food from Heavy Smokers BBQ available on site! REMEMBER: +++Never, Ever a Buyer’s (Penalty) Premium at our Auctions…What You Bid Is What You Pay! We work for our sellers, we appreciate our buyers, and we love our profession! Kirby & Staff

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AUTOMOTIVE MARKET

UC Public Library hosts Mini Book Sale UNION CITY – The Union City Public Library is hosting a Mini Book Sale. They have boxes and boxes

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ﬁlled with books just waiting to meet you. This sale will be held downstairs in the Children’s Area on Friday, Sept. 7 from 1-5 p.m., and Saturday, Sept. 8 from 11:30 a.m.-2

p.m., held in conjunction with the annual Union City Arts Festival that weekend. They have boxes of Children’s books, romance titles, mysteries, thrillers, and more – and we will be

Friends of DCP meet GREENVILLE – Friends of the Darke County Parks will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 4 at Shawnee Prairie Nature Center. Become a member of a rewarding organization

that helps Darke County Parks sustain 14 parks and the bike trails. Meetings are held the ﬁrst Tuesday of the month. Snacks and drinks will be served.

APL will help patrons discover coffee ARCANUM – The Arcanum Public Library is excited to be hosting a representative from The Coffee Pot in Greenville as he presents a class all about coffee. According to the latest coffee statistics from the International Coffee Organization (ICO), about 1.4 billion cups of coffee are poured worldwide every day. About 45 percent of it (400 million cups a day) is drunk in the United States.

How much do you know about coffee? Join them for an informative class, Seed to Cup, on Thursday, Sept. 6 at 6 p.m. to ﬁnd out. Learn while tasting. Patrons can call to register for this free class, or come to the library to sign up. Patrons can call the library at 937-692-8484 with questions, visit www. arcanumpubliclibrary.org, ﬁnd the library on Facebook, or follow on Twitter.

Hemmelgarn awarded

pulling randomly selected fresh boxes of books from storage to restock the tables as the sale continues. Prices will be: 25 cents per paperback; 50 cents per hardback; or a bag or a box for $3. You will ﬁnd them waiting for you at 408 North Columbia Street, Union City, Ind.

GREENVILLE – Carolyn Hemmelgarn received The Ohio Association of Garden Clubs and Ladybug Garden Club Residential Landscaping Award for August for outstanding design in their gardens on Dorothy Lane in Greenville. The outside reﬂects a

very inviting and relaxing setting with large containers of annual and perennial and ﬂower beds with herbs and water features. Shown are Carolyn, Angela Beumer, Sherri Jones and Lisa Marcum of the Ladybug Garden Club.

Committee meeting set GREENVILLE – The Greenville City Council Safety Committee will meet on Thursday, Sept. 6, 6 p.m., in City Council Chambers, Municipal Building, Greenville. The committee will review the possibility of extending the parking time limit in the downtown area.

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2018 CHEVY TAHOE LT 4X4, 5.3L V8, leather, all power, like new, blue, 45,670 miles .......................................................................................................................... $45,995 .........$44,500 2018 CHEVY TAHOE LT 4X4, 5.3L V8, leather, loaded, super nice, black, 35,361 miles ........................................................................................................................ $46,995 .........$45,500 2018 CHEVY EQUINOX LT FWD, 2.4L 4 cyl., all power, exc. cond., silver, 18,652 miles......................................................................................................................... $24,995 .........$23,900 2017 INFINITI QX30, 4 dr., 2.0L, turbo 4 cyl., leather, loaded, sharp, maroon, 31,251 miles .................................................................................................................... $24,995 .........$23,900 2017 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN GT,, 3.6L V6, leather, loaded, exc. cond., black, 48,998 miles ........................................................................................................................ $22,995 .........$21,500 2017 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN GT,, 3.6L V6, leather, loaded, super nice, black, 47,084 miles ........................................................................................................................ $22,995 .........$21,500 2017 CHEVY ½ TON SILVERADO LT CREW CAB 4X4 P.U., 5.3L V8, all power, one owner, like new, blue, 13,880 miles ........................................................................................................... $37,995 .........$36,900 2016 CHEVY EQUINOX LT FWD, 2.4L 4 cyl., loaded, one owner, exc. cond., maroon, 58,572 miles .................................................................................................................... $18,995 .........$17,900 2016 JEEP CHEROKEE LATUTUDE FWD, 2.4L, 4 cyl., loaded, exc. cond., white, 56,786 miles ........................................................................................................................ $17,995 .........$16.900 2015 CHEVY EQUINOX LT FWD, 2.4L 4 cyl., one owner, all power, exc. cond., blue, 43,727 miles .......................................................................................................................... $16,995 .........$15,900 2015 NISSAN ROUGE SV AWD, 2.5L 4 cyl., one owner, all power, exc. cond., silver, 77,849 miles......................................................................................................................... $17,995 .........$16,900 2015 GMC ½ TON SIERRA SLE EXT CAB 4X4 P.U., 5.3L V8, Z71 Suspension, one owner, loaded, like new, black, 33,792 miles ......................................................................................................... $31,995 .........$30,900 2015 CHEVY ½ TON SILVERADO CREW CAB LT 4WD P.U., 5.3L V8, leather, one owner, loaded, super nice, silver, 44,363 miles ...................................................................................................... $31,995 .........$29,900 2014 GMC ½ TON SIERRA SLE CREW CAB 4X4 P.U., 5.3L V8, one owner, loaded, super nice, gray, 42,747 miles .......................................................................................................................... $29,995 .........$28,900 2014 CHEVY ½ TON SILVERADO LT CREW CAB 4X4 P.U., 5.3L V8, one owner, leather, loaded, exc. cond., red, 45,561 miles ......................................................................................................... $30,995 .........$29,500 2014 GMC ½ TON SIERRA SLE REG CAB 4X4 P.U., 5.3L V8, Z71 package, loaded, sharp, red, 74,266 miles ........................................................................................................................... $25,995 .........$24,500 2014 CHEVY EQUINOX LTZ FWD, 3.6L V6, leather, one owner, loaded, super nice, crystal red, 53,627 miles ................................................................................................................ $20,995 .........$19,500 2014 CHEVY EQUINOX LTZ FWD, 2.4L 4 cyl., leather, loaded, exc. cond., crystal red, 73,013 miles ................................................................................................................ $18,995 .........$17,900 2014 CHEVY EQUINOX LT FWD, 2.4L 4 cyl., one owner, sunroof, loaded, super nice, white, 54,687 miles ........................................................................................................................ $18,995 .........$17,500 2013 FORD EXPLORER XLT FWD, 3.5L V6, leather, loaded, one owner, sharp, gray, 78,898 miles .......................................................................................................................... $18,995 .........$17,500 2013 CHEVY ½ TON SILVERADO LT EXT. CAB 2WD P.U., 5.3L V8, one owner, all power, exc. cond., silver, 76,852 miles ...................................................................................................... $20,995 .........$19,900 2013 CHEVY TRAVERSE LTZ FWD, 3.6L V6, leather, loaded, super nice, maroon, 87,380 miles .................................................................................................................... $18,995 .........$17,900 2013 CHEVY TRAVERSE LT FWD, 3.6L V6, one owner, sunroof, loaded, very nice, black, 93,288 miles ........................................................................................................................ $18,995 .........$17,500 2012 FORD ESCAPE XLT FWD, 2.5L 4 cyl., sunroof, loaded, exc. cond., blue, 63,077 miles .......................................................................................................................... $11,995 .........$10,900 2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO 4X4, 3.6L V6, sunroof, loaded, super nice, green, 107,443 miles ..................................................................................................................... $14,995 .........$13,900 2009 CHEVY ½ TON SILVERADO LT EXT. CAB 2WD P.U., 5.3L V8, all power, super nice, beige, 48,424 miles ........................................................................................................................ $17,995 .........$16,900 2009 GMC ¾ TON SIERRA SLT CREW CAB 4x4 P.U., 6.6L Duramax Diesel, leather, loaded, sharp, black, 107,293 miles ...................................................................................................................... $27,995 .........$26,900 2008 CHEVY ½ TON SILVERADO LT CREW CAB 4X4 P.U., 5.3L V8, well equipped, very nice brown, 176,052 miles ..................................................................................................................... $14,995 .........$13,900 2008 CHEVY AVALANCHE Z71 2WD, 5.3L V8, one owner, leather, loaded, sharp, black, 134,296 miles................................................................................................................................. $14,995 .........$13,500 2007 CHEVY ½ TON SILVERADO LT, EXT. CAB 2WD, P.U., 5.3L V8, leather, sunroof, loaded, very nice, maroon, 141,575 miles .................................................................................................. $11,995 .........$10,500 2006 CHEVY ½ TON SILVERADO Z71 EXT. CAB 4X4 P.U., 5.3L V8, all power, good cond., red, 189,992 miles ........................................................................................................................... $6,995 ...........$5,900 2006 CHEVY HHR LT FWD, 2.4L 4 cyl., leather, loaded, super nice, purple, 104,042 miles ................... $6,995 ...........$5,900 2006 CHEVY COLORADO Z71 4X4 CREW CAB, 3.5L 5 cyl., all power, good cond., white, 228,586 miles ........................................................................................................................ $8,995 ...........$7,900

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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 CHEVY ½ TON SUBURBAN LT 4WD, 5.3L V8, leather, loaded, good cond., beige, 261,369 miles ........................................................................................................................ $8,995 ...........$7,500 2005 FORD RANGER XLT SUPER CAB 2WD P.U., 3.0L V6, auto, air, cruise, good cond., black, 220,261 miles ........................................................................................................................ $4,995 ...........$3,900 2005 CADILLAC SRX AWD, 3.6L V6, leather, sunroof, loaded, exc. cond., diamond white, 154,592 miles ....................................................................................................... $10,995 ...........$9,500 2004 CHEVY TAHOE Z71 4X4, 5.3L V8, one owner, leather, sunroof, loaded, sharp, maroon, 77,439 miles .................................................................................................................... $10,995 ...........$9,900 2004 DODGE ½ TON RAM SLT CREW CAB 4X4 P.U., 4.7L V8, all power, good cond., maroon, 186,264 miles .................................................................................................................... $6,995 ...........$5,900 2004 CHEVY COLORADO REG CAB 2WD P.U., 2.8L 4 cyl., 5 speed, air, sharp, yellow, 166,941 miles ....................................................................................................................... $7,995 ...........$6,500 2004 CADILLAC SRX AWD, 4.6L V8, leather, loaded, good cond., beige, 105,466 miles ...................... $7,995 ...........$6,900 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER LS 4WD, 4.2L, 6 cyl., all power, exc. cond., blue, 148,224 miles ............. $6,995...........$5,900 2003 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE VAN, 3.4L, V6, all power, good cond., maroon, 149,274 miles .................................................................................................................... $4,995 ...........$3,900 2002 CHEVY ½ TON SILVERADO REG. CAB 4X4 P.U., 4.8L V8, one owner, auto, air, cruise, fair cond., gray, 199,579 miles ......................................................................................................... $4,995 ...........$3,900 2002 CHEVY SUBURBAN LT 4WD, 5.3L, V8, leather, loaded, good cond,. red, 231,470 miles ............. $7,995 ...........$6,500 2002 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER LTZ 4X4, 4.2L, 6 cyl., leather, sunroof, loaded, very nice, maroon, 215,294 miles .................................................................................................................... $6,995 ...........$5,900 2002 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER LT 2WD, 4 dr., one owner, cloth seats, loaded, exc. cond., beige, 182,686 miles ........................................................................................................................ $9,995 ...........$8,900 2001 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY LXI VAN, 3.8L V6, leather, loaded, very good cond., maroon, 165,697 miles .................................................................................................................... $3,995 ...........$2,500 2001 DODGE DAKOTA SPORT REG CAB 4X4 P.U., 3.9L V6, loaded, fair cond., red, 171,545 miles ........................................................................................................................... $4,995 ...........$3,900 2001 FORD F150 XLT SUPER CAB 4X4 P.U., 4.6L V8, 5 speed, loaded, good cond., red, 146,376 miles ........................................................................................................................... $5,995 ...........$4,500 2000 CHEVY TAHOE LS 4X4, 5.3L V8, leather, loaded, good cond., beige, 192,922 miles .................... $5,995 ...........$4,900 2000 DODGE DAKOTA SPORT EXT. CAB 4X4 P.U., 4.7L V8, loaded, very nice, white, 167,762 miles ........................................................................................................................ $6,995 ...........$5,900 2000 MERCURY VILLAGER ESTATE VAN, 3.3L V6, leather, loaded, fair cond., maroon, 150,889 miles .................................................................................................................... $2,995 ...........$1,900 1999 PONTIAC MONTANA VAN, cloth seats, all power, nice cond., green, 160,151 miles..................... $6,995 ...........$5,900

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2017 CHEVY IMPALA LT, 4 dr., 3.6L V8, all power, exc. cond., pepperdust, 40,800 miles .................... $19,995 .........$18,900 2015 CHEVY MALIBU LT, 4 dr., 2.5L 4 cyl., loaded, exc. cond., blue, 26,006 miles .............................. $16,995 .........$15,500 2014 CHEVY MALIBU LT, 4 dr., 2.5L, 4 cyl., one owner, loaded, exc. cond., champagne silver, 50,772 miles ..................................................................................................... $15,995 .........$14,900 2011 CHEVY IMPALA LT, 4 dr., 3.5L V6, all power, super nice, maroon, 66,240 miles.......................... $10,995 ...........$9,900 2010 CHEVY IMPALA LT, 4 dr., 3.5L V6, leather, sunroof, loaded, exc. cond., blue, 118,206 miles ........................................................................................................................ $11,995 ...........$9,900 2008 CHEVY IMPALA LT, 4 dr., 3.9L V6, sunroof, loaded, very nice, maroon, 167,922 miles ............... $10,995 ...........$9,500 2002 CHEVY IMPALA LS, 4 dr., 3.8L V6, sunroof, loaded, very nice, black, 219,633 miles .................... $4,995 ...........$3,500

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2017 BUICK VERANO, 4 dr., 2.4L 4 cyl., loaded, exc. cond., white, 52,584 miles ................................. $16,995 .........$15,500 2017 CADILLAC XTS LUXURY, 4 dr., 3.6L V6, leather, loaded, like new, silver, 30,734 miles......................................................................................................................... $29,995 .........$28,900 2013 HONDA CIVIC EX, 4 dr., 1.8L, 4cyl., sunroof, loaded, exc. cond., maroon, 77,854 miles .................................................................................................................... $12,995 .........$11,500 2012 FORD FOCUS SE, 4 dr., 2.0L 4 cyl., sunroof, loaded, exc. cond., black, 119,688 miles ...................................................................................................................... $10,995 ...........$8,900 2008 FORD FOCUS SE, 4 dr., 2.0L 4 cyl., all power, very nice, silver, 109,989 miles .............................. $5,995 ...........$4,900 2008 MERCURY MILAN PREMIER, 4 dr., 3.0L V6, leather, sunroof, loaded, super nice, beige, 69,814 miles ........................................................................................................................ $10,995 ...........$9,500 2002 VOLKSWAGON PASSAT STATION WAGON, 1.8L 4 cyl., sunroof, loaded, good cond., gray, 151,325 miles .......................................................................................................................... $3,995 ...........$2,500 1999 FORD MUSTANG GT CONVERTIBLE, 4.6L V8, leather, loaded, sharp, gray, 68,000 miles ........ $10,995 ...........$9,900 1995 BUICK REGAL, 4 dr., 3.8L V6, all power, good cond., blue, 90,653 miles ...................................... $4,995 ...........$3,900 1994 JAGUAR XJS CONVERTIBLE, 4.0L 6 cyl., leather, loaded, show car, maroon, 52,066 miles .................................................................................................................... $17,995 .........$16,500

CORNER MAIN & GEORGE, ARCANUM SERVICE HOURS: Mon. 8am-8:30 pm/Tues.-Fri. 8-5:30/Sat. 8-12 SALES HOURS: Mon.-Fri. 8am-8pm/Sat. 8am-5:30pm

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