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BELLEFONTAINE BOARD OF EDUCATION
High school associate principal hired College Credit Plus program discussed
BY MANDY LOEHR EXAMINER STAFF WRITER mloehr@examiner.org
Bellefontaine City Schools Board of Education members hired a new associate principal/dean of students for the 2015-16 school year at their Monday evening meeting. Current Kenton High School Principal Rick Abbott was extended a one-year contract, effective Aug. 1. He will be retiring from Kenton City Schools at the end of this school year, Superintendent Brad Hall noted. His salary was set at
$82,886. He will replace current associate principal Jason Brown, who plans to return to the classroom to teach social studies, Mr. ABBOTT Hall said. Christine Jeffers also was appointed as high school guidance counselor for the 2015-16 school year. She will replace Eric Hamm, who will fill a vacancy at the intermediate school. Members accepted the retirement resignation of
Virginia Fergus, cook, effective June 30. She has worked 1 in the district for 27 ⁄2 years. The board also accepted the resignation of Sheridon Storm, third grade, effective June 3. During the committee reports, members provided updates on the College Credit Plus Program, which recently has been rolled out by the state as a way to combine and revise previous offerings. Some of the advantages of the program include free access to the classes for students and a cost of $40 per credit hour for the district.
There also are no course prerequisites for the students. Christine Galvin, executive director of instruction, said there has been a jump in students taking dual enrollment classes this year. Last year, 109 students were enrolled, and this year 170 students are participating. One of the district’s goals is to make it possible for pupils to obtain an associate’s degree while still in high school by 2018, when the current freshman students graduate.
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COMMON PLEAS COURT
Woman pleads guilty in 100-year-old mother’s death BY REUBEN MEES EXAMINER STAFF WRITER rmees@examiner.org
A 77-year-old Rushsylvania woman admitted Monday she allowed her mother, Blanche Cowen, to live in squalid conditions for years and to eventually die under the care of a mentally-handicapped man barely capable of caring for himself. Mary Strawser, 7760 N. County Road 5, Rushsylvania, appeared in Logan County Common Pleas Court and entered guilty pleas to third-degree STRAWSER felony counts of reckless homicide and theft from the elderly. She originally was charged with a first-degree felony count of involuntary manslaughter — which was reduced to reckless homicide — theft and two counts of failure to provide for an impaired person, fourth-degree felonies that were dropped in exchange for the plea. Assistant Logan County Prosecutor Sarah Warren detailed the final years of Ms. Cowen’s life beginning with a 2008 doctor’s visit that, aside from her 100th birthday celebration in 2013, was her last real contact with the outside world.
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Drug, theft cases handled BY THE BELLEFONTAINE EXAMINER STAFF EXAMINER PHOTO | REUBEN MEES
A fight breaks out between members of the Hatcher and McGee families during a Monday evening dress rehearsal for Calvary Christian School’s first production — The Ballad of Pistol & Rosie, a hillbilly version of Romeo and Juliet, that will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday in the church sanctuary, 1140 Rush Ave.
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Calvary Christian High School presents The Ballad of Pistol & Rosie, a hillbilly version of Romeo and Juliet, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 26, and Friday, March 27, in the church sanctuary, 1140 Rush Ave. A dinner will be served by the cast before the show at 6 p.m. Friday, March 27, at the cafeteria, featuring applewood smoked chicken, twice baked potatoes,
corn on the cob, rolls, and turnovers with homemade ice cream. Prices for the dinner and play are $12 for adults or $8 for students, and tickets for the play only are $5 for adults and $3 for students. Purchase tickets at the door or in advance at the school. The comedy is an original script written and directed by English teacher Sharyn Kopf, and co-directed by Rebekah Dodson. Set along the Tug Fork River in West
Virgina, the story about forgiveness follows Pistol, played by Jake Watkins; and Rosie, played by Makayla Hartley; and the intense rivalry between their two families. The story also is loosely based on the Hatfield and McCoy feud. Other lead cast members include Will Kint, played by Stephen Smithers; Sweet Susie, played by Mia Printz; Floyd, played by Ben Tanner; Nanna, played by Aleesha Watkins; and Uncle Eustace, played by Noah Taylor.
Logan County Common Pleas Judge Mark S. O’Connor handled four drug cases and two theft cases during a busy afternoon Monday. Brian Mickley, 44, of Bellefontaine, and Holli Stiles, 40, of Bellefontaine, each was placed on the intervention program for their crimes.
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11-year-old boy dies in crash BY THE BELLEFONTAINE EXAMINER STAFF
Connor Strobridge, 11, of Bellefontaine, died following a twovehicle crash about 5 p.m. Monday on U.S. Route 68 near Township Road 219, troopers of the Marysville Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol report. The victim, a fifth-grade student at Benjamin Logan Middle School, was a passenger in a northbound car operated by Jacob
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Abraham awarded posthumous Meritorious Service honor BY THE BELLEFONTAINE EXAMINER STAFF
EXAMINER PHOTO | T.J. HUBBARD
Accepting the Meritorious Service Award for the late Richard H. Abraham were, from the left, Daryl, Scott, Julie, Emily and Andy Abraham.
The late Richard H. Abraham was honored Monday evening with the 2015 Meritorious Service Award during the Mary Rutan Health Association’s annual meeting, honoring his more than 30 years of service as a member of numerous boards and committees of Mary Rutan Hospital. Scott and Daryl Abraham accepted the award on their father’s behalf during the
meeting at the Crossroads Business Center. Mr. Abraham passed away at age 79 in June. Scott is the third generation member of the Abraham family to serve on the hospital’s board. Foundation Board Chairwoman Nancy Knight shared about Mr. Abraham’s impact on the hospital and Logan County. “Mr. Abraham’s knowledge of the community, family background, experi-
ences in real estate, business and banking made him an excellent board member and valuable source of information when decisions were made impacting Mary Rutan Hospital and our community. “Dick will always be remembered as a caring, compassionate individual who knew the true meaning of ‘community.’” The award recipient’s connection to Mary Rutan Hospital goes back to his
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Today Daily Bread of Indian Lake free meal, 4:30 to 6 p.m., Eagles Annex, Lakeview. Our Daily Bread free meal, 4:30 to 6 p.m., 223 Oakland Square. Alzheimer’s Support Group, 6 p.m., Heartland of Bellefontaine. Logan Soil & Water Conservation District, 5 p.m., 324 C.R. 11. Indian Joint Fire District, 6 p.m., fire house. Euchre, 6:30 p.m. Friendly Senior Center, 934 S. Main, 593-1511. Harrison Township Trustees, 8 p.m. ILEMS Joint Ambulance District, 7 p.m., 301 N. Oak, Lakeview. DeGraff Council, 7 p.m. Riverside EMS, 7 p.m. Toastmasters, 7 p.m., Hilliker YMCA. West Liberty-Salem Board of Education, 7 p.m. Bellefontaine Masonic Lodge, 7:30 p.m. Beta Zeta Sorority, 7:30 p.m. Indian Lake Boosters, 7:30 p.m. Indian Lake EMS, 7:30 p.m. Lewistown Grange, 7:30 p.m. McArthur Township Trustees, 7:30 p.m. Quincy Village Council, 7:30 p.m. Harrison Township Trustees, 8 p.m. Forty and 8 Voiture, 8 p.m., Bellefontaine Legion. Lake FOE 3615 Auxiliary, 8 p.m. West Mansfield Legion Post 603, 8 p.m. AA 8:30 p.m., Galilee Lutheran Church, Russells Point.
Wednesday, March 18 TLC public transportation, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., 593-0039. Historical Society office hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ABLE classes, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Hi-Point Career Center. ABLE classes, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Galilee Lutheran Church. Recovery Zone open, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., 440 S. St. Paris St., Bellefontaine. Young-At-Heart Center, Lakeview, open, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Bible study, 1 p.m. Blood pressure checks, 10:30 a.m., Friendly Senior Center, 934 S. Main, 593-1511. Lunch, noon, Friendly Senior Center. Soroptimist Club, noon, Best Hotel. Genealogical Library open, 1 to 4 p.m. Pinochle, 1 p.m., Friendly Senior Center, 934 S. Main, 593-1511. Bible study, 1 p.m., Young-at-Heart Center. Golden Age Seniors, 1 p.m., Galilee Lutheran Church. Logan County Drug Free Youth Coalition, 3:30 p.m., BHS library. Bellefontaine City Tree Commission, 4 p.m., council chambers. ABLE classes, 4 to 7 p.m., Ohio Hi-Point Career Center. Five Loaves free meal, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Quincy United Methodist Church. Our Daily Bread free meal, 4:30 to 6 p.m., 223 Oakland Square. Indian Lake Fish and Game trap shoot, 5 p.m. ABLE classes, 5 to 8 p.m., Riverside High School.
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ing her own behavior toward the situation. She has taught her mother how to treat her by always being loving and kind in spite of Mom’s narcissistic attitude. Perhaps she should take a different approach and just invite Mom to her children’s events with only brief notice and no expectation that Mom will show up. The more distance she puts between herself and her mother the more Mom will want to be involved, because she will wonder why things changed. Also, perhaps she could put a positive spin on things by relishing the fact that her mother is not a busybody who is overly involved in her life. (This happens much more often than the reverse.) I bet as Mom ages, she will try harder and harder to get involved with her grandchildren’s lives, but by that time, it will be too late. Sadly, it will take time for Mom to figure that out. When the board meetings and the fancy car appointments are over, Mom
will be a bitter old woman. — Better Approach Dear Better: You could be right. Sometimes withholding one’s attentions makes you more desirable, although it would take a major behavioral adjustment for the daughter to behave in an indifferent and uncaring way. But Mom may never quite care enough about missing out on one set of grandchildren. She has another set whom she favors, which is also part of the problem. Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. Š 2015 Creators.com
SUPPORT GROUPS
• Mended Hearts — “Top of Ohioâ€? Mended Hearts chapter meets at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 26, in the conference room at Mary Rutan Hospital; Jack Reser of Lee’s Shoes is the guest speaker. Mended Hearts is a national non-profit support organization for those of any age with any type of heart disease; contact Bob Detrick, 292-7678, assistant regional director G. Bruce Norris at 935-1747 or visit the Mended Hearts website at www.mendedhearts.org. • Celiac disease — 6:30 p.m. second Monday, Crossroads Business Center, 21 Hunter Place; those diagnosed with celiac disease and their families and other members of the public are invited to attend; RSVP to Amy Jones at 651-6428 or visit www.logancountyceliac.org
• Healthy U/Diabetes — 1 to 3:30 p.m. Thursdays through April 16, Recovery Zone, 440 S. St. Paris St., except for week two, 2 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, offered by Area Agency on Aging; open to adults who have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, those atrisk of developing diabetes, and/or caregivers; topics include: practical ways to deal with pain, fatigue, depression, exploring ways to be more active, eating healthier, managing diet, improved communication with doctors and family, finding ways to relax, deal with stress; no charge for participants age 60 or older, younger participants pay $15; space is limited, register by contacting Diana Korte at 869-4252 or dikorte@centurylink.net.
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COURTHOUSE NEWS
The following bonds were forfeited recently in Bellefontaine Municipal Court: Carl J. Arehart Jr. of Bellefontaine: failure to control — $130. Heidi L. Baker of Bellefontaine: assured clear distance — $134.55. Nathan A. Beach of Bellefontaine: public intoxication — $382.50. Raymond K. Benefiel of West Liberty: failure to control — $130. Nikki M. Blair of Quincy: failure to control — $130. Trevor A. Board of Bellefontaine: failure to control — $130. Kevin T. Brown of Russells Point: failure to control — $134.55. Rosalind Brown of Bellefontaine: failure to control — $130. Robert E. Bump of Huntsville: assured clear distance — $130. Judy L. Butler of Lakeview: failure to control — $130. George A. Coy of West Liberty: assured clear distance — $134.55. Nicholas K. Crabtree of Bellefontaine: marked lanes — $130. Tyler L. Craig of Rushsylvania: traffic control device/sign — $130. Donald L. Deweese of Lewistown: passing on right — $130. Thadeus S. Donaldson of Bellefontaine: failure to control — $130. Justin O. Ericksen of Bellefontaine: failure to control — $130. Raymond J. Estep of Russells Point: speed — $140. Ethan D. Fishbaugh of Bellefontaine:
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failure to reinstate license — $45. Barry L. Hager of Bellefontaine: failure to control — $130. Joel H. Keener of West Mansfield: assured clear distance — $134.55. David C. Keller of Belle Center: traffic control device — $130. Kenneth J. Kline of Belle Center: assured clear distance — $130. Tara D. Levan of Bellefontaine: improper starting/backing — $130. Deb Makemson of Bellefontaine: public intoxication — $200. Brittany F. McFadden of Zanesfield: failure to control — $130. Linda J. Phelps of Lakeview: assured clear distance — $130. Jessica J. Reichert of Bellefontaine: failure to yield at intersection — $134.55. Jason D. Richter of Lakeview: assured clear distance — $130. Jane E. Roach of Bellefontaine: open container — $150. Donald E. Robb Sr. of Bellefontaine: improper starting/backing — $130. Garnet L. Shanahan of Huntsville: assured clear distance — $130. William K. Shields of Bellefontaine: failure to yield at stop sign — $130; display of license plates — $130. Thomas J. Simon of Bellefontaine: disturbing the peace — $150. Michael J. Stevens of Huntsville: obstructing official business — $245. Jessie A. Stone of Bellefontaine: seat belt violation — $114.50. Mariah L. Watkins of Bellefontaine: traffic control device/sign — $130.
Robert L. Williamson III of Bellefontaine: expired or unlawful plates — $130. Frank E. Wolf of Zanesfield: failure to control — $130. Judge Ann E. Beck adjudged the following cases recently in Bellefontaine Municipal Court: Clarence W. Lloyd of Lakeview: reckless operation — $150. A charge of OVI was dismissed. Jason A. Lump of Lakeview: following too close — $50; DUS/license forfeited or child support — $150. Sue E. Mackesy of Lakeview: speed (4th offense) — $280. Caleb Mansfield of Lewistown: speed — $91.50. Angela E. Mathews of Bellefontaine: petty theft — $550, 120 days in jail w/90 suspended. Bruce A. Mathews of Bellefontaine: public intoxication — $150. Matthew M. McGinnis of Bellefontaine: speed — $46.50. William C. McKinley Jr. of Belle Center: seat belt violation — $30. Stacey M. McKinney of Bellefontaine: driving without valid license — $75. Timothy J. McVety of Russells Point: resisting arrest — $450, seven days in jail. Charges of domestic violence and endangering children were dismissed. Justin C. Mentzer of Zanesfield: criminal damage or endangering — $450, 30 days in jail. The jail sentence shall be suspended. Charges of criminal
HISTORY TODAY
Today is Tuesday, March 24, the 83rd day of 2015. There are 282 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 24, 1765, Britain enacted the Quartering Act, requiring American colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers. On this date: In 1832, a mob in Hiram, Ohio, attacked, tarred and feathered Mormon leaders Joseph Smith Jr. and Sidney Rigdon. In 1913, New York's Palace Theatre, the legendary home of vaudeville, opened on Broadway. In 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill granting future independence to the Philippines. In 1944, in occupied Rome, the Nazis executed more than 300 civilians in reprisal for an attack by Italian partisans the day before that had killed 32 German soldiers. In 1955, the Tennessee Williams play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opened on Broadway. In 1958, rock-and-roll singer Elvis Presley was inducted into the Army in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1975, Muhammad Ali defeated Chuck Wepner with a technical knockout in the 15th round of a fight in Richfield, Ohio. (Wepner, a journeyman known as the "Bayonne Bleeder," inspired Sly Stallone to make his "Rocky" films.) In 1976, the president of Argentina, Isabel Peron, was deposed by her country's military. In 1980, one of El Salvador's most respected Roman Catholic Church leaders, Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, was shot to death by a sniper as he celebrated Mass in San Salvador. In 1989, the supertanker Exxon Valdez (vahl-DEEZ') ran aground on a reef in Alaska's Prince William Sound and began leaking an estimated 11 million gallons of
crude oil. In 1995, after 20 years, British soldiers stopped routine patrols in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In 1999, NATO launched airstrikes against Yugoslavia, marking the first time in its 50-year existence that it had ever attacked a sovereign country. Thirty-nine people were killed when fire erupted in the Mont Blanc tunnel in France and burned for two days. Ten years ago: The U.S. Supreme Court denied an appeal from the parents of Terri Schiavo to have a feeding tube reinserted into the severely brain-damaged woman. The president of Kyrgyzstan (KEER'-gihstan), Askar Akayev (AHS'-kahr ah-KY'-ev), fled the country after opposition activists stormed his headquarters, seized control of state television and rampaged through government offices. Chess legend Bobby Fischer was freed after being detained nine months in Japan for trying to leave the country with an invalid U.S. passport; he boarded a flight to his new home, Iceland. The American version of "The Office," based on a BBC-TV series, premiered on NBC. Five years ago: Keeping a promise he'd made to anti-abortion Democratic lawmakers to assure passage of his historic health care legislation, President Barack Obama signed an executive order against using federal funds to pay for elective abortions covered by private insurance. Actor Robert Culp died in Los Angeles at age 79. Singer Johnny Maestro died in Florida at age 70. One year ago: President Barack Obama began a week of international travel as he arrived in the Netherlands with Russia's Crimean incursion at the top of his agenda. An Egyptian court sentenced to death nearly 530 suspected backers of ousted President Mohammed Morsi over a deadly attack on a police station, capping a swift, two-day mass trial in which defense attor-
neys were not allowed to present their case. Five former employees of imprisoned financier Bernard Madoff were convicted at the end of a six-month trial in New York that cast them as the long arms of their boss. Today's Birthdays: Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti is 96. Actor William Smith is 82. Fashion and costume designer Bob Mackie is 76. Actor R. Lee Ermey is 71. Movie director Curtis Hanson is 70. Former Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire is 68. Rock musician Lee Oskar is 67. Singer Nick Lowe is 66. Rock musician Dougie Thomson (Supertramp) is 64. Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger is 64. Comedian Louie Anderson is 62. Actress Donna Pescow is 61. Actor Robert Carradine is 61. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is 59. Actress Kelly LeBrock is 55. Rhythm-and-blues DJ Rodney "Kool Kollie" Terry (Ghostown DJs) is 54. TV personality Star Jones is 53. Country-rock musician Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers) is 51. Actor Peter Jacobson is 50. Rock singer-musician Sharon Corr (The Corrs) is 45. Actress Lauren Bowles is 45. Actress Lara Flynn Boyle is 45. Rapper Maceo (AKA P.A. Pasemaster Mase) is 45. Actress Megyn Price is 44. Actor Jim Parsons is 42. Christian rock musician Chad Butler (Switchfoot) is 41. Actress Alyson Hannigan is 41. NFL quarterback Peyton Manning is 39. Actress Olivia Burnette is 38. Actress Jessica Chastain is 38. Actor Amir Arison (TV: "The Blacklist") is 37. Actress Lake Bell is 36. Rock musician Benj Gershman (O.A.R.) is 35. Neosoul musician Jesse Phillips (St. Paul & the Broken Bones) is 35. Actress Keisha Castle-Hughes is 25. Thought for Today: "If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience." — William James, American psychologist (1842-1910). © 2015 The Associated Press
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trespass and menacing were dismissed. Aaron D. Miller of Zanesfield: speed — $31.50. Delna M. Miller of Belle Center: speed — $46.50. Holly R. Miller of Bellefontaine: traffic control device — $36.50. Jodie L. Miller of Huntsville: speed — $46.50. Jorge A. Molina Monsivais of Bellefontaine: stop for school bus signals — $36.50. William J. Moon of Bellefontaine: seat belt violation — $30. Michael L. Mosbarger of Bellefontaine: speed — $76.50. Heath P. Murphy of Belle Center: speed — $31.50. Brendon Myers of Bellefontaine: driving without valid license — $150. Gilbert C. Myers II of Bellefontaine: seat belt violation — $30. Ryan C. Newland of Rushsylvania: stop sign violation — $36.50. Amber B. Newsome of Lakeview: speed — $46.50. Nathan S. Orahood of Belle Center: traffic control device — $36.50. Rayann N. Osborne of DeGraff: speed — $76.50. Paul K. Overholser of Bellefontaine: failure to control — $35. William J. Poe III of Bellefontaine: driving under FRA suspension — $550 w/$300 suspended on condition defendant appear w/driving privileges; seven days in jail suspended. Dana Porter of Bellefontaine: failure to file registration — $36.50. Casaundra M. Price of Russells Point: speed — $31.50; seat belt violation — $30. Kathy L. Pulfer of Bellefontaine: traffic control device — $36.50. Kelsea M. Purtee of Bellefontaine: speed (2nd offense) — $154.13. Thomas R. Ray of Huntsville: speed — $76.50. Crystal R. Reese of Lakeview: speed — $46.50. William H. Reese of Belle Center: speed — $46.50. Brian K. Rhyan of Bellefontaine: obstructing official business — $750 w/$300 suspended on condition defendant be law-abiding for two years; 60 days in jail w/30 suspended. Ashten-Michael C. Richey of Bellefontaine: seat belt violation — $30. A charge of OVI was dismissed. Steven G. Ritchie of Belle Center: OVI — $1,000 w/$450 suspended on condition defendant have no further convictions for two years, license suspended for 180 days, must attend DUI class, 30 days in jail w/27 suspended; failure to display valid plate/reg — $10. A charge of OVI was dismissed. Angela Roberts of Belle Center: speed — $46.50. Nathan L. Roberts of Bellefontaine: seat belt violation — $30. Abigail C. Roell of Huntsville: speed — $46.50. Evelyn J. Schwieterman of Lewistown: failure to yield right of way — $36.50. Douglas J. Scott of Bellefontaine: petty theft — $550, three days in jail. A charge of possessing drug paraphernalia was dismissed. Layne E. Sharp of Bellefontaine: possession of marijuana — $150. Adam D. Shoffner of DeGraff: nuisance operation — $36.50. Sean H. Shonkwiler of Bellefontaine: persistent disorderly conduct — $250, 30 days in jail, suspended. A charge of possession of drug paraphernalia was dismissed. Robert Sims IV of Bellefontaine: pos-
session of marijuana — $150; OVI — $1,000 w/$450 suspended on condition defendant have no further convictions for two years, license suspended for 180 days, must attend DUI class; 30 days in jail w/27 suspended. Charges of use/possess marijuana paraphernalia, fictitious registration and improper turn were dismissed. Adam J. Smith of Bellefontaine: speed — $76.50; DUS/license forfeited or child support — $150. Lisa R. Snow of DeGraff: speed — $46.50. Kevin C. Stanton of Rushsylvania: expired or unlawful plates — $36.50. Jeffrey D. Steed of Russells Point: criminal damage — $450, 30 days in jail suspended w/probation; persistent disorderly conduct — $250, 30 days in jail suspended. A charge of arson was dismissed. Thedore W. Sterner of DeGraff: expired or unlawful plates — $36.50. Michael J. Stevens of Huntsville: obstruct official business — $450, 15 days in jail suspended. Dwight C. Stevenson of Rushsylvania: no operator’s license — $75; failure to reinstate license — $75; speed — $40. Matthew S. Stotler of Quincy: OVI — $1,000 w/$450 suspended on condition defendant have no further convictions for two years, license suspended for 180 days, must attend DUI class, 30 days in jail w/27 suspended; failure to control — $35. Chad R. Straker of Rushsylvania: speed — $46.50. David L. Thompkins of Bellefontaine: driving without valid license — $75. Cory M. Thompson of Russells Point: bad check — $550, w/$400 suspended on condition defendant pay restitution, 20 days in jail suspended. Tyler M. Vermillion of Bellefontaine: speed — $31.50. Justin R. Vogelman of Bellefontaine: speed — $31.50; DUS/license forfeit or child support — $50. Tyleigh N. Ward of Huntsville: expired or unlawful plates — $36.50. Allison D. Watson of Bellefontaine: petty theft — $550, three days in jail. Kyle R. Westerman of Bellefontaine: persistent disorderly conduct — $250, seven days in jail. Benjamin H. White of Bellefontaine: failure to file registration — $36.50. Derrick J. White of West Liberty: speed — $46.50. Shannon Wilcox-Faucett of Bellefontaine: expired or unlawful plates — $36.50; DUS/license forfeit or child support — $75. Chase D. Wilcoxon of Bellefontaine: speed — $45. Tyler D. Williams of Bellefontaine: seat belt violation — $30. Kathleen A. Wilson of Belle Center: speed — $76.50. Gladys J. Wood of West Mansfield: persistent disorderly conduct — $250, 10 days in jail suspended. Kylee N. Yates of Bellefontaine: driving under suspension — $150. Lester E. Zachrich II of Bellefontaine: driving under FRA suspension — $150. Zackary N. Zavakos of Bellefontaine: reckless operation — $150, no turn signals — $50. A charge of OVI was dismissed. Joellen J. Zimmerman of Bellefontaine: OVI — $1,000 w/$450 suspended on condition defendant have no further convictions for two years, 30 days in jail w/27 suspended. Charges of OVI and speed were dismissed. Acting Judge John L. Ross adjudged
the following cases recently in Bellefontaine Municipal Court: Lorraine F. Banks of Bellefontaine: traffic control device — $15.50. Acting Judge James S. Rapp adjudged the following cases recently in Bellefontaine Municipal Court: Trevor A. Board of Bellefontaine: no operator’s license — $75. Anthony D. Brenner of Bellefontaine: failure to reinstate license — $150. Erin M. Brown of Bellefontaine: failure to yield while turning left — $35. Leona M. Castle of Bellefontaine: petty theft — $10, seven days in jail suspended. Cole D. Cox of Belle Center: hit skip/leave scene — $35; failure to control — $35. A charge of failure to yield at stop sign was dismissed. Devan M. Driscol of Lakeview: possession of marijuana — $150. Jacqueline S. Edmister of Bellefontaine: public intoxication — $100. Linda L. Gressner of Lewistown: driving under FRA suspension — $75; speed — $33. Jerry A. Lyburtus of Bellefontaine: persistent disorderly conduct — $250, three days in jail. Brian S. Mickley of Bellefontaine: assault — $300, 30 days in jail. Paul Ober of West Liberty: failure to control — $35. Sierrah K. Oldaker of West Mansfield: stop for school bus signals — $150. Christopher D. Overholt of Bellefontaine: petty theft — $550 w/probation, 60 days in jail w/30 suspended. Charges of possession of Sched III, IV, V drugs, petty theft and obstructing official business were dismissed. Jamie L. Rogan of Bellefontaine: driving without valid license — $150; failure to file registration — $10; fictitious registration — $10; no turn signals — $10. Miranda E. Sacks of Lakeview: hit skip/leave scene — $35. Alexandra E. Storey of Bellefontaine: speed — $96. Kimberly K. Woods of Bellefontaine: failure to control — $35. Dismissals The following cases were dismissed recently in Bellefontaine Municipal Court: Brandi Tilton of Bellefontaine: driving under FRA suspension. Garrett J. Tyler of Bellefontaine: driving under FRA suspension. Corey A. Welch of Belle Center: obstruct official business, lanes of travel, OVI. Kathleen A. Wilson of Belle Center: speed — $76.50. Stephanie L. Wilson of Bellefontaine: disorderly conduct. Susan B. Winiger of East Liberty: falsification, driving under 12 pt. suspension, assured clear distance. Ashley D. Wintersteller of Bellefontaine: failure to file/pay city tax. Christopher G. Kindle Jr. of Lakeview: driving under FRA suspension. Richard Monroe of Bellefontaine: petty theft. Joseph P. Martin of Bellefontaine: breaking and entering. Lance D. Minnich of Huntsville: overload in watercraft. Jerry L. Nelson II of Russells Point: trafficking in drugs. Danny L. Reprogle Jr. of Bellefontaine: resisting arrest. Michael J. Stevens Jr. of Bellefontaine: failure to reinstate license. Alex J. Stewart of Quincy: receiving stolen property.
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hat about the children?” that will actually do something to help hundreds of Politicians of both parties often stoop thousands of real children, it’s another story. to using our children as props whenever As part of the latest parliamentary maneuvering and they’re fighting for a new law or pet cat-fighting between Democrats and government program. Republicans, the passage of the Justice They argue we need to cut the $18 for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 has trillion debt, regulate the Internet or pay been delayed in the Senate. teachers more “for our children.” Passed by the House, and having “Think of the children” is almost broad bipartisan support, the act would always an emotional and irrational strike an important blow in the fight appeal made in desperation by those against human sex trafficking. who don’t have a reasonable or legitiThe act would create a fund to help MICHAEL REAGAN mate argument. authorities in the USA deter and combat Invoking “the children” is pure BS. It’s obvious politsex trafficking, prosecute traffickers when they are ical BS. But it’s BS that’s been used for a long time by caught and provide assistance to private groups that Democrats and Republicans. work to rescue and restore the lives of trafficking vicIt became so common that it was satirized way back tims — most of whom are children. in the early 1990s in the “The Simpsons,” when the We hear little about it, but human trafficking is a character Helen Lovejoy constantly shrieked “Think of serious problem in the United States and around the the children” during town debates over everything from globe. The U.S. State Department estimates there are 27 lowering taxes to what to do about too many bears million victims of trafficking worldwide. roaming the streets. Human trafficking is a $32 billion industry involving Despite becoming a cultural joke, using “the chilmore than 125 countries. The majority of victims are dren” as emotional weapons in political warfare still women and girls who are forcibly trafficked from one goes on all the time. place to another to do work or provide sex, usually Every other lousy politician in Washington who under horribly unsafe and unhygienic conditions. wants to tax, subsidize or regulate something still claims The United States is not untouched by this crime he’s doing it “for the children” -- whether it’s saving the against children. Experts say 17,500 people are trafplanet from climate change, giving amnesty to illegal ficked into the U.S. each year and about 300,000 immigrants or intervening in Syria. American children, particularly children in foster care, But when it comes to passing a piece of legislation are continually at risk of being pulled into the hell of
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human trafficking. According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the typical sex-trafficked child in the United States is 13 or 14 years old. The average pimp makes upwards of $200,000 a year from one of his four to eight children, who are forced to have sex 20 to 48 times a day. Private organizations like the Polaris Project and Arrow Child and Family Ministries in Texas, which I’m affiliated with, are working hard to educate the public about the horrors of sex-trafficking and rescue as many young victims as they can. But it’s a huge job and the public and private resources to do it are spread thin and hard to acquire. With the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, Republicans and Democrats are in a great position to actually do something “for the children” instead of just talking about it. For now the act has become another bargaining chip in Washington’s never-ending private poker game. It will pass eventually. Even Congress gets it right once in a while. But it’s time for politicians to quit playing politics with the lives of our children. ©2014 Michael Reagan. Michael Reagan is the son of President Ronald Reagan, a political consultant, and the author of The New Reagan Revolution. He is the founder of the email service reagan.com and president of The Reagan Legacy Foundation. Visit his websites at www.reagan.com and www.michaelereagan.com. Send comments to Reagan@caglecartoons.com. Distributed by Cagle Cartoons Inc.
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As Obamacare turns five, many Ohioans are not celebrating t is five years since President Obama signed his who wrote to me about having to tell his employees Affordable Care Act into law. It was done on a that their insurance rates would increase by 260 perstrict party-line basis, without amendment, cent. Or the father from Mentor who saw the cost of without bipartisan input, and without his family’s insurance double under many who supported it ever having Obamacare. Or the man in Dayton who read the law. As then-Speaker Nancy saw his $100 deductible soar to $4,000 Pelosi explained, Democrats decided to while his premiums hit $1,000 a “pass the bill so you can find out what’s month. in it.” Obamacare was sold under false preWell we’ve now found out, and it’s tenses. We were told that Obamacare been a disappointment for most would bring down premiums. They are Ohioans. We’ve seen failed websites with going up. We were told Americans ROB PORTMAN lax security for some of Americans’ most would be able to keep their insurance sensitive, personal information. We’ve seen millions of and their doctors. Millions are losing them. We were Americans who have lost their health insurance or their told that Obamacare would help create jobs. Instead, doctor and millions more who’ve seen their premiums millions of Americans have given up looking for work and deductibles skyrocket. And we’ve seen businesses and many of the jobs that are available are part-time. that are cutting hours because of the law’s 30 hour work Most recently, we have learned that the federal week cut off. exchange subsidies, one of the dozen or so changes Every day it seems, I hear stories from people made to the Obamacare law without going through across Ohio who are suffering because of Obamacare’s Congress, may be illegal, creating great uncertainty for flaws. Take the small business owner from Westlake millions. As one of my former Democratic colleagues
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Investing in manufacturing to grow Ohio’s middle class e know that manufacturing jobs are a ticket to But we know that manufacturing jobs can lift famithe middle class. lies up into our middle class and help them stay there. It They are critical to the economy of our state has the strongest multiplier effect of any industry, with and our nation, and I joined President ever $1.00 spent in manufacturing Obama in Cleveland this week to adding $1.48 to the entire economy. highlight the strength of Ohio That’s why I worked to pass into law manufacturing, and announce a new the Revitalizing American $500 million manufacturing investment. Manufacturing and Innovation Act, That investment includes $150 milwhich provides funding for a National lion for a textiles-focused manufacturing Network of Manufacturing Innovation innovation hub. Leading manufacturers, made up of advanced manufacturing universities, and non-profits will be able hubs. These hubs bring together indusSHERROD BROWN to compete for the $150 million in public try, universities and community coland private funding to form a manufacturing hub leges, federal agencies, and all levels of government to specifically dedicated to fibers and textiles technologies. leverage resources and spur innovation. In an era of stagnating wages and a shrinking middle And it’s why I was excited to be in Brooklyn, Ohio class, investing in manufacturing jobs is more imporlast week to announce that we saved more than 160 jobs tant than ever, particularly in Ohio. Since 2000, Ohio’s in textile manufacturing, helping broker a deal to save middle class has shrunk by more than five percentage the jobs Hugo Boss plant. Our work to save this plant— points—the second-largest drop in the country. While working cooperatively with both companies, with worker productivity has increased over the past thirty Workers United and its leaders, and with the local comyears, wages have remained stagnant. munity—can serve as a model for how we can save and
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create new manufacturing jobs. Announcements like this are victories not only for workers and their families, but for entire communities. We need a manufacturing policy that invests in our workers and rebuilds our middle class. Investments like the ones President Obama announced last week are a down payment on our future, and will help build and sustain an economy that works for all Ohioans. Sherrod Brown is a Democrat U.S. Senator from Mansfield. He can be reached at www.brown.senate.gov; 713 Hart Senate Office Bldg., Washington, DC, 20510; or telephone (202) 224-2315.
PRAYER FOR TODAY Now to him who is able to keep us from stumbling and to present ourselves blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.
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POLICE & FIRE Man finally unlocks door Kareem D. Williams, 26, of Bellefontaine, was charged Monday with criminal trespassing and obstructing official business. Around 8:55 p.m., officers of the Bellefontaine Police Department were called to 816 Heritage Court, Apt. 1, after Megan Brown’s mother found him in her daughter’s apartment. He was previously told by management to stay away and the mother told him he had to leave, but he would not. She left to get Ms. Brown, and the suspect locked himself inside along with the couple’s two children. Officers tried to use a master key to open the door but were unsuccessful. They repeatedly announced their presence and ordered the defendant to open the door. Authorities were preparing to force the door open when the suspect finally complied and opened the door. He was taken into custody and lodged in the Logan County Jail.
Columbus motorist lodged on drug charge Christina A. Allen, 32, of Columbus, was charged Friday with trafficking in marijuana, possession of marijuana, possession of marijuana paraphernalia and three counts of child endangering after a 3:10 p.m. traffic stop in the 1800 block of west State Route 47. An officer used radar to record her traveling at 55 mph in a 35 mph zone on Sandusky Avenue near School Street. Upon approaching the stopped sport utility vehicle, the officer detected an odor of marijuana. A police dog was brought in and it indicated the presence of drugs while walking around the vehicle. Officers removed the motorist and her three children, ages four months, 17 months and six, from the vehicle for a search of the vehicle. A jar with marijuana and a pipe were found in the center console. In the rear passenger area, a laptop bag containing two gallon-sized bags of marijuana and a handheld scales were recovered in the search. Ms. Allen appeared to be genuinely stunned by what was found in the laptop bag, officers reported. She was taken into custody and her mother was called to the scene to take care of the children.
He got into an argument with his father, Brandon Horne, and hit him in the face with a stick. The father was bloodied and had a visible injury above his left eye. The teen was lodged in the Logan County Juvenile Detention Facility.
Assault results in charge Nathaniel C. Dabe, 20, of 513 Cooper Ave., was charged Friday with assault. Around 1 p.m., he allegedly confronted Jordan Scales in an 812 Heritage Court residence, chased the victim from the building and fought with him. Mr. Scales had visible facial injuries, police reported. The suspect was found at home and arrested.
Woman charged with intoxication Kala Ann Robinson, 29, of 116 Fuson St., West Liberty, was arrested Sunday for public intoxication. She fell while walking along Allison Road near Brown Avenue around 2:55 a.m.
He was northbound around 9:30 p.m. at Main Street and Columbus Avenue. His car traveled across the southbound lane and hit a parked sport utility vehicle registered to Leslie J. Smith of Sidney. Damage was heavy. Officers report alcohol did not play a role in the crash. A photograph of the crash was on the front page of Saturday’s Examiner.
FIRE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY Firefighters of the Bellefontaine Fire and EMS Department report the following activity: Monday — 6:58 a.m., squad run; 8:38 a.m., squad run; 9:31 a.m., squad run; 12:35 p.m., squad run; 5:06 p.m., squad run, mutual aid to Macochee squad; 7:22 p.m., squad run; and 11:04 p.m., squad run.
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Motorist faces OVI Bruce L. Wilson, 43, of 213 N. Elm St., was charged Saturday with operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs and was cited for failure to drive in the marked lanes of the road, failure to control and having an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle. He was observed around 2:20 a.m. as he turned from Main Street to westbound Sandusky Avenue. Officers noted the turn was wide and outside the appropriate lane. As he continued westbound, the motorist tailgated another vehicle and failed to stay in the marked lines of the road. He was stopped in the 200 block of Lawrence Street. He reportedly staggered as he stepped from his car and reeked of alcohol. He refused to participate in any sobriety tests.
Warrant served Kenneth M. Williams, 56, of 400 Clark Ave., was served over the weekend with a warrant for a probation violation.
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Texting cause of Friday crash
Dennis S. Horne, 14, of 116 Evansville St., was charged Sunday with delinquency domestic violence.
Mark A. Kemmere, 21, of Forest, was cited Friday for texting while driving.
Farmers with base acres must choose between the new Farm Bill programs — agriculture risk coverage or price loss coverage — by March 31, the Logan County Farm Service Agency reminds. Failure to do so will result in ineligibility to receive potential payments for the 2014 program year. Contact the FSA office at 592-8896 to make an appointment prior to the deadline. All producers who share in the risk of the crop or crops grown on the farm must sign and agree to the election. This could mean it may require more than one trip to the office. Sign-up started in November and this deadline does not look to be extended. Additionally, March 20 is the deadline to apply for financial assistance to improve natural resources on property through various programs sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Services, including the environmental quality incentives program. For more information about Eqip or other technical or financial assistance programs offered by NRCS, contact a local service center found at http://offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/locator/app/agency=nrcs.
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SIDNEY — William Grissom of Piqua was transported by CareFlight helicopter to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton following a one-vehicle crash about 1:30 a.m. Saturday. Deputies of the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office report he was operating a northbound pickup on Miami River Road near East Lockington Road when he failed to negotiate a curve and drove off the left side of the road, striking a tree. The driver was trapped in the pickup, and Lockington Fire Department personnel extricated him using the jaws of life. Houston Rescue squad also assisted at the scene. Alcohol appears to be a factor in the crash, which remains under investigation.
Those who plan to vote in the May 5 special election must be registered to vote by April 6. In addition, those who have moved since they last voted and have not completed a change of address with the Board of Elections should do so by the same deadline. Registration forms are available at the Logan County Board of Elections, 225 S. Main St., Bellefontaine, during regular business hours 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with special registration hours from 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. April 6. Registrations also are accepted by the Knowlton District Library and Logan County District Libraries, Bureau of Motor Vehicles, Department of Job and Family Services, Logan County Health Department, Logan & Champaign Counties Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol Services, Logan County Board of Developmental Disabilities, Logan County Treasurer and the Ohio Secretary of State. Online changes of address, excluding new registrations and name changes, may be made at www.electionsonthe.net/oh/logan.
The Driven Foundation hosts a benefit basketball game at 3 p.m. April 25 at Benjamin Logan High School, featuring 12 former OSU football players playing alongside local players. Proceeds will support Logan County Special Olympics, Benjamin Logan Schools and the Driven Foundation. Tickets for $5 each can be purchased through the Logan County Board of Developmental Disabilities office. Event T-shirts also are available for purchase.
Court ___________ Continued from Page 1 Mr. Mickley admitted a possession of heroin charge for an Oct. 5 traffic stop, while Ms. Stiles admitted three counts of trafficking heroin and one count of possession of cocaine out of a series of controlled buys conducted by the Logan County Joint Drug Task Force in October. Gregory Coons, 41, of Bellefontaine, was ordered to complete the rehabilitation program at West Central Community Correctional Facility for three counts of trafficking and one count of possession. He was also placed on community control for five years. Jennifer McIntosh, 32, of Bellefontaine, admitted one count of trafficking drugs in the vicinity of a juvenile from an
August task force drug buy and will be sentenced March 30. Tiffany Duncan, 24, of Belle Center, was sentenced to 60 days in jail and five years’ community control for two counts of trespassing in a habitation. She broke into her former roommate Kyle Leiter’s Belle Center home on April 22 and took a video game system and again on Aug. 19 and took a television set. She also was ordered to pay $228 restitution. Daniel Hanson, 34, of Chippewa Park, Lakeview, was placed on the prosecutor’s pretrial diversion program for theft of a check and forgery for stealing and cashing a check from Maier Concrete Construction, 5188 County Road 130, Huntsville, in September.
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Norma June Bair, 77, of Belle Center, went to be with her Lord and Savior Sunday evening, March 22, 2015, at Logan Acres Care Center. She was born in Hardin County on June 21, 1937, to the late M.E. “Chick” and Margaret Josephine Flowers Chamberlin. She married James Jay Bair on Jan. 14, 1956, and he preceded her in death March 10, 2001. June also was preceded in death by sisters, Audrey Stauffer and Margaret Foreman; brothers, Coral Chamberlin and Robert Chamberlain; and daughter-inlaw, Cindy Bair. June is survived by her children, Sherri (Jim) Morehouse of Greenville, Rod Bair of East Liberty, Bob (Cathleen Orians) Bair of Perrysburg, Rick (Cassie) Bair of Delaware, Ohio, and Chris Bair of Belle Center; six grandchildren, Brandon (Holly) Bair, Layne Bair, Nicole Bair, Olivia Bair, Lorin and Robbie Bair; a great-granddaughter, Avery Jo Bair; sisters, Betty L. Fry of Kenton and Sallie E. McQuown of Belle Center; and numerous nieces and nephews. A 1955 graduate of Roundhead High School, June was a member of the Belle Center Church of Christ and the Logan County Friendly Senior Center. She and her husband were owner/operators of Bair’s Appliance Sales & Service for many years. June had been a secretary for Roundhead Schools and later worked in the kitchen at Logan Acres Care Center. While her kids were in school, June was very active in the Benjamin Logan Athletic Boosters and always looked forward to the Raider sporting events. She loved to read and had been a member of King’s Daughters. Visitation is from 1 to 3 and 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, at Eichholtz Daring & Sanford Funeral Home, Belle Center. Pastor John Watkins officiates the funeral at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 26, at the Belle Center Church of Christ. Burial is in Fairview Cemetery, Belle Center. Memorial contributions may be made to the Belle Center Church of Christ, 301 Walnut St., Belle Center OH 43310; and to Richland Township Fire Department, P.O. Box 5, Belle Center OH 43310. Condolences may be expressed at www.edsfh.com.
Continued from Page 1 days as a young boy. He lived across the street from the hospital, and he and his father, also a board member, frequently visited patients, served meals and assisted with laundry. After graduating from Bellefontaine High School, Wittenberg University and the U.S. Army Finance Corps in
1959, Mr. Abraham returned to Logan County and worked in the downtown Bellefontaine area for more than 50 years. He served on the boards of the Logan County Community Improvement Corporation, Kiwanis Club, Exchange Club, the Ohio Savings and Loan Board, First United Methodist Church, Greater Logan County Chamber of Commerce and the Logan
Robert Lewis Haddix Robert Lewis Haddix, 79, of Lakeview, passed away Sunday, March 22, 2015, at his residence. He was born in DeGraff on April 12, 1935, a son of William and Mildred Chambers Haddix. He also was preceded in death by his son-in-law, Dan Belville; mother- and father in-law, Harriet and Albert Smith; and brother in-law, Ralph LeFever. Survivors include his wife, Dale; daughters, Sue Sandora, Tamara Tremant and Tisha Belville; sons, Robert (Terri) Haddix Jr., William Haddix, Mark (Marilyn) Coy, Jeff (Joyce) Haddix, Mike Coy, Dan Haddix and Ken (Melissa) Haddix; sisters, Ruth (Terry) Wildermuth and Phyllis LeFever; 16 grandchildren; 12 greatgrandchildren; several nieces, nephews, cousins, wonderful neighbors; and his brothers- and sisters-in-law. Robert retired from Oesterlen services for youth in Springfield after 23 years of service. He was a member of Indian Lake Moose Lodge 1533. He was an avid bowler, and enjoyed the Cincinnati Reds and the Ohio State Buckeyes. His greatest passion in life was spending time with his family and friends. Pastor Tony Pena officiates a funeral at 11:30 a.m. Friday, March 27, at Jennings Farley Funeral Home West Liberty, where visitation is from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Entombment is in the Oak Dale Cemetery Mausoleum, Urbana. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be directed to St. Rita’s Hospice, 959 W. North St., Lima OH 45801. Condolences may be made at www.jenningsfarley.com.
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Continued from Page 1 In the five years between the doctor’s visit and the birthday party, Ms. Strawser limited her mother’s contact with family members or others, and Sonny R. Scott moved in to act as caretaker, Ms. Warren said. Meanwhile, Ms. Strawser, who had power of attorney over her mother’s finances, cashed the $670 monthly checks and visited rarely despite the fact that Ms. Cowen lived in a trailer on the
same Rushsylvania property as her daughter. Ms. Strawser did bathe her mother around Memorial Day 2013 in preparation for Ms. Cowen’s 100th birthday celebration. After that, however, she did not return to take care of her mother again and told investigators it was because she had an illness that she did not want to expose her mother to, Ms. Warren said. On March 10, 2014, Mr. Scott called authorities to report Ms.
Board__________ During the public participation portion of the meeting, parent Lionel Mitchell voiced his concerns about the treatment of his daughter by the head girls basketball coach while she was a member of the team this year. Mr. Hall said he would talk with Athletic Director Matt Comstock about the issue. In other action, the board:
• appointed Heather Kendall as a bus driver and Angela Smith as a cook, effective March 30 and March 11, respectively; • approved Amanda George as a home instruction/tutor to be paid at the rate of $18 per hour; and • accepted a two-year contract beginning July 1 for participation in the Jefferson County Educational Service Center’s Virtual Learning Academy, which will offer Internet-based educational options for students in grades 2-12 to assist with credit deficiencies, alternative programs, students being schooled at home and summer school.
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Crash__________ Continued from Page 1 W. Strobridge, 31, also of Bellefontaine. He lost control and the vehicle went left of center and struck a southbound car operated by Kayla M. Fryer, 27, of Dayton. Connor was transported to Mary Rutan Hospital, where he later died. Benjamin Logan Superintendent Lori Lytle said regardless of the weather, officials had planned to delay the start of school today to allow parents and students time to
absorb the information. “We are just heartbroken for the family. He was such a precious little guy,” Ms. Lytle related. Administrators planned a staff meeting ahead of the start to the school day and will offer grief counseling as needed. Mr. Strobridge and Ms. Fryer, 27, of Dayton, also were transported to MRH with non-life threatening injuries. Troopers were assisted by the Bellefontaine Fire Department and Bellefontaine Police Department.
December at age 67. Ms. Strawser did not speak in court and her attorney William Kluge said little. She will, however, have a chance to explain her actions to Judge Mark S. O’Connor when he hands down a sentence on May 4. While prison time is not mandatory for the crimes, they could carry up to six years if the sentences run consecutively. Ms. Warren said the state intends to seek a prison sentence for the crimes.
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Cowen was not breathing. When emergency personnel arrived, they found the 100-year-old victim in a deplorable state. She weighed 84 pounds, was dehydrated and malnourished and covered in bedsores and feces, the prosecutor told the court. Mr. Scott, who also was indicted in the case, was described as a low-functioning individual with his own health problems who was not capable of providing the kind of care Ms. Cowen needed. He died of natural causes in
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board until May 2012. Other business of the annual meeting included a report of the past year’s accomplishments and the election of five directors to the board. Elected to represent the city of Bellefontaine was Jeff Holycross and John “Jack” Reser. Representing Logan County will be Scott Abraham and Mike Phillips. The at-large position was filled by Rick Hatcher.
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Michael D. Grubbs Michael D. Grubbs, 70, of Bellefontaine, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, March 21, 2015, at his residence. He was born in Bellefontaine on Dec. 6, 1944, to the late Robert and Olive Bibb Grubbs. He was preceded in death by a sister, Barbara Nix; and brother, Charles “Chuck” Grubbs. Survivors include his daughters, Diane (Kim) Greenbaum, Lori Spencer and Teresa (Jeff) Vogel; brothers, Robert J. (Elaine) Grubbs Jr. and Rick (Chris) Grubbs; grandchildren, Danielle and Adam Harrigan, Andrea and Allyson Greenbaum and Derek and Weston Spencer; great-grandchildren, Brooks Johnson, Amarah Harrigan, Evan Greenbaum, Laila and Tyson Herford and Alexis Spencer; and several nieces and nephews. Mr. Grubbs worked for Honda in quality control and was a member of the Indian Lake Moose Lodge 1533. He enjoyed movies, riding his motorcycle, and watching the Cleveland Browns and the Ohio State Buckeyes. A celebration of life is at 6 p.m. Friday, March 27, at Jennings Farley Funeral Home, West Liberty, where visitation begins at 3 p.m. Burial is at a later date. Memorial contributions may be directed to The American Heart Association, 15120 Collections Center Drive, Chicago IL 60693. Condolences may be expressed at www.jenningsfarley.com.
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U.S. counterterrorism strategy in Yemen collapses amid chaos BY JULIE PACE and KEN DILANIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Once hailed by President Barack Obama as a model for fighting extremism, the U.S. counterterrorism strategy in Yemen has all but collapsed as the country descends into chaos, according to U.S. and Yemeni officials. Operations against militants have been scaled back dramatically amid the fall of the American-backed government and the evacuation of U.S. personnel. What had been consistent pressure on Yemen’s dangerous al-Qaida affiliate has been relieved, the officials say, and a safe haven exists for the development of an offshoot of the Islamic State group. It’s a swift and striking transformation for an anti-terror campaign Obama heralded just six months ago as the template for efforts to fight the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. The shift has left Obama open to criticism that he failed to anticipate the risks of a light footprint strategy that aims to put fragile governments and beleaguered local security forces, not the U.S. military, at the forefront. Barbara Bodine, a former U.S. ambassador to Yemen, said even the most optimistic regional experts did not share
Obama’s view that the Yemen campaign was a model of success. “It was being defined in terms of what we were doing to develop local forces and use drones and counter the immediate and real security threat,” said Bodine, now director of the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University. “But what we hadn’t done, certainly had not done visibly enough, was get at the economic and governance issues that were driving the problem.” Since September, Houthi rebels linked to Iran have ousted President Abed-Rabbo Mansour Hadi and dissolved the parliament. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, which has been affiliated with some of the most serious attempted attacks on the U.S. since 9/11, has sought to exploit the chaos. Last month, the U.S. shuttered its embassy in the capital of Sanaa, then withdrew the rest of its military personnel from Yemen over the weekend. Since Obama took office, the U.S. has poured millions of dollars into efforts to stabilize Yemen’s government and boost its security forces. Under Hadi, U.S.-trained Yemeni troops were mounting regular raids to kill and capture al Qaida militants, punctuated by occasional CIA drone strikes aimed at senior figures.
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Tax refund advances appeal to more cash-strapped Americans
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New data show that cash-strapped Americans anxious for tax refunds are increasingly turning to payment advances and prepaid cards when getting tax preparation help. BY HOPE YEN ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Cashstrapped Americans anxious for tax refunds are increasingly turning to payment advances, prepaid cards or other costly
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Louisville Slugger maker announces deal to sell iconic brand BY BRUCE SCHREINER ASSOCIATED PRESS
The company that made bats for a who’s who of baseball greats, including Babe Ruth and Ted Williams, announced a deal Monday to sell its Louisville Slugger brand to rival Wilson Sporting Goods Co. for $70 million. Hillerich & Bradsby Co. has made the iconic bats for more than 130 years, supplying the bats with the recognizable oval logo for generations of baseball players — from the sandlots to the big leagues. Wilson’s deal to acquire the global brand, sales and innovation rights of Louisville Slugger still requires approval by H&B shareholders, according to the joint announcement Monday. Under terms of the agreement, H&B will become Wilson’s exclusive manufacturing partner for wood bats. H&B
will continue to manufacture wood bats at its factory in Louisville, Kentucky. Wilson Sporting Goods is a division of Finnish sports equipment maker Amer Sports Corp. The Helsinki-based company said the deal is expected to be completed in the second half of this year. H&B also will maintain ownership and continue to operate the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory and Gift Shop, a popular tourist destination. H&B said its Bionic Gloves division and Powerbilt golf brand are not part of the deal. H&B has made Louisville Slugger bats since 1884. H&B CEO John A. Hillerich IV said the decision to sell the brand was difficult, but says the company believes it needs to pursue a new business model. “We recognized from our first conversation with Wilson that they would be a great part-
ner and steward of the brand our family created and so many have nurtured for 131 years,” he said in a statement. Mike Dowse, president of Wilson Sporting Goods Co., said expanding the company’s baseball and softball business globally is a key part of its business strategy. Wilson said it will market and sell Louisville Sluggerbranded products through its baseball and softball business unit. The company currently manufactures and sells gloves, bats, uniforms, apparel, protective gear, accessories and player development equipment and training tools through its Wilson, DeMarini and ATEC brands. Like its DeMarini brand, Wilson will market and sell Louisville Slugger as a standalone brand. Last year, Amer’s net sales totaled $2.5 billion. It employs 7,600 people worldwide.
a way to get fast refunds or defer payment of tax preparation costs. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says some consumers have complaints about refund anticipation checks centered on advertising, quality of service or fees. The bureau is finalizing the first rules on prepaid debit cards, including those for tax refunds, that would require “easy to understand” disclosures upfront about costs and risks. Refund anticipation checks rose to roughly 21.6 million in 2014, up 17 percent from 2011, according to IRS data provided to The Associated Press. About half the purchasers are EITC recipients; roughly 84 percent are low-income, according to the data. Industry analysts project the payment advances and their fees will become more widespread as tax preparers seek to boost revenue. Currently, refund anticipation checks and prepaid cards make up 10 percent of industry giant H&R Block’s revenue and more than 20 percent of Liberty Tax Service’s, according to earnings reports. Both companies said they are committed to providing consumers with the information they need to make tax-filing decisions, including use of refund anticipation checks. They said the payment advances offer added value, such as convenience. The Internal Revenue Service has been pushing Congress for new authority to regulate the $10.1 billion tax preparation industry after an appeals court last year barred it from requiring tax preparers to undergo background checks and testing.
“It’s the wild, wild West,” said Nina Olson, the IRS’ national taxpayer advocate, describing the current state of the industry. She called the level of risk for abuse in pricing and quality of service unprecedented. The National Association of Tax Professionals supports certification of providers to ensure a minimum level of competency. But the Institute for Justice, which filed the lawsuit against IRS, says new licensing requirements and other oversight aren’t the answer. “We should do more to increase competition, not drive independent tax preparers out of the market,” said Dan Alban, an attorney for the group. The average tax-preparation fee for 2014 returns is $273, up 11 percent from two years ago, according to a survey by the National Society of Accountants. But there’s wide variation, with fees of $400 or more, according to the National Consumer Law Center. Netran Washington, 40, a materials handler in Cleveland, says he’s been going to a neighborhood tax preparer for four years, eager for a fast refund. Washington readily agreed when asked if he preferred to pay for the tax preparation later. Washington says he was later surprised by a $500 fee that included the cost of a cash advance. Still, he kept going each year until a friend suggested the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, an IRS program providing free tax preparation services to low-income families. The IRS-certified tax preparer found a filing error that had cost Washington $1,000 in
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4 local boys receive first-team CBC honors BY THE BELLEFONTAINE EXAMINER STAFF
The three area Central Buckeye Conference members placed a total of four players on the two first teams for the all-league boys basketball squads. Bellefontaine senior Tristin Tillman was selected to the Kenton Trail division first team. Indian Lake’s Jalon Tuttle and Ivan Reichert and Benjamin
Logan’s Tanner Rader were named to the Mad River division first team. Receiving special mention awards were Bellefontaine’s Max Oyer, Indian Lake’s Alex Jacobs and Ben Logan’s Grant Ricketts. Sportsmanship awards went to Bellefontaine’s Caleb Mitchell, Indian Lake’s Beau Hefner and Ben Logan’s Thorne Stephens.
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were Shawnee’s Greenwood, Andrew Tincher and Seth Gray, Kenton Ridge’s Jordan Bailey, Tecumseh’s Donte Clark, Darius Quisenberry and Malik Quisenberry, Stebbins’ Ja’Quan Dangerfield and Tippecanoe’s Nathan Shirley. The rest of the Mad River first team consisted of Graham’s Devon Allen, Greenon’s Aiden Stockton and Jacob Whetsel, Northwestern’s Andy Elliott and
Urbana’s Caleb Honore, Logwood and Mays. Rounding out the special mention list were Stebbins’ Mark Akridge, Shawnee’s David Barnett, Kenton Ridge’s Joseph Lacey, Tecumseh’s Wade Mastin, Tippecanoe’s Jakob Prall, Greenon’s Chase Green, Urbana’s Sam Niswonger, Graham’s Garrett Stickley and Northwestern’s Ellis Ulery.
OSU season ends with 86-84 loss to UNC on late shot CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Ohio State spent the entire second half clawing back from a huge deficit against North Carolina, finally pulling even with the Tar Heels. And then, in the span of a few seconds, the Buckeyes went from hopeful to heartbroken. The Tar Heels beat Ohio State 86-84 on Monday night in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, blowing a 23point lead before winning it on freshman Jamie Cherry’s jumper with 0.6 seconds remaining. “When you invest that much in a game and you don’t win it,” Buckeyes coach Kevin McGuff said, “it’s going to sting.” Ameryst Alston had 30 points for the fifth-seeded Buckeyes (24-11), who never led but tied it twice during a frantic final minute — the last coming when Kelsey Mitchell’s free throws made it 84-all with 5.1 seconds left. “I never thought that we were out of the game,” Mitchell said, “but I did think when we buckled down and played defense like we’re supposed to, we can make something happen.” Allisha Gray inbounded to Cherry, who raced down the right sideline through the Ohio State pressure and pulled up for an 18-footer that swished through. It was the second clutch shot
this month for the freshman, who hit a 40-footer at the regulation buzzer to force overtime in an eventual loss to Louisville on March 6 in an Atlantic Coast Conference quarterfinal. “It was the same feeling,” Cherry said. “I still was nervous.” Several members of North Carolina’s bench ran onto the court in celebration before the buzzer sounded. The Buckeyes didn’t get a shot off before the horn. According to Rule 10, Sect. 4, Article 7 of the NCAA rulebook, such a delay in a game shall be ignored “when the delay does not interfere with play.” Mitchell, the nation’s leading scorer, finished with 25 points and Alexa Hart added 15 points and 10 rebounds for Ohio State. Stephanie Mavunga had a career-high 27 points and 14 rebounds, Gray added 20 points and Brittany Rountree had 15 for the fourth-seeded Tar Heels (26-8), who advanced to a Greensboro Regional semifinal matchup against top-seeded South Carolina (32-2) on Friday night. The Buckeyes spent the entire second half chipping away at the Tar Heels’ big lead. Mitchell hit a 3 with 40.4 seconds remaining that made it 82all — the first tie since the opening minute. Latifah Coleman put North
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North Carolina’s Stephanie Mavunga, left, shoots against Ohio State’s Alexa Hart during the second half of a second-round game of the NCAA tournament Monday in Chapel Hill, N.C. North Carolina won 86-84. Carolina back up with a pull-up jumper with 12 seconds left. Mitchell then drove the lane and was tied up by Mavunga — who was called for a foul, sending the Ohio State freshman to the line.
Mitchell, who averages 25 points, leads an up-tempo Buckeyes team that ranks fifth nationally with an average of 81 points. They certainly met their match in the Tar Heels — who have been rebounding and run-
ning for Hall of Fame coach Sylvia Hatchell for almost 30 years. “I told them at halftime, what did we have, an 18-, 19-point lead at halftime,” Hatchell said of a 50-32 score at the break.
“That’s nothing to this (Ohio State) team. ... They’re not going to go away. They’re going to come after you.” STAR WATCH: Cherry’s big shot overshadowed a huge performance by Mavunga, the biggest beneficiary of a game played at breakneck speed. She needed about 7 minutes to reach double figures and had 18 points at halftime. She quipped that “I think they got a little bit smarter in the second half” when the Buckeyes finally started double-teaming her, holding her to nine points and just six shots. As North Carolina built that 23-point lead, there was a question of whether the school record of 42 points, set by Tracy Reid against Virginia in 1998, was in jeopardy. TIP-INS: Ohio State: The Buckeyes were denied the eighth Sweet 16 berth in program history. ... They haven’t beaten North Carolina since 1978, losing five straight in the series. North Carolina: The Tar Heels reached the regional semifinals for the 15th time in 20 NCAA Tournament appearances. UP NEXT: Ohio State: Season over. North Carolina: Plays South Carolina on Friday night in the Greensboro Regional semifinals.
Xavier back in NCAA Sweet 16 for 5th time since 2008 BY JOE KAY AP SPORTS WRITER
CINCINNATI — Xavier’s youthful lineup is growing up in March, just in time to add to the Musketeers’ history of late-season success. They’ve beaten Ole Miss and Georgia State to reach the Sweet 16 for the fifth time since 2008. Only eight other schools have done it as often, according to STATS. The sixth-seeded Musketeers have only two seniors on scholarship. Their inexperience showed early in the season, but they’ve played their best in the last few weeks, reaching the Big East conference championship game and comfortably winning both NCAA Tournament games. Up next is second-seeded Arizona and former Xavier coach Sean Miller in the West Regional. “You know, what’s really special about our team is that we’ve grown a ton,” senior center Matt Stainbrook said. “We had a learning curve. “And over the season, we’ve done a good job of learning from our mistakes and getting a lot better. I think it’s great that the Big East has been able to test us with some really tough teams, and I think the fact that we’ve grown as a team together has made us really special at this point.” They’re in prestigious company. Since 2008, the list of schools to make the Sweet 16 so often includes Michigan State (7), Louisville (6), and Arizona, Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, North Carolina, Wisconsin and Xavier with five appearances, according to STATS. Ohio sent four teams into the tournament, and they all won their opening games. Ohio State, Cincinnati and Dayton were eliminated over the weekend, weekend, leaving only Xavier to
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Xavier players including Jalen Reynolds, center, celebrate during the closing minutes of Saturday’s third-round college basketball game against Georgia State in Jacksonville, Fla. Xavier won 75-67. keep playing. Xavier has reached the Elite Eight twice — in 2004 under Thad Matta and in 2008 in Miller — but never a Final Four.
“When I was choosing schools, one thing that would stick out to me would be how good the basketball program would be,” freshman forward Trevon
Bluiett said. “And looking at Xavier, not a lot of people look at them as a team to really go deep in the tournament. “People don’t really notice that and
take notice of that (Sweet 16 appearances). But I do, and I think that’s one of the things that kind of factored into my decision in coming to Xavier.” With Stainbrook and senior point guard Dee Davis running Xavier’s inside-out offense, the Musketeers have been in control most of the way through their 76-57 win over Ole Miss and their their 75-67 win over Georgia State. Sophomore forward Jalen Reynolds had a career-high 21 points in the win over Georgia State, and sophomore guard Myles Davis matched his career high with five 3-pointers as the younger players led the way. “We’ve had our ups and downs, but the best part about it is we’re starting to play our best basketball toward the end of the season,” Myles Davis said. “Yeah, we have a chip on our shoulder and we love trying to prove people wrong, and it’s just — it’s great.” Next up is Arizona, a game that matches two of Xavier’s most successful coaches. Chris Mack was Miller’s top assistant from 2004-09 before moving into the head coaching job. In Mack’s first season as head coach, the Musketeers barely missed out on another trip to the Elite Eight, losing to Kansas State 101-96 in double overtime at a regional semifinal. It’ll be the first time that Miller and Mack have coached against each other. “As far as playing Sean, it’s really tough,” Mack said. “I don’t think it’s tough for (the players) because they don’t really know Sean. But Sean gave me a heck of an opportunity to come back to my alma mater. He put a lot of responsibility and trust in me. He ultimately really pushed for me to become the head coach, and for that I’m eternally grateful.
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Local youth wrestlers have success at state Several area youth wrestlers had a strong showing Saturday in the Ohio Wrestling Association for Youth state tournament in Tiffin. Placing fifth in Division III was Bellefontaine’s Tucker Newland, while Indian Lake’s Hayden Pummel and Nate Cummins were fifth in Division IV. Bellefontaine’s Deven Frilling took seventh in the Division III. Also wrestling was Indian Lake’s Lane Medford.
Indians not expecting Swisher to be ready for season opener GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Indians manager Terry Francona said he doesn’t expect slugger Nick Swisher to be ready for the team’s April 6 season opener at Houston. Swisher underwent surgery on both knees in August and has been slower to recover than expected. Swisher only began running the bases last week and is expected to play in a minor league game on Wednesday. On Monday, Francona said the chance of Swisher being ready to open the season with the team is slim. “As it progresses it is a little bit of a reach to think he’d be ready, even in his own mind,” Francona said. “We want him to be healthy and go off his schedule. The one thing I think he is in such good shape that he has done more running than he probably ever has that some of the things will come quick (as he works into baseball shape).” Swisher is entering his 11th season in the majors. He has been taking live batting practice since the start of spring training, but Sunday marked the first time he ran the bases without wearing knee braces.
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Sharper admits drugging, rape counts in Los Angeles BY BRIAN MELLEY AND JACQUES BILLEAUD ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Former NFL star Darren Sharper removed all doubt Monday that he drugged and raped women, taking the first of several steps to own up to sex assaults in four states that will send him to federal prison for about nine years. In two separate court cases, Sharper pleaded guilty to sexual assault in Arizona and no contest in California to raping two women he knocked out with a potent sedative mixed with booze. Sharper, 39, wearing a striped, light blue suit, said it was in his best interest to enter the pleas. The pleas came as Los Angeles prosecutors were prepared to present evidence of Sharper’s fall from grace as a former all-pro safety who won a Super Bowl with the New Orleans Saints. His clean-cut reputation took a hit when women began telling police in several cities similar stories of blacking out while drinking with him and waking up groggy to find they had been sexually abused. Defense lawyers had previously said the sexual intercourse was consensual. One lawyer had said Sharper didn’t mix the
sleepy shots of alcohol. But Sharper wielded no defense in court Monday. By not contesting the California charges, he admitted he raped two women he drugged after meeting them at Bootsy
Bellows, a West Hollywood bar. The pleas have the same effect as a conviction. Both encounters were eerily similar. In October 2013, Sharper invited a woman and her friend to go to
a party but stopped on the way to get something at his Century City hotel and invited them upstairs. He insisted they drink a shot and they blacked out. One woman awoke with Sharper on top of her having sex.
Wrigley rooftop owner: ‘We’re dead,’ if Cubs erect huge sign BY MICHAEL TARM ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO — A lawyer for rooftop clubs overlooking Wrigley Field told a federal court Monday that if the Chicago Cubs are permitted to erect a giant video board blocking views of games from across the street it would kill their lucrative business. Attorneys for the Cubs and two of the rooftops delivered seven hours of arguments in Chicago over whether Judge
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The women were not in court, but prosecutors said they had agreed to the plea. Under the unusual deal negotiated by Sharper’s lawyers and state and federal prosecutors, Sharper will serve sentences concurrently in federal prison, though the full term has not yet been announced. He was sentenced to nine years in the Arizona case and will face 20 years in the California case when sentenced July 15. However, because the crimes in California only require serving half the term and he gets credit for 13 months spent in jail, he’ll serve about nine more years, lawyers said. The sentence is no slap on the wrist, but it spares Sharper a potentially longer term if sentences involving at least nine alleged victims were added together and he also avoids notoriously rough state prisons, said Jeffery Rubenstein, a former Los Angeles prosecutor. “This could have gotten really ugly and very likely this guy would have never seen the light of day,” said Rubenstein, who didn’t work on the case. From the prosecution standpoint, victims were saved from reliving the event through testimony and having their credibility questioned by a seasoned team of defense lawyers, Rubenstein said.
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the Cubs’ first home game home game of the season. She’s expected to rule within several days. One of the rooftop attorneys, Thomas Lombardo told Kendall that the video board would devastate his clients and he would face “thousands of angry customers demanding refunds” for tickets they bought in advance for the coming season. But the Cubs, Kendall told Lombardo, clearly see the video board as critical to helping them generate the kind of revenue required for the team to make a credible World Series run. “Where do you factor in 108 years of suffering Cubs fans?” she asked Lombardo. The Cubs might expect to lose
some relatively modest ad revenue if they are barred from putting up the video board, he answered. But for the rooftops, he said, the consequence of letting it go up is that they go out of business. “We’re dead,” he said. Lombardo also accused the Cubs of violating antitrust law, saying it sought to “bully” rooftop properties into selling out to the Cubs. He said the Cubs bought at least some stake in four of 16 rooftops and, he alleged, they then altered plans to position signs in front rooftops not owned by the team. “They are playing musical chairs with these signs. ... to destroy the competition,” Lombardo said.
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Cubs attorney, Daniel Laytin, dismissed the antitrust argument, saying it misrepresented the relationship of the Cubs to the rooftops. He said the relationship is not one of competitor to competitor, but one of producer to distributor — the Cubs being the producers of baseball games and the rooftops selling views of the game via the 2004 agreement. Antitrust laws don’t apply in that kind of relationship, he said. By putting up signs around the stadium, Laytin said, the Cubs were exercising a fundamental right to build on property they own. “Putting up signs is an exercise in property rights not monopoly power,” he said.
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NFL suspending TV blackouts for 2015 season BY BARRY WILNER
In the 1970s, half of NFL games were blocked from local TV because the games did not sell enough tickets. Some teams — Tampa, Miami, Jacksonville, Oakland, St. Louis and San Diego — have struggled to avoid blackouts, and the league is taking a bit of a gamble for 2015. The policy stipulates that a home game must be sold out 72 hours in advance of kickoff in order to be televised locally. Often, that deadline is extended to ensure sellouts if a club believes it can meet the criteria for lifting the blackout. The league’s definition of a full house is not selling every seat but a large percentage of them, depending on the venue. The policy does not apply to suites or club seats.
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PHOENIX — The NFL is saying bye-bye to blackouts. At least for 2015. No NFL games will be blocked from local television next season, the league said Monday at the owners’ meetings. The teams voted for a oneyear suspension of the longstanding blackout policy for the preseason and regular season. There were no blackouts last season, because the minimum number of tickets, by NFL sellout standards, was sold for every game, and the league had only two blackouts in 2013. Still, the experiment is a huge step for the NFL, whose blackout policy dates back decades.
Monday’s move was met with immediate approval by one of the sponsors of legislation to eliminate the blackout permanently. “This decision to suspend the blackout policy for the upcoming NFL season is a victory for the millions of sports fans and consumers across the country,� said Sen. Richard Blumenthal (DConnecticut), “and it brings us one step closer to eliminating this anti-fan measure once and for all. This antiquated, anti-consumer rule has for too long served only to protect the NFL’s bottom line at the expense of sports fans. “I urge the FCC to take action to permanently remove the rule so that sports fans have the opportunity to cheer on their favorite teams, regardless of
where they are watching.� Last September, the FCC repealed its sport blackout rules, denying reinforcement of the league’s blackout policy. But the ruling did not affect the NFL’s ability to maintain the blackout policy through existing broadcast contracts. Blackouts have been a part of the NFL since the 1950s, when team owners believed showing local games would damage attendance. In 1973, the current league policy was put into action. The league said it will evaluate the impact of the suspension after the season. “The blackout issue has been one of those seen as a negative about the league,� said Marc Ganis, president of Chicagobased consulting firm
SportsCorp. “The FCC says there shouldn’t be blackouts and the league says it would affect attendance. This is the perfect time, with no blackouts from last year, to test whether a no-blackout rule adversely affects the attendance at games.� NFL blackouts have declined dramatically in recent years, dipping to 40 percent in the 1980s, 31 percent in the 1990s, 8 percent in the 2000s, and 5 percent in this decade, according to league figures. Part of that decrease is due to the league redefining what is a sellout, lowering the required number of tickets sold. NBC and ESPN noted that their prime-time games have not been subjected to blackouts and wouldn’t likely be affected by
eliminating them. The Sunday afternoon games are more vulnerable; CBS said it would have no comment, and Fox did not immediately respond to an email request for comment. The NFL also announced it will stream the Oct. 25 game in London between Buffalo and Jacksonville on its website for free globally. The experiment, which will start at 9:30 a.m. ET, means the game won’t be shown on television outside of the local teams’ markets. “That’s a more significant move for the future than anything on blackouts,� Ganis said, noting that live streaming of games would open up other avenues of revenue for a league that already is worth about $12 billion.
Report: $243M to turn Houston Astrodome into large park, civic space BY JUAN A. LOZANO
by officials in Houston’s Harris County as well as preservation groups and local residents to save the Astrodome from potential demolition. A panel from the Washington, D.C.-based land institute had visited Houston and previously released some of the details of its plan in December. “The panel concluded that the Astrodome can and should live on,� the land institute said in its final report.
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HOUSTON — A proposal to turn the iconic but shuttered Houston Astrodome into a massive indoor park and build a tree-lined green space around the structure could cost nearly $243 million, according to a report released Monday by a nonprofit research group focused on land use. The report by the Urban Land Institute is part of an effort
The group’s report calls for creating a massive indoor park within the stadium, with spaces for exercise and biking trails and indoor rock climbing, as well as new underground parking. The outside areas around the stadium would be converted into tree-lined green spaces. The land institute also said its plan would provide space that could be used by the Houston Texans and the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, both of which use NRG
Stadium next door. Harris County Judge Ed Emmett — who first proposed the idea for the indoor park last year — said county commissioners will review the report at its March 31 meeting. “What is heartening about this is (the land institute) recognized the iconic nature of the building. They identified it as having the potential to be a grand space for the community,� Emmett said. Emmett and other county
officials in May plan to visit an airship hangar in Brandenburg, Germany, that has been converted into a giant indoor tropical theme park. Emmett said county officials hope to get some tips from their German counterparts. The future of the structure has been in limbo since voters in 2013 didn’t authorize $217 million in bonds to turn it into a multipurpose special events center. While the Astrodome is not in any immediate danger of
being demolished, local officials have struggled to find an alternative use. Over the years, some proposals — including a water park and a sports memorabilia museum — have not gained much traction, while others proposals have sought to demolish the stadium, which had become an eyesore in recent years but is now being cleaned up. The land institute said its proposal would need to be paid through a private-public partnership.
Proposal to NFL owners: order unstable player off the field BY BARRY WILNER
Rich McKay, co-chairman of the committee and president of the Atlanta Falcons, said his group reviewed, among others, a play in the Super Bowl where Patriots receiver Julian Edelman appeared wobbly, yet remained on the field. “We got the (medical) spotters, they’ve got a really good vantage point, they’ve got technology in their booth, they’re communicating pretty well with our trainers and doctors and we’ve got a pretty good rhythm going there,� McKay said. “Why would we miss a play where a player should have come out of the game?�
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PHOENIX — NFL owners are considering a proposal to stop games when a medical adviser sees a player displaying obvious signs of disorientation. The proposal was a late addition by the powerful competition committee at the owners’ meetings that began Monday. It would allow a medical spotter upstairs to communicate with the officiating crew when a player appears unstable. The game would be halted to remove the player, who then would undergo sideline examination at the very least.
The player’s team would be allowed to substitute for him, and the opposite team also would be given a chance to change personnel. That is one of two dozen proposals and rules changes being considered by the owners in a busy agenda. Other suggested changes include using instant replay for reviewing all penalties called by game officials, yes, pass interference and holding calls, too; all personal fouls; penalties against defenseless players; any foul that results in an automatic first down; and clock issues. New England even proposed
that everything except scoring plays or turnovers be challengeable, and Washington suggested increasing a coach’s number of challenges from two to three, regardless of whether he is successful on an early challenge. Owners will vote on some of the proposals in the next two days, with several likely being tabled until the next major meetings in May. Rams coach Jeff Fisher explained why the competition committee does not endorse using replay for penalties. “The committee’s position for years has been to oppose involving fouls in replay for a lot
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SPORTS SCOREBOARD BASKETBALL BOYS OHSAA STATE TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS
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All Games at Value City Arena, Jerome Schottenstein Center The Ohio State University, Columbus Home teams listed first. Rankings are final regular-season Associated Press state poll. DIVISION IV Canal Winchester Harvest Prep (24-4) vs. #2 Haviland Wayne Trace (25-1), Thursday, March 26, 10:45 a.m. New Philadelphia Tuscarawas Central Catholic (25-3) vs. #1 New Madison Tri-Village (28-0), Thursday, March 26, 2 p.m. State Championship Game: Saturday, March 28, 10:30 a.m. DIVISION III #1 Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph (21-4) vs. Columbus Eastmoor Academy (17-11), Thursday, March 26, 5:15 p.m. #2 Lima Central Catholic (25-2) vs. Dayton Chaminade Julienne (22-6), Thursday, March 26, 8:30 p.m. State Championship Game: Saturday, March 28, 1:30 p.m. DIVISION II #8 Cleveland Central Catholic (23-4) vs. Columbus Walnut Ridge (21-5), Friday, March 27, 10:45 a.m. #5 Defiance (25-2) vs. #10 Dayton Dunbar (22-5), Friday, March 27, 2 p.m. State Championship Game: Saturday, March 28, 4:30 p.m. DIVISION I Garfield Heights (24-3) vs. #5 Westerville South (26-1), Friday, March 27, 5:15 p.m. Lakewood St. Edward (21-5) vs. #8 Huber Heights Wayne (24-4), Friday, March 27, 8:30 p.m. State Championship Game: Saturday, March 28, 8:30 pm
By Keith Glantz and Russell Culver CURRENT OPENING TEAM ODDS ODDS Kentucky 4-5 1-1 Duke 9-2 6-1 Arizona 5-1 12-1 Wisconsin 5-1 8-1 Gonzaga 8-1 12-1 North Carolina 10-1 20-1 Michigan St. 15-1 50-1 Oklahoma 25-1 30-1 Utah 25-1 60-1 Louisville 40-1 75-1 NC State 40-1 200-1 Notre Dame 40-1 40-1 Wichita St. 40-1 100-1 West Virginia 75-1 100-1 Xavier 75-1 75-1 UCLA 200-1 500-1
NCAA TOURNAMENT GLANCE EAST REGIONAL At The Carrier Dome Syracuse, N.Y. Regional Semifinals Friday, March 27 N.C. State (22-13) vs. Louisville (26-8), 7:37 p.m. Michigan State (25-11) vs. Oklahoma (24-10), 10:07 p.m. Regional Championship Sunday, March 29 Semifinal winners SOUTH REGIONAL At NRG Stadium Houston Regional Semifinals Friday, March 27 UCLA (22-13) vs. Gonzaga (34-2), 7:15 p.m. Duke (31-4) vs. Utah (26-8), 9:45 p.m. Regional Championship Sunday, March 29 Semifinal winners MIDWEST REGIONAL At Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland Regional Semifinals Thursday, March 26 Wichita State (30-4) vs. Notre Dame (31-5), 7:15 p.m. Kentucky (36-0) vs. West Virginia (29-6), 9:45 p.m. Regional Championship Saturday, March 28 Semifinal winners WEST REGIONAL At The Staples Center Los Angeles Regional Semifinals Thursday, March 26 Wisconsin (33-3) vs. North Carolina (26-11), 7:47 p.m. Arizona (33-3) vs. Xavier (23-13), 10:17 p.m. Regional Championship Saturday, March 28 Semifinal winners FINAL FOUR At Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis National Semifinals Saturday, April 4 Midwest champion vs. West champion East champion vs. South champion National Championship Monday, April 6 Semifinal winners
NCAA FOUR OR MORE OF 16 CONFERENCES Conferences that have accounted for four or more of the Sweet 16 since the NCAA tournament field expanded to 64 teams in 1985 (x-reached Final Four; y-won national championship): 1985 — ACC (Georgia Tech, Maryland, North Carolina, N.C. State); Big East (Boston College, xGeorgetown, x-St. John’s, y-Villanova) 1986 — ACC (x-Duke, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, N.C. State); SEC (Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky, x-LSU) 1989 — ACC (x-Duke, North Carolina, N.C. State, Virginia); Big Ten (x-Illinois, Indiana, y-Michigan, Minnesota) 1990 — ACC (Clemson, x-Duke, x-Georgia Tech, North Carolina) 1992 — ACC (y-Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, North Carolina) 1993 — ACC (Florida State, y-North Carolina, Virginia, Wake Forest) 1995 — ACC (Maryland, x-North Carolina, Virginia, Wake Forest) 1996 — SEC (Arkansas, Georgia, y-Kentucky, xMississippi State) 1997 — Pac-10 (y-Arizona, California, Stanford, UCLA) 1998 — Pac-10 (Arizona, x-Stanford, UCLA, Washington) 1999 — Big Ten (Iowa, x-Michigan State, x-Ohio State, Purdue) 2001 — Pac-10 (Arizona, Southern Cal, Stanford, UCLA) 2002 — Big 12 (x-Kansas, Missouri, x-Oklahoma, Texas) 2003 — Big East (Connecticut, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, y-Syracuse) 2006 — Big East (Connecticut, Georgetown, Villanova, West Virginia) 2009 — Big East (x-Connecticut, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, x-Villanova) 2012 — Big East (Cincinnati, x-Louisville, Marquette, Syracuse); Big Ten (Indiana, Michigan State, x-Ohio State, Wisconsin) 2013 — Big Ten (Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State) 2015 — ACC (Duke, Louisville, North Carolina, N.C. State, Notre Dame)
NIT GLANCE Second Round Sunday, March 22 Temple 90, George Washington 77 Richmond 76, Arizona State 70 Stanford 74, Rhode Island 66 Monday, March 23 Louisiana Tech 84, Texas A&M 72 Old Dominion 50, Illinois State 49 Murray State 83, Tulsa 62 Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 24 Miami (23-12) at Richmond (21-13), 7 p.m. Vanderbilt (21-13) at Stanford (21-13), 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 25 Murray State (29-5) at Old Dominion (26-7), 7 p.m. Louisiana Tech (27-8) at Temple (25-10), 9 p.m. Semifinals At Madison Square Garden New York Tuesday, March 31 Game One, 7 p.m.; Game Two, 9:30 p.m. Championship Thursday, April 2 Semifinal winners, 9 p.m.
NCAA WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT GLANCE
NCAA CONFERENCE RECORDS Through Sunday (Selections in parentheses) Conference W L Atlantic Coast (6) 11 1 Pacific-12 (4) 7 1 Missouri Valley (2) 3 1 West Coast (2) 2 1 Big Ten (7) 7 5 Big East (6) 5 5 Southeastern (5) 4 4 Conference USA (1) 1 1 Mid-Eastern Athletic (1) 1 1 Northeast (1) 1 1 Sun Belt (1) 1 1 Big 12 (7) 5 5 Atlantic 10 (3) 2 3 American Athletic (2) 1 2 Mountain West (3) 1 3 America East (1) 0 1 Atlantic Sun (1) 0 1 Big Sky (1) 0 1 Big South (1) 0 1 Big West (1) 0 1 Colonial (1) 0 1 Horizon (1) 0 1 Ivy (1) 0 1 Metro Atlantic (1) 0 1 Mid-American (1) 0 1 Ohio Valley (1) 0 1 Patriot (1) 0 1 Southern (1) 0 1 Southland (1) 0 1 Southwestern Athletic (1) 0 1 Summit (1) 0 1 Western Athletic (1) 0 1
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ALBANY REGIONAL Second Round Monday, March 23 At Storrs, Conn. UConn 91, Rutgers 55 At Tampa, Fla. Louisville 60, South Florida 52 Regional Semifinals At Albany, N.Y. Saturday, March 28 UConn (34-1) vs. Texas (24-10), Noon Dayton (27-6) vs. Louisville (27-6), 2:30 p.m. Regional Championship Monday, March 30 Semifinal winners SPOKANE REGIONAL Second Round Monday, March 23 At College Park, Md. Maryland 85, Princeton 70 At Knoxville, Tenn. Tennessee 77, Pittsburgh 67 Regional Semifinals At Spokane, Was. Saturday, March 28 Maryland (32-2) vs. Duke (23-10), 4:30 p.m. Gonzaga (26-7) vs. Tennessee (29-5), 7 p.m. Regional Championship Monday, March 30 Semifinal winners OKLAHOMA CITY REGIONAL Second Round Monday, March 23 At Stanford, Calif. Stanford 86, Oklahoma 76
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HOCKEY Regional Semifinals At Oklahoma City Friday, March 27 Iowa (26-7) vs. Baylor (32-3), 7:30 p.m. Notre Dame (33-2) vs. Stanford (26-9), 10 p.m. Regional Championship Sunday, March 29 Semifinal winners GREENSBORO REGIONAL Second Round Monday, March 23 At Chapel Hill, N.C. North Carolina 86, Ohio State 84 At Tempe, Ariz. Arizona State 57, UALR 54 At Tallahassee, Fla. Florida State 65, Florida Gulf Coast 47 Regional Semifinals At Greensboro, N.C. Friday, March 27 South Carolina (32-2) vs. North Carolina (26-8), 7 p.m. Arizona State (29-5) vs. Florida State (31-4), 9:30 p.m. Regional Championship Sunday, March 29 Semifinal winners FINAL FOUR At Tampa, Fla. National Semifinals Sunday, April 5 Albany Champion vs. Spokane champion, TBA Oklahoma City champion vs. Greensboro champion, TBA National Championship Tuesday, April 7 Semifinal winners
NORTH CAROLINA 86, OHIO ST. 84 OHIO ST. (24-11) Hart 7-8 1-1 15, Alston 11-22 7-7 30, Craft 1-4 2-2 5, Mitchell 9-25 4-4 25, Doss 0-1 0-0 0, Cooper 4-9 1-2 9, Blair 0-0 0-0 0, Scullion 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 32-69 15-16 84. NORTH CAROLINA (26-8) Mavunga 13-18 1-2 27, Gray 7-15 4-5 20, Bryant 3-8 12 7, Rountree 5-9 0-0 15, Coleman 2-9 2-5 6, Butts 1-3 0-0 2, Washington 1-3 0-0 2, Summers 0-2 0-0 0, Cherry 2-6 2-2 7, Fuller 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-73 10-16 86. Halftime—North Carolina 50-32. 3-Point Goals—Ohio St. 5-20 (Mitchell 3-10, Craft 1-4, Alston 1-6), North Carolina 8-17 (Rountree 5-7, Gray 2-5, Cherry 1-3, Coleman 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Ohio St. 34 (Hart 10), North Carolina 45 (Mavunga 14). Assists—Ohio St. 14 (Mitchell 6), North Carolina 19 (Cherry, Gray 5). Total Fouls—Ohio St. 16, North Carolina 19. A—2,163.
NBA GLANCE EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 42 28 .600 Boston 31 39 .443 Brooklyn 29 40 .420 Philadelphia 17 53 .243 New York 14 57 .197 Southeast Division W L Pct y-Atlanta 53 17 .757 Washington 40 31 .563 Miami 32 37 .464 Charlotte 30 39 .435 Orlando 22 50 .306 Central Division W L Pct x-Cleveland 46 26 .639 x-Chicago 43 29 .597 Milwaukee 34 36 .486 Indiana 30 40 .429 Detroit 26 44 .371 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct x-Memphis 50 21 .704 Houston 47 23 .671 San Antonio 44 25 .638 Dallas 44 27 .620 New Orleans 37 33 .529 Northwest Division W L Pct Portland 44 24 .647 Oklahoma City 40 30 .571 Utah 31 39 .443 Denver 27 44 .380 Minnesota 16 54 .229 Pacific Division W L Pct x-Golden State 57 13 .814 L.A. Clippers 46 25 .648 Phoenix 38 33 .535 Sacramento 24 45 .348 L.A. Lakers 18 50 .265 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division
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RESULTS, SCHEDULES Monday’s Games Houston 110, Indiana 100 Boston 110, Brooklyn 91 Memphis 103, New York 82 Chicago 98, Charlotte 86 Minnesota 106, Utah 104, OT Golden State 107, Washington 76 Tuesday’s Games Toronto at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. San Antonio at Dallas, 8 p.m. Miami at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Philadelphia at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Golden State at Portland, 10:30 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Indiana at Washington, 7 p.m. Chicago at Toronto, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Orlando, 7 p.m. Brooklyn at Charlotte, 7 p.m. L.A. Clippers at New York, 7 p.m. Miami at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Houston at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Cleveland at Memphis, 8 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Philadelphia at Denver, 9 p.m. Portland at Utah, 9 p.m. Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 9:30 p.m. Sacramento at Phoenix, 10 p.m.
NHL GLANCE
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EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 73 46 20 7 99 193 159 Tampa Bay 73 45 21 7 97 238 188 Detroit 71 39 21 11 89 204 190 Ottawa 72 37 24 11 85 212 190 Boston 73 36 25 12 84 193 190 Florida 72 33 25 14 80 177 197 Toronto 74 27 41 6 60 193 237 Buffalo 73 20 46 7 47 138 245 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 71 46 18 7 99 217 163 N.Y. Islanders 73 44 25 4 92 225 203 Pittsburgh 72 40 22 10 90 200 178 Washington 73 39 24 10 88 212 180 Philadelphia 74 29 29 16 74 192 215 New Jersey 73 31 31 11 73 164 186 Columbus 72 33 35 4 70 193 225 Carolina 72 26 36 10 62 165 199 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA St. Louis 73 45 21 7 97 223 180 Nashville 73 44 21 8 96 208 176 Chicago 72 44 22 6 94 206 163 Minnesota 73 41 25 7 89 209 182 Winnipeg 73 38 23 12 88 205 190 Dallas 73 35 28 10 80 228 233 Colorado 72 33 27 12 78 193 201 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 74 46 21 7 99 216 206 Vancouver 72 42 26 4 88 206 193 Calgary 73 40 27 6 86 214 191 Los Angeles 72 35 23 14 84 192 180 San Jose 73 35 30 8 78 201 206 Edmonton 73 20 40 13 53 173 251 Arizona 73 21 44 8 50 149 242 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
FOR INDIAN LAKE BOOSTERS The Indian Lake Athletic Boosters will meet April 12 at 6 p.m. in the board room. The election of officers will be conducted during this meeting.
UMPIRING CLASS FOR FASTPITCH/REC SOFTBALL There will be a new umpires class for anyone interested in umpiring fastpitch softball and recreation softball in Bellefontaine. Passing the classes and test will allow a new umpire to be able to do fastpitch softball tournaments and rec ball this summer. For more information, contact Eric Shroyer are ref4ree@watchtv.net
CHARITY BASKETBALL GAME FOR THE DRIVEN FOUNDATION The Driven Foundation, founded by former Ohio State football players Roy Hall and Antonio Smith, is hosting a community basketball game April 25, at 3 p.m. at Benjamin Logan High School. The game will feature 12 former OSU football players competing against local community members, leaders and business owners. There will be a meet and greet and autograph session. The cost of admission is $5. Sponsors are also needed. Sponsors will be entitled to reserved
TOURNAMENTS OTTOVILLE SHOOTOUT The Ottoville Shootout, a basketball tournament for grades 5-6, will be April 10-12 in Ottoville. Teams that played last year will have a spot reserved until Feb. 15. After that date, the tournament is open to any team until the spaces are taken. The event includes a fifth-grade boys tournament, a sixth-grade boys tournament and a sixth-grade girls tournament. Teams are guaranteed four games, with the possibility of playing up to eight games. The cost is $125 per team. No all-star teams will be accepted. Players must be enrolled at the school they represent. For more information, call Shannon Schlagbaum at (419) 230-5415, or send an e-mail to shannonschlagbaum@yahoo.com
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Through March 22 Points 1, Kevin Harvick, 225. 2, Joey Logano, 197. 3, Martin Truex Jr., 192. 4, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 164. 5, Brad Keselowski, 163. 6, Ryan Newman, 162. 7, Jimmie Johnson, 159. 8, Kasey Kahne, 159. 9, Paul Menard, 152. 10, Aric Almirola, 138. 11, AJ Allmendinger, 137. 12, Casey Mears, 132. 13, Matt Kenseth, 127. 14, Denny Hamlin, 125. 15, David Ragan, 124. 16, Jamie McMurray, 120. 17, Carl Edwards, 120. 18, Kyle Larson, 116. 19, Austin Dillon, 116. 20, Clint Bowyer, 115. Money 1, Kevin Harvick, $2,451,860. 2, Joey Logano, $2,293,285. 3, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $1,456,080. 4, Jimmie Johnson, $1,378,666. 5, Jeff Gordon, $1,199,545. 6, Denny Hamlin, $1,178,758. 7, Brad Keselowski, $1,174,730. 8, Martin Truex Jr., $1,165,458. 9, Matt Kenseth, $1,130,335. 10, Ryan Newman, $1,049,048. 11, Casey Mears, $980,970. 12, Clint Bowyer, $972,495. 13, Jamie McMurray, $948,195. 14, Aric Almirola, $930,210. 15, Greg Biffle, $917,658. 16, Austin Dillon, $913,728. 17, Kyle Larson, $899,800. 18, Trevor Bayne, $892,100. 19, Kasey Kahne, $890,200. 20, AJ Allmendinger, $881,007.
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SCHEDULE, WINNERS Through March 22 Feb. 14 — x-Sprint Unlimited (Matt Kenseth) Feb. 19 — x-Budweiser Duel 1 (Dale Earnhardt Jr.) Feb. 19 — x-Budweiser Duel 2 (Jimmie Johnson) Feb. 22 — Daytona 500 (Joey Logano) March 1 — Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 (Jimmie Johnson) March 8 — Kobalt 400 (Kevin Harvick) March 15 — CampingWorld.com 500 (Kevin Harvick) March 22 — Auto Club 400 (Brad Keselowski) March 29 — STP 500, Ridgeway, Va. April 11 — Duck Commander 500, Fort Worth, Texas April 19 — Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn. April 25 — Toyota Owners 400, Richmond, Va. May 3 — GEICO 500, Talladega, Ala. May 9 — SpongeBob SquarePants 400, Kansas City, Kan. May 15 — x-Sprint Showdown, Concord, N.C. May 16 — x-NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, Concord, N.C. May 24 — Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C. May 31 — Dover 400, Dover, Del. June 7 — Axalta We Paint Winners 400, Long Pond, Pa. June 14 — Quicken Loans 400, Brooklyn, Mich. June 28 — Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif. July 5 — Coke Zero 400, Daytona Beach, Fla. July 11 — Quaker State 400, Sparta, Ky. July 19 — New Hampshire 301, Loudon, N.H. July 26 — Crown Royal Presents The Your Hero’s Name Here 400 at The Brickyard, Indianapolis Aug. 2 — Pennsylvania 400, Long Pond, Pa. Aug. 9 — Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y. Aug. 16 — Pure Michigan 400, Brooklyn, Mich. Aug. 22 — Irwin Tools Night Race, Bristol, Tenn. Sep. 6 — Bojangles’ Southern 500, Darlington, S.C.
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• A-1 PAINTING & DRYWALL $100 ..................................................
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• AIR-TECH CLEANING SOLUTIONS $50 .......................................
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• BFN’S BEST CAR WASH $13 ............................................
• BELLEFONTAINE MOTOR SALES $27 (Oil Change Only).........
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• CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT MOBILE DJ/BACKYARD CINEMA $75 ....................................................
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• COURT HOUSE SQUARE
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• DEJA YOU RESALE BOUTIQUE
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• LEE’S COMFORT SHOES $20 ....................................................
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• RAX ROAST BEEF
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• TOP OF OHIO PET SHELTER BINGO
• FRANCIS FURNITURE (SIDNEY) $50 ....................................................
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• KEY LOCKSMITH CO. $50 ....................................................
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• L.A. TAN - TANNING & DAY SPA
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• DONUT SHOP & BAKERY ON THE LAKE, LLC
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• NATIONAL SALT DISTRIBUTORS
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• MAD RIVER KNIFE & SUPPLY
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• LIBERTY GATHERING PLACE
• CLANCY’S (SIDNEY)
• DONATOS PIZZA, SUBS, SALADS
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GOLF LEAGUES AT CHEROKEE HILLS A weekly Tuesday’s match/medal golf league is starting in May at Cherokee Hills Golf Course. It is a twoperson team with weekly prize. Cost is $65 per player. If interested, contact Tony Grant at 937-7124.
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FOR LIFEGUARD TRAINING Lifeguard training Red Cross certification is March 30-April 3, from 9 a.m. -1 p.m. To register or for more information, contact the Bellefontaine Joint Recreation District’s parks office at 592-3475.
ADULT SOFTBALL LEAGUE IN BELLEFONTAINE The Bellefontaine Joint Recreation District will conduct an adult softball league meeting Thursday, March 26, at 6:30 p.m. in the council chambers at the city building. Anyone interested in playing adult softball this year should attend.
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seating, advertisement and a pregame meal with the players. If interested in being a sponsor for the event, contact Joe Heater at (937) 309-9260.
RESULTS, SCHEDULES Monday’s Games Los Angeles 3, New Jersey 1 Chicago 3, Carolina 1 Minnesota 2, Toronto 1 Ottawa 5, San Jose 2 Dallas 4, Buffalo 3 Calgary 3, Colorado 2 Winnipeg 4, Edmonton 1 Tuesday’s Games Minnesota at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Columbus, 7 p.m. Arizona at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Florida at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Montreal at Nashville, 8 p.m. Winnipeg at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Chicago at Philadelphia, 8 p.m. Colorado at Edmonton, 8 p.m. Dallas at Calgary, 10 p.m.
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EXAMINER
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TO PLACE YOUR AD: Mail: Box 40 • Bellefontaine, OH 43311 Phone: (937) 592-3060 x1110 or x1132 Fax: (937) 592-4463 Web: www.examiner.org/classifieds
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ADEA RULINGS The Bellefontaine Examiner does not knowingly accept help wanted advertisements in violation of the Age Discrimination Employment Act. The ADEA prohibits arbitrary age discrimination of persons age 40 or over and applies to employers with 25 or more employees, employment agencies and labor organizations. Advertising containing such terms as “young”, “boy”, or “girl” or designating a certain age such as “age 35 to 55” or other similar specification indicates discrimination against employment of older persons and are considered in violation of the act. Information about the Act may be obtained by calling or writing the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division.
DRIVER NEEDED: Class A CDL, 2 yrs. driving exp., flatbed exp. preferred. No tarp, but will train right person. Home nightly & weekends. Top pay. Call 937-844-9291.
24 Hours, Confidential Shelter, Counseling. Call PROJECT WOMAN, 593-5777 or 1-800-634-9893.
WORK WANTED A1 PAINTING & Drywall since 1981. Interior painting, drywall & repairs. Wallpaper removal. Free estimates. Fully insured. 441-7417. CARMAN BUILDERS Vinyl siding, replacement windows, seamless spouting, roofing. Free estimates. 585-6472 or 1-800-354-2489. GOINGS CARPENTRY: Doors, windows, siding, decks, sheds, remodeling. Free estimates. Over 40 yrs. exper. Bob Goings 937-215-9227. MAC-O-CHEE VALLEY TREE SERVICE. Free estimates, fully insured. 593-0228. NEED HELP WITH YOUR CLEANING? 599-3847. SPRING IS HERE. Let us bring out the beauty in your lawn. Shocking low prices. Mulching, landscaping and lawn care. A Man and His Mower, 740-262-9882.
HELP WANTED CLASS A CDL DRIVER needed. Home weekends. For more information call 567-674-3339. RV WHOLESALERS is looking for motivated sales people! Very competitive pay plan. Must be motivated and ready to work! Leads and established customer lists are available and ready to go! Please submit your resume to jobs@rvwholesalers.com or call us at 937-843-9000.
AN ESTABLISHED Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Construction Company is looking for an experienced Masonry, Concrete, Rough Framing and Finish Carpentry Foreman interested in working for a company which offers the opportunity for future growth along with benefits of health insurance, 401k, vacation, and a company vehicle. Projects are available locally to within a 50 mile radius of Logan County. Compensation shall be commensurate based on work experience and ability. Position requires a minimum of 3 years foreman experience. Interested applicants are requested to submit their resumes to: Robinsons, 811 N. Main, P.O. Box 508, Bellefontaine, OH 43311. AUNT MILLIES Restaurant. Help wanted: All positions. Must work weekends, must pass a drug test. Apply in person. SUBSCRIBE ONLINE AT:
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DRIVER TRAINING Instructor: Part time flexible hours that you choose, training provided. Must have 5 years driving experience with good record. Call 1-888-455-4430, Ext. 23 for more information. EXPERIENCED DENTAL Assistant needed for busy local dental practice. Must have radiograph license. Send resume with cover letter and references to raejeanstamm@aol.com. FOOD SERVICE MANAGER: Logan County Friendly Senior Center, 934 South Main St., Bellefontaine is accepting resumes for our food service manager position. A job description is available at the Center. Resumes will be accepted until 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31, 2015. FROGGY’S INDIAN LAKE, 11065 Co. Rd. 293, Lakeview now taking applications for Spring & Summer positions. Cooks, Bartenders, Servers, Bar Backs, ID Checkers & General Maintenance (Life Guard Certified applicants will be given priority). Must be able to work weekends and nights. Excellent pay. Applications are available at the bar or online at froggys-online.com. No phone calls please. HIRING OFFICE STAFF. 21-28 hrs./wk. Must have excellent computer and communication and sales skills. Be a fast learner, great memory, able to toggle data entry accurately and quickly. Send Resumes to Box H-2, c/o Bellefontaine Examiner, P.O. Box 40, Bellefontaine, 43311.
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Full Time & Part Time Crew Member Starting Pay $8.50 3rd Shift Starting Pay $9.00 Opener - Closer Starting Pay $8.75 (South Location Only) Background Checks Required Stop In For an Application or Apply Online @ 1780 S. Main Street mcstate.com/5060 1127 N. Main Street mcstate.com/17655 an equal opportunity employer
RV WHOLESALERS is looking for a Finance Rep.! Very competitive pay plan. F&I or banking experience is preferred!! Please submit your resume to jobs@rvwholesalers.com or call us at 937-843-9000. WANTED DRIVERS UP TO $0.72 PER MILE. OWNER OPERATORS UP TO $2.70 PER MILE. Hauling Cargo Trailers, Landscape Trailers, Campers, Horse Trailers, Cars & Trucks on 50’ to 53’ Wedge Trailers or drop decks. Drivers work your own schedule, we do not force dispatch. Visit our website www.limatransportllc.com or Ph. 419-224-2751. TEACHER Driver Education, classroom, part time only. Must have 5 years driving experience. Call 1-888-455-4430, Ext. 23 for more information.
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Adecco is accelerating their hiring! Apply today for an exciting automotive opportunity with Adecco at Honda Transmission! NOW HIRING PRODUCTION ASSEMBLY Long-term assignment
Administrative Assistant/Accounting Position Logan County Electric Cooperative is seeking a qualified individual for a mid-level Administrative Assistant/Accounting position with the opportunity for advancement. Candidates should be detail oriented, have the ability to multi-task and function well in a team environment. This individual will provide support with office and human resource projects, with a focus on employee benefits and providing assistance to employees with benefit issues or concerns. This position ensures accurate records are maintained; assists in the implementation of employment policies and procedures; administration of random drug testing procedures; maintains the internal corporate calendar for the cooperative; makes registrations, travel and lodging arrangements for LCEC personnel by request; gathers/prepares monthly report data for the board meeting; prepares and uploads the monthly board reports to board members; schedules meeting room, event and meal arrangements; and provides administrative support to the LCEC management team.
Call 937-593-9400
Additionally, this individual will provide accounting support, assisting accounting personnel by completing all necessary accounting and record keeping functions as prescribed by LCEC internal accounting controls.
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An associate’s degree in accounting is required, with a fouryear accounting degree preferred. Prior work experience will be considered. Deadline for applications is March 25, 2015. Please e-mail resume to: jobs@logancounty.coop. 40702486
HELP WANTED IMMEDIATE DRIVING POSITIONS Pack your lunch not your suitcase! Family owned Marysville based trucking company Semi/Tractor Trailer New pay structure Time and half pay on Saturdays Home Daily Dedicated Scheduled Runs All No Touch Van Loads Excellent Medical & Dental 401-K Retirement Paid Holidays, Shutdown Days and Vacation CDL & 2 years’ experience required By-Line Transit, Inc. Call 937-642-2500 KENNEL AND office cleaning help wanted. Early mornings, M-F, approx. 15 hrs. per week. No phone calls. Apply in person. Northside Animal Clinic, 1770 U.S. Rt. 68 N., Bellefontaine. KIDS LEARNING PLACE Early Childhood Teachers Excellent Pay & Benefits! EOE Apply: www.councilonruralservices.org
Medical Assistant, Physician Practice MaternOhio Clinical Associates has an opening for a full time Medical Assistant for its Marysville/Bellefontaine, Ohio physician practice. OB/Gyn experience preferred. Assists physicians in completion of exams/procedures, including rooming patients, performing lab draws and injections as appropriate and completion of requisitions and maintaining all lab records daily. Phlebotomy experience and prior physician back office or hospital experience required. Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications should email resumes to: careers@maternohio.com. Excellent benefits package included. No phone calls/agencies, please. OPTICIAN NEEDED to work as independent contractor fitting and placing orders for prescription safety glasses for area manufacturing plants. Set schedule Monday-Thursday, Fridays and weekends off. Must be reliable. Call Janice at 740-272-2228. THE F.O.E. of Indian Lake is taking applications for Bartenders and Short Order Cooks. Please apply in person at Indian Lake Eagles, 14011 Collingwood Ave., Indian Lake, Ohio. VOITH INDUSTRIAL Services Inc. A service provider to the auto industry is seeking full time associates at Honda Marysville. Please go to www.voithresourcecenter.com to apply.
HELP WANTED
Nature Pure LLC Egg Processing Workers Needed: We are in need of dependable workers to join our egg processing team. General duties include but not limited to the cleaning and packaging of our organic eggs and daily clean up of our processing machine and work areas. Training will be provided and approximate work hours are from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nature Pure LLC offers a wide range of employee benefits including vacation/sick pay/ health insurance and 401K. Please apply in person at Nature Pure LLC, 26586 St. Rt. 739, Raymond, OH 43067. E.O.E./E-Verify Employer OFFICER MANAGER for growing company in Mt. Victory. Fun job. Baker Air Guns, 937-660-9152. PART TIME Motor Clothes personnel needed. Apply at High Point Harley Davidson, 643 Stockyard Road.
Part time Positions Available CRSI is currently conducting interviews for part time Support Specialists for Logan County. We are looking for caring and compassionate people who would enjoy helping adults with developmental disabilities. Must be at least 18 years of age, have a high school diploma/GED, a valid driver’s license with fewer than 6 points, auto insurance and an acceptable background check. CRSI offers flexible schedules and paid training. Please apply at 1600 S. Main Street, Bellefontaine, Ohio.
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A baby born today has a Sun in Aries and a Moon in Taurus if born before 9:07 a.m. (PDT). Afterward, the Moon will be in Gemini. HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, March 24, 2015: This year you open up to more opinions, animated discussions and new systems of thought. As a result, your perspective on life is likely to change. You might want to update certain facets of your life. Be aware of how these transformations could affect others. If you are single, the person you meet today most likely will not be suitable in a year from now. Be open to dating, and you are likely to meet someone who could be important to your life history. If you are attached, the two of you revitalize your relationship. Your sweetie most likely will embrace the new vitality that seems to emanate from you. GEMINI is always a fun personality. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) ##### A conversation will refresh your thinking and support your end goal. Someone you know might put down your thoughts and ideas. Don’t engage this person in a discussion, because then it could become a bigger issue than it really is. Tonight: Discuss what is being said. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) ### A situation will evoke strong feelings; what you do with them will be up to you. Some of you might be very kind and sensitive, whereas others could be subtle or coy. Manifest a long-term goal
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AUCTIONEERS MICK LILE, AUCTIONEER For all your auction needs 599-6131
CRAFTS CRAFT VENDORS NEEDED: Spring Craft Show at Marysville Vineyard Church on May 16th. Especially need crafters. If interested contact Judy Ellis, jnellis77@gmail.com
FOR SALE MAGTAG WASHER & dryer set. Front load. $300. 937-407-7660.
FRUITS & VEGETABLES
FOR RENT 1 BR BUNGALOW: Appliances furnished, washer/dryer hook-up, private with off-street parking, large yard. $400 a month, deposit required. No pets. 614-204-6347. 3 BEDROOM, 2 BATH, attached 2 car garage townhouse, Urbana. $800 mo./dep. 937-896-7547. FRONTIER COTTAGES in Lakeview: 2 BR mobile home, year lease $595/mo. Also 2 BR, $125 weekly. Phone 937-622-0361. LOVELY REMODELED 2 & 3 bedroom mobile homes in a quiet community. Phone 937-307-4138 or 407-1915. OFFICE SUITE For Lease! Bellefontaine Professional Building, 1400 South Main St., Bellefontaine. Ample parking and great location! Two suites available: Either $650/each or $1200 for Both per month. Call 937-935-6990 for details.
APARTMENTS 1 BR APARTMENT, newly painted, carpeted, appliances furnished, gas heat, off-street parking, close to downtown. No pets, deposit required, $485/month. Electric, water, sewer and trash included. 539-2300.
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JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS | FROM KING FEATURES SYNDICATE
through visualization. Tonight: Trust your abilities with a challenging situation. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) ##### You might have felt less than great upon waking up, but you’ll change that scenario quickly. You tend to express what is best in you, no matter what you’re up to. Use caution with bosses and anyone else whom you must answer to. Tonight: A whirlwind of energy. CANCER (June 21-July 22) ### You might have little choice but to take a step back. Discomfort could emerge because of the role you must play. Use your imagination and create more of what you want. Listen to feedback, but know that you must follow your gut. Tonight: Get some extra R and R. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) ##### Touch base with friends before you launch into action. Some of you might be involved in a special event or project. Your flexibility will be remarkable and could prove to be a source of inspiration. Tonight: Go to a jam session, or meet friends for munchies. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ### You might have a problem with a parent or boss. When it comes to dealing with this person, understand that it is either his or her way or the highway. Depending on what you desire as the outcome, you’ll have to decide the right approach. Tonight: Be less available. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) ##### Let your mind drift to other people and places. Doing so will allow you to relax and gain a new perspective. How you handle a loved one who keeps interrupting this process could be more important than you realize. Tonight: Put on some great music, or go for a walk. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) #### Someone whom you are close to might express him- or herself in a fun and witty way, which will make you
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n Horoscopes Note: Bigar’s Stars is based on the degree of your sun at birth. The sign name is simply a label astrologers put on a set of degrees for convenience. For best results, readers should refer to the dates following each sign.
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lighten up and laugh. You might have to increase your tolerance level in order to deal happily with this type of exuberant personality. Tonight: Let it all hang out. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) ### You know you are off-kilter right now. Deal with what seems like an unending onslaught of people asking you for favors. You might not lose your temper, but no one would be surprised to find you in an icy, distant mood. Tap into your creativity for answers. Tonight: Chill out. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) #### An associate will encourage you to share your thoughts and become more a part of the dialogue. Use your sixth sense with a friend who might be touchy. Know that you probably aren’t ready to let others know how intuitive you are. Tonight: Reveal more of your zany side. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) ##### At times you are able to break down walls and get past others’ limitations. Right now, your ability to cross age and gender barriers will help you to present a different perspective. Reach out to a friend who could be distancing him- or herself. Tonight: Be a wild thing. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) #### You could feel a little more down or burdened than you usually do. Take a few days off and plan a vacation at home. Try not to answer the phone; instead, go off and do exactly what you want. Pressure builds because of a parent or loved one. Tonight: Out to dinner. BORN TODAY Designer William Morris (1834), actor Steve McQueen (1930), illusionist Harry Houdini (1874) *** Jacqueline Bigar is on the Internet at www.jacquelinebigar.com. © 2015 by King Features Syndicate Inc.
700 Township Rd. 179 Bellefontaine, OH 43311 Hours: Mon., Tues., Thurs. & Fri. (9-5) Wed. (9-1) & Sat. (8-12) Phone: 937-593-8511 2 BED, 1 BATH ranch apt. Patio, A/C, off-street parking. $620/month. No pets, no smoking. 519 Park S. 937-935-5991. NICE LARGE 1 bed., 1 bath apt. Washer and dryer included. $450/month + deposit. 937-935-5991.
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Contracting Officer Transportation Research Center Inc. (TRC), the industry leader of independent vehicle research, development, and testing, has a career opportunity for a motivated professional to serve as our Contracting Officer. Responsibilities include: approving use agreements and customer proposals, contracts and purchase orders, administration of the risk management program, ensuring vehicles are properly licensed and registered, and providing assistance to project management. The ideal candidate will be detailed and accurate, have excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong organizational skills, dedicated customer focus, posses problem-solving skills in order to make competent and critical technical decisions, and be proficient in MS Office programs. A Bachelor’s Degree in business is required, along with demonstrated experience in handling commercial and government contracts. Deadline for filing is April 1, 2015 Reference job #2015-012
Transportation Research Center Inc. Attn: Human Resources PO Box B-67, East Liberty, OH 43319 Fax: (937) 666-2203 E-mail: hr@trcpg.com
For more info, visit our website at: www.trcpg.com AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
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540 & 33 SELF-STORAGE, across from JVS. 10x15. First month free. 593-0000. ALL AMERICAN Storage. Monthly rentals. Free locks. Behind JC Penney. 592-9100. BELLEFONTAINE STORAGE now has units available. Call 937-592-4895 anytime.
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The State of Ohio, Logan County PNC Bank, National Association, successor by merger to National City Bank, successor by merger to National City Mortgage, a division of National City Bank of Indiana Plaintiff Vs. Jeffrey P. Keckler, et al. Defendant No. CV14-01-0009
and Betty M. Ansley Trustee in Official Record 414, Page 395 Tract 2 and in the east line of a 69.163 acre tract recorded in the name of Mildred M. Anderson in Official Record 650, Page 426; Thence with the south line of the aforesaid 5.837 acre tract and the north line of the aforesaid 69.163 acre tract S. 80° 11’ 00” W. (this bearing is based on the division line of said 5.837 acre tract and the abovementioned 69.163 acres as reference in Official Record 715, Page 404 and all other distance and bearings are from angles and distances measured in the field) passing a set iron pipe at 15.00 feet, a total distance of 338.30 feet to a set iron pipe; Thence with a new division line of said 5.837 acre tract, N. 09° 08’ 00” W. 150.00 feet to a set iron pipe the north line of said Wingfield and the south line of a 25.000 acre tract recorded in the name of Robert L. Ansley Trustee etal in Official Record 414, Page 395 Tract 3; Thence with line between said 5.837 acre tract and said 25.000 acre tract N. 80° 11’ 00” E. passing a set iron pipe at 319.72, a total distance of 334.72 feet to a found railroad spike in the centerline of County Road 121, said spike being the northeast corner of the abovementioned 5.837 acre tract and the southeast corner of the abovementioned 25.000 acre tract. Thence, with said centerline, S. 10° 30’ 00” E. 150.00 feet to the point of beginning. The above described parcel contains 1.159 acres, with 0.052 acre in the right-of-way of County Road 121. Iron pipes set are 3/4”x30” with caps stamped P.S. 7377. The above description is based on a field survey performed by William W. Browning P.S. 7377 on May 20, 2004. PARCEL NUMBER: 05-027-00-00-010-001. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 8152 County Road 121, Ridgeway, Ohio 43345. PRIOR DEED REFERENCE: OR Book 862, Page 221. PROPERTY OWNER: Douglas West and Sherri West. CASE NUMBER: CV14-07-0231.
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CASE NUMBER CV14-09-0300 U.S. Bank N.A., As Trustee For The Registered Holders Of The Structured Asset Securities Corporation, Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-BC9, Plaintiff -vsMichael D. Miller, et al., Defendants COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, LOGAN COUNTY, OHIO
in Bellefontaine, Ohio, in the above named County on Wednesday, the 15th day of April, 2015, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., the following described real estate.
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LEGALS IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS LOGAN COUNTY, OHIO The State of Ohio, Logan County The Bank of New York Mellon fka The Bank of New York Successor Trustee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Trustee for the Bear Sterns ALT-A Trust, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-13 Plaintiff VS. Warren Ropp Defendant (Case No. CV13-06-0197) In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction, inside the door of the County Office Complex in the above named County, on Wednesday the 15th day of April, 2015, at 10:00 o’clock A.M., the following described real estate: Lying in Virginia Military Survey 4492, Monroe Township, Logan County, Ohio. Being out of the Carolyn L. Ropp 10.004 acre tract as deeded and described in Official Record 414, Page 947 of the Logan County Records of Deeds and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a railroad spike found at the intersection of the center-lines of County Highway 171 and Township Road 166. THENCE, with the center-line of Township Road 166 (40 feet wide), N. 15°-18’-00” W., a distance of 963.78 feet to a railroad spike set at the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. THENCE, with the center-line of Township Road 166, N. 15°-18’-00” W., a distance of 60.00 feet to a railroad spike set. THENCE, N. 76°-39’-33” E., a distance of 160.00 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod set, passing a 5/8 inch iron rod set at 20.01 feet. THENCE, N. 11°-52’-15” W., a distance of 72.78 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod set. THENCE, N. 70°-59’-54” E., a distance of 659.00 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod found. THENCE, with the west line of the Gary J. Barger 65.42 acre tract (Vol. 374, Pg. 715), the following two (2) courses: S. 4°-36’-49” W., a distance of 194.15 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod found; S. 19°-28’-27” E., a distance of 13.10 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod set. THENCE, with the north line of the D. Wayne Ropp 4.723 acre tract (O.R. 356, Pg. 320), S. 76°-39’-33” W., a distance of 757.16 feet to the point of beginning, passing a 5/8 inch iron rod set at 737.15 feet. Containing 2.566 acres, of which 0.028 acre is within the highway rightof-way. The basis for bearings is the center-line of Township Road 166, N. 15°-18’-00” W., and all other bearings are from angles and distances measured in a field survey by Lee Surveying and Mapping Co. Inc. on August 7, 1998 and May 8, 2002. This is a new description prepared by Jeffrey I. Lee, Professional Surveyor No. 6359 on May 8, 2002 and revised May 16, 2002. Parcel No. 30-146-00-00029-003. Deed Reference/Instrument #: 2002006394. Said Premises Located at 9353 Township Road #166, West Liberty, Ohio 43357. Said Premises Appraised at $150,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. TERMS OF SALE: 5% of appraised value in cash or certified check down at time of sale, remainder upon confirmation of sale. Andrew J. Smith, Sheriff of Logan County Matthew Murtland, Esq. Attorney Mar. 17, 2015-t3
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In pursuance of an Order of Sale to me directed from said Court in the above entitled auction inside the door of the County Annex Building on the 15th day of April, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. of sale day, the following described real estate: Situated in the Township of Washington, County of Logan and State of Ohio: Being Lot Number Four (4) and north one-half of Lot Number Three (3) in Smith’s Allotment Number One (1), as the same are known and designated on the recorded plat thereof. Said premises also known as: 7394 Waterbury Road, Russells Point, Ohio 43348. PPN: 51-032-12-28-001000. Prior Deed References: Warranty Deed, Recorded in Volume 71, Page 98, Filed on 09/19/1988. Current Owner(s): Michael D. Miller. Appraised at: $55,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. Terms of Sale: 5% of the appraised value day of sale, cash or certified check; balance due upon confirmation of sale. Andrew J. Smith, Sheriff of Logan County, Ohio THE LAW OFFICES OF JOHN D. CLUNK, CO., LPA Charles V. Gasior, #0075946 Robert R. Hoose, #0074544 Attorneys for Plaintiff 4500 Courthouse Blvd., Suite 400 Stow, Ohio 44224 Mar. 17, 2015-t3
Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate The State of Ohio, Logan County JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association Plaintiff Vs. Norman E. Wagner, et al. Defendant No. CV11-10-0419 In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction “Inside the Door of the County Office Complex” in Bellefontaine, Ohio, in the above named County on Wednesday, the 15th day of April, 2015, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., the following described real estate. Real estate situated in the County of Logan, State of Ohio, City of Bellefontaine, Township of Lake and bounded and described as follows: Being LOT NUMBER THIRTY-NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN (3977) EXCEPT FIFTEEN (15) FEET off the North side of said lot. ALSO 25 FEET off the North side of LOT NUMBER THIRTY-NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT (3978), with a total frontage of 75.2 feet on Superior Avenue in Lake Heights Allotment Number Two. Subject to the same conditions and restrictions as set forth in the original plat of Lake Heights Allotment Number One, recorded in Plat Book 3, Page 75, Recorder’s Office, Logan County, Ohio. Parcel # 17-107-05-04-006 (Pt. Lots 3977 & 3978). Prior Instrument Reference: Volume 761, Page 504; Volume 47, Page 323. Said premises located at: 1221 Superior Street, Bellefontaine, Ohio 43311. Said premises appraised at: $85,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. TERMS OF SALE: 5% of the appraised value in cash or certified check due the day of the sale and balance in cash or certified check upon confirmation of sale. Andrew J. Smith, Sheriff Logan County, Ohio Matthew I. McKelvey Attorney, 0074762 OPEN HOUSE: Sunday, April 5, 1:45-2:45. Mar. 17, 2015-t3
In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction “Inside the Door of the County Office Complex” in Bellefontaine, Ohio, in the above named County on Wednesday, the 15th day of April, 2015, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., the following described real estate. TRACT I: Situated in the County of Logan, State of Ohio, Township of McArthur, V.M.S. 10306 and being Lot #13 (shown as Lot No. 7 on Logan County Engineer’s Plat J-170) of an unrecorded plat of Belle Allotment #2, more fully described as follows: Beginning at an iron in the center of County Road 57, known as the Treaty Line Road, and being at the southwest corner of Gust E. Hafsted’s 40 acre tract; thence with the center of said County Road #57 S. 85°15’ W. 275.50 ft. to an iron; thence N. 4°45’ W. 276 ft. to an iron; thence N. 74°40’ W. 426.40 ft. to an iron; the beginning point of this survey; thence N. 74°40’ E. 125 ft.; thence S. 15°20’ W. 200 ft. to an iron, the place of beginning, consisting of 25,000 sq. ft., more or less (.57 acre). The above described tract to have ingress and egress to County Road #57 over the present graded roadway which is 50 ft. wide. TRACT II: Situated in the County of Logan, State of Ohio, Township of McArthur, and being part of Virginia Military Survey 10306 and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at an iron bar at the northwest corner of George L. Tilton’s 0.57 acre tract, said tract being Lot No. 7 of Bell Allotment No. 2 as shown on Logan County Engineer’s Plat J-170; thence with the west line of said lot produced N. 15°20’ E. 47 ft. to the shoreline of Bell Lake, passing an iron bar at 38.90 ft.; thence with the meanderings of said shoreline easterly to a point in the east line of said Lot No. 7 produced; thence with said line S. 15°20’ W. 13 ft. to an iron bar at the northwest corner of said Lot No. 7; thence with the north line of said lot N. 74°40’ W. 125.00 ft. to the place of beginning. Containing 0.08 of an acre, more or less. The above description was surveyed August 30, 1973, by Dan L. Dodson, Registered Surveyor 4270. Grantors further grant to the Grantees, their heirs and assigns, the right to use Bell Lake, with the understanding, however, that said use is subject to rules and regulations to be set and changed at the sole discretion of the Grantors, their heirs and assigns. Parcel No. 23-063-13-01002 (.65 acre). Parcel No.: 23-063-13-01002-000. Prior Deed Reference: O.R. Volume 827, Page 732. Said premises located at: 3472 North Bell Street, Huntsville, Ohio 43324. Said premises appraised at: $125,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. TERMS OF SALE: 5% of the appraised value in cash or certified check due the day of the sale and balance in cash or certified check upon confirmation of sale. Andrew J. Smith, Sheriff Logan County, Ohio Channing L. Ulbrich, Attorney, #0071855 Mar. 17, 2015-t3
Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate The State of Ohio, Logan County Fifth Third Mortgage Company Plaintiff Vs. Avonda King aka Joy King aka Avonda Joy King Defendant No. CV14-07-0253 In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction “Inside the Door of the County Office Complex”
Situated in the County of Logan in the State of Ohio and in the Township of Liberty and bounded and described as follows: Lying in Section 4, Town 4, Range 13, Liberty Township, Logan County, Ohio: Being out of the James L. Yoder, Margaret E. Yoder, Eric B. Yoder, and Teresa A. Yoder original 73.51 acre tract as deeded and described in Official Record 180, Page 907, Tract II of the Logan County Records of Deeds and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a railroad spike found at the northeast corner of Section 4. Thence, with the north line of Section 4 and the center-line of Ohio Route 508 (60 feet wide), N. 85 degrees -30’ -00” W., a distance of 986.89 feet to a railroad spike set at the true point of beginning. Thence, S. 3 degrees -43’ -20” W., a distance of 275.00 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod set. Thence, N. 85 degrees -30’ -00” W., a distance of 163.29 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod set. Thence, N. 3 degrees -43’ -20” E., a distance of 275.00 feet to a railroad spike set. Thence, with the north line of Section 4 and the center-line of Ohio Route 508, S. 85 degrees -30 -00” E., a distance of 163.29 feet to the point of beginning. Containing 1.031 acres of which 0.112 acre is within the highway right-of-way. The basis for bearings is the north line of Section 4 being 85 degrees -30’ -00” E., and all other bearings are from angles and distances measured in a field survey by Lee Surveying and Mapping Co., Inc. on April 11, 1996. This is a new survey description prepared by Jeffrey I. Lee, Professional Surveyor 6359 on April 17, 1996. PARCEL NUMBER: 19-135-00-00-078-005. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1341 State Route 508, West Liberty, Ohio 43357. PRIOR DEED REFERENCE: OR Book 358, Page 877. PROPERTY OWNER: Penny L. Cummins aka Penny Lynn Cummins. Said premises appraised at: $75,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. TERMS OF SALE: 5% of the appraised value in cash or certified check at the time of the sale and balance in cash or certified check upon confirmation of sale. Andrew J. Smith, Sheriff Logan County, Ohio Kriss D. Felty, Attorney OPEN HOUSE: Thursday, April 2, 5:00-6:00. Mar. 17, 2015-t3
Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate The State of Ohio, Logan County U.S. Bank National Association as Successor by Merger of U.S. Bank National Association ND Plaintiff Vs. Douglas West Defendant No. CV14-07-0231 In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction “Inside the Door of the County Office Complex” in Bellefontaine, Ohio, in the above named County on Wednesday, the 15th day of April, 2015, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., the following described real estate. Situated in the Township of Bokescreek, County of Logan and State of Ohio: The following description is for a parcel of land located in the State of Ohio, County of Logan, Township of Bokescreek, Virginia Military Survey 9958 and is part of a 5.837 acre tract recorded in the name of Robert E. Wingfield in Official Record 715, Page 404, said parcel being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a found railroad spike in the centerline of County Road 121 (30 feet right-of-way) said spike being the southeast corner of the abovementioned 5.837 acre tract and being further reference as bearing N. 10° 30’ 00” W. 312.44 feet from a found 1/2” iron pin in the centerline of said road and at the southwest corner of a 50.000 acre tract recorded in the name of Robert L.
Said premises appraised at: $60,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. TERMS OF SALE: 5% of the appraised value in cash or certified check at the time of the sale and balance in cash or certified check upon confirmation of sale. Andrew J. Smith, Sheriff Logan County, Ohio Kriss D. Felty, Attorney Mar. 17, 2015-t3
Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate The State of Ohio, Logan County Liberty National Bank Plaintiff, v. Melissa D. Rufus (nka Melissa D. Ward), et al. Defendants. Case No. CV14-09-0312 In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction “Inside the Door of the County Office Complex” in Bellefontaine, Ohio, in the above named County on Wednesday, the 15th day of April, 2015, at 10:00 o’clock A.M., the following described real estate, situated in the County of Logan and State of Ohio, and in the Township of Washington, to wit: Situated in the City of Bellefontaine, Harrison Township, Logan County, Ohio and being 88 off the south end of Lot Numbers 783 and 784 as the same are known and designated on the recorded plat of the City of Bellefontaine. Parcel No. 11-091-10-08003 (Pt. Lots 783 & 784). Said premises located at: 120 S. Troy Rd., Bellefontaine, Ohio 43311. Said premises appraised at: $60,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. TERMS OF SALE: 5% of the appraised value in cash or certified check the day of the sale and balance in cash or certified check upon confirmation of sale. Andrew J. Smith, Sheriff Logan County, Ohio Joshua M. Stolly Attorney for Liberty National Bank
The State of Ohio, Logan County Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Plaintiff Vs. The Unknown Heirs, Devisees, Legatees, Executors, Administrators, Spouses and Assigns and the Unknown Guardians of Minor and/or Incompetent Heirs of Sheyna Rieger aka Sheyna L. Rieger, et al. Defendant No. CV14-08-0256 In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction “Inside the Door of the County Office Complex” in Bellefontaine, Ohio, in the above named County on Wednesday, the 15th day of April, 2015, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., the following described real estate. Situated in the County of Logan, Township of Lake, City of Bellefontaine and State of Ohio: Being 5 feet taken by parallel lines off the West end of Lot Numbered Three Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty (3730) and all of Lot Numbered Three Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-one (3731) of the consecutive numbers of lots on the revised plat of the said City of Bellefontaine. A.P.N. 17-091-20-04-010000 (Lot 3731, Pt. Lot 3730). Said premises located at: 121 Washington Avenue, Bellefontaine, Ohio 43311. Said premises appraised at: $65,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. TERMS OF SALE: 5% of the appraised value in cash or certified check due the day of the sale and balance in cash or certified check upon confirmation of sale. Andrew J. Smith, Sheriff Logan County, Ohio Miranda S. Hamrick Attorney, 0084960 OPEN HOUSE: Sunday, April 5, 12:30-1:30. Mar. 17, 2015-t3
Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate The State of Ohio, Logan County U.S. Bank National Association as successor by merger of U.S. Bank National Association ND Plaintiff -vsBeulah M. Davie, et al. Defendant Case No. CV14-09-0286 In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction inside the door of the County Office Complex, in the above named County, on Wednesday, the 15th day of April, 2015 at 10:00 o’clock A.M., the following described real estate: Situated in the County of Logan, in the State of Ohio, Township of Lake and in the City of Bellefontaine, and bounded and described as follows: Being Lot Number Thirty-nine Hundred Ninety-one (3991) in Lake Heights Addition #2 in said City, as the same is designated on the recorded plat thereof. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 440 Ontario Avenue, Bellefontaine, Ohio. PROPERTY OWNER: Beulah M. Davie. PRIOR DEED REFERENCE: Volume 395, Page 228. PPN#: 171070504019000. Said Premises Appraised at: $75,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of this amount. TERMS OF SALE: 5% of the appraised value in cash or certified check the day of sale and balance due in cash or certified check upon confirmation of sale. Andrew J. Smith, Sheriff Logan County, Ohio REIMER, ARNOVITZ, CHERNEK & JEFFREY CO., L.P.A. By: Peter L. Mehler (Reg. #0075283) F. Peter Costello (Reg. #0076112) Attorneys for Plaintiff 30455 Solon Road P.O. Box 39696 Solon, Ohio 44139 440-600-5500, Ext. 191 Fax: 440-600-5590 Email: pmehler@reimerlaw.com OPEN HOUSE: Sunday, April 5, 3:00-4:00. Mar. 17, 2015-t3
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Case No. CV14-05-0144 State of Ohio Logan County The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the certificateholders of the CWABS, Inc., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-26 Plaintiff -vs.Alan L. Smith aka Alan Smith, et al. Defendants In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction to be held on the first floor corridor of the Courthouse on the 15th day of April, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., the following described real estate, to wit: Situated in the Village of DeGraff, Miami Township, Logan County, Ohio: Being Lot Number 152 in said Village of DeGraff, also 23 feet off the North side of Lot Number 151 as the same is known and designated on the recorded Plat of said Village. PPN: 26-117-06-04-010000. Address: 307 N. Main St., DeGraff, Ohio 43318. Said premises appraised at: $60,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of this amount. TERMS OF SALE: 5% of the appraised value due at time of sale; remainder due upon confirmation of sale. Andrew J. Smith Sheriff of Logan County, Ohio Carrie L. Davis (0083281) Ryan F. Hemmerle (0079721) Mark N. Dierks (0040668) Reisenfeld & Associates, LPA LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 3962 Red Bank Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45227 Voice: (513) 322-7000 Facsimile: (513) 322-7099 Mar. 17, 2015-t3
Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate The State of Ohio, Logan County HSBC Mortgage Services, Inc. Plaintiff Vs. Bart Pattison, et al. Defendant No. CV12-07-0325 In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction “Inside the Door of the County Office Complex” in Bellefontaine, Ohio, in the above named County on Wednesday, the 15th day of April, 2015, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., the following described real estate. Situated in the County of Logan, City of Bellefontaine, Township of Jefferson, and State of Ohio, and further described as follows: Being Lot No. 4534 of Glenwood East Allotment No. 1 as the same is known and designated on the recorded plat thereof. Subject to those covenants and restrictions set forth on the recorded plat of said Glenwood East Allotment No. 1 as well as all valid and enforceable easements, restrictions, and conditions of record. Parcel No.: 59-092-00-00021-020, Lot No.: 4534. Prior Deed Reference: Instrument No. OR 770, Page 544. Said premises located at: 205 Greenridge Drive, Bellefontaine, Ohio 43311. Said premises appraised at: $185,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. TERMS OF SALE: 5% of the appraised value in cash or certified check due the day of the sale and balance in cash or certified check upon confirmation of sale. Andrew J. Smith, Sheriff Logan County, Ohio Attorney Craig A. Thomas #0037667 Mar. 17, 2015-t3
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Trouble at AmEx: Some cardholders happy to leave home without it BY KEN SWEET AP BUSINESS WRITER
NEW YORK — For decades, American Express was the undisputed credit card of choice among corporate road warriors, the wealthy and the well-traveled, who lived by the company’s slogan, “Don’t leave home without it.� But changing consumer habits, extremely aggressive competition and increased pushback from its merchants are putting heavy pressure on AmEx. Rivals are trying to steal away business and are succeeding in some cases. Costco, for exam-
ple, is ending its 15-year relationship with AmEx and defecting to Citigroup and Visa starting next March. And airlines that used to give VIP lounge access to AmEx cardholders have been switching in recent years to other credit card companies. Compounding its troubles, AmEx recently lost a major government antitrust lawsuit, a verdict that could damage its ability to compete. “The competitive environment for AmEx is very challenging,� said Jason Arnold, a Wall Street analyst who covers AmEx for RBS Securities. “Major competitors have all directed their
efforts to take chunks away from their business. They’ve got serious problems.� As a result, American Express stock is down 12 percent this year. Analysts, on average, have cut their 2015 profit forecast from $6.2 billion to $5.6 billion. AmEx recently announced 4,000 layoffs, or about 6 percent of its workforce. And CEO Kenneth Chenault will face a skeptical Wall Street audience Wednesday at the company’s annual investor day. One of the biggest threats to AmEx is the slew of competing cards aimed at the well-to-do, sometimes with lower annual fees. Card issuers have energeti-
cally courted merchants who used to accept only American Express. Merchants who once coveted AmEx’s high-net-worth cardholders are discovering they can find the same customers elsewhere. Citigroup, in particular, has been going after AmEx’s core customer. Citigroup has hired executives away from AmEx over the past few years to help it overhaul its credit cards and revamp its loyalty program, known as ThankYou. Citi Cards CEO Jud Linville, for example, worked at AmEx for nearly 20 years. The capture of Costco by Citigroup and Visa was the
biggest blow to AmEx. The warehouse-club chain accounted for $80 billion of spending on AmEx’s network last year and 10 percent of AmEx’s cards. Citi also recently created a card called Citi Prestige, a highannual-fee card aimed at AmEx Platinum Card holders. JPMorgan Chase introduced its own reward cards in 2009 with a program similar to AmEx’s. It is called Chase Ultimate Rewards. Airport lounge access was once a perk basically guaranteed by AmEx. But American Airlines switched allegiance last year, turning over exclusive access to lounges to Citi card-
holders. AmEx cardholders lost access to United Continental’s lounges in 2011 and lost the ability to transfer their points to United in 2012. Even Discover Financial has gotten into the game. Last month, it introduced a credit card focused on building up miles that can be redeemed for travel. AmEx hasn’t sat idle. To generate revenue, it has raised annual fees and interest rates on some products. It has also added perks for its customers, such as waiving foreign transaction fees and giving a $100 credit for incidental airline expenses for Gold Card members.
World Trade Center stair climb will benefit wounded veterans BY VERENA DOBNIK ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — The first stairclimb benefit will be held at One World Trade Center in May to raise money for military veterans, two foundations formed after the 9/11 attacks announced Monday.
The announcement by the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation and the Captain Billy Burke Foundation was made at Burke’s firehouse, Engine Company 21 in midtown Manhattan. Burke lost his life on 9/11 along with Firefighter Stephen Siller from Squad 1 in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
Proceeds from the tower climb on May 17 will support service members who’ve been catastrophically injured in war and help educate children who’ve lost a parent in war. Siller was off-duty when he ran with over 60 pounds of gear through the blocked-off Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to the
World Trade Center. “Our foundation couldn’t be more honored to be chosen to hold the first stair-climb event at One World Trade Center,� said his brother Frank Siller, foundation chairman and CEO. Even though he knew that the south tower had already fallen, Burke chose to remain behind to rescue two workers, one in a wheelchair.
“Billy would be humbled and grateful to know that in his memory funds are going to be raised to assist military heroes� and their children, said his brother Michael Burke, a foundation board member. Climbers will go to the 90th floor — 180 flights of stairs. There’s also a “virtual stair climb� — using elevators — for people who want to participate
but are not able to handle the stairs. Participation is limited to the first 1,000 people to register. Registration will close on Sunday, May 10, or when capacity is reached. The entry fee for all climbers, including virtual climbers, is $100. There’s also a $250 minimum fundraising requirement.
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Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate The State of Ohio, Logan County Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Plaintiff Vs. David L. Hempker, II, et al. Defendant No. CV14-01-0032 In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction
“Inside the Door of the County Office Complex� in Bellefontaine, Ohio, in the above named County on Wednesday, the 15th day of April, 2015, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., the following described real estate. TRACT I: Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Logan, Township of Lake, City of Bellefontaine and being Lot Number Thirtynine Hundred Thirtyeight (3938) in Lake Heights Allotment Number 2 of said City, as
shown on the recorded plot thereof. TRACT II: Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Logan, Township of Lake, City of Bellefontaine and being part of Lot No. 3937 of Lake Heights Allotment No. 2 and more fully described as follows: Beginning at an iron at the southeast of said Lot 3937 and the northeast corner of Lot 3938; thence southwesterly with the south line of said Lot 3937, 86.0 feet to an iron at the southwest
corner of said Lot; thence northeasterly 96.0 feet to a stake in the east line of said Lot 3937 which stake is north 42.0 feet from the southeast corner of said Lot; thence south with the east line of said Lot 42.0 feet to the southeast corner thereof and the place of beginning. Said tract being a triangular piece of land off the south side off said Lot 3937. TRACT III: Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Logan, Township of Lake, City of Bellefon-
taine and being part of Lot No. Thirty-nine Hundred Thirty-six (3936) of Lake Heights Allotment No. 2, and more fully described as follows: Beginning at an iron at the southwest corner of said Lot 3936, also being the northwest corner of Lot 3938; thence northwesterly along the east side of Erie Avenue, 9.0 feet to a stake; thence northeasterly 119.9 feet to an iron at the southeast corner of said Lot 3936; thence southwesterly with
the line between Lots 3936 and 3938, 117.3 feet to the place of beginning, said tract being a triangular piece of land off the south side of said Lot 3936. PPN: 17-107-05-02-021000. Said premises located at: 1161 Erie Avenue, Bellefontaine, Ohio 43311. Said premises appraised at: $80,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of that amount. TERMS OF SALE: 5% of
the appraised value in cash or certified check due the day of the sale and balance in cash or certified check upon confirmation of sale. Andrew J. Smith, Sheriff Logan County, Ohio Bethany L. Suttinger, Attorney, 0085068 OPEN HOUSE: Sunday, April 5, 4:15-5:15. Mar. 17, 2015-t3
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From ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS GM ignition switch death toll rises to 74 DETROIT — Families of at least 74 people killed in crashes caused by defective General Motors ignition switches will get compensation from the company. Attorney Kenneth Feinberg, who was hired by GM to compensate victims, updated the total Monday. It was up from 67 last week. An additional 126 injured people also are eligible for compensation. The fund received a total of 4,342 claims by the Jan. 31 deadline. Of those, 1,326 are still under review. Feinberg says more than half were ineligible or lacked documentation. GM knew about problem switches in Chevrolet Cobalts and other small cars for more than a decade but recalled them only last year. They can slip out of the “on” position, which cuts off the engine, knocks out power steering and turns off air bags.
FBI continues investigation into Mississippi hanging PORT GIBSON, Miss. — The FBI is consulting with its behavioral analysis unit as it continues investigating the hanging death of a black man in Mississippi. Jason Pack, supervisory special agent for the FBI’s Jackson, Mississippi, office, said Monday that it could be days before investigators receive an autopsy report for 54-year-old Otis Byrd. The report is expected to show whether Byrd was killed or committed suicide. Officials have said 30 state, local and federal investigators are on the case. Meanwhile, about a dozen people gathered Monday in downtown Port Gibson to show support for Byrd’s family. They called on authorities to thoroughly investigate the death. Byrd’s body was found Thursday, hanging by a bedsheet tied to a tree in a rural area outside Port Gibson.
Woman accused of trafficking daughter, 11, for heroin CINCINNATI — An Ohio woman has been indicted on charges she trafficked her 11-year-old daughter for heroin, and a man is facing rape charges and other counts in the case. Thirty-year-old April Corcoran has been indicted on 27 counts, including human trafficking, endangering children and complicity. Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters said at a news conference Monday that Corcoran would take her daughter to 41-year-old Shandell Willingham in exchange for drugs, then leave her with him and come back later. Willingham has also been indicted on 26 counts, including rape, gross sexual imposition and human trafficking. Corcoran’s attorney, James Bogen, says he’s gathering the facts of the case. Court records list no attorney for Willingham. Deters says the girl is now staying with her father and stepmother.
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Waitress hit by car after confronting fleeing patrons ANAHEIM, Calif. — Authorities say a waitress chased four people who left a Southern California restaurant without paying their bill, then was hit by their car as the group fled. Orange County Sheriff’s Department Lt. Jeff Hallock says the 19year-old waitress suffered minor injuries in the 6 p.m. Sunday confrontation outside an Anaheim eatery. Early Monday, authorities spotted a vehicle matching the description of the car in a motel parking lot and took four people into custody. They were later booked. Their names were not immediately released. Hallock says the driver is a 24-year-old man from Los Angeles County. He says the woman tried to collect the bill and “at some point the vehicle took off and she was hit.”
Police: Father shoots son after orange juice runs out BATON ROUGE, La. — Police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, say a man is facing a charge of attempted manslaughter after he confessed to shooting his 18-year-old son during an argument over orange juice. Police tell The Advocate 58-year-old Eldridge Dukes and his son were fighting Sunday morning about the lack of orange juice. Investigators say the squabble escalated when the victim broke a vase, and Dukes grabbed his handgun. They say Dukes chased the victim out of the house and down the street, firing at least three times. Police say the son was hit in the buttocks and suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Dukes was booked into the parish prison on counts of attempted manslaughter and illegal use of a dangerous weapon. Jail officials couldn’t provide the name of a defense attorney to comment on the charges.
Brian Williams attends gala to keep alma mater open ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, N.J. — Suspended NBC News anchor Brian Williams attended a fundraiser and donated $50,000 in a bid to keep his Catholic high school in New Jersey from closing. Mater Dei Prep announced in February it will close in June because of financial problems unless it can raise $1 million. Williams and his wife attended Saturday night’s Save the Seraphs Gala in Atlantic Highlands. The Asbury Park Press reports the event sold out, with 464 people paying $125 apiece for tickets. It raised $95,000, which brought the fundraising campaign’s total to $962,000. Williams was a 1977 graduate of the school. NBC in February suspended Williams without pay for six months for misleading the public about his experiences covering the Iraq War.
Teen escapes car hanging off bridge over river NASHUA, N.H. — A New Hampshire teen may have is lucky to have escaped uninjured from his vehicle after it landed atop a bridge over the Merrimack River. New Hampshire state police say a Nashua teen lost control of his Honda Accord on Saturday, hit a snowbank then went airborne. His car came to rest on a guardrail of the Sagamore Bridge, its rear dangling over the water and its front fender planted in the snow at the side of the highway. The teen was issued a citation for failing to keep his vehicle within roadway markings, but escaped unscathed. Police say neither drugs nor alcohol were factors in the crash.
Tour guides press ahead with speech lawsuit SAVANNAH, Ga. — Tour guides who say a licensing requirement imposed by the city of Savannah violates their free speech rights are pressing ahead with a lawsuit in federal court. Attorneys on both sides of the case filed a status report March 12
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Letterpress revival takes hold at Detroit print shop BY LAURA BERMAN THE DETROIT NEWS
DETROIT — Tucked onto an Eastern Market side street, Signal-Return is the ultimate anachronism. A print shop that uses machines resurrected from the dead: movable type, ink that stains, and bulky presses that are turned by hand. But letterpress is undergoing a revival nationwide, riding the
tide of fascination with what those Shinola copywriters like to call “the glory of manufacturing” — a renewed appreciation for a mechanical era largely gone. If you grew up with a MacBook Pro and Kinko’s, you can experience the glory of clanky machines and high rag content paper with fresh eyes, without unpleasant memories. Voila: An old-fashioned print shop seems more like a revela-
tion than an antique that rightfully belongs in Greenfield Village. Just as the tools of the printing trade seemed bound for extinction, they regained luster as objects of desire for a generation eager to celebrate making things the old way. “This is the stuff that was disappearing. It was being thrown out,” says Lynne Avadenka, Signal-Return’s executive director, who is also an internationally
recognized artist. She and other staff members made discoveries around the country — finding an old press as close as an old Gratiot Avenue shop and pieces of wood block and lead type from around the country that now fill large cabinets. There’s a cast iron book press rescued from oblivion. Over its four years, the space has developed a following, both from the arts community and from Eastern Market explorers, who wander in on Saturdays, and wind up taking classes in making posters or journals or photo albums. To a group of graphic design students who showed up on a recent Thursday, Signal-Return provided a hands-on encounter with printing as an art form. “We weren’t that enthusiastic about coming here,” Emily Minnick told The Detroit News, “but once we got here and began working with the type, it really inspired me to want to do something amazing. We’re working with our hands, rather than clicking a button, which is what we’re used to.” Minnick, a Grand Rapids
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