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Move or lose job Anna police chief given ultimatum

BY KATHY LEESE

Township with his wife and daughter and his availability ANNA — Anna Police at functions within the village 920 Wapakoneta Ave. Chief Scott Evans has until has become an issue.

SIDNEY Evans told the Sidney Shelby County 937-492-3167 Jan. 19 to take 1-800-274-3129 up residence in Daily News he was shocked the village or by the ultimatum and is conODAY S NEWS lose his job. sidering litigation over the The ultimatter. Anna Fiscal Officer matium was Linda Pleiman said Evans TODAY’S WEATHER delivered at signed an agreement when he T u e s d a y was hired that the village night’s meetwould waive the residency reing of Anna quirement for two years, Village Coun“after which we expect a seriEvans For a full weather report, turn cil.

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“The agreement was signed June 22, 2010. An ordinance was also passed stating that Evans is “permitted and approved to reside outside the Village of Anna until Jan. 19, 2013.”

The ordinance was adopted April 26, 2011 after Evans requested an extension on the requirement. Evans said he was told it had been two years and that he had to make a “serious effort.” The chief is the only full-time officer on the force, serving with five auxiliary officers. He said that “for

the most part” he has been providing police coverage on his own.

Nancy Benroth, village administrator, said Evans annual salary is currently $44,000 per year. She declined to comment on what happened at the meeting, but did note that “everyone is happy with the quality of his work.”

While council appears to want action on the issue, Mayor Robert Anderson seems less concerned over the residency requirement.

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JACKSON CENTER — Officials at Thor Industries Inc. announced in a press release dated Wednesday that they will move the corporation’s headquarters from Jackson Center to Elkhart, Ind., this spring.

“Given our commitment to the RV industry, we want to be more accessible and active in the community where a large majority of RVs are produced and where more than 70 percent of our operations are located,” said Peter B. Orthwein, Thor chairman and chief executive officer in the release. “With so many of

DEATHS Obituaries and/or death notices for the following people appear on Page 5 today: • William Robert “Bill” Littlefield • Judy Mescher • Rose Mary Bulcher • Omar G. “Jeep” Patton • Carolyn “Joanie” Pierce • Charles A. “Charlie” Thoma • Bertha M. Huffman • Brett W. Lonsbury • Doris J. Frock

INDEX Auglaize Neighbors ...............4 Business .............................10 City, County records..............2 Classified .......................14-17 Comics................................12 Hints from Heloise.................8 Horoscope....................11, 12 Localife ..............................8-9 Nation/World.........................7 Obituaries..............................5 Sports............................18-20 State news ............................6 ’Tween 12 and 20 ...............11 Weather/Sudoku/Abby/Out of the Past/Dr. Roach ........13

TODAY’S THOUGHT “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.”

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. politician and diplomat (1927-2003) For more on today in history, turn to Page 7.

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Thor’s operations located in Elkhart and neighboring LaGrange counties, it makes sense to have our corporate management and support services as close to as many of our operating subsidiaries as possible,” he added.

Mike Dodds, executive director of the West Ohio Development Council in Sidney, said the announcement was not a surprise.

“I know this has been their plan for several years,” he said Friday. “Obviously, losing a large company creates an impact. We’re disappointed to see that happen. But we understand why it happens.”

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‘Pig-Pen’ visits Sidney A snowman on Overland Drive in the front yard of Karl Bemus has seen better days. The snowman was built by the grandsons of Bemus and once topped out at 7 foot tall before recent warm weather turned it into a piece of modern art. Bemus said “We were thinking of renaming it ‘Pig-Pen’ after the Peanuts character.”

A former Sidney resident died in a one-vehicle accident in Alabama Thursday night.

Brett W. Lonsbury, 30, of Lebanon, was traveling on Alabama Highway 35 in Cherokee County, seven miles north of Fort Payne, reports Alabama State Troopers. Details of the accident, which happened at 6 p.m., were not released.

Lonsbury was transported to Centre Memorial Hospital, where he died.

Kevin James Lay, 23, of Loveland, was a passenger in Lonsbury’s 2003 Fort truck. He was transported to Gadsden Regional Medical Center.

Funeral arrangements for Lonsbury are under the direction of Cromes Funeral Home, Sidney.

‘One-armed bandits’ bring home cash for local schools

BY TOM BARNETT tbarnett@sdnccg.com Sidney city and Shelby County school districts will receive individual shares from a $114,173.14 countywide first distribution of tax revenue on Ohio casino’s profits scheduled Jan. 31.

Future distributions will continue to grow after the fourth casino opens this spring in Cincinnati and all are open a full year.

The local payouts are among a total of $38 million in payments announced Tuesday by the Ohio Department of Tax-

ation. Auglaize County schools will receive $106,140 and Logan County schools $105,783.

“We’re happy that schools are benefiting from this additional funding and trust they will use it to benefit children,” John Charlton, spokesman for the Ohio Department of Education, said.

Ohio voters in 2009 amended the state constitution to allow for casinos in Cleveland, Toledo, Columbus and Cincinnati. The state levels a 33 percent tax on casinos’ adjusted gross gambling revenue, which is the amount after winners are paid.

Ohio’s 88 counties and cities also will be receiving their 51 percent share of the revenue tax by month’s end.

Sidney City Schools will receive $76,859.46, the largest share of Shelby County payments.

“It’s certainly a welcome sight,” Sidney Supt. John Scheu said, “but we have to put it in proper perspective. With our $33 million operating budget, $77,000 does not go far. However, it is still much appreciated; every little bit helps in terms of what may be coming down the pike.

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Under investigation A trooper from the Ohio Highway Patrol inspects a semi-tractor trailer that overturned around 10 p.m. Thursday at 2100 Wise Road, south of Jackson Center, completely blocking the roadway. Jackson Center police and firefighters also responded to the scene. No other details were available.

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“Superintendents are on edge,” on terms of the governor’s biennium budget,” Scheu shared, ‘but it’s too soon to say the state will take away from schools in other funding areas.”

Next month, Gov. John Kasich will unveil a new funding formula for Ohio schools.

Fort Loramie Superintendent Dan Holland, contacted Friday, expressed the opinion casino funds may not be a windfall.

“There’s a large misconception casino funds will be added revenue on

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top of state funds,” he said. “In reality, they’ll be taking away from somewhere else; it’s definitely not a windfall. We just don’t know from where at this time. It won’t be added funds.”

Scheu said the school district’s casino funds won’t be earmarked, going instead into the local district’s general fund.

Other Shelby County School district disbursements: Anna, $27,057.88; Botkins, $12,481; Fairlawn, $13,553.33; Fort $17,843.12; Loramie, Hardin-Houston,

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$19,166.40; Jackson Center, $11,416.13. Russia Local Schools will receive the lowest payout, $9,842.99.

Disbursements to other area school districts include: Versailles Exempted Village Schools, Minster $28,161.76; Local Schools, $18,131.17; New Bremen Local Schools, $17,747.51; New Knoxville Local Schools, $9,218.75; and Riverside Local Schools, 414,872.92.

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Police log THURSDAY -8:43 p.m.: receiving stolen property.

Michael Mentges, 217 E. Robinwood St., advised a suspect had stolen a GMC truck and credit cards from that address.

WEDNESDAY -1:42 p.m.: criminal damaging. David G. Woodruff, 815 Arrowhead Drive, Apt. L, told police both sides of his parked vehicle had been “keyed” and two of its tires flattened.

JAN. 7 -10:19 a.m.: theft.

Denise R. Fridley, 12725 County Road 25A, Anna reported $200 had been misappropriated from the account of Patricia A. Sale, 1243 Spruce Ave.

Meranda Road.

-8:39 a.m.: medical.

Houston Rescue reTHURSDAY sponded to the 9700 -9:10 p.m.: burglary. block of Greenville Road Sheriff ’s deputies were in Turtle Creek Towndispatched to 17176 ship for a medical call.

State Route 119 to in-3:19 a.m.: medical. vestigate a burglary.

Anna Rescue was dis-2:58 p.m.: traffic patched to a medical call hazard. Deputies re- in the 200 block of sponded to the 7000 Cherry Lane. block of Patterson-2:07 a.m.: medical.

Halpin Road in Turtle Jackson Center Rescue Creek Township where a responded to the 18000 tree trimming crew was block of Ohio 65 for a creating a traffic hazard. medical call.

THURSDAY -11:59 p.m.: medical. Anna Rescue and Van Buren Township FRIDAY -12:08 p.m.: medical. firefighters were disAnna Rescue responded patched to a medical call to a medical call in the in the 10300 block of 100 block of East South Amsterdam Road.

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FRIDAY -12:06 p.m.: medical. Jackson Center firefight-6:25 a.m.: medical. ers and police responded Anna Rescue was disSidney paramedics repatched to a medical call to an accident in the sponded to a medical call in the 12500 block of 21900 block of Wise in the 2400 block of Road.

Cisco Road.

-3:53 a.m.: medical.

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Civitas Media, LLC (USPS# 495-720) Medics responded to the 1451 N. Vandemark Road, Sidney, OH 45365-4099 1200 block of Wawww.sidneydailynews.com pakoneta Avenue for a medical call.

Frank Beeson Mandy Kaiser -5:11 p.m.: medical.

Inside Classifieds Sales Manager Group Publisher Paramedics were disRosemary Saunders Jeffrey J. Billiel patched to the 2000 Graphics Manager Publisher/Executive Editor block of Schlater Road Regional Group Editor for a medical call.

Melanie Speicher -9:58 a.m.: medical.

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In Sidney Municipal Court Friday, James E. Bundy, 40, 821 Arrowhead Drive, Apt. D, was fined $200 and costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail on a domestic violence charge that was amended to disorderly conduct. He was placed on probation for two years and will be permitted to be evaluated for drug and alcohol abuse in lieu of 10 days jail.

The balance of the jail sentence may be reconsidered if fines and costs are paid in full.

• Brandon Engley, 24, 429 Riverside Drive, was fined $150 and costs and sentenced to 15 days in jail on a disorderly conduct charge. The court will suspend five days of the sentence if he completes one year of probation and he may be evaluated for drug and alcohol abuse in lieu of five days. If fines and costs are paid in full, the balance of the jail time may be reconsidered.

• Alisha Croft, 25, 527 N. Wagner Ave., was fined $150 and costs and sentenced to six months in jail, with credit for one day served, in a theft case. Thirty days may be reconsidered if fines and costs are paid in full and she must report to jail for 149 days. On a second charge of the same offense, she was fined $150 and costs and sentenced to six months in jail. Thirty days may be reconsidered if fines and costs are paid and she must report to jail for 150 days. The jail sentences are to be served consecutively.

• Beverly K. Brown, 55, 219 Doering St., was fined $100 and costs and

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disorderly conduct. The court suspended $850 of the drug-related fine and 30 days of the jail sentence. He will receive credit for one day served and may complete an anger/rage program in lieu of nine days jail. He will be permitted to continue counseling in lieu of 10 days and report to probation weekly in lieu of 30 days jail. The balance of the jail time may be reconsidered if fines and costs are paid in full.

On a theft charge, he was fined $150 and costs and sentenced to 45 days in jail. The jail time may be suspended if he continues and completes counseling and pays restitution of $3.17 and fines and costs in full.

• Jason C. Couch, 25, of North Branch, Mich., was fined $600 and costs, sentenced to 30 days in jail and his driver’s license was suspended for one year for his second driving while under the influence offense within six years.

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• Christopher Briggs, 24, 2345 Collins Ave., Apt. L, was fined $250 and costs and ordered to serve 10 days in jail on a driving while under restrictions charge that was amended to failure to display a license. Jail may be reconsidered if fines and costs are paid in full.

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sentenced to 15 days in jail on a criminal damaging charge that was amended to disorderly conduct. She may be evaluated for mental health purposes in lieu of five days jail and if restitution of $1,000 and fines and costs are paid in full, the balance of the sentence may be reconsidered.

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• Coty R. Niswonger, 19, 324 Doering St., was fined $75 and costs for failing to reinstate a licence, $25 for using unauthorized license plates and also $25 for a turn and stop signal violation. The court suspended $50 of the first fine on condition he obtains a valid driver’s license. A driving wile under the influence charge was dismissed at the request of the law director. On a charge of resisting arrest, he was fined $350 and costs and sentenced to 10 days in jail. Jail may be reconsidered if he completes an alcohol intervention program and pays fines and costs in full.

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Do you think teachers or administrators should carry guns in school?

Sara Bowman Sidney, sales “I think maybe the administrators. I don’t think guns should necessarily be in every classroom.”

Anthony Ordway Sidney, server “I definitely think so. I think there should be steps for teachers. i think they should undergo psychiatric evaluation. I don’t think all teachers should have them.”

Jacob Blankenship, 17 Sidney, son of Linda Blankenship “I feel like if the people at the school shooting had guns there probably would have been fewer deaths. I do feel like teachers have the right to defend themselves.”

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EVANS Councilman Richard Steinke said Evans would be let go “because he didn’t follow through on his contract.” He said basically the chief would be fired.

Steinke said when Evans was hired, part of his six-month probationary period was that he would move to the village.

“He’s saying there was no contract. I made the motion that we should enforce the ordinance (requiring Evans to live in Anna). He’s saying we’re forcing him to move to the village. Two and a half years is ample enough time.”

Steinke said the Ohio Revised Code requires a police chief to live in the village. “If we don’t enforce this ordinance, how can the people expect us to enforce any other ordinance?”

Steinke said, “There have been discussions” about Evans’ performance as police chief, “most of it in executive session,” but that the chief was never “written up.”

Steinke said he’s not happy with the chief’s performance.

“I’m the most outspoken one. I worked down at the Sheriff’s Office for

From Page 1 30 years. I know how the law works,” said Steinke.

Evans had run for Shelby County Sheriff in the November election but lost to John Lenhart.

“We got a new chief.

We were hoping things would be better, but it didn’t turn out that way,” Steinke said. When asked if Evans should be allowed to stay, Steinke replied, “I certainly hope not.” He noted Evans lives “almost a half hour” from Anna and in an emergency it would take a lot of time for him to reach the village since he is “not allowed” to take the cruiser home. confirmed Steinke that at a recent meeting Evans was asked if he would respond to calls in the village. “He said it depends what kind of call it is,” Steinke explained.

“That was kind of a stupid thing to say in front of the council … picking and choosing what he’d respond to.”

Anderson disagrees with Steinke’s opinion of Evans. “First of all, Scott is good for our village … he has done a good job.”

Anderson said Evans is good with school children and “went clear to Middletown” to find a cruiser and “saved us about

$12,000 or $13,000.”

Anderson said Evans has reportedly contacted the Ohio Attorney General’s Office about the ultimatium and “they thought it was absurd.”

Allegedly an opinion was written in 2003 stating that an officer “can live anywhere you want in the State of Ohio.”

Anderson said he has not heard any complaints about Evans from village residents, other than “little picky things.” He added that council members have complained about “little petty things” themselves.

Anderson said Evans is in a difficult situation, having a government home loan that requires him to live in the house for three years. He said

Evans told him that if he is forced to move he will likely go bankrupt.

“I would very much hate to lose him” Anderson said of Evans. He said he has “no idea what the problem is” between Evans and council members.

Anderson said he may talk to council about the situation and see if they will give Evans another year’s extension on the residency requirement.

Officially, council has tabled the issue of Evan’s termination until the next council meeting to allow members to review the Ohio Revised Code and the village’s ordinance regarding residency. That meeting will be Jan. 22 at 7 p.m. in council chambers.

Anna BOE to meet ANNA — The Anna Board of Education will meet Monday at 6:30 p.m. in Middle School Room 209.

The board will conduct annual organizational business, including election of a board president and vice president, and will establish the dates of board meetings for 2013.

The board also will hear treasurer’s and superintendent’s reports and consider the retirement resignation of Amy Zorn, effective May 31.

An executive session to discuss employment will be held.

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“As part of the move, Thor’s corporate human resources, finance and accounting, legal and information technology departments, which have been located in Elkhart over the past few years, will move to the company’s new corporate office located on Beardsley Avenue along the St. Joseph River in downtown Elkhart. The new facility is scheduled to be completed and in operation this spring,” the release said.

“Bob Martin, Thor president and chief operating officer, added, ‘I am very pleased that we will have our corporate headquarters in the community that my family and I, and so many members of our team, call home. This new location will not only bring Thor closer to many of our subsidiaries, but we will also be closer to most of our suppliers. When we think about how impor-

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Group seeks 1913 flood photos, artifacts WAPAKONETA — The Auglaize County Historical Society is launching an effort to document the flood that ravaged sections of the county and communities across Ohio in 1913. The Historical Society hopes to commemorate the centennial of this unparalleled event with an exhibit in March and April of this year.

The following explanation of the natural disaster is adapted from Ohio History Central, a project of the Ohio Historical Society: The Flood of 1913 is known as the greatest natural disaster in Ohio history. Although rivers in Ohio tended to flood every spring, heavy rains in March 1913 exacerbated the flood conditions.

According to Dayton history, “when it began raining on Sunday, March 23 (Easter Sunday, actually), it did not stop again for five days.

During this period, 9 to 11 inches of rain fell on ground that was already saturated by the heavy snow and ice of the past few months. All of this rain became runoff, filling the rivers to overflowing.”

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THIS OLD photo is titled, “Crest of Flood,” T.&O.C. Depot, St. Marys, Ohio. “Flood of 1913.” The Auglaize County Historical Society is seeking phostate experienced flood- an attempt to alleviate ing, even those that had flooding. By the early not had problems in the 20th century, few canals past. The most severe were still in operation in flooding occurred along Ohio, but the destruction the Great Miami River, of the locks ensured the and the conditions in permanent end to canal Dayton were particularly transportation. bad.

In Dayton, flood levies In some parts of the broke, leading to water state, officials chose to rising up to 20 feet in the dynamite canal locks in downtown. In addition,

tos and artifacts of the flood to commemorate the centennial of the disaster. fires broke out across the city as gas lines ruptured, and the fire department was unable to access the fires. John Patterson, owner of National Cash Register, was a prominent figure during the flood. He organized relief efforts in the community, even going as far as opening his own

factories to act as emergency shelters for those who had been driven from their homes.

When the flood was over, Ohioans began to assess the damage. At least 428 people died during the Flood of 1913, and more than 20,000 homes were destroyed.

Property damage was ex-

tensive, as many other homes were seriously damaged. Factories, railroads and other structures also faced major losses.

After the flood waters receded, residents throughout the state were determined to prevent a future disaster of this magnitude. In 1914, Gov. James M. Cox helped gain passage of the Vonderheide Act, also known as the Ohio Conservancy Law, giving the state the authority to establish watershed districts and to raise funds for improvements through taxes. Although the Vonderheide Act was challenged in state and federal supreme courts, the law was upheld. In 1915, the Miami Conservancy District was created in response to the Vonderheide Act, the first major watershed district in the nation.

Local residents who have photographs or artifacts related to the 1913 flood that they would be willing to share with the Historical Society are invited to contact the organization at (419) 738-9328 or auglaizecountyhistory@bright.ne t.

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MINSTER — The Minster Board of Education will reorganize for 2013 during its January meeting to be held Monday at 8 p.m. in the elementary large meeting room.

The board will elect a president and vice president, set dates and times for meetings, and appoint members to school committees.

The superintendent will be authorized to hire employees, accept resignations, and approve employee attendance at meetings and workshops.

During the regular meeting that follows, the board will discuss the future of Hanover Street School and approve personnel recommendations.

The meeting agenda includes an executive session to discuss employment and compensation of an employee.

nexation. The ordinance will now be sent back to the Jackson Township Trustees for their approval before a final reading is held by council.

Jerod Bihn was hired as a utility maintenance worker at $13.50 per hour, effective Jan. 14.

Harrod informed council that the State Auditor’s Office is conducting its annual audit of village finances and the report should be finalized around the end of June.

Council went into executive session to discuss personal issues.

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Members approved the second reading of an ordinance declaring certain utility accounts inactive. Those accounts include two business and two personal accounts, totaling $1,341. The village and a collection agency will attempt to recoup the unpaid funds.

Council approved participation in the Ohio Department of Administration Services Cooperative Purchasing Plan.

Harrod noted the program's main purpose was to aid the purchase of new vehicles. Administrative costs total $100.

First reading of an ordinance to annex 0.42 of acre of land from Jackson Township was held.

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MINSTER — Minster Village Council held its reorganization meeting T u e s d ay night and discussed a Safe Route to School plan designed to Schwartz enhance child safety.

Council re-elected Rick Schwartz as president and appointed members to various committees.

Linda Kitzmiller was re-appointed to the Planning Commission, Connie Schafer to the Tree Commission and Dennis Kitzmiller to the Auglaize County Plan-

ning Commission.

It was noted the village and Minster Schools have been working on Safe Route to School plan. This is a federal program, administrated by the state of Ohio, with a goal of providing a safer route to school while encouraging students to walk or ride their bikes.

A group composed of representatives from the school, village and the public is working on a plan and will hold a public meeting Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. in the city building.

Village Administrator Don Harrod noted that grants will be available from the state to fund both noninfrastructure and infrastructure improvements to facilitate a plan.

Council also addressed several ordi-

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DEATH NOTICES Carolyn ‘Joanie’ Pierce PIQUA —– Carolyn “Joanie” Pierce, 81, of Piqua, died at 5:00 a.m.

Friday, Jan. 11, 2013 in Piqua.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday at St. Paul’s Evangeklical & Reformed Church, Piqua.

Arrangements are under the direction of Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home, Piqua.

Charles A. ‘Charlie’ Thoma PIQUA — Charles A. “Charlie” Thoma, 58, of Piqua, died at 12 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, at his residence.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013 at Jamieson& Yannucci Funeral Home, Piqua.

Bertha M. Huffman PIQUA — Bertha M. Huffman, 78, of Piqua, died at 11:55 p.m. Jan. 10, 2013, at her resi dence. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, at St. Boniface Catholic Church.

Arrangements are under the direction of Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home, Piqua.

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FORT LORAMIE — William Robert “Bill” Littlefield, 84, of Fort Loramie, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family Jan. 10, 2013, at 2:48 p.m. at Dorothy Love Retirement Community, Sidney, after a long, brave battle with cancer.

Bill was born July 23, 1928, in Shelby County, the son of the late William M. and Nora (Davis) Littlefield.

He was married to June Edge on Oct. 12, 1956, and she preceded him in death Aug. 30, 1999.

Bill is survived by his children, Pam (Rod) Koch, of Dacula, Ga., Doug Banker, of Sidney, Millie (Curt) Blust, of Dublin, Jane Littlefield, Joan Littlefield and Bill Littlefield, all of Sidney; a sister, Edith Hussey ,of Sidney; six grandchildren; and six greatgrandchildren.

He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army from 1950-1952 during the Korean War. His work career spanned a period of more than 45 years ending with his retirement in 1989. Early in his life, Bill had worked for his father at the Sidney Elevator.

Throughout his lifetime, he also completed several special projects for Ralph Stolle at Stolle Corp.

In his spare time, Bill loved the outdoors. He

was an avid fisherman and hunter and also spent many hours’ playing cards with his card buddies, Dick Fisher, Jim Vordemark and Marion Elsner.

Bill loved to follow the Cincinnati Reds baseball and the Cleveland Browns football teams. He loved his family, his g r a n d ch i l d r e n and will be sadly missed by all. services Funeral will be conducted Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, at noon at the Adams Funeral Home, 1401 Fair Road, Sidney, by Chaplain Maureen McCarthy-Magill.

Burial will follow at Shelby Memory Gardens with full military services provided by American Legion Post 217.

Friends and family may call from 10 to noon on Monday prior to the services.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to the Dorothy Love Retirement Community or Senior Independence Hospice.

Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.

The staff of the Adams Funeral Home has been entrusted with all funeral arrangements.

Online memories may be expressed to the family at www.theadamsfuneralhome.com.

Omar G. ‘Jeep’ Patton MINSTER — Omar G. “Jeep” Patton, 69, of 674 E. Third St., died at 11 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys.

He was born Aug. 29, 1943, in Sidney, the son of the late Waldo and Thelmo (Fogt) Patton.

He married Beverly Bergman on June 1, 1968, in Minster and she survives him along with their children, Kirsten and Chris Erbe, of Panama City Beach, Fla., Tess and Doug Voisard, of Minster, and Kyle and Kelli Patton, of Florence, Ky.; seven grandchildren, Grant, Reagan, Nixon, Layne, Kane, Max and Koen.

One granddaughter, Logan Voisard, is deceased.

A brother, William Patton, also survives.

Jeep was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church, Minster, F.O.E. 1391, Minster, and the American Legion, of

Minster. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War. He was a tool maker and retired from Wayne Trail Tool Inc. of Fort Loramie.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, at St. Augustine Catholic Church by the Rev. Rick Nieberding.

Burial will follow at St. Augustine Cemetery. A full military service will be conducted by the Minster Firing Squad at the cemetery.

Friends may call at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Minster, from 3 to 8 p.m. on Monday and from 9 to 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

Memorial donations may be made to the Minster Fire Department and the Minster Area Life Squad.

Condolences may be left at the funeral home’s w e b s i t e , www.hogenkampfh.com.

Judy Mescher M A R I A STEIN — Judy Mescher, 71, of Maria Stein, died Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, at St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima.

She was born Oct. 19, 1941, in St. Sebastian, the daughter of the late Clem and Marie (Sutter) Froning. She married Urban Mescher on Feb. 16, 1963, in St. Sebastian Church and he survives in Maria Stein.

She is also survived by their children, Gary and Mary Mescher, of Maria Stein, Lisa and John Gossett, of Beavercreek, Dave and Beth Mescher, of Maria Stein, Pat and Linda Mescher, of Bellbrook, Debbie and Jeff Wenning, of Maria Stein, Todd and Melissa Mescher, of Yorkshire and Terry and Brenda Mescher, of Cassella; 26 grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Sister Patricia Froning, Virginia Stephenson, Margie and Jim Goecke, of Indianapolis, Ind., John and Bev Froning, of Lake City, Tenn., Katie Scholes, of Freemont, N.H., and Cindy and Nick Rammel, of Montezuma.

She is also survived by

her in-laws, Jim Brown, of Tiffin, and Eugene Eileen Mescher, of Yorkshire, Luedna Gelhaus, of Rossburg, and Marilyn and Jim Werling, of Burkettsville.

She was preceded in death by a sister, Joan Brown; infant brother Clement; and brothersin-law, Bill Scholes and Eugene Gelhaus.

She was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church by the Rev. Gene Schnipke, celebrant.

Burial will be in St. John Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Coldwater, from 2 to 8 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, and from 9 to 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 15.

Memorials may be made to the Cancer Association of Mercer County.

Condolences may be expressed at the funeral home’s website, www.hogenkampfh.com.

Rose Mary Bulcher RUSSIA — Rose Mary Bulcher, 90, of Russia, died at 4:20 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, at Versailles Health Care Center.

She was born June 28, 1922, the daughter of the late Clemens and Agnes (Drees) Broerman.

She married Rhomane Bulcher on June 28, 1949, in St. Catholic Nicholas Church, Osgood, and he preceded her in death Jan., 12, 2006.

She is survived by her children, Dorothy and William Minnich, of Ashland, Patrick and Velma Bulcher, of Bertha, Minn., Treva and Roger Schulze, of Huntsville, Joseph and Sol Bulcher, of Versailles, Jeannette and Mark Barga, of North Star, Walter and Louise Bulcher, of Houston, Cletus and Bernice Bulcher, of Fort Loramie, and Alfred and Beth Bulcher, of Athens, Wis. She is also survived by 52 grandchildren and one stepgrandchild; 52 great-grandchildren and one stepgreat-grandchild; her in-laws, Francis and Esther Bulcher, of Versailles, Willard Bulcher, of Versailles and Winnie Bulcher, of Dayton.

She was preceded in

death by a daughter, Agnes, brothers and sisters, Martha and Herbert Clune, Clarence and Ruth Broerman, Victoria and Albert Schoenlein, Louis Broerman and Luella Broerman.

She was a member of St. Remy Catholic Church, Russia. During the depression, Rose Mary worked as a domestic for several families in her area, until the war came and she helped the war effort by working in the factories.

After the war, she became the housekeeper for Frenchtown Parish.

After she married Rhomane she moved on to the farm on Studor Road where she worked as a homemaker and raised her family.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m.

Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, at St. Remy Catholic Church by the Rev. Frank Amberger, celebrant. Burial will be in St. Valbert Cemetery, Versailles.

Friends may call at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Russia, on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, from 1 to 7 p.m. and from 9 to 10 a.m. on Monday.

Condolences may be expressed at the funeral home’s website, www.hogenkampfh.com.

Department sees incease in demand for flu vaccine

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The Sidney-Shelby County Health Department reported Friday it is experiencing an increased demand for flu vaccine as influenza outbreaks increase throughout the U.S. Margie Eilerman, director of nursing and Shannon Nagel, immunization coordinator, said the health department currently has no vaccine available for ages 3 to 18 years, a minimal amount for children 6 through 35 months, but a good supply of adult vaccine.

She said the health department will be receiving a shipment of 3-18 year vaccine in one to two weeks and that residents may

See a related story about a child’s death from the flu on Page 6 keep up to date by viewing the department’s Website: shelbycountyhealthdept.org or calling 498-7249.

Although vaccination is the best way to protect from the flu, additional steps can be taken, Eilerman says. These include frequent hand washing with soap and water or an alcohol-based rub, and discussing preventive antiviral medications with a doctor.

Individuals should avoid

touching eyes, nose or mouth and try to avoid close contact with sick people. They should also get plenty of sleep and exercise, manage stress and drink plenty of fluids.

People should cover nose and mouth with a tissue coughing or sneezing and immediately trash the tissue after use. If feeling sick, stay home for at least 24 hours after any fever is gone without use of fever-reducing medicines.

If exposed to a person with flu, antiviral drugs can prevent infection. The drugs are 70 to 90 percent effective at preventing influenza. Talk to a health care provider.

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1st child death from flu reported in Ohio CINCINNATI (AP) — A child has died from flu complications in Ohio, the first confirmed flu-related child death of the season in the state, health officials reported Friday as influenza sufferers take up hospital beds at much higher rates than the last two flu seasons.

Health Department spokeswoman Tessie Pollock said the state wouldn’t release any other information about the child.

There have also been reports of a handful of adult deaths linked to the flu, but the state department doesn’t tally those deaths because there are often underlying health conditions involved, she said. Among the reports was that of a 22-year-old Wright State University student who had been hospitalized last week with the flu.

Health officials in western Ohio are still investigating her death but say she appeared otherwise healthy.

Ohio is among 47 states with widespread flu outbreaks, and health officials blame the flu for at least 20 child deaths nationally. In Ohio, there were no child deaths recorded from the flu in the last season, and only one the previous season.

Flu-associated hospitalizations are running at much higher rates than the last two seasons. The state reports there have been 1,922 since October in Ohio, compared with 86 a year ago and 175 the previous season. This season started early; influenza is usually at its worst in late January and February.

Some hospitals have begun limiting visitors and handing out surgical masks to try to slow the spread, and health officials are urging people to stay home if they are sick and to keep ill children out of day cares and schools.

With Miami University’s spring semester beginning next week, school officials are bracing for a spread of illnesses that have already hit many employees.

“Everybody’s been sick. It’s miserable,” said Ritter Hoy, a Miami spokeswoman. She said the flu and bronchitis have been sweeping through staff, including a long-time school official who was out sick a full week after going years without taking a sick day.

The Oxford-based school in southwest Ohio has some 17,000 students and 4,000 employees.

“I’m sure it’s going to be really, really bad,” she said of the return of a full campus. “All it takes is touching one door handle.”

Pollock noted that the state is coming off an unusually mild season a year ago, and two relatively light seasons after the 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic.

“You can’t make a statement about the severity of a flu season until it’s over,” she said.

The Health Department advises people to get flu shots if they haven’t already and says there are sufficient supplies of the vaccine available around the state.

Janitors could be line of defense TOLEDO (AP) — A rural school district in Ohio is drawing attention with its plans to arm a handful of its non-teaching employees with handguns this year — perhaps even janitors.

Four employees in the Montpelier schools have agreed to take a weapons training course and carry their own guns inside the district’s one building, which houses 1,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade, school officials said.

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The four employees who will carry guns all volunteered to take part, Grime said. The school plans to pay for them to attend a two-day training course.

“Putting a firearm in a school is a huge step,” Grime said. “We’re going to do it properly. These people need the proper training.”

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He also helped families choose inscriptions for their government-provided headstone. One request was for “No Regrets” on the marker. Cleary recalled, “I thought, ‘What does he mean, “No Regrets”? Coming or going?’ So I just wrote it up. I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt that it was a great life.”

Cleary later transferred to duty at the cemetery’s information booth at the cemetery entrance.

“I do what I can to put people at ease,” he said. “I know it helps, because a lot of them come into this vast cemetery and don’t know what it is they’re supposed to do.”

At times, Cleary’s duty can be sad and sobering when he knows one of the vets being buried. That once included his own brother.

But the rewards are ample compensation, according to Cleary, who said the volunteer work helped him get through anxiety and depression while recovering from his stroke. And more.

“The thing about the cemetery, it gives me back more than I could ever possibly give it,” Cleary said. He explained that it gives him “the feeling of helping somebody in their moment of ultimate distress, helping them get to a certain place in dealing with this terrible sorrow.”

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Lawmakers in South Carolina, Oklahoma, Missouri and South Dakota are looking into legislation that would allow teachers and other school employees to have guns.

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CLEVELAND (AP) — Call Patrick Cleary a hero and he’ll drop his head, close his eyes and holler an anguished “NO!” Then, the Army veteran, who has served as a volunteer at the Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery in Rittman since it opened in 2000, will explain his aversion to that tag.

“I was a Cold War vet. I didn’t do nothing. I never saw any combat. Nobody shot at me, and I never shot at anybody,” said Cleary, 77, of Cleveland.

“Let’s just say that I’m a dedicated volunteer who realizes I’ve lived a charmed life right up to now,” he added. “You should be talking to the mothers and fathers of those guys who are brought back in bags. Those are the heroes. I’m no hero.”

But his military service still means enough to this son of a World War I doughboy to do whatever he can to ease a family’s burden in burying a veteran. So far, that effort has involved some 450 trips to spend 4,099 hours at the cemetery, racking up 36,000 miles on his six-year-old Mustang and burning more than $8,000 in gas.

Cleary is among about 50 volunteers, all veterans or their spouses, augmenting the cemetery’s 13-person staff, according to Mark Polen, who handles program support for the cemetery.

“We could not even begin to do what we do without them,” he added. “These people come out in the deepest, darkest depths of winter and don’t complain. They do it because they care, they understand why we’re here, and because they think it’s important to show respect to their fellow veterans.”

Cleary’s own service started when he volunteered for the draft in 1955 after graduating from West Technical High School and wound up serving as an Army Signal Corps cryptographer — coding and decoding messages.

One of the most memorable messages came across his desk in early November 1956, when Russian tanks rolled into Budapest, Hungary. “That was an exciting thing,” Cleary recalled.

“I knew about it before the president.”

After his stint with the active-duty Army and Reserves, Cleary spent 38 years working as a communications technician with AT&T. He and his wife, Mary, raised four children.

When a stroke temporarily sidelined a guy who concedes to a lingering love of the Army and a passion for keeping busy, he answered a newspaper ad seeking volunteers at the new Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery.

Cleary said his first eight years were spent largely on office work, helping families get the necessary documentation for veteran burials and working with area funeral directors to schedule arrangements.

He joked that the cemetery’s first

NATION/WORLD TODAY IN HISTORY

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Today is Saturday, Jan. 12, the 12th day of 2013.

There are 353 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 12, 1948, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Sipuel v. Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma, ruled that state law schools could not discriminate against applicants on the basis of race.

On this date: • In 1519, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I died.

• In 1773, the first public museum in America was organized in Charleston, S.C. • In 1828, the United States and Mexico signed a Treaty of Limits defining the boundary between the two countries to be the same as the one established by an 1819 treaty between the U.S. and Spain.

• In 1912, textile workers at the Everett Mill in Lawrence, Mass., (most of them immigrant women) walked off the job to protest wage cuts.

• In 1915, the House of Representatives rejected, 204-174, a constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote.

• In 1932, Hattie W. Caraway became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate after initially being appointed to serve out the remainder of the term of her late husband, Thaddeus.

• In 1959, Berry Gordy, Jr. founded Motown Records (originally Tamla Records) in Detroit.

• In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson said in his State of the Union address that the U.S. should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there was ended.

• In 1969, the New York Jets of the American Football League upset the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League 16-7 in Super Bowl III, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami.

• In 1971, the groundbreaking situation comedy “All in the Family” premiered on CBS television.

• In 1987, Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite arrived in Lebanon on his latest mission to win the release of Western hostages; however, Waite ended up being taken captive himself, and wasn’t released until 1991.

• In 2010, Haiti was struck by a magnitude-7 earthquake, killing as many as 300,000 residents and leaving over 1.5 million people homeless.

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Gun beats cattle prod TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida Panhandle man has been arrested after he tried to rob a convenience store with a cattle prod but was thwarted by a clerk with a gun.

The Leon County Sheriff's Office says 26-year-old Lance Tomberlin went into a store just outside Tallahassee on Jan. 2, produced the cattle prod and demanded money from the clerk. Officials say he shocked the clerk several times before the clerk pulled a handgun.

Authorities say Tomberlin fled and another employee tried to restrain him, but he eventually escaped in his truck. Deputies stopped Tomberlin's truck but he fled on foot.

The sheriff’s office says Tomberlin was arrested Tuesday and charged with armed robbery and aggravated battery.

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French forces take action against Mali Islamists BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — France launched airstrikes Friday to help the government of Mali defeat al-Qaidalinked militants who captured more ground this week, dramatically raising the stakes in the battle for this vast desert nation.

French President Francois Hollande said the “terrorist groups, drug traffickers and extremists” in northern Mali “show a brutality that threatens us all.”

He vowed that the operation would last “as long as necessary.”

France said it was taking the action in Mali at the request of President Dioncounda Traore, who declared a state of emergency because of the militants’ advance.

The arrival of the French troops in their former colony came a day after the Islamists moved the closest yet toward territory still under government control and fought the Malian military for the first time in months, seizing the strategic city of Konna.

Sanda Abou Moahmed, a spokesman for the Ansar Dine group, condemned Mali’s president for seeking military

help from its former colonizer.

“While Dioncounda Traore asked for help from France, we ask for guidance from Allah and from other Muslims in our sub-region because this war has become a war against the crusaders,” he said by telephone from Timbuktu.

For the past nine months, the Islamic militants have controlled a large swath of northern Mali, a lawless desert region where kidnapping has flourished.

“French armed forces supported Malian units this afternoon to fight against terrorist elements,” Hollande said in Paris.

He did not give any details of the operation, other than to say that it was aimed in part at protecting the 6,000 French citizens in Mali, where seven of them already are being held captive.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, when asked whether France had launched airstrikes, said, “To the question of whether there was an air intervention, the response is yes.” He refused to give any other details for security reasons.

France is operating helicopter gun-

ships in Mali, two diplomats told The Associated Press. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the operation publicly. French special forces, who have been operating in the region recently, are also believed to be taking part in the military operation, one diplomat said.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the AP that Senegal and Nigeria also responded to an appeal from Mali’s president for help to counter the militants.

Residents in central Mali said they had seen Western military personnel arriving in the area, with planes landing at a nearby airport throughout the night.

Col. Abdrahmane Baby, a military operations adviser for the foreign affairs ministry, confirmed in the Malian capital of Bamako that French forces had arrived in the country but gave no details.

“They are here to assist the Malian army,” he told reporters.

Traore went on national television Friday night to declare the state of emergency, saying it would remain in effect for 10 days and could be renewed.

Miss America contestant pursuing double mastectomy

BY HANNAH DREIER The Associated Press

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THIS PHOTO courtesy Miss America Organization shows Miss DC, Allyn Rose, during the Evening Wear portion of preliminary competition at the 2013 Miss America Pageant in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. Win or lose, Saturday's Miss America competition will be Rose's last pageant. The 24-year-old plans to undergo a double mastectomy after the event as a preventative measure to reduce her chances of developing the disease that killed her mother, grandmother and great-aunt.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Win or lose Saturday, Miss America contestant Allyn Rose will have conveyed a message about breast cancer prevention using her primary tool as a beauty queen: her body.

The 24-year-old Miss DC plans to undergo a double mastectomy after she struts in a bikini and flaunts her roller skating talent. She is removing both breasts as a preventive measure to reduce her chances of developing the disease that killed her mother, grandmother and great aunt.

“My mom would have given up every part of her body to be here for me, to watch me in the pageant,” she said between dress rehearsals and preliminary competitions at Planet Hollywood on the Las Vegas Strip Wednesday. “If there’s something that I can do to be proactive, it might hurt my body, it might hurt my physical beauty, but I’m going to be alive.”

If crowned, the University of Maryland, College Park politics major could become the first Miss America not endowed with the Barbie silhouette associated with beauty queens.

Rose said it was her father who first broached the subject, during her freshman year of college, two years after the death of her mother “I said, ‘Dad I’m not going to do that. I like the body I have.’

He got serious and said, ‘Well then you’re going to end up dead like your mom.’ “ She has pondered that conversation for the past three years, during which she has worked as a model and won several pageants, including Miss Maryland USA, Miss Sinergy and the Miss District of

Columbia competition, which put her in the running for Saturday’s bonanza.

With her angular face, pale blonde hair and watchful blue eyes, Rose is unusually reserved. She acknowledged that she comes off as more of an icequeen than a girl next door “You have to block out everything and I think sometimes that makes me appear a little cold,” she said. “But it’s because I had to be my own mentor, I had to be my own best friend.”

She measures her age by the time of her mother, Judy Rose’s, first diagnosis, at age 27.

“Right now, I’m three years away,” she said.

Judy had one breast removed in her 20s, but waited until she was 47 to remove the other one, which Rose’s father had called a ticking time bomb.

“That’s when they found she had a stage three tumor in her breast,” Rose said. “And that’s why for me, I’m not going to wait.”

She plans to have reconstructive surgery, but said the procedure has complications and there is no guarantee that she will regain her pageantapproved bust.

Preventive surgery is a “very reasonable” choice for someone with Rose’s family history and a genetic predisposition, said Patricia Greenberg, Director of Cancer Prevention at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center in Los Angeles.

“I’ve seen young women have it done, and they have great peace of mind,” she said, adding that the alternative is repeated mammograms and physical exams, which detect but do not prevent cancer from developing.

The number of women opting for preventive mastec-

tomies increased 10-fold between 1998 and 2007, as genetic testing and reconstructive surgery options improved, according to a 2010 study published last year in Annals of Surgical Oncology.

Art McMaster, CEO of the Miss America Organization, called Rose an “incredible example” of strength and courage.

The Newburg, Md. native said she has received letters from supporters all over the country, including from fellow “previvors” who say they have been inspired to undergo their own preventive surgeries. The Wynn sports book gives her 25 to 1 odds of winning the Miss America crown, making her a moderate favorite.

But her decision is drawing criticism as well as praise in the staged-managed world of pageants, where contestants regularly go under the knife for a very different reason.

She also receives hate mail from beauty circuit die-hards who write to insist that she continue filling out her bikini.

“You have people who say, ‘Don’t have the surgery. This is mutilating your body. You don’t have cancer.’ They want to pick apart every little thing,” she said. Some have even accused her of faking to make herself a more media-friendly candidate.

This kind of pre-emptive surgery has divided the medical community as well. For someone in her early 20s to have the procedure is “very unusual,” said Todd Tuttle, chief of surgical oncology at the University of Minnesota.

Sandra Swain, medical director of Washington Cancer Institute in Washington, DC, fears that women who have lost family members to breast cancer could take Rose’s example too literally.

Presidents agree: Wind down war WASHINGTON (AP) — Uneasy allies, President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai demonstrated Friday they could agree on one big idea: After 11 years of war, the time is right for U.S. forces to let Afghans do their own fighting. U.S. and coalition forces will take a battlefield back seat by spring and, by implication, go home in larger numbers soon thereafter.

“It will be a historic moment,” Obama declared.

In a White House meeting billed as a chance to take stock of a war that now ranks as America’s longest, Obama and Karzai agreed to accelerate their timetable for putting the Afghanistan army in the lead combat role nationwide. It will

happen this spring instead of summer — a shift that looks small but looms larger in the debate over how quickly to bring U.S. troops home and whether some should stay after combat ends in 2014.

The two leaders also agreed that the Afghan government would be given full control of detention centers and detainees. They did not reach agreement on an equally sticky issue: whether any U.S. troops remaining after 2014 would be granted immunity from prosecution under Afghan law. Immunity is a U.S. demand that the Afghans have resisted, saying they want assurances on other things — like authority over detainees — first.

At a joint news conference with Karzai in the White House East Room, Obama said he was not yet ready to decide the pace of U.S. troop withdrawals between now and December 2014. That is the target date set by NATO and the Afghan government for the international combat mission to end. There are now 66,000 U.S. troops there.

Obama’s message was clear: The Afghans must now show they are capable of standing on their own.

“By the end of next year, 2014, the transition will be complete — Afghans will have full responsibility for their security, and this war will come to a responsible end,” he said, noting that more than 2,000

Americans have died since the war began in October 2001.

The Afghan army and police now have 352,000 in training or on duty, although that number is viewed by many as unsustainable because the government is almost entirely reliant on international aid to pay the bills.

Some private security analysts — and some in the Pentagon — worry that pulling out to quickly will leave Afghanistan vulnerable to collapse. In a worst-case scenario, that could allow the Taliban to regain power and revert to the role they played in the years before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks as protectors of al-Qaida terrorists bent on striking the U.S.

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This Evening • Lumber Company Baseball hosts fundraising bingo to support the children on the teams. Doors open at 4 p.m. and games begin at 7 p.m. at Sunset Bingo, 1710 W. High St., Piqua. $20 to play all night. For information, call (937) 543-9959.

• Shelby County Deer Hunters holds its monthly Saturday Night Trap Shoot at 7988 Johnston-Slagle Road beginning at 6:30 p.m., 10 birds. Program starts at 8 p.m., 50 birds, long run, handicapped and Lewis class. Open to the public.

• The Sidney-Shelby County Chess Club “Checkmates” meets at 7 p.m. at the library at the Dorothy Love Retirement Community. All skill levels are welcome. For more information, call 497-7326.

• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Saturday Night Live, meets at 8 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 120 W. Water St.

Sunday Afternoon • The Catholic Adult Singles Club meets for bowling and supper in Coldwater. For information, call (419) 678-8691.

Sunday Evening • Lumber Company Baseball hosts fundraising bingo to support the children on the teams. Doors open at 4 p.m. and games begin at 7 p.m. at Sunset Bingo, 1710 W. High St., Piqua. $20 to play all night. For information, call (937) 543-9959.

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

Monday Afternoon • Sidney Rotary Club meets at noon at the Sidney Moose Lodge. For more information on activities or becoming a member, contact Deb Barga at 492-3167.

Monday Evening • Shelby County Girl Scout Leaders Service Unit 37 meets at 6:30 p.m. at the VFW. • The Narcotics Anonymous group, Vision of Hope, group meets at 7 p.m. at Russell Road Church, 340 W. Russell Road.

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

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

• The American Legion Auxiliary meets at 7 p.m. at the Post Home on Fourth Avenue.

• Shelby County Woodcarvers meets at 7 p.m. at the Senior Center of Sidney-Shelby County. Beginners to master carvers are welcome.

Tuesday Morning • The Francis J. Stallo Memorial Library in Minster offers storytime for children 3-5 from 10:30 to 11 a.m.

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

Tuesday Evening • Head, Neck and Oral Cancer Support Group for patients and caregivers meets at St. Rita’s Regional Cancer Center in the Garden Conference Room from 5 to 6:30 p.m. For more information, call (419) 227-3361.

• The Highly Recommended Book Club meets at the Francis J. Stallo Library in Minster at 6:15 p.m.

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

• The Shelby County Genealogical Society meets at 7 p.m,. in the First Church of God on Campbell Road. The program will be share and show. The public is welcome. Use the rear door.

To access the Community Calendar online, visit www.sidneydailynews.com, click on “Living” and then on “Calendar.”

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Almost like flying Eli Burnside, 17, of Sidney, catches some air as he checks out the new Piqua Skateboard Park on Wednesday. Burnside, along with Shane Grubb, also of Sidney, and Cody Mills, of Piqua, took advantage of the warming trend to make their first visit to Piqua’s newest recreational facility.

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Dr. Randy Overbeck was the featured speaker at a recent meeting of the Sidney Kiwanis Club.

Overbeck is an awardwinning educator, author and speaker. He is the author of the thriller, “Leave No Child Behind.” He has won several state and national educational honors including the National Teacher-Leader Award from the Reading Recovery Council of North America.

Overbeck is a veteran educator who has devoted more than three decades to the service of children as a teacher, college professor and administrator. Early in his career, he was a teacher for three years at Russia Local Schools. Club member Bob Guillozet was one of his former students.

Overbeck asked the club, “Where have all the real heroes gone?” It is not necessarily sports figures, elected officials or the so called “beautiful people,” like Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian who are heroes, he said. He put forth the idea that teachers are the real American heroes. A teacher is a hero who believes in the worth of every single individual.

He went on to describe three individuals promote these who ideals. Shannon Wright thought the best of her kids whether they deserved it or not. Then there was the teacher whose actions define generosity and devotion to her students: Jane Smith donated one of her kidneys to a student whose kidneys were failing.

Finally, Jencie Fagan, a physical education teacher in Colorado, saved her students with a hug.

Overbeck’s book is a fictional story of the first terrorist to be executed in the United States. The

plot takes place in the small, rust-belt town of Hammerville, Ohio.

President Phil Warnecke called the meeting to order. The invocation was given by Ken Smith and the group was lead in song by Don Tangeman and Ralph Bornhorst. The Fun and Games activity was led

by John Coffield. Ed Ball and Cindy Helman teamed up to compete in a game of Superfection.

Sarah Abbott was introduced as the Teen of the Month by Bill Zimmerman. She is a senior at Sidney Christian Academy. Also in attendance were her parents, Steve and Doris Abbott, and the school’s superintendent, Mary Smith.

She was presented with a plaque and a check for $100.

Rick Lunsford, Youth Services Committee cochairman, reported that donations were made to Big Brothers and Big Sisters in the amount of $125 and $150 was donated to a Botkins High School student in order to attend the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Program. A donation of $250 to sponsor a table at the New Choices charity auction was also approved.

It was announced that this year’s spaghetti dinner will be Jan. 19 prior to the Sidney High High School/Lehman School basketball game.

Tom Kinninger asked that all members sell all of their tickets.

Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time. The Sidney Kiwanis meets at noon every Wednesday at the Sidney Moose Lodge. This club is always looking for new members who want to serve their community. For information, call 710-4944 or visit www.shelbysites.com/pa ges/kiwanis.asp.

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Free prom dresses available in Dayton March 16 DAYTON — Clothes That Work, in partnership with the Dayton Chapter of The Links Inc., presents the fifth annual Fairy Godmother Project on March 16 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Clothes That Work, located in the Job Center, 1133 S. Edwin C. Moses Blvd.

The Fairy Godmother Project is directed at prom-going high school girls who are in need of a prom dress and originated with support from Disney On Ice in an effort to allow every girl to feel like a princess on her prom day.

More than 500 girls are expected to attend the distribution event on March 16, where there will be sorted and stocked prom gowns of all sizes in a department store-like setting. The girls will be able to try on as many dresses as they like until they find the perfect dress and coordinating accessories. All dresses and accessories are given to the girls at no cost.

Girls wishing to participate may register the day of the event, beginning at 10 a.m., at the Clothes That Work office in the Job Center. Advance registration is not required.

Currently, Clothes That Work is accepting dress and accessory donations for the Fairy Godmother Project. Dress and accessory donations may be made to Clothes That Work during regular donation times, or at any of these local businesses: Oakwood Florist, 2313 Far Hills Ave., Dayton: Donations accepted Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m.

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The Envelope, Inc., 6131 Far Hills Ave. Dayton: Tuesday - Thursday

10 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. through Feb. 28.

National Security Bank, 720 Gander Road, Springboro: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Wednesday 9 a.m. - Noon Feb. 1 through March 1.

Security National Bank, 161 E. Main St. Xenia: Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Feb. 1 through March 1.

National Security Bank, 40 S. Limestone St., Springfield: Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

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Lewisburg United Methodist Church, 3147 U.S. Route 40 E., Lewisburg: Monday - Wednesday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Thursday 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Sunday 9 - 11 a.m. through March 1.

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In advance of the dress distribution, the Dayton chapter of The Links Inc. conducts an online essay contest with top finishers winning additional prom goods, such as limousine transportation, dinners, hair and nail services, tuxedo rental for their

dates, corsages and boutonnieres and more.

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The Links Inc. is an international, not-for-profit corporation, established in 1946. The membership comprises 12,000 professional women of color in 270 chapters located in 42 states, the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. It is one of the oldest and nation’s largest volunteer service organizations of extraordinary women who are committed to enriching, sustaining and ensuring the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry.

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THE NEW Carlisle Area Community Chorus will perform in a free public concert at Dorothy Love Retirement Community Jan. 19 at 7 p.m.

Chorus to perform at Dorothy Love Dorothy Love Retirement Community will present the The New Carlisle Area Community Chorus in concert Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. in the Amos Community Center on the Dorothy Love campus.

The concert will feature selections from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.

It is free and open to the public.

The New Carlisle Area Community Chorus originated in May 1985 for the purpose of providing a recreational outlet for members of the community who enjoyed singing. Performances by the chorus have offered cultural refinement, entertainment, and social enhancement to those who live in the greater New Carlisle area.

The chorus has performed extensively throughout southwest Ohio. The chorus performed in Springfield, at the celebrated Ameriflora at the Franklin Park Conservatory in

Columbus, the Ohio State Fair, Springfield Summer Arts Festival, New Carlisle’s summer Chautauqua Arts Series, Clifton Opera House, Tipp City Street Festival, a Dayton Dragons game, the New Carlisle Heritage Festival, the Wright Patterson Air Force Base holiday party at the Officer’s Club, and continues its tradition of providing entertainment to area nursing and retirement homes.

The chorus had the honor of performing at the Nutter Center in Dayton various times.

One time they provided choral back-up to the r e n o w n e d entertainer/singer, Andy Williams, at a benefit concert for the Wright Brothers Foundation.

Another time, they were a featured group in the Star Spangled Salute to the Troops and Families of Desert Storm, with the headliner, Lee Greenwood. They also sang to more than 7,000 members of the Interna-

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Baby food: It’s not just for babies anymore ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Baby food used to have an image as stable — and bland — as a jar of strained peas. And its target market was limited to, well‌ babies.

No more.

Old-school glass jars of applesauce are still around, but these days they share shelf space in the baby food aisle with curious (and often organic) combinations like zucchini, banana and amaranth (it’s a grain) packed in brightly colored pouches intended to be squished and slurped by consumers with little — and not so little — hands. “What we try to do is engage them, stimulate all of their senses,â€? says Paul Lindley, founder of Ella’s Kitchen baby food, a pioneer in the use of pouch-style packaging. “Not just their taste sense, not just putting a spoon in their mouth or a pouch into their mouth ‌ but to try to stimulate all their other senses.â€?

Welcome to the world of premium baby foods, part of a $1.5 billion in-

dustry that’s no longer just about babies. Babies don’t generally care much about food packaging. But toddlers, older children and convenience-driven parents do.

Pouches have allowed baby food makers to broaden the appeal of their products beyond the traditional baby food years. Maureen Putman, chief marketing officer for the Hain Celestial Group, maker of organic brand Earth’s Best, says pouches have helped fuel 11 percent growth at Earth’s Best even as the U.S. birth rate declines. “It’s allowing us to age up. Where moms may have stopped baby food at 9 to 12 months, the pouches have really helped extend the shelf life of baby food,� she says. “We see growth for a long time to come.�

Parents like Lindsey Carl, of Clarksville, Tenn., make the case, saying pouches are a less messy way to feed her 22-month-old daughter and 10-month-old son simultaneously. “They don’t require a spoon,

which makes on-the-go easy,� she says. “You don’t have to worry about bringing a spoon: ‘Where do I wash the spoon? Where do I put the spoon?’�

And the premium baby food world is an increasingly crowded one, with other major players including Plum Organics, Sprout, the organic baby food company founded by Food Network star Tyler Florence, and even long established baby food maker Gerber. “We’re excited about pouches and we’re the No. 1 in the segment and we want to continue to grow it,� said Aileen Stocks, Gerber’s head of integrated marketing.

Obviously, the premium trend also is about what’s in the pouches.

And increasingly it’s organic. While organic accounts for only about 4 percent of total U.S. food

sales, organic baby food represents a more impressive 21 percent of that category, says Putman.

Gerber, with more than half the market, also is No. 1 in pouch sales, with about a 30 percent share, Stocks said. She said while organic pouches are driving growth in premium products, Gerber’s product line runs from infants to preschool and they are focusing on growth and innovation in all the segments. “Pouches obviously, it’s an exciting story because you’re seeing a lot of it in the aisles right now,� she said. “But it’s really just one part of the whole story as far as the child’s nutrition.�

Putman says the popularity of organics is a sign that parents are concerned about what they’re feeding their babies.

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The group has traveled to Williamsburg, Va., to present a musical concert at the historic Bruton Parish Church, and has presented concerts in Nashville, Tenn., at the Church Street Station, Opryland Park, and the Hermitage, home of Andrew Jackson.

The chorus was the featured attraction at the Oglebay Resort summer series in Wheeling, W.V. The musical repertoire of the New Carlisle Area Community Chorus includes an assortment of choral styles from Broadway, patriotic, popular, and classic to sacred music. The chorus has approximately 35 voices from four counties and is directed by Becky Funderburg, while accompanied by Beth Funderburg on the piano.

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BY PATRICIA ANN SPEELMAN pspeelman@sdnccg.com Keeping a new business alive for its first year is no easy feat, but Mark Rigney, of Anna, owner of MTCS Screen Printing in Sidney has marked his one-year anniversary this month.

The firm, at 126 W. North St., designs and screen prints or embroiders T-shirts, sweatshirts and jackets, and creates other promotional items, including mugs, banners and pins, for the corporate and school markets.

“We make images, custom designs,” Rigney said recently. “(The business) is growing steadily.

The biggest thing we’re pushing is customer service. One thing I learned a long time ago is customers don’t like surprises. Ninety-eight percent of our orders in the first year were delivered on time or early.”

Rigney, 54, decided to open MTCS when he found himself unemployed after 21 years as an art director with an area jacket manufacturer.

“I started into the jobhunting process and found that 54 is not a good age to be looking for a job and I found that loyalty is not a good thing in the business world anymore,” he said.

“So I did some research, saw a need in the area, and decided to try to fill it.”

He, his wife, Tammy,

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MARK RIGNEY, of Anna, produces a Fairlawn Jets silk-screened image Tuesday on a T-shirt at his store, MTCS Screen Printing, located at 126 W. North St. and their son, Donald, are the company’s employees.

“We lost our daughter, who was our helper,” Rigney said. Tonya Repouille, married to a military man, moved not long ago to Las Vegas when her husband was transferred there.

Rigney admitted that after one year, the business has not yet turned a profit. But he’s not worried about that.

“Everything I’ve researched says three to five years to be profitable,” he said. “Customer service is our main push. We can do one shirt or 1,000 shirts. The most unusual thing we’ve done so far is floor mats for a custom car. We’re competitive price-wise, and I think our designs and finished products are unparalleled.”

He does all the designs in-house, so everything is original and he has set goals for 2013: “We’d like to have a library of designs, especially for schools and tourism for Shelby County and Sidney items. There’s the Applefest, the Mayfest, the farmers’ market, people who have ties here but have moved away, a bike tour coming through town this year. We’d like to have items available for retail sale and transfers while you wait,” he said.

He would like for retail customers to be able to come into the shop, choose a shirt or jacket, choose a design, and be able to take the finished garment with them as a souvenir when they leave.

Rigney said he feels

extremely comfortable with the design/production side of the business, thanks to his past experience. The biggest challenge has been “wearing all the different hats” that are necessary for a small-business owner to wear.

“You’re taking out trash one day and making a big decision the next,” he said. “I’ve been (doing design) since 1988. My contacts in the decoration business (are vast). If someone wants something unusual, I can find someone to help me figure out how to do it,” he noted.

MTCS Screen Printing is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and by appointment on Saturday.

Rigney can be reached at 710-4157. The website is mtcsscreenprint.com.

Versailles Firm adds technology designer MINSTER — Delphos native Dan a BICSI (Building Industry Consulting S&L gets Miller recently joined Garmann/Miller Services International) RCDD (Regis& Associates in Minster tered Communications Distribution Detechnology designer. signer) certification. He is a member of high rating as aMiller received an the Lima Regional Information Techassociate degree in business management from Lima Technical College and graduated from Delphos Jefferson High School.

He has A+ and CTP (Convergence TechnoloMiller gies Professional) certifications and is working toward obtaining

nology Alliance and BICSI. Garmann/Miller & Associates is a full-service architectural and engineering firm established in 1993. The staff of 38 professionals includes architects, plumbing/mechanical/electrical engineers, interior designers, landscape architects, technology designers, construction administrators and support staff.

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STOCK MARKET Listed are Friday’s stock market prices at closing for firms in the Sidney-Shelby County area traded on the major markets.

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE This Chng.

Week -0.03 Alcoa Inc...............8.94 (PF of Alcoa Building Products, Stolle Machinery) +0.15 Appld Ind. Tech..42.60 -0.53 BP PLC ADR......44.48 -0.49 Citigroup ............42.34 -0.10 Emerson Elec. ....55.04 (PF of Copeland Corp.

Division) +0.03 Griffon Corp. ......11.85 (PF of Clopay Corp.) +0.18 H&R Block Inc...19.98 00 Honda Motor .....38.17 -0.20 Ill. Toolworks .....62.56 (Parent company of Peerless) JC Penney Co.....18.26 -0.89 (Store in Piqua) -0.01 JP Morgan Chase46.14 (Former Bank One, Sidney) Kroger Co. ..........25.70 +0.15 (PF of Kroger) -0.08 Meritor .................5.10

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE This Chng.

Week Lear Corp ...........48.01 +0.01 (PF of C.H. Masland) +0.33 McDonalds Corp.91.73 +0.12 Radio Shack .........2.22 -1.08 Sherwin-Wllms 161.28 Sprint ...................5.92 -0.02 Thor Industries..41.21 +0.35 (PF of Airstream Inc.) -0.20 Time Warner Inc.49.61 (PF of Time Warner Cable) -0.14 U.S. Bancorp ......33.50 (Former Star Bank of Sidney) +0.53 Walgreen Co.......39.10 Walmart Stores .68.63 +0.27 Wendy’s Int. Inc. ..4.82 +0.02 +0.62 YUM! Brands.....66.87 (PF of Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut) OVER THE COUNTER -0.01 Bob Evans ..........43.35 -0.23 Fifth Third ........15.47 Peoples Bank .....10.50 00

A - Refers to Affiliated With PF - Refers to Parent Firm Closing Dow Jones Industrial Averages: This Week: 13,488.43 Change: +17.21 (Quotes courtesy of the Sidney offices of Edward Jones, Erroll Broud, Vance Stewart, Danielle Gilroy-Sielschott, DiAnne Karas and Andrew Stewart, registered investment advisers.)

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Alcohol will remove stains from clothing.

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VERSAILLES — Bauer Financial Inc., the nation’s leading bank rating and research firm, has recognized the Versailles Savings and Loan Co. with its highest five-star rating.

To earn this rating, an institution has to have excelled in areas of capital, asset quality, profitability and much more.

Versailles Savings and Loan has achieved this highest rating for the past 98 quarters, which qualified it for the even more elite group of “Sustained Superiority Banks.” Reportedly, only 1 percent of the nation’s banks can claim this distinction.

Karen L. Dorway, president of the rating firm, has a rare vantage point, having monitored the industry for more than two decades.

“It isn’t surprising to those of us who watch the industry that ‘plain vanilla’ banks, those who didn’t get into risky investments or lending, are the banks that are still standing strong today.

Versailles Savings & Loan Co. has stayed true to its purpose of serving its community in a prudent and responsible manner.”

Established in 1887, Versailles Savings and Loan has been serving the banking needs of its local communities for 125 years. It operates through a branch office on East Main Street in Versailles and can be found on the Internet at www.versaillessavingsbank.com.

MARYSVILLE — Honda of America Mfg. Inc. has announced it will invest $23 million and hire approximately 50 new associates at its Marysville auto plant to add production of the new two-motor Accord Hybrid Sedan, scheduled to go on sale nationwide this fall.

In another step toward bringing hybrid production to the U.S., this will be the third hybrid model built by Honda in America and the first in Ohio. Honda Manufacturing of Indiana LLC in Greensburg, Ind., was the first Honda plant in North America to build a hybrid vehicle, and currently produces both the Civic Hybrid and Acura ILX Hybrid models.

The Marysville Auto Plant is undergoing an expansion of 95,000-square-feet to house assembly processes and logistics specifically for production of the Accord Hybrid. The project includes lengthening the main assembly line to accommodate the unique hybrid production processes, and adding space for related parts receiving and sub-assembly operations.

The project also will increase overall efficiency of the plant’s parts logistics operations.

“With more than 30 years of continuously building eight generations of the Honda Accord close to our customers, our team now is using its experience and flexibility to add this sophisticated Accord Hybrid model,” said Jeff Tomko, plant manager of the Marysville Auto Plant. “At the same time, we are continuing with our commitment to manufacture new models in Ohio, along with the resulting growth in jobs.”

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Adams, Buchy sworn in as state reps COLUMBUS — State Reps. John Adams, R-Sidney, and Jim Buchy, R-Greenville, recently were sworn in as members of the Ohio House of Representatives for the 130th General Assembly.

Adams represents the 85th Ohio House District, which includes Champaign County and parts of Logan and Shelby counties.

“As I enter this my final term, I will continually implement the policies that will help the state complete, for the good paying jobs that Ohio families desire,” Adams said.

Buchy represents the 84th Ohio House District, which includes Mercer County and portions of Auglaize, Darke and Shelby counties.

“I am proud to be a member of the 130th General Assembly,” Buchy said. “The people of the 84th House District are concerned about job opportunities in our rural communities, and that will be a focus of our work in the next two years.”

Adams grew up in Celina and served with the Navy SEALs following his graduation from Celina Senior High School. He is owner of Francis Furniture of Celina, which he purchased in 1997. He attended Mesa Community College in San Diego and Edison State Community College.

He and his wife, Tara, have seven children and reside in Sidney.

Buchy previously served in the Ohio House from 1983 to 2000 and was appointed to the 77th District seat in January 2011. He is the former president and chief executive officer of Buchy Food Service in Greenville, and served as the assistant director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture. He also was the policy director at the National Federation of Independent STATE REPRESENTATIVES are sworn in recently, Business.

Buchy served on the Greenville Board of Educa- including those from this area, Jim Buchy (left) and John Adams (second from right). Also shown are tion and is an alumnus of Wittenberg University.

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Leach completes training

credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Leach is the son of Alice Leach of Chestnut Avenue and is a 2011 Air Force Airman graduate of Sidney High Justin M. Leach gradu- School. ated from basic mili t a r y training at Lackland Air F o r c e Base, San Antonio, Texas.

NEW BREMEN — T h e Leach Navy Fireman Recruit airman Zachary R. Linniman, son completed an intensive, of June L. and Timothy R. eight-week program that Linniman, of New Breincluded training in mil- men, recently completed itary discipline and stud- U.S. Navy basic training ies, Air Force core at Recruit Training Comvalues, physical fitness, mand, Great Lakes, Ill. and basic warfare princiDuring the eight-week ples and skills. program, Linniman comAirmen who complete pleted a variety of trainbasic training earn four ing which included

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classroom study and practical instruction on naval customs, first aid, firefighting, water safety and survival, and shipboard and aircraft safety.

An emphasis was also placed on physical fitness.

The capstone event of boot camp is “Battle Stations.” This exercise gives recruits the skills and confidence they need to succeed in the fleet. “Battle Stations” is designed to galvanize the basic warrior attributes of sacrifice, dedication, teamwork and endurance in each recruit through the practical application of basic Navy skills and the core values of honor, courage and commitIts distinctly ment.

“Navy” flavor was designed to take into account what it means to be a sailor.

Linniman is a 2012 graduate of New Bremen High School.

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BY FRANCIS DRAKE What kind of day will tomorrow be? To find out what the stars say, read the forecast given for your birth sign.

For Monday, Jan. 14, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Don’t worry if you spend today daydreaming. We all need a mentalhealth day now and then, and let’s just call this one yours. (Mondays are never easy.)

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Be careful with groups today, because you might agree to something — or worse yet, volunteer for something — and later regret it. Do not overextend yourself to others.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) When talking to authority figures today (bosses, parents, teachers and the police), remain realistic. Don’t exaggerate. Don’t try to impress. And don’t volunteer for anything!

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Your plans for travel or for something to do with publishing and higher education might be excessive today. If you suspect that they are, they are.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Don’t give away the farm today.

Even though you’re sympathetic to the needs of others or you feel kindly to someone if you have to divide something, keep a healthy self-interest!

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Discussions with others are fun and upbeat today. It’s a very enjoyable day of schmoozing. However, it’s easy to exaggerate or go overboard. Be cool.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Be realistic about the demands you make on others at work today or the

demands you agree to for yourself. It’s easy to bite off more than you can chew.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Who would believe it’s Monday?

You would far rather be partying your face off! If you’re in charge of a social situation, especially ordering supplies or food, be careful not to order too much.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Don’t exaggerate with family members today, and don’t promise more than you can deliver. This is a fun-loving day, and people are inclined to stretch things to please others.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Be realistic about what you can accomplish today. You might, in fact, cut your list in half — seriously. Everyone is overly ambitious today.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) When making business deals today, if something looks too good to be true, it probably is. However, on the whole, this is a good day for business and commerce.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) You will tend to be extravagant today. In fact, in all matters that are financially related, your judgment might be a bit off. Be aware of this.

Forewarned is forearmed!

YOU BORN TODAY You have a wide variety of interests, talents and abilities. However, you never hesitate to follow what you believe is the right course for you. At times, danger seems to intrigue you. (You certainly like excitement.) Once your mind is made up, you are intractable. You are always courageous. In the year ahead, an important choice will arise. Choose wisely.

Birthdate of: Ben Heppner, tenor; Faye Dunaway, actress; Steven Soderbergh, director.

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Youth and alcohol are not good mix DR. WALdon’t wholly disLACE: A whole agree with you. lot of countries There are many around the people over the world allow age of 21 who teens to drink are not mature when they are enough to han18, and some of dle the responsithem don’t even bilities that go have a minimum with ’Tween along drinking age. I 12 & 20 drinking alcohol. don’t see why in And, on the Dr. Robert the U.S. we have other hand, Wallace to wait till our there are many 21st birthday to young people legally enjoy a nice cold under the age of 21 who brew on a hot summer would be quite capable of day. The people who drinking responsibly. It’s make these laws must interesting to note that think 20-year-olds will those young people exsuddenly be mature at hibit their maturity by the stroke of midnight on obeying the law and they their 21st birthday. I don’t drink until they are know many young people 21. In spite of your objecwho are capable of mak- tions, I still support the ing responsible decisions 21-year-old minimum about drinking at age 18 drinking age, primarily to 19, and I’m one of because of sheer youthful them. exuberance. Intensifying There are older people this exuberance with inin their 40s, 50s and 60s toxicants is asking for who shouldn’t even be trouble. Youth and alcopermitted to consume al- hol are just not a good cohol because they lack mix. enough maturity to make good decisions about anyDR. WALLACE: thing — including drink- Whenever I see an old ing alcohol.

John Wayne or As it is, I’m a criminal Humphrey Bogart movie if I want to have a cold on television, I notice that beer and a hot dog when I many of the actors were go to see a Boston Red smoking in their roles on Sox baseball game. I the screen. It’s rare now know you won’t agree that an actor smokes in a with my point of view, but movie, and that’s good beI’d like to hear your com- cause teens see a lot of ments. —Red Sox Fan, movies, and I’d like to Salem, Mass. thank the moviemakers RED SOX FAN: I for keeping cigarettes off

the screen. Now, if they would only curb all the sex and violence, they would be doing all of us a huge favor! —Debbie, DeKalb, Ill. DEBBIE: It’s true that smoking, once in vogue, is steadily falling out of fashion. More and more, we are finding areas where smoking is prohibited, including restaurants, government buildings, stadiums and airports. The philosophy of days gone by was, “It’s a free country and I can smoke whenever and wherever I want.” It’s been replaced with, “Smoke wherever you want, as long as I don’t have to breathe your secondhand smoke! I doubt that the movie industry will be cutting back on sex and violence any time soon. Sex and violence sell, and the movie industry has a strong love of money.

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

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BY FRANCES DRAKE For Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) For the rest of the month, relations with authority figures will be very smooth. In fact, for some of you, they will be so smooth that a romantic liaison might begin.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) At some point this month, or early next month, by all means, try to travel somewhere for pleasure. Your appreciation of beauty is heightened, and you want to get away somewhere and have fun.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) The next three weeks are a good time to ask for loans or mortgages, because people are inclined to be generous to you. (They even will be generous to you in intimate situations.)

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Relations with partners and close friends will be very smooth for the rest of the month. That’s why this is the perfect time to mend broken fences and get cozy.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Very likely, you will enjoy your work in a more pleasurable way this month.

You will feel pampered or surrounded by a beautiful workplace. A work-related romance might begin.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) You really want to have a good time this month in an easygoing, pleasurable way. Romance, enjoyable social diversions, playful times with children and fun sports all will appeal.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) This is a perfect month to redecorate or to buy beautiful things for where you live. It’s even a good time to check out real-estate opportunities.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) For the remainder this month and into next month, look for opportunities to make money through writing, acting, teaching and talking. Relations with siblings are warm.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Trust your moneymaking ideas this month, because you might be onto something. Nevertheless, you are tempted to buy beautiful things, because they’re all around you!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) The next few weeks are the perfect time to buy wardrobe items for your sign. You feel good about yourself; you like what you see in the mirror.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Solitude in beautiful surroundings will delight you this month. You need to hide somewhere and just bask in the luxury of your own company.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Enjoy warm friendships with others this month. Possibly, a casual friend could become a romantic interest. Who knows?

YOU BORN TODAY Security matters to you, which is why prestige and status matter. (One assures the other.)

You constantly strive to improve your situation in life or to better yourself.

You have a regal pride that can be attractive. Socially, you often are the life the party — you’re certainly entertaining. In the year ahead, partnerships and close friendships will be your primary focus.

Birthdate of: Shonda Rhimes, screenwriter/producer; Orlando Bloom, actor; Julia Louis-Dreyfus, actress. (c) 2013 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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100 years Jan. 12, 1913 A barn belonging to Oliver Cargill at Jackson Center, was destroyed by Wednesday Thursday Today Tonight Sunday Monday Tuesday LOCAL OUTLOOK fire last evening in that community. The blaze was discovered about 8:30 and the building burned to the ground.

——— Partly Mostly Mostly Partly Mostly Partly Partly cloudy cloudy cloudy cloudy cloudy cloudy cloudy A reunion of the Purwith 72% with with with 63% High: 34° High: 34° High: 28° Above normal tempera- nell family was held at chance of 100% 100% chance of Low: 25° Low: 25° Low: 18° tures will continue through the home of S.B. Purnell scattered chance of chance of snow on Main avenue yesterThe today. showers showers showers High:32° day. The four brothers b e s t High: 59° Low:45° High: 43° Low: 27° chances were present in addition Low: 30° of rain will to other relatives. They c o m e included: W.J. Purnell, a tonight Chicago contractor; J.D. through Purnell, of Wilmer, Sunday Minn., traveling auditor Temperature Precipitation Sunrise/Sunset morning. on the Great Northern High Thursday.......................49 24 hours ending at 7 a.m...0.17 Saturday’s sunset ......5:32 p.m.

Railway; J.M. Purnell, of Low Thursday .......................25 Month to date.......................0.2 Sunday’s sunrise .......7:58 a.m.

Miamisburg, secretary Year to date..........................0.2 Sunday’s sunset.........5:33 p.m. and treasurer of the Miami Building and Source: The Sidney Wastewater Treatment Plant, official weather reporting station for Loan Association, and Shelby County, and the U.S. Naval Observatory. For current daytime conditions, low/high S.B. Purnell of this city. temperatures, go to AccuWeather.com.

The Purnells are most all of good size. They were weighed and the National forecast City/Region Forecast highs for Saturday, Jan. 12 four totaled 1,007.

Sunny Pt. Cloudy Cloudy High | Low temps Forecast for Saturday, Jan. 12 ——— Among the number MICH. from Sidney who atCleveland Toledo tended the inaugural 64° | 45° 61° | 45° ceremonies at Columbus Youngstown yesterday were: Mr. and 64° | 45° Mrs. Martin Quinlisk, Mansfield PA. Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. 59° | 46° Marshall, Mr. and Mrs. Val Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Steinkemper, Mr. Columbus Dayton Mrs. Jacob and 63° | 50° 61° | 48° Steinkemper, Charles L. Windle, R.J. Deweese, Fronts Pressure High Cold Warm Stationary Low Cincinnati Dr. M.F. Hussey, Walter 68° | 55° Pence, Walter Looker and Elmer Kiser.

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Can blow to head cause dementia?

DEAR DR. head should give ROACH: I have you cause for conhad several blows cern. to my head. I read I am consomewhere that cerned, however, this could cause about a subdural dementia. I am 72 hematoma (“subyears old and am dural” means concerned. Should “below the dura,” I be? — Anon.

To your the thick protecANSWER: I tive covering of good think what you the brain; may have read health “hematoma” just are studies showmeans “bruise”).

Dr. Keith ing that football These can come Roach players, who confrom a single, not stantly receive very hard necessarily powerful, blows to the head — blow in just the right spot which isn’t completely in a person in his 70s. It protected by a helmet — may quickly cause a conhave a high risk of devel- dition that looks like deoping changes to the mentia. If you have had a brain, called C.T.E., rapid change in memory chronic traumatic en- ability or sudden onset of cephalopathy. The same confusion, it’s not likely disease is found in boxers dementia, and should be and hockey players. checked out by your docWhile it’s unclear how tor or a neurologist. much damage is necesDEAR DR. ROACH: sary to cause this, I doubt Is there any truth in all that a few blows to the the advertisements for

penile enlargement that I see in just about all magazines? These formulas say “100 percent safe and natural with guaranteed results.” — R.S. ANSWER: No, not a shred of truth. At best, they are harmless placebo and at worst, dangerous.

However, somebody must be buying them, since I get what seems hundreds of emails about it. Don’t waste your money.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have an 11-year-old granddaughter who wets the bed. After she wets the bed, she sleeps all night being wet. How can she sleep all night? In the morning, everything is soaked.

The doctor says she will outgrow it; meanwhile, everything is wet.

She lives with my son, who is a single father, and I am sure she has emotional issues. What can

we do to help her? — S.W. ANSWER: Bedwetting is very common, and the incidence goes down with age. About 4 percent of 11-year-olds wet the bed, but only 2 percent of 13-year-olds do. It’s very important to recognize that the bedwetting isn’t the child’s fault, and that she should not be punished for the behavior.

Reducing fluid intake in the afternoon and evening, and voiding right before bed are important.

Motivational tools, such as a calendar where she gets a star for every dry night, have been found to be helpful in younger children (age 5-7), if the child is motivated to stop. Bed alarms and medications are other treatments to consider if the motivational techniques, fluid management and regular voiding don’t work after three to six months.

feel like a used rag.

You are still in high school, and that’s early to be thinking about marriage. I’m advising you to tell this boy the truth because if you don’t, there is a good chance that eventually he will hear it from someone else. If he drops you because of it, it will not be because you don’t deserve him, but because he doesn’t deserve you.

DEAR ABBY: I’m wondering if you can help me. I have been friendly with couples, and when an argument arises I have been caught in the middle. Sometimes I have felt forced to take sides.

Then what happened was, they wound up mending fences and repeating to the other what I said during their split.

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25 years Jan. 12, 1988 WASHINGTON (AP) – The federal budget deficit in the next fiscal year could balloon to $167 billion, $31 billion over the ceiling set by law, according to economic forecasts outlined in a published report today.

The Washington Post reported that it had obtained White House budget documents containing the private economic forecasts, as well as other fiscal 1989 budget figures from the Office of Management and Budget.

——— LOCKINGTON – The new chief of the Lockington Volunteer Fire Department is no stranger to the fire fighting business.

Steven Snider, 30, 75 Hardin Road, spent four years on the Fletcher Volunteer Fire Department before moving to the Lockington area eight years ago. Those eight years have been spent as a volunteer on the Lockington Fire Department.

Snider, who replaces former chief Barry Stewart, said he really does not know why he is a volunteer fireman but added, “It is a very rewarding experience.”

——— Sidney County Commissioners Monday elected Adolph “Sonny” Meyer as chairman for 1988.

Thomas Zimpfer was the previous chairman; William Leighty was elected vice chairman.

Jan. 12, 1963 The Anderson Building at 115 South Ohio avenue on the west side of the courthouse square again will house a household appliance store. Lease on the 21 by It has put me in an awk- 160 foot first floor room ward position when we’re has been taken by together. How should I handle this in the future?

— TORN IN DALLAS DEAR TORN: In the future, when your friends have a spat with a spouse or significant other and start to dump on you, politely decline to listen.

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Jan. 12, 1938 Many of the students of both Sidney High and Holy Angels high schools have indicated an interest in the annual essay contest sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary. The subject for the Americanism essay is “My Responsibility as A Citizen.” Mrs. William Ross and Mrs. Henry C. Lay are the committee in charge of the contest.

——— Mrs. H.A. Lindsey, deputy in the office of the Shelby County Probate Court, is confined to her home with injuries received when she fell from her car as she was attempting to leave it last evening. She suffered a severe gash on the head and a fractured wrist.

——— Miss Martha Pepper and Miss Ruth France have returned home from a 10-day stay in Bermuda. Enroute home they were guests in New York City with two former Sidney residents, Mrs. William R. Ferrell (Jane Cook) and Mrs. James A. Main (Rebecca Horr).

Tanger’s Appliance & Furniture Mart, Inc. of Bellefontaine, better known as Tanger’s.

The room was occupied for a number of years by Canter’s Appliance and carpet store before that firm moved to the North Dixie highway.

——— Signs designating the sex of the courthouse rest rooms have been put back in place.

The announcement brought to light certain confusion that has resulted from absence of the “men’s” and “ladies” markers. Latest incident of mistaken identity occurred Thursday when a prominent Sidneyite, in a hurry to reach the courthouse via basement, entered the wrong door.

The signs, it was recalled, were removed during sandblasting operations at the courthouse last December.

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Freshway foods of Sidney, Ohio, is currently seeking motivated candidates for the following high level positions:

Friday January 11th 2pm-4pm

Polysource 555 E. Statler Road Piqua, OH 45356

VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS SANITATION MANAGER

For immediate consideration email your resume to:

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tarnold@freshwayfoods.com

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PRESS BRAKE OPERATORS

Raymath Company, located in Troy, Ohio, is seeking Press Brake operators for an expanding 2nd and 3rd shifts. Must have relevant metal manufacturing experience. Competitive salary with benefits.

Apply in person or send resume to: HR 2323 W State Route 55 Troy, OH 45373 No phone calls please

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER

SALES POSITION • • •

Francis Furniture Sidney Location

Full Time 2 years Sales experi ence needed Resumes only

Mail to: 2230 W. Michigan St Sidney, Ohio 45365

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Norcold, Inc., recognized as the leader in refrigerator manufacturing for the RV, Marine and Truck markets, is currently accepting resumes for a Quality Engineer at our Gettysburg, Ohio facility.

This position plans and coordinates quality activities related to assuring current production quality, product and supplier development, and application and maintenance of quality standards for associated processes and materials.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor degree in a Technical or Scientific discipline, 5 yrs quality experience, experience with ISO9001 or TS16949 and internal auditing, and proficiency in Microsoft Office programs.

recruiter@norcold.com

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Treatment Director Specialized Alternatives for Families and Youth (SAFY) is a leading national nonprofit organization providing a full continuum of services for youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. We currently have an opening for a full time Treatment Director in our Sidney Division.

This position is responsible for the treatment and quality of care for all youth in place for a designated division. Duties include: Clinical oversight and supervision of professional staff; oversight with foster parent recruitment and retention; and assistance with expansion of services into southern Indiana.

Requirements include a master’s degree with a LISW/LPCC. Visit our website at www.safy.org for more information and to apply. EOE.

We’re starting off the year with multiple opportunities to join a world-class associatecentered organization and if you answered “yes” to the first two questions, we want to hear from you! Opportunities include, but are not limited to locations in Sidney, Anna and East Liberty. Many 2nd shift openings.

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Also seeking experienced: machinists, welders, yard truck drivers…

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All applications for all locations accepted M-F 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. EXTENDED HOURS until 7:00pm on Tues 1/15 & Wed 1/16 … 777 South Kuther Rd., Sidney Ohio E-Mail: career1@nkparts.com Fax: 937-492-8995

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Mechanical Engineering degree with 5 years experience designing custom machines. Ability to perform engineering calculations, including strength of materials is essential. Individual will be responsible for handling complete press projects so excellent communication skills are a must. Experience in screw press design and Solid Works is a big plus.

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$250 SIGN ON BONUS Experience the Joys and Rewards Of Being A Comfort Keeper !

At Comfort Keepers, we are creating exceptional career opportunities for individuals looking to do something special with their lives. We have day and evening caregiving positions available throughout the Miami Valley with a vital need for overnight shifts. To learn more, or to apply visit us at: www.ComfortKeepersMiamiValley.com

or call us at:

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COMFORT KEEPERS OFFERS:

$250 sign-on-bonus -First 30 caregivers hired from this ad.

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Each Office Independently Owned and Operated

CERTIFIED MEDICAL ASSISTANT Busy OBGYN office seeking part time possible full time position. Certified Medical Assistant with 1 year experience required, preferably OBGYN experience.

Please fax resume and references to: (937)339-7842

DENTAL ASSISTANT

If you have the hands of a surgeon, the memory of an elephant, and are able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, I have the position for you.

Must have radiograph license. Experience preferred.

Send resume to: Dr Van Treese 2627 N Broadway Ave Sidney OH 45365

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FT, PT & PRN STNAs for 2nd & 3rd shifts, PT for Laundry & Housekeeping.

Apply in person at: Covington Care Center 75 Mote Dr Covington, OH

DRAFTING person

to draw 2D aluminum railing projects. Also occasional trips to measure at jobsites or production work possible.

Computer experience required.

Associates degree or prior experience preferred.

Send resumes to Superior Aluminum Products, 555 E Main St., Russia OH 45363. No phone calls please. cfiessinger@superioraluminum.com.

(937)526-4065.

SECURITY PROVIDEDArmed security for your day/night bank drops. $25. Contact Jon at (937)492-9043

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DIESEL TECHNICIAN

Continental Express Inc., a full service transportation company that specializes in hauling refrigerated food products is currently seeking an experienced Diesel Technician for its Sidney terminal.

Will perform maintenance and repairs on semi trailers and refrigeration units. Duties will include preventative maintenance, inspections and repairs, brake and tire repairs, and other duties as assigned Candidates with prior knowledge and experience on refrigeration units helpful but not necessarily required. Must have own tools and be extremely dependable.

Competitive salary and benefit package.

Apply at: Continental Express Inc. 10450 St Rt 47 Sidney, OH 45365 Or email resume to: mgoubeaux@ceioh.com

DRIVERS WANTED JOHNSRUD TRANSPORT, a food grade liquid carrier is seeking Class A CDL tank drivers from the Sidney/Piqua/Troy area.

Home flexible weekends. 5 years driving experience required.

Will train for tank.

Great Pay and Benefit Package. For further info, call Jane @ 1-888-200-5067

OPERATIONS MANAGER

Continental Express Inc., a full service transportation company that specializes in hauling refrigerated food products is currently seeking an Assistant Operations Manager for its Sidney terminal.

We are seeking someone who is highly motivated and capable of leading others to ensure that daily objectives and customer expectations are met. This person will interact with both external customers as well as staff and other associates to understand their needs and concerns and provide support and solutions.

Ability to manage others and think strategically are key traits this person must have. Excellent communication, organization, and time management skills are also necessary. Prior experience in the transportation field helpful.

College degree preferred but not required.

We are a financially stable, privately owned company and offer a competitive salary and benefit package.

Apply at: Continental Express Inc. 10450 St Rt 47 Sidney, OH 45365 Or email resume to: mgoubeaux@ceioh.com

Team Drivers $6K Sign on Bonus. Start the NEW YEAR off RIGHT! $.54 split/$20.00 backhaul. Hogan. Class A CDL. Call Sandra 866-275-8840 sphillips@hogan1.com

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(937)638-1997.

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Call for showing.

(937)710-5075

2 BEDROOM, 72 North Brooklyn, Sidney, refrigerator, stove, CA, washer/dryer hook-up, $400 monthly, deposit, (937)394-7117.

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Very nice brick with all appliances and landscaping furnished. Only one left. $600, (937)498-9665.

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GUN Winchester model 37, 12 gauge shot gun. $250. (937)581-7177

KITTEN, 4 month old, playful healthy male, indoor home only, $20, refunded after proof of neuter, (937)492-7478 leave message

2005 FORD Explorer XLT, AWD, Tow Package, 17" alloy wheels, fully equipped, excellent condition. (937)492-8788.

WEIMARANER PUPPIES AKC, 14 weeks old, vet checked, tails, nails and have been wormed. First shots, ready for good homes. (1) Blue, (2) Silvers, (3) females, Parents on premises. $500.

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LEGAL NOTICE RESOLUTION WITH PETITION TO VACATE A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY IN PERRY TOWNSHIP, SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO The Perry Township Board of Trustees, Shelby County, Ohio has passed a resolution pursuant to Ohio Revised Code 5553.045 and filed the resolution with petition requesting the vacation of any remaining public right of way in Perry Township, Shelby County, Ohio described as follows: All that portion of the right of way that runs north and south between parcel numbers as follows: East and west Section between the following parcels 2107400.004 Briggs Land Investments LTD 2101300.001 Carl E. & Isabelle S. Bell in the southwest quarter of Section 1 and southeast quarter of Section 7, Town 1, Range 14 of Perry Township, Shelby County, Ohio that lies north of Thompson Road (TR 146); The Board of County Commissioners has adopted a resolution fixing the 7th day of February 2013 at l1:00 A.M. as the date and time of the VIEWING and the 14th day of February 2013 at 10:00 A.M. at the Shelby County Commissioners’ Office, 129 East Court Street, Sidney, Ohio 45365, as the time and place for the HEARING on the Petition.

THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO Julie Ehemann Robert Guillozet Anthony Bornhorst Jan. 12, 19 2356172

Dearest Lynn, We love you sweetie!

Keep that beautiful smile, always!

We love you, Mom & Dad

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I love you!

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5649 ST. RT. 235 BACK ON THE MARKET!! Contract fell through on this better than new ranch house located on 3+ acres. Privately located back a lane with several outbuildings and a pond. Don’t hesitate - call now.

Offered at $164,900.

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FIREWOOD, All hardwood, $150 per cord delivered or $120 you pick up, (937)726-2780.

BOSTON TERRIER, 3 male pups, utd on shots and worming, Ready January 13th, (937)693-2794 leave message

2005 CADILLAC CTS, silver, with black leather interior, 125,000 miles. fully loaded: navigation, DVD, leather, heated seats, dual climate control, Sirius radio and much more! Wood trim. She's a beauty - don't pass her up!! $9000 OBO. Please contact me if interested!

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2 CATS, male tabby's, free to good outside farm home. (937)658-1970

1999 TOYOTA Camery LE. Black, grey interior, 4door. 144,000 miles. Excellent condition. Reliable! $5000 firm.

(937)622-3941

COUNTRY HOME for sale, Fairlawn school district. 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths on 5 acres.

(937)726-1823

(Local/Regional) Call Jon Basye at: Piqua Transfer & Storage Co. (937)778-4535 or (800)278-0619

FERGUSON 20 loader with 2 buckets, custom front end snow plow, tractor chains, additional accessories, $3000. Call (937)492-6179.

QUILTING FRAME, Next Generation, partially assembled, large enough for king-size, can be made smaller, excellent condition, instructional dvd, $150, (937)418-4758

NICE COUNTRY home, outside Rosewood, 3 bedroom, need riding mower, no pets! $600, (937)206-1069.

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4 BEDROOM, quiet country setting, Hardin Houston Schools, $800 month + deposit, possible RTO, (937)638-0371.

$360 MONTH! Small 2 bedroom half double, yard, references required.

(937)498-1392.

FRAMED LITHOGRAPH, 1950's print of Fredrick Remington's "The Smoke Signal," 24"x36" in antique frame, beautiful piece of art! $325, (937)214-2843 local.

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3 BEDROOM duplex, 2 baths, garage, all appliances including washer/ dryer. 2433 Apache Drive. $695, deposit. NO PETS, (937)726-0512

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NORTHTOWN APARTMENTS. 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. townhouse Good condition, $445 monthly/1 year lease, $455 monthly/ 6 month lease, No Pets!

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REPLAY 50 years ago Jan. 12, 1963 New Bremen had four double figure scorers in chalking its third win in five league starts, 92-37 over Cridersville.

Headed by Jim Fark and Mark Froning with 21 points apiece, the Cardinals were also helped by Max Fledderjohann and Larry Busse who bagged 15 and 11, in the order mentioned.

25 years ago Jan. 12, 1988 Fairlawn upped its record to an even 5-5 with a non-conference 53-48 win over Triad in high school girls basketball action. The Lady Jets had to battle from behind as Triad assumed a 25-16 lead at the half. Channon Gross, who was taken to the hospital after hitting her head, finished with 18 points and Beth Huelskamp added 16. Gross is reported to be fine today, according to head coach Angie Tyler.

CALENDAR High school sports TODAY, TONIGHT Wrestling Lehman at Tri-County North Invitational Swimming/diving Minster, New Bremen at Wapakoneta/Celina Invitational Fairmont at Sidney Girls basketball Christian Academy at Xenia Christian Russia at Minster Lehman at Versailles St. Marys at New Bremen Fort Loramie at Houston Jackson Center at Botkins Boys basketball Stivers at Sidney Lehman at Lima Temple Christian Academy at Xenia Christian Russia at Springfield Catholic New Knoxville at Jackson Center Ansonia at Riverside Fort Loramie at Minster Mississinawa at Versailles New Bremen at Covington Bradford at Houston Botkins at Parkway Anna at St. Henry —— MONDAY Girls basketball Fairlawn at Anna Botkins at Bellefontaine

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “It was a big mess and tore up a lot of cars down here trying to work on their stuff. Definitely the drafting is not like it used to be.”

— Dale Earnhardt Jr., after starting a 12-car accident during testing at Daytona Friday.

ON THIS DATE IN 1958 — Dolph Schayes of the Syracuse Nationals sets an NBA record for career points in a 135-109 victory over the Detroit Pistons. Schayes scores 23 points to bring his career mark to 11,770, breaking the record of 11,764 held by George Mikan.

1958 — The NCAA rules committee makes the first change in football scoring rules since 1912 by adding the twopoint conversion.

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Anna upsets Fairlawn The Anna Rockets continued their impressive rebound from early-season woes, stunning the Fairlawn Jets and knocking them out of first place in the County boys basketball standings with a 70-60 verdict Friday at Fairlawn.

The Jets came in 9-2 and owned a victory over Anna this season. But the Rockets won for the fourth time in a row and are now 4-8 heading into a game tonight at No. 1ranked St. Henry.

The Jets fall to 4-2 in the County and a game behind Jackson Center, which survived Houston’s upset bid 4139.

The Rockets led 16-11 after a quarter, scoring the last four points of the period after a Fairlawn rally.

It happened again in the second period, the Rockets stretching the lead to nine.

But Fairlawn’s Brad Caudill hit back-to-back threes, and the second knotted the game at 25-25 with three minutes left in the half.

But from that point, the Rockets took over, scoring nine of the last 11 points of the half to lead 34-27, the final bucket coming on a follow by Brad Boyd with time running out.

Then in the third quarter, Chandon Williams got hot from long range and his second three-pointer of the period gave the Rockets a 42-27 bulge just three minutes into the second half.

Anna again had an answer in the third quarter after Fairlawn standout Anthony Gillem got hot from long range.

He hit two threes in a row to pull the Jets to within 44-36,

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FAIRLAWN’S JESSIE Hughes (left) chases down Anna’s airborne Carter Bensman in County boys basketball action at Fairlawn Friday night. but Carter Bensman answered with a triple, then after a Gillem miss, Chandon Williams hit from long range to pump the lead back to 50-36.

The Rockets led 52-38 after three.

Anna opened up a lead of as big as 17 points at 57-40 early in the final period, but it was no surprise the Jets made another run.

They actually cut the lead down to 62-60 at one point late in the game but a huge drive and bucket by Williams pushed the lead back to four, and when the Jets couldn’t

answer, they had to foul.

The Rockets kept the ball in the hands of Carter Bensman, and he was a perfect 6for-6 in the final minute of the game from the free throw line to nail down Anna’s fourth straight.

“They came out with a lot of intensity and we didn’t,” said Fairlawn coach Justin Tidwell. “We finally turned it on with about five minutes to go but we had a lot to make up and ran out of time.”

Williams had 22 for Anna, but three others also scored well. Bensman finished with

19, Joel Albers had 15 and Josh Robinson 12.

For Fairlawn, Trey Everett had 22 and Anthony Gillem 17.

Anna (70) Bensman 5-6-19; Robinson 5-0-12; Boyd 1-0-2; Ch. Williams 8-3-22; Albers 7-1-15. Totals: 26-10-70.

Fairlawn (60) Everett 9-1-22; Caudill 3-0-8; Hughes 3-1-7; Brautigam 2-2-6; Gillem 7-0-17. Totals: 24-4-60.

Score by quarters: Anna .............................16 34 52 70 Fairlawn .......................11 27 38 60 Three-pointers: Anna 8 (Bensman 3, Williams 3, Robinson 2); Fairlawn 8 (Gillem 3, Everett 3, Caudill 2).

Records: Anna 4-8, Fairlawn 9-3.

Raiders stun Trojans 54-53 RUSSIA — Nolan Francis put in a missed shot at the buzzer to cap a finish bizarre and give the Russia Raiders a 54-53 upset of the Botkins Trojans in County boys basketball action Friday night at Russia.

N. Francis The loss dropped Botkins out of a firstplace tie in the league standings at 3-2 and put the Trojans at 8-3 overall heading to Parkway tonight.

Russia is now 3-4 in the County and 4-8 overall and is at Springfield Catholic tonight.

The finish to the game was wild. With three seconds left, Russia missed a shot and Josh Schwartz of Botkins grabbed the rebound and was fouled.

But on the play, he was called for elbowing Trevor Sherman.

Schwartz got his free throws and hit both to make it 53-50, then Sherman got his two free throws and hit both to make it 53-52.

SDN Photo/Todd B. Acker On the intentional foul, RUSSIA’S BRYCE Cordonnier tries to get around Seth Hoying Russia got the ball out under of Botkins in action at Russia Friday. its own basket. A shot went up

and missed, but Francis was there to stick it back in and pull out the win.

It was a big win for the Raiders, considering they got the bad news this week that leading scorer Treg Francis was out six weeks with a broken foot.

“I’m happy for the kids, but I don’t think it takes the sting out of losing Treg, who I feel really bad for,” said Russia coach Paul Bremigan. “The kids deserve all the credit in the world. I think they wanted to come out and play hard for Treg tonight.”

Francis finished with 20 for the Raiders and was 10-for-11 from the line. Austin Gariety added 11.

For Botkins, Schwartz had 19 and Heath Geyer 11.

Botkins (53) Miller 0-2-2; Roberts 2-0-4; Hoying 1-4-6; Goubeaux 1-2-4; Geyer 4-2-11; Schwartz 6-5-19; Lawrence 3-0-7. Totals: 17-15-53.

Russia (54) J. Gariety 3-0-6; Sherman 1-2-5; N. Francis 5-10-20; Tebbe 1-0-2; Dues 30-6; Hoying 1-0-2; A. Gariety 4-1-11; Poling 1-0-2. Totals: 19-13-54.

Score by quarters: Botkins .........................10 27 37 53 Russia ...........................13 28 37 54 Three-pointers: Botkins 4 (Schwartz 2, Lawrence, Geyer); Russia 3 (A. Gariety 2, Sherman).

Records: Botkins 8-3, Russia 4-8.

Jackets routed by Green Wave GREENVILLE — The Sidney Yellow Jackets were unable to follow up Tuesday’s overtime win over Troy with a second in a row, giving up way too many points in losing 9671 to Greenville.

The loss leaves the Jackets at 2-10 going into a home game tonight against Dayton Stivers.

Greenville won for only the second time and is now 2-10 with Eaton coming to town tonight.

“We really feel like we took a step backwards tonight,” said Sidney coach Greg Snyder, whose team beat Troy 7263 in OT three nights earlier.

“It’s disappointing, especially giving up 96 points. Our onthe-ball defense was bad. We let them get around us. And our off-the-ball defense was bad because when they got around us, there was no help.

“It was impressive what they were doing to us, but we never did anything to stop

Scott 0-2-2; Herd 0-2-2; Barnes 1-0-2; Beigel 1-2-4; Echols 0-3-3; Gallimore 1-0-3. Totals: 24-17-71.

Greenville (96) Tabler 0-2-2; Comer 7-0-14; Leverone 3-0-6; Lockhart 3-0-6; Hickerson 7-3-18; Conrad 3-3-9; Drew 2-15; Miller 1-0-3; Guillozet 5-2-13; Wood 4-7-15; Heiner 1-2-5. Totals: 36-2096.

Score by quarters: Sidney...........................13 32 44 71 Greenville.....................26 52 71 96 Three-pointers: Sidney 6 (Manley 2, Heath, Daniel, Gallimore, Taborn); Greenville 4 (Hickerson, Sidney (71) Stewart 1-0-2; Heath 1-1-4; Daniel Miller, Guillozet, Heiner).

4-0-9; Manley 11-6-30; Taborn 4-1-10; Records: Both teams 2-10.

the. But give Greenville credit. They took what we gave them.”

The Jackets were doubled up at the start, getting outscored 26-13 in the opening quarter. Greenville had 52 points by the half.

The Jackets got 30 points from Tyree Manley, who was 6-for-7 from the line. Lorenzo Taborn added 10 and James Daniel nine.

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Chudzinski thrilled to get Browns’ job

Redskins edge Cavs FORT LORAMIE — The Fort Loramie Redskins led by nine at the half, but had to rally at the end to edge the Lehman Cavaliers 47-43 in non-league boys basketball action here Friday.

The win puts the Redskins at 5-6 on the season heading to Minster tonight.

Lehman is also 5-6 and is at Lima Temple Christian tonight.

Loramie had an excelfirst quarter, lent outscoring the Cavs 187. It was 27-18 at the half. “”We got up by 10 in the first half but Lehman fought back in the second half,” said Loramie coach Karl Ratermann. “They actually took the lead with about two minutes to go but we had some kids hit some free throws down the stretch.”

The Redskins got 12 points from Seth Guillozet and had five other players with five or more points.

Lehman was led by Connor Richard with 17.

“Seth hit a couple of free throws late to give us a four-point lead,” said Ratermann. “Seth

time coach since 1999.

Although he has never been a head coach, “Chud” was selected over candidates with more experience and stronger resumes.

Chudzinski, though, stood out. He wanted it more than anyone.

“It’s a dream come true, almost unbelievable in a lot of ways,” Chudzinski said.

There is a segment of Browns fans as stunned as Chudzinski, whose hiring seemed to come out of nowhere.

After interviewing several high-profile candidates, including Oregon coach Chip Kelly, former Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt and other top coordinators, Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and CEO Joe

Banner picked Chudzinski, who spent the past two years as Carolina’s offensive coordinator.

Haslam said he spoke with “nine or 10 of the best coaches in the country” and insisted Chudzinski was on the team’s list of candidates from the outset.

“Rob was always on our radar screen,” Haslam said of his first coaching hire. “Rob has been identified as a top, bright, young guy for a long time. I feel very confident we’ve got the right guy.”

This is Chudzinski’s third stint with the Browns. He coached Cleveland’s tight ends in 2004 and was the team’s offensive coordinator in 2007-08. In his first season calling plays, the Browns went 10-6 and

Chudzinski was the Chargers tight ends coach under Turner.

Working on an hour’s sleep after getting his dream job. Chudzinski would not comment on any players on Cleveland’s current roster. He said his philosophy will be to “attack” on offense and defense and he feels the Browns have the versatility to run a 4-3 or 3-4 defense.

When he left the Browns for the second time in 2008, Chudzinski always thought he would return to Cleveland.

“I remember the last game walking out of the stadium and looking across the field, somehow knowing I’d be back somehow, someway,” he said.

The Browns had a whirlwind courtship with

Chudzinski. Haslam and Banner spent last week in Arizona, where they spoke to at least five known candidates. They got deep in talks with Kelly before backing away because of the offensive mastermind’s indecision about jumping to the NFL. Chudzinski met with the Browns on Wednesday at Haslam’s estate on Lake Erie, where he laid out his coaching philosophies.

“Rob was very decisive,” Haslam said. “‘This is how I’m going to do things. I’m an offensive guy, but here’s my role on defense. Here’s my role on special teams.

Here are the type of people I would bring in as coordinators, here are the type of coaches.’ It was just very definitive.”

Billing matches career high with 28-point game Anna grad Derek Billing tied his career high Thursday night for Lake Superior State in a 70-60 win over Saginaw Valley in mens basketball.

Billing finished with 28 points and that included a perfect 11-for11 from the foul line. He was also 7-for-14 from the field, including 3-for5 from behind the arc.

In addition, he had 11 points and eight assists earlier this week against Tiffin.

He leads Superior in scoring at 16.2 per game.

Mitch Westerheide, Fort Loramie Westerheide had an excellent week at Capital in basketball. He had 15 points and four asSDN Photo/David Pence sists against Denison, FORT LORAMIE’S Grant Olberding tries to shoot hitting 5-for-7 from the over the tight defense of Lehman’s John Husa Fri- field, and followed that day at Fort Loramie. with 12 points, six rebounds, four assists and Fort Loramie (47) played a solid game. All three steals against OtGuillozet 4-2-12; Fulthe guys stepped up but lenkamp 1-0-2; McGee 2-2-6; terbein.

Seth made some big Rittenhouse 2-0-6; Ratermann Stacy Timmerman, plays.”

1-0-3; Frilling 1-0-2; Braun 2-0New Bremen The Redskins were 5; Olberding 2-1-5; Kazmaier 3Timmerman likewise 0-6. Totals: 18-5-47.

18-for-33 from the field Score by quarters: for 54 percent and held Lehman ................7 18 31 43 the Cavs to just 12-for- Loramie ..............18 27 33 47 Three-pointers: Loramie 34, 35 percent.

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had an excellent week for Capital, with 10 points against Otterbein, and 19 points, seven rebounds, three steals and two assists in an overtime win over Muskingum. Five of those rebounds came at the offensive end.

Megan Fogt, Anna Fogt continued her outstanding play at Hillsdale in Michigan.

She had another doubledouble, her eighth of the season, with 18 points and 11 rebounds against Saginaw Valley, and on Thursday, poured in 23 points and grabbed seven rebounds in a loss to Tiffin. She was 11-for18 from the field.

She leads the team in scoring at 15.9 and rebounding at 11.1 per game.

Andy Hoying, Jackson Center Hoying had a good week for Mercyhurst. A freshman, he had 11 points, seven rebounds and three steals against Mansfield, and followed that with nine points against Bloomburg. Five of his rebounds against Mansfield were offensive.

Kim Replogle, Houston Replogle turned in a solid game for Wittenberg in womens basketball against Allegheny, finishing with eight points, nine rebounds and two blocks.

Brad Piehl, New Knoxville Piehl played well for Findlay this week, getting 13 points and six rebounds against Wayne State and 11 points, three steals and three blocks against Ohio Dominican.

Minster falls in MAC play 69-62

Lehman (43) Ratermann, Braun); Lehman 4 Goins 1-1-3; Richard 5-3-17; (Richard 4).

Hussa 1-0-2; Frantz 2-5-9; Records: Both teams 5-6.

Jacob 1-0-; Spearman 1-6-8.

Reserve score: Loramie 41, Lehman 38.

Totals: 12-15-43.

JC survives, alone in first HOUSTON — Jackson Center escaped Houston’s upset bid Friday night in County boys basketball action, and because of it, the Tigers find themselves all alone in first place in the league standings.

The Tigers go to 5-1 in the County and 9-2 overall. The other two teams tied with the Tigers with one loss, Fairlawn and Botkins, were both upset Friday night.

Jackson is back in action tonight at home against New Knoxville.

Houston falls to 2-5 and 6-6 and is also in action tonight at home against Bradford.

Jackson broke away from a 27-all score after three periods to open up a five-point lead late in the game. Houston cut the lead to two on a three-pointer with under five seconds to go, but time ran out.

“The kids were down but they felt good about themselves,” said Houston coach John Willoughby. “We played well on defense. Jake Braun was on (Alex) Meyer the whole game and really did a nice job.”

Meyer was held to nine points, but Eric

had four players make the Pro Bowl. It hasn’t been nearly as good since he left “Happy to see Chud coming back,” Browns Pro Bowl tackle Joe Thomas said in an email to the AP. “We had a good year in 2007. Very smart offensive mind. When he left, I knew he’d be a great head coach someday!”

Chudzinski’s first task is to assemble his staff.

He’ll speak with the assistants still under contract and is confident he’ll be able to bring in quality coaches to build the Browns into a consistent winner. Chudzinski would not comment on any specific candidates.

There are reports he’ll hire former San Diego coach Norv Turner as his offensive coordinator.

DELPHOS — Minster went on the road and lost in Midwest Athletic Conference play Friday, 69-62 in boys basketball action.

The Wildcats are 1-2 in the MAC and 6-4 overll and play Fort Loramie tonight at home.

Adam Niemeyer and Devon Poeppelman had 18 points apiece for the Wildcats, and Ethan Wolf added 15.

Minster (62) Hoying 2-1-5; Knapke 1-1-3; Niemeyer 5-6-18; Poeppelman 6-5-18; Brown 1-0-3; Wolf 5-0-

15. Totals: 20-12-62.

Delphos (69) Grothouse 2-0-4; Clark 5--213; Bueschur 2-2-7; Koester 30-7; Geise 8-9-27; Hays 1-1-3; Bockey 3-2-8. Totals: 29-16-69.

Score by quarters: Minster ..............14 30 40 62 Delphos ..............20 37 53 69 Three-pointers: Minster 8 (Wolf 5, Niemeyer 2, Poeppelman); Delphos 5 (Geise 2, Clark, Koester, Bueschur).

Records: Minster 6-4, Delphos 7-3.

Reserve score: Minster 38, Delphos 32.

53 to St. Henry Friday.

The Tigers are now 8-1.

Kyle Ahrens had 22 for Versailles, Jacob Wenning 15 and Damian Richard 10.

• New Knoxville beat Marion Local 56-49 to go to 6-4 on the year. Andrew Arnett had 14, Jake Allen 12 and Ryan Lageman 11 for NK. •New Bremen beat Coldwater 52-38 Friday —— to go to 9-2. Justin Other MAC scores Heitkamp had 14 for the Versailles lost for the Cardinals and Luke first time this season, 68- Schwieterman added 11.

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HOUSTON’S JAKE Braun shoots over Trey Elchert of Jackson Center in County boys basketball action Friday at Houston.

Ryder stepped up and got 16 for the Tigers.

Jessie Phlipot had 13 to lead Houston.

Jackson Center (41) Meyer 4-1-9; Elchert 1-0-2; Wildermuth 1-4-6; Wahrer 0-22; Winner 3-0-6; Ryder 5-6-16.

Totals: 14-14-41.

Houston (39) Braun 0-2-2; Sarver 1-0-2;

Ritchie 3-0-7; Winner 2-0-6; Martin 2-5-9; Phlipot 5-3-13.

Totals: 13-10-39.

Score by quarters: JC.........................6 17 27 41 Houston ...............8 17 27 39 Three-pointers: JC 0, Houston 3 (Winner 2, Ritchie).

Records: JC 9-2, Houston 6-6.

Reserve score: JC 53, Houston 42.

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Bel Mar Lanes Sidney Honor Roll MEN High game Bob Elsner ....................300 Curt Joyce.....................300 Chad Morris..................289 Clint Limbert................284 Dan Swiger ...................279 Marc Kirtley .................279 Tyler Price ....................279 Joe Green ......................279 Joel McDermit ..............279 Brad Teague .................279 Mike Sullenberger........279 Nick Schnippel .............279 Michael Everett............279 Matt Abbott ..................279 Dustin Johnson ............279 High series Bob Elsner ....................811 Mike Knoop ..................792 Joe Green ......................787 Joel McDermit ..............783 Matt Abbott ..................771 Rick Ankrom.................760 Joey Hughes .................760 Ricky Brooks.................754 High average Joe Green ......................228 Bob Elsner ....................227 Dan Swiger ...................222 Chad Morris..................216 Joel McDermit ..............215 Matt Abbott ..................214 Dustin Johnson ............213 Brian Schaffner ............210 Marc Kirtley .................210 WOMEN High game Cassie Latimer .............278 Angie Mentges..............257 Haley VanHorn.............253 Rose Ann Chaffins........253 Angie Neth....................248

Tim Thien .....................................267 Scott Haynes ................................257 Tom Sherman...............................256 Bill Elson ......................................255 John Bergman..............................247 Josh Ludwig .................................244 Men’s high series Mark Kemper...............................738 Scott Haynes ................................708 Bob Theis......................................685 Jim Brackman..............................681 Bill Elson ......................................673 Steve O’Neal.................................672 Galen Collier ................................661 Season to date Men’s high game Gerald Baker................................300 Jeff Sommer .................................280 Johnny Inskeep ............................280 Bob Reisinger ...............................279 Riley Holland ...............................279 Dave Bollenbacher .......................279

first-place finisher.

Blankenship was third overall.

The girls team was seeded first going into the team event with a total pin count of 3,322.

In the championship round, the Lady Jackets fell to Urbana, but still finished second out of 22 teams.

The boys were eighth going into the team competition with a 3,556, but were not able to make it past the first round, losing to top seed Fairport Harbor.

Sidney took on Trotwood on Tuesday, and in The Sidney Vespa the girls match, Shelbie Anderson rolled a 279 Quarterback Club now has a website with game. specifics on the campaign to put artificial turf in Sidney Memorial Stadium.

The website is www.vespaquarterbackone pin were Jacob Ed- club.com, and the home wards, Kavan Sarver page features an article and Austin McLain. on the project, with a Winning twice on de- link that includes an cisions were Zach Hicks overview, facts and cost, and Javon Purk, and ways to give, and compinning once and finish- mittee members. ing 1-1 were Caleb StraThere is also a large man, Dylan Cook, Joe section featuring anDouglas and Jace Cham- swers to frequently berlin. asked questions.

Vespa Club has website on turf project

Youth basketball tourney in set at Tiffin U.

High series Kyle Lloyd.....................685 Josh Abbott ...................659 Cameron DeMoss .........649 Cody Joyce ....................604 Kegan Latimer .............594 Tyler Joyce....................569 Austin Simon................566 Jacob Edwards..............538 High average Kegan Latimer .............184 Cameron DeMoss .........182 Josh Abbott ...................177 Kyle Lloyd.....................169 Austin Simon................167 Jacob Edwards..............161 Jac Beatty .....................157 Cody Joyce ....................156 GIRLS High game Michelle Abbott ............257 Morgan Carey...............213 Jenna Beatty ................182 Merri Leist....................179 Heather Gold ................171 Erin Fultz .....................166 Alex Lambert................159 Autumn Emrick............156 High series Michelle Abbott ............617 Morgan Carey...............539 Heather Gold ................484 Jenna Beatty ................479 Merri Leist....................433 Autumn Emrick............416 Erin Fultz .....................411 Alex Lambert................377 High average Michelle Abbott ............183 Jenna Beatty ................138 Morgan Carey...............138 Merri Leist....................133 Heather Gold ................129 Autumn Emrick............123 Alex Lambert................109 Erin Fultz .....................106

Drew Koenig.................................279 Tim Baumer .................................279 Scott Haynes ................................279 Men’s high series Scott Haynes ................................797 Jerry Keller ..................................750 Mark Kemper...............................738 Bill Elson ......................................735 Dan Swiger ...........................729, 719 Tim Buschur.................................720 George Holland ............................720 Scott Francis ................................719 Men’s high average Josh Ludwig .................................216 Scott Francis ................................214 Dan Swiger...................................212 Tim Baumer .................................211 Dave Bollenbacher .......................210 Steve Collins ................................209 Scott Haynes ................................207 Nick Sherman ..............................206 Women’s high game Week Ashley Bollenbacher ....................257 Heather Borges ....................255, 243 Emmy Grillot ...............................245 Chris Newman .............................233

Anne Meyer ..................................209 Mary Berning ...............................203 Women’s high series Heather Borges .....................663,649 Ashley Bollenbacher ....................608 Mary Meyer..................................547 Donna Kremer .............................539 Emmy Grillot ...............................536 Chris Newman .............................528 Season to date Women’s high game Donna Kremer...............................................258 Heather Borges..256, 239,235,233,227,226 Cheryl Kinnison......................................237 Jody Schulze.................................234 Women’s high series HeatherBorges. 663,653,649,617(2),607,599 Cheryl Kinnison ...........................607 Women’s high average Heather Borges ............................195 Donna Kremer .............................167 Anne Meyer ..................................165 Jody Schulze.................................159 Ellen Pleiman...............................158 Emmy Grillot ...............................158 Mary Kemper ...............................157 Mary Meyer..................................157

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TIFFIN — The third annual “Best of the Best” Basketball Tournament will held held March 9 and 10 at the four-court Heminger Center at Tiffin University.

It’s a boys tournament that will have 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grade divisions.

All teams are guaranteed three games.

For more information, or to register, go to www.bestofthebestbasketball.com or leave a message at (419) 4435440.

Roger Rumpff ...............169 Dick Tennery ................169 Mark Deam...................167 Jim Gross......................167 SENIOR WOMEN High game Rose Ann Chaffins........233 Linda Rumpff ...............226 Jan Bensman................211 Janice Davis .................209 Darla Line.....................208 Sonja Watkins...............198 Mary Lou Wright..........193 Cindi Clayton ...............191 Gloria Manger ..............191 High series Rose Ann Chaffins........573 Linda Rumpff ...............571 Jan Bensman................535 Mary Lou Wright..........507 Gail Fogt .......................503 Darla Line.....................503 Janice Davis .................476 Cindi Clayton ...............471 High average Rose Ann Chaffins........164 Linda Rumpff ...............164 Jan Bensman................152 Gail Fogt .......................149 Gloria Manger ..............137 Sue Dougherty..............135 Connie Lewis ................134 Lea Muhlenkamp .........133 Mary Lou Wright..........133 Sonja Watkins...............133 Ginny Clarkson ............133 BOYS High game Josh Abbott ...................278 Kegan Latimer .............259 Tyler Joyce....................253 Cody Joyce ....................246 Kyle Lloyd.....................245 Connor DeMoss ............241 Cameron DeMoss .........240 Austin Simon................224

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SMS wrestlers win twice The Sidney Middle School wrestling team won over Covington, 7218, and Greenville, 5625, in action recently.

Leading the Jackets with two pins each were Cole Hofmann, Seth Wallace, Riley Kittle and Austin Knight.

Winning twice with

Donna Gold...................247 Teresa McGrath ...........246 Brenda Schulze ............233 High series Cassie Latimer .............672 Teresa McGrath ...........663 Angie Mentges..............636 Haley VanHorn.............622 Joy Cipolloni .................608 Sarah Allen...................605 Brenda Schulze ............604 Jenny Layman..............600 High average Angie Mentges..............191 Teresa McGrath ...........184 Cassie Latimer .............184 Donna Gold...................174 Brenda Schulze ............173 Haley VanHorn.............173 Annette Schroerlucke ..165 Rose Ann Chaffins........165 SENIOR MEN High game Dick Bodenmiller .........268 Ralph Abbott ................257 Willie Metz ...................256 Dick Tennery ................256 Tom Hill ........................256 Marty Stapleton ...........254 Roger Rumpff ...............245 Mark Deam...................237 Bill Elson ......................237 High series Bill Elson ......................676 Roger Rumpff ...............653 Ralph Abbott ................650 Richard Reading...........637 Dick Tennery ................632 Dick Bodenmiller .........623 Willie Metz ...................622 Tom Hill ........................617 High average Bill Elson ......................187 Tom Hill ........................183 Richard Reading...........181 Ralph Abbott ................180 Willie Metz ...................179

strike on the first ball in the 10th and I would have it, and I got strikes on the first and second. I really wasn’t even worried about the 300. I was just happy to get the 800. And on my last ball, I dropped it and got seven pins. But it really didn’t matter to me.

“It just seemed I was throwing pretty good,” he added. “I didn’t really start thinking about the 800 until the eighth and ninth frames. Then I got a little nervous. But I’d love to get the chance at another one.”

He is averaging 227 in the Major League.

In addition to Elsner’s accomplishment, Curt Joyce rolled the fifth 300 game of his career recently at Bel-Mar. The gem came on his first game of the night.

He actually arrived late and got no practice balls before starting.

He had games of 300, 219 and 180 for a 699 series.

Community Lanes He is averaging 208.

Minster It’s the second 300 Weekly honor scores game of the season at Men’s high game Bel-Mar, with Elsner Mark Kemper...............................277 rolling the other one.

Sidney’s Abbott first in Classic The Sidney High School bowling teams competed in the Buckeye Classic recently in Columbus, and Lady Jacket Michelle Abbott was named the best individual bowler in the tournament.

She dominated the individual competition with a three-game series of 622. That was 60 pins better than the runnerup.

“The 60-pin difference is an extremely imprssive feat, especially in a tournament setting,” said Sidney coach Greg Hines.

For the boys, Jacob Blankenship had a 627 series, and that was just three pins short of the

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Local bowler Bob Elsner rolled the first 800 series of his career on a recent Tuesday night at Bel-Mar, realizing a goal he’s had for a long time.

He put together games of 247, 267 and 297 for an impressive 811 series, and it didn’t even bother him that he missed out on a 300 in his final game, on the final ball, of the night.

“It was a big goal for me because I’ve never had one,” Elsner said.

“I’ve had six 300s, but never an 800 series.”

He had a golden opportunity earlier this season to get his first 800, but let it slip away. And it left him wondering if it would ever happen.

“Earlier this year I had a 786 series,” he recalled. “I had a 300 and a 280 back-to-back, so I thought I was going to get the 800 easy. But I rolled a 206 in my last game and didn’t get it. I figured if it was going to happen, it was going to happen that night.”

The night it did finally happen turned into an interesting one when Elsner not only nailed down his first 800, but also had a chance to cap it all off with a perfect game.

“I had a chance for a 300, but I just screwed up,” he said. “I was concentrating more on the 800 series. I knew all I had to do was throw a

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