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BOB BOB GUILLOZET 2262772 Shelby County Commissioner Elect I I w wo ou ul ld d l li ik ke e t to o t th ha an nk k t th he e C Co om mm mu un ni it ty y f fo or r y yo ou ur r s su up pp po or rt t i in n m my y b bi id d f fo or r S Sh he el lb by y C Co ou un nt ty y C Co om mm mi is ss si i o on ne er r a an nd d l lo oo ok k f fo or rw wa ar rd d t to o s se er rv vi i n ng g t th he e p pe eo op pl le e o of f S Sh he el lb by y C Co ou un nt ty y! !Paid for by the Committee to Elect Robert A. Guillozet. Thomas J. Frantz, Treasurer, 15555 Sharp Road, Sidney, OH 45365 Vol. 121 No. 48 March 8, 2012 Sidney, Ohio www.sidneydailynews.com 75 cents To purchase photographs appearing in the Sidney Daily News,go to www.sidneydailynews.com 55° For a full weather report, turn to Page 5B. “The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.” — Simone Weil, French philosopher (1909-1943) For more on today in his- tory, turn to Page 4B. Transformed The former Steve & Barry’s store has become a winter soft- ball practice site. 14A Obituaries and/or death no- tices for the following people ap- pear on Page 3A today: • Lorene S. Roberts • Charlotte J. “Charlie” Brauning • David L. Collins • Rebecca K. “Becky” Williams News tips, call 498-5962. Home delivery, call 498- 5939. Classified advertising, call 498-5925. Retail advertising, call 498- 5980 Visit the Sidney Daily News on the Web at www.sidneydai- lynews.com Anna/Botkins ......................8A City, County records ...........2A Classified .........................6-8B Comics ...............................4B Hints from Heloise ..............6A Horoscope..........................2A Let Yourself Go ...................7A Localife ............................6-7A Nation/World.......................5A Obituaries ...........................3A Religion ...........................2-3B Sports .........................12-16A State news..........................4A ’Tween 12 and 20 ...............2A Weather/Sudoku/Abby/Out of the Past/Dr. Donohue ....5B TODAYS NEWS 32° TODAYS WEATHER INSIDE TODAY DEATHS INDEX TODAYS THOUGHT NEWS NUMBERS COMING SATURDAY Remote Possibilities • Ashley Judd stars in “Missing” on on ABC. Inside BY KATHY LEESE A date for a jury trial has been set in a lawsuit filed against former Shelby County Sheriff's Deputy Jodi Van Fossen of Wa- pakoneta by two men af- filiated with the Faultline Bar in Anna. Trial is set for Feb.12, 2013, with a final pre- trial hearing on Jan. 31, 2013, both in Shelby County Common Pleas Court. Attorneys for Dan Ro- driguez, 523 W. Main St., Anna, owner of the Faultline Bar, and Wesley Burn- side of Fort Loramie, who worked at the bar, and attorneys for Van Fossen spoke by phone with Judge James Stevenson regarding the case, with a trial date re- sulting. The lawsuit naming Van Fossen and three “John Does” was filed last fall re- garding issues involving an alleged drug investigation that took place in 2010. The investigation allegedly in- volved drug buys conducted by the ACE Task Force, a law enforcement opera- tion that no longer exists. The lawsuit claims defamation, false light, tortious interference with busi- ness relations and intentional infliction of emotional distress. A jury trial is de- manded. Attorneys for Rodriguez and Burn- side have been ordered to turn over a complete list of all witnesses they in- tend to call at trial by March 28 of this year and Van Fossen's attorneys must provide a list of their witnesses by April 27. Rodriguez and Burnside are seeking more than $25,000 in compensatory damages and more than $25,000 in punitive damages and legal fees. Van Fossen has filed a countersuit against Rodriguez and Burnside claim- ing frivolous conduct and abuse of process, with her attorneys stating the original lawsuit is an attempt to coerce payment of money using the civil process as a threat. Van Fossen is seeking legal fees for her defense against the claims in the original lawsuit. Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of articles alerting readers to the dangers of consumer fraud and other 21st century swindles. The se- ries is presented by the Sidney Daily News in observance of National Consumer Protection Week (March 4-11). Additional articles will run Friday and Saturday. BY PATRICIA ANN SPEELMAN [email protected] Telephone scams, Internet swindles, identity theft, Medicare fraud — don’t think they happen only in big cities and far away places. They happen right here, in Shelby County, in Auglaize County, in Darke County. And they are happening more and more often. “We get a couple of reports a week” of attempted phone scams or of credit card num- bers’ being used illegally, said Shelby County Sheriff John Lenhart. He theorized that about 90 percent of such cases go unreported. The Sidney Daily News learned of three cases in the last two months in which eld- erly residents were subjects of telephone scams and lost homes, vehicles, savings and investment accounts worth hundreds of thousands of dol- lars. A fellow SDN reporter re- cently was alerted by her credit card company that an attempt was made to use her card number to purchase a Macy’s gift card online. An- other reporter thwarted a fraudulent attempt to get her to buy multiple laptop com- puters online. Even Lenhart admitted to being the target of a scam. “Apparently, I was having my nails done in Quebec at the same time I was eating at the Inn Between in Botkins,” he said. He had tried to pay his restaurant bill with a credit card when someone else was also trying to use his card number. Such thievery costs a lot. Credit card fraud cost Ameri- cans $18 billion in 2011, ac- cording to the “2012 Identity Fraud Report” by Javelin Strategy & Research of Pleasanton, Calif. Identity theft costs another $8 billion annually, reported the Better Business Bureau. And Pro Seniors, a national advocacy group, noted that Medicare fraud adds $11.6 billion to the coffers of thieves every year. “In 2011, the identity fraud incidence among U.S. adults increased 12.6 percent, re- bounding from a dramatic de- cline in 2010. The incidence rate increased to 4.9 percent of U.S. adults in 2011 from 4.35 percent in 2010. The total population of fraud victims rose to 11.6 million U.S. adults in 2011 from 10.2 million adults in 2010,” reported Javelin Strategy & Research. The nationally respected re- port also noted that while the incidences of fraud have in- creased, the amounts of money gained through fraudulent ac- tion have remained steady from 2010 through 2011. Danger, danger! Protect yourself against scams, fraud, theft See FRAUD/Page 10A 2013 trial date set in Van Fossen lawsuit Van Fossen SDN Photo/Todd B. Acker Fans of the Anna Rockerts girls basketball team scream their support during the semifinal regional game Wednesday night at Springfield. The Rockets kept their winning streak alive, posting their 25th victory of the season against Hamilton Badin. They return to Springfield Saturday night for the re- gional title game. For more on the game, see Page 13A. Go Rockets For photo reprints, visit www.sidneydailynews.com

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BOBBOBGUILLOZET

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Commissioner Elect

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Paid for by the Committee to Elect Robert A. Guillozet. Thomas J. Frantz, Treasurer, 15555 Sharp Road, Sidney, OH 45365

Vol.121 No.48 March 8,2012 Sidney,Ohio www.sidneydailynews.com 75 cents

To purchase photographs appearing in the Sidney Daily News,go to www.sidneydailynews.com

55°For a full weather report, turnto Page 5B.

“The intelligent man who isproud of his intelligence is likethe condemned man who isproud of his large cell.”

— Simone Weil, Frenchphilosopher (1909-1943)

For more on today in his-tory, turn to Page 4B.

TransformedThe former Steve & Barry’s

store has become a winter soft-ball practice site. 14A

Obituaries and/or death no-tices for the following people ap-pear on Page 3A today:• Lorene S. Roberts• Charlotte J. “Charlie”

Brauning• David L. Collins• Rebecca K. “Becky”

Williams

News tips, call 498-5962.Home delivery, call 498-

5939.Classified advertising, call

498-5925.Retail advertising, call 498-

5980Visit the Sidney Daily News

on the Web at www.sidneydai-lynews.com

Anna/Botkins ......................8ACity, County records ...........2AClassified.........................6-8BComics ...............................4BHints from Heloise ..............6AHoroscope..........................2ALet Yourself Go ...................7ALocalife ............................6-7ANation/World.......................5AObituaries ...........................3AReligion ...........................2-3BSports .........................12-16AState news..........................4A’Tween 12 and 20...............2AWeather/Sudoku/Abby/Out ofthe Past/Dr. Donohue....5B

TODAY’S NEWS

32°

TODAY’S WEATHER

INSIDE TODAY

DEATHS

INDEX

TODAY’S THOUGHT

NEWS NUMBERS

COMING SATURDAYRemote Possibilities

• Ashley Judd stars in “Missing” on on ABC.Inside

BY KATHY LEESE

A date for a jury trial has been set ina lawsuit filed against former ShelbyCounty Sheriff's DeputyJodi Van Fossen of Wa-pakoneta by two men af-filiated with theFaultline Bar in Anna.Trial is set for Feb.12,2013, with a final pre-trial hearing on Jan. 31,2013, both in ShelbyCounty Common PleasCourt.Attorneys for Dan Ro-

driguez, 523 W. Main St., Anna, ownerof the Faultline Bar, and Wesley Burn-side of Fort Loramie, who worked at the

bar, and attorneys for Van Fossen spokeby phone with Judge James Stevensonregarding the case, with a trial date re-sulting.The lawsuit naming Van Fossen and

three “John Does” was filed last fall re-garding issues involving an allegeddrug investigation that took place in2010. The investigation allegedly in-volved drug buys conducted by the ACETask Force, a law enforcement opera-tion that no longer exists.The lawsuit claims defamation, false

light, tortious interference with busi-ness relations and intentional inflictionof emotional distress. A jury trial is de-manded.Attorneys for Rodriguez and Burn-

side have been ordered to turn over a

complete list of all witnesses they in-tend to call at trial by March 28 of thisyear and Van Fossen's attorneys mustprovide a list of their witnesses by April27.Rodriguez and Burnside are seeking

more than $25,000 in compensatorydamages and more than $25,000 inpunitive damages and legal fees.Van Fossen has filed a countersuit

against Rodriguez and Burnside claim-ing frivolous conduct and abuse ofprocess, with her attorneys stating theoriginal lawsuit is an attempt to coercepayment of money using the civilprocess as a threat.Van Fossen is seeking legal fees for

her defense against the claims in theoriginal lawsuit.

Editor’s note: This is thefirst in a series of articlesalerting readers to the dangersof consumer fraud and other21st century swindles. The se-ries is presented by the SidneyDaily News in observance ofNational Consumer ProtectionWeek (March 4-11).Additionalarticles will run Friday andSaturday.

BY PATRICIA ANNSPEELMAN

[email protected]

Telephone scams, Internetswindles, identity theft,Medicare fraud — don’t thinkthey happen only in big citiesand far away places. Theyhappen right here, in ShelbyCounty, in Auglaize County, inDarke County. And they arehappening more and moreoften.“We get a couple of reports

a week” of attempted phonescams or of credit card num-bers’ being used illegally, saidShelby County Sheriff JohnLenhart. He theorized thatabout 90 percent of such casesgo unreported.The Sidney Daily News

learned of three cases in thelast two months in which eld-erly residents were subjects oftelephone scams and losthomes, vehicles, savings andinvestment accounts worthhundreds of thousands of dol-lars.A fellow SDN reporter re-

cently was alerted by her

credit card company that anattempt was made to use hercard number to purchase aMacy’s gift card online. An-other reporter thwarted afraudulent attempt to get herto buy multiple laptop com-puters online. Even Lenhartadmitted to being the target ofa scam.“Apparently, I was having

my nails done in Quebec atthe same time I was eating atthe Inn Between in Botkins,”he said. He had tried to payhis restaurant bill with acredit card when someone elsewas also trying to use his cardnumber.Such thievery costs a lot.

Credit card fraud cost Ameri-cans $18 billion in 2011, ac-cording to the “2012 IdentityFraud Report” by JavelinStrategy & Research ofPleasanton, Calif. Identitytheft costs another $8 billion

annually, reported the BetterBusiness Bureau. And ProSeniors, a national advocacygroup, noted that Medicarefraud adds $11.6 billion to thecoffers of thieves every year.“In 2011, the identity fraud

incidence among U.S. adultsincreased 12.6 percent, re-bounding from a dramatic de-cline in 2010. The incidencerate increased to 4.9 percentof U.S. adults in 2011 from4.35 percent in 2010.The totalpopulation of fraud victimsrose to 11.6 million U.S. adultsin 2011 from 10.2 millionadults in 2010,” reportedJavelin Strategy & Research.The nationally respected re-

port also noted that while theincidences of fraud have in-creased, the amounts of moneygained through fraudulent ac-tion have remained steadyfrom 2010 through 2011.

Danger, danger! Protect yourselfagainst scams, fraud, theft

See FRAUD/Page 10A

2013 trial date set in Van Fossen lawsuit

Van Fossen

SDN Photo/Todd B. Acker

Fans of the Anna Rockerts girls basketball team scream theirsupport during the semifinal regional gameWednesday nightat Springfield. The Rockets kept their winning streak alive,

posting their 25th victory of the season against HamiltonBadin. They return to Springfield Saturday night for the re-gional title game. For more on the game, see Page 13A.

Go RocketsFor photo reprints, visit www.sidneydailynews.com

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CITY RECORD

Police logTUESDAY

-10:45 p.m.: arrest.Sidney police arrestedDebony Laron Fisher,21, for trafficking indrugs and possession ofcriminal tools.Accordingto the police report therewere 35 dose units ofheroin found with avalue of $350.

Fire, rescueWEDNESDAY

-6:53 a.m.: medical.Sidney paramedics re-sponded as mutual aidfor Anna Rescue to the200 block of North PikeStreet on a medical call.

-5:54 a.m.: medical.Medics responded asmutual aid for AnnaRescue to the 10000block of Northmore

Drive on a medical call.-5:36 a.m.: fire. Fire-

fighters responded to the96-mile marker of Inter-state 75 on a report of avehicle fire. Nothing wasfound.

-3:33 a.m.: medical.Medics responded to the1800 block of GlennPlace on a medical call.

-12:05 a.m.: med-ical. Medics respondedto a medical call on the400 block of KossuthStreet.

TUESDAY-8:32 p.m.: medical.

Medics were called to

the 100 block of SouthWalnut Avenue on amedical call.

-7:37 p.m.: medical.Medics responded to amedical call to the 600block of West NorthStreet.

-7:07 p.m.: electricalproblem. Firefighterswere dispatched to 210Piper St. on a report ofan electric baking ele-ment arcing.

-11:11 a.m.: assis-tance. Medics re-sponded to the 700 blockof South Main Avenuefor invalid assistance.

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COUNTY RECORD

Sheriff’s logTUESDAY

-7:54 p.m.: burglary.Shelby County Sheriff ’sdeputies responded to3401 County Road 25Aon a report of a bur-glary. A computer, Nin-tendo Wii and otheritems were reportedstolen.

Village logTUESDAY

-6:32 p.m.: burglary.Jackson Center policeresponded to 110Parkview St. on a reportthat someone had kickedin the door of the resi-dence.

Fire, rescueWEDNESDAY

-8:49 a.m.: medical.Anna Rescue respondedto the 12500 block ofMeranda Road on amedical call.

-2:26 a.m.: medical.Jackson Center Rescueresponded to a medicalcall to the 500 block ofDavis Street.

In Sidney MunicipalCourt Wednesday morn-ing, Judge Duane Goet-temoeller fined AmandaRitchie, 26, 606 SecondAve., $150 and costs on adomestic violence chargethat was amended to dis-orderly conduct.

• Drug abuse chargesagainst Bernard W.O’Reilly, 24, 227 Brook-lyn Ave., were dismissedat the request of the lawdirector.

• Douglas J.Schweitzer, 56, 933 N.Main Ave., was fined$500 and costs, sen-tenced to five days in jailand his driver’s licensewas suspended for sixmonths for failing to stopfollowing an accident.Jail may be reconsideredif fines and costs arepaid in full. Charges ofdriving while under theinfluence, failing a bloodalcohol breath test and

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• Kenneth G.Williams, 40, 2335Collins Drive, Apt. H,was sentenced to 120days in jail previously or-dered for probation viola-tions in a telephoneharassment case.He wasalso sentenced to 30 daysin jail previously orderedfor probation violationsin a driving while underthe influence case. Thesentences are to beserved consecutively, butconcurrent with one he iscurrently serving.

• David J. Heitman,55, 9176 Turtle CreekRoad, Anna, was fined$150 and costs on acharge of improperpassing. A companioncharge of failing to stopafter an accident wasdismissed at the request

of the law director.• Stephanie M. Craig,

25, 733 S. Miami Ave.,was fined $30 and costson a charge of failure toyield right of way.

Civil casesRiverwalk Holdings,

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What kind of day will tomorrowbe? To find out what the stars say,read the forecast given for your birthsign.

For Friday, March 9, 2012ARIES (March 21 to April 19)Be extra patient when dealing

with everyone today because peopleare at each other’s throats! Friends,bosses and parents all seem to be op-posed to each other and you. Yikes!TAURUS (April 20 to May 20)Do your best to smooth over ruf-

fled feathers at work today. This is avery poor day to suggest reforms andimprovements. Keep your headdown and your powder dry.GEMINI (May 21 to June 20)Parents and caregivers must be

extra patient with children today.Emotional outbursts are likely. Ro-mance will be just as rocky. (Ohdear.)CANCER (June 21 to July 22)Because today could be stressful

at home, be tolerant and patientwith family members. Be patientwith yourself, too! Avoid nasty dis-cussions with partners, parents andbosses.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22)Keep a cool head in order to avoid

minor accidents today, because theyare possible. Something at workmight create a dispute, especiallyabout travel, publishing or dealingwith other cultures.VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22)Disputes over money or posses-

sions are unavoidable today. Theycould relate to vacations, social situ-ations, sports or even children. Staylevelheaded.LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22)Today, the Moon is in your sign,

“fighting” with Mercury, Uranus andPluto. That’s why you feel irritable.

Just let this pass, because it will —very quickly.SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)Today is a classic day when you

must demonstrate grace under pres-sure. You might feel annoyed withothers or impatient. Don’t let thisget you down.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21)

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possessions, fundraising and whocontrols what (especially in groups).None of this can be decided today.Knowing this ahead of time, youdon’t need to make a big deal aboutanything.

YOU BORN TODAY You’re intu-itive and have excellent powers of vi-sualization. You’re fascinated byideas and concepts and love to ex-plore everything around you. You’realso very down-to-earth. However,you’re torn between your dreamyside and your practical, groundedside. Great news! Your year aheadmight be one of the most powerfulyears of your life. Dream big.

Birthdate of: Matthew GrayGubler, actor; Brittany Snow, ac-tress; Julia Mancuso, U.S. Olympicskier.

DR. WAL-LACE: I’m 19,and myboyfriend is 21.We share anapartment to-gether. His fa-ther employsboth of us, andwe both are paidfairly. For thefirst month,things were re-ally smooth. Itfelt great beingindependent and in love.But lately, things havechanged, even deterio-rated. We argue a lot andcan’t agree on anything.For instance, he expectsme to prepare suppereven though we both gethome at the same time.When I tell him to hangup his clothes instead oftossing them on the floor,he gets mad and tells methat I’m acting just likehis mother.

About a month ago,Josh asked me to marryhim. I’m not so sure that’sthe right thing to do. Ithink I love him, butagain, I’m not 100 percentsure. Last night,we had along discussion about ourdifferences, and threehours later, he was stilltrying to convinceme thatonce we get married a lot

of this bickeringwould fade away.He says mar-riage will makethings better be-cause marriagewill give us bothpeace of mindand that meanssecurity. I dowant to believehim, but I havedoubts. Youropinion will beappreciated. —

Cindy, Orlando, Fla.CINDY: All marriage

does for couples who livetogether before saying, “Ido” is to make it legal. Itis not a cure-all from per-sonal deficiencies. I thinkthe time has come to stopsharing an apartmentand to go back to datingthe old-fashioned way.And if you both still con-sider marriage, makesure you complete manybeneficial sessions with amarriage counselor.

DR. WALLACE: I’m19, and in five months, Iwill be the mother of ababy girl. I have smokedsince I was 14, and I quitwhen I discovered that Iwas going to give birth toa beautiful baby girl. Itwas difficult to quit smok-ing. At my worst, I was

smoking two packs of cig-arettes daily and that wasa lot of money going up insmoke.

I know the evils ofsmoking for the user, butwhat are the harmful ef-fects on an unborn babywhen the mother choosesto continue smoking dur-ing pregnancy? —Michelle,Nashville,Tenn.

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Lorene S. Roberts

HOUSTON— Charlotte J.“ C h a r l i e ”Brauning, 66, ofHouston, diedat 9:25 p.m., onMonday, March5, 2012, atUpper ValleyMedical Center,Troy.

She was born inDanville, Ky., on Dec. 17,1945, to Marilyn(Tankersly) Grow, ofLancaster, Ky. and thelate Robert E. Grow.

On Oct. 9, 1988, inTipp City, she marriedSteve Brauning. He sur-vives.

Charlie is also sur-vived by two daughtersand son-in-law, Rochelleand Cliff (Moberly) Corn,of Piqua and Rhonda(Moberly) Nicholson, ofTroy; one brother, GaryGrow, of Lexington, Ky.;10 grandchildren, Jes-sica Messer Weigel,Nicholas Roark, DustinMesser, Matthew Roark,Bradley Roark, TaylorMoberly, Kaylee Rose,Lexi McAlexander, ChadCorn and Landon Corn;and three great-grand-children, HaidenWeigel,Karson Weigel andJournie Burdiss.

She was preceded indeath by one brother,Michael Grow.

Charlie grad-uated fromPaint Lick HighSchool, PaintLick, Ky. Shethen went on toearn her Associ-ates Degree inApplied Sciencefrom University

of Kentucky. Charlieloved to play euchre andalso played Pogo formany years. She had acraft center called“Charlie B’s CountryCrafts.” Charlie alsoloved to oil paint profes-sionally. She was an ac-countant at French Oilin Piqua for 11 years.Charlie was also aserver at The SpringsSupper Club in Piquafor 13 years.Funeral services

will be held at 11 a.m.on Saturday atMelcher-Sowers Fu-neral Home, Piqua,with Kenneth Blockofficiating.Friends may call

from 5 to 8 p.m. onFriday at the funeralhome.

Memorial contribu-tions may be made to thefamily to help defray thefuneral expenses.

Condolences may beexpressed to the familyat www.melcher-sow-ers.com.

TROY — Lorene S.Roberts, 70, of 188Wind-mere Drive, died at12:05 p.m., Tuesday,March 6, 2012.

A funeral service tohonor her life will beheld on Friday at theJamieson and YannucciFuneral Home, Piqua.

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Rebecca K. ‘Becky’ WilliamsCOLUMBUS — Re-

becca K. “Becky”Williams, 88, passedaway in peace on Tues-day, March 6, 2012, atKobacker House inColumbus.

Becky was born onJan. 7, 1924, in Montra,daughter to the lateHilda and Carl Korn.

She is survived by hersister, Virginia Bowman,of Indianapolis, Ind.;children, Scott R.Williams, of Columbus,Sue K. (Tom) Harper, ofKalispell, Mont., andGregg T. Williams, ofColumbus; granddaugh-ters, Kelly Harper andShannon (Ryan) Harper-Donaldson; and great-grandchildren Chandan,Bridger and EmmetHarper-Donaldson, all ofColumbia Falls, Mont.;and nephews, Bill, Boband Brent Bowman.

Becky led an activeand creative life whichincluded many years ofdedicated service withNationwide Children’sHospital Twig No. 49,where she had manyfriends. During the1980s, Becky served asmembership secretary to

The Columbus AthleticClub. Becky was hon-ored to have made a sig-nificant contribution tothe Ohio State College ofEducation and HumanEcology’s Textile andClothing Museum.Becky showed greatkindness to others, was awonderful mother andgrandmother. Her familyfeels blessed to haveBecky in their lives forthe past 88 years.Family will receive

friends on Saturdayfrom 1 to 3 p.m. atSchoedinger North-west Chapel, 1740Zollinger Road,Columbus. There willbe no formal funeralservice.

In lieu of flowers, con-tributions may be madein Becky’s memory tothe Nationwide Chil-dren’s Hospital Founda-tion c/o Twig, 1699 W.Mound St., Columbus,OH 43223 or KobackerHouse, c/o Ohio HealthFoundation, 180 E.Broad St., Columbus,OH 43215.

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Members of theShelby County YoungRepublicans Club at-tended a Mitt Romneyevent recently. Romneyheld a town hall meetingin Dayton.

YR chairman andRomney campaign Teammember Robert Luckeysaid Romney talkedabout his record of jobcreation and his plansfor economic growth.

The crowd gave a longstanding ovation whenRomney explained that“a strong military is analley to keeping peace.”Romney also explainedthat he would not sup-port borrowing moneyfrom China to pay forunneeded governmentspending.

David L. CollinsM I D D L E

POINT- DavidL. Collins, 57, ofMiddle Point,Jackson Town-ship, died at4:04 p.m., onMonday, Feb. 27,2012 at MercerCounty Commu-nity Hospital, Coldwater.

He was born on Jan.25, 1955, in Lima the sonof Floyd Edwin Collins,who preceded him indeath, and Lois M.(Steenrod) and EmmettCroson, who survive inEnglewood, Fla.

On Jan. 15, 2003, hemarried B.LynHirn,whosurvives.

He is also survived bystep son, Jordan Fickery,of Middle Point; brother,Keith A. (Sheila) Collins,of Van Wert; sisters,Denise (Albert) Motycka,of Van Wert and Lori(John) Mann, of JacksonCenter; and many nieces,

nephews and ex-tended family.

He was atruck driver forD & D Ingredi-ents, in Delphosand was a 1973graduate of VanWert HighSchool.

Services was heldon March 3 at Cowanand Son FuneralHome, Van Wert, withthe Rev. Paul W. Millerofficiant. Burial was atMount Pleasant Ceme-tery, Hoaglin Town-ship.Visitation was held

March 2-3 at the fu-neral home.

Memorial contribu-tions may be made to theAmerican Heart Associa-tion.

Expressions of sympa-thy may be forwarded atthe funeral home’s web-site, cowanfuneral-home.com.

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The company hasgross annual sales ofmore than $9 million.

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Versailles votersapprove income taxBY PATRICIA ANN

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GREENVILLE —Supporters of the Ver-sailles Exempted Vil-lage School Districtcelebrated a two-to-onefavorable vote for an in-creased income tax forgeneral operations fol-lowing Tuesday’s pri-mary election.

The 1 percent tax willreplace a .75 percent taxbeginning Jan. 1, 2013.In Darke County, therewere 2,176 votes castand in Shelby Countythere were two votescast on the issue. Votesin favor of the tax num-bered 1,468, which ac-counted for 67.46percent of the vote. Thenumber of nay voteswas 708 or 32.54 per-cent.

“We’re going to re-assess, but obviously,we’re going to move for-ward,” said Superin-tendent Dr. David Vailafter the election. “Wewere confident, butguarded. Now there’s asigh of relief. This showsthe support our commu-

nity gives our district.”Other contested races

in Darke County affect-ing Versailles residentswere Republican candi-dates for county com-missioner, clerk ofcourts and judge of theProbate/Juvenile Divi-sion of Common PleasCourt. Results are asfollows:

For county commis-sioner: Total votes cast:8,991, of which 5,717(63.59 percent) were forDiane Delaplane, ofGreenvelle, and 3,274(36.41 percent) were forAaron Ward ofGreenville.

For clerk of courts:Total votes cast: 8,595,of which 6,201 (72.15percent) were cast forCindy Pike, ofGreenville, and 2,384(27.74 percent) werecast for Amanda Farley,of Hollansburg.

For common pleasjudge: Total votes cast:9,409, of which 6,093(68.05 percent) werecast for Jason Aslinger,of Greenville, and 3,316(35.24 percent) werecast for James Detling,of Greenville.

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The Mercer CountySheriff ’s Office is look-ing for a Marion LocalHigh School studentwho may have beendriving a vehicle armedwith a handgun onWednesday morning.

The juvenile has notyet been identified butaccording to MarionLocal High School offi-cials he is a student atthe high school. Theschool was put on highalert on Wednesday asa precaution.

“We weren’t com-pletely locked down,”said a school officialwho wished to remainanonymous. “Our doorswere locked and therewas more security incase he came back tothe school.

On the school’s web-site there was a mes-sage for parents: “Thismessage is to inform allparents that we arecurrently in the midstof a security situation.It has caused us to lockall external doors andtake extra precautions.All students are re-maining indoors and we

have cancelled all out-side recess and stu-dents travelling fromthe elementary to thehigh school for classes.All students and staffare safe and we are con-ducting class as nor-mal. A “One Call Now”has been submitted toour parents in order tonotify them.”

As of press time thejuvenile had not beenlocated. He was seendriving a 2001 navyblue Ford Explorer withOhio licenses platenumber FHP8160. Ac-cording to a release is-sued by the MercerCounty Sheriff ’s Officethere is a bumpersticker on the back pas-senger window thatsays “Horn broke watchfor finger.” The vehiclealso reportedly hasfresh damage to the dri-ver’s side and rear.

The Sheriff ’s office isadvising anyone thatencounters the vehiclenot to approach it, asthe male juvenile drivermay be armed with ahandgun.

Anyone with infor-mation is asked to con-tact the Mercer CountySheriff ’s office at (419)586-7724 or call 911.

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ManwaiveshearingTROY — A Beaver-

creek man who authori-ties allegeraped aboy whowas inthe careof a Troyadoptivef a t h e rwho alsois accusedof rapeand com-pelling child prostitutionwaived his preliminaryhearing Wednesday inmunicipal court on onecount of rape.Jason Zwick, 29, was

arraigned last week onthe first-degree felonyrape charge. If convictedcould land him in prisonfor a decade and labelhim a sex offender.At his scheduled pre-

liminary hearing, Zwickwaived his rights andnow a Miami Countygrand jury will considerthe case and hear the de-tails of his alleged ac-tions.On Tuesday, the man

at the center of the local,state and federal investi-gation, Kenneth H.Brandt, 39, of Troy, simi-larly waived his prelimi-nary hearing as well.Brandt is accused of

allegedly raping threechildren under his care,ages 9, 10 and 12, andalso compelled childprostitution through on-line advertisements byforcing the 10-year-old toperform sexual acts.Zwick allegedly re-

sponded to such an ad-vertisement, accordingto authorities.Zwick’s $500,000 bond

was continued by JudgeMel Kemmer onWednesday and Brandtcontinues to be held on a$800,000 bond.

Zwick

PRIMARY ROUNDUP

School levies approvedCOLUMBUS (AP) —Voters approved 74 percent

of school issues on Ohio’s ballots on Tuesday, help-ing some districts avoid cuts to programs and serv-ices.The Westerville schools in suburban Columbus

had planned to eliminate sports teams, bands andprograms for gifted students. The Columbus Dis-patch reports a levy victory from voters there willprevent those cuts and spare an estimated 221 jobsfrom being eliminated.An analysis by the Ohio School Boards Associa-

tion finds that 81 of 110 school issues on Tuesday’sballots passed in the state.The group’s executive director says 51 of 53 ex-

isting school taxes were renewed, while 30 of 57new levies were passed.Rick Lewis attributes Tuesday’s high success

rate to school administrators demonstrating thatthey had made concessions and were trying to workunder tough budget contraints.

Social media’s impactWASHINGTON (AP) —The 10-state Republican

Super Tuesday presidential contest generated morethan 530,000 comments on social media over 24hours, far outpacing any other primary or caucusnight so far.The comments on Twitter, Facebook and other

social media were tabulated by Bluefin Labs, aCambridge, Mass., social analytic company thattracks digital chatter around television.Men accounted for 64 percent of the social media

comments about the race, while women offered 36percent.The comments peaked shortly after 9 p.m. EST,

when Rick Santorum spoke to supporters at a cam-paign rally in Steubenville, Ohio. The numbersspiked again minutes later when Mitt Romney ad-dressed his campaign rally in Boston.A CNN debate in October received 548,000 com-

ments, the most of any campaign event so far.Super Tuesday placed second.

Teacher union membersto be on fall ballot

COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio’s largest teachers’union says 10 of its members will appear on the fallballot in legislative races around the state.The Ohio Education Association released the

number on Wednesday after Tuesday’s primary. Itincludes current and retired teachers and schoolsupport professionals.Union officials had said ahead of the election

that educators were flocking into politics as a back-lash against a collective bargaining overhaulpassed by the state Legislature last year.Voters re-jected the law limiting the bargaining rights of350,000 public employees in November, aftermonths of rallies, parades and demonstrations anda campaign topping $40 million.OEA President Patricia Frost-Brooks says the

ballot line-up shows Ohioans want a Legislaturethat supports the public education system.

Romney win leavesquestions aboutOhio strength

BY DAN SEWELLAssociated Press

COLUMBUS (AP) —Mitt Romney’s narrowOhio victory allowed himto move on with SuperTuesday’s key prizeadded to his presidentialresume,while leaving be-hind questions about hisstrength in the crucialstate for November.Romney performed

well in metropolitanareas and among votersconcerned about theeconomy and picking thebest candidate for defeat-ing President BarackObama. Despite heavilyoutspending rival RickSantorum, he won byonly 1 percent, however.With all precincts report-ing unofficial returns,Romney had 38 percent,with a lead of more than12,000 votes, over Santo-rum at 37 percent; for-mer House SpeakerNewt Gingrich trailed at15 percent.“Romney is just kind

of stuck in 30-some per-cent,” said Ohio AttorneyGeneral Mike DeWine, aSantorum backer whosaid the former Pennsyl-vania senator can betterreach the kinds of voterswho will swing Ohio’s re-sults in the general elec-tion.“Rick Santorum re-

lates better to the aver-age person, the ReaganDemocrats, the blue-col-lar workers, the swingvoters,” DeWine saidWednesday.However, Sen. Rob

Portman said Romneyhas demonstrated he’sthe candidate with thebest handle on tacklingeconomic issues that areforemost on voters’minds and is the bestcandidate to win Ohioback from Obama afterthe Democrat carried itin 2008.“He’s the candidate

best equipped to take onBarack Obama in No-vember and whenelected, turn thingsaround in Ohio and thecountry,” Portman said ina statement shortly afterThe Associated Presscalled Ohio for Romneyat 12:26 a.m. ESTWednesday.The state’s Democratic

Party chairman, ChrisRedfern, scoffedWednes-day at Romney’s eked-out win, saying he hadbeen bruised and weak-ened and again showedinability to connect withaverage Americans.“He’s uncomfortable in

his own political skin,”Redfern said. “You cantry and dress up like it’sHalloween and put a pairof blue jeans on andthink you’re going to getby the smell test thatOhioans provide you inthese primary cycles, butit just didn’t work lastnight and it won’t workthis November.”Exit polls showed

Romney did well withbetter-educated, higher-earning voters and mod-erates, while Santorum

ran well with social con-servatives. Santorumspent much of his cam-paign seeking to cementbonds with working-classOhio voters and stressingU.S. manufacturing, hehad only a small leadover Romney among peo-ple without college de-grees — a commonmeasurement for theblue-collar vote.Xavier University po-

litical scientist GeneBeaupre said that whileRomney’s Ohio winmight have been uncon-vincing, he showed somesignificant appeal. Forone, Romney carried afour-county southwestOhio region rich in con-servative Republican vot-ers who usually turn outin high numbers in No-vember if they are en-thused about thecandidate — he capturedHamilton County in theCincinnati area withnearly half the vote, animpressive primaryshowing that probablywas helped by his sup-port from native sonPortman.“I think in the end,

he’ll run a campaign thatwill definitely appeal tothose people becausethey don’t want Obama,”Beaupre said. “They’llhold their nose and votefor him (Romney) if theyhave to.”Meanwhile, Ohio is

also in for a hard-hittingSenate race. DemocratSherrod Brown, who un-seated DeWine in 2006,faces Ohio TreasurerJosh Mandel, a well-funded Republican whocruised past four othercandidates Tuesday with63 percent of the vote.

Rep. Jean Schmidt losther bid for a fourth fullterm in an upset primaryloss to Brad Wenstrup,who among other thingspoked fun at her habit ofappearing chummy withObama when greetinghim at State of the Unionspeeches. Wenstrup, adoctor and Iraq war vet-eran, is likely to keep theHouse 2nd District seatPortman had for seventerms in Republicanhands. Schmidt first wonit in a 2005 special elec-tion.Two Democrats in the

district were separatedby a few dozen votes in arace still too close to callWednesday.Another colorful Ohio

political figure, formerCleveland mayor andpresidential candidateDennis Kucinich, lost theDemocratic primary tofellow incumbent MarcyKaptur in the 9th Dis-trict. They were throwntogether by remapping ofOhio’s districts becausethe state lost two seatsafter population changes.Plenty of colorful poli-

ticking is still to come,though: Kaptur will faceRepublican nomineeSamuel Wurzelbacher,who was thrust into themiddle of the 2008 presi-dential debate as “Joe thePlumber,” a northwestOhio voter expressingconcern to Obama abouttaxes.

———Associated Press re-

porter Ann Sanner con-tributed reporting fromColumbus.

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NATION/WORLD Sidney Daily News,Thursday,March 8,2012 Page 5A

SAN DIEGO (AP) —Marine Sgt. Gary Steinfirst started a Facebookpage called Armed ForcesTea Party Patriots to en-courage service membersto exercise their freespeech rights. Then he de-clared that he wouldn’t fol-low orders from thecommander in chief, Presi-dent Barack Obama.While Stein softened

his statement to say hewouldn’t follow “unlawfulorders,” military observerssay he may have gone toofar.The Marine Corps is

now looking into whetherhe violated the military’srules prohibiting politicalstatements by those inuniform and broke itsguidelines on what troopscan and cannot say on so-cial media. Stein said hisviews are constitutionallyprotected.

McWashingtonnets $8,100DAKOTA CITY, Neb.

(AP) — Call it McWashing-ton.A Nebraska woman has

sold a three-year-oldMcDon-ald's Chicken McNuggetthat resembles PresidentGeorge Washington for$8,100 on eBay.The Sioux City Journal

in Iowa says bidding endedjust after 11:30a.m.Monday.Rebekah Speight of

Dakota City sold the Mc-Nugget to raise money for adrive to raise $15,000 andsend 50 children to summerchurch camp in Sioux City.Speight says her children

didn’t eat the chickenduringa McDonald’s visit threeyears ago. She was about totoss it, then spotted Wash-ington’s resemblance.Speight stashed the Mc-Nugget in her freezer.

AP Photo/Tulsa World, John Clanton

A SHERIFF’S deputy is transported after being shot at theCounty Courthouse Wednesday in Tulsa, Okla. A sheriff'sdeputy and two other people were wounded Wednesday af-ternoon during an exchange of gunfire outside a courthouseplaza in Tulsa, police said.

TULSA, Okla. (AP) —A sheriff ’s deputy, suspected gunmanand a bystander were wounded Wednesday afternoon duringan exchange of gunfire outside a Tulsa courthouse, sendingpeople scattering from a crowded plaza as an employee at anearby library used his camera to chronicle the events.Police spokesman LelandAshley said authorities responded

to a report of a person firing into the air between the TulsaCounty Courthouse and the library. Deputies, including theone who was wounded, exchanged gunfire with the shooter,Ashley said.“During the course of exchange of gunfire, an innocent by-

stander was hit,” Ashley said. He said the injuries to thedeputy and the bystander did not appear life-threatening.No names were immediately released.Shannon Clark, Tulsa County Sheriff ’s Department

spokesman, said the deputy was shot in both arms.Emergency Medical Services Authority Capt. Chris Stevens

said one man was taken to a hospital in critical condition andthat two other people were hospitalized, one in serious andone in fair condition, and that a woman, who was not hit bygunfire, was “shaken up” and treated at the scene.John Fancher, a communications coordinator with the li-

brary, told The Associated Press that he heard gunshots, thengrabbed his camera and stood at his office window to take pic-tures.“I see a guy barefoot nonchalantly just waving a gun in the

air,” Fancher said. “I’m thinking this is not the downtown I re-member working in. I start snapping off some shots and hesits down, just casually sits down, gun in his hand and threesheriff ’s come out of the courthouse and I can’t hear whatthey’re saying.”Fancher said the man turned around and stood up with his

gun.

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orange tacoLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP)

— Taco Bell hopes to turnorange Doritos cheesepowder into green — as incash from its latest inven-tion.The Mexican-style

chain planned to roll outDoritos Locos Tacos atmidnight onWednesday atits nearly 5,600 restau-rants nationwide. Thefast-food chain, a unit ofYum Brands Inc., calls thetacos that use shells madeout of Nacho Cheese Dori-tos the biggest productlaunch in its 50-year his-tory. Taco Bell says itplans to introduce a Dori-tos Cool Ranch taco shellthis fall.

Cars Landarrives

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP)— Lightning McQueen andfriends are about to get thegreen light at Disneyland.The park announced

Wednesday that Cars Land,based on the Disney-Pixar“Cars” movies, is the head-liner of four new attractionsopening June 15 at DisneyCalifornia Adventure Parkafter a five-year expansion.Cars Land will be 12

acres of rides, shops andrestaurants based on themovie’s town of RadiatorSprings. Along with ridesbased on “A Bug’s Life,”Monsters, Inc.” and “ToyStory,” it further cementsCaliforniaAdventure as thePixar park.Also opening will be

Buena Vista Street, basedon Los Angeles the way itwaswhenWalt Disney firstsaw it in the 1920s, and theCathay Circle Theater, arecreation of the placewhere “SnowWhite and theSeven Dwarfs” premieredin 1937.

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan(AP) — Osama bin Ladenspent his last weeks in a housedivided, amid wives riven bysuspicions. On the top floor,sharing his bedroom, was hisyoungest wife and favorite.The trouble came when hiseldest wife showed up andmoved into the bedroom on thefloor below.Others in the family,

crammed into the three-storyvilla compound where binLaden would eventually bekilled in a May 2 U.S. raid,were convinced that the eldestwife intended to betray the al-Qaida leader.The picture of bin Laden’s

life in the Abbottabad com-pound comes from Brig.Shaukat Qadir, a retired Pak-istani army officer who spent

months researching the eventsand says he was given rare ac-cess to transcripts of Pakistaniintelligence’s interrogation ofbin Laden’s youngest wife,whowas detained in the raid.Qadir was also given rare

entry into the villa, which wassealed after the raid and de-molished last month. Pictureshe took, which he allowed TheAssociated Press to see,showed the villa’s main stair-case, splattered with blood.Other pictures show windowsprotected by iron grills and the20-foot high walls around thevilla.Qadir’s research gives one

of the most extensive descrip-tions of the arrangements inbin Laden’s hideout when U.S.SEAL commandos stormed in,killing bin Laden and four oth-

ers. His account is based on ac-counts by an official of Pak-istan’s Inter-ServicesIntelligence agency who es-corted him on a tour of thevilla, the interrogation tran-scription he was allowed toread, and interviews withother ISI officials and al-Qaida-linked militants andtribesmen in the Afghan-Pak-istan border region.The compound where bin

Laden lived since mid-2005was a crowded place, with 28residents — including binLaden, his three wives, eight ofhis children and five of hisgrandchildren. The bin Ladenchildren ranged in age fromhis 24-year-old son Khaled,who was killed in the raid, to a3-year-old born during theirtime in Abbottabad. Bin

Laden’s courier, the courier’sbrother and their wives andchildren also lived in the com-pound.The 54-year-old bin Laden

himself seemed aged beyondhis years, with suspected kid-ney or stomach diseases, andthere were worries over hismental health, Qadir said hewas told by ISI officials and anal-Qaida member he inter-viewed in the border regions.Bin Laden lived and died on

the third floor. One room heshared with his youngest wife,Amal Ahmed Abdel-Fatah al-Sada, a Yemeni who was 19when she married the al-Qaida leader in 1999. Anotherwife, Siham Saber, lived in an-other room on the same floorthat also served as a computerroom, Qadir told AP.

Bin Laden’s lair was house divided

UK troops killed in AfghanistanKABUL, Afghanistan (AP)

— Six British soldiers werekilled after an explosion hittheir armored vehicle insouthwestern Afghanistan,Britain’s Ministry of Defensesaid Wednesday. It was thebiggest loss of life for Britishforces in the country since aplane crash in 2006.The soldiers were on patrol

in Helmand province at thetime of the blast Tuesdayevening.British Prime Minister

David Cameron said thedeaths marked a “desperatelysad day for our country.”The attack is certain to

fuel calls for the accelerationof a planned withdrawal of allU.S.-led coalition troops fromAfghanistan by the end of2014. The war has become in-

creasingly unpopular in theUnited States and among itsNATO partners in Europe.Washington has also grown

frustrated with the adminis-tration of President HamidKarzai, who has been makingincreasing demands of Amer-ica in order to sign a deal thatwill allow some troops to re-main past 2014, mainly in acounterterrorism and train-ing role.Helmand has been the

deadliest province by far forcoalition troops since theAfghan war started over adecade ago. Most of Britain’s9,500 soldiers are basedthere, and the province alsohas thousands of U.S. troops.The Taliban have fought

fiercely for control of Hel-mand because it accounts for

about half of all poppy pro-duction in Afghanistan.Poppy is the main ingredientin making opium and hasbeen a significant source ofrevenue for the militants.Britain has lost more

troops in Afghanistan— 404after Wednesday’s killings —than any other country exceptfor the United States, whichhas counted at least 1,780deaths as a result of the U.S.-led invasion in late 2001, ac-cording to an AssociatedPress count. The AP count ofU.S. deaths is six less thanthe Defense Department’stally. At least 1,484 U.S. mili-tary service members havedied in Afghanistan as a re-sult of hostile action, accord-ing to the military’s numbers.More than 2,800 troops

from all nations have diedsince the start of the war inAfghanistan. There are about130,000 troops from 50 coun-tries serving with the inter-national military coalition.The Helmand deaths

would be the biggest loss oflife for Britain in a single in-cident in Afghanistan since aNimrod aircraft crashed in2006, killing 14 service mem-bers. It would also be thelargest number of casualtiesin a ground operation forBritain in the country and thedeadliest single incident forNATO since Jan. 19, when sixU.S. Marines died in a heli-copter crash in Helmandprovince. Last August, insur-gents shot down a Chinookhelicopter, killing 30 Ameri-can troops.

Deputy, 2 others shot

GOP, Dems fightover women votersWASHINGTON (AP) — Is

the 2012 election shaping up tobe all about women?President Barack Obama is

working hard to woo this piv-otal constituency in his re-elec-tion race. His Democraticallies are even accusing theGOP of launching a “waragainst women” after the Re-publicans reignited a new na-tional debate over culturalissues, including birth control.But now the Republicans—

including Ann Romney andAlaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski— are striking back with apromise: Their party will winwomen by focusing on the realNo. 1 issue, the economy.Not that Obama is ready to

give up that issue.“I believe that the Democ-

rats have a better story to tellto women about how we’regoing to solidify the middleclass and grow this economy,make sure everybody has afair shot, everybody’s doingtheir fair share, and we got afair set of rules of the road thateverybody has to follow,”Obama said Tuesday as Re-publican presidential con-tenders competed in SuperTuesday primaries.Hours later, Romney — the

wife of GOP front-runner MittRomney — answered him.“Do you know what women

care about?Women care aboutjobs,” she declared on nationaltelevision, as her husbandwaited nearby to speak.“They’re angry, and they’re fu-rious about the entitlementdebt that we’re leaving for ourchildren.”“I’m right along with Ann

Romney,” Murkowski said onWednesday. The Alaska Re-publican has been critical ofher party’s focus on birth con-trol policy when people remainworried about economic stabil-ity. In a telephone interview,Murkowski added: “There isclearly a direction that we cantake as Republicans that givesconfidence and assurance thatwe are focused on the issuesthat matter to women.”Eight months before Elec-

tion Day, women have becomearguably themost sought-aftervoting group in an electionyear where the presidency andcontrol of Congress are atstake. Females comprise a ma-jority of voters in a typicalpresidential election year.Women are a crucial voting

group for Obama, particularlyin the suburbs of big cities likeDenver and Detroit. He wouldnot be president today had henot beaten Republican JohnMcCain by 13 points amongwomen four years ago.The im-portance of winning thewomen’s vote may be magni-fied this year given that thefragile economy may weighdown the support of othergroups that supported Obamastrongly in 2008, such as Lati-nos and college-age voters.Recent polling suggests

Obama is gaining amongwomen. An Associated Press-GfK poll conducted last monthshowed his approval ratinghad risen 10 percentage pointsamong women since Decem-ber. The poll also showed thatwomen approve more stronglyof the way the president ishandling the economy.

HONOLULU (AP) —Guests at a hotel near Hon-olulu’s airport found a suck-ling pig in the lobby, but itwasn’t on the menu of theluau.They called the Hawaiian

Humane Society last week,when a 5-week-old female pigwas found running around thelobby. It was unclear how thepiglet ended up there.

Humane society spokes-woman Tasha Tanimoto saysthe pig is healthy and hasbeen named Pukalani. Shewill be available for adoptiononce she’s a little older. Tani-moto says the piglet is beingbottle-fed by a volunteer.Humane society officials

aren’t sure of the pig’s breed,but a veterinarian suspectsshe will grow to be quite large.

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A silly sheet disputeindeed! After taking aninformal survey inHeloise Central, four outof five of us agreed withyou that we make thebed so that when the topsheet is turned down,

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LOCALIFECOMMUNITY CALENDAR

This Evening• Minster Garden Club meets at 7 p.m. at the

Old Minster Council Chambers, Minster.• Shelby County Humane Society meets at 7

p.m. at its office, 114 N. Ohio Ave. New members al-ways are welcome.

• Temperance 73 Masonic Lodge at the corner ofMiami Avenue and Poplar Street meets at 7:30 p.m.

• The Narcotics Anonymous group, All in theFamily, meets at 7 p.m. at First United MethodistChurch, 230 Poplar St.

• Shelby County Coin Club meets at 7:15 p.m.at First Church of God on Campbell Road. Meet-ings are open to anyone interested in coin collect-ing. There is a business session, program, awardingof attendance prizes for members, refreshmentsand a coin auction.Friday Morning

• A.J. Wise Library in Fort Loramie hosts storytime for children 3 1/2 and older at 10:30 a.m. Toregister, call 295-3155.Friday Afternoon

• Sidney Gateway Hi 12 Club No. 482, meets atnoon at the Sidney American Legion on Fourth Av-enue. All Master Masons are invited.

• Parkinson’s support group meets at 3:30 p.m.at the Brethren’s Home, 750 Chestnut St.,Greenville. For more information, call (937) 548-3188.Friday Evening

• Hope in Recovery, similar to traditional 12-step programs to confront destructive habits andbehaviors, meets at the First Presbyterian Church,114 E. 4th St., Greenville, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Formore information, call (937) 548-9006.

• The Narcotics Anonymous group, StayingClean for the Weekend, meets at 7 p.m. at FirstUnited Methodist Church, 230 E. Poplar St.

• Maplewood Grange will sponsor a euchre cardparty at Maplewood Grange Hall at 7:30 p.m. Thepublic is welcome, and refreshments will be served.Saturday Morning

• Agape Mobile Rural Food Pantry Distribution,in Botkins, 9 a.m. to noon.

• The Piqua-Lewis Boyer Chapter Daughters ofthe American Revolution (DAR) will meet at theTroy Hayner Cultural Center, 301W.Main S., Troyat 10:30 a.m.Saturday Afternoon

• Agape Mobile Rural Food Pantry Distribution,in Anna, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.Saturday Evening

• Shelby County Deer Hunters holds its monthlySaturday Night Trap Shoot at 7988 Johnston-Sla-gle Road beginning at 6:30 p.m., 10 birds. Programstarts at 8 p.m., 50 birds, long run, handicappedand Lewis class. Open to the public.

• The Sidney-Shelby County Chess Club “Check-mates” meets at 7 p.m. at the library at the DorothyLove Retirement Community. All skill levels arewelcome. For more information, call 497-7326.

• The Narcotics Anonymous group, SaturdayNight Live, meets at 8 p.m. at St. John’s LutheranChurch, 120 W. Water St.Sunday Afternoon

• Catholic Adult Singles Club meets at the GarstMuseum in Greenville. For information, call (419)678-8691.

Contact Localife Editor Patricia AnnSpeelman with story ideas, club newswedding, anniversary, engagements andbirth announcements by phone at (937)498-5965; email, [email protected];or by fax, (937) 498-5991.

TroykaraokecontestFriday

TROY — TV-5, Troy’slocal access televisionstation, will host akaraoke contest Fridayat LeDoux’s restauranton the square in down-town Troy.

There will be prizesfor top three performersand door prizes, as wellas a 50/50 drawing. Pro-ceeds will help fund TroyPublic Broadcasting TV-5 for projects.

Registration is from 6to 8 p.m. at LeDoux’sFriday or in advance byemailing Mike Blanken-ship at [email protected] calling (937) 339-4445.

There is a $10 fee toenter the contest. Allcontestants will receivea T-shirt and two raffletickets. There is a limitof 30 contestants 18 andolder.

Contestants will bejudged on vocals andstage presence. The con-test will be streamed liveonline and possiblybroadcast on televisionso song choices must befamily-friendly.

The prize for firstplace is $100, for secondplace is $50 and for thirdplace is $25.

The cover charge forthose not in the contestis a $5 donation. Every-one receives two raffletickets. Open karaokewill be from 6 to 8 p.m.The contest will start at8 p.m.

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ANNA — RyanSmith, a junior at AnnaHigh School, has com-pleted his Eagle Scoutproject.

The scout is a mem-ber of Anna Troop 301and is the son of Michaeland Donna Smith.

He has always en-joyed camping at LakeLoramie, so he contactedJason Witman, Lake Lo-ramie park officer, aboutdoing an Eagle Scoutproject. Witman sug-gested that he buildsome benches and dosome landscaping on oneof the trails.

Smith attended aLake Loramie Improve-ment Association meet-ing to ask its support fora project at Fort LoramieState Park. The associa-tion did contribute to-ward Smith’s project.

Smith decided tomake benches for LittleTurtle Trace Trail. Heplanned the materialsand funds that would beneeded in order to com-plete his project.

Witman requestedthat the benches blendin with the surround-ings. Therefore, Smith

used brown, syntheticwood, so that thebenches would last along time.

Smith looked onlinefor bench designs. He se-lected one from GardenGate and revised it tomeet his needs and hisbudget.

He talked with localbusinesses to ask theirsupport. Donated mate-rial and funds for theproject came from thefollowing: Fort LoramieDairy King, Fort Lo-ramie Day Care, GehretNursery, Hoying’s Serv-ice Center, Lake LoramieImprovement Associa-tion, Lowe’s, M&A Muf-fler and Tires, MinsterSupply, Wagner’s IGA,Wells Brothers andWestern Ohio TrueValue Hardware.

After the donationswere collected, the nextstep was to decide on thelayout of the landscap-ing and purchase thematerials for the con-struction of fourbenches.The assembly ofthe benches took place atSmith’s house withfriends, family, and otherBoy Scouts helping.

Then the trail had to

be prepared. All of thesites needed to be tilledand the dirt leveled offbefore placing thebenches. Once the areaswere prepped and lev-eled off, a black weedprevention mat was laiddown and the bencheswere put into place. Thelast step was to work onthe landscaping aroundthe benches and at theentrance of Little TurtleTrace Trail.

In order for Smith toachieve the honor ofEagle Scout, he was re-quired to earn 21 meritbadges, participate introop activities, and com-plete a community proj-ect. His project also hadto pass the scrutiny of anEagle Scout Board of Re-view. After completion,Witman presentedSmith with a certificateand a plaque at a LakeLoramie ImprovementAssociation meeting.Chuck Moeller, Smith’sscout leader, grantedrecognition at an EagleScout Court of Honor.

Smith believes thiswas a great experienceand feels that it was alsoa good way to give backto the community.

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LOCALIFE Sidney Daily News,Thursday,March 8,2012 Page 7A

TODAY• The Ohio State Uni-

versity at Lima Depart-ment of Music presentsits Winter Concert at 8p.m. in the Martha W.Farmer Theater for thePerforming Arts in ReedHall. The concert willfeature the UniversityChorale, University Cho-rus, the a capella group,Carmony, and the OhioState Lima UniversityBand.The concert is freeand open to the public.

FRIDAY• Watch Gregory

Pecks’ Best Actor award-ing winning perform-ance in the fifth film ofthe Troy-Hayner Cul-tural Center’s film se-ries, Lets Go to theMovies at Hayner, at7:30 p.m. at the center,201 W. Main St., Troy.Due to licensing restric-tions, the Hayner is notallowed to publish thenames of the films. Forthe name of Fridaynight’s film visitwww.troyhayner.org orcall (937) 339-0457.

• Euchre card partywill be held at Maple-wood Grange Hall inMaplewood and willstart at 7 p.m. The pub-lic is invited and foodwill be served.

SATURDAY• Gateway Arts Coun-

cil presents “The UglyDuckling” at the CameoTheatre, 304 S.West St.,at 2 p.m. A free craft canbe made before the per-formance at 1 p.m. Tick-ets: 498-2787.

• Darke County Sin-gles hosts its monthlydance, featuring musicby Spittin’ Image. Thedance will be from 8:30p.m. to midnight at theVFW Hall, 219 N. OhioSt., Greenville. It is opento all singles 21 years ofage and over. Admissionis $5. Call (937) 968-5007.

• Electric violinistTracy Silverman will ap-pear in concert at 7:30p.m. at the Holland The-atre, 127 E. Columbus

Ave., Bellefontaine. Aninformal reception in theGallery at the Hollandwill begin at 6 p.m.

• New Bremen PublicLibrary hosts a MouseCookies and More picnicfrom 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.for preschoolers, pre-sented by Girl ScoutTroop 20628.

SUNDAY• American Czecho-

slovakian Club, 922 Val-ley St., Dayton, hosts adance from 3 to 7 p.m.Dance to the music ofthe Sorgenbrecher Band.$14 per person includesbeer, wine, soda andsnacks. Food available.(937-287-4275).

• The Dayton Phil-harmonic Orchestra willcontinue its 2011-12“Rockin’ Orchestra” se-ries with “The Music ofQueen: A Rock & Sym-phonic Spectacular” at 3p.m. and 8 p.m. in theSchuster Center indowntown Dayton. Tick-ets: $42 to $84 at (888)228-3630 or www.day-tonphilharmonic.com.

• Houston Commu-nity Center’s 8th annualchicken-n-noodle/beef-n-noodle dinner will be atthe center, 5005 Russia-Houston Road, Houston,from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.Lunch includes chicken-n-noodles or beef-n-noodles, mashedpotatoes, green beansand dinner roll, coleslaw,applesauce, or Jellosalad punch or coffee.Also available: home-made desserts, cans ofpop or water. Adults,$6.50; children (12 andunder) $4.

• Anna UnitedMethodist Church, 201W. North St., hosts asmorgasbord from 11a.m. to 1 p.m. Donationsaccepted to support thechurch building fund.

• Registration openstoday for the preschoolenvironmental educa-tion program at BruknerNature Center, 5995Horseshoe Bend Road,Troy. Sessions will run

one day per week for sixweeks beginning April10. Call (937) 698-6493for information.

• The Garst Museumin Greenville hosts atalk by costumed speak-ers about the life and ac-complishments of Johnand Lucy Audubon, at 2p.m. Admission charge.(937) 548-5250.

MONDAY• Brukner Nature

Center, 5995 HorseshoeBend Road, Troy, pres-ents “Wild Journeys: AllAround Seattle” at 7p.m. Enjoy the sceneryas an armchair travelerto the San Juan Islands,North Cascades, MountRainier and the HohRainforest. This pro-gram is free for BNCmembers, $2 for non-members. (937) 698-6493.

• Girl Scouts of West-ern Ohio is celebratingGirl Scouting’s 100th an-niversary at an openhouse at the Dayton GirlScout Center, 450 ShoupMill Road, Dayton, from5 to 7 p.m. A short pro-gram will occur at 6 p.m.The event is free.

• New Bremen PublicLibrary offers a St.Patrick’s Day craft at 6p.m. All ages are wel-come.

• Francis J. Stallo Me-morial Library in Min-ster hosts family nightfrom 6:15 to 7 p.m. Allages are welcome with aparent.

TUESDAY• New Bremen Public

Library offers an after-school St. Patrick’s Daycraft until 4 p.m.All agesare welcome.

WEDNESDAY• Francis J. Stallo Me-

morial Library in Min-ster will show the movie,“Gone with theWind,” at11 a.m. Pizza will beserved.

MARCH 15• New Knoxville

Community Library willoffer a St. Paddy’s Daycraft from 3 to 6 p.m. Allages are welcome.

LET YOURSELF GO

Webinar offered to family caregiversThe nonprofit Na-

tional Private Duty As-sociation (NPDA), alongwith its chapters, willhost a consumer educa-tion web conference, “De-pression and OlderAdults — What EveryCaregiver Should Know,”Tuesday at 8 p.m. EST.

The live and interac-tive program will pro-vide advice on howfamily caregivers canwork with professionalsto identify this conditionand develop an effectiveplan of care for a lovedone with depression.

Caregivers will learnhow to identify key is-sues and problems, lo-cate needed experts andresources, and outline aplan to provide the best

care for a parent.The event is free of

charge to participantsbut advance registrationis required at www.pri-vatedutyhomecare.org.

The web conferencetopics include diagnosisof depression, associa-tion between depression,anxiety and memoryloss, understandingwhich medications aresafe and effective, alongwith resources and toolsfor monitoring treat-ment and improvement.

“One out of threeolder adults suffers frommajor depression,” saidSheila McMackin, presi-dent of NPDA. “Our goalis to provide informationto help family caregiversincrease the quality of

life and identify benefi-cial treatment and careoptions for their lovedones.”

The event’s expertpresenter is Dr. StevenC. Fox, doctor of osteopa-thy and medical director,Wellspring PersonalCare.

For the past 30 years,the primary focus ofFox’s clinical practice,teaching and researchhas been the care andtreatment for the elderlyand disabled.

He has been a trend-setter in the area of geri-atric and Alzheimer’scare since the mid-1970s.

Fox provides hands-on consultation andoversight for families to

assess a loved one’s lim-itations and capabilitiesand create a plan of carethat will enable the per-son to stay in his/herown home.

Fox was the founderof Wellspring Geronto-logical Services inChicago in 1985. He isan active member of sev-eral medical associationsaddressing aging andhealth issues.

The NPDA is the firstand only association inthe country dedicatedexclusively to private-pay home-careproviders. The NPDA, anonprofit organization,currently representsmore than 1,300 home-care agencies in 44states and Puerto Rico.

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RYAN SMITH, of Anna, relaxes on one of the benches he built for Lake Lo-ramie State Park. The project earned him his Eagle Scout designation. Smithis the son of Michael and Donna Smith.

Smith named Eagle Scout

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ANNA/BOTKINSContactBotkins reporter JenniferBumgarner, (937) 498-5967; email,[email protected]; orAnna re-porter Kathy Leese, (937) 489-3711;email, [email protected], or byfax, (937) 498-5991,with story ideas andnews releases.

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SAMANTHA RIFFELL, 18, sings to Adam Berning, 15, both of Anna, duringan Anna High School musical rehearsal Thursday. Riffell is the daughter ofDale and Angela Riffell. Berning is the son of Rich and Carol Berning.

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ANNA — Anna stu-dents will take a trip tothe “State Fair” onMarch 9, 10 and 11 asthey present the Rodgersand Hammerstein musi-cal at Anna High School.

“State Fair” is a storyabout the Americanheartland tradition. Themusical centers aroundthe Abel and MelissaFrake family.Abel wantshis hog Blue Boy to winthe grand sweepstakesand Melissa has spentall day preparing picklesand mincemeat for judg-ing at the fair. Their son,Wayne, and daughter,Margy, both strugglewith new relationships.

Among the songs thepublic will enjoy are“Our State Fair,” “ItMight As Well BeSpring,” “You Never HadIt So Good,” “All I OweIoway” and “It’s A GrandNight For Singing.”

The performances areopen to the public withtickets $8 for adults and$6 for students. Showsare March 9 and 10 at 7p.m., and March 11 at 2p.m. Tickets are avail-able at the door or can bereserved by calling the

Anna High School officeat 394-4251.

The cast includesMacaulay Counts, asAbel Frake; AllieHohlbein, as MelissaFrake;Adam Berning, asWayne Frake; LoganAdams, as Margy Frake;Samantha Riffell, asEmily Arden; LoganPlatfoot, as Pat Gilbert;Kris Frazier-Jones, asJudge Heppenstahl; LizaPlatfoot, as Mrs. EdwinMetcalf; Ben Wuebker,as Harry; Summer Mc-Cracken, as Eleanor;Ben Hamberg, as Char-lie; Ali Brown, as Vivian;Hayley Richard, asJeanne; Ryan Spicer, asDave Miller; and AshleyLittlefield, as Violet.

Other cast membersinclude fairgoers, bark-ers, singers, dancers andfarmers. They are CoreyAbbott, Erik Angus, Brit-tnee Axe, Nathan Arling,Kara Baker, Kailyn Ball,Polina Baykova, TaylorBlevins, Matthew Bruce,Katelyn Brunswick,Mary Buehler, Saman-tha Burden; MeaganCard; Emily Christman,Jacqui Cisco, Jacob Di-vens, Brandi Ellenwood,

Megan Fogt, Luke Gaier,Maria Gaier,Anne MarieGoettemoeller, JessicaHamberg, Bill Harmonand Katie Holt.

Also performing areJessica Hoying, Court-ney Inman, BrookeKerns, Courtney Little-field, AlexanderMikhalkevich, Zach Per-sky, Lacey Poeppelman,Shawnie Rump, TristonSaunders, CrystalSchmiesing, JodieSchmitmeyer, KendelStrasser, Alicia Slife,Nicole Terwilliger, JacobUnum, Marie Witer andNatalie Zirkle.

Members of the pit or-chestra are KiarraIbarra, flute and piccolo;Mary Wagner, flute;Jacob Dodds, alto saxo-phone; Kasia Krauss,clarinet and tenor saxo-phone; Micaela Ellis,bass clarinet and tenorsaxophone; Kathy La-timer, trumpet; NathanWatercutter, trumpet;Casey Hussey, trumpet;David Poppelman, trom-bone; Tyler McKee,trombone; Ryan Smith,percussion; Riley Bern-ing, percussion; and SamHomans, percussion.

Anna students topresent ‘State Fair’

ANNA — The Villageof Anna EndowmentFund awarded grants to-taling $9,416 in the firstquarter of the year toseveral organizations forimprovements or pro-grams within the Villageof Anna.

Receiving grants thisyear are the Anna Li-brary to improve enter-tainment equipment;Rocket Athletic Boosters,addition of a water foun-tain at the Athletic com-plex; Anna RescueSquad, replacing twosuction units; Anna His-torical Society, to fundthe village Christmasfestival and offset levycosts; Village of Anna, toadd mulch rings to thetrees along Main Street,and the Anna Park Com-mittee, to offset cost ofevent and make repairsto the walking path.

Grants were awardedon the basis of the proj-ects’ ability to present aunique and undupli-cated opportunity for theVillage, to support estab-lished organizations forspecial purposes and togenerate matching

funds. These awards areintended to encouragemore efficient use of re-sources and promote co-ordination, cooperationand sharing among or-ganization and the elim-ination of duplicatedservices; test or demon-strate new approachesand technologies in thesolution of importantproblems within the Vil-lage; accomplish projectswhich do not have othersources of support; pro-mote volunteer partici-pation and citizensinvolvement in commu-nity affairs within theVillage; and strengthennonprofit agencies andinstitutions by reducingoperating cost, increas-ing public financial sup-port and/or improvinginternal management.

With awarding ofthese grants in 2012, thefund has distributednearly $175,000 sincethe inception in 1995.

The Village Anna En-dowment Fund is a non-profit, charitableorganization that hasbeen established as acomponent of the Troy

Foundation. The pur-pose of the Fund is toenhance the quality oflife for the Village ofAnna residents througheducation, charity, andbenevolence and tolessen the burdens ofgovernment.

The fund was estab-lished in December of1995 as a result of a$250,000 donation fromthe Honda of AmericaAnna Engine Plant. Adistribution Committeehas been established tomanage the Fund and todistribute the incomegenerated by the Fund.

The DistributionCommittee consists ofRon Dunn, Karl Ehe-mann, Kurt Ehemann,Linda Glessner, andDustin Murphy.

Persons interested inmaking donation to theprincipal of the Fund areencouraged to do so bycontacting a member ofthe Distribution Com-mittee at P.O Box 522,Anna, Ohio 45302. TheFund is a 501(c)(3) or-ganization enabling alldonations to be tax de-ductible.

Village of Anna EndowmentFund awards grants

BOTKINS — BotkinsHigh School seniorshave the opportunity toapply for several localscholarships providedthrough The CommunityFoundation of ShelbyCounty.

In addition to othercountywide scholarships,students from BotkinsLocal Schools are eligibleto apply for the followingscholarships for 2012:

• The Carol BeckerScholarship will award a$250 scholarship inmemory of the BotkinsHigh School student. Se-lection criteria includefinancial need, academicachievement, demon-strated service activitiesand recommendations.

• The Botkins Com-munity Fund Scholar-ship requires students tohave a 2.7 or highergrade point average.Preference will be givento applicants who havelittle or no other scholar-ship awards. One $500award is available.

• The Botkins Stu-dent Memorial Scholar-ship will award a $500scholarship in memoryof students, alumni, andteachers. Selection isbased upon financialneed, academic ability,demonstrated commu-nity and school serviceand recommendations.

• The Botkins TrojansScholarship is offeringtwo $1,000 scholarships,

with selection based uponfinancial need, academicachievement and commu-nity and school service.

• The Chase FultzScholarship Fund, givenin memory of theBotkins graduate, isawarded to a senior whois a member of theBotkins Future Farmersof America (FFA) and isbased on academicachievement. A $250scholarship is available.

• The Randy GreveMemorial Scholarship isgiven in memory of thislate graduate and boardof education member.Preference will be givento a senior who plans toattend a two-year voca-tional or technical pro-gram but secondaryconsideration will begiven to students pursu-ing a four-year degree.Selection is based uponfinancial need, academicachievement, communityand school service. Theaward will be $1,000.

• The Lahrmer Fam-ily Scholarship Fundwas established by re-tired Botkins guidancecounselor and teacherBev Lahrmer, along withher husband Phil. Selec-tion for the $1,000 schol-arship is based uponacademic ability, demon-strated community andschool service and rec-ommendations.

• The Dave MielkeScholarship Fund was

established anony-mously to honor thelong-time Botkins HighSchool educator andTrack and Cross Coun-try coach. Applicantsmust have earned a min-imum of two team let-ters as a member of theschool’s cross countryand/or track teams. Se-lection also based uponacademic achievement,community and schoolservice and recommen-dations. A $1,000 schol-arship will be awarded.

• The Louise SheetsScholarship Fund wasestablished through theestate of the longtimeBotkins resident andphilanthropist. Selectionis based upon financialneed, academic ability,demonstrated commu-nity and school serviceand recommendations.Two $500 scholarshipswill be awarded.

An online applicationmust be completed byMarch 22 for all of theabove scholarships. Ap-plicants may go onto theCommunity Foundationwebsite at www.comm-foun.com, go to the re-ceive tab and selectscholarships. Studentsshould open the applica-tion for Botkins seniorsand alumni. For more in-formation, contact TheCommunity Foundationof Shelby County at 497-7800 or [email protected].

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The Lehman CatholicCompetition Cheerlead-ing Squad recently tookfirst place at theAmeriCheer WinterOpen National Champi-onships held at theGreater Columbus Con-vention Center inColumbus. Cheerleadingteams traveled fromOhio, Kentucky andPennsylvania to partici-pate.This is Lehman’s 16th

appearance at the na-tional level of competi-tion. The squad earnedthe right to compete atthis national competi-tion by its placement ata competition held at theOhio State Fair in Au-gust 2011.Lehman competed in

the Varsity Non-MountTraditional Division andearned the first placetitle, trophy, and banner.In addition to their divi-sion title, the team alsoearned the “High Point”award for non-All-Starteams, including school,

recreational, and collegeall-girl teams.The squadwas judged on a 2 1/2-minute routine consist-ing of cheers, dances,tumbling and jumps.This accomplishment

is part of a tradition ofsuccess for Lehmancheerleaders at the na-tional level of competi-tion, including a grandchampion title in 1999(Eastern CheerleadersAssociation), first placedivision title in 2005(National CheerleadersAssociation), first placedivision title and WOWChoreography Award in2006 (AmeriCheer) andfirst place division titlesand grand ghampion all-round in 2007, 2008 and2011 (AmeriCheer).The 11-member com-

petition team consists ofgirls from Lehman’s foot-ball and/or basketballsquads. Members in-clude Emily Bensman,daughter of Nick andMary Bensman, of Sid-ney; MacKenzie Brown

and Madilyn Brown,daughters of John andLisa Brown, of Sidney;Meghan Burner, daugh-ter of Andy and DiannaBurner, of Piqua; LaurenGoettemoeller, daughterof Don and Bev Goette-moeller, of Sidney;Samantha Grise, daugh-ter of Sam Grise andKathy Retterbush, ofPiqua; Nicole Larger,daughter of Mark andMaria Larger, of Sidney;Shannon Looney, daugh-ter of Mark and LaurieLooney, of Troy; KaitlinSchutte, daughter ofDoug and DeannaSchutte, of Minster;Masie Sherman, daugh-ter of Scott and KristySherman, of Sidney; andLauren Vanderhorst,daughter of Jerry andAngie Vanderhorst, ofSidney.The team is coached

by Melissa Safreed, ofPiqua, a LehmanCatholic graduate whoteaches mathematics atthe school.

Cheerleaders takefirst place at nationals

Sidney High Schoolheld the second of threeyearly blood drives re-cently, with outstandingresults. The record-set-ting blood drive saw 115registered studentdonors and a total of 94units of blood donated tolocal hospitals. The drivealso welcomed 35 first-time student donors, al-lowing Sidney HighSchool to achieve 120percent of its goal for thedrive. This is Sidney

High School’s 19th yearof holding blood drives.The Sidney High

School Student Govern-ment holds three yearlyblood drives in themonthsof October, February andMay. Students work atpre-registration check-infor donors, canteen areasand provide food anddrinks for donors, as wellas aid in the setting upand tearing down of theblood donor area.SHS history teacher

Brett Bickel was thedrive chairman, who wasassisted by CBC ShelbyCounty RepresentativeKathy Pleiman. Sopho-more Olivia Seving is thestudent blood drive chairand organized the nearly30 student volunteers forthe day of the drive.Studentsaregearingup

for their May blood drive,which will be drive compe-titionbetweenSidneyHighSchool and SpringfieldHigh School onMay 11.

SHS hosts blood drive

DEGRAFF — River-side High School re-cently announced thenames of students on thehonor roll for the secondnine week grading pe-riod.

7th Grade4.0 or better: Tyler

Sanford, Austin Thomp-son, Trevor Hillard andHunter Kreglow

3.5 or better: TylorEaton, Helena Faulder,Jordan Hudson, AshtonWooddell, AndrewWright, Madison Idle,Ethan Taylor andAlexander Carey

3.0 or better: Ca-maryn Sandoval, JoshuaCraig, Cory Lauderback,Joseph Kaeck, JaredTrabert, Walker Mus-tain, Hunter Giles, Rob-bie Strayer, PeytonScherer, Dalton Lowery,Lukeus Dalton, Saman-tha Garrett, ArianaFout, Lucas Roderick,Maria LeClair, LoganParker, Alaura Jacobs,Leah Wilkinson, J.J.Frost, Camren Lattimerand Laura Henry

8th Grade4.0 or better:Dakota

Bollinger, Lauryn Davis,Taylor Stevens and Lar-aleigh Kerns

3.5 or better: SelenaCrowther, Aubrey Short,Emily Teague, RossStevens,Maria Renteria,Blaine Walter, Aubrey

Stephens, JasmineBryant, Nicholas Smithand Alexandra Robinson

3.0 or better: KristaBarney,Tanner Glasgow,Thomas Roberts, DevenThompson, LandonKelsey, Abigail Proffitt,Noah Ganson, KeyshaWray,Trevor Irwin, Con-nor Cotterman, BrandonCron, Aaron Feasel andShane Crawford

9th Grade4.0 or better: Ella

Jackson and SamanthaEgbert

3.5 or better: LeviStapleton, Monica Hur-ley and Molly Harsh-barger

3.0 or better: BrookeHickey, Paige Marmon,Lindsey Hall,Alexia Bol-ing, Zachary Shaw, BenRappold and Kyler Klin-gler

10th Grade4.0 or better: Rachel

James and AubreyCourter

3.5 or better: EvanDowning, Jessica Davis,Madison Manahan andTaylor Nichols

3.0 or better: KoltShough, Christyn Wi-etholter, Kaylee Riley,Elizabeth McGowen,Toban Thompson andCahlina Castallante

11th Grade4.0 or better:

Heather Comer, KristenNewland, Cherish Laud-

erback, Meagan Lat-timer, Morgan Robison,Grant Miller, KarliLump and JonathanWheeler

3.5 or better: WyattMcBrien, Austin Glas-gow, Lennart Ruge, JedCarter, Drew Harford,Nathan Shaw, JacobFisher, Karli Castle,Craig Boling, Taylor An-derson, James Waltersand Mara Ledley

3.0 or better: AshtonWaggamon, Kaitie Lipe,Kenny Guthrie, Tanner,Wiley, Crystal Kerr,Christina Porter, Brit-tany Linson, TristonMechling, StephanieNewland, Erin Pepperand Cannon Dappert

12th Grade4.0 or better: Davvid

Brandt, Whitney Jenk-ins, Emilee Smith, KyleHurley, Paige Atterholt,Erin Krisher andHeather Core

3.5 or better: EricEgbert, Bailey Oliver,Alyssa Dodds, ThomasEaston, Jessica Moffett,Dana Bell, Devyn Titusand Victoria Thompson

3.0 or better: KaylaSmith,Abby Smith,Ash-ley Todd, Tisha Boyer,Kole Guthrie, Cole Cot-terman, Dylan Hilde-brandt, Zachery Courter,Justin Worrell, LianneLinet, Scott Shreve andIshia Huston.

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CELINA — TheStateline Writers Clubwill resume its regularmeeting schedule onMarch 17 at theCelina/Mercer CountyLibrary. Program ChairEileen Whitsett willpresent a program di-rected at enhancing ourwriting.The club’s writing

contest attracted a won-derful total of 92 entriesfrom high schools inAuglaize and Mercercounties. Because of thislarge response, the judg-ing won’t be completeduntil the April meetingwhen choices will bebrought to the member-ship for final approval.Meetings of the

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Riverside High Schoolwill be conducting OGTtesting March 12-16.All students in grades

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who take chemistry, cal-culus or precalculusshould report to schoolat 9:30 a.m. on their as-signed days.

PASCO — CedarPoint Cemetery officialsare asking families to re-move all ground decora-tions from the cemeterybefore March 15.The request is being

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glary charge out ofFlorida. According toSheriff Smith, Jacobshad been at the juveniledetention center for lessthan a week and “theother two had been inmaybe two weeks give ortake a few days.”It has been reported

that Jacobs’ girlfriendand her vehicle haven’tbeen located. The Sher-iff ’s Office is interestedin making contact withthe girlfriend and locat-ing the car. The vehicleis a blue 2001 Ford Tau-rus with an Ohio licenseplate of DX23YJ.Jacobs reportedly has

family in Lake Alfred,Fla. The Sheriff ’s Officereceived informationthat he could be in routeto Florida.Anyone with informa-

tion on the whereaboutsof Jacobs should contactthe sheriff ’s office at(937) 592-5731.

BY JENNIFERBUMGARNER

[email protected]

BELLEFONTAINE—Two of the three juve-niles whow e r ew a n t e dby theL o g a nC o u n t ySheriff ’sO f f i c ehave beencaptured.Danny

Ellis Jr.,15, of Indian Lake, andDevante Smith, 15, ofFlorida, were arrestedon Wednesday at 3:31p.m. by Cincinnati policeofficers. Police also re-covered a 2000 Oldsmo-bile Alero that wasreported stolen in LoganCounty Wednesdaymorning. Smith andEllis will be held inCincinnati untilarrangements can bemade to transport themback to Logan County toface charges related totheir escape from theLogan County JuvenileDetention Center. CalebJacobs, 17, of LoganCounty, is still at large.According to reports

from the Sheriff ’s Officethree juveniles, attackeda corrections officeraround 8:30 p.m. onTuesday and were ableto escape from the LoganCounty Juvenile Deten-tion Center. The correc-tions officer wastransported by Belle-fontaine EMS to MaryRutan Hospital for treat-ment of injuries sus-tained during theassault. According toLogan County SheriffAndrew Smith, it was avery serious attack.“It was a brutal as-

sault that lasted about 8minutes,” said SheriffSmith. “The correctionsofficer was treated atMary Rutan Hospitaland a second correctionsofficer was involved butdidn’t suffer any injuriesthat required any med-ical attention.”Officers from the

Bellefontaine, RussellsPoint and WashingtonTownship police depart-ments joined deputies inthe search on Tuesdaynight.Ellis and Smith were

being held on parole vio-lations and the originalcharges against them re-main unclear. Jacobswas being held on a bur-

“Although fraud ismore pervasive, it is lesssevere. Average resolu-tion hours continue asteady downward trend.The mean resolutiontime was 12 hours in2011 and at least half ofthe victims spent lessthan two hours resolvingfraud,” the report says.“The best protection is

education, so peopleknow to ask a lot of ques-tions,” said John North,president/CEO of theBetter Business Bureauin Dayton. He will be inSidney March 27 to mod-erate a panel discussionon behalf of the Sidney-Shelby County Chamberof Commerce andDorothy Love Retire-ment Community.He, Lenhart and Sid-

ney Police Chief KevinGessler agree that thereis little that can be donefrom a law enforcementstandpoint, even when ascam is reported, so pre-venting scams from hap-pening is critical. Mostidentity theft and tele-phone scams originate incountries with no extra-dition laws. Perpetratorscan be traced to thosecountries, but there is noway to find who they are.So local authorities andvictims have no legal re-course.“Sometimes people

are shocked that wedon’t stop what we’redoing to investigatetheir case,” said Gessler.“We turn it over to theFBI. We don’t have theresources to handle it.”“Law enforcement is

doing little or nothing tostop it,” Lenhart agreed.“When it gets outsidethe continental U.S., thejurisdiction is hard to do,even with Interpol. Thevast thing the feds areworking on is homeland

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security.” They’re not de-voting as much time tocyber crime, he added.Ohio Attorney Gen-

eral Mike DeWine, how-ever, announced Mondaythat state initiativesbegun last year againstcyber crime have beensuccessful to date. Therecently created Eco-nomic Crimes Divisionworks with county pros-ecutors and local law en-forcement to assist inpreparing criminal con-sumer cases. Since itscreation last March, thework of the EconomicCrimes Division has ledto 14 individuals’ beingcharged with feloniesand seven successfulconvictions, DeWinesaid.In addition to estab-

lishing the EconomicCrimes Division, he alsoworked with the OhioGeneral Assembly oncyber fraud legislationthat will give the Attor-ney General the author-ity to subpoena phonerecords, Internet Proto-col (IP) addresses, andpayment information insuspected cyber fraudcases and prepare themfor prosecution by acounty or special prose-cutor. Senate Bill 223,which passed the Gen-eral Assembly in Febru-ary, will enable theAttorney General’s Of-fice to better assist local

law enforcement incriminal investigations,according to a releasefrom DeWine’s office.The first line of de-

fense is the would-betarget, all agree.“If it looks suspicious,

it is suspicious,” saidJulie Peeler, director ofthe (ISC)2 Foundation,in Palm Harbor, Fla.TheInternational Informa-tion Systems SecurityCertification Consor-tium, known as (ISC)2 ,holds the gold standardfor training, testing andcredentialing corporateInternet securityproviders.Chief Gessler

strongly reminds every-one, “If it seems too goodto be true, it isn’t true.”

Coming Friday: Iden-tity theft and credit cardfraud.

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heard a knock at the door that no parent wants tohear. He opened the door to see a sheriff standing infront of him. The sheriff informed Mr. Richard that hisson, Connor, had been in a severe car accident andwas taken to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton by CareFlight. Connor was driving home from McDonald’s after a

basketball game at Bethel when he hit a patch ofblack ice only one mile from his house. His car droveinto a ditch and flipped into a pole on the side of theroad. Connor was left with serious injuries includingfour broken ribs, a broken pelvis, some broken lowervertebrae, punctured lungs, and a ruptured spleen.After less than two weeks of hospitalization and

much fighting, Connor was able to return home on Fri-day, February 24. According to Mr. Richard, “Connoris doing very well and he will be continuing rehab athome. He knows everyone has been praying for himand he knows how fortunate he is.”After everything Connor has gone through, it is a

miracle that the doctors believe he will eventually beone hundred percent back to normal. He will be in awheelchair for one month, and after some time usinga walker, he will be able to walk on his own. When asked about the community’s support, Mr.

Richard replied, “The support was unbelievable, in-credibly overwhelming, thoughtful, and loving. Itmeans the world to us. So many people who did noteven know Connor have been praying.” Connor’s recuperation has shown Lehman and the

community that prayers are heard. The rest of his pathto recovery will not be easy, so although he is home,please continue to pray.

Superior scienceBBYY:: AAMMYY WWAATTEERRCCUUTTTTEERRThe stress of picking a project, conducting research,designing the board, and putting together a sciencefair project has come to a close for most people, but itis continuing for a handful of students at Lehman. Stu-dents who received a grade of Superior at the LHSScience Fair on February 15 are preparing to go on tothe District Science Fair to be held at Central StateUniversity on March 17. Moving on to Districts this year are freshmen Maria

Pannapara and Josh West; sophomores MaKennaCabe, Bryce Eck, Spencer Staroska, and Grace Win-hoven; juniors Lauren Bosway, Samantha Neumeier,and Katie Rossman; and seniors Katie Catanzarite,William Duritsch, Lexie Froning, Nicole Larger, KandisSargeant, and Dan Sehlhorst. “It will be interesting to see how my project does at

Districts this year,” said Froning. With projects rangingfrom Microbiology to Zoology, it is obvious that theseLehman students have a great opportunity to taketheir projects to the next level and really make a greatlearning, as well as teaching, experience out of reach-ing Districts. “Districts should be a great opportunityfor Lehman students to showcase their knowledge,”remarked Bosway. Clearly much time and effort has been put into theseprojects, and their efforts will surely pay off as the stu-dents prepare for the next level. Good luck to all District Science Fair qualifiers this

year; we wish you the best of luck as you advance,possibly all the way to state!

Editor: Nick BoshonekReporters: Nick Boshonek

Lexie FroningAmy WatercutterMaria Yannucci

Adviser: Elaine Schweller-SnyderIssue #23 - March 8, 2012

Wall Street comes to LehmanBBYY:: MMAARRIIAA YYAANNNNUUCCCCIIThe Business II class is simulating real life stock market experience through The Stock Market Game. Thisgame is run through the University of Cincinnati’s Economics Center. High schools across the nation partic-ipate in the program, but this will be Lehman’s first year. Lehman Business Teacher Joe Harrmann said, “Iheard about the game from Kim Moon, an employee of the UC Economics Center.” Harrmann will be the mod-erator of the Lehman team and will learn alongside the students as to how everything works.The class is split up into four registered teams, each with four members. Students participating in the sim-ulation are given a virtual account worth $100,000. With this virtual money, they have the opportunity to buystocks and make trades. This teaches the students how to deal with investments, mutual funds, and othertopics. The game runs for ten weeks. The LHS students will take one class period a week to participate inthe game.As if gaining this real life experience isn’t a big enough prize, the top student teams in the state will win prizes.This additional incentive will make students work even harder to learn the game. But win or lose, the expe-rience is what counts. Someday these students may be investing real money, so much more will be at stake.

Connor Richard in his hospital bed, flanked by his brothers Devin (left), Logan, and

Kevin Dilliard, point guard of the Universityof Dayton basketball team

Track AttackBBYY:: NNIICCKK BBOOSSHHOONNEEKKWith spring approaching, it’s time to hit the track.Lehman’s track and field team was very successfullast year, sending many individuals to state compe-tition. That’s the motivation for the team going intothis season. The team is led by Coach Dwayne Rowley and

new coach (and Lehman teacher) Ruthie Baker.Each coach has much knowledge in the sport andtogether, they are going to give Lehman the bestchance for going to state competition. Baker said, “I expect great things and new recordsfrom my runners. I am coaching track because I likeLehman students, I like track, and I want to havefun.”There are several great returning runners from lastseason. There are two seniors returning: SarahDavidson and Haleigh Spicer. Sophomore JustinStewart broke the record for the 100 meter dash forDivision III boys last year. Shot put thrower QuintonMalone is also returning with his talents after notparticipating last season. Malone said, “My biggest goal is to make it to re-

gionals, maybe state. We are young, but we have apretty strong team. Throwers are hands down themanliest people on the team. I mean, I’m a beast.Then we have Brad Montgomery and Quinn Monninand we have high expectations for them. We have afreshman, Ben Montgomery. Talk about a power-house; this guy is built like a tank. We have a lot ofgreat running talent returning like Justin Stewart andJoe Fuller.”

Thursday, March 8, 2012 Volume IV Issue

JACKET NEWSIf you like taking pictures, are artistic or are interestedin business – join the yearbook staff for 2012-2013.Pick up an application in the office or outside room A203.All applications should be turned in to Miss Kline by March23rd.

Attention Students interested in scheduling choir for2012-13 school year: Please see Miss Moore to auditionand for a signature on your scheduling form before March9th to assure that you CAN register for choir and to ensurethat you are placed in the correct choir for next year!Thanks!

From the Guidance OfficeFreshman, Sophomores and Juniors! This is just a re-minder that your scheduling worksheets are due in theguidance office by March 9, 2012.

Just a reminder the Ohio Graduation test will be giventhe Week of March 12-16th and Make ups the followingweek. The schedule will be Monday- Reading, Tuesday-Math, Wed.- Writing, Thurs.- Science and Friday- SocialStudies. SHS will be operating on a two hour delay sched-ule with all 9th and 10th graders as well as any other stu-dent who have not passed all portions reporting at regulartime. Additional information will be given at a later date.Please see Mrs. Barton if you have questions.

The March Scholarship Update is now available in theguidance office. There are many local scholarships avail-able to pick up.

Attention seniors: The Sidney Moose Lodge #568 Schol-arship is now available from the Moose Lodge social quar-ters. Your mother or father must be a member of the SidneyMoose in order to qualify. Pick up your application todayand return to the Sidney Moose social quarters by Friday,April 20st.

SportsThe Winter Sports banquet is Sunday March 11th @ 6:00PM. Wrestlers and wrestling stats plan to attend and helpcelebrate the GWOC North team title.

The IUTIS Call Outs will be March 17 at the IUTIS ClubHouse on CR 25-A from Noon until 3 pm both days for ages6 - 17.

Students await the premier ofthe Hunger Games movie

BY TJ LINDSEY

On March 23, 2012 The Hunger Games moviewill be making its debut. The one thing on every-one’s mind is, will it be able to keep up with thebook? The bad thing about books being made intomovies is the disappointment that some of theviewers may have. The movie might not be whatthey had envisioned when they were reading thebook therefore they would be disappointed withhow the movie portrayed it.

So far, by what I have seen in the previews, itlooks like the chances of the movie being good arevery high, but it may be too soon to tell. Senior,Chelcia Criss, has also followed the release of theHunger Games movie, and says, “I feel that thecharacters in the trailer have been portrayed justlike the book and that the story line is the same.”

People have to keep in mind that it can’t alwaysbe the way they want it. I think the movie will begood and that’s coming from someone who doesn’tlike to read and loved The Hunger Games. We willsee how it turns out here in a few weeks.

Student Spotlight of theWeek: Abby Wilkins

BY: TIARA JEAN BRANSCUM

This week's student of theweek is Abby Wilkins. She isa tenth grader here at SHS.Wilkin's favorite subject isJournalism/ English and herart classes. She is in Chessclub here. I asked her whather favorite thing aboutSHS was and she replied,"The lunch food." She comeshere half day, and then doesonline school for the rest ofthe semester.

Outside of school, she likes going anywhere out-side of Sidney, reading, and drawing. Abby looksforward to driving and the Mayan Apocalypse. Iasked her what she wanted to be when she grewup and she replied, "An animator, or somethingbrand new or stable on during this journey we calllife."

SHS to Host OMEABYCLAIRE BONNORONT

Sidney High will be hosting one of the OMEA contests on Friday March 16th. OMEA has a Fridayevent and a weekend event. The Friday event is for the bands that cannot make it to the weekend event.This will be the first year that Sidney will be hosting this event. It is very exciting to be a part of. Notonly will the band students be participating in the contest they will also be helping to put on the event.While the students are not playing, they will be guiding other bands around the contest, assisting judges,acting as stage crew, and working the concessions. All the proceeds made at the concessions will go tothe band. It will be used for new equipment, more uniforms, and the performance trips that we go on,such as the trip to Disney the band will be making in April. We wish luck to our band and all other bandsparticipating.

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JOE GIBBS RACING JGR has notchedfive top 10s out of its three teams thus far

in the Sprint Cup season. The high-light, of course, is Denny Hamlin’s

win in the Subway Fresh Fit 500from Phoenix International Race-

way.

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1. Denny Hamlin Hamlin and new crew chief Darian Grubb led the most laps at Daytona prior to finishing fourth and followed it up with his first win since June 2011.

2. Greg Biffle Consecutive third-place runs to start the season from a team that had only three top 5s all season in 2011. And with Vegas on the horizon, things are looking way up for The Biff.

3. Kevin Harvick Seventh- and second-place showings for the driver some have made a championship favorite this year. That’s all the more impressive considering he has a new crew chief and pit crew.

4. Matt Kenseth The Daytona 500 champion followed up that win and a week’s worth of media with a 13th at Phoenix. In 2009, he actually won both of the season’s first two events.

5. Jimmie Johnson Johnson and the boys did what they needed to do at Phoenix (fourth) after a disastrous Daytona — which included wrecking on Lap 2 and possibly losing ace crew chief Chad Knaus to suspension.

6. Mark Martin Back to a partial schedule, Martin has kicked off his tenure with Michael Waltrip Racing in style, with finishes of 10th (Daytona) and ninth (Phoenix). Vegas should be good to him, as well.

7. Joey Logano Logano, also under the guidance of a new crew chief, is getting off to the start he needed in a contract year. His ninth- and 10th-place runs are the best to start the season in his young career.

8. Kyle Busch Rowdy was strong at Daytona — leading 52 laps — before finishing 17th when the craziness started near the end. A sixth at Phoenix was a respectable follow-up.

9. Carl Edwards Edwards and company will find their footing, but having led zero laps with eighth- and 17th-placefinishes to their credit is a little more quiet a start than anyone expected.

10. Brad Keselowski Much like Busch, Keselowski’s shot to win the Daytona 500 was ruined late but he rebounded nicely with a fifth-place run in the desert.

11. Tony Stewart Stewart got off to a slow start last year too, and look how that worked out.12. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Being happy with a top 15 in Phoenix isn’t exactly what you want to hear out of the team.13. Jeff Burton A good run went bad when the engine went up in smoke late. Otherwise, it’s a promising start.14. Jeff Gordon Made the most of a mediocre day at PIR with a solid eighth-place finish.15. Marcos Ambrose The results may not show it, but Ambrose and his RPM bunch have been pretty racy so far.Just off the lead pack: Clint Bowyer, Kasey Kahne, Bobby Labonte, Paul Menard, Martin Truex Jr.

JAMIE MCMURRAY Some-times even a new season

doesn’t precipitate a turnaround.McMurray’s 2011 nightmare has

lingered into 2012. The 2010 Day-tona 500 winner has finishes of 31st and37th in the season’s first two events.

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Sprint Cup Standings

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Truck Standings

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Tracks on Tap

IT’S ALL IN THE NUMBERS DennyHamlin’s win gave car No. 11 its198th Grand National/Cup Series vic-tory. That ties the 11 with car No. 43for most NASCAR victories all-time.Hamlin has driven the No. 11 to 18wins. Cale Yarborough (55), DarrellWaltrip (43) and Ned Jarrett (36) havethe most wins while sporting thenumber. Richard Petty is credited forall but six of car No. 43’s 198 tri-umphs (he won six races driving theNo. 41 and once in the No. 42).

ON THE RIGHT FOOT Two drivershave notched top-5 runs through twoCup races in the 2012 season. DennyHamlin (fourth, first) and Greg Biffle(third, third) are, not surprisingly,leading the Cup Series championshipstandings. Kevin Harvick, Mark Martinand Joey Logano have recorded con-secutive top-10 showings.

SCORE ANOTHER WIN FOR THECOMMONWEALTH Elliott Sadler’swin in the Nationwide race at PhoenixInternational Raceway was his first inthe series since 1998. Sadler, who fin-ished second in last season’s NNSstandings despite not winning a race,has three Cup wins and one Truck vic-tory since ’98.

RETURN OF THE 3 Nationwide Seriesrookie Austin Dillon, in the RichardChildress Racing No. 3 Chevrolet, isdoing the famed number proud thusfar in 2012. Dillon, currently second inthe NNS point standings, has fifth-and fourth-place runs to his credit. In13 career NNS starts, Dillon has fourtop-10 showings. Dillon, in a No. 3Chevy Silverado, won the 2011 TruckSeries championship

DRIVER (WINS) POINTS BEHIND1. Denny Hamlin (1) 89 —2. Greg Biffle 83 -63. Kevin Harvick 81 -84. Matt Kenseth (1) 79 -105. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 72 -176. Martin Truex Jr. 71 -187. Mark Martin 71 -188. Joey Logano 70 -199. Kyle Busch 66 -23

10. Carl Edwards 63 -2611. Bobby Labonte 58 -3112. Brad Keselowski 52 -37

^ CHASE FOR THE SPRINT CUP ^13. Jeff Burton 52 -3714. Paul Menard 52 -3715. Tony Stewart 52 -3716. Dave Blaney 51 -3817. Clint Bowyer 47 -4218. Ryan Newman 46 -4319. Regan Smith 45 -4420. Aric Almirola 43 -46

DRIVER (WINS) POINTS BEHIND1. Elliott Sadler (1) 89 —2. Austin Dillon 79 -103. Trevor Bayne 72 -144. Cole Whitt 71 -185. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 66 -236. Sam Hornish Jr. 63 -267. Taylor Malsam 62 -278. Michael Annett 51 -389. Benny Gordon 49 -40

10. Joe Nemechek 42 -47

DRIVER (WINS) POINTS BEHIND1. John King (1) 47 —2. Timothy Peters 42 -53. Justin Lofton 41 -64. Jason White 40 -75. Todd Bodine 38 -96. Chris Fontaine 37 -107. Ward Burton 36 -118. Ty Dillon 35 -129. Clay Greenfield 34 -13

10. Parker Kligerman 33 -14

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SPRINT CUP SERIESRace: Kobalt Tools 400Track: Las Vegas Motor SpeedwayLocation: Las Vegas, Nev.When: Sunday, March 11TV: FOX (3:00 p.m. EST)Layout: 1.5-mile tri-ovalBanking/Tri-oval: 9 degreesBanking/Turns: 20 degreesBanking/Backstretch: 3 degrees2011 Winner: Carl EdwardsCrew Chief’s Take: “Track position is alwaysimportant, but at Las Vegas it seems to beparamount. Clean air will make any car feel likeit’s handling a little better. To get out front andenjoy that downforce you need to be able toget through the corners. Vegas is very fast fora mile-and-a-half track, and it can be one ofthe most challenging places for setting up acar. There is a fine line you have to walk be-tween being fast and wrecking — and there islittle margin for error.”

NATIONWIDE SERIESRace: Sam’s Town 300Track: Las Vegas Motor SpeedwayWhen: Saturday, March 10TV: ESPN2 (5:00 p.m. EST)2011 Winner: Mark Martin

CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIESRace: Kroger 250Track: Martinsville SpeedwayWhen: Saturday, March 31TV: SPEED (1:00 p.m. EST)2011 Winners: Johnny Sauter/Denny Hamlin

� Penske Racing dropped a bombshell on Thurs-day when it announced it is switching manufactur-ers, from Dodge to Ford, at the conclusion of the2012 season. Penske’s operation currently fields Sprint Cup carsfor Brad Keselowski (No. 2) and AJ Allmendinger as well as SamHornish Jr. (12) and Keselowski and Parker Kligerman (No. 22) inthe Nationwide Series.“We look forward to joining the Ford Racing NASCAR program be-ginning in 2013,” Roger Penske said. “We appreciate the long-termcommitment that Ford has made to Penske Racing and for theircontinued support of the sport.”Penske Racing previously fielded Fords from 1995-2002 prior to aswitch to Dodge in 2003.“This is an historic day for our racing program, and we are thrilledto see another member of the extended Ford family coming back,”said Mark Fields, Ford’s president of The Americas. “Working to-gether with Penske Racing gives Ford another championship-levelprogram, and we are excited to take our racing program to all-newlevels.”Ralph Gilles, President and CEO SRT Brand and Motorsports, offeredthe following statement: “Dodge has enjoyed a successful partner-

ship with Penske Racing for 10 years. It’s a part-nership that has produced results for both parties

on and off the track. Roger (Penske) has made abusiness decision to accept an offer with another manufacturer.“We do value our NASCAR program and will be evaluating the op-portunities available moving forward. As those opportunities mate-rialize, we’ll reveal our 2013 plans, not only in NASCAR but in otherforms of motorsports.”� Michael Waltrip Racing announced via press release prior to theNASCAR events at Phoenix International Raceway that Elliott Sadlerwould drive five races in its No. 55 Cup Series Toyota.However, Sadler’s Nationwide Series car owner, Richard Childress,informed the driver on Saturday that he would prefer him not tojump outside of the Chevrolet family.“I was going to drive the 55 car for five races for MWR, but actually,after the race on Saturday, after Victory Lane, Richard and I wentto his bus,” Sadler told SPEED.com. “And I think Richard, along withsome of the executives that he has, have just decided that it’s prob-ably not in our best interest to do that right now.”There is no word yet on who will man the No. 55 for the five raceswhen Mark Martin and Michael Waltrip are not driving the car.

By MATT TALIAFERROAthlon Sports Racing Editor

The second race of the 2012NASCAR Sprint Cup season — theSubway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix In-ternational Raceway — served as aweekend of redemption for DennyHamlin.

Fuel-strategy-gone-bad at PIRwrecked his championship hopes in2010, when Hamlin's tank ran dryand he fell from first to 12th on thepylon. It was a blow from whichHamlin would not recover, as he lostthe title to Jimmie Johnson the fol-lowing week, and a 2011 hangoverensued that cost crew chief MikeFord his job.

So Hamlin took a different ap-proach to the 2012 season by seeinga sports psychologist and gettingout of the NASCAR hub that isCharlotte, N.C. Ironically, it was tothe Phoenix area that Hamlin re-treated, spending a relaxing offsea-son on the golf course andbasketball courts for a warm winteraway from all things NASCAR.

And after a strong fourth-placeshowing in the Daytona 500, Ham-lin and new crew chief DarianGrubb — who won the 2011 cham-pionship with Tony Stewart — putthe series on high alert that theirpairing may be a potent one. Hamlinconserved just enough gas in thewaning laps at Phoenix on Sunday,outlasting Kevin Harvick to grab hisfirst win of the 2012 season.

“This is as good as it can get forme,” Hamlin said. “I consider thismy offseason second home. I’ve gota lot of friends and whatnot out here

now, and so coming back to thetrack where essentially we did losethe championship in 2010 … it justfeels so good to come out and becompetitive again.

“We’ve been non-existent for 14months, and now, here we come.”

Jimmie Johnson led 55 laps andwas the dominant player through theevent’s halfway point. However, aloose wheel dropped him deep in thefield, and he spent the rest of the af-ternoon methodically working hisway through it. Instead, it was Ham-lin and Harvick who battled for thewin over the final 60 laps. WhenHarvick’s fuel tank ran dry withone-and-a-half laps remaining,Hamlin cruised to his 18th careerCup win.

Greg Biffle, who ran third in Day-tona, Johnson and Brad Keselowskirounded out the top 5.

“I don’t know that I could get tohim,” Harvick, who led a race-high88 laps, said when asked if he couldhave gotten by Hamlin if not for the

fuel issue. “Our cars were so evenlymatched. He was a little bit better onthe restarts than I was. If I could getout front on the restart and haveenough room to slide my car around,then I could take off after that. Buthe was able to get out there and getin front of me.”

As the series stays out west for atrip to Las Vegas Motor Speedway,Hamlin, Grubb and their Joe GibbsRacing team look to be the early-sea-son squad to beat — a surprising andscary notion considering they have allof two points-paying races together.

“We haven’t even gotten somethings in our racecars that Darianwants to put in them,” Hamlin said.“The chemistry and all is still so new— Darian is still learning the systemwithin JGR. There’s a lot of reasonswhy we’re going to be going for-ward even more in the next fewweeks. So to start out a year like thiswith a fresh new relationship withhim … it’s just a great feeling. Ican’t really put it into words.”

ASP, Inc.Denny Hamlin celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the Subway Fresh Fit 500 at PhoenixInternational Raceway.

Denny Hamlin, DarianGrubb notch first win together in Phoenix

Desert Redemption

Las Vegas Motor SpeedwaySterling Marlin’s 2002 season began with

five consecutive top 10s, including the infa-mous Daytona 500 fender-pull, and two wins— the first of which came in the UAW-Daim-ler Chrysler 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speed-way on March 3.

Marlin qualified 24th but quickly workedhis No. 40 Coors Light Dodge near the front.Having recovered from a spin while leadingon lap 120, Marlin drove by Jeremy Mayfieldwith 16 laps remaining, holding him off aftera caution slowed the field with 13 laps to go.

Marlin held the points lead from Rocking-ham in February through Richmond in Sep-tember, but was sidelined with what Sterlingcalled “a broke neck” during the 29th race ofthe season at Kansas.

Jimmie Johnson, in his sixth career Cuprace, recorded the first top-10 run (sixth) ofhis career.

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Classic Moments

Looking at Checkers: Jimmie Johnson (fourwins), Carl Edwards (2) and Matt Kenseth (2)are the Kings of Vegas.Pretty Solid Pick: Greg Biffle is confidentgoing to LVMS with consecutive third-placeruns to his credit.Good Sleeper Pick: Mark Martin has 10 top10s in 14 Vegas starts. Anothergood test his for MWR team.Runs on Seven Cylinders:Kurt Busch has had issues athis home track, and thenew equipment will dohim no favors.Insider Tip: Johnsonhas not finishedoutside of the top15 in 17 starts atPIR.

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11998877 — Thomas Hearnswins his third championship, theWBC light heavyweight title, witha 10-round TKO of Dennis An-dries.11999966 — Magic Johnson be-

comes the second NBA playerto reach 10,000 career assists,in Los Angeles’ 102-90 victoryover Sacramento.

REPLAY

50 years agoMarch 8, 1962

The first County Coaches All-League squad is made upchiefly of leading scorers fromthe various contenders in theShelby circuit. However, thetop pick of the crop wasn’tLarry Hughes, Jackson Cen-ter’s whiz kid and the scoringchamp for the entire area.Hughes was edged by Hous-ton’s Forrest (Amos) Johns asthe No. 1 choice on the ten-man squadron.

25 years agoMarch 8, 1987

The golf season is barelyunderway at Shelby Oaks andalready a local golfer hasmastered one of the holes,the 380-yard No. 5. LesMoses, whose best previousnine-hole score was a 46,shot a 44 Sunday, mainly dueto an eagle on No. 5. He fol-lowed his drive with a 5-woodshot that took one bounceand landed in the cup.

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ANNA’S NATALIE Billing goes up over Hamilton Badin’s Victoria Heflin in regional semifinal ac-tion Wednesday at Springfield. Anna won to advance to the regional championship.

Anna one win away

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THE ANNA girls huddle together in the early part of their regional semifinal basketball gameagainst Hamilton Badin Wednesday night at Springfield. The Lady Rockets ran their record to25-0 with a hard-fought victory, and will go for another trip to the state tournament on Satur-day in the regional finals.

BY KEN [email protected]

SPRINGFIELD — Anna’sLady Rockets are used to win-ning big. Few teams all seasonhave even challenged them.But two games into the

post-sectional tourney period,they are showing that theycan do what needs to be doneto win the close ones, too.On Saturday in the district

final, they led by just five withsix minutes to go beforepulling away to win by 18.On Wednesday in the Divi-

sion III Regional semifinals,they had their hands full witha physical Hamilton Badinteam that jumped to an 8-0lead at the start.But again, Anna broke

away from a tight game downthe stretch and claimed a 48-37 victory to go to 25-0.The defending D-III state

champs and this year’s top-ranked team, Anna will takeon area rival Miami East Sat-urday at 1:30 at Springfieldfor the right to advance to thestate tournament.Anna turned the ball over

five times on its first five pos-sessions, and had 10turnovers in the opening pe-riod.Badin led 8-0 before a Mor-

gan Huelskamp free throw fi-nally got Anna on the boardswith 1:50 left in the quarter.Erica Huber hit a three-

pointer and Anna got the lastfour points of the period tomake it 10-5 after one.Badin’s physical play didn’t

go unnoticed by the officials,and as a result, Anna shot alot of free throws. They didn’thit very well from the line, butthey attempted enough ofthem to keep the game close.They finally overtook

Badin at 12-10 on a bucket byNatalie Billing with 5:34 leftin the quarter, but Badineventually led 18-17 at thehalf.Anna freshman Cayla Bens-

man came up big in the secondquarter with seven points.“We actually felt pretty

good at the half because weweren’t getting much scoring,”said Anna coach Jack Billing.“And our two inside kids, Na-talie and Ashley (Frohne) tookonly three shots apiece. Butonce we settled down, we wereokay.”Anna led by four at 28-24

with 2:35 left in the thirdquarter, but the lead was onlytwo after three periods.Anna opened up a 35-30

lead in the final period, only tohave Badin connect on athree-pointer.But Bensman hit two free

throws when she grabbed anoffensive rebound, and scoredagain when Frohne found herall alone after a Badinturnover to make it 39-34.Bensman led Anna in scor-

ing with 15, Billing had 11and Frohne finished with 10.Huelskamp led on the boardswith seven.

Badin (37)Stang 2-1-7; Mathews 1-0-2;

Fritsch 4-0-8; Gerbus 6-8-20. Totals:13-9-37.

Anna (48)Huber 1-5-8; Billing 5-1-11; Huel-

skamp 1-1-3; Bensman 6-3-15; Frohne3-4-10; Noffsinger 0-1-1. Totals: 16-15-48.

Score by quarters:Badin.............................10 18 26 37Anna................................5 17 28 48

Three-pointers: Badin 2 (Stang2); Anna 1 (Huber).

Records: Anna 25-0, Badin 19-6.Next game: Saturday, regional

championship, 1:30 at Springfield vs.Miami East (24-1).

Gets pastBadin 48-37

ANNA — Anna High School has announcedplans to sell tickets for Saturday’s girls bas-ketball regional championship game atSpringfield.Anna plays Miami East at 1:30 in the re-

gional championship game.Tickets will be on sale as follows:• Tonight from 6-to-7 p.m.• Today and Friday during school hours.• Saturday from 9 to 10 a.m.

Anna announces ticket sale plans

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BY KEN [email protected]

PIQUA — True, it’sbeen a mild winter.Snowblowers and snowshovels have sat prettymuch unused in garagesall over the place, andcheck out your favoritedepartment store —bags of salt taking uplarge areas, despiteprices being slashed.But even though

there haven’t been manysnowy days, the weatherstill hasn’t exactly beenconducive to outdoorsports.That has forced base-

ball and softball playersto find someplace highand dry to keep theirskills honed during theoffseason, and some-times that’s not easy.But the Miami

County Flames, a selectteam which has four agedivisions that include alot of local and ShelbyCounty softball players,have found a friend inPeggy Henthorn, themanager of the MiamiValley Centre Mall inPiqua.Henthorn has opened

up the vast area thatused to be the Steve &Barry’s store in the mall,and the Flames havetaken full advantage,scheduling practicesevery day but Tuesdayall winter long.“We were going down

to Extra Innings (Troy)one night a week, butthe only thing you coulddo was hit off the pitch-ing machine,” said DougMeyer of Maplewood, acoach for the Flames.“And we paid for that.We’d had dealings withPeggy before. She wouldlet us use the conferencecenter at the mall formeetings. Steve &Barry’s was open and weasked if we’d be able touse it.”The space the area

provides enabled theFlames to really step uptheir offseason workouts.Meyer said there is actu-ally a full diamond setup, with room for an-other. And there arethree batting cages.“And with the low

ceiling, it teaches thegirls to throw BBs,”Meyer said.“We started the mid-

dle of November,” headded. “Most of the girlsin traveling leagues loveto play ball, so if theycan play in the winter,they will. We’ve hadgreat turnouts for all theteams. There are somedrawbacks, but thebiggest key is keepingthe rust off them. Other-

wise, they’re not pickingup a bat for a long time.”Henthorn’s daughter

was a softball player atLehman, so she said shehas “a special place inmy heart for softball.”She had some con-

cerns, not the least ofwhich was softballs hit-ting the sprinkler heads.But the Flames pur-chased some netting,and the coaches went inand set it up to preventthat from happening.“I think it’s gone very

well,” said Henthorn. “Iwas very hesitant ondoing it, only becauseyou’re talking about soft-balls in a vacant build-ing. The main purpose inmy job is to make sureeverything is safe. But Idid meet with theFlames and they as-sured me that every-thing would be okay, andonce they installed thenetting, it looked like itwould be. I trust theFlames and that’s why Ifelt okay about it.“It’s benefitted us,

too,” she added. “Thegirls have gone into themall to shop and into thefood court.”Naturally, it didn’t

take long for word to getaround. Henthorn saidshe got a call from some-one at Piqua HighSchool hoping someother girls could workout in the facility.And lately, the Flames

haven’t been the onlyones using the facility.Of course, if the mall

lands another anchorstore for the site, theteams will have to findanother place to come inout of the cold.But until that hap-

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THE FORMER Steve & Barry’s store in the Miami Valley CentreMall in Piqua was transformed into an indoor softall practice fa-cility this winter by the Miami County Flames, which has select

teams that include Shelby County players. The net was put upto protect the sprinkler heads.

JADA PIATT of Houston fieldsa ball during practice in theformer Steve & Barry’s storeat the mall in Piqua.

SDN Photo/Luke Gronneberg

ABBY MEYER takes a swing at the ball while Abby Dickman waits to replace it during hitting practicefor the Miami County Flames recently in the old Steve & Barry’s story at the mall in Piqua. Both girls arefrom Jackson Center.

TransformedFormer Steve & Barry’s store in mallbecomes winter softball practice site

SDN Photo

THIS IS the view from the Miami Valley Centre Mall parking lot at theformer Steve & Barry’s, which has been transformed into a winter prac-tice site for high school and select softball teams.

Michael Edler, a 1991Lehman grad, was re-c e n t l ynamed theI l l i n o i sH i g hSchool Ten-nis CoachesAssociationAssistantcoach of theYear for2011.He was

chosen for his work withthe Warren All Statedoubles team that fin-ished in the top 12 in thestate.He was also ac-knowledged for coachinga sectional champi-onship team.

He was one of 35 nom-inees out of 300 assis-tant coaches in the state.Edler got his start

under the guidance ofcoach Pippy Booth atLehman, and also cred-ited his teammates.“They kept playing andinsisting of talking abouttennis,” he said.Warren’s head coach

said Edler “was the pointman with our all-statedoubles teamandhas pro-moted the boys tennisprogram throughout theschool.He’s one of the bestcheerleaders for our kids.”He is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. Shearl Edler ofSt. Marys.

Lehman grad namedtop assistant coach

Edler

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Huber WinnerHeckmanHeidtMoellerOttingGeigerNiekampAllenWilliams

All-Midwest Athletic ConferenceBasketball teams

BOYSFirst team—Austin Bruns, Coldwater, junor;

Curtis Geise, Delphs St. John’s, junior;Wade Gel-haus, Fort Recovery, junior; Elijah Kahlig, Fort Re-covery, sophomore; Jared Kahlig, Fort Recovery,senior; Adam Niemeyer, Minster, junior; AaronClune, New Bremen, senior; Lucas Leffel, NewKnoxville, senior; Kyle Stahl, St. Henry, junior;Mitchell Campbell, Versailles, senior; Chad Win-ner, Versailles, junior; Kyle Ahrens, Versailles,freshman.

Player of the year — GelhausCoach of the year — Brian Patch, Fort Re-

coverySecond team — Alex Clark, Delphos, senior;

Ryan Buescher, Delphos, junior; Lee Pierron,Mar-ion Local, senior; Doug Huber, Minster, senior;Troy Williams, New Bremen, senior; Jake Allen,New Knoxville, junior; Derek Luth, Parkway, sen-ior; Caleb Niekamp, St. Henry, senior; ZachNiekamp, Versailles, senior.

Honorable mention — Mark Brunet, Cold-water; Ben Warnecke, Delphos; Jason Pottkotter,Fort Recovery; Alex Rosenbeck, Marion Local;Devon Poeppelman, Minster, Elliott Westerbeck,New Bremen; Riley Bransteter, Parkway; CraigKnapke, St. Henry; Ethan Bruns, Versailles.

——GIRLS

First team—Sarah Kanney, Coldwater, fresh-man; Courtney Grothouse, Delphos, senior; ShelbyReindel, Delphos, senior; Kylie Kahlig, Fort Re-covery, senior; Margaret Wuebker, Marion Local,senior; ChelseaWinner,Marion Local, junior;TaraClune, Minster, senior; Kayla Wuebker, Minster,senior; Haley Horstman, New Knoxville, sopho-more; Paige Lehman, New Knoxville, sophomore;Becca Harshman, Parkway, senior; AshleyHeitkamp, St. Henry, senior.

Player of the year — HorstmanCoach of the year — Treva Fortkamp, Mar-

ion LocalSecond team— Janae Muhlenkamp, Coldwa-

ter, senior; Katie Vorst, Delphos, junior; Kelly Ni-etfeld, Fort Recovery, senior; Megan Seitz, MarionLocal, senior; Bridget Geiger,Minster, junior; KylaOtting, New Bremen, junior; Haley Moeller, NewBremen, junior; Tiana Heidt, New Knoxville, sen-ior; Haley Burtch, Parkway, senior; Stacy Lange,St. Henry, senior; Katie Heckman, Versailles,sophomore; Amanda Winner, Versailles, sopho-more.

Honorable mention — Larissa Goubeaux,Coldwater; Jessica Recker, Delphos; Olivia Schwi-eterman, Fort Recovery; Allie Thobe, MarionLocal; Hannah Holdren, New Bremen; Haley Dil-lon, New Knoxville; Haley Roehm, Parkway;Sarah Moeder, Kelly Siefring, St. Henry; ChloeWarvel, Versailles.

New Knoxville’sHaley Horstman, a 5-foot-8 sophomore guard,has beennamed thePlayer of the Year in theAll-Midwest AthleticConference voting, an-nounced recently.Horstman, who leads

the 20-3 Lady Rangersinto the regional tourna-ment tonight, averaged11.2 points per gamethis season and ed theteamin three-pointerswith a dozen during theregular season. She shot55 percent from the fieldand just under 80 per-cent from the line.In all, there were 12

players named to thefirst team and 12 moreto the second team.First-team picks in-

cluded Tara Clune andKayla Wuebker of Min-ster, and Horstman’steammate and classmatePaige Lehman.

Named to the secondteam were BridgetGeiger of Minster, KylaOtting and HaleyMoeller of New Bremen,Tiana Heidt of NewKnoxville, and Versaillessophmores Katie Heck-man and Amanda Win-ner.Marion Local, which

put three players on thefirst two teams in Mar-garet Wuebker, ChelseaWinner and MeganSeitz, also had the Coachof the Year in TrevaGriesdorn.Bremen’s Hannah

Holdren, Knoxville’sHaley Dillon, Marion’sAllie Thobe and Ver-sailles; Chloe Warvelwere all named to thehonorable mention list.• In the voting for

boys all-MAC Fort Re-covery swept the topawards. Brian Patch wasnamed Coach of the Year

and juniorWade Gelhausthe Player of the Year.Minster’s Adam

Niemeyer was named tothe first team along withAaron Clune of NewBremen and Lucas Lef-fel of New Knoxville.Versailles put three

on the first team in sen-ior Mitchell Campbell,junior Chad Winner andfreshman Kyle Ahrens.Named to the second

team were Doug Huberof Minster, TroyWilliams of New Bre-men, Lee Pierron ofMarion Local, Jake Allenof New Knoxville andZach Niekamp of Ver-sailles.Named to the honor-

able mention list wereAlex Rosenbeck of Mar-ion, Devon Poeppelmanof Minster, Elliott West-erbeck of New Bremenand Ethan Bruns of Ver-sailles.

NK’s Horstman Player of the YearRecovery sweeps top boys awards

WINTHROP, Mass.(AP) —AMassachusettsman accused of aiming alaser pointer into theeyes of the opposinggoalie at his daughter’shigh school hockey gameis facing criminalcharges.Authorities an-

nounced Tuesday that42-year-old JosephCordes will be sum-

moned to East BostonDistrict Court to face acharge of disturbing thepeace.Police say Cordes

pointed the light at theMedway/Ashland goalieduring a Feb. 29 tourna-ment game in Winthrop,north of Boston. He wasordered out of the arenaby a school official.Winthrop won 3-1,

prompting a protestfrom the Medway/Ash-land parents who askedthat the game be re-played. The governingbody of high schoolsports in Massachusettsdenied the appeal.Cordes hasn’t been ar-

rested. He tells WBZ-TVhe feels “like a completejerk” and humiliated hisdaughter.

Hockey dad faces chargesfor using laser pointer

MIAMI (AP) —Touchdown, PeytonManning.The former Indi-

anapolis Colts quarter-back landed lateWednesday afternoon inSouth Florida, drawingthe attention of local TVnews helicopters andNFL fans everywhere.His private plane ar-

rived at a small airport30 minutes from theMiami Dolphins’ com-plex, but he then rode offin a different direction

with the news media inpursuit. When his vanreached Miami Beach, itpulled over in a churchparking lot, andManningemerged to tell reportersSouth Florida might notbe his final destination.Manning has a condo

here and has been work-ing out with formerColts teammate ReggieWayne, who lives inSouth Florida. Man-ning’s not necessarilyDolphins-bound, he said.“I have no idea who

wants me, what teamwantsme,howthisprocessworks,” Manning said. “Idon’t know if it’s like col-lege recruiting where yougo take visits. I mean, thisis all so new tome.”One TV station broad-

cast the interview live,even staying with theaudio feed when thevideo turned shaky.Manning landed in

South Florida just fourhours after he bid theColts goodbye at a newsconference.

Manning: final destination unknown

GOODYEAR, Ariz.(AP) — Right-handerBronsonArroyo got off toa much better start thisspring.Arroyo pitched three

innings in his springdebut and gave up ahomer by Jeremy Her-mida that helped split-squad San Diego beatthe Cincinnati Reds 5-0on Wednesday.Hermida hit a solo

shot in the first off Ar-royo, who allowed a club-record 46 homers lastseason.The right-handercontracted mononucleo-sis during spring train-ing last year and itlingered into the season,leading to a 9-14 record.Arroyo pitched 199 in-

nings last year in spite ofthe lingering effects ofthe illness. It was thefirst time in seven sea-sons that he pitchedfewer than 200 innings.He was scheduled to

go two innings onWednesday, but threw sofew pitches that he wasallowed to three. Hegave up one run on twohits and a walk.“I feel good,” said Ar-

royo, who spent the off-season getting fullyrecovered from themononucleosis. “Mybody feels more livelyand less achy than myfirst time out in yearspast. I felt the ball wascoming out of my handbetter than it has in acouple years.”Nick Hundley added a

two-run home run offRon Mahay.Left-hander Cory

Luebke, who earned arole in the Padres’ rota-tion after beginning lastseason in the bullpen,struck out four andpicked off two during histwo scoreless innings.Cincinnati managedthree hits overall offseven Padres pitchers.Jay Bruce and ScottRolen had doubles.Zack Cozart walked in

the first inning but waspicked off by Luebke.Bruce doubled in the sec-ond inning but was alsopicked off.“I felt all right,” said

Luebke, who is trying toearn a spot in the rota-tion out of spring train-ing. “It was good to getback out there.You thinkyou wouldn’t get jittersevery year when thishappens, but it’s good toget back out there toknow you didn’t forgethow to throw in the off-season.”The Padres’ lineup

featured three formerReds ‚Äî Hermida, Yon-der Alonso and YasmaniGrandall.Alonso was theReds’ first draft pick inthe June 2008 draft.Grandall, who was thedesignated hitter, wasthe Reds’ first pick in2010.

Reds loseto Padres

COLUMBUS (AP) —Ohio State footballcoach Urban Meyer hasnamed that KerryCoombs (kohmbs), anassistant coach atCincinnati, an assistantcoach in charge of the

Buckeyes' cornerbacks.Meyer announced the

appointment of CoombsWednesday. He's spentfive years at Cincinnatiand previously was headcoach at Colerain HighSchool, his alma mater.

Meyer hires assistant coach

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SHANA MEYER of Russia eyes the basket during district championship actionSaturday at Tipp City. The Lady Raiders play in the regional semifinals tonight.

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Pastors Jim & Janice JohnsonWorship Times

Sunday 10:30 AM and 6:00 PM

CHRISTIAN CHURCH(DISCIPLES OF CHRIST)

First Christian Church320 E. Russell Rd., SidneyPhone: 937-492-5025

Senior Pastor Philip ChilcoteWorship Times

Traditional Worship 10:15 AMChildren’s Sunday School 10:30 AM

___________________Oran Christian Church6424 Dawson RoadPhone: 937-489-3670Reverend Dale RittsWorship TimesSunday 10:30 AM

Sunday School 9:30 AM

CHURCH OF GODFirst Church Of God

1510 Campbell Rd., SidneyPhone: 937-492-0094Pastor Vern AllisonWorship TimesSunday 10:15 AM

Sunday School 9:00 AMWednesday Evening 7:00 PM___________________Freedom Life Church

9101 N. Co. Rd. 25A, PiquaPhone: 937-773-8710

Pastor Michael Myers (Rhema Graduate)Worship Times

Sunday School 10:00 AMSunday 11:00 AM, 6:00 PMWednesday Evening 7:00 PMwww.freedomlifepiqua.com___________________

Northtowne Church Of God2008 Wapakoneta Ave., Sidney

Phone: 937-498-1476Pastor Tim BarteeWorship Times

Sunday 11:00 AM, 6:00 PMSunday School 10:00 AMWednesday 7:00 PM___________________

Rail Road St. Church Of God602 Railroad Street

Pastor Charles Henry JacksonPhone: 937-497-9760Worship TimesThursday 7:00 PMSunday 6:00 PM

CHURCH OF JESUSCHRIST OF THE

LATTER-DAY SAINTSChurch of Jesus Christ of the

Latter-Day Saints475 W. Loy Road, PiquaPhone: 937-773-8904

Bishop Randall S. FrisbyWorship Times

Meetings 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

CONGREGATIONALCHRISTIAN

Houston CongregationalChristian Church

4883 Russia-Houston Rd., HoustonPhone: 937-492-5025Pastor James ManuelWorship TimesSunday 10:30 AM

Sunday School 9:30 AM

EPISCOPALSt. Mark’s

231 N. Miami, SidneyPhone: 937-492-8584Worship Times

Sunday 9:30 AM Christian FormationSunday 10:15 Family Worship

Wednesday 6:30 PM Holy EucharistFather Aaron Gerlach

FULL GOSPELLightHouse Ministries of Sidney

514 Michigan St., SidneyPhone: 937-419-2180Pastor Paul PearsonWorship TimesSunday 10:00 AMWednesday 7:00 PM___________________

Full Gospel Community Church950 S. Children’s Home Rd., Sidney

Phone: 937-492-9438Pastor Jeff HillWorship Times

Sunday 11:00 AM, 6:00 PMSunday Children’s Church 11:00 AM

Sunday School 10:00 AMWednesday 7:00 PM

INDEPENDENTBlessed Hope Assembly

Located in the Sidney Inn, Room 104

CHRISTIANAPOSTOLIC

Abundant Life Apostolic Church607 Sycamore Ave., Sidney, Ohio

Phone: 937-492-2484Pastor Michael Garber

Worship TimesWednesday 7:30 PM

Sunday School 10:30 AMSunday 5:30 PM

___________________Sidney Apostolic Temple210 S. Pomeroy St., Sidney

www.satemple.comPhone: 937-492-7456

Pastor: Mark L. Hina Jr.Bishop: Robert FriesWorship Times

Sunday 10:00 AM, 6:00 PMTuesday Prayer 7:30 PMWednesday 7:30 PM

ASSEMBLY OF GODCornerstone Assembly Of God

1028 Park St., SidneyPhone: 937-498-1328www.sidneyag.org

Senior Pastor Harry PetersonWorship Times

Sunday 10:30 AM, 6:30 PMSunday School 9:30 AMKid’s Church 10:30 AMMini Church 10:30 AM

Children’s Mininstry, Adult Study& Royal Ranger/Missionates

Wednesday 7:00 PM

BAPTISTCalvary Chapel Baptist Church71 N. Hamilton St., MinsterPhone: 419-628-3717Fax: 419-628-3457Worship Times

Sunday 10:30 AM, 7:00 PMSunday School 9:30 AMWednesday 7:00 PM___________________

Calvary United Baptist Church9480 N. Co. Rd. 25APhone: 937-492-5662Pastor David Shepherd

Worship TimesSunday 10:45 AM, 6:30 PMSunday School 10:00 AM___________________

Emmanuel Baptist Church920 Sixth Avenue, SidneyPhone: 937-492-0077Pastor Brent HowardWorship Times

Sunday 11:00 AM, 6:00 PMSunday School 9:45 AM

Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 PM___________________Christian Faith Baptist Church

608 S. Miami, SidneyClarence Cox - Pastor

Lee Ellis - Assistant PastorWorship Times

Saturday 7:00 PMWorshipSunday School 10:00 AM___________________Faith Baptist Church

2555 Millcreek Rd., SidneyPastor R. Chad InmanWorship TimesSunday Servants

with a Testimony 10:00 AMSunday 11:00 AM

Sunday Evening 6:00 PMWednesday 7:00 PM

Bible Study & King’s Kids___________________

Favorite Hill Baptist Church1602 South St., PiquaPhone: 937-773-6469Pastor Larry HanyesWorship Times

Sunday 10:30 AM, 6:00 PMSunday School 9:30 AM

Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 PM___________________First Baptist Church309 E. North St., SidneyPhone: 937-492-4909Reverend George Gnade

Worship TimesSunday 10:30 AM

Sunday School 9:15 AM___________________First Baptist Church53 S. Norwich Rd., TroyPhone: 937-339-3602

Senior Pastor Dale R. ChristianWorship Times

Sunday 9:00 AM, 6:00 PMSunday School 10:30 AM___________________

First United Baptist ChurchCorner Miami Conservancy

& Fair Rd., SidneyPastor Tom Jones

Asst. Pastor Rev. Leamon Branscum

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RELIGIONContact Religion Editor MikeSeffrin with story ideas and press re-leases by phone at (937) 498-5975;email, [email protected]; or by fax,(937) 498-5991.

What’s happened to the Gospel?Sometimes I

think I’m crazy.Because if I’mnot, others are.What has hap-pened to theGospel?I was turning

channels theother night andsaw how many“Christian” cablechannels therewere. I listenedand thenchanged chan-nels and I heard a lot ofthings but I didn’t hearthe Gospel of Christ.I heard the gospel of

greed. The gospel ofhealth.The gospel of hap-piness. But I honestlydidn’t hear the true mes-sage of Jesus.People were boasting

about the stuff they’veacquired. How lives arelived differently and howserving the poor is thegospel. Saw a lot of hypedup emotional songs, andmen and women yellingsome “new revelation”

straight fromGod. I heard alot of words andno message thateven remotelyresembled whatthe scripturesteach.What’s hap-

pened to theGospel? As I fin-ish up preachingthrough 2 Timo-thy at ourchurch the an-swer is pretty

clear. It says in 2Tim. 4:1-5 “I solemnly charge youin the presence of Godand of Christ Jesus whois to judge the living andthe dead and by His ap-pearing and His King-dom preach theWord. Beready in season and outof season. Reprove, re-buke, exhort with greatpatience and instructionfor the time will comewhen they will not en-dure sound doctrine butwanting to have theirears tickled they will ac-cumulate for themselves

teachers in accordance totheir own desires andwill turn away their earsfrom the truth and willturn aside to myths. Butyou, be sober in allthings, endure hardship,do the work of an evan-gelist, fulfill your min-istry.”Well. That explains it.

You see the letters writ-ten to pastor Timothy bythe apostle Paul are themost well explainedwords to describe thetrue nature of realchurch ministry.Read those two letters

sometime.We seem to bein some bizarre “market-driven, positive-affirma-tion, gospel-promotingculture” that is drivingme nuts.Some of the things I

hear that is passing forthe gospel are absolutelyincompatible with theBible. Bad theology hasrepercussions.Paul is tellingTimothy

to be faithful in breach-ing, and be bold in expos-

ing and refuting error,and to be an example ofgodliness to his church,and be willing to sufferhardship and persecutionfor the sake of Jesus.That really applies to allof us.Think about it. Pas-

tors who live lives andgodly examples in theirdaily lives for their con-gregations to follow. (I’mnot even going to touchthat one right now). Ex-posing error in thechurch. Even CharlesSpurgeon got oustedfrom his church for doingthat. Be willing to sufferpersecution. One of myfavorite theologians says,“It’s your best life now …if you’re going to hell.”How true. This place isnot our home. Don’t gettoo comfortable here.Heaven is the promise.No sickness, no sorrowand no sin.I worry about how

preaching is diminishedand the most fragile ofsheep get hurt by our un-

willingness to just be-lieve what God has saidand preach what God hasproclaimed.Pastor Greg Gilbert

wrote a book called“What is the Gospel?”and he listed four thingsthat are repeated whenthe Gospel is preached: 1.Who made us and towhom are we account-able? 2.What is our prob-lem? In other words, arewe in trouble and why? 3.What is God’s solution tothat problem? How hasHe acted to save us fromit? 4. How do I — myself,right here, right now —how do I come to be in-cluded in that salvation?What makes this goodnews for me and not justfor someone else? TheGospel is good news.Jesus came to save usfrom our sin and restoreus to right relationshipwith the One who cre-ated and cares for us.

The writer is the pas-tor at Cornerstone Assem-bly of God in Sidney.

Yourpastorspeaks

The Rev. HarryPeterson

Tacketts toperformThe Tacketts will be

singing at NorthtowneChurch of God, 2008 Wa-pakoneta Ave., beginningSunday at 11 a.m. Thepublic is invited to attend.The Tacketts are con-

tinuing a 30-year familytradition of singing forthe Lord in a rich blendof Southern Gospelstyles. The Tacketts singall over the UnitedStates but their homebase is in Defiance.Withtheir blend of family har-mony, the gospel triobrings a heartfelt min-istry of sharing the loveof God to those in need ofencouragement.Their CD “So Many

Blessings” includes fiveof their original songs,along with favoritehymns and gospel clas-sics. The Tacketts cre-ated and host thesuccessful “At Homewith The Tacketts Con-cert Series,” featuringmany of the top artistsin gospel music.

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DeGraff United Methodist Church1839 County Road 24 South, DeGraff

Phone: 937-585-5511www.degraffumc.org

Rev. Carolyn ChristmanWorship Times

Sunday School 9:30 AMWorship 10:30 AM

Youth Group 2nd & 4th Sun. 6:30 PM__________________

The Family of Grace U.M.C.9411 N. County Rd. 25-A, Piqua

Phone: 937-773-8232www.thefamilyofgrace.com

Rev. Mike CarnevaleWorship Times

Sunday 8:15 AM Traditional10:00 & 11:15 AM Contemporary

10:00 AM Sunday School for all agesYouth Ministry Sunday NightsChildren’s Ministry Wed. Nights

__________________Fletcher United Methodist

205 S. Walnut, FletcherHandicapped accessiblePhone: 937-368-2470

www.fletcherchurch.orgPastor Andy PerryWorship Times

Sunday 8:15 & 10:45 AMSunday School 9:30 AM

Nursery Care & kids church availableWednesday Prayer Group 7 PM

__________________Hardin United Methodist

6073 Hardin-Wapak Road, SidneyPhone: 937-492-4595Pastor Jack ChalkWorship Times

Sunday 10:00 AMSunday School 9:00-9:45 AM

__________________Jackson Center United Methodist

202 Pike St., Jackson CenterPhone: 937-596-6919Pastor Sylvia HullWorship Times

Sunday 10:00 AMSunday School 9:00 AM__________________

Lockington United MethodistCorner Miami Conservancy & Fair Rd.

2190 Miami Conservancy Rd.Phone: 937-497-0777Pastor Don Trumbull

Worship TimesSunday 10:00 AM

Sunday School, All Ages 9:00 AMYouth Night & Kids Night Blast!

Wednesday 7:00 PM__________________

Maplewood United Methodist21310 Peach St., Maplewood

Phone: 937-596-8155Pastor Bill HalterWorship Times

Sunday 10:00 AMSunday School 9:00 AM__________________

New Hope United MethodistCorner of Mason Rd. & Patterson

Halpin Rd., SidneyPhone: 937-493-0065

www.sidneynewhope.orgPastor John Leighty

Worship TimesSunday 10:30 AM, Fellowship

9:15AM/Sunday School 9:30 AM__________________

New Knoxville United Methodist109 S. Main St., New Knoxville

Phone: 419-753-2427Reverend Dennis Gaertner

Worship TimesSunday 10:15 AM

Sunday School 9:00 AM__________________

Pasco United Methodist Church17483 St. Rt. 706, Sidney

Phone: 937-492-4986Reverend David Brisker

Worship TimesPrayers 9:00 AMSunday 10:30 AM

Sunday School 9:30 AM__________________

Pemberton United Methodist6541 Main Street, Pemberton

Phone: 937-497-1007Pastor Don BurleyWorship Times

Sunday 10:00 AMSunday School 11:00 AM

Email: [email protected]__________________

Quincy United MethodistPhone: 937-585-5114

Pastor Matthew WrightWorship Times

Sunday 10:30 AMSunday School 9:30 AM

LUTHERAN

Emmanuel Lutheran Church17714 Montra Road, Montra

Phone: 937-596-6462Pastor Shannon Vogelezang

Worship TimesSunday 10:30 AM

Sunday School 9:45 AM__________________

Grace Ev. Lutheran Church607 S. Main St., Jackson Center

Phone: 937-596-6516Pastor Kent HollisWorship Times

Sunday Traditional 8:00 AMSunday School 9:15 AM

Sunday Contemporary 10:30 AM__________________

Montra Lutheran Parish17716 High St. R.R.#1, Anna

Phone: 937-596-6509Pastor Shannon Vogelezang

Sunday Worship TimesEmmanuel 8:30 AMSt. Jacobs 9:45 AM

St. Mark, Clay Township 11:00 AM__________________

Redeemer Lutheran Church(Missouri Synod)

300 W. Mason Road, SidneyPhone: 937-492-2461Pastor Ken CastorWorship Times

Saturday 5:30 PMSunday 9:00 AM

Sunday School 10:30 AM__________________

St. Jacob’s Lutheran Church18280 Pasco Montra Road,

P.O. Box 547, Jackson CenterPhone: 937-693-3119

Pastor Shannon VogelezangWorship TimesSunday 9:45 AM

Sunday School 8:45 AM__________________St. Jacob Lutheran101 W. Main, AnnaPhone: 937-394-4421

Pastor Michael AlthauserWorship Times

Sunday 8:00 AM, 10:00 AMSunday School 9:00 AM__________________

St. John’s Lutheran Church120 W. Water Street, Sidney

Phone: 937-492-8047Rev. Jonathan W. Schriber

Worship TimesSaturday 6:00 PM

Sunday 8:30 AM ContemporarySunday 9:30 AM Sunday SchoolSunday 10:30 AM Traditional

__________________St. Paul Ev. Lutheran Church

301 E. State St., Box 508, BotkinsPhone: 937-693-3261Pastor Robert Carter

Worship TimesSunday 10:00 AM

Sunday School 9:00 AM__________________

Trinity Lutheran Church(Southern Ohio Synod)

204 East Wood Street, VersaillesPhone: 937-526-3091Reverend Keith Falk

Worship TimesSunday 10:30 AM

Sunday School, Sept.-May 9:15 AM

METHODISTAnna United Methodist201 West North St., Anna

Phone: 937-394-4221website: www.annaumc.org

Pastor Randy LockerWorship Times

Sunday10:00 AM Christian Education/all ages

10:45 AM Worship__________________

Botkins United Methodist111 E. State Street, Botkins

Pastor Randy LockerWorship TimesSunday 9:00 AM

Adult Bible Study and Children’sSunday School, Sunday 8:00 AM

__________________Bradford United Methodist Church

112 E. Church Street, BradfordPhone: 937-448-6116

Pastor Darcy Boblit-DillWorship Times

Sunday 9:00 AM PrayerSunday School 9:30 AM

Sunday 10:45 AM Worship_________________

___________________St. Peter & Paul Catholic Church

6788 St. Rt. 66, NewportPhone: 937-295-3001

Reverend Steven L. ShoupWorship Times

Saturday 6:30 PMSunday 9:30 AM

SEVENTH-DAYADVENTIST

Piqua Seventh-Day Adventist ChurchWest Bremen & St. Marys Streets

New Knoxille, OhioPhone: 937-778-0223

Pastor Don Byard, 419-236-1172Worship Times

Saturday Song Service 9:30 AMSaturday Bible Study 10:00 AMSaturday Worship 11:00 AM

UNITED CHURCHOF CHRIST

First United Church of ChristWest Bremen & St. Marys Streets

New Knoxille, OhioPhone: 419-753-2446

Pastor David A. WilliamsWorship TimesSunday 8:00 AM

Sunday Family Worship 10:15 AMSunday School 9:00 AM

Sunday Services broadcast on WIMT(FM) every Sunday 10:15 AM

__________________Greenview United Church of Christ3041 Leatherwood Creek Rd., Sidney

email: [email protected]: 937-492-9579Pastor Larry Grunden

Worship TimesSunday 10:00 AM

__________________Immanuel United Church of Christ

888 St. Rt. 274 , Kettlersvilleemail: [email protected]

Phone: 937-693-2853Pastor Charles Moeller

Worship TimesSunday 10:00 AM

Sunday School 9:00 AMDeaf Worship Serviceson the 1st, 3rd & 5th

Sundays of each month__________________

St. Paul United Church of Christ119 N. Franklin St., New Bremen

Phone: 419-629-2502Pastor Becky Erb Strang

Worship TimesSaturday 5:00 PM

Spirit Safari Club Sunday 9:00 AMSunday 10:15 AM

__________________St. Paul’s United Church of Christ

707 N. Ohio Avenue, SidneyPhone: 937-492-8540Rev. Dr. Bob McCann,

interim ministerWorship Times

Adult Sunday School 9:00 AMWorship Sunday 10:15 AMChildren’s Church 10:30 AM

Kids’ Club 2nd & 4th Wed. 6:30 PM__________________St. Peter’s Church

303 Franklin St., New BremenPhone: 419-629-2175Pastor Steve WillsWorship TimesSunday 9:15 AM

Handicapped Accessible

WESLEYANThe Sidney Wesleyan Church621 Second Avenue, Sidney

Pastor Steve ChapmanWorship Times

Sunday 9:30, 10:30 AM, 6:30 PMWednesday Youth & Adult 6:30 PMwww/forministry.com/USOHWESLCSWCSW

__________________Russell Road Church

340 W. Russell Road, SidneyPhone: 937-492-6412Email:[email protected] Fred Gillenwater

Worship TimesSaturday 7:00 PM, Church Campus

Sunday 10:30AM, Christian Academy(2151 W. Russell Road)

Nursery/Children Ministries at Both__________________Sidney First United Methodist

230 E. Poplar Street, SidneyPhone: 937-492-9136

Reverend David ChivingtonWorship Times

Sunday 9:00 & 11:00 AMSunday School 10:00 AM

Webster/Versailles United MethodistWebster - 8847 Seibert Rd., Bradford

122 West Wood St., VersaillesPhone: 937-526-3855Pastor Linda Dulin

Worship TimesWebster - Sunday 9:15 AMSunday School 10:30 AM

Versailles - Sunday 10:30 AMSunday School 9:15 AM__________________

J.O.Y. Churchat the Alpha Center 330 E. Court St.

Phone: 937-492-9136Reverend Barbara Staley

Worship TimesSunday 9:00 AM

MISSIONARYWorld Missions for Christ Church

231 Doering St., SidneyPhone: 937-498-1166

Worship TimesSaturday 7:00 PM

Sunday 10:00 AM, 6:00 PMWednesday 7:00 PM

MOUNT ZION HOLYUNION CHURCH OF GOD

Mt. Zion Church of GodHouse of Prayer

324 Grove Street, SidneyPhone: 937-497-3511Elder Ernst Wilson

Worship TimesSunday 10:30 AM

Sunday 6:00 NOONTuesday 6:00 PM

Thursday youth Service 6:00 PMThursday Bible Study 6:00 PM

NAZARENEFirst Church of the Nazarene

1899 Wapakoneta Avenue, SidneyPhone: 937-492-4492Reverend Chad Wilson

Worship TimesSunday 10:30 AM, 6:00 PMSunday School 9:30 AM

PENTECOSTALFull Gospel Lighthouse Church

825 W. Ohio Ave., SidneyPastor Ron Cassidy

Worship TimesSunday 6:30 PM

Sunday School 7:00 PM__________________House of Prayer

600 Wilson (off Park St.), SidneyPhone: 937-492-7443Pastor Joretta Hughes

Worship TimesSaturday 6:00 PMSunday 2:00 PM

__________________Mount Zion Church of God

324 Grove Street, SidneyPhone: 937-492-3511

Bishop, Pastor Ernest L. WilsonWorship Times

Sunday School, 10am-11:30 AMSunday Worship: 11:30 AM

Midweek Service: Tuesday, 6 PMBible Study: Thursday, 6 PM

__________________Pathway Open Bible Church326 N. West Street, Sidney

Phone: 937-239-2489Pastor Matt Thomas

Worship TimesSunday 10:00 AM,

Wednesday Bible Study 7 PM__________________Sidney Church of God

321 N. Wagner Ave., SidneyPhone: 937-492-0185Pastor Shane Jackson

Worship TimesSunday 11:00 AM, 6:00 PMSunday School 10:00 AM

Wed. 7:00 PM Family Training

OTHER FAITHSHINDU

Hindu Temple of Dayton2615 Lillian Ln., Beavercreek,

OHPhone: 937-429-4455

Priests: Ramesh Ragamani,Ashwani Kumar

M-F 9-11 AM and 6-8 PMSat., Sun., Holidays 9 AM-8 PMContact the Temple to request services.

__________________Ahmadiyya Movement in

IslamMosque

637 Randolph St., Dayton, OH45408

Phone: 937-268-0279

JEWISHTemple Anshe Emeth

320 Caldwell Street, PiquaMailing address:

3808 Beanblossom Rd.,Greenville, OH 45331For Schedule, contact:

937-547-0092or [email protected]

__________________Solid Rock Pentecostal Church of God

2745 St. Rt. 29N, SidneyPhone: 937-492-0770

website: www.solidrck.comReverend Anthony Krummrey

Worship TimesSunday 11:00 AM, 6:00 PMSunday School 10:00 AM

Thursday Evening 7:00 PMSunday broadcast on FM105.5

PRESBYTERIANFirst Presbyterian Church

202 N. Miami Avenue, SidneyPhone: 937-492-4597

www.sidneyfirstpres.orgReverend Dr. Lee Dorsey

WorshipSunday 9:15 AM Adult Christian EdSunday Morning Service 10:30 AM

Child Care(Communion 1st Sunday of the month)

QUAKERReligious Society of FriendsAmos Chapel at Dorothy Love

Retirement Comunity3003 Cisco Rd., Sidney

Phone: 937-497-7326 or 492-4336Worship Times

2nd & 4th Sunday 10:30 AM

ROMAN CATHOLICChurch of the Holy Redeemer

120 Eastmoor Drive, New BremenPhone: 419-629-2543

Pastor Reverend Thomas MannebachWorship Times

Saturday 5:00 PMSunday 8:00 & 10:00 AMHoly Days 7:30 PM Vigil

12:05 & 5:30 PM Holy Day___________________Egypt St. Joseph ChurchReverend Rick Nieberding

Worship TimesSunday Mass 8:45 AM___________________

Holy Angels Catholic ChurchS. Main & Water St., Sidney

Phone: 937-498-2307Reverend Daniel Schmitmeyer

MassesSaturday 5:30 PM

Sunday 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM,10:30 AM, 12:00 PM___________________

Holy Family Catholic Church140 South Findlay St., DaytonFt. Mark Wojdelski, Pastor

Mass ScheduleSunday 8:00 AM, 10:30 AM

Holy Days of Obligation 7:00AM, 7PMMonday - Friday 7:15 AM

Saturday 9:00 AM___________________Sacred Heart of Jesus Church9333 St. Rt. 119W. McCartyville

Phone: 937-394-3823 • 419-628-2502Reverend John W. Tonkin

MassesSaturday 5:00 PM

Sunday 8:00 & 10:00 AM___________________St. Augustine Parish

48 N. Hanover Street, MinisterPhone: 419-628-2614

Reverend Rick NieberdingWorship Times

Saturday 5:00 PMSunday 8:00, 10:00 & 11:30 AM

Holy Day Masses6:30 PM evening before

8:00 AM, 7:00 PM on Holy Day___________________St. Lawrence & Immaculate

Conception Churches116 N. Main Street, Botkins

Phone: 937-693-2561Reverend Patrick L. Sloneker

Worship TimesSaturday 5:30 PMSunday 10:30 AM

Sunday at St. Lawrence Churchin Rhine 9:00 AM

___________________St. Remy Church

108 E. Main Street, RussiaPhone: 937-526-3437

Reverend Frank AmbergerMasses

Saturday 5:00 PMSunday 7:30, 9:00 & 11:00 AM

___________________St. Michael’s Church

33 Elm Street, Ft. LoramiePhone: 937-295-2891

Reverend Steven L. ShoupWorship Times

Saturday 5:00 PMSunday 8:00 & 11:00 AM

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Though most stu-dents plan to kick backand relax as soon asclasses end for the sum-mer, several AshlandUniversity students willdedicate the first fewweeks of their vacationto helping those less for-tunate than themselves.Junior Heather Bum-

balough, of West Liberty,is among the AshlandUniversity students whowill participate in thePanamamission trip thissummer. The trip is in-tended not only to helpimprove the lives of thosewho live in Panama, butalso to allow volunteersto grow spiritually.Bumbalough, who is

majoring in dietetics, isthe daughter of Lee andKathryn Bumbalough, ofWest Liberty.The Panama mission

trip, which will takeplace between May 12-26, is one of the trips of-fered by the University’sIsaiah Project this year.The name and missionstatement of the IsaiahProject’s come from theBible verse found in Isa-iah 6:8, “Then I heardthe voice of the Lord say-ing, ‘Whom shall I send?And who will go for us?’

And I said, ‘Here I am,send me!’”Dr. Dan Lawson, dean

of religious life, will ac-company the students onthe trip, and sophomoreTyler Franz, of Fletcher,will serve as the teamleader.The goals for this trip

are to bring Christ topeople of Panama andalso for the students andfaculty to become closerto Christ through the ex-perience. Teammemberswill be working with asports ministry, an out-reach to the indigenouspeople in Panama, a chil-dren’s ministry, and aschool feeding programfor the poor.The members of

Franz’s team seek tohelp others to learnabout the gospel of whoJesus Christ is, andwhat He has done forthem. According toFranz, this trip will pres-ent his team with an op-portunity to help otherslearn and grow in theirrelationship with God sothat they might knowHim more.“This will be my first

mission trip and the firsttime out of the country,”said Bumbalough. “Most

importantly, I want to doGod’s work by servingpeople in need andspreading the hopefound in Jesus Christ. Ialso feel like this trip isgoing to put me out ofmy comfort zone, and I’mexcited to overcome thechallenges it brings. It’sgoing to be a life-chang-ing experience, where Igrow in my relationshipswith others and grow ona personal level.”“This experience will

open our eyes to viewthings outside of Amer-ica and its culture,”Franz explained, “and itwill help us develop anawareness of the worldat hand and its need forits savior, Christ Jesus.”Ashland University

(www.ashland.edu) is amid-sized, private uni-versity conveniently lo-cated a short distancefrom Akron, Clevelandand Columbus. AshlandUniversity values the in-dividual student and of-fers a unique educationalexperience that com-bines the challenge ofstrong, applied academicprograms with a facultyand staff who build nur-turing relationships withtheir students.

Students join mission Teaching staff honoredFull Gospel Commu-

nity Church, 950 S. Chil-dren’s Home Road,recently celebrated thehard work and dedica-tion of its teaching staff.All the teachers, along

with their spouses, weretreated to a catered din-ner. They were also eachgiven a token of appreci-ation. Their efforts wererecognized by Youth Di-rector Terry Campbell

and Pastor Jeff Hill.Campbell spoke about

having a purpose and apassion. Teaching is notjust something you wakeup and say you are goingto do, he said.Teaching isa direct calling from theLord. Teachers must bededicated and faithful tothe calling.He also spokeconcerning the parable ofthe mustard seed fromMatthew 13:31.Teachers

are the ones who arespreading the seed,which is the word of God.During the Sunday

morning service, Hillrecognized one teacher,in particular. Sister FayeKelly has been teachingfor more than years. Hillpresented her with aplaque signifying thegratitude and love of thechurch for her and hercommitment to teaching.

Breakfast plannedCentral Bible Min-

istry, 113 Kossuth St.,will be serving a pancakebreakfast in the base-ment of the church Sat-urday. Access is groundlevel from the back park-ing lot. The breakfastwill begin at 8 a.m. andlast until 10:30 a.m.The breakfast will in-

clude pancakes, sausage,

coffee, milk or orangejuice. A $5 donation willbe asked for all dinersage 11 and older, and a$2.50 donation for chil-dren 10 and under.All funds raised at

this pancake breakfastwill be used to send theteenagers to summercamp. The public is in-vited.

Revival to begin this weekendThe Full Gospel Community Church, 950 S. Chil-

dren’s Home Road, will host a revival Sundaythrough Wednesday at the church.Services will include one Sunday at 11 a.m. with

the Rev. Alva Robinson. The Rev. Scott Landes willlead services at 6 p.m. Sunday and at 7 p.m. Mon-day through Wednesday.

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COMICS Sidney Daily News,Thursday, March 8, 2012 Page 4B

TODAY IN HISTORYToday is Thursday, March

8, the 68th day of 2012.There are 298 days left in theyear.Today’s Highlight in His-

tory:On March 8, 1862, during

the Civil War, the ironcladCSS Virginia rammed andsank the USS Cumberlandand heavily damaged theUSS Congress, both frigates,off Newport News, Va.On this date:In 1702, England’s Queen

Anne acceded to the throneupon the death of KingWilliam III.In 1782, the Gnadenhut-

ten (jih-NAY’-duhn-huh-tuhn) massacre took place asmore than 90 Indians wereslain by militiamen in Ohioin retaliation for raids car-ried out by other Indians.In 1874, the 13th presi-

dent of the United States,Millard Fillmore, died inBuffalo, N.Y., at age 74.In 1917, Russia’s “Febru-

ary Revolution” (so called be-cause of the Old Stylecalendar used by Russians atthe time) began with riotingand strikes in Petrograd.TheU.S. Senate voted to limit fil-ibusters by adopting the clo-ture rule.In 1930, the 27th presi-

dent of the United States,William Howard Taft, died inWashington at age 72.In 1944, two days after an

initial strike, U.S. heavybombers resumed raidingBerlin during World War II.In 1960, Democrat John F.

Kennedy and RepublicanRichard M. Nixon won theNew Hampshire presidentialprimary.In 1965, the United States

landed its first combat troopsin South Vietnam as 3,500Marines were brought in todefend the U.S. air base atDa Nang.In 1971, Joe Frazier de-

feated MuhammadAli by de-cision in what was billed as“The Fight of the Century” atMadison Square Garden inNew York. Silent film come-dian Harold Lloyd died inBeverly Hills, Calif., at age77.

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100 YearsMarch 8, 1912

The Palmisano Com-pany on the south side ofthe square are makingarrangements to erectan addition to theirbuilding which was putup only a short time ago.They plan to build anaddition to the rear ofthe retail department,one story high, that willextend to the alley at therear.

———George Elsass, of

Jackson Township, haspurchased a tile ditchingmachine, which, if asrepresented, will sur-pass anything that hasever hit this country. Itwill use gasoline powerand is supposed to get200 rods ready for thetile in 10 hours. The ma-chine will be put into op-eration on the AdamKlopfenstein farm assoon as the groundthaws out. Mr. Elsasshas several contracts ifthe machine gives satis-faction.

75 YearsMarch 8, 1937

A livestock judgingteam representing theAnna F.F.A. chapter,placed second in the sad-dle and sirloin judgingcontest held Saturday atOhio State University.Thirty-three teams tookpart in the contest.Members of the Annateam are: Paul Billing,Donald Brandt, CarlKempfer and OrlandoElshoff, alternate. RalphBornhorst, HowardJohnson and the coach,Ralph Bender, accompa-nied the team.

———The second of the Sid-

ney Kiwanis Club pro-gram series “Know OurIndustries” found 30club members enjoying atrip through the plant ofthe Monarch MachineTool Co. yesterday after-noon. The trip followedthe luncheon meeting ofthe club at which FredDull, assistant managerof the plant, gave a brieftalk on the history of thecompany and its devel-opment.

50 YearsMarch 8, 1962

Eleven Sidney districtschool teachers attendeda Science Research Asso-ciate Workshop on Feb.24 at St. Francis College,Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The one day sessiondealt with the teachingof reading.

The local groupincluded Emma Pfeifer,Cynthia McRill, Eliza-beth Dunson, NoraStockstill, MarthaThompson, Doris Belser,Esther Brandt, MaryHodge, Gladys Foster,Myrtle Kauffman andMargaret Shaw.

———NEW YORK – Presi-

dent Kennedy todayheaded the annual list ofthe “ten best dressedmen in the nation,” asselected by the CustomTailors’ Guild of Amer-ica.The Chief Executive

“has repopularized thetwo button singlebreasted suit,” the or-ganization noted, “andhas caused clothes con-scious men throughoutthe world to redesigntheir wardrobes.

25 YearsMarch 8, 1987

The local chapter ofthe American BusinessWomen of America hasannounced its selectionas Woman of the Year. Itis Virginia Taubken.Irma Francis, the previ-ous winner, made thepresentation to Mrs.Taubken. She hasworked at mutual Fed-eral Savings and LoanAssociation for 18 years.Mrs. Taubken is activein many communityevents and groups.

———Sidney will be losing a

store. Hecks has filed forbankruptcy. The Sidneystore will be closing, butthe date is unknown.Local Hecks employeeswill be losing their jobs.

———Our local pork queen

has set her sights higher.Angela Barhorst is therunning for the nationaltitle. She is currentlyamong the top five final-ists. Angela is thedaughter of Mr. and Mrs.James Barhorst.

Medicines used for COPD

Meaning of misspellings remains curiously obscure

DEAR DR.D O N O H U E :You mentionedthat there aremedicines tohelp those withCOPD. Wouldyou please namethem? — E.K.

A N S W E R :COPD, chronicobstructive pul-monary disease,includes twocommon lung ill-nesses: emphy-sema and chronicbronchitis. Both almostalways occur with eachother.The number of medi-

cines used to improveCOPD and to improvethe breathing of COPDpatients is large. Howabout if I give you theclasses of medicinesused and a few exam-ples from each class? If I

included allnames, it wouldtake up a hugeamount of costlyn e w s p a p e rspace.Bronchodila-

tors are medi-cines thatexpand breath-ing tubes thathave becomeclogged withthick mucus. Onekind of bron-chodilators is the

anticholinergics (AN-tee-COAL-in-URGE-ik)drugs. Atrovent (iprat-ropium) and Spiriva(tiotropium) are twosuch drugs. They areboth inhaled.Beta agonists are an-

other class of bron-chodilators. They workin a different way fromthe above two drugs. Anexample is Serevent

Diskus (salmeterol).Steroids, relatives of

cortisone, calm inflamedairways. They, too, makeit easier for air, with itsoxygen, to reach thelungs and then thebloodstream. FloventDiskus (fluticasone) issuch a drug.Oxygen isn’t really a

medicine, but it is animportant treatment forthose with severeCOPD.Conditioning exer-

cises are another impor-tant aspect of COPDtreatment. Many hospi-tals sponsor such pro-grams for their patients.An annual influenza

(flu) vaccine is a mustfor COPD patients.

DEAR DR. DONO-HUE: I have a son, 47,who is very reluctant tosee a dentist. He wastold several years ago

that he had the begin-ning of some cavities.He recently went to adental school and hadhis teeth cleaned and X-rayed. He says theywere supposed to callhim, but he never got acall. He comes up withmany reasons why hedrags his feet about this.One is that he is toobusy. Another is that itcosts too much. Pleasecomment. — S.B.

ANSWER: All healthauthorities recommenddental visits spaced sixmonths apart. Dentalhealth has a profoundimpact on total bodyhealth. He must call tofind the results of his X-rays. It’s plain dumb tohave them done and notfind out if anythingneeds attention. Hecan’t be too busy tomake a phone call.

DEAR ABBY: I’mwriting to respondto the letter fromthe mother of the12-year-old boywhose grandmothercan’t spell his nameright. (“His Name IsJoe!”; Jan. 4). Thesame thing hap-pened to my hus-band. Hisgrandmother spellshis name with a Cinstead of a K. Ihave always put K onour cards and letters toher, but I think at herage she’s stuck in herhabit.Once she sent my

husband a beautiful sil-ver money clip for whichshe had spent severalhundred dollars. Shehad it engraved with thewrong initials — includ-ing the C. She’s such asweet, lovely womanthat, at that point, I in-

sisted henever makereference tothe correctspelling of hisname again.E n g r a v e ditems canrarely be re-turned, and Iknew howhurt she’d beknowing shehad spelledhis name

wrong.He called and

thanked her profuselyfor such a generous gift,and we’ve never broughtup the matter since. —ANNE IN TEXAS

DEAR ANNE: Thankyou for writing. Iguessed that the grand-mother might not havebeen pleased with thename the boy had beengiven. Other readersalso had hunches about

why the grandmotherwould continue to mis-spell it. Their comments:

DEAR ABBY: I sus-pect that Grandma does-n’t like that particularspelling of the child’sname.These days peoplehave come up with un-usual spellings for com-mon names.Instead of Rebecca,

you have Rebekka. ForAshley, you have Ashlee,Ashleigh and Ashli.Karen can now be Carynor Caren. This makes itespecially difficult foranyone with an unusu-ally spelled name. Youcan bet that no one willget it right. So I imaginethis is Grandma’s way ofexpressing her disap-proval of the spelling ofthe child’s name. —ONLY THE SPELLINGHAS BEEN CHANGED

DEAR ABBY: Mysweet grandmother mis-

spelled my name everytime she wrote to us. Shehad only a third-gradeeducation, lived in ahome with no electricity,raised four girls aloneafter her husband diedand continued to main-tain the family farm.She wrote with a pen-

cil that was sharpenedwith a knife and spelledmy name — Karen —the way it sounded toher, “Kron.” I was neverinsulted. I alwayslaughed about the factthat it looked as if myname were that of a caveperson.Of course, I knew she

loved me uncondition-ally. Maybe that is why“HNIJ” seems to have aproblem with her son’sgrandmother. Could it beshe feels Grandma does-n’t show enough love tothe boy? — CAVEWOMAN KRON

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City/RegionHigh | Low tempsForecast for

Youngstown57° | 40°

Cleveland55° | 38°Toledo

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Portsmouth65° | 46°

Cincinnati61° | 45°

Dayton58° | 41°

Mansfield53° | 38°

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TuesdayMonday

Partlycloudy

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with 40%chance ofshowersHigh: 60°Low: 45°

Strong Cold Front Moves Across Northeast/South

Sunny Pt. Cloudy Cloudy

A strong cold front will push through the Northeast and South, dumping widespread showers and thunderstorms. A risk of severe storms is expected in parts of the South. Meanwhile, snow showers will continue over the Four Corners.

National forecastForecast highs for Thursday, March 8

Fronts PressureCold Warm Stationary Low High

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To yourgood

healthDr. Paul G.Donohue

DearAbbyAbigail

Van Buren

LOCAL OUTLOOK

OUT OF THE PAST

AccuWeather.com forecast for daytime conditions, low/high temperatures

WEATHER Sidney Daily News,Thursday,March 8,2012 Page 5B

Temperature Precipitation Sunrise/Sunset

High Tuesday.........................61Low Tuesday..........................29

24 hours ending at 7 a.m. .noneMonth to date .....................0.78Year to date ........................5.45

Thursday’s sunset ......6:37 p.m.Friday’s sunrise ..........6:57 a.m.Friday’s sunset ...........6:38 p.m.

Source: The Sidney Wastewater Treatment Plant, official weather reporting station forShelby County, and the U.S. Naval Observatory. For current daytime conditions, low/hightemperatures, go to AccuWeather.com.

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ODDS AND ENDSFRANKLIN, La. (AP)

— Two men walkingacross country from oppo-site coasts ran into eachother in south Louisiana.TheMorganCity Daily

Review reports that 23-year-old AndrewForsthoefel of ChaddsFord, Pa., and 36-year-oldGeorgeThroop ofVancou-ver,Wash.,met Sunday inFranklin and continuedtheir walks Monday.Forsthoeful had

walked about 1,400 milessince leaving Pennsylva-nia onOct. 14.He’s listen-ing to people’s storieswith the idea that every-one’s a hero.His blog says

Throopwas only the thirdfellow-traveler he’s met.The others were somehitchhikers outsideGreenville, S.C., andBongSong — a South Koreanwho’s bicycling aroundthe world, and whom hemet in Pascagoula,Miss.Throop has walked

more than 3,300 milessince leaving Vancouveron Sept. 20, 2009, to in-spire healthier lifestyles.

———Online:Forsthoeful's blog:

http://walkingtolisten.com/

Throop's blog:http://enjoythewalk.org/

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Those we love don’t go awayThey walk beside us every day.

Unseen, unheard, but always near;Still loved, still missed and very dear.

Happy Birthday, Scott!Much loved and sadly missed by:

Dad, Family and Friends

In loving memory of

Scott McClainMarch 8, 1962 to May 22, 2011

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Scott McClain

In Loving Memory of

Eugene L. Durnellwho passed away one year ago March 8, 2011

The rolling streamof life goes on,

But still the empty chairReminds us of the face,

the smile,Of one who once

sat there.

Sadly missed and much loved byWife Norma, Daughters Sherry & John,

Kris & Bernie, Judy and Families

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REPO AND BANKRUPTCYAUTO AUCTION

SATURDAY MARCH 10, 2012415 SOUTH STREET, PIQUA, OHIOUPPER MIAMI VALLEY STORAGE

9:00 A.M. SHARPMID OHIO ACCEPTANCE

2001 DODGE DURANGO 1999 DODGE DURANGO 2001 DODGE CARAVAN2000 CHEV METRO 2000 GMC JIMMY 2000 DODGE DAKOTA2000 OLDS ALERO 2001 PONT GR PRIX 2003 DODGE NEON2000 MERC VILLAGER 2003 SATURN SATURN

2ND NATIONAL BANK GREENVILLE2007 DODGE DURANGO 2006 BMW 750LI 2006 DODGE RAM QUAD 4X42008 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB 2008 PONTIAC G6 HARDTOP CONVERTIBLE2000 INFINITI 4 DOOR

CAR AND CREDIT2004 DODGE NEON 1998 FORD TAURUS 2005 FORD FOCUS1999 OLDS SILHOUETTE

GREENVILLE NATIONAL BANK1999 PONT GR AM 1999 MONTE CARLO 1997 LUMINA2006 SUZUKI GSGS5

TROJAN CITY2008 DODGE GR CARAVAN SXT 2008 CHEV IMPALA

BURTON AUTO SALES1994 HMMD LUNCH TRAILER--SET UP FOR LUNCH WAGON

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT: DAVID MIKEL TRUSTEE:2004 CHEV TRAILBLAZER

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT: RUTH SLONE, TRUSTEE2007 CHRYSLER ASPEN, 50,000 MILES

PLEASE GO TO AUCTIONZIP.COM AUCTION ID CODE 6480 FOR PHOTOSTERMS OF THE SALE ARE THIS: CASH. NO PERSONAL CHECKS NO CREDITCARDS. NO CHILDREN. NO BANK LETTERS OF CREDIT. PLEASE CALL WITHQUESTIONS. ALL VEHICLES SOLD 100% AS IS. BANKRUPTCY UNITS HAVE SEP-ARATE TERMS. AGAIN, PLEASE CALL WITH QUESTIONS BEFORE THE AUCTION.WE ARE ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR SELLING UNITS, WE CANNOT ANSWER VER-IFY OR GUARANTEE ANY CONDITION OF ANY UNIT IN AUCTION. ALL UNITS IN-CLUDING BOATS, SKIS, TRAILERS, VEHICLES ANYTHING SOLD IS 100% AS IS.

BAYMAN AUCTION SERVICEROBERT BAYMAN937-773-5702

TONY BAYMAN937-606-0535

JOE HARKER,apprentice937-606-0536

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REAL ESTATE AUCTIONTHURSDAY MARCH 15TH 5:30 PM

Location: 7543 North ElmTree Rd, Sidney OH. BeingApproximately 10 miles South East of Sidney, ¾mile North off of State Rte. 29.

Consisting of a 3 bedroom country home with basement.1 car detached garage, 18’x 30’barn, 18’x 36’chicken houseall thiswith4.179+-acres.This homehashadanewheat pump furnace, newwindows, new jetwaterpump&pressuretank, newwater heater, newnon electricKineticowater softener, newplumbing, newly planted trees.A great opportu-nity tobe in thecountry,don’tmissyourchance.Real estate taxesare$596.69perhalf withdeductions.Terms:10%downat auction balance in full at closingwithin 30 days, possession given at closing. Selling to the highest bidder w/ confir-mation of owner. Come and inspect this property and be ready to bid on sale day. PhilThompsonAuctioneer/ Realtor937-606-0588WithOhioReal EstateAuctions- Barry Baker broker

OPEN HOUSE DATES: Thursday Feb 23rd 5-6 PMSunday March 4th 1-2PM & Sunday March 11th 1-2PM

Erin andWesley WilsonOwners

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INSIDE SALES

A $100 million SteelService Center locatedin Southwestern Ohio islooking for a self moti-vated individual for In-side Sales in a teamoriented company. Mia-mi Valley Steel is a dy-namic company posi-tioned for growth andexpansion into severallocations throughout thecountry. Responsibilitieswould include workingas a team member withan Outside Sales Repre-sentative to service cus-tomers in a specific terri-tory. Duties would in-clude maintaining a liai-son with customers on adaily basis, solicitingnew business, enteringorders in the operatingsystem, and coordinat-ing with plant personnelon deliveries. MiamiValley Steel provides agreat working environ-ment and this positionhas the potential for fu-ture advancement. Fullbenefits package includ-ing health, dental, 401kplan and paid holidaysand vacation.

Please sendresumes to:Inside SalesPO Box 1191

Piqua, OH 45356

TRUCK DRIVERS need-ed for home daily localruns at Dancer LogisticsServices LLC, 900 Gres-sel Drive, Delphos, Ohio45833. Also have Region-al & West Coast runsavailable. Modern Equip-ment. We welcome Own-er Operators to apply.Health, Dental and Visionbenefits offered. Qualifica-tions are a good MVR,Class A CDL and twoyears OTR experience.Call Shawn at(888)465-6001 for detailsor apply in person 10amthru 3pm.

DRIVERSWANTED

JOHNSRUDTRANSPORT,

a food grade liquidcarrier is seekingClass A CDL tankdrivers from the Sid-ney/Piqua/Troy area.Home flexible week-ends. 5 years drivingexperience required.Will train for tank.Great Pay and Bene-fit Package. For fur-ther info,

call Jane @1-888-200-5067

OWNER OPERATORSGo To Transport, 48states w/high travel inmid-west. Newer equip-ment, own base plate/in-surance required. Per-centage of load/100% fuelsurcharge, fuel card, dirdep. 866-366-4686,ex2531.

1 & 2 BEDROOM, Sid-ney, appliances, air, laun-dry, some utilities, nopets, $375-$450,(937)394-7265

1 BEDROOMIn Sidney, clean, freshlypainted, security cameras,laundry facility on site,ample off street parking.On site manager. Rent$375, Deposit $375 in-cludes water & trash.Call Heidi (937)441-9923

2 BEDROOMIn Sidney, clean, freshlypainted, security cameras,laundry facility on site,ample off street parking.On site manager. Rent$425, Deposit $425 in-cludes water & trash.Call Heidi (937)441-9923

2 BEDROOM apartmentsin Russia. Attached gar-age. Great neighborhood!MOVE IN SPECIAL!MUST SEE!(937)417-4910.

2 BEDROOM half double,smoke free, kitchen/ laun-dry appliances, lawncare.$550. 403 West Park-wood. (937)726-7276

$499 off Move In

Sycamore Creek Apts.

(866)349-8099

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1, 2 & 3 bedroom, appli-ances, fireplace, secureentry. Water & trash in-cluded, garages.

(937)498-4747Carriage Hill Apts.www.1troy.com

VillageWest Apts."Simply the Best"

(937)492-3450

ASK ABOUT OURSPECIALS!

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Village of Anna. 2 & 3Bedroom townhomes &ranches. Garages, appli-ances, washer & dryer.Close to I-75, Honda, 20miles from Lima.

(937)498-4747www.1troy.com

CANAL PLACE Apart-ments. Reasonable rates.Utilities Included. MetroAccepted. Toll free:(888)738-4776.

ONE FREE MONTH!

PRIVATE SETTING2 bedroom townhouse.No one above or below!Appliances, washer &dryer, fireplace, garage,water & trash included.

(937)498-4747www.1troy.com

INCOME TAXSPECIAL REDUCTION

2 BEDROOM, 2 BATHFROM $565 TO $550

2 BEDROOM 1 BATHFROM $500 TO $490

THRU MARCH 15th

• Close to 75• Toddler Playground• Updated Swimming

Pool• Pet Friendly

ARROWHEADVILLAGE

APARTMENTS

807 Arrowhead, Apt.FSidney, Ohio(937)492-5006

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St. Marys AvenueApartments$250 OFF 1STMONTHS RENT!Most utilities paid,off street parking,

appliances, NO PETS!1 bedroom, $415 month

(937)489-9921

2 BEDROOM country mo-bile home, appliances.Lawn maintained. NOPETS. $450 month + de-posit, (937)498-4481.

3 BEDROOM double, 526N Main Avenue. New car-pet, new paint, NO PETS!Metro accepted. $515month, (419)733-4176

3 BEDROOM home, Sid-ney. Completely remod-eled. $525 month, depos-it. 729 S. Miami(937)394-7117

510 MASSEY-FERGU-SON Combine. Excellentcondition. Seen at 8925Cisco Rd. Sidney. $1500.(937)638-7714

Electronic FilingQuick Refund

44 Years Experience

SchulzeTax& Accounting

Service

Call 937-498-5125for appointment at

422 Buckeye Ave., Sidney

2260985

AFTER HOUR childcareoffered in my home6:30pm-6:30am. I have 12years experience, certifi-cate in Early Childhoodand am current with myCPR and First Aide train-ing. For more informationplease call or [email protected].(937)570-6671.

AAllllTTyyppeess CCoonnssttrruuccttiioonnWindows • Doors • Siding

Roofing • Additions • Pole BarnsNew Homes

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AMISHCARPENTERS

(260) 273-07542262980

AMISH CREWWants roofing, siding, windows,doors, repair old floors, justfoundation porches, decks,garages, room additions.

ANY TYPE OF REMODELING30 Years experience!

(937) 232-7816(260) 273-6223

Amos Schwartz Construction

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HALL(S)FOR RENT!Booking now for2012 and 2013

[email protected]

(937)671-9171

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Spring Break SpecialBuy 4 lessons & GET 1 FREE• No experience required.•Adults & Children ages 5 & up• Gift CertificatesAvailable• Major Credit CardsAcceptedFlexible ScheduleNights & Weekends937-778-1660www.sullenbergerstables.com

BankruptcyAttorney

Emily Greer937-620-4579

• Specializing in Chapter 7• Affordable rates

• Free Initial ConsultationI am a debt relief agency. I help people file for bankruptcy

relief under the Bankruptcy Code. 2262644

MINIMUM CHARGES APPLY

COOPER’SGRAVELGravel Hauled,Laid & LeveledDriveways &Parking Lots

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Fences, Repairs, Cleanup,Hauling, Roofing, Siding, Etc.

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ContinentalContractors

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GRAVEL & STONEShredded Topsoil

Fill DirtAvailable Saturday

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Fill DirtAvailable Saturday

WE DELIVERBackhoe Services

937-606-1122

RutherfordMOWER REPAIR & MAINTENANCE

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FREEpickup

within 10mile radiusof Sidney

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All Small Engines • Mowers • Weed Eaters• Edgers • Snowblowers • Chain Saws

Blades SharpenedTillers

Buying Non-Ferrous Metals:Scrap Aluminum,

Aluminum Cans, Copper,Brasses, etc. SPECIAL Auto

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Paws& Claws Retreat: Pet BoardingBrand new facility in Sidney/Anna area. Ready to take care

of your pets while you take some time for yourself.Make your pet a reservation today.

• Heated Kennel• Outdoor time• Friendly Familyatmosphere

• Country Setting• Flexible Hours

937-492-3530Located at 16900 Ft. Loramie-Swanders Rd., Sidney

20 YEARS IN BUSINESS

J.T.’s Painting& Drywall

LICENSED • INSUREDTOTAL HOME REMODELING

Call Jim at 937-694-2454

2259405

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• Kitchens• Baths • Decks

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LEGAL NOTICE BY PUBLICATIONTo GEORGE P. KINSTLE AND HIS UNKNOWN SPOUSE AND

THEIR HEIRS, DEVISEES AND NEXT OF KIN: no known address,you are hereby notified that you have been named a defendantin a legal action entitled Tim G. Zimpfer, et al., Plaintiffs, vs.George P. Kinstle, et al., Defendants, (the “Complaint”). This ac-tion has been assigned Case Number 12CV32 and is pending inthe Common Pleas Court of Shelby County, Sidney, Ohio,45365.The object of the Complaint is to quiet title against certain real

estate located in the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quar-ter of Section 16, Dinsmore Township, Shelby County, Ohio, Par-cel Number 08-05153000.007 as to any interest owned by you,your heirs, devisees, successors and assigns.You are required to answer the Complaint within twenty-eight

(28) days after the last publication of this notice which will bepublished once each week for six (6) successive weeks. The lastpublication will be made on March 22, 2012, and the twenty-eight (28) days for answer will commence on that date.In case of your failure to answer or otherwise respond as re-

quired by the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure, judgment by de-fault will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in thecomplaint.Dated: February 6, 2012./s/ Michelle Mumford, Clerk of Courts,Common Pleas Court of Shelby County, Ohio

Feb., 16, 23, Mar. 1, 8, 15, 222257791

LEGAL NOTICEVILLAGE OF JACKSON CENTER, SHELBY COUNTY

Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the VillageAdministrator, 122 East Pike Street, Jackson Center, Ohio until11:00 AM local time, on March 22, 2012, for the furnishing ofall labor, materials and equipment necessary too complete theproject known as the West Street improvement Project and atsaid time and place, publicly opened and read aloud. Contractdocuments, bids, sheets, plan and specifications can be obtainedat said office on and after March 6, 2012.Each bidder is required to submit with its proposal, a Big Guar-

anty and Contract Bond in accordance with Section 153.54 ofthe Ohio Revised Code.The Village administrator reserves the right to waive irregular-

ities and to reject any and all bids. Bid envelopes should beclearly marked “West Street Improvement Project”.Bruce Metz, Village administrator

Mar. 1, 8, 152262349

ORDINANCE A-2714AN ORDINANCE TO LEVY

SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FORTHE CONSTRUCTION AND

REPAIR OF CERTAINDESCRIBED SIDEWALKS INTHE CITY OF SIDNEY, OHIO

This Ordinance would pro-vide for the levy assessment oncertain property for the costand expense of constructingand repairing sidewalksamounting to the aggregate of$29,616.58.

A copy of the full text of Or-dinance A-2714 as adopted bySidney City Council on Febru-ary 27, 2012 is available at theOffice of the City Clerk, lo-cated in the Municipal Build-ing, or at Amos MemorialPublic Library.

Joyce Goubeaux,City Clerk

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ORDINANCE A-2715AN ORDINANCE

AMENDING THE TRAFFICCONTROL MAP

ESTABLISHED BY SECTIONS305.01 AND 305.02 OF THE

CODIFIED ORDINANCESThis Ordinance would

amend Sections 305.01 and305.02 addressing Fair Road &Chase Avenue and Miami Av-enue & Poplar Street trafficcontrol.A copy of the full text of Or-

dinance A-2715 as adopted bySidney City Council on Febru-ary 27, 2012 is available at theOffice of the City Clerk, lo-cated in the Municipal Build-ing, or at Amos MemorialPublic Library.Joyce GoubeauxCity Clerk

Mar. 82264874

ORDINANCE A-2716AN ORDINANCE

AMENDING SECTIONS553.01, 553.02, 553.03,

553.04, 553.05 AND 553.06OF THE CODIFIED

ORDINANCESREGARDING WEEDS

This Ordinance wouldamend certain sections ofChapter 553 regarding regula-tions and guidelines for thecontrol of noxious weeds,vines or grass.A copy of the full text of Or-

dinance A-2716 as adopted bySidney City Council on Febru-ary 27, 2012 is available at theOffice of the City Clerk, lo-cated in the Municipal Build-ing, or at Amos MemorialPublic Library.Joyce GoubeauxCity Clerk

Mar. 82264876

PUBLIC NOTICEDue to a scheduling conflict,

the March meeting of theMcLean Township Trustees willbe held on Thursday, March22, 2012 at 8:30 P.M. at thetownship house instead of theregularly scheduled meetingdate of Thursday, March 29,2012.Marlene Hoying,Fiscal Officer

Mar. 82264409

CITY OF SIDNEYIR-75 & SR-47 HIGHWAY

LANDSCAPINGBidder must be ODOT Pre-

qualified Worktype 46 Land-scaping. Non-Mandatory,Pre-Bid meeting on March 26,2012. Bids accepted untilMarch 29, 2012. Complete de-tails at www.SidneyOH.com or937-498-8142.

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10360 Millcreek Rd. Sidney76 Acre Farm & HomesteadLocated in Washington Twp. Hardin HoustonSchool District. This farm contains approx. 55acres of tillable ground with the balance in pas-ture, woods and home site. Included is an older 3bedroom home in need of repair along with out-buildings. More than 3500’ of road frontage.Estate of V. Grace Pence Probate # 2010EST105

324 East Lyndhurst SidneyOne Owner Ranch Homelocated on Sidney’s North end close to shop-ping, and the Golf Course. This single floorplan home features 3 bedrooms and 1 1/2baths as well as the bonus of an all seasonroom. Mature landscaping in a well estab-lished neighborhood with a 2 car attachedgarage. Mr. Bill Zorn Owner

For more information contact:Justin Vondenhuevel Auctioneer

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PRE-AUCTION BENEFIT BANQUETOpen to the PublicMarch 9, 2012

Dinner served: 5:00-7:30 Presentation of the “Mountain Project” andchild sponsorship 7:30

Free admission. Freewill offering will be taken.

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PUBLICAUCTIONFor Haiti Benefit

March 10, 2012 9:00amAt Darke County Fairgrounds (Youth Building) doors open at 8:00 800 Sweitzer St.,

Greenville OH. (on SR 49, across from hospital)

100% OF PROCEEDS GO DIRECTLYTO HAITI!No administrative fees. All items donated. Many new items.

NEWTools: Jonsered backpack blower, model BB2250; Husqvarna16" chain saw;Dewalt 20v drill/impact combo; 6" grinder; 4' ladder; 12gallon wet/dry ShopVac; 8' ladder; Dewalt 12v drill/impact combo;home repair tool set; Kobolt hammers;AWP suede tool belts; 48" beamlevels; Kobalt 20pc screwdriver set; Black & Decker tool set; IrwinQuick-grip bar clamps; shop brooms; Kobalt shovels; digging shovels

Furniture & Household: New KitchenAid Blender, KitchenAid 3.5cup Chef’s Chopper, KitchenAid 3 speed Immersion Blender and more;New PGraham Dunn artwork; New Stainless Steel Grill, 4 burner; NewAmish made wood furniture, small airplane rocker, plant pedestal;PfaltzgraffWhiteAcorn print; Pfaltzgraff Tea Rose dishes; NEWCrockPot; photo wall hangings; picture frame; mounted pictures; small chalkboard with photo frames; 30" cedar window flower box with gift cer-tificate for flowers; antique chest of drawers; oak dresser with mirror;bunk bed; cedar pavilion bird feeder; light house bird feeder

Hay Wagons: Two flatbed hay wagons in good condition, one wagonhas side boards

Hand-Crafted Items: Tin Framed wall Mirror and Oval Tin servingplatter, Haitian crafted; The Lord's Prayer wall hanging; quilt queensize, Garden Scrap Zigzag; meat hooks, grilling tool; wooden steppingstool; eagle carving; sanctification carving; canes; jean comforter;wooden trivet; napkin holders; coaster set, 7 pcs; cutting boards; upsidedown bird feeder; platform bird feeder; cross stich picture

Antiques & Collectables: Reclaimed hard wood flooring, Antique;Longaberger baskets, special editions; glass figurines

Getaways: Turtle Hill Cabin, Hocking Hills, private setting, 2 nightstay; Holmes County bed & breakfast Lamplight Inn, 2 night stay

Services and Gift Certificates: Inspirational Wall Painting, customdesign; babysitting vouchers; photography session; Gift Certificatesfrom the following businesses: Brumbaugh Fruit Farm; Sink Jewelers;Farmer Brown Restaurant; Deb Reigelsperger; Sutton's Grocery;Troutwine Auto Sales; Picnic's Pizza & Grille; Country Style BeautySalon; Hi- T.E.C. Auto

Food & Events: Dinner on the Island; Tea for 6 - served at your house;meal provided for 16; maple syrup; scenic plane ride; Red's tickets;Red's Club Tickets; 75 lbs. of ground sauage; 4 quarters of Beef, withprocessing; voucher for 2 rounds at 18 hole Stillwater Golf course

Plants and Supplies: Serviceberry Tree; Pyramidal Boxwood; Mag-nolia; Dwarf Lilac; Taxus shrub; Viburnum; 5500 Watt Yanmar Gen-erator; rod & reel combo; fishing lures; Christmas decorations;placemats; MicroFiber cloths; file cabinet; briefcases; lights, 240 volts400 watt; small power washer

Other Misc. items: Snowboard Rome Agent, really nice; items beingdonated daily.

See photos and more items at www.auctionzip.comAuctioneer ID # 10778

Our thanks to all the vendors and donors (see full list on sale day)Hosted by: CornerStone Dunkard Brethren Church (registered 501(3)c)

Auction Committee Contacts: 937.524.5809 or [email protected]

Funds sent to: International Faith Missions, InternationalFellowship Haven, Heart of Compassion

Auctioneering donated by: Ralph Hoblit, Jeff Puterbaugh, Ken Keeney, Bart HoblitTerms: cash or check. Concessions provided by church,

bring lawn chairs and enjoy the day.2265552

CORNHOLE GAMES andbags. Order early forspring, great gifts for wed-dings, birthdays, gradua-tions & fathers day,(937)489-2668

FREE HAULING! Refrig-erators, freezers, batter-ies, washers, dryers,tanning beds, water heat-er, metal/ steel. JunkB-Gone. (937)538-6202

GAME SYSTEMS, PS1 &PS2, 31 games, 2 guitarheros, 4 controllers, 4memory cards, all in goodcondition, asking $250 fore v e r y t h i n g ,(937)492-5486 after 5pm

HOT TUB, Reflexions,seats 4-6, led lights, easycover/ lifter, steps, chemi-cals, like new, $3000 obo,call (937)498-1585, or(937)441-4076

TANNING BEDS, 4 CobraCommercial $700 each.Out of business(937)845-2459

AUSTRALIAN SHEP-HERD puppies, 8 weeksold. Tails docked, vetchecked, shots. BlueMerles, Red Merles andTris. (937)726-6289 or(937)693-1515

BEAGLE MIX, Free togood home only. 3 monthold male. White withbrown spots.(937)638-0338.

GERMAN SHEPHERDpups, 3 black , 3 sable, 3males, 3 females, $200,born on 1-28-2012(937)570-7668

LAB PUPPIES, Firstshots/ wormed. Friendly,ADORABLE! Black andyellow left. Going fast!Call/ text/ email. $100blankenship.erin@y m a i l . c o m .(937)489-8036.

MINI AUSSIE-POO pup-pies, Females blue merleand black with white feet.Vet checked, shots. $300(567)204-5232

CCW CLASS March 24th8:00am - 4:00pm & March25th 8:00am-12:00. Pi-qua Fish & Game $60p a r t h e l y n x@ao l . c om(937)760-4210

GOLF SET, 20 pieceAcuity Furbomax Deluxe.Never used. 5 years old.Right hand. $280.(937)726-2653

TICKETS, Bristol Race, 4sets. Each set includes 1Nationwide March 17th,$30. 1 Food City March18th, $60. (937)492-0804

BUYING: 1 piece or entireestates: Vintage costumeor real jewelry, toys, pot-tery, glass, advertise-ments. Call Melisa(419)860-3983 or(937)710-4603.

BUYING ESTATES, Willbuy contents of estatesPLUS, do all cleanup,(937)638-2658 ask for Ke-vin

CASH, top dollar paid forjunk cars/trucks, runningor non-running. I will pickup. Thanks for calling(937)719-3088 or(937)451-1019

WANTED TO buy PrideElectric Lift chair, Call be-tween 5-7pm,(937)497-7326

ROUND BALES, 4X5 netwrap, grass hay, $30,(937)382-4549.

1999 JEEP WranglerSport. 4.06, 6 cyl., tilt, au-tomatic, AC. Good shape!151,000 miles. $7950.(937)489-3426

2000 PALIMINO Pop-Up.Sleeps up to 8. Stove, re-frigerator, furnace, garagekept. Excellent condition.$3000 OBO. Very littleuse. (937)726-4802

2007 FORD F-150 4x4dark green with grey in-terior, 30,000 miles. 4x4,5.4 TRITON, gas, auto-matic, loaded inside andout. Chrome runningboards, bedliner, chromewheels, trailer hitch, pow-er windows and seats,nice stereo, bench seatsecond row. Remote key-less entry plus touchpad,cruise, much more.$22,500. (937)[email protected].

Cash paid for junk carsand trucks. Free removal.Get the most for yourjunker call us(937)732-5424.

1975 VOLKSWAGENBEETLE

Restored with fuel injec-tion, sun roof, rack andpinion steering, soldnew at Piqua Volkswa-gen, garage kept.

(937)295-2899

1987 CHEVROLET K104 wheel drive, overdrivetransmission. 79,295 ba-bied miles, always gar-aged, no rust. $10,500.

(937)339-4698

2001 ROCKWOOD5THWHEEL

25 feet, sleeps 6. 1/2 tontowable, one slide out.Good condition. Asking$5000.

(937)658-2434

2006 HARLEYDAVIDSON XL1200C

SPORTSTERVance Hines, Short-

shots, Staggered, H-Dbike cover, 19,250miles, Tons of chrome!

(937)710-4403

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