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Mary holds the baby Jesus in the manger in this drawingthat captures the religious meaning behind the Christmasobservance. The artwork is by Natalie Klosterman, a fifth-grader at Russia Local School. She is the daughter of Johnand Susan Klosterman. Her art teacher is Judy Yoder. Thereis now one day till Christmas. The Sidney Daily News wouldlike to thank the local students and teachers who providedartwork for the annual countdown to Christmas, which con-cludes today.

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Temperatures in the mid-and upper 30s Sunday broughta brighter outlook for Sidneyand Shelby County residentsin the wake of the area’s windyfirst winter storm of 2012-13Friday.The NationalWeather Serv-

ice at Wilmington has forecastfreezing temperatures andlight rain today with tempera-tures expected to climb backinto the mid-30s with lightrain possibly ending as a fewsnow showers this evening.Christmas Day is expected

to bring both clouds and somesun, with temperatures againrising into the mid- 30s by af-ternoon.Snow, possibly again accu-

mulating, is being forecast forWednesday, tapering off byevening.As winds, gusting up to 50

mph, swept Sidney and ShelbyCounty Friday, road crewsfought a losing battle withdrifting snow until conditionstapered off Friday evening.Shelby County Sheriff ’s 911

dispatch received 50 calls in-volving storm-related crashesFriday, most of them relatingto vehicles in ditches, and

there were still 10 storm-re-lated accident calls Saturday.Sidney Police dispatchers

said officers handled seven or

eight crashes Friday and Sat-urday.There were no reports of

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A CANOPY extending over gas pumps at the Valero gas station on Michigan Street was dam-aged by high winds Friday evening.

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Sidney Police on Saturdayarrested two more individualsbelieved to have a connectionto the Oct. 31 robbery at Ap-plebee’s restaurant in Sidney.Arrested at 4:30 p.m. at

219 1/2 S. West Ave. wereRobert Eric Charles Holley,22, at large, and Samantha E.Rose, 20, 314 S. Wagner Ave.,on Shelby County grand jurywarrants charging complicity to commit robbery.The charge is a felony of the second degree. Holley and

Rose were incarcerated in the Shelby County Jail.Police Capt. Jerry Tangeman said Saturday with the latest

arrest, investigators believe all parties who had roles directlyor indirectly in the robbery have been caught and are facingthe judicial system.Earlier this month, police arrested three other people and

charged them in connection with the robbery.Brandt M. Kellem, 19, at large, was arrested Dec. 1 and

charged with one count of robbery, a second-degree felony.Matthew G. Roesser, 28, at large, was later charged with com-plicity to commit robbery, a second-degree felony.Police located and arrested a third suspect on Dec. 12.Auttie Shayne King was arrested after a patrol unit rec-

ognized a vehicle known to be associated with him on Michi-gan Street near Kuther Road around 1:37 a.m. The officerstopped the vehicle, and King was a passenger inside. He wastaken into custody without incident and transported to theShelby County Jail charged with one count of complicity tocommit robbery, a second-degree felony.A 63-year-old female manager at the restaurant was the

victim of a strong-armed robbery while leaving the businessto make a deposit to the bank. She was assaulted, knockeddown and had a money bag forcibly stolen from her.

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Fire, rescueSUNDAY

-7:41 a.m. medical.Houston Rescue re-sponded to a medical callin the 4000 block ofPampel Road in LoramieTownship.-12:38 a.m.: medical.

Jackson Center Rescuewas dispatched to the200 block of JacksonStreet for a medical call.

SATURDAY-10:28 p.m.: fire. Fort

Loramie firefighters re-sponded to a report ofsmoke in a residence at44 Elm St.-4:24 p.m.: medical.

Perry-Port-Salem Res-cue was dispatched to amedical call in the 100block of Carlisle Street.-11:01 a.m.: medical.

Fort Loramie Rescue re-sponded to a medical call

in the 600 block of EastPark Street.-6:20 a.m.: medical.

Perry-Port-Salem Res-cue responded to the8200 block of LochardRoad in SalemTownshipfor a medical call.-4:26 a.m.: medical.

Fort Loramie Rescuewas dispatched to a med-ical call in the 30 block ofSouth Main Street.

FRIDAY-5:24 p.m.: medical.

Fort Loramie Rescue re-sponded to the 60 blockof Greenback Road for amedical call.-1:51 p.m.: medical.

Houston Rescue re-sponded to the 5500block of Patterson-Halpin Road for a med-ical call.-11:41 p.m.: medical.

Perry-Port-Salem Res-cue was dispatched to amedical call in the 16100

block of Mason Road inSalem Township.

Sheriff’s logSUNDAY

-2:04 a.m.: fight.Sheriff ’s deputies re-sponded to the report ofa fight at Cruizers Barand Grill in LoramieTownship.

SATURDAY-8:29 a.m.: investi-

gation. Deputies weredispatched to the 15000block of Wenger Road inDinsmore Township on areport a man dressed incamo clothing wasstanding in the roadaiming a gun.

FRIDAY-12:52 p.m.: tree

down. Dispatch re-ceived a report a treewas down across the2000 block of MiamiRiver Road.

Fire, rescueSUNDAY

-9:59 a.m.: medical.Sidney paramedics re-sponded to a medical callin the 100 block of Ben-nett Street.-6:18 a.m.: medical.

Paramedics responded tothe 100 block of WestPoplar Street for a med-ical call.

SATURDAY-10:21 p.m.: medical.

Medics responded to amedical call in the 500block of North Vande-mark Road.-7:04 p.m.: medical.

Paramedics responded toa medical call in the 300block of Cherokee Drive.-3:23 p.m.: medical.

Paramedics were dis-patched to the 500 blockof Michigan Street for amedical call.-3:22 p.m.: fire

alarm. Sidney firefight-ers responded to a firealarm at 1559 Michigan

St. The fire, caused byburned food on a stove.was out as firefightersarrived. There was nofire loss.-1:57 p.m.: medical.

Paramedics responded toa medical call in the 200block of Doorley Road.They were not needed onarrival.-10:52 a.m.: injury.

Medics responded to the900 block of Fair Roadfor an injury.-8:29 p.m.: medical.

Paramedics were dis-patched to a medical callin the 700 block of NorthMain Avenue.-4:11 a.m.: fire

alarm. Firefighters re-sponded to a fire alarmat 300 E. Parkwood St.that was caused by apower outage.-3:14 a.m.: medical

alarm. Medics re-sponded to an accidentalmedical alarm activationin the 200 block ofRoyan Avenue.

FRIDAY-11:09 p.m.: medical.

Paramedics responded toa medical call in the 300block of Grove Street.-10:35 p.m.: medical.

Medics were dispatchedto the 1200 block of EastHoewisher Road for amedical call.-8:17 p.m.: medical.

Paramedics were dis-patched to a medical callin the 300 block of WestAvenue.-6:19 p.m.: wind

damage. Firefighterswere called to 2011Michigan St. wherestrong winds had dam-aged a gas station’spump canopy.-2:58 p.m. medical.

Medics responded to amedical call in the 500block of North MiamiAvenue.-12:42 p.m.: medical.

Paramedics were dis-patched to the 600 blockof South Miami Avenuefor a medical call.

life-threatening area ac-cidents and Sidney streetcrews managed to keepcity streets negotiableuntil winds subsided.With all the blowing

and drifting in and out-side the city, no accuratemeasurement of Friday’ssnow was made.In Sidney, the high

winds Friday caused thecollapse of an overhang-ing gas pump canopy atthe Valero gas station,2011 Michigan St.

Sidney firefighters,dispatched to the sceneat 6:19 p.m. determinedone of its support polesappeared to have rustedthrough and cordoned offthe area with woodentraffic barriers until re-pair crews arrive.No repairs had yet

been made on Sunday.There were no other re-ports of serious localdamage from the bluster-ing winds.Some Dayton Power &

Light communities expe-rienced power outagesfrom the strong winds,but Tom Tatham, mediarelations coordinator,said most power was re-stored Friday evening.Tatum said 13,000

DP&L customers werewithout power lateThursday and early Fri-day morning, 5,200 ofthem north of Interstate75, including Troy andSidney-area customers.He said power was re-stored to all customers bylate Friday and earlySaturday morning.

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Leon Hughes (left) helps his grandson, Aiden Stoehr, 6, both of Sidney, pullhis sled up a hill at the Moose Golf Course Saturday. Aiden is the son ofCrystal Hughes and Joseph Stoehr.

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“Emotional” not onlywas theword thatKaedenBa r amys p e l l e dcorrectlyto win theWhittierElemen-t a r yS c h o o lspe l l ingbee, but italso de-scribes hisreaction to the win.A fifth-grader, Kae-

den, the son of Lampom(Summer) Nanthalangyand Andy Baramy, cor-rectly spelled “emo-tional” to win the 2012spelling bee on Wednes-day morning. Afterspelling the word, hestepped back from themicrophone and placedhis hands over his face,overcome with emotion.Taking second place

in the spelling bee wasfourth-grader Adrian

Johnson, the son of Kimand Kevin Johnson.Twenty-three stu-

dents in grades 3through 5 participatedin this year’s spellingbee. Kaeden won the beein the ninth round.This year’s spelling

bee was coordinated byfifth-grade teacherAaron Berning. Judgeswere Brooke Marshall,Kris Masteller andLindsay Geuy. TravisCooper, speech special-ist, pronounced thewords.

Participants also in-cluded third-gradersNathan Gailey, CarterNuss, Kerrigan Fout,Cora Hernandez, SethYoung and NicolasCrowe; fourth-gradersIonoah Cabrera Horak,Reid Thomas, TaniaJohnson, Ryan Strunk,Cale Puckett, NolanGessler, Destiny Harris,Zane Kelly and IsabellaTaylor; and fifth-gradersSavannah Garber,Whit-ney Petty, Isaiah Daniel,Ashlynh Duong and Jen-nah Arrone.

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COLUMBUS (AP) —Ohio ranked No. 10among all states in pro-ducingPeaceCorps volun-teers this yearwith a totalof 291 volunteers.Peace Corps officials

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During its Dec. 13meeting, the FairlawnLocal School DistrictBoard of Education tookthe first step of a processto put a tax levy vote be-fore area residents inMay.According to Superin-

tendent Steve Mascho,the second step will betaken by the board dur-ing its Jan. 8 meeting. Alevy request for a re-newal of a 3.03-mill taxwas defeated by 26 votesin November. Maschosaid the new request willattempt to raise thesame $150,000 neededby the school districtthrough a renewal, not anew, tax.In other business, the

board• approved an appro-

priation increase to thegeneral fund of $60,000.• scheduled an orga-

nizational meeting Jan. 8at 6:30 p.m. in Room 123at the school.• elected Tony Bens-

man to serve as presi-dent pro tempore at thatmeeting.• gave favorable eval-

uations to the superin-tendent and treasurer.• awarded one-year

contracts to Kevin Sta-pleton for ISR aide for2012-13 at the rate of$10.45 per hour; StacyHamaker for reserve vol-leyball for 2013-14 at$3,299.83 total; CasiePiper for junior high vol-leyball, grade 7, for 2013-14 at $1,833.24 total;Dennis Davis for crosscountry 7-12 for 2013-14at $2,566.53 total; JackieDavis for assistant crosscountry 7-12 for 2013-14at $916.62 total; DexterTobie for head soccer for2013-14 at $3,055.40total; Dustin Black forassistant soccer for 2013-14 at $1,527.70 total;

Todd Heckman for golffor 2013-14 at $2,459.59total and junior hightrack for 2012-13 at$1,229.80 total; TracyNuss for 2012-13 highschool track at $1,527.70total and junior hightrack at $1,069.39 total;Sally Keener for juniorhigh volleyball for 2013-14 at $1,833.24 total.• approved Toby Tyler

as a volunteer with thesoftball program for thecurrent year.• approved a treas-

urer bonus of 2 percent,$1,800, for 2012.• awarded a stipend

to Aaron Cox for assist-ing with the sound sys-tem at the followingevents: $250, fall dramaproduction, and $500,spring musical.• approved a working

agreement between thedistrict and the ShelbyCounty EducationalCenter.• approved the follow-

ing substitute teachers ata rate of $80 per day:Mollianne Bell, BetsyBorchers, Krista Corbin,Jennifer Damschroder,Liz Fogt, Cathy Fridley,Mary Furgeson,MatthewHarman, Margaret Heit-brink, Brittney Heitman,Deb Hickman, MichelleHolsinger, Makaine Huf-fer, Angela Imel, RandallJohnson, James Joyce,Donna Long, NicolleMarchus, Jay McCollum,Valerie Naas, KristenRoby, Michael Schafer,Lindsay Sherman, Jes-sica Sommer, KatieStephens, Lisa Stephens,Leanne Suttles, JenniferVanSkyrock, Diana Wiltand Adam York.

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CHRISTI THOMAS (center) is honored Friday by Sidney Fire Chief BradJones (left) and Mayor Mike Barhorst for 40 years of service as a city em-ployee. She is the secretary at Fire Station 1. Also honored that day wereKen Inderrieden and Ron Wolfe for 30 years, and Jeff Wheeler, Deb Gro-gean, Ken Girod and Steve O’Meara for 25 years of service. Those whohave worked for the city for five, 10, 15 and 20 years were named, as well.

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WEST LAFAYETTE— Local students tookthe first step in becom-ing Boilermakers by par-ticipating in the annualSTAR program at Pur-due University’s WestLafayette campus.Emily Overs, of De

Graff, was one of the stu-dents who participatedin the program.Summer Transition,

Advising and Registra-tion (STAR) is Purdue’sprogram for new under-graduate students to re-ceive academic adviceand create their initialcourse schedules.

MARIETTA — Mari-etta College student BlairWilson, of Sidney, hasbeen named to the fall2012 dean’s high honorslist.Any full-timeMarietta

College student complet-ing at least 15 credithours with a grade pointaverage of 3.75 or betterin a given semester is rec-ognized as a Dean’s HighHonors List student forthat semester.Wilson, a graduate of

Sidney High School, ismajoring in petroleumengineering. He is amember of the class of2016.

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TROY—Brukner Na-ture Center, 5995 Horse-shoe Bend Road,displays its fifth annualNature through theLens photo exhibit be-ginning Thursday.It will feature the

work of adult and youthparticipants who havecaptured photos on theBNC grounds.The exhibit will be

open to the public duringInterpretive Centerhours and will runthrough March 17.A percentage of the

sales of these works willsupport the mission ofBrukner Nature Center.

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Gender-specific toys prompt parental debatesPROVIDENCE, R.I.

(AP) — A 13-year-old girl’scampaign to get Hasbro tomake an Easy-Bake Oventhat isn’t purple or pink soit would appeal to her lit-tle brother is a fresh signof movement in an old de-bate. Parents who hope toexpose their children todifferent kinds of play —science sets for girls anddolls for boys, for example— can find themselvesstymied by a toy industrythat can seem stuck in thepast when it comes to gen-der roles.

Hasbro wasn’t the onlytarget of criticism thisyear.

One of the year’shottest toys, the “LEGOFriends Butterfly BeautyShop,” specifically aimedLegos at girls, but turned

to tired gender stereo-types with its focus on abeauty shop and inclusionof characters with curvesand eyelashes. Barbieturned builder with a newconstruction set. Butwhile some praised it, oth-ers criticized it for beingtoo pink.

Toy experts say the in-dustry reflects culturalnorms, and toy companiesare giving people whatsells. Plenty of parentsfind nothing wrong withbuying pink frou-frou toysfor their girls and avoid-ing stereotypically “girl”toys for their boys in favorof guns and trucks. Butother parents are sentinto knots by an unapolo-getically gender-specifictoy industry.

“There’s a lot of pres-

sure to conform to thosegender stereotypes fromthe time you’re pregnant,”said Teresa GrahamBrett, a higher-educationconsultant from Tucson,Ariz., and mother to twoboys, ages 6 and 11.

Children naturallybegin to identify them-selves as boys and girlsaround the ages of 3 and4, said Dr. Susan Linn, apsychologist at HarvardMedical School, who co-founded the advocacygroup Campaign for aCommercial-Free Child-hood.

“When a child’s envi-ronment is filled withrigid messages about,‘This is what boys do, thisis what girls do,’ it limitstheir ability to reach theirfull capacity,” Linn said.

“It’s not like girls are bornwith the predilection topink, but they’re trainedto it, so it becomes whatthey want and need.There are neurologicaldifferences between boysand girls at birth. But ourgoal should be to providethem with a range of ex-periences so they can de-velop all of theirtendencies.”

Large toy stores andmost large online retailersoften divide toys up bygender. On Amazon, or onthe websites for toy mak-ers Mattel or Hasbro, forexample, toys are sortedby age, category and gen-der. A person who wantsto buy a baby doll on theToys R Us website willfind hundreds of choicescategorized for girls and

five for boys. Three ofthose are dressed in pink.

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Erwin J. Wirth

L E W I S -TOWN — Phyl-lis BuchananYeasel, 88, ofL e w i s t o w n ,passed awayearly Saturdaymorning, Dec.22, 2012, atMary RutanHospital, Bellefontaine.

She was born Aug. 17,1924, in Pleasantville, adaughter of the lateLester and Flo McCrearyBuchanan. On Dec. 11,1953, she marriedCharles Dean Yeasel inRichmond, Ind., and hepreceded her in death.

She was also precededin death by a grandson,Anthony Haynes; her sis-ter Zoe Buchanan; abrother, FranklinBuchanan; a sister-in-law, Lucy Buchanan; anda son-in-law, CharlesHeppard.

Phyllis is survived bytwo daughters, HelenYeasel Heppard, of Me-chanicsburg, and Donna(Charles) Yeasel Haynes,of Lewistown; six grand-children, Monte (Dawn)Heppard, Tara (Frank)Venrick, Shawn Hep-pard, William (Janet)Haynes, Jacqueline(Mikel) Shoffner, andHeidi (David) Arthur; 11great-grandchildren anda great-great grandson;a niece, Lucia Pierce;and a nephew, Christo-

pher Buchanan.Phyllis was a

graduate ofPleasantvi l leHigh School.She was the for-mer owner ofYeasel Inc. andIndustrial FarmTank, both in

Lewistown. She was amember of St. Francis bythe Sea Church inKenai, Ark., and HolyTrinity EpiscopalChurch, formerly inBellefontaine. She wasalso a member of theOrder of the EasternStar for more than 50years, most recently inSanford, N.C. She lovedtraveling, especially toNorth Carolina in thewinter and to Alaska inthe summer.According to her

wishes, she was cre-mated and a memo-rial picnic will beheld at the conven-ience of her family.

In lieu of flowers, me-morial contributionsmay be given in hername to the ShrinersHospitals for Children,Office of Development,2900 Rocky Point Drive,Tampa, FL 33607.

Arrangements are inthe care of Shoffstall Fu-neral Home, Lakeview.Condolences may be ex-pressed at shoffstallfu-neralhome.com.

Erwin J.Wirth passedaway Friday, Dec. 21,2012 at 12:41 p.m. inSidney at the home ofLisa Williamson, hisniece.

He will be buried inRacine, Wis. Adams Fu-neral Home is in chargeof arrangements.

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OBITUARIES

Clara Irene (Wolfe)Arnold Wingfield

Clara Irene(Wolfe) ArnoldWingfield, 83, ofSidney, died at 5a.m. Dec. 22,2012 at DorothyLove Retire-ment Commu-nity, Sidney.

She was borninAkron, Feb. 16, 1927, adaughter of the lateIrene (Litton) and Paul“Pete” Wolfe. On May 7,1946, she marriedRobert “Bob”Arnold, andhe preceded her in deathAug. 10, 1985. She thenmarried Joseph Wing-field, who died in 2012.

Clara is survived byher children and theirspouses, Shelia andWilliam Nuss, of Sidney,Sherry and Mike Scully,of Sidney, and Steve andJoyce Arnold, of Sidney;a daughter-in-law, ChrisArnold, of Sidney; grand-children, Mike Nuss, ofSidney, Kris Nuss, ofCincinnati, Sean Scully,of Miamisburg, Shannon(Peter Wojtkowiak)Scully, of Sylvania, Chad(Tracy) Scully, McCar-tyville, Brian (Robyn)Arnold, of Fort Loramie,Tony (Jill) Arnold, of Sid-ney, Stacy (Matt) Dietz,of Sidney, Jason (Sherry)Arnold, of Sidney, Andy(Julie) Arnold, of Indi-anapolis, Ind., Joseph(Julie) Arnold of Sidney,and Emily (Dominic)Burnside of Piqua.

She is also survivedby great-grandchildren,Katie Nuss, Carrie Nuss,Abby Nuss, Nick Nuss,Colin Scully, LoganScully, Claire Scully,Anya Wojtkowiak, EvanWojtkowiak, MackenzieScully, Andrew Scully,Brittany Arnold, CarsonArnold, Nick Dietz, Hai-ley Dietz, Lucas Arnold,Addison Arnold, HollieArnold, Tyler Arnold,Logan Dietz, AustinArnold, Dylan Arnold,Cameron Arnold, PeytonArnold, Breenan Arnold,Ian Arnold, LandynArnold, Hailey Arnold,Evan Arnold, HannahBurnside, Hudson Burn-side and Lucy Arnold;two brothers and sisters-

in-law, Ray andLouise Wolfe, ofSidney, and Pauland JackieWolfe, of RussellPoint.

She was pre-ceded in deathby one son, ScottArnold, in No-

vember, 2012.Clara was a member

of Holy Angels CatholicChurch, Sidney. She wasalso a member of Ameri-can Legion Auxiliary,where she was past pres-ident, Wilson Auxiliary,where she served aspresident,Wilson Memo-rial Foundation Board,Shelby County Moose,Sidney Veterans of For-eign Wars, ShelbyCounty Democrats,Shelby County DemocratWomen, and HolyAngel’s Sodality, and wasnamed Sidney-ShelbyCounty Senior Citizen ofthe Year.

Clara was owner-oper-ator of RoClare BeautySalon for 20 years. Sheretired from CopelandCorp. in Sidney. Clarawas a friend to all. Shenever met a stranger shedidn’t make her friend.Clara was loved by every-one she ever came in con-tact with. She and Bobwere the grandparents of“The Dirty Dozen,” whowere the source of theirpride.Claramade over 50family quilts.Mass of Christian

Burial will be cele-brated at 10:30 a.m.Friday, Dec. 28, 2012,at Holy AngelsCatholic Church, Sid-ney, by the Rev.DanHess. Burial will fol-low in GracelandCemetery, Sidney.Friends may call

from 4 to 8 p.m. Thurs-day at Adams FuneralHome, 1401 Fair Road.

In lieu of flowers, me-morial contributionsmay be made to WilsonHospital Auxiliary, 915Michigan St., Sidney, OH45365.

Condolences may beexpressed to the familyat www.theadamsfuner-alhom.com.

Michael R. SpaugyFORTLAUD-

ERDALE, Fla. –Michael R.Spaugy, 57, ofFort Lauderdale,formerly of Sid-ney, died in theearly morninghours of Friday,Dec. 21, 2012.

He was born Nov. 9,1955, the son of Ruth (Eil-erman) Spaugy, of Sidney,and Jock and BettySpaugy, of Anna.

Michael is survived byhis children, DerekSpaugy, of Sidney, Joclyn(Bryant) Bensman, ofAnna, Madalyn Spaugy,of Anna,Makaila Spaugy,of Lima, and ChelseaSpaugy, of Lima; brothersand sisters, Joe (Lisa)Spaugy, Crystal PowersandVictoria Spaugy, all ofSidney, Missy (Scott)Marlow and Monica(Mike) Marlow, both ofSidney, and Rhonda(Charles) Albreath, ofSnover,Mich.; and grand-children, Aden, Kailyn,Chandler and AlishaSpaugy.

He was preceded indeath by one brother,James Spaugy Sr.

Michael at-tended SidneyCity and AnnaLocal schools.Hewas self-em-ployed in thefield of sales.Michael loved hischildren andgrandchildren.

He loved spending timewith his family.Mass of Christian

Burial will be cele-brated at 10:30 a.m.on Thursday, Dec. 27,2012, at Holy AngelsCatholic Church inSidney by the Rev.Dan Schmitmeyer.Burial will follow inPearl Cemetery,Swanders.Friends may call

from 4 to 8 p.m. onWednesday at AdamsFuneral Home, 1401Fair Road Sidney.

Memorial contribu-tions may be made toAdams Funeral Home,1401 Fair Road, Sidney,OH 45365, to help defraythe cost of the funeral.

Condolences may beexpressed to the familyat www.theadamsfuner-alhome.com.

Pamela S. StephensonHOUSTON —

Pamela S. Stephenson,59, of Houston, died at9:45 p.m. Friday Dec. 21,2012, at her residence.

She was born June 12,1953, in Miami County,the daughter of the lateSamuel T. and Helen L.(Weymer) Stephenson.

Survivors include ason, Rodney D. Stephen-son, of Houston; twodaughters, Renee A.(Scott) Helman, of Brad-ford, and Samantha N.Slover, of Houston; fivegrandchildren, MariaLouise, Brant, Noah,Avery and Landon; fourbrothers; and two sis-ters.

She was preceded indeath by a brother,Robert D. Stephenson.

Pam obtained hernursing degree fromEdison Community Col-lege and was working asa registered nurse forthe emergency room de-partment of Wilson Me-morial Hospital, Sidney.She previously worked

at Upper Valley MedicalCenter and Piqua Me-morial Hospital.

In addition to her car-ing for others, she lovedher grandchildren, en-joyed horses, sewing andmaking crafts. She willbe deeply missed by herloving family and manyfriends.A service to honor

her life will begin at10 a.m. Friday, Dec.28, 2012, at theJamieson & YannucciFuneral Home by theRev. Kenneth Stew-art. Visitation will befrom 4 to 7 p.m.Thursday at the fu-neral home.

Memorial contribu-tions may be made to theHouston Rescue Squad,5005 Russia-HoustonRoad, Houston, OH45333.

Guestbook condo-lences and expressions ofsympathy, to be providedto the family, may be ex-pressed through jamieso-nandyannucci.com.

VILLAGE CONNECTION

• Weekend Masses atSt. Nicholas and St.Louis churches will bechanging on the week-end of Jan. 5 and 6. The4:30 p.m. Saturday Massand the Sunday 10:30a.m. Mass will be at St.Nicholas, and the Sun-day 8:30 a.m. Mass willbe at St. Louis. Confes-sions will be at St. Louison Saturday mornings.

• Winners of the De-cember youth drawingare Lois Knapke, Lavernand Rita Pohl, Diane De-Mange, Fred Winner,Gary Poeppleman andKevin Knapke. Youthtickets are $10, with sixprizes every month. Youmay purchase them atOsgood State Bank orcall Dan at (419)582-5461.

• On New Year’s Day,chicken strips and wingswill be sold at the Os-good American Legionfrom 4:30 through 7:30p.m. for $7 per dinner.Dinners will be availableto eat in or carry out.

Osgood

Sidney City Councilhas moved its Jan. 7workshop meeting to thePolice Department forethics training beingprovided by the OhioEthics commission.

There will be a 3 p.m.session for public em-ployees, and local electedofficials are invited to at-tend the 6:30 p.m. meet-ing in the PoliceDepartment’s second-floor training room.

SusanWilleke, educa-tion coordinator with theEthics Commission, willcover a number of topics,including conflict of in-terest by a public official,revolving-door restric-tions, financial-disclo-sure requirements,campaign contributions,and solicitation or ac-ceptance of gifts andother items of value.

Elected officials andpublic employees inter-ested in attending maycontact Joyce Goubeaux,city clerk, at 498-8143 orjgoubeaux@sidneyoh.com. Seating is limited.

Ethicsmeetingplanned

Providing you better service is our goal. Call 498-5939 or 1-800-688-4820, ext. 5939

CEDARVILLE (AP) — An Ohio college phar-macy professor is investigating whether certainplants could hold the answer to new treatments forcancer and other diseases.

Cedarville University pharmacy professorDenise Simpson is in the beginning stages of a re-search project at the college’s new health sciencescenter.

By collecting plants in Ohio and testing them inher lab, she hopes to determine what substances inthem are effective and how they can be used to treatmore people.

Simpson told The Dayton Daily News that she’sbeen researching the healing capabilities of plantssince 1999 when she was in graduate school in Ja-maica. She said several plants in Ohio haven’t beenresearched, and others that have not been exam-ined in-depth.

Professor investigates Ohioplants’ healing properties

CINCINNATI (AP) —Some parents in a south-western Ohio city are inan uproar over plans toopen an indoor gunrange just 100 yardsaway from two elemen-tary schools.

The Cincinnati En-quirer reports that theproposed gun range inLoveland is especiallycontroversial in light oflast week’s massacre ata Connecticut schoolthat included the deathsof 20 children.

The range is proposedfor what is now a vacantstorefront near LovelandPrimary School, whichhas about 500 studentsin the first and secondgrades, and Loveland El-

ementary School, whichhas about 700 third- andfourth-graders.

Concerned parentsspoke out about the planat a Loveland City Coun-cil meeting this week,but city leaders say therange is legally permit-ted at the proposed site.

“My concern is wekeep our children andour community safe,”said Valerie Kincaid, 44,who has two children inthe school district,adding that she grew uparound guns but objectsto one being so close tothe schools.

She said a more ap-propriate spot would beat an industrial complexor out in the country.

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AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File

IN THIS May 8 file photo, Victoria Slodov (left) andBraelyn Singer (right) discuss a book called “TheDollhouse Murders” with their teacher Kim Mal-mad, at Moreland Hills Elementary School in Pep-per Pike. Funding cuts have often resulted in fewerteachers for the state’s students. AP analysis ofstate statistics shows the number of full-time

teachers dropped nearly 6 percent from 2001 to2011, the last year for which statewide figures areavailable. And a schools association survey lastyear and AP sampling this year indicate the trendis continuing, meaning more students per teacherand fewer course offerings.

BY DAN SEWELLAssociated Press

CINCINNATI (AP) —Fewer dollars for Ohioschools has meant fewerteachers in classrooms inmany districts across thestate.State records show the

number of full-time teach-ers in public schools fell bynearly 6 percent over adecade ending in the2010-11 school year, andsurveys by education as-sociations andTheAssoci-ated Press indicate thedownward trend has con-tinued the last two schoolyears.There’s little expec-tation of immediate im-provement as districtsgrapple with reducedstate funding, declines inproperty tax revenues andvoter reluctance in manydistricts to approve newlevies as householdsslowly recover from theGreat Recession.“There’s no bright light

on the horizon,” saidDamonAsbury, legislativeservices director for theOhio School Boards Asso-ciation. “Schools will con-tinue to do more withless.”The results of cuts for

many schools: more stu-dents per teacher, fewerelectives in areas such asforeign languages andarts classes, reduced sup-port staff.Gov. John Kasich and

his administration haveurged schools to focustheir dollars on classroominstruction, raise stan-dards such as lower-ele-mentary readingproficiency, and to stretchtheir budgets by poolingresources in such areas astechnology, office func-tions and transportation.“We do need tomanage

our schools better finan-cially,” the Republicangovernor said in Junewhile signing an educa-tion reform package in-cluding a “guarantee” thatthird-graders will be ableto read before beingpassed ahead. “And in ad-dition to that,what areweteaching kids in kinder-garten, first and secondgrade if we’re not teachingthem to read?”Ohio voters last year

turned back aRepublican-led effort to restrict collec-tive bargaining rights forteachers and other publicemployees amid criticismof teacher unions formak-ing it difficult to target in-

effective teachers for cuts.Personnel costs are

usually the major portionof a district’s budget, soany significant budgetcuts usually mean joblosses. The state SchoolBoards Association sur-veyed districts this yearand, with 268 of thestate’s 613 districts re-sponding, found they havereduced staff by an aver-age of 13 full-time em-ployees each since 2008,with some big city dis-tricts cutting hundreds ofemployees.ClevelandMu-nicipal Schools slashed658 jobs, to 3,311 total, ac-cording to the survey.Lakota Local Schools, amajor northern Cincin-nati suburban district,says it is down to 915 full-time teachers, 236 fewerthan the 2007-‘08 schoolyear.Ohio Department of

Education statistics showfull-time public schoolteachers totaled 115,453statewide in 2001-2002,then were at 108,888 by2010-11 after falling to107,924 in 2007-08 amidthe national financialmeltdown.Enrollment fellslightly between ‘01 and2010-‘11, by about 6,000students, to nearly 1.75million statewide.And re-cent AP sampling of 30school districts across thestate found that 24 re-ported fewer teacherscompared to the last aca-demic year, with four dis-tricts increasing teachingstaff numbers and twostaying the same.It’s not just Ohio.A nationwide survey by

the American Associationof School Administratorsin 2011 found that 74 per-cent of respondents ex-pected to cut jobs,with themajority being teachers orteacher aides. Thousandsof teachers have been laidoff in recent years inbudget-strapped statessuch as California andMichigan. PresidentBarack Obama said inAugust that as many as300,000 local educationjobs, many of them teach-ers, had been lost nation-ally since 2009.“There’s nothing more

important to our country’sfuture than the educationwe give our kids,” Obamasaid at the time. “Andthere’s no one more im-portant than the person inthe front of the class-room.”A veteran Columbus

City Schools teacher,RoseBokman, said in a recentletter to The ColumbusDispatch that she hasseen kindergarten class-room sizes rise from 22students for one teacherhelped by a full-time as-sistant to work withstruggling students to 29students a class with apart-time assistant. Shewrote that that makes ittougher to “develop the re-lationships and attentionneeded for urban childrento succeed.”With decreasing num-

bers, teachers also are fac-ing increasing demands inthe next few years, suchas revised and toughenedOhio school and districtreport cards, and newpro-ficiency tests for students.“We feel strongly that

it’s important to keepenough teachers to meet

the individual needs ofthe students,” saidMelissa Cropper, presi-dent of the Ohio Federa-tion of Teachers. “Just ingeneral, when you startcutting programs like artsand electives, you’re notdeveloping the wholechild. We’re developingkids who are good at tak-ing tests, not developingtheir full potential.”Kasich has indicated

that he will tackle thelong-standing issue of re-forming Ohio’s schoolfunding next year. Mean-while, Asbury said a re-cent meeting ofsuperintendents in north-east Ohio found consen-sus that the schools willkeep adjusting.“We just have to get it

done,” Asbury said. “Westill have these young-sters to educate.”

Ohio school staffing andteachers, from ’07 to nowA sampling of overall school staffing and full-

time teacher numbers from districts aroundOhio, for the 2007-’08 school year; last schoolyear and current:AVON LOCAL (northeast Ohio): 2007-08:All

staff 333, teachers only 201; 2011-12: Staff 371,teachers only 214; Current: Staff 375, teachers223.DUBLIN CITY (central Ohio): ‘07-08: Staff

1,732, teachers 1,088; ‘11-12: Staff 1,827; teach-ers only 1,136; Current: Staff 1,771, teachersonly 1,086.CIRCLEVILLE CITY (central Ohio): ‘07-08:

Staff 287, teachers 154; ‘11-12: Staff 257; teach-ers 155; Current: Staff 230, teachers 150.CLINTON-MASSIE (southwest Ohio): ‘07-08:

Staff 227, teachers 118; ‘11-12: Staff 205; teach-ers 113; Current: Staff 208, teachers 114.NORTH BALTIMORE (northwest Ohio): ‘07-

08: Staff 80, teachers 53; ‘11-12: Staff 75, teach-ers 50; Current: Staff 73, teachers 49.RIPLEY UNION LEWIS HUNTINGTON

(southern Ohio): ‘07-08 school year: Staff 152,teachers 89; ‘11-12: Staff 126, teachers 81; Cur-rent: Staff 122, teachers 75.RIVER VALLEY (northern Ohio): ‘07-08:

Staff 212, teachers 122; ‘11-12: Staff 203, teach-ers 109; Current: Staff 201, teachers 108.STRONGSVILLE CITY (northeast Ohio):

‘07-08 school year: Staff 631, teachers 413. ‘11-12: Staff 560, teachers 372; Current: Staff 556,teachers 364.TROTWOOD-MADISON (western Ohio): ‘07-

08: Staff 408, teachers 183; ‘11-12: Staff 312,teachers 140; Current: Staff 294, teachers 132.ZANE TRACE (southeast Ohio): ‘07-08: Staff

164, teachers 89; ‘11-12: Staff 153, teachers 83;Current: Staff 139, teachers 79.

SOURCE: Associated Press survey

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CINCINNATI (AP) —Four people were killedwhen a minivan carry-ing a family leaving aChristmas party wentthe wrong way on asouthwestern Ohio high-way and hit anotherminivan whose driverand family were going tosee grandparents for theholidays, police said.The 2:30 a.m. head-on

collision on Interstate 75near Franklin took thelives of three adults anda 7-year-old boy and crit-ically injured two otherchildren, said Ohio StatePatrol Sgt. Stan Jordan.Alcohol was a sus-

pected factor, he said. In-vestigators smelledliquor in the minivanthat was going thewrong way and found abottle of alcohol in thevehicle, he said.Jordan said Joshua

Nkansah, 40, of Fairfieldwas driving with his

children when he turnedhis minivan around onthe highway and starteddriving the wrong way.The vehicle hit anotherminivan carrying Scottand Michele Barhorst ofMadisonville, Tenn., andtheir four children, ages8-18, the officer said.Nkansah was killed

along with his 7-year-oldson, David, and 31-year-old Michele Barhorst,Jordan said. ScottBarhorst, 37, later diedat a Cincinnati hospital.Jordan said

Nkansah’s 4-year-oldson, Darius, and theBarhorsts’ 9-year-olddaughter, Haley, were incritical condition.The Barhorsts were

headed to St. Marys inwestern Ohio to visit thechildren’s grandparentsfor Christmas, Jordansaid. Nkansah’s wife washome at the time of theaccident, he said.

COLUMBUS (AP) —Two years after a youngColumbus woman wasbrutally stabbed todeath in front of her tod-dler, her family and po-lice still are trying tofigure out who is respon-sible.Alicia Jackson, 25,

was in the middle ofcooking dinner and pay-ing bills when police saysomeone knocked on herdoor on Dec. 2, 2010.The Columbus Dis-

patch reports that policesuspect Jackson knewthe person, invited themin and turned her back,allowing the killer to at-tack her from behindand stab her more than30 times as her 2-year-old son Jeremiah satwithin view in his highchair. The boy was notinjured.Jackson’s fiancee, Eu-

gene Wilson, found herbody after coming homefrom class at Ohio StateUniversity. A meatloafwas still cooking in theoven and a pot of waterwas boiling on the stove.“I don’t know what a

2-year-old is capable ofseeing and remember-

ing,” said Columbus po-lice Detective Steve Ep-pert, who is stillinvestigating the killing.“But I sure wish I couldhave asked that childwho hurt his mommy.”Eppert said his work-

ing theory is that a jeal-ous woman fromWilson’s past is respon-sible for killing Jackson,an Ohio State graduatewho worked on urbanredevelopment for anonprofit and served onthe board of directors ofthe Ward FamilyYMCA.Eppert said the as-

sault was so brutal andJackson’s wounds so sig-nificant, that the killerhad to be fueled by un-controllable anger.“Who has that mo-

tive?Who has that muchof a personal vendettaagainst our victim?” Ep-pert said, adding thatmultiple stab woundsare about disfigurementand little else. “It’s per-sonal rage. It’s jealousy.”Some friends and rel-

atives of Jackson’spassed lie-detector testswhile others have re-fused.

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TODAY IN HISTORY

OUT OF THE BLUE

NATION/WORLD Sidney Daily News,Monday,December 24,2012 Page 7A

BY THEASSOCIATED PRESS

Today is Monday, Dec.24, the 359th day of 2012.There are seven days left inthe year. This is ChristmasEve.

Today’s Highlight inHis-tory:

On Dec. 24, 1955, theContinental Air DefenseCommandOperations Cen-ter in Colorado Springs,Colo., fielded a series ofphone calls from childrenwanting to know thewhereabouts of SantaClaus after an ad in a localnewspaper mistakenlygave the Center’s number;thus began a tradition con-tinued by the North Amer-ican Aerospace DefenseCommand (NORAD) oftracking Santa’s locationthe night before Christmas.

On this date:• In 1524, Portuguese

navigator Vasco da Gama— who had discovered asea route around Africa toIndia — died in Cochin,India.

• In 1814, the War of1812 officially ended as theUnited States and Britainsigned theTreaty of Ghent.

• In 1851, fire devas-tated the Library of Con-gress in Washington, D.C.,destroying about 35,000volumes.

• In 1865, several veter-ans of the ConfederateArmy formed a private so-cial club in Pulaski, Tenn.,called the Ku Klux Klan.

• In 1871, GiuseppeVerdi’s opera “Aida” had itsworld premiere in Cairo,Egypt.

• In 1906, Canadianphysicist Reginald A. Fes-senden became the firstperson to transmit thehuman voice (his own) aswell as music over radio,from Brant Rock, Mass.

• In 1943, PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt ap-pointed Gen. Dwight D.Eisenhower supreme com-mander of Allied forces inEurope as part of Opera-tion Overlord.

• In 1951, Gian CarloMenotti’s “Amahl and theNight Visitors,” the firstopera written specificallyfor television, was firstbroadcast by NBC-TV.

• In 1968, the Apollo 8astronauts, orbiting themoon, read passages fromthe Old Testament Book ofGenesis during a Christ-mas Eve telecast.

• In 1980,Americans re-membered the U.S.hostages in Iran by burningcandles or shining lights for417 seconds — one secondfor each day of captivity.

• In 1992, PresidentGeorge H.W. Bush par-doned former Defense Sec-retary Caspar Weinbergerand five others in connec-tion with the Iran-Contrascandal. President-electBill Clinton chose ZoeBaird to be his attorneygeneral, but the nomina-tion fell apart over Baird’shiring of illegal aliens asdomestic workers.

Siren just atest, not signalof doomsdayDENVER (AP) — Offi-

cials in Denver wanted peo-ple to know this was only atest.

The city tested new out-door warning sirens on Fri-day, and they were wellaware of all the talk aboutthe Mayan calendar andtime running out for theworld’s population.

In announcing the drill,officials said theywanted tomake sure that peopleknew that the wailingsirens didn’t mean it wasthe end of the world.

A chorus of books andmovies has sought to linkthe Mayan calendar to ru-mors of impending disas-ters ranging from blackholes and solar storms to achange in the Earth’s mag-netic field.

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ALISSA PARKER (left) and her husband, Robbie Parker carrytheir daughters, Samantha, 3, and Madeline, 4, following fu-neral services for their 6-year old daughter Emilie Parker onSaturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints inOgden, Utah. Emilie, whose family has Ogden roots, was oneof 20 children and six adult victims killed in on the Dec. 14mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn.

BY KEVIN FREKINGAssociated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Rifle Association onSunday forcefully stuck to its call for placing armed police offi-cers and security guards in every school as the best way to avoidshootings such as the recent massacre at an elementary schoolin Newtown, Conn.

Wayne LaPierre,CEO of the nation’s largest gun rights lobby-ing organization, said theNRAwould push Congress to put a po-lice officer in every school and would coordinate a national effortto put former military and police offers in schools as volunteerguards.

TheNRA’s response to theNewtown shooting has been pannedon several fronts since the group broke its weeklong silence onFriday about the rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School.Rep. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., called it “the most revolting, tonedeaf statement I’ve ever seen.”A headline from theNewYorkPostsummarized LaPierre’s initial presentation before reporters inWashington with the headline: “Gun Nut! NRA loon in bizarrerant over Newtown.”

“If it’s crazy to call for putting police and armed security in ourschools to protect our children, then call me crazy,” LaPierre toldNBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday. “I think theAmerican peoplethink it’s crazy not to do it. It’s the one thing thatwould keep peo-ple safe.”

LaPierre also contended that any new efforts by Congress toregulate guns or ammunition would not prevent mass shootings.His fresh comments reinforced the position that theNRA took onFriday.

Sen.Charles Schumer,D-N.Y., said LaPierre appears to blameeverything but guns for a series ofmass shootings in recent years.

“Trying to prevent shootings in schools without talking aboutguns is like trying to prevent lung cancer without talking aboutcigarettes,” Schumer said.

The NRA plans to develop an emergency response programthat would include using volunteers from the group’s 4.3 millionmembers to help guard children, and has named formerRep.AsaHutchinson, R-Ark., as national director of the school program.

Hutchinson said theNRA’s positionwas a “very reasonable ap-proach” that he compared to the federal airmarshal program thatplaces armed guards on flights.

“Are our children less important to protect than our air trans-portation? I don’t think so,” said Hutchinson, who served as anundersecretary at theDepartment ofHomeland Securitywhen itwas formed.

BY JESSE WASHINGTONAssociated Press

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) —The grief will not end. Yet thehealing must begin. So as theshock of Newtown’s horrificschool shooting starts to wearoff, as the headlines fade andthe therapists leave, residentsare seeking a way forwardthrough faith, community anda determination to seize theirfuture.

At religious services Sunday,church leaders received stand-ing ovations from parishionersthey have been helping to copewith the shooting deaths of 20children and six adults atSandy Hook ElementarySchool.The gunman also killedhis mother and himself.

“This has been the worstweek of my life,” said Monsi-gnor Robert Weiss of the St.Rose of Lima Roman CatholicChurch, which lost eight chil-dren and two adults in themassacre.He thanked the com-munity for giving him strengthto get through the week filled

with funerals.To deal with the short-term

trauma, the state sent dozensof mental health professionalsto Newtown. Sessions wereavailable every day, at a half-dozen locations. Relief also hasbeen provided by therapy andservice dogs, massage thera-pists, acupuncturists and arttherapists, from around Con-necticut and the nation.

Rick Kaplan was drivingback to South Carolina on Sun-day with his nine service dogs.His “Canine Angels” usuallyassist disabled veterans, but hespent several days in Newtownwith parents and grandparentsof the victims, the victims’classmates, and other townresidents.

The families “held dogs,cried, laughed, hugged andthanked us to say that this wasinvaluable,” Kaplan said. “Thelove and respect of a dog issomething, no doctor and nomedicine can compete withwhat a dog can do.”

Themother of one victim satwith one dog for an hour. Ka-

plan recalls her saying, “I can’ttell you how guilty I feel be-cause this is the first joy I’vehad in a week. I feel so guiltybecause I’m not thinking aboutmy son right now.”

After the Sunday service atNewtown’s Trinity EpiscopalChurch, the Rev. KathleenAdams-Shepherd receivedhugs and kisses from a longline of parishioners.She chokedup as she read the names of thevictims and offered a prayer forall of them, including gunmanAdam Lanza and his slainmother, Nancy.

Deacon Rick Scinto of St.Rose of Lima said church offi-cials will be teamed with pro-fessional counselors andtherapists to provide assis-tance.

“I don’t see us taking a leadrole, but I certainly see us tak-ing a cooperative role in anykind of counseling that theyneed.We have our niche.We’rereligious andwe can talk aboutGod and how the Lord figuresin this whole mess,” Scintosaid.

BY SARAH EL DEEBAssociated Press

CAIRO (AP)—Egypt’s opposition said Sun-day it will keep fighting the Islamist-backedconstitution after theMuslim Brotherhood, themain group backing the charter, claimed itpassed with a 64 percent “yes” vote in a refer-endum.

The opposition alleged vote fraud and de-manded an investigation— a sign that the ref-erendum will not end the turmoil that hasroiled this country for nearly two years sincethe uprising that ousted authoritarian leaderHosni Mubarak. Many Egyptians, especiallythe tens of millions who live in extreme poverty,had hoped the new constitution might usher ina period of more stability.

A heated political debate over the pastmonth leading up to the referendum at timeserupted into deadly street battles. There wereno mass opposition demonstrations on Sundayafter the unofficial results came out.

Renewed violence and political tensionshave further imperiled Egypt’s already precar-ious economy, reeling from dwindling resourcesand a cash-strapped government whose plansto borrow from the International MonetaryFund had to be pushed back because of the tur-moil.

The finance ministry said Sunday thebudget deficit reached $13 billion in the fivemonths from July-November, about 4.5 percenthigher compared to the same period last year.

Official results of the referendum are not ex-pected until Monday. If the unofficial numbersare confirmed, it will be a victory Islamist Pres-ident Mohammed Morsi, who is from theBrotherhood.

But the opposition allegations look likely toprolong the fight. Beyond allegations of fraud,the opposition will likely challenge new laws is-sued on the basis of the constitution as well asMorsi’s economic policies.

“The referendum is not the end game. It isonly a battle in this long struggle for the futureof Egypt,” said the National Salvation Front,the main opposition group. “We will not allow achange to the identity of Egypt or the return ofthe age of tyranny.”

The opposition claims the new constitutionseeks to enshrine Islamic rule in Egypt and ac-cuses the Islamists of trying to monopolizepower.

Critics say it does not sufficiently protect therights of women and minority groups and em-powers Muslim clerics by giving them a sayover legislation. Some articles were also seenas tailored to get rid of Islamists’ enemies andundermine the freedom of labor unions.

What now in Newtown? Seizethe change, healers say

NRA: Public wants armedguards in every school

Egypt opposition allegesvote fraud in referendum

BY BEN HUBBARDAssociated Press

BEIRUT (AP) — A govern-ment airstrike on a bakery ina rebel-held town in centralSyria killed more than 60 peo-ple on Sunday, activists said,casting a pall over a visit bythe international envoycharged with negotiating anend to the country’s civil war.

The strike on the town ofHalfaya left scattered bodiesand debris up and down astreet, and more than a dozendead and wounded weretrapped in tangled heap ofdirt and rubble.

The attack appeared to bethe government response to anewly announced rebel offen-sive seeking to drive the Syr-ian army from a constellationof towns and village north ofthe central city of Hama. Hal-faya was the first of the area’stowns to be “liberated” byrebel fighters, and activistssaw Sunday’s attack as pay-back.

“Halfaya was the first andbiggest victory in the Hamacountryside,” said Hama ac-tivist Mousab Alhamadee viaSkype. “That’s why the regimeis punishing them in thisway.”

The total death toll re-mained unclear, but theBritain-based Syrian Obser-vatory for Human Rights saidmore than 60 people werekilled. That number is ex-pected to rise, it said, becausesome 50 of those wounded inthe strike are in critical con-dition.

Amateur videos posted on-line Sunday showed residentsand armed rebels rushing tothe scene. One stopped tocover a mound of human fleshlying in the street with hiscoat.

More than a dozen dead orseriously wounded people layin the street near a simple,concrete building, some inpuddles of blood. Near itsfront wall, bodies jutted froma pile of dirt and rubble on thesidewalk.

Rebels screamed in distresswhile trying to extract thebodies, while others carriedaway the wounded.

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This is a good day tomake plans about thecare and education ofchildren, as well as plansrelated to sports, the en-tertainment world andthe hospitality industry.

LEO(July 23 to Aug. 22)Discussions with

someone older can resultin improvements towhere you live. Theseimprovements might in-volve repairs to plumb-ing, bathroom areas,garbage and recycling.

VIRGO(Aug. 23 to Sept. 22)Your concentration is

excellent day. Likewise,your powers of observa-tion are very keen. It’s agood day to tackle rou-tine work that requiressteady effort. Just do it.

LIBRA(Sept. 23 to Oct. 22)Think about how you

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from a steady focus ofenergy and output.

SAGITTARIUS(Nov. 22 to Dec. 21)This is a fabulous day

to do research. Youmight be surprised atthe solutions that youdiscover simply becauseof your steady effort.You’re highly resource-ful!

CAPRICORN(Dec. 22 to Jan. 19)Someone older or

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AQUARIUS(Jan. 20 to Feb. 18)Discussions with

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LOCALIFECOMMUNITY CALENDAR

This Evening• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Vision of

Hope, group meets at 7 p.m. at Russell RoadChurch, 340 W. Russell Road.• Sidney Boy Scout Troop 97 meets at 7 p.m. at

St. Paul’s United Church of Christ. All new mem-bers are welcome. For more information, call TomFrantz at 492-7075.• TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at 7

p.m. at Faith Alliance Church, New Knoxville Road,New Bremen.Tuesday Afternoon• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Addicts at

Work, meets at noon at St. John’s LutheranChurch, 120 W.Water St.Tuesday Evening• Head, Neck and Oral Cancer Support Group

for patients and caregivers meets at St. Rita’s Re-gional Cancer Center in the Garden ConferenceRoom from 5 to 6:30 p.m. For more information, call(419) 227-3361.• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Living the

Basics, meets at 6:30 p.m. in the Apostolic Temple,210 Pomeroy Ave.• The Miami-Shelby Chapter of the Barbershop

Harmony Society meets at 7:30 p.m. at the GreeneStreet UMC, 415 W. Greene St. at Caldwell Street.All men interested in singing are welcome and vis-itors are always welcome. For more information,call (937) 778-1586.• The Al-Anon Sidney Group, for friends and rel-

atives of alcoholics, meets from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. atFirst Presbyterian Church on the corner of NorthStreet and Miami Avenue. All are welcome.Wednesday Morning• The Sidney Kiwanis Club meets at 11:30 a.m.

at the Moose Lodge. Lunch is held until noon, fol-lowed by a club meeting and program.Wednesday Evening• The Jackson Center Memorial Public Library

holds an adult book club discussion from 5 to 6 p.m.• The MS Support Group meets from 5:30 to 6:30

p.m. in St. Rita’s Rehab Outpatient ConferenceRoom, in the basement of the 830 Medical Officebuilding on West North Street, Lima.• The A.J. Wise Library in Fort Loramie offers

baby time for babies 3 and under at 6 p.m.• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Labor of

Love, meets at 6:30 p.m. at First Christian Church,320 E. Russell Road.• Stokes Lodge 305, Free and Accepted Masons,

meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Port Jefferson Lodge, PortJefferson. All Master Masons are welcome.Thursday Afternoon• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Addicts at

Work, meets at noon at St. John’s LutheranChurch, 120 W.Water St.• The Highly Recommended Book Club will

meet at the New Bremen Public Library at 1 p.m.Registration required.Thursday Evening• The Narcotics Anonymous group, All in the

Family, meets at 7 p.m. at First United MethodistChurch, 230 Poplar St.Friday Morning• A.J.Wise Library in Fort Loramie hosts story-

time 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 at

noon at the Sidney American Legion on Fourth Av-enue. All Master Masons are invited.Friday Evening• Hope in Recovery, similar to traditional 12-step

programs to confront destructive habits and be-haviors, 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, Staying

Clean for the Weekend, meets at 7 p.m. at FirstUnited Methodist Church, 230 E. Poplar St.Saturday Morning• Temperance 73 Masonic Lodge hosts a recy-

cling event at the Sidney Transfer Station from 8a.m. to noon.Saturday Afternoon• Amos Memorial Public Library, 230 E. North

St., offers Legos at the Library program for fami-lies with children 4 through fifth grade from 2 to3:30 p.m.Saturday Evening• Lumber Company Baseball hosts fundraising

bingo to support the children on the teams. Doorsopen at 4 p.m. and games begin at 7 p.m. at SunsetBingo, 1710 W. High St., Piqua. $20 to play allnight. For information, call (937) 543-9959.• The Sidney-Shelby County Chess Club “Check-

mates” meets at 7 p.m. at the library at the DorothyLove Retirement Community. For more informa-tion, call 497-7326.To access the Community Calendar online, visit

www.sidneydailynews.com, click on “Living” andthen on “Calendar.”

Contact Localife Editor Patricia AnnSpeelman with story ideas, club newswedding, anniversary, engagements andbirth announcements by phone at (937)498-5965; email, pspeelman@civitasme-dia.com; or by fax, (937) 498-5991.

YOUR HOROSCOPE

DR. WAL-LACE: I’m 19and have beensmoking a packa day for morethan five years.My mother wasa smoker, andshe gave me cig-arettes to “try”when I was only15. By age 16, Iwas addicted totobacco. Mymother diedfrom lung cancer lastyear.I graduated from high

school, and now I’mworking full-time at adepartment store, andI’m enrolled at a commu-nity college where I’mtaking two eveningcourses. I’ve alwaysdreamed of being ateacher, so I intendsomeday to accomplishthat dream.I am now thinking

about eliminating to-bacco for two reasons.First, I am aware thatsmoking is harmful tomy health, and secondly,the cost of cigarettes isout of sight. I also knowthat cigarettes can cause

lung cancer.How long does aperson need tosmoke beforethe cancerstarts? Howdeadly is lungcancer? Will Igain weight if Iquit smoking?—N am e l e s s ,South Bend,Ind.

NAMELESS:Lung cancer is

slow to develop. Accord-ing to the American Can-cer Society, lung canceroften appears 20 yearsafter a person beginssmoking, but once diag-nosed, it is one of thedeadliest varieties of thedisease. Only one out of10 lung cancer victimssurvives five or moreyears after contractinglung cancer.The damage done to

lungs, even after severalyears of regularly smok-ing, may be stopped orpossibly reversed.As thelungs of an ex-smokerare cleared of accumu-lated poisons, the odds ofdeveloping lung cancergo down. It takes about

two weeks of beingsmoke-free to consideryourself an ex-smoker,and your health will im-prove dramatically.Chances are you willgain some weight, butthat’s a small price topay to be smoke-free.Once you have kickedthe smoking habit, thenwork on eating healthyand exercising to losethose few extra pounds.I’m 100 percent posi-

tive that you soon willidentify yourself as anex-smoker, and in a fewyears, as an excellentteacher!

DR. WALLACE: I’mfurious and really needyour advice. I’m takingan English compositioncourse because I enjoywriting, and myboyfriend is also takingthis class.Last week, I received

an A on my first paperon the “Commercializa-tion of Christmas.” Myboyfriend also got an Aon, “DoWe Put Too MuchEmphasis on Christ-mas?” After class, theteacher asked me if Iknew “John,” and I said

that he was myboyfriend. She thenasked me if I had helpedhim write his paper. Itold her that we studiedtogether, but that hewrote the paper by him-self.This week I received a

C on my paper, and myboyfriend also got a C. Ihonestly think theteacher lowered ourgrades because she be-lieved that I helped Johnwrite his paper. I wrotemy paper, and he wrotehis.We discussed things,but I wrote my paperand he wrote his. That’snot cheating — that’slearning.Now I’m really wor-

ried. I have received allAs in all of my classes.Toget a C grade in thisclass would crush me. Icould drop the class andreceive no grade. Whatdo you think I should do?Help! — Nameless,Madison,Wis.

NAMELESS: Have aparent make an appoint-ment with the teacher todiscuss the situation. Ifit can’t be resolved, dropthe class.

’Tween12 & 20Dr. RobertWallace

I’m worried my smoking leads to lung cancer

Dear Read-ers: Here isthis week’ssound off,about measur-ing lines onlaundry-deter-gent caps:“When pour-

ing laundry de-tergent, youhave to look forlines and num-bers inside thecap for meas-urements. Most of theselines and numbers can-not be seen or read.Whycan’t the manufacturersmake the lines in color?— Carol P. in Virginia”

You are right,and many, manyreaders agreewith you, Carol.The lines arenearly impossi-ble to read.WhenI open a new bot-tle, I use red nailpolish to markthe line.Makes itmuch easier tosee. — HeloiseDear Readers:

Here are your re-sponses on what youwould do with old ency-clopedias:“I gave our set of en-

cyclopedias to our inte-rior decorator. She used

them toward decoratingfor other customers,”wrote Sarah, via email“I advertised for free

in a local newspaper.Theset was quickly taken bya homeschooling mom,”wrote Holly in California“Put it in the recy-

cling bin. It is full of out-of-date information thatwill lead a child trying touse it down the wrongpath,” wrote B.M., viaemail“Check with group

homes for senior citi-zens. Many of their resi-dents are morecomfortable using thebooks for research than

using the Internet,”wrote Norma, via email“My sister gave our

old set to a teacher atthe grammar school thatmy nephews attended.The teacher was de-lighted that her studentscould use them in theclassroom,” wrote Doug,via emailThanks for all the

wonderful hints! I can’twait to read what elseyou come up with! —Heloise

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Send a great hint to:Heloise, P.O. Box 795000,San Antonio, TX 78279-5000, or e-mailHeloise@Heloise.com.

The Shelby CountySafety Council receiveda request recently fromSidney-Shelby CountyChamber of CommerceVice President DawnEilert.Earlier that day, she

had received an emailfrom Agape Distribu-tion Center saying thecenter was nearly outof food and the staffdidn’t know how theywere going to be able toserve Shelby Countyfamilies throughout theholidays.During the week of

Thanksgiving alone,they had served 100 ormore families each day.Each year, the Safety

Council shops forAgape as well as theAlpha Community Cen-ter and has the privi-lege of delivering morethan $500 worth ofnonperishable items toeach organization, ac-cording to Eilert. Thegroup made its annualdelivery to Agape theweek of Thanksgiving;however, this year theneed seemed to begreater.The member organi-

zations of the ShelbyCounty Safety Councilimmediately respondedafter receiving the re-quest.Numerous compa-

nies challenged theiremployees to donatenonperishable items tohelp out. A few compa-nies decided to foregotheir Christmas ex-changes in order tohelp out this organiza-

tion in need. A couple ofcompanies even hademployees who wishedto donate monetarily,and they agreed tomatch the total of dol-lars given. The re-sponse was amazing,Eilert said.At the council’s De-

cember meeting, mem-bers brought more than1,800 pounds of non-perishable items withthem. They were able tofill the Agape mobilevan from front to backand top to bottom. Inaddition, the councilwas able to presentAgape with more than$2,500 in donationsfrom member compa-nies.“It was amazingly

heartwarming to seethese companies re-spond with such pas-sion for thisorganization,” Eilertsaid. “Their generosity

will be able to assistmany Shelby Countyfamilies this holidayseason, I am so proudto be a part of thisgroup.”

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RECENT BIRTHSNOLAN

MINSTER—Tim andDenise Nolan, of Min-ster, have announced thebirth of a son, BlakeJoseph Nolan, born Dec.14, 2012 at 10:09 p.m. inthe Copeland-EmersonFamily Birth Center atWilson Memorial Hospi-tal in Sidney.He weighed 8 pounds,

7 ounces, and was 21inches long.He was welcomed

home by his sisters Jor-dan, 14, Kaycie, 4, andKennedy, 4.His maternal grand-

parents are Tom andRose Koverman, of St.Marys. His paternalgrandfather is BobNolan, of Sidney.His great-grand-

mother is NormaPuthoff, of Fort Loramie.His mother is the for-

mer Denise Koverman,of Fort Loramie.

PLATFOOTANNA — Brad and

Laura Platfoot, ofAnna, have announcedthe birth of a son, AlexJoseph Platfoot, bornNov. 29, 2012, at 1:08p.m. in the Copeland-Emerson Family BirthCenter at Wilson Me-morial Hospital in Sid-ney.He weighed 7

pounds, 6.4 ounces, andwas 19 3/4 inches long.His maternal grand-

parents are Mike andElaine Homan, of NewBremen.His paternal grand-

parents are Frank andCindy Platfoot, of Jack-son Center.His great-grandpar-

ents are Ralph andJoann Shroyer, of Ket-tlersville.His mother is the

former Laura Homan,of New Bremen.

Church WomenUnited dissolves

During a meetingDec. 7, members of theChurch Women Unitedof Shelby County dis-solved their chapter.They resolved to no-

tify the Church WomenUnited Ohio that thechapter in ShelbyCounty is no longer vi-able.Attendance has de-

clined for the past twodecades as more activewomen have aged and

younger women havenot become involved,members said in a re-lease. The current offi-cers have served forseven consecutive yearsand numerous times be-fore that.Members said they

hope that another organ-ization will take over itslong-standing project ofproviding personal careitems to FISH for distri-bution to the needy.

Movie dress surprises fanBY SHARON

SEMANIEPIQUA — The classic

holiday film “WhiteChristmas” has remainedenormously popular withmoviegoers since its re-lease by Paramount Pic-tures in October 1954.Among those who have

grown up watching thefilm year after year isDawn Widney, of Piqua,who especially admiredsinger/actress RosemaryClooney and her portrayalof Betty Haynes in theIrving Berlin production.Widney, a travel

agent/consultant at theMiamiCountyAAA office,admits shewas enamoredby the musicality of thefilm butwas captivated byClooney, who starredalong with Vera-Ellen asJudy Haynes, BingCrosby as Bob Wallaceand Danny Kaye as PhilDavis. It was a finalenumber where Clooneyappears to sing “WhiteChristmas” and everyoneattired in their redChrist-mas finery raises a glassand toasts, “May yourdays be merry and bright;and may all your Christ-mases be white.”“I grew up loving old

movies,” said the 1986Piqua High School grad.“‘White Christmas’ wouldplay every year and mymother would perform iton the piano. I especiallyloved the red dress withsparkles on it worn byRosemary Clooney.” Wid-ney, daughter of Gary andDebbie Meek, of Piqua,

said that three years ago,she received a white mufffroma friend inCaliforniawhose mutual fondnessfor the film prompted herto send the gift.Widney also com-

mented to her in-laws,Don and Susan Smith, ofPiqua, that someday shewould love to own a dresssimilar to that worn byClooney. If the adage “becareful what youwish for”applies, Widney’s dreamcame true. The Smiths,after watching countlessreruns of “White Christ-mas” and seeking the ad-vice of theatricalprofessionals, called uponPatRoss of Barclay’sMen-WomenClothiers to recre-ate a facsimile of thefamous Clooney gown.Twenty-two yards of

red silk taffeta later,Wid-ney is now the proudowner of a holiday gown,which rivals, if not sur-passes, that worn intoday’s stage adaptationof the famous film. Susanlauds Ross for “puttingher heart and soul” intothe dress-making project.The gown itself is embel-lished with sequinedsnowflakemedallions andwhite fur-like cuffs and asweeping skirt alsotrimmed in fur“I had an opportunity

to go to the Schuster The-ater with Don and Sue tosee ‘White Christmas’ onNov. 29,” Widney said,“and I think the dress inthat production was notas good as mine.”She credits her in-laws

as “very generous and giv-ing” and admits it wasvery much a “surprise”when they presented herwith the gown. She ad-mits she should have beenconcerned when Sueshowed up unexpectedlyone daywith a tapemeas-ure to ensure a correctmeasurement.“Sue has a good heart

and tries so hard toplease,” she said. “AtThanksgiving, I was attheir home alongwith rel-atives andwas asked to gointo another room where‘the dress’ was hung on amannequin body form.”

She has since worn itfor several family get-to-gethers and even dancedwith her son, Drake, aseventh-grader at PiquaJunior High School, whorefers to the gown as the“Mrs. Claus dress.”Dawn and her hus-

band, Dane, also have adaughter,Danielle, a fifth-grader at Washington In-termediate School. And,yes, the dresswill bewornon Christmas Day whenthe family arrives at theSmith home and the lyricsof “White Christmas” willbe playing in the back-ground.

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DAWNWIDNEY, of Piqua, models a dress made forher as a surprise gift. The dress is like one worn byRosemary Clooney in the film, “White Christmas.”

Walmart, Shelby County Safety Council aidAgape Distribution with donations

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REPRESENTATIVES OF Agape Distribution and the Walmart Foundation talkin a refrigerated truck Thursday about the $75,000 contribution the foundationmade to the organization that day. The money will pay for a new refrigeratedtruck. Pictured (l-r) are Pastor John Geissler, director of Agape Distribution,David Gose, Walmart regional general manager for southern Ohio, DeanSanders, of Prevent Blindness Ohio, and Jeff McAtee, Agape special projectsdirector.

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AWAITING PICK-UP is some of the 1,800 poundsof food collected by members of the ShelbyCounty Safety Council recently for Agape Distribu-tion.

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3 /4 cup golden raisins, optionalPreheat oven to 325 degrees.Spray Bundt pan with baking spray for baking, set

aside.In small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking

powder, cinnamon, salt and cloves; set aside.Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add

eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.Add flour mixture and applesauce to butter mixture

alternately, starting and ending with flour. Mix just untilcombined.Fold in nuts and raisins. Pour into prepared pans.

Bake 50 to 60 minutes or until cake tester comes outclean.Cool 15 minutes in pan, invert onto cooling grid and

cool completely.Cake can be frosted, sprinkled with confectioners’

sugar or served with whipping cream.

3-6-9 icing3 tablespoons butter6 tablespoons cream9 tablespoons brown sugar

Place above ingredients in a saucepan and bring to aboil. Let cool and add enough powdered sugar to makeconsistency of frosting.

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Your hometown newspaper since 1891Frank Beeson/Regional Group PublisherJeffrey J. Billiel/Editor and Publisher

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EXPRESS YOURSELFWrite a letter to the editor. All letters must be signed, 400words or less and include the writer’s phone number and ad-dress. Only one letter per writer per month will be accepted.Letters may be mailed to The Sidney Daily News, Jeff Billiel,publisher/executive editor, P.O. Box 4099, 1451 N. VandemarkRoad, Sidney, OH 45365; emailed to jbilliel@civitasmedia.com;

or faxed to (937) 498-5991.

OPINION

To the editor:Over 60 percent of Americans think the coun-

try is in a state of decline, yet after a long and ar-duous presidential election, nothing has changed.We have the same president, a Democrat Senateand a Republican House. The American electoratehas spoken. Fifty-one percent of Americans areOK with an unemployment rate of 8 percent orhigher, expansion of government and increasedgovernment spending.I would offer a few suggestions to increase our

rate of decline.1. Continue to follow the model of a Western

Europe-type government. A Democratic, Socialistwelfare state.We could also use the states of Cali-fornia or Illinois as a model. They are doing agreat job of destroying themselves from within. Inno time at all, Greece, Spain and France won’thave anything on us!2. Continue to expand government entitle-

ments, get as many people as possible on amonthly government check.3. Continue to do everything you can to keep us

from using our own fossil fuels, close coal mines,block drilling permits.4. Continue to increase the power of EPA and

OSHA to impose more and more burdensome reg-ulations and restrictions on business.5. Continue to punish success and reward those

who choose to do nothing. Issue more free stuff,i.e. cell phones.6. Continue to support public union contracts

that have more generous pay and benefits thanthe taxpayers. If the state is not bankrupt, it soonwill be.7. Continue to send billions of dollars to coun-

tries that do not like us. Some would like to de-stroy the United States. Also, continue to fund theUnited Nations at a rate of 25 percent. Time aftertime, the U.N. votes against United States inter-est.If we have any chance to save the United

States republic as it was founded, it will take boldcongressional leaders who put the country aheadof themselves.We need a president who will leadfrom the front and be willing to stay in Washing-ton and govern. The national debt now represents$50,000 for every man, woman and child in thecountry. It was $30,000 four years ago.We spend$3.5 billion more than we take in each day.We must cut spending, not just slow the

growth.We have to swallow some bitter medicineto remain the greatest country and super powerin the world.

T.E. Mitchell204 W. Pinehurst St.

I never thought muchabout birds, certainly notcardinals. Undoubtedly,the males with theirbrilliant red feathers areeye-catching. Yet notthat long ago, I believedthat collecting birdmemorabilia was betterleft to those with little todo. Now, cardinal keep-sakes are finding theirway into my home.Most people who grow

up in Ohio probablyknow that the northerncardinal is our state bird. Theymight not know that the bird isnamed after the Catholic cardi-nal because of the clergy’s brightred attire. It is also the state birdfor Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,North Carolina, Virginia andWest Virginia.

Just too busyFor most of my life, I was just

too busy to even notice the crim-son creatures who commonlynest in a pair. A pair, that’s whatNeal and Glenna Sprang, mylate mother and stepfather ofmore than 35 years were.Whenthey died less than five monthsapart two years ago, I didn’tthink that the holidays wouldever be joyful again.After all, it was our family tra-

dition to fill the car with food,gifts, and suitcases, and makethe trip from Ohio to Philadel-phia to spend Christmas withmy parents. Both my mom andstepfather were musicians. Shewas a church organist and choirdirector. Neal also became achoir director later in life, al-though when he was young hetraveled the world with the Navyband. They were an ecumenicalcouple, since my stepdad was aBaptist, but Mom played and di-rected music wherever the“Spirit” led.Christmas at their house was

all about music, too.When myhusband and I would arrive,often my Mom would invite us to

join whatever choir shewas currently directingon an interim basis.Larry and I would bothdecline, but somehowChristmas morningwould find us reluc-tantly dressed in choirrobes with my then 70-something mother di-recting away.On our last Christ-

mas together in 2009,my mother insisted thatI escort my stepfather tothe platform. By then,

he was 80, and almost blindfrom diabetes. Still, she wantedhim to stand behind her as sheaccompanied the choir and con-gregation on the pipe organ asthey sang Handel’s “Hallelujah”chorus. I can still hear “Dad’s”deep baritone voice, as he sangout the notes he must haveknown by heart.

Such a shockIt was such a shock when

“Teddy Bear,” as he affectionatelycalled Mom, died suddenly 10months later. Following her death,my stepfather’s broken heartstopped beating in less than fivemonths, too.After someone youlove dies, you often find out thingsabout them that you never knew.For instance, after my mother’sdeath my sister shared howMomwould often look out the windowabove her kitchen sink to watchthe birds that would gather intheir foliage-filled yard. I alsolearned that the crimson-coloredcardinals were a favorite.Last year, as the holiday sea-

son began approaching, I wasdreading another Christmaswithout my parents. I had noidea how I was going to be ableto celebrate or create new tradi-tions. Then one day, I was look-ing out my own kitchen windowwhen suddenly I spied a cardinalnear the evergreen tree in mybackyard. There was a second,less-colorful cardinal who landedon one of the tree’s branches. In-

stantly, I realized that thesebirds were a couple.I didn’t know then that north-

ern cardinals nest as a pair, andthat the female is tan, and oftenhas red in her wings or tailfeathers. Nor did I know that themale is incredibly protective andthat he sings loudly to keepother males away.All I could tell was that these

two lovebirds were singing aduet. As I watched the cardinalscommunicating, suddenly mygloomy mood turned to one ofamazement and joy.It was then I began seeing car-

dinals everywhere, since they re-main in the north all year long.For instance, while walking indowntown Sidney last December,displayed on the glass window ofPeter’s Pense Religious Library, Isaw a picture of the red cardinalwith a story about the Christmaslegend that surrounds the beauti-ful bird.

The legendAs for the legend, according to

www.relijournal.com, “The Cardi-nal (is) christened the ‘ChristmasBird’ for its spectacular red color.…A glimpse of this brilliant birdbrings cheer, hope and inspirationon a gray wintry day. This is na-ture’s reminder for us to focus onour faith; the Cardinal’s scarletplumage represents the blood ofChrist shed for the redemption ofmankind.”For me, two cardinals singing

together were a heavenly sign re-minding me that those we lovelive on in our hearts. For now,FromThe Road Less Traveled,may this season of unexpectedmiracles bring you the renewedhope that is found in the one whois the creator of cardinals. MerryChristmas!

The writer is an Amy Awardwinning freelance journalist andan inspirational speaker wholives in Sidney. She blogs atwww.christianryanclaypool.com/blog1

A tale of two cardinals

The roadless

traveledChristina Ryan

Claypool

To the editor:The tragedies with gun violence, most recently

in a theater, a mall, and unthinkably, an elemen-tary school, are horrifying! Unfortunately, this vi-olence has ever-been present in the history ofthese United States.As a gun owner, and a father of two young chil-

dren, I feel great empathy for the loss of some-one’s child. I don’t believe more gun laws willmake my children or me any safer. New laws willonly put more money in the pockets of our govern-ment and those businessmen who have stockpilesof assault-style weapons and high-capacity clips.Going into every home, store, warehouse and

factory in America will not make them go away.The people that commit these crimes are sick

or insane, and most times, law-abiding citizensuntil they act. No one can know when the nextmurderer will strike. If someone really wants tokill as many people as they can, and can’t get agun, they will get more creative with theirweapon. A bomb or poison gas can easily be madefollowing information on the Internet.A car can kill many more people, and has, if

driven into a large crowd.What’s next? Ban cars?Crazy people are out there, and I’m glad I havethe weapons to protect me and mine, at least inmy own home.Assault weapons and high-capacity clips are

everywhere. New laws won’t make them go away!Ken Wagle

1826 Fair Oaks Drive

To the editor:I totally understand why handicapped senior

citizens move to Florida.The state of Florida helps the handicapped sen-

ior citizen. Ohio does not!Dennis Stewart

882 Countryside Drive

Ohio doesn’t help

New laws won’t help

Bold leaders needed

LETTERS TO EDITOR

Good com-munication isimportant, andpoor communi-cation can becostly. Unfortu-nately, miscom-municationbetween Wash-ington and Ohiocould cost fami-lies in Wilming-ton and Orvilleup to $3,700next year.As the New Year

quickly approaches, it’scritical that Ohio fami-lies are aware of theunclaimed tax refundsthat may be owed tothem by the InternalRevenue Service. Often-times, inaccurate ad-dresses have causedthese funds to be re-turned by the U.S.Postal Service. And infact, last year, morethan 2,000 Ohioanswere eligible to claimtax refunds. In 2011,undelivered refundchecks were worth morethan $1,500 on average.

Worked hardOhioans have always

worked hard andplayed by the rules. Butevery year, millions ofAmericans don’t receivetheir tax returns be-cause of postal errors.Taxpayers deserve toeasily receive themoney that the govern-ment owes them, andshouldn’t lose moneyjust because theirchecks got lost in themail.Fortunately, claiming

a tax refund isan easy processif you are eligi-ble. Accordingto the IRS, if arefund check isreturned to theIRS as undeliv-ered, taxpayerscan generallyupdate theiraddresses withthe “Where’sMy Refund?”

tool on IRS.gov. The toolalso enables taxpayersto check the status oftheir refunds. A tax-payer must submit hisor her Social Securitynumber, filing status,and amount of refundshown on their 2011 re-turn. The tool will pro-vide the status of theirrefund and, in somecases, instructions onhow to resolve deliveryproblems.Update addressesOhio taxpayers

checking on a refundover the phone will re-ceive instructions onhow to update their ad-dresses. Taxpayers canaccess a telephone ver-sion of “Where’s My Re-fund?” by calling (800)829-1954. They can alsogo to the Where’s MyRefund? online tool tocheck the status of theirrefund by clicking onhttps://sa1.www4.irs.gov/irfof/lang/en/irfofget-status.jsp.Ohioans can also

take two simple steps toavoid the risk that theirrefund could get lost inthe mail. They can start

by signing up to havetheir tax returns di-rectly deposited to theirbank accounts, elimi-nating the potential forpostal errors. Next,they can file their taxeselectronically. In addi-tion to reducing the po-tential formiscommunication, e-filing reduces errors ontax returns and speedsup the refund process.But while ensuring

Ohio families receivethe refunds they areowed is important, it’salso crucial that wefight to guarantee mid-dle class families acrossthe country don’t seetheir taxes rise alto-gether.

Taxes will riseRight now, taxes will

automatically rise forall Americans on Jan. 1unless Congress acts.Both the president

and I campaigned onmaintaining tax ratesfor 99 percent of Ohiofamilies, and on Nov. 6,you strongly supportedthis position. But, morethan a month later,some conservativepoliticians in Washing-ton still haven’t gottenthe message. They arestill protecting thewealthiest 1 percent, atthe expense of the mid-dle class.In July, the Senate

passed the MiddleClass Tax Cut Act,which would prevent 99percent of Ohio families— and all Americansmaking less than

$250,000 per year —from paying highertaxes. Under the bill,the median incomeOhio households wouldsave an average of$2,200 on their taxesnext year. Leaders inthe House of Represen-tatives have failed toschedule a vote on thebill — in part, becauseit asks the wealthiest 2percent of Americanhouseholds to pay thesame tax rates theypaid during the Clintonyears, when our econ-omy added 22 millionjobs. It’s time for theHouse of Representa-tives to stop holdinghostage middle classtax cuts and pass thebill.

Our dutyIt’s our duty to en-

sure that taxes will notgo up for the millions ofOhioans who wake upearly, send their chil-dren off to school, keepour assembly lines pro-ductive, tend to ourvast agricultural areas,and stand up behind acounter serving cus-tomers for eight hoursor more each day.Let’s move forward

with our economic re-covery and ensure thatOhioans have the re-sources they need tosupport their families.By accessing unclaimedtax credits, and provid-ing tax cuts that bolstermiddle-class families,we can continue tomake our countrystronger.

Claiming tax refunds andprotecting tax cuts for Ohioans

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Ohio streams aretreasured

natural resourcesBY RYAN EVERSDistrict Technician

From our largestrivers to our smallestcreeks, streams are oneof Ohio’s most treasurednatural resources. Sincethe period of NativeAmericans up untiltoday, streams have of-fered Ohioans with manyuses and benefits. Morethan 1,400 species ofwildlife also depend on how wellOhioans use, understand, and care fortheir streams.

Throughout the past two millionyears, Ohio streams have experiencedseveral periods of major change. Firstby glaciers and not long ago by Euro-peans with the settlement of the Ohiocountry. Human activities throughoutthe past 200 years have resulted indramatic chemical, physical and bio-logical changes in many streams.Since the 1970s, nonetheless, therehave been intensifying efforts to pro-tect, understand and restore thesevaluable natural resources.

As Ohio became increasingly popu-lated by Europeans, cities were con-structed, forests were cleared,wetlands were drained and the qual-ity of streams continued to go down-hill. By 1825, transportation on thestreams had become problematic dueto the construction of numerous milldams. Countless urban streams hadalso become seriously polluted by1885. In 1893, Ohio’s first water pol-lution law was passed and the city ofCanton completed Ohio’s first sewageplant due to outbreaks of diphtheria.Stream impacts must have been local-ized, though, because biological sur-veys in several rural Ohio streamsfound plenty of pollution sensitivemussel and fish species. Stream im-pacts continued to surge through themid – 1970s when some streams hadbecome so polluted they had no fishfor over 50 miles. By then, more than22,500 miles of county ditches hadalso been built. The Ohio country hadbeen established with little interestfor stream quality.

Understanding how impairedstreams had become, new federal andstate water regulations were passedin aspirations of reversing more thana century of stream degradation. Ohiopassed the first “State Scenic RiversAct” in 1968. Federal laws such as theClean Water Act were also passed inthe 1970s and states were mandatedto establish water quality standardsand chemical limits to maintain andrestore “the chemical, physical, and bi-

ological integrity of thesurface waters of theUnited States.” As anoutcome, the quality ofmany streams in Ohiotoday are healthier be-cause of reducedamounts of pollution.Many community-basedwatershed groups andpartnerships consistingof landowners, citizens,businesses, and govern-ment representatives

have also formed to defend and re-store streams and watershedsthroughout Ohio.

With more than 60,000 miles ofstreams, Ohio is a water-rich state. Ifyou consider the size of our streams,it is evident that we have a lot of smallcreeks and a few large rivers. Intruth, it takes many small streams tomake a large one. Only 15 of the3,300 named streams in Ohio havewatersheds greater than 1,000 squaremiles! With streams in the southerntwo-thirds of the state flowing into theOhio River and northern third of thestate flowing in Lake Erie, Ohio hastwo principal watershed or drainagebasins.

Stream, water and drainagefacts for Ohio

• With an average annual precipi-tation of 38 inches, streams drainaway almost 9.5 trillion gallons ofwater annually from Ohio.

• 4,000 miles of drainage ditchesare being maintained in Ohio.

• The drain tiles in northwest Ohiocould stretch to the moon if stackedend to end.

• Ohio encompasses 44,846 squaremiles with land surface area equal to40,469 square miles and water andwetland surface area equal to 4,377square miles.

• There are more than 3,300named streams in Ohio.

• Ohio has approximately 61,532total miles of streams.

• Ohio passed the first scenic riverslaw in 1968.

• In 1990, each person in Ohio usedapproximately 143 gallons of waterper day. Annually this amounts to52,195 gallons.

• Ohio River at 451.0 miles long isthe longest stream in Ohio.

• Muskingum River watershed at8,038 square miles is the largest wa-tershed in Ohio.

Excerpts taken from:Streams Committee, Ohio Chapter

of the American Fisheries Society(2000). A Guide to Ohio Streams,Columbus, OH: OSU UniPrint

Conservationin the county

USDA offers food safety tipsWASHINGTON — A

powerful winter stormsystem that has broughtsnow, wind and tornadoesto the central U.S. and theGulf Coast ismoving east-ward, threatening moredamage and power out-ages in its path.

The U.S. Departmentof Agriculture’s FoodSafety and InspectionService (FSIS) is offeringguidance to those whohave been or expect to beaffected by the storm onhow to keep frozen and re-frigerated foods at safetemperatures and how todetermine if food is unsafeto eat. Power outages andflooding that often resultfrom weather emergen-cies compromise thesafety of stored food, andplanning ahead can mini-mize the risk of foodborneillness.

“Keeping food at safestorage temperatures iscrucial to avoiding food-borne illness, and this canbe difficult without elec-tricity,” USDA Under Sec-retary for Food Safety Dr.Elisabeth Hagen said. “Asthe first winter storm ofthe season hits the U.S.,make sure your family hasappliance thermometers,coolers,and plenty of ice tokeep perishable food

below 40 degrees untilpower is restored to yourrefrigerator and freezer.As a last resort for foodsafety, when in doubt,throw it out.”

The publication “Keep-ing Food Safe During anEmergency” can be down-loaded and printed for ref-erence during a poweroutage. FSIS’ YouTubevideo “Food Safety DuringPower Outages” also hasinstructions for keeping

frozen and refrigeratedfood safe.

FSIS will provide rele-vant food safety informa-tion as the stormprogresses from its Twit-ter feed @USDAFood-Safety.To get tweets aboutfood recalls and weather-related food safety issuesaffecting just your state,follow@XX_FSISAlert, re-placingXXwith your stateor territory’s postal abbre-viation.

Exam set for Jan. 16-17People planning to

take the Certified CropAdviser exam can gaintesting insight through atwo-day CCA exampreparation sessiontaught by members ofOhio State UniversityExtension’s AgronomicCrops Team, Jan. 16-17.

The course is de-signed to help partici-pants understand theprinciples necessary tobecome a certified cropadviser and to assist inpreparation for the stateand international CCAexams, said Harold Wat-ters, an OSU Extensionagronomy field specialistand coordinator of theuniversity's AgronomicCrops Team. OSU Ex-tension is the outreacharm of the College ofFood, Agricultural, andEnvironmental Sciences.

While the exampreparation class wasn'tcreated to be a “crashcourse” covering all in-formation on the CCAexam, the training ses-sion will offer partici-pants information onperformance objectivesand provide direction forindependent study, hesaid.

“Crop advisers are thefolks who provide adviceto producers on nutrient

management, crop man-agement, pest manage-ment, and managing soiland water issues,” Wat-ters said. “So the morecertified crop adviserswe have, the better ad-vice we can get out toour growers.

“And if we can givethose who are interestedin becoming certifiedcrop advisers a littleboost in exam prepara-tion that helps them be-come more confident toget in there and takethose exams, then thebetter. The class is onlytwo days, so while it’snot enough time to teacheverything on the test,we can help provide con-fidence and tips to pre-pare them for some ofthe tougher questions onthe exam.”

The sessions run from9 a.m. Jan. 16 to 5 p.m.Jan. 17 and will be of-fered at the ShelbyCounty office of OSUExtension, 810 FairRoad.

All sessions will betaught by CCAs who arealso all OSU Extensioncounty educators andstate specialists and willinclude the followingtopics:

• Crop management,with an emphasis on

crop production, photo-synthesis, crop physiol-ogy and varietyselection, taught byWat-ters.

• Soil and water man-agement, with an em-phasis on soil properties,soil water, surface andground water, and soiland wind erosion, taughtby Bruce Clevenger.

• Pest management,with an emphasis onweeds, insects, diseasesand pesticides, taught byGreg LaBarge.

• Primary nutrients,secondary nutrients andmicronutrients, taughtby Robert Mullen.

• A sample exam andsample exam review.

Participants will alsoreceive the Ohio Agron-omy Guide; Ohio and In-diana Weed ControlGuide; Corn, Soybean,Wheat and Alfalfa FieldGuide; and the IPNI 4RPlant Nutrition Man-ual.

Registration for theevent is $225 per personand includes the prepa-ration sessions, lunchesand handouts. The dead-line to register for thetwo-day event is Jan. 9.

Registration can bemade online athttp://www.regonline.com/CCAPrep.

Hints for beekeepers on winter feedingREYNOLDSBURG —

The Ohio Department ofAgriculture (ODA) wouldlike to encourage bee-keepers to make suretheir bees are properlyfed this winter. Due todrought conditions expe-rienced in Ohio this year,stored food sources mightbe low for some beecolonies.

A lack of stored foodfor bees could be attrib-uted to the drought andlack of nectar and avail-able water, both neces-sary components toproduce honey. Honeyand pollen are needed tofeed bee larvae. With lit-

tle available nectar tomake honey and poorpollen production fromdry soil, the queen beeslows egg production andthe larvae present arefed any available storedhoney and pollen remain-ing from the spring. Asthese food sources be-come low, it is importantfor beekeepers to ensuretheir bees have a suffi-cient amount of foodstored to survive the win-ter.

If a beekeeper feels itis necessary to feed theirbees, ODA would like tooffer the following tipswhen doing so:

• Lift the back of thehive. If the back of thehive is easily lifted, it islikely the bees need to befed.

• Do not open hiveswhen it is less than 60degrees Fahrenheit un-less absolutely necessaryfor feeding.

• When the hive isopen, add fondant, pollenpatties and/or sugarsyrup. When completed,close the hive as quicklyand as safely as possible.

Beekeepers with anyquestions are encouragedto contact ODA at (614)728-6373 or by email atapiary@agri.ohio.gov.

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BY STEVE PEOPLESAssociated Press

BOSTON (AP) — Inthe city where a protestover tax policy sparked arevolution, modern daytea party activists arecheering the recent Re-publican revolt in Wash-ington that embarrassedHouse Speaker JohnBoehner and pushed thecountry closer to a “fiscalcliff” that forces tax in-creases and massivespending cuts on virtu-ally every American.“I want conservatives

to stay strong,” saysChristine Morabito, pres-ident of the GreaterBoston Tea Party. “Some-times things have to get alot worse before they getbetter.”Anti-tax conservatives

from every corner of thenation echo her senti-ment.

Fall off the cliffIn more than a dozen

interviews with The As-sociated Press, activistssaid they would ratherfall off the cliff than agreeto a compromise that in-cludes tax increases foranyAmericans, nomatterhow high their income.They dismiss economists’warnings that the auto-matic tax increases anddeep spending cuts set totake effect Jan. 1 couldtrigger a fresh recession,and they overlook the factthat most people wouldsee their taxes increase ifPresident Barack Obamaand Boehner, R-Ohio, failto reach a year-end agree-ment.The strong opposition

among tea party activistsand Republican leadersfrom New Hampshire toWyoming and South Car-olina highlights divisionswithin the GOP as wellas the challenge thatObama and Boehner facein trying to get a dealdone.

ImplicationsOn Capitol Hill, some

Republicans worry aboutthe practical and politicalimplications should theGOP block a compromisedesigned to avoid tax in-creases for most Ameri-cans and cut the nation’sdeficit.“It weakens the entire

Republican Party, the Re-publican majority,” Rep.Steven LaTourette, R-Ohio, said Thursdaynight shortly after rank-and-file Republicans re-

jected Boehner’s “Plan B”— a measure that wouldhave prevented tax in-creases on all Americansbut million-dollar earn-ers.“I mean it’s the contin-

uing dumbing down ofthe Republican Party andwe are going to be seenmore and more as abunch of extremists thatcan’t even get a majorityof our own people to sup-port policies that we’reputting forward,” La-Tourette said. “If you’renot a governing majority,you’re not going to be amajority very long.”It’s a concern that does

not seem to resonate withconservatives such as teaparty activist FrankSmith of Cheyenne, Wyo.He cheered Boehner’sfailure as a victory foranti-tax conservativesand a setback for Obama,just six weeks after thepresident won re-electionon a promise to cut thedeficit in part by raisingtaxes on incomes exceed-ing $250,000.

‘Hat’s off’Smith said his “hat’s

off” to those Republicansin Congress who rejectedtheir own leader’s plan.“Let’s go over the cliff

and see what’s on theother side,” the black-smith said. “On the otherside” are tax increases formost Americans, not justthe top earners, thoughthat point seemed lost onSmith, who added: “Wehave a day of reckoningcoming, whether it’s nextweek or next year. Sooneror later the chickens arecoming home to roost.Let’s let them roost nextweek.”It’s not just tea party

activists who want Re-publicans in Washingtonto stand firm.In conservative states

such as South Carolinaand Louisiana, partyleaders are encouragingmembers of their con-gressional delegations tooppose any deal that in-cludes tax increases.Elected officials fromthose states have littlepolitical incentive to co-operate with the Demo-cratic president, giventhat most of their con-stituents voted forObama’s Republican op-ponent, Mitt Romney.“If it takes us going off

a cliff to convince peoplewe’re in a mess, then sobe it,” South Carolina

GOP Chairman ChadConnelly said. “We have apresident who is awhiner. He has donenothing but blame Presi-dent Bush. It’s time tomake President Obamaown this economy.”In Louisiana, state

GOP Chairman RogerVillere said that “peopleare frustrated withSpeaker Boehner. Theyhear people run as con-servatives, run againsttax hikes. They wantthem to keep their word.”

‘Elated’Jack Kimball, a former

New Hampshire GOPchairman, said he was“elated” that conserva-tives thwarted Boehner.He called the loomingdeadline a political cre-ation. “The Republicansreally need to stand ontheir principles. Theyhave to hold firm.”Conservative opposi-

tion to compromise withObama does not reflectthe view of most Ameri-cans, according to recentpublic opinion polls.A CBS News survey

conducted this monthfound that 81 percent ofadults wanted Republi-cans in Congress to com-promise in the currentbudget negotiations toget a deal done ratherthan “stick to their posi-tions even if it means notcoming to an agreement.”The vast majority of Re-publicans and independ-ent voters agreed.Overall, 47 percent in

the poll said they blamedRepublicans in Congressmore than Obama andDemocrats for recent “dif-ficulties in reaching

agreements and passinglegislation in Congress.”About one-quarter placedmore blame on the De-mocrats and 21 percentsaid both were responsi-ble.Although negotiations

broke down last week,Obama still hopes to bro-ker a larger debt-reduc-tion deal that includestax increases on highearners and Republican-favored cuts to entitle-ment programs such asMedicare and Social Se-curity. If a compromisecontinues to prove elu-sive, lawmakers couldpass a temporary exten-sion that delays the cliff ’smost onerous provisionsand gives Congress moretime to work out a longer-term solution.That’s becoming the

favored path by some Re-publicans leery of goingover the cliff.Mississippi Republi-

can Chairman Joe Nosefshares his Southern col-leagues’ disdain for taxincreases. But he stoppedshort of taking an ab-solute position.“I really, really feel like

the only way that Repub-licans can mess up badlyis if they come away withnothing on spending orsomething that’s the

same old thing wherethey hope a Congress in10 years will have the in-testinal fortitude to do it,”he said.Matt Kibbe, president

of the national organiza-tion and tea party ally,FreedomWorks, says thatgoing over the cliff wouldbe “a fiscal disaster.” Hesays “the only rationalthing to do” is approve atemporary extension thatprevents widespread taxincreases.

But his message does-n’t seem to resonate withconservative activists inthe states.“If we have to endure

the pain of the cliff thenso be it,” said Mark An-ders, a Republican com-mitteeman forWashington state’s LewisCounty. “While it mayspell the end of the Re-publican Party… at leastwe will force the govern-ment to cut and cut deepinto actual spending.”

Anti-tax conservatives say noOppose deal for

tax increase

AP Photo/Charles Dharapak

REPORTERS TRY to get a question in as President Barack Obama leaves the podium after speakingabout the fiscal cliff in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington Friday.

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DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAXES RECOUPED IN LIEN SALEShelby County School districts will share a one-time $1,228,485.49. In

August at time of real estate settlement our delinquency was $2,276,194.94.The amount Tax Ease of Ohio LLC paid for liens was $349,934.05. Thisamount will be advanced yet in December. The additional $878,551.44 wasmoney taxpayers who were delinquent paid in order to avoid a lien. A tax liensale is a tool that motivates property owners to bring their taxes current.The ballance will be handled at settlement in February 2013. This is a first for

Shelby County where the liens are sold in bundles and cannot be soldindividually. Unique to this sale, the property owners will make paymentsdirectly to Tax Ease Ohio LLC and not to the County. The county is responsibleto collect only the current tax.The Treasurer does approve all correspondence to the taxpayers. If the

delinquency continues, a second tax lien sale could occur next fall.

Linda S. Meininger, Shelby County Treasurer

General Fund. . . . . . . . . $17,030.59Health Dept . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,426.13DD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $33,190.56Anna LSD . . . . . . . . . . . $28,912.94Botkins LDS. . . . . . . . . . $22,117.13Fairlawn LSD . . . . . . . . . $13,767.96Hardin Houston LSD . . . $16,523.76Jackson Center LSD . . . $ 3,535.62Minster LSD. . . . . . . . . . $ 8,107.22Russia LSD . . . . . . . . . . $10,223.06Sidney CSD . . . . . . . . . $141,208.80Upper Valley JVS . . . . . . $21,674.68Clinton Twp . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,265.76Cynthian Twp . . . . . . . . . $ 861.58Dinsmore Twp . . . . . . . $ 1,225.85Franklin Twp . . . . . . . . . . $ 931.09Green Twp . . . . . . . . . . . $ 426.49Jackson Twp. . . . . . . . . . $ 314.40Loramie Twp. . . . . . . . . . $ 352.79

McLean Twp . . . . . . . . . $ 527.57Orange Twp. . . . . . . . . . $ 424.22Perry Twp . . . . . . . . . . . $ 390.72Salem Twp . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,437.40Turtle Creek Twp . . . . . . $ 147.43Van Buren Twp . . . . . . . $ 23.09Washington Twp . . . . . . $ 1,457.79Anna Corp . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,756.18Botkins Corp . . . . . . . . . $ 1,520.53Jackson Center Corp . . $ 166.16Kettlersville Corp. . . . . . $ 80.80Pt. Jefferson Corp . . . . . $ 534.72Sidney Corp . . . . . . . . . $ 9,583.05Houston Ambulance . . . $ 187.13Loramie Ambulance . . . $ 1,062.04Loramie Fire . . . . . . . . . $ 1,061.19Perry Port Salem Rescue $ 544.94Tri-County MYH . . . . . . $ 3,932.68

Grand Totals . . . . . . . . $349,934.05

2013 Real Estate Settlement Delinquent Tax AdvanceSubdivision Tax Ease Advance

12/01/12Subdivision Tax Ease Advance

12/01/12

AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

SPEAKER OF the House John Boehner, R-Ohio,joined by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va.,speaks to reporters about the fiscal cliff negotia-tions at the Capitol in Washington Friday.

PITTSBURGH (AP) —Andy Dalton and A.J. Greenhave the Cincinnati Bengalsback in the postseason.Dalton hit Green for a 21-

yard pass in the final mo-ments, setting up JoshBrown’s 43-yard field goalwith 4 seconds remaining.That lifted the Bengals overthe Pittsburgh Steelers 13-10on Sunday, sending Cincin-nati into the playoffs for a sec-ond straight season.It’s the first time since

1981-82 that Cincinnati madethe playoffs in consecutiveyears — and the first time notinvolving a strike season.Brown missed a 56-yarder

earlier in the quarter. Heearned a second chance whenReggie Nelson picked off BenRoethlisberger and returnedit to the Pittsburgh 46 with 14seconds remaining. Andy Dal-ton found Green down theright sideline, setting upBrown’s winner.Dalton completed 24 of 41

for 278 yards and two inter-ceptions for the Bengals (9-6),who snapped a five-game los-ing streak to Pittsburgh (7-8).Green caught 10 passes for116 yards for Cincinnati.Roethlisberger completed

14 of 28 passes for 220 yardswith a touchdown and two in-terceptions, including hiscostly mistake in the finalseconds that ended Pitts-burgh’s playoff hopes. Itmarked the second straightweek a Roethlisberger pickcost the Steelers: He threwan interception on the secondplay of overtime in last

week’s loss at Dallas.The Steelers needed to win

out to play into January, butcouldn’t manage any momen-tum against a Cincinnati de-fense that gaveRoethlisberger problems allafternoon. The Bengalssacked Roethlisberger fourtimes and allowed Pittsburghto complete just 2 of 14 thirddowns.Cincinnati wasn’t much

better, managing all of 14yards rushing against theNFL’s top-ranked defense. But

Dalton and Green worked justenough magic.Pittsburgh did a decent job

of keeping Dalton and Greenin check, forcing a season-highthree turnovers and making aseason-high six sacks. But theoffense couldn’t take advan-tage.Still, the Steelers had one

last chance when they tookover with 44 seconds left.Roethlisberger rolled rightand tried to hit Mike Wallacedown the sideline. The ballsailed overWallace’s head and

into the arms of Nelson, whohad dropped an earlier pick.It was just enough time for

Dalton and Green to get to-gether one last time and helpCincinnati take one more stepaway from its mediocre past.The Steelers, meanwhile,

head into next week’s seasonfinale trying to avoid theirfirst losing season undercoach Mike Tomlin afterfalling for the fifth time in sixgames.

Contact Sports Editor KenBarhorst with story ideas, sportsscores and game stats by phone at(937) 498-5960; email,kbarhorst@civitasmedia.com; or byfax, (937) 498-5991.Monday, December 24, 2012 Page 13A

SPORTS

11995500 — Cleveland's OttoGraham throws four touchdownpasses, despite icy footing inMunicipal Stadium, and LouGroza kicks a 16-yard field goalwith 28 seconds left to give theBrowns a 30-28 victory over theLos Angeles Rams and the NFLtitle in their first year in theleague.

11999977 — In one of the biggestupsets in college basketball, Di-vision II American-Puerto de-feats the No. 12 ArkansasRazorbacks 64-59 in the PuertoRico Holiday Classic.

REPLAY

50 years agoDec. 24, 1962

Max Cotterman and JerryKnoop highlighted bowling inlocal leagues over the week-end. Cotterman almost emu-lated Knoop’s “300” of a fewyears back, when he smashedthe maples for a tremendous286 during the Late Nighters’session at Bel Mar. Chalkingten strikes in a row after anearly miss, Cotterman led theFour Duds to a 2-2 draw withPeoples.

25 years agoDec. 24, 1987

Pins in three of the last fourmatches vaulted the Lehmanwrestling team to its sixth win ina row as the Cavs defeatedLima Catholic in dual meet ac-tion 42-26. Shawn Wesbecherturned in an excellent effort inwinning one of the swingmatches, beating Dan Iven ona technical fall, 18-3, at 5:06points of the 112-pound match.Brian Miller followed with a pinin 1:23 at 125, and DaveWeigandt pinned his opponentin 5:44 of the 130-pound match.

TODAY’S SPORTS

ON THIS DATE IN

QUOTE OF THE DAY

““II bblleeww iitt aanndd II’’mm ssiinncceerreellyyssoorrrryy..””

— Rob Parker of ESPN, re-garding his remarks question-ing whether Robert Griffin III

was really “one of us,” in termsof being African-American.

CALENDAR

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Anna at Fort LoramieBotkins at HoustonJackson Center at FairlawnLehman, Russia at Piqua

Holiday TournamentMinster at Elida Holiday Tour-

nament

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Girls basketball, Anna at Fort Lo-ramie. Air time 7:10

FFRRIIDDAAYYSSccoorreessbbrrooaaddccaasstt..ccoomm —

Boys basketball, Fort Loramie atJackson Center. Air time 7:40

SSAATTUURRDDAAYYSSccoorreessbbrrooaaddccaasstt..ccoomm —

Girls basketball, Versailles atFort Loramie. Air time 2:10

Boys basketball, VersaillesHoliday Tournament, twogames. Air time 6:10

Bengals edge Steelers

AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar

CINCINNATI BENGALS wide receiver A.J. Green (18) is hit by Pittsburgh Steelers strong safetyTroy Polamalu (43) as he tries to catch a pass in the second quarter of an NFL football gamein Pittsburgh Sunday. The pass was incomplete.

Win on fieldgoal with :04 left

See BENGALS/Page 15

Anna hands East first loss

SDN Photo/Luke Gronneberg

ANNA’S CAYLA Bensman (25) runs into Miami East’s Trina Current as she tries the baselinein girls basketball action at Anna Saturday. The Lady Rockets rolled to a 51-43 win, handingEast its first loss of the season.

ANNA — An amazing startpropelled the Anna LadyRockets to yet another girlsbasketball victory, 51-43 overpreviously unbeaten MiamiEast in a game that wasn’t asclose as the final score shows.Anna is now 7-1 on the sea-

son heading into a huge gameThursday at 8-1 Fort Loramie.Both are unbeaten in Countyplay.Miami East, the only team

to beat Loramie, is now 8-1.Anna came out of the gates

in a big way, scoring the first19 points of the game beforeMiami East got the last threeof the opening period. CaylaBensman scored 10 of Anna’sfirst 14 points, and teammateAvery Bensman had a pair ofthree-pointers in the quarter.East was able to cut six

points off the lead by halftimeand trailed 26-16, but Annapushed the lead back out to 14by the end of the third period. The final was a bit deceiv-

ing because the Lady Vikingsscored the final four points ofthe game.Natalie Billing led the

Lady Rockets in scoring with16 and also pulled down eightrebounds to lead her team.Erica Huber had an outstand-ing game, scoring 11 points,dishing out five assists andcoming away with four steals.Cayla Bensman finished with10 and Kayla Blankenshipadded four assists.Miami East got a double-

double from Trina Current,who had 20 points and 11 re-bounds.Anna canned 18-for-46

from the field for 39 percentand was just 8-for-17 from thefree throw line, 47 percent. Miami East hit 20-for-44

from the field for 45 percentand outrebounded the LadyRockets 31-23. The LadyVikings also turned the ballover 13 times to just fivetimes for Anna.

See ANNA/Page 14

BY THE NUMBERS

990099 — Rushing yards aftercontact for Minnesota’s AdrianPeterson this season accordingto ESPN Stats. Doug Martin ofTampa Bay is second with 572.

33 — Players in NFL historywith multiple 90-yard touch-down runs: Chris Johnson, BoJackson and Ahman Green.

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Miami East (43)Linn 2-0-6; A. Current 1-0-

2; T. Current 10-0-20; Dunivan3-0-6; Cash 4-1-9.Totals: 20-1-43.

Anna (51)A. Bensman 2-0-8; Huber 4-

0-11; Ka. Blankenship 2-2-6;Billing 6-4-16; C. Bensman 4-0-10. Totals: 18-8-51.

Score by quarters:Miami East ..........3 16 26 43Anna ..................19 26 40 51

Three-pointers: Anna 7(Huber 3, A. Bensman 2, C.Bensman 2); East 2 (Linn 2).

Records: Anna 8-1. MiamiEast

——Loramie winsover MinsterFORT LORAMIE –

Fort Loramie handedMinster its second lossin a row and upped itsrecord to 8-1 in theprocess with a 47-39 ver-dict in non-league actionbetween neighboring ri-vals Saturday.The win by the Lady

Redskins sets up a show-down in County play onThursday at homeagainst the Anna LadyRockets, who are 7-1 andcoming off a win overMiami East Saturday.East owns the only winthis season over Loramie.The Lady Redskins

bolted to a 16-8 leadafter a quarter but Min-ster cut the lead to justone at the half at 20-19.Darian Rose led Lo-

ramie with 17 points,four assists and threesteals.Minster was led by

Dahlinghaus with 10points and five rebounds.Minster hit 38 per-

cent from the field on 21-for-55. Anna shot muchbetter, hitting 47 percenton 22-for-46. The LadyVikings got to the foulline just four times, hit-ting one.East outrebounded

Anna 31-23 but turnedthe ball over 13 times tojust five for the LadyRockets.

Minster (39)Fischer 3-0-6; Richard 1-0-

2; Geiger 4-0-9;Wuebker 1-0-2;Arnold 4-0-8; Sherman 1-0-2;Dahlinghaus 1-7-10. Totals:15-7-39.

Fort Loramie (47)Imwalle 3-2-9; Westerheide

0-1-1-; Rose 5-6-17; Boerger 0-1-1; Holdheide 2-3-7; Meyer 2-0-4; Ordean 3-2-8. Totls:15-15-47.

Score by quarters:Minster ................8 19 25 39Loramie..............16 20 32 47

Three-pointers: Loramie2 (Imwalle, Rose); Minster 2(Geiger, Dahlinghaus.

Records: Loramie 8-1,Minster 4-3.

Reserve score: Loramie47, Minster 28.

Freshman score: Loramie47, Minster 19.

——Lady Jacketswin in NorthSidney got off to a 1-0

start in GreaterWesternOhio Conference Northaction with a 51-32 vic-tory over visiting Trot-wood Saturday in girlsbasketball action.The win also put the

Lady Jackets at 6-4 over-all heading into anotherhome game Saturdayagainst St. Marys. Trot-wood is now 4-6 and 0-1.Again, Konner Harris

led the way for the LadyJackets, going for 26points. She put herselfon the free throw line alot and converted, hit-ting 11-for-13. SylviaHudson added 11 points.

Trotwood (32)Blanchard 0-1-1; Martin 2-

0-4; Jewett 1-0-2; Segar 1-0-2;Ingram 5-0-10; Williams 2-1-5;Murray 3-0-7. Totals: 14-2-32.

Sidney (51)Davis 2-1-5; Harris 6-11-26;

Elmore 0-2-2; Ford 0-2-2; Wise1-1-3; Sturwold 1-0-2; Hudson4-3-11. Totals: 14-20-51.

Score by quarters:Trotwood..............9 17 25 32Sidney ................13 28 39 51

Three-pointers: Sidney 3(Harris 3); Trotwood 2 (Jewett,Murray).

Records: Sidney 6-4, Trot-wood 4-6.

Reserve score: Sidney 48,Trotwood 42.

Russia downsNew KnoxvilleNEW KNOXVILLE –

The Russia girls domi-nated second-half actionand came away with animpressive win Saturdayon the road, beating NewKnoxville 45-39 in non-league girls basketball.The Lady Raiders go

to 6-4 on the season head-ing into the Piqua Holi-day Tournament. NewKnoxville drops to 5-3.New Knoxville led

Russia 22-20 at the halfbut Russia outscored theLady Rangers 13-9 inthe third quarter and 12-8 in the final period topull out the win.Knoxville had no an-

swer for Kylie Wilson ofRussia, who poured in 22points.Haley Horstman had

13 for Knoxville andMegReineke 11.

Russia (45)A. Borchers 1-2-45; Kearns

1-3-5; Meyer 4-1-9; Monnin 1-0-2; Wilson 9-4-22; Yrk 1-1-3.Totals: 17-11-45.

New Knoxville (39)Horstman 5-2-13; Schroer 2-

0-5; Reineke 4-2-11; Leffel 1-2-4;Lehman 2-2-6.Totals: 14-6-45.

Score by quarters:Russia ................15 20 33 45Knoxville............14 22 31 39

Three-pointers: Russia 0,New Knoxville 3 (Horstman,Schroer, Reineke).

Records: Russia 6-4, NewKnoxville 5-3.

SDN Photo/Luke Gronneberg

NATALIE BILLING of Anna eyes the basket on thisdrive against Miami East Saturday at Anna. TheLady Rockets handed East its first loss of the sea-son, 51-43.

ANNA From Page 13

BRADFORD — Fair-lawn raised its record to7-0 on the year bypulling away from peskyBradford in the secondhalf and posting a 78-66victory in non-leagueboys basketball Satur-day.The Jets return to ac-

tion Friday and Satur-day in the ParkwayHoliday Tournament.Fairlawn had its

hands full, especially inthe first half, whichended with the Jetsholding just a 32-31lead.“Bradford came out

with a lot of intensityand we didn’t match it,”said Fairlawn coachJustin Tidwell. “We did-n’t execute defensively.”The Jets outscored

the Railroaders 20-10 inthe third quarter to in-crease the lead to 11heading into the finalperiod.Trey Everett was out-

standing again for theJets, finishing with an-other near triple-double.He had 24 points to gowith eight rebounds andseven assists.He was one of four

Jets in double figures.Anthony Gillem finishedwith 19 points and alsoflirted with a triple-dou-ble, with nine assists andseven rebounds. JoeyCockroft added 13 pointsand Jessie Hughes 11.

Fairlawn (78)Everett 8-7-24; Caudill 0-3-

3; Hughes 4-2-11; Brautigam 0-6-6; Gillem 8-1-19; Cockroft6-0-13; Spradlin 1-0-2. Totals:27-19-78.

Bradford (66)Wirrig 3-4-10; Swob 6-2-17;

Wysong 7-6-22; Arnett 1-1-3;Grant 1-0-2; Hoelscher 6-0-12.Totals: 24-12-66.

Score by quarters:Fairlawn ............16 32 52 78Bradford.............13 31 41 66

Three-pointers: Fairlawn5 (Gillem 2, Cockroft, Everett,Hughes); Bradford 5 (Swob 3,Wysong 2).

Records: Fairlawn 7-0.Reserve score: Fairlawn

60, Bradford 35.——

East 5-0 afterbeating LehmanCASSTOWN —

Lehman couldn’t over-come one bad quarterand was unable to handMiami East its first lossof the season Saturday

night here in high schoolboys basketball action.The final was 56-42

and the verdict left theCavs at 3-3 on the yearheading into the annualPiqua Holiday Tourna-ment Friday and Satur-day.East is now 5-0.East led by just 16-12

after one quarter butoutscored the Cavaliers16-4 in the second quar-ter to double the score bythe half at 32-16.Lehman rallied a bit

in the third period butwas unable to overcomethe second-quarter dom-inance of the Vikings.Lehman had just one

player in double figuresin Nathan Hall with 10.Jackson Frantz addednine.

Lehman (42)Hall 5-0-10; Frantz 3-3-9;

Richard 2-1-7; Spearman 3-0-7;Westerheide 2-0-6; Goins 1-0-2;Jacob 0-1-1. Totals: 16-5-42.

Miami East (56)House 7-2-17; Beard 4-4-14;

Mitchell 3-1-7; Villella 2-0-6;Mack 2-0-6; Hellyer 0-3-3;Hickman 1-0-2; Donaldson 0-1-1. Totals: 19-11-56.

Score by quarters:Lehman..............12 16 27 42Miami East ........16 32 38 56

Three-pointers: Lehman5 (Westerheide 2, Richard 2,Spearman); East 7 (Beard 2,Villella, Mack, House).

Records: Lehman 3-3,Miami East 5-0.

Reserve score: MiamiEast 51, Lehman 34.

——Trojans survive

in 3 OTsDEGRAFF — For the

second time this season,the Botkins Trojans hadtheir hands full withRiverside, even thoughthe Pirates are still look-ing for their first win ofthe season.The first time, the two

met in the Ben LoganTip-Off Tournament,with the Trojans win-ning 52-48.Then on Saturday

night, the game wastriple overtime, withBotkins pulling out a 55-53 victory to up itsrecord on the year to 7-1.The Trojans are off

until Jan. 4 at Houston.The Pirates are 0-6

and play in the BradfordHoliday TournamentFriday and Saturday.“Riverside played us

really well,” said Botkinscoach Brett Meyer. “Theyplayed a zone and itslowed us down.”The two were dead-

locked at 44 after regula-tion, 48 after the first OTand 51 after the second.Josh Schwartz led

Botkins with a double-double of 22 points and11 rebounds. MitchGoubeaux added 12points and Seth Hoyingfinished with seven re-bounds, six of them atthe offensive end.Riverside was 50 per-

cent from the field on 21-for-42. Botkins shot just33 percent but got off 23more shots, going 22-for-65.The Pirates had out-

standing balance. DaltonBollinger had 12, DallasDaniels 11, Kolt Shough10 and Luke Green andJacob Herron nineapiece.

Botkins (55)Roberts 1-0-2; Hoying 2-0-6;

Goubeaux 4-4-12; Geyer 4-0-9;Schwartz 9-4-22; Lawrence 2-0-4. Totals: 22-8-55.

Riverside (53)Green 4-0-9; Bollinger 4-4-

12; Daniels 3-3-11; Lane 1-0-2;Herron 4-1-9; Shough 5-0-10.Totals: 21-9-53.

Score by quarters:Bot....11 22 36 44 48 51 55Riv. ...11 21 32 44 48 51 53

Three-pointers: Botkins 3(Hoying 2, Geyer); Riverside 2(Green, Daniels).

Records: Botkins 7-1,Riverside 0-6.

——Minster edgesAnna in OTMINSTER—Minster

freshman guard JacobStechschulte picked anopportune time to ringup his only two fieldgoals of the game and ithelped the Wildcats to a57-56 victory over thetough-luck Anna Rock-ets in non-league boysbasketball action Satur-day at Minster.After theWildcats ral-

lied in the late stages ofregulation to force theovertime session, Stech-schulte got his team offon the right track with astop-and-pop in the lanefor a quick lead. Hewould add another fieldgoal for four of his team’ssix points in the extrasession.

Fairlawn pulls awayto 7th straight win

SDN Photo/Luke Gronneberg

ANNA’S CARTER Bensman gets a shot off in front of Minster’s Brandon Hoy-ing in boys basketball action Saturday night at Minster. The two teams wentto overtime, with Minster coming away with a one-point win.

See MINSTER/Page 15

See LEHMAN/Page 15

Bengals-Steelers StatsCincinnati ..................7 3 0 3—13Pittsburgh..................0 7 3 0—10

First QuarterCin_Hall 17 interception return

(Brown kick), 2:15.Second QuarterCin_FG Brown 41, 1:53.Pit_A.Brown 60 pass from

Roethlisberger (Suisham kick),1:09.

Third QuarterPit_FG Suisham 40, 4:01.Fourth QuarterCin_FG Brown 43, :04.A_63,236.

——Cin Pit

First downs . . . . . . . . . . 16 15Total Net Yards. . . . . . 267 280Rushes-yards . . . . . . 16-14 31-95Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 185Punt Returns . . . . . . 3-(-2) 2-6Kickoff Returns . . . . . . 0-0 3-67Interceptions Ret. . . . 2-27 2-6Comp-Att-Int . . . . 24-41-2 14-28-2Sacked-Yards Lost. . . 6-25 4-35Punts. . . . . . . . . . . . 6-52.7 7-45.3Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . 1-1 2-1Penalties-Yards . . . . . 7-55 5-63Time of Possession. . 28:15 31:45

——INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING_Cincinnati, Green-

Ellis 15-14, M.Jones 1-0. Pitts-burgh, Mendenhall 11-50, Dwyer14-39, Redman 3-4, Roethlisberger2-3,Wallace 1-(minus 1).

PASSING_Cincinnati, Dalton24-41-2-278. Pittsburgh, Roethlis-berger 14-28-2-220.

RECEIVING_Cinc innat i ,Green 10-116, M.Jones 5-65, Gre-sham 3-38, Hawkins 3-30, Tate 1-23, Whalen 1-6, Green-Ellis 1-0.Pittsburgh,A.Brown 5-97,Miller 3-45, Redman 2-32, Cotchery 2-20,Sanders 1-13,Wallace 1-13.

MISSED FIELDGOALS_Cincinnati, Brown 56(SH). Pittsburgh, Suisham 24 (WL),53 (SH).

Browns-Broncos StatsCleveland...................3 0 3 6—12Denver .....................7 7 7 13—34

First QuarterDen_D.Thomas 22 pass from

Manning (Prater kick), 12:10.Cle_FG Dawson 27, 4:35.Second QuarterDen_Decker 10 pass from Man-

ning (Prater kick), 12:40.Third QuarterCle_FG Dawson 53, 11:09.Den_Decker 8 pass from Man-

ning (Prater kick), 4:33.Fourth QuarterDen_FG Prater 27, 14:53.Den_Hester 1 run (Prater kick),

12:11.Cle_Little 6 pass from McCoy

(run failed), 7:56.Den_FG Prater 41, 1:55.A_76,351.

——Cle Den

First downs . . . . . . . . . 20 29Total Net Yards . . . . . 233 457Rushes-yards . . . . . 18-91 32-118Passing. . . . . . . . . . . . 142 339Punt Returns . . . . . . 2-11 3-2Kickoff Returns . . . . 2-60 1-6Interceptions Ret. . . . 1-0 0-0Comp-Att-Int . . . 21-36-0 30-43-1Sacked-Yards Lost . . 6-41 0-0Punts . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42.3 3-49.0Fumbles-Lost . . . . . . . 1-1 2-0Penalties-Yards . . . 10-69 11-84Time of Possession . 26:20 33:40

——INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING_Cleveland, Richard-

son 9-53, McCoy 2-17, Hardesty 3-14,Weeden 3-4, Cribbs 1-3. Denver,Moreno 22-78, Hillman 6-35, Hes-ter 3-6, Osweiler 1-(minus 1).

PASSING_Cleveland, Weeden12-19-0-104,McCoy 9-17-0-79. Den-ver, Manning 30-43-1-339.

RECEIVING_Cleveland, Little6-58, Watson 3-47, Benjamin 3-46,Richardson 3-15, Ogbonnaya 2-2,Gordon 1-7, Hardesty 1-7, Smelley1-3, Smith 1-(minus 2). Denver,D.Thomas 9-102, Decker 6-65,Moreno 5-49, Stokley 5-32,Dreessen 3-22, Tamme 2-69.

MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.

Both teams squan-dered opportunities ear-lier in the fourthquarter.The Bengals drove

into Pittsburgh territorybefore stalling at theSteelers 38. Cincinnaticoach Marvin Lewis sentout Brown to attempt a56-yard field goal intothe tricky Heinz Fieldwinds.The kick was never

close, giving the Steelerspremium field positionwith 3:18 left.Pittsburgh, however,

had its own kicking is-sues. The Steelersmoved to the Cincinnati36, then brought out

Shaun Suisham for a 53-yard attempt that wasshort all the way.The Steelers spent

the week insisting theyplay their best whenbacked into a corner,then spent most of the

first half getting pushedaround by the Bengals.Roethlisberger, who hadbeen critical of offensivecoordinator Todd Haleyafter the loss to Dallas,struggled getting into arhythm.

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Minster goes to 4-2 onthe season heading intoanother non-leaguegame Friday at Houston.Anna,meanwhile, lost

its third overtime gameof the season and dropsto 0-7 heading into theVersailles Holiday tour-nament Friday and Sat-urday.Minster led by five

after two and threequarters, but trailed byfive with under two min-utes remaining in regu-lation. But Minster got abucket to cut it to three,and Anna cooperated bymissing some freethrows, allowing theWildcats to tie the gameup.Ethan Wolf led the

Wildcats with a double-double of 16 points and10 rebounds. AdamNiemeyer was the topscorer with 118.For Anna, Joel Albers

poured in a game-high21 points, Carter Bens-man added 14 andChandon Williamschipped in 12.

Anna (56)Bensman 5-3-14; Chr.

Williams 1-2-4; Boyd 1-0-3; Ch.Williams 4-4-12; Ihle 1-0-2; Al-bers 10-1-21.Totals: 22-10-56.

Minster (57)Stechschulte 2-0-4; Hoying

1-2-5; Niemeyer 7-4-18; Poep-pelman 3-2-8; Brown 2-1-6;Wolf 6-3-16. Totals: 21-12-57.

Score by quarters:Anna ............14 22 35 51 56Minster ........15 27 40 51 57

Three-pointers: Anna 2(Bensman, Boyd); Minster 3(Hoying, Brown,Wolf).

Records: Anna 0-7, Min-ster 4-2.

Reserve score: Anna 44,Minster 29

——Knoxville rollsto easy win

NEW KNOXVILLE— The New KnoxvilleRangers rolled to an 18-3 lead after one quarterand cruised to a 62-38

victory over visiting Adain boys basketball Satur-day.The win puts the

Rangers at 3-2 on theyear with the next gameat St. Marys Friday.Isaac Kuntz had 17

and hit five three-point-ers to lead the Rangers.Andrew Arnett added14.

Ada (38)Szipple 1-0-2; Sauter 3-0-6;

Cobb 5-0-13; Acheson 3-2-9;Dumbaugh 4-4-12; Decker 2-2-6. Totals: 18-8-48.

New Knoxville (62)Arnett 6-2-14; Kuntz 6-0-

17; Lageman 3-0-7; Howe 2-0-5; J. Allen 2-2-7; Topp 1-0-2;Kuck 4-0-8; Fullenkamp 0-2-2.Totals: 24-6-62.

Score by quarters:Ada.......................3 17 31 38NK......................18 32 48 62

Three-pointers: NK 8(Kuntz 5, Lagemen, Howe,Allen); Ada 4 (Cobb 3, Ache-son).

Records: NK 3-2.Reserve score: Ada 51,

NK 38.——

St. Henrydowns LoramieFORT LORAMIE —

The St. Henry Redskinscame to town with onlyone loss and that’s howthey left after dominat-ing the Fort LoramieRedskins 57-36 in non-league boys basketballSaturday.The loss leaves Lo-

ramie at 3-3 on the yearheading to unbeatenJackson Center on Fri-day in County play.St. Henry jumped on

the Redskins in theopening quarter, leading14-8, and was up by 11after three periods. TheMercer Countians thenpulled away in the finalquarter.Seth Guillozet had 11

points to lead Fort Lo-ramie.Loramie was 15-for-43

from the field for 34 per-cent, but just 1-for-13

from three-point range.St. Henry was 25-for-

44 for a healthy 56 per-cent from the field.St. Henry also con-

trolled the boards, outre-bounding Loramie24-15.

St. Henry (57)Stahl 10-0-21; Bender 1-0-2;

Schwieterman 1-0-2; Hemmel-gan 2-0-4; Post 4-2-10;Mikesell7-5-20. Totals: 25-7-58.

Fort Loramie (36)Guillozet 3-5-11; McGee 2-

0-4; Rittenhouse 2-0-5; Frilling3-0-6; Benanzer 2-0-4; Kaz-maier 3-0-6. Totals: 15-5-36.

Score by quarters:St. Henry ...........14 24 38 57Loramie................6 17 27 36

Three-pointers: St. Henry2 (Stahl, Mikesell); Fort Lo-ramie 1 (Rittenhouse).

Records: Loramie 3-4, St.Henry 6-1.

——Cards fall in OTto Lima CatholicLIMA — New Bre-

men took host LimaCatholic into overtime,but came up short in a56-51 verdict Saturdayin non-league boys bas-ketball.The loss was only the

second of the season forthe Cardinals and leavesthem at 4-2 heading toIndian Lake Friday.The Cards did a good

job of coming back in thesecond half. They trailed15-8 after a quarter and30-22 at the half, but ral-lied back to send thegame to overtime.Justin Heitkamp fin-

ished with 19 for Bre-men and Parker Mangeradded 11.

New Bremen (51)Wendel 3, C. Manger 7,

Schwieterman 4. P.Manger 11,Speelman 2, Heitkamp 19,Homan 5.

Lima Catholic (56)Huffman 6, Johnson 14,

Kimbrough 11, West 12,Williams 6, Judy 2, Stewart 5.

Score by quarters:Bremen ..........8 22 35 45 51Lima Cath....15 30 39 45 56

Records: Bremen 4-2.

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Lehman rolled to a30-10 lead at the halfand went on to win 58-29over visiting Ridgemontin girls basketball actionSaturday.Allie Hall led the

Lady Cavs, now 3-6, with12 points and Cassie Leeadded 11.Ridgemont had just

two players score, Mc-Cullough with 14 andZachman with 15.Lehman is back in ac-

tion this weekend at thePiqua Holiday Tourna-ment Friday and Satur-day.

Ridgemont (29)McCullough 6-1-14; Zach-

man 5-2-15. Totals: 11-3-29.Lehman (58)

Harrelson 1-5-7; Schmitz 3-2-9; Kronenberger 2-2-6; Jones2-1-5; Lee 4-2-11; Hall 4-4-12;Eck 2-0-4; Rego 1-2-4. Totals:19-18-58.

Score by quarters:Ridgemont ...........5 10 19 29Lehman..............11 30 48 58

Three-pointers: Lehman2 (Schmitz, Lee); Ridgemont 3(Zachman 2, McCullough.

Records: Lehman 3-6.

The Jackson Center-Anna boys basketballgame, postponed Friday,has been rescheduled forJan. 19 at 6 p.m. atAnna.

Jackson-Annagame Jan. 19

MIAMI (AP) — RyanFreel, a former MajorL e a g u eB a s e b a l lp l a y e rknown forhis fearlessplay butwhose ca-reer wascut shortafter eightseasons bya series of head andother injuries, was founddead Saturday in Jack-sonville, Fla., accordingto the Jacksonville Sher-iff ’s Office.Freel, who was 36,

died of what appeared tobe a self-inflicted shot-gun wound, sheriff ’s of-fice spokesman ShannonHartley wrote in anemail Sunday. The med-ical examiner will makethe final determinationof the cause of death.“RIP Ryan Freel!!

Great teammate, greatguy, loved his family!”former Cincinnati Redsteammate Sean Caseytweeted. “Such a sad daytoday with his pass-ing!Awful news!Prayersare with his family!”The speedy Freel

spent six of his eight big

league seasons with theReds and finished his ca-reer in 2009 with a .268average and 143 steals.“Really hurt by his

passing!” Reds secondbaseman BrandonPhillips said on Twitter.“You’ll never be forgot-ten.”Freel drew attention

in 2006 when he wasquoted by the DaytonDaily News as saying hehad an imaginary friend,Farney. “He’s a little guywho lives in my headwho talks to me and Italk to him,” Freel wasquoted as saying.“Everybody thinks I talkto myself, so I tell ‘emI’m talking to Farney.”The Jacksonville na-

tive thrilled fans withhis all-out style, yet ittook a toll on his career.During his playing days,he once estimated hehad sustained up to 10concussions. Freelmissed 30 games in 2007after a collision with ateammate caused a con-cussion.He signed a minor

league deal with theReds that November andmade it back to the ma-jors the following April.

He stayed with theReds through 2008,when a torn tendon inhis right hamstringcaused him to miss thefinal 103 games of theseason. He was traded toBaltimore at that De-cember’s winter meet-ings and split the 2009season among the Ori-oles, Chicago Cubs andKansas City Royals.“The Reds family is

deeply saddened to hearof the death of RyanFreel,” the CincinnatiReds said in a state-ment. “His teammatesand our fans loved himfor how hard he playedthe game, and he lovedgiving back to the com-munity. Our thoughtsand prayers are with hisfamily and friends.”Freel had consecutive

seasons of 37, 36 and 37steals from 2004-06 butstarted to slow the fol-lowing year.After hitting.271 with eight homersand 27 RBIs in 2006, hegained a $2,325,000salary for the followingyear and then in April2007 signed a $7 million,two-year deal covering2008 and ‘09.He was in center

field when he collidedwith right fielder Nor-ris Hopper’s elbow onMay 28, 2007, an injurythat caused Freel to betaken off the field in anambulance. Freel sus-tained a concussionthat caused headachesand an impaired mem-ory, and he didn’t re-turn until early July.He then suffered a sea-son-ending knee sur-gery in August.“I think what hap-

pened last year hastaken a toll on this year,”he said at spring train-ing the following year.“Obviously there’s ques-tion marks. Obviouslythere’s people question-ing or doubting or what-ever it may be.”He sustained another

head injury that puthim back on the DLwhen he was hit by apickoff throw to secondbase from Bostonpitcher Justin Master-son during the PatriotsDay game at FenwayPark on April 20, 2009.Freel appeared dazed ashe walked off, both armsextended over the shoul-ders of Baltimore’strainers.

Ex-Red Freel dead at 36

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DENVER (AP) — Inthe span of about fiveminutes, Peyton Man-ning threw his thirdtouchdown pass of theafternoon, Von Millerknocked the opposingquarterback out of thegame and the DenverBroncos completely de-moralized the tenacious-b u t - o v e r m a t c h e dCleveland Browns.During that third-

quarter flurry Sunday,the Broncos looked a lotlike the best team in theAFC, and with one moreSunday like this one,they could go into theplayoffs as just that.Manning threw for

339 yards and threescores and Miller was inon two sacks, the secondof which ended BrandonWeeden’s day, leadingDenver to a 34-12 win —a victory that pulled theBroncos (12-3) into a tiewith Houston for the bestrecord in the conference.Meanwhile, Weeden

and Browns runningback Trent Richardson(nine carries, 53 yards),both rookies, showedsigns of how good theymight be some day.With

the help of a question-able personal foul callagainst Champ Bailey,Weeden poked his way toa 45-yard drive for afield goal that cut Cleve-land’s deficit to 14-6early in the third quar-ter.But Manning re-

sponded with a 91-yardtouchdown drive, high-lighted when he threw adart that slammed offDecker’s hands anddropped into those of re-ceiver Brandon Stokley.Just another Broncosfirst down — and an-other sign this was notCleveland’s day.Two plays later, Man-

ning hit Decker for an 8-yard touchdown to makeit 21-6.Three plays after

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MEMBERS OF the Russia pep band perform thenational anthem during the boys basketball game

against Jackson Center recently at Russia.

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THE JACKSON Center cheerleaders get their fans into the basketball moodprior to taking on the Russia Raiders in County boys basketball recently.

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During the 1800s, the hand cast glassornaments became widely popular. Lauschain Germany was the hub of glass ornamentsproduction. Later on, silk, wool thread, che-nille and stiff spun glass were used inChristmas tree ornaments.

Legend plays an important role in thehistory of Christmas Ornaments. The popularpickle ornament of the Germans carries withit a wonderful tale. Pickle ornaments areglass ornaments formed in the shape of apickle. The German parents used it to judgethe most intelligent child in the family. Thefirst one to trace the pickle got an additionalgift from St. Nicholas.

Christmas trees along with the fancifulornaments entered England in 1840 throughthe hands of Queen Victoria and herGerman Prince Albert. Glass ornaments,decorative beads, paper baskets with sug-ared almonds and hot air balloons wereused for decoration.

Christmas tree ornaments reachedAmerica around 1880. F.W.Woolworth, anAmerican retailer first sold imported glassornaments in his shop. Decorations alsoincluded cut outs of old magazines, cottonwools and tinsel. The First World War dis-rupted natural commerce and necessitatedthe production of cheaper ornaments withnew technologies. The introduction of injec-tion plastic molding facilitated to figure tinyminiatures.

In 1973, the American HallmarkCompany first launched the KeepsakeChristmas ornaments that revolutionized theHistory of Christmas Tree ornaments. Oncea collection of decorated glass balls andyarn figures, keepsake ornaments are nowfound in a wide variety of wood, acrylic, bonechina, porcelain and hand made forms.

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The concept of the Christmastree was first introduced byGermany in the 16th century. Itwas the time when Christiansbrought adorned Christian treesto their homes. WoodenChristmas tree and evergreensbedecked the new lookinghomes. Candles are also usedto give the homes a better anddifferent look. Eventually, peopleof the other places of Europealso had started to follow thetraditions and cultures related tothe Christmas tree. Christmastrees looked even more fashion-able and attractive when thehusband of Queen Victoria,Prince Albert, had bejeweled thefirst English tree at Windsor can-dle with candles, sweets, fruitsand gingerbread in 1841. Thetradition was followed by manyEnglish families later on. Allkinds of extravagant items wereused to decorate the trees and

homes. According to CharlesDickens, the Christmas treeswere well-covered and adornedwith the fine-looking dolls, minia-ture furniture, costume jewelry,little musical instruments, toyguns, swords, candy and fruitsin 1850.Most of the Americans had

seen the peculiarities and odd-ness more than anything else inthe Christmas tree in 19th cen-tury. It was on display in 1830sfor the first time by the Germansettlers of Pennsylvania. Thepurpose was nice, though. Itwas on display to raise moneyfor the local church. Once thetree was set up outside of achurch, people of the local town-ship didn’t take it positively. Anoutburst of anger was noticed;they thought it as a return ofpaganism. People of the parishasked the minister to take nec-essary steps and take it down.

The popularity of Christmastrees was notable in Germany,but by the 1890s Christmasornaments started to arrive inthe U.S. market as well.However, the convention for bothEurope and U.S. was quite dif-ferent. Europeans liked to usesmall Christmas trees of 4-footheight where as Americans pre-ferred gigantic Christmas trees,the length of which varied enor-mously.The first national American

Christmas tree was in 1923 onthe White House lawn. In the1960s plastic and aluminumtrees became popular, cheapalternatives to real trees.Christmas trees have changedlittle in the past decades, withreal trees remaining the pre-ferred choice, quickly followedby artificial versions in manyshapes and sizes.

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For Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012ARIES (March 21 to April 19)This is a poor day to get uppity or lippywith authority figures. Definitelythink before you speak, or things willgo sideways in a New York minute!You have been warned.TAURUS (April 20 to May 20)Travel plans will be interrupted or de-layed today. Similarly, plans related tohigher education, medicine and thelaw likely will change or requirerescheduling. Avoid discussing contro-versial subjects.GEMINI (May 21 to June 20)Make friends with your bank accounttoday. Find out what’s happening soyou can avoid nasty surprises withshared property, insurance matters,inheritances, taxes and debt. Ouch!CANCER (June 21 to July 22)Partners or close friends are verytouchy today. Tread carefully. Ifpushed, they suddenly will demandmore freedom and independence. (Orperhaps you feel this way?)LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22)Computer crashes, power outages, firedrills, staff shortages and canceled ap-pointments are just some reasons yourroutine will change suddenly at worktoday. Co-workers are rebellious.(Yikes!)VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22)Parents take note: This is an accident-prone day for your children. Be veryvigilant. This is also a rocky day for ro-mance. Go slowly.LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22)Small appliances might break downtoday, or minor breakages could occur.Domestic arguments might break out.Be patient! Be tolerant and forgivingof others.SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)This definitely is an accident-proneday for your sign. Slow down, and takeit easy. Allow extra time so that youhave wiggle room to deal with the un-expected.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21)If shopping today, keep your receipts.Count your change. Protect your pos-sessions and your money against lossor theft. Things are very unpredictabletoday!CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19)You feel rebellious, impatient andready for something new and different.Boring routine definitely will stifle youtoday. (Nevertheless, don’t do anythingfoolish.)AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18)Most Aquarians are more rebelliousthan other signs. You’re highly indi-vidualistic, and you march to the beatof your own drum. Today you will feelthis more than usual.PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20)You might be surprised during anykind of group gathering today. Duringa class, a meeting or a casual get-to-gether, someone will say or do some-thing that is quite unexpected. Youalso might meet a real character today.YOU BORN TODAY You’re adventur-ous! You often push the boundariesaround you to seek thrills or attain ac-complishments that are beyond whatothers expect.You go for the gold! Nat-urally, you’re a risk-taker. People no-tice these qualities through your work,your hobbies or your lifestyle. In thenext year, you will discover or learnsomething valuable that will matter toyou. Be open to this.Birthdate of: Jimmy Buffett,singer/songwriter; Humphrey Bogart,actor; Alannah Myles, singer.(c) 2012 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

HOROSCOPEBY FRANCES DRAKE

100 yearsDec. 24, 1912

Paul Monroe, whohas been touring theEast and New Yorkstate with the Yale Fly-ing Squadron on his mo-torcycle, arrived homeyesterday for theChristmas holidays.Paul reports that theyhad a fine trip, but sincethey have been touringthrough New York theyhave struck much snowand sleet. They touredover all kinds of roads,on railroad and electricline tracks and throughfields of all kinds andshapes.

75 yearsDec. 24, 1937

One of the annualcustoms of the seniorclass at Sidney HighSchool is the sponsoringof a Christmas programeach year at the Chil-dren’s Home. The pro-gram presentedyesterday at the homewas under the leader-ship of the Class presi-dent, Marion Russell,and the faculty advisor,Miss Mary Dillon. In-strumental numberswere presented byGeorge Papas on the vi-olin andWilliam Haineson the trumpet. DonBeer, as the jovialSanta, passed out giftsto the children.

50 yearsDec. 24, 1962

St. John’s Evangeli-cal Lutheran Church,Water Street, will havean associate pastor nextyear to assist its servingpastor, the Rev. H.W.Swinehart. JohnStephens is the servingintern and he returns tothe seminary for contin-uing study next year.

–––––Max Cotterman and

Jerry Knoop high-lighted bowling in localleagues over the week-end. Cotterman almostemulated Knoop’s “300”of a few years back,when he smashed themaples for a tremen-dous 286, during theLate Nighters’ sessionat Bel Mar. Jerry regis-tered a 651 to head theKing and Queeners atHoliday Lanes.

25 yearsDec. 24, 1987

A Sidney woman wona $5,000 cruise for twoto Bermuda, the topprize in a contest airedon WDTN Channel 2’s“Tatone Zone” Saturdaynight. Deborah Harris,S.West Ave., a customerservice representativefor Warner-Amex CableTelevision, won the trip,sponsored by All WorldTravel Agency of Day-ton, good for any timeduring 1988.

–––––These news items

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DEAR DRS.DONOHUE ANDROACH: I spent afew days, sevenmonths ago, sitting ona hard chair. Sincethen, I have been deal-ing with pain upon sit-ting down. I wasdiagnosed with ischialtuberosity pain(weaver’s bottom). Please dis-cuss what can be done for thiscondition and how long itmight last. — S.Z.

ANSWER:A bursa is a sacthat contains a small amountof fluid. It allows muscles,tendons and other soft tissuesto move over bony promi-nences without damage orgetting stuck. These can beinjured with repeatedtrauma. Many of the bursaein the body can become filledwith fluid and inflamed —bursitis.The ischial bursae are lo-

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and the muscles rightwhere we sit down.Sitting on a hard chairis a classic way of get-ting a bursitis. In is-chial tuberosity pain,the ischial bursae fillsup with fluid, and thiscauses pain with somemovements and whensitting down.

Bursitis usually is treatedwith an anti-inflammatorymedicine such as ibuprofen.In my experience, these usu-ally work, but some peoplemay need to try more thanone before finding the onethat works for them.However,others do not get better withmedication, and for those peo-ple, a trial of an injection intothe area could be considered.This procedure should only bedone by an expert, such as arheumatologist.A thick foam rubber cush-

ion with two holes cut out atthe points of tenderness maybe of benefit. Stretching and a

knees-to-chest movement canbe helpful. Despite this, thereare cases (like yours) that canlast for many months. Mosteventually do get better.

DEAR DRS. DONOHUEAND ROACH: I eat smokedsalmon several times perweek. I have heard that eatingtoo many smoked foods can bea problem. Do I need to beworried? — S.M.

ANSWER: Salmon is avery healthy fish, has goodamounts of healthy omega 3fat and tends to be low in mer-cury, so I often recommendsalmon. However, the processof smoking salmon addssodium. The amount variesgreatly from one brand to an-other, but about 500 mil-ligrams sodium per ounce isan average — that’s a lot ifyou are consuming severalounces several times weekly,so be careful of that. We rec-ommend less than 2,400 mg ofsodium daily.

There is a theoretical con-cern of higher cancer risk, es-pecially stomach cancer, inpeople who eat a lot of smokedfoods, but I doubt the risk issubstantial in the amountsyou are consuming. Still, be-cause of the sodium, I wouldrecommend changing at leastsome of your salmon intake tofresh, not smoked.

DEAR DRS. DONOHUEAND ROACH: The past fewtimes I’ve seen my doctor, anurse has taken my bloodpressure and said it’s “a littlehigh.” The doctor never men-tioned it. If my doctor isn’tconcerned, should I be? — J.B.

ANSWER: I, too, would as-sume that your blood pressuredoesn’t call for treatment ifthe doctor says nothing. I don’tunderstand why your bloodpressure is a state secret.Come right out and ask whatit is. Blood pressure usuallyisn’t treated with medicineuntil it reaches 130/90.

TO READERS: The book-let on heart attacks,America’sNo. 1 killer, explains whathappens, how they are treatedand how they are avoided.Readers can order a copy bywriting: Dr. Donohue — No.102, Box 536475, Orlando, FL32853-6475. Enclose a checkor money order (no cash) for$4.75 U.S./$6 Can. with therecipient’s printed name andaddress. Please allow fourweeks for delivery.

Drs. Donohue and Roachregret that they are unable toanswer individual letters, butwill incorporate them in thecolumn whenever possible.Readers may write the doctorsor request an order form ofavailable health newsletters atP.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL32853-6475 or email ToYour-GoodHealthmed.cornell.eduwith medical questions. Read-ers also may order healthnewsletters from www.rbma-mall.com.

DEAR ABBY:For the last eightyears I have beenthe mother of astar in our localhigh school.Whenone of my boyswould graduate,the next wouldtake over and beeven more ath-letic or musicallytalented— and inmy youngest son’scase, both.Now that they are gone

I can’t stand hearingother parents talk abouttheir children’s accom-plishments. I also can’tstop myself from makingsome comment about howmy sons were better. Iknow it’s wrong, but I stilldo it.Sporting events make

me sad and my husbanddepressed. Is this emptynest?We can’t seem to fig-ure out how to move on.

Have you anysuggestions?Morechildren are out ofthe question. —SPOTLIGHTSDIMMED INOHIO

DEAR S.D.:When people peertoo long into aspotlight —whether directlyor the reflectedglare of someonenearby — it di-

minishes their vision for aperiod of time after thelight is extinguished.What you may fail to

see is that all parents areproud of their kids, and ifyou continue to compareother people’s children un-favorably with your own,you will soon be as wel-come as a polecat at a gar-den party.This is why I urge you

and your husband to takea little time, refocus your

attention to children lessfortunate than your own,and invest some of yourenergy in other youthswho need the encourage-ment and support you cangive. If you do, you will berewarded many timesover.

DEAR ABBY: My ex-husband — who had anaffair — and I have beendivorced for three years,but have been forced intoa roommatesituation due to health

issues on my part and fi-nancial issues on his. Wehave two kids togetherthat I have needed hishelp with.However, there is a

potential “new guy” inmy life who is uncom-fortable that my ex stilllives here.My friends tell me I’m

too nice to have let himstay here for so long. I feel

it’s the charitable thing todo because he hasnowhere to go. I’m alsoafraid my kids will thinkI’m being hateful if I kicktheir father out. Oh myGod, Abby, what do I do?— IN TRANSITION INTENNESSEE

DEAR IN TRANSI-TION: If youwant to stay“stuck” in your predica-ment, allow your formerhusband to continue liv-ing there. If you wouldlike to go onwith your life,then recognize that veryfew men would want todate a woman who hasanother man living withher.By allowing your ex to

stay with you, you haveallowed your children tothink your marriagecould be repaired. If thatis not the case — andsearch your heart beforeanswering that question— then set a time limit

for him to leave.

Dear Abby is writtenby Abigail Van Buren,also known as JeannePhillips, and was

founded by her mother,Pauline Phillips. WriteDear Abby at www.Dear-Abby.com or P.O. Box69440, Los Angeles, CA90069.

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QualityAssurance

Test Welders

Select-Arc, Inc. is seeking qualified welding technicians to work inits Fort Loramie laboratory facility conducting welding inspectionand product evaluations. Candidates must have general weldingtraining or possess general welding experience with the capabilityof providing quality inspection welding work. Process training inFCAW or GMAW a plus.

Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package offered.Apply here, email, fax resume to Human Resources at Select-Arc,Inc., 600 Enterprise Dr., P.O. Box 259, Fort Loramie, OH. 45845. Fax(888) 511-5217. E-mail hr@select-arc.com. No phone calls please.

Select-Arc, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.2350431

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In observance of theCHRISTMAS

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of theSidney Daily NewsTroy Daily NewsPiqua Daily Call

andWeekly Record Heraldwill be closing at

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LOST CAT. Long blackhair, white paws and blindin one eye. Lost in area ofMeranda Rd. Please call(937)394-8222 with info.

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BUTCH EMSWILER -Happy Birthday. Con-gratulations on making itto 80 years old! Love,your sons - Jamie andAdam

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Norcold, Inc., recog-nized as the leader inrefrigerator manufactur-ing for the RV, truckingand marine industries, iscurrently accepting re-sumes for a 3rd ShiftMaintenance Technicianat our Gettysburg, Ohiofacility.

This position requires allaspects of maintenanceexperience with prefer-ence towards mechani-cal, fabrication, hydraul-ic and pneumatic skills.Duties will include main-tenance of the manufac-turing plant and equip-ment. Specific concen-trations will include ma-chine repair and rebuild-ing of manufacturingequipment. Electrical ex-perience is a plus.

All candidates must bewilling to work 2am–10am, overtime and oth-er shifts when required.

We offer an excellentbenefits package includ-ing health, dental,401(K) and many oth-ers.

For confidential consid-eration, please forwardyour resume and salaryhistory to:

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No phone calls please

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DENTAL HYGENTISTCapable of administer-ing local anestheticneeded for high qualityperiodontal practice onThursdays only. Sendresume to:

1569 McKaig AveTroy OH 45373

Automotive manufac-turing facility has 2ndshift openings availablein Anna, OH.

Part Time and Full Time.Long Term Assign-ments. May train on 1stshift for up to 3 months.$13.00 @hr for full time.$12.00 for Part time.2nd Shift Starting pay$13.90 for Full time.$12.90 for Part time.Pay raises based onhours worked. Maximumpay $16.30 after approx.2 yrs. Paid time off + 7paid holidays for fulltime employees.

Must have High SchoolDiploma or GED. Musthave good work history.No terminations withinpast 3 years. Must sub-mit to background checkand drug screen pluswritten and physicaltesting.

To apply: Log onto:WWW.SPHERION.APPONE.COM

EdisonCommunity

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invites qualifiedcandidates to apply forthe following positions:

Academic ProjectSpecialist

Head WomenʼsVolleyball CoachFor a complete listing of

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MEMBERSSeeking team memberswho want to build a ca-reer with our growingcompany. The ideal can-didate should be highlymotivated, excel in teamenvironments and, have3-5 years of manufactur-ing experience. Theplant operates on a12-hour shift basis withcurrent openings on the7pm to 7am shift. Weoffer a highly competi-tive wage and full bene-fits.

Please send resumesto:

HUMAN RESOURCES319 S. Vine St.

Fostoria, OH 44830

HELP WANTED, 21 OROVER, MUST BEFLEXIBLE ON HOURS,PC EXPERIENCE, SID-NEY LOCATION, 1524MICHIGAN STREET,CALL (419)788-7045

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Please send resume to:

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• Paid vacations andholidays

• Weekend Bonus• Flexible schedules• Orientationprovided

• and much more!

For more informationplease contact,Diane Voisin,Scheduler

Wapakoneta Manor1010 Lincoln Ave.Wapakoneta, OH

45895419-738-3711

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Must have valid CDLwith two years recentdriving experience, fairlyclean MVR. This wouldbe an afternoon startdriver- same route,same truck each day.We offer paid holidays,paid vacation, grouphealth and 401k. If inter-ested call Ed Kraetsch-mer at Bee Line Inc419-453-2273.

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CASH DISBURSEMENTSTotal Wages $23,281.43Total Benefits $1,772.28Total Adm. Expenses $5,142.65Total Race Expenses $830.35Total Supplies $13,810.35Total Utilities $46,739.25Racing Expenses $26,848.37Total Service Expenses $114,896.37Total Property Expenses $31,456.93Total Advertising $20,659.49Total Repairs $16,190.03Total Insurance $8,367.44Total Rent/Lease Expenses $13,663.17Capital Outlays $0.00Total Debt Service $13,746.50Sr. Fair Expenses $21,970.76Contest Expenses $12,629.82Jr. Fair Expenses $19,082.15Other fair expenses $7,216.43TOTAL CASH DISBURSEMENTS $398,303.67

Excess Cash Receiptsover Cash Disbursements $37,559.51

Cash Balance 12/1/11 $7,173.25Purchase of CDs $0.00Sale of CDs $0.00Cash Balance 11/30/12 $44,732.76

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ARC WELDER, Sears230 amp electric, new hel-met, works good, $125(937)552-7752

BERNINA sewing ma-chine, good condition,make offer (937)251-9643

COUNTER CHAIRS: 4oak kitchen counterchairs. High backs, swivelseats. One Captainschair, $125.(937)710-1186

EXERCISE EQUIPMENTAb circle, $150 (NEW!)and A-frame, $40.(937)497-1018

GOOD STUFF Cheap forChristmas, Lead CrystalCompote, plus and oth-ers; oil painting 32x27;new and used- mens Bur-berry coat, London Fogjacket, all weather, silkand cashmere scarves;womens cardigan andpullover pure wool sweat-ers, Lambskin short coat;Beautiful China 10 placesettings plus; WilliamRogers silverware 12place settings plus, Swissblue Topaz AAA necklace8.5 ct, earrings 2.5 ct.each, all items fraction ofretail, details, pricing, ap-pointment, cell(937)497-1929 evening orlater

HANDMADE QUILTS,New. 2 queen size 49er's,$60-$65. 2 twin ginghamstyle, and 2 others. Callfor details. (937)492-8931

KIRBY SWEEPER, OlderKirby Legend II sweeper,with shampooer, asking$95.00 or best offer,(937)498-1020

LEATHER JACKET,Cleveland Browns, sizeXXL, $250. Serious inquir-ies only, (937)339-4608.

MATTRESS GENIE, Kingsize. Lifts head or feet tositting position. Goes un-der mattress. Excellentcondition. Remote control.$95. (937)492-9896

RIFLE, Winchester Model94 SE, large loop lever,30-30, 1987, never beenfired, original box, saddlemodel. Barrels only 16".$600. (937)698-6362

SCRAPBOOKING SUP-PLIES, miscellaneousrubber stamps, etc. Start-ing at $3 each,(937)498-9822

SOFA BED, Serta, Floralprint, like new, $350,Washer & Dryer, $75,Homedic heated backmassager, used twice,$75, (937)308-4986

SPORT JACKET, 100%pure cashmere, size 44L,dry cleaned and ready tobe worn, $45,(937)498-9822.

STOVE TOP Frigidaireceramic stove top, white$200. (937)698-6362

WANTED! Need money?I buy guns, gold and silvercoins. Fair prices.(937)698-6362

WHEELCHAIR, Manual,supports up to 600 lbs.$350. (937)698-6362

CHIHUAHUA PUPPIESborn November 7th. 1male, 3 females. $100each. (937)489-1866

LOTS OF new sweaters,fancy collars with bling.Fun toys! Maltese, Hava-nese, Poodles. Garwick'sthe Pet People(419)795-5711. garwicks-thepetpeople.com

PUPPIES, Bishon Frise,Miniature Poodle, Yorkie-Poo, Morkie, males $275,(419)925-4339

WEIMARANER PUPPYAKC, 8 weeks old, vetchecked, tails, nails andhave been wormed. Firstshots, ready for goodhomes. (1) Blue, (2) Sil-vers, (3) females, Parentson premises. $600.(937)658-0045

YORKIE-POO PUPPIES.1 female, 3 males. Small,non-shedding pups. Willbe ready January 10th.Taking deposits now.$250, (419)582-4211.

CASH, top dollar paid!Junk cars/ trucks, running/non-running. I will pick up.( 9 3 7 ) 7 1 9 - 3 0 8 8 ,(937)270-2649

WE PAY cash for your oldtoys, antiques, and col-lectibles! Star Wars, GIJoes, Magic the Gatheringpostcards, pre-1980'scomics, much more,(937)606-0405.

1989 FORD VAN clubwagon, good condition,new parts, runs good,$1600 OBO(937)552-7752

1993 HONDA Accord, 2door beige sporty coupe,runs and shifts smoothly,automatic, $1500(937)552-9986

1994 JEEP Wrangler,4x4, nice, clean, mostlyredone, low miles, greaton gas, 4 cycle, 5 speedmanual, $4500 OBO cashonly, no trades(937)776-9789 (Piqua)

1996 HONDA ACCORDLX Manual transmission,156,000 miles. $2950.Call (937)214-2373

2001 GMC Sonoma, newtires, 119,000 miles, toolbox, great gas mileage!$3000. Call(937)214-5065.

2002 DODGE GrandCaravan Sport, 186kMiles, $2850,(937)214-5798

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Ages 4 and UnderCiara Meyer, age 4, daughter of Clint and Stacy Meyer of Anna

Ages 8 to 10Gavin Kemper, age 9, son of Dean and Polly Kemper of Fort Loramie

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AGES 4 & UNDERCiara MeyerOwen ZimpferAvery BarhorstOliver SchmergeNola WelkerGus Starr

AGES 5 TO 7Maddison VanDeGriftGavin Schmerge

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