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Carr-Fyke• Lilliam Yvonne “Bonnie”

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City, county and Ohio De-partment of Transportationcrews easily handled 2012’sfirst accumulating snow Mon-day and Tuesday as the un-usually mild winter turnedcold and blustery with avengeance over the holidayweekend.

Less than an inch of thewhite stuff fell, but road crewsmanned their trucks, layingdown salt to keep roadways,bridges and steep hills free ofany ice.

Riverside Schools, HighPoint Career Center and In-dian Lake Schools, all inLogan County, operated on de-layed schedules Tuesday.

Shelby County EngineerBob Guey said county roadcrews salted all routes Mon-day and Tuesday, “with verylittle plowing necessary.”

Sidney Street Supt. MartyKeifer said city crews com-pleted their first salting eventof the winter Monday, hittingstreets at 8 a.m. Eight trucksreturned at 4 a.m. Tuesday tohandle icing issues and anydrifting from windblown flur-ries.

Ohio Department of Trans-portation crews were also busysalting roadways again Tues-day, their efforts focused on In-terstate 75 and itsmajor accesshighways. Ten crews operatedduring daytime hours and ninecrews worked overnight.

Salt trucks were expectedto remain on call today aslight snow (10 percent chance)was expected throughout theday accompanied by a south-west wind.

A check of Sidney Police,the Shelby County Sheriff ’soffice and Piqua Post of theOhio Highway Patrol showedno major accidents in thecounty, only the usual slideoffs on rural roads not yettreated.

The virtually snow-freemonth of December has re-sulted in significant savingsin road care expenses for allarea agencies, including saltand diesel fuel.

City Superintendent Keiferfigured Tuesday the city ofSidney has saved between$12,000 and $15,000 on the225 tons of road salt it nor-mally would have used duringNovember and December.

And while he said he hasyet to crunch the numbers,Guey shared the fact countyroad crews ran every day inthe month of December2010.

Mandi Abner, Ohio Depart-ment of Transportation Infor-mation officer, shared snowand ice cost figures for themonths of November and De-cember showing total snowand ice removal costs of just$46,884 in 2011, compared to$211,681 in 2010. Materialcosts last year were $10,875compared to $91,764 in 2010.

U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan hasfiled for re-election to a fourthterm in theHouse of Rep-resentativesin Ohio’s 4thCongressionalDistrict. TheRepub l i c anfrom Urbana,who hasserved in theHouse since2007, is one ofthree candidates who filedFriday with the LorainCounty Board of Elections torun in the March 6 primary.

A pending legal caseagainst Jamie J. Seitz, 1052North St.,Piqua, hasbeen contin-ued.

The jurytrial for the at-tempted mur-der, assaultand kidnap-ping case wasset to begin onJan. 10 butwas continued to Feb. 14. Ac-cording to Darcy Winchester,Assignment Commissioner

Christen and Rick Reedy, ofSidney, were the first to wel-come a baby at the Copeland-Emerson Family Birth Centerat Wilson Memorial Hospitalin 2012.

Elizabeth Patricia MaeReedy was born at 6:22 a.m.,Jan. 3, 2012, weighing 7pounds and 4 ounces.

To celebrate the birth of thefirst baby of 2012, the hospitalpresented the baby with nu-merous gifts including ahandmade afghan crocheted

by one of Wilson’s volunteers,a plush stuffed puppy,hand/body lotion for mom,scented hand sanitizer, a fam-ily photo album, a feeding set,a feeding bib, a pacifier pod, ababy memory book and aBravado! Essential camisolefrom the Wilson MemorialSweet Beginnings LactationBoutique.

In addition, Picture PerfectPhotos & Design has donateda free child session and photopackage valued at $104; Alli-

son’s Custom Jewelry has pro-vided a $25 gift certificate;Francis Furniture, a kid’swooden rocker; Ron & Nita’s,the baby’s first pair of shoes;Clancy’s, a travel mug and$20 gift certificate; and theMedicine Shoppe, a gift bas-ket for the baby.

To see Baby Reedy or anyother baby born atWilson Me-morial Hospital, visitwww.wilsonhospital.com andclick on the “Baby Photos”link.

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CHRISTEN REEDY holds her new baby, Elizabeth Patricia Mae, Reedy, who was the first babyborn at Copeland-Emerson Family Birth Center at Wilson Memorial Hospital in 2012. Elizabethwas born Tuesday morning. With Mrs. Reedy are her husband, Rick Reedy, and their son,Dean Reedy, 7, all of Sidney.

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BRIAN ADAMS sleds down a hill at the Moose Golf Coursewith his younger sister, Claire Adams, 6, both of Sidney, Tues-day. They are the children of John and Tara Adams.


It’s a snowy new year for county

Couple welcome firstbaby born in 2012

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Police logMONDAY

-11:04 a.m.: con-tempt. Sidney police ar-rested Tommy L., Arnett,26, of Piqua, on a con-tempt warrant.

SUNDAY-12:52 p.m.: assault.

Police responded to the500 block of JeffersonStreet on a report of anassault and arrestedAmanda Ritchie, 25, 534Jefferson St.-3:10 a.m.: arrest. Po-

lice responded to the in-tersection of FourthAvenue and Park Streetand arrested RickySharp, 20, 1816 FairOaks Drive, for assaultand prohibitions, and Fe-licia Alstaetter, 24, 512 S.Miami Ave., for disor-derly conduct.-2:34 a.m.: arrest. Po-

lice responded to theDawg Pound Lounge, 553N. Vandemark Road, andarrested Robin Goings,30, and Matthew Keith,27, for disorderly con-duct.-1:06 a.m.: arrest.

During a traffic stop atSouth Wilkinson Avenueand Court Street policearrested Joel N. Weaver,20, 114 Liberty St.,Quincy, for operating avehicle while under theinfluence (OVI) and drugabuse, and ChristopherD. Weaver, 23, 114 Lib-erty St., Quincy, for drugabuse.

SATURDAY-11:32 p.m.: criminal

trespass. Police re-sponded to the 200 blockof Jefferson Street andarrested Tiffany S. John-son, 23, for criminal tres-pass.-10:01 a.m.: OVI. Po-

lice arrested William Al-lenbaugh, 58, for OVI.-9:34 a.m.: discharg-

ing firearms. Police re-sponded to 333Enterprise Ave.and ar-rested David L. Sparklin,57, for allegedly pointinga handgun at a man andthen firing the gun intothe ceiling. Sparklin ischarged with aggravated

menacing and discharg-ing firearms.-6:06 a.m.: contempt.

Police arrested Joe Brun,42, at large, for a con-tempt warrant.-1:55 a.m.: OVI.Police

arrested KaraM.Mullen,29, for OVI.-12:14 a.m.: OVI. Po-

lice arrested ChristopherR. Simons, 42, for OVI.

FRIDAY-7:54 p.m.: theft. Po-

lice arrested EugeneWoodruff II, 47, 821Chestnut Ave., on a theftwarrant.-5:47 p.m.: arrest.Po-

lice arrested Dylan Star-buck, 25, 1070 StephensRoad, for tampering withevidence, possession ofcriminal tools, and pos-session of drug parapher-nalia.-8:06 a.m.: contempt.

Police arrested MarvinGardner, 40, of Dayton,on a bench warrant forcontempt.

Fire, rescueTUESDAY

-12:57 a.m.: medical.Sidney paramedics re-sponded to the 800 blockof South Ohio Avenue ona medical call.

MONDAY-10:25 p.m.: injury.

Medics responded to a re-port of an injury on the3000 block of Cisco Road.-7:48 p.m.: medical.

Medics responded to the1500 block of Cumber-landAvenue on amedicalcall.-1:16 p.m.: medical.

Medics responded to the400 block of North MainAvenue on amedical call.-12:17 p.m.: medical.

Medics responded to amedical call on the 100block of EdgewoodStreet.-9:37 a.m.: medical.

Medics responded to the200 block of Piper Streeton a medical call.-7:38 a.m.: medical.

Medics responded to amedical call on the 200block of East SouthStreet.-3:51 a.m.: medical.

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CITY RECORD

PUBLIC RECORD Sidney Daily News,Wednesday, January 4,2012

Medics responded to amedical call on the 600block of Marilyn Drive.-1:52 a.m.: alarm.

Firefighters were dis-patched to 911 S. Vande-mark Road on an alarm.It was a detector mal-function.

SUNDAY-6:40 p.m.: alarm.

Firefighters were dis-patched to 911 S. Vande-mark Road for a smokedetector activation. Itwas a detector malfunc-tion.-4:17 p.m.: medical.

Medics responded to the1500 block of Cumber-landAvenue on amedicalcall.-3:14 p.m.: medical.

Medics responded to the1700 block of Fair OaksDrive on a medical call.-Noon: medical.

Medics responded to the500 block of CulvertStreet on a medical call.-10:57 a.m.: accident.

Medics responded to the91-mile marker of Inter-state 75 on a report of anaccident. Two peoplewere transported to Wil-son Memorial Hospital.-5:04 a.m.: medical.

Medics responded to the200 block of East CourtStreet on a medical call.-3:13 a.m.: injury.

Medics responded to theintersection of ParkStreet and Fourth Av-enue on a report of an in-jury.-3:10 a.m.: medical.

Medics responded to the500 block of GearhartRoad on a medical call.

SATURDAY-11:20 p.m.: CO. Fire-

fighters were dispatchedto 1236 North KutherRoad for a carbonmonox-ide investigation.No haz-ard was found.There wasa problem with thehome’s CO detector.-6:43 p.m.: medical.

Medics responded to the3000 block of Cisco Road

on a medical call.-4:28 p.m.: medical.

Medics responded to the1100 block of AmherstDrive on a medical call.-2:15 p.m.: medical.

Medics responded to amedical call on the 100block of Stewart Drive.-4:56 a.m.: medical.

Medics responded to amedical call on the 400block of Oak Avenue.-4:27 a.m.: medical.

Medics responded to the700 block of FultonStreet on a medical call.-2:09 a.m.: medical.

Medics responded to amedical call on the 2500block of North KutherRoad.-1:34 a.m.: medical.

Medics responded to the1000 block of HayesStreet on a medical call.

FRIDAY-7:30 p.m.: medical.

Medics responded to the3000 block of Cisco Roadon a medical call.-7:05 p.m.: injury.

Medics responded to areport of an injury on the800 block of West Park-wood Street.-5:41 p.m.: injury.

Medics responded to areport of an injury on the800 block of FieldingRoad.-5:35 p.m.: medical.

Medics responded to the1200 block of HamiltonCourt on a medical call.-1:37 p.m.: medical.

Medics responded to the1000 block of Fair Roadon a medical call.-1:30 p.m.: medical.

Medics responded to the800 block of CountrySide Street on a medicalcall.-12:08 p.m.: injury.

Medics responded to areport of an injury on the1200 block of Constitu-tion Avenue.-11:20 a.m.: medical.

Medics responded to the2300 block of IndustrialDrive on a medical call.

Fire, rescueMONDAY

-8:30 p.m.: accident.Fort Loramie Fire,Houston Rescue, ShelbyCounty Sheriff ’sdeputies and Ohio StateHighway Patrol re-sponded to a report of aone vehicle roll over ac-cident on 5348 Range-line Road. No furtherinformation was avail-able at press time.-6:56 p.m.: chimney

fire. Russia Fire andVersailles Fire re-sponded to 9816 Darke-Shelby Road on a reportof a chimney fire.-5:29 p.m.: injury.

Anna Rescue and Jack-son Center Rescue re-sponded to the 500 blockof North Main Street ona report of an injury.-5:09 p.m.: medical.

Perry-Port-Salem Res-cue responded to a re-port of an injury on the300 block of North LaneStreet.-5:01 p.m.: injury.

Jackson Center Rescueresponded to the 400block of East Pike Streeton a report of an injury.

-12:31 p.m.: fire.Maplewood Fire re-sponded to 21222 Maple-wood Road on a report ofa stove overheating.-11:56 a.m.: medical.

Fort Loramie Rescue re-sponded to a medical callon the 60 block of Dog-wood Drive.-9:59 a.m.: injury.

Houston Rescue re-sponded to the 400 blockof Miami ConservancyRoad on a report of aninjury.-9:01 a.m.: accident.

Anna Rescue andBotkins Fire respondedto the 102-mile markerof Interstate 75 on a re-port of a one vehicle ac-cident. No informationwas available from theOhio State Highway Pa-trol.-6:47 a.m.: accident.

Anna Rescue andBotkins Fire respondedto Auglaize County on areport of a van that hadrolled over multipletimes with unknown in-juries. The accident washandled by the OhioState Highway Patroland no further informa-tion was available.

COUNTY RECORD

BOE to meet tonightJACKSON CENTER — The Jackson Center

Local School District Board of Education will meetfor their reorganizational meeting tonight at 6 p.m.The regular monthly meeting will follow the re-or-ganizational portion of the meeting.New and re-elected board members Kristen

Davis, Matt Kohler and Brad Wren will be swornin. The board will also elect a president and vicepresident and will establish the regular meetingtimes and locations for this year.The board will alsomeet in executive session to discuss the employ-ment of public employees.The board will also hear informational items in-

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FORT LORAMIE —The Fort Loramie Boardof Education will reor-ganize for 2012 during a7 p.m. meeting tonight.After administering

oaths of office to newly-elected and re-electedmembers, a presidentand vice president willbe elected for 2012.The board will also

set times, dates and lo-cations for regular meet-ings, approve standingcommittees and supportgroup representativesand appoint a legislativeliaison board member.A board spokesperson

and public record de-signee will be appointedas well as a legal coun-cil.

Meeting set for tonight

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Barbara ‘Vicki’ V.Kinsella

NASHVILLE, Tenn.— Pamela Marie “Sun-shine” Carr-Fyke, 65, of5212 RaywoodLane, formerlyof Pemberton,passed awaySunday, Jan. 1,2012, at theSkyline Med-ical Center inN a s h v i l l e ,Tenn.

She was born onDec.6, 1946, in Botkins,the daughter of the lateElmo and Wanda(Lotridge) Stegeman.

She was first mar-ried to Thomas Carr Sr.who preceded her indeath on Feb. 19, 1998.

On March 18, 2000,she married Charles J.Fyke who survivesalong with two sons,Anthony and PeggyCarr, of Celina, andThomas and Robin CarrJr., of Pemberton; onedaughter, Mrs. Andy(Jeannette) Templeton,of Punta Gorda, Fla.;seven grandchildren;four stepgrandchildren;and one great-grand-child. Also survivingare three sisters, Cyn-thia and Venard Fisher,Susie and RaymondKohler, both of Wa-pakoneta, Amy andDave Skinner, ofBotkins; and onebrother, William Stege-

man, of Pemberton.In addition to her

parents andfirst husbandshe was alsopreceded indeath by twostepchildren.

Mrs. Fykewas employedat theCopeland Corp.where she re-

tired in 2000 after 30years of service. Pamelawas a life member ofthe Shelby County DeerHunters Associationand she loved spendingtime with her familyand friends.Funeral services

will be held Mondayat 10:30 a.m. at theCromes FuneralHome, 302 S. MainAve., with PastorDon Burley officiat-ing. Burial will be atCedar Point Ceme-tery in Pasco.The family will re-

ceive friends on Sun-day from 1 to 4 p.m.at the funeral home.

The family suggeststhat memorials may bemade to a charity of thedonor’s choice in mem-ory of Pamela Carr-Fyke.

Condolences may beexpressed to the Carr-Fyke family at the fu-neral home’s website,www.cromesfh.com.

Barbara “Vicki” V.Kinsella, 70, 109 W.Edgewood St., died ather residence on Mon-day, Jan. 2, 2012.

Funeral arrange-ments are pending atSalm-McGill and Tange-man Funeral Home.

Catherine Wagner

The Mass of Chris-tian Burial for FrancesCatherine Wagner willbe at 10:30 a.m.Wednes-day, Jan, 4, 2012, at HolyAngels Catholic Churchin Sidney.

Salm-McGill andTangeman FuneralHome is in charge ofarrangements.

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Lillian Yvonne ‘Bonnie’ SimsL i l l i a n

Yvonne “Bon-nie” Sims, wasborn on Oct. 13,1924, one of 12children inMorning View,Ky., to the lateJames Alfredand Alice(Mills) Cummins. Ourbeloved Christianmother, grandmother,great -grandmother,faithful family memberand friend of many en-tered into eternal rest onJan. 1, 2012.

On Aug. 11, 1943. shewas joined in holy matri-mony to Robert Sims Sr.with whom she spentmany loving and happyyears, and from thisunion they were blessedwith five children: RuthMae, Robert, Jamie,Alice and Karen.

Bonnie was a loyaland dedicated follower ofJesus Christ! She was amember of Mount Ver-non Baptist Church inSidney for many years.She later joined OnlyBelieve Ministries inBotkins where PastorPeter Doseck is in lead-ership. She retired fromStolle Corp.

Bonnie leaves alegacy of the value ofwisdom and most impor-tantly she taught us tobelieve in God. She wasa mother of prayer witha firm spiritual founda-tion. She understood theseasons and values oflife. She was also a greatmix of tenderness andiron-hard strength. Thisincredible gift from ourmother (87 years old) of-fers tribute to the wiselessons she passed on tous. The substantial lifedeposit made a differ-ence in our life that willcontinue to flow forwardto many generations tocome.

Bonnie always felt

“100 in theshade” and thesky was herlimit. She hadenergy that in-spired others(even when sit-ting on herporch). She wasa mother of dig-

nity and character, amother who governedher emotions and al-lowed her love to over-flow. She mastered theart of being beautiful.She was a remarkableperson, a handcraftedaddition to God’s awe-some creation. She willbe greatly missed by allwho knew and loved her.

Bonnie leaves to cele-brate a victorious life inChrist three children:Robert Sims Jr. (Julie),Alice Riley, Karen Knott(Arthur); grandchildren,great-grandchildren,g r e a t - g r e a t -grandchildren, sisters-in law, brother-in-lawand a host of many otherrelatives and friends.Funeral services

will be held Friday at2:30 p.m. at CromesFuneral Home andCrematory, 302 S.Main Ave, with PastorFred Gillenwater offi-ciating. Following thefuneral service Mrs.Sims’ body will be cre-mated. Burial will beat a later date atGraceland Cemeteryin Sidney.The family will re-

ceive friends on Fri-day from 12:30 p.m.until the hour of serv-ice.

Memorials may bemade to Russell RoadChristian Center inmemory of LillianYvonne Sims.

Condolences may beexpressed to the Simsfamily at the funeralhome’s website,www.cromesfh.com

Bonnie Mae HarrodH U B E R

HEIGHTS —Bonnie MaeHarrod, 82, ofHuber Heights,and formerly ofSidney, passedaway Saturday,Dec. 31, 2011.

She was bornMay 16, 1929, in Dayton,to the late Carl andCelia (Weldon) South.

She is survived by herchildren, Riola (Ron)Isaac, Sheryl (J.D.)Childers, Donna (Bill)Urqhardt, ReginaHawkins and Patricia(Larry) England; step-sons, Frankie (Irene)Harrod, Donald Harrodand James Harrod; 22grandchildren, 53 great-grandchildren and 11g r e a t - g r e a t -grandchildren; one sis-ter, Phyllis Palmer.

Bonnie was precededin death by her firsthusband, Ray Barnett,

and second hus-band, JamesHarrod; onedaughter, Dar-lene Baker; twobrothers andone sister.Visi tat ion

will be heldWedne sday,

Jan. 4, 2012, from 5 to8 p.m. at NewcomerFuneral Home, 4104Needmore Road,where funeral serv-ices will be heldThursday, Jan. 5,2012, at 10 a.m. withPastor Lanny Kellyofficiating. Burialwill follow in River-side Cemetery inWest Milton.

If desired, donationsmay be made to Cross-roads Hospice.

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Statewide, aspokesman said ODOThas spent $2.8 millionthis winter dealing withsnow — a drop in thebucket compared to$18.5 million by this datein 2010.

Some relief from chillwinds and falling tem-peratures could occurtoday as forecasts call fora slight warming withhighs in the mid-30s.

The forecast forThursday is sunny witha high around 40 andFriday could be sunnyand milder with highsnear 50 degrees.

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for Shelby County Com-mon Pleas Court, therewere more things thatneeded to be tested atthe crime lab so the casehas been pushed backone month. ShelbyCounty Common PleasJudge James F. Steven-son ordered additionaltesting of additional evi-dence.

Seitz was convicted inMay of one count of at-tempted murder, onecount of felonious as-sault and three counts ofkidnapping. Stevensonoverturned the verdictand granted Seitz a newtrial in August, followingtestimony by three ju-rors in the original case

stating the judge’s ad-monishments to avoidreading or viewing any-thing about the ongoingtrial had been disobeyedand had influenced theirdecision to find Seitzguilty.

Seitz was first ar-rested following a Dec.16, 2010 incident inwhich he is alleged tohave abducted and as-saulted a 27-year-oldwoman, at an apartmentin Sidney, and to havetaken her against herwill to Piqua. Seitz was aformer co-owner of theformer Broade StreetGrille. The woman wasan employee of therestaurant.

Other candidates forthe seat are Chris Kalla,a Libertarian Partymember from Lima, run-ning as a write-in candi-date and James N.Stone, of Elyria, whofiled as a Democrat.

Jordan, Slone andKalla are the only threecandidates to representthe district. They will allmove on to the Novem-ber general election bal-lot to represent thenewly-shaped 4th Con-gressional District,which now stretchesacross all or part of 13counties.

The gerrymandered4th District takes in allof Allen, Auglaize,Shelby, Logan, Cham-paign, Union, Marion,Crawford and Senacacounties and parts ofMercer, Sandusky,Huron, Erie and Loraincounties.

The previous 4th Dis-trict included 11 coun-ties: Allen, Auglaize,Shelby, Champaign,Logan, Hardin, Han-cock, Wyandot, Marion,Morrow and Richland.

Even though redis-tricting divides LorainCounty into three con-gressional districts, it’snow the most populous

county in the 4th Dis-trict, making it thecounty where candi-dates for Congress mustfile. In the district’s pre-vious form, candidatesfiled in Richland County.

The changes cameabout two weeks agowhen Gov. John Kasichsigned a GOP-driven re-districting bill into law.Besides redrawing 18congressional districtsinto 16, the measurecombined the separateDemocratic and Repub-lican primaries inMarch and June intoone primary on March 6.A previous filing dead-line of Dec. 7 was de-clared null and void,requiring candidates forcongressional and presi-dential primaries to re-file by Friday.

Ohio lost two congres-sional seats as a resultof declining populationfigures in the 2010 cen-sus. The contraction setthe stage for three in-cumbent face-offs, one ofwhich evaporated Fri-day when second-termRep. Steve Austria, R-Beavercreek, announcedhe would not challengeRep.Mike Turner for the10th Congressional Dis-trict.

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No charges filed yet in fatal bus accidentCharges have not yet

been filed against anAnna bus driver involvedin a fatal accident.

The accident hap-pened on Oct. 25 at theintersection of Fort Lo-ramie-Swanders andHardin-Wapakonetaroads. The school busdriver, Deborah A. Nagel,54, of Anna, was cited byShelby County Sheriff ’s

deputies for a stop signviolation at the intersec-tion.

According to reports,Nagel did not see thetruck approaching the in-tersection when she en-tered it and struck thevehicle traveling west onFort Loramie SwandersRoad driven by Roger R.Heitkamp, 65, of Fort Lo-ramie. Both vehicles

went off the roadway andcame to rest in a field onthe northwest corner ofthe intersection.

Heitkamp was takenby CareFlight to MiamiValley Hospital with seri-ous injuries. He died onNov. 25 at Miami ValleyHospital. The Sheriff ’sOffice is still waiting onthe coroner’s report be-fore any charges are con-

sidered in the case.Anna Superintendent

Andy Bixler said follow-ing the accident thatNagel was a veteranschool bus driver withmore than 20 years of ex-perience and was knownfor being “caring, cautiousand conservative.” Thenine children on boardthe bus at the time of thecrash were not injured.

BULLETIN BOARD

MARIA STEIN —Alan Broering, of MariaStein, received the Doc-tor of Chiropractic degreefrom the College of Pro-fessional Studies at Na-tional University ofHealth Sciences duringcommencement cere-monies held in Lombard,Ill., Dec. 15.

While completing theDoctor of Chiropracticdegree at NUHS, Broer-ing also served a one-year clinical internshipwith a special focus onintegrative medicine. Be-fore entering the Doctorof Chiropractic programat NUHS, Broering com-pleted an undergraduatedegree at The Ohio StateUniversity.

“We are very proud ofAlan and all of our grad-uates, as our academicprogram is among themost rigorous in this pro-fession," said NUHSPresident Dr. James F.Winterstein.

Broeringgets degree

Residentsearn degrees

Blood drivescheduled

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Wednesday, January 4,2012

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DAYTON — The publicwill have an opportunity tocelebrate the Doolittle TokyoRaiders as the World War IIaviation heroes commemo-rate the 70th anniversary ofthe raid on Japan duringtheir reunion April 17-20 atthe National Museum of theU.S. Air Force.

On April 18, 1942, 80 menachieved the unimaginablewhen they took off from anaircraft carrier on a top-se-cret mission to bomb Japan.These men, led by Lt. Col.James H. “Jimmy” Doolittle,came to be known as theDoolittle Tokyo Raiders.

At this time, all five of theliving Doolittle TokyoRaiders — Lt. Col. RichardE. Cole, Lt. Col. Robert L.Hite, Lt. Col. Edward J. Say-lor, Maj. Thomas C. Griffinand Master Sgt. David J.Thatcher — are able totravel and plan to be onhand for the reunion events.

The full reunion schedule,which is available athttp://www.nationalmu-seum.af.mil/doolittle.asp,

features plans for many freeevents, including two auto-graph sessions, a memorialservice and B-25 flyover.

In addition, the film,“Thirty Seconds OverTokyo,” will be shown forfree in the museum’s CarneyAuditorium on April 18.

The public will also be in-vited to purchase tickets toattend two lunches and anevening banquet with theRaiders. Seating is limitedand additional informationon how to purchase ticketswill be released in February.

As a special tribute to the

Raiders during the reunion,the Doolittle Tokyo RaidersAssociation Inc. is workingto secure enough sponsor-ship funding to fly in andland 25 B-25 Mitchellbombers on the runway be-hind the museum. If their ef-forts are successful, thisaviation event would be thelargest gathering of B-25ssince World War II.

Those interested in help-ing to make this flight of B-25 bombers possible shouldcontact Tom Casey with theDoolittle Tokyo Raiders As-sociation Inc. at (941) 921-7361 or by email [email protected] orLarry Kelley at (410) 991-2356 or by email at [email protected].

The National Museum ofthe United States Air Forceis located on SpringfieldStreet, six miles northeast ofdowntown Dayton. It is open9 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days aweek (closed Thanksgiving,Christmas and New Year’sDay). Admission and park-ing are free.

The Sidney-Shelby CountyYMCA Leaders Club com-pleted a service project re-cently as part of OperationChristmas Child.

The mission of OperationChristmas Child is to demon-strate God’s love in a tangibleway to needy children aroundthe world, and together withthe local churches worldwide,to share the Good News ofJesus Christ, project organiz-ers said.

The YMCA Leaders Clubprepared nine shoeboxes forchildren ages 2 though 14years old. The shoeboxes werefilled with items such as smalltoys, hygiene items, schoolsupplies, T-shirts, gum andcandy. Local dentist, Dr.William Huskey, also donatedtoothbrushes and toothpaste.The shoeboxes were thenshipped to needy childrenoverseas.

“In each box, the LeadersClub kids enclosed a picture,note and YMCA address ifthese kids wanted to write ourclub,” said Shirley Sprague,YMCA senior program direc-tor.

ST. MARYS — The 2012 Grand HealthChallenge and Grand Health FamilyChallenge will kick off Monday with na-tionally known speaker Joe Piscatella.The public is invited to participate.

Piscatella will speak at 7 p.m. at thenew St. Marys Memorial High School au-ditorium, located at the corner of Ohio 66and U.S. 33. Participants should park onthe north side of the building.

Joe Piscatella is a nationally knownspeaker and author. He is one of thecountry’s most respected experts on howto live a healthier lifestyle in the realworld, event organizers said. At age 32 hehad a heart attack and two days later re-ceived a cardiac bypass surgery for a 95percent blockage for treatment of aggres-sive coronary disease. He recently cele-brated the 33rd anniversary of thatsurgery, making him one of the longest-

lived survivors of cardiac bypass. He isliving proof that with motivation and theright information, living a balancedlifestyle for optimal health and perform-ance is possible, organizers said. Informa-tion alone is not enough. Piscatella hasthe ability to put a human face on the sci-ence of healthy balanced living, organiz-ers said. He uses his personal experienceto make the information ring true for hisaudience.

Piscatella is the only nonmedical mem-ber who has served on the National Insti-tute of Health Experts on CardiacRehabilitation and is a nationalspokesman on corporate wellness for theAmerican Heart Association. He is a fre-quent guest on “The Today Show,” CNN,“Good Morning America” and Fox News.He has also hosted three PBS televisionspecials on lifestyle and health.

URBANA — The fol-lowing area studentsgraduated from UrbanaUniversity during the118th commencementceremony Dec. 10 in theWarren G. Grimes Cen-ter.

One hundred elevendegrees were conferred:42 master’s, 64 bachelor’sand four associate de-grees.

Area residents gettingdegrees were:

• Kent EdwardMiller, of Sidney, Masterof Business Administra-tion.

• Tricia Lee Alsip, ofSidney, summa cumlaude with a Bachelor ofScience in business man-agement leadership andhuman services leader-ship.

Many events planned forDoolittle Raiders reunion

Photo provided

THE DOOLITTLE Tokyo Raiders are planning their reunioncommemorating the 70th anniversary of the raid. The reunionwill be held at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force onApril 17-20 and will include autograph sessions, a memorialservice at the museum, as well as a public lunch and banquet.

Photo provided

MEMBERSOF the Sidney-Shelby County YMCA Leaders Club show some of the boxes they pre-pared for Operation Christmas Child. Shown front row (l-r) are Alexis Doyle, Abby Ball and Lau-ren Vanderhorst, and back row, Eric Webster, Alex McLain, Kevin Fultz and Adam Vanderhorst.

Club conducts Operation Christmas Child

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NEW KNOXVILLE —The Way Internationalwill host an AmericanRed Cross blood driveSaturday.

The blood drive willbe conducted at The WayInternational’s OutreachServices Center locatedat 19100 East ShelbyRoad from 8 a.m. tonoon. Access to the blooddrive through the EastShelby Road entrancewill be noted with signs.

The drive is open tothe public and walk-insare welcome. Call(800)GIVE-LIFE withany questions or toschedule an appoint-ment.

WILMINGTON — Wilmington Col-lege senior Cayleb M. Paulino, of Sidney,recently was selected for membershipinto Who’s Who Among Students inAmerican Universities and Colleges.

Paulino, a 2007 graduate of SidneyHigh School, is majoring in education.

Who’s Who is a national programthat affords colleges the opportunityto recognize seniors at their campuswho have a grade-point average of2.75 or better and who have demon-strated leadership and/or service tothe college and/or community during

their enrollment.Wilmington College nominees are

evaluated on their scholastic ability,leadership skills, participation in aca-demic and extracurricular activities, cit-izenship, service to the college and theirpotential for future achievement.

Grand Health Challengeto kick off Monday

FINDLAY — Jennifer Seeger,a sophomore occupational ther-apy major, re-c e n t l yperformed in“The Light ofC h r i s tm a s , ”The Universityof Findlay’sC o n c e r t -Chorale Christ-mas concert.

Seeger, a2010 graduateof Sidney High School, is thedaughter of Lisa and RandySeeger, of Sidney.

At UF, Seeger participates inresidence life and choir.

Seeger sings in Christmasconcert at UF

Seeger

Sidney resident named to Who’s Who at college

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NATION/WORLD Sidney Daily News,Wednesday, January 4,2012

DUBAI, United ArabEmirates (AP) — Iranclosed out naval wargames in the Gulf on Tues-day much the way theybegan last month: strikinga tone of military defiancewhile Western powers ral-lied behind tougher oil andfinancial sanctions as acrippling tool againstTehran’s nuclear program.The standoff atmos-

phere — less than a weekafter Iran warned it couldblock one of the world’skey oil tanker sea lanes inresponse to economic pres-sures — appeared todeepen further with anIranian general suggest-ing a U.S. aircraft carrieris not welcome to return tothe Gulf.

Mom-childreunitedSANCLEMENTE,Calif.

(AP) — For most of her 100years,Minka Disbrow triedto find out what became ofthe precious baby girl shegave up for adoption afterbeing raped as a teen.On a summer day in

2006, she got her wish.Disbrow’s then 77-year-

old biological daughterRuth Lee tracked her downto learn more about herfamily’s medical historyafter she suffered fromheart problems.Surprised to find her

after so many years, Leeand her son Brian Lee trav-eled to Southern Californiato see Disbrow.The familieshave stayed in touch eversince.Disbrow says it was like

they had never parted.

BY MARTINCRUTSINGERAssociated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ina major shift, the Federal Re-serve will start announcingfour times a year how long itplans to keep short-term in-terest rates at existing levels,according to minutes from itsDecember policy meeting.The shift marks the Fed’s

latest effort to make its com-munications with the publicmore open and explicit.The change is intended to

reassure consumers and in-vestors that they will be ableto borrow cheaply well intothe future. And some econo-mists said it could lead to fur-ther Fed action to try toinvigorate the economy.The Fed’s first forecast for

interest rates will be includedin the economic projections itwill issue after its Jan. 24-25policy meeting.More guidance on rates

might help lower long-termyields further — in effect pro-viding a kind of stimulus.Lower rates could lead con-sumers and businesses to bor-row and spend more. Theeconomy would likely benefit.Lower yields on bonds also

tend to cause some investorsto shift money into stocks,which can boost wealth andspur more spending.The Fed has left its key

short-term rate at a recordlow near zero for the pastthree years. In August, it saidit planned to leave the ratethere until at least mid-2013,unless the economy improved.In January, the Fed will re-

lease an interest rate forecastfor the October-Decemberquarter of 2012 and for thenext few calendar years, theminutes show. It will updatethat forecast each quarter.After its Dec. 13 policy

meeting, the Fed issued astatement that portrayed theU.S. economy as improvingslightly. It declined to takeany further steps to boostgrowth. The minutes showthat some on the policy com-mittee favored additional ac-tion to try to lift the economy— but only after the Fed’smore explicit communicationpolicy was in place.Mark Zandi, chief econo-

mist at Moody’s Analytics,said he thought the minutessignaled that the Fed willkeep its benchmark rate at arecord low beyond the mid-2013 target it previously set.

“Most people had expectedthe funds rate would start ris-ing in the second half of 2013,”Zandi said. “But Fed officialsseem to be more concernedabout the economy’s prospectsthan investors currentlythink.”Dan Greenhaus, chief

global strategist with BTIG,suggested that the Fed willlaunch another bond buyingprogram later this year to tryto further drive down long-term rates.But Paul Dales, an econo-

mist with Capital Economics,cautioned that the minutescontained few signs that athird round of bond purchasesis imminent. He thinks thatsuch a step would come only ifthe economy weakened.The Fed sketched a slightly

healthier view of the economyafter its last policy meetingfor 2011. Hiring has pickedup.And consumers are spend-ing more despite slowergrowth globally.David Jones, an economist

who has written several booksabout the Fed, said the deci-sion to regularly update thepublic on expectations for in-terest rates carries some risk.If the Fed must alter its rateforecast in response to

changes in the economy, itcould lose credibility with in-vestors.The Fed’s plan for more ex-

plicit guidance on interestrates follows other steps tomake the central bank moretransparent that began underChairman Alan Greenspanand accelerated under thecurrent chairman, BenBernanke.Last year, Bernanke be-

came the first chairman tohold regular news confer-ences. He has also sat for tel-evised interviews and heldtown-hall meetings.Collectively, Bernanke’s ef-

forts have been intended tomake the Fed’s decision-mak-ing process less secretive, tocast himself as open and ac-cessible and to counter hiscritics.Not until Greenspan’s

tenure did the Fed even an-nounce any changes in itsbenchmark rate. Until then,financial firms had to studythe Fed’s purchases of Trea-surys in the bond market totry to determine whether itwas raising or lowering rates.Previous chairmen tended

to think the Fed operated bestwhen it could keep financialmarkets guessing.

Fed to forecast interest-rate changes

‘EmotionalTraffic’ tobe releasedNASHVILLE, Tenn.

(AP) — Tim McGraw’s lat-est studio album “Emo-tional Traffic,” which wasat the crux of a recentcourt battle with hisrecord label, is set to be re-leased Jan. 24.The album features 12

songs including the No. 1single “Felt Good on MyLips.” McGraw said in astatement from CurbRecords that the newalbum is one of his best hehas ever made.Curb Records had sued

McGraw to prevent himfrom recording or signingwith another label until hefulfilled what Curb be-lieved was his obligationfor a fifth album. Curb hadargued that “EmotionalTraffic” was recorded andcompleted too early. Thelabel said it wanted Mc-Graw’s newest songs.

Taliban toopen officeKABUL, Afghanistan

(AP) — The Taliban an-nounced Tuesday thatthey will open an office inthe Persian Gulf nation ofQatar to hold talks withthe United States, an un-precedented step towarda peace process thatmight lead to a windingdown of the 10-year warin Afghanistan.Although U.S. and Tal-

iban representativeshave met secretly severaltimes over the past yearin Europe and the Per-sian Gulf, this is the firsttime the Islamist insur-gent group has publiclyexpressed willingness forsubstantive negotiations.In recent months, the

idea of a Taliban politicaloffice in the Qatari capi-tal of Doha has become acentral element in U.S.efforts to draw the insur-gents into such talks.

It’s finally openingnight for GOP raceDESMOINES, Iowa (AP)—

Texas Rep. Ron Paul, formerMassachusetts Gov.Mitt Rom-ney and former PennsylvaniaSen. Rick Santorum waged atense, three-way struggle forsupremacy in Iowa’s Republi-can presidential caucusesTuesday night, opening thecampaign to pick a challengerto President Barack Obama.Returns from slightly more

than a quarter of the state’s1,774 precincts showed thethree men separated by only afew dozen votes— even takingturns in first place as theevening wore on — in a fittingconclusion for a race as jum-bled as any since Iowa gainedthe lead-off position in presi-dential campaigns fourdecades ago.The winner was in line for

bragging rights — and per-haps much more — as the Re-publican nominatingcampaign makes the turn toprimaries in New Hampshireon Jan. 10, then South Car-olina and Florida before theend of January. For some of thealso-rans, history suggestedthe first event of the yearmight also be the last.The economy and the fed-

eral budget deficit were top is-sues, judged more importantthan abortion or health care,according to a survey of earlycaucus-goers.About a third of those sur-

veyed said they most wanted acandidate who could defeatObama, and they tended tofavor Romney. Paul held abroad advantage among thenearly one in four who calledthe selection of a true conser-vative their top priority, and healso made a strong showingamong younger and first-timecaucus-goers.Supporters of the tea party

made up about two-thirds of

the electorate, and were nearlyevenly split among Paul, Rom-ney and Santorum.The survey by Edison

Media Research for The Asso-ciated Press and televisionnetworks was based on inter-views with more than 700 peo-ple arriving at 40 precinctcaucuses across the state.Returns from 538 of 1,774

precincts showed Romney,Santorum and Paul each with

23 percent, separated by only57 votes.Former House Speaker

Newt Gingrich had 13 percent,followed by Texas Gov. RickPerry, 10 percent, and Min-nesota Rep. Michele Bach-mann with 6 percent.Obama was unopposed for

the Democratic nomination.Even so, his re-election cam-paign set up eight officesacross Iowa,made hundreds ofthousands of calls to votersand arranged a video confer-ence with caucus night sup-porters.“This time out is going to be

in some ways more importantthan the first time,” the presi-dent told Democrats acrossthe state. “Change is nevereasy.”The Iowa caucuses’ outsized

importance was underscoredby the estimated $13million intelevision advertising by thecandidates and so-called superPACs as well as thousands ofcampaign stops designed tosway 100,000 or so voters.Ironically, the weak econ-

omy that has made Obama ap-pear vulnerable nationally wasmuted as an issue here. De-spite areas of economic dis-tress, the farm economy isstrong. Iowa’s unemploymentin November was 5.7 percent,sixth lowest in the country andwell below the national read-ing of 8.6 percent.

AP Photo/Charlie Riedel

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL candidate, former Pennsylva-nia Sen. Rick Santorum waits to be introduced at a campaignstop at Valley High School, Tuesday in West Des Moines, Iowa.

Obama appeals to Iowa DemocratsWASHINGTON (AP) — In-

serting his voice into a big nightfor Republicans, PresidentBarack Obama was appealingto Iowa Democrats during thefirst balloting in the GOP pres-idential campaign, seeking tocounter months of witheringcriticism in the state thatlaunched his presidential ambi-tions four years ago.Obama was hosting a live

video teleconference forDemoc-rats attending precinct cau-cuses across Iowa, outlining hisprogress during the first termand asking for their help in theupcoming campaign. Beyondthe lead-off caucuses, Iowa isexpected to be hotly contestedin the fall election.The president’s re-election

campaign emailed supporters avideo of Obama’s Iowa victoryspeech in January 2008, argu-ing he has kept the promises hemade that night:making healthcare more affordable, cutting

taxes for the middle class, end-ing the war in Iraq and reduc-ing the nation’s dependence onforeign oil.“A new chapter in the story

of 2012 starts with what hap-pens in Iowa tonight,” MitchStewart, a top Obama cam-paign aide, said in a separateemail to supporters. “Most of uswill watchwhat happens onTV—but as you do, remember thatthe end of this story is up to youandwhat you decide to do in thedays and weeks ahead.”White House press secre-

tary Jay Carney said Obamawould thank supporters fortheir help and discuss his ef-forts to keep the promises hemade in Iowa four years ago.But Carney said the president“has a lot of work to do beforehe engages aggressively in thegeneral election. That willcome in due time.”Obama was wasting little

time getting back in front of vot-

ers following a Hawaiian vaca-tion spent largely out of thespotlight. Campaign officialssaid Obama was expected totake questions from voters dur-ing the Iowa session,whichwasairing only for those who at-tended the caucusmeetings.OnWednesday, Obama will travelto Cleveland for an event fo-cused on the economy.Obama was seeking to

counter months of pounding byRepublicans in Iowa and by theRepublican National Commit-tee, which has assailedObama’s economic record andtagged him as a president whohas failed to live up to lofty ex-pectations.“Three years later, the presi-

dent’s promises of hope andchange have been replacedwitha record of failed leadership andpolicies that have made theeconomy worse,” RNC spokes-womanKirstenKukowski said.Iowa looks to be among

about a dozen states that couldshift either way in the 2012campaign. Trying to build onhis 2008 win there, Obama’scampaign has opened eight of-fices in the state and had heldmore than 1,200 training ses-sions, phone banks and otherevents and made more than350,000 phone calls to support-ers since April.“When the rest of theRepub-

lican field packs up their officeand leaves town, we have beenhere,wewill continue to be hereand we will continue to takeand treat Iowa seriously,” saidDemocratic National Commit-tee chairwoman DebbieWasserman Schultz, a Floridacongresswoman.Wasserman Schultz and

Rep.BruceBraley,D-Iowa, triedto raise expectations in Iowa forRepublican Mitt Romney, say-ing anything but a top finish inthe state would bode poorly forhis campaign.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

This Evening• The Sidney Altrusa Club meets at 5:30 p.m. at

CJ’s HighMarks. Altrusa members network to pro-vide community service with a focus on the promo-tion of literacy and goodwill. For more informationor to become a member, contact Bev Mintchell at498-9431.• 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 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.• Shelby County Toastmasters meets at noon at

the Sidney-Shelby County YMCA. Guests are wel-come. For more information, contact Ed Trudeau at498-3433 or [email protected] or visitthe website at shelby.freetoasthost.ws.• The Amos Memorial Public Library offers

Homework Help from 3:30 to 5 p.m.Thursday Evening• Recovery International, a self-help mental

health group for adults of any age, meets from 6 to7:45 p.m. at the Troy Miami County Public Library,419 W. Main St., Troy. People dealing with fear,anger, panic attacks, depression, anxiety, bi-polardisorder or other types of mental or emotional dif-ficulties are welcome. For more information, call(937) 473-3650 or visit www.LowSelfHelpSys-tems.org.• The Narcotics Anonymous group, All in the

Family, meets at 7 p.m. at First United MethodistChurch, 230 Poplar St.• Minster Garden Club meets at 7 p.m. at the

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

p.m. at its office, 114 N. Ohio Ave. Newmembers al-ways are welcome.• Temperance 73 Masonic Lodge at the corner of

Miami Avenue and Poplar Street meets at 7:30 p.m.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

“Twelve Step” programs to confront destructivehabits and behaviors, meets at the First Presbyte-rian Church, 114 E. 4th St., Greenville, from 7 to8:30 p.m. For more 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• Agape Mobile Rural Food Pantry Distribution,

in Port Jefferson, 9 a.m. to noon.Saturday Afternoon• Agape Mobile Rural Food Pantry Distribution,

in Maplewood, 12:30 - 3:30 p.m.Saturday Evening• The Sidney-Shelby County Chess Club “Check-

mates” meets at 7 p.m. at the library at the DorothyLove Retirement Community. All skill levels arewelcome. For more information, call 497-7326.• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Saturday

Night Live, meets at 8 p.m. at St. John’s LutheranChurch, 120 W.Water St.Sunday Evening• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Never Alone,

Never Again, meets at 6:30 p.m. at First ChristianChurch, 320 E. Russell Road.Monday Afternoon• Sidney Rotary Club meets at noon at CJ’s

Highmarks. For more information on activities orbecoming a member, contact Scott Barhorst at 492-0823.Monday Evening• Shelby County Girl Scout Leaders Service

Unit 37 meets at 6:30 p.m. at the VFW.• TheAmerican LegionAuxiliary meets at 7 p.m.

at the Post Home on Fourth Avenue.• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Vision of

Hope, group meets at 7 p.m. at Russell Road Chris-tian Center, 340 W. Russell Road.• Overeaters Anonymous, a 12-step program for

anyone desiring to stop eating compulsively, meetsat 7 p.m. at Hillcrest Baptist Church, 1505 S.MainSt., Bellefontaine.• 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.• Shelby CountyWoodcarvers meets at 7 p.m. at

the Senior Center of Sidney-Shelby County. Begin-ners to master carvers are welcome.• TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at 7

p.m. at Faith Alliance Church, New Knoxville Road,New Bremen.Tuesday Morning• The F. J. Stallo Memorial Library in Minster

will hold Storytime from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. forchildren 3, 4 and 5.Tuesday Afternoon• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Addicts at

Work, meets at noon at St. John’s LutheranChurch, 120 W.Water St.• Rainbow Gardeners meets at noon at the

American Legion.

ANNIVERSARIES

Eilermans reach golden markFORT LORAMIE —

Tom and Sue Eilerman,of Fort Loramie, will cel-ebrate their 50th wed-ding anniversary Jan. 7,2012, at St. MichaelsChurch with a 5 p.m.Mass, and then a dinnerand reception for invitedguests at Walkup SchoolHouse. An open housewill follow at theWalkupstarting at 8 p.m. Thecouple request that giftsbe omitted.Tom and the former

Sue Botkins were mar-ried Jan. 6, 1962, in St.Augustine Church inMinster after they metat Al’s Place where Sueworked and Tom was aregular customer. Thewedding party includedTrina Ahlers, as maid ofhonor; Kathy Kinsellaand Dottie Meyer, asbridesmaids; Pat Eiler-man as best man; andGene Romie and Eugene

Holthaus as groomsmen.Lori Rose was flower girland Joe Botkin was ringbearer.Tom is the son of the

late Adolph andVeronica(Kuether) Eilerman. Hehas a deceased brother,Pat Eilerman, and onesister-in-law, Phyllis(Monnin) Eilerman.He worked at

Goodyear and retired in1997.Sue is the daughter of

the late Melvin andRosie (Westerheide)Botkin. She has one sis-ter and brother-in-lawand two brothers andsisters-in-law:Trina andMike Ahlers, of Milton,Fla.; Jim and BarbBotkin, of Dawsonville,Ga.; and Joe and JennyBotkin, of Minster.She worked as an ac-

countant at Wilson Me-morial Hospital andretired in 1998.

The couple enjoy golf.The Eilermans have

two living sons, a de-ceased son and threed a u g h t e r s - i n - l aw :Thomas Jr. and Denise(Albers) Eilerman, ofFort Loramie; Kevin andJill (Clune) Eilerman, ofFort Loramie; the lateTim Eilerman, and Mar-cia (Pleiman) Mescherand her husband, Alan

Mescher, of Osgood.Theyalso have a living daugh-ter, a deceased daughterand one son-in-law:Shari Eilerman of FortLoramie; the late ConnieSeger, and Don Segerand his wife, Lisa, ofCovington.They have 13 grand-

children and one great-grandchild.

Mr. and Mrs. EilermanWedding day 1962

How much doyou know about

buckeyes?Dear Read-

ers: Which ofthe following istrue about thebuckeye nut?• The name

is derived fromits resem-blance to theeye of a maledeer.• The nuts

are poisonous.• They are

considered agood-luck charm.• Ohio is called the

“Buckeye State,” and thenut is the Ohio StateUniversity mascot.If you guessed “Aye” to

all — the ayes have it!This chestnut-brown

seed has a lighter-col-ored circular “eye” in themiddle, looking like theeye of a buck.Slightly poisonous,

they are edible onceheated and leached, butalso can be roasted,peeled and then mashed.Many carry these

nuts in their pockets be-cause they believe themto be a good-luck charm.Do you have a buck-

eye recipe or story?Please share them —send [email protected], ormail to Heloise, P.O. Box795000, San Antonio, TX78279. — Heloise

EGG SAFETYDear Heloise: How

long can deviled eggs bekept? Would it be safe tomake them on a Tuesdaynight for serving onThursday? — Nancy J.,via emailYes, make them and

serve them! The U.S. De-partment of Agriculturerecommends that dev-iled eggs and egg saladbe eaten within three tofour days of making.Just keep them stored in

the refrigeratoruntil ready touse. Whatevertype of egg youset out for ameal, rememberto discard theeggs if they havebeen at roomtemperature forlonger than twohours. — Heloise

STORINGBREADDear Heloise:

Is it better to keep breadin the refrigerator orkeep it at room tempera-ture, and why? — J.R. inFalling Waters,W.Va.Manufacturers recom-

mend that bread bestored at room tempera-ture for best quality andto maintain its fresh-ness. However, you canfreeze bread for three tosix months. Just be sureto wrap it in the properpackaging, or double-bagfor freezer storage andthen thaw at room tem-perature. — Heloise

BEAN HINTDear Heloise: Recipes

that call for cannedbeans add the unneces-sary sodium from theprocessing. Dried beans(sodium-free) take timeto prepare, so they arehard to put into last-minute preparations.I cook large quantities

of beans ahead of time.After draining the water,I put them on a cookiesheet, as you would toflash-freeze blueberries.Once frozen, they can betransferred to freezerbags and added torecipes as needed. —E.W., Rochester, Minn.Good hint. In a hurry,

I’ve been known to draina can of black or pintobeans and rinse them offto eliminate some of thesodium. — Heloise

Hintsfrom

HeloiseHeloise Cruse

QUICK READSRelay for Lifesets opening

eventThe 2012 Relay for

Life co-chairmen,Rhonda Pence and BobRomanowski, have an-nounced a kick-off eventfor teams Jan. 19 at 6p.m. at the VFW hall onWapakoneta Avenue.Teams, family mem-

bers and friends are in-vited to attend and votefor this year’s theme.The co-chairmen are re-cruiting committeemembers.For information, call

Pence at 492-5847 or Ro-manowski at (937) 394-8531.

Art sale tobenefit soup

kitchenNEW BREMEN —

Sharon Kay Fiely willexhibit and sell herpaintings during a silentauction from 11:30 a.m.to 4 p.m. Sunday in theAssembly Room at St.Paul’s Church in NewBremen.Proceeds will benefit

a soupkitchen inEl Sal-v a d o rthat iss u p -ported byt h echurch.A l s o

for salewill be prints on canvasof a painting Fiely com-pleted during the sum-mer. It features Jesusholding a world globe.

DAR to meetin Troy

TROY — The Piqua-Lewis Boyer Daughtersof the American Revolu-tion (DAR) will meetJan. 14 at 10:30 a.m. atthe Hayner CulturalCenter in Troy. This is ajoint meeting with theFort Pickawillany Soci-ety Children of theAmerican Revolution(CAR) about "Living theAmerican Dream".Hostesses are: LoraLarck, Nancy Eppleston,and Annette Stewart.Guests and children andstudents up to age 21 areinvited to attend.

Fiely’spainting

State art show at libraryAmos Memorial Li-

brary is exhibiting the34th annual, juried,Ohio Watercolor SocietyArt Show through Jan.27.Forty paintings will

be on display in the artgallery. An open housewill be Saturday from 1to 3 p.m. with music pro-vided by Cari BethNoah, music teacher atBellefontaine CitySchools. Refreshmentswill be provided.The gold medal win-

ner is Cynthia Allman, ofMedina; silver medalwinner is Dennis Zim-merman, of Findlay, andbronze medal winner isAngela Chang, of New-

port Coast, Calif. Otheraward winners wereKathie George, of Ket-tering, Rosemary Kienle,of Piqua, FrederickGraff, of Medina, Eliza-beth Martin, of Ketter-ing, Misuk Goltz, ofXenia and BillieRichards, of Kirtland.Many of the paintings

are for sale and a portionof the purchase pricebenefits the library.Suzanne Cline, li-

brary director, said, “TheOhio Watercolor Travel-ing Show is always won-derful. We are sofortunate to have suchhigh caliber and excitingart work for our commu-nity to enjoy.”

BY ALISON LADMAN

It’s winter. It’s cold.You want somethinghearty. A lean stew isjust the thing you need.Instead of being heavy,it’s hearty with virtuousveggies, lean protein andwarm seasonings. Westart with a pork tender-loin, then add in fillingand nutritious vegeta-bles. To top the wholething off, we add a dollopof calcium-rich yogurttopping to add a touch oftangy creaminess.

GERMAN PORKSTEW

Start to finish: 45minutes

Servings: 61 pound pork tender-

loin, trimmed of fat1 teaspoon olive oil1 medium yellow

onion, diced2 leeks, white parts

only, sliced2 teaspoons caraway

seeds, crushed1 teaspoon fennel

seeds, crushed1/4 teaspoon celery

seeds1 tablespoon Dijon

mustard1 teaspoon ground

black pepperZest and juice of 1 or-

ange1 quart low-sodium

chicken broth1 large sweet potato,

peeled and diced1 1/2 cups shredded

cabbage2 stalks celery, dicedSalt, to taste1/2 cup fat-free plain

Greek-style yogurt2 tablespoons ketchup2 tablespoons sweet

pickle relishChopped fresh dill, to

garnishCut the tenderloin

into slices 1 1/2 inches

thick. In a bowl, toss thesliced pork with the oliveoil.

Heat a large saucepanover medium-high. Addthe pork and brown,about 2 to 3 minutes perside. It does not need tocook through.

Add the onion andleek and continue tocook until the vegetablessoften and begin tobrown, about 5 to 6 min-utes.

Add the carawayseeds, fennel seeds, cel-ery seeds, mustard,black pepper, orangezest, orange juice andchicken broth.

Bring to a boil, coverand reduce heat to main-tain a simmer.

Cook until the pork isvery tender, 15 to 20minutes.

When the pork is ten-der, use a slotted spoonto remove the meat fromthe liquid.

Using 2 forks, shredthe pork to bite-sizechunks, then return it tothe pot. Add the sweetpotato, cabbage and cel-ery.

Continue to simmeruntil the vegetables aretender, about 15 min-utes. Season with salt.

In a small bowl, stirtogether the yogurt,ketchup and relish.Serve the stew toppedwith a dollop of the yo-gurt mixture and asprinkling of fresh dill.

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LOCALIFE Sidney Daily News,Wednesday, January 4,2012

ENGAGEMENT

Elmore, Kimbler planMarch wedding

Bethany Grace Elmore and Thomas BurtonKimbler, both of Sidney, announce their en-gagement and plans to marry March 24, 2012,in the Northtowne Church of God in Sidney.The bride-to-be is the daughter of Timothy

and Janine Elmore, of Sidney.She graduated from Sidney High School in

2010 and is employed by McDonald’s Restau-rant.Her fiance is the son of Aaron and Sheila

Kimbler, of Sidney.He is a 2009 Sidney High School graduate

and is employed by American Trim. Kimbler/Elmore

Master Gardener training setShelby County and

Miami County MasterGardeners seeks volun-teers to join the 2012training program.

The Master Gardenerprogram is a volunteerprogram operatedthrough Ohio State Uni-versity Extension. Mas-ter Gardeners sharetheir horticulturalknowledge with localresidents through a vari-ety of programs includ-ing demonstrationgardens, helplines, pub-lic talks, and news arti-cles.

Training sessions in2012 will begin Feb. 28,and continue for 10

weeks at the MiamiCounty Extension Officeat the courthouse inTroy. The enrollment feeis $135 and covers atraining manual, in-structors, and light re-freshments. Potentialtrainees must also passa state fingerprint back-ground check. The train-ing will be provided byOhio State UniversityExtension-approved ex-perts in their variousfields.

Upon completion ofthe training sessions,each intern will be ex-pected to complete atleast 50 hours of volun-teer service to become a

Master Gardener.Those interested in

learning more about theMaster Gardener pro-gram or applying to be-come trainees, can stopby the local ExtensionOffice at 810 Fair Roadto get a packet includingan application form, orcall 498-7239.

The application formis also available onlineat the website,http://shelby.osu.edu/topics /master-gardener-volunteer-program. Toallow time for an inter-view and the back-ground check, thedeadline to submit anapplication is Jan. 25.

RECENT BIRTHSTHIEL

GAHANNA — Seanand Keri Thiel, of Ga-hanna, announce thebirth of a son, Alexan-der Martin, Dec. 14,2011, at 10:48 p.m. inGrant Medical Centerin Columbus.

He weighed 8pounds, 4.8 ounces,and was 20 incheslong.

His maternal grand-parents are Linda andDave DeVelvis, of Sid-ney. His paternalgrandparents areDonna and Craig Thiel,of Bloomington, Ill.

His great-grandpar-

ents are Lester Harp,of Sidney, and HelenLichtenegger, of Min-neapolis, Minn.

His mother is theformer Keri DeVelvis,of Sidney.

ROBERTSJACKSON CENTER

— Dan and ShannonRoberts, of JacksonCenter, announce thebirth of a son, BraxtonDaniel Roberts, Dec.12, 2011, at 6:45 p.m.in Mary Rutan Hospi-tal in Bellefontaine.

He weighed 7pounds, 8 ounces, andwas 19 1/2 inches long.

He was welcomed byhis brothers, Bryson, 6,and Joey.

His maternal grand-parents are Bob andShelly Zorn, of JacksonCenter. His paternalgrandmother is BettyRoberts, of Belle-fontaine. His great-grandparents are Billand Beth Morris andIvan and Phyllis Zorn,all of Jackson Center.His great-great-grandparents areLuther and HarriettMann, of Jackson Cen-ter.

His mother is theformer Shannon Zorn,

of Jackson Center.

FOGTChad and Haley

Fogt, of Sidney, an-nounce the birth of ason, Kole Miles, Oct.30, 2011, at 9:32 a.m.in the Copeland-Emer-son Family Birth Cen-ter at Wilson MemorialHospital.

He weighed 7pounds, 6 ounces, andwas 19.5 inches long.

He was welcomedhome by his brothers,Kaden, 6, and Karsen,3.

His maternal grand-parents are Ron and

Kim Pauley, of Sidney.His paternal grandpar-ents are Maggie Wiley,of Sidney, and the lateHarold Wiley andSteve Fogt andTheresa Cecil, of Sid-ney.

His great-grandpar-ents are Helen Courter,and Walter andJosephine Fogt, all ofSidney.

His mother is theformer Haley Pauley, ofSidney.

BLOCKINGTOLEDO — Karl

and Julie Blocking, ofToledo, announce the

birth of a daughter,Ella Ann Blocking,Dec. 4, 2011, at 7:10a.m. in Toledo Hospitalin Toledo.

She weighed 7pounds, 12 ounces, andwas 19 inches long.

She was welcomedhome by her sister, Al-lison, 1.

Her maternal grand-parents are Bill andSharon Kerber, of Sid-ney. Her paternalgrandparents are Diet-rich and Janice Block-ing, of Toledo.

Her mother is theformer Julie Kerber, ofSidney.

Arts group topresent Red

Skelton show

Photo provided

TOM MULLICA as Red Skelton’s Clem Kadiddle-hopper will perform in a Gateway Arts Councilpresentation at Sidney High School in February.

Gateway Arts Councilwill present “Red Skel-ton: A Performance Trib-ute” Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. atthe Sidney High Schoolauditorium.

Tom Mullica paystribute to America’smost beloved clown, ashe magically transformshimself into the comedygenius of Red Skeltonlive on stage.

He performs Freddythe Freeloader, Clem Ka-diddlehopper, Gertrudeand Heathcliff, TheMean Widdle Kid,George Applebee, and alegion of memorablecharacters in a funnytribute presentation.

“From the day we metin the early ’80s, Redand I shared moments ofboth happiness and sad-ness together,” Mullicasaid.

“Red was kind toeveryone he met; he wasa touchable person whoshared his life withthose around him. Helived every day as if itwas Christmas. He gaveme permission to use hismaterial, gave me W.C.Field’s twisted pool cueand most importantly, he

trusted in me. I once toldhim I didn’t feel asthough I was contribut-ing anything to life, andwhat I was doing doesn’tmean anything to any-one except me. He said,‘Tom, don’t talk like thatand never forget thatlaughter, and being ableto evoke it, is a gift of theGods!’”

The performance issponsored in part byEmerson Climate Tech-nologies, The MonarchLegacy Fund of TheCommunity Foundationof Shelby County, Al-vetro Orthodontics, USBancorp, The Ohio ArtsCouncil, Mutual FederalSavings Bank, Ruese In-surance, Bill and MaryLou Francis, Tom andPauline Francis, Kenand Mary Beth Monnierand Tom and JudyWest-erheide.

General admissiontickets are $18. Ticketsfor AAA members are$17.

Tickets are availableat Ron & Nita’s, by call-ing 498-2787 and at thedoor the day of the per-formance pending avail-ability.

Free seminars to address financialplanning for retirement

Dorothy LoveRetirement Com-munity wel-comes backVeteran Finan-cial Adviser Di-Anne Karas,from EdwardJones for a finan-cial seminar se-ries in January.

Each seminar willkick off with a compli-mentary dinner startingat 6:00 p.m. in the OakTree Dining Room on theDorothy Love campus.The seminar presenta-tion will follow.

The first seminar,“Making Sense of Retire-ment,” will be Jan. 17and will address the fol-lowing:

• The five basic ques-tions one should ask one-self to prepare forretirement.

• The options one canuse now to save for his or

her retirement.• How time

can help or hurtone’s retirementplans.

The secondseminar, “FamilyMatters withLong-Term Care,”will be Jan. 24and will address

the following:• The common fund-

ing options to providehigh-quality long-termcare.

• How long-term careinsurance can play a sig-nificant role in helpingto preserve one’s assets.

• How one can takecontrol of where and howto receive long-term careservices.

The third seminar ofthe series, “Retirementhas changed. What’syour next move?” will beJan. 31, and will ad-dress:

• How to organizeand record one’s finan-cial assets.

• How to set realisticgoals for retirementspending.

• How to determine ifone’s on track to reachone’s goals.

• What to do if one isnot where one would liketo be.

About the series,Karas said, “If one does-n’t prepare for retire-ment, no one else will.That’s why it’s so impor-tant to take time to con-sider retirement goals.Furthermore, for mostpeople, discussing long-term care is often an un-comfortable topic.However, creating along-term care strategynow may help to protectone’s family from finan-cial burden in the future.After years of work, agood retirement means

one is ready for any-thing. By taking sometime to prepare for life inretirement, one will bemore likely to enjoyeverything dreamtabout. When one retires,what will one do; volun-teer? Work part-time?Go back to school?What-ever is decided, financialpreparation is required.”

Seating is limited.Reservations for par-

ticipants and guests canbe made by calling LuAnn Presser at 497-6542.

These seminars arefree and open to the pub-lic.

People unable to at-tend the seminars maycall Karas at 497-0135 toset appointments or dis-cuss options.

Her Sidney office is at2190 Wapakoneta Ave.in the Gould WellnessCenter building.

Karas

Pork stew makes hearty cold-weather meal

DALLAS (AP) —After a lonely bachelorexistence, a long-termrelationship may finallybe in Patrick’s future.But first he has to

learn some manners.Patrick, the Dallas

Zoo’s 21-year-old low-land gorilla, does nothave a good track recordfor courting the ladies.A few years ago, two

females — Tufani fromthe Cincinnati Zoo andMakena from Disney’sAnimal Kingdom —were brought in asprospective partners.The first time Patrick

was introduced to Mak-ena, he bit her on theleg.It was boorish, even

for a gorilla, but not en-tirely Patrick’s fault,said Lynn Kramer, thezoo’s deputy director.“Makena was partlyraised by humans andwasn’t familiar with go-rilla etiquette.”Normally, females will

stay out of the way of amature male, known asa silverback. She didn’t.“Patrick overreacted,”

Kramer said. “In anycase, it clearly wasn’tworking out.”It wasn’t the first time

Patrick had exhibitedanti-social behavior.When zoo staffers

gave Patrick toys to play

with, he would tear themup and eat them.He wasknown to throw rocks atthe observation glass.“I’m told he has a

thing for women withtoenail polish. If visitorsstand outside the exhibitwith painted toenails,he’ll tap the glass andpoint,” Kramer said. “I’venever seen that myself.”In any case, Tufani

and Makena wereshipped to the KansasCity Zoo in Missouri. Inthe years that followed,Patrick spent much ofhis time alone or, morerecently, as part of abachelor gorilla troopthat zoo officials are put-ting together.Now, zoo officials are

trying once again to im-prove Patrick’s socialskills.Earlier this year,

Kramer received ap-proval from the SpeciesSurvival Commission,which oversees theplacement of endan-gered animals, to tem-porarily acquire two newfemale gorillas.Madge, 30, and

Shanta, 15, arrived inDallas from the Cincin-nati Zoo last month andare in temporary quar-antine.Maria Ross, a Dallas

Zoo mammal keeper,spent time at the Cincin-

nati Zoo observing theirbehavior before bringingthem down to meetPatrick.Unlike Dallas, the

Cincinnati Zoo has alarge troop, where thetwo females were well-schooled in proper pri-mate behavior. Rosssaid. 2238834

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STATE NEWS Sidney Daily News,Wednesday, January 4, 2012

AP Photo/The Dallas MorningNews, Michael Ainsworth

IN THIS Dec. 8 photo,Patrick, the Dallas Zoo's20-year-old lowland go-rilla, rests at the DallasZoo. Patrick will be in-troduced to twoprospective partners,female lowland gorillas,from the Cincinnati Zoo.

Snow covers parts ofOhio, leads to crashesCLEVELAND (AP)

— Snow has tapered offin Ohio, where a stormleft up to 10 inches onthe ground and con-tributed to a highwaypileup involving asmany as 20 vehicles.A lake effect snow

warning was extendeduntil 7 p.m. Tuesday inseven northeast Ohiocounties. Forecasterssay areas could get upto 3 more inches ofsnow.The National

Weather Service saysAshtabula County wasleft with up to 10 incheson Monday. Areas nearCleveland had 6 inchesor more on the ground.Though snow was

lighter elsewhere inOhio, authorities say itwas a factor in numer-ous crashes. The StateHighway Patrol says 15-20 vehicles were in a

pileup Monday after-noon on Interstate 77 insoutheast Ohio. Three

people were hospital-ized with injuries notlife-threatening.

AP Photo/Mark Duncan

TREASA THOMAS clears snow from her car on adowntown Cleveland street, Tuesday. More snowis expected in Ohio, where a storm has left up to10 inches on the ground in some areas and con-tributed to a highway pileup involving as many as20 vehicles.

Gorilla is ‘looking for love’

Company finedPARKER CITY, Ind.

(AP) — Indiana regula-tors have fined a sanita-tion company $3,600 inthe death of 17-year-oldOhio boy who fell be-neath a garbage truck.The Palladium-Item

reports the state Depart-ment of Labor finedTiller Sanitation $1,500for not reporting em-ployee Stephen Tiller’sdeath to the nearest fed-eral Occupational Safetyand Health Administra-tion office.The Greenville, Ohio,

teen and a 19-year-oldman were riding on thetruck’s front end Sept. 5near Parker City when ithit a rough spot on aroad and both wereknocked off, crushingTiller to death beneaththe truck.The company was

fined another $2,100 fornot training workers inaccording with thetruck’s operating manualwhich states that work-ers should not ride out-side the cab on a ledge atthe front of the truck.

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Deal to sell ‘M-A-S-H’ hotdog diner falls throughTOLEDO (AP) — The

sale of an Ohio hot dogdiner made famous onTV’s “M-A-S-H” hasfallen through, with thepotential buyer sayinghe will not complete the$5.5 million deal be-cause of bank-requiredchanges.The news surfaced on

Tuesday, the same daythat two officials withTony Packo’s Inc.pleaded not guilty tocharges of stealing fromthe restaurant chain.Bob Bennett, owner

of Bennett ManagementCorp. and TP FoodsLLC, said in a state-ment that his decisioncame after Fifth ThirdBank required somelast-minute changes.The bank, which holdsthe loan to the chain, in-sisted on changes thatincluded an increase inthe loan interest rate,multiple media outletsreported.Bennett did not ad-

dress the loan interestrate in his statement.He did say that thebank had increased re-quirements for its sup-port of the sale and

“interjected itself in ne-gotiations” between TPFoods and a receiverwho has had control ofthe chain since a law-suit alleged misappro-priation of companyfunds by Tony Packo III,Packo’s executive vicepresident and grandsonof the diner’s founder.“In the end, the man-

agement and financialrisks of going forwardwith the purchase weretoo great for TP Foods tobear,” Bennett’s state-ment said.Bennett told The

Blade of Toledo thatthere were “a lot of con-ditions I felt that wereoverreaching, and I justcouldn’t go along withit.”The Associated Press

left messages at Ben-nett’s offices on Tuesdayseeking additional com-ment. Messages alsowere left at the corpo-rate offices for Packo’s.Karen Fraker, a

spokeswoman for FifthThird Bank, said thebank had no statementon the deal and does notcomment on confiden-tial negotiations.

FORT LORAMIE —In a year end report pub-lished in the school dis-trict’s Redskin Review,publication, Superin-tendent Daniel Hollandshares Fort LoramieLocal School District ac-complishments during2011.Holland says that out

of 1,002 Ohio school dis-trict Performance Index(PI) rankings in 2011,Fort Loramie LocalSchools ranked 34th. Ofthe top 34, only four dis-tricts spent less per stu-dent than Fort Loramieto educate students..“This establishes our

district as one that getsthe best return on localtaxpayers’ investment,”he said. “This is a fact ofwhich we all should bevery proud. “We continueto make a conscientiouseffort to maintain ourspending while provid-ing a quality education

to our community. It’s aclear indication our phi-losophy is working.“As a district, we re-

main committed to beingfiscally conservative,”Holland continued.“Over the past two years,teaching positions havebeen removed and hoursreduced for classifiedemployees. Everyone hasshared in trying to man-age our expenses whilestill providing an excel-lent education and serv-ices to our students. Wewill continue this effortas we move forward.”Holland says the state

has yet to come up witha funding formula, buthave created a ‘bridgeformula’ to fund schoolsin the meantime.“We eagerly antici-

pate the development ofthe new school fundingformula, hoping it in-creases state funding toour district,” he said.

BY FRANCIS DRAKE

What kind of day willtomorrow be? To find outwhat the stars say, readthe forecast given foryour birth sign.

For Thursday,Jan. 5, 2012

ARIES(March 21 to April 19)This is an interesting

day, because you proba-bly will meet new facesand go to new places.Something fresh and dif-ferent will be revealed toyou. (Oh my.) You’reeager to push beyondyour boundaries.

TAURUS(April 20 to May 20)Keep your eyes open

for new ways of earningmoney. Others might seeinventive uses for some-thing you already own.Nevertheless, guardyour possessions and

cash against loss ortheft.

GEMINI(May 21 to June 20)The Moon is in your

sign today, dancing withunpredictable Uranus.This makes you feelstrongly independentand self-reliant. You’realso full of bright, origi-nal, inventive ideas.(Clever you!)

CANCER(June 21 to July 22)This is an exciting

day, because you have anexpectant feeling. You’rewaiting for something tohappen. This feeling isnot scary; au contraire,it’s really quite hopeful.

LEO(July 23 to Aug. 22)Expect to meet new

friends today, especiallythrough other friends orin group situations.Someone unusual will

come into your life, fullof bright ideas.

VIRGO(Aug. 23 to Sept. 22)Bosses and VIPs are

impressed with your in-novative originalitytoday. Don’t hold back.Share your ideas, be-cause your analyticalthinking is just what isneeded today.

LIBRA(Sept. 23 to Oct. 22)Unexpected opportu-

nities to travel might fallinto your lap today. Sim-ilarly, be on the lookoutfor surprise chances topursue something newin publishing, the mediaor higher education.

SCORPIO(Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)Surprise gifts, goodies

and favors from othersmight come your waytoday. Keep your eyesand your pockets open!

It’s entirely possible thatyou will benefit from thewealth of others.

SAGITTARIUS(Nov. 22 to Dec. 21)Because you feel inde-

pendent today, you willresist others telling youwhat to do, especiallypartners and closefriends. You’re ready forsomething different! Youwant something freshand new in your life.

CAPRICORN(Dec. 22 to Jan. 19)The introduction of

high-tech equipment toyour job is likely today.This is only one reasonwhy your daily routinewill be shaken up withchanges, new people orunexpected circum-stances.

AQUARIUS(Jan. 20 to Feb. 18)Surprise flirtations

will catch you off guard

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PISCES(Feb. 19 to March 20)You might buy mod-

ern art or somethinghigh-tech for where youlive today. Or you mightspontaneously entertainothers. Something un-usual or different willhappen.

YOU BORN TODAYAlthough many will view

you as lighthearted andentertaining, privatelyyou are quite seriousabout whatever you do.In particular, you love tobuild and constructthings.You pay attentionto details. You’re alsovery aware of what oth-ers think. (You don’tmiss a thing.) In the yearahead, relationships andclose friendships will beyour primary focus.Birthdate of: January

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FORT LORAMIEContact Fort Loramie reporter TomBarnett with story ideas and pressreleases by phone at (937) 498-5961;email, [email protected]; or by fax,(937) 498-5991.

YOUR HOROSCOPE


Agnes and Don Doseck, of Botkins, enjoy a dance together on New Year’sDay at the Walkup Country Club near Fort Loramie. They and other atten-dees tripped the light fantastic to live music by Fred Bruns and enjoyed asausage and sauerkraut dinner following the dance. It is an old German tra-dition that eating pork and sauerkraut on Jan. 1 brings luck in the new year.

Dancing in the new yearFor photo reprints, visit www.sidneydailynews.com

FLHA commends volunteersFORT LORAMIE —

The Fort Loramie His-torical Association hasexpressed its apprecia-tion to local volunteerswho helped plan and

serve last month’s Colo-nial Williamsburg din-ners.“Many compliments

were received from thisyear’s guests on our

decorations, food andhow helpful youngservers were in pre-senting the food,” She-lia Quinlin, of thehistorical association,

said recently.“We thank each per-

son who helped withour fundraiser that wasonce again a huge suc-cess,” she added.

School leader makes reportSchoolCalendar

JANUARY11-13 — Semester

examinations13 — End of second

nine weeks.16 — Dr. Martin

Luther King Day, noschool.

FEBRUARY3—Two-hour delay

start for staff develop-ment.8 — Parent-Teacher

Conferences, 4 p.m. to7 p.m.9 — County

Spelling Bee, 7 p.m.13-17 — FCCLA

Week.15 — Parent-

Teacher Conferences,4 to 7 p.m.20 — Presidents

Day, no school.20-24 — FFAWeek.

Keep morals high, don’t givein to peer pressure about sexDR. WAL-

LACE: My bestfriend and Ihave knowneach other forabout sevenyears, and we’rein the 10thgrade. We bothhave boyfriendswhom we loveand adore. Weconfide in eachother about al-most every-thing. At times, we eventend to “over-share”some details about ourrelationships.Recently, my best

friend lost her virginityto her boyfriend. I amstill a virgin and I planto keep it that way for awhile. My boyfriend isalso a virgin, and I knowhe would like to havesex, but he respects mydecision and doesn’tpressure me to do any-thing.The problem is that

when my friend told meabout her new experi-ence, I developed, onsome level, a type ofcompetitive feeling. It’s atype of feeling like, “Oh,everyone’s doing it, sonow I have to,” like I

have to “keepup” with myfriend. Andthat’s some-thing I don’tnormally feelbecause I tendnot to give in topeer pressure.But the otherpart of meknows I am notready in theleast.Do you have

any advice on how toeliminate this sense ofrivalry with my friend?— Nameless, Madison,Wis.

NAMELESS: I’vebeen writing this columnfor many years and I cantell you that premaritalsex has caused more cou-ples to end relationshipsrather than cause the re-lationship to growstronger.I have thousands of

letters in my files fromfemales who lost theirvirginity and soon after,lost their boyfriends.Movies, television andeven music lyrics like tomake teens think thateveryone is doing it.But surveys show

that the majority of 16-year-old girls are stillvirgins.Keep your morals

high! You will be gladthat you did later on.

DR. WALLACE: Ihave heard the word“love” used in so manydifferent ways that I’mnot sure I know the truemeaning of love. Pleasedefine it for me. —Nameless, Cumberland,Md.

NAMELESS: I re-member one of my col-lege professors sayingthat love is a state ofbeing and cannot be de-fined. If you asked 100people the same ques-tion, it’s likely you wouldreceive 100 different re-sponses.One of the better defi-

nitions of love comesfrom the late author andlecturer, Dr. Haim Gin-nott, who proclaimed,“Love is not just a feelingand passion. Love is asystem of attitudes anda series of acts, whichengender growth and en-hance life for both loverand beloved.“Romantic love is

often blind: It acknowl-edges the strength, butdoes not see the weak-ness in the beloved. Incontrast, mature love ac-cepts the strength with-out rejecting theweakness. In maturelove, neither boy nor girltries to exploit or possessthe other. Each belongsto himself.“Such love gives the

freedom to unfold and tobecome one’s best self.Such love is also a com-mitment to stay in therelationship and at-tempt to work out diffi-culties even in times ofanger and agony.”To this I say, Amen!

Dr. Robert Wallacewelcomes questions fromreaders. Although he isunable to reply to all ofthem individually, hewill answer as many aspossible in this column.E-mail him at [email protected] find out more

about Dr. Robert Wallaceand read features byother Creators Syndicatewriters and cartoonists,visit the Creators Syndi-cate website at www.cre-ators.com.

’Tween12 & 20Dr. RobertWallace

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERSThe real estate trans-

fers listed below havebeen recorded at the of-fice of Shelby CountyRecorder Jodi L. Siegel.Transfers listed also

include tax-exempt prop-erty transfers in whichno dollar amount islisted. Shelby CountyAuditor Denny York saidthe exemptions normallyinvolve transactionswithin a family andtherefore no publicrecord of the dollaramount is recorded.

Fort LoramieDarren T. Ruhen-

kamp, deceased, toStephanie E.Ruhenkamp, part lot 65,2nd Addition, plus va-cated alley, exempt.Clinton TownshipMarie H. Hegemier,

estate, to Donald E. andShirley A. Osborne,Mill-creek Subdivision, partlot 109, No. 5, section 2,$122,500.Dinsmore TownshipKay Ellen Baker to

Robert L. Barhorst andBrian C. Berning section20, part southeast 1/4and part southwest 1/4,132.576 acres, $652,950.Thomas L. Sniffen to

Marcus P. and Amber M.Beckman, section 14,part southwest 1/4 pluseasement, 1.55 acres,$126,400.Franklin TownshipSecond National

Bank to William P. andAmber N. Boerger, sec-tion 18, part northwest1/4, 1.23 acres, $173,000.Jackson TownshipDian Sekosan to

Conet Inc., trustee, sec-tion 17, part northeast1/4, 3 acres, exempt.

Janice L. Regula, de-ceased, to Ralph R. Reg-ula, section 35, east 1/2east 1/2 northwest 1/4, 40acres; west 1/2 northeast1/4, 80 acres; south 1/2west 1/2 southeast 1/4, 40acres; part southwest 1/4,80 rods by 50 rods; north1/2west 1/2 southeast 1/4;exempt.Loramie TownshipTimothy D. and Linda

S. Gaston to Jared B. andAmieeE.McCarty, section5,ChippewaTrails Subdi-vision, lot 12, $129,750.McLean TownshipMatthew J. and An-

nette Quinter to Paul L.and Carol R. Quinter, sec-tion 4, Dircksen Survey,lots 320-323 plus ease-ment, exempt.Kevin A. and Amy K.

Meyer to Kevin A. andMarieA.Olberding,CluneSubdivision, section 19, lot360, $176,000.SalemTownshipCharlie Fitchpatrick to

Joyce G. Mitchell andWayne A. Fitchpatrick,trustees, section 1, partwest 1/2 northwest 1/4 ex-ceptional, 7.08 acres, ex-empt.

Turtle CreekTownship

Nancy K. Lillard toRobert B. Riethman, sec-tion 2, part southeast 1/4,1.5 acres, $142,500.Washington TownshipNicole Waters to Phyl-

lis G. Doseck, Fawn LakeSubdivision, lot 359, ex-empt.Casey L. Hepfer, Cyn-

thia M. Stangel, Aaron D.Stangel and David A.Stangel toMutual FederalSavingsBank,ArrowheadHills Subdivision, lot134, $37,000.

IN OUR VIEW

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

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment ofreligion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridg-ing the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of thepeople peaceably to assemble, and to petition the govern-

ment for a redress of grievances.


EXPRESS YOURSELFWrite a letter to the editor. All letters must be signed, 400

words 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. Vandemark

Road, Sidney, OH 45365; emailed to [email protected];or faxed to (937) 498-5991.

OPINION

This holidayseason,Ohioans re-ceived scores ofgifts — fromGreat Lakesbeer to Cincin-nati chili — butmany of theparcels proba-bly weren’tdropped off bytheir localpostal carrier.

The United StatesPostal Service (USPS)— the second-largestemployer in the UnitedStates and one author-ized by the U.S. Consti-tution — is governed byrules that limit its fi-nancial viability. To ad-dress a growing deficit,more than 120 post of-fices and 10 mail pro-cessing centers in Ohiohave been slated forpossible closure becauseof financial challenges.

CostlyThese closures could

prove costly for middle-class families in ourstate, resulting in joblosses and deterioratedservice. That is why Ifought for a morato-rium on all postal facil-ity closures until May2012. With this addi-tional time, Congresscan modernize the rulesand usher in the nextera of the USPS.

Private delivery com-

panies performan importantservice. But thepost officeshould be ableto compete forall the parcelbusiness, too.That’s why I’mfighting to passthe Postal Serv-ice ProtectionAct, legislationthat would help

bring the USPS back tofiscal solvency.

ChallengesFirst, it would deal

with the USPS’s fiscalchallenges. This billwould address a brokenpension system, whichcurrently costs theUSPS more than $5 bil-lion every year. Rightnow, the Postal Servicemust pre-fund 75 yearsof future retiree healthcare benefits in just 10years. With this legisla-tion, we can addressimmediate fiscal prob-lems facing the USPSby overhauling theUSPS retiree benefit re-quirements.

Second, it wouldallow the post office toinnovate. By easing cur-rent financial con-straints on the agency,the USPS would haveadditional avenues toearn income — likeshipping beer or issuinga state fishing license

— that can put thePostal Service back onthe road to fiscal health.

The legislation wouldalso protect a six-daydelivery — preservingSaturday delivery andmaintaining currentstandards for first-classmail delivery. This is vi-tally important for sen-iors and patients whodepend on timely deliv-ery of lifesaving pre-scription medications.

ReformWith any postal re-

form legislation Con-gress considers, wemust take into accountwhat effect these deci-sions will have onAmerica’s recoveringeconomy. What wouldinaction mean for Ohiofamilies?

Postal workers —many of them veterans,women and rural resi-dents — do more thandeliver holiday cardsand news from home.They also watch out forelderly neighbors andhelp build a sense ofcommunity. Since 1775,the USPS has keptAmericans connectedwith one another andthe rest of the world.

Our state rankseighth in the nation forthe number of USPSemployees — includingletter carriers andsorters — who help

Ohioans cash checks,obtain passports andoperate small busi-nesses. We must helpthe USPS, a self-sup-porting government en-tity, adapt to thechallenges of the 21stcentury.Robust post office

A robust post officemeans that small busi-nesses and nonprofitshave reliable and af-fordable means to con-duct their business. Itmeans that the shop-ping centers and smallbusinesses in urbanareas — which, in manycases, are anchored bythe presence of a postoffice — can continue tothrive. It also ensuresthat seniors can receivetheir mail-order pre-scriptions and SocialSecurity checks withoutdelay.

The motto of the postoffice: “neither snow,nor rain, nor heat, norgloom of night” datesback to antiquity. TheGreek letter carrierslikely faced unleasheddogs — though notemail. Yet I’m confidentthat we can and mustovercome the chal-lenges faced by theUSPS. This is our prom-ise to our neighborhoodpostal worker, ourneighbors and our com-munities.

The phonerang just beforeDewey pulledoff his clothesfor his end-of-workdayshower.

“Hi Dewey.”He smiled.

“Hi Emily.”“Hope I’m not interfer-

ing with anything bycalling you.”

“Just got home fromwork and about to diveinto a shower, so youcalled at a good time.How are you?”

He thought thatwould be a good way tostart a conversation withthis paragon of single bu-reaucratic woman.

“I’m fine. Thanks,Dewey.May I ask yousome more questions?Got them right here. Tellme first, though, do youalways shower afterwork?”

“Every day.”“Any special reason? I

mean, is it related to thecow manure thing?”

“Directly, actually.Cow manure … well, itpermeates my very exis-tence. It fills my wakinghours. It … oh, it’s hardto explain.”

The king of fertilizergrinned as Emily Stick-les wrote notes on theother end of the phone. Ifshe wanted to think ofhim as having a fertilizerfetish, he didn’t mind.Aslong as she called.

“I’ve been reading up,Dewey. I think that … to-gether … we can breakthis hold cow manurehas on your life.”

“Oh, Emily, you reallythink so?What should I

do about it, youthink?”

“To getstarted, youshould pictureyourself free ofcow manure.Just tell yourmind that cowmanure has no

place in your thoughtsand your life. Let’s see ifthat will cancel out someof the … unpleasant-ness.”

“You think cow ma-nure is unpleasant,Emily?”

“You like it?”“Let’s say I like what

it can do for others. It’s alittle like a smile or sun-shine,” said our fertilizerking, “it works wonderswhen you spread itaround a little.”

Emily Stickles, thecounty employee incharge of fixing thingsfor people who don’t real-ize they need fixing, wassilent.

“Dewey, we reallyneed to talk.”

“Dinner at the Chi-nese place tomorrow,maybe?”

Then he just sat there,glowing in fertile, pre-shower radiance, andgrinned.

The writer is a veterannewspaperman and out-doorsman who is a regis-tered outfitter and guide.He has written novelsand nonfiction booksbased on rural living andhe has also been anaward-winning colum-nist for the largest dailynewspapers in Alaskaand New Mexico. He livesin Albuquerque.

To the editor:I just have to write a

letter to complimentthe city fire depart-ment.

Recently, I camehome about 2:30. I wassitting in the livingroom and heard thiscrackling sound. Ilooked all over thehouse, but couldn’t finda thing.

Just then, my sistercalled and while talkingto her, I began to smellsomething different.The smell got stronger,and my sister said, “Youbetter call the fire de-partment.” It smelledlike plastic burning. Icalled the fire depart-ment and in a veryshort time, they were atmy house. I no morethan got my car backedout of the garage andtwo fire trucks and arescue squad werethere.

They went into myfront bedroom wherethe smell was worse.

They found out mycomputer tower hadshorted out and wassmoldering.

The fire departmenthas an instrument nowthat can look in thewalls and see if there isa fire.

They checked every-thing, then raised thewindows to air out theroom. I just know it wasa “God” thing that ithappened at that time.I got home at 2:30 andwas leaving again at 6.It could have happenedbefore 2:30 or after 6.

Just remember, Godis always there watch-ing us and taking careof us.

Vera Piper1641 Cumberland

Ave.

To the editor:The first complete year of the Coats for Vets Drive

is in the books.Because of everyone’s generosity, a total of 2,785

gloves, hats and scarves were collected.These gifts oflove were distributed to VA hospitals in Dayton,Lima,Middletown, Springfield, Richmond and FortWayne.

Because of the support received,many veteranswill stay warm this winter.

The barrels will be out again next year. Please, ifyou have coats, hats, scarves or gloves you can’t wearanymore, save them for next year’s drive.

Anyone with questions may call me at (937) 726-5756.

Ron Leininger210 Cole St.

Jackson Center

Bill would bring PostalService back to solvency

Brownreports

Sherrod BrownU.S. Senator

King of fertilizertakes a call

HomeCountrySlim Randles

To the editor:On behalf of all the volunteers of the FISH Food

Pantry and Thrift Shop, I want to express my appre-ciation to everyone that supported us this past year.Through the food, clothing (including those warmwinter coats), miscellaneous items and monetary do-nations, we were able to make the lives of the lessfortunate citizens of Shelby County a little easier.

If you would like to become a member of our“FISH Family,” we are always looking to add morevolunteers. Stop in our shop or contact any memberfor more information.

May the year 2012 bring all of us good health,much happiness, peace within our hearts and lovefor our fellow man.

Becky GillmanFISH Chairman

1128W.Michigan St.

LETTER TO

THE EDITOR

Firefighterspraised

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

FISH notes support

Many helped effort

BY ADAM GIBBS

The sky, like a heart,Changes slowly; a strange

alchemy.Light seeping through,Colors seeming new.

No more turning pages;Today, the calendar comes down

altogether.

This vast expanse of blank canvasNow a wonder to behold,While behind reclines the sun,A bucketful of gold.

“Rise and be on your way,” pleadsDecember,

“Your faith has made you well.”

No more fearing the future;Today, we are evergreen.No more cold clutch of winter;Today, we force the spring.

The writer lives at 2748 StateRoute 29 North.

New Year’smorning

POET’S CORNER

ODDS AND ENDSMILWAUKEE (AP) — The Mil-

waukee Polar Bear Club presidentwho made his 60th annual NewYear’s Day plunge into Lake Michi-gan says it may not have been hislast.

Eighty-two-year-old Garth Gaskeypreviously said he was quitting be-cause of his age, the four stents inhis heart and his daughter was un-happy about it.

But on Sunday the retired Brook-field maintenance man told the Mil-waukee Journal Sentinel that hewasn’t sure about next year. Hejumped in with his granddaughterand great-granddaughter at Brad-ford Beach in Milwaukee.

His daughter, Cathy Mayer, was atthe event, too, and had a differentstory. She says they are taking himto Arizona next year.


BUSINESSContact Executive Editor JeffBilliel with story ideas by phone at(937) 498-5962; email,[email protected]; orby fax, (937) 498-5991.

NEW YORK STOCKEXCHANGE

ThisWeek Chng.

Alcoa Inc...............9.23 +0.58(PF of Alcoa BuildingProducts, Stolle Machinery)Appld Ind. Tech..35.57 +0.40BP PLC ADR......44.14 +1.40Citigroup ............26.33 +2.02Emerson Elec. ....47.72 +1.13(PF of Copeland Corp.Division)Griffon Corp. ........9.45 +0.32(PF of Clopay Corp.)H&R Block Inc...16.24 -0.09Honda Motor .....31.34 +0.79Ill. Toolworks .....48.03 +1.32(Parent company of Peerless)JC Penney Co.....35.02 -0.13(Store in Piqua)JPMorgan Chase34.98 +1.73(Former Bank One, Sidney)Kroger Co. ..........24.52 +0.30(PF of Kroger)Meritor .................5.87 +0.55

Listed are Tuesday’s stock market prices at closing for firmsin the Sidney-Shelby County area traded on the major markets.

A - Refers to Affiliated With PF - Refers to Parent FirmClosing Dow Jones Industrial Averages:This Week: 12,397.08 Change: +179.52(Quotes courtesy of the Sidney offices of Edward Jones, Erroll Broud,

Vance Stewart, Danielle Gilroy-Sielschott and DiAnne Karas, registeredinvestment advisers.)

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Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio Inc. recently do-nated $2,500 to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Shelbyand Darke County.The donationwas presented to the agency this past

December at the after-school Buddies program atNorthwood Elementary School in Sidney.The funding comes at an opportune time for the

agency, which now serves about 250 children inShelby and Darke counties through its community-based and high school mentoring programs, agencyofficials said. The recent donation will help supportcurrent matches in the community and assure thatany child that is need of services is not turned away.Big Brothers Big Sisters of Shelby and Darke

County is a nonprofit organizationwhosemission is toprovide children facing adversity with strong and en-during, professionally supported one-to-one relation-ships that change their lives for the better, forever.The relationship ismeant to guide each child towardsbecoming a confident, competent, and caring individ-ual. Anyone interested in becoming a volunteer maycall the office at 547-9622 or 492-7611.Efforts are currently under way to recruit teams

and corporate sponsors for the agency’s annual “BowlFor Kids’ Sake” event. The event is set for March 2and 4 at Bel-Mar Lanes in Sidney and McBo’s Lanesin Versailles. Bowl for Kids’ Sake is open to the pub-lic and local community members can form four- orfive-person teams. Each team member collects dona-tions and comes out to enjoy the party. Corporatesponsorships are available for $300where a companyenters a five-person team of the company’s employ-ees; this includes a company lane banner. A lanesponsorship for $125 includes the company nameplaced on a large banner above one of the lanes dur-ing the day-long event. Corporate sponsor names areannounced throughout the day.Many other prizes areinvolved, including gift certificates to local restau-rants and retail gift certificates.Anyone interested should call the office at 547-

9622 or 492-7611 to obtain more information. Regis-tration forms are available on the web atwww.bigbrobigsis-shelbydarke.org.

Winners were recentlyannounced for the Down-townSidney.com monthlydrawing.GaryKelly, of Sidney, is

the winner of the $20 giftcertificate from the IvyGarland.DebbieWhitsett,of Sidney, is the winner ofa $20 gift certificate fromthe Spot Restaurant. PatZook, of Sidney, is thewin-ner of a $20 gift certificatefrom Ron & Nita’s. WillaVogler, of Port Jefferson, isthe winner of the $20 giftcertificate from WifordJewelers.

This month’s drawingis currently under wayand features gift certifi-cates from the followingdowntown Sidney busi-nesses: The Ivy Garland,Ron and Nita’s, WifordJewelers, and the SpotRestaurant.Visitors can register

now on the downtownSidney website atwww.DowntownSidney.com. The local web site isjointly sponsored byDowntown Sidney andthe Downtown BusinessAssociation.

Vectren donatesto Big Brothers

Big Sisters

Drawing winners announced

BY JULIE CARRSMYTH

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COLUMBUS (AP) —In Ohio, geographicallyand politically positionedto become a leading im-porter of wastewaterfrom gas drilling, envi-ronmentalists and law-makers opposed to thetechnique known asfracking are seizing on aseries of small earth-quakes as a signal to pro-ceed with caution.Earthquakes caused

by the injection of waste-water that’s a byproductof high-pressure hy-draulic fracture drilling,aren’t new. Yet earth-quakes have a specialability to grab public at-tention.Saturday’s quakeThat’s especially true

after Saturday’s quakenear Youngstown, atmagnitude 4.0 strongenough to be felt acrosshundreds of squaremiles.Gov. John Kasich, adrilling proponent, hasshut down the waste-water well on which thequake has been blamed,along with others in thearea, as the seismic activ-ity is reviewed.“Drilling’s very impor-

tant for our economy andto help us progress as astate, but every singleperson in the MahoningValley felt this earth-quake,” said state Sen.Joe Schiavoni, aYoungstown Democratwho onTuesday called fora public hearing.“I wouldn’t deem it as

an emergency, but whenyou live in a place that

you’re not used to earth-quakes and you have 11earthquakes, you’re con-cerned,” he said. “Weneed to give them somesort of confidence or secu-rity that this is going tobe OK.”Fracking involves

blasting millions of gal-lons of water, laced withchemicals and sand, deepinto the ground to unlockvast reserves of naturalgas, a boon both for en-ergy companies and apublic hungry for cheapsources of fuel.That process, though,

leaves behind toxicwastewater that must beexpensively treated orelse pumped deep intothe earth. The waste-water is extremely brinyand can contain toxicchemicals from thedrilling process — andsometimes radioactivityfrom deep underground.

DumpingThe practice of dump-

ing underground hasbeen controversial inlight of scant researchdone on potential envi-ronmental dangers, high-lighted by reports ofcontamination of aquifersin some communities inPennsylvania andWyoming. Some statesare reconsidering it.A coalition of environ-

mental groups is prepar-ing a protest for nextweek’s return of the OhioLegislature. Activists op-posed to increased oil andgas drilling activityacross Ohio, Pennsylva-nia, New York and WestVirginia — where theUtica and MarcellusShale formations are be-

lieved to hold vast quan-tities of gas— see troublewith the Ohio injectionwell. It took wastewaterfrom fracking, as well asother forms of drilling.“What other business

or industry isn’t held ac-countable for its full cra-dle-to-grave processes?”said Deborah Nardone,director of the SierraClub’s Natural Gas Cam-paign. “They need to beresponsible for the wastestream that they’ve cre-ated.”Ohio’s closure of the

well will have little to noimpact on drilling, saidTravis Windle, aspokesman for the Mar-cellus Shale Coalition, anindustry group based inPennsylvania. Four of thefive wells that Ohio shutdown were not opera-tional, Windle said.

DrillersPennsylvania’s drillers

have turned in recentmonths to deep-well in-jection of millions of gal-lons of wastewaterbecause of a voluntarystate moratorium lastyear on dumping of wasteat treatment plantswhere the partiallytreated liquids are dis-charged into rivers andstreams that drinkingwater is taken from.Pennsylvania has six

deep injection wells thatcurrently accept frackingfluid, said Amanda Wit-man, a spokeswoman forthe Department of Envi-ronmental Protection.But much of its waste istrucked into Ohio, wherethe geology allows formore injection wells.Ohio’s willingness to

accept the fracking left-overs amid a drillingboom in states to the east,south and west worriessome residents and envi-ronmental advocates whosay the science isn’tproven — and point tothe earthquakes as evi-dence.The Ohio Petroleum

Council, an industrygroup, says any publicanxiety is misplaced.“Injection wells have

worked well to protectpublic safety for decades,and a situation like theone in question nearYoungstown is very rare,”executive director TerryFleming said in a state-ment.

BlameKasich told reporters

over the weekend that hedoesn’t believe the energyindustry should beblamed for issues arisingfrom disposal of theirbyproducts. That wouldbe like blaming the autoindustry for improper dis-posal of old tires, the first-term Republican said.Scientists have known

for decades that drillingor injecting water intoareas where a fault existscan cause earthquakes,said Paul Hsieh, a re-search hydrologist withthe U.S. Geological Sur-vey in Menlo Park, Calif.“That’s widely docu-

mented and acceptedwithin the science com-munity,” he said. “It’sseen all over the world.”Injection wells have

also been suspected inquakes in Arkansas, Col-orado and Oklahoma.Oklahoma’s sharpest

earthquake on record, ofmagnitude 5.8 on Nov. 5,was centered on a countythat has 181 such wells,according to Matt Skin-ner, a spokesman for theOklahoma CorporationCommission, which over-sees oil and gas produc-tion in the state andintrastate transportationpipelines.

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BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P., fka, Countrywide Home LoansServicing, L.P., Plaintiffvs.Nancy L. Hale, aka, Nancy L. Lawson, htta, Nancy, htta, NancyL. Taylor, et al., DefendantsCOURT OF COMMON PLEAS, SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO:

In pursuance of an Order of Sale to me directed from saidCourt in the above entitled action, I offer for sale at public auc-tion, to be held on the 2nd Floor Lobby of the Shelby CountyCourthouse on January 11, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. of said day, thefollowing described premises:

A copy of the complete legal description can be obtained atthe Shelby County Recorder's Office, Volume 304, Page 319 ORBook 1643, Page 453

Said Premises Located at 321 JEFFERSON ST, SIDNEY, OH45365

APPRAISED AT: $15,000.00

TERMS OF SALE: TEN PERCENT (10%) OF SHERIFF'S AP-PRAISAL DOWN AT THE TIME OF SALE. BALANCE TO BE PAIDWITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS. ANY SUM NOT PAID WITHIN THIRTY(30) DAYS SHALL BEAR INTEREST AT THE RATE OF TEN PERCENT(10.00%) PER ANNUM FROM THE DATE OF SALE.

John Lenhart, Sheriff Shelby County, OhioCARLISLE, McNELLIE & RINI CO., L.P.A.By: George AnnosAttorney for Plaintiff24755 Chagrin Boulevard, Suite 200Cleveland, Ohio 44122(216) 360-7200

Dec. 21, 28 Jan. 42241940

SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATEREVISED CODE, SEC. 11681 REVISED CODE SEC. 2329.26

CASE BI, 10CV000263The State of Ohio, Shelby County.Chase Home Finance LLC, Plaintiffvs.Sharon S. Grimes, et al. DefendantIn pursuance of a Pluries Order of Sale in the above entitled ac-

tion, I will offer for sale at public auction, on the Second floorlobby of the Shelby County Courthouse, in Sidney, Ohio, onWednesday, the 18th day of January, 2012 at 10:00 o’clock A.M.,the following described real estate, to-wit:LEGAL DESCRIPTION CAN BE FOUND AT THE SHELBY

COUNTY RECORDER’S OFFICEPROPERTY ADDRESS: 411 and 421 Bowman Drive, Sidney,

OhioPROPERTY OWNER: Sharon S. GrimesPRIOR DEED REFERENCE: Official Record 1697, Page 336PP#: 011824197007 and 011824179006Said Premises Located at: 411& 421 BowmanDrive, Sidney, OhioSaid Premises Appraised at $91,000.00 and cannot be sold for

less than two-thirds of this amount.TERMS OF SALE: Cash, Cannot be sold for less than 2/3rds of

the appraised value. 10% of purchase price down on day of sale,cash or certified check, balance on confirmation of sale.John Lenhart, Sheriff Shelby County, OhioREIMER, ARNOVITZ, CHERNEK & FREY CO., L.P.A.By: Ronald J. Chernek (Reg. #0041431)Attorneys for PlaintiffP.O. Box 968, Twinsburg, Ohio 44087Telephone: (330) 425-4201, Ext. 152Fax: 330-405-1078Email: [email protected]

Dec, 28, Jan. 4, 112244947


CASE BI, 11CV000337The State of Ohio, Shelby County.The Huntington National Bank, Plaintiffvs.Paolina T. Quafisi aka Paolina Quafisi, et al. DefendantIn pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action,

I will offer for sale at public auction, on the Second floor lobby ofthe Shelby County Courthouse, in Sidney, Ohio, on Wednesday,the 18th day of January, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. o’clock P.M., thefollowing described real estate, to-wit:LEGAL DESCRIPTION CAN BE FOUND AT THE SHELBY

COUNTY RECORDER’S OFFICEPROPERTY ADDRESS: 213 Oak Street, Sidney, OhioPROPERTY OWNER: Paolina QuafisiPRIOR DEED REFERENCE: OR Book 1070, Page 209PP#: 01-18-36-127-020Said Premises Located at: 213 Oak Street, Sidney, OhioSaid Premises Appraised at $5,000.00 and cannot be sold for

less than two-thirds of this amount.TERMS OF SALE: Cash, Cannot be sold for less than 2/3rds of

the appraised value. 10% of purchase price down on day of sale,cash or certified check, balance on confirmation of sale.John Lenhart, Sheriff Shelby County, OhioREIMER, ARNOVITZ, CHERNEK & FREY CO., L.P.A.By: Douglas A. Haessig (Reg. #0079200)Attorneys for PlaintiffP.O. Box 968, Twinsburg, Ohio 44087Telephone: (330) 425-4201, Ext. 111Fax: 330-425-0347Email: [email protected]

Dec, 28, Jan. 4, 112245224


CASE NO. 10CV000039The State of Ohio, Shelby County.Chase Home Finance LLC, Plaintiffvs.Karen Stockstill, et al., DefendantIn pursuance of a Pluries Order of Sale in the above entitled ac-

tion, I will offer for sale at public auction, on the Second floorlobby of the Shelby County Courthouse, in Sidney, Ohio, onWednesday, the 25th day of January, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. on thefollowing described real estate, to-wit:LEGAL DESCRIPTION CAN BE ROUND AT THE SHELBY

COUNTY RECORDER’S OFFICE.PROPERTY ADDRESS: 918 McKinley Avenue, Sidney OhioPROPERTY OWNER: Karen StockstillPRIOR DEED REFERENCE: OR Book 1643, Page 70PP# 011836358004Said Premises Located at: 918 McKinley Avenue, Sidney, OhioSaid Premises Appraised at $55,000.00 and cannot be sold for

less than two-thirds of this amount.TERMS OF SALE: Cash. Cannot be sold for less than 2/3rds of

the appraised value. 10% of purchase price down on day of sale,cash or certified check, balance on confirmation of sale.John Lenhart, Sheriff Shelby County, OhioREIMER, ARNOVITZ, CHERNEK & JEFFREY CO., L.P.A.Peter Mehler (Reg. #0075283Attorney for PlaintiffP.O. Box 953, Twinsburg, Ohio 44087Telephone: (330) 425-4201, Ext. 191Fax: 330-405-1092Email: [email protected]

Jan. 4, 11, 182247106

SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATEWells Fargo Bank N.A. As Trustee On Behalf Of TheCertificateholders Park Place Securities, Inc. Asset-BackedPass Through Certificates Series 2005-WCW1, Plaintiffvs.John Paul Drinnon, aka John P Drinnon, et al., Defendant

CASE NO. 10CV276In pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action,I will offer for sale at public auction at the Shelby County Court-house, on the 2nd floor in the lobby on the 25 day of January2012 at 10:00 a.m., the following described real estate, situatein the County of Shelby and the State of Ohio, and the Village ofPort Jefferson to wit:Situated in the village of Port Jefferson, in the County of Shelbyand the State of Ohio and being more particularly described asfollows:Being Lot number 14 in said Village, County and State Afore-said.Parcel No. 42-1915127.008And also following described property:All that part of an alley on the east side of Lot 41 in said Village,County and State as vacated in approximately 1979 by the Vil-lage of Port Jefferson.Parcel No. 42-1915127.009Said premises located at 429 East Main Street, Port Jefferson,OH 45360Said premises appraised at $17,000.00 and cannot be sold forless than two-thirds of this amount.TERMS OF SALE: 10% due at time of sale; remainder due uponconfirmation of sale.John Lenhart, Sherriff of Shelby County, OhioCarrie L. Rouse (0083281) Attorney

Jan. 4, 11, 182247147

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2247511

SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATEREVISED CODE, SECTION 2329.25

NO. 11CV000360The State of Ohio, Shelby CountyCitiMortgage, Inc., Plaintiffvs.Paolina T Quafisi Aka Paolina Quafisi, et al., DefendantIn pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action,I will offer for sale at public auction, in the second floor lobby ofthe Courthouse in the above named county, on Wednesday, the11th day of January, 2012 at 10:00AM the following describedreal estate, situate in the County of Shelby and State of Ohio,and City of Sidney , to wit:Situate in the City of Sidney, County of Shelby and State ofOhio and bounded and described as follows: Being Lot Num-bered Six Thousand One Hundred Ninety-Two (6192) in theQuafisi Subdivision in the said City of Sidney, in said County andState aforesaid.Subject to easements, conditions, restrictions of record, if any,and legal roadways and highways and zoning ordinances, if ap-plicable.Said Premises Located at 215 Oak Street, Sidney, OH 45365Said Premises Appraised at $3,500.00 and cannot be sold forless than two-thirds of that amount.TERMS OF SALE: 10% depositJohn Lenhart, Sheriff Shelby County, OhioThomas G. Widman, Attorney

Dec. 21, 28 Jan. 42241715

SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATEREVISED CODE, SEC. 2329.26

NO. 11CV000230The State of Ohio, Shelby County.Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Plaintiffvs.James M. King, et al., DefendantIn pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action,

I will offer for sale at public auction, 5711 Knoop Johnston Road,Sidney, OH 45365 in the second floor lobby of the courthouse,in the above named County, on January 11, 2012, at 10:00 am,the following described real estate,Situated in the Township of Perry in the County of Shelby and

the State of Ohio.Being Lot Number Six (6) in Ora Blalock’s Subdivision of part

of the West Half (W 1/2) of the South-East Quarter (SE 1/4) ofSection Thirty-Four (34), Township Two (2), Range Thirteen (13)M.R.S. in said Township of Perry, Shelby County, Ohio, subject tothe restrictions set forth in Deed recorded in Volume 150 at Page234 of the Shelby County, Ohio Deeds Records.Permanent Parcel No. 38-2334451.006Said Premises Located at 5711 Knoop Johnston Road, Sidney,

OH 45365.Said Premises Appraised at $55,000 and cannot be sold for less

than two-thirds of that amount.TERMS OF SALE: 10% down at time of sale, balance due in 30

days.Sheriff John Lenhart, Sheriff Shelby County, OHElizabeth A. Carullo, Attorney

Dec. 21, 28, Jan. 42241121


NO. 10CV000141The State of Ohio, Shelby County.BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. fka Countrywide Home LoansServicing, L.P., Plaintiffvs.Matthew G. Cotterman, et al., DefendantIn pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action,I will offer for sale at public auction, 806 Chestnut Avenue, Sid-ney, OH 45365 in the second floor lobby of the courthouse, inthe above named County, on January 18,, at 10:00 am, the fol-lowing described real estate,Situate in the County of Shelby, in the State of Ohio, and inthe City of Sidney:Being all of Inlot Number Eighteen Hundred Ninety-three(1893) and the north half of Inlot Number Eighteen HundredNinety-four (1894) In said City of Sidney.Property Address: 806 Chestnut Avenue, Sidney, OH 45365Parcel No: 01-1836379.002, 01-1836379.003Prior Deed Reference: Volume 382, Page 117Said Premises Located at 806 Chestnut Avenue, Sidney, OH45365.Said Premises Appraised at $90,000 and cannot be sold for lessthan two-thirds of that amount.TERMS OF SALE: 10% down at time of sale, balance due in 30days.Sheriff John Lenhart, Sheriff Shelby County, OHTina R. Edmondson, Attorney

Dec. 28, Jan. 4, 112245238


NO. 10CV000480The State of Ohio, Shelby County.Wells Fargo Bank, N.A, Plaintiffvs.Jay G. Pollack, et al., DefendantIn pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action,

I will offer for sale at public auction, 14241 Fawndale Drive, Sid-ney, OH 45365 in the second floor lobby of the courthouse, inthe above named County, on January 11, 2012, at 10:00 am, thefollowing described real estate,Situated in the Township of Orange, County of Shelby and

State of Ohio, and bounded and described as follows:Being Lot Number Fifty (50) in the replat of Hickory Dell Es-

tates located in Section 7, Town 1, Range 13, Orange Township,Shelby County, Ohio; as shown by a Plat thereof recorded as In-strument Number 90223 in the office of the County Recorder ofShelby County, Ohio, and recorded in Volume 11, Page 31 of thePlat Records of Shelby County, Ohio, and subject to the protec-tive covenants, easements and restrictions set forth on said plat.Said Premises Located at 14241 Fawndale Drive, Sidney, OH

45365Said Premises Appraised at $180,000 and cannot be sold for

less than two-thirds of that amount.TERMS OF SALE: 10% down at time of sale, balance due in 30

days.Sheriff John Lenhart, Sheriff Shelby County, OHJill L. Fealko, Attorney

Dec. 21, 28, Jan. 42241086

SHERIFF`S SALE OF REAL ESTATECASE NO.: 11CV000217

BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P., fka Countrywide HomeLoans Servicing, L.P., Plaintiffvs.Ricky A. McVety, et al., DefendantsCOURT OF COMMON PLEAS, SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO:

In pursuance of an Order of Sale to me directed from saidCourt in the above entitled action, I offer for sale at public auc-tion, to be held on the 2nd Floor Lobby of the Shelby CountyCourthouse on January 11, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. of said day, thefollowing described premises:

A copy of the complete legal description can be obtained atthe Shelby County Recorder's Office, OR Book 1674, Page 398

Said Premises Located at 1020 KELCH RD, RUSSIA, OH 45363

APPRAISED AT: $95,000.00

TERMS OF SALE: TEN PERCENT (10%) OF SHERIFF'S AP-PRAISAL DOWN AT THE TIME OF SALE. BALANCE TO BE PAIDWITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS. ANY SUM NOT PAID WITHIN THIRTY(30) DAYS SHALL BEAR INTEREST AT THE RATE OF TEN PERCENT(10.00%) PER ANNUM FROM THE DATE OF SALE.

John Lenhart, Sheriff Shelby County, OhioCARLISLE, McNELLIE & RINI CO., L.P.A.By: George J. AnnosAttorney for Plaintiff24755 Chagrin Boulevard, Suite 200Cleveland, Ohio 44122(216) 360-7200

Dec. 21,28 Jan. 42241862


NO. 11CV000369The State of Ohio, Shelby CountyWells Fargo Bank, NA, Plaintiffvs.Glenn R. Kilburn, et al., DefendantIn pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action,

I will offer for sale at public auction, in the second floor lobby ofthe Courthouse in the above named county, on Wednesday, the25th day of January, 2012 at 10:00AM the following describedreal estate, situate in the County of Shelby and State of Ohio,and Township of Sidney, to wit:Situate in the Township of Orange, in the County of Shelby

and the State of Ohio:Being part of the Southwest Quarter (SW 1/4) of Section Seven

(7), Township One (1), Range Thirteen (13), Miami River Survey,Orange Township, Shelby County, Ohio, and more fully de-scribed as follows:Being Lot Number Eight (8) in the Runor Acre Subdivision as

the same is numbered and delineated in the recorded plat of saidsubdivision by Plat Number 39003, which is filed at Plat Volume4, Page 48 in the Recorder's Office of Shelby County, Ohio.Said Premises Located at 14384 Runor Drive, Sidney, OH

45365Said Premises Appraised at $100,000.00 and cannot be sold

for less than two-thirds of that amount.TERMS OF SALE: 10% depositJohn Lenhart, Sheriff Shelby County, OhioKyle E. Timken, Attorney

Jan. 4, 11, 182247092

SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATEGENERAL CODE, SEC. 11681 REVISED CODE, SEC. 2329.26

NO. 11CV202The State of Ohio, Shelby County.DEUTSCHE BANK, PlaintiffVSANDREW MURRAY, et al., DefendantIn pursuance of an Order of Sale, In the above entitled action,

I will offer for sale at the public auction, SECOND FLOOR LOBBY,COURT HOUSE in THE CITY OF Sidney in the above namedCounty, on Wednesday, the 11th day of January, 2012, at 10am,the following described real estate, situated in the county ofShelby and the State of Ohio, and in the CITY of Sidney, to wit:SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF SHELBY, IN THE STATE OF

OHIO AND IN THE CITY OF SIDNEY AND BOUNDED AND DE-SCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:BEING LOT NUMBER NINETY-TWO (92) AND SIXTEEN AND

TWO-THIRDS (16- 2/3) FEET OFF OF THE ENTIRE WEST SIDE OFLOT NUMBER NINETY-THREE (93) IN THE PARKWOOD ALLOT-MENT TO THE CITY OF SIDNEY. BEING SUBJECTED TO THECONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN DEEDRECORDED IN VOLUME 145, PAGE 198 OF THE DEED RECORDSOF SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO.PARCEL NUMBER: 1-1824404.034 & 1-1824404.035OWNERS: AMY L. MURRAY, ANDREW S. MURRAY AND BEV-

ERLY D. BYRDADDRESS: 126 WEST EDGEWOOD STREET, SIDNEY, OH 45365DEED REFERENCE: OR BOOK 1604, PAGE 210CASE NUMBER: 10CV000363Said Premises Located at 126 W Edgewood Street, Sidney, OH

45365Said Premises Appraised at $53,000.00 and cannot be sold for

less than two-thirds of that amount.TERMS OF SALE: CANNOT BE SOLD FOR LESS THAT 2/3 OF

THE APPRAISED VALUE. 10% DEPOSIT DUE DAY OF THE SALE,BALANCE DUE IN 30 DAYS.John Lenhart, Sheriff Shelby County, OHAttorney: Felty & Lembright Co., L.P.A.

Dec. 21, 28, Jan. 42240450


NO. 11CV0249The State of Ohio, Shelby County.GMAC Mortgage, LLC, Plaintiffvs.Richard T. Dickman, et al., DefendantIn pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action,

I will offer for sale at public auction, 302 East State Street, Botkins,OH 45306 in the second floor lobby of the courthouse, in theabove named County, on January 25, 2012, at 10:00 am, the fol-lowing described real estate,Situate in the Village of Botkins, County of Shelby and State of

Ohio, to wit:Being all of Lot No. One Hundred Forty-four (144) and Thirty-

one and fifty-six hundreds (31.56) feet off of the west side of LotNo. One Hundred Forty-five (145).EXCEPTING, HOWEVER, the north 95 feet off of the north end

of said Lot No. 144, and the north 95 feet off the north end ofthe west 31.56 feet of Lot No. 145.Permanent Parcel #11-02-33379.011 (Lot 144)Permanent Parcel #11-02-33379.012 (Lot 145)Said Premises Located at 302 East State Street, Botkins, OH

45306Said Premises Appraised at $75,000 and cannot be sold for


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Jan. 4, 11, 182247089

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CASE NO. 11-CV-45The State of Ohio, Shelby County.CadleRock Joint Venture, L.P., Plaintiffvs.Millard Presser II, et al., DefendantIn pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auc-tion, in the second floor lobby of the courthouse, in the above named County, on January 11,2012, at 10:00 am, the following described real estate,PARCEL 1: Being a part of the southeast Quarter of Section 24, Town 8 North, Range 6 East, andthe north part of Inlot Number 211 of The Parkwood Allotment as recorded in Large Plat Book 3,, in the City of Sidney, Clinton Township, Shelby County, Ohio and being more fully de-scribed as follows:Commencing for reference at a railroad spike found at the southwest corner of the southeastquarter of Section 24 and being also in the centerline of Russell Road;Thence North 88° 15’ 49” East, 229.28 feet, along the south line of the quarter and centerlineof Russell Road, to the intersection of same with the centerline of Wapakoneta Avenue;Thence North 06° 13’ 28” West, 427.76 feet, along the centerline of Wapakoneta Avenue, to apoint;Thence North 88° 20’ 59” East, 50.16 feet, to an iron pin set in the easterly right-of-way line ofthe former Western Ohio Electric Railroad, said iron pin being the principal place of beginning ofthe tract herein conveyed;Thence North 06° 13’ 28” West, 123.00 feet, along the easterly right of way of the former rail-road, to a railroad spike set in the southwesterly corner of Dixie Drive;Thence North 88° 16’ 25” East, 294.49 feet, along the south line of Dixie Drive and lots 182, 183and 184, to an iron pin set in the southeast corner of Lot 184 and being also the northeast cornerof Lot 211;Thence South 01° 28’ 15” East, 123.00 feet, along the east line of Lot 211 to an iron pin set;Thence South 88° 20’ 59” West, 284.29 feet, to the principal place of beginning.Containing 0.816 acres more or less with 0.089 acres more or less of same being contained inthe north part of Lot 211 and being subject to all legal highways and easements of record.The above description was prepared by Steven E. Bowersox, Ohio Professional Surveyor Num-ber 7059, based on a survey performed under his direction dated December 5, 1996 with thebearings used for same being based on those shown on a plat recorded in Plat Volume 23, Page199.Plat of Survey: Plat Volume 24, Page 174Prior Deed Reference: Volume 350, Page 386PARCEL 2: Being a part of the southeast quarter of Section 24, Town 8 North, Range 6 East, inthe City of Sidney, Clinton Township, Shelby County, Ohio, and being more fully described as fol-lows:Commencing for reference at a railroad spike found at the southwest corner of the southeastquarter of Section 24 and being also in the centerline of Russell Road;Thence North 88° 15’ 49” East, 229.28 feet, along the south line of the quarter and centerlineof Russell Road, to the intersection of same with the centerline of Wapakoneta Avenue;Thence North 06° 13’ 28” West, 427.76 feet, along the centerline of Wapakoneta Avenue, to apoint;Thence North 88° 20’ 59” East, 20.06 feet, to the westerly right of way line of the former West-ern Ohio Electric Railroad, and being the principal place of beginning of the tract herein quitclaimed;Thence North 06° 13’ 28” West, 122.96 feet, along the westerly right-of-way line of the formerWestern Ohio Electric Railroad, to a point;Thence North 88° 16’ 25” East, 30.09 feet to a point in the easterly right-of-way line of the for-mer Western Ohio Electric Railroad;Thence South 06° 13’ 28” East, 123.00 feet, along the easterly right-of-way line of the formerWestern Ohio Electric Railroad, to a point;Thence South 88° 20’ 59” West, 30.10 feet, to the principal place of beginning.Containing 0.085 acres more or less and being subject to all legal highways and easements ofrecord.The above description was prepared by Steven E. Bowersox, Ohio Professional Surveyor Num-ber 7059, based on a survey performed under his direction and being recorded in Plat Volume 24,Page 174 of the Shelby County Recorder’s Record of Plats.Prior Deed Reference: Volume 350, Page 389Tax Parcel Nos. 01-18-24-456005 and 01-18-24-456-048Record title to the above-referenced property is vested in Millard A. Presser and Jennifer Jill Presserby instruments recorded in Vol. 350, Page 386 and Vol. 350, Page 389, of the Official Records ofShelby County, Ohio.Said Premises Located at 1604 Wapak Avenue, Sidney, OH 45365Said Premises Appraised at $82,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of thatamount.TERMS OF SALE: 10% down at time of sale, balance due in 30 daysSheriff John Lenhart, Sheriff Shelby County, OHJoseph D. Datchuk, Esq100 North Center Street, Newton Falls, OH 44444(888) 462-2353, Ext. 3291Attorney for CadleRock Joint Venture, L.P.

Dec. 21, 28, Jan. 42242978


CASE NO: 11CV000387The State of Ohio, Shelby CountyTHE CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK OF BLUFFTON, Plaintiff,vs.AIR COVER II, INC., ET AL, Defendants.In pursuant of an Order of Sale dated December 12, 2011, in

the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction atthe 2nd Floor Lobby of the Shelby County Courthouse, in Sidney,Ohio, in the above named County, on Wednesday, the 25th dayof January, 2012, at 10:00 o’clock A. M., the following describedreal estate, situate in the County of Shelby and State of Ohio,and in the City of Sidney, to-wit:

Situate in the County of Shelby, State of Ohio, to-wit:Part of the NE 1/4 of Sec. 20, T2, R13, M.R.S., Green Twp.,

Shelby County, Ohio:Being all of Lot No. 61 of the Smith Subdivision as recorded in

Plat Vol. 19, Pg. 647 of the Shelby County Plat Records.Containing 5.230 acres more or less, being subject to all legal

highways and easements of record and being part of the prem-ises recorded in Vol. 243, Pg. 377 of the Shelby County DeedRecords.

SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TEMPORARY EASEMENT:Part of Lot No. 61 of the Smith Subdivision as recorded in Vol.

19, Pg. 647 of the Shelby County Plat Records and being morefully described as follows:

Commencing at the southeast corner of said Lot No. 61;thence N00°-56’E, along the east line of said Lot No. 61, 100 ft.to a point and the place of beginning for the following describedreal estate.

Thence continuing N00°-56’E, along said east line, 50 ft. to apoint;

Thence, S88°-40’W, 100 ft. to a point;Thence S00°-56’W, 50 ft. to a point;Thence N88°-40’E, 100 ft. to the place of beginning.This easement is for the purpose of permitting an existing san-

itary system to remain in place undisturbed until such time asthe existing system fails and is moved off this easement as re-quired in the Snapp Survey as recorded in Plat Vol. 21, Pg. 10.

Parcel No. 17.2320252.003Said Premises are Located at 18881 McCloskey School Road,

Sidney, Ohio 45365Said Premises are Appraised at $200,000.00 and cannot be

sold for less than two-thirds of that appraised amount.TERMS OF SALE: 10% will be due on the day of the purchase

and the remainder will be due at the confirmation of the saleusing cash, bank money order, or certified check made payableto Shelby County Sheriff's Office.

Sheriff John R. Lenhart, Sheriff Shelby County, OhioFAULKNER, GARMHAUSEN, KEISTER & SHENKA Legal Professional AssociationAttorney Michael A. Staudt (0011020)

Jan. 4, 11, 182247299


NO. 11CV000049The State of Ohio, Shelby County.Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Plaintiffvs.Loretta A. Gilson, et al., DefendantIn pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action,

I will offer for sale at public auction, 1775 Lindsey Road, Sidney,OH 45365 in the second floor lobby of the courthouse, in theabove named County, on January 18, 2012, at 10:00 am, the fol-lowing described real estate,Situate in the Township of Washington, County of Shelby, and

State of Ohio, to-wit:Being 10.134 acres located in the Southeast Quarter of Section

5, Town 7, Range 6 East, Washington Township, Shelby County,Ohio, and being further described as follows:Commencing at the Southeast corner of the Southeast Quar-

ter of Section 5, said point also being the centerline of LindseyRoad and the PLACE OF BEGINNING for the parcel herein de-scribed;Thence South 89° 54’ 24” West along the South line of Section

5, a distance of 1174.33 feet to an iron pin;Thence North 00° 39’ 00” West, a distance of 375.01 feet to an

iron pin;Thence North 89° 54’ 24” East, a distance of 1180.13 feet to

a P.K. nail in the East line of Section 5 and centerline of LindseyRoad;Thence South 00° 15’ 58” West, along said centerline and sec-

tion line, a distance of 375.00 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING,said point being marked by an iron pin.Containing in all 10.134 acres and being subject to all legal

easements and rights-of-way of record. Survey and descriptionprepared by Thomas W. Steinke, Registered Surveyor #6177, this24th day of March, 1990, and based upon a boundary survey asrecorded in Survey Book 17, Page 55.Subject to legal highways and easements, conditions, and re-

strictions of record.Said Premises Located at 1775 Lindsey Road, Sidney, OH

45365Parcel No: 58-2605476.004Prior Deed Reference: Book 1656, Page 432Said Premises Appraised at $185,000 and cannot be sold for


days.Sheriff John Lenhart, Sheriff Shelby County, OHMiranda S. Hamrick, Attorney

Dec. 28, Jan. 4, 112245235


NO. 11CV000310The State of Ohio, Shelby County.U.S. Bank, National Association fka Firstar Bank, N.A. fka Star

Bank, N.A., Plaintiffvs.Kevin E. Bunner, et al., DefendantIn pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action,

I will offer for sale at public auction1, 825 Saint Marys Avenue,Sidney, OH 45365 in the second floor lobby of the courthouse,in the above named County, on January 18, 2012, at 10:00 am,the following described real estate,Situate in the City of Sidney, County of Shelby and State of

Ohio, viz:Being Lot Number Fifteen Hundred and Eight in Friedmann’s

Addition to the City of Sidney, Ohio. ALSO, five (5) feet off theSouth side of Lot Number Fifteen Hundred and Nine (1509) inthe City of Sidney, Ohio, except an easement of .010 acres off ofthe east end for highway purposes.Subject to legal highways, easements, conditions and restric-

tions of record.Prior Instrument Reference: Volume 286, Page 40.The Property is conveyed subject to, and there are hereby ex-

cepted from the general warranty covenants, the following:(i) All easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, covenants, reser-

vations, and encumbrances of record;(ii) All legal highways;(iii) Building and zoning statutes, ordinances, codes, rules and

regulations.Parcel No: 01-1825327.018 and 01-1825327.019Prior Deed Reference: Volume 353 Page 400Said Premises Located at 825 Saint Marys Avenue, Sidney, OH

45365Said Premises Appraised at $25,000 and cannot be sold for less

than two-thirds of that amount.TERMS OF SALE: 10% down at time of sale, balance due in 30

days.Sheriff John Lenhart, Sheriff Shelby County, OHJennifer N. Heller, Attorney

Dec. 28, Jan. 4, 112245233

PUBLIC NOTICEThe McLean Township

Trustees will hold their appro-priations meeting on Monday,January 16, 2012at 7:00 P.M. at the Township

House.Marlene Hoying,Fiscal Officer

Jan. 42247430


NO: 11CV000207The State of Ohio, Shelby CountyMUTUAL FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN, Plaintiff,vs.DAVID ZIMMERMAN, ET AL., Defendants.In pursuant of an Order of Sale dated November 10, 2011, in

the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction atthe 2nd Floor Lobby of the Shelby County Courthouse, in Sidney,Ohio, in the above named County, on Wednesday, the 11th dayof January 2012, at 10:00 o’clock A. M., the following describedreal estate:

Parcel 1Situate in the Village of Anna, County of Shelby and State of

Ohio:Being all of Inlot #56 in the Village of Anna, Shelby County,

Ohio, Except Twenty-Eight (28) feet off the South side thereof.Prior Instrument Reference: Volume 153, Page 524 in the Deed

Records of Shelby County, OhioInstrument Reference: Volume 1669, Page 452.Parcel No.: 09-0528453.007Property address: 108 North Pike Street, Anna, Ohio.Parcel 2Situate in the Village of Anna, County of Shelby and State of

Ohio, and being Lot Numbers 646, 648 and 649 in the PebbleBrook Subdivision, Phase Two, as shown on the plat thereof filedfor record in the Office of the Shelby County Recorder in LargePlat Book 31, Pages 148 and 149. Said conveyance is subject tothe protective covenants and easements as set forth and dis-closed on said plat.

Prior Instrument Referenced: Volume 1598, Page 578 in theOfficial Records of Shelby County, Ohio

Instrument Reference: Volume 1623, Page 736.Parcel Nos.: 09-0529479.007, 09-0529476.013 and

09-0529476.046Property addresses: Lot 646, Greystone Lane & Cedarbrook

Court, Anna, OhioLot 648, Greystone Lane, Anna, OhioLot 649, Greystone Lane, Anna, Ohio.

Said Premises are Appraised at:Parcel 1: $45,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-

thirds of that appraised amount.Parcel 2: $45,000.00 and cannot be sold for less than two-

thirds of that appraised amount.TERMS OF SALE: 10% will be due on the day of the purchase

and the remainder will be due at the confirmation of the saleusing cash, bank money order, or certified check made payableto Shelby County Sheriff's Office.

Sheriff John R. Lenhart, Sheriff Shelby County, OhioFAULKNER, GARMHAUSEN, KEISTER & SHENKA Legal Professional AssociationAttorney Michael A. Staudt (0011020)

Dec. 21, 28, Jan. 42243063


CASE NO. 11CV000111The State of Ohio, Shelby County.CitiMortgage, Inc., Plaintiff,vs.

Ronald Roe, et al., Defendants.In pursuant of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I

will offer for sale at public auction, at the 2nd Floor Lobby of theCourthouse, in Sidney, in the above named County, on Wednes-day, the 11th day of January, 2012, at 10:00 o’clock A.M., the fol-lowing described real estate, situate in the County of Shelby andState of Ohio, and in the City of Sidney, to wit:

Situate in the Township of Perry, County of Shelby and State ofOhio, to-wit:

Part of the NE 1/4 of Sec. II, T2, R13, M.R.S., Perry Twp. O.L.121 Shelby County, Ohio to wit:

Commencing at a RR spike in the center of Palestine Streetand in the center of Davidson Street in said Village of Pemberton;Thence due North along the center of Palestine Street, 16.00feet to a P.K. Nail; Thence N 89E-07’W, 30.00 feet to across cutin a concrete walk on the North Line of said Davidson Street andthe place of beginning for the following described real estate:

Thence continuing N 89E-07’ W along said North Line, 342.00feet to an iron pin on the West line of Main Street in said Village;

Thence due, along said West Line, 16.00 feet to an iron pin;Thence N. 89E-07’ W, 246.75 feet to an iron pipe found on the

West Line of O.L. 121;Thence due North, along said West Line of O.L. 121, 99.99 feet

to an iron pin on the East line of said O.L. 121;Thence S 89E-07’ E, along said North Line, 588.75 feet to an

iron pin on the East Line of said O.L. 121 and the West line of saidPalestine Street,

Thence due South, 83.99 feet along said West Line of PalestineStreet, to the place of beginning.

Containing 1.2225 acres more or less, being subject to all ease-ments of record, and being the same premises as recorded inVolume 263, Page 427 of the Shelby County Deed Records, Platrecorded in Volume 19, Page 387.

William G. Fultz, Jr. Reg. Surveyor No. 5173Said Premises Located at: 6857 Davidson St., Pemberton, OH

45353Said Premises Appraised at $35,000.00 and cannot be sold for

less than two-thirds of that amount.Terms of Sale: 10% down day of sale/Waive deposit of 10% if

Plaintiff is successful bidder at sale.John R. Lenhart, Sheriff Shelby County, OhioErin M. Laurito (SC#0075531)Colette S. Car (SC#0075097)Attorneys for Plaintiff

Dec. 21, 28, Jan. 42240444


CASE NO. 11CV000107The State of Ohio, Shelby County.CitiMortgage, Inc., Plaintiff,vs.Victor J. Sanchez, et al., Defendants.In pursuant of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action, I

will offer for sale at public auction, at the 2nd Floor Lobby of theCourthouse, in Sidney, in the above named County, on Wednes-day, the 11th day of January, 2012, at 10:00 o’clock A.M., the fol-lowing described real estate, situate in the County of Shelby andState of Ohio, and in the City of Sidney, to wit:Situated in the Township of Washington in the County of

Shelby and the State of Ohio, and being part of the SW 1/4 ofSec. 1, T9, R5E, Washington Twp., and Shelby Co., Ohio, ore par-ticularly described as follows:Commencing on a RR Spike in the northeast corner of the

southwest quarter of said section 1, Thence N. 89’ -16’ -10” Walong the north line of said southwest quarter (North line ofStoker Rd.), 678.84 Ft. to an iron pin and the place of beginningfor the following described real estate;Thence continuing N 89° -02’ -10” W, along said north line,

208.73 feet, to an iron pin found on the east line of the premisesrecorded in Vol. 267 Pg. 239;Thence S 0° -02’ -30” E, along said east line, 626.19 feet to an

iron pin;Thence S 89 - 16’ - 10”“ E, 208. 73 feet to an iron pin;Thence N 0° - 02’ - 30” W 626.19 to the place of beginning.Said Premises Located at: 8350 Stoker Road, Sidney, Ohio

45365Said Premises Appraised at $110,000.00 and cannot be sold

for less than two-thirds of that amount.Terms of Sale: 10% down day of sale/Waive deposit of 10% if

Plaintiff is successful bidder at sale.John R. Lenhart, Sheriff Shelby County, OhioErin M. Laurito (SC#0075531)Colette S. Car (SC#0075097)Attorneys for Plaintiff

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NO. 10CV000333The State of Ohio, Shelby CountyChase Home Finance, LLC, Plaintiffvs.David D. Myers, et al., DefendantIn pursuance of an Order of Sale in the above entitled action,

I will offer for sale at public auction, in the second floor lobby ofthe Courthouse in the above named county, on Wednesday, the25th day of January, 2012 at 10:00AM the following describedreal estate, situate in the County of Shelby and State of Ohio,and Township of Sidney, to wit:Situated in the City of Sidney, in the County of Shelby and

State of Ohio:Being Lot No. 3916 in the Northwood Village Sec. 1 Subdivi-

sion as shown on plat thereof filed for record in the Office of theShelby County Recorder on June 9, 1970, at Instrument No.73454.Said Premises Located at 319 Lunar Street, Sidney, OH 45365Said Premises Appraised at $85,000.00 and cannot be sold for

less than two-thirds of that amount.TERMS OF SALE: 10% depositJohn Lenhart, Sheriff Shelby County, OhioMatthew J. Richardson, Attorney

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COMICS Sidney Daily News,Wednesday, January 4, 2012

TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is Wednesday, Jan.4, the fourth day of 2012.There are 362 days left in theyear.Today’s Highlight in His-

tory:On Jan. 4, 1951, during the

Korean War, North Koreanand Communist Chineseforces recaptured the city ofSeoul (sohl).On this date:� In 1821, the first native-

born American saint, Eliza-beth Ann Seton, died inEmmitsburg, Md.

� In 1861, Alabama seizeda federal arsenal at MountVernon near Mobile.

� In 1896, Utah was ad-mitted as the 45th state.

� In 1904, the SupremeCourt, in Gonzalez v.Williams, ruled that PuertoRicans were not aliens andcould enter the United Statesfreely; however, the courtstopped short of declaringthem U.S. citizens.

� In 1935, PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt, in hisState of the Union address,called for legislation to pro-vide assistance for the jobless,elderly, impoverished chil-dren and the handicapped.

� In 1948, Burma (nowcalled Myanmar) became in-dependent of British rule.

� In 1960, Algerian-bornFrench author and philoso-pher Albert Camus died in anautomobile accident in Ville-blevin, France, at age 46.

� In 1964, Pope Paul VIbegan a visit to the HolyLand, the first papal pilgrim-age of its kind, as he arrivedin Jerusalem.

� In 1965, President Lyn-don B. Johnson outlined thegoals of his “Great Society” inhis State of theUnionAddress.

� In 1974, PresidentRichard M. Nixon refused tohand over tape recordingsand documents subpoenaedby the Senate WatergateCommittee.

� In 1987, 16 people werekilled when an Amtrak trainbound from Washington,D.C., to Boston collided withConrail locomotives that hadcrossed into its path from aside track in Chase, Md.

100 yearsJan. 4, 1912

Sidney Dachenback,an employee of the De-Graff Milling Co., for-merly of this city, hadhis clothing caught in abelt at the mill and nar-rowly escaped death.His clothing was torn offand his leg injured.

–––––Thomas Stockstill, of

Orange Township, is vis-iting his son, Rev. W.TStockstill at Van Wert.He will remain for theOliver Evangelistic cam-paign to be conducted inthat city.

–––––Dr. L.F. Hubbell left

today for Chicago wherehe will spend the nextfew weeks taking a postgraduate course atChicago University.

75 yearsJan. 4, 1937

Dr. R.M. Kerr willserve as head of the Sid-ney Board of Educationduring 1937, elected tothat office at the annualreorganization meetingof the board held lastevening in the office ofSupt. C.C. Crawford.Herman Enders wasnamed vice presidentand J.C. Custenborderwas retained as clerk.Other members of theboard are Harry M.Faulkner and Joseph B.Cook.

–––––New Bremen

churches, schools andshows have been closedby order of Mayor FrankD. Kuenning and the vil-lage board of education,at the recommendationof county health offi-cials. The decision toclose all public placeswas made in a final ef-fort to stamp out scarletfever which has beenprevalent there for someweeks.

–––––Coach Francis

Schmidt, Ohio Statefootball mentor; LarrySnyder, Ohio State trackcoach, and Jack Fullen,Ohio State Alumni Asso-ciation secretary, will bethe guest speakers atthe Ohio State Alumnibanquet to be held hereon Jan. 14, it was an-nounced today.


David Drees, of Cov-ington, Kiwanis lieu-tenant governor of Ohio,was installing officer atthe meeting of SidneyKiwanis Club Wednes-day noon at the HotelWagner.LeRoy Bishop took

the oath as president.Other officers are Thur-man Chiles, vice presi-dent, Robert Peters,secretary, and Don Fogt,treasurer. Directors areClarence Hemmert, Her-bert Schlater, and RoyBlackston.


ANNA — During theday textbooks are of ut-most importance toAnna High School Prin-cipal Earnie Jones. OnWednesday eveningsand Sundays, Jonesdraws from another book— the Bible — in his roleas a Baptist minister.Rev. Jones, 38, 13998

Lochard Road, became atwo-career man morethan two years ago whenhe assumed the pastorship at Favorite HillBaptist Church, 101South St., Piqua.

–––––WASHINGTON (AP)

— The sweeping newfederal tax law, a multi-billion dollar windfall forthe states, is sparkingdebate on whether to cutrates for taxpayers oruse the money for stateprograms or to easedeficits.There are plans in 19

states to use the extrarevenue on specific proj-ects or to cut red ink.But in at least 14 otherstates, officials say tax-payers are likely to ben-efit through lower ratesthat would return all orpart of the windfall tothem.

Is there male menopause?

Sister’s affair with boss costs boyfriend his job

DEAR DR.D O N O H U E :Here’s one I betyou don’t seeoften. I am amale, 62, and re-cently have beengetting nightsweats, chills,sleeplessness andlow-grade fevers.I read abouttestosterone sup-plementat ion,which I will notdo. I am curiousabout male menopause. Ihave led a very activeand physical life in a pro-fessional sport.Addition-ally, I had a vasectomywhen I was 22. I am look-ing for a dietary, vitaminor homeopathic remedyfor relief. — D.C.

ANSWER: Men don’texperience the suddendrop-off in testosteroneproduction like womendo in estrogen produc-tion at the time of their

menopause. Fur-ther, male spermproduction con-tinues whilewomen’s egg pro-duction stops atmenopause. It istrue that testos-terone produc-tion lessens withage. Around age40, its productiondecreases by 1percent per year.However, un-

like women, rela-tively fewmen suffer anysymptoms from this di-minished production.Muscles do shrink withless testosterone around,and bones lose theirstrength. Sometimeserectile dysfunction ismentioned as a sign oftestosterone deficiency.If demonstrably low

levels of testosterone areshown and men are hav-ing problems from mus-cle weakness or sexual

performance, replace-ment therapy is a possi-ble antidote.I understand that you

don’t want to taketestosterone. I don’tthink it would help youor rid you of your com-plaints. Night sweats,chills, sleeplessness andlow-grade fever are notsigns of a lack of testos-terone. Those things canbe signs of more seriousconditions, like hiddeninfections and unde-tected cancers. Youshould submit to a thor-ough examination byyour doctor. You shouldnot try to self-medicatewith vitamins, dietarychanges or homeopathicremedies. You have tofind out exactly what’sgoing on. Your vasec-tomy has nothing to dowith any of your symp-toms.

DEAR DR. DONO-

HUE: I misplaced an ar-ticle you wrote about eyepupil inequality.Will youplease repeat it? — D.A.

ANSWER: I wroteabout Adie’s pupil, whenone pupil is larger thanthe other. It usually hap-pens to healthy youngwomen. Infections, in-cluding syphilis andother conditions, causethe inequality, but theyare in the minority.Horner’s syndrome is

another cause of differ-ence in pupil size. Notonly is one pupil smallerthan the other, but facialsweating on the side ofthe smaller pupil stops.There’s a slight droopingof the eyelid over the eyewith the smaller pupil.Most cases of Horner’ssyndrome are idiopathic,meaning they have nodiscernible cause. Onecause of this syndrome islung cancer. Strokes cancause it, too.

DEAR ABBY: Myl o n g - d i s t a n c eboyfriend, “Wayne,”moved here two yearsago to take a job work-ing for my twin sister“Kim’s” mentor. Afterfive months on the job,Wayne was terminatedand was replaced by—my sister! To say thereare hurt feelings is anunderstatement.Wayne and I were

unaware that Kim had beenhaving an affair with thismuch-older married father oftwo. He has now left his wifeand kids and is living with mysister.Kim is enjoying her job as

his assistant and reaping allthe benefits of his long-estab-lished business.I’m devastated by the be-

trayal. It frustrates me that

after months of decep-tion, my twin is bene-fiting from a massiveindiscretion thatended a marriage anddestroyed a family.We were always

close, but I don’t wantto include her lover inany upcoming eventsin my life. She saysthey’re a “packagedeal.” How do I movepast this — or should

I? — DECEIVED BY MYEVIL TWIN

DEAR DECEIVED: I’mnot sure what “upcomingevents in your life” you’re re-ferring to, but if they includeWayne, his feelings shouldalso be taken into considera-tion. How angry and resentfulwill he feel if he’s forced to in-teract with the man who firedhim so he could be replaced by

your sister?I can’t decide for you how

you will work this out, but Iwill offer this advice: For thepresent, make no hard andfast decisions. This could playout in any number of ways.Her boss could marry her,

or he could return to his wifeand family.Wait and see whatthe future brings. It’s often fullof surprises.

DEAR ABBY: I am a sin-gle adult female. I have aneighbor and friend I’ll callKurt. He has been terrific tome. He has given me things,taken me out a few times andseems very caring. I enjoy thetime we spend together and Ihave developed romantic feel-ings for him. My problem isKurt is gay.I know I can’t have the

kind of relationship with him

that I’d like to. Once, we spentthe whole day together and Ispent the whole time wishingit had been a real date. Itseems like whenever we goout together I don’t know howto handle the situation. Be-cause he’s a neighbor, I runinto him a lot. I could usesome advice on this. — SONEAR AND YET SO FAR INTEXAS

DEAR NEAR AND FAR:You and Kurt appear to becompatible on many levels,but you must accept that aswonderful a person as he is

— he cannot give you the ro-mantic love you’re looking for.He isn’t “wired” thatway. Wishing, hoping and

dreaming won’t change that— but it WILL waste yourtime and prevent you fromlooking for eligible men.You need to put the brakes

on this friendship until youhave regained your balanceand/or have met someone else.And tell Kurt why, so his feel-ings won’t be hurt. I’m bettingit won’t be the first time he’sheard it.

DEAR ABBY: Is a grand-mother being disrespectfulwhen she purposely continuesto misspell her 12-year-oldgrandson’s name on cards andgifts? — HIS NAME IS JOE!

DEAR H.N.I.J.!: Notknowing the grandmother, Ican’t say for certain. She maybe letting you know she’s dis-appointed you didn’t name theboy after his grandfather“Morris.” She could also be il-literate or somewhat de-mented, but I’m betting she’sletting you know she’s nothappy with the name youchose.

A warm-up sets in todayand temperatures will be alittle highereach dayt h r o u g hthe end ofthe week.Tempera-tures willbe in the40s today,Friday and Saturday.

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City/RegionHigh | Low tempsForecast for

Youngstown29° | 13°

Cleveland32° | 18°Toledo

32° | 20°

Portsmouth40° | 14°

Cincinnati38° | 18°

Dayton34° | 16°

Mansfield31° | 14°

Columbus34° | 16°

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Partlycloudywith

southwestwinds of15 mph

High: 35°

Tonight

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with westwinds 10to 15 mphLow: 25°

Thursday

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High: 40°Low: 32°

Friday

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High: 45°Low: 32°

Saturday

Partlycloudy

High: 45°Low: 32°

MondaySunday

Partlycloudy

High: 38°Low: 28°

Partlycloudy

High: 38°Low: 28°

ColdT Temperatures Continue In East

Sunny Pt. Cloudy Cloudy

Cold temperatures coupled in the East will continue along with snow showers in the Upper Midwest. Dry conditions will continue in the West along with a high pressure ridge that does not appear to be going away soon.

National forecastForecast highs for Wednesday, Jan. 4

Fronts PressureCold Warm Stationary Low High

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Temperature Precipitation Sunrise/Sunset

High Thursday.......................47Low Thursday .......................33High Friday............................50Low Friday.............................39High Saturday .......................49Low Saturday........................35High Sunday .........................50Low Sunday ..........................26High Monday.........................27Low Monday..........................18

Thursday ...........................traceFriday .................................0.15Saturday............................noneSunday...............................0.01Monday ..............................0.02Month to date.....................0.03Year to date........................0.03

Wednesday’s sunset..5:24 p.m.Thursday’s sunrise..........8 a.m.Thursday’s sunset......5:24 p.m.

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Contact Sports Editor KenBarhorst with story ideas, sportsscores and game stats by phone at(937) 498-5960; e-mail,[email protected]; or by fax,(937) 498-5991.Wednesday, January 4, 2012

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FORT LORAMIE — Nei-ther team could shoot freethrows Tuesday night at FortLoramie, but the JacksonCenter Tigers hit a few thatreally counted in the latestages to help them to a 40-36victory over upset-mindedFort Loramie in County boysbasketball action.The win keeps the Tigers

unbeaten on the year at 7-0and that includes five straightin league play.They host AnnaFriday.Fort Loramie drops to 1-4

in the County and 1-6 overalland has a tough road ahead,with three straight awaygames, starting with Friday atBotkins.Jackson Center didn’t get

its first lead of the low-scoringgame until 2:30 remained inthe second quarter, on a three-pointer by GavinWildermuth.But Fort Loramie reeled off

the last four points of the quar-ter for an 18-17 halftime lead.Andy Hoying had to do the

brunt of the scoring in thefirst half, and he started fastin the second as well. Hescored the game’s first fourpoints of the third quarter tostake the Tigers to a 21-18lead, but before the Tigerscould seize the momentum,back came the Redskins withsix in a row, the last three onKyle Miracle’s third three-pointer of the game.

Loramie’s lead reached fivepoints at 26-21, but the Tigerscut it to 26-24 on a bucket byEric Ryder, and led 28-27after Trey Elchert drained athree just under the buzzer.Jackson took the lead at 29-

28 on a follow by Ryder, andhad a chance to stretch thelead when Wildermuth wasfouled. But he missed both tomake the Tigers 1-for-7 atthat point.Loramie then got a three-

pointer from Miracle and athree-point play from JaredAl-bers to open up a six-point lead.Back came Jackson, how-

ever, with six in a row to knotthe score at 35-35, and four ofthe points ironically came atthe free throw line.Fort Loramie then missed

two free throws on AlexMeyer’s fourth foul, and Hoy-ing scored at the other end onan assist from Elchert for a37-35 Jackson lead with 2:55remaining.After Loramie missed the

front end of a one-and-one,Jackson ran the clock all theway down to a minute, butElchert couldn’t connect atthe foul line.At the other end, Loramie

got one of two free throws butWildermuth countered withone at the other end to makeit 38-36.In the final hectic seconds,

Jackson missed two free

throws to give Loramie achance, but the Redskinstwice missed with a chance totie or take the lead.Jackson finally nailed it

down with two Meyer freethrows with :03 left.For the game, Jackson was

just 8-for-20 from the line, 40percent, and Loramie 4-for-11,36 percent. The Redskinsmissed four out of five in thefinal period.“Hopefully, we’re growing

and developing,” said Loramiecoach Karl Ratermann. “Wemissed some crucial freethrows, and we missed someshots in the fourth quarterwhen we had the chance to re-take the lead. Hopefully, thosewill start falling.”Jackson’s Hoying finished

with nearly half of his team’spoints on the night, going for18.Miracle had 12 for Loramie

on four threes and Albersadded 10.

Jackson Center (40)Meyer 1-4-6; Elchert 1-0-3; Wil-

dermuth 1-1-4; Hoying 8-2-18; Win-ner 1-0-2; Ryder 3-1-7. Totals:15-8-40.

Fort Loramie (36)Fullenkamp 1-2-4; Miracle 4-0-12;

Albers 4-2-10; Benanzer 1-0-2; Cor-donnier 4-0-8. Totals: 14-4-36.

Score by quarters:JC ....................................6 17 27 40FL..................................10 18 28 36

Three-pointers: JC 2 (Elchert,Wildermuth); FL 4 (Miracle 4).

Records: JC 7-0, FL 1-6.Reserve score: FL 60, JC 37.

Tigers pull out 40-36win to up mark to 7-0


JACKSON CENTER’S Troy Opperman (left) and Fort Loramie’s Kyle Miracle both go for the ballin action Tuesday night at Fort Loramie in County boys basketball.

BOTKINS — Being athome agrees with the BotkinsTrojans.Playing only their second

home game this season, theTrojans posted an impressivewin over theHoustonWildcats,67-44, in a makeup of the “firealarm” game Tuesday night inCounty boys basketball action.The Trojans snap a three-

game losing streak with thewin and go to 4-3 on the yearwith Fort Loramie coming totown Friday.Houston drops to 3-4 on the

year and hosts Lehman onSaturday.

The Trojans jumped onHouston early, and then with-stood a late second-quarterrally to pull away to the win.“They got it down to six with

the first basket of the thirdquarter, but we got it back up,”said Brett Meyer, Botkins’coach. “We took the ball to thebasket a little more tonight,and we got good balance again,which is what we did in win-ning our first three games.Botkins was 27-for-49 from

the field for a red-hot 55 per-cent, while limiting Houstonto 42 percent on 14-for-33.The Trojans also outre-

bounded the Wildcats 25-19,with 10 of those coming on theoffensive end.Tyler Egbert poured in 21

to lead the Trojans, all but twoof those after the first period.Ethan Zimpfer added 11

and Gabe Lawrence chippedin nine off the bench.“Gabe came in and hit a

coule of threes in the firsthalf,” said Meyer. “And NateCisco really gave us a charge.He only had five points, but hewas all over the floor divingfor loose balls. And the otherkids picked up on that.”Jesse Phlipot was the lone

Wildcat in double figures with13, and Nate Ritchie addednine, including 7-for-8 fromthe line.

Houston (44)Braun 1-1-4;Mullen 2-3-7; Ritchie

1-7-9; Clark 1-0-2; Phlipot 6-1-13;Curl 2-3-7; Phipps 1-0-2. Totals: 14-15-44.

Botkins (67)Cisco 2-1-5; Zimpfer 3-5-11; Eg-

bert 9-2-21; Hoying 1-0-2; Greynolds0-1-1; Geyer 2-0-4; Schwartz 4-0-8;Lawrence 3-1-9; Bornhorst 3-0-6. To-tals: 27-10-67.

Score by quarters:Houston ........................11 24 33 44Botkins .........................17 32 46 67

Three-pointers: Houston 1(Braun); Botkins 3 (Lawrence 2, Eg-bert).

Trojans roll past Houston 67-44

BY MATT ZIRCHER

Lehman looked to be incontrol, up 11 at the half and13 in the third quarter, butFranklin Monroe graduallychipped away and, on a TravisFietshans layup with nineseconds remaining, the Jetspulled out a 38-37 win Tues-day night at Lehman.Lehman falls to 5-3 on the

season while F-M improves to6-2 with its sixth straight win.

After a back-and-forthopening period that saw fourlead changes, there werethree more to open the secondquarter, the final being a TreyMong basket that gaveFranklin Monroe a 12-11 ad-vantage.James Rego, though, put

the Cavaliers back in front ontheir next possession andafter Alex Baker connected ona jumper, the margin grew to17-12 on two Drew Wester-heide free throws with 3:19left in the period.Lehman then used the

three-ball to go up 27-16 atthe break as Conner Richardconnected on one from the leftwing and Westerheide fol-lowed with an NBA threefrom the right wing in theclosing seconds.The Cavaliers shot 36 per-

cent from the field in the firsthalf and were five of six at thefoul line while the Jets shotjust 23 percent and were twoof seven from the stripe.A fast-break layup from

Solomon King-White and a

Ben Thieman basket gaveLehman its biggest lead of thenight at 33-20 with 3:37 re-maining in the third quarter,but Franklin Monroe startedits comeback from there, scor-ing the final seven points ofthe stanza, the last four by Fi-etshans, to only trail by six.A Fietshans layup and

later free throw cut the deficitto three, but the Cavalierswent back up five twice asWesterheide hit a baseline

jumper and waslater credited witha tip-in basket tomake it 37-32 with3:38 to play.Following a

Devin Fourmanfoul shot, a layupby Fietshanstrimmed thedeficit to two atthe 2:26 mark. Fi-ethans then madeone of two at theline with 42 sec-onds left and, aftera missed one-and-one attempt byRichard at the29.2-second mark,he scored thegame-winner withnine seconds toplay as he receiveda pass at the leftblock, turned andwent in for thelayup.Lehman had

one last chance,but Baker’sjumper attemptwent off the rimand the Cavalierscould not get a sec-ond shot up intime.Both teams

struggled with theoffense in the sec-ond half asLehman shot just23 percent to finishat 30 percent over-all while the Jets

shot 29 percent to end up at26 percent. F-M also went 10of 25 at the line compared tojust five of seven for the Cav-aliers as Lehman was whis-tled for 26 fouls to only 13 forFranklin Monroe.Westerheide led the Cavs

with 13 points, but no otherLehman player had morethan six. James Rego col-lected 11 rebounds.Jaden Horner paced the

Jets with 13 points while Fi-etshans posted a “double-dou-ble” of 12 points and 13rebounds.Lehman returns to action

Saturday at Houston.Franklin Monroe (38)

Fourman 0-3-3; J. Horner 4-5-13;M. Horner 2-0-4; Fietshans 5-2-12;Mong 2-0-4; Skelton 1-0-2. Totals:14-10-38.

Lehman (37)King-White 2-1-5; Baker 3-0-6;

Westerheide 5-2-13; Rego 1-0-2;Richard 2-0-6; Thieman 2-2-6. To-tals: 15-5-37.

Score by quartersF-M ................................8 16 27 38Lehman...........................9 27 33 37

Three pointers: F-M 0; Lehman2 (Westerheide, Richard).

Records: F-M 6-2, Lehman 5-4.Reserve score: Lehman 54,

Franklin Monroe 40.

F-M edgesLehman 38-37


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AP Photo/Stephen Morton

OHIO STATE wide receiver DeVier Posey (8) stiffarms Florida linebacker Jonathan Bostic (52) dur-

ing the first half of the Gator Bowl NCAA collegefootball game Monday in Jacksonville, Fla.

J A C K -S ONV I L L E ,Fla. — A crowdof 61,312watched OhioState playFlorida in theGator Bowl onMonday, whichis probablysmaller thanthe attendancewill be at theBuckeyes’ spring game,the first chance for fansto watch Urban Meyercoach at OSU.But before that, there

was a smaller meetingplanned. At 7 a.m. Tues-day,Meyer was scheduledto address the returningOhio State players in ateam meeting.For some reason,

these things alwaysseem to happen early inthe morning.It’s probably designed

that way to help get theplayers’ attention. Theunspokenmessage is thatthey need to wake up,that they need to startworking earlier than theircompetition, that theyneed to sit up straightand pay attention.Meyer probably won’t

be as blistering in his as-sessment of the situation

at Ohio State ashe was in hisfirst meeting atBowling Green,where he was afirst-year coachand the footballprogram wasmired in losing.But after a 6-

7 season marredby numeroussuspensions, the

new coach’s prodding todo better will probablybe a few notches beyondgentle.Meyer has already

spoken to Ohio State’steam on the day he wasintroduced as their newcoach back in November.But this is the first

day he will be exertingall of his power after in-terim coach Luke Fickelland the previous OSUstaff were allowed tocoach the team throughMonday’s Gator Bowlgame.Meyer has said he

wants to hit the team“like a hurricane” withhis new staff in place.So, it could be an in-

teresting meeting andan interesting next fewmonths for Ohio State’sunderclassmen and in-coming recruits.

After all the issuesthey’ve dealt with, alongwith a 6-7 record, Meyercould find a roomful ofwilling listeners whenhe talks to the Buckeyes.“I’m just ready for

next year,” sophomoredefensive linemanJohnathan Hankinssaid. “I’m anxious toturn the page. He’s justgoing to give us a brieftalk (Tuesday) and takeit from there.“I’m going to be pre-

pared for next year andget the job done,” Hank-ins said.Junior linebacker Eti-

enne Sabino said, “Iknow there’s going to bea change.”When it was sug-

gested to him that hav-ing a new coach was achance to wipe the slateclean with a new man incharge who hadn’t seenthe mistakes and badhabits players had in thepast, he said that’s notthe way it works.“They (OSU’s new

coaches) have the film.They’ll see the mis-takes,” he said.Meyer’s hiring has

created a tidal wave ofenthusiasm in OhioState’s huge fan base,

even with the NCAA-im-posed bowl ban for the2012 season.But something to re-

member — and some-thing Meyer might pointout to his team— is thatthere are a lot of otherteams who want to begreat and will put in thework to try to do it.Even though it beat

Ohio State 24-17 in theGator Bowl to finish 7-6and avoid a losing sea-son, Florida’s playerscan expect a meeting oftheir own when they re-turn to campus.“I’m so excited for our

football team, but weneed to get better andthat starts with me,”Florida coach WillMuschamp said afterMonday’s game.“Seven and six is not

acceptable at the Uni-versity of Florida andwe’re looking forward togetting started on Jan. 9.We start school andwe’ll have a good teammeeting that day and getthese guys ready to go,”he said.A new era began

Tuesday at Ohio State.But there still will bechallenges and chal-lengers to be met.

Meyer era begins at OSU

JimNaveau

The Lima News

Springfield came toBel-Mar Lanes on Tues-day for ab o w l i n gm a t c ha g a i n s tSidney, andthe YellowJ a c k e tteams wonin bothboys andgirls ac-tion.The Sidney girls

raised their record to 10-2 with a 2113-1728 vic-tory over Springfield.

Shelbie Andersonrolled a 226 game to leadthe Lady Jackets.In junior varsity ac-

tion, Holli James rolled a211 game.Sidney’s win sets up a

key match on Fridayagainst Troy at Bel-Mar.Both teams come intothe match with 10-2records.The Sidney boys had

2306 to 2218 for Spring-field.Sidney rolled an ex-

cellent first regulargame of 1042 thanks to a

246 from Kegan Latimer,who threw strikes on hislast nine balls.Jacob Blankenship

had a 225, Trent Knoop214 and Zach Shiflett206.Springfield had 985 in

the first game.In the second game,

Trent Knoop rolled a224 and at the end ofthat game, Sidney held a101-point lead at 1923-1822.However, Springfield

came back big in the firstbaker game, scoring 235

to Sidney’s 192 to narrowthe gap to 58 pins.But the Jackets re-

sponded with a 191 andSpringfield sunk to 161in the second bakergame.“Jumping out in front

at the beginning of thematch was the key to theboys’ win,” said Sidneycoach Angie Mentges.In junior varsity ac-

tion, Adam Gates rolleda 216 and Trent Branamadded a 204.The boys will also

host Troy on Friday.

SHS keglers sweep Springfield

Latimer

The Sidney AmateurHoopsAssociation seasonis approaching, and anyfourth, fifth or sixthgrade boy or girl inter-ested in playing should beat themandatory clinic atthe middle school on Jan.8 (this Sunday).The clinic will serve

as a practice and evalua-tion for team selections.There are separate

teams for boys and girls.The boys clinic will be

on Sunday from 1-to-3

p.m. and the girls onSunday from 3-to-5 p.m.Sidney High School

basketball coaches GregSnyder and MeganMummey will be theleague coordinators, andtheir assistant coachesand players will be as-sisting with the clinic.Sign-up sheets will be

available on Sunday.Anyone with ques-

tions can contact Snyderby e-mail at [email protected]

SAHA meeting Sundayat Sidney Middle School

NEW BREMEN —New Bremen HighSchool is looking for ahead football coach.Interested applicants

should sent a cover let-ter, resume and refer-

ences to Gary Jones atNBHS, 901 E. MonroeStreet, New Bremen,45869, or e-mail him [email protected]. The deadlineis Jan. 31.

NB looking for football coach

COLUMBUS, Ohio(AP) — Jared Sullingerhad 19 points and 12 re-bounds, and No. 6 OhioState shook off its mostrecent loss with a 71-40victory over Nebraskaon Tuesday night.The Buckeyes (14-2,

2-1 Big Ten) had littledifficulty in their firstgame since a painful 74-70 defeat at No. 13 Indi-ana on Saturday. In thatloss, the Buckeyes had17 turnovers and com-mitted 22 fouls.Deshaun Thomas

added 15 points andWilliam Buford had 13for the Buckeyes, whowon their 35th consecu-tive home game.Toney McCray had 13

points and Bo Spencer10 for Nebraska (8-6, 0-3), which was playing itsfirst Big Ten road game.The Cornhuskers were

outrebounded 44-21 andhad more turnovers (17)than field goals (16).Spencer came in lead-

ing the Cornhuskers inscoring at 15.1 points agame.

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ST. PARIS — Annacontinued to dominateits opponents, beating a6-2 Graham team 71-29Tuesday night in girlsbasketball action here.The win gives Anna a

9-0 mark heading toJackson Center Thurs-day. The Lady Rocketsthen play at MarionLocal Saturday.Natalie Billing led the

way for Anna with a dou-ble-double of 17 pointsand 11 rebounds. Mor-gan Huelskamp was theLady Rockets’ top scorerwith 20.The Lady Rockets

rolled to a 14-3 lead aftera quarter and stretchedit to 31-7 lead at the half.

Anna (71)Huelskamp 9-0-20; Overbey

3-1-8; Huber 1-2-5; Ehemann1-0-2; T. Bensman 2-0-4; Billing7-3-17; C. Bensman 1-0-2;Frohne 2-3-7; Rioch 2-0-4; Noff-singer 1-0-2. Totals: 29-8-71.

Graham (29)Duke 6-3-17; Jones 2-0-4;

Black 1-4-6; Kite 1-0-2. Totals:10-7-29.

Score by quarters:Anna...................14 31 58 71Graham .................2 7 13 29

Three-pointers: Anna 4(Huelskamp 2, Overbey,Huber); Graham 2 (Dyke 2).

Records: Anna 9-0, Gra-ham 6-3.

Reserve score: Anna 50,Graham 16.

——Lady Cavs rollTIPP CITY —

Lehman got back ontrack with a 70-34 demo-lition of winless Bethelin girls basketball Tues-day.Lehman was led in

scoring by LindseySpearman with 23 andKandice Sargeant with20. Paxton Hatcher,meanwhile, had an out-standing all-around

game, with 12 points,nine rebounds, 11 assistsand six steals. Spearman added

eight steals.The win puts the

Lady Cavs at 3-6 on theseason.

Lehman (70)Harrelson 3-2-8; Hatcher 6-

0-12; Jones 1-0-2; Sargeant 8-4-20; Schmitz 1-1-3; Slagle0-1-1; Spearman 11-1-23; Yan-nucci 0-1-1. Totals: 30-10-70.

Bethel (34)Burchett 3-0-7; Callahan 1-

0-2; Cripps 3-5-11; Koger 2-0-4;Shoopman 3-0-6; Swisher 1-0-2; Weinert 0-2-2. Totals: 13-7-34.

Score by quarters:Lehman..............23 43 62 70Bethel....................5 9 19 34

Three-pointers: Lehman0, Bethel 1 (Burchett).

Records: Lehman 3-6,Bethel 0-10.

Reserve score: Lehman54, Bethel 24.

——Lady Jets fallUNION CITY — Fair-

lawn remained in searchof its first win afterfalling 55-31 to Missisi-nawa in non-league girlsaction Tuesday.The Lady Jets are

now 0-9.For Fairlawn, Kelsey

Oates had 11 to lead theway.

Fairlawn (31)Slonkosky 0-4-4; Oates 4-1-

10; Roe 1-2-5; Driscoll 2-2-6;Cummings 3-1-7. Totals: 10-10-31.

Missssinawa (55)Weymert 1-0-2; Livington

3-2-8; Neargardner 1-0-2; Mur-ray 4-3-13; Saintignon 5-2-14;Collins 2-2-7; Amspaugh 2-0-4;Coy 2-1-5. Totals: 17-10-55.

Score by quarters:Fairlawn................1 7 14 31Mississinawa........8 22 41 55

Three-pointers: Fairlawn2 (Oates, Roe); Mississinawa 5(Murray 2, Saintignon 2,Collins).

Records: Fairlawn 0-9;Mississinawa 4-6.

Lady Rockets9-0 after routof Graham

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High school sportsTONIGHT

Girls basketballSidney at Trotwood

SwimmingBotkins at Lima quad

——THURSDAY

Girls basketballLehman at Fort LoramieFort Recovery at VersaillesFairlawn at RussiaDelphos St. John’s at New

KnoxvilleRiverside at BellefontaineNew Bremen at MnsterAnna at Jackson Center

——FRIDAY

Boys basketballPiqua at SidneyFairlawn at RussiaNew Knoxville at Delphos St.

John’sRiverside at WaynesfieldMinster at New BremenVersdailles at Fort RecoveryAnna at Jackson CenterFort Loramie at Botkins

BowlingTroy at Sidney

——SATURDAY

Boys basketballSidney at GreenvilleLehman at HoustonNew Bremen at RussiaBotkins at New KnoxvilleRiverside at FairlawnOttoville at MinsterFort Loramie at VersaillesWaynesfield at Jackson CenterAnna at Marion LocalChristian Academy at

CedarvilleGirls basketball

Sidney at St. HenryArcanum at LehmanChristian Academy at

CedarvilleHouston at RussiaWaynesfield at New KnoxvilleMinster at CelinaFranklin-Monroe at VersaillesNew Bremen at Troy ChristianFairlawn at BotkinsFort Loramie at Jackson CenterAnna at Marion Local

WrestlingSidney at Beavercreek Inv.Lehman at Plymouth Inv.

BowlingSidney at Buckeye ClassicSwimming/diving

Sidney Invitational

FLORIDA 24, OHIO ST. 17Ohio St. ....................0 10 0 7—17Florida........................7 7 7 3—24

First QuarterFla_Thompson 17 pass from

Brantley (Sturgis kick), :56.

Second QuarterOSU_Posey 5 pass from

B.Miller (Basil kick), 11:25.Fla_Debose 99 kickoff return

(Sturgis kick), 11:13.OSU_FG Basil 37, :15.Third QuarterFla_Stewart 14 blocked punt

return (Sturgis kick), 11:14.Fourth QuarterFla_FG Sturgis 17, 14:09.OSU_J.Hall 11 pass from

B.Miller (Basil kick), :57.A_61,312.

——OSU Fla

First downs . . . . . . . . . 20 14Rushes-yards . . . . 37-137 38-131Passing. . . . . . . . . . . . 162 132Comp-Att-Int. . . . 18-23-0 12-16-1Return Yards . . . . . . . . . 0 45Punts-Avg. . . . . . . . 5-47.2 3-37.3Fumbles-Lost . . . . . . . 2-2 2-2Penalties-Yards . . . . 4-25 7-74Time of Possession . 32:21 27:39

——INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING_Ohio St., Herron

12-82, J.Hall 4-24, B.Miller 15-20,Hyde 5-17, Posey 1-(minus 6).Florida, Rainey 16-71, Demps 7-30,T.Burton 4-23, Gillislee 5-15, Joyer1-0, Brantley 2-(minus 3), Team 3-(minus 5).

PASSING_Ohio St., B.Miller18-23-0-162. Florida, Brantley 12-16-1-132.

RECEIVING_Ohio St., Posey 5-38, Herron 4-11, J.Hall 3-12,D.Smith 2-47, Heuerman 1-25,Fields 1-13, Boren 1-8, Hyde 1-8.Florida, Rainey 3-31, Hines 2-40,Thompson 2-27, Debose 1-9, Ham-mond 1-8, Demps 1-7, Dunbar 1-6,Leonard 1-4.

NFL Playoff GlanceThe Associated PressAll Times EST

Wild-card PlayoffsSaturday, Jan. 7

Cincinnati at Houston, 4:30p.m.

Detroit at New Orleans, 8 p.m.Sunday, Jan. 8

Atlanta at New York Giants, 1p.m.

Pittsburgh at Denver, 4:30 p.m.Divisional PlayoffsSaturday, Jan. 14

Atlanta, N.Y. Giants or New Or-leans at San Francisco, 4:30 p.m.

Cincinnati, Pittsburgh or Den-ver at New England, 8 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 15Pittsburgh, Denver or Houston

at Baltimore, 1 p.m.Detroit, Atlanta or N.Y. Giants

at Green Bay, 4:30 p.m.Conference Championships

Sunday, Jan. 22TBD

Pro BowlSunday, Jan. 29At Honolulu

NFC vs. AFCSuper BowlSunday, Feb. 5At Indianapolis

The Top Twenty FiveThe Associated Press

The top 25 teams in The Associ-ated Press' college basketball poll,with first-place votes in parenthe-ses, records through Jan. 1, totalpoints based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a25th-place vote and previous rank-ing:

Record PtsPrv1. Syracuse (60) . . 15-0 1,618 12. Kentucky (5) . . . 13-1 1,554 33. North Carolina . 13-2 1,451 54. Baylor . . . . . . . . 13-0 1,389 65. Duke . . . . . . . . . 12-1 1,354 76. Ohio State . . . 13-2 1,277 27. Missouri . . . . . . 13-0 1,255 88. UConn. . . . . . . . 12-1 1,199 99. Georgetown. . . . 12-1 1,072 1210. Michigan St. . . 13-2 992 1611. Louisville . . . . 12-2 977 412. Indiana . . . . . . 13-1 974 1313. Florida . . . . . . 11-3 753 1014. Kansas . . . . . . 10-3 663 1715. Mississippi St. 13-2 644 1516. Michigan . . . . . 12-2 641 1817. UNLV . . . . . . . 15-2 611 1918.Wisconsin . . . . 12-3 506 1119. Murray St. . . . 14-0 454 2020. Marquette . . . . 12-2 447 1421. Virginia . . . . . . 12-1 292 2322. Harvard . . . . . 12-1 269 2423. Kansas St.. . . . 11-1 229 —24. San Diego St. . 12-2 196 2525. Gonzaga . . . . . 11-2 121 —

Others receiving votes:Creighton 86, Ohio 28, Stanford12, Pittsburgh 8, Vanderbilt 8,Xavier 8, Cincinnati 6,NewMex-ico 6, Purdue 6, Saint Louis 6,Texas A&M 4, Saint Mary's (Cal) 3,California 2, Seton Hall 2,Alabama1,Wagner 1.

——The Women's Top Twenty Five

The Associated PressRecord PtsPrv

1. Baylor (39) . . . . 13-0 975 12. UConn. . . . . . . . 11-1 925 23. Notre Dame . . . 13-1 903 34. Stanford . . . . . . 11-1 860 45. Maryland . . . . . 13-0 818 56. Tennessee. . . . . . 9-3 745 77. Duke. . . . . . . . . . 9-2 717 88. Ohio State . . . 14-0 670 99. Texas A&M . . . . 9-2 647 1010. Rutgers . . . . . . 11-2 586 1111. Kentucky. . . . . 12-2 560 612. Miami . . . . . . . 11-2 540 1213. Texas Tech . . . 12-0 522 1314. Louisville . . . . 12-2 487 1415. Georgetown. . . 12-2 481 1516. Georgia . . . . . . 12-2 356 1717. Green Bay. . . . 12-0 337 1818. Purdue . . . . . . 11-3 233 2019. Nebraska . . . . 12-1 224 2320. DePaul . . . . . . 12-2 222 2121. Delaware. . . . . 10-1 201 1922. Penn St. . . . . . 10-3 188 1623. Texas . . . . . . . . 10-2 175 2224. Vanderbilt . . . . 12-1 102 2525. North Carolina 10-2 99 24

Others receiving votes: Gon-zaga 12, Virginia 11, LSU 6, SouthCarolina 3, Georgia Tech 2, Kansas1, Michigan 1, Colorado 1.

SCOREBOARDCALENDAR

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FOOTBALLOSU-Florida

BASKETBALLTop 25

NFL playoffs

TOM WITHERSAP Sports Writer

BEREA, Ohio (AP) —The growing pains wereagonizing, the mistakesnumerous, the progressdifficult to spot.The Cleveland

Browns had another oneof those seasons.Losing, though, has

its rewards in the NFL,which compensates itsworst teams with highdraft picks to help themget better. After going 4-12, the Browns, with oneof the league’s youngestrosters, will have the No.4 overall selection inApril and Clevelandfans are already froth-ing at the chance tobring in a college starlike Baylor quarterbackRobert Griffin III to betheir savior.As he packed his bags

for the offseason Mon-day, Browns cornerbackSheldon Brown issued awarning to that line ofthinking.“My thing is, if you’re

dependent on a draftpick to come in here andchange your life, thenyou’re kidding yourself,”he said. “This game istoo hard.”It certainly has been

for the Browns, whohaven’t made the playoffsince 2002. They’ve lostat least 11 games in eachof the past four seasonsand a minimum of 10 ineight of the past nine.Green Bay (15) wonmore games this seasonthan the Browns (14)have won in the pastthree seasons — com-bined.And consider this

stat: The defendingSuper Bowl championPackers outscored theBrowns 560-218.So while some think

Griffin, the HeismanTrophy winner, is the an-

swer to all of Cleveland’sprayers, Brown believesthe Browns already havethe players they need towin consistently.“The guys here have

to step their game up toanother level becausethey’re experienced,” hesaid. “Most rookies gethurt because they gettired and they don’t un-derstand the speed andthe strength of thisgame at the professionallevel. So I’m never soldon high draft picks.”It was a turbulent

first season in Cleve-land for coach Pat Shur-mur, who because of theNFL lockout didn’t havean offseason to installhis new West Coast of-fense or get to know histeam on the field. Hemade his share of mis-takes, but Brown, whowas previously withShurmur in Philadel-phia, is confidentBrowns president MikeHolmgren hired theright coach.Shurmur has his de-

tractors, but there’s nodenying that theBrowns, who went 0-6 inthe rugged AFC North,played hard for him.“He did a tremendous

job,” Brown said.“Everybody thinks it’san easy job, everybodywants to sit in a roomand say, ‘I can do thisbetter, I can do that bet-ter.’ He dealt with thesituations to the best ofmy knowledge, the besthe could, and he keptthis football team fight-ing. And for me, that’show I judge a headcoach.“If a football team

goes out there and com-petes week in and weekout, through thick andthrough thin — and itwas very thick this year

— but we didn’t quit. Sothat tells me that theleader is in place.”Shurmur will discuss

his rollercoaster rookieyear Tuesday, andHolmgren and generalmanager Tom Heckertare scheduled to meetthe media Thursday,when they’re sure to begrilled about the team’stricky quarterback situ-ation.Colt McCoy made 13

starts this season, butmissed his final threegames with a concus-sion. The Browns have abetter sense of whatMcCoy is, and there’s astrong argument to bemade for sticking withhim in 2012 after invest-ing so much time into hisdevelopment.But if the Browns —

particularly Holmgren— don’t think McCoycan take them to a SuperBowl, they may look for

a starting QB in freeagency, a trade or thedraft. With Stanford’sAndrew Luck expectedto go No. 1 overall to In-dianapolis, the next bestchoice could be Griffin,who resurrected Baylorand would be counted onto do the same with theBrowns.Brown, for one, isn’t

counting on Griffin toride in to the rescue.“I’m definitely not,

and if you are, you’recrazy,” he said.Crazy would describe

Cleveland’s wild season,which included costly in-juries, endless dramaaround running backPeyton Hillis, droppedpasses, and tough losses.The Browns lost sixgames by seven points orless, dropping their finalthree by a total of 13points.But close doesn’t put

anything in the win col-

umn, and kicker PhilDawson, whose 13th sea-son with the Brownsmay have been his best,said the near misses canonly help if playerslearned something fromthem.“We were in a lot of

games. It’s death byinches, though,” saidDawson. “Are we thatclose, or is that just thenature of the league? Itdepends on your person-ality, how you’re going toview that. In my littleworld, if my plant footmisses the spot by aquarter-inch, I miss thekick.“That will probably tell

you how I look at it.Everybody looks at them-selves critically and fig-ure out how they canimprove. If we do that,now these close gamesare coming out in ourfavor.Hopefully that’s theway guys respond to it.”

Brown, too, thinks theBrowns are nearing le-gitimacy.“We’re very close,”

said the 10-year veteran.“It’s one or two playseach game.You just haveto find the playmakersand they just have to un-derstand the sense of ur-gency and make theplay.”That sounds like a

broken record, butBrown said he hasn’t feltthis way before — notwith the Browns.“I didn’t tell you this

last year,” he said. “Ithought we were way offlast year.”The Browns put their

franchise tag on Dawsonthis season and may doso again.The 36-year-oldsaid he had a positiveexit interview with teammanagement and wasencouraged by Heckert’srecent comments thatthe team would like tohave him back. It wouldbe hard to imagine theBrowns not re-signinghim.Dawson has served

his time — hard time —in Cleveland. TheBrowns have gone 68-141 during his tenure,and Dawson would hatenot to be here whenthings finally get turnedaround. After waiting solong, he would hate tomiss out on the goodtimes.“I don’t want to be

Moses,” he said. “I don’twant to lead the peopleright to the edge andnot get to go in. There’sgoing to be so manythings, I can’t prioritizethem at this point. Wejust lost to the Steelers20 hours ago and thatstill hurts. I need to gethome and eat a bur-rito.”Hopefully, it will go

down easier than thisseason.

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