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The Shelby County Sher-iff s Office recently an-nounced a Corrections Officerof the Year and a Deputy ofthe year.According to Sgt. John

Spillman, jail administrator,it was very difficult to chosetwo officers to receive theseawards.I used a rating system

based on evaluations, saidSpillman. I also collectedinput from the entire staff aswell as the shift supervisors.Joel Howell was named

Deputy of the Year and

Nathan McClain was namedas Corrections Officer of theYear. According to Spillman,the Shelby County Jail metand exceeded goals set for theyear.These two individuals

stood out and showed greatpride in what we do, saidSpillman.

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Sheriffs officehonors employees

COLUMBUS (AP) Thou-sands of Ohio welfare recipi-ents who were overpaid morethan 10 years ago are beinginformed that they will haveto repay that money to thestate.The overpayments are not

the result of fraud, and mostresulted from administrativeerrors by government work-ers, The Columbus Dispatch

reported Wednesday. An ex-ample would be a welfare re-cipient who might havereported a change in incometo his caseworker that wouldhave reduced the benefit, butthat information wasntlogged before the monthlycheck was mailed, the news-paper reported.The Ohio Department of

Job and Family Services esti-

mates it has sent out 14,000notices involving about $18million in welfare money over-paid before 2001, and an esti-mated 8,000 Ohioans owe anadditional $8.4 million infood-stamp overpaymentsthat are more than 10 yearsold, according to the newspa-per.A retired construction

worker in Athens County in

southern Ohio says he re-ceived a letter telling him hehad 30 days to repay $248 hereceived in error in 1985 orrisk having that amount with-held from his state tax return.I know the country is

broke and theyve got to dosomething, but they are goingabout it the wrong way bytaking from people who need

RUSSIA Angela Heaton,of Russia, chair and assistantprofessor in theDivision of Al-lied Health atRhodes StateCollege inLima, has beenrecognized asthe 2011 OhioAssociation ofTwo-Year Col-leges full-timeOutstandingFaculty of the Year. Facultyfrom 16 colleges and universi-ties from across Ohio werenominated for the award.Heaton has been at Rhodes

State for 18 years, and has con-sistently earned high marksfrom her students and col-leagues. Last May, she wasawarded the Outstanding Full-Time Faculty Member at theRhodes State College EmployeeRecognition Banquet.AngelaHeaton is a source of

pride for the Division of AlliedHealth, Rhodes State, our com-munity and the profession ofphysical therapy. The level ofexcellence she brings to the

classroom and to our institu-tion reflects well of the qualityeducational opportunity wehave to offer to northwestOhio, said Richard Woodfield,dean, Division of Allied Healthat Rhodes.A site visitor and team

leader for the Commission onAccreditation in PhysicalTher-apy Education (CAPTE),Heaton was recognized for heroutstanding performance bybeing appointed by theBoard ofDirectors of the AmericanPhysical Therapy Associationas a CAPTE commissioner. Sheis currently serving her thirdterm as vice chair for the panel.Heaton has a bachelors de-

gree from The Ohio State Uni-versity and a masters degreefromUniversity of Dayton. Sheresides in Russia with her hus-band and three children. Addi-tionally, she shares herleadership to the community asan elected member of the Rus-sia Board of Education, race co-ordinator for the annualRunning Raider 5K and a lec-tor at St. Remy CatholicChurch.

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AN EXCITED group of fourth-graders from Longfellow Ele-mentary School pile into a limo for a trip to McDonaldsWednesday as a reward for raising the most money during arecent fundraiser. The students teacher is Peggy Holt.

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Students rewardedfor fundraising

Longfellow ElementarySchool top fundraiser sellers re-ceived a treat on Wednesday.The 49 top selling studentstook a limousine to lunch atMcDonalds as a reward fortheir efforts.The limousine ride was pro-

vided byTimberidge LimousineService and lunch was paid forby the Longfellow ElementaryPTO.The limousine was drivenby Dave Temple, owner of theDawg Pound Lounge and Tim-

beridge Limousine Service,whovolunteered his services andsponsored the event.Longfellow students sold

more than $23,000 worth ofmerchandise, with the PTO re-ceiving a profit of approxi-mately $9,000. The LongfellowPTOplans to use these funds tobenefit the students at Longfel-low through upcoming pro-grams.The fundraiser was heldthrough All-American FundRaising.

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"Thanks to all theShelby Countyresidents who votedon November 8th.It was a privilegefor us to travel thecounty and meet allof you over the pastnine months."

Jeffrey J. BeigelPaid for by the Shelby County Republican Party, P.O. Box 643, Sidney, OH, Jerry Doerger, Treasurer.

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Wednesday morningin Sidney MunicipalCourt, Judge DuaneGoettemoeller sen-tenced Richard ReierII, 24, 1760 Fair OaksDrive, to 180 days injail and fined him$1,000 fine ($500 sus-pended) for possessionof drug paraphernalia.Two counts of drugabuse were previouslydropped. He may wearan alcohol monitor inlieu of 30 days in jail,and 30 days may be re-considered if fines andcosts are paid. He alsowas sentenced to oneyear of probation. Lisa Howard, 39,

218 Brooklyn Ave., con-tempt, disorderly con-duct, $100 fine eachcharge, five days in jaileach charge, one yearprobation, jail time re-considered if fines andcosts paid. Michelle R. Sow-

ders, 37, at large, theft(first-degree misde-meanor), $150 fine,$400 restitution, 90days in jail, one yearprobation, jail time re-considered if fines andcosts paid. David A. Ordean,

30, 420 E. Court St.,probation violation(originally chargedwith assault, aggra-vated menacing andcriminal damaging), 15days in jail previouslyimposed, credit for oneday served. Timothy Allison,

68, 325 E. Ruth,12/6/1943, opening doorinto traffic, $10 fine.

Civil casesUpper Valley Family

Care, 700 StanfieldRoad, Troy, v. ClarenceE. and Barbara Jones,126 E. Ruth St.,$488.75.Capital One Bank

USA NA, 15000 CapitalOne Drive, Richmond,Va., v. Joseph T. HobbsIII, 21777 DingmanSlagle Road, $1,447.89.Wilson Memorial

Hospital v. Dean F.Nollinger, 10832 Mo-hawk Court, $1,321.74,garnishment.

DismissalsCapital One Bank,

15000 Capital OneDrive, Richmond, Va., v.Wayne A. Sale, 7561County Road 4, Quincy,$1,035.96, judgmentsatisfied.LVNV Funding LLC,

15 S. Main St., Suite700, Greenville, N.C., v.Ramona G. Grieves(Murray), 408 Bel AirDrive, $2,777.59, dis-missed with prejudicefor failure of plaintiff toappear.Stone Creek Finan-

cial, P.O. Box 293262,Lewisville, Texas, v.Willie Boatman III,2522 Broadway Ave.,$2,201.41, judgmentsatisfied.

Fire, rescueWEDNESDAY

-11:26 a.m.: medical.Anna Rescue respondedto the 200 block of MaryStreet on a medical call.

-7:46 a.m.: medical.Anna Rescue respondedto the 12500 block ofMeranda Road on a med-

ical call.-3:20 a.m.: medical.

Jackson Center Rescueresponded to a medicalcall on the 600 block ofEast College Street.

TUESDAY-2:07 p.m.: medical.

Houston Rescue re-sponded to a medical callon the 400 block ofWoodward Way.

Fire, rescueWEDNESDAY

-9:28 a.m.: medical.Sidney paramedics re-sponded to the 600 blockof South Walnut Avenueon a medical call.

TUESDAY-6:29 p.m.: medical.

Medics responded to amedical call on the 2800block of Wapakoneta Av-enue.

-3:58 p.m.: medical.Medics responded to the

700 block of Buckeye Av-enue on a medical call.

-2:35 p.m.: injury.Medics responded to areport of an injury at theintersection of MoundStreet and Ohio Avenue.

-9:03 a.m.: medical.Medics responded to amedical call on the 200block of West WaterStreet.

-8:09 a.m.: medical.Medics responded to the1600 block of ParkStreet on a medical call.

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PORT JEF-F E R S O N Mathilda J.Tillie Bridges,80, 313 Pasco-Montra Road,passed awayTuesday, Nov.15, 2011, at 4:19p.m. at theDorothy Love Re-tirement Center.

She was bornon March 26,1931, inVestaburg, Pa.,the daughter ofthe late Michael A. andAnne Vozar.

On Sept. 4, 1954, shemarried Kenneth A.Bridges Sr. and he sur-vives.

Tillie is also survivedby her children, DennisBridges, of Port Jeffer-son, and Debra (Jerry)E. Rall, of Kenton, Ohio;one sister, Esther Roule,of Warren; eight grand-children and five great-grandchildren.

She was preceded indeath by one son, Ken-neth A. Bridges Jr. in1986; and two brothers,Jake Vozar and AndrewMichael Vozar.

Tillie proudly servedher country as a medicin the U.S. Navy duringthe KoreanWar. She wasa past member of theFaith FellowshipChurch, Sidney.Tillie re-tired from the CopelandCorp. in 1994 after 27

years of contin-ued service.

Tillie was ar e m a r k a b l ewoman who willbe rememberedas a loving anddevoted wife,mother, grand-mother, great-grandmother andfriend. She lovedspending timewith her familyand spoiling hergrandchi ldrenwith her cooking,

especially her brownies.Funeral services

will be conducted onSaturday at 10 a.m. atthe Adams FuneralHome, 1401 Fair Road,Sidney, by Pastor RonLambert and PastorGeorge Gnade. Burialwill follow at GlenCemetery, Port Jeffer-son, with full militaryservices.Family and friends

may call from 4 to 8p.m. on Friday at thefuneral home.

All arrangementshave been entrusted tothe staff at the AdamsFuneral Home.

In lieu of flowers, me-morial contributionsmay be made to theDorothy Love Retire-ment Community.

Online memories maybe expressed to the fam-ily at www.theadamsfu-neralhome.com.

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OBITUARIES

Charles E. Bud YoderDEGRAFF

Charles E.Bud Yoder, 84of DeGraff, wassurrounded byhis familywhen he passedfrom this life tospend eternitywith his Heav-enly Father at11:45 a.m. Tues-day, Nov. 15,2011, at hishome.

He was bornJune 8, 1927, inDeGraff, a son of thelate Lawrence E. andEsther KuntzmanYoder. He was also pre-ceded in death by a sis-ter, Donna Yoder Fry.

He is survived by hisloving wife of 62 years,Eunice Stevens Yoder,whom he married onFeb. 27, 1949, in De-Graff; a son, Steven(Judy) Yoder, of SouthCharleston; two daugh-ters, Pamela (Joe) Kin-ninger, of Sidney, andPatricia (Gary) Leiss, ofQuincy; seven grand-children, Lisa (Scott)Hart, Amy (Cliff) Mott,Beth (Rocky) Bryan,Adam (Rachael) Kin-ninger, Michael (Sarah)Kinninger, Dustin Leissand Megan Leiss; fivegreat-grandchildren,Nathan Yelton,Matthew Mott, Char-lotte Bryan, KatherineBryan and Evelyn Kin-ninger; and manyfriends.

Bud graduated fromDeGraff High School in1945 and worked at theDeGraff Creamery. Heserved in the U.S ArmyTank Division from1945 to 1947, afterwhich he began workingat Mid-States Containerin DeGraff where he re-tired in 1986 after 39years. During thoseyears he was active inthe DeGraff Commu-nity.

He was a referee forfootball and basketball,was on the DeGraff vol-unteer fire department,past president of the De-Graff Chamber of Com-merce and helped planthe DeGraff Gourd Fes-tival for many years. Hewas a past president ofthe DeGraff-RiversideAthletic Booster Club.

He and two friendspurchased ground andraised funds to build thefirst football field andstadium at the school.Hewas very supportive of all

school activitiesand received aDistinguishedService Awardfor his contribu-tions to theSchools of LoganCounty. He wasalso amember ofthe DeGraffUnitedMethodistChurch for 64years, a 50-yearmember of BoggsLodge 292F&AM, a mem-ber of Quincy

VFW Post and BlueJacket Bassmasters.

After he retired, heand Eunice spent 18winters in a park inTavares, Fla. wherethey made many friendsthat they still keep intouch with.While there,he enjoyed two specialhobbies, fishing and golfand he started makinggolf clubs. While homefor the summers heworked at Tree LinksGolf Course and madegolf clubs for family,friends and others whoheard about him fromtheir friends. He at-tended golf makersschool to help him maketop quality clubs. Heloved making the clubsand meeting the peoplehe made them for until1997 when he lost hiseyesight. Bud loved lifeand was an encouragerto family and friends,even during his final ill-ness.A celebration of

life service will beheld at 11 a.m. onSaturday at the fu-neral home, with theRev. Carolyn J.Christman officiat-ing. Burial is in theGreenwood-UnionCemetery, DeGraffwhere Military Riteswill be conducted bythe Logan CountyHonor Guard.The family will re-

ceive friends at theR e x e r - R i g g i n -Madden FuneralHome, DeGraff onFriday from 2 to 4p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m.followed by Masonicservices at 8 p.m.

The family suggestmemorial contributionsbe made to the DeGraffUnited MethodistChurch Building Fundor the Riverside E.M.S.

Condolences may beexpressed at www.time-formemory.com/mad-den.

Norman E. GigandetVERSAILLES

Norman E. Gigandet,69, of Versailles,passed away onWednesday, Nov.16, 2011, at 7:50a.m. at the Ver-sailles HealthCare Center.

He was born April23, 1942, in DarkeCounty, the son of thelate Leonard Jiggsand Lucille (Smith) Gi-gandet.

He retired fromFrancis Manufacturingin Russia and he was ap r o f e s s i o n a lgroundskeeper at Still-water Valley GolfCourse. He served inthe United States Armyin the Korean War. Hewas a 50 year memberof the Versailles Eagles2347 and a member ofthe Vets Club of Ver-sailles and AMVETS ofCovington.

He is preceded indeath by his parents;daughter, Karin Gigan-det; granddaughter,Erin Gehle; and broth-ers, Bob and Jerry Gi-gandet.

He is survived by hiswife, Myrna (Nickol)Gehle-Gigandet, of Ver-sailles; children andspouses, Max and Kris

Gehle, of Huntsville,Sandy and Roger Gril-

liot, of Versailles,Dennis and Tam-mie Gehle, ofClayton, N.C.,Mark and DebGehle, of York-shire, Sharon

and Tom Henry, of Ver-sailles; 16 grandchil-dren; 10great-grandchildren;brother and sister-in-law, George and EvelynGigandet, of Versailles;sisters and brothers-in-law, Shelia and Jim Di-dier, of Versailles, Karonand Lyle Crowell, of Ver-sailles; sister-in-law,Joan Gigandet, of Ver-sailles; and numerousnieces and nephews.Graveside services

will be held at theconvenience of thefamily in St. LouisCemetery, NorthStar. There will be novisitation.

Arrangements arebeing handled by Bai-ley Zechar FuneralHome, Versailles.

Memorial contribu-tions may be made toState of the Heart Hos-pice or The Vets Club.

Condolences for thefamily may be sent towww.zecharbailey.com.

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More than 550 callsanswered by firedepartment in

September, OctoberIn October, personnel

of the Sidney Depart-ment of Fire and Emer-gency Servicesresponded to 227 EMScalls and 42 fire calls.Department personnelreceived in-house train-ing in Firehouse Mobilesoftware and intubationand six personnel at-tended a class on Mediafor Rural First Respon-ders. Most of the monthwas spent working onthe annual hydrantpumping.

Lt. Chad Hollinger at-tended a two-week classat the Ohio Fire Acad-emy on Fire Investiga-tion. A physical agilitytest was given to about30 new firefighter candi-dates.

The Fire PreventionDivision had a total ofsix new inspections withseven re-inspections,handled one complaint,gave one tour of FireStation No. 1 and gaveaway one smoke detec-tor.

Most of October wasspent presenting firesafety education pro-grams to kids in gradespre-school through fifth.More than 200 adultsand 1,600 kids attendedthese classes.

The Department con-ducted two fire investi-gations including 648Fair Road and 20911Leonard St., Pemberton.

Special inspectionsfor October includedEmerson Climate Tech-nologies and the YMCA.

In September, person-nel from the departmentresponded to 246 EMScalls and 41 fire calls.

Department person-nel received in-housetraining in Rural Watermovement, engine ops,

and pump operations.Crews also attendedconfined space/rope res-cue training at the Tru-pointe Training facilityand did tours of CargillInc., Playtex and Ad-vance Composites.

Hollinger also at-tended a two-week classin Lima on Fire OfficerI.

The departmenthosted an Open Houseon Sept. 9 for retiringfirefighter/paramedicJohn Skorupski who re-tired effective Sept. 10after almost 21 years ofservice. The festivitiesincluded a flag cere-mony. He was presentedwith a flag which hadbeen flown over the sta-tion all day.

The Fire PreventionDivision had a total of29 new inspections with19 re-inspections,handed out two citationsfor fire lane violationand one warning, alongwith one citation forparking in front of a hy-drant; gave six fire ex-tinguisher classes, oneeducation class and gaveaway four smoke detec-tors. The Departmentconducted four fire in-vestigations including939 Buckeye Ave.; 5880State Route 29, Lot 15;749 Clinton Ave.; and747 Clinton Ave.

The department wasalso honored by the Rus-sell Road Christian Cen-ter who held a fundraising softball gameand presented a dona-tion of $6,000.

Special inspectionsfor September includedApplefest and PNCBank, Towne CentreApartments and Emer-son Climate Technolo-gies.

PIQUA Upper Val-ley Career Center Stu-dent Services DirectorMatt Meyer has releasedthe names of the CareerCenters High SchoolStudents of the Monthfor October.

According to Meyer,students from each pro-gram are named for thehonor to recognize extraeffort and to encouragedevelopment of leader-ship, scholarship, citi-zenship and communityservice abilities through-out the year.

The students honoredfor their exemplary per-formance during Octoberare:

Anna: Alex Wood,Landscape ManagementII.

Botkins: ChristySchulze, Cosmetology I,and Taylor Wallace,Business & FinancialManagement II.

Fairlawn: Dylan Har-ris, Automotive Technol-ogy I.

Fort Loramie: KevinGeise, Computer Infor-mation Technology II.

Houston: Kaylee Ad-kins, Cosmetology II,and Dillon Boyer, Auto-motive Collision RepairII.

Russia: Ethan Paulus,Electrical Trades I, andFelicity Tillman, Cosme-tology II.

Sidney: Ryder Gross,Automotive Technology I(Algebra II), ArielHughes, Early Child-hood Education & CareII, and Dustin Poole,Carpentry II (English).

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Neil Armstrong (right) is congratulated by (l-r) Rep. Ralph Hall, R-Texas,House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, of Calif., and House Speaker JohnBoehner, of Ohio, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday during a cere-mony where Armstrong was presented during a Congressional Gold Medal.Armstrong, the first human to walk on the moon, along with Buzz Aldrin andMichael Collins were all presented with Congressional Gold Medals.

Astronauts honored

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taking from people whoneed the help the most,said Dave Jenkinson, 64,of Albany. He says hedoesnt remember ask-ing for cash assistance orcashing a check.They blame me like

its my fault, he said.Jenkinson said he

plans to repay themoney to avoid furtherproblems.The state Department

of Job and Family Serv-ices this year removedits former 10-year limi-tation for collecting over-payments of welfare ajoint state and federalbenefit to be consis-tent with a change at thefederal level, said Ben-jamin Johnson,spokesman for the stateagency.The U.S. Department

of Agriculture last yearlifted the 10-year limita-tion for collecting food-stamp overpayments,benefits funded entirelyby the federal govern-ment.Automation has now

made it easier to findpeople and collect moneythat is owed, Joel Potts,executive director of theOhio Job and FamilyServices Directors Asso-ciation said.Counties can keep up

to 50 percent of the wel-fare money it collects,and the rest will beshared by the state andfederal governments.Those who dont repaythe food-stamp moneyface having it withheldfrom their federal tax re-turn or other federalbenefits, including SocialSecurity.County caseworkers

across Ohio have re-ceived hundreds of callssince the state begansending out the collec-tion letters.Jack Frech, director of

the Athens County De-partment of Job andFamily Services, said itsridiculous to try to col-lect relatively smallamounts from so manyyears ago from peoplewho probably dont havethe money and nevercommitted a crime.Most of the overpay-

ments sought in AthensCounty are less than$500, and the smallest is$78.For the most part, we

are recovering money forour mistakes, Frechsaid

Information from:The

Columbus Dispatch,http://www.dispatch.com

MONEY From Page 1

GM to cutproductionDETROIT (AP)

General Motors Co. willshut down the plant thatmakes the ChevroletCruze compact car for aweek because sales haveslowed and Japanesecompetitors now haveample supplies of compet-ing small cars.The factory in Lord-

stown, Ohio, had beenrunning around theclock with overtimeshifts on Saturdays tokeep up with strongCruze sales during thesummer. Sales of thecompact rose with two ofits main competitors, theHonda Civic and ToyotaCorolla, in short supplybecause of parts short-ages from the March

earthquake in Japan.GM spokesman Chris

Lee said in an email thatthe Lordstown plant,about 50 miles southeastof Cleveland, will be shutdown the week of Nov. 28.It will return to around-the-clock operations thefollowing week.The Cruze was the top-

selling small car in theU.S. from May throughSeptember, with sales inmost of thosemonths top-ping 20,000, according toAutodata Corp. But salesdropped to justmore than14,000 in October, andthe Cruze was passed bythe Civic and Corolla asproduction and dealer in-ventories started to re-turn to normal.

State reaches tentativeagreement with unionCOLUMBUS (AP)

Ohios largest state em-ployee union says itsreached a tentative dealwith state officials to ex-tend its current contractuntil 2015.Leaders in the Ohio

Civil Service EmployeesAssociation credited lastweeks defeat of a con-tentious collective bar-gaining law with

allowing them to betternegotiate their contract.The tentative agree-

ment will retain all cur-rent contract provisionsbetween the union andthe state. It doesnt in-clude furlough days orpersonal leave that werein the current agree-ment that is set to ex-pire at the end ofFebruary.

State employeesunder the contractwouldnt see a generalwage increase, but auto-matic step increases towages that are a part ofcurrent law would apply.The repealed collec-

tive bargaining lawwould have done awaywith those increases andbased pay on perform-ance.

COLUMBUS (AP) A coupleraising a 14-year-old developmen-tally disabled student say they hida recording device on the girl toprove a teacher and school aidewere bullying her, and the audioand subsequent investigationshave led to a lawsuit, the aides res-ignation and disciplinary action forthe teacher.The girls mother and the

womans longtime boyfriend said incourt documents that they com-plained about themental and emo-tional abuse to school officials inthe Miami Trace district, about 30miles southwest of Columbus, andthen secretly recorded instructorscomments for four days last springafter their claims were rebuffed.In the recording, voices identi-

fied as aide Kelly Chaffins andteacher Christie Wilt are heardquestioning the girls weight andhow active she is and makingderogatory comments about hercharacter.Are you that damn dumb? You

are that dumb?Chaffins said.Oh,my God. You are such a liar. Youtoldme you dont know. Its nowon-der you dont have friends.Nowon-der nobody likes you because youlie, cheat.In another instance,Wilt appar-

ently talks to the girl about the re-sults of a test before evaluating it.Just keep it, she said. You failedit. I know it. I dont need your testto grade.The girlsmother,Kourtney Bar-

cus, and her boyfriend, who helps

raise the girl, said in the lawsuitthat their concerns about the aidespanned several years before theyrecorded the audio and that schoolofficials initially rejected theirclaims. But they were shocked bywhat they heard on the hours oftape.We couldnt know. We didnt

know, the boyfriend, Brion Long-berry, said Tuesday on NBCsToday show.In comments to the local news-

paper, district superintendent DanRoberts acknowledged this weekthat there was a problem.The persons involved fell short

of our mission, Roberts told theWashington Court House RecordHerald, which first reported thestory.

Couple bug student to hear bullying

WESTERVILLE (AP) The mother of an 8-year-old boy and 7-year-old girl says police incentral Ohio were wrongto handcuff and placeher children in a cellafter an incident on aschool bus.The Columbus Dis-

patch reports attorneyByron Potts, represent-ing Tonya Mitchell, saysthe children were terri-fied and have had night-mares.Westerville police re-

ports say disorderly con-duct charges filedagainst the children onOct. 19 were dropped atjuvenile court. Reportssay the boy shoved a busdriver, nearly knockingher over, and the girlthreatened to punch aprincipal. The childrenwere taken to the policestation after an officersaid they were belliger-ent, loud and disruptive.Mitchell is consider-

ing a lawsuit, and thepolice chief and a schooldistrict spokesman saythey cannot commentdue to possible litiga-tion.

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NATION/WORLD Sidney Daily News,Thursday,November 17,2011 Page 5A

AFFTON, Mo. (AP) Prosecutors charged a 20-year-old suburban St.Louis woman on Wednes-day with murdering her13-month old son, sayingshe admitted she beat theboy because he was cryingand wouldnt lay down,wouldnt go back to sleep.Shelby Dasher is

charged with second-de-gree murder in the deathof her son, Tyler, whosebody was found discardednear a cemetery about amile from home on Tues-day, hours after she re-ported him missing.Dasher was arrested

early Wednesday and wasbeing held on $500,000cash bond.St. Louis County prose-

cutor Bob McCulloch saidWednesday that Dashertold police she repeatedlystruck her son because hewas crying and wouldntlay down, wouldnt go backto sleep. He said she alsoadmitted she disposed ofhis body.

Dog findsnew homeNUTLEY, N.J. (AP)

The dog that survived anAlabama dog pounds gaschamber has found a per-manent home in New Jer-sey.Daniel, a beagle mix

named by animal controlworkers in Alabama afterthe biblical figure who sur-vived the lions den, joinedfour other rescued dogslast Thursday at the homeof Joe Dwyer and his fam-ily in Nutley, about 10miles west of New YorkCity.Hes in extremely good

shape, especially in light ofwhat he went through,Dwyer said Wednesdayafter returning from a tripto the veterinarian. His at-titude is just incredible.

band, Joel, suffered a massiveheart attack in 2005. MayGod work through yourhands, the Maine woman toldthe surgeon as her husbandwas wheeled past her into theoperating room. She later col-lapsed at a nurses stationfrom broken heart syndromeand wound up in coronarycare with him. Both survived.Japanese doctors first rec-

ognized this syndrome around1990 and named it Takotsubocardiomyopathy; tako tsuboare octopus traps that resem-ble the unusual pot-like shapeof the stricken heart.It happens when a big

shock, even a good one likewinning the lottery, triggers arush of adrenaline and otherstress hormones that causethe hearts main pumpingchamber to balloon suddenly

and not work right. Testsshow dramatic changes inrhythm and blood substancestypical of a heart attack, butno artery blockages that typi-cally cause one. Most victimsrecover within weeks, but inrare cases it proves fatal.Dr. Abhishek Deshmukh of

the University of Arkansashad treated some of thesecases.I was very curious why

only women were having this,he said, so he did the firstlarge study of the problemand reported results Wednes-day at an American Heart As-sociation conference inFlorida.Using a federal database

with about 1,000 hospitals,Deshmukh found 6,229 casesin 2007. Only 671 involvedmen. After adjusting for high

blood pressure, smoking andother factors that can affectheart problems, womenseemed 7.5 times more likelyto suffer the syndrome thanmen.It was three times more

common in women over 55than in younger women. Andwomen younger than 55 were9.5 times more likely to sufferit than men of that age.No one knows why, said Dr.

Abhiram Prasad, a MayoClinic cardiologist who pre-sented other research on thissyndrome at the conference.Its the only cardiac condi-

tion where theres such a fe-male preponderance, he said.One theory is that hor-

mones play a role. Another isthat men have more adrena-line receptors on cells in theirhearts than women do, so

maybe men are able to handlestress better and the chemi-cal surge it releases, Desh-mukh said.Bizon was 57 when her at-

tack occurred; shes now 63.She and her husband arepharmacists and live in Scar-borough, Maine.I remember grabbing the

counter and a black curtaincoming down before my eyes,she said in a telephone inter-view. Her attack was so severethat she went into full cardiacarrest and had to have herheart shocked back into a nor-mal rhythm. Although mostsuch attacks resolve withoutpermanent damage, she laterneeded to have a defibrillatorimplanted.About 1 percent of such

cases prove fatal, the newstudy shows.

HEART From Page 1

Please tax me more!WASHINGTON (AP)

Lobbyists for a day, a band ofmillionaires stormed CapitolHill on Wednesday to urgeCongress to tax them more.They had a little trouble

getting in. It turns out thereare procedures, even for thereally rich.But once inside, their mes-

sage was embraced by liberalsand tolerated by some conser-vatives including the ideo-logical leader of anti-taxlawmakers, who had some ad-vice for them, too.If you think the federal

government can spend yourmoney better than you can,then by all means pay morein taxes than you owe, saidGrover Norquist, the head of agroup that has gotten almostall congressional Republicansto pledge to vote against taxhikes. The IRS should have alittle line on the form where

people can donate money tothe government, he sug-gested, just like the tip lineon a restaurant receipt.One of the millionaires sug-

gested that if Norquistwanted low taxes and lessgovernment, Renounce yourAmerican citizenship andmove to Somalia where theydont collect any tax.In the silence left by the

private efforts of the super-committee to find $1.2 tril-lion or more in deficit cuts byThanksgiving, free adviceflowed in public.And not just any advice:

pie-in-the-sky suggestionsfrom those not connected tothe talks, mostly to reopen de-bates that have led nowhere.The millionaires want thepanel to raise taxes on peoplewho earn more than $1 mil-lion, even though most Re-publicans are committed

against the idea. And 150House member and senatorsurged a much bigger debt-and-deficit deal, even as asmall-scope agreement isproving elusive.While they were at it, the

lawmakers insisted that bi-partisanship was not, in fact,dead.This group of House mem-

bers and senators shared astage and some jokes andsigned a letter urging the su-percommittee of Republicansand Democrats to find the re-quired $1.2 trillion in cuts plus about $2.8 trillion more.They all want the panel toavoid triggering automaticcuts as a penalty for failing.So this uneasy alliance of

150 Republicans and Democ-rats will vote for whateverdeal the supercommitteestrikes?No, said House Demo-

cratic Whip Steny Hoyer. No-bodys going to commit to thedeal until they see the deal.What deal? There is no evi-

dence that one is near, so themillionaires tried to meetwith anyone who would meetwith them.The progressive caucus did,

eagerly and on-camera. Therest wasnt so easy.At a basement entrance to

the Capitol, a police officerpointed to the name badgesthat identified each wearer asPatriotic Millionaire.That is not a visitors

badge, the officer said. Go tothe visitors desk and get a vis-itors badge.Off they trudged, a group

mostly of men in business-ca-sual clothing toting laptopsand umbrellas, to a desk vis-ited by tourists and lobbyists.Badges secured, they headedin.

Millionaires storm Capitol Hill

No age limitfor love

LEWISTON, Maine(AP) A Maine couplehave proved that true loveknows no age limits.Eighty-eight-year-old

Paul Walker married hislongtime sweetheart, 87-year-old Ann Thayer, in arehabilitation center infront of a small group offamily and friends onTuesday.Seated during the cere-

mony, the two leaned to-ward each other to kiss notjust once but three timesafter being pronouncedhusband and wife at theMarshwood Center, whereWalker is undergoing re-habilitation.I dont think Ive seen a

bride and groom kiss threetimes, rehab center ad-ministrator Sheri Nadelltold the Sun Journal news-paper after the ceremony.

Spam hitsFacebookNEW YORK (AP)

Facebook said Wednesdaythat it has stopped most ofthe spam that has floodedmany users pages withpictures showing graphicsex and violence.The social-networking

company urged its 800mil-lion-plus users to remainvigilant to keep their ac-counts from being hijacked.That includes reporting

suspicious links on friendspages and not clicking onlinks that offer deals thatare too good to be true.Social-networking sites

are popular targets forspammers because peopleare more likely to trust andshare content that comesfrom people they know.

Workersbash BlackFriday hoursMINNEAPOLIS (AP)

Count your blessings, then getto work.That may be Thanksgiving

for more retail workers thisyear, as stores desperate topull in buyers on the firstweekend of the holiday shop-ping season push their open-ings earlier and earlier.Unhappy workers who say itruins their Thanksgiving cele-brations are trying to per-suade companies to back off,but retailers say theyre stuck:Its what customers want.Reporting to work at 11

p.m. on Thanksgiving Dayruins what is supposed to be aday spent with family, saidAn-thony Hardwick, who workspart-time at a Target store inOmaha corralling carts. Hisonline petition against TargetCorp.s plan to open at mid-night on Black Friday haddrawn more than 100,000 sig-natures from retail workersand the public by Wednesday,about two weeks after helaunched it.The folks that work at Tar-

get are going to be working allnight overnight on one of themost hectic retail days of theholidays, Hardwick said,they need to be well-restedfor that, so they have to missout on Thanksgiving if theyregoing to be workingovernight.Merchants are competing

for shoppers on a weekendthat can be critical for theirannual sales and profits, anda growing number fear open-ing at 4 a.m. or 5 a.m., as theyhave in recent years, may betoo late in this challengingeconomy. More than a decadeago, major retailers used toopen their doors around 6 a.m.on Black Friday, but over thepast five years they started tomove that up to as early as 3a.m.

AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq

AFGHAN PRESIDENT Hamid Karzai, (center) Afghan first vice president Qasim Fahim (right)and chairman Sebghatullah Mujadidi, attend a loya jirga, or grand council, in Kabul,Afghanistan, Wednesday. The Afghan president told tribal elders on Wednesday that any on-going partnership with the United States would need to include an end to widely unpopularnighttime raids by NATO and on the international forces handing over control of detentioncenters to Afghan troops.

Karzai wants pact with U.S.But says troop raids must end

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) Afghan President HamidKarzai asked the nations eld-ers Wednesday to back negoti-ations for a new security pactwith the United States, assur-ing them that he would de-mand an end to unpopularnight raids in which troopsswoop down from helicoptersand search Afghan homes.He struck patriotic themes

at a national assembly wherehe outlined his conditions foran agreement that would gov-ernAmericasmilitary presencein Afghanistan after 2014. Bythat time, U.S. and other for-eign combat troops are sup-posed to have left or taken onmilitary support roles.Karzai is walking a

tightrope. Although he rou-tinely plays to anti-Americansentiment in Afghanistan bydenouncing the U.S., he needs

Americas military and finan-cial strength to back his weakgovernment as it battles theTaliban insurgency.Karzai acknowledged that

Pakistan, Iran, Russia andother regional powers have ex-pressed concern at the idea ofpermanent U.S. bases inAfghanistan. But he saidAfghanistan would let U.S.forces stay because America issending aid and trainingAfghan security forces.In exchange, he said night

raids should end and that theAfghan government, notAmer-icans, should be put in chargeof detainees.We want a strategic part-

nership but we have conditionsfor it,Karzai told 2,200Afghanleaders at the opening of agrand council, or loya jirga.Karzai doesnt need the eld-

ers permission to broker a pact

with the U.S. He wants theirstamp of approval to strengthenhis negotiating position.A partnership document is

meant, in part, to give Afghansconfidence that the UnitedStates will not abandon themafter 2014.So far, Karzais terms have

been unacceptable toAmericanofficials, according to those fa-miliar with the ongoing discus-sions. But an accordwould givethe U.S. a legal framework tocontinue training missions,counter-narcotics work andcounterterrorism operations tokill and capture suspected in-surgents and terrorists.Much of the counterterror-

ismwork is done on night raids quick-strike operations thatthe U.S. will rely more heavilyupon as the foreign troops foot-print shrinks during the nextfew years.

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LOCALIFECOMMUNITY CALENDAR

This Evening Amos Memorial Public Library hosts Babies,

Books and Block at 6 p.m. for babies 1- 3 1/2 yearsold along either a parent or caregiver.

Recovery International, a self-help mentalhealth 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 Epilepsy Foundation of Western Ohio of-fers an educational series at 7523 Brandt Pike,Huber Heights, at 6 p.m. For information, call (800)360-3296.

The Minster-New Bremen Right to Life groupmeets at 7 p.m. in the St. Augustine Rectory base-ment, Minster.

The Tri-County Computer Users Group meetsat 7 p.m. at the Dorothy Love Retirement commu-nity Amos Center Library and computer area. Themeeting is open to anyone using computers andthere is no charge. For information, call 492-8790.

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

Alzheimers Support Group meets at 7 p.m. inthe Emmons Conference Room at Dorothy Love Re-tirement Community. 497-6542.Friday Morning

Amos Memorial Public Library hosts Tales forTwos at 9:15 a.m. for children 2-3 1/2 with a par-ent or caregiver.

Amos Memorial Public Library hosts PreschoolStorytime at 10:15 a.m. for children 3 1/2-5 with aparent or caregiver.

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 atnoon at the Sidney American Legion on Fourth Av-enue. All Master Masons are invited.Friday Evening

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

The Narcotics Anonymous group, StayingClean for the Weekend, meets at 7 p.m. at 305 S.Ohio Ave.Saturday Morning

Agape Distribution Mobile Food Pantry will bein Russia from 9 to 10 a.m. and in Fort Loramiefrom 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The Catholic Adult Singles Club will meet forthe Holiday Horse Parade in Greenville. Call (419)678-8691 for information.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, SaturdayNight Live, meets at 8 p.m. at St. Johns LutheranChurch, 120 W.Water St.Sunday Afternoon

Shelby County Deer Hunters holds its monthlySunday Trap Shoot at 7988 Johnston-Slagle roadbeginning at noon, 10 birds. Program starts at 2p.m., 50 birds, long run, handicapped and Lewisclass. Open to the public.Sunday Evening

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

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

WEDDINGS

Westgerdes, Homan wed

Warnecke, Clayton unite in marriage

Andrea CatherineWestgerdes and LeeRobert Homan, both ofJackson Center, wereunited in marriage Sept.24, 2011, at 2 p.m. inHoly Angels CatholicChurch in Sidney.

The bride is thedaughter of Mark andLinda Westgerdes, ofSidney. Her grandpar-ents are Ruth West-gerdes, of Fort Recovery,and the late AndrewWestgerdes, and the lateCatherine and IrenusBarhorst.

The bridegroom is theson of Robert and JulieHoman, of Houston. Hisgrandparents are Nor-man Cullars, of PleasantHill, and the late AnnCullars, Mildred Lever-ing, of Piqua, and thelate Howard Levering,and the late WayneHoman.

The Rev. JohnHolthaus performed theceremony. Sarah Collierwas the vocalist andplayed the piano andorgan.

Given in marriage byher parents, the bridewore a slim,A-line, ivorysatin gown with a sweet-heart neckline andcorset closure. Ruchingenveloped the bodice andasymmetrically plum-

meted below the waist.The train poured into aballoon hem. A band ofSwarovski crystals em-bellished the bust line.The bride wore an ivory,elbow-length veil madeof tulle and a crystallinebrooch in her hair. Shecarried a bouquet ofwhite hydrangeas, greenhydrangeas, white roses,white lisianthus andgreen hypericum berriesin a round, hand-tied de-sign with stems wrappedin ivory ribbon. It incor-porated a ticket stubfrom the couples firstdate: they attended themovie, Daredevil.

Amanda Richardsonwas her sisters matronof honor. Bridesmaidswere Amy Wooten andAngela Longmire, sistersof the bride, and AshleyKimble. Kaelyn Richard-son, niece of the bride,was the flower girl.

The attendants worefloor-length, black,strapless, taffeta, A-linegowns with directionallypleated bodices andasymmetrically droppedwaistlines.

They carried bouquetsof green hydrangeas,white roses, whitelisianthus and green hy-pericum berries in around, hand-tied design

with stems wrapped inblack ribbon.

Michael Homan washis brothers best man.Groomsmen were DustinKimmel and AndrewCullars, cousins of thebridegroom, and KevinDetrick. The usher wasTyler Calloway. LucasLongmire, nephew of thebride, was the ringbearer.

The brides motherwore a black, knee-length dress with capsleeves and cowl neck-line. A thin, black beltadorned the waistline.She wore a corsage ofwhite sweetheart rosesand green hydrangeas.The mother of the bride-groom wore a pinktaffeta jacket and black,floor-length, chiffon skirtand a corsage of whitesweetheart roses andgreen hydrangeas.

A reception in theRiviera Room of theStillwater Valley GolfClub in Versailles fol-lowed the ceremony.

The couple honey-mooned in St. Lucia andreside in Jackson Center.

The bride graduatedfrom Houston HighSchool in 2004 andearned an Associate ofApplied Science fromEdison Community Col-

lege in 2006 and an As-sociate of Applied Sci-ence in allied healthfrom James A. RhodesState College in 2009.She is employed as adental hygienist bySmall Smiles of Colum-bus.

The bridegroom is a2006 graduate of Hous-ton High School and a2010 graduate of Bowl-ing Green State Univer-sity with a Bachelor ofApplied Science in me-chanical engineeringtechnology. He is em-ployed as a mechanicaldesigner by the MinsterMachine Co.

They were high schoolsweethearts.

Mr. and Mrs. Homan

SPENCERVILLE Kelee Justine Warnecke,of Spencerville, andBruce Timothy Claytonwere united in marriageAug. 20, 2011, at 4:30p.m. in MonticelloUnited Brethren Churchin Spencerville.

The bride is thedaughter of Kevin War-necke and LeAnn War-necke.

Her grandparents areJanice Warnecke, RuthBurnfield and Mr. andMrs. Rex East.

The bridegroom is theson of Mr. and Mrs. Tim-othy G. Clayton.

His grandparents are

Mr. and Mrs. MarvinWooddell.

Rev. Andrew Atkinsperformed the ceremony.The bride was given inmarriage by her father.

Amanda Warneckeserved as her sistersmaid of honor. Brides-maids were AllisonMueller, Emily Perrinand Mandy Miller. LibbyHurley was the flowergirl.

Andrew Boblit wasbest man. Groomsmenwere Joe Glaze,Macauley Clayton andMat Miller. JacobRookard and Joey Met-zger were ushers.

Cameron East was thering bearer.

A reception at the Ea-gles in Delphos followedthe ceremony.

The couple reside inSpencerville.

The bride is a 2009graduate of SpencervilleHigh School.

She is employed as anurses aide at Roselawnand at the Journal-News.

The bridegroom grad-uated from Sidney HighSchool in 2003. He is em-ployed as an AllenCounty deputy.

The couple metthrough mutual friends. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton

A roach-removal system with recipeDear Heloise:

Years ago, youpublished arecipe for get-ting rid ofroaches. Itworks wonders.Because I havemisplaced mycopy, would youplease print itagain? It will re-ally help others,too. J.H., Col-lege Station,Texas

This HeloisesBoric Acid Mix-ture is one thatmy mother con-cocted in the1960s. Its cheapto make andyields great re-sults. Youllneed:

1/4 cup short-ening or bacondrippings

1/8 cup sugar8 ounces pow-

dered boric acid

1/2 cup flour1/2 small onion,

chopped (optional)WaterCream the shortening

and sugar. Then mix theboric acid, flour andchopped onion together.Mix both well whileadding just enoughwater so the mixture be-comes soft dough.

Shape the mixtureinto small balls andplace in areas where youhave seen the roaches.

However, know thatthese will dry out ratherquickly. Ideally, take thesmall balls and placethem in plastic, opensandwich bags, whichwill help them keeplonger. Check these often,because as soon as theyare hard and dry, you willwant to change them outwith a fresh batch. Pleaseuse CAUTION: Boricacid can be toxic, so keepaway from children andpets. Heloise

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Alvetro Orthodonticshosted a party Oct. 29 tosupport Angel House Or-phanage and Angel Sec-ondary School inTanzania.

The benefit was titledBOO for buildings, or-phans, and opportuni-ties.

Ticket sales, raffleproceeds, and beverageprofits all will supportthe newly opened sec-ondary school that sitsadjacent to the orphan-age that was built byfunding sent by Alvetroand her husband, TomRossman, and their net-work of friends, col-leagues, and family.

Angel SecondarySchool opened in Janu-ary in northwest Tanza-nia and has 170students, freshmenthrough junior year. InJanuary, it will add twomore freshmen classestaking the total studentpopulation to more than250.

The school has dis-tributed 50 scholarshipsfor students from thelocal village and commu-nity who would have noother opportunity to at-tend secondary schoolbecause of their poverty-stricken circumstances.

Grass Roots, the501(c)3 nonprofit, con-tinues to look for indi-viduals, families, andorganizations who wouldsponsor one childs edu-cation or donate towardsthe building expansionfund.

This years goals in-clude adding solar elec-tricity to the school,constructing a dininghall and laboratories, li-brary, and boys hostels.

For information, call492-3200.

Wilson MemorialHospital has announcedthe addition to the pedi-atric practice of Dr.Karen Smith.

Abigail Abby Fis-cher, certified pediatricnurse practitioner(CPNP), will work in col-laborative effort withSmith and the rest ofthe staff, seeing andtreating patients of thepractice. Fischer is wel-coming new patients ofher own and has ex-panded office hours toinclude Fridays.

As a CPNP, Fischer isan experienced regis-tered nurse (RN) whohas additional educationand training in the spe-cialty area of pediatrics.With her advancedtraining, she can as-

sume most of thediagnostic andtreatment re-sponsib i l i t iestraditionally re-served for physi-cians.

Fischer re-ceived her Bach-elor of Science innursing fromWright State UniversityCollege of Nursing andHealth. While obtainingexperience as a regis-tered nurse at the Chil-drens Medical Center inDayton, Fischer com-pleted her Master of Sci-ence in child andadolescent health fromWright State University.

Fischer has beennamed a clinical expertin the pediatric areas of

acute care, cardi-ology, and inten-sive care by theNational Associa-tion of PediatricNurse Practition-ers.

Prior to herjoining Smithspractice, sheworked for Na-

tionwide Childrens Hos-pital in Columbus forseven years.

Smiths practice is inSuite 203 of the YagerMedical Building on theWilson Memorial Hospi-tal campus. The office isopen Monday throughFriday, from 7 a.m. to 5p.m. For information orto schedule an appoint-ment, call the office at498-5477.

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WORSHIP DIRECTORYWORSHIP DIRECTORYWorship TimesThursday 7:00 PMSunday 11:00 AM

Sunday School 10:00 AM___________________

Good Shepherds Baptist Church1069 Fairington Drive, Sidney

Phone: 937-498-4409Tim Small, PastorDeaf MinistryWorship TimesSunday 10:30 AM

Sunday School 9:30 AM___________________

Grace Baptist Church137 W. Edgewood, SidneyPhone: 937-492-9061Pastor James AlterWorship Times

Sunday 10:30 AM, 5:30 PMSunday School 9:30 AM

www.gracebaptistsidney.com___________________

Indian Lake Baptist Church225 West Lake Ave., Lakeview

Pastor Don FaulderWorship Times


Wednesday Evening 6:00 PMwww.indianlakebaptistchurch.webs.com

Email: [email protected]___________________

Jackson Center Baptist, S.B.C.109 E. College St., Jackson Center

Phone: 937-596-5858Pastor Reverend Keith Wisecup

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

Mt. Vernon Baptist Church606 Park St., SidneyPhone: 937-492-5009Pastor David D. WynnWorship TimesSunday 11:00 AM

Sunday School 9:30 AMWednesday 12:00 & 7:00 PM

Prayer/Bible Study___________________New Life Church PJBC

329 W. Main St., Port JeffersonPastor Ernie JonesWorship Times

Sunday School 9:30 AM (all ages)Sunday PraiseWorship 10:30 AM, 6:00 PMWednesday Bible Study 6:00 PM

___________________Old Fashion Baptist Church824 Second Ave., Sidneywww.oldfashionbaptist.comPhone: 937-489-3901Pastor Duane HatfieldWorship Times

Saturday 7:00 PM, Sunday 11:00 AMSunday School 10:00 AM___________________

Pemberton Baptist ChurchPalestine St., PembertonPhone: 937-523-5489Pastor Terry WaltersWorship Times

Sunday 10:30-11:30 AM___________________

Rumley Baptist ChurchHardin Wapak Rd. (off 29), Anna

Pastor Bill CantrellWorship TimesSunday 11:00 AM

Sunday School 10:00 AM___________________Sidney Baptist Church1322 E. Court St., SidneyPhone: 937-492-7722Reverend David Moran

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

Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 PM___________________

Springcreek Baptist Church15333 Miami-Shelby Rd., Piqua

Phone: 937-773-4215Reverend Fred Peterson

Worship TimesSunday 10:30 AM

Sunday School 9:30 AMWednesday Bible Studies 7:00 PM

BRETHRENTrinity Church of The Brethren2220 N. Main Avenue, Sidney

Phone: 937-492-9937Pastor Brent K. Driver


Sunday School 9:15 AM

CHRISTIAN CHURCH(DISCIPLES OF CHRIST)

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

___________________Central Bible Ministries113 Kossuth St., Sidneycentralbibleministries.orgPhone: 937-498-1958Pastor John SpencerWorship Times

Sunday 10:00 AM & 6:00 PMWednesday 7:00 PM___________________

Christ The King Church17570 St. Rt. 274, Jackson Center

Phone: 937-492-8251Pastor James MaxwellWorship Times

Sunday 9:00 AM Christian Education10:15 AMWorship Service

Sunday Prayer Service 6:00 PM___________________

Church of Jesus421 Wood St., Piqua

Pastor Brian HamiltonPhone: 937-773-4004Worship Times

Sunday School 9:30 AMWorship 11:00 AM

Wednesday Prayer 6:30 PMWednesday Bible Study 7:00 PM

___________________Faith Alliance Church

6670 Knoxville Ave., New BremenPhone: 419-629-3688

Reverend Tom Sager, PastorWorship Times

Sunday 8:30 AM Traditional Service10:45 AM Contemporary Service

with Kids ChurchSunday School 9:45 AM

Wednesday 6:30 PM Jr. High BibleStudy and Childrens Programs (K-5)

7:00 PM Adult Bible Study8:30 PM Youth Discipleship Training(Nursery available at all services)

___________________Glory Bound Pentecostal

Church of God1106 N. Main, SidneyPhone: 937-4982272Pastor Timothy YoungWorship Times

Sunday School 11:00 AMPraise &Worship 12:00 NOON

___________________Lockington New Beginnings Church

10288 Museum Trail,Piqua, OH 45356 (in Lockington)


___________________North Broadway Church of Christ

2655 N. Broadway, SidneyPhone: 937-492-1500

Brent Wright, EvangelistWorship Times

Sunday 10:30 AM, 6:00 PM

Sunday School 9:30 AMWednesday Bible Study 7:00 PM

___________________Northland Church

Corner of 25A and Sharp Rd.South of AnnaWorship Times

Sunday Bible Study 2:00 PMWorship 4:00 PM

Special Gospel Singing first Saturdayof every month 7:00 PM___________________

Only Believe MinistriesChristian Center

13815 Botkins Rd., BotkinsPhone: 937-693-3554

Pastors Peter & Phyllis DoseckWorship TimesSunday 10:00 AM

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Piqua Christian Church3969 W. St. Rt. 185, PiquaPhone: 937-773-8143

Sr. Minister Travis MowellWorship TimesSunday 10:30 AM

Sunday School 9:30 AMWed. Family Gathering 7:00 PM

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Port Jefferson Church of Christ217 Wall St., Pt. JeffersonPhone: 937-339-5007Evangelist Jim WittWorship TimesSunday 10:30 AM

Sunday School 9:30 AM___________________

Salvation Army Church419 N. Buckeye Ave., Sidney

Phone: 937-492-8412Pastors Majs. Herb & Angie

CarterWorship TimesSunday 10:00 AM

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Springcreek Christian ChurchMiami Shelby at Wiles Rd., Sidney

Phone: 937-498-4209Pastor David E. ClemWorship TimesSunday 10:00 AM

Sunday School 9:00 AM___________________

Word of Life Ministries, International451 Second Avenue, SidneyPhone: 937-710-4777

Pastors Jim & Janice JohnsonWorship TimesSunday 10:30 AMWednesday. 6:00 PM

followed by Teen Meeting

Senior Pastor Philip ChilcoteWorship Times

Traditional Worship 10:15 AMChildrens Sunday School 10:30 AM

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


CHURCH OF GODFirst Church Of God

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

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

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

Pastor Michael Myers (Rhema Graduate)Worship Times

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

Northtowne Church Of God2008 Wapakoneta Ave., Sidney

Phone: 937-498-1476Pastor Tim BarteeWorship Times

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

Rail Road St. Church Of God602 Railroad Street

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

CHURCH OF JESUSCHRIST OF THE

LATTER-DAY SAINTSChurch of Jesus Christ of the

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

Bishop Randall S. FrisbyWorship Times

Meetings 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

CONGREGATIONALCHRISTIAN

Houston CongregationalChristian Church

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


EPISCOPALSt. Marks

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

Sunday 8:30 AM TraditionalSunday 9:30 AM Christian Formation

Sunday 10:15 ContemporaryWednesday 6:30 PM Traditional

Father Aaron Gerlach

FULL GOSPELLightHouse Ministries of Sidney

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

Full Gospel Community Church950 S. Childrens Home Rd., Sidney

Phone: 937-492-9438Pastor Jeff HillWorship Times

Sunday 11:20 AM, 6:00 PMSunday School 10:00 AMWednesday 7:00 PM

INDEPENDENTBuckeye Gospel Barn8291 St. Rt. 235, QuincyPhone: 937-585-6090

Pastors Jerry & Bobbi AllenWorship Times

Sunday 10:00 AM, 6:30 PMHome Bible Study Fri. 6:30 PM

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CHRISTIANAPOSTOLIC

Abundant Life Apostolic Church607 Sycamore Ave., Sidney, Ohio

Phone: 937-492-2484Pastor Michael Garber

Worship TimesWednesday 7:30 PM

Sunday School 10:30 AMSunday 5:30 PM

___________________Sidney Apostolic Temple210 S. Pomeroy St., SidneyPhone: 937-492-7456Bishop: Robert Fries

Pastor: Mark L. Hina Jr.Worship Times

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

Thursday Bible Study 7:30 PM

ASSEMBLY OF GODCornerstone Assembly Of God

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

Senior Pastor Harry PetersonWorship Times

Sunday 10:30 AM, 6:30 PMSunday School 9:30 AMKids Church 10:30 AMMini Church 10:30 AM

Childrens Mininstry, Adult Study& Royal Ranger/Missionates

Wednesday 7:00 PM

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

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

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

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

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


Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 PM___________________

Christian Faith Baptist Church608 S. Miami, SidneyClarence Cox - Pastor

Lee Ellis - Assistant PastorWorship Times

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

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

with a Testimony 10:00 AMSunday 11:00 AM

Sunday Evening 6:00 PMWednesday 7:00 PM

Bible Study & Kings Kids___________________

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


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

Reverend George GnadeWorship TimesSunday 10:30 AM

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

Senior Pastor Dale R. ChristianWorship Times

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

First United Baptist ChurchCorner Miami Conservancy

& Fair Rd., SidneyPastor Tom Jones

Asst. Pastor Rev. Leamon Branscum

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

You haveheard the ex-pression that apicture is wortha thousandwords. For me inmy faith journey,I was taught bymy parents, mychurch and mypastors that thebig picture isworth three littlewords. They are,God loves you.My parents

lived through the De-pression and the loss oftheir only daughter whowas 18 months old.Those three little wordsheld them together intheir faith journey andgave them hope as theycontinued in their faithjourney. They sharedwith me and my twobrothers the great wordsof John 3:16: For God so

loved the worldthat he gave hisonly Son, so thateveryone whobelieves in himmay not perishbut have eternallife. (New Re-vised StandardVersion)I learned at

my homechurch, St. PaulLutheran inClyde, Ohio, andthey taught me

the purpose and hope ofmy faith through the con-gregational members,teachers and pastors.They taught me thatfaith is journey and not adestination. I remem-bered that journey whichbegan with my baptismon July 4, 1948, and con-tinues to this day. Myfaith journey has a begin-ning in my baptism and

with it came a purposeand hope.Without a pur-pose and a hope, we arenot on a journey, butrather are just travelingin circles.I read a story a few

years ago that reinforcedthe purpose in my jour-ney of faith. A pastorwas celebrating his 95thbirthday and he wasasked, How are you?He answered with thewords that he wastaught as a small boy inhis family and they are,I am thankful. Psalm118:1 reveals to us, Ogive thanks to the Lord,for he is good; his stead-fast love endures for-ever. (New RevisedStandard Version) It isin that purpose and ourbeginning of our faithjourney that we aregiven hope, Gods hope.This hope is grounded in

the fact that JesusChrist died for our sinsand arose to new life togive to us Gods promiseof new life and a place orroom in his kingdom.Through Jesus Christ,we are made brothersand sisters in Christ andheirs with him to Godskingdom.We live in a present

world that reveals eachday things that fright-ens, despairs and makesus seem to have no hope.As we live each new day,let us begin with threelittle words God lovesus and end withthree little words Iam thankful. May Godslove and power be withyou!

The writer is pastor ofSt. Paul EvangelicalLutheran Church inBotkins.

The big picture isworth three little words

YourpastorspeaksThe Rev.Bob Carter

St. Pauls UnitedChurch of Christ, 707 N.Ohio Ave., will present adinner theater, NoRoom at the Inn, Dec. 2and 3.The doors will open at

6 p.m. The dinner the-ater will begin at 6:30.The play is about the

birth of Jesus and theshepherds following theshining star in the eastto the bethlehem Inn.Organizers of the pro-

duction said the play willprovide an opportunity tokick off the Christmasseason in the right way,reliving the story thatstarted it all, and reflect-ing on the true meaningof Christmas.

The play will be castfrom members andfriends of St. PaulsUnited Church ofChrist.The dinner menu will

include chicken breast,baked potato, tossedsalad, roll, appledumpling and coffee ortea, and will be cateredby Vics CountyKitchen.Tickets are $15.

Seats are limited, sopeople wishing to at-tend are advised to con-tact the church office toreserve their spot.The churchs tele-

phone number is 492-8540. The email [email protected]

Church plansdinner theater

Garments of Grace, a free clothing distributionprogram, will be held at the First Church of God,1510 Campbell Road, Saturday from 9 to 11 a.m.The public is invited to attend. Dates of future

clothing distributions will be announced later.

Clothing distribution scheduled

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DeGraff United Methodist Church118 N. Main St., DeGraff

Phone: 937-585-5511email: [email protected]

Rev. Carolyn ChristmanWorship Times

Sunday School 9:30 AMWorship 10:30 AM

Youth Group Wed. 6:30 PM__________________

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

Phone: 937-773-8232www.thefamilyofgrace.comRev. Mike Carnevale

Worship TimesSunday 8:15 AM Traditional

10:00 & 11:15 AM Contemporary10:00 AM Sunday School for all ages

Youth Ministry Sunday NightsChildrens Ministry Wed. Nights

__________________Fletcher United Methodist

205 S. Walnut, FletcherPhone: 937-368-2470

Rev. Russ Tichenor, PastorWorship Times

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

Wednesday Prayer & Praise 7 PM__________________

Hardin United Methodist6073 Hardin-Wapak Road, Sidney

Phone: 937-492-4595Pastor Jack ChalkWorship Times

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

__________________Jackson Center United Methodist

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

Sunday 10:00 AMSunday School 9:00 AM__________________

Lockington United MethodistCorner Miami Conservancy & Fair Rd.

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

Worship TimesSunday 8:00 & 10:00 AM

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

Wednesday 7:00 PM__________________

Maplewood United Methodist21310 Peach St., Maplewood

Phone: 937-596-8155Pastor Bill HalterWorship Times

Sunday 10:00 AMSunday School 9:00 AM__________________

New Hope United MethodistCorner of Mason Rd. & Patterson

Halpin Rd., SidneyPhone: 937-493-0065

www.sidneynewhope.orgPastor John Leighty

Worship TimesSunday 10:30 AM, Fellowship

9:15AM/Sunday School 9:30 AM__________________

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

Phone: 419-753-2427Reverend Dennis Gaertner


Sunday School 9:00 AM__________________

Pasco United Methodist Church17483 St. Rt. 706, Sidney

Phone: 937-492-4986Reverend David Brisker

Worship TimesPrayers 9:00 AMSunday 10:30 AM

Sunday School 9:30 AM__________________

Pemberton United Methodist6541 Main Street, Pemberton

Phone: 937-497-1007Pastor Don BurleyWorship Times

Sunday 10:00 AMSunday School 11:00 AM

Email: [email protected]__________________

Quincy United MethodistPhone: 937-585-5114Pastor Matthew Wright


Sunday School 9:30 AM__________________

LUTHERAN

Emmanuel Lutheran Church17714 Montra Road, Montra

Phone: 937-596-6462Pastor Shannon Vogelezang


Sunday School 9:45 AM__________________

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

Phone: 937-596-6516Pastor Kent HollisWorship Times

Sunday Traditional 8:00 AMSunday School 9:15 AM

Sunday Contemporary 10:30 AM__________________

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

Phone: 937-596-6509Pastor Shannon Vogelezang

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

St. Mark, Clay Township 11:00 AM__________________

Redeemer Lutheran Church(Missouri Synod)

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

Saturday 5:30 PMSunday 9:00 AM

Sunday School 10:30 AM__________________

St. Jacobs Lutheran Church18280 Pasco Montra Road,

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

Pastor Shannon VogelezangWorship TimesSunday 9:45 AM

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

Pastor Michael AlthauserWorship Times

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

St. Johns Lutheran Church120 W. Water Street, Sidney

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

Worship TimesSaturday 6:00 PM

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

__________________St. Paul Ev. Lutheran Church

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


Sunday School 9:00 AM__________________

Trinity Lutheran Church(Southern Ohio Synod)

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


Sunday School, Sept.-May 9:15 AM

METHODISTAnna United Methodist201 West North St., Anna

Phone: 937-394-4221website: www.annaumc.orgPastor Mitch Arnold

Worship TimesSunday

9:00 AM Christian Education/all ages10:00 AM Worship

__________________Botkins United Methodist111 E. State Street, BotkinsPastor Randy Locker


Adult Bible Study and ChildrensSunday School, Sunday 8:00 AM

__________________Bradford United Methodist Church

112 E. Church Street, BradfordPhone: 937-448-6116Pastor Darcy Boblit-Dill

Worship TimesSunday 9:00 AM PrayerSunday School 9:30 AM

Sunday 10:45 AM Worship_________________

St. Michaels Church33 Elm Street, Ft. Loramie

Phone: 937-295-2891Reverend Steven L. Shoup


Sunday 8:00 & 11:00 AM___________________

St. Peter & Paul Catholic Church6788 St. Rt. 66, Newport

Phone: 937-295-3001Reverend Steven L. Shoup

Worship TimesSaturday 6:30 PMSunday 9:30 AM

SEVENTH-DAYADVENTIST

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

New Knoxille, OhioPhone: 937-778-0223

Pastor Don Byard, 419-236-1172Worship Times

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

UNITED CHURCHOF CHRIST

First United Church of ChristWest Bremen & St. Marys Streets

New Knoxille, OhioPhone: 419-753-2446Pastor David A. Williams


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

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

__________________Greenview United Church of Christ3041 Leatherwood Creek Rd., Sidney

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


__________________Immanuel United Church of Christ

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

Phone: 937-693-2853Pastor Charles Moeller


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

Sundays of each month__________________

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

Phone: 419-629-2502Pastor Becky Erb Strang


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

__________________St. Pauls United Church of Christ

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

Adult Sunday School 9:00 AMWorship Sunday 10:15 AMChildrens Church 10:30 AM

Kids Club 2nd & 4th Wed. 6:30 PM__________________St. Peters Church

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

Handicapped Accessible

WESLEYANThe Sidney Wesleyan Church621 Second Avenue, SidneyPastor Steve Chapman

Worship TimesSunday 9:30, 10:30 AM, 6:30 PM

Wednesday Youth & Adult 6:30 PMwww/forministry.com/USOHWESLCSWCSW

Russell Road Church340 W. Russell Road, Sidney

Phone: 937-492-6412Email:[email protected] Fred Gillenwater

Worship TimesSaturday 7:00 PM, Church Campus

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

Nursery/Children Ministries at Both__________________Sidney First United Methodist

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

Reverend David ChivingtonWorship Times

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

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

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

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

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

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

Phone: 937-492-9136Reverend Barbara Staley

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