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COMING SATURDAYRemote Possibilities
• Trace Adkins and kristin Chenoweth return ashosts of the American Country Awards, which airsMonday on Fox. Inside
A festive polar bear looks to the holiday season in thisdrawing by Sophia Gibson, 14, a freshman at Houston HighSchool. Sophia is the daughter of Lori and Eric Gibson ofSidney. Her art teacher is Joni Dunham. There are now 19days before Christmas.
19 days till Christmas
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A tree decorated with the faces of local men and womenserving in the US armed forces stands on display as part ofthe Christmas Tree Festival housed at the Lockkeeper'sHouse in New Bremen Sunday. The show runs throughtoday.
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Court: Speed it upBY ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS
The Associated Press
COLUMBUS (AP) — The state wasfound in contempt of court Wednesdayfor failing to move quickly enough tocompensate dozens of landowners whosuffered losses from flooding near Ohio’slargest inland lake, the Ohio SupremeCourt ruled.
At issue was how fast the Departmentof Natural Resources is responding to ayear-old court order to compensate 87landowners near Grand Lake St. Marys,a 20-square-mile lake between Daytonand Toledo.The court ruled 5-2 that the landown-
ers had shown “clear and convincing ev-idence” that the state was in contempt ofthe court’s December 2011 decision or-
dering compensation.The three-page ruling gave the state
three months to finish appraisals on allproperties whose claims relate to a floodlevel set in 2003, and four months to filelawsuits to take the properties, which isnecessary to trigger court hearings oncompensation.The court gave the state a month to
Obama, Boehnerdiscuss fiscal
cliff via telephone
Honda exports1 millionth vehicleDETROIT (AP) — Honda
said Monday that its U.S. fac-tories have churned out their1 millionth vehicle built forexport.The milestone was
achieved when a silver Accordrolled off the assembly line ata factory in Marysville, Ohio,near Columbus.The Japanese automaker
said that in two years, it ex-pects to export more cars builtin North America than it im-ports from Japan.Already, 85 percent of the
vehicles it sells in the U.S. aremade at seven Honda facto-ries in North America, includ-ing four in the U.S. It plans to
export nearly 100,000 Hondaand Acura vehicles from theU.S. this year.Honda, like other Japanese
automakers, has plans toraise production in NorthAmerica because it can’t makeas much money on vehiclesimported from Japan due tothe strong yen.Honda’s North American
plants have the ability tomake 1.63 million vehicles ayear, and the company said ithas plans to raise that to 1.92million per year in 2014. Thecompany has been makingcars in the U.S. for just over30 years.
BY DAVID ESPOThe Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) —For the first time in days,President Barack Obama andHouse Speaker John Boehnerspoke by phone Wednesdayabout the “fiscal cliff ” thatthreatens to knock the econ-omy into recession, raising theprospect of fresh negotiationsto prevent tax increases andspending cuts set to kick inwith the new year.Officials provided no de-
tails of the conversation,which came on the same daythe president, hewing to ahard line, publicly warnedcongressional Republicans notto inject the threat of a gov-ernment default into the al-ready complex issue.“It’s not a game I will play,”
Obama told a group of busi-ness leaders as Republicansstruggled to find their footingin talks with a recently re-
elected president and unifiedcongressional Democrats.Among the Republicans,
Sen. Tom Coburn of Okla-homa became the latest tobreak ranks and say he couldsupport Obama’s demand foran increase in tax rates atupper incomes as part of acomprehensive plan to cutfederal deficits.Across the Capitol, House
Majority Leader Eric Cantorsaid Republicans want to “sitdown with the president. Wewant to talk specifics.” Henoted that the GOP had madea compromise offer earlier inthe week and the WhiteHouse had rejected it.Officials said after the talk
between Obama and Boehner,R-Ohio, there was no immedi-ate plan for a resumption ofnegotiations to avert the cliff.At the same time, they saidthat for the first time in a fewdays, at least one top presi-
Ohio in contempt in flooding compensation case
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COUNTY RECORD
CITY RECORD
Sheriff’s logWEDNESDAY
-9:42 a.m.: badchecks. Deputies took areport of bad checkspassed at H&M Whole-sale, 11111 Pasco-Mon-tra Road, Maplewood.
Village logWEDNESDAY
-6:19 a.m.: burglary.Anna Police, JacksonCenter Police and sher-iff ’s deputies respondedto a report of a burglaryat Anna Market, 315 W.Main St., Anna.
Fire, rescueWEDNESDAY
-10:44 a.m.: medical.Anna Rescue andBotkins Police re-sponded to a medical callon Mill Street, Botkins.
TUESDAY-11:43 p.m.: medical.
Anna Rescue respondedto a medical call atHonda.
-6:47 p.m.: crashwith injuries. AnnaRescue, Anna Fire andsheriff ’s deputies re-sponded to a two-vehiclecollision with injuries onInterstate 75 at Ohio119.
Police logTUESDAY
-10:05 p.m.: con-tempt. Kayla Snyder,18, 123 Shelby St., wasarrested for contempt.
- 7:45 p.m.: con-tempt. Charles C.Robbs, 23, at large, wasarrested on an outstand-ing warrant throughSidney Municipal Courtand transported to jail.
-6:52 p.m.: con-tempt. Annette M.Smith, 43, was arrestedon an outstanding war-rant through Sidney Mu-nicipal Court andtransported to the policedepartment, where bondwas posted.
-3:49 p.m.: criminaldamaging/endanger-ing. Jason william LeeMcDaniel, 834 MichiganSt., Apt. B, reported anacoustic guitar valued at$150 was damaged.
-11:30 a.m.: proba-tion violation. Eric W.Oakes, 34, address notlisted, was arrested on abench warrant for a pro-bation violation.
MONDAY-10:50 p.m.: bur-
glary. Michael S. Mc-Grath, 600 N.Main Ave.,reported a person en-tered his residence with-out permission and tooka desktop computer, val-ued at $900.
-12:03 p.m.: theft.Katie Lyn Dumke, 432 S.Main Ave., reported awallet, containing herdriver’s license, SocialSecurity card and $300cash, was taken at 125W. Court St.
SUNDAY-6:48 p.m.: burglary.
Laura AnnMathney, 311N. Main Ave., reported
someone entered herresidence and took a 51-inch flat screen televi-sion, valued at $1,300;and Xbox game system,valued at $119; and avideo game, valued at$60, while also causingdamage to a door frame.
SATURDAY-1:28 a.m.: assault.
Brock Thomas Aselage,of Anna, reported he wasassaulted by two peopleat 2599 Michigan St.
Fire, rescueTUESDAY
-8:38 p.m.: medical.Medics were dispatchedto the 100 block of NorthOhio Avenue.
-7:47 p.m.: propertydamage accident. Res-cue personnel respondedto the 3000 block ofRiver Road for an autoaccident. There were noinjuries.
- 4:23 p.m.: fire. Fire-fighters responded to areport of a fire in theceiling at 1675 campbellRoad. Water from a roofleak had caused an elec-trical short, which ig-nited some plastic. Therewere no injuries. Dam-age was estimated at$100.
-3:19 p.m.: medical.Medics were dispatchedto the 600 block of Gron-lund Place.
-11:06 a.m.: medical.Medics were dispatchedto the 100 block of EastWater Street.
-10:30 a.m.: medical.Medics were dispatchedto the 400 block of EastLyndhurst Street.
-8:26 a.m.: injury.Medics were dispatchedto the 1100 block of Hill-top Avenue.
Osgood• The parish directo-
ries have arrived.Anyonewho wishes to purchaseextra books should callthe pastoral office. Cost is$10.• People can donate a
flower for a loved one tohelp decorate theparishes of St. Nicholasand St. Louis.To donate aflower, place $8 per flowerin an envelope with theloved one’s name. It maybe sent to the pastoral of-fice or placed in the week-end collection.The closingdate is Dec. 16.• Penance services will
be held at St. NicholasCatholic ChurchWednes-day for CCD and Thurs-day for the parish.• Christmas Masses
are Dec. 24, 4:30 p.m., St.Nicholas, and 10:30 p.m.,St. Louis; and Dec. 25,8:30 a.m., St. Nicholas,and 10:30 a.m., St. Louis.• New Year’s Masses
are Dec. 31, 4:30 p.m., St.Nicholas, and Jan. 1, 9a.m., St. Louis.• The Osgood Ameri-
can Legion will have aNew Year’s dance. Doorswill open at 8 p.m. Musicwill be played from 9 p.m.to 12:30 a.m. Music will
Kennedy pleads guilty to chargesIn Shelby County Common
Pleas Court recently, TammyKennedy, 39, 204 W. South St.,pleaded guilty to amended chargesof two counts of attempted posses-sion of criminal tools, first-degreemisdemeanors, and was sentencedto 90 days in jail per count, fined$150 per count and ordered to paycosts. She also was ordered to pay$250 restitution.• Jesse Fitzgerald, 29, no ad-
dress listed, pleaded guilty to acharge of theft, a fourth-degreefelony, while three additional theftcharges were dismissed by thestate. He was sentenced to fiveyears of probation, fined $300 pluscosts and was ordered to completetreatment atWORTH.• Jill A. Elliott, 27, 5435 Short
Road, Houston, entered a plea of
guilty to the charge of receivingstolen property, a felony of the fifthdegree. A second count was dis-missed. She was sentenced to fiveyears of probation, fined $200 pluscosts and was ordered to completetreatment atWORTH.• Whitney Nicole Main, 20, 63
Eastview St., Apt. 2, Fort Loramie,pleaded guilty to possession ofcriminal tools, a fifth-degree felony.Three additional counts were dis-missed. She was sentenced to fiveyears probation, fined $300 pluscosts and was ordered to completetreatment atWORTH.• Babacar Diakite, 33, 500 N.
Vandemark Road, Apt. 63, entereda guilty plea to an amended chargeof attempted felonious assault, athird-degree felony, and was sen-tenced to 24 months in prison, and
fined $300 plus costs.• Josey Rafferty, 27, 306N.West
Ave., pleaded guilty to amendedcharges of attempted theft and at-tempted having weapons underdisability, both fourth-degreefelonies, and was sentenced to 17months in prison, fined $200 pluscosts and was ordered to pay resti-tution of $300 to Brandy Daniels.• Joshua L. Bockrath, 1117 Hill
Top Drive, Apt. B, entered a guiltyplea to an amended charge of bur-glary, a fourth-degree felony, andfailure to comply, a third-degreefelony.A third countwas dismissed.He was ordered to serve a total of36 months for the two charges.Hisdriver’s license was suspended forthree years; he was fined $200 pluscosts and was ordered to pay resti-tution to Betty Alge.
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VILLAGE CONNECTION
MUNICIPAL COURTIn Sidney Municipal
Court Tuesday, Amy M.Hammons, 27, 209 N.Highland Ave., was fined$150 and $138 costs andsentenced to 45 days injail for attempted theft,amended from theft. Fif-teen days were sus-pended.• Aaron W. Lowe, 45,
300 Clay St., Lot 11, Jack-son Center, was fined $75and $107 costs for crimi-nal damaging.• Jason Fout, 47, 716
Grandview St., was fined$25 and $111 costs for un-necessary noise.• Brooke D. Barga, 28,
526 Michigan St., wasfined $250 and $111 costs
for failure to display li-cense, amended fromdriving under suspension.• Savannah D. Auske,
26, 1515 Kenwood Drive,Apt. 9, was fined $30 and$105 costs for speeding.• Roger A. Massie, 24,
5180 Dawson Road, wasfined $30 and $105 costsfor speeding.• Robert Daniels Jr.,
62, 2320 State Route 47,was fined $25 and $111costs for failure to main-tain an assured clear dis-tance.• ShirleyA.Gibson, 48,
9977 Greenville Road,was fined $30 and $86costs for a seat belt viola-tion.
Ohio moves toward virtualban on internet cafes
TOLEDO (AP) —Ohio is moving towardshutting down hundredsof storefront gamblingoperations that havesprouted up in stripmalls and vacant stores,offering computer gamesthat operate like slotmachines with cashprizes.The Ohio House ap-
proved a proposalWednesday thatamounts to a virtual banon the game parlorsknown as Internet cafes.It’s been nearly two
years since lawmakersfirst began weighingwhat to do about these
sweepstakes games thatare largely unregulatedand don’t face the samescrutiny as casinos andother games of chance.Some favored new regu-lations while otherswanted a ban on the In-ternet cafes.“Internet cafes are
simply gambling by an-other name,” said Rep.Dennis Murray, a Demo-crat from Sandusky.The bill, approved by
a 2-to-1 margin in House,would shut down nearlyall of the estimated 800sites by narrowly defin-ing what counts as asweepstake.
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Powerball results willbe published in Friday’snewspaper.
Temperatures weremild and little precipita-tion fell in November inShelby County.
Total precipitation forthe month was only 0.69of an inch, according sta-tistics recorded at theSidney WastewaterTreatment Plant, officialweather-reporting sta-
tion for Shelby County.Total precipitation forthe year through No-vember was 22.39inches.
T e m p e r a t u r e sreached 68 degrees twodays in a row — Nov. 10and 11 — and the highswere 60 degrees orabove on three other
days in November.Highs in the 50s oc-curred on 11 days. Tem-peratures dipped intothe 20s on 21 days dur-ing the month, althoughon many days, itwarmed up into the 50sor 60s. The low for themonth was 20 degreeson Nov. 13.
NEW BREMEN —New Bremen is holdingits annual Christmaslighting ceremonytonight at 6:30.
Sponsored by the NewBremen New KnoxvilleRotary Club, some newdowntown lighting anddecorations will be intro-duced for the first time.The location is the LockOne Park at the south-west corner of the inter-section of Ohio 66 and274.
All lighting on thestreet light poles and inthe public areas of thedowntown area of NewBremen has been heldpending this ceremonyon Thursday.
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FairlawnBOE to meetThe Fairlawn School
District’s Board of Edu-cation will meet Dec. 13at 6:30 p.m. in Room123.
The board will discussthe Race to the Top pro-gram and mileage andreimbursement ofcoaches who are scout-ing.
New business itemsinclude approval of abonus, employment,awarding a service con-tract, approval of a vol-unteer and approvalagreement betweenFairlawn and the ShelbyCounty EducationalService Center.
Temps mild for November
Bureaupreparesfor GOBAvisit, stop
The Sidney VisitorsBureau is working withthe organizers of theGreat Ohio Bicycle Ad-venture (GOBA), whohave selected Sidney asan overnight stop ontheir 2013 bike tour, thebureau reported in itsrecent monthly report.
Sidney will serve as ahost site on June 21 toan estimated 2,500 bicy-cle enthusiasts travelingthis region of the statenext year. The SidneyVisitors Bureau willserve as the centralpoint of contact in prepa-ration for their visit.Local not-for-profits, gov-ernment officials, andother volunteers will beinvited to participate inthe planning process.
This same weekend inJune 2013, Sidney willagain host the AmericanYouth Basketball TOURbringing up to 100 youthbasketball teams to thisarea for a weekend tour-nament. The bureau iscurrently working withorganizer Jim Clay topreplan the details ofthis event returning toSidney for its 13th year.
In other matters, thebureau reported thatwork continues on thecomprehensive redesignof the bureau website.The new site is expectedto be online in late 2012to early 2013. In addi-tion to the main site, amobile-friendly versionof the site is also underdevelopment for releaseearly next year.
Website traffic for Oc-tober was:
• 2,178 web visits(2,247 web visits in2011).
• 1,832 absoluteunique visitors (1,905absolute uniques in2011).
• 3,739 page views(3,518 page views in2011).
• 360 Facebook views(2,794 views in 2011).
The bureau sent in-formation to 54 individ-uals interested inlearning more about thisarea after visiting thewebsite or seeing the bu-reau’s ads in the Dis-cover Ohio TravelPlanner, Midwest Livingmagazine, and the Mad-den Media regionalnewspaper insert. Eight-een reader response re-quests were fulfilled forthe same period in 2011.
The bureau also sub-mitted informationabout local hotels offer-ing meeting space to thepublisher of AssociationNews magazine. Annu-ally, the magazine pub-lishes a resourcedirectory about meetingplaces in Ohio.
The bureau has beencollaborating with itstravel partners at Ohio’sHistoric West to exhibitat the AAA Great Vaca-tion Expo in Columbusthe weekend of Jan. 18-20. AAA Vacation Expois the premier leisuretravel show in the Mid-west and among thelargest shows of its kindin the state.
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Shelby County Juve-nile Judge William Zim-merman recentlyhanded down penalties,plus court costs, for thefollowing traffic cases:
Trevor Albers, 16, ofRussia, $35, assuredclear distance.
Ashley Siwek, 17, ofSidney, $35, speeding.
Collin Blackford, 16,of Sidney, $35, speeding.
Kylee Deitz, 18, ofSidney, $35, failure tocontrol.
Kaleb Cantrell, 16, ofSidney, $35, speeding.
Alissa Corwin, 17, ofMinster, $50, speeding.
Kristen Smith, 17, ofAnna, $25, stop sign vio-lation.
Cody Buehler, 17, ofBotkins, $35, seat beltviolation.
Brandon Aselage, 16,of Anna, $35, driving leftof center.
Gabriel Berning, 17,of Sidney, $35, assuredclear distance.
Seth Clark, 17, ofHouston, $35, assuredclear distance.
Shaun Wenrick, 16, ofSidney, $35, speeding.
Nicholas Elsner, 17,Sidney, $35, speeding.
Milton George, 16, ofPort Jefferson, $35, nooperator’s license.
Ethan Deiters, 17, ofAnna, $25, speeding.
Alexander Farley, 17,of Anna, $50 and addi-tional driving suspen-sion, driving undersuspension.
Kaitlynn Williamson,17, of Anna, $30, seatbelt violation.
Chayce Roberts, 17, ofSidney, $100, no driver’slicense/wrong way onone-way street.
Brittany Johnson, 17,of Sidney, $35, speeding.
Patrick Blenman, 17,of Sidney, $35, failure toyield.
Aaron Maxwell, 17, ofJackson Center, $35, as-sured clear distance.
Michelle Holthaus, 17,of Fort Loramie, $35,failure to yield.
Tre Marqua Carey, 15,of Sidney, no licenseuntil 2014, no operator’slicense.
Jayna Brown, 17, ofAnna, $50 and driver’slicense suspension, as-sured clear distance.
Justin Puthoff, 17, ofFort Loramie, courtcosts, seat belt violation.
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Cadet quits West PointALBANY, N.Y. (AP) —
A cadet quitting WestPoint less than sixmonths before gradua-tion says he could nolonger be part of a culturethat promotes prayersand religious activitiesand disrespects nonreli-gious cadets.
Blake Page announcedhis decision to quit theU.S. Military Academythis week in a much-dis-cussed online post thatechoed the sentiments ofsoldiers and airmen atother military installa-tions. The 24-year-oldtoldTheAssociated Pressthat a determination thissemester that he couldnot become an officer be-cause of clinical depres-sion played a role in hispublic protest againstwhat he calls the uncon-
stitutional prevalence ofreligion in the military.
“I’ve been trying sinceI found that out: Whatcan I do?What can I pos-sibly do to initiate thechange that I want to seeand somany other peoplewant to see?”Page said. “Irealized that this is oneway I can make thatchange happen.”
Page criticized a cul-ture where cadets standsilently for prayers,where nonreligiouscadets were jokinglycalled “heathens” by in-structors at basic train-ing and where one officertold him he’d never be aleader until he filled thehole in his heart. In an-nouncing his resignationthis week on The Huffin-gton Post, he denounced“criminals” in the mili-
tary who violate theoaths they swore to de-fend the Constitution.
“I don’t want to be apart of West Point know-ing that the leadershiphere is OK with justshrugging off and shirk-ing off respect and goodorder and discipline andobeying the law and de-fending the Constitutionand doing their job,” hetold the AP.
West Point officials onWednesday disputedthose assertions. Spokes-woman Theresa Brinker-hoff said prayer isvoluntary at eventswhere invocations andbenedictions are con-ducted and noted theacademy has a SecularStudent Alliance club,where Page served aspresident.
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STATE NEWS Sidney Daily News,Thursday, December 6, 2012 Page 4
begin legal action inMercer County court onall parcels that haven’tyet been surveyed be-cause they involve flood-ing above the 2003 level.Two justices dis-
sented, saying the statehas been moving for-ward, and that a settle-ment offer earlier thisyear indicates Ohio ismaking efforts.The state has “hired
surveyors and propertyappraisers. The survey-ors have begun survey-ing the properties atissue, and the appraisershave begun appraisingthe properties as thesurveys are completed,”said Justice EvelynLundberg Stratton, whowas joined in her dissentby Justice JudithLanzinger.The state will speed
up the process and “useall available resources tocomply with the courtorder,” said Natural Re-sources spokeswomanBethany McCorkle.The decision came one
day after the court helda hearing looking for anexplanation of the delay.At that hearing, an at-torney for the state toldthe court that the end of2013 was a reasonabletimeframe for complet-ing compensation.“It has been extraor-
dinarily difficult to findappraisers who are bothqualified and willing todo the work,” MichaelStokes told justices dur-ing an hour-plus hearingin Columbus.Landowners say a
horseshoe-shaped damthe state built in 1997has led to significantfloods almost every yearsince.Lawyers for the
landowners — almost allof them farmers — al-leged the state has beendragging its feet sincethe court’s 2011 compen-sation order, with onlyeight settlements filed
and six of those in theweek before the Decem-ber 2012 contempt ofcourt hearing.Attorney Bruce In-
gram told justices Tues-day that three propertyowners have died sincethe court’s order a yearago and more are likelyto pass away before thecase is resolved. Ingramalso disputed the state’sargument about apprais-ers, saying he had a listof 113 state-approvedappraisers who could beavailable.“That is a complete
red herring they couldnot find appraisers,” hetold justices.The state withdrew a
settlement offer of $24million, or about $5,000per acre, when presentedwith a counteroffer ofabout $27 million, withthe extra $3 million in-cluding business ownersand homeowners with-out farms.The cost of the settle-
ment will go up thelonger appraisals takebecause land values inthe area are rising.Ingram said Wednes-
day the final settlementscould be closer to $50million.The ruling vindi-cated the property own-ers’ right tocompensation, and “alsovindicated their right tospeedy justice,” Ingramsaid.Wayne and Janet
Doner, who attendedTuesday’s contempt ofcourt hearing, have seenchronic flooding on theircorn and soybean farmin Celina that has left asmany as 35 acres unus-able.“We’ve had 17 loads of
sand hauled out — westill have sand in thefield today,” Janet Donersaid Tuesday.
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gins can be reached onTwitter at https://twit-ter.com/awhcolumbus.
In August, HondaMotor Co. said it isbuilding an $800 millionfactory in Mexico tomake small cars for cus-tomers in North Amer-ica. The plant, nearCelaya, Guanajuato,
north of Mexico City, isexpected to open in 2014and will employ 3,200workers from the region.It will make up to200,000 subcompactcars and engines peryear, the company said.
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PEARSON PUBLIC AUCTIONAuction located: Champaign County Fairgrounds at 384 Park Ave. Urbana OH 43078. Inside the Merchants Building. Withheat, seating and good food. Fairgrounds entrance off of St. Rt. 68 (South Main St). approx. 8 miles North of Springfield.
SATURDAY DECEMBER 8TH 10:00 A.M.
Food served by“The Farmer’s Daughter”
Quality Gun Collection 44 Guns: Auction to start w/ guns to include. 16ga J P Sauer Royal double barrel ;12ga J P Sauer Royal double barrel; 12ga L C Smith Ideal grade double barrel; 270 Win cal. Bortmess ArmsBA Hi Grade rifle w/ sling and scope; 20ga Win mod 12 Grade 1w/ stamped engraving vent rib; 22cal Weath-erby Mark XXII w/ sling & scope; 204 Ruger cal Ruger Mark1 laminated stock stainless barrel w/ scope &bipod; 17Rem cal Rem mod 700 BLD w/ scope; 12ga Win mod 12 Trap gun w/ release trigger and factorypull trigger;223Rem cal Rem mod 700 BDL w/ scope; 243 Win cal D Smith BA rifle w/ fancy carved stock en-graved under plate w/ scope; 7mm Weatherby Vanguard mod VGX BA rifle w/ scope; 22-250cal Rem mod700 BDL w/ scope; 222cal Rem mod 700 BDL w/ scope; 10ga Ithaca Mag 10 3 1/2” w/ vent rib; 30-06calWeatherby Vanguard w/ scope; 17HMR cal Weatherby Mark XXII w/ scope; 17 Mach 2 CZ mod 452-2E BAw/ scope; 22cal Win mod 72 BA w/ scope; rare 220Swift cal Rem mod 700 BDL w/ scope (only made 1 yearin this cal); 243cal Rem mod 700 BDL w/ scope; 25-06cal Rem mod 700 BDL w/ scope; 22cal Win mod 69ABA w/sling & scope; 5mm Rem mod 592 BA w/ scope 3 boxes of ammo; 20ga Browning mod XS w/ 30” vent.barrel; 410ga Browning Citori mod White Lightning O/U; 16ga Browning Citori Mod Lightning O/U; 20ga &16ga Lefever Nitro Special double barrels; 12ga 3 ½” Browning Gold Hunter semi auto w/ box; 16ga IntracArms O/U; Rare 24ga American Arms Silver II O/U 12 boxes of ammo; 12ga 3” Browning Gold Hunter w/ vent.barrel also slug barrel to sell separate; 12ga 3” Win Mod 12 w/ Simmons rib nice Trap wood; 16ga Win Mod12 Skeet Grade w/ factory vent rib; 16ga Rem mod 870 Wingmaster; 12ga Rem Mod 1100 Trap gun w/ choketubes; 12ga Browning A5 mag w/ 32” barrel made in Belgian; 12ga Browning BT 99 Trap gun, barrel hasbeen altered; 12ga Frigon trap gun by Perazzi O/U and single barrels in hard case; 12ga 3 ½” Hecker & KochUltra Mag w/ synthetic stock in case; 38Sp cal Taurus and H&R tip up revolvers; PSC 125lb crossbow RedRyder Carbine BB gun(rough); 870 Daisy air rifle; (2) Gun Safes: (2) “Smith Security” 35 gun plus, fire proofgun safes each weighing 1Ton, both set w/ same combinations; Misc: Huge amount of ammo; several riflebipods; assorted gun parts; approx 30 padded gun cases; spotting scope; rifle rests; 9 MEC shot shell re-loaders in 410, 28, 16,10, & (5) in 12ga; large amount of decoys duck, geese, turkey, Green Head, Flambeauand others; several nice tagged deer mounts; a few Indian artifacts arrow heads and 2 celts; 8 gun cabinet;2 multi gun carts; Knives: Case xx, Winchester, and more; Coins: 7 Standing Liberty halves 4 Franklin Halves,34 SBA dollars, 1887 Indian Head penny, a few other coins; Fishing: aluminum Sea Nymph 17 ½’ bass boatw/ 35 HP Mercruiser out board motor; 13’ 11” flat bottom Jon boat; 12’ Jon boat; trolling motor; large amountof rods and reels, huge amount of fishing tackle, some wooden lures;TERMS: Cash or check w/ proper ID also MC, Visa, Discover & American Express accepted with 4% clerk-ing fee. Auctioneer’s note: Selling the former personal property of Byron Pearson (deceased). Byron only col-lected quality guns, loved to hunt and fish. This is one auction you don’t want to miss. Auction will start withguns mixing with knives, ammo, and other items. Go to auctionzip.com auctioneer ID #5640 for photos.
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House clears rules forhealth ‘navigators’
COLUMBUS (AP) —Ohio lawmakers movedquickly Wednesday topass a bill setting train-ing and certification re-quirements for a newgroup of professionalswho will help guide con-sumers through the newhealth insurance ex-change.The so-called health
navigators, who maywork for communitygroups, for example, willhelp educate consumersand small businessesabout the new onlinemarkets created by thefederal health care law.Through these online ex-changes, consumers willbe able to buy individualprivate policies andapply for governmentsubsidies to help paytheir premiums.The exchanges open
for business Jan. 1, 2014,but open enrollment forinsurance plans beginsOct. 1 of next year.Ohio’s bill requires
navigators to pass crimi-nal background checksand specifies what navi-gators cannot do, such assell, solicit or negotiatehealth insurance. Rep.Barbara Sears, the bill’s
sponsor, says the meas-ure would serve as ablueprint as the statemoves forward to meetthe federal requirements.The bill cleared a leg-
islative committee onWednesday before thefull Ohio House passed iton a 56-32 vote. Themeasure now heads tothe Senate, where it willbe shuffled into the flurryof last-minute, lame-ducksession action.The state Department
of Insurance supports theproposed regulations.Ohio has opted for a
partnership with the fed-eral government to runthe exchange but doesn’tintend to run its ownnavigator program. Anofficial with the insur-ance department toldlawmakers Ohio can reg-ulate navigators withoutrunning its own pro-gram.“Running the naviga-
tor program and regulat-ing those participating init could create a difficult,if not inappropriate, rela-tionship,” said MichaelFarley, department assis-tant director for legisla-tive affairs.Farley said the bill
would protect consumersand give those who wishto have navigator pro-grams the informationneeded to hire and trainthe health care guides.Consumer advocates
agree that navigatorsshould be regulated, butsay the bill is flawed.Nita Carter of the
Universal Health CareAction Network of Ohiosaid the measure needsto be flexible enough toallow navigators to helppeople enroll in the ex-change.“We’re going to have
navigators in our com-munities and people’shomes, and they mightnot be able to just stopthe process and go find abroker or an insuranceagent,” said Carter, thegroup’s health equity di-rector. “We just don’twant it that restrictive.”Carter’s group would
like to see a clearer pic-ture on the role of navi-gators.“So this is the begin-
ning, but this doesn’teven begin to get uswhere we need to go,” shesaid.
NEW YORK (AP) —Thanks to the election, social-ism and capitalism are for-ever wed asMerriam-Webster’s mostlooked-up words of 2012.Traffic for the unlikely pair
on the company’s websiteabout doubled this year fromthe year before as the healthcare debate heated up anddiscussion intensified over“American capitalism” versus“European socialism,” said theeditor at large, PeterSokolowski.The choice revealed
Wednesday was “kind of a no-brainer,” he said. The side-by-side interest among politicalcandidates and aroundkitchen tables prompted thedictionary folk to settle on twowords of the year rather thanone for the first time since theaccolade began in 2003.“They’re words that sort of
encapsulate the zeitgeist.They’re words that are in thenational conversation,” saidSokolowski from companyheadquarters in Springfield,Mass. “The thing about anelection year is it generatesa huge amount of very spe-
cific interest.”Democracy, globalization,
marriage and bigot — alltouched by politics — madethe Top 10, in no particularorder. The latter two weredriven in part by the fight forsame-sex marriage accept-ance.Last year’s word of the year
was austerity. Before that, itwas pragmatic. Other wordsin the leading dictionary
maker’s Top 10 for 2012 werealso politically motivated.Harken back to Oct. 11,
when Vice President JoeBiden tangled with Mitt Rom-ney running mate Paul Ryanin a televised debate focusedon foreign policy — terror at-tacks, defense spending andwar, to be specific.“With all due respect, that’s
a bunch of MALARKEY,” de-clared Biden during a partic-
ularly tough row with Ryan.The mention sent look-ups ofmalarkey soaring on Mer-riam-webster.com, Sokolowskisaid, adding: “Clearly a one-week wonder, but what aweek!”Actually, it was more like
what a day. Look-ups ofmalarkey represented thelargest spike of a single wordon the website by percentage,at 3,000 percent, in a single24-hour period this year. Thecompany won’t release thenumber of page views perword but said the site getsabout 1.2 billion overall eachyear.Malarkey, with the alterna-
tive spelling of “y” at the end,is of unknown origin, but Mer-riam-Webster surmises it’smore Irish-American thanIrish, tracing it to newspaperreferences as far back as1929.Beyond “nonsense,”
malarkey can mean “insincereor pretentious talk or writingdesigned to impress one andusually to distract attentionfrom ulterior motives or ac-tual conditions,” notedSokolowski.
TODAY IN HISTORY
OUT OF THE BLUE
NATION/WORLD Sidney Daily News,Thursday,December 6,2012 Page 5
BY THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS
Today is Thursday, Dec.6, the 341st day of 2012.There are 25 days left inthe year.Today’s Highlight inHis-
tory:On Dec. 6, 1922, the
Anglo-Irish Treaty, whichestablished the Irish FreeState, came into force oneyear to the day after it wassigned in London.On this date:� In 1790, Congress
moved to Philadelphia fromNewYork.
� In 1884, Army engi-neers completed construc-tion of the WashingtonMonument by setting analuminum capstone atopthe obelisk.
� In 1889, JeffersonDavis, the first and onlypresident of the Confeder-ate States of America, diedin New Orleans.
� In 1907, the worstmining disaster in U.S. his-tory occurred as 362 menand boys died in a coalmine explosion in Monon-gah,W.Va.
� In 1917, some 2,000people died when an explo-sives-laden French cargoship collided with a Norwe-gian vessel at the harbor inHalifax, Nova Scotia, set-ting off a blast that devas-tated the city.
� In 1942, comedianFred Allen premiered“Allen’s Alley,” a recurringsketch on his CBS radioshow spoofing small townAmerica.
� In 1947, EvergladesNational Park in Floridawas dedicated by PresidentHarry S. Truman.
� In 1957, America’sfirst attempt at putting asatellite into orbit failed asVanguard TV3 rose aboutfour feet off a CapeCanaveral launch pad be-fore crashing down and ex-ploding.
� In 1962, 37 coal min-ers were killed in an explo-sion at the Robena No. 3Mine operated byU.S. Steelin Carmichaels, Pa.
� In 1971, the originalAuto-Train, which carriedrail passengers and theirmotor vehicles fromLorton,Va., to Sanford, Fla., wentinto operation. (Althoughthe privately owned linewent out of business in1981, Amtrak revived theservice in 1983.)
� In 1982, 11 soldiersand 6 civilians were killedwhen an Irish NationalLiberation Army bomb ex-ploded at a pub in Bal-lykelly, Northern Ireland.
� In 1989, 14 womenwere shot to death at theUniversity of Montreal’sschool of engineering by amanwho then took his ownlife.Ten years ago: President
George W. Bush pushedTreasury Secretary PaulO’Neill and economic ad-viser Larry Lindsey fromtheir jobs in a Cabinetshakeup.
House iswrapped upPENNHILLS, Pa. (AP) -
Some residents of a Pitts-burgh suburb have gift-wrapped something theyhopewill be gone by Christ-mas: a charred and aban-doned house that burnednine months ago.Amy Davis tells WPXI-
TV that residents put a bigred bow on the house nextdoor to hers, so Penn Hillsofficials will get moving ontearing it down. The houseburned in March.Residents say it's unsafe
and an eyesore, and thatthey fear it could harmtheir property values.Davis says gift-wrapping
the house "was done in jestto bring light to a situationwhere there's no humor atall." She says the fire fright-ened her and caused $8,000worth of damage to her 100-year-old home.
AP Photo/Richard Drew
THEWORD socialism, from the 11th edition of Merriam-Web-ster's Collegiate Dictionary, is shown in this photograph, inNew York, Wednesday. Thanks to the election, socialism andcapitalism are forever wed as Merriam-Webster's mostlooked-up words of 2012.
AP Photo/Keystone, Markus Stuecklin
THIS NOV. 7, 2002, file photoshows U.S. jazz legend DaveBrubeck performing on theMustermesse stage at theAVO Session in Basel,Switzerland. Brubeck, a pio-neering jazz composer andpianist died Wednesday ofheart failure, after beingstricken while on his way to acardiology appointment withhis son. He would haveturned 92 on Thursday.
Capitalism, socialism wed as words of the year
Jazzlegend diesBY CHARLES J. GANS
The Associated Press
You don’t have to be a jazzaficionado to recognize “TakeFive,” the smoky instrumentalby the Dave Brubeck Quartetthat instantly evokes swing-ing bachelor pads, hi-fi sys-tems and cool nightclubs ofthe 1950s and ’60s.“Take Five” was a musical
milestone — a deceptivelycomplex jazz composition thatmanaged to crack the Bill-board singles chart and intro-duce a new, adventuroussound to millions of listeners.In a career that spanned al-
most all of American jazzsince World War II, Brubeck’scelebrated quartet combinedexotic, challenging temposwith classical influences tocreate lasting standards.The pianist and composer
behind the group, Brubeckdied Wednesday of heart fail-ure at a hospital in Norwalk,Conn. He was a day shy of his92nd birthday.Brubeck believed that jazz
presented the best face ofAmerica to the world.“Jazz is about freedom
within discipline,” he said in a2005 interview with The Asso-ciated Press. “Usually a dicta-torship like in Russia andGermany will prevent jazzfrom being played because itjust seemed to represent free-dom, democracy and theUnited States.“Many people don’t under-
stand how disciplined youhave to be to play jazz. … Andthat is really the idea ofdemocracy — freedom withinthe Constitution or discipline.You don’t just get out thereand do anything you want.”
Islamists battle opponentsCAIRO (AP) — Egypt de-
scended into political turmoilonWednesday over the consti-tution drafted by Islamist al-lies of President MohammedMorsi, and at least 211 peoplewere wounded as supportersand opponents battled eachother with firebombs, rocksand sticks outside the presi-dential palace.Four more presidential
aides resigned in protest overMorsi’s handling of the crisis,and a key opponent of the Is-lamist president likenedMorsi’s rule to that of oustedauthoritarian leader HosniMubarak.Both sides were digging in
for a long struggle, with theopposition vowing moreprotests and rejecting any di-
alogue unless the charter isrescinded, and Morsi pressingrelentlessly forward withplans for a Dec. 15 constitu-tional referendum.“The solution is to go to the
ballot box,” declared Mah-moud Ghozlan, a spokesmanfor Morsi’s Muslim Brother-hood, asserting the charterwas “the best constitutionEgypt ever had.”The clashes outside the
presidential palace in Cairo’sHeliopolis district marked anescalation in the deepeningcrisis. It was the first timesupporters of rival campsfought each other since lastyear’s anti-Mubarak uprising,when the authoritarianleader’s loyalists sent sword-wielding supporters on horses
and camels into Cairo’s Tahrirsquare in what became one ofthe uprising’s bloodiest days.The large scale and inten-
sity of the fighting marked amilestone in Egypt’s rapidlyentrenched schism, pittingMorsi’s Brotherhood andultra-conservative Islamistsin one camp, against liberals,leftists and Christians in theother.The violence spread to
other parts of the countrylater Wednesday. Anti-Morsiprotesters stormed and setablaze the Brotherhood officesin Suez and Ismailia, east ofCairo, and there were clashesin the industrial city of Ma-hallah and the province ofMenoufiyah in the Nile Deltanorth of the capital.
Dems: Obama to ask for$50 billion Sandy aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — President BarackObama plans to ask Congress for about $50billion in additional emergency aid for stateshit by Superstorm Sandy, Democrats on Capi-tol Hill said Wednesday.Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan told a
Senate Appropriations subcommittee that theadministration is still working on a requestfor a supplemental spending bill to providethe aid and expects to send it to Congress thisweek.“We do not have a specific number,” Dono-
van said.The price tag is expected to be anywhere
between $45 billion and $55 billion. Two Sen-ate Democratic aides, speaking on condition ofanonymity because the request is still beingassembled, put the number in the neighbor-hood of $50 billion.“The president isn’t going to leave New
York, New Jersey or the entire region to fightfor itself,” Donovan, who is coordinating thegovernment’s Sandy recovery efforts forObama, told reporters after the hearing.Donovan urged Congress to take action in
“the next few weeks” on the administration’supcoming request.
On Tuesday, the head of the Federal Emer-gency Management Agency, Craig Fugate,said the government’s disaster relief fund stillhas $4.8 billion, enough to pay for recovery ef-forts into early spring. So far the governmenthas spent about $2 billion in the 11 statesstruck the late October storm, one of the worstever in the Northeast.NewYork, New Jersey and Connecticut are
together seeking about $83 billion in aid.Donovan described that figure as more ofdamage estimate, saying some of might becovered by private insurance and other al-ready-funded government programs.Given the recent budget talks and the
strong pressures against new spending, Con-gress is not expected to approve largeamounts of additional money all at once.The storm devastated coastal communities
from North Carolina to Maine, killing morethan 120 people. New York and New Jerseywere hit the hardest.Obama can request up to $5.4 billion more
without hitting a spending ceiling. Several Re-publicans have said that more than thatshould be matched by spending cuts in otherfederal programs.
Grant spending questionedWASHINGTON (AP) —
The Homeland Security De-partment paid for an under-water robot in a Midwest citywith no major rivers or lakesnearby, a hog catcher in ruralTexas and a fish tank in asmall Texas town, accordingto a new congressional reporthighlighting what it describedas wasteful spending of taxmoney intended for countert-errorism purposes.Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.,
said in his 54-page report thatwhile much of the spendingfor the department’s UrbanArea Security Initiative ap-peared to be allowed underthe program’s rules, it wasstill inappropriate in an age ofbudget austerity and as thefederal government faces a
$16 trillion national debt.“Every dollar misspent in
the name of security weakensour already precarious eco-nomic condition, indebts us toforeign nations, and shacklesthe future of our children andgrandchildren,” Coburn said.The report focused on UASI
spending in the last few yearsin Arizona, California, Col-orado, Indiana, Louisiana,Minnesota, Ohio, Oklahomaand the National Capitol Re-gion, which includesWashing-ton and parts of Marylandand Virginia. Among the proj-ects Coburn found question-able were:• $21 for a fish tank in
Seguin, Texas, a small townoutside of San Antonio.• $98,000 for an underwa-
ter robot in Columbus, Ohio,where there are no majorrivers and few lakes nearby.• $24,000 for a “latrine on
wheels” in Fort Worth, Texas.• A “BearCat” armored ve-
hicle bought with a $285,933grant in Keene, N.H., a smallNew England town that ishome to an annual pumpkinfestival that draws up to70,000 people.• $250,000 for security up-
grades, including $9,000 insignage, at Lucas Oil Stadiumin Indianapolis.The grant program stems
from the 2001 terrorist at-tacks when the federal gov-ernment pledged to help equiplocal governments to preventfuture attacks and respond ifthey occurred.
Dear Heloise:Our golden re-triever ended upin the pet-hospitalemergency room.We found her inthe kitchen,drool-ing profusely andsurrounded byvomit and diar-rhea. As my hus-band rushed herout the door, Istayed to clean upand called himwhen I noticed pieces andwhole mushrooms in thevomit.She hadmushroomtoxicity from mushroomsshe had found growing inthe backyard after a lot ofrain. Please warn yourreaders to check theiryards so this doesn’t hap-pen to their pet. We were
lucky we foundher in time! —Laura D., viaemail
Consider itdone! Unfortu-nately, it cantake as little asone poisonousmushroom to befatal! Readers,be sure to regu-larly check youryard for mush-rooms and re-
move them when found.Make it a habit, like
cleaning up after your pet.Place a bag over yourhand and pull the mush-rooms completely out ofthe ground. Don’t hit themushroom, or it can sendmore spores into the air,causing more mushrooms
to grow! — HeloiseSAFETY HINT
Dear Heloise: I am anelderly widower livingalone in a one-familyhouse. I have placed anelectric candle lamp onthe windowsill facing myneighbor’s house. I turn iton when I go to bed and
turn it off when I rise inthe morning. This proce-dure assures my caringneighbor that I am aliveandwell each day.—W.W.in New Hampshire
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR
This Evening• The New Knoxville Community Library Book
Club meets at 6 p.m. to discuss “Sarah’s Key.”• 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 theOld Minster Council Chambers, Minster.
• Temperance 73 Masonic Lodge at the corner ofMiami Avenue and Poplar Street meets at 7:30 p.m.Friday Morning
• The New Knoxville Community Library hostsstory time from 10:30 to 11 a.m.
• 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.
• The Francis J. Stallo Memorial Library in Min-ster offers First Time Storytime for babies and tod-dlers and their parents or guardians from 11 to11:45 a.m.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.
• Church Women United meet at 1 p.m. in theSidney First United Methodist Church.Friday Evening
• The Houston Community Center, 5005 Russia-Houston Road, hosts pizza night from 5 to 11 p.m.Pizzas available for dine-in or carry-out at variousprices. Proceeds benefit Houston High School Col-lege Scholarship Fund. 295-3598.
• The Narcotics Anonymous group, StayingClean 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 Botkins, 9 to 11 a.m.
• Agape Mobile Rural Food Pantry Distribution,in Anna, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.Saturday Afternoon
• Women Walking in the Word meets at 1 p.m.at the Mount Zion House of Prayer, 324 Grove St.Use the rear entrance.Saturday Evening
• Lumber Company Baseball hosts fundraisingbingo to support the children on the teams. Doorsopen at 4 p.m. and games begin at 7 p.m. at SunsetBingo, 1710 W. High St., Piqua. $20 to play allnight. For information, call (937) 543-9959.
• Shelby County Deer Hunters holds its monthlySaturday Night Trap Shoot at 7988 Johnston-Sla-gle Road beginning at 6:30 p.m., 10 birds. Programstarts at 8 p.m., 50 birds, long run, handicappedand Lewis class. Open to the public.
• The Sidney-Shelby County Chess Club “Check-mates” meets at 7 p.m. at the library at the DorothyLove Retirement Community. All skill levels arewelcome. For more information, call 497-7326.
• The Narcotics Anonymous group, SaturdayNight Live, meets at 8 p.m. at St. John’s LutheranChurch, 120 W.Water St.Sunday Afternoon
• Shelby County Deer Hunters holds its monthlySunday Rifle Shoot at 7988 Johnston-Slagle Roadbeginning at 1 p.m. Program one round at five dif-ferent targets, pays three places. Points awarded tomembers for end-of-the-year trophy. Open to thepublic.Sunday Evening
• Lumber Company Baseball hosts fundraisingbingo to support the children on the teams. Doorsopen at 4 p.m. and games begin at 7 p.m. at SunsetBingo, 1710 W. High St., Piqua. $20 to play allnight. For information, call (937) 543-9959.
• The Catholic Adult Singles Club meets forWorld Nativity Traditions and supper in Dayton.For information, call (419) 678-8691.
• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Never Alone,Never Again, meets at 6:30 p.m. at First ChristianChurch, 320 E. Russell Road.Monday Morning
• ChurchWomen United will hold its Bible studyfrom 9:30 to 11 a.m. at Anna United MethodistChurch, 201 W. North St. Take Bibles.
To access the Community Calendar online, visitwww.sidneydailynews.com, click on “Living” andthen on “Calendar.”
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The daughter ofKendra Sommer, of Min-ster, and Scott Brown, ofDefiance, was active involleyball, band and GirlScouts.
She was employed byDairy Queen.
Oslund at WSUMINSTER — Jackie
Oslund, a 2012 graduateof Minster High School,has enrolled at WrightStateUniversity inCelinato study telecommunica-
tions and film production.She is the daughter of
Susan and Greg Buschur,of Minster.
Stueve at OUMINSTER — Wesley
Stueve,a 2012 graduate ofMinster High School, hasenrolled in Ohio Univer-sity in Athens to studyjournalism and econom-ics.
The son of Greg Stueveand Denise Stueve, bothof Minster, he earned aNational Merit commen-dation, highest honorsand an Ohio UniversityGateway Excellencescholarship.
His high school activi-ties included the Scholas-tic Team and being vicepresident of Student Out-
reach Services.He was a featured
columnist for BleacherReport.
Bruns at MiamiMINSTER — Eddie
Bruns, a 2012 graduate ofMinster High School, hasenrolled atMiamiUniver-sity in Oxford to study ac-counting.
The son of Steve andDorothy Bruns, of Min-ster, he earned a Red-hawk Excellencescholarship, honorablemention All-MAC in foot-ball and Academic All-MAC.
His high school activi-ties included football, Na-tional Honor Society andSOS Club. He was achurch server.
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LET YOURSELF GOFRIDAY
• Gateway Arts Coun-cil opens its holidaygallery/shop, 216 N.Miami Ave., with a re-ception, free and open tothe public, from 6 to 8p.m. 498-2787.• Dayton Philhar-
monic Orchestra pres-ents “HometownHoliday 2012” at 8 p.m.today and Saturday inthe Schuster Center indowntown Dayton. Ninechoirs, a harp ensembleand a brass ensemblewill join the orchestra toperform Christmas fa-vorites. Tickets: $23 to$76 at (937) 228-3630 oronline at www.dayton-philharmonic.org.• The Old Time Coun-
try Music Jamboree willbe at the Port JeffersonCommunity Center from7 to 10:30 p.m.• Sock & Buskin
Community Theatrepresents the musical,“Mr. Scrooge,” at the his-toric Sidney Theatre,120 W. Poplar St., todayand Saturday at 8 p.m.Tickets are $8 for adults,$5 for students.• The Friends of the
Library host Snory Timeat the New Bremen Pub-lic Library from 7 to 8p.m. Advance registra-tion is required.
SATURDAY• The Bradford Ohio
Railroad Museum hostsSanta at the Museum at11 a.m. The museum isopen Saturdays from 10a.m. to 1 p.m. and Sun-days from 1 to 4 p.m.until Dec. 30, when itsholiday train displaycloses.• The annual Santa
Pub Crawl charitableevent to benefit Toys forTots will be from 5:30p.m. to 2 a.m. at varioustaverns throughout theOregon historic districtin Dayton. Cost of ad-mission is a $10 un-wrapped toy or a $10cash donation. For infor-mation about participat-ing taverns, call (937)224-7822.• Darke County Sin-
gles hosts a carry-inChristmas dinner anddance. The dinner be-gins at 7:30 p.m. Thedance runs from 8:30p.m. to midnight at theVFW hall, 219 N. OhioSt., Greenville. Open toall singles 21 and older.Music by Del-Rio. Ad-mission: $5. For infor-mation, call (937)968-5007.• Holiday Fest takes
place in downtown Yel-low Springs all day.Children’s activities,horse-drawn wagonrides, crafts. For sched-ule and information, call(937) 767-2686.• Elvis Aaron Presley
Jr. performs a gospel/Christmas concert at the
Rockford Belle in Rock-ford at 7 p.m. Doorsopen at 6 p.m. For moreinformation, call (567)712-0107.• Dorothy Love Re-
tirement Communitypresents the MaryKnapke Trio in a concertof holiday music at 7p.m. in the Amos Com-munity Center on theDorothy Love campus.Free.• Santa arrives in
Minster! The Francis J.Stallo Memorial Libraryserves refreshments at12:30 p.m. in the Min-ster Gazebo. Take an or-nament for Santa’sChristmas.
SUNDAY• Brukner Nature
Center, 5995 HorseshoeBend Road, Troy, hosts awinter party for the ani-mals from 2 to 4 p.m.Enjoy refreshments,games, make a treat forwild friends and meetsome of our newestwildlife ambassadors.Admission is a gift forour wild friends. For in-formation, call (937)698-6493.• The Dayton Phil-
harmonic Orchestra andDayton PhilharmonicChamber Choir presentHandel’s “Messiah” at6:30 p.m. in the West-minster PresbyterianChurch, 126 N. Wilkin-son St., Dayton. Ticketsare $28 for adults, $26for seniors, $14 for stu-dents and are availableat (888) 228-3630.
MONDAY• Amos Memorial
Public Library, 230 E.North St., hosts a familynight at 6:30 p.m. for allages.• The New Knoxville
Community Libraryhosts a family craftnight from 6 to 7 p.m.Advance registration isrequired.• The New Bremen
Public Library hosts aChristmas family craftnight at 6:30 p.m. Ad-vance registration is re-quired.• The Francis J.
Stallo Memorial Libraryin Minster hosts familynight from 6:15-7 p.m.All ages are welcomewith a parent and ad-vance registration is re-quired.
WEDNESDAY• The Francis J.
Stallo Memorial Libraryin Minster will screen aclassic movie at 1 p.m.Refreshments will beserved.
DEC. 13• Brukner Nature
Center, 5995 HorseshoeBend Road, Troy, hosts awinter bird count begin-ning at 8:30 a.m. Take adish to share for lunch;soup and coffee pro-vided. Register by call-ing (937) 698-6493.
Recalling my talk with John WayneDR. WAL-
LACE: I’m not ateen; in fact, I’ma grandfather.In my day, I wasquite a moviefan, and thegreat JohnWayne was myfavorite actor. Isaw all of hisfilms, sometwice. “TheQuiet Man,”filmed in Ire-land, was the one I en-joyed most. I remembera column you wroteabout him and that hetold you he was a heavysmoker, and he encour-aged you to continuetelling young people notto smoke.I have a 16-year-old
grandson who hasstarted to smoke. Hethinks it makes himmore adult and sophisti-cated. He knows whoJohn Wayne is because Ihave all of his movies ondisks, and he has seenthem all with me. He isalso a big John Waynefan. If you would be sokind, please reprint thatcolumn. It just might im-
press my grand-son and encour-age him to quithis nasty habit.— G r a n d p a ,Lake Charles,La.
GRANDPA:Let’s hope yourgrandson is im-pressed withJohn’s messageto “tell youngreaders to avoidcigarettes.” This
column appeared in2006: When dynamicactor John Wayne wasseriously ill, I had theopportunity to talk withhim at Hoag Hospital inNewport Beach, Calif. Iwas invited to see Johnwith the editor of the Or-ange County (California)Register, who knew Johnpersonally.I asked John several
questions — Which filmdid you most enjoy mak-ing? “The Quiet Man.”Who is your favorite fe-male actor? All of them.I was pleased to hear
John Wayne say that heread my column and hereminded me to “Tellyour young readers to
avoid cigarettes. On film,I survived the Sands ofIwo Jima, and I drovecattle across the RioGrande, but tell the kidsthat the Duke (his nick-name) couldn’t whip cig-arettes.”The Duke died six
days later from lung can-cer caused by smokingcigarettes. Teens, I agreeit’s your choice whetheryou do or don’t smoke.But I feel it’s my respon-sibility to do everythingI can to encourage teenswho smoke to give uptheir habit and to per-suade those who don’tsmoke to never start!
DR. WALLACE: I’m14, and I have a 15-year-old pen pal from Scot-land. We have beencorresponding for sixmonths. I always lookforward to his letters,but lately he has beenwriting that he has ro-mantic feelings for me. Ialways write back sayingthat we are good friends,and I tell him that he’sjust lonely. He has nobrothers or sisters andlives on a farm.Yesterday I got his let-
ter, and he said that hecan’t sleep because hethinks about me all thetime. He says his dreamis to meet me. This isstarting to get to me. Mymom says to stop writingto Ian, but I haven’t yetdecided. I’d like youropinion. I want a penpal, not some romanticfool. —Nameless, Ham-mond, La.
NAMELESS: Havinga pen pal is a wonderfulexperience. Learningabout another country orcommunity is exciting aswell as educational. Butwhen you don’t enjoyhearing from your penpal, it’s time to end thecorrespondence. SendIan one last messagesaying that you have en-joyed being his pen pal,but that you no longercare to continue writingto him.
Dr. Robert Wallacewelcomes questions fromreaders. Although he isunable to reply to all ofthem individually, hewill answer as many aspossible in this column.Email him at [email protected].
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“You havewearied the Lordwith your words.‘How have wewearied him?’you ask. Youhave weariedhim by sayingthat all who doevil are good inthe Lord’s sight,and he is pleasedwith them. Youhave weariedhim by asking,‘Where is theGod of justice?’ ”(Malachi 2:17)
There was a ministerwho wanted to make apoint in a sermon. Hetook a picture and madea copy of it on his copier.He continued doing this,using each new copy tomake another copy.As hedid this, each successivecopy was weaker thanthe one before it until itwas almost impossible torecognize the final copybecause it had become soweak and faded.
UnrecognizableThe original picture
was good; but the finalcopies were unrecogniz-able. In a way, that is theway it has gotten in somany of America’schurches today. The orig-inal message and stan-dards of the church havegotten so diluted andmeaningless that theyhave little resemblanceto the original spirit ofthe churches that cameout of the Reformation.
There was also amajor denomination thatheld an annual conven-tion. One of the majorspeakers said he wasgoing to read somethingeach of the first fourdays of the conventionand he wanted the dele-gates to guess whatchurch had produced thestatement.
Monday, Tuesday,Wednesday and Thurs-day, the speaker readparts of the documentand delegates werebuzzing trying to figureout which church hadwritten the radical docu-ment. It seemed to be thegeneral consensus thatthe church was some old-fashioned, primitive,Pentecostal holinesschurch.
Friday, the speaker
announced thatthe documenthe had beensharing camefrom their owndenomination’sannual meeting100 years ear-lier. The on-fire,radical churchthat had pro-duced that doc-ument hade x p e r i e n c e dGod in a mightyway a century
earlier; but over theyears the church hadgotten too civilized, toomodern, too concernedwith what others wouldthink of it if it were soradical.
This has been the ex-perience with many ofAmerica’s churches overthat past 150 years.While most of them fer-vently sought the Lord inthe 1800s, by the 21stcentury there were moreand more churches thathad become politicallycorrect and less biblicallycorrect. The church hadbeen more concernedwith presenting a goodimage to people thanwith confronting the peo-ple with their need to re-pent and return to God’sstandards.
Justified sinsWhat had happened
was that too many min-isters had become likethe ones Malachi con-fronted. They justifiedsins because they weremore concerned with em-bracing everyone in theirsins instead of helpingpeople overcome sins andtruly experience whatPaul wrote: “For the Lordis the Spirit, and wher-ever the Spirit of theLord is, there is free-dom.” (2 Corinthians3:17)
Earlier this year,America marked the an-niversary of the heinousattack we now call 911.In the aftermath of thatattack, Americansflocked to their churchesto pray and seek theLord. However, it wasn’ttoo long until a newspirit of pride emerged,one which was describedin Isaiah: “Things aren'tthat bad. We can handleanything that comes. Ifour buildings are
knocked down, we’ll re-build them bigger andfiner. If our forests arecut down, we’ll replantthem with finer trees.”(Isaiah 9:10)
That very verse wascited by Sen. TomDaschle, then U.S. Sen-ate majority leader, andlater by Sen. John Ed-wards, who had presi-dential aspirations atthe time. They, likemany Americans, werereacting in a way thatdispleased God. If youread the rest of that sec-tion of Scripture, youwill see the Lord didn’twant people to becomeproud and arrogant, Hewanted them to repent oftheir sin so he could pro-tect and take care ofthem.Self-examinationLike Isaiah prophe-
sied, Americans set theirminds to rebuild theWorld Trade Center,building a bigger sky-scraper to replace theones that were de-stroyed. Instead of seri-ously doing someself-examination,Ameri-cans lost their opportu-nity to involve God intheir rebuilding process,trying to do it all bythemselves.
There are propheciesin Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel28 that detail God’s reac-tion to those who becomeproud and arrogant andthose whose main focusis their prosperity. TheLord is not pleased whenwe want to do it all andget all we can instead ofpartnering with him forour well-being.
Unfortunately, too fewpulpits have been filledwith ministers who seethe need for repentanceand preach to America’sneeds instead of ticklingears and preaching a so-cially acceptable Gospel.
I firmly believe inGod’s grace and rejoicethat the blood of Jesuscovers me; but what Iperceive in America is apeople focusing on graceand forgetting God.
When our nation wasfounded, our early lead-ers were devout Chris-tians and included manyministers. There mayhave been different de-nominations, but Amer-
ica was united in onething: being a Christiannation where we havefreedom to worship God.We were founded as anation of Christian free-dom, not a nation forfalse religions.
Our nation wasfounded as a place toprovide freedom tospeak, exercise our faithand gather to worshipGod. One of our foundingprinciples was that thegovernment be re-strained from interferingwith the free expressionof our Christian faith.The doctrine of separa-tion of church and statereally means that thegovernment keeps theirhands off the church, notregulate the church.
One of the things thathelped make Americagreat was that pulpitswere filled with preach-ers who pointed to theerrors and sins of gov-ernment and the public.It was the common prac-tice for politicians to an-swer to ministersinstead of the opposite.Ministers dealt with themoral issues of the dayand told people whatGod’s will was.Lost perspectiveHowever,America has
lost its perspective ofGod’s will because toomany ministers havebeen willing to compro-mise instead of stand onsolid, biblical rock.
In an election, minis-ters have a God-givenobligation to inform thepeople about the issuesand the candidates.Min-isters need to clearly de-clare who stands forChristian principles andwho does not. And theyneed to make those deci-sions based on the Bible,not popular opinion orgovernmental dictate.
It is time for a newReformation, a restora-tion of pulpit integritywhere ministers are likethe biblical watchmenwho speak clearly to thepeople and lead a much-needed revival to restoreAmerica to be the Chris-tian nation it was meantto be!
The writer is the pas-tor of Word of Life Min-istries, International.
ANNA — Chaplains for the Truckers for ChristMinistry have agreed to join with TheWay and LightMinistries of Celina to distribute free Christian flagsto over-the-road truckers, travelers and local residents.
The flags can be obtained at theTruckers chapel inAnna andCharlie Brown’s Restaurant, located nearby.
Truckers Chapel Director Carl Rucker, of DeGraff,and Chaplain Darwin Burkholder, of Sidney, recentlymet with Richard Burd and Clyde Searfoss, both ofCelina, to join efforts to distribute 12-by-18-inch flags.The four agreed bothministries shared the same goalsin bringing the word of Christ to everyone.
The idea is to provide flags as a reminder of God’slove and to create a conversation piece in semi trucks,cars and homes, the men stated.
Burd said he was having lunch with his son,MarkBurd, of Anna, at Charlie Brown’s two months agowhen he noticed theTruckers for Christ display in theeatery and the group’s chapel, currently located at aclosed truck stop adjacent to Interstate 75 in Anna.Noticing a large Christian flag flying at the chapel,Richard Burd knew he needed to contact them.
Burd and Searfoss said they began giving awayflags at their own expense a year ago. Having ap-peared in parades and church services, the pair havedistributed nearly 800 flags. Most recently, the min-istries appeared together in the Sidney Winter Won-derland parade, running out of flags before the end ofthe route.
The Celina men will also join other chaplains inmanning the chapel and a booth at Charlie Brown’s,where theTruckers ministry has been established forseveral years. Local residents may also obtain a flagfor the asking at the two locations. The men are alsowilling to speak to church groups and distribute theflags after services.
If needed, larger flags, sized 2-by-3 feet, could be ob-tained.
While both groups have managed to survive finan-cially, donations arewelcomed,with 100 percent of theproceeds put toward the ministries.
The Way and Light Ministries can be contactedthrough Burd at (419) 953-9614 or Searfoss at (567)510-5355. The Truckers group is hoping to obtain anelectric generator in order to allow the chapel to be-come mobile. They can be contacted through Burk-holder at (937) 658-0470, or at P.O. Box 16,Anna, OH45302.
VERSAILLES — St. Denis andHoly Family parishes, in collabora-tion with Catholic Social Services,will host their fourth offering in theParish Café series onWednesday.
The programs are designed toprovide information and profes-sional support to those who wishto bring faith and values into theeveryday life of their family.
This speaker series is open tothe general public without cost.The December program will beheld in the main body of St. DenisCatholic Church, 14 E. Wood St.,on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
The December program fea-tures a play written by DeaconWilliam Krumm from Carlisle.Krumm, in collaboration withother deacons and their families,has directed several local theaterproductions. Krumm, who re-cently retired from diocesan andparish work, will present the play,“Mary and the Talking Eagle,”
performed by parish members.In the story, the Blessed Virgin
Mary appears to Juan (Juan’sname in his native languagemeans the eagle that talks) Diegoas he makes the long walk to at-tend Mass and catechism class.Mary asks Juan to go to thebishop and tell the bishop shewants a church built on TepeyacHill, the location where she isstanding with Juan. It takes threetrips to the bishop before he be-lieves Juan — only after theimage of Mary as Our Lady ofGuadalupe is seen on his tilma(cloak) and fragrant flowers fallfrom inside the tilma.
“We present this play on Dec .12, the feast day of Our Lady ofGuadalupe. We hope to tell herstory in a memorable way and toremind us that this is a significantday for the Mexican people and allpeople of the Americas. Our Ladyof Guadalupe is the patroness of all
the Americas,” said the Rev. DavidVincent, pastor of St. Denis andHoly Family parishes.
The Parish Café is open to allstudents, parents and otheradults.Area residents of all faithsare invited to attend. Cookies,drinks and gourmet coffee will beprovided.
Other upcoming offerings in-clude a program Jan. 19 celebrat-ing the feast of the Wedding inCana.Dr Ray Guarendi will speakon the topic, “10 Small Steps thatLead to Big Rewards in Mar-riage.”
There will be socializing, learn-ing and dancing for couples of allages.
For more information about theParish Café programs, contactJane Pierron of St. Denis andHoly Family at (937) 526-4945, orvisit Facebook pages of St. Denisand Holy Family or Catholic So-cial Services.
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‘Mary and the Talking Eagle’ to beperformed at the December Parish Café
Ministries join tooffer Christian flags
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LEADERS OF the Truckers for Christ Ministry ofAnna and The Way and Light Ministries of Celinahave joined to distribute free Christian flags. Look-ing over the flags are (seated) Carl Rucker, of De-Graff (left), and Darwin Burkholder, of Sidney (right),of the Truckers ministry; and (standing) Clyde Sear-foss (left) and Richard Burd (right), both of Celina.
LOCKINGTON —Lockington UnitedMethodist Church, 2190MiamiConservancyRoad,will hold its annual“Red/Green Party” Satur-day.
Dinnerwill be at 6 p.m.and the show will start at7. Admission is free andthe public is invited.
The church will pro-
vide the meat and bever-ages. People attendingare asked to bring a cov-ered dish or dessert. Redand green food is pre-ferred, but not manda-tory. Peas and jello will beallowed.
People attending areencouraged to wear red orgreen clothing or cos-tumes.
‘Red/Green Party’ planned
VERSAILLES–The annual Christmas candlelightservice at Versailles Christian Church, 105 W. WardSt., with hundreds of candles illuminating the sanc-tuary, will be held Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. and will featureguest harpist Deidre Grennen.
Grennenwill present a preservice concert of Christ-mas music from 6:45 to 7 p.m.
The service will also include special instrumentalmusic. Pastor Dennis J.Wheeler will share amessageand the evening will conclude with everyone partici-pating in the candlelight ceremony.
Nursery and child care through fourth grade willbe provided.
For more information, contact the church office at526-4194 or visit www.versaillesscc.com.
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dential aide had been intouch with Republicansby email on the subject.Each side has been de-
claring that the crisis canbe averted if the otherwill give ground.“We can probably
solve this in about aweek, it’s not that tough,”Obama said in lunchtimeremarks to the BusinessRoundtable.It has been several
days since either thepresident or congres-sional Democrats sig-naled any interest innegotiations that bothsides say are essential toa compromise. Presiden-tial aides have even en-couraged speculationthat Obama is willing tolet the economy go overthe “fiscal cliff” if neces-sary and gamble that thepublic blames Republi-cans for any fallout.Eventually,Democrats
acknowledge, there willbe compromise talks, pos-sibly quite soon, towardan agreement that raisesrevenues, reins inMedicare and other gov-ernment benefit pro-grams, and perhapsraises the government’s$16.4 trillion borrowinglimit.For now, the demon-
stration of presidentialinflexibility appears de-signed to show that, un-like two years ago,Obamawill refuse to signlegislation extending top-rate tax cuts and also toallow public and privatepressure to build on theRepublican leadership.Treasury Secretary
Tim Geithner under-scored the president’s de-termination when he toldCNBC the administra-tion was “absolutely” pre-pared to have theeconomy go over the so-called cliff if its termsaren’t met. “The size ofthe problem is so largethat it can’t be solvedwithout rates going up,”he said.So far, the GOP has of-
fered to support non-specified increases toraise tax revenues by$800 billion over adecade but has rejectedObama’s demand to letthe top income tax raterise from 35 percent to39.6 percent.To buttress their case,
Republican officials inCongress pointed to nu-merous proposals thatObama has previouslyadvanced that could gen-erate the same amount ofrevenue he is seeking —without raising rates.The list includes limitingthe tax deductions takenby upper-income taxpay-ers, raising taxes on theoil and gas industry andcurbing or eliminatingthe deductibility of tax-exempt bonds.Separately, in a bit of
political theater, SenateRepublican leader MitchMcConnell urged Democ-rats to allow a vote onObama’s current plan,which calls for a $1.6 tril-lion tax increase over adecade, in an attempt toshow it lacks support.The majority leader,
Democratic Sen. HarryReid of Nevada, refused.The “fiscal cliff,” with
its year-end deadline,refers to increases thatwould affect everyworker who pays federalincome tax, as well asspending cuts thatwould begin to bite de-fense and domestic pro-grams alike. Economistsin and out of governmentsay the combination car-ries the risk of a new re-cession, at a time theeconomy is still strug-gling to recover fullyfrom the worst slow-down in decades.Obama delivered his
latest warning at themeeting of the BusinessRoundtable a few blocksfrom theWhite House.
FISCALFrom Page 1 BOE updated on projects
JACKSON CENTER— The Jackson CenterLocal Schools Board ofEducation received sev-eral updates at the re-cent meeting.Maintenance Man-
ager Ted Rostorfer up-dated the board on workthat has been done onthe baseball field withthe help of volunteers forthe town and others, in-cluding tiling the out-field, putting inimproved watering sys-tems, repainting thedugouts and repairingthe press box. He also re-ported that work contin-ues on internal waterand heating systems, in-cluding the effort to im-prove water chemicals
usage to increase the lifespan of valves, fittingsand motors. With thehelp of EMI Corp, andthe Jackson Center FFA,new handrail bracketsand steps have been in-stalled for the comfortand safety of people at-tending events in thegymnasium.Rostorfer also dis-
cussed a re-evaluation ofsome current service con-tracts and partnerships.The board approved a
change of Fiscal Year2013 appropriations inthe Debt Service Fund,allowing both the re-funded debt and the orig-inal debt payments to bemade by Dec. 1.The donation of five
chairs was accepted fromMainstream RenewablePower, which were mis-takenly ordered for thebusiness’s office but weredonated to the schoolrather than returned.The board heard pre-
sentations by membersof the Jackson CenterFFA on their recent tripto the national conven-tion in Indianapolis, andfrom Donn Wall of theWestern Ohio ComputerOrganization on the ex-isting and potential of-ferings they have for theschools in this region.Superintendent Bill
Reichert informed theboard that 60 computershave been purchased aspart of the plan to im-
prove and update agingtechnology. He notedteachers continue to at-tend professional devel-opment and gatherstudent data for aca-demic improvement re-lated to the Race to theTop grant. Reichert alsoinformed the board of theschool continuing towork with the villageand others on initiativestoward sharing servicesto reduce costs. Discus-sion included a study onoptions to reduce the costof diesel fuel.Staff members have
been notified about theformal plan for the fu-ture of soccer as a schoolsport.Mitch Keith has
agreed to serve as com-mittee chairman to com-municate the currentsituation to voters in theFeb. 5 special election.The school will ask thecommunity a secondtime for a 0.5 percent,five-year earned incometax, the need for whichhas resulted mainly fromcuts made at the statelevel.Jackson Center Local
Schools’ Fiscal Year 2012(July 1, 2011 – June 30,2012) Financial State-ments have been com-pleted and are availableto the public in the dis-trict office at the school.The next board meet-
ing will be Dec. 17 at 7p.m.
Blood drives planned in countyKathy Pleiman, Shelby and
Logan County coordinator forthe Community Blood Center,has announced there will localblood drives next week.On Tuesday, the Houston
Community Association willhost a public blood drive atthe Houston Community Cen-ter, 5005 Russia-HoustonRoad, from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m.Whole blood and double redcells will be collected. DeannaWalker and Bruce Walker ofthe Houston Community As-sociation serve as chairpeoplefor the blood drive. Anyonewho donated on Oct. 16 or ear-lier is eligible to donate Tues-day.On Dec. 14, Fort Loramie
High School will host a stu-dent blood drive from 9 a.m. to1 p.m. Fort Loramie HighSchool students can contactDennis Prenger at school to
schedule their donation time.Other blood drives sched-
uled in December include:• Dec. 18, Sacred Heart
Church, 9333 State Route 119,McCartyville, public blooddrive, 12:30-6:30 p.m.; Tom Al-bers of Sacred Heart Church,chairman.• Dec. 19, Nash Finch,
Bellefontaine, employee blooddrive, 12:30-3:30 p.m.; NashFinch employees can contacttheir human relations depart-ment to schedule a donation.• Dec. 26, Mary Rutan Hos-
pital, Bellefontaine, publicblood drive, 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m.All donors who donate
blood at public blood drivesbetween now and New Year’sEve will receive a knit scarletand gray scarf as a holidaythank-you from the Commu-nity Blood Center.Community Blood Center
urges healthy donors to con-sider making a blood donationat this time. The holiday sea-son is always a challengingtime to keep the blood supplysafe, Pleiman said. Hospitalswon’t slow down during theseason and neither will theneed for blood.Appointments to donate are
encouraged and help the Com-munity Blood Center plan forthe appropriate amount ofdonors. Technology is makingit faster and more convenientto schedule blood donations.Donors may use their com-puter or smart phone to makean appointment online atwww.DonorTime.com., ordonors can schedule withPleiman at 295-3100 or (800)388 GIVE(4483). Walk-ins arewelcome as schedules permits.A picture ID with full
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DALLAS, Texas(GLOBE NEWSWIRE)—Regular physical activ-ity may help older peoplereduce their chances ofgetting dementia.
In a new study pub-lished in the AmericanHeart Association jour-nal, Stroke, older, non-disabled people whoregularly engaged inphysical activity reducedtheir risk of vascular-re-lated dementia by 40 per-cent and cognitiveimpairment of any etiol-ogy by 60 percent. Theprotective effect of regu-lar physical activity re-mained regardless of age,education, changes in thebrain’s white matter andeven previous history ofstroke or diabetes, re-searchers said.
The findings are basedon a prospective, multi-national European studythat included yearly com-prehensive cognitive as-sessments for threeyears. The results arepart of increasing evi-dence that regular physi-cal activity promotesbrain health, researcherssaid.
“We strongly suggestphysical activity of mod-erate intensity at least 30minutes three times aweek to prevent cognitiveimpairment,” said AnaVerdelho, M.D., lead au-thor of the study and aneuroscience researcherat the University of Lis-bon, Santa Maria Hospi-
tal in Portugal. “This isparticularly importantfor people with vascularrisk factors such as hy-pertension, stroke or dia-betes.”
The analysis included639 people in their 60sand 70s; 55 percent werewomen and almost 64percent said they wereactive at least 30minutesa day three times a week.The activity includedgym classes, walking andbiking. The AmericanHeart Association recom-mends at least 150 min-utes of moderate exerciseevery week or 75minutesof vigorous exercise foroptimal health.
Researchers per-formed magnetic reso-nance imaging (MRI)tests at the beginningand end of the study togauge white matterchanges in the brain.
The Senior Center of Sidney and ShelbyCounty welcomes people 50 and older at 304 S.West Ave. For information, call 492-5266.
Holiday Hours: The Center will be closedDec. 24-25 in observance of Christmas, andJan. 1 for New Year’s Day.Board Meeting: Friday at 9:30 a.m. in the
top floor conference room.Carry-in Meal: Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. Take
a dish to share and table service. Jackie Boydfrom Lincare will be the guest server. FredaMaxon will provide music. New Vision willcheck blood pressure and blood sugar beforethe meal. The entree will be provided byDorothy Love.Christmas Dinner Dance: Friday. Tickets
for the dinner are no longer available, butdance tickets may be purchased by membersfor $5 per person and by nonmembers for $7.The dance begins at 7 p.m. with music by BillCorfield. The Pavilion will furnish the tabledecorations.Health Luncheon: Dec. 18 at 11:30 a.m.
will be sponsored by the Pavilion. Sign thesheet on the table or call Bette.Activities:Senior Melodies: Monday, 10 a.m.Bingo: Monday, 1 p.m.Chair exercise: Tuesday and Thursday, 9
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SENIOR LIVINGContact Localife Editor PatriciaAnn Speelman with senior livingstories by phone at (937) 498-5965;email, [email protected]; orby fax, (937) 498-5991.
The holidayscan be stressfulfor everyone,but for thatgrowing seg-ment of thepopulation thatcares for agingor disabledloved ones aswell as youngerfamily mem-bers, additionalstresses can make theholidays overwhelming.Signs that the stress ofcaregiving is becomingunmanageable includealienation, irritability,lack of compassion, andtaking no pleasure inwhat should be an enjoy-able activity. If thissounds like you or some-one you know, takeheart. There are stepsyou can take to reducestress and make the hol-idays more enjoyable.
Know yourself — yourtalents and skills, aswell as your limitations.Seek a balance of workand leisure activitiesthat is right for you.
Seek assistance fromothers when you feelyour energy draining.Realize that other peoplewant to help.
Keep a sense ofhumor. Three to fiveminutes of hearty laugh-ter is equivalent to threestrenuous minutes on arowing machine (Sher-man, 1994). Joy andlaughter have a positiveeffect on your life, and onthe lives of your lovedones.
Know your re-sources. Developa greater aware-ness of the ill-ness or disabilityof your care re-ceiver. Also, beaware of the re-sources in thecommunity thathelp reducestress, such ascaregiver sup-
port groups, adult dayservices, home-deliveredmeals and homemakerservices.
Enroll the care re-ceiver in an adult dayprogram. These pro-grams work to give reliefto caregivers while offer-ing a stimulating, sup-portive environments fortheir loved ones.
Exercise regularly,while avoiding un-healthy activities suchas overeating and smok-ing.
While the holidayscan be hectic, especiallyfor a busy caregiver, theyare also a time to relaxand reflect. Try not to letsocial expectations aboutthe holidays affect yourown celebration. Somequiet time alone withyour care receiver, or byyourself, can be just ascelebratory as a festiveparty with friends andrelatives, and requiresfar less planning andpreparation.
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Chatting at the Pavilion’s Christmas party in Sidney Tuesday are (l-r) JoyceWilson, Dorothy Thacker, Dorothy Ward and Nan Deal, all residents. Theyenjoyed music and food to share with visiting families and friends.
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Participation hasmore than tripled sinceMarch 1994, when UDpiloted the peer-runprogram.
Participants canchoose to attend asmany seminars as theycan schedule betweenJan. 14 and Feb. 25.
“Nutrition as WeAge,” “Wild about Wag-ner,” “London — Biog-raphy of a City,” “TheU.S. 1945 to 1963,”“Four Seasons Garden-ing,” “Working Out inSimple Terms,” “GreatFigures of the New Tes-tament,” “Are YouSmarter than YourSmart Phone?” “WarmWater Therapy Relief ”and more than 40 otherseminars will be of-fered.
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Faster than a speeding bulletBBYY:: AALLEECC GGRREEVVEEJunior Joe Fuller has had an amazing run so far in his
high school cross country career. He recently made it allthe way to State where he placed 23rd with a time of16:17.04, just a second away from the school record of16:16. “My favorite part about the experience was that I made
a lot of new friends, got better times, got more collegeslooking at me, and I became stronger mentally and phys-ically,” said Fuller. “My goal was to get the school recordand I was only a second away. So I’m happy with thisseason.”Fuller, who trains wtih 1964 5K Olympic Champion Bob Schul, is already plan-
ning for a big senior year. “I hope to get my times in the mid 15’s,” said Fuller. “I’maiming at getting second at State and qualifying for the Nike Nationals in Oregon.With Coach Schul and God at my side, I hope to get there.”It’s easy to see the dedication that Fuller puts into his sport. He is obviously will-
ing to work very hard, giving him the potential to go a long way. We should all wish Joe Fuller luck as he continues his journey to greatness.
College boundBBYY:: KKEENNNNEEDDYY MMCCIIVVEERR
As their deadline quickly approaches, students in senior English classes areworking on the most helpful paper they will write this year.The seniors are writing their senior research papers, which will not only be used
for a grade, but also benefit the students for their college decision.The paper is required to be six to eight pages and the student must cite at least
five sources. The topic of this paper is a realistic appraisal of upcoming college,military or work experience.
“I chose this topic because I think it is a practical application of research at theperfect time for seniors to use data/facts to make their college decision," said Mrs.Saluke, senior English teacher.
I interviewed a few seniors about their college choices. Senior Andrew Gilardi plans to attend Wright State University in the fall. He
wants to live in an apartment with some friends while attending school. Gilardiplans to major in business management and minor in psychology. “I like the at-mosphere of Wright State and I love knowing that I’ll be close to home and alsomy sister,” he said.Senior Nick Haussman has other plans. Instead of taking the traditional college
route after high school, he plans to join the Marines. “I chose this path because Ihave always loved the idea of serving my country, and my brother is also a Ma-rine,” said Haussman.Senior Sarah Titterington has applied to Miami University and Hillsdale College,
schools that are scouting her for track. “I want to go somewhere that offers myacademic program and also somewhere I can do what I love which is runningtrack,” she said. Titterington plans to major in biology/pre-med.Good luck to all of our seniors on their papers and their upcoming college de-
cisions.
Interact club provides students many opportunities for service
BBYY:: EEMMIILLIIEE CCAAVVIINNDDEERRInteract is a club where we volunteer our time and supplies to meet the needs
of others. Interact is the high school version of Rotary International, a service or-ganization active in many cities. The leaders for Lehman’s Interact club are President Michael Jacob, Vice Pres-
ident Lauren Vanderhorst, Secretary Olivia Sehlhorst, and Treasurer Ellie Wald-smith.
In Interact, we take on various projects throughout the year. Two projects thatwe have done so far this year are bringing in tissues for classrooms, and puttingpew silencers in the chapel. Things that we are looking forward to accomplishingare working with the Bethany Center, Soup Kitchen, SCARF (Shelby County An-imal Rescue Foundation), and the animal shelter; Christmas caroling at DorothyLove Retirement Community; and possibly taking a mission trip to New Orleanslater in the year. The Lehman Interact club also wants to collaborate with the PiquaHigh School Interact club on a project.One of the requirements of having an Interact chapter is that the club must do
a local project and an international project each year. Therefore one of the majorthings we do is sponsor an African student at Dr. Alvetro’s orphanage and schoolin Tanzania. Dr. Alvetro’s daughter, senior Katie Rossman, has helped tremen-dously in getting us connected and knowing what supplies we can provide for our“adopted” student.Interact Advisor Mrs. Liz Maxson said, “We have had great attendance at meet-
ings and we are looking forward to having a very successful and active year.” You can still join Interact by simply attending the meetings before school. The costis $3 for returning members and $5 for new members. Stay active and participatein your community by joining INTERACT.
Lehman grad returnsBBYY:: AALLLLYY BBEERRGGMMAANNScience Teacher Ron Decker has left Lehman due to
some health problems. We are sad to see him go and wishhim all the best in the future. Ms. Amanda Duritsch, a 2008Lehman graduate, has stepped in to take his place. Re-cently back from the East coast, Duritsch is excited to beat Lehman again.
Duritsch, a recent grad of Wellesley College in Boston,is delighted to be returning to her roots. While she’s happyto be teaching she admits, “It’s weird being back at my oldhigh school. I never expected to return to Lehman.”Lehman is Duritsch’s first teaching job since graduating from college. A biology
and economics major, Duritsch says that her favorite class to teach is AP Biology.Her students have really taken to her too. AP Biology student Katie Rossmansaid, “She’s really nice and understands how it is to be a student here. She knowsthe study and teaching methods we like.” Although it never crossed Duritsch’s mind that she would return to Lehman, we
are glad to welcome her back. The school year is not even half over so the facultyand students have plenty of time to get to know Ms. Duritsch.
Thursday, December 6, 2012 Volume V Issue 11
Conference Realignment: Terps andKnights to Join Big Ten
BY RHETT ROSENGARTEN
ShadowsBY KIERON FREISTULER
Ever shifting, ever changingEver by your sideWithout a careReady to shareEverywhere
Closest at nightWhen you’re snuggled up tight
Adventurous by dayStretching away
Watching life unfoldAs they sit on glass, rock, and stone
Always thereTo share your care
Your worryAnd your strife
Your shadow is your companionFor life.
Life’s CycleBY STEVEN McCLAIN
Far off a star dyingDown the street an infant crying
One faintly granting lightThe other under the moonlit night
Energy’s gather around each otherThe boy growing up around his motherSpace witnesses a catastrophic boom
The man buys his first room
The man grows old and frailGravity begins to flailA death being mournedLight has been reborn
Both Maryland and Rutgers were recently an-nounced as new members of the Big Ten Confer-ence, choosing to leave the Atlantic CoastConference and the Big East Conference, respec-tively. This is another big move in the shiftingsands of college athletics, as the Big Ten scoops upanother two universities to run their total memberschool population to fourteen.
This is nothing new, as many other conferenceshave had members come and go in the past fewyears. I think that we’re starting to see a shift to-wards the development of a handful of supercon-ferences as conferences gather up the weakerconferences into their fold.
If these smash-and-grab policies of gobbling upweaker schools and conferences continues, I seeboth the ACC and the Big East soon dying off. It’sobvious that the Big East is slipping down a slickslope (say that five times fast), and I see the ACCheaded that way, too. If things get out of hand, I’mnot sure if the Big Twelve will survive, either. Justa few years ago there were serious rumors flyingthat Texas and Oklahoma could be headed to theSEC, but that quickly calmed down. Such a blowto the Big 12 today would be insurmountable, andthe Big 12 would soon become the dead carcassthat all the other vulture-superconferences wouldfeast upon.
Overall, I’m not sure I’m happy with all of thisrealignment. For one, these conferences are slowlygoing away from their traditional geographicboundaries. Who would have even thought tenyears ago that the Big Ten would have a memberwho has one of its borders as the Atlantic Ocean?Or even that the SEC would have a team in Texas?
Two, these superconferences are taking awayfrom the home-grown/family feel of each of theconferences. It used to be that Big Ten schoolswere the farmer boys, the good ‘ol Midwestern-ers. Maryland destroys that, and to an extent, sodoes Rutgers. The SEC was the Dixieland coun-try boys. A&M throws that out the window. ThePAC 12 was the surfer-dudes from the westcoast. The Colorado Buffs, really?
Looking forward, it is quite possible that thesenew conferences will be unrecognizable in the fu-ture from where they were ten years ago, or evenwhere they are today. The question is, will thatchange be for the better, or will it be for theworse?
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For Friday, Dec. 7, 2012ARIES (March 21 to April 19)Expect some surprises from partnersand close friends today. Someonemight demand more freedom or spacein the relationship. (Actually, thissomeone might be you.)TAURUS (April 20 to May 20)Your work routine will be interruptedby computer crashes, power outages,staff shortages or canceled appoint-ments. No way around this one. Justgrin and bear it.GEMINI (May 21 to June 20)Parents should be extra vigilant todaybecause this is an accident-prone dayfor your children. Plus it’s also a rockyday for romance! Pay attention tothings.CANCER (June 21 to July 22)Small appliances might break down,or minor breakages could occur athome today. Something will happenthat definitely changes your daily rou-tine. Stay flexible.LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22)This is a mildly accident-prone day foryou, so be careful. Slow down and takeit easy. Allow extra time so that youhave wiggle room to cope with what-ever comes up.VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22)Keep an eye on your cash flow andyour money scene today. If shopping,keep your receipts and count yourchange. Protect your possessionsagainst theft or loss.LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22)You feel excited and possibly nervoustoday. Your excitement could be an ea-gerness to do something or possiblyyour nervousness is a dread.You’ll feelfine by tomorrow. Relax.SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)Hidden secrets might be revealedtoday. Something behind the scenescannot be controlled. Be careful! Andbe discreet as you would hope otherswill be as well.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21)Difficulties with friends or people ingroup situations might arise today. Ameeting may be canceled or someonemight refuse to cooperate. Expect afew boomerangs.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19)It’s easy to upset authority figurestoday (bosses, parents and teachers),so be careful. In turn, if they say some-thing that upsets you, count to threebefore you respond.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18)Travel plans will be canceled orchanged along with school schedules.Surprises related to publishing andthe media also are likely. These aremild changes.PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20)Make friends with your bank accountbecause something unexpected couldimpact shared property, insurancematters and anything you own jointlywith others. Stay on top of these de-tails.YOU BORN TODAY You are an origi-nal thinker. Because of your uniquetake on life, you often live on the pe-riphery of things. Likewise, it’s diffi-cult for you to choose a profession. Youmight try many fields before youchoose. You have a wonderful imagi-nation and are sensitive to the worldaround you. It’s important to studysomething specific in the year aheadbecause it will help you in your future.Birthdate of: Tom Waits, singer/com-poser/actor; Emily Browning, actress;Damien Rice, musician.(c) 2012 King Features Syndicate, Inc.
HOROSCOPEBY FRANCES DRAKE
100 yearsDec. 6, 1912
The bill for a $75,000post office building inthis city will be consid-ered by the public build-ing committee at thepresent session of Con-gress. The bill for the ap-propriation wasintroduced by Congress-man Goeke at the lastsession of the Congress.
–––––E.B. Keeler, who has
been conducting a gro-cery and meat market inEast Sidney on BrooklynAvenue, this weekmoved into the newbuilding he recentlyerected just east of theMiami River Bridge onCourt. Street.
75 yearsDec. 6, 1937
Dr. R.W. Alvis wasnamed president of theShelby County MedicalSociety at the annualelection held lastevening at Wilson Me-morial Hospital. Namedto serve with him during1938 are: Dr. B.A.Welch,vice president, and Dr.E.P. Sparks, secretaryand treasurer. Dr. L.C.Pepper was elected dele-gate to the annual OhioState medical meeting inColumbus, with Dr. J.W.Tirey, of Anna, as alter-nate.
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junior class at JacksonCenter High School willpresent “HillbillyCourtship” as their an-nual class play.Membersof the cast will include:Norman Gross, BettyMann, Ruth Regula,Irene Meranda, Alma. J.Lochard, Dallas Kemp,Earl Tonjes, James Fink,J.L. Hovis, Mary Swiger,and Merlin Jenkins. Theplay is under the direc-tion of Walter H. Ambos.
50 yearsDec. 6, 1962
The Perry Townshipfarm of Mrs. Wilda Pep-per, county treasurer,and her husband, Cable,will figure in this year’sShelby County Christ-mas season in moreways than one. Recentlya Sidney florist obtaineda young doe from thePepper game preserve to
be put on display for in-spection by patrons – es-pecially the very youngones. Now, it is learnedthat sponsors of aChristmas show at theFairlawn High Schoolhave called on the Pep-pers to supply five whitegeese for the dramatiza-tion of an old Englishsong, “Twelfth Day ofChristmas.”
25 yearsDec. 6, 1987
MIDLAND, Texas(AP) — Jessica McCluremight become rich onher 25th birthday, butonly bank officials andthe girl’s parents knowfor sure how muchmoney is contained inher trust fund. Underits terms, Jessica willreceive the totalamount accrued on her25th birthday, Lambertsaid.
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(AP) — Trustees of OhioState University puttheir official stamp ofapproval Friday on thedismissal of footballcoach Earle Bruce, butdid nothing to clarify theNov. 16 action by Presi-dent Edward Jennings.Rick Bay, who resignedas athletic director inprotest of Bruce’s firing,was not mentioned. Butthe board formally ap-proved Jennings’ motionto hire James Jones, as-sociate athletic director,to succeed Bay. Jenningssaid he could not com-ment on the controversyunder terms of the set-tlement, in which Brucealso agreed to keepsilent.
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DEAR DRS.D O N O H U EAND ROACH: Afriend of mine hasa son who has al-ways had troubletaking pills. Toallow him to takehis meds, hismom dissolvesany pills in water,and then he can drinkthem with no problem.Lately, she has addedother pills in the samewater and gives half thewater during the daytimeand half in the evening.Does dissolving pills inwater change their effec-tiveness? How aboutmixing them or lettingthem sit all day? — M.U.
ANSWER: The an-swer is: It depends on thepill. Some pills shouldnever be crushed or dis-solved — this includesmost “slow release” or “ex-tended release”medicines— as they could be ab-sorbed too quickly ifcrushed or dissolved. Al-
ways ask yourpharmacist if it’sOK to do so.As far as mix-
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antibiotics. Again, yourpharmacist is your friendfor drug information, andI can’t recommendstrongly enough that youget all your prescriptionsfrom one pharmacy andget to know your pharma-cist.Finally, I wouldn’t rec-
ommend letting medi-cines sit around for morethan a short while if theyare dissolved or crushed.Personally, I have founda mortar and pestle orpill crusher to be invalu-able. Crushed medica-tions can be added toyogurt or applesauce,and will have much lessof a bad taste than when
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DEAR DRS. DONO-HUE AND ROACH: Iam 85 years old and phys-ically active. I have highblood pressure and takeseveral medicines, includ-ing lisinopril and hy-drochlorothiazide. I tooksome blood tests, and theytoldme I had SIADH.Theonlyway Iwas told to takecare of thiswas to limitmyfluid intake to one liter aday. This seems to be avery small amount of fluidto take care of the fluidneeds of the body. Do youknow of any treatment forSIADH other than fluidrestriction?—A.
ANSWER: SIADH —the syndrome of inappro-priate antidiuretic hor-mone secretion— iswhenthe pituitary gland, lo-cated in the brain, se-cretes too muchantidiuretic hormone,alsocalled vasopressin. Thisprevents the kidneys fromgetting rid of water. The
net result is that toomuchwater builds up in the sys-tem, and this can be seenin the blood with a lowsodium level. Thus, thecorrect treatment is tolimit water intake. Thebody requires aminimumof a liter of fluid or so, butthere is a lot of water con-tainedwithin food, so lim-iting yourself to one literof water on top of food in-take should not put you inany danger, as long as youdon’t have heavy waterlosses from high heat orfever.However, the diagnosis
of SIADH is difficult tomake if someone is on hy-drochlorothiazide, asmany people (especiallythe elderly) have lowsodium levels on this di-uretic medicine, usuallyused for high blood pres-sure.You also haven’t saidwhat your doctor thinks iscausing the SIADH.Manylung diseases and manybrain conditions are asso-ciated with it.
DEAR ABBY:Alzheimer’s and otherdementias are a grow-ing epidemic in Amer-ica. Frequently,co-workers are theones who notice a de-cline in functioning.Could you please
remind your readersto speak up to a fam-ily member when theysee their co-workersstruggling? My 62-year-old husband was re-cently diagnosed, and I havesince learned that his co-workers spotted his troubleslong before I did at home.Had I been informed, hecould possibly have retired ondisability and have Medicaretoday (which he does notnow). Additionally, he wouldhave known to have struc-tured his retirement to in-clude survivorship on his
pension, which he didnot.I realize his co-
workers were in a dif-ficult spot, so I’m notblaming them, but I’mhoping a few wordsfrom you might getthe word out to oth-ers: Friends, whenyou notice someone isdeclining, pleasespeak up. — DONNAIN VIRGINIA
DEAR DONNA: I’m sorryabout your husband’s diagno-sis. Although there have beenwarnings that it was comingfor years, the Alzheimer’s epi-demic is here now and mil-lions more families will betouched by this progressive— and ultimately fatal — dis-ease unless its course can bealtered.As you have so poignantly
stated, there are benefits to
the early detection ofAlzheimer’s, including the op-portunity to take advantageof available treatments,leverage resources in theworkplace, plan for the futureand seek help.According to the
Alzheimer’s Association,knowing the warning signs ofAlzheimer’s and speaking upwhen you notice them areCRITICAL to early detectionand receiving the best possi-ble care.While this may be an un-
comfortable conversation, ifyou notice these signs in any-one — including a colleague— it is extremely importantto share your concerns withthe family or with someone inhuman resources. The personshould be evaluated by aphysician. A doctor will beable to determine whetherthe symptoms are caused by
Alzheimer’s disease or some-thing else.To learn the 10 Early
Signs and Symptoms ofAlzheimer’s, visitalz.org/10signs or call (800)272-3900.
DEAR ABBY: Twentyyears ago, my brother told mehis wife had been having anaffair. Needless to say, they di-vorced and I sided with mybrother.A few days ago, I learned
that my brother was actuallythe one who had been havingthe affair, not my sister-in-law.He and his current wife had achild they claimed was herfirst husband’s, and whenthey married he “adopted” allof her children from her firstmarriage.Because we lived in differ-
ent states at the time it waseasy to believe what I was
told. I think that my ex-sister-in-law deserves an apologyfrom us all. At the same time,I want to confront my brotherabout the lie. We are still notsure if the child, who is nowan adult, knows my brother isreally her biological father. —LIED TO IN CALIFORNIA
DEAR LIED TO: I don’tthink it is ever too late to offeran apology where one isneeded, so contact your for-mer sister-in-law and tell herthat you now know the truthand you are sorry. Becauseyou feel the need to speakyour mind to your brother, doso.HOWEVER, whether your
niece knows that yourbrother is her biological fa-ther is not your business, andyou certainly should not bethe person to enlighten her ifshe doesn’t know. That newsshould come from her par-
After a frosty start todaywe’ll see the sun warm us upinto the middleand upper4 0 s .Clouds in-c r e a s eahead ofour nexts t o r ms y s t e mthat willbring us a good chance ofrain for Friday.
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WEATHER Sidney Daily News,Thursday,December 6,2012 Page 13
Temperature Precipitation Sunrise/Sunset
High Tuesday.........................63Low Tuesday..........................30
24 hours ending at 7 a.m. ..0.44Month to date .....................0.65Year to date ......................23.04
Thursday’s sunset ......5:10 p.m.Friday’s sunrise ..........7:46 a.m.Friday’s sunset ...........5:10 p.m.
Source: The Sidney Wastewater Treatment Plant, official weather reporting station forShelby County, and the U.S. Naval Observatory. For current daytime conditions, low/hightemperatures, go to AccuWeather.com.
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Shelby County Educa-tional Service Center isseeking a full-timeprofessional to serve asChief Financial Officerand member of theAdministrative Team.Bachelors Degree in Ac-counting/Finance is re-quired. Strong financialskills and experiencewith budget develop-ment/management arepreferred. Salary andbenefits are negotiable.Send cover letter andresume to
Jana Barhorst,Office Manager,
Shelby County ESC,129 E. Court St,
4th Floor,Sidney, Ohio 45365.
Applications will beaccepted until 4:00 p.m.Friday, December 10,2012
TREE TRIMMER, Localcompany. Requires expe-rience with rope, saddle,bucket truck. Drivers li-cense preferable,(937)492-8486.
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1 BEDROOM, 619 1/2South Main Front ofhouse. $350 monthly$350 Deposit, No Pets,(937)710-3957 between10am-6pm
1 BEDROOM downtown,handicap accessible, justremodeled, $340 monthly,available immediately!(937)638-1997.
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1 BEDROOM upstairs.Stove and fridge included.$350 monthly. Partialutilities. 415 S Miami.(937)726-5460
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2 BEDROOM, duplex,washer/dryer hookup,New carpet, No Pets,$495 monthly, 823 SouthOhio, (419)306-2636
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2 BEDROOM, half dou-ble, Sidney, appliances,A/C, washer/ dryer hook-up, large 1 car attachedgarage. $600.(937)394-8245
220 EAST South, Firstmonth's rent free! 2 bed-room, appliances, NOpets. $440.( 9 3 7 ) 4 9 2 - 7 6 2 5 ,(937)538-6818.
COUNTRY APARTMENTfor rent. 2 Car garage, 2bedroom, trash included.(937)492-3903
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3 BEDROOM duplex, 2baths, garage, all appli-ances including washer/dryer. 2433 Apache Drive.$695, deposit. NO PETS,(937)726-0512
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VERY NICE! 3 bedroom,2 bath duplex. 1 car gar-age. No pets. $700. ASKABOUT MOVE-IN SPE-CIAL! (937)658-4453.
2 BEDROOM, 1019Hayes, 2 car garage,large fenced yard, $625monthly & deposit,(937)492-5011
2-3 BEDROOM, $420monthly, $400 deposit,Metro accepted. 527 St.Marys Avenue,(937)492-8413 leavemessage, (937)638-2557.
NEWER HOME 2 milesfrom Sidney, 2 car at-tached garage, 3/4 acrelot large, fenced-in backyard. 3 bedroom, 2 bath,ranch, vinyl. $800.(937)658-4782.
2 BEDROOM mobilehome in country, $450monthly/ deposit, No pets,10448 Pasco MontraRoad, Sidney,(937)489-8927
OFFICE SPACE, 320West Water, Piqua, 2700sq/ft, high visibility,ground floor, parking, re-ception, 6 offices, confer-ence room,(937)773-3161.
PROFESSIONAL OF-FICE SPACE, 121 ENorth Street. 1-8 officeswith A/C. Large receptionarea. $250 monthly(407)579-0874
SECURE STORAGEbuilding. 30X60. Elec-tricity and water included.$150 monthly. RussiaHouston area.(937)295-3256
OPEN HOUSE Dec. 9th2-4 pm. 3.3 acre woodedproperty. Asking$360,000. 4 bedroom, 3bath, 3510 sq ft. 4588 Tri-township Rd, Minster.(419)628-3750
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TV, Sony trintron 36 inchWega. Works great, $50,(937)394-4745.
JOHN DEERE, 4020 gas,PS, 3pt, live pto, weights,96 HP, only 4578 hours,sharp original tractor.(937)489-1725
TRACTOR, Massey Har-ris Pony tractor with hy-draulic blade, excellentcondition. (937)489-1725
FIREWOOD, $125 a cordpick up, $150 a cord deliv-ered, $175 a cord deliv-ered and stacked(937)308-6334 or(937)719-3237
FIREWOOD, All hard-wood, $150 per cord de-livered or $120 you pickup, (937)726-2780.
FIREWOOD for sale. Allseasoned hardwood,$150 per cord split/ deliv-ered, $120 you pick up.( 9 3 7 ) 8 4 4 - 3 7 5 6(937)844-3879
SEASONED FIREWOODfor sale. $135 delivered.(937)638-6950
CHAIR, solid colored ma-roon, upholstered, pad-ded, very soft and sturdy,good condition, $40.COMPUTER DESK,brown, wood tone withdrawer, $40. Call(937)492-9863.
HITACHI TV, 52" HD; en-tertainment center; (2)head board with frameand dressers, and otherhousehold items, excel-lent condition.(937)339-8411
LIFT CHAIR, good condi-tion, brown in color, $150,(937)693-4781 anytime.
HUTCH, Broyhill AtticHeirloomsm black, light-ed. Perfect condition.Also willing to sell match-ing dining set, $300,dvo isard@woh. r r.com.(937)498-1347.
RECL INER /ROCKER ,Lazy-Boy, oversized, me-dium tan, heat/massagebuilt in. Very good condi-tion. $1000 new, asking$225. (937)492-7463
CATTLE 4 Holsteinsteers. Averaging650-800lbs. $625 each.(937)526-4934
AMPLIFIER Hartke BassStack, 350 watt head.4X10 cab and 1X15 cab.$650. (937)726-2621
PICTURE, Home Interior,$50 obo, (937)638-1878
PING-PONG TABLE,standard size, like new,great for Christmas, $75,(937)638-5787.
TRUCK TOOLBOX, 5'aluminum truck tool box,locks, excellent condtion,$50, (937)497-7402
TV Sony, 36" HD tube TV.Grey. (Heavy) with blackstand. $125.(937)773-3645 leavemessage
TV, Toshiba 50" HDTV,Works fine, $50,(937)497-7402
BLACK LAB puppies forsale, AKA and CKC regis-tered, (937)539-0474.
CHIHUAHUA PUPPY,AKC, 1 male, White, 8weeks old, just in time forthe Holidays! $200.00 Call(937)448-0522.
GERMAN SHEPHERD,Puppies, DOB 9-29-12,Parents have excellentAKC Pedigree, sire isgrand champion showdog, asking $500,(937)492-2038
KITTEN, 12 weeks old,male, black and grey withwhite paws, needs perma-nent indoor home! Free,(937)492-7478.
KITTEN: Female, black, 8weeks, wormed, no fleas,litter-trained. Needs in-door home. $20. Re-fundable with proof ofspay. (937)492-4669
KITTEN, gray female, fuz-zy. Approximately 6months old. Free to agood indoor home. Wouldmake a wonderful familypet. Phone (937)492-7477anytime.
KITTENS, free to goodhome. (937)492-6322
LAB MIX, free to goodhome. 1 year old. Verysweet, (606)471-0373.
SUN CONURE, 4 Yearsold, 4 foot cage, separateperch, Would make greatChristmas gift, $650 obo,(304)203-4916
FIREARMS, RemingtonModel 870 in box, Tacticalmodel. Smith & Wesson,Model 617, 22 cal, 6 shotwith box, (419)738-3313.
GUN CABINET, Christ-mas for your hunter! 6 ca-pacity, wood, lockingglass front door, lockablestorage space,(937)773-4644 leavemessage.
WE PAY cash for your oldtoys, antiques, and col-lectibles! Star Wars, GIJoes, postcards,pre-1980's comics, auto-graphs and much more,(937)606-0405.
HAY, $4.50 per bale, 100bales available,(937)492-4410
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TRACT -1 House buildings and 5.001 acresM/L-This home is located on 5.001 acres agreat country setting. This 1 ½ story homeconsists of 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom andapproximately 2,040 sq. ft. of living areapropane gas heat and central air with acellar type basement, with attached 2 cargarage. The roof on the home was replacedwithin the last 5 years. The property alsooffers a 32’x80’ metal building with a walkin cooler.Tract- 2 34 .724 acres bare farm land M/L with road frontage on Pasco Montra Rd. and Ft. LoramieSwanders Rd. See all the property details at both www.lentzauctions.com and/orwww.weigandtrealestate.com.Auctioneer’s Note – This is a very rare opportunity to be able to buy a home and farmland at yourprice. Shown at Open House on Sunday December 9th 2012, or by appointment.Terms — $10,000 down day of sale per tract. There will be a written agreement between buyerand seller on the day of sale. Down payment may be in the form of cashiers or personal check.Please pre-arrange financing. Deposit is non-refundable. Balance due on delivery of deed within30 days. Possession at closing. The estate will pay the February 2013 installment of real estate taxeson the entire farm. Any inspections must be completed prior to auction.The farm will sell using traditional auction method -Tract 1 will sell in its entirety. Tract 2 will
sell in its entirety. Tracts 1&2 will then be offered together as 1 parcel. Whichever combinationgenerates the highest sales price is how the farm will sell. We will not use the multi parcel auctionmethod on this farm. The new buyer will be responsible for any CAUV applicable current usevaluation CAUV recoupment tax. For more detailed information, please contact Auctioneer Jeff Lentzor view on www.lentzauctions.com or www.weigandtrealestate.com.Sale order – Tract 1 was appraised for $75,000 and cannot sell less than 80% of the appraised value.Tract 2 was appraised for $180,564 and cannot sell less than 80% of the appraised valueAgency – Weigandt Real Estate LTD is exclusive agent of the seller.Disclaimer of Warranties -- All information contained in this brochure and all related materials aresubject to the terms and conditions outlined in the purchase agreement. The property is being soldon an as is where is basis, and no warranty of representation is either expressed or impliedconcerning this property by the sellers or the auction company. Each potential bidder is responsiblefor conducting his or her own independent inspections. Not responsible for accidents or theft.Any announcements made day of sale take precedence over printed matter.
Owner – Kent A. Roediger EstateAdministrator for the Estate - Christopher S. RoedigerShelby County Probate Court Case # 2011-EST-248
Attorney for the Estate- James J. Chrisman223 ½ N . Main Ave Sidney Ohio 45365 937-492-4250
Broker/ Auctioneer – Jeff Lentz. The auctioneer is licensed by, and bonded in favor of,the state of Ohio Department of Agriculture.
Lentz Auction and Appraisal Service, LLCWeigandt Real Estate LTD.www.lentzauctions.com
Jeff Cell - 937) 538-0601 • Office - (800) 803-8213
Real Estate Public Auction39.725 acres M/L House and Buildings 2-tracts — Kent A. Roediger Estate
New survey in process will be completed by sale day.
Located at 11111 Pasco Montra Rd. Maplewood Ohio, 45340December 29th , 2012 @ 10:00 am
View pictures at www.lentzauctions.com or www.weigandtrealestate.com
Open House Sunday December 9th - 1:00 to 3:00 pmor shown by Appointment
Property and Auction Location: Auction will be held on site at the home11111 Pasco Montra Rd. Maplewood Ohio 45340
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Farm #1: 18135 State Route 706 - 73.110± Acres of tillable farmgroud with 3-4 BR frame farmhouse with outbuildings.Farm #2: 0 Gearhart Rd. 93± Acres (Subject to Survey) Good tillable acreage w 4 acres of wooded ground (auction to be held at 2231 State Route 29 Site)Farm #3: (offered in two Tracts via Multi-Parcel system) Tract # 1 to contain 32± acres of bare tillable ground. Tract # 2 to contain 10 acres± wooded ground with 3 BR home and outbuildings.Farm #4: 2399 Russell Rd. 120± Acres in one tract w/ 2 story farm house. Possible Commercial/Industrial Site.
Live auctions to be held on-site at each locationunder tents with food and co�ee served
Saturday, February 16th 9:30 a.m. Sidney, Ohio
Owner: Betty Zorn Bennett Trust-Linda Sidle Trustee. James Chrisman Attorney
Auctioneers: Justin Vondenhuevel, Tom Roll, David Shields
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11993399 — Iowa’s Nile Kinnickwins the Heisman Trophy. Theback passed for 638 yards and11 touchdowns and rushed for374 yards.
11996611 — Syracuse runningback Ernie Davis becomes thefirst black player to win the Heis-man Trophy.
REPLAY
50 years agoDec. 6, 1962
Tom Schwenzer socked out a624 aggregate to head the NewBremen Tri City session at RayAnn Lanes in New Bremen.Schwenzer combined his out-standing series with a 220 gameby John Schmitmeyer to leadSouth Wayne Barbers to a winover Ted’s Sohio, which was ledby Les Topp with a 231 game.
25 years agoDec. 6, 1987
Sidney got 28 points fromLaura Watkins in beating theRussia Lady Raiders 65-55.Watkins hit on 11 of 15 shotsfrom the field and six of sevenfrom the line. Kelly Halpin added17 for Sidney and LauraGrieshop had 18 for Russia.
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BY THE NUMBERS
00--33 — Notre Dame’s recordin BCS games.
55 —— Combined national titlesfor both coaches in the nationalchampionship game. NickSaban won a title with LSU andtwo with Alabama. Brian Kellywon two national titles at Divi-sion II Grand Valley State.
BY KEN [email protected]
It’s as tough an early sea-son schedule as you’ll findanywhere, and the Sidney Yel-low Jackets aren’t evenhalfway through it.The Jackets have played,
and lost big, to a couple ofpowerhouse teams in Beaver-creek and Wayne, and stillneed to survive at least thenext three games before goingup against teams they aremore on a par with.They have lost 97-34 and
95-57 in their first two games,and Friday night they will hostthe West Carrollton Pirates.And head coach Greg Snyderrevealed what his team is upagainst Friday when he said
“they have four or five startersback from a team that beat usby 50 last year.”Then on Tuesday and Fri-
day of next week come roadgames against Springboro –and its 6-foot-11 center –and Trotwood. Springborobeat Beavercreek Tuesdaynight.“The biggest key for us is
we need to get stops periodi-cally,” Snyder said. “We dothat, but we don’t finish thepossession. We have to go getthe ball, go get the rebounds,dive for the ball instead of justmissing it. “Offensively, I’m not
pleased but I thought weplayed much better Tuesdayagainst Wayne,” he added.“We talked about not trying
to dribble through every-thing. We have a real problemwith wanting to put the ballon the floor and go througheverybody. Or we just standthere and dribble back andforth. I thought we did amuch better job of moving theball against Wayne. I thoughtthere was a lot of improve-ment there.”There are other areas he
wants to see improve on theoffensive end, too.“One thing I’m looking for
is more scoring from thewing,” he said. “I would like tosee a couple guys step up, andwe certainly have the kidsthat are capable. And we mustdo a better job at the freethrow line. We’re shootingunder 50 percent so far, 16 for
32 against Beavercreek and 9for 20 against Wayne. Youcan’t have that.”Tyree Manley is at an even
14 points per game but he’sthe only Jacket in double fig-ures so far.The Jackets face a veteran
West Carrollton team thatbeat Vandalia by 20 in its onlygame of the season so far. Inthat one, Connor Myslowskipoured in 25, nearly half of histeam’s points.“They have a good inside
game and are very talented,”said Snyder. “We will need ourinside people to play themstrong. But West Carrolltonhas some shooters to go withthem. We’re going to have tomix things up defensivelyagainst them.”
Schedule doesn’t get easierJackets host strong West Carrollton squad Friday
BEREA, Ohio (AP) —Browns offensive tackle JoeThomas once blocked and didall he could to protect PeytonHillis from harm.On Wednesday, he steam-
rolled his former teammate.With Hillis coming to
Cleveland this week as amember of the Kansas CityChiefs, Thomas unloaded onthe bruising running back,saying he didn’t always playhard and accused Hillis ofputting his contract situationahead of the team.Thomas felt it was selfish
behavior.“It was a terrible distrac-
tion,” Thomas said followingpractice. “He crippled our of-fense. We were struggling tofind anybody who could carrythe ball after all the injuries wehad. To have Peyton goingthrough a contract dispute andbasically refusing to play, itwas a big distraction. But morethan anything, he was ourstarting running back that wasa good player who was going tohelp us be a successful offense.“When he’s not there and
you don’t have anybody toturn to, it makes it hard towin. And that’s the distrac-tion, it’s not being successful.”Hillis was the toast of
Cleveland in 2011. He rushedfor 1,177 yards, scored 11touchdowns and endearedhimself to Browns fans withhis bull-in-a-china-shop run-ning style. Following the sea-
son, Hillis was selected tohave his likeness on the coverof the popular Madden videogame, a choice that seemed totrigger his undoing.He wanted a long-term con-
tract with the Browns, andtook his campaign public.From the start, his season un-raveled as greed seemed toconsume him.“He was everything people
knew about him — hard-work-ing, blue-collar, tough, woulddo anything for anybody on theteam,” Thomas said. “All hecared about was winning, andthen all of a sudden the nextyear, all he cared about wastrying to get his new contract.”Hillis sat out Cleveland’s
third game with strep throaton the advice of his agent,Kennard McGuire. He missedseveral other games with ahamstring injury, and whilehe was rehabbing one week,Hillis left the team andmissed a treatment to getmarried in Arkansas. Therewere other issues, includingwhen Hillis skipped a Hal-loween charity event for kids— an absence he blamed on amiscommunication.“It was kind of one weird
thing after another more thananything,” Thomas said. “Wehave guys getting marriedduring the season and it’s nota big deal. When you’re in-jured (Thomas used his fin-gers to make quotations in theair) and you should be getting
treatment, to go do your ownthing repeatedly was just dis-respectful to his teammates.“I don’t think people would
have acted the same way ifthey were in that situation.”Thomas was one of several
veterans who intervened dur-ing the season and encour-aged Hillis to clean up his act. “You see a lot of guys in
contract disputes, like MattForte,” Thomas said. “His so-lution was ‘I’m going to go outand prove they have to haveme and they can’t play with-out me.’ The frustrating thingto a lot of teammates was youwould try to talk to him(Hillis) and you try to tell him‘That’s not the right way to doit if you want to get your bigcontract.’ He just wouldn’t lis-ten to anybody”Hillis never did get that
long-term contract with theBrowns, who decided to lethim hit the free-agent market.He signed a one-year dealwith the Chiefs during the off-season. He has rushed for 193yards on 59 carries with oneTD so far this season.Thomas said he couldn’t
imagine Hillis still beingaround.“I think it was better for
both sides (he left),” Thomassaid. “At that point, the situa-tion with him here was toxicand he didn’t want to be hereand players didn’t want himhere. It was better for a freshstart.”
AP Photo/John Raoux, File
IN THIS Nov. 21, 2010 photo, Cleveland Browns running back Peyton Hillis, left, runs foryardage while picking up a block from teammate Joe Thomas (73). Thomas called Hillis “a ter-rible distraction” last season, and said the running back put his contract situation ahead ofthe team.
Browns’ Thomas ripsformer teammate Hillis
Sidneygirls topWayneHUBER HEIGHTS —
Freshman Caitlin Daviscalmly sank a pair of freethrows with :05 remaining inthe game to ice a 47-43 vic-tory for the Lady Jacketsover Wayne in a GreaterWestern Ohio Conferencecrossover game here Wednes-day in girls basketball ac-tion.The win puts the Lady
Jackets at 3-1 on the seasonheading into a busy schedule.They play at Houston Satur-day, at Urbana Monday andat West Carrollton Wednes-day.Wayne is now 2-2.The Lady Jackets got off to
a good start, outscoringWayne 17-15 in the openingquarter. But things soured inthe second quarter, with Sid-ney being held to just fivepoints. As a result, theytrailed 27-22 at the intermis-sion.“We were scoring pretty
easy in the first quarter, get-ting it inside and getting goodlooks,” said coach MeganMummey. “In the secondquarter, we couldn’t get any-thing to fall, plus we got infoul trouble. But we reallypicked it up again in the thirdquarter.”The Lady Jackets came out
and returned the favor. Wayneoutscored Sidney 12-5 in thesecond quarter, but Sidneyoutscored the hosts 13-5 inthe third to regain the lead at35-32.“We really picked it up in
the third quarter and thatwas the key to our win,” saidMummey. “We had some of-fensive rebounds that reallyhelped us out.”The game was still in doubt
until Davis dropped in herpressure free throws with fiveseconds remaining.Konner Harris led Sidney
with 20 and Sylvia Hudsonadded 10.
Sidney (47)Davis 0-2-2; Harris 6-8-20;
Hanayik 2-0-4; Elmore 2-0-4; Wells 0-2-2; Wise 2-1-5; Hudson 3-4-10. To-tals: 15-17-47.
Wayne (43)Brewer 1-2-4; Panla 5-6-16;
Walver 5-0-12; Alsten 0-2-2; Miller 1-2-4; Pittman 1-1-3; Lipscomb 1-0-2.Totals: 14-13-43.
Score by quarters:Sidney ...........................17 22 35 47Wayne ...........................15 27 32 43
Three-pointers: Sidney 0, Wayne2 (Walver).
Records: Sidney 3-1, Wayne 2-2.Reserve score:Wayne 31, Sidney
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PIQUA — The annual BIG/WPTWHoliday Basketball Classic will beheld on Dec. 27, 28 and 29 at PiquaHigh School and for the first time willinclude both boys and girls varsityand junior varsity teams.Under the current format for the
tournament, there will be sevengames played on the first day of thetournament, starting with the juniorvarsity girls game between Piqua andCovington at 10:30 a.m.One of the games that day, a JV
boys game between Lehman and Rus-sia, will be played in the Piqua juniorhigh gym on the same campusThe four schools that make up the
field include the host Piqua Indians,Lehman, Russia and Covington.The varsity games will start at 4
p.m. on Dec. 27 with the Lehman-Rus-sia girls game followed by theLehman-Russia boys game. ThePiqua-Covington girls game will be at7 and the Piqua-Covington boys gameat 8:30.Friday, Dec. 28, is set aside for con-
solation games. Since Lehman has noJV girls team this year, Russia willplay the Piqua-Covington loser at10:30 a.m. The JV boys, varsity girlsand varsity boys consolation gameswill follow.
Then on the final day of the tour-nament, the Russia JV girls will playthe Piqua-Covington winner at 10:30a.m., with the boys JV championshipat noon.The girls varsity championship
game will start at 6:30, followed bythe boys championship.
Piqua HolidayTournament
Dec. 27, 28 and 29At PiquaScheduleDec. 27
At Piqua Junior HighNoon — JV boys, Lehman vs. Russia
At Piqua High School10:30 a.m. — JV girls, Piqua vs. CovingtonNoon — JV boys, Piqua vs. Covington4 p.m. —Varsity girls, Lehman vs. Russia5:30 —Varsity boys, Lehman vs. Russia7 p.m. —Varsity girls, Piqua vs. Covington8:30 —Varsity boys, Piqua vs. Covington
Dec. 28At Piqua High School
10:30 — JV girls, Russia vs. Piqua-Coving-ton loser
Noon — JV boys, consolation game6:30 —Varsity girls, consolation game8 p.m. —Varsity boys, consolation game
Dec. 29At Piqua High School
10:30 — JV girls, Russia vs. Piqua-Coving-ton winner
Noon — JV boys, championship6:30 —Varsity girls, championship8 p.m. —Varsity boys, championship
Holiday tourney in Piquato include boys and girls
Lehman, Russia again part of the event
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The team that hasprobably been thebiggest surprise so fartakes the night off fromCounty play Fridaynight, but there is still afull slate of games to beplayed.Botkins, off to a 3-0
start, hosts Ridgemontin non-league play be-fore returning to Countyaction Tuesday.Friday night, Fort Lo-
ramie invades Fairlawnfor a matchup of 2-0teams, Jackson Centertries to make it threestraight when it travelsto Russia, and Houstonplays host to Anna.On Saturday, Russia
is at Minster, Houston isat Franklin-Monroe,Anna travels to NewKnoxville, and JacksonCenter stays home toplay Riverside.Tuesday will again
find a busy slate.Botkins is at JacksonCenter, Russia travels toAnna, and Houston is atFort Loramie.
BotkinsIt’s been an amazing
start to the season forthe Botkins Trojans.After winning the Ben
Logan Tip-Off Tourna-ment, the Trojans camehome Tuesday night andhung a 62-48 defeat onthe Russia Raiders to goto 3-0 on the season.They overcame a five-point halftime deficitwith defense, holding theRaiders to just threefield goals total over thefinal two periods.Now they turn their
attention to a non-leaguegame Friday nightagainst visiting Ridge-mont, trying hard not tolook ahead a few days toa meeting with defend-ing County champ Jack-son Center.“We’ve had to stay fo-
cused through somehard times here latelyand I think we’ll be ableto maintain our focusagain Friday night,” saidBotkins coach BrettMeyer. “It’s our Home-coming and that’s al-ways a big game. Itwould be nice to play aleague game, but it’s alsonice to have a non-
league team coming infor Homecoming.”One thing that’s made
the Trojans successful sofar is different peoplestepping up on differentnights. In the tourna-ment, Josh Schwartzerupted for 28 points inthe championship game,and both he and HeathGeyer were named to theall-tournament team.Tuesday night, Roger
Miller came off thebench to drain fivethree-pointers and finishwith a team-high 18points.“I feel if teams come
to scout us, they’re goingto ask ‘who’s this guy,who’s this guy?’” Meyersaid. “We’re really play-ing great team basket-ball right now, and weneed to keep that going.If we play like we didagainst Russia, defen-sively and hitting shotslike we did in the secondhalf, we have a good shotagainst anybody we play.“We just want to keep
it rolling.”Jackson CenterThe Tigers, defending
County champs, are outto a good start again thisseason, winning for the29th time in the last 30games Tuesday nightover Indian Lake.“It’s a good start,” said
Jackson coach ScottElchert. “But there’s alot of basketball left toplay. I think it’s too earlyto judge how good you’regoing to be, after justtwo games. I don’t thinkour communication iswhere it needs to be yetand we need to be moreconsistent in our of-fense.”The Tigers face a big
challenge to their earlyunbeaten mark Fridaynight when they travelto Russia to face aRaider team that is off toan uncharacteristic 0-2start. Despite that,Elchert knows his teambetter be ready.“We had the luxury of
seeing Russia play Sat-urday night and theywere playing a tremen-dous team in St. Henry,”he said. “It was a typicalPaul Bremigan team.
They just fight you toothand nail. They fell be-hind by quite a bit earlyin the game, but cameback and took the lead inthe second half.“They have some dan-
gerous weapons, andwe’re going to have toknow where Treg Fran-cis is,” he added. “Youcan’t so much as givehim a glimmer of spaceor h’'ll bury it.”
Fort LoramieKarl Ratermann
pointed to experience asthe key factor in histeam getting the seasonoff to such a good start,with wins over NewKnoxville and Ansonia.“I thought we came
out Friday night and theexperience that we havefrom last year reallyshowed,” he said of thetrip to New Knoxville.“It was a good atmos-phere and a neat placeto play. Three-fourths ofthe fans are from NewKnoxville, and you haveto handle that. It was atight game in the firsthalf and we just contin-ued to play. We got a lit-tle bit of a lead in thesecond half and neverreally gave them any op-portunity to come back.I was real happy withthe win.”The Redskins then
came back and won overAnsonia Saturday athome to go to 2-0.“It was a good week-
end, but we have a lot ofareas to improve in,” hesaid. “But I was pleasedSaturday because therewas no dropoff in inten-sity.”The Redskin defense
will be challenged Fri-day when Fairlawncomes to town with twoof the top offensivethreats in the County inAnthony Gillem andTrey Everett.“It seems like Everett
and Gillem must havered-shirted,” Ratermannsaid. “They’ve beenthere forever and nowwe have to prepare forthem again. And it’s alot of preparation. Theyare excellent playersand fine athletes andwe’re going to have to do
a good job of slowingthem down.“Everett creates for
himself but also makeseverybody around himbetter,” he added.“Gillem is a flat-outscorer and hopefully wecan find guys that are upto the challenge ofguarding those guys.”
HoustonDespite losing the
opener against JacksonCenter, and seeing histeam score just 26 pointsin the process, Houstoncoach John Willoughbywas pleased with histeam’s defense the open-ing weekend.The Wildcats gave up
just 39 to the Tigers anda paltry 24 in routingNewton on Saturday.“Played well defen-
sively both nights,” saidthe coach. “I told thekids after the JacksonCenter game, if we’restarting out playing de-fense like that, we’regoing to get better as theyear goes on. We justneed to get some kids tohave confidence in scor-ing for us.”On the downside, he
said theWildcats turnedit over too much.“We had 20 turnovers
against Jackson and 14against Newton,” hesaid. “Friday night, itwas because of JacksonCenter. They didn’t giveus many angles into thepost and we tried to forcesome things. But wehave to improve on theturnovers.”Offensively, Jesse
Phlipot had a good week-end, averaging 19.5 inthe two games. AndWilloughby also praisedthe play of Jake Braun,who had nine in eachgame. “Jake played re-ally well both nights,”said Willoughby.The Wildcats take on
the Anna Rockets Fri-day. Anna lost to Fair-lawn in the opener.“They’ll play a lot bet-
ter the second time out,”Willoughby promised.“We’re going to have tobe ready for a little bitmore intensity on the de-fensive end. You knowhow coaches are, andNate (Barhorst) is goingto want to make thingsmuch better from the
first game to the second.”Anna
The Rockets couldn’tcontain the high-pow-ered Fairlawn Jets athome last Friday in theopener, and it was obvi-ous to head coach NateBarhorst what needs tobe done.“Our defensive effort
has to be elevated,” saidBarhorst. “We have re-ally stressed that thisweek.That, coupled withthe fact that we got out-rebounded, made it realtough last week. Andthose rebounds were aresult of getting beat offthe dribble. So it’s im-portant this week thatwe keep guys in front ofus.”Offensively, he wasn’t
displeased. After all,three Rockets scored indouble figures.“That was good, but at
the same time, we needto get a couple guysgoing,” he said. “We’regetting Josh Robinsonback this week (from afootball injury), and he’lldefinitely make ourbench stronger.”The Rockets hit the
road to take on the 1-1Houston Wildcats, ledby 6-foot-4 JessePhlipot.“Phlipot is a handful
inside, but we think theyhave some good outsidepeople too,” saidBarhorst. “They’re verydisciplined defensivelyand they will only giveyou one shot. So we’regoing to have to be effi-cient in our offense.”
RussiaRussia coach Paul
Bremigan knows what toexpect from JacksonCenter. So he’s not talk-ing much about themheading into Fridaynight’s game.Rather, he thinks,
after an 0-2 start, thatit’s more important rightnow to worry about whathis team is doing.“We’ve got some
things we need to workon,” he said. “A lot ofthings we need to focuson.We need to be a littlebit more concernedabout ourselves than ouropponent, do the thingswe do well. Sometimesyou get a little bit too op-
ponent-driven, so we’vekinda gone back to wor-rying more about our-selves right now.“We know what Jack-
son has, but we’re prettyconcerned about whatwe can do and not somuch about who we’replaying,” he added.The Raiders made an
excellent comeback onopening night againstSt. Henry, only to lose itat the end. Then onTuesday, they were upfive on Botkins at thehalf, but lost by 14.“At times we played
decent,” Bremigan said.“We just got out-every-thinged from about thelast minute of the thirdquarter on.We were out-played, outhustled... out-coached.We played hardbut Botkins playedharder.And we didn’t ex-ecute on offense.”
FairlawnThe Jets are feeling
good after back-to-backwins to open the season,over Anna and Triad.First-year coach
Justin Tidwell was gladto escape Tuesday’sgame with Triad. TheJets built up a big first-half lead, but let a lot ofit slip away over thefinal two periods.“We played pretty
well Friday, and theTriad game Tuesday wasalmost a trap game forus,” said Tidwell. “We gota win over a good Annateam the night before,and we were looking for-ward to playing Fort Lo-ramie.”The Jets got an out-
standing effort fromBrad Caudill, who hitfive threes and finishedwith 19 against Triad.“Any time we can get
points off the bench likethat, it’s amazing,” saidTidwell. “Brad is a goodshooter and we know hecan give us a spark. Anyof the kids off the benchcan.”Tidwell said he’s con-
cerned about what willbe an advantage in sizefor Fort Loramie Fridaynight.“They have the height
that we’re lacking,” hesaid. “So we’re a littleconcerned about themgetting inside on us.”
Loramie-Fairlawn tops Friday playCOUNTY ROUNDUP
High school sportsTONIGHTWrestling
Sidney at Vandalia triGirls basketballHouston at Loramie
Versailles at New BremenMinster at New KnoxvilleBotkins at Jackson Center
Russia at Anna——
FRIDAYBoys basketball
West Carrollton at SidneyDayton Temple at Christian Aca.New Knoxville at WaynesfieldNew Bremen at Versailles
Anna at NewtonRidgemont at BotkinsJackson Center at RussiaFort Loramie at Fairlawn
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Boys basketballLehman at Newton
Easy Dayton at Christian Aca.Russia at Minster
Anna at New KnoxvilleRiverside at Jackson CenterCovington at Versailles
Houston at Franklin-MonroeGirls basketballSidney at HoustonFairlawn at LehmanMarion Local at Russia
Jackson Center at RiversideMinster at Troy
Arcanum at VersaillesFort Loramie at Miami East
WrestlingLehman at LincolnviewSwimming/divingAlter at Sidney
Minster vs. Fort Recovery, NewBremen, St. MarysVersailles vs. Tipp City, Beaver-
creekBowling
Sidney at GWOC preseason
College Football FBS BowlGlance
The Associated PressSubject to ChangeAll Times EST
Saturday, Dec. 15New Mexico BowlAt Albuquerque
Nevada (7-5) vs.Arizona (7-5), 1p.m. (ESPN)Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
At Boise, IdahoToledo (9-3) vs. Utah State (10-
2), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN)Thursday, Dec. 20Poinsettia BowlAt San Diego
San Diego State (9-3) vs. BYU(7-5), 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Friday, Dec. 21Beef 'O' Brady's BowlAt St. Petersburg, Fla.Ball State (9-3) vs. UCF (9-4),
7:30 p.m. (ESPN)Saturday, Dec. 22New Orleans Bowl
East Carolina (8-4) vs.Louisiana-Lafayette (7-4), Noon(ESPN)
Las Vegas BowlBoise State (10-2) vs. Washing-
ton (7-5), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)Monday, Dec. 24Hawaii BowlAt Honolulu
SMU (6-6) vs. Fresno State (9-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Wednesday, Dec. 26Little Caesars Pizza Bowl
At DetroitCentral Michigan (6-6) vs.
Western Kentucky (7-5), 7:30 p.m.(ESPN)
Thursday, Dec. 27Military BowlAt Washington
Bowling Green (8-4) vs. SanJose State (10-2), 3 p.m. (ESPN)
Belk BowlAt Charlotte, N.C.
Duke (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3),6:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Holiday BowlAt San Diego
Baylor (7-5) vs. UCLA (9-4),9:45 p.m. (ESPN)
Friday, Dec. 28Independence BowlAt Shreveport, La.
Louisiana-Monroe (8-4) vs. Ohio(8-4), 2 p.m. (ESPN)
Russell Athletic BowlAt Orlando, Fla.
Virginia Tech (6-6) vs. Rutgers(9-3), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Meineke Car Care BowlAt Houston
Minnesota (6-6) vs. Texas Tech(7-5), 9 p.m. (ESPN)
Saturday, Dec. 29Armed Forces BowlAt Fort Worth, Texas
Rice (6-6) vs. Air Force (6-6),11:45 a.m. (ESPN)
Fight Hunger Bowl
At San FranciscoArizona State (7-5) vs. Navy (7-
4), 3:15 p.m. (ESPN2)Pinstripe BowlAt New York
Syracuse (7-5) vs.West Virginia(7-5), 3:15 p.m. (ESPN)
Alamo BowlAt San Antonio
Texas (8-4) vs. Orgeon State (9-3), 6:45 p.m. (ESPN)
Buffalo Wild Wings BowlAt Tempe, Ariz.
Michigan State (6-6) vs. TCU(7-5), 10:15 p.m. (ESPN)
Monday, Dec. 31Music City BowlAt Nashville, Tenn.
Vanderbilt (8-4) vs. N.C. State(7-5), Noon (ESPN)
Sun BowlAt El Paso, Texas
Georgia Tech (6-7) vs. SouthernCal (7-5), 2 p.m. (CBS)
Liberty BowlAt Memphis, Tenn.
Iowa State (6-6) vs.Tulsa (10-3),3:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Chick-fil-A BowlAt Atlanta
LSU (10-2) vs. Clemson (10-2),7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Tuesday, Jan. 1Heart of Dallas Bowl
At DallasPurdue (6-6) vs. Oklahoma
State (7-5), Noon (ESPNU)Gator Bowl
At Jacksonville, Fla.Mississippi State (8-4) vs.
Northwestern (9-3), Noon (ESPN2)Capital One BowlAt Orlando, Fla.
Georgia (11-2) vs. Nebraska(10-3), 1 p.m. (ABC)
Outback BowlAt Tampa, Fla.
South Carolina (10-2) vs.Michi-gan (8-4), 1 p.m. (ESPN)
Rose BowlAt Pasadena, Calif.
Stanford (11-2) vs. Wisconsin(8-5), 5 p.m. (ESPN)
Orange BowlAt Miami
Northern Illinois (12-1) vs.Florida State (11-2), 8:30 p.m.(ESPN)
Wednesday, Jan. 2Sugar Bowl
At New OrleansFlorida (11-1) vs. Louisville (10-
2), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)Thursday, Jan. 3Fiesta Bowl
At Glendale, Ariz.Kansas State (11-1) vs. Oregon
(11-1), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)Friday, Jan. 4Cotton Bowl
At Arlington, TexasTexas A&M (10-2) vs. Okla-
homa (10-2), 8 p.m. (FOX)Saturday, Jan. 5
BBVA Compass BowlAt Birmingham, Ala.
Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. Mississippi(6-6), 1 p.m. (ESPN)
Sunday, Jan. 6GoDaddy.com BowlAt Mobile, Ala.
Kent State (11-2) vs. ArkansasState (9-3), 9 p.m. (ESPN)
Monday, Jan. 7BCS National Championship
At MiamiNotre Dame (12-0) vs. Alabama
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Photo provided
ADAM BUEHLER of Botkins compete in the 50-meter butterfly during the Troy Christian Pen-
tathlon recently. Buehler finished seventh in theevent.
TROY — The BotkinsHigh School swim teamkicked off the 2012-13season over the weekendat the Troy ChristianPentathlon.Junior and first-year
swimmer BethanyChristman had an out-standing meet. She wasthe top finisher for theTrojans in two events.She finished in ninth
place in the 50-butterflywith a time of 32.99, fol-lowed up by a 20th placefinish in the 50-freestylewith a time of 30.27.Freshmen Keirstyn
Rogers also had a goodfirst showing, coming in18th in the 50-butterflyand 25th in the 50-free.Rachelle Maurer was
the top finisher in the50-breaststroke with a14th-place finish in38.99, and she was 23rdin the 50 freestyle.In the 50-breast-
stroke, Amber Buehlerwas 21st, Rachel Cooper30th and Heather Brownin 31st place. HannaOakley was 22nd in the50-backstroke followedby Heather Brown in25th and Bailey Schnip-pel in 30th.The boys team was
led by returning seniorAdam Buehler, who ledthe team with a seventhin the 50-butterfly witha time of 28.67. He alsowas the top finisher forthe boys in the 50-free in27.15 for a 26th placefinish.Andy Egbert was 30th
in freestyle, 35th in the
50-backstroke, 40th inbreaststroke and 43rd inthe butterfly.Cody Buehler was
67th in 50-freestyle and53rd in the breaststroke.Versailles girlsfirst at VW
VAN WERT — TheVersailles Lady Tigerwon the Van Wert meetSaturday.Two Versailles relays
broke meet records. The200-butterfly with LexiFliehman, Ashlyn Cor-donnier, Hannah Mar-shal, and BaileyMarshal had a time of2:09.20. The previousmeet record was 2:11.53.The 400 IM relay with
Abbey Marshal, AshlynCordonnier, Amber Seib-ert, and Bailey Marshalhad a time of 4:59.11.The previous meetrecord was 5:04.05.Six school records
were also broken. The600 free relay with Ash-lyn Cordonnier, HannahWenig, Lexi Fliehman,and Abbey Marshal hada 7:13.55 meter timeconverted to 6:30.59yards to beat the pastschool record of 6:42.82;the 200 backstroke relaywith Hannah Marshal,Rachel Subler, AbbeyMarshal, and BaileyMarshal had a 2:15.65meter time converted to2:02.21 yards to beat thepast school record of2:08.54; the 200 butter-fly relay with LexiFliehman, Ashlyn Cor-donnier, Hannah Mar-shal, and Bailey
Marshal had a 2:09.20meter time converted to1:56.40 yards to beat thepast school record of2:05.45; the 200 SCbreast relay with Caro-line Prakel, Abbey Mar-shal, Ashlyn Cordonnier,and Amber Seibert had a2:38.19 meter time con-verted to 2:22.51 yardsto beat the past schoolrecord of 2:30.86; the 400IM with Abbey Marshal,Ashlyn Cordonnier,Amber Seibert, and Bai-ley Marshal had a4:59.41 meter time con-verted to 4:29.74 yardsto beat the past schoolrecord of 4:53.34; andthe 300 free with LexiFliehman, HannahWenig, Amber Seibert,and Hannah Marshalhad a 3:10.82 meter timeconverted to 2:51.91yards to beat the pastschool record of 3:17.52.Relay results for Versailles
are as follows:400 medley: 6. Breana
Winner, Caroline Prakel, Han-nah Wenig, and GabriannaMescher; 13. Alyssa Barlage,Emily Ruhenkamp, JanelleMangen, and Taylor Stover
600 free: 1. Ashlyn Cor-donnier, Hannah Wenig, LexiFliehman, and Abbey Marshal;11. Emily Stammen, TaylorStover, Katelyn Platfoot, andKori Oliver
200 back: 1. Hannah Mar-shal, Rachel Subler, AbbeyMarshal, and Bailey Marshal;9. Breana Winner, Alyssa Bar-lage, Janelle Mangen, andEmily Ruhenkamp; 18. EmilyStammen, Taylor Stover, Kate-lyn Platfoot, and Kori Oliver
200 butterfly: 1. LexiFliehman, Ashlyn Cordonnier,Hannah Marshal, and BaileyMarshal; 7. Caroline Prakel,Murphy Grow, Lindsey Didier,
and Breana Winner200 breaststroke: 1. Car-
oline Prakel, Abbey Marshal,Ashlyn Cordonnier, and AmberSeibert; 11. Emily Ruhenkamp,Kori Oliver, Katelyn Platfoot,and Emily Stammen
Girls team standings: 1.Versailles 212; 2. Bryan 148; 3.Wapakoneta 122; 4. Lima Bath100; 5.Minster 88; 6. St. Marys66; 7.VanWert 56; 8.Ada 46; 9.St. Henry 34; 10. Fort Recovery,Marion Local 30; 12. New Bre-men 20.• The Versailles boys
swim team was fourth atthe Van Wert SprintRelay Invitational onSaturday.Relay results for Versailles
are as follows:400 medley: 3. Andrew
Kramer, Cole Albers, ChrisKlamar, and Cole Poeppelman;10. Darren Subler, Jacob Rose,Harrison Detrick, and TylerRose
600 free: 4. AndrewKramer, Quincy Baltes, IanLawrence, and Cole Poeppel-man; 12. Harrison Detrick,Tyler Rose, Darren Subler, andJacob Rose
200 backstroke: 6.Quincy Baltes, Darren Subler,Harrison Detrick, and IanLawrence
200 butterfly: 4 Cole Al-bers, Chris Klamar, IanLawrence, and AndrewKramer
200 breaststroke: 4. ColeAlbers, Chris Klamar, QuincyBaltes, and Cole Poeppelman;11. Jacob Rose, Tyler Rose,Harrison Detrick, and DarrenSubler
400 IM: 2.Andrew Kramer,Chris Klamar, Cole Poeppel-man, and Cole Albers
300 free: 11. QuincyBaltes, Tyler Rose, IanLawrence, and Jacob Rose
Boys team standings: 1.Wapakoneta 174; 2.Ada 162; 3.Bryan 126; 4. Versailles 110; 5.VanWert 86; 6. St.Marys 82; 7.Lima Bath 72; 8. New Bremen54; 9. Fort Recovery 38. 10.Minster 14. 11. Marion Local10; 15. Elida 6.
Botkins swimmers open season
LIMA — The Annagirls suffered their firstdefeat of the season andonly their third in thelast three seasons Tues-day night when theydropped a tough 42-41verdict to Lima Bath innon-league high schoolgirls basketball.The Lady Rockets are
now 3-1 on the seasonand will try to bounceback tonight at homeagainst Russia.Anna sped to a 13-8
lead after a quarter butwas outscored 14-8 inthe sec ond period totrail by one at the half.
The deficit grew to fourpoints after three peri-ods.Natalie Billing had 17
to lead Anna.Anna (41)
Noffsinger 0-1-1; A. Bens-man 2-1-5; Huber 2-0-4; Ka.Blankenship 0-1-1; Billing 6-5-17; C. Bensman 3-1-7; Rioch 3-0-6. Totals: 16-8-41.
Lima Bath (42)Smith 2-0-5; Brandon 0-1-1;
Holler 1-0-2; Dakken 1-0-2;Manley 3-2-9; M. Dakken 3-0-6; Ruhe 6-5-17. Totals: 16-8-42.
Score by quarters:Anna ..................13 21 29 41Lima Bath ...........8 22 33 42
Three-pointers: Anna,Bath 1 (Manley).
Records: Both teams 3-1.
Tri-Villagedowns HoustonNEW MADISON —
Tri-Village, which playedin the state tournamentlast season, jumped allover Houston and rolledto a 62-35 victory in non-league girls basketballhere Tuesday.The loss left Houston
at 2-3 on the seasonheading into action atFort Loramie tonight.Houston had no one
in double figures, butthree girls finished withnine, including KortneyPhipps, Monique Booherand Alyssa Stang.
Houston (35)Phipps 3-3-9; Maier 0-1-1;
A. Stang 4-1-9; Booher 4-1-9;M. Stang 3-1-7. Totals: 14-7-35.
Tri-Village (62)Brown 3-0-6; Falknor 3-1-7;
Richards 6-1-13; Thomas 6-7-20; Ferris 2-2-6; Bruner 3-2-10.Totals: 23-13-62.
Score by quarters:Houston................5 18 28 35Tri-Village..........16 32 48 62
Three-pointers: Houston0, T-V 3 (Bruner 2, Thomas).
Records: Houston 2-3, T-V5-0.
Bath hands Anna first loss
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SDN Photo/Luke Gronneberg
Community volunteers (l-r) Anthony Billing, 11, and Jacob Bice, 14, holdstill while Rebekah Holsapple, 7, all of Anna, tries to hook a ring on theirantlers during Christmas in the Village in Anna Sunday. Seven different lo-cations in Anna hosted Christmas events. Anthony is the son of JasonBilling and Sharon Billing. Jacob is the son of Amy Bice and Dan Bice. Re-bekah is the daughter of Dan Holsapple and Karin Bok.
Christmas in the VillageFor photo reprints, visit www.sidneydailynews.com
Utility rates risingANNA — Village of
Anna officials are an-nouncing that utilitybills will cost a littlemore after the first ofthe year.According to Nancy
Benroth, village adminis-trator, therewere a coupleof reasons for the waterand sewer rate hike.“In 2012, the village
needed to implement asignificant increase tomeet the cost of produc-ing water and treatingsewer. We had beensupplementing bothfunds with Local Gov-ernment Funds (LGF),but those have been cutby the state and weneed to make up the
money somewhere.“Instead of one huge
increase, the village de-cided to implement theincrease over a threeyear period. It’s approxi-mately $13 for 2012,2013 and 2014 and thenwill only be increasedthree percent thereafterfor inflation,” Benrothsaid. “We also need to dosome upgrades to thesewer plant and therates needed to be in-line for us to qualify forOhio Water Develop-ment Authority (OWDA)funding. In-line meansthat you must provethrough your rates thatyou can pay back theloan.”
Benroth noted thatthere is not a “cut-offpoint” to the rate in-crease and it could con-tinue for some time. Butshe noted, “it (rate in-crease) would stop if theinflation would slowdown or would be de-creased.” Benroth saidthere are plans to beginmaking upgrades to thevillage’s sewer plant inFebruary 2013.The decision to in-
crease water and sewerrates was approved byAnna Village CouncilMarch 13 of this year.Those with questionsabout the increase inbilling can call the vil-lage office at 394-3751.
ANNA — The follow-ing Anna Middle Schoolstudents have been se-lected as Students of theMonth for November.Named Students of
the Month were AshtonHatte, Jake Kovacs,Olivia Pulfer, AbbyCounts, Nathan Edel-mann, Ethan Huecker,Isaiah Pleiman, BaileyLuthman, Derek Cover-stone, Emma Freytag,Zane Briggs, Zoey Grif-
fith, Jaiden Stone, ZachWebb, Kyle Stewart,Jane Homans, ClaireSpicer, Tara Neer, BrookGaydosh, ShyanneWagle, Anthony Edel-mann, Sarah Foltz,Michael Schulze, AlexMcKee, Walter Conleyand Ashlie York.Students are recog-
nized if they have metone or more of the fol-lowing criteria:• They have per-
formed at a consistentlyhigh rate for the month.• They have made an
impressive turnaroundthis month from being inacademic trouble to per-forming well consistently.• They have per-
formed extra service tothe teacher, which war-rants recognition.• The student de-
serves the recognitionbased upon the teacher’sopinion.
Students of month named
2013 projects announcedANNA — Village
Mayor Bob Anderson notonly reviewed villageprojects from this yearbut is announcing plansfor projects in 2013.Anderson noted that
during 2012, the villageaccomplished the resur-facing of West NorthStreet, purchased a newfire truck to replace the1985 fire truck previ-ously used by the villageand the walking path atAnna Community Parkwas patched. The villageis also preparing for ren-ovation and the replace-
ment of parts at the vil-lage’s wastewater treat-ment plant.In 2013, Anderson
noted, village residentswill see “some new excit-ing projects.” He notedthat “there is a possibil-ity” that the village willhave water and sewerlines that will run underInterstate 75 to providevillage utilities to Sav-A-Ton Truck Stop and “pos-sible future customers.”Anderson noted that
the village hopes to havemore new sidewalk con-struction to finish work
on Pike Street to thesouth and prepare forsidewalk replacementand finishing to the eastalong the north side ofMain Street that will goto the east corporationline. Anderson said thatthe work that will go tothe east corporation linemay not be done until2014.There are also plans
to make more improve-ments to the Anna Com-munity Park by addingexercise stations andcompleting walking pathresurfacing in 2013.
Officials: Get ready for snowANNA — Although
local residents are enjoy-ing unusually warm De-cember weather, therewill eventually be snowthat will likely covergrass and sidewalks andAnna officials are re-minding village resi-dents to be ready for thesnowy weather.Village officials are
reminding residents thatthey needed to have allportable basketball rimsremoved by Dec. 1 or bythe first snowfall. Therequest is made due tosafety issues and offi-cials noted that having
the rims removed makesit easier for snow plowsto move through thearea.Local residents are
also being reminded thatduring snow or ice “ofany plowable amounts,”there is a no parking or-dinance in the villagethat does not allow resi-dents to park on thestreet during thosetimes. If a resident doesnot remove their vehiclefrom the street, it couldresult in having the ve-hicle towed at theowner’s expense.Property owners in
the village are responsi-ble for “clearing all snowand ice from sidewalksadjacent to their prop-erty” as required by vil-lage ordinance. Thesidewalks must becleared within 48 hoursof the snowfall or ice.The village’s PublicWorks Department rec-ommend that residentswait until plows havepushed the snow to thecurb before they cleartheir sidewalks.Residents are also re-
minded that it is againstthe law to plow snowfrom driveways and side-walks into the street. Itwas also noted that resi-dents and property own-ers will be responsiblefor the actions of snowremoval contractors.Anyone with ques-
tions can call the villageoffice at 394-3751.
IN THE SERVICE
ANNA — MarineCorps Pfc. Derek A.Gephart, son of Karen S.and Bob A. Gephart, ofSidney, has earned thetitle of U.S. Marine aftergraduating from recruittraining at MarineCorps Recruit Depot,Parris Island, S.C.For 13 weeks,
Gephart underwententry-level militarytraining in order to betransformed from civil-ian to Marine. Trainingsubjects included close-order drill, marksman-
ship with an M-16A4rifle, physical fitness,martial arts, swimming,military history, customsand courtesies. Oneweek prior to gradua-tion, Gephart underwentThe Crucible, a 54-hourfinal test of recruits’minds and bodies. Uponcompletion, recruits arepresented the MarineCorps emblem andcalled Marines for thefirst time.Gephart is a 2012
graduate of Anna HighSchool.
Gephart becomesU.S. Marine