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TROY — Ken Williamsonand Art Wehneman were twoof about 20local militaryveterans whoattended thevery first Vet-erans Wednes-day held lastweek at theMiami ValleyVeterans Mu-seum in theMasonic Build-ing in downtown TroyAnd, like proper guests,

they didn’t come empty-handed. Williamson brought

in a coal black 12-pound CivilWar-era cannonball, which hedonated to the museum, whileArt Wehneman handed overhis green, wool Korean War-era Army uniform to museumcurator Terry Purke.In exchange, both U.S.

Army veterans were treatedto coffee, donuts and fellow-ship among other local mili-tary veterans at the museum,which is located on the secondfloor of the Masonic Buildingin downtown Troy.Members say Veterans

Wednesday — at 9 a.m. on thefirst Wednesday of everymonth — will be a freemonthly get-together for localveterans. Purke said futureVeterans Wednesdays also

probably will include a guestspeaker who is a veteran orinvolved with veterans affairs.“It’s our way of thanking

our local veterans, and recog-nizing them for their service.You know, we wouldn’t haveour freedoms today if theydidn’t do what they do for us,”said museum member PatSkinner as she brewed up afresh pot of free coffee in theMasonic Building’s secondfloor dining room, next to themuseum.The non-profit museum

was founded in early 2010 andinitially displayed some do-nated artifacts in a downtownwindow display case. It thenmoved on Veterans Day 2010to a 300-square-foot office

space in the Stouder Centerbefore Masonic members inearly 2011 agreed to let themuseum use the south half ofthe second floor of the Ma-sonic Building.The museum has grown

rapidly from donated itemssuch as Williamson’s cannon-ball and Wehneman’s uni-form, and now fills nearly adozen rooms on the Masonicbuilding’s second floor. Tworooms have been convertedinto a pair of research li-braries, and Purke said mu-seum members see the spacenot just simply as a museum,but as an educational re-source for the community.The Veterans Wednesday’s

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Sisters Kylie (left), 10, and Alexa Hartle, 2, both of Jackson Center, cheer on their teamduring a home game Saturday against Waynesfield-Goshen High School. The girls are thechildren of Jason and Shannon Hartle.

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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) —This time, in the supermarketparking lot, there were softlyringing bells breaking themorning silence instead of theterrible sounds of gunfire andsirens.More bells tolled later Sun-

day at Tucson’s packed St.Au-gustine Cathedral as thenames of the six people killedin the shooting rampage wereread.With hugs and tears, south-

ern Arizonans rememberedthe dead, the shattered livesand those who acted hero-ically after a gunman openedfire at an outdoor meet-and-

greet that severely woundedRep. Gabrielle Giffords andstunned the nation and thisclose-knit community.The day of remembrance

began with the ringing ofchurch bells and hand-heldbells throughout the city at10:11 a.m., the exact time thegunman shot Giffords in thehead and methodically moved

down a line of people waitingto talk to her during a publicevent outside a Safeway su-permarket on Jan. 8, 2011.“Even in the midst of this

troubling year, the healing,the courage that we have ex-perienced in our community— each one of us can noticehow our cups overflow with

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A wet December, mostlyrainfall, swelled ShelbyCounty’s total 2011 precipita-tion to 58.2 inches, probably arecord for recent years.Waste-water Supterintendent BrianSchultz said the total is easily10 to 12 inches above thearea’s average.At least a trace of precipi-

tation fell 17 of the month’s 31days, producing a Decembertotal of 5.14 inches.Major rainevents produced totals of .86of an inch Dec. 13 and .84 inchDec. 5.Temperatures during the

month ranged from a high of60 degrees on Dec. 15 to lowreading of 15 above zero Dec.10 and 11.Looking back on 2011,

month to month:The month of January,

2011 was its usual blusteryself as lows of minus 9 degreesand 6 below zero wererecorded and .59 inch of pre-cipitation fell as freezing rainand ice Jan. 31. Precipitation,mostly snow, was recorded 20of the month’s 31 days.

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FORT LORAMIE Fire responded to the intersection of Luthman Road and Ohio119 on Saturday at 3:18 p.m., when a trailer loaded with straw caught on fire.Fire Chief Brad Schulze said the cause of the fire was not determined. Therewere no injuries and the only damage was to the 100 bales of straw and thetrailer.

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Fire, rescueSUNDAY

-12:44 a.m.: medical.Anna Rescue respondedto the 14500 block ofCounty Road 25A on amedical call.

SATURDAY-10:23 p.m.: medical.

Fort Loramie Rescue re-sponded to a medical callon the 11700 block of Eil-erman Road.

-5:24 p.m.: fire. Jack-

son Center Fire, Maple-wood Fire responded to12609 County Road 58 inLogan County on a reportof an outside wood burneron fire next to a trailer.According to MaplewoodFire Chief Dave Zimpfer,the fire burned into thetrailer but caused mini-mal damage to the resi-dence. The fire is stillunder investigation.

-3:41 p.m.: accident.Anna Rescue and VanBuren Township Fire re-

sponded to a report of anaccident on Ohio 119 andOhio 29. No further de-tails were available atpress time.

FRIDAY-9:06 p.m.: medical.

Anna Rescue respondedto a report of an injury onthe 10300 block of Ohio119.

-8:01 p.m.: medical.Houston Rescue re-sponded to a medical callon the 8800 block ofLehman Road.

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ANNA FIRE and Rescue respond to a car accident at the intersection of Ohio119 and 29 at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. No other information was available at presstime.

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Fire, rescueSUNDAY

-9:02 a.m.: medical.Sidney paramedics re-sponded to the 2500block of Kuther Road ona medical call.

-6:56 a.m.: medical.Medics responded to amedical call on the 1100block of Amherst Drive.

-6:08 a.m.: medical.Medics were called tothe 100 block of WestPoplar Street on a med-ical call.

-12:17 a.m.: medical.Medics responded to amedical call on the 800block of South Miami Av-enue.

SATURDAY-6:05 p.m.: medical.

Medics responded to the300 block of RussellRoad on a medical call.

-5:04 p.m.: medical.Medics responded to amedical call on the 300block of West RussellRoad.

-2:33 p.m.: medical.Medics responded to the700 block of Bennett Cir-cle on a medical call.

-1:48 p.m.: appli-ance malfunction.Firefighters were calledto 419 S. Miami Ave. fora hot, malfunctioningstove. The appliance wasremoved.

-1:24 p.m.: medical.Medics responded to the1600 block of MichiganStreet on a medical call.

-11:21 a.m.: medical.Medics responded to the500 block of South WestAvenue on a medicalcall.

-10:43 a.m.: medical.Medics responded to the300 block of JeffersonStreet on a medical call.

-7:23 a.m.: medical.Medics were called tothe 500 block of SouthMiami Avenue on a med-ical call.

-6:44 a.m.: medical.Medics responded to amedical call on the 500block of Gearhart Road.

-12:02 a.m.: medical.Medics responded to the100 block of West PoplarStreet on a medical call.

FRIDAY-10:48 p.m.: medical.

Medics responded to a

medical call on the 1600block of Park Street.

-9:46 p.m.: medical.Medics responded to amedical call on the 900block of Lynn Street.

-8:23 p.m.: medical.Medics responded to amedical call on the 800block of Oak Avenue.

-5:57 p.m.: medical.Medics were called tothe 900 block of LynnStreet on a medical call.

-4:59 p.m.: medical.Medics responded to the1300 block of LoganCourt on a medical call.

-3:08 p.m.: medical.Medics responded to the400 block of Lester Av-enue on a medical call.

-1:11 p.m.: injury.Medics responded to areport of an injury on the1100 block of St. MarysAvenue.

-11:13 a.m.: med-ical. Medics respondedto the 200 block of EastNorth Street on a med-ical call.

-8:39 a.m.: medical.Medics responded to amedical call on the 300block of Michigan Street.

The sale of Central Elementary School will bediscussed during the Sidney City Schools Board ofEducation meeting today at 6 p.m. The board willdiscuss approving the sale of the school and ad-joining property at public auction. The board willalso take care of organizational issues.

BOTKINS —The Botkins Local School Board ofEducation will meet for its organizational meetingonWednesday at 6:45 p.m. with the regular sessionto start at 7 p.m.The board will be setting a cost fordriver’s education and will be approving bus routes.

The Shelby County Sheriff ’s Of-fice is investigating an accidentalshooting which happened Saturdayafternoon.According to reports, the shooting

happened at 3:19 p.m. at 4662 CardoRoad near Fort Loramie. The victim,John Cranfill, 39, of New Madisonand his wife, April Cranfill, 38, weretarget shooting at the residence

when April had a problem with thegun. The gun discharged and Johnwas struck in the chest.Fort Loramie Rescue transported

John to Wilson Memorial Hospitaland he was then flown by CareFlightto Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton.There is no word on his condition.The case remains under investi-

gation by the Sheriff ’s Office.

A trial is scheduledto begin on Tuesday inthe civil division of theShelby County Com-mon Pleas Court.The plaintiffs are

listed as Melanie andRobert Roe, 5196Dormire Road, and thedefendants are listed asAmerican Family Insur-ance Co., Westerville,Mark W. and Glen J.Schwarzman, 210Windsor Parke Drive.

The lawsuit stemsfrom an automobile ac-cident on Jan. 31, 2009.According to court doc-uments, plaintiffMelanie Roe “sustainedsevere and permanentinjuries.” The court doc-uments go on to saythat Roe is an insuredperson under AmericanFamily Insurance Com-pany and “paid premi-ums and performed allterms and conditions

precedent to beinglegally entitled to re-cover medical paymentsand uninsured/underin-sured motorist cover-age” and that AmericanFamily Insurance Co.“is obligated to confermedical payments anduninsured /under in-sured motorist cover-age.”The trial is sched-

uled through Thursday.

Botkins BOE to meet

Sale of building to bediscussed at meeting

Deputies investigate shooting

Civil trial begins Tuesday

Tom Kinninger waselected chairman andFrank Mariano vicechairman as ClintonTownship trustees reor-ganized for 2012 Tues-day.A temporary appro-

priation of $50,000 wasapproved until account-ing for 2011 is com-pleted.Township meetings

will continue to be heldthe first and third Tues-day each month at 7p.m. in the townshiphouse at Fourth Avenueand Grove Street.Committee assign-

ments during the newyear will be: Bob Guil-lozet, buildings androadways; Mariano,equipment and mainte-nance; and Kinninger,personnel.Road superintendent

Mike Woodell will con-tinue to receive a part-time salary of $16 perhour and MikeBuchanan, road workassistant, $15 an hour.Jim Gaier was named

Zoning Enforcementand Fire Prevention of-ficer. His compensationwill continue to be $320per month for zoningwork and $100 per quar-ter as Fire Preventionofficer.

Zoning board mem-bers include EllenJoslin, chairman; Bon-nie Deck, Sally Wood,Ron Corbet and NewellMoore (re-appointed tonew four-year boardterm).Compensation will

continue to be $30 permeeting for the chair-person and $25 forboard members.James Gaier will

chair the Zoning Boardof Appeals. Board mem-bers include Ron Miller,Terri Lenhart, RobertTenny and RichardPaulus. The current feeof $150 to schedule ahearing will be retained.In the event of a conflictof interest, Peg Ed-

wards, township fiscalofficer, will temporarilyreplace the chairman.Building permits will

continue to coast $2 per$1,000 of the project’sevaluation, minimum of$25 and maximum of$400 per permit. Signpermits for both on andoff premises will cost$25 plus 50 cents persquare foot to a maxi-mum cost of $100. Thefee for a zoning codechange is $250 and $200for a zoning mapchange.Richard Grigg was re-

appointed ClintonTownship representa-tive to the ShelbyCounty Regional Plan-ning Commission.

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WESTERVILLE —Alexandra J. Bowling, ofSidney, Devon B. La-timer, of Anna, and Eliz-abeth M. Holthaus, ofSidney have been namedto the dean’s list at Ot-terbein University forthe fall semester 2011.Otterbein University, anindependent, liberal artsinstitution affiliatedwith the UnitedMethodist Church, is lo-cated in Westerville.

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WEBSTER —Norman LeeReed, 80, of Web-ster, passed awaySaturday, Jan. 7,2012, at hishome.Norman was born in

Bloomer on Nov. 14,1931, to the late WalterE. and Ruth C. (Apple)Reed.He was a U.S. Army

veteran serving duringthe Korean Conflict, hewas a corporal when heleft after three years ofservice. He retired fromConrail Railroad with 20years of service. Normanworked many years asjanitor of CovingtonAMVETS Post 66 andwas a charter and lifemember of CovingtonAMVETS Post 66. Hewas also a life memberof AMVETS Sad Sacks, amember of Versailles Ea-gles Aerie 2347, a mem-ber of Versailles VFW, amember of Tri-VillageMemorial Color Guard,and a member ofFriedens LutheranChurch.He was preceded in

death by his parents;stepfather, John C. Reed;and sister, MiriamMcKenzie.Norman is survived

by his wife of 55 years,Patricia Lou (Derr)Reed; two daughters andsons-in-law, Joni andWilliam Thomas Jr., ofBradford, Linda andJohn A. Swick, of Brad-

ford; four grand-c h i l d r e n ,Heather andhusband WayneDoyle, of Sidney,William LeeThomas, of Brad-

ford, Nikkea Swick, ofBradford, John MichaelSwick, of Bradford; sixgreat-grandchildren,Courtney Thorpe, Jor-dan McClure, BrendanDoyle, Bryce Doyle,ShayLeigh Swick, MaL-iha Swick; brother,George Reed, of Brad-ford; sister, Patsy andhusband John Hill, ofBradford; sister-in-law,Sharen Selanders, ofBradford; brother-in-law,Doyle and wife, JeannieDerr, of Bradford; andnieces, nephews, otherrelatives and a host offriends.Funeral services

will be held at 11 a.m.on Wednesday at theStocker-Fraley Fu-neral Home, Brad-ford, with Pastor DanScalf officiating. Mili-tary honors to followfuneral service at fu-neral home.The family will re-

ceive friends from 5to 8 p.m. on Tuesdayat the funeral home.Interment of cre-mains will be at alater date at HarrisCreek Cemetery,Bradford.Condolences may be

sent to the family atwww.stockerfraley.com.

PIQUA — Rose M.Johnson, 71, of 836Young St., died at 8:36p.m., Friday, Jan. 6,2012.A funeral service will

be conducted onWednesday at theJamieson and YannucciFuneral Home, Piqua.

Jillian Joelle Miller

Jillian Joelle Miller, 9days old, 703 E. CourtSt., passed away Friday,Jan. 6, 2012, at 8:23 p.m.Arrangements are

pending Adams FuneralHome, 1401 Fair Road.

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Betty L. SmithP I Q U A —

Betty L. Smith,81, of Piqua,died at 5 p.m.,on Friday, Jan.6, 2012, atUpper ValleyMedical Center,Troy sur-rounded by herloving family. She now ispain free and can seeclearly in the arms ofJesus.She was born in Cary,

Ky. on Jan. 25, 1930, tothe late James and Ollie(Accuff) Wilson.She married Alvin

Lee Alford on Sept. 8,1947, and he precededher in death. On Nov. 16,1968, she married JamesSmith. He preceded herin death on Nov. 25,1980.Betty is survived by

three daughters andsons-in-law, Nannie andRonnie Mills, of Hous-ton, Mary and DonaldPoling, of Piqua, andPatsy and DouglasCavender, of Piqua; oneson-in-law, Bill Snider, ofDaytona Beach, Fla.; onesister, Pauline Grimes, ofFrankfort, Ky.; two step-sons, Joe Smith, of De-

Witt, Ky.,Charles Smith,of Kentucky; onestep daughter,Dora Lee Lester,of DeWitt, Ky.;six grandchil-dren and 10great-grandchil-dren.

Betty was preceded indeath by twin sons in1951; one daughter,Linda L. Snider; onegrandson, Ronald S.Lacy Jr.; and threebrothers.Betty worked for

Copeland Mfg., Sidney,as a mill operator andretired in 1979.Funeral services

will be held at 11 a.m.on Wednesday atMelcher-Sowers Fu-neral Home, Piquawith Pastor DonTrumbull officiating.Burial will follow atForest Hill Cemetery,Piqua.Friends may call

from 6 to 8 p.m. onTuesday at the fu-neral home.Condolences may be

expressed to the familyat www.melcher-sow-ers.com.

Carol J. GleasonCarol J.

Gleason, 70, of305 JeffersonSt., passedaway Saturday,Jan. 7, 2012, atWilson Memo-rial Hospital.She was

born on Feb. 3,1941, in Greenville, thedaughter of the lateDavid Smith and Zelma(Smith) Stiver. She grewup in Greenville and in1963, she was marriedto Patrick Gleason whopreceded her in deathon Nov. 17, 2007. Herfamily moved to Middle-town in 1979, where shelived until she retiredfrom the ManchesterInn. Upon retirementshe then moved to Sid-ney to live out her lifewith her siblings, herson and daughter-in-law.In addition to her

husband, Carol was pre-ceded in death by hereldest son, Patrick Jr.;sisters, Goldie andNorma; and one brother,Richard.She is survived by

one son, Joe Gleasonand his wife Rita, of Sid-ney; three grandchil-dren, Eric, Joshua andJulie; sisters, Mrs. Skip(Julia) Brown, of Cali-fornia, Mary Devor, ofGreenville, Mrs. Dean(Marilyn) Howard, ofPiqua, Mrs. Hewbert(Olive) Roberts, of Indi-ana, Opal Ellis, of Lake-view, Sharon Roach, ofSidney, Mrs. Jesse(Hazel) Coffey, ofFletcher, Mrs. Doug

( W a v e l y n )Hewett, of Sid-ney, and LindaWical, of Ken-tucky; twobrothers, DavidSmith andDoyal Stiver Jr.and his wifeBrenda, both of

Sidney; and manynieces, nephews, cousinsand church family andfriends.Carol was a mem-

ber of the World Mis-sions for ChristChurch at 231 Doer-ing St., where funeralservices will be heldon Thursday at 6:30p.m. with PastorDavid Wooten offici-ating.The family will re-

ceive friends onThursday from 4:30p.m. until the hour ofservices at thechurch. Followingservices her body willbe cremated and bur-ial will be at Grace-land Cemetery nextto her late husband.Funeral arrange-

ments are in care of theCromes Funeral Homeand Crematory, 302 S.Main Ave.The family suggests

that memorials can bemade to the World Mis-sions for Christ Churchin memory of CarolGleason. Envelopes willbe available at thechurch.Condolences may be

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is another way the museum acts a facilitator forveterans and the local community, with brochuresand contact information for the Dayton VeteransAdministration and other veterans-related mate-rials prominently displayed.“We’re not just a place for memorabilia. We see

out role as a facilitator, another (veterans commu-nity) resource. We want to help veterans any waywe can,” Purke said.Williamson, 81, of Ludlow Falls, who served in

the Army from 1949-1971, said he had the cannon-ball since 1966, when he was stationed near Gran-ite City, Ill., site of a former Civil War ammunitiondepot.“A guy there had it and knew I was interested

in black powder ordinance and gave it to me,”Williamson said, adding the cannonball was de-fused at that time. He had been storing it on shelfin his basement until this past November, when histhree-year-old great-grandson Riley Thorntondropped it on his foot and broke his toe.“I was looking for a place to keep it. I didn’t want

to get rid of it and when I heard about (VeteransWednesday) I brought it along to give to them,” hesaid.Williamson also donated a 5-poster series of

maps of the Korean conflict, which he has used inpresentations he makes to high school students forthe KoreanWar Veterans Association. He said overthe years, he’s logged 29,000 miles and talked to44,000 students about the Korean War.Purke said the museum will include the can-

nonball in its dedicated Civil War display room,and use the posters as a backdrop for its KoreanWar educational presentations.Wehneman, 86, of Houston in Shelby County,

was a radio operator in the KoreanWar and said hebrought out his wool uniform to donate to the mu-seum.“I wanted to donate it to somebody, and this just

seemed like a good place for it,” Wehneman said.For more information, call the museum at (937)

451-1455, or access www.theyshallnotbeforgot-ten.org.

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COLUMBUS (AP) —Former U.S. senator andastronaut John Glennsays he believes an “unat-tractive” elections processdiscourages the best peo-ple from pursuing publicserviceThe 90-year-old Demo-

crat is optimistic thatgood peoplewill run for of-fice but understands somemight shy from openingtheir lives to intense pub-lic scrutiny, he told TheColumbus Dispatch in awide-ranging interviewpublished Sunday.“If you’re going to run

for high public office now,it’s just a given thatyou’ve got to open upevery bit of your financialinformation and yourmedical records,” saidGlenn, who served 24years in the Senate andretired in 1999.He said political

fundraising was a toughpart of the job.“I’d rather wrestle a

gorilla right here on the

floor than ask anybody forfive bucks — make it adollar,” he said.Glenn said if he were

running for office today,he wouldn’t rule out newtaxes to help balance thebudget.He said he thinksPresident Barack Obamahas done well despite fac-ing many challengeswhen he took office butwishes the federal stimu-lus package that Obamasupported had beenlarger.The interview, con-

ducted late last year atthe Ohio StateUniversitypublic affairs schoolnamed for Glenn, coveredtopics ranging from theeconomy and technologyto his memories and his68-year marriage to hiswife,Annie, now 91.After having knee-re-

placement surgery lastyear, Glenn is slowingdown a bit and has puthis twin-engine BeachBaron up for sale becausehe wasn’t using it much.

WintermarketsgrowingCOLUMBUS (AP) —

The arrival of coldweather hasn’t damp-ened Ohioans’ appetitesfor the fresh produce andlocally produced goodstypically found at farm-ers markets.So the markets are

just setting up shop in-doors.Ohio ranks fifth na-

tionally in terms of thenumber of winter farm-ers markets this year,now at 50 such locationscompared with 34 at thistime last year, accordingto a new study by theU.S. Department of Agri-culture.The growth in the

number of markets is at-tributed to the stepsmore farmers are takingto meet the increasedconsumer demand for lo-cally produced goods,said Adam Schroeder,president of theFarmer’s Market Man-agement Network, aColumbus-based collabo-rative of farmers mar-kets.“Every town now

wants a farmers market,and farmers are workinghard to meet that de-mand,” said Schroeder,who is also market man-ager of the Pearl Market,which operated a wintermarket in downtownColumbus for the pasttwo years as a result of atwo-year grant from theUSDA.The farmers market

likely will return down-town for the 2012 winterseason, he said.

COLUMBUS (AP) —Ohio has started using anautomated swipe-cardsystem to track atten-dance and payments forits subsidized child-careprogram.The state switched this

week to a system inwhichparents swipe cardswhenchildren enter and exitday care, The ColumbusDispatch reported. Ohioissued cards for morethan 100,000 childrenand card-readers for12,000 care providers.It enables the state to

pay directly, instead ofwaiting on county Job andFamily Services depart-ments to compile and sub-mit local billing records totheir state counterpart.Officials hope the switchstreamlines the system,reducing costs and paper-work, but some users sayit causes a hassle whensomeone other than aparent drops off or picksup a child and can’t usetheir card, leaving par-ents to catch up on thecard-swiping later tomake the records correct.

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IN THIS Oct. 26 photo, Air Force ROTC cadet Matt Pirrello, 21, takes a breathbefore beginning a sprint at Pruitt Field on the Ohio University campus inAthens, Ohio. Pirrello is pursuing his goal of becoming an Air Force pilot, de-spite losing his right leg in a parachute-training accident 18 months ago at theAir Force Academy in Colorado.

February is remem-bered for its snow, icestorms and blusterywinds. It began with asnow and ice storm thatcaused widespreadpower outages, endingwith melting snow,heavy rain and flooding.It was below freezing 25of the month’s 28 days.Rain on Feb. 28 totaled1.68 inches, causing theGreat Miami River tocrest at 13.2 feet as thecity and county experi-enced area flooding.

March temperaturesranged from a high of 70degrees to lows of 21 de-grees and precipitationthat totaled almost 5inches. Low tempera-tures in the 20s per-sisted from March 22 tomonth’s end.

The month of April;produced precipitationtotaling 9.35 inches inSidney and ShelbyCounty and at least atrace of rain wasrecorded 21 of its 30days. Below freezingtemperatures wererecorded six days.

May continued tokeep farmers and grow-ers out of their fieldswith continued rainevents. Temperaturesranged from a high of 91degrees on both May 30and 31. Total precipita-tion for the month was

6.82 inches, increasingthe county’s total to26.76 inches with theyear not yet halfwayover.

June began hot anddry, but showers June22, 23 and 25 raised themonth’s precipitationtotal to 3.28 inches.Tem-peratures ranged from ahigh of 95 degrees to alow of 54 degrees,

July proved to be atemperature scorcherwith 18 days in the 90s,the highest, 99 degrees,recorded July 21. Rain-fall, which had totaledonly 1.76 inches earlierin the month, createdconcern for the area’scorn and soybean cropsas a .96 of an inch eventoccurred July 24.

The month of Augustwas hot and dry. Tem-peratures ranged fromhighs of 92 degrees tolows of 50 degrees sev-eral days. Rainfall to-taled only 2.79 inchesduring the month.

September arrivedwith temperatures near100 degrees, ending witha 39-degree reading, butit will be remembered as

a very wet month, pro-ducing a total of 7.24inches of precipitation. Itrained 21 of September’s30 days, including a 1.95inch event on Sept. 25.

October was a studyin contrasts as day-to-day temperaturesranged from an 83 de-gree high to a low of 27degrees. Approachingwinter asserted itselflate in the month as thearea’s tender plant grow-ing season ended Oct. 27through month’s endwith frost and consecu-tive low readings of 27,33 and 32 degrees.

The month of Novem-ber started routinely, buteventually producedrain events totaling 5.22inches and the first ac-cumulating snowfall ofthe 2011-12 winter sea-son. Temperaturesranged from a high of 71degrees Nov. 14 to 23 de-grees on the month’sfinal day.

Weather informationis provided by the Sid-ney Wastewater Treat-ment plant, officialweather reporting sta-tion for Shelby County.

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ROTC cadet who lostleg aims to be pilot

ATHENS (AP) — AnOhio ROTC cadet is pur-suing his goal of becom-ing an Air Force pilot,despite losing his rightleg in a parachute-train-ing accident 18 monthsago at the Air ForceAcademy in Colorado.

Matt Pirrello, of Cen-terville, intends to showthe Air Force that he hasthe physical ability andleadership skills to serve,The Columbus Dispatchreported (http://bit.ly/rL-hwzl ).

Pirrello, 21, joined theAir Force ROTC in 2009.The sophomore business-economics major has re-turned to Ohio

University in Athens butknows he faces chal-lenges in earning an AirForce commission.

“If you’re in the AirForce when you’re hurt,it’s a matter of retention,”he said. “If you’re not inthe Air Force, it’s a mat-ter of whether they willaccept you despite yourinjuries.”

Others have flownwith prosthetic legs afterthey were in the service,but most have beenbelow-the-knee am-putees who can push therudder pedal on a planemore or less normallyand reposition their feetto get to the brake with-

out too much trouble.Pirrello lost his right legabout mid-thigh.

Military pilots alsomust pass courses show-ing that they could evadecapture and survive afterejecting over land andwater, and Pirrello mustwin an exception to AirForce policy. He and hisROTC commander planto file the paperworksoon, though he probablywon’t learn the decisionuntil summer.

Pirrello was injuredduring a basic trainingcourse in parachuting.The first jump wentsmoothly, but high windsswept him off course thesecond time, according tothe accident-investiga-tion report. Turbulenceslammed him into a pole,severing his right leg.Healso broke his left legand tore a biceps at oneshoulder.

The Air Force investi-gation concluded Pirrellowas so focused on histarget that he forgot tomonitor windsocks thatwould have shown cross-winds. But he and sev-eral witnesses think itwas just a freak accidentcaused by turbulence.

Consumerwatchdogis called

smart, toughCOLUMBUS (AP) —

Former Ohio AttorneyGeneral Richard Cor-dray’s contentious tum-ble onto the nationalstage has been anythingbut typical for the intel-ligent, mild-manneredpublic servant who occa-sionally pads about hisoffice in sock feet.

President BarackObama named Cordray,52, as director of theConsumer Financial Pro-tection Bureau in a re-cess appointment duringa visit last week to sub-urban Cleveland.

Republicans critical ofthe new agency hadmanaged to block the ap-pointment since July,saying the agency hastoo much power with toolittle input from Con-gress. Despite Cordray’sbackground of bipartisanappeal, Senate Republi-cans blocked his confir-mation in December.

The bureau was cre-ated as part of the 2010overhaul of the nation’sfinancial regulations, todefend consumer rightswith banks, mortgagecompanies, the credit-card industry, paydaylenders and others.

Perhaps not since Cor-dray’s days as an unde-feated five-timechampion on Jeopardy!has he been at the centerof such heated pushback. The soft-spokenCordray tends to keephis head down and hismedia controversies to aminimum.

“He’s a very seriousperson,” said David Le-land, a former chairmanof the Ohio DemocraticParty, who’s known Cor-dray for more than twodecades. “But this is avery serious job, andthese are serious times.”

His smarts are usu-ally the first thing peoplenotice about Cordray,who earned a law degree

from the University ofChicago (where he editedthe law review) and amaster’s in economicsfrom the University ofOxford. He interned forthen-U.S. Sen. JohnGlenn, the astronaut, na-tive Ohioan and Democ-rat; as well as clerkingfor U.S. Supreme CourtAssociate Justice An-thony Kennedy, a Rea-gan appointee.That builtthe beginnings of a re-sume that would makehim acceptable to eitherparty.

Former Ohio SupremeCourt Justice Andy Dou-glas, a Republican, saidhe’s never known Cor-dray to allow his actionsto be dictated by parti-san concerns.

“I haven’t agreed withwhat they’ve been put-ting him through,” Dou-glas said. “If we reallyprofess that we want thebrightest and the best inpublic service, then he isthat. And to not jump atthe chance to have peo-ple like that in publicservice is a politicalshortcoming that I seegoverning us that’s op-posed to good sense.”

A quartet of highly re-spected Ohio businessleaders, some routinelygenerous to Republicancampaigns, also backedDemocrat Cordray’s se-lection for the new postin a July letter to theSenate Banking Com-mittee. Limited Brands’Leslie Wexner, Procter &Gamble’s retired CEOJohn Pepper Jr., Ameri-can Election Power’sMichael Morris and For-est City Enterprises’ co-chairman emeritusAlbert Ratner called him“the epitome of the judi-cious and fair-mindedpublic servant. He hasimpressed us with his in-telligence, pragmatism,integrity, and service-ori-ented mindset.”

CINCINNATI (AP) —The percentage of foodstamp applications beingprocessed on time is lowerin the county that in-cludes Cincinnati thananywhere else inOhio, ac-cording to a newspaperanalysis of data from theOhio Department of Joband Family Services.

Hamilton County isamong 23 counties thatwere asked to speed uptheir processing last year,The Cincinnati Enquirerreported Sunday.

It found just 45 percentof Hamilton County ap-plications filed for No-vember — the mostrecent totals available —were processed within 30days as required, givingthe county the worstrecord in processing forfive straight months. Thestatewide average was 76percent.

The Enquirer deter-mined the delays have af-fected thousands offamilies since the sum-mer, when attorneys fromthe Legal Aid Society ofGreater Cincinnati con-tacted Job and FamilyServices about the prob-lem.

“We had moms callingus that had no food fortheir children,” saidRegina Campbell, a LegalAid managing attorney.“Literally, they had a boxof cereal in the cupboard,and that’s all they had.”

Hamilton County Joband Family Services offi-cials say state and federalfunding cuts caused layoffsthat led to the delays, andthey’re making changes tospeed things up.

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has dumped more than 3feet (1 meter) of freshsnow in some areas.Part of a major east-

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Ohio (AP)—Wally theWal-mart horse is looking for anew home.That’s the nickname

given to a 9-year-old stan-dardbred horse that a hu-mane society says was leftat a northeast Ohio store byan Amish teenager morethan two months ago. Hu-mane Officer ChristianCourtwright in GeaugaCounty says the teen ap-parently unhooked thehorse from a buggy, tied itto a rail at the Walmart inMiddlefield and never cameback for it.He says store employees

noticed the horse the nextday and tended to it untilpolice took it to a caregiver.

the blessings of our lives,” saidStephanie Aaron, Giffords’rabbi, who recited the 23rdPsalm at an interfaith serviceat the cathedral Sunday after-noon.Relatives of the six dead

walked solemnly down theaisle with a single red rose,placing the flowers in a vase infront of a picture of a heart.Hundreds of people at the

cathedral— including Gov. JanBrewer — stood and chanted,“We remember, we remember,we remember with gratefulhearts.” Some closed their eyeswhile others held each other.Girls in white dresses and

red sashes danced down theaisle as a song called “Hero inthe Dark” played, and a pastorcalled on everyone to celebratethose who were lost and thosewho acted to save lives duringthe shooting.Ron Barber, a Giffords

staffer who survived two gun-shot wounds, said he woke upSunday dreaming about Gif-fords, who was severelywounded, and Giffords stafferGabe Zimmerman, who died.“You have to think about the

six people whose loved onesdon’t have them today,” Barbersaid before the church servicebegan.At the Safeway memorial,

Bruce Ellis and his wife KellyHardesty, both 50, held eachother tight and wept as thebells rang.“It’s shocking to have amas-

sacre like this occur in yourbackyard,” Ellis said. “It’ssomething that happens on thenews, not in your neighbor-hood.”About 30 others rang bells,

hugged each other and cried asthe time of the shootingpassed.Many bowed in prayer.Giffords and her husband,

former astronaut Mark Kelly,went to the scene of the shoot-ing Saturday.They also visitedUniversity Medical Center,where Giffords was treatedafter the attack, and a trail-head outside Tucson named inhonor of Zimmerman.The couple was to join thou-

sands at an evening candle-light vigil at the University ofArizona,with Kelly expected tospeak.At an afternoon event atthe University of Arizona, Col-orado Sen. Mark Udall, who

was born and raised inTucson,spoke about Giffords.He praised Giffords for

working for the good of thecountry, and said other politi-cians can learn from her andmove away from incendiarycomments.“Although Gabby now

struggles with her words attimes, we knowwhat she’s try-ing to say,” Udall said. “It’s asimple concept. Words matter,and these days you don’t hearour elected officials usingwords to bring us together.Toooften words are used asweapons.”Of 9-year-old Christina-Tay-

lor Green, her two best friendsrecalled a girl who aspired todance with Beyonce, to be thefirst woman in Major LeagueBaseball and one day beelected president UnitedStates.“She wasn’t afraid of boys or

sports or anything,” SerenityHammrich said, wearing ablack dress and standing withJamie Stone on stage whilemany in the audience wept.“When shemade student coun-cil, I was so happy for her. Shebelieved it was impossible tohelp others to try tomake a dif-ference in the school and to putothers first.”

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AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Carlos Chavez

MATT MCLEAR, 48, of Tucson, Ariz., looks at a memorial of flowers and crosses across thestreet from the Safeway where one year before a shooting at an event for Rep. Gabrielle Gif-fords left six dead and 13 injured, including Giffords, Sunday in Tucson.

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SOUTH AFRICAN PresidentJacob Zuma raises his glassafter addressing the crowdsgathered for the African Na-tional Congress 100th an-niversary celebrations inBloemfontein, South Africa,Sunday.

Mandela’s party turns 100BLOEMFONTEIN, South

Africa (AP) — Tens of thou-sands of chanting and dancingrevelers waved the green andgold colors of the African Na-tional Congress as Africa’soldest liberation movementcelebrated its 100th anniver-sary Sunday, though manySouth Africans say the partyhasn’t delivered on its prom-ises since taking power in1994.A dozen African leaders

and more former heads ofstate along with African kingsand chieftains attended amidnight ceremony wherePresident Jacob Zuma lit aflame, expected to stay alightthe entire year, at the redbrick, tin-roofed Wesleyanchurch where black intellectu-als and activists founded theparty in 1912.Absent because of his

frailty was Nelson Mandela,

South Africa’s first black pres-ident who is just six yearsyounger than his movement.The world icon was jailed for27 years by the racist whitegovernment and his organiza-tion was formerly declared aterrorist group by the UnitedStates.Joy at the ANC’s leading

role in ending white minorityrule in 1994 was tinged withsadness over its failure tobring a better life to mostSouth Africans, and corrup-tion scandals that have em-broiled its members in recentyears.“It means a lot to be alive

when the ANC is celebrating100 years of its existence,”Mayor Tulani Sebego ofBergville told AssociatedPress Television News.He said the party had

gained strength along withchallenges, “but it has man-

aged to come through it totoday, it is here, 100 years andI want to believe it will reach200 years.”The stadium at Bloem-

fontein, upgraded to a 45,000-seater for the 2010 soccerWorld Cup, overflowed Sun-day with crowds that spilledoutside, dancing and singingunder a blazing sun.“We need to ensure that

our program of transformingour country is accelerated andtaken to new steps,” Zumasaid in an afternoon address,flanked by an aide holding anumbrella.He acknowledged the prob-

lems confronting the ANC,saying it needs to “defeat thedemon of factionalism” and totake “urgent and practicalsteps to restore the core val-ues, stamp out factionalismand promote political disci-pline.”

AP source: Mogul gives$5M to pro-Gingrich groupMANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A Las Vegas billionaire has

contributed $5 million to an independent group backing NewtGingrich, bolstering the former House speaker’s efforts to re-vive his presidential campaign and drawing renewed atten-tion to the role of such groups in the 2012 contest.A person familiar with the development said Sheldon Adel-

son, a casino mogul and longtime donor to Republican candi-dates, made the contribution Friday to Winning Our Future,a super PAC run by Gingrich allies.The person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity and

was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly, said Adel-son is expected to contribute as much or more to groups back-ing the Republican nominee, be it Gingrich or one of hisrivals.Rick Tyler, a former top Gingrich strategist and spokesman

for Winning Our Future, declined comment on the donation,which was first reported by TheWashington Post. Politico re-ported last month that Adelson was prepared to spend $20million to help Gingrich.A 2010 Supreme Court decision easing restrictions on cor-

porate and individual spending laid the groundwork for thesepolitical action committees, or super PACs, which can raiseand spend unlimited amounts of money to influence electionsas long as they do not coordinate directly with a candidate’scampaign. The identities of those who contributed to superPACs in the second half of 2011 won’t be reported until theend of January.Many donors’ names will never be known. Some super

PACs have established nonprofit arms that are permitted toshield contributors’ identities as long as they spend no morethan 50 percent of their money on electoral politics. Cross-roads, the giant conservative outfit tied to former George W.Bush political adviser Karl Rove, operates both a super PACand a nonprofit.Crossroads and other Republican-leaning super PACs

played a significant role in the 2010 midterm elections, help-ing deliver the House to the GOP and boost the number ofRepublicans in the Senate. The 2012 contest is the first to testthe influence of such groups in presidential politics.

Iran reported toenrich uranium at labTEHRAN, Iran (AP) —

Iran has begun uranium en-richment at a new under-ground site built to withstandpossible airstrikes, a leadinghard-line newspaper reportedSunday in another show ofdefiance against Westernpressure to rein in Tehran’snuclear program.The operations at the

bunker-like facility south ofTehran, reported by the Kay-han daily newspaper, aresmall in comparison to Iran’smain enrichment site. Butthe centrifuges at the under-ground labs are consideredmore efficient and areshielded from aerial surveil-lance and protected againstairstrikes by up to 300 feet(90 meters) of mountain rock.Uranium enrichment is at

the core of the internationalstandoff over Iran’s nuclearprogram. The U.S. and its al-lies fear Iran could use its en-richment facilities to develophigh-grade nuclear materialfor warheads.Iran — which claims it

only seeks nuclear reactorsfor energy and research —has sharply increased itsthreats and military postur-ing against stronger pres-

sures, including U.S. sanc-tions targeting Iran’s CentralBank in attempts to compli-cate its ability to sell oil.A senior commander of the

Revolutionary Guard forcewas quoted as sayingTehran’s leadership has de-cided to order the closure ofthe Strait of Hormuz, astrategic oil route, if thecountry’s petroleum exportsare blocked. RevolutionaryGuard ground forces alsostaged war games in easternIran in an apparent displayof resolve against U.S. forcesjust over the border inAfghanistan.Iranian officials have is-

sued similar threats, but thisis the strongest statement yetby a top commander in thesecurity establishment.“The supreme authorities

… have insisted that if ene-mies block the export of ouroil, we won’t allow a drop ofoil to pass through the Straitof Hormuz. This is the strat-egy of the Islamic Republic incountering such threats,”Revolutionary Guard deputycommander Ali Ashraf Nouriwas quoted as saying by an-other newspaper, the Kho-rasan daily.

Bush crashkills twoMISSOULA,Mont. (AP)

— A bus crashed Sundayon an icy interstate high-way in southwestern Mon-tana, killing two peopleand sending more than 30others to area hospitals,officials said.The westbound Rim-

rock Trailways buscrashed on Interstate 90about a mile west of Clin-ton, 18 miles southeast ofMissoula, shortly after 7a.m., Dan Ronan of theAmerican Bus Associationsaid. All of the 34 peopleon board were either in-jured or killed.The crash was one of

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TeensdetainedOCALA, Fla. (AP) — A

judge has placed sevencentral Fla. teens on homedetention after they werecharged with punchingand kicking a 13-year-oldgirl until she was uncon-scious.During Saturday’s

hearing, State AttorneyJohn Zaleskie asked thejudge to detain the youthsuntil arraignment becauseof “extreme violence” andinjuries suffered by thevictim. The teens had noprior arrests.The Ocala Star Banner

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This Evening• Shelby County Girl Scout Leaders Service

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

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

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

anyone desiring to stop eating compulsively, meetsat 7 p.m. at Hillcrest Baptist Church, 1505 S. MainSt., Bellefontaine.• Sidney Boy Scout Troop 97 meets at 7 p.m. at

St. Paul’s United Church of Christ. All new mem-bers are welcome. For more information, call TomFrantz at 492-7075.• Shelby CountyWoodcarvers meets at 7 p.m. at

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

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

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

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

American Legion.Tuesday Evening• Head, Neck and Oral Cancer Support Group

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

Basics, meets at 6:30 p.m. in the Apostolic Temple,210 Pomroy Ave.• The New Bremen Public Library will host Sto-

rytimes at 6:30 p.m.• The Joint Township District Memorial Hospi-

tal, St. Marys, offers a stroke support group meet-ing at 6:30 p.m. This group will help patients,families and caregivers to understand multiplecomponents of strokes. For more information, call(419) 394-3335, ext. 1128.• The Upper Valley Medical Center Cancer Care

Center’s breast cancer support group meets at theFarmhouse on the UVMC Campus, 3130 N. DixieHighway/County Road 25-A. The meeting is opento cancer survivors, families and friends.There willbe a 6:30 p.m. social time and the meeting from 7 to8:15 p.m. For more information, contact Chris Wa-tercutter at (937) 440-4638 or 492-1033 or RobinSupinger at 440-4820.• Caring for Someone with Cancer, a support

group for people caring for cancer patients, meetsfor social time at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting will beat 7 p.m. at Upper Valley Medical Center Campus,3130 N. Dixie Highway,Troy. For more information,contact Robin Supinger at (937) 440-4824 or TamiLee at 492-1925.• The ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity

Disorder) Support Group, sponsored by SwankCounseling, meets from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center, 301 W Main St., Troy.There is no charge, but registration is required bycalling (937) 339-9876. Additional information isavailable at www.johnswank.com.• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill meets at

7 p.m. For more information, call 492-9748.• The Miami-Shelby Chapter of the Barbershop

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

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

at the Moose Lodge. Lunch is held until noon, fol-lowed by a club meeting and program.• Local 725 Copeland Retirees meets at the

Union Hall on County Road 25A for a carry-inlunch at 11:30 a.m. All retirees and spouses arewelcome.Wednesday Afternoon• Senior Independence Wellness Clinic is at

Blossom Village Apartments, 120 Red Bud Circle,Jackson Center from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.The free pro-gram encourages senior citizens to take an activepart in their own wellness. Each clinic will have anurse available to answer general health questions.For more information, call 498-4680 or (800) 287-4680, and ask for Therese Reed.Wednesday Evening•The MS Support Group meets from 5:30 to 6:30

p.m. in St. Rita’s Rehab Outpatient ConferenceRoom, in the basement of the 830 Medical Officebuilding on West North Street, Lima.• The Narcotics Anonymous group, Labor of

Love, meets at 6:30 p.m. at First Christian Church,320 E. Russell Road.• Lima Chronic Pain Support Group meets from

6:30 to 7:30 p.m. onWest High Street, Suite 150, inthe Outpatient Rehabilitation Center/ConferenceRoom, the meeting is free and family members arewelcome. For more information, contact LindaChartrand at (419) 226-9802 or e-mail at [email protected].• Ladies Auxiliary VFW meets at 7 p.m. at the

VFW Hall, 2841 Wapakoneta Ave.Thursday Morning• The New Bremen Public Library will hold Sto-

rytime at 10:30 a.m. for all ages.

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

ANNIVERSARIES

Knouffs celebrate 65 yearsHOUSTON —

Charles L. “Chuck” andDoris June Knouff, ofHouston, celebratedtheir 65th wedding an-niversary Jan. 8, 2012,at a Congregation Chris-tian Church of Houstonservice attended by theirfamily and at a smallfamily gathering follow-ing the service.Charles and the for-

mer Doris June Durnellwere married Jan. 11,1947, in Newport, Ky.Evelyn Smith Roegnerand Noel Roegner wit-nessed the ceremony.Charles is the son of

the late Lester and Flo-rence Knouff. He has aliving sister, FrancesDurnell, of Sidney, a liv-ing brother, JohnnieKnouff, of Celina, a de-ceased sister andbrother-in-law, Ruth andHerman Schultz, a de-ceased brother, ArthurKnouff, and two de-ceased sisters-in-law,Phyllis Knouff and JanetKnouff.June is the daughter

of the late Lewis andAnn Durnell. She hastwo living sisters-in-law,Frances Durnell and

Norma Durnell, both ofSidney. Two brothersand her twin sister,Robert Durnell, EugeneDurnell and Joyce Dur-nell, are deceased.The couple are the

parents of a son anddaughter-in-law, CharlesThomas and Gail Knouff,of Houston; and twodaughters and sons-in-law, Joyce “Joy” Louiseand Bernard Zircher andSusan “Sue” and Viann“John” Slife, all of FortLoramie.They have 11 grand-

children: Christopherand Kelly Knouff, ofAnna; Craig and TeresaKnouff, of Houston; Tim-othy and Krista Knouff,of Springdale, Ark., An-drea and John Ziegler, ofMaria Stein; Janelle andSheldon Barga, of Ver-sailles; Jeff and CaroleSlife, of Celina; Michelleand Steve Sherman, ofYorkshire; Nicholas andSara Zircher, of Fort Lo-ramie; Brian Zircher, ofBellingham, Wash.; andMatthew Zircher andKevin and MarcellaZircher, all of Sidney.They have 23 great-

grandchildren and three

g r e a t - g r e a t -grandchildren.Charles served in the

U.S.Army and is aWorldWar II veteran. He wasemployed at French OilMill Machinery, inPiqua, prior to his be-coming the owner ofCharles L. Knouff Exca-vating from 1972 until2005. He retired at 81.June was employed at

French Oil Mill Machin-ery prior to joining herhusband in their busi-ness, Knouff Excavating.After retiring from thefamily business, she wasemployed by Wal-Martin Sidney beginning in2001. She retired fromWal-Mart in 2007.Charles was a charter

member of the HoustonFire Department whichstarted in May 1973.Both Charles and Junewere charter members ofthe Houston RescueSquad which started in1975.Each held various of-

fices in the Congrega-tional Christian Churchof Houston and theywere members of thePiqua Western SquareDance Club. They con-

tinue as members of theHouston Community As-sociation and the Con-gregation ChristianChurch of Houston.June has enjoyed

many years of doingfamily genealogy and isa member of the ShelbyCounty Genealogical So-ciety.They enjoy traveling,

reading, lawn work, so-cializing with theirfriends and family andan occasional trip to thecasino.

Mr. and Mrs. Knouff

Caregivers learn about Alzheimer’sAlzheimer’s disease is

among the top ten lead-ing causes of death inthe United States, affect-ing more than five mil-lion people across thenation.And for each person

with Alzheimer’s diseaseand related dementias,there can be as many asfour individuals provid-ing daily care. That’swhy Senior Helpers, oneof the largest in-homecare companies for sen-iors, has created a revo-lutionary program tohelp local caregivers andfamilies properly carefor their elderly lovedones battling these dev-astating diseases.The Senior Gems Pro-

gram is the first of its

kind in the in-home careindustry.It’s a step-by-step

guide that teaches localcaregivers and familieshow to care for theirbeloved seniors througheach stage of dementiaand Alzheimer’s. It aimsto improve the lives offamilies touched bythese debilitating dis-eases, both locally andnationally.“Alzheimer’s and de-

mentia are particularlydifficult for family care-givers because it can bean emotional journey foreveryone involved. Notonly can the seniors be-come frustrated withtheir memory loss, butfamily members whooften play the roles of

caregiver can start feel-ing what’s called ‘care-giver burnout,’” saidChristina Chartrand,head of the Senior GemsProgram at SeniorHelpers. “That’s why theSenior Gems Program isso significant. It not onlykeeps our caregivers up-to-date on training tech-niques, but it alsoteaches family memberstips for caregiving suc-cess.”All Senior Helpers lo-

cations are being trainedon the new caregivercurriculum.A core groupof Senior Helpers care-givers will become de-mentia and Alzheimer’scare-certified throughthe training program.Families will receive a

one-of-a-kind DVD (pro-duced by Senior Helpers)featuring a dementiacare expert, where sheaddresses common ques-tions regarding caringfor a loved one with allforms of dementia.The program breaks

down the stages of de-mentia into six progres-sive stages. It helpsprofessional caregiversand families better un-derstand how to commu-nicate with their elderlyloved ones.“I thought dementia

was a memory issuewhen in fact, it’s reallybrain failure,” Char-trand said. “Senior Gemseducates people aboutthe difference betweenaging and dementia.”

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RECENT BIRTHS

CANTRILLMark and Francis

Cantrill, of Sidney, an-nounce the birth of adaughter, Breiley GraceCantrill, Jan. 3, 2012, at6:10 p.m. in theCopeland-Emerson Fam-ily Birth Center at Wil-son Memorial Hospital.She weighed 6

pounds, 7 ounces, andwas 20 inches long.She was welcomed

home by her sister,Aubrey, 5.Her maternal grand-

parents are MichaelMowery and AngelaBowser, both of Sidney.Her paternal grandpar-ents are Kay Cantrill, ofSidney, and the lateScottie Cantrill.Her great-grandpar-

ents are Sandra andJerry Rupert, of Troy,and Pat Blankenshipand Jerry Bowser, bothof Sidney.Her mother is the for-

mer Francis Mowery, ofSidney.

BY SAMANTHACRITCHELL

NEW YORK (AP) —Social media is giving avoice to models who, forthe most part, have builttheir careers as pretty,non-speaking faces.

They’ll tweet whatthey had for breakfast,post behind-the-scenesphotos on Tumblr anduse Facebook to culti-vate “friends” around theworld. Tech-savvy fash-ion followers are eatingit up, gaining entry to aworld that is so often be-hind velvet ropes.

“I realized there wasan audience interestedin what I had to say, notjust the images from mywork,” said model CocoRocha, who alternatespersonal posts and light-hearted tidbits with amore businesslike plat-form to highlight brandsand magazines she’sshooting for as well asher favorite social andcharitable causes.

At age 23, Rocha is nolonger the new girl intown, but her fan base ofmore than 200,000 Twit-ter followers and 66,000Facebook friends (plusTumbler, Google Plusand Instagram accountsand blog readers) givesher “longevity,” she said.“Because I have a voiceand I’m sticking to hav-ing that voice, I feel likeI have extended my ca-reer.”

Name recognition in-creases a model’s value,said Sean Patterson,president of the Wil-helmina agency. Modelswho become celebrities,online or otherwise,might even help reversethe trend of movie andpop stars with “relat-able” personal storiestaking the A-list adver-tising jobs and magazinecovers that used to go tomodels.

With the day of thesupermodel over, modelshave become more “in-terchangeable and dis-posable,” Patterson said.But social media maychange that by lettingmodels define them-selves: “With fan sites,blogs and Facebook, allof a sudden you can fol-low a model and knowwho she is.”

Models with onlinefollowings can also cre-ate extra buzz for brandsthey represent. “I imag-ine, for example, thatVictoria’s Secret likesthat Doutzen (Kroes)has so many Twitter fol-lowers and that she tellsthem, ‘Watch the Victo-ria’s Secret show I’m inat 9 p.m.,” Pattersonsaid.

In addition, socialmedia lets models showthe interesting lives theylead off the runway, andit’s a way for chatty, lik-able personalities toshine. That could tip thebalance of who makes it

big and who doesn’t, saidMichael Flutie, of the E!show “Scouted.”

“If you have 10 beau-tiful girls, all diamondsin the rough to be thenext Christy Turlingtonor Cindy Crawford, youhave to narrow it downsomehow and you’regoing to narrow it downto the four who can com-municate really well dig-itally,” he said.

Flutie, a veteranagent and manager,added that being photo-genic is no longer theonly requirement: “If youcan’t walk and talk, youcan’t really be a success-ful ambassador of abrand. You have to beable to communicate.”

Models should alsoknow how to Google.There’s no excuse for amodel with thousands ofcyber followers to notknow the name of a com-pany’s CEO when sheshows up to shoot its cat-alog, Flutie said.

In the 1990s, Turling-ton, Crawford and their

pals like Linda Evange-lista, Kate Moss andNaomi Campbell werehousehold names, butthey didn’t get to createtheir own personas theway Rocha or Kroes dotoday. The public got toknow those supermodelsin gossip columns andpaparazzi photos; thisnewer generation postsnotes about their yogaposes.

“I started out doingall this as a fun thing bymyself,” said Kroes. “Mybig thing was how Icould give back and howI could tell people I wasinvolved in charity, butthen I figured out how itall fits together: I real-ized I could build myown profile.”

Liane Mullin, co-founder ofModelinia.com, an onlineindustry hub, notes thatmodels have a lot ofcredibility when it comesto posts about “fashion,beauty, fitness, nutritionand food. That’s whatthey’re experts in.

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Christian Academy names homecoming courtChristian Academy

Schools has announcedthe homecoming courtfor 2012.

The homecomingcourt comprises sevenseniors. Candidates forhomecoming queen areKatie Clason, grand-daughter of Becky Wil-son; Ashley Inman,daughter of Chad andRhonda Inman; LaurenJenkins, daughter ofDon and Heidi Southam;Veronica Murphy,daughter of Scott andDiana Huffman; and

Holly Spencer, daughterof John and SonyaSpencer, all of Sidney.

Candidates for home-coming king areJonathon Aukerman,son of Dan Aukermanand Judy Burton, ofJackson Center, andDavid Wilcox, son ofRoger and Dolly Wilcox,of Sidney.

This year’s attendantsare juniors Andrew Dit-mer, son of Mark and Sh-eryl Ditmer, and KyleeDeitz, daughter of Pauland Christy Deitz; soph-

o m o r e sCaleb Or-dean, sonof Jim andLee Or-dean, andS e a n aF r e w ,daughter ofSean andP a u l aFrew; andfreshmen DerekSpencer, son of John andSonya Spencer, andMakenzie Milks, daugh-ter of Tony and ChandraSlade.

The homecominggames Jan. 20 will beginat 6 p.m. with the var-sity girls’ followed by thevarsity boys’, at 7:30p.m., playing Grandlake

Christian School.Crowning of the home-coming king and queenwill take place duringhalftime of the boys’game.

Homecoming festivi-ties will continue Jan. 21with a night of activitiesfrom 7 to 10 p.m. with atheme of “Under The BigTop.”

Clason AukermanJenkins InmanSpencer MurphyWilcox

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Katelyn Seger (left), Lindsey Hilgefort and LoganAlbers get ready for the Loramie Cancer Cru-saders’ prom dress exchange Sunday at Fort Lo-ramie Elementary School, 35 Elm St.Nonrefundable donations to display dresses andaccessories to sell are $3 per accessory, $3 perpair of shoes and $7 per dress. Items may bedropped off from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. People want-ing to buy items may shop from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.Admission is free. Proceeds benefit LoramieCancer Crusaders.

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Rehabcenteroffers

programPIQUA — The Reha-

bilitation Center forNeurological Develop-ment, 1306 GarbryRoad, Piqua, is acceptingregistrations for anafter-school, 10-week, in-tensive neurodevelop-mental program whichwill begin Jan. 23.

The program is de-signed to address theunique needs of 6-to-10-year-old elementary stu-dents who display delaysand difficulties in theircurrent academic set-tings.

The program com-prises two-hour sessionsper day, four days perweek. Services will beprovided in a group set-ting. At least 10 childrenshall be enrolled and thesessions are scheduledfrom 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.Mondays through Thurs-days.

A registration fee of$50 is required and willbe applied to the pro-gram fee which is $200.For information, call(937) 773-7630.

Technology Exposcheduled at SHS

For those who know alot about technologyand for those who arestill learning, a Technol-ogy Expo will be held atthe Sidney High Schoolon Jan. 21 from 9 a.m.until noon.

The event is throughthe Shelby County AreaGifted Advocates(SAGA), Sidney CitySchools and the ShelbyCounty EducationalService Center, in part-nership with Shiny-Door.com. Admissionand parking are free.Plan to use the west en-trance, near the cafete-ria.

The event will havesessions to help answerquestions about digitalfootprints, how to keepyour personal accountinformation safe andhow to use new gadgetsto their full potential.

Technology Expo isdesigned for bothtechno-natives andtechno - immigrants.Techno-natives are

those who have grownup with the Internet intheir lives since day oneand techno-immigrantsare those who first en-countered the Internetas adults and are dis-covering its many, var-ied, and unusual uses.

The Expo format fea-tures Angela Siefer,founder of Shiny-Door.com, a companywhose services includepresentations, guidance,program development,customized workshopsand grant writing forsmall businesses andnon-profit or govern-ment agencies.

Her keynote addressand follow-up sessionswill help participants toenhance their digitalimages and networkingcapabilities.

Expo attendees willchoose among other infosession such as “Crimi-nal Investigation in theDigital Age,” “KeepingUp With Techno-Na-tives,” “Keeping Your

Personal Data Secure,”and “Networking forCareer and Social Suc-cess.”

Teens will welcomesessions designed espe-cially for them, “Hot,New Technologies”,with opportunities toshare apps, games, andother great sites.

School rules will betemporarily suspended,so phones, pads, tablets,notebooks and readerswill be allowed and en-couraged.

Local hardware andservice providers willhave displays and willbe ready to answerquestions throughoutthe morning.

All attendees willhave a chance to windoor prizes donated byexhibitors and sponsors.

For more informa-tion, contact MegganWeaver at Sidney Mid-dle School 497-2225,ext. 1316 or email her [email protected].

Open to adults and students

Foundationlists 96

scholarshipsScholarship funds ad-

ministered by the Com-munity Foundation ofShelby County willaward 96 scholarshipsthis spring with a totalvalue of more than$105,000. An additional14 scholarship renewalswill also be available tosome students who re-ceived a scholarship lastyear.

“Forty-four scholar-ship funds will provideawards to high schoolseniors or alumni,” saidMarian Spicer, founda-tion executive director.“Several individuals,families and civic groupsare giving students anopportunity to better af-ford a college education.”

Some scholarships arefor students graduatingfrom a particular highschool and others arecounty-wide. Certainscholarships are for stu-dents majoring in a vari-ety of medical, educationor fine art fields.

For the first time, theCommunity Founda-tion’s application will beonline. Students may ac-cess the application bygoing to the foundation’snewly revised website atwww.commfoun.com and

going to the “Receive”menu where “Scholar-ships” is the appropriatemenu item. Applicantsmay select from a menuof applications or theGeneral Combined Ap-plication. As in the past,scholarships arearranged by school dis-trict, enabling a studentto review eligibility re-quirements for severalscholarships and toapply using one, com-bined form.

“We highly encouragestudents to begin com-piling their transcripts,their FAFSA.gov EFCnumbers and requestingrecommendation lettersnow, even though appli-cations for most highschool senior scholar-ships are not due untilMarch 22,” said Spicer.“The online applicationcan be started and thencompleted in future ses-sions, but incomplete ap-plications will berejected if not finishedby the deadline.”

The CommunityFoundation of ShelbyCounty has been admin-istering charitable fundsfor 60 years. For infor-mation, contact the of-fice at 497-7800.

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AGRICULTUREContactNews EditorMelanie Speicher with storyideas and news releases byphone at (937) 498-5971; e-mail, [email protected];or by fax, (937) 498-5991.

BY JUDY FRILLINGShelby County Master

Gardeners

Ah! Winter is here atlast. I have finishedcleaning the flower bedsand tilling the garden inpreparation for another,hopeful, productive veg-etable garden this com-ing spring.Here come the seed

catalogues and adver-tisements for new fan-gled tools for gardeningease, new hybrid bulbsand seeds that will domiraculous feats to pre-vent disease. This is oneof the things on the win-ter check list to do-butfirst consider thesethings for the cominggrowing season to besure you are ready:If you have dug up

any bulbs, rhizomes,corms and tuberous rootflowers such as dahlia,gladiolus, and cannasfor the winter be sure tocheck them to assurethat they are not dryingout. If you collectedseeds from sunflowers,marigold, cosmos, zin-nias, as well as heirloomvegetables such astomatoes, peppers, andsquash be sure to labeland store them in a cooland dry place. Theseseeds can be sproutedthis spring for your gar-den.Sharpen your hoes,

saws, mower blades,spades, shovels, trowels,shears, pruners, snip-pers, loppers, and clip-pers. Considerreplacing any tools thathave served you wellbut are showing theirage. A film of oil will dowonders in keeping thetools preserved for the

winter without rust in-sulting them.Don’t forget to gather

up all the stakes, cages,and sections of fencing,rain gauges, twine, plantlabels, watering devices,scarecrows, slug barsand stepping stones. Allthese things are handyin the growing season,and will no doubt be use-ful this growing season.Check hoses and sprin-klers for cracks to con-serve water.For the newly estab-

lishing plants, wateringwill continue to be nec-essary throughout thewinter months. Be sureto check the new plantsregularly looking forwinter heaving (popout). If this should bethe finding because ofthe freezing and thaw-ing conditions , theroots will need to be re-planted in the soil andadd more mulch, woodchips, or straw andwater to keep the plantin the ground, but don’tover water. The heavingoccurred because theplant probably wasplanted late and theroots did not have achance to establishthemselves.Make sure protective

tree wraps haven’t comeloose. After heavysnows, remove excessloads from ornamentalshrubs and trees to pre-

vent branch damage.Think about conserv-

ing water by using rainwater for vegetable gar-dens, potted plants, andflower beds. Rain bar-rels are a great way tocollect water and recyclebarrels. I have friendswho have hooked uppumps, timers and hosesto rain barrels to makean easy process of trans-ferring water to garden-ing areas. There aremany plans available onthe internet and yourimagination can bringgreat self satisfaction onhelping Mother Nature.This spring the

Shelby Soil and WaterConservation Districtwill have tree seedlingsfor sale. These seedlingsare very nice small treesthat can be used to re-place damaged or dis-eased trees that youmight have. You mightconsider a wind break onthe west-north sides ofyour home to help withconservation of energy,also adds beauty, wildlife habitat, and air con-ditioning in the summertime.So don’t put your gar-

dening gloves and toolsaway quite yet. Be sureto keep an eye on theplants throughout thewinter. A little extra ef-fort in the winter canhelp ensure living plantscome next spring.You might consider

MG training this Febru-ary-May, call the OSUExtension office, 498-7239, for details.A thought for you: “If

you’ve never experiencedthe joy of accomplishingmore than you can imag-ine, plant a garden.”Robert Brault

BY CASEY BURDICKService Forester

ODNR, Division ofForestry

I have talked to manyfrustrated landownerswhose timber sales didnot go as expected. I askthem three simple ques-tions: “Did you have agood timber sale con-tract?”, “Were the treesmarked by a foresterprior to the harvest?”,and “Have you everworked with a forester?”Unfortunately, mostlandowners answer no toall three of these ques-tions, and there is littleor nothing that can bedone to correct the situ-ation. I am not trying toscare anyone away fromcutting their timber be-cause a proper harvestcan be very beneficial forthe woods while provid-ing a source of income.However, you do need toapproach a timber har-vest like you would anyother business transac-tion where thousands ofdollars exchange hands.Educate yourself andhave a plan before youdo anything.Here are a few things

that will help ensuresuccess with anyforestry practice you

choose to do on yourproperty:1. Clearly mark your

property boundaries(with fencing or paint) sothat you, your neighbor,and the logger canclearly tell who ownswhat.2. Have a forester cre-

ate a forest stewardshipplan for you, outliningtasks that will help youreach whatever goalsyou have for your woods.3. If a forester deter-

mines that it is time toharvest timber, have thetrees marked and talliedprior to marketing thetimber to the loggingcommunity.4. If you are uncom-

fortable working with alogger, hire a consultingforester to work with youthrough the entireprocess including mark-ing, marketing, and tim-ber sale administration.

http://www.osafdirec-tory.com/5. Get more than one

bid on your timber tohelp determine whatyour timber is actuallyworth. Competitiondrives any market.6. Get everything in

writing. Have a good salecontract that both youand the logger agree toso there are no sur-prises.7. Monitor the

progress of the harvest.If you have a property

that contains woods, re-gardless of size, whetheryou think you want toharvest or not, pleasehave a forester help youcreate a long-term plan.Being educated aboutyour forestland and hav-ing a plan is the bestway to prevent the temp-tation of a quick dollarand a lot of frustration.For more information

v i s i thttp://www.ohiodnr.com/forestry orhttp://www.callb4ucut.com. Casey Burdick is theOhio Department ofNatural Resources, Divi-sion of Forestry, ServiceForester, who assistslandowners in Shelbyand other area counties.She can be reached bycalling (513) 932-6836.

Columbus —United Producers Inc.(UPI) is supporting the future genera-tion of agriculture through its schol-arship program.UPI is offering two $1000 scholar-

ships in each of its 16 districts to de-serving high school and collegestudents pursuing agriculture de-grees.“The future of agriculture depends

on those who are currently consider-ing and pursuing a career in this crit-ical industry,” said Dennis Bolling,President and CEO,United ProducersInc. “We want to do all we can to en-courage students who have an inter-est in agribusiness, farming,

veterinary medicine or other agricul-ture-based industries to pursue theircareers, and this is our way of helpingthem do so.”Applicants must be a Preferred

Member of UPI or a child or grand-child of a Preferred Member, and a2012 graduating high school seniorenrolled in, or a student currentlyattending, a college or technicalschool studying an agriculture-re-lated field. Completed applicationsand essays must be postmarked byApril 1.Visit www.uproducers.com for more

information and to download an ap-plication form.

GRANVILLE — Howpeople and institutionscan help finance the localfood system, how farmersand local food businesscan access capital, andwhat local financingmodels are out there arethe topics of an all daypreconference workshopon Feb. 17 and a keynoteaddress and workshop onFeb. 18 featured as partof the Ohio EcologicalFood and Farm Associa-tion’s (OEFFA) 33rd an-nual conference, “Sowingthe Seeds of Our FoodSovereignty,” inGranville.The events will fea-

ture Slow Money Al-liance founder andchairman Woody Taschwho will provide aprimer on Slow Money, anational effort to encour-age sustainable financialinvestments that supportlocal, community-basedfood and farm busi-nesses.“Slow Money is a

movement and an invest-ment strategy,” saidRenee Hunt, OEFFA’sprogram director and theorganizer of the event.“Slow Money is aboutfinding meaningfulplaces for people to puttheir money to work,right in their own com-munities.”A former venture cap-

italist and entrepreneur,Tasch inspired the SlowMoney movement bywriting Inquiries into theNature of Slow Money:Investing as if Food,Farms, and FertilityMat-tered. He is the formerchairman of Investors’

Circle, which has in-vested $133 million in200 early stage sustain-ability businesses since1992 and served as treas-urer of the Jessie SmithNoyes Foundation.The full day-precon-

ference event will takeplace from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. on Feb. 17 and fea-ture panels of expertsand practitioners whowill discuss the chal-lenges of capitalizing thelocal food economy andstrategies to nurturelong-term impact andprosperity. Additionally,the event will showcaseSlow Money-type modelsin Ohio and elsewhereand provide attendeeswith an opportunity tonetwork with individualsand representatives frombusinesses, organiza-tions, and governmentinterested in investing intheir local food system.In addition to Woody

Tasch, pre-conferencepresenters will includeJohn Mitterholzer, TheGund Foundation; MarkBarbash, MB EconomicDevelopment Consulting;Joe Cimperman, Cleve-land City Council; ToddDeiterrle, New HarvestVentures; Jessica Eickle-berry, Local RootsMarketand Café; Leslie Schaller,ACEnet; Becky Rondy,Green Edge Gardens;Representatives fromThe Economic and Com-munity Development In-stitute of Columbus,Kemba Bank, InsightBank, and Farm CreditServices of Mid-AmericaTasch’s conference

keynote address, Slow

Money: Investing as ifFood, Farms, and Fertil-ityMatter,will take placefrom 4 to 5:15 p.m. onFeb. 18. Earlier in theday,Tasch will be leadinga workshop, Slow Money101: Where is it ComingFrom,Where is it Going?,from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.The state’s largest

sustainable food andfarm conference, theevent draws more than1,000 attendees fromacross Ohio and the Mid-west. In addition toTasch, this year’s confer-ence will feature keynotespeaker Andrew Kim-brell; more than 70 in-formative, hands-onworkshops; two featuredpre-conference events; atrade show; a fun and ed-ucational kids’ confer-ence and child care area;locally-sourced and or-ganic homemade mealsand Saturday eveningentertainment.All events will take

place at Granville Middleand High Schools, 248New Burg St. inGranville. Pre-registra-tion is required. Cost forthe pre-conference is $45for members and $55 fornon-members, and in-cludes lunch. Cost for theconference is $115 formembers and $175 fornon-members, and mealsmust be purchased sepa-rately. Prices vary forlate registrations, stu-dents, and one-day onlyregistrations. Go tohttp://www.oeffa.org/con-ference2012.php for moreinformation or to registeronline and receive $5 offthe registration fee.

Frazeysburg — Jan. 21 is the datefor the Ohio Christmas Tree Associa-tion (OCTA) Winter Meeting to takeplace at Kottman Hall on the campusof The Ohio State University inColumbus.Mike Gutridge and the Winter

Meeting Committee have put to-gether a meeting that will be high-

lighted by social media, legal consid-erations for leasing farmland for oiland gas, invasive plants plus muchmore.Registration information can be

found on the OCTA website atwww.ohiochristmastree.com or by con-tacting the OCTA Office at (740) 828-3331.

DELAWARE — TheOhio Corn MarketingProgram (OCMP) hasannounced new officersfor 2012 who will collec-tively represent andpromote the industrysuccess of BuckeyeState corn and work onbehalf of the state’s corngrowers.The 2012 OCMP offi-

cers are:• Chairman Paul

Herringshaw, of Bowl-ing Green• Vice Chairman

Mark Schwiebert, ofHamler• Secretary Brian

Harbage, of SouthCharleston• Treasurer Les Im-

boden, of Ashville“I’m confident that

our new officers willhelp develop and ex-pand markets for corn tofinancially safeguardOhio’s corn producers,”said OCMP Interim Ex-ecutive Director TaddNicholson.The new officers are

responsible for monitor-ing and taking action re-garding legislativeissues about the educa-tion, transportation,risk-management andindustrial demand ofthe sector.

Call before you cutConservationin the county

It’s winter: Time to getready to plant your garden

OCTA plans winter meeting

OCMP members select officersEconomic Impact of

Ohio Corn• Supports nearly

34,000 jobs• Generates nearly

$359,000,000 in labor in-come• Contributes nearly

$1,500,000 to the state’sGDP (value-added)Ohio produced an es-

timated 511 millionbushels of corn in 2011.The Ohio Corn Mar-

keting Program was ap-

proved by an affirmativevote of Ohio's corn pro-ducers. The voluntary,self-help program allowsfor the collection of a halfcent-per-bushel assess-ment by all first pur-chasers of the grain.Funds from the programcan only be invested forresearch, market devel-opment, education andpromotion purposes.Visit www.ohiocorn.orgfor more information.

UPI accepting scholarship applications

Food, farm conference set

The real estatetransfers listed belowhave been recorded atthe office of ShelbyCounty Recorder JodiL. Siegel.

Transfers listed alsoinclude tax-exemptproperty transfers inwhich no dollar amountis listed. Shelby CountyAuditor Denny Yorksaid the exemptionsnormally involve trans-actions within a familyand therefore no publicrecord of the dollaramount is recorded.

WashingtonTownship

Lillian Sergent, de-ceased, to RaymondLawson, PalmerWatkins Subdivision,lots 1 and 2, exempt.

BotkinsRobert L. Chandler

III to Boats PropertiesLLC, lot 12 plus partvacated alley adjacent

lot, exempt.Houston

Susan K. MyersNearon estate to Sec-ond National Bank, lots4 and 5 plus part va-cated alley adjacent, ex-empt.

SidneyFederal National

Mortgage Association toCorey G. Shreves andJames Todd Brown,part lot 900, $17,000.

Andrew A. and An-drea Steenrod to DaleScott and Sherry E.Guinther, Zink Subdivi-sion, lot 2580, $108,000.

Mary E. Lefevre toCarl O. and Mary E.Lefevre, trustees, Par-menter Subdivision,

lots 2262 and 2263, ex-empt.

Mary E. Lefevre,trustee, to Thomas M.Sniffen, ParmenterSubdivision, lot 2262and 2263, $64,000.

Charles E. ShepherdIII and Connie J. (Shep-herd) Bell to Francis E.Vernon, Plum Ridge De-velopment Phase 7, lot6714, $156,000.

Frederick L. andSusan L. Elsass toFrederick L. Elsass,Plum Ridge Develop-ment Phase V, lot 6312,exempt.

HSBC Bank USANA, trustee, to EHPooled 611 LP, part lot417, $13,000.

DR. WAL-LACE: I’m 19and a first-yearstudent at theUniversity ofMichigan. Twoyears ago, Idated a guy forabout fourmonths. I en-joyed beingwith him andcared for himvery much, butI broke up withhim because he was get-ting too serious. Hetalked about our gettingmarried and even hadnames picked out for our“three” children. At thetime, both of us were liv-ing in Grosse Point,Mich. After the split, Inever saw him again. Hequit school and joinedthe Marines.

I think about himfrom time to time, won-dering how he is doingwith all the world con-flict going on. I’m seeingsomeone else, so I’m notinterested in relightinga romantic flame. Iknow that his parentsare still residing inGrosse Point and I’mthinking about contact-ing them. What wouldbe the better choice — tocall them and ask howtheir son is doing andwhere he is stationedand let it go at that, orshould I also ask for hisaddress so I could writeto him? Remember, Idon’t want to give himany idea that we have achance to get back to-gether. I prefer to just bean interested and sup-portive friend. — Sara,Ann Arbor, Mich.

SARA:Ask for his ad-dress and write to him.He will be glad to hearfrom you. Mail call is an

immensely im-portant time forthose serving inthe military.

DR. WAL-LACE: The guyI’m dating iscute and popu-lar and a lot ofmy friends thinkthat I’m fortu-nate in havingsuch a “cool”boyfriend. Theproblem is that

my moral standards arehigh and this guy hassex on the brain. Everydate winds up in awrestling match. Thereis nothing I can say ordo to change his behav-ior. He says he can’t helphimself because he lovesme so much.

I do like this guy a lot,and I pray every nightthat he will behave him-self, but so far, myprayers haven’t been an-swered. Do you believethat prayers are an-swered? — Nameless,Orlando, Fla.

NAMELESS: Yes, Ibelieve in the power ofprayer, but not allprayers appear to be an-swered. High moralstandards and a case of“sex on the brain” makefor a bad mix. When aboy and a girl wrestle,the girl usually comesout the loser. Eventhough he is cute andpopular, dump him.

DR. WALLACE: Theother daymy dad found aletter written to me froma friend who lives inFlorida.Well, he read theletter and commentedthat my friend seems abit wild. His reading theletter upset me, and Itold him he had no rightto read my mail withoutmy permission.

Dad responded thathe can read any mailthat comes into thehouse, no matter who itis addressed to. He alsothinks that, since I’m 14,there shouldn’t be anymail I receive that Ishouldn’t want him toread. My question isthis: Should my dadhave the right to readmy mail without my per-mission? I can’t ask mymother, because in ourhouse my dad is king. —Heather, Davenport,Iowa.

HEATHER: All par-ents have the right, butwise parents ask per-mission. If the answer isno, but the parent is sus-picious of the letter’scontent, then the parentshould exert parentalauthority and read theletter.

When a parent askspermission to read ateen’s personal letter, itmakes the teen awarethat her privacy is re-spected even when hernegative answer is over-ruled.

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]. Tofind out more about Dr.Robert Wallace and readfeatures by other Cre-ators Syndicate writersand cartoonists, visit theCreators Syndicate web-site at www.creators.com.

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LOCAL NEWS Sidney Daily News, Monday, January 9, 2012

YOUR HOROSCOPEBY FRANCIS DRAKE

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

For Tuesday,Jan. 10, 2012

ARIES(March 21 to April 19)

It’s easy to go over-board having fun today.You might spend toomuch money on goodtimes, or you might gam-ble too much or eat toomuch.

TAURUS(April 20 to May 20)You might be overly

generous to family mem-bers today, especially fe-males. Or you mightoverindulge in entertain-ing at home. There defi-nitely is an element ofexcess to whatever youdo today.

GEMINI(May 21 to June 20)In discussions with

relatives, siblings andneighbors, remain realis-tic. Keep your feet on theground. Don’t stretch thetruth or promise morethan you can deliver.

CANCER(June 21 to July 22)This is a good day for

business and finance,but you might go over-board in some way. Youmight overestimatesomething, or you might

spend too much money.Do be careful.

LEO(July 23 to Aug. 22)Today the Moon is in

your sign, which makesyou a bit luckier than allthe other signs. But italso can make you moreemotional than usual. Beaware of this.

VIRGO(Aug. 23 to Sept. 22)You feel quite selfless

today; in other words,you’re willing to put theneeds and wants of oth-ers before your own.You’re not being a mar-tyr. You care.

LIBRA(Sept. 23 to Oct. 22)You definitely will

enjoy the company ofgroups today, whether insmall meetings or largeconferences. Your ex-changes with females, inparticular, will be upbeatand enthusiastic.

SCORPIO(Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)If only briefly, others

will notice you today, es-pecially bosses, parents,teachers and VIPs. Beaware of this. You mightgive the impression ofoverdoing something.

SAGITTARIUS(Nov. 22 to Dec. 21)You want to do as

much as possible today!You want to travel, talkto people from differentbackgrounds, read, studyand learn as much aspossible. You’re hungry

to broaden your hori-zons.

CAPRICORN(Dec. 22 to Jan. 19)Gifts, goodies and fa-

vors from others willcome your way today.However, if you are shar-ing something or youneed to divide a specificamount of something, beprudent.

AQUARIUS(Jan. 20 to Feb. 18)You might have to go

more than halfway whendealing with otherstoday because the Moonis directly opposite yoursign.This isn’t a big deal.Be accommodating.

PISCES(Feb. 19 to March 20)You’ll enjoy working

with others today. Peopleare happy and easygo-ing. However, don’t ac-cept more than you canhandle.

YOU BORN TODAYYou’re self-sufficient andindependent. You’re alsorealistic, no-nonsense inyour approach to life andalways colorful! You cer-tainly know how to takecare of yourself. Youspeak your mind with-out hesitation, and yes,you have opinions! Oth-ers admire your courageand mettle. In the com-ing year, you will studyor learn something valu-able to you. Make an ef-fort to do this.

Birthdate of: Janet

Jones, actress; EvanHandler, actor; SarahShahi, actress.

For Wednesday,Jan. 11, 2012

ARIES(March 21 to April 19)

If you are asked to ac-cept increased responsi-bilities for something,say yes. Surprisingly,you will be able to han-dle whatever it is veryeasily. You can do it!

TAURUS(April 20 to May 20)Grab every opportu-

nity to travel or learnsomething new, becauseyou are hungry for ad-venture and new knowl-edge. You feel the need tobroaden your experienceof the world.

GEMINI(May 21 to June 20)Discussions about

shared property, insur-ance matters, inheri-tances, taxes and debtare of primary impor-tance right now. Try toclear up as many looseends as you can in theseareas.

CANCER(June 21 to July 22)Focus on partnerships

and close friendshipsright now. Every goodpartnership requirescompromise, somethingto think about thismonth.

LEO(July 23 to Aug. 22)Because you have lots

of energy to work hardright now, make themost of it. Your desire tobe efficient and effectivecan make your life runmore smoothly!

VIRGO(Aug. 23 to Sept. 22)Love affairs, romance,

the theater, the enter-tainment world, sports,playful activities withchildren and wonderfulvacations are tops onyour menu right now.You want to have fun!

LIBRA(Sept. 23 to Oct. 22)Family discussions

are significant becauseyour focus on home andyour private life mattersto you right now. Stealsome privacy at home ifyou can.

SCORPIO(Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)Short trips, busy er-

rands and discussionswith neighbors and sib-lings keep you on therun. The pace of yourdays will accelerate dur-ing the next few weeks.Just accept this.

SAGITTARIUS(Nov. 22 to Dec. 21)Although your focus

seems to be on money,earnings and cash flowright now, actually,you’re wondering aboutyour values in life. Inother words, what reallymatters?

CAPRICORN(Dec. 22 to Jan. 19)It’s easy to attract fa-

vorable circumstancesand people to you nowbecause the Sun, Mer-cury and Pluto are inyour sign. This makesyou powerful!

AQUARIUS(Jan. 20 to Feb. 18)Work alone or behind

the scenes, because youneed some privacy rightnow. You need downtimeto mentally pull your acttogether.

PISCES(Feb. 19 to March 20)Think about your

dreams for the future. Ifyou think these dreamsare possible, the likeli-hood of them becomingtrue will be stronger.Your belief in what youcan manifest is power-ful! (But you have to be-lieve it.)

YOU BORN TODAYYou’re hardworking anddependable. You do yourhomework.Your sense ofself-discipline and ethicswill always guaranteequality results for you,no matter what you do.(People respect you forthis.) You understandthe underpinnings ofsomething, which is whyyou’re quick to see howthings work. Your yearahead might be one ofthe most powerful yearsof your life. Dream big!

Birthdate of: JeanChretien, politician;Amanda Peet, actress;Naomi Judd, singer.

Write — he’ll be gladto hear from you

’Tween12 & 20Dr. RobertWallace

Jackson Center BOE namespresident, sets schedule

JACKSON CENTER— The Jackson CenterBoard of Education metfor the first time thisyear Wednesday and re-elected BradWren as itspresident.

Kristine Mullenhourwas elected vice presi-dent. Kristen Davis wassworn in as a newlyelected member. Wren,and Matt Kohler weresworn in as re-electedmembers.

Also present at themeeting was memberDana Ware.

The board approved aschedule of meetings for2012 that is unchangedfrom 2011:Meetings willbe every third Monday of

the month at the school.In addition, it voted to

pay $80 per meeting toboard members electedprior to January 2010and $100 per meeting toboard members electedand taking office in Jan-uary 2010 and January2012. Payment is limitedto 12 meetings per year.

Business mileage re-imbursement will be atthe rate of 45 cents permile, unchanged from aprevious board action.

During the meeting,the board went into ex-ecutive session, accord-ing to Treasurer TonyMeyer, and when theycame out of the session,they accepted the resig-

nation of part-timehealth and physical edu-cation instructor CarlMoeller. He has been aJackson Center Schoolsemployee since 1999 andresigned to take a joboutside the educationworld, Meyer said.

A substitute teacherwill fulfill Moeller’s du-ties until the end of thecurrent school year.

“That will give theboard time to see if thatposition can be absorbedwithout cuts in the cur-riculum,” Meyer said.

The board heard a re-port that rusted pipescaused several recentwater leaks, includingone on New Year’s Eve.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

ANNA — Anna Vil-lage Council will meetTuesday at 7 p.m. in thecouncil chambers to dis-cuss amending previouswater ordinances.

Council also will heara resolution opposingany action by the Ohio

governor or General As-sembly to remove con-trol of local income taxcollection and adminis-tration from municipal-ities and centralizecontrol within a stateagency or third-partyentity.

Changes to waterordinances on agenda

COMICS Sidney Daily News, Monday, January 9, 2012

CRYPTOQUIP

BIG NATE

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

BLONDIE

HI AND LOIS

BEETLE BAILEY

ARLO AND JANIS

SNUFFY SMITH

GARFIELD

BABY BLUES

FUNKY WINKERBEAN

MUTTS

DILBERT

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE

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DENNIS THE MENACE FAMILY CIRCUS

Monday, Jan. 9, 2012Being determined to get more out oflife in the year ahead, you’ll be moti-vated to make some favorable changesin your daily round.Once you put yourmind to it, you’ll come up with severalgood ideas to refresh your existence.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Toyour credit, you’ll establish somemeaningful objectives for yourself. Bydoing so, it’s likely that a number ofyour substantial targets will bereached.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Goahead and make the pitch that you’vehad in the back of your mind. Youhave the ability and expressive knackto capture the imagination and sup-port of others.PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Al-though most people are likely to findunexpectedly shifting conditionssomewhat traumatizing, you’re apt tothrive on them. You’ll figure out waysto use them to your advantage.ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Youshould make arrangements to meetwith a particular person who is im-portant to your immediate plans. Ifyou don’t go overboard when express-ing your needs, he or she can beswayed to your side.TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — A sub-stantial portion of your time might bedevoted to helping another sort outhis or her affairs. Although there’snothing in it for you, you will benefitfrom your good deed later on.GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Keep-ing busy will be a very pleasant expe-rience for you. Even if a smalldisturbance or disruption shouldoccur, your excellent frame of mindwill help you handle it masterfully.CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Itwould be a good idea to tidy up thingsin places where you see that othershave left things dangling. You have aremarkable faculty for organizationand order.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You’re enti-tled to relax and have some fun time,but make sure you have your workdone first. If not, mundane activitiesare likely to eat up most of your day.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Be re-sourceful and enterprising if you’d liketo have an especially good day. It canbe remarkably rewarding if you givemore meaningful endeavors your at-tention.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Just be-cause others have offered a number ofsuggestions, don’t hold back yourideas, especially if you think they’rebetter. If your brainstorms have merit,those involved will feel the thunder.SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — If youget an opening to speak up regardinga debt that is owed you, don’t hesitateto take it. People who are short of cashsometimes ignore their obligations aslong as possible.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Inmany instances, we are inclined to re-flect the verve and mood of our com-panions, which is likely to be the casefor you currently. If you’re around asullen type, take a powder.COPYRIGHT 2012 United FeatureSyndicate, Inc.

HOROSCOPE CROSSWORDTODAY IN HISTORY

Today is Monday, Jan. 9,the ninth day of 2012. Thereare 357 days left ini theyear.Today’s Highlight in His-

tory:On Jan. 9, 1972, reclusive

billionaire Howard Hughes,speaking by telephone fromthe Bahamas to reporters inHollywood, said a purportedautobiography of him byClifford Irving was a fake.On this date:In 1788, Connecticut be-

came the fifth state to rat-ify the U.S. Constitution.In 1793, Frenchman Jean

Pierre Blanchard, using ahot-air balloon, flew be-tween Philadelphia andWoodbury, N.J.In 1861, Mississippi be-

came the second state to se-cede from the Union.In 1913, Richard Milhous

Nixon, the 37th president ofthe United States, was bornin Yorba Linda, Calif.In 1931, Bobbi Trout and

Edna May Cooper broke anendurance record for femaleaviators as they returned toMines Field in Los Angelesafter flying a Curtiss Robinmonoplane continuously for122 hours and 50 minutes.In 1945, during World

War II, American forcesbegan landing at LingayenGulf in the Philippines.In 1951, United Nations

headquarters in New Yorkwas officially opened.In 1960, on his 47th

birthday, Vice PresidentRichard Nixon became acandidate for the Republi-can presidential nomina-tion.In 1968, the Surveyor 7

space probe made a softlanding on the moon, mark-ing the end of the Americanseries of unmanned explo-rations of the lunar surface.In 1987, the White House

released a Jan. 1986 memo-randum prepared for Presi-dent Ronald Reagan by Lt.Col. Oliver L. North show-ing a link between U.S.arms sales to Iran and therelease of Americanhostages in Lebanon.

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100 YearsJan. 9, 1912

At a meeting of thestockholders of the FirstNational Exchange Bankyesterday afternoon, thefollowing were named tothe board of directors:W.T. Amos, C.R. Ben-jamin, Peter Goffena, A.JHess, J.E. Russell, W.H.Wagner, I.H. Thedieck,R.H. Trego, L.M. Stude-vant, Charles Timeus,and J.C. Cummins. Offi-cers named by the boardare: W.H. Wagner, presi-dent; L.M.Studevant, vicepresident; J.C. Cummins,cashier; Charles W.Nessler, assistant cashier,andAsa Fogt, teller.

———Stockholders of the

Citizens National Banknamed the followingmembers of the board ofdirectors at their annualmeeting yesterday: Dr.H.E. Beebe, C.W. Frazer,W.P. Metcalf, Jacob Piper,J.N.Vandemark,W.B.Mc-Cabe, and W.A. Graham.Officers elected include:Dr.H.E.Beebe, president;C.W. Frazer, vice presi-dent; and W.A. Graham,cashier. It was the 32ndconsecutive time thatW.A. Graham has beenelected cashier of thebank.

75 YearsJan. 9, 1937

To say that the SidneyHigh School Yellow Jack-ets were forced to thelimit to eke out a MiamiValley League win overDayton Fairmont at theSidney High School gymlast night would be put-ting itmildly as theywereforced to come from be-hind in the late minutesof the final quarter inorder to register a 23 to 20victory. L. Cromes and N.Cromes each got sixpoints for Sidney, whileBrown was picking upfour and Rickey three.

———At the January meet-

ing of the Luther Leagueof the Grace LutheranChurch of JacksonCenterthe following officerswereelected for the year 1937:Carl Kies, president; RoyMetz, vice president;OpalKies, secretary; IreneMeranda, treasurer, andEdna Leininger, pianist.

Miss June Partington,student nurse at Christhospital, Cincinnati, ishome for a few days vaca-tion visit with her par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. PerryPartington.


Richard McCasland,treasurer and comptrollerof the Sidney Printingand Publishing Co., wasthe guest speaker atTuesday’s luncheonmeet-ing of the Sidney Opti-mist Club at the HotelWagner.

McCasland, who wasrecently elected to the of-fice of treasurer of a na-tional organization ofsimilar finance officers,was introduced by RobertKaser Jr., the day’s pro-gram chairman.

———H.E. Roth Jr., was

named president of theSidney Board of Educa-tion at the organizationmeeting of theBoard heldTuesday evening in thesuperintendent’s office inthe Central Junior HighSchool.

Named to serve withRoth during the comingyear are Emmett W.Lerch, vice president, andVirgil, Ward, clerk treas-urer for a two-year term.The other twomembers ofthe board are Dr.ThomasW. Hunter and JohnShinn, both named to theboard of the election inNovember.


ANNA — Honda ofAmerica Mfg. Inc. willspend $450 million to ex-pand its Ohio engineplant to help boost localcontent of its U.S. madecars, company officialssay.

———Mark Dunham has

been elected president ofthe Shelby CountyUnited Way Board of Di-rectors for 1987 at a re-centmeeting.He replacesJohn Garmhausen whowas president in 1986.Also elected were JamesKerg of Kerg, Russell andCo. and Tim Gleason ofthe First National Bank,who will serve as vicepresident and treasurer,respectively.

Medicines allow most toenjoy long, healthy lives

Name change is a roadblock to couple’s trip to the altar

DEAR DR.DONOHUE:Willyou please helpmake peopleaware of epilepsy,which some of ushave? I know thatwhen you go to alibrary to get in-formation on it,there is very little.The only place Iknow where aperson can get in-formation is fromthe Internet.Some people don’t haveaccess to a computer. Letthe public know what isavailable, and don’t letthe work of doctors godown the drain.— C.R.

ANSWER: Seizuresare the hallmark ofepilepsy. A seizure occurswhen a sudden dischargeof electricity from braincells sweeps over thebrain. The dischargecauses involuntarymove-ments, altered conscious-ness or both.Many peoplehave an erroneous ideathat epilepsy is a child-hood disease. It can hap-

pen at any age,and a great dealof cases are seenin older people.

The causes ofepilepsyaremany:brain tumors,head trauma, theaftermath ofstrokes and genes.However, in a siz-able number ofpeople, a causeisn’t found.

Seizures havedifferent manifes-

tations. When the electri-cal discharge involvesboth sides of the brain, ageneralized seizure re-sults. One kind of gener-alized seizure, once called“grand mal seizure,”makes the person lapseinto unconsciousness andfall to the groundwith thearms and legs contractingand relaxing. Generallythe spell is brief and thepersonwakens, somewhatdazed. Another sort ofgeneralized seizure isquite different andmostlyseen in children. It wascalled “petit mal seizure,”

and is now called an ab-sence seizure. The childhas a blank look, doesn’tfall and isn’t unconscious,but doesn’t respond tocommands. Onlookersthink the child is day-dreaming. These seizuresare brief, but they can bequite repetitive. Becausethey’re so repetitive, theyinterfere with a child’slearning.

Seizures confined toone side of the brain arecalled focal seizures.Theycause jerking of an arm orleg on the side of the bodyopposite to the side ofbrain involvement.

Medicines havechanged the outlook forepilepsy patients. Mostpeople function well in al-most every occupationavailable. Few restric-tions are placed on them.They raise families andparticipate in just aboutall aspects of life.

DEAR DR. DONO-HUE:Will you be so kindas to tell me your view onEDTA chelation therapy?It is supposed to unblock

arteries.— J.S.ANSWER: Chelation

(key-LAY-shun) therapyinvolves using a chelator,like EDTA, ethylenedi-aminetetraacetic acid, tograb hold of calciumthat’s partaking in theclogging of arteries andthereby open up those ar-teries for a full supply ofblood to the target organ,usually the heart. TheEDTA-calcium mix iseliminated in the urine.Some are avid chelationfans. I am not one ofthem. The amount oftruly scientific informa-tion on the benefit of thisprocess is not great.

The National Insti-tutes of Health are con-ducting a large study todetermine chelation’splace in the treatment ofhardened arteries and theprevention of heart at-tacks. The study resultswill be published thisyear. I personally wouldnot submit to this treat-ment until the results ofthat study have beenmade available.

DEAR ABBY:My fiance, “Kip,”and I are beingmarried next yearand we have onlyone disappoint-ment. It’s aboutmy keeping mylast name. I don’twant to takeKip’slast name.

I have had thesame name for 33years and I do notbelieve a woman“has” to take her hus-band’s name when theymarry. However, thebiggest issue for me is myfiance never knew his fa-ther, who left when Kip

was a baby. I donot wish to takethe name of aman who neitherof us knows, andwho had no posi-tive influence onour lives. I’m partof a close-knitfamily, and I amproud to bear thename ofmy father— a hardworking,dedicated Viet-nam veteran.

Am I out of line? Wewill accept your answerbecause we are unable toresolve this ourselves. —STANDING MYGROUND IN NEW JER-

SEYDEAR STANDING:

While most women stillchange their names totheir husband’s (or hy-phenate them), those whodon’t usually have estab-lished themselves in a ca-reer in which they areknown by their maidenname. Others fear that ifthey change their namesthey’ll lose their identity.

No one can or shoulddecide this for you. How-ever, if Kip did know hisdad and the man was afine, upstanding citizen,would you feel differ-ently? Remember, you aremarrying Kip, not his fa-

ther, and I assume yourfiance is a wonderful per-son. Given your logic, be-cause he had norelationship with his fa-ther, should he change hisname to yours? Pleasemake no decisions aboutthis until you two havetalked this out more fully.

DEAR ABBY: Mysiblings and I never hearfrom my grandmotherunless she’s in town, andthen it’s usually for oneday out of the two weeksshe’s here. She nevercalls on holidays, birth-days or just to say hello.Yes, we call her on these

special days.We have other grand-

parents who wouldn’t leta week go bywithout call-ing to ask how we are,how we are doing inschool or just to talk.

My mom is a grandmato my oldest sister’s chil-dren and when she does-n’t see or hear from themwithin a week, she’ll callor visit them. (By theway,my grandmother is re-tired, very healthy andtravels. When she does,we don’t even get a post-card!) What’s wrong withher? — HURT FEEL-INGS IN MASSACHU-SETTS

DEAR HURT FEEL-INGS: I agree that youdidn’t get the standard-issue doting, cookie-bak-ing grandmother. Notknowing her, I can’t ex-plain the reason for herdistant behavior, but I’mpositive it has nothing todo with you personally.She may be preoccupiedwith her own life, or itmay have something to dowith the relationship shehas with your parents. Ifyou really want the an-swer to your question, theperson you should ask isyour grandmother thenext time she comes totown.

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DearAbbyAbigail

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Agrana Fruit US, Inc., the leading supplier of premium ingredientsfor the Food and Beverage Industries has immediate openings forqualified MaintenanceTechnicians at our Botkins, OH manufac-turing facility.

Work for a clean, safe and quality oriented company. Responsibilitieswill include a variety of plant maintenance, repair and installation oper-ations as assigned and directed by department and plant leadership.Ensure proper operation and operating capabilities of all equipment.Troubleshoot and determine appropriate repairs, replace defectiveparts as needed and perform scheduled PM’s. Assemble, install, testand inspect machines and equipment. Maintain and complete requiredmaintenance/inventory records of all repairs and materials. High levelof engagement in the development of a positive safety culture throughknowledge of maintenance practices and applicable safety standards.

Qualified candidates must have a minimum of 2-4 years of relevant ex-perience in a maintenance role. Strong Troubleshooting experience inelectrical, mechanical and pneumatics.Working knowledge of AllenBradley PLC ladder logic and controls. Ability to follow electrical/me-chanical and pneumatic schematics and drawings. Must be able towork a flexible schedule which may include 12-hour shifts and week-ends. Candidates must possess a minimum of a high school diplomaor GED equivalent.

Agrana Fruit US, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides aDrug Free Work Environment.

Please submit resume to:Attention: Human Resources ManagerP.O. Box 459Botkins, OH 45306

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405 Public Square #373, Troy, OH 45373

JOBS AVAILABLE NOW~ NEW CONTRACTS ~

Become a Home Health Care professionaland earn part -time income by helping others

Champaign Residential Services has part-time openingsavailable in Miami (Englewood, Tipp City, Troy, Piqua),

Shelby, and Darke Counties for caring people who wouldlike to make a difference in the lives of others

Various hours are available, including mornings,evenings, weekends and overnights

Paid training is providedRequirements: a high school diploma or

equivalent, a valid drivers license, proof of insuranceand a criminal background check

To apply, call 937-335-6974 or stop our office at405 Public Square, Troy OH..

Applications are available online at www.crsi-oh.comOPEN INTERVIEWS AT:

CRSI, 405 Public Square #373, Troy, OH 45373From: 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM on

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CAUTIONWhether posting or re-sponding to an advertise-ment, watch out for offersto pay more than the ad-vertised price for theitem. Scammers will senda check and ask the sellerto wire the excessthrough Western Union(possibly for courier fees).The scammer's check isfake and eventuallybounces and the sellerloses the wired amount.While banks and WesternUnion branches aretrained at spotting fakechecks, these types ofscams are growing in-creasingly sophisticatedand fake checks oftenaren't caught for weeks.Funds wired throughWestern Union or Money-Gram are irretrievableand virtually untraceable.

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Better BusinessBureau

15 West Fourth St.Suite 300

Dayton, OH 45402www.dayton.bbb.org

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St. John's Thrift ShopMid-Winter Bag Sale.January 3rd thru January14th. First bag $4.00, sec-ond bag $1.00, clothingitems only. OutwearCoats and all non-clothingitems 1/2 off. Monday-Fri-day 10am-4pm, Saturday10am-1pm. Lydia's vin-tage excluded.

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Help Wanted!

Full-time morning helpwanted on Dairy Farm.

Hours: 4am~noon

Send your resumeand references to:PO Box 35

Versailles, OH 45380

3RD SHIFTPRODUCTION

Norcold, the leader inrefrigerator manufactur-ing for the RV, truckingand marine industries, iscurrently accepting ap-plications for 3rd shiftproduction at the Sidneyand Gettysburg, Ohio fa-cilities.

Starting wage is$9.50/hour + $.50/hr.shift premium and a$.50 increase after com-pleting a 90 day intro-ductory period. Youmust be flexible, able toexcel in a fast paced as-sembly environment,willing to work overtimeand have a HS Diplomaor GED. We offer anexcellent benefits pack-age including health,dental, 401(K) and manyothers.

For confidential consid-eration, fill out an appli-cation at:

Shelby CountyJob Center

227 S. Ohio AveSidney

or

Darke CountyJob Center

603 Wagner AveGreenville

No phone calls toNorcold please

Visit our website to learnmore:

www.norcold.com

EOE

ApparelPress

Operator

Ernst Sports is lookingfor a detail-oriented indi-vidual to run a printingpress in its Minster printfacility. Daytime hours.

Email resume to:

[email protected]

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COME MEET US!January 10th

orJanuary 11th

1:00pm - 7:00pm

Upper Valley CareerCenter's Applied

Technology Center8811 Career Drive

PIQUA

PRESS OPERATOR/ASSEMBLER

2nd and 3rd shiftimmediate FULL TIMEopenings.Basic math and readingskills, ability to passphysical, drug screenand criminal backgroundcheck required.

OR APPLY AT:

www.industryproductsco.com

click the "Careers" tab

ElectronicsSystems Installer(s)

SecurCom Inc., a Min-ster based companywho provides sales, ser-vice, maintenance, andinstallation of electronicsystems is seekingqualified installers forthe Midwest Ohio Re-gion. Strong Technicalknowledge, trouble-shooting skills, installa-tion skills and CustomerService skills are amust. Competitive wag-es and benefits pack-age.

Fax resume to:419 628-2015

Or send to:PO Box 116

Minster, Oh 45865

Equal EmploymentOpportunity

EDISON

COMMUNITY

COLLEGE

Edison Community Col-lege invites qualifiedcandidates to apply forthe following positions:

DIRECTOR ofDISTANCE LEARNING

COORDINATOR ofADMISSIONS

COORDINATOR ofSTUDENT GRANTS &SCHOLARSHIPS

For complete listing ofemployment and appli-cation requirements vis-it:

EmploymentOpportunities at:

www.edisonohio.edu

EOE/AA Employer

JOIN THEALLIEDWASTETEAM!

Due to an increased ser-vice area we have newopportunities for em-ployment

Now hiring for:

• CDL Class BDriver

We offer competitivepay, excellent benefitsincluding 401(K), Paidvacation & holidays, andthe opportunity for ad-vancement.

Interested applicants,please apply at:

2946 US Rte 68 North,Bellefontaine

Before Friday January20, 2012

or call:(937)593-3566

We are an equalopportunity employer

M/F/D/V

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RVWholesalers is inneed of sales people.No sale experience isnecessary, training isprovided. Extensivecontact list is provid-ed, no cold calling atall. Base salary isprovided in additionto commission for allsales. Please respondto:

[email protected]

NK PartsIndustries, INC.

Is seeking to fill 1st and2nd Shift positions inAnna and Sidney

FORKLIFTAND/OR

TOW BUGGY

Experience preferred

Competitive Wages, In-surance, Benefits, 401K,Fitness and RecreationCenter

Applications accepted:M-F 8:00 am – 4 pm

777 South Kuther RdSidney, Ohio

E-Mail Resume:[email protected]

Fax Resume:937-492-8995

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Now hiring- 2nd ShiftExp Diesel Techs

We are currentlyaccepting applicationsfor experienced dieseltechs with 5+ years thatcan service trucks andtrailers from bumper tobumper. Qualifiedtechnician will need tohave own tools, and theability to multi-task. CDLclass A and ASEcertifications are highlyrecommended, but notrequired.We offer acompetitive wage andbenefits package.Apply in person at

Kirk Nationalease3885W MichiganSidney, OH 45365

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15-20 hrs/wk– Basiccomputer skillsneeded, able to lift 30pounds

Emailresume/cover letter [email protected]

orfax to 419-842-1276

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Small shop needsperson with basicmechanical experi-ence. Entry levelwage, quick advance-ment. Clean drivingrecord– license neces-sary.Call Monday-Friday,9am-5pm.937-368-2303.

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PUBLICWORKS

EMPLOYEE

The Village of FortLoramie is acceptingapplications for two full-time Public WorksEmployees.Desired qualificationsinclude:Experience in the main-tenance of public utilitiesand general mainte-nance.

Applications areavailable and must bereceived at the:Village Office

14 Elm St., PO Box 10,Fort Loramie, OH 45845

DEADLINE:4:00pm January 20th

PART-TIMEand PRN STNA

Positions

1st, 2nd and 3rdshifts

If interested, pleaseapply online at:

www.oprs.org/careers

State TestedNursing Assistant

Classes

Classes run everymonth. They are M-F,and last for 2 weeks.

Clinicals are onsite andthe state testing fee isincluded! If interested,please come in and fillout an application at:

Dorothy LoveRetirement Community3003 W. Cisco Rd.Sidney, OH 45365

(937) 498-2391

Sidney CareCenter

Admissions/Marketing Position:Requires 24/7on-call,daily travel, a thor-ough understandingof all insurances, bill-ing, LOCs, PASSARS,and pre-certs.EXPERIENCE ONLY.

Dietary Aide:PRN Responsible forcooking, cleaning,and dishes. Musthave food serviceEXPERIENCE.

Please fax resume to(937)492-8658.

No phone calls please.

OFFICE ASSISTANTNeeded for commercialreal estate company.Must be a professional,organized, work inde-pendently as well aswith other team mem-bers. Multi-task, profi-cient in Microsoft Officeincluding Word and Ex-cel. Occasional even-ings and weekends.Send resume to: PiquaDaily Call, Dept. 864,310 Spring Street, Pi-qua, Ohio, 45356.

INSURANCELIFE & HEALTH

We are looking for adedicated licensed in-surance professionalto expand our policyholder base.We provide classroom& field training,$1,200-$1,500 weeklyincome potential plusbonuses, advance-ment, stock owner-ship, and lifetime re-newal income.

Call 440-292-6360for a personalinterview.

MidWestLogistics SystemsIMMEDIATE POSITIONS FOR

DRIVERS

Dedicated routes/home daily.

Full benefits including:401K, medical, dentaland vision.Paid vacations andholidays.

CDL Class A Required.2 years experience.Good MVR.

Call (419)305-9897

WANTEDCompany Drivers &Owner OperatorsOver the Road

�Flatbed*Reefer*Van�Must be at least 21years of age

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1510 SPRUCE. 2 bed-room apartment, $425month, $200 Deposit. Air,laundry, no pets. Call forshowing. (937)710-5075

2 BEDROOM, 1 bathdouble. $385 month.Some appliances includ-ed. Metro accepted.(937)538-0647.

* 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath* Townhouse* All appliances* Off street parking* No pets

OR* 2 bedroom* All appliances* 1 car garage* Small pet considered

Call Vanessa(937)726-0673

2 BEDROOM all utilitiesincluded. $155 per week,$300 deposit.(937)726-0273

2 BEDROOM, basement,yard, refrigerator, w/dhookup, water included,$425 monthly plus depos-it, (937)295-2063

2 BEDROOM updated du-plex, 1 car garage, appli-ances, 333 Apollo. $550month plus deposit.(937)498-2496.

2 BEDROOM, Upstairs,recent updates. 115 1/2Franklin, $365 monthly(937)498-1676

3 BEDROOM, 1.5 bath,Sidney. 707 S. Ohio,newly remodeled,$525/month, metro ac-cepted, (407)579-0874

3 BEDROOM, 617 SouthWalnut Ave. Nice neigh-borhood. No pets $500month. Call for appoint-ment. (937)483-8262

A1, Totally remodeled, 2Bedroom Townhouse, 1.5baths, air, washer/ dryerhook-up, quiet location,No pets $445 month.( 9 3 7 ) 2 9 5 - 2 1 3 1(937)295-3157

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LEGAL NOTICEVILLAGE OF BOTKINS INVITATION TO BID

The Village of Botkins hereby extends an invitation to submitbids for:A one-year contract to mow approximately 32 acres of com-

bined park and village property.Contract Documents may be examined at the Administra-

tion Office, 210 S. Mill Street, Botkins, Ohio, (937)693-4368;downloaded from the Village of Botkins website atwww.botkinsohio.com; or a printed set may be purchased for$5. It is imperative that those who download the solicitationdocuments check the website regularly for addenda, clarifica-tions, and other pertinent notifications. All who are known bythe Village of Botkins to have received a complete set of the BidDocuments will receive notification when additional items areposted. Please call (937)693-4368 to be added to the contractholder’s list.Bids submitted shall be filed in sealed envelopes, and received

at the Village of Botkins Administration Office, not later than2:30 p.m., Friday, January 27, 2012, addressed to the attentionof Jesse Kent, Village Administrator, at Village of Botkins, 210 S.Mill Street, Botkins, OH 45306. The outside of the envelopesshall plainly identify: (1) the Project name “Botkins Mowing Con-tract”, (2) and the Bidder’s name. Immediately following the fil-ing deadline, the bids shall be opened and publicly read in theCouncil Chambers. The Village reserves the right to reject anyand all bids, to waive irregularities, and to award that bid whichis deemed to be in the best interests of the Village of Botkins.No bid shall be received or considered unless the bidder holds

a current Ohio business license.DATED THIS 4TH DAY OF JANUARY 2012.Jesse KentVillage Administrator

Jan. 92248213

Appeal No. ZBA-12-01NOTICE OF HEARING

ZONING BOARD OF APPEALSCITY OF SIDNEY, OHIO

Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held onTUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. in the City CouncilChambers, Municipal Building, 201 West Poplar Street, Sidney,Ohio. The Zoning Board of Appeals is to rule in the matter of:JEFFREY MARSHALL IS REQUESTING A CONDITIONAL USE

PERMIT FOR A HOME OCCUPATION: FIREARMS SALES AT 649RIDGEWAY DR IN THE R-1, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE DIS-TRICT.Any person or persons having interest in, or being affected by

this matter, who wish to be heard, shall appear at the aforesaidtime and place or at such place or places and times that said mat-ter may be further considered.Any person with a disability requiring any special assistance

should contact the Community Services Department at (937)498-8131.Barbara Dulworth, AICPCommunity Services Director

Jan. 92248512

PUBLIC NOTICEThe Dinsmore Township

Zoning Board of Appeals willhold their 2012 Re-organiza-tional meeting January 30,2012 at 6:00 p.m., and theDinsmore Township ZoningBoard will hold their 2012 Re-organizational meeting Janu-ary 30, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. Bothmeetings will be held at the of-fice of Dinsmore Township,205 W. South Street, Botkins,Ohio 45306.William Elsass, Zoning En-

forcement Officer DinsmoreTownship

Jan. 92247103

LEGAL NOTICEHouston Ambulance District

Board of Trustees have sched-uled the Reorganization Meet-ing and the AppropriationMeeting on Tuesday, January17, 2012 @ 7:30 p.m. The Ap-propriation Meeting will startimmediately after the Reor-ganization Meeting has con-cluded.

Glenda J. Stangel, ClerkHoustaon Ambulance Distr.(937) 492-5502

Jan. 92248817

PUBLIC NOTICEThe McLean Township Zon-

ing Board will hold their reor-ganizational meeting onThursday, January 19, 2012 at7:30 P.M. at the TownshipHouse.Bruce Seger,McLean TownshipZoning Board

Jan. 92248553

JACKSON CENTER, 2Bedroom, $465, Minster 1Bedroom $299, no pets, 1year lease,(419)629-7706

MINSTER, 2 bedroom,basement, yard, stove,w/d hookup, $395 monthlyplus deposit,(937)295-2063

NICE 2 BEDROOM neardowntown. new kitchen &bath linoleum, Freshlypainted, $325,(937)489-6502

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1, 2 & 3 bedroom, appli-ances, fireplace, secureentry. Water & trash in-cluded, garages.

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(937)498-4747www.1troy.com

One FREE Month!

PRIVATE SETTING2 bedroom townhouse.No one above or below!Appliances, washer &dryer, fireplace, garage,water & trash included.

(937)498-4747www.1troy.com

Village West Apts."Simply the Best"

NO RENTUntil February 1st

(937)492-3450

1137 EVERGREEN, nice3 bedroom home with at-tached garage, largefended yard, central heat/air, nice neighborhood,non-smoking. $695.(937)492-4038

421 NORTH Miami,updated 3 bedroom du-plex, 2 car, $555/ deposit,(937)526-4318.

IN ANNA: 1/2 acrecorner lot, quite neighbor-hood. 3 Bedroom ranch,very clean, many updates.$700, deposit, referencesrequired. (937)381-7176.

REMODELED 3 bedroomhouse with garage, in thecountry in Ft. Loramie.(419)582-2051

STORAGE TRAILERS,and buildings with docks.Reasonable rates.(800)278-0617

Country Meadows

NOW OFFERING

(2) Double Wide HomesFOR SALE

FEATURING:• Large family room• Fireplace• Garden tubs

Lease option to ownAVAILABLE

Call for anappointment today!

(937)497-7763

FISHING Antique FishingLure & Tackle Clinic in-cludes FREE identifica-tions, evaluations & ap-praisals. Jan.17-22 8640N. Dixie Dr. 45414 Day-ton,OH 937-475-7997

LANE GRADER, 6 FootKing Kutter rear mountedblade, above averagecondition, always kept in-side, $250 obo,(419)233-4310

SEASONED FIREWOOD$170 per cord. Stackingextra, $135 you pick up.Taylor Tree Serviceavailable (937)753-1047

FURNITURE 3 piece,matching, couch, loveseatand wingchair. Beige,silky finish upholstery.Sparingly used. No chil-dren, not laid on. Excel-lent condition. $550.(937)492-7464

LIFT CHAIR $400 OBO.Golden Technologies Re-gal Signature Series Mod-el PR-751 lift chair in Ex-cellent Condition. Pur-chased in March, 2011used very little. Features3 pillow waterfall backwith dual open arm con-struction, foldable tray,storage compartmentsand full luxury chaise pad.Set of 3 brown cherrymatching end tables witha coffee table in verygood condition. Will sellset for $100 for all or $30each. Hide a bed sofa$40. (937)638-1164.

TV CABINET, Maple. Al-so, maple coffee table.Excellent condition.(937)497-7878

LAWN TRACTOR, Sears,snow blade, cab, chains,weights, 42" mowingdeck, $1400.(937)368-2220

COREVOLUTION EXER-CISER, Great for back,core muscles. $100 OBO.(937)418-6336

DESKTOP COMPUTER,Nobilis, 17" monitor, HP3-in-one printer, key-board, mouse, XP Micro-soft office, and many oth-er programs, $275 OBO.(937)418-6336

KIMBALL ORGAN, Para-dise model with all extras,good condition, $150,Computer Hutch, likenew, $125,(937)492-5655

METAL. Wanting any-thing that contains metal.Will haul away for FREE.Call (937)451-1566 or(937)214-0861.

NASCAR DIECAST col-lection. Over 225 1/24diecast. Some autographcars, Autograph picturecards. NASCAR card col-lection and lots more. 3curio cabinets.(419)629-2041

POP MACHINE, 7-up with6 selections, good work-ing condition. Nice ma-chine for workplace or in-vestment location. $350OBO. (937)418-6336

TONNEAU COVER, Alu-minum, retractable, fitsF-150, 6.5' bed. Fits2005-2008 trucks. Locks,lighting connections, innice condition. $350 OBO.(937)418-6336

GUITAR, 80’s AmericanKramer, Pacer deluxe,Seymour Duncan pickups, original Floyd Rosetrem with case, $650,(937)418-1527.

BEAGLE PUPS $250each. 5 total.(937)492-3583

CAT yellow male. under 1year. Sweet and mellow.Former stray, now neu-tered. Needs indoor forev-er home. $10 donation tohumane society.(937)492-7478

KITTENS, free to goodhome. 6 months old.short hair. Variety of col-ors. Have been wormed.(937)492-7943

SHIH TZU mix, cute cutecute puppies, approxi-mately 5 lbs as adults,first shots, wormed, seek-ing loving homes, $25,(937)638-3839

SPAY and NEUTER spe-cial during the month ofJanuary at WoodlandView Equine Service. Callfor details.(937)492-2451

CASH, top dollar paid forjunk cars/trucks, runningor non-running. I will pickup. Thanks for calling(937)719-3088 or(937)451-1019

WE PAY cash for your oldtoys! Star Wars, GI Joes,He-Man, Transformersand much more.(937)638-3188.

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2008 FORD EXPLORERXLT, 4 wheel drive. Leath-er, back-up system. Slightdamage to right sidedoors. Exceptional me-chanical condition.120,000 highway miles.$12,500. (937)726-3333

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SPORTS

HOUSTON (AP) — AndyDalton rolled his eyes andshook his head.The Cincinnati Bengals’

rookie quarterback couldn’tbelieve the play J.J. Wattmade that turned the gamearound for the Houston Tex-ans.The 6-foot-5 defensive end

fought off a blocker, leaped infront of Dalton’s pass and re-turned it 29 yards for a touch-down. It gave Houston thelead just before halftime, andthe Texans never looked backin a 31-10 victory in the AFCwild-card game Saturday.“He jumped up and made a

play,” Dalton said. “It was agreat job on his part.”Watt, also a rookie, works

on plays like that in practice,but had never had an inter-ception. And this one helpedthe Texans to the first playoffwin in franchise history.“I was really just trying to

put my hands up and get inthe way of the passing lane,”Watt said. “It happened tokind of stick. I realized I hadthe ball, so I just ran to theend zone just trying not to falldown.”The Bengals were making

their third playoff appearancein seven seasons, but haven’twon since 1991, when theybeat the Houston Oilers 41-14.

“I’m disappointed that Iwasn’t able to put us in posi-tion today to win the footballgame and get us over the

hump here,” Bengals coachMarvin Lewis said.Chris Crocker dropped an

interception on a drive byHouston in the third quarter.A dejected Crocker sat at hislocker with his head down fora long time after the game.“It was a touchdown if I

would have caught it,”Crocker said. “They madethose big plays and we didn’tand that’s why they’re movingon.”Three plays later came an-

other of those plays. The Tex-ans stretched the lead to24-10 when Andre Johnsonjuked Adam “Pacman” Joneson a double move to get infront of him for a 40-yardtouchdown reception.“I’ve got to make that play,”

Jones said. “It’s a tough one,but I’m not going to beat my-self up too much over it. All Ican do is learn from this expe-rience.”The Bengals had trouble

containing Johnson, who wasat full speed for the first timesince injuring his left ham-string Dec. 4 and finishedwith 90 yards receiving.Dalton was 24 of 42 for 257

yards, while fellow rookie T.J.Yates was 11 of 20 for 159yards in the first playoff gamein the Super Bowl era match-ing two rookie quarterbacks.Dalton had thrown just one

interception in the past sixgames, but was interceptedthree times on Saturday. Thesecond came when he threw along pass under heavy pres-sure which was intercepted onfourth down by former BengalJohnathan Joseph.Danieal Manning, signed

along with Joseph to shore upHouston’s secondary in theoffseason, grabbed the thirdone midway through thefourth quarter.That led to a 42-yard touch-

down run byArian Foster thatmade it 31-10.Dalton, who grew up in the

Houston suburb of Katy andplayed in college at TCU, wassacked a season-high fourtimes and tied a season-highwith three interceptions whiledealing with the rowdy, recordcrowd of 71,725.Cincinnati couldn’t get any-

thing going on the groundagainst fourth-ranked rushdefense and Cedric Bensonfinished with just 14 yardsrushing.The Bengals didn’t score

after halftime. They had achance late, but a pass in-tended for rookie receiver A.J.Green on fourth down wasbatted down in the end zone.Green had four receptions

for 42 yards in the first half,but added just one catch forfive yards after that.

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CINCINNATI BENGALS quar-terback Andy Dalton watchesthe replay after being inter-cepted by Houston Texansdefensive end J.J. Watt for atouchdown during the sec-ond quarter of an NFL wildcard playoff football gameSaturday.

GREENVILLE — Afternotching their first win of theseason Friday, the Sidney Yel-low Jackets were hoping tomake it two in a row Saturdaynight at 1-7 Greenville.But they weren’t able to

pull it off, losing 56-47 to fallto 1-9 at the midway point ofthe regular season. They playat Wayne on Tuesday night.“We certainly didn’t have

the energy that we did Fridaynight,” said Sidney coach GregSnyder. “It was an emotionalwin for us Friday and it mighthave been tough to come backfrom. But we knew what toexpect. We thought theywould play all zone, and theydid, and we talked about notsettling for three-pointers andmaking sure we got to thehole. But we settled for thethree-pointers all night, anddidn’t hit them.“To Greenville’s credit, they

made us take the shots theywanted us to take,” he added.“And our defense struggled tostay in front of them, and wedidn’t rebound.”The two teams were dead-

locked at 29-29 at the half butthe Green Wave gained theupper hand in the final twoperiods.Sidney guard Patwaun

Hudson, who had 28 Fridaynight against Piqua, finishedwith 11 points and eight ofthose came in the opening pe-riod. He did not score at all inthe second half.Dezmond Hudson led the

Jackets with 15 and TyreeManley added 12.

Sidney (56)Heath 2-1-6; D. Hudson 5-2-15;

Manley 4-2-12; Herd 1-0-2;White 0-1-1; P. Hudson 4-1-11. Totals: 16-7-47.

Greenville (56)Bowers 1-2-4; Comer 2-0-4; Lav-

erne 1-0-2; Lockhard 2-2-8; Hickerson7-0-14; Conrad 5-1-11; Drew 4-0-8;Heiner 2-0-5. Totals: 24-5-56.

Score by quarters:Sidney ...........................16 29 40 47Greenville .....................12 29 46 56

Three-pointers:Sidney 8 (D.Hud-son 3, Manley 2, P. Hudson 2, Heath);Greenville 3 (Lockhart 2, Heiner).

Records: Sidney 1-9, Greenville2-7.

——Lehman winsat Houston

The up-and-down LehmanCavaliers were on the upsideSaturday night, outscoringHouston by 10 in the final pe-riod to post a 58-48 road winin a battle of county rivals.The win puts the Cavaliers

at 6-4 on the season heading

into a game with Anna on Fri-day. Houston falls to 3-5.Lehman led by as many as

eight in the opening quarterand Houston by as many aseight in the second period,which ended with the Wild-cats up by four at the half.It was anybody’s game at

32-32 after three periods, butthe Cavaliers gained theupper hand in the final quar-ter and never relinquished it,erupting for 26 points over thefinal eight minutes.“We had to speed up the

tempo,” said Lehman headcoach Isaiah Williams. “Wewere down one starter (JamesRego, ankle), and we neededsome guys to step up. BenThieman played a great sec-ond half, and we got good ef-forts from a couple guys offthe bench. It was a great winafter losing Tuesday night (to

Franklin-Monroe). Now wejust need to get consistent.”Lehman’s one-two punch of

Alex Baker and SolomonKing-White again provedlethal, Baker going for 19,with five three-pointers, andKing-White for 16. He alsoadded six assists, five re-bounds and six steals.Michael Jacob pulled down

a team-high nine rebounds.Houston got 16 points from

Ryan Curl and 10 from AdamMullen.“I thought the kids played

hard,” said Houston coachJohn Willoughby. “I didn’t doa good enough job of substi-tuting and I wore my guysout. It was tough chasingBaker around and trying tohang with King-White. Andin the fourth quarter, wemade some turnovers thathurt us.”

Lehman (58)Richard 3-2-9;White 5-6-16; Thie-

man 2-2-6; Jacob 3-0-6; Baker 6-2-19;Westerheide 1-0-2. Totals: 20-12-58.

Houston (48)Braun 1-3-5; Mullen 3-3-10; Clack

3-0-9; Phlipot 2-4-8; Curl 7-2-16. To-tals: 16-12-48.

Score by quarters:Lehman.........................13 20 32 58Houston ..........................6 24 32 48

Three-pointers: Lehman 6(Baker 5, Richard); Houston 4 (Clack3, Mullen).

Records:Lehman6-4,Houston 3-5.Reserve score: Lehman 61,

Houston 53.

——Russia downsBremen by 15

RUSSIA — Russia pinneda second straight loss on theNew Bremen Cardinals Sat-urday, jumping to a 23-5 leadafter one quarter and going onto a 61-46 victory in non-league boys basketball.


JACKSON CENTER’S Trey Elchert is fouled on his way up for a shot during action Saturdaynight at Jackson against Waynesfield.

Jackets fall 56-47 to Greenville

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COLUMBUS — The Sid-ney High boys bowling teamhad an out-standing day onSaturday, plac-ing second in afield of 30 teamsin the annualOhio StateBuckeye ClassicBowling Tourna-ment.Trent Knoop

led the way for the Jackets,rolling a 658 series, second-best in the entire tournament.That earned him all-tourna-ment team honors.“We had a great day,” said

Sidney coach Angie Mentges.“It was a lot of fun and I’mproud of how the guys kept atit.“The shot was the Scor-

pion,” Mentges said. “TheScorpion is one of the patternsused in the PBA. It is approx-imately 43 feet long and rela-tively flat. There wasdefinitely little room for errorand that was evident in thescoring. If you push the balltoo far right it doesn't comeback and you get a washoutand if you push it a little tothe left it will hold in the oiland give you a split. I told ourteams going in that you haveto ‘take a chill pill.’ You canlose the mental game if youlet the frustration get to you.Don't expect to score like youdo at home. To win all youhave to do is hit the pocketand spare and they did.”The boys rolled a first regu-

lar game of 856, with KeganLatimer’s 1988 the high score.That put Sidney eighth andthe top eight advanced to theplayoff.The second game improved

to 911 with Jacob Blanken-ship rolling a 214 and Knoop212. That moved Sidney tofourth.Then in the third regular

game, Knoop rolled a 265. Hehad a 9-spare in the thirdframe and an 8-10 split on hissecond to last ball, along withnine strikes.The led Sidney to a 952 in

the third regular game, andthat moved them to thirdgoing to the six baker games.Sidney’s baker games

ranged from a low of 143 to ahigh of 191, with a number ofsplits and a number of opens.“We knew after four baker

games that we had dropped tosixth and after our sixthbaker game, we just hopedthat the other teams werestruggling as well,” Mentgessaid.Sixth was where Sidney

finshed and that put the Jack-ets in the playoffs, which fea-tured match play.Sidney defeated Fairmont

and won in two games, 177-161 and 160-154.The Jackets then took on

Northmont, which beat Me-chanicsburg in its match. Sid-ney won the first game238-200 and got into splittrouble in the next two gamesand lost 161-134 and 203-132.But the Jackets still finishedsecond.“These guys have worked

long and hard and are just be-ginning to see some of thepayoff,” said Mentges.”The Sidney girls didn’t fare

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MARIA STEIN —The Anna girls providedmore proof that they areagain one of the topteams in Ohio as theytraveled to 7-1 MarionLocal and rolled to a sur-prisingly easy 75-57 vic-tory over the LadyFlyers.The Lady Rockets up

their record on the yearto 11-0.Anna again jumped

out big in the openingquarter, leading 21-7,then poured in 24 morepoints in the second pe-riod for a 45-23 bulge atthe half.The Lady Rockets had

exceptional balance,with five players scoringin double figures. Mor-gan Huelskamp led with14, Cayla Bensman andAshley Frohne added 14,and Natalie Billing andErica Huber added 11apiece.Frohne also led the

team in rebounds witheight.For Marion Local,

Chelsea Winner had 19points and Brooke Win-ner 12, and Marge Wue-bker pulled down 10rebounds.Anna was 28 of 60

from the field for 47 per-cent and Marion wasjust 21-for-70 for 30 per-cent.

Anna (75)Huber 2-6-11; Huelskamp

7-1-15; Billing 4-3-11; C. Bens-man 6-1-14; Frohne 6-2-14;Overbey 2-2-6; Ehemann 0-1-1;Noffsinger 1-1-3. Totals: 28-17-75.

Marion Local (57)C.Winner 7-5-19; Seitz 2-0-

4; Thobe 1-1-3; Kuether 1-3-5;Wuebker 3-0-6;Wilker 1-0-2; B.Winner 4-4-12; Jacobs 1-2-4.Totals: 21-14-57.

Score by quarters:Anna ...................21 45 60 75Marion ..................7 23 37 57

Three-pointers: Anna 2(Huber, Bensman); Marion 1(Thobe).

Records: Anna 11-0, Mar-ion 7-2.

——Russia edgesHouston 30-28RUSSIA — Russia

edged Houston 30-28 ina County thriller hereSaturday.The Lady Raiders go

to 4-3 in the league and7-3 overall. Houston fallsto 3-4 in the league and7-5 overall.Houston got 12 points

from Kristi Elliott, whowas the only player indouble figures.Camille Puthoff led

Russia with nine.Houston (28)

Elliott 4-3-12; Roeth 1-0-3;Reister 1-5-7; Stang 3-0-6. To-tals: 9-8-28.

Russia (30)Puthoff 4-1-9; Borchers 0-2-

2; B.Meyer 1-2-4;Wilson 2-2-6;S. Meyer 3-0-6; Daniel 1-0-3.Totals: 11-7-30.

Score by quarters:Houston ................6 16 24 28Russia ...................7 16 25 30

Three-pointers: Houston2 (Elliott, Roeth); Russia 1(Daniel).

Records: Russia 7-3, Hous-ton 7-5.

Reserve score: Russia 44,Houston 17

——Lady Jackets

fall to St. HenryST. HENRY— Sidney

dropped a 68-45 verdictto St. Henry in non-league girls basketballhere Saturday.The loss leaves Sid-

ney at 1-10 on the sea-son. St. Henry goes to4-5.Sidney struggled in

the first half and as a re-sult, trailed 40-14 at theintermission.Sidney wound up with

good balance in its scor-ing, with MoniqueHanayik scoring 11,Lauren Elmore 10, Kon-ner Harris nine and KiaPerrin eight.

Sidney (45)Foy 0-1-1; Harris 3-2-9;

McBride 0-2-2; Hanayik 4-1-11;Elmore 2-6-10; Ford 1-2-4; Per-rin 2-4-8. Totals: 12-18-45.

St. Henry (68)Heitkamp 2-2-7; Lefeld 1-0-

3; Lange 6-1-14; K. Koesters 4-2-10; Moeder 2-3-8; Ke.Siefring 3-4-11; Clune 4-3-12;Delzeith 0-1-1; Mikesell 1-0-2.Totals: 25-16-68.

Score by quarters:Sidney...................9 14 29 45St. Henry ............20 40 57 68

Three-pointers: Sidney 3(Hanayik 2, Harris); St. Henry6 (Heitkamp, Lefeld, Lange,Moeder, Siefring, Clune).

Records: Sidney 1-10, St.Henry 4-5..

——Lady Cavsin easy winLehman got off to a

big start and went on toa 66-36 win over Ar-canum in girls actionSaturday at Lehman.The Lady Cavs, now

4-7, led 19-8 after onequarter and stayedahead by about thatmargin until the finalperiod, in which theyoutscored the Lady Tro-jans 22-6.Lindsey Spearman

poured in 26 to leadLehman, Julia Harrel-son added 13 and KandisSargeant 12.

Arcanum (36)Fuson 1-0-3; Anderson 3-0-

6; Snell 2-4-9; Ashworth 0-2-2;O’Donnell 3-3-10; Buck 2-0-4;Denniston 1-0-2. Totals: 12-9-36.

Lehman (66)Harrelson 6-1-13; Slagle 1-

0-2;Williams 1-0-2; Schmitz 1-1-3; Spearman 10-5-26;Hatcher 3-1-8; Sargeant 4-4-12. Totals: 26-18-66.

Score by quarters:Arcanum...............8 22 30 36Lehman .............19 34 44 66.

Three-pointers: Arcanum3 (Fusion, Snell, O’Donnel);Lehman 2 (Spearman,Hatcher).

Records: Lehman 4-7, Ar-canum 2-10.

Reserve score: Lehman31, Arcanum 30.

——Botkins downsFairlawn 47-20BOTKINS — Botkins

evened its County recordat 3-3 with a 47-20 winover Fairlawn in actionSaturday here.The Lady Trojans,

now 5-6 overall, didn’tallow the Lady Jets toreach double digits inany of the four quarters.Fairlawn is 0-7 in the

league and 0-11 overall.Botkins was led by

Christine Johnson with13. Claire McCulloughadded 11 and LoganPitts 10.

Fairlawn (20)Bailey 2-1-5; Boerger 0-1-1;

Cummings 2-0-4; Hutchins 1-1-3; Slonkosky 2-2-7. Totals: 7-5-20.

Botkins (47)Christman 1-0-2; McCul-

lough 3-5-11; Bergman 3-2-8;Brown 0-1-1; Johnson 6-1-13;Pitts 4-2-10; Koch 1-0-2.Totals:18-11-47.

Score by quarters:Fairlawn ...............5 9 16 20Botkins .................9 21 37 47

Three-pointers: Fairlawn1 (Slonkosky); Botkins 0.

Records: Botkins 5-6, Fair-lawn 0-1.

——Lady Rangers

down WaynesfieldNEW KNOXVILLE

— The New KnoxvilleLady Rangers ran theirrecord on the year to 7-2with a 61-53 victory over

visitingWaynesfield Sat-urday.The Lady Rangers

trailed 13-12 after aquarter but outscoredthe Lady Tigers 34-24 inthe middle two periods.Haley Horstman ex-

ploded for 26 points forthe Lady Rangers, butshe had excellent help.

Paige Lehman had 16and Haley Dillion 10.

Waynesfield (53)Horn 5-1-12; Badertscheer

1-2-4; Patton 6-5-20; Turner 4-1-13; Stephens 0-1-1; Vanhorn1-1-3. Totals: 17-11-53.

New Knoxville (61)Horstman 11-2-26; Reineke

0-3-3; Dillion 4-2-10; Heidt 3-0-6; Lehman 5-6-16. Totals: 23-13-61.

Score by quarters:Waynesfield ........13 22 37 53NK ......................12 26 46 61

Three-pointers: NK 2(Horstman 2); Waynesfield 8(Turner 4, Patton 3, Horn).

Records: NK 7-2.

——Lady Redskinsrout JacksonJACKSON CENTER

— The Fort Loramiegirls pulled away in thesecond half and woundup routing the JacksonCenter Lady Tigers 63-45 in County play hereSaturday.The win puts Fort Lo-

ramie at 7-4 overall and5-1 in the County head-ing into a key gameThursday at homeagainst unbeaten Anna.Jackson Center is now

3-7 and 2-4.The lead for Loramie

was just 32-28 after twoperiods, but Loramieoutscored Jackson 31-17over the final two peri-ods.Reggi Brandewie had

21 for Loramie, whichhad excellent balance.Four others had eight ormore points.For Jackson Center,

Brooke Richard had 21points.

Fort Loramie (63)Turner 1-1-3; Imwalle 4-0-

8; Westerheide 0-1-1; Drees 2-3-8; Holdheide 3-3-9;Brandewie 10-1-21; Ordean 2-0-4; Benanzer 3-2-9. Totals:24-11-63.

Jackson Center (45)Richard 8-2-21; Elchert 2-0-

4; Meyer 3-0-7; Foster 3-2-9;Zimpfer 2-0-4.Totals: 16-4-45.

Score by quarters:FL .......................12 32 43 63JC .......................13 28 32 45

Three-pointers: FL 2 (Be-nanzer, Drees); JC 5 (Richard

3, Meyer, Foster).Records: FL 7-4, JC 3-7.

——Minster getsby Celina

CELINA — Minsterupped its record to 8-2with a narrow 31-27 vic-tory over Celina in non-league girls action hereSaturday.The Lady Wildcats

have now reeled off sixwins in a row. Celina isnow 6-3.Minster held Celina

to just 7-for-40 shootingfrom the field, 17 per-cent, but didn’t shootwell either, 32 percent on12 of 37.The Lady Wildcats

were also outrebounded30-18.But they did enough

to pull out the victory.Tara Clune’s eight

points were high for thegame.

Minster (31)Albers 1-1-4; Hoelscher 1-0-

2;Wuebker 1-2-4; Dahlinghaus3-0-6; Clune 3-2-8; Richard 2-0-4; Fischer 1-1-3. Totals: 12-5-31.

Celina (27)Guingrich 2-0-5; Heiby 2-0-

6; D. Bihn 0-5-5; Stahl 2-2-6;Homan 2-0-4; E. Bihn 0-1-1.To-tals: 7-8-27.

Score by quarters:Minster .................8 14 22 31Celina ...................6 13 17 27

Three-pointers:Minster 2(Albers, Fischer); Celina 3(Heiby 2, Guingrich).

Records: Minster 8-2,Celina 6-2.

——Lady Eaglesfall to LimaThe Christian Acad-

emy girls lost to OhioLima Eagles on Friday60-35.Holy Spencer poured

in 24 of Academy’s 35points.

Ohio Lima Eagles (60)Mitchell 10, Pocza 9,

Schriner 29, Olson 7, R.Mitchell 2, Schroeder 3.Christian Academy (35)Curlis 5, Spencer 24, Jenk-

ins 4, Ford 2.Score by quarters:

Lima ...................17 32 45 60Christian Aca. ....12 20 27 35

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Anna routs Marion to go to 11-0


FAIRLAWN’S SHELLY Snyder tries to get around Cassie Bergman of Botkinsin County girls action at Botkins Saturday.

DENVER (AP) — Oneof the most storied NFLplayoff teams ran into arejuvenated Tim Tebowand the Denver Broncos.Sorry, Pittsburgh

Steelers.The magic is back.Tebow connected with

Demaryius Thomas onan electrifying 80-yardtouchdown pass on thefirst play of overtimeand the Broncos de-feated the stunned Steel-

ers 29-23 in the AFCwild-card game on Sun-day. The play took 11seconds and was thequickest ending to anovertime in NFL history.Thomas hauled in a

high play-action pass atthe Denver 38, stiff-armed Ike Taylor andthen outraced RyanMundy to the end zone.Tebow knelt in his ownend zone, pounding a fistin triumph before taking

a victory lap in jubilation.Behind Tebow's 316

yards passing, the Bron-cos (9-8) are heading toNew England for a sec-ond-round game againstthe top-seeded Patriotson Saturday night.The Steelers (12-5)

lost despite Ben Roeth-lisberger rallying Pitts-burgh from atwo-touchdown halftimedeficit with 10 points inthe final 10 minutes.

Steelers’ season ends

SPORTS Sidney Daily News, Monday, January 9, 2012

SCOREBOARD

High school sportsTONIGHT

Girls basketballRiverside at Indian Lake

TUESDAYBoys basketballHouston at FairlawnSidney at WayneRiverside at TriadGirls basketball

Jackson Center at New BremenBowling

Sidney at PiquaWrestling

Super tri at Sidney——

WEDNESDAYGirls basketballSidney at Fairborn

——THURSDAY

Girls basketballLehman at Graham

New Knoxville at New BremenMarion Catholic at Riverside

Minster at ParkwayVerailles at Marion LocalAnna at Fort Loramie

Mechanicsburg at FairlawnBowling

Sidney at VandaliaWrestling

Versailles at Allen East——

FRIDAYBoys basketballLehman at AnnaHouston at Russia

New Bremen at New KnoxvilleRidgemont at RiversideParkway at Minster

Marion Local at VersaillesFairlawn at Botkins

Fort Loramie at Jackson CenterE. Dayton at Christian Academy

Girls basketballE. Dayton at Christian Academy

BowlingSidney at Bearcat Classic

——SATURDAY

Girls basketballVersailles at LehmanMinster at Russia

New Knoxville at Upper SciotoVandalia at Riverside

Newe Bremen at St. MarysBotkins at Houston

Jackson Center at FairlawnBoys basketball

Lehman at Lima BathJackson Center at New Knoxville

Riverside at AnsoniaMinster at Fort LoramieCovington at New BremenOttawa-Glandorf at Houston

Parkway at BotkinsWrestling

Sidney at Alliance Inv.Swimming

Sidney at Southwest Classic

Bengals-Texans StatsCincinnati ..................7 3 0 0—10Houston....................7 10 7 7—31

First QuarterCin_Benson 1 run (Nugent

kick), 7:34.Hou_Foster 8 run (Rackers

kick), 4:57.Second QuarterCin_FG Nugent 37, 7:09.Hou_FG Rackers 39, 1:48.Hou_Watt 29 interception re-

turn (Rackers kick), :52.Third QuarterHou_A.Johnson 40 pass from

Yates (Rackers kick), 1:08.Fourth QuarterHou_Foster 42 run (Rackers

kick), 5:15.A_71,725.

——Cin Hou

First downs . . . . . . . . . 21 19Total Net Yards . . . . . 300 340Rushes-yards . . . . . 19-76 35-188Passing. . . . . . . . . . . . 224 152Punt Returns . . . . . . 3-20 3-12Kickoff Returns . . . . 1-22 0-0Interceptions Ret. . . . 0-0 3-28Comp-Att-Int . . . 27-42-3 11-20-0Sacked-Yards Lost . . 4-33 2-7Punts . . . . . . . . . . . 3-48.3 5-50.2Fumbles-Lost . . . . . . . 1-0 0-0Penalties-Yards . . . . 3-25 5-87Time of Possession . 30:17 29:43

——INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSH ING _ C i n c i n n a t i ,

Leonard 3-34, Dalton 3-17, Benson7-14, Scott 6-11. Houston, Foster24-153, Tate 9-37, Casey 1-0, Yates1-(minus 2).PASSING_Cincinnati, Dalton

27-42-3-257. Houston, Yates 11-20-0-159.RECEIVING_Cinc innat i ,

Leonard 6-36, Green 5-47, Gresham5-46, Simpson 3-33, Scott 3-29,Whalen 2-24, Lee 1-36, Hawkins 1-8, Benson 1-(minus 2). Houston,A.Johnson 5-90, Foster 3-29,Daniels 2-29,Walter 1-11.MISSED FIELD

GOALS_Cincinnati, Nugent 50(WR).

NFL Playoff GlanceThe Associated PressWild-card PlayoffsSaturday, Jan. 7

Houston 31, Cincinnati 10New Orleans 45, Detroit 28

Sunday, Jan. 8New York Giants 24, Atlanta 2Denver 29, Pittsburgh 23, OTDivisional PlayoffsSaturday, Jan. 14

New Orleans at San Francisco,4:30 p.m.Denver at New England, 8 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 15Houston at Baltimore, 1 p.m.N.Y. Giants at Green Bay, 4:30

p.m.Conference Championships

Sunday, Jan. 22TBD

Pro BowlSunday, Jan. 29

At HonoluluNFC vs. AFC, 7 p.m.

Super BowlSunday, Feb. 5At Indianapolis

NFC vs. AFC, 6:20 p.m.

CALENDAR

High school

FOOTBALL

Bengals-Texans

Photo by Cassie Latimer

SIDNEY’S CODY Davis is shown in action at 126pounds at the Beavercreek Invitational on Satur-

day. Davis took first in the class with three straightwins, including an 11-second pin.

The win puts theRaiders at 9-2 on theseason. New Bremen,which entered the week-end 5-1, drops to 5-3 onthe season.Russia rolled to a big

first quarter lead andwas up 41-22 at the half.However, the Raiders

came out and managedonly three points in thethird period. Fortunatelyfor the Raiders, Bremenoutscored them by justseven, so they still had acomfortable lead goinginto the final period.Treg Francis built on

his Friday night playagainst Fairlawn with24 against Bremen tolead all scorers. He ranup five three-pointers,giving him nine for theweekend. Trevor Sher-man added 13 points.For the Cardinals,

Aaron Clune had 18 andTroy Williams added 10.

New Bremen (46)Clune 7-4-18; Schwieter-

man 1-0-3; Manger 3-1-7;Heitkamp 1-2-4; Frazee 1-0-2;Williams 5-0-10;Westerbeck 1-0-2. Totals: 19-7-46.

Russia (61)Francis 7-5-24; Bremigan 1-

2-5; Sherman 3-7-134; Schafer1-6-8; Rittenhouse 1-0-2; Wil-son 2-5-9. Totals: 15-25-61.

Score by quarters:New Bremen ........5 22 32 46Russia.................23 41 44 61

Three-pointers: NB 1(Schwieterman); Russia 6(Francis 5, Bremigan).

Records: Russia 9-2, NB 5-3.

Reserve score: NB 49,Russia 46.

——Minster survivesslowdown gameMINSTER — Ot-

toville is in rebuildingmode, and while that’sgoing on, they take theirtime putting the ball up,as the Minster Wildcatsdiscovered Saturdaynight in a non-leagueboys basketball game.Ottoville attempted

just seven shots the en-tire first half, and that’san indication of how thetempo was the entire

way. But Minster wasable to get the lead andhold it for a 33-20 victory.The win puts the im-

provingWildcats even onthe year at 4-4. Ottovilleis now 3-7.“They were extremely

patient,” Minster coachMike Lee said of Ot-toville.The Wildcats held an

18-11 lead at the half,and were up just 20-14with time running out inthe third quarter whenRyan Hoying drained ahuge three-pointer atthe buzzer.“I thought that was

probably the biggestshot of the game,” Leesaid.Devon Poeppelman

led Minster with 12.Ottoville (20)

D. Schimmoeller 1-0-2; L.Schimmoeller 1-1-3; Honigford1-0-2; Hohlbein 1-0-3; Schnipke3-4-10. Totals: 7-5-20.

Minster (33)Knapke 1-1-3; Niemeyer 2-

3-7; Poeppelman 4-1-12; R.Hoying 1-0-3; Wolf 1-0-2;Huber 2-2-6. Totals: 121-7-33.

Score by quarters:Ottoville ................4 7 14 20Minster.................5 13 23 33

Three-pointers:Minster 4(Poeppelman 3, Hoying); Ot-toville 1 (Hophlbein).

Records: Minster 4-4, Ot-toville 3-7.

Reserve score: Minster51, Ottoville 19.

——Tigers remainperfect at 9-0JACKSON CENTER

— The Jackson CenterTigers remained perfecton the year at 9-0 with a61-30 rout of Waynes-field in non-league boysaction Saturday athome.It was a tale of two

halves. The Tigers led byjust seven points at theintermission at 28-21,but held Waynesfield tojust nine points the en-tire second half to turnthe game into a rout.“We got off to a very

good lead and were play-ing with a lot of energy,”said JC coach Scott

Elchert. “Then we got alittle complacent in thesecond quarter. So wejust challenged them atthe half. Our game planwas to not allow the ballin the paint, and we dida much better job of thatin the second half.”The Tigers had bal-

anced scoring, with onlyAndy Hoying managingdouble figures with 13.Five more players hadseven or more.Eric Ryder and Alex

Meyer led the way on theboards with six reboundsapiece.

Waynesfield (30)Ball 1-3-5; Miller 3-0-8;

Turner 2-0-4; Risner 4-0-8; Lit-tle 0-1-1; Nadeau 0-1-1;Haunstein 1-1-3. Totals: 11-6-30.

Jackson Center (61)Opperman 4-0-9; Meyer 3-

3-9; Elchert 2-2-8; Wildermuth2-3-7;Mabry 1-1-3; Hoying 5-3-13; Winner 1-0-2; Ryder 4-0-8.Totals: 22-14-61.

Score by quarters:Waynesfield..........8 21 23 30Jackson Center ..19 28 47 61

Three-pointers: Waynes-field 2 (Miller 2); JC 3 (Elchert2, Opperman).

Records: Jackson Center9-0.

Reserve score: JC 50,Waynesfield 39.

——Fairlawn winsovertime thrillerThe Fairlawn Jets let

a 10-point lead afterthree quarters slip away,but outscored Riverside8-7 in the overtime togain a much-needed win,61-60, in non-league boysbasketball Saturday.The win puts the in-

jury- and sickness-rid-dled Jets at 4-6 on theseason. The Pirates fallto1-6.The Jets looked to be

in excellent shape afteroutscoring the Pirates22-6 in the second quar-ter for a 32-18 halftimelead.The margin was still

10 after three periods at46-36, but Riversidemounted a comeback.“We took some bad

shots and let themback in

the game,” said Fairlawncoach DerekAlexander.The Jets actually

trailed by two with timerunning out, but JesseHughes rescued histeam with a shot at thebuzzer to tie it up andsend it to overtime.“Jesse had some big re-bounds in overtime too,”said Alexander. “Heplayed extremely well.The Jets lost leading

scorer Anthony Gillem toa broken wrist, and postman Cole Cummingsmissed both games overthe weekend because ofsickness.“This was a big win

for us,” Alexander said.“We only had eight guysand that meant the kidsoff the bench had to beready to play. And theydid a good job. This isdefinitely a confidenceboost for us.”Trey Everett led the

way with 19, including 6-for-7 from the free throwline. Hughes came up bigfor the Jets with 12, andCox added 10.Eric Egbert poured in

21 to lead the Piratesand Dalton Bollingeradded 14. Justin Worrellfinished with 13 pointsand 10 rebounds.

Riverside (60)Hurley 2-2-8; Green 1-0-2;

Worrell 6-1-13; Shreve 1-0-2;Egbert 9-3-21; Bollinger 6-2-14. Totals: 25-11-60.

Fairlawn (61)Everett 6-6-19; Hughes 4-3-

12; Meyer 2-0-6; Brown 2-0-6;Wells 3-0-6; Cox 5-0-10; Rohrer1-0-2. Totals: 23-9-61.

Score by quarters:Riverside ............12 18 36 53Fairlawn.............10 32 46 53

Three-pointers: Riverside2 (Hurley 2); Fairlawn 6(Meyer 2, Brown 2, Everett,Hughes).

Records: Fairlawn 4-6,Riverside 1-6.

——Big road winfor Anna

MARIA STEIN – TheAnna Rockets went onthe road and struck ablow for the Countyagainst the Midwest

Athletic Conference,dominating second-halfplay to beat MarionLocal 55-41 in non-league boys action.The win gave Anna a

sweep over the Flyersafter the unbeaten Annagirls routed the LadyFlyers Saturday after-noon.Anna, now 5-5 on the

year, trailed 23-21 at thehalf, but outscored theFlyers 34-18 in the finaltwo periods to win goingaway.“We talked at halftime

about spreading the floorand driving to the bas-ket,” said Anna coachNate Barhorst. “I thinkthat was the big differ-ence. We got the ballmoving. This was a bigconfidence booster for us.We finally closed it out.”The Rockets got 15

from Jay Meyer on threethrees and 6-for-6 fromthe free throw line. NickReier added 13.Rosenbeck had 13 for

the Flyers.Anna (55)

Gephart 1-1-4; Metz 3-0-6;Seger 3-2-9; Reier 6-1-13;Williams 1-0-2; Meyer 3-6-15;Long 2-0-6. Totals: 19-10-55.

Marion Local (41)Hess 1-1-4; Pierron 2-2-8;

Rosenbeck 5-3-13; Niekamp 4-0-8; Goettemoeller 1-0-2;Bertke 3-0-6. Totals: 16-6-41.

Score by quarters:Anna...................10 21 40 55Marion................10 23 31 41

Three-pointers: Anna 7(Meyer 3, Long 2, Gephart,Seger); ML 3 (Pierron 2, Hess).

Records:Anna 5-5,ML 4-3.Reserve score: ML 33,

Anna 25.——

Loramie fallsto VersaillesVERSAILLES —

Fort Loramie dropped to1-8 on the season afterlosing 56-41 to the Ver-sailles Tigers, who werecoming back from theirfirst loss of the seasonFriday night.The Redskins hung

with the Tigers in thefirst half, trailing just22-19. But they were

outscored 22-9 in thethird quarter and could-n’t recover.Seth Guillozet had 12

to lead Fort Loramie.Mitchell Campbell had16 and Chad Winner 11for Versalles.

Fort Loramie (41)Albers 3, Benanzer 8, Cor-

donnier 9, Guillozet 12, Luebke3, Miracle 6.

Versailles (55)Ahrens 6, Bruns 9, Camp-

bell 16, Heitkamp 2, Niekamp7, Richard 5,Winner 11.

Score by quarters:Loramie..............10 19 28 41Versailles ...........14 22 44 56

Records: Versailles 7-1,Loramie 1-8.

——Botkins edgedby KnoxvilleNEW KNOXVILLE –

Botkins saw its two-game winning streakended Saturday in aclose battle with the NewKnoxville Rangers, 63-59in non-league action.The Trojans are now

5-4 and Knoxville 4-4.Botkins led 15-11 after

a quarter but the Rangersoutscored them by six inthe middle two periods totake a two-point lead intothe final period.For Botkins, Tyler Eg-

bert had 14 and EthanZimpfer 10. Four otherplayers had seven ormoreas the Trojans continuedto get excellent balance.For the Rangers,

Lucas Leffel had 21 andJake Allen 16.

Botkins 59)Zimpfer 4-1-10; Egbert 5-3-

14; Hoying 3-2-9; Geyer 2-4-8;Schwartz 2-3-9; Lawrence 3-0-7; Bornhorst 1-0-2. Totals: 20-13-59.

New Knoxville (63)Arnett 4-0-9; Lageman 2-0-

5; Allen 6-2-16; S. Kuck 2-3-7;B. Kuck 1-0-2; Leffel 8-2-21;Topp 1-0-3. Totals: 24-7-63.

Score by quarters:Botkins...............15 30 43 59NK......................11 29 45 63

Three-pointers: Botkins 6(Schwartz 2, Lawrence,Zimpfer, Egbert, Hoying); NK 8(Leffel 3, Allen 2, Arnett, Lage-man, Topp).

Records: Botkins 5-4, NK4-4.

Reserve score: NK 52,Botkins 46.

BOYS From Page 16

BEAVERCREEK —Cody Davis, MasonC a l v e r tand DerekSpang l e rall wont h e i rw e i g h tclasses forthe SidneyY e l l o wJackets inthe Beaver-creek Invitational Satur-day.In addition, Calvert

was named the tourna-ment’s Most ValuableWrestler.Calvert, at 138, won

9-5 and 10-2 to reach thefinals, then took on aLakota West wrestlerwho was a state qualifierlast season.Calvert fell behind 5-

0, but came back and led

13-8 before winning 13-10.“That finals match is

what wrestling ismeant to be,” said Sid-ney coach Jim Mc-Cracken.Davis, at 126, had a

3-0 record which in-cluded an 11-second pinin his second match. Inthe finals, he won 5-3over a Miami Trace op-ponent. He’s now 13-4.“Good to see Cody win-ning a nice close bout,”said McCracken. “He’sbeen on the short end ofthose a couple time thisyear.”Spangler at 152 won

on an injury default, andanother bout 9-2 toreach the finals. There,he dominated a Franklinwrestler 19-2 to takefirst. He is now 6-0.

He and Davis wereMcCracken’s Wrestler ofthe Week.At 106, Alex Willman

finished second withwins of 22-8 and 23-8.“He’s good not only on

his feet but both posi-tions on the mat as well,”said McCracken. “Henever quits moving. Inthe finals, he lost 13-1 toa kid that was just toopowerful.”Rhett Rosengarten

placed third at 132pounds. He lost to theNo. 2 seeded wrestler tostart, but came back towin three in a row. Inhis final bout, he won7-5 against thewrestler who beat himearlier.“It’s always reward-

ing to beat a kid thatyou lost to in an earlier

round,” said Mc-Cracken. “Rhett is im-proving.”Garrick Ginter placed

fourth at 160, despitebattling a sore anklethroughout the tourna-ment. He’s now 13-4.Also for Sidney, Jacob

Sharp at 113 andDayvon Madden at 120were both fifth, andJared Tangeman at 120,Alex Blosser at 132,Ryan Penley at 152,Noah Stamen at 182 andMaurice Ickes at 285 allplaced sixth.“Overall, I was

pleased, but not totallysatisfied with the team’sperformance. It’s only an8-team tournament butthey are all qualityteams.And getting threechampions is getting itdone.”

NFL playoffs

Calvert

Sidney has three champs

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