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Recently born at Blanchard Valley Hos-pital, Findlay, as reported by their parents:

• Jacob Nienberg, boy, Adam and Jaymee Nienberg, Glandorf, July 12.

• Jessie Rae Oates, boy, Daniel Oates and Jamie Flickinger, Findlay, July 12.

• Sophie Grace Larick, girl, McKayla Larick, Findlay, July 13.

• Laila Patricia Liedtke, girl, Gregory and Jessica Liedtke, Mount Cory, July 13.

• Sutton Ellie Gons, girl, Stephen Scott Gons and Sarah Eileen Gons, Find-lay, July 13.

• Thea Eden Rodabaugh, girl, Kyle and Arielle Rodabaugh, Mount Blanchard, July 13.

• Finn Joseph McCullough, boy, Joel Anthony McCullough and Bailey Jo Walter, Hoytville, July 14.

• Owen McGuire, boy, Drew McGuire and Alexis Decker, Findlay, June 14.

• Cohen Brenner Legge, boy, James H. Legge III and Amanda J. Legge, Findlay, July 14.

• Shelby Lynn Taulbee, girl, Shawn and April Taulbee, Arlington, July 14.

• Quinn Lee Anne Griggs, girl, Aaron Griggs and Kelly Oakman, Findlay, July 14.

• Raelyn Jade Frazier, girl, Justin Fra-zier and Angela Cheek, Ada, July 14.

• Myles Ray Adams, boy, Sierra Grace Hosler, North Baltimore, July 15.

• Aalyiah Hope Fletcher, girl, Mat-thew Fletcher and Katie Speck, Findlay, July 16.

• Daxson Dysert, boy, Alan and Amanda Dysert, Findlay, July 17.

• Willow Elaine Atzinger, girl, Brad and Tawny Atzinger, Findlay, July 17.

• Brygntlyn Dantasia McDonald, girl, Cory McDonald and Jocelyn Schreiner, Fostoria, July 17.

• Granger Charles Modd, boy, Kevin Modd and Shawna Stansbery, Findlay, July 17.

• Robert Anthony Frederick IV, boy, Robert A. Frederick III and Marla D. Fred-erick, Findlay, July 18.

• Owen Arkyn Camm, boy, Chris-topher K. and Megan A. Camm, Mount Blanchard, July 18.

• Braiden Jason Struble, boy, Eric Struble and Brooke Bernal, Fostoria, July 18.

• Elleree Kathryn Brunswick, girl, Matthew and Kendra Brunswick, Arling-ton, July 18.

• Houston Bacome Kohls and Hawkin Joseph Kohls, boys, Landon and Chelsea Kohls, Columbus Grove, July 19.

• Brianna Elise Blide, girl, Bryan and Elizabeth Blide, Findlay, July 19.

• Jaymie Jean Walter, girl, Mark A. and Sara C. Walter, North Baltimore, July 19.

CELEBR ATIONS ! THE COURIERTUESDAY, JULY 25, 2017T2

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Best-selling books for the week ended July 16, according to the Wall Street Jour-nal.

FICTION 1. “House of Spies” by Daniel Silva

(Harper) 2. “The Land of Stories: Worlds Col-

lide” by Chris Colfer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)

3. “Camino Island” by John Grisham (Doubleday)

4. “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio (Knopf Books for Young Readers)

5. “Murder Games” by Patterson/Roughan (Little, Brown)

6. “The Rainbow Fish” by Marcus Pfister (NorthSouth)

7. “Into the Water” by Paula Hawkins (Riverhead)

8. “Use of Force” by Brad Thor (Atria) 9. “The Duchess” by Danielle Steel

(Delacorte) 10. “What If Everybody Did That?”

by Ellen Javernick (Cavendish Square) NONFICTION 1. “Rediscovering Americanism” by

Mark R. Levin (Threshold) 2. “Hillbilly Elegy” by J.D. Vance

(Harper) 3. “Astrophysics for People in a Hurry”

by Neil deGrasse Tyson (Norton) 4. “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a

F*ck” by Mark Manson (HarperOne) 5. “Dangerous” by Milo Yiannopoulos

(Dangerous Books) 6. “Al Franken, Giant of the Senate” by

Al Franken (Twelve) 7. “The Swamp” by Eric Boling (St.

Martin’s Press) 8. “Make Your Bed” by William H.

McRaven (Grand Central Publishing) 9. “She Persisted” by Chelsea Clinton

(Philomel) 10. “Strengths Finder 2.0” by Tom

Rath (Gallup) FICTION E-BOOKS 1. “House of Spies” by Daniel Silva

(Harper) 2. “Camino Island” by John Grisham

(Doubleday) 3. “The Letter” by Kathryn Hughes

(Headline) 4. “Last Breath” by Karin Slaughter

(HarperCollins) 5. “Still Life” by Louise Penny (St.

Martin’s Press) 6. “Use of Force” by Brad Thor (Atria) 7. “The Silent Sister” by Diane Cham-

berlain (St. Martin’s Press) 8. “Justice Burning” by Scott Pratt

(Thomas & Mercer) 9. “Two Nights” by Kathy Reichs

(Random House) 10. “The Identicals” by Elin Hilder-

brand (Little, Brown) NONFICTION E-BOOKS

1. “Hillbilly Elegy” by J.D. Vance (HarperCollins)

2. “Astrophysics for People in a Hurry” by Neil deGrasse Tyson (Norton)

3. “Al Franken, Giant of the Senate” by Al Franken (Twelve)

4. “Forever, Erma” by Erma Bombeck (Open Road Media)

5. “Remember Everything You Read” by Stanley D. Frank (Crown/Archetype)

6. “Upstairs at the White House” by J.B. West (Open Road Media)

7. “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck” by Mark Manson (HarperOne)

8. “Enemy at the Gates” by William Craig (Open Road Media)

9. “Killers of the Flower Moon” by David Grann (Knopf Doubleday)

10. “My Lobotomy” by Howard Dully and Charles Fleming (Crown/Archetype)

NPD BookScan gathers point-of-sale book data from about 16,000 locations across the U.S., representing about 85 percent of the nation’s book sales. Print-book data providers include all major booksellers and web retailers, and food stores. E-book data providers include all major e-book retailers. Free e-books and those sold for less than 99 cents are excluded. The fiction and nonfiction lists in all formats include both adult and juvenile titles; the business list includes only adult titles. The combined lists track sales by title across all print and e-book formats; audio books are excluded. Refer questions to [email protected].

The best-sellers list

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Today is Tuesday, July 25, the 206th day of 2017. There are 159 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On July 25, 1967, a full-page ad in

The Times (of London) called for the legalization of marijuana, saying the law against the drug was “immoral in principle and unworkable in prac-tice”; among the signatories were all four of the Beatles, one of whom, Paul McCartney, paid for the ad.

On this date: In 1593, France’s King Henry IV

converted from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism.

In 1866, Ulysses S. Grant was named General of the Army of the United States, the first officer to hold the rank.

In 1917, Nikon Corp. had its begin-nings with the merger of three optical manufacturers in Japan.

In 1934, Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss was assassinated by pro-Nazi Austrians in a failed coup attempt.

In 1946, the United States deto-nated an atomic bomb near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific in the first underwater test of the device.

In 1952, Puerto Rico became a self-governing commonwealth of the United States.

In 1956, the Italian liner SS Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish pas-senger ship Stockholm off the New England coast late at night and began sinking; 51 people — 46 from the Andrea Doria, five from the Stockholm — were killed. (The Andrea Doria cap-sized and sank the following morning.)

In 1957, Tunisia became a republic. In 1975, the musical “A Chorus

Line” opened on Broadway at the Shu-bert Theatre, beginning a run of 6,137 performances.

In 1984, Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space as she carried out more than three hours of experiments out-side the orbiting space station Salyut 7.

In 1992, opening ceremonies were held in Barcelona, Spain, for the Summer Olympics.

In 2000, a New York-bound Air France Concorde crashed outside Paris shortly after takeoff, killing all 109 people on board and four people on the ground; it was the first-ever crash of the supersonic jet.

Ten years ago: A presidential commission urged

broad changes to veterans’ care that would boost benefits for family mem-bers helping the wounded, establish an easy-to-use website for medical records and overhaul the way disability pay was awarded.

The bullet-riddled body of one of 23 South Koreans held hostage in Afghan-istan by Taliban kidnappers was found;

eight other captives were released. Pratibha Patil was sworn in as

India’s first female president. Five years ago: President Barack Obama embraced

some degree of control on the sale of weapons but also told the National Urban League in New Orleans he would seek a national consensus on combating violence.

NBC announced it had topped the $1 billion mark in advertising sales for the upcoming Olympic Games in London, topping the $850 million in ad sales for the Beijing games in 2008.

One year ago: On the opening night of the

Democratic national convention in Philadelphia, Bernie Sanders robustly embraced his former rival Hillary Clinton as a champion for the same economic causes that enlivened his supporters, signaling it was time for them to rally behind her in the cam-paign against Republican Donald Trump.

The FBI said it was investigating how thousands of Democratic National Committee emails were hacked (Wikileaks had posted emails suggest-ing the DNC had favored Clinton over Sanders during the primary season).

Thought for today:

“No matter what side of an argu-ment you’re on, you always find some people on your side that you wish were on the other side.” — Jascha Heifetz, Russian-born American violinist (1901-1987).

Today in history

CELEBR ATIONS !THE COURIERTUESDAY, JULY 25, 2017 T3

LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina couple is looking for some bigger baby clothes after their son was born at a whopping 14.4 pounds.

WLTX-TV reports that Colin Austin Keisler was born by cesarean section at a hospital in Lexington. The baby is healthy, but his mother, Cindy Richmond, says they had to send her mother home for some bigger clothes because Colin couldn’t fit into any of his newborn outfits.

Colin is off to a good start if he’s destined to attain some of his father’s goals for him.

Arthur Keisler wants Colin to be a defensive lineman at Clemson Uni-versity and play for the Green Bay Packers.

Big delivery: South Carolina mom gives birth to 14-pound son

Mary Lou Flanagan, of Findlay, was joined by many family and friends on July 8 to celebrate her 90th birthday during an open house at the home of Kevin and Karen Flanagan in Van Buren.

She was born on July 27, 1927 to the late Gail and Loyce Horner.

She married Don Flanagan in 1945 and they enjoyed 69 years

of marriage prior to his passing in 2014. They have four children: Julie (Fred) Loach, of Waterloo, Ontario; Kathy (Larry) Leibold, of Marianna, FL; Dennis (Diana) Flanagan, of West Lafayette, IN; and Kevin (Karen) Flanagan, of Van Buren.

There are 14 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

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This week’s celebrity birthdays include:

Sunday: Actor Larry Manetti (“Magnum,

P.I.”) is 74. Country singer Tony Joe White is 74. Singer David Essex is 70. Singer and former Congressman John Hall (Orleans) is 69. Guitarist Blair Thornton of Bachman-Turner Overdrive is 67. Actress Belinda Montgomery (“Doogie Howser, MD”) is 67. Actress Edie McClurg (“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”) is 66. Actress Lydia Cornell (“Too Close for Comfort”) is 64. Actor Woody Har-relson is 56. Guitarist Martin Gore of Depeche Mode is 56. Actor Eriq La Salle (“ER”) is 55. Drummer Yuval Gabay (Soul Coughing) is 54. Guitarist Slash of Velvet Revolver and of Guns N’ Roses is 52. Actor Juan Pope (formerly J. Lamont Pope) (“My Name Is Earl,” “Family Matters”) is 50. Model Stephanie Seymour is 49. Actress Charisma Carpenter (“Veronica Mars”) is 47. Singer Sam Watters of Color Me Badd is 47. Singer Dalvin DeGrate of Jodeci is 46. Singer Alison Krauss is 46. Drummer Chad Gracey of Live is 46. Actor-comedian Marlon Wayans is 45. Country singer Shannon Brown is 44. Singer Michelle Williams (Des-tiny’s Child) is 37. Actor Paul Wesley (“The Vampire Diaries”) is 35. Actor Daniel Radcliffe is 28. Drummer Neil Perry of The Band Perry is 27.

Yesterday: Actor John Aniston (“Days of

Our Lives”) is 84. Comedian Ruth Buzzi is 81. Actor Mark Goddard (“Lost in Space”) is 81. Actor Chris Sarandon is 75. Comedian Gallagher is 71. Actor Robert Hays (“Airplane!”) is 70. Actor Michael Richards (“Seinfeld”) is 68. Actress Lynda Carter is 66. Director Gus Van Sant is 65. Country singer Pam Tillis is 60. Actor Kadeem Hardison is 52. Actress-singer Kristin Che-noweth is 49. Actress Laura Leighton (“Melrose Place”) is 49. Actress Jamie Denbo (“Orange Is the New Black”) is 44. Actor Eric Szmanda (“CSI”) is 42. Actress Rose Byrne is 38. Country singer Jerrod Neimann is 38. Actress Summer Glau (“Termina-tor: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”) is 36. Actress Elisabeth Moss is 35. Actress Anna Paquin is 35. Actress Mara Wilson is 30. Singer Jay McGui-ness of The Wanted is 27. TV per-sonality Bindi Irwin (“Bindi: The Jungle Girl”) is 19.

Today: Actress Barbara Harris is 82.

Singer-guitarist Bruce Woodley of The Seekers is 75. Drummer Jim McCarty of The Yardbirds is 74. Bassist Ver-dine White of Earth, Wind and Fire is 66. Guitarist Jem Finer of The Pogues is 62. Supermodel Iman is 62. Cartoonist Ray Billingsley (“Curtis”)

is 60. Guitarist Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth is 59. Country singer Marty Brown is 52. Actress Illeana Douglas is 52. Actor Matt LeBlanc is 50. Actor D.B. Woodside (“24”) is 48. Actress Miriam Shor (“Swing-town,” “Hedwig and the Angry Inch”) is 46. Actor David Denman (“Parent-hood,” “The Office”) is 44. Actor Jay R. Ferguson (“Mad Men”) is 43. Actor Pierce Gagnon (“One Tree Hill”) is 12.

Tomorrow: Singer Darlene Love is 76. Singer

Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones is 74. Actress Helen Mirren is 72. Drummer Roger Taylor of Queen is 68. Actress Susan George is 67. Actor Kevin Spacey is 58. Singer Gary Cherone (Extreme, Van Halen) is 56. Actress Sandra Bullock is 53. Singer Jim Lindberg of Pennywise is 52. Actor Jeremy Piven is 52. Singer Wayne Wonder is 51. Actor Cress Wil-liams (“Close to Home”) is 47. Host Chris Harrison (“The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette”) is 46. Actress Kate Beckinsale (“The Aviator,” “Pearl Harbor”) is 44. Actor Gary Owen (“Think Like a Man” films) is 44. Drummer Dan Konopka of OK Go is 43. Actress Eve Myles (“Victoria,”

“Broadchurch”) is 39. Actress Juliet Rylance (“American Gothic”) is 38. Actress Monica Raymund (“Chicago Fire,” “Chicago P.D.”) is 31. Drummer Jamie Sharpe of Rush of Fools is 28. Actress and singer Taylor Momsen of Pretty Reckless is 24.

Thursday: TV producer Norman Lear is 95.

Actor Jerry Van Dyke (“Coach”) is 86. Actor John Pleshette (“Knots Land-ing”) is 75. Actress-director Betty Thomas (“Hill Street Blues”) is 70. Singer Maureen McGovern is 68. Actress Roxanne Hart (“The Good Girl,” “Chicago Hope”) is 63. Guitar-ist Duncan Cameron (Sawyer Brown) is 61. Comedian Carol Leifer is 61. Comedian Bill Engvall is 60. Coun-try singer Stacy Dean Campbell is 50. Singer Juliana Hatfield is 50. Actor Julian McMahon (“Profiler”) is 49. Actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (“Game of Thrones”) is 47. Come-dian Maya Rudolph is 45. Drummer Abe Cunningham of Deftones is 44. Singer Pete Yorn is 43. Actor Jona-than Rhys Meyers (“The Tudors”) is 40. Actress Taylor Schilling is 33. Singer Cheyenne Kimball of Gloriana is 27. Actress Alyvia Alyn Lind (“Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors”) is 10.

Friday: Cartoonist Jim Davis (“Garfield”)

is 72. Singer Jonathan Edwards is 71. Actress Sally Struthers is 70. Actress Georgia Engel (“The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “Coach”) is 69. Drummer Simon Kirke of Bad Com-pany is 68. Guitarist Steve Morse of Deep Purple is 63. Bassist Marc Perlman of The Jayhawks is 56. Actor Michael Hayden (“Murder One”) is 54. Actress Lori Loughlin (“90210,” “Full House”) is 53. Actress Elizabeth Berkley (“Showgirls,” “Saved by the Bell”) is 45. Singer Afroman is 43. Drummer Todd Anderson of Heartland is 42. Singer Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach is 41. Actor Jon Michael Hill (“Elementary”) is 32. Rapper Soulja Boy is 27.

July 29: Actor Robert Fuller (“Lara-mie,” “Emergency!”) is 84. Actor David Warner (“Titanic”) is 76. Actress Roz Kelly (“Happy Days”) is 75. Keyboard-ist Neal Doughty of REO Speed-wagon is 71. Singer-bassist Geddy Lee of Rush is 64. Documentary maker Ken Burns is 64. TV person-ality Tim Gunn (“Project Runway”) is 64. Singer Patti Scialfa of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band is 64. Actress Alexandra Paul (“Baywatch”) is 54. Country singer Martina McBride is 51. Drummer Chris Gorman (Belly) is 50. Actor Tim Omundson (“Psych”) is 48. Actor Wil Wheaton is 45. Singer Wanya Morris of Boyz II Men is 44. Actor Stephen

Dorff (“Cecil B. Demented”) is 44. Country singer James Otto is 44. Actor Josh Radnor (“How I Met Your Mother”) is 43. Musician Danger Mouse is 40. Actress Allison Mack (“Smallville”) is 35.

Happy birthday to all

CINCINNATI (AP) — A popular baby hippo has expanded her influ-ence to a Cincinnati-based ice cream chain by inspiring its new flavor Chunky Chunky Hippo.

The new ice cream flavor offered by the ice cream company Graeter’s is a toffee ice cream with salted roasted peanuts and milk chocolate caramel truffles. Part of the proceeds will benefit the Cincinnati Zoo. The new flavor is sold in scoops at local shops and in pints at Graeters.com.

It’s the latest development in Fio-na’s rise to fame. Video updates such as Fiona taking a bottle, splashing or running have drawn millions of views online.

Graeter’s is headquartered in Cin-cinnati, but has shops in numerous states.

Ice cream chain dedicates flavor to baby hippo


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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Actress Bryce Dallas Howard says her enthusiasm for New Zealand hasn’t dimmed since she first visited at age 5 and was so stunned by the scenery she felt like she’d arrived on another planet.

Howard this week begins a cam-paign to promote the South Pacific nation as a tourist destination to Americans and Canadians. Howard first visited New Zealand when her father Ron Howard was directing the 1988 movie “Willow.”

She said her home city of Los Angeles was smog-ridden at the time.

“We arrived at night, in Queen-stown, and I’ll never forget this: I woke up, and there were these huge, huge windows in the house where we were staying. I looked out, and it was as if I’d stepped into a portal, or been transported to some other planet. It was like a Utopian version of Earth.”

She said she’d never seen such stun-ning mountains and fields, oceans and forests, and the experience opened her up to a world beyond her family’s life in the suburb of Encino.

Howard, who starred in “The

Help” and “Jurassic World,” spent four or five months in New Zealand more recently while working on the fantasy-adventure “Pete’s Dragon,” released last year.

She told The Associated Press in a recent interview that filming the movie was a magical time for her because so much of it was shot out-doors. She visited a number of towns and saw everything from farm shows to ancient kauri trees.

Howard’s tourism campaign fea-tures videos shot by National Geo-graphic Travel focusing on things like food, hiking and city life. Organized by Tourism New Zealand and funded by the nation’s government, the cam-paign cost about 2 million New Zea-land dollars ($1.5 million).

Tourism is growing in New Zea-land, and last year overtook dairy as the nation’s top earner of overseas dol-lars. About 3.6 million people visited in the year ending in May, with the most tourists coming from Australia, followed by China and then the U.S.

The surge has placed a strain on some services and towns, and upset some residents. In one recent survey,

21 percent of New Zealanders said they thought there were too many tourists, up from 13 percent in 2015.

Tourism New Zealand Chief Exec-utive Stephen England-Hall said there is still room for the industry to grow, especially if tourists can be encour-aged to visit different places and come at different times of the year. He said Howard was a natural fit to promote New Zealand because of her genuine love for the country.

Howard said two of her favorite places were the capital city, Welling-ton, because of its vibrant markets and community of hipsters and entrepre-neurs; and the relaxed beach town Mount Maunganui.

She said New Zealand was rela-tively safe, not only from crime but also because it lacked snakes or other dangerous animals. The travel time and jetlag from the U.S. aren’t as bad as many imagine, she added.

“Globally, we’re going through this intense time, with high levels of anxi-ety,” she said. “It’s been proven again and again that what’s most valuable, how you find happiness, are experi-ences rather than things.”

Bryce Dallas Howard says New Zealand like ‘some other planet’


Andy Weaver and Tina Harvitt are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter, Tonee Weaver, of Findlay to Jared Rader of Leipsic, son of Roger and Jodi Rader.

The bride-to-be is a 2013 graduate of Liberty-Benton High School and

is a student at the University of Findlay.

Her fi ancé is a 2011 graduate of Patrick Henry High School and is a farmer.

The wedding will be held September 16, 2017.

Weaver - Rader

ENGAGEMENT

Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Shadle of Findlay are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Shadle to Jason Klicker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Klicker of Walla Walla, Washington.

Jennifer is a 2011 graduate of Liberty-Benton High School and a 2015 graduate of Hillsdale College. She is currently working towards her master’s degree in theatre history from BGSU.

Jason is a 2012 graduate of Walla Walla High School and a 2016 graduate of Hillsdale College. He is currently employed as a high school teacher at Benjamin Franklin High School in Gilbert, Arizona.

The couple will exchange vows on October 7, 2017 at Journey at Christ Church United Methodist in Findlay. Following the wedding, they will reside in Gilbert, Arizona.

Shadle - Klicker

ENGAGEMENT

I will miss you until we meet again.

Mona was my sunshineWe had a wonderful life

together for 67 years.I wish we could have had

67 more.Husband Donald,Sons Jerry, Steve

Friend Cindy


SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Bul-leit bourbon has reached a milestone in its maturity with the opening of its first distillery. It’s riding the wave of bourbon’s popularity as its parent company — spir-its giant Diageo — looks to expand a brand started 30 years ago when Ken-tuckian Tom Bulleit revived his family’s whiskey recipe.

Company executives gathered with state and local officials Tuesday to mark the opening of the $115 million Bulleit dis-tillery near Shelbyville, Kentucky, about 30 miles east of Louisville. Diageo sees the distillery, built on rolling farmland in Shelby County, as a catalyst for the brand that has flexed its muscle with annual double-digit sales growth in recent years.

“This distillery is the most important thing we can do to grow our business,” said Bulleit’s U.S and global brand direc-tor, Ed Bello.

“We have big ambitions to continue to grow the brand in the U.S. and expand it globally.”

Bulleit’s growth could mean an even bigger distillery.

As bourbon production started in recent days, Diageo officials were already talking about expanding. They didn’t offer specifics or a timetable for the plant that now can produce up to 1.8 million proof gallons each year, or about 750,000 9-liter

cases. “We will be quickly pivoting to start

looking at what the expansion plans could be,” Bello said in a phone interview.

Diageo’s other brands include Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff and Guinness.

Global sales for the Bulleit brand, which includes rye whiskey, reached 1.1 million cases in the fiscal year ending in June 2016, up 29 percent from the prior year. A decade ago, Bulleit’s sales amounted to about 37,000 cases.

Bourbon represents about two-thirds of current sales, which rose another 25 percent in the first half of this fiscal year. U.S. markets account for the bulk of sales, though Bulleit has spread to more than 60 countries. Its biggest foreign markets are Canada, Great Britain and Germany.

While Bulleit bourbon is made in-house, the brand’s rye will continue to be made under contract at a non-Diageo distillery, using the brand recipe.

Bulleit bourbon also was made at non-Diageo distilleries until the Shelbyville plant opened. The brand’s rapid growth means Bulleit will continue relying at least for a while on contract production for some of its bourbon, the company said.

Bulleit was started in 1987 by Ken-tucky lawyer Tom Bulleit, who now serves as a brand ambassador.

“It’s a dream realized,” Bulleit said of

the distillery, which features a 52-foot still. His great-great-grandfather, tavern

keeper Augustus Bulleit, made whiskey in the pre-Civil War era, according to a website for the brand. Augustus Bulleit vanished while transporting his barrels of bourbon to New Orleans.

The family recipe gathered dust for more than a century until Tom Bulleit brought it back.

The new distillery will give Bulleit considerable control over its production, rather than relying on contract suppliers that face increasing pressure to meet their own market demands as every drop of bourbon becomes more valuable.

“This was a move to assure supply, since it’s becoming more difficult for any non-distiller producers to get supply on the open market,” said Chuck Cowdery, an American whiskey writer and author of “Bourbon, Straight.”

Combined U.S. revenues for bourbon, Tennessee whiskey and rye whiskey shot up 7.7 percent to $3.1 billion in 2016, the Distilled Spirits Council said recently. Domestic volumes rose 6.8 percent last year to 21.8 million cases, and export volumes surged by 10.2 percent last year despite challenges posed by a strong dollar.

In 2015, Bulleit was the fifth most popular bourbon in the U.S. at 725,000

cases, the council said. Bulleit’s distillery grounds, spanning

300 acres, include four barrel warehouses, holding up to 55,000 barrels each, with two more expected to open by year’s end.

The distillery employs about 30 people. The distillery does not include a visitors’ center, but a future expansion could poten-tially include one to tap into Kentucky’s growing bourbon tourism, Bello said.

Bourbon flowing: Bulleit brand opens its first distillery

NEWPORT, Del. (AP) — A pizza delivery man in Delaware got an order from an unusual address: a stalled Amtrak train from New York on its way to Washington.

Passenger Mitchell Katz posted a video of deliveryman Jim Leary walking up to the train Sunday evening as it sat on the tracks. People on board were getting restless after being left without access to food or water during the long delay and eventually some passengers came up with the idea of ordering pizza, Katz said.

Leary, a driver for Dom’s Pizza in Newport, told The Associated Press on Monday that he cut through a backyard, navigated a steep embankment and jumped over a water-filled ditch all while balancing the two pies in order to make the delivery.

The 46-year-old Leary was rewarded with a cheering crowd of passengers and a total of $32 in tips for his effort. Leary’s 17-year pizza delivery career has brought him to addresses in 32 counties across 18 states, but he said the broken down train is one of the strangest. “I do whatever it takes,” he said.

Amtrak apologized that its passengers were inconvenienced but said it was “extremely dangerous” for the deliveryman to approach a train on the tracks to deliver pizza. “We are glad no one was hurt and hope this is not tried again in the future,” the company said in a statement.

A mechanical issue was to blame for the delay, Amtrak said. Eventually, another train was brought in to take the passengers to Washington, Katz said. Amtrak’s website shows the passengers arrived more than three hours late.

Delivery man takes pizza to riders on stalled Amtrak train

Mike and Mary Lee (Dick) Benedict of Findlay, OH will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an Alaskan cruise. Please join us for appetizers at an open house hosted by their children & families at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 215 N. Second St., North Baltimore, OH on August 4, from 4-8 p.m. The couple has requested no gifts. They were married August 4, 1967 at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church by Pastor James H. Heil.

Mike is the owner of Benedict Construction - Masonry Contractors and Mary Lee is a homemaker.

The couple has four children: Jason (Peggy) of Tontogony, OH; Jenny (Nate) Hohman of Findlay, OH; Elisabeth (Patrick) Robinson of Middlefi eld, OH and Jared (Nicole) of Findlay, OH. They also have 14 grandchildren.

Mike & Mary LeeBenedict

ANNIVERSARY

Sixty-fi ve years ago on July 20th, two high school sweethearts, Ted Clements and Yorela Woessner, were married. Their wedding was held in Cygnet, Ohio, and their wedding song was “Too Young” by Nat King Cole. Though they were very young, time has shown that it wasn’t ‘too young.’

Ted and Yorela raised four mischievous sons and one delightful

daughter. As a family, they loved camping and traveling, a pastime they still enjoy today. Over time, their family has expanded to include fi ve wonderful in-laws, fourteen grandchildren, and eleven great-grandchildren.

Ted and Yorela celebrated their milestone with a family gathering this past weekend.

Ted & Yorela Clements

ANNIVERSARY

Kenneth and Susan Brooks, of Pandora, OH, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on July 23, 2017.

Kenneth and the former Susan Gerken were married July 23, 1977, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Deshler, OH by Pastor Ballas.

The couple’s children are Andrew Brooks and fi ancé Heidi Allen, of Findlay, OH and Kathryn and husband Jeremiah Brown, of Orlando, FL. The couple’s grandchildren include Carter, Kaden, and a third one on the way in December.

Kenneth has retired from Pandora-Gilboa Local Schools as

a teacher and coach. He currently is working at The University of Findlay as an assistant women’s basketball coach and supervisor of student teachers. Susan retired from Findlay City Schools as a deaf and hard of hearing teacher. Currently she is an assistant professor at the University of Findlay in the College of Education. In the College of Education, she is the team leader for the Intervention Specialist program.

The couple celebrated their 40th anniversary with a trip to Charleston, South Carolina with their children and grandchildren.

Kenneth & Susan Brooks

ANNIVERSARY

Linden and Betty Smith, of Vanlue, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in August.

Smith and the former Betty Arnold were married on August 18, 1967, at Howard United Methodist Church in Findlay.

The couple have 9 children, 22 grandchildren, and 18 great grandchildren. Linden retired from Cooper Tire & Rubber, Findlay, and

Betty retired from Budd Company, Carey. They are members of Central Church of Christ.

The couple’s children are hosting an open house on August 5 from 12-5 p.m. at Central Church of Christ, 307 E. Hardin St., Findlay. Please join them in the celebration, no gifts please.

Love you Mom & Dad!from Your Children & Families

Linden & Betty Smith

ANNIVERSARY

Old Age is not for SissiesOld age is not for sissies.I know this saying’s true.Each day my life gets harderWith every thing I do.

A cane is my companion.Pressure hose is needed too.And without these hearing aidsI couldn’t talk with you.

Doctors and meds keep me aliveAnd my God is with me too.Without His love I’d not surviveI know God will see me through.

Ellie GustinFindlay

TodayToday is tomorrow’s yesterdayWe can use it for good or for badReach out to a fallen brotherAnd our memories will be happy, not sadWe rush through life never thinkingEach day we reap what we sowBut our harvest will be to our likingAs compassion to others we showJust a hug or a smile, a pat on the backMay change a life foreverThe only time we are sure of is TodaySo never shirk the endeavourThe sun is up, God has givenA special gift called TodayGrasp it, hold it tightlyDon’t let it slip useless away

Rowena McDougle,Findlay

What If?What if you prayed more and worried less?What if you always “expected the best?”What if you listened to the words you confessed?What if in God’s love you could com-pletely rest?

What if your worries were all allieved?What if from fears you were relieved?What if faith helped you believe?What if blessings you did receive?

What if you changed your attitude around?What if new discoveries about you were found?What if you stopped feeling so sad and down?What if you picked your chin up off the ground?

What if you met every day with a smile instead of a frown?What if daily life got better all the way around?What if you heard “only” positive words and sounds?What if you were “free at last” and heaven bound?

Brenda PagalFindlay

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